Announcing our New Design Team

We are so excited to announce our talented new Design Team!!

Our newest designers are:

Tracey Gregory

Hello! My name is Tracey Gregory, and I live in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts with the love of my life, my husband Gary. I have been blessed to be the mother of four children: Hayden (22), Austin (20), Lukas (15) and the baby girl, Naomi (13). I am also a proud auntie to my adorable niece, Vivien.

To support my scrapping habit I work as a Quality Assurance/Staff Educator RN for a Hospice. I am definitely a shabby chic style scrapper. I love all things vintage, tattered and worn. I like to play with mixed media and off the page projects as well. My family is the focus of much of my scrapping! I have been fortunate to be be published in both online and print magazines. Currently I am also on Design Teams for Swirlydoos Kit Club, Berry71Bleu, Something Tattered Vintage Stamps and HeArt and Soul/The Color Room. I am so excited to be a part of The Leaky Shed team!

Tracey's Blog ~ A Lifetime of Pages

Christine Meyer

I am Christine Meyer, mom to three rowdy boys and one sweet girl. My hubby and I have been married for 13 years and have lived in Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma before settling in to rural Illinois. I teach music part time and get to stay home with my kids the rest of the week.

I started paper crafting shortly after the birth of my oldest son and have never looked back. I love to create cards, layouts, and altered projects in a whimsical style with clean lines and full of bright colors! I currently am on the design teams for Imaginisce, Samantha Walker, The Scrapbooking Studio, and Paper House Productions.  I have been published in CARDS Magazine, Creating Keepsake, Paper Crafts Magazine, and several other online magazines!

Christine's 

Blog ~ Scrapping with Christine

Facebook Page ~ Scrapping with Christine

You can also find me on Instagram under the name cameyer71

Our returning designers are:

Tracey Sabella ~ Design Team Coordinator

Hello, I’m Tracey and reside in northeast Ohio with my amazing husband, Gary. Our family and faith have always been an important part of our lives. We have been blessed with four wonderful children, and with two weddings in as many years, our family is growing. 

I'm a shabby chic, mixed media artist and enjoy the creative outlet of paper crafting. I’ve been creating and crafting for as long as I can remember and use many of those skills on my projects. I adore learning new techniques along the way and enjoy sharing my projects along with tips and techniques on my blog. I also design for Donna Salazar Designs, Once Upon A…Sketch and Helmar. I've been published each month at Scrapbooking.com Magazine for the past year. I'm a huge fan of Leaky Shed Studio chipboard and am thrilled to be part of this amazing team. 

Tracey's Blog ~ Garden of Grace

Veronica Johnson

Hi, my name is Veronica Johnson alias “Kitsnbitscraps”.  I have been doing crafts since I can remember. My mom taught my twin sisters and me to knit, sew, cross stitch, embroidery, and I was always coloring and sketching.  I was raised in Southern California in a little town by the beach called Hermosa – then I was transferred to South Florida.  I was introduced to scrapbooking by my new co-workers in Florida and that was 12 years ago. That is when I became addicted to paper! I have kept busy by teaching scrapbook and stamping classes at scrapbook stores and conventions and love every minute of it. From the first time I walked into a scrapbook store I was hooked! I even went as far as buying a Scrapbook Store, then I opened an online Kit Club – finally I became a sales representative for the scrapbook industries manufacturers and sold and represented companies such as Ranger Industries, Prima Marketing, WeR Memory Keepers, BoBunny … good times.

I am very blessed to be married to my wonderful husband Kerry who is very supportive of my passion for color and pattern. And I am so blessed to be a mother to my beautiful and very kind daughter Vanessa who can draw better than I and is an inspiring make-up artist. Our family also has two fur babies, Bandit and Moe our kitties.

I have a passion for creating and sharing my love of crafting, whether it’s cards, layouts, albums, altered and mixed media; I love doing it all. I also enjoy bringing new tidbits and techniques to inspire as many crafters as I can through color.  If I had to name my style I would say “Shabby Whimsy” because I always start projects with lots of color then depending on my mood I will shabby it down with browns, texture and layers.  Each day is a new adventure and every day I try and learn something new.  I am grateful to be a part of this amazing company and hope that I can inspire you.

Veronica Johnson's Blog ~ Kits N Bit Scraps.

We would also like to thank each of our talented designers from our first term

who helped kick off the Leaky Shed Studio's blog!! We wish each of your the best!! 

Hunting Layout by April Guest Designer Wendy Reaux

We are delighted to introduce our

April Guest Designer

Wendy Reaux!

I have always enjoyed scrapbooking, even before it was cool.  I grew up in a small town in South Texas, where I remember being part of the dance team and making signs for the doors at camp.  We would decorate them with cute little dancing girls . . . pleated skirts and all.  Those were the days before cool die-cuts, embellishments and really cool chipboard!  

