Quilters Sampler Paperweight

The new Quilters Sampler set from PTI lends itself to coloring or not coloring.  In my previous post using this set, I used it to make a patterned background on a mat in a picture frame. I decided I would like to use some brilliant quilt colors as well though, so I made this paperweight which has a nice sentiment about a “block of friends” which is nice in using with altering acrylic blocks.  I used Copics to color in the quilt blocks.

 

Stamps: Quilters Sampler, Quilters Sampler Sentiments Ink: PTI Burnt Umber Other: Copics, crystal effects su!, Acrylic Oval Block Kitchen Sink Stamps

 

The Recording Process

Well…in a couple of minutes I will be leaving for the last day of recording.  We are all pretty tired, but so it goes.   When making recordings you never feel like you can ever relax, even when you have a break.  The excitement of something special is in everybody, mixed with a little tension because you can’t be the one to screw up a take.  I have learned to balance these things in the earlier hours of the process by just breathing slowly and taking the time to enjoy the friendships we have with each other.  How nice it has been to make music with my friends and to see George Blood again.  George is the recording engineer and he and I have done several projects together over the years and it has been more than a rewarding time.  He is always kind, caring, smart and lovely.  If you would like to read some news from the composers point of view, you can go here: http://kilesmith.com/ Kile’s site also has a permanent spot in my blogroll.  He summarizes the past two days in a concise way.  We had a glowing write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer today in the magazine section about our recording.  It is so nice to be a part of something quite historic.  Pictures will come…I am working on getting them!  Have a great day!

 

Demi Design~ London

This is my new packet of patterned papers.  I hope you like them.  I am using a file share site to distribute them.  I have pin pointed the problem with the other papers.  It seems that they get corrupted due to the file system in wordpress.  So, I am hosting them through a file share site (see below) and you can visit there to get the other papers.  I will be discontinuing “Metro” my first set due to more major issues.  I hope you understand and enjoy the new papers to come!

If you would like to see some examples using these pretty papers, please go to Charlene Austin’s blog (My BFL!!) and see how she really rocked these papers!!!

Hyde Park

Covent Garden

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Westminster Abbey

Go HERE for all of the files. UPON ARRIVAL CLICK ON THE GREEN ARROW UNDERNEATH THE IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD.   Do NOT print out the above pictures.  The images do not come out as the correct size on the papers.

 

Wise Owl!!

Oh boy this set is REALLY fun!!  Alli Miles came out with two sets this release.  Wise Owl and Wise Owl Bellies!!!  OH YES THOSE BELLIES!! They are so much fun!!  In an upcoming post, you will see how I used the Belly in an out of the box sort of way.  But one of my favorite images in this set, is this little cluster of leaves!!  Don’t you love it!  Topped with this little flower it is just adorable!!  I colored the little owl on top with copics.  Again..this set couldn’t be any cuter!!  WAit til you see all of the different eye combinations as well!! Hours of enjoyment I tell you!

Wise Owl Tent Topper Card Wise Owl Tent Topper Card Stamps: Wise Owl Paper: PTI Stampers Select White, PTI Spring Moss, PTI Plum Pudding Ink: Adirondack Pitch, PTI Spring Moss, PTI Plum Pudding Ribbon: PTI Plum Pudding Satin Other: Copics, Marvy Scalloped Circle Punches

 

A Quick Update

Hi everyone!

I wanted to pop in with a text only post for a quick second.  I know most of you are enjoying your time at CHA, and some of you are vacationing with your family and making the most of this nice summer.  I wanted to let you know that I am here at home for a couple of days.  I am about to head into a recording session this week with The Crossing and Piffaro.  It will be an intense yet rewarding couple of days.  We will be recording a piece that my dear friend Kile Smith wrote.  I am very much looking forward to making music with the best of the best this week.  I will be sharing some posts with you in the coming days, including a new set of papers from Demi Design.  Unfortunately, it seems that some of my files have been corrupted somehow in my other papers that are posted on here.  I plan to go through each design and pinpoint problems.  I apologize to everyone if you have printed out these files only to be disappointed because they were not 6×6 or they got bigger or smaller somehow.  I am hoping in my next post of the new papers there will be no problems.  PLEASE feel free to e-mail me at oehlers@verizon.net if you run into a problem and they do not print out as 6×6.  I tested these upcoming ones, and they are fine for me, but who knows when you put them up on the blog…strange things may happen.  If this does happen, I will send you each file via e-mail, but HOPEFULLY this will not happen.  Look for the papers sometime tomorrow.  It is nice to sit and chat for a while.  I have a lot of music I must look over as tomorrow is our one and only rehearsal.  Thanks!

