Once Upon a Memory - July 2012

Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:01am EDT 1
Alda  Stevens
Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
Let the fireworks begin - Happy July 3rd and Once Upon a Memory is here! This kit is filled with so many goodies and so many layout combinations that so far it is my most favorite kit of all!

And the coolest part ( can not not tell how excited I am ) is the Off the Page portion and the three wooden trays with oil paints t o create a masterpiece ! So without further delay we present July's Kit of the month available now





FLOWER ADD ON AT 19.99
· PETALOO MAGNOLIA PACK
· PETALOO FLORETTE CRÈME
· PETALOO DEEP BLUE VINE
· PRIMA LUCERNE
· K&COMPNAY CHIP BOARD FLOWERS
· MANHOR HOUSE MIX X 10



EMBELLISHMENT ADD ON $19.99
· PINK PAISLEE MIST BOARDS X 5
· KAISER BLING ALPHABET
· PRIMA PEARL STUDS
· SCRAPMETAL GOLD STARS 6 PACK
· RANGER DYLUSIONAL INK SPRAY—LONDON BLUE
· PRIMA MASKS 2 PER PACK



PATTERNED PAPER ADD ON $9.99

7 GYPSIES—ANTIQUITIES POTALE
· NUMERO
· PARCEL
· GRID
· POST
RUBY ROCK IT—BELLA
· STRIPE
· MIRROR
· DOILY
FABSCRAPS VICTORIA’S
· VICTORIA’S TREE
· VICTORIA’S BALLET DRESS
· VICTORIA’S SISTER



CARDSTOCK ADD ON $4.00
CORE’DINATIONS CARSTOCK
· RICH AMETHYST
· GRASSROOTS
· CONCENTRATED
· LATTE
· STAR SEAL
· WHIITEWASH MID STREAM
· BEGONIA
· ANTIQUA


Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:06am EDT 2
Shona
Shona
11581 Posts
Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:07am EDT 3
Shona
Shona
11581 Posts
Here are two that I have created with this gorgeous kit....so so yummy!!!!!

Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:28am EDT 4
Tammy (simplyme)
Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts
Here is one from me.. Love the embelishment Kit It comes with resist Papers and Prima masks! I used them both on this LO!

Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:35am EDT 5
Tammy (simplyme)
Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts
Used some more of the Resist Paper with this one as well!! You guys have to get the Embellishment addon!! Oh my does it make this kit sing with fun techniques!!!

Tue, Jul 3 2012 02:38am EDT 6
Frank
Frank
6491 Posts
Just sharing a canvas I made with this amazing kit!

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Tue, Jul 3 2012 06:50am EDT 7
scrappinvt/ Pat
scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
The art here is awesome!! Love the inspiration this team gives!
Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:13am EDT 8
Maggi
Maggi
13094 Posts
I know you're going to love this kit, it is full of fun and diverse papers, everything from Fabscraps, to 7 Gypsies to Pink Paislee mistables. This first layout incorporates all three of these paper lines. The photo is a cabin in Hope, Alaska that we happened by while honeymooning there almost 20 years ago. I loved the flowers everywhere so of course had to snap a shot! The fence is from my stash as is the orange floral vine (there is a blue one like it in the kit) and the large orange rose. The 5 petal flowers are in the kit but i have misted them orange. The honeycomb paper is Pink Paislee and I have inked it with Bundled Sage Distress ink. There are also some Prima masks which I used there on the right. The large bloom here is hand made.
You know how I love my furbabies! This is my sweet girl Brandy, she went over the bridge December 28, 2007. She was quite the character and I've included stories about her in the Dog Tales file folder. I used Distress ink, Fired Brick, on the Pink Paislee mistable paper, its the circle. I used my Lucky 8 WRMK Tatted Doily to cut the scalloped circles. The large rose is a beautiful Manor House bloom that came in the kit that I misted with Lindy's. The tiny roses are Flying Unicorn Enchanted Passion Bordeaux - all from the store.

I love the crows on the telephone line, that's a Scrap FX chippy, love it!!