I have taught scrapbook classes for the past 6 years, and most recently I am teaching classes through Create 365 in Lafayette, LA.  I teach camps to tweens' and teens during the holidays and summers, and in my spare time I enjoy scrapbooking for clients.  I have made books for Mardi Gras queens, boys, girls, teens, vacations and so much more.  I also make scrapbook kits to sell and have been asked to design kits for cropping events.  

I'm a mother of 2 active boys.  I have a super supportive husband; he gets my hobby and the love that I have for it.  I now call south Louisiana my home.  I have a degree in Hospitality Management and my second degree was in Elementary Education. I also own a small business where I teach preschool computer lessons at privately owned schools, preschools, and mothers' day out programs.  I teach from the little bitty's to grown adults, and I love every minute of it!

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Hi there all you scrapbookers. My name is Wendy Reaux.  I’ll never forget my first conversation with Wendy. We had the most fun conversation about her wonderful chipboard! I just love the pieces that she sells. Here's a two-page layout I've created with some of her gorgeous chipboard pieces.

"Hunting"

We have lots of duck hunting down in south Louisiana, so I just knew that her ducks were a must have.  I have done everything possible to chipboard to change its appearance…such as heat embossing, crackle painting, Crackle Accents to name a few.  

I wanted to make this look like a real duck.  So think about products that can help your chipboard come to life.  All I have done here is use a very “juicy” (brand new) Jumbo Java VersaMagic ink pad.  This is a scrapbooking necessity.  I keep them until they're dead.  I use the new ones to cover chipboard and the old ones to ink edges of layouts, for a more subtle look.  I then adhered a small duck feather right where the wing would be.  It’s as easy as that.  

I have recently used the cute cooking utensils in a scrapbook class taught at Create 365 in Lafayette, LA.  Details for this layout can be seen on my blog at www.wendyroo.blogspot.com. I heat embossed the wire whisk with WOW embossing powder and I painted the rolling pen with Claudine Hellmuth acrylic paint. When dry, I took my Jumbo Java and inked the handles of the rolling pen to add a dimensional look.

Leaky Shed Studio Product

Duck

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you've been inspired to created a chipboard embellished layout!

Check out Wendy's Blog
Wendy's World of Scrapbooking

and online store
Todilly Scrappin'

Music Box Card with Leaky Shed Studio Swirl

Hi, Veronica here today to share with you a lovely Pop Up Box Card.  Apparently these beautiful and crafty cards have been around, but I never knew about them!  I guess because I tend to do albums I don't really look at cards though I do make cards occasionally. 

I was hanging out with my girlfriend, she and I always do a weekly crop and show & tell.  Anyway she brought over a beautiful steam punk-ish pop up card she made and I thought it was awesome.  She found the tutorial on Split Coast Stampers. Click the link and Dina will walk you through.  You should try one, they are so fun and easy to make.

Well instead of using a lot of stamped images I decided to use the Leaky Shed Studio awesome laser cut chipboard. 

I had some musical notes chipboard on hand and thought it would be great to use them as a birthday themed card.  Can't you just hear it!  Happy Birthday To You ... Happy Birthday To You.  This card can be for both male and female.

I decided to add a beautiful Swirl Vine which I cut into pieces and then I embossed them in Silver embossing powder.

Swirl Vine (715-1)

 

 

 

 

 

Doesn't it look like confetti popping out of the card.  I also wanted of course to use my musical notes which is where I got my inspiration from.

 

Musical Notes (518)



 

 

I used a slightly different technique on my Musical Notes because I wanted them to look more like real metal.  My steps were:

 

1.  Paint the LSS chipboard black with acrylic paint

2.  Emboss with silver embossing powder
3.  Emboss with clear embossing powder

By embossing the Leaky Shed Studio chipboard a third time the paint from the bottom starts to bubble to the surface and that is where you get the flecks of black showing through.

I hope you enjoyed my Pop Up Box Card today, I will definitely be making more of these.  Thank you for stopping by and letting me share with you.

Happy Scrapping ... Veronica (kitsnbitscraps)

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used:
Music Border (new item in stores soon)
Musical Notes (518)
Swirl Vine (715-1)

 

 

Sneak peek at a new flourish!

Hi everyone, Maggi here to share a very special layout for me because it is a photo of me with my beautiful Chena who I miss so much.  Chena crossed over the bridge Sept 5, 2013 and there is not a day that goes by that I don't miss her and think about her sweet soul.  Ah, but such is the nature of pet ownership, their time on our earth is much too short.  I have to thank my dear friend, Jen aka jrabs, for taking this beautiful photo of me and Chena conversing in our own special way.  AND I must note that my hair is not red, its just the beautiful late afternoon sun making it look that way.