 

Timeless Quilts

While picking a theme for this months projects for Quilter’s Sampler from Papertrey Ink, I was quick to respond with wanting to do a project focussing around sisters.  I haven’t picked a sisters theme yet and wanted to make something special for my girls.  I wanted it to be a very useful and practical design that was simple, monocromatic and yet had movement in it.  There is no escaping movement when using stamps like this.  The eye just wants to move all around the patterns of the quilt squares. 

I will never forget the day this picture was taken.  The girls were absolutely freezing cold.  It was one of those fall weeks where it had been unseasonably warm, and the day we decide to go get the pictures done was the day it all turned!!  They were really good troopers, although they did whine, but I guess so would I if it was under 40 degrees and I had to act pretty and smile with no coat on ;) 

I will share another project I made with this set as well very soon!  The frame DOES come with the mat, so it was an easy shopping day!

Quilters Sampler Frame
Stamps: Papertrey Ink “Quilters Sampler”
Ink: PTI Burnt Umber
Frame: Wal-Mart

 

Want a Fun Sleepover Idea?

How much fun would this be for a little girls sleepover?  You could do a whole birthday around this theme of flower pots! Melissa Bickford came up with this really fun set of stamps.  Love them!! 

Floral Frenzy Popcorn Pot

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Floral Frenzy

Paper: PTI Kraft, PTI Lemon Tart

Ink: White Stazon, Saddle Brown Stazon, White Chalk Ink, PTI Burnt Umber

Ribbon: PTI Lemon Tart Satin

Other: Pot and Saucer Wal-Mart, Skewer

 

Boards and Beams

I had a little extra time to play with the new Boards and Beams set from Papertrey.  I loved playing with my copics to make this house seem a little distressed.  I like the look of the distressed boards, making it feel “lived in” and homey!  Also, I used the lavender moon card stock to mimic the look of boards behind the main image backed on the Plum Pudding card stock.  I hope you are all enjoying the sneak peeks from Nichole and the other stamp designers!  This is gearing up to be a fun release on the 15th!  I can’t wait for you to see my projects.  You should be expecting another set of paper from Demi Designs to play with soon!!  I was working diligently on it before coming down here to the shore and look forward to sharing it with you.  It should be a hit!  On the music front, I have been busy learning a pretty big score for a commercial recording session coming up next week.  Needless to say, I have not been resting on my laurels!  I am sure many of you are gearing up for CHA!!  If so…have a blast, and…I am jealous!!  Hope you have a great day!!

 

New Feature

You will notice in my sidebar a new feature called templates and tutorials.  This will link to a page I have set up that looks like the post below, where you can clearly see the picture as well as the link to the project.  I will keep that page updated each time I do somehting with a template or make a tutorial.  I hope this is a more attractive way of doing this, rather than having to scroll past all of the old posts.  Have a great day!

 

Tutorials and Templates

 

 

Acrylic Coaster Tutorial. Author: Rebecca Oehlers

 Acrylic Paperweight Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Graduation Box Template~ Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Digiscrapping for FREE Tutorial~ Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers

 A Tin Tent Template: Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Popcorn Box Printable Template: Template found.

 Wedding Program ~ Courtesy of: Maren Montalbano

 Paper Star Printable Template - Template Found

 Tall and Slender Treat Box.  Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Treat Box.  Author: Beate Johns

 Large Box Template by Renee

 Small Trapezoid Box.  Mirkwood Designs

 Inchie  Children’s Pendant K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Box for 4 1/4 size cards. Courtesy of Tracy Schultz

 3×3 Card Box

 Perfect Box for Gifting.  Courtesy of Lauren Meader

 Beautiful Box

 Surprise Box Tutorial. K. Rebecca Oehlers

 Paper Purse Pattern. Courtesy of SCS.

 Pillow Box Printable Template

 Origami Boxes. Courtesy of K. Werner Designs

 Triangle Cone Template Mirkwood Designs

 Pyramid Box Printable Template

  Triangle Box Tutorial.

   2,5,7,10 Box.  Coutresy of: Jenn Balcer

 Coaster Picture Holder Tutorial.  Author:

 Coaster Picture Holder  K.  Rebecca Oehlers

  Beaded Pen Box Tutorial Author: K. Rebecca Oehlers