Sharon Laakkonen: stamping

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Celebrating STAMPtember!

Guess who was asked to be a guest for Simon Says Stamp's amazing STAMPtember® month-long party!?! I was so honored...and humbled...again! I knew I wanted to work with a VERY special stamp by my sweet and mega-talented friend, Jamie Dougherty, created just for Prima!

This Bloom Girl is named "Sharon" and I think she is just LOVELY with curly hair and butterflies all over! The stamp is a bit larger than you think, so it is PERFECT for home decor and other FUN pieces. Here's a little peek at what I created. You can catch the whole project, step-by-steps, and full product list all over at the SSS blog...so go check it out!!!!!

Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. For more than 10 years we have celebrated rubber stamping and its glory. We work to bring companies from around the world together in a one stop shopping environment. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a “STAMPtember®" event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the delight of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Custom Home Decor

I love making special pieces for the home! See how I used Pinterest as inspiration to create this sweet canvas for little Amariah's bedroom! (Just change the colors to match your decor. It's fast and easy!) I'm teaching LIVE at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET today!

Gilded Angelic Canvas

Tuesday, March 18th at 11:00am PT/ 2:00pm ET/ 6:00pm GMT

See the class here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/primaflower

Combine the latest trends and turn them into a beautiful, sparkling canvas for your home! Sharon will share how she incorporates fun trends and color palettes she loves on to her projects using Color Bloom sprays, stencils, sequins, stamps, chalk edgers, wood, lace and cherub resins! Watch for simple and fast techniques for coloring different mediums to fit your tastes. You might even catch a glimpse of Prima's new metal dies in action! It's going to be a full, fun-packed show.

Prima Products:

573911-Color Bloom Spray-Gilded, 573904-Color Bloom Spray-Peony, 573805 Color Bloom Spray-Gold Foil, 572815 Doily Metal Die, 574666 Luna Gold Flowers, 574680 Talia Gold Flowers, 574826 & 574840 Jute Canvas Flowers, 574628 Ivy Bay Gold Leaves, 564506 Cartographer Vine, 573669 Crochet Icons, 573454 Floral Lace, 573478 Angel Resins, 572921 Wood ATCs, 572235 Tulip Stencil, 891954 Metallic Chalk Edgers, 891053-Raspberry Pie Chalk Edger, 891268-Teak Wall Chalk Edger, 891107-Rusty Keys Chalk Edger, 563097, 961015, 563004 Prima Stamps

Extra Materials: 11x14 Canvas, White Paper, Molding Paste, Sequins, Ranger-Liquid Pearls

Monday, October 28, 2013

Treat Poppers!

Treat Poppers

Your kids will be excited to find these treat poppers (crackers), filled with yummy candy. Not only is this project super easy to make, but it also recycles household tubes you would otherwise toss in the trash.

1. I covered an empty toilet paper roll in kraft wrapping paper (or you can use a paper towel tube cut down to size.)

2. Leave both ends of the kraft paper long and fringe with a scissors.

3. Tie twine around each end.

4. Wrap Glitz patterned paper around each tube as desired. I used a fancy-edged scissors for extra pizazz!

5. Add stickers or circle punched papers for a label.

6. Customize with a Prima Press stamp and black gems for a super simple, yet extra sweet, treat!"

On this popper I used Glitz's roller stamp to add a design along both sides of the popper. Just mark the empty roll edges on the kraft paper, stamp your design, THEN glue the kraft paper to the empty roll. How fun is that?

Or go all out with flowers, leaves, and crystal swirls for an extra special popper! YOU, and your kids, will LOVE these economical treat holders.

Prima Products:

550349 Prima Press

544645 Black Say It In Crystals Swirl

565268 Flowers

571900 Florella Leaves
551438, 551414 Say It In Crystals-Singles

Glitz Design Products:

AW1202 Glitz Raven Collection Title & Accents
PP1561 Glitz Raven Collection -6" Paper Pack
AW1288 Glitz Raven Collection -Alphabets

RD1035 Giant Roller Doodle-Triangles

Other: kraft wrapping paper, black ink, paper tubes, pinking shears, circle punches, twine, candy

Friday, September 13, 2013

It's STAMPtember!

I am EXCITED to be a part of the STAMPtember® celebrations with Simon Says Stamp! I was so humbled when they asked me to be a part of their month-long celebration. If you are not the best stamper than my projects will give you hope! Haha! They are perfect for beginners and show how to incorporate a bit of stamping on every project you make!

Here is a peek at my project created just for STAMPtember with a grey & peach color palette.

To see the whole tag (using some of my fave Prima stamps, papers, and flowers-available at SSS), plus a BONUS tag, please click right here.

Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. During the past 11 years we celebrate rubber stamping in its full glory by giving access to people around the world to a one stop shop. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a STAMPtember® event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the greatness of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media, life documenting, art journaling, and many forms of altering and expressing art.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

(inter)National Scrapbooking Day!

Today is National Scrapbooking Day in the states and Prima is having an AMAZING blog hop! So if you are working your way down their list, welcome! You are at the right place! (Make sure you scroll all the way down for the blog list and a GIVE-AWAY!)

Prima also has a wonderful line-up of LIVE classes, including my layout class shown here at 9 AM eastern time!

Here is a direct link to the Prima ustream channel. Hop on over and watch a class or two today. The classes go ALL day long. There will be prizes and lots of fun to be had on the chats.

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The layouts shown above don't have a lot of my normal feminine touches. And that's cool. Since I have a few older boys I thought I would play around with some of our newest metals, stencils, gesso, stamps, and so on. (My boys REALLY appreciate me NOT adding flowers to their layouts. Imagine that!)

I love the cleaner graphic & bright effect on this layout of Billy using Lady Bird. It totally fits his personality and his photo!

You can achieve this bright look with PanPastels and a stencil! (Use a neutral backdrop paper like this one in the Lady Bird line so your attention is on the photo and techniques.)

Just set the stencil on the paper (I use washi tape on the sides to help secure it to the paper. When you are done coloring you can pull it up easily and it will not tear your paper.)

Start with the lightest color of PanPastel first, then work your way through to the darkest color.

(Just make sure you seal it once you are happy with the colors. I use SpectraFix which is safe to spray inside and has no nasty fumes.)

Next add a photo mat with foam squares, chipboard shapes, stickers and crystals. Add the photo with foam adhesive to pop it up off the page a bit.

Staple some twine to the page with a Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to mimic the chevron pattern for a nice GUY touch.

Create a banner flag with our stickers (and a toothpick!) and tuck it under the photo.

Stamp all your important dates and sayings on the stickers with these cool roller stamps by Smash and Dear Lizzy! I use them ALL the time.

That's it!

My other layout is about my 16 year old, Brayden. It definitely has a different look than the first layout. You can see the whole layout created in my class so check it out! (All shows are recorded in case you cannot catch them live.)

Prima Supplies

922375, 922351 DD Art Stencil
891671, 891633 Tiny Junkyard Findings
562861, 562908 Alphas
890995, 891003, 891015 Comfort Craft Chalk Fluid Edgers
960353, 960261 Mechanicals by Finnabair
960124 Clear Stamp- Sunrise, Sunset
564377 Washi Tape Stamp
563042 Clear Stamp-Engraver
564896 Lifetime Washi Tape

Other:

Fiskars Star Punch
Ranger Studio Gesso
Ranger Archival Black & Brown Ink
shipping tag
orange twine
Color Shine: BlackVelvet
Glimmer Mist: Dark Denim
Fabri-Tac by Beacon

Here's the video!

Video streaming by Ustream

So what do you think? Ready to try a few of these techniques on your next project? Leave me a comment and I will pick one person to win this fabulous prize on May 13th. Open to all countries.

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Here is the list for the blog hop!

Prima Blog
Sharon Laakkonen (You are here!)

Cari Fennell
Jamie Dougherty
Frank Garcia
Nic Howard
Janine Koczwara
Heidi Kelley
Brit Sviggum
Trina McClune
Gerry van Gent
Lene Bjornerud
Magda Bolinska
Anna Dabrowska
Maiko Kosugi
Felicity Wilson
Larissa Albernaz
Marie-Nicolas Alliot
Louise Nelson
Juliana Montoya
Steph Devlin
Stephanie Miller
Solange Marques
Lea Lawson

Friday, March 22, 2013

Mixed Media Baby Album

One week-end I was playing around with a new resist canvas mini-album, new pastel chalk edgers and wood icons...

...and decided to make a whole album it for my daughter to put all the baby stuff in once she has her little girl due in June!

The colors are soft and sweet and totally PERFECT for a new baby girl!

(You could definitely customize this to fit a boy too.)

First color the cover with chalk edgers. Then spritz lightly with water and blend with a wet-wipe.

I used the following products:

PanPastels, SpectraFix (for sealing the PanPastels-you can spray it inside!), Ranger embossing ink, Prima Chalk Edgers, Fabri-Tac adhesive, doilies, stamps, Hello, Pastel papers and a bunch of fun Prima stuff. See bottom for list of Prima stuff, video of class and Friday Freebie link!

Here are some of the inside pages!