I heat embossed the letters with Ranger Antiquities embossing powder in turquoise. LOVE this stuff!!!  

This is a sneak peek of a new flourish that will soon be added to the store!  It is so elegant, I just love it.  I first painted it with Viva Precious Metal Color - silver and then painted on a little embossing ink, sprinkled with embossing powder and this is the effect.  I love this two toned effect!

Leaky Shed chipboard:

Live Love and Laugh 8072

Leaky Shed flourish (soon to be added to the store!)

Thank you so much for stopping by our blog today!  We appreciate the time you take to visit with us!

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Family Layout

Hello everyone. Tiffany here. 

I have a layout to share with you. 

I used a couple large corner flourishes and I painted them with Shimmerz paint. I clustered and layered some flowers on top. 

Here are a few more pictures.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Stay connected. 

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Wedding Layout with Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard

Hi, it's Tracey here to share a layout I've created featuring gorgeous

Leaky Shed Studio chipboard. 

Weddings are such special days, and in this photo of Elizabeth and Andrew,

I sense that they looking forward to a life of  . . . 

Faith . . . Hope . . . Love

Tips and Techniques

The photo is framed with large Clock #2. I created texture with extra thick gesso that I tamped with a stencil brush. Once dry I painted with metallic gold paint. 

I clustered with flowers, metal heart gears, bling, and die cut leaves. I've also added some stamping and stenciled molding paste to the background.

The Leaky Shed Studio Butterfly Garden Spring fits this background design so perfectly!!

I heat embossed the flourish with red and green Fran-tage Embossing powder, then embellished with self-adhesive pearls.

The Leaky Shed Studio Heart Key and Fancy Keyhole represent how these two hold the key to the other's heart. A simply coat of gold metallic paint gives them an easy gilded finish.

I fussy cut these pieces from coordinating paper to created this layered medallion. The layout edges are distressed and the bottom corner has some machine stitching.

Leaky Shed Studio Products

Butterfly on Garden Sprig

Clock #2 ~ Large

Heart Key

Key Hole Fancy

Other products can be found on my blog, Garden of Grace.

I hope you've been inspired to create a layout using Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard.http://store.scrapbook.com/unp-425.html

Mixed Media Tag by Tiffany

Hi everyone. Tiffany here. 

Today I have a mixed media tag to share with you. 

I used lots of mediums to create this tag. I began by using a stencil and some modeling paste. I used different sprays to create the background. 

I used the Ornate corner. I used gesso to prime the chipboard and then used some Shimmerz paints to color the chipboard. I added some lace behind the chipboard. I added a stamped verse flower and butterflies to finish off the tag. 

Here is another photo. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Create Home Decor Banners with Leaky Shed Studio

Hi it's me  Veronica also known as Kitsnbitscraps.  Today is my first post here on the Leaky Shed Studio Blog and I am so excited  to be a part of this fabulous company and a Design Team member.

A little bit about me, I LOVE chipboard!  Leaky Shed Studio has so many to choose from.  I know that you will find what you need - no matter the theme of your layout, card, tag or album.  Speaking of albums, I love to make them but I have been asked numerous times to make some layouts and other altered items.  So for today I am sharing this pretty banner with my favorite inspiring words - Create!

I used the Pennant Banner along with the Fancy Lower Case Alphabets.

Below are some step-out photos of my process in creating this pretty banner.  Banner's are easy and so fun to make - they make G R E A T gifts.  I just made two for a wedding and a bride's luncheon.

First ... I painted my chipboard using regular acrylic black paint

Then I covered the pennants with pretty paper ...

I wanted the ruffle chipboard to be different so I added some black glass glitter with glue ...

 

 

 

Turned out chunky - I like chunky and bonus its glittery.  Next I used my lower case alphas and painted them white

 

 

 

And repeat .... more glitter

 

 

I used alcohol inks on the "garden butterfly" and the "Butterfly on Garden Sprig" to color in the chipboard.  I also added a touch of acrylic paint for highlights.  Then I embossed the pieces with clear embossing power.  So pretty ...

 

 

 

 

 

I enjoyed sharing with you today, and I have some layouts planned for the coming months.  I hope you enjoyed my pennant banner; thank you for stopping by.

 

  :) Veronica (kitsnbitscraps)

Leaky Shed Studio Product Used:

Pennant Banner (1201-04)

Spring Butterfly (small- 6081-03))

Fancy Lower Case 2 1/2 inch Alphabet (1009)

Butterfly on Garden Sprig (6081-06)

 

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Hi there, Maggi here.  Its seems like forever since I last posted anything here.  We were on an extended (5 weeks!) road trip so I got all my March work done in February.  It is great to be home and in my craft room again.  I had the greatest package waiting for me when we got home,  a box full of yummy Leaky Shed chippies!

I used Leaky Shed Family and birdcage chippies on this layout.  They have been heat embossed with shabby white embossing enamel.  I  did some masking in the background with a Prima mask and Viva altgold paste & then I added some Lindy's Grab a Guy Gold mist for good measure! The metal flower on the right has been liberally sprinkled with Aged Gold embossing powder, love how that looks - molten metal on metal.  

I love this vintage photo of my parents, my older brother and sweet (?) little ole me. I think the photo was taken Easter 1952. Do I look the size of a 5 month old baby?

Closeups of the birdcage and family word.

 

Supplies:

Leaky Shed bird cage 907-29

Leaky Shed Family Tree word 8040

Fabscraps French Heritage paper collection

Prima flowers

Flying Unicorn Adornments

Thanks so much for dropping by.  We appreciate the time you take to visit our blog!

Our Newest DT Member and a Mixed Media Layout

We are so excited to announce the newest member of the

Leaky Shed Studio Design Team

Veronica Johnson.

Hi, my name is Veronica Johnson alias “Kitsnbitscraps”.  I have been doing crafts since I can remember. My mom taught my twin sisters and me to knit, sew, cross stitch, embroidery, and I was always coloring and sketching.  I was raised in Southern California in a little town by the beach called Hermosa – then I was transferred to South Florida.  I was introduced to scrapbooking by my new co-workers in Florida and that was 12 years ago. That is when I became addicted to paper! I have kept busy by teaching scrapbook and stamping classes at scrapbook stores and conventions and love every minute of it. From the first time I walked into a scrapbook store I was hooked! I even went as far as buying a Scrapbook Store, then I opened an online Kit Club – finally I became a sales representative for the scrapbook industries manufacturers and sold and represented companies such as Ranger Industries, Prima Marketing, WeR Memory Keepers, BoBunny … good times.

I am very blessed to be married to my wonderful husband Kerry who is very supportive of my passion for color and pattern. And I am so blessed to be a mother to my beautiful and very kind daughter Vanessa who can draw better than I and is an inspiring make-up artist. Our family also has two fur babies, Bandit and Moe our kitties.

I have a passion for creating and sharing my love of crafting, whether it’s cards, layouts, albums, altered and mixed media; I love doing it all. I also enjoy bringing new tidbits and techniques to inspire as many crafters as I can through color.  If I had to name my style I would say “Shabby Whimsy” because I always start projects with lots of color then depending on my mood I will shabby it down with browns, texture and layers.  Each day is a new adventure and every day I try and learn something new.  I am grateful to be a part of this amazing company and hope that I can inspire you.

You can check out Veronica's gorgeous work on her blog,

Kits N Bit Scraps.

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Now it's Tracey here to share a mixed media layout I created featuring gorgeous Leaky Shed Studio Chipboard.

Weddings are special days and life changing events.
This is our daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Andrew, on their special day.

"First Day of Forever"

Tips and Techniques

I cut apart a Leaky Shed Studio French Oval Frame and tucked the top portion under my photo for a decorative accent in the side cluster along with Prima Flowers and die cuts.

This bottom cluster features one of the Leaky Shed Studio Springtime Flowers. I painted it with Brass Lumiere metallic paint, then shaded with Halo Pink Gold. The etched lines are darkened with a distress marker, which adds color, but is transparent so the shimmer from the paint is still visible, an easy way to highlight these etched pieces without using a detail brush to paint in the fine lines.

For the left cluster I've layered a large Prima daisy with more die cuts and another of the Leaky Shed Studio Springtime Flowers painted as above. I've been trying to use up some of my stash so this was a perfect way to use this older prima flower.

Another shot of this cluster that better shows my chipboard piece. You can also see the mist above the photo I created using the new Distress Marker Spritzer tool.

This final shot is of a retired LSS Flower Leaf Border. I'm thinking this should come out of retirement!! I painted it with more of the same Lumiere paints and added paper flowers. You can see that I used molding paste with a leaf stencil below the photo.

Thanks for stopping by our Leaky Shed Studio Blog today. I hope you've been inspired to grab some Leaky Shed Studio chipboard to accent your next layout!

Be sure to come back on Thursday to be inspired by a gorgeous layout by Maggi!

I drew inspiration for this layout from the April Once Upon A...Sketch Challenge.

Leaky Shed Studio Products
French Oval Frame
Springtime Flowers
Flower Leaf Border (Retired)

For a complete list of products used, please stop by my blog, Garden of Grace.

~ Blessings ~
Tracey