My journaling:

Dear sweet Brandy…there are so many stories to tell, she filled our hearts with love and laugter for 12 ½ years, her last year with us was difficult, but a dog is a forever friend so you do what you have to do.

During the last year of Brandy’s life she developed anxiety disorder and it got so bad that we had to put her on Xanex twice a day. One day I came home from work and Brandy greeted me at the door. I thought to myself, “Hmmm, that’s strange, I could have sworn, I put the dogs in the laundry room this morning.” I figured I hadn’t closed the door good and thought no more about it until the next day when Brandy again greeted me at the door when I got home.

At that point I figured some further investigation was in order so I went to the basement to check it out. Our laundry room was a combination laundry and storage room and it was quite large so that’s where Chena and Brandy spent their days. What I found was really quite amazing, the round door handle was quite mangled as Brandy had learned to grasp the door handle in her mouth, turn it, and pull the door open. Yes, smart dog!

Her anxiety attacks were quite severe and caused her to cling to me to the point that she would try to lay on top of me. She would pace and pace and nothing calmed her down. One night I was awake all night with her because she would not settle down. She and I went to the guest room one night and I allowed her in the bed with me but she would lay down for a minute and then resume pacing, and jumping on the bed, and pacing, and laying on top of me, she was wild with anxiety, I felt so badly for her.

The final straw before putting her on Xanex full time was the day our housekeeper, Kathy, came. Well Kathy was afraid of dogs so we always made sure the dogs were securely locked up downstairs where Kathy did not have to go. That day, Brandy was stricken with anxiety and opened the door and she and Chena went running upstairs to find a very startled and scared Kathy who climbed up on the island in the middle of our kitchen. Brandy reportedly laid down on the floor but Chena kept circling the island and barking at her. At some point Kathy was able to get off the island, grab the phone that was just a few feet away, and call our neighbors whose house she also cleaned. They worked out a plan where our neighbor would come over to the back of the house and tap on the sliding glass door and get the dogs’ attention; meanwhile, Kathy would jump off the island and flee to the garage. That worked just great except that by now, Kathy was so rattled that she couldn’t remember where the switch was to open the garage door. Finally she slipped our house keys under the garage door and the neighbors were able to get in the house and put Brandy and Chena back in the laundry room. Only problem was that Brandy again opened the laundry room door. And so, the neighbors came back over to rescue Kathy from the dogs! After Brandy’s 3rd escape from the laundry room, the neighbors putting Brandy in the furnace room and when we got home she had escaped from there too.

Amazingly, Kathy continued to clean our house, and after putting Brandy on Xanex twice daily, we had no more episodes of doggie escape!
Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:19am EDT 9
Maggi
Maggi
13094 Posts
Frank!!!! Nice to see you, wow that is one gorgeous canvas!! Hope you are doing well, miss ya!!

Tammy those are so beautiful, did you ink the edges of the garden gate MS punch with black? How do you get your edges so crisp? Both of your LOs are just fabulous, and amazing!!

Shona you need to take that rooster and wrap it up and send it to me 'cause I WANT it and you can send the LO too 'cause I want that ALSO!! It is wonderful!! Oh I bet you saw that rooster on the wine tour, well no matter, you need to go back there and buy or steal that for me 'cause it would go great in my collection!!! Oh yeah, almost forgot my manners, pretty please!!

Just love the work I've seen with this kit!!
Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:38am EDT 10
Denise
Denise
13310 Posts
Here are a couple of mine to share right now..

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I love these frames that came with the kit


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Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:05am EDT 11
Denise
Denise
13310 Posts
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Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:08am EDT 12
Alda  Stevens
Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
Once Upon a Memory -




Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:16am EDT 13
Alda  Stevens
Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
"Rain " - A layout create using papers from the main kit and the paper add on - all 7 Gyspies ...







Tue, Jul 3 2012 09:15am EDT 14
Laura
Laura
6177 Posts
I just love this kit...it is so versatile!!!!!



Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:50pm EDT 15
scrappinvt/ Pat
scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
Stunning work from all of you!!
Wed, Jul 4 2012 06:17pm EDT 16
Denise
Denise
13310 Posts
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Thu, Jul 5 2012 12:43am EDT 17
Shona
Shona
11581 Posts
The larger flowers are hand sewn and I used some lace in the kit.
Thu, Jul 5 2012 07:10am EDT 18
Laura
Laura
6177 Posts
here are a few from me



and some close ups







for more setails check out the today post!
Fri, Jul 6 2012 08:39pm EDT 19
Alda  Stevens
Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
Loving 7 Gypsies ... a card using the KOM
Sat, Jul 7 2012 12:30pm EDT 20
Alda  Stevens
Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
Once upon a Memory - July Kit of the Month -
I used the add on card stock and the paper add on along with the main kit

I do not like clown ( okay I am scared of them ) so I covered up the clown in the bottom right corner ... simply by fuzzy cutting and pasting on top .




Sat, Jul 7 2012 03:15pm EDT 21
Maggi
Maggi
13094 Posts
One of the greatest things about our Flying Unicorn kits is that they always include an off the page project and this month our OTP was a nesting set of 3 wooden trays and a set of oil paints to paint them with and decoupage paste. I decided to use my trays as frames so that I could create a 3-D project. Here's a sign for my garden. First I painted the tray in the style of Monet, that is dabbing paint on - that created a textured finish. I used blue, green, yellow and white and a touch of brown to color my tray. Oil paints do take a while to dry and as thick as I had applied the paint, it took a good 48 hours to dry. Then I applied a coat of decoupage paste over the paint to keep it from chipping off. The letters are Kaisercraft and I painted them with Luminarte painte, I really love Luminarte paints, they have such deep jewel colors. Thank you Patti for introducing me to these paints. I used blue Petaloo flowering vines and a couple Prima roses to embellish the english ivy vines that came from Hobby Lobby. Its really a simple project but it looks really pretty introducing you to my garden.

This 2nd frame I painted with acrylic paint and lined the bottom with paper. I used a couple Dusty Attic corner pieces that I painted with gold Perfect Pearls and again used Petaloo flowering vines (I love these vines!! Watch for them in the Flying Unicorn store) and 2 large Prima blooms. This is a simple design but I know my MIL will love it!

And finally I'd like to show you a LO that I did with the kit using some Fabscraps and Manor House flowers. The vine is Petaloo. I used WRMK Lucky 8 to cut the purple cardstock piece and Martha Stewart Deco Flower corner punch to punch the white circle.
Sat, Jul 7 2012 03:26pm EDT 22
Maggi
Maggi
13094 Posts

Here are a couple others I did with the KOM. I used a mix of Fabscraps Victoria and Bella's Vintage Chic for this LO. Everything on this LO is in the kit except the beautiful blue stickpins that Bitsy made for me (TY!!) and the Pink Paislee journal ticket.
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Sweet little ole me way back in 1981, whew that was a long time ago!! I again mixed Fabscraps and Bella papers together. the large blooms are Manor House and the two smaller ones are from my stash, the large one came in the kit and I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist Crushed Shells. The small pink roses are from my stash as is the seam binding that I made the bow from. I painted the base sheet over with white gesso to tone down the bright green a tad.

Sat, Jul 7 2012 06:32pm EDT 23
scrappinvt/ Pat
scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
OMG!!! I am blown away with all this amazing work!!! You ladies rocked this kit!!
Sun, Jul 8 2012 02:06am EDT 24
Tammy (simplyme)
Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts

July KOM LO of my DS. Everything in this LO is from the KOM with the exception of the 2 little stamps (100% Guaranteed and Authentic), hemp, Black CS, mists and inks.. Oh yeah the MS punch and it’s an oldie but a good one! LOL I change the blue flourishes to black by peeling off the layer of bling and misting it with black mist. This kit is endless with possibilities!! More details on the Today page.


Mon, Jul 9 2012 12:52am EDT 25
Shona
Shona
11581 Posts
here is one more layout from me...I just love all the gorgeous colors in this kit. This layout I have used the Prima Mask and also did some brick stamping with gesso. I left the chippys all naked. The frame chippy from the kit I have cut to the shape of my photo.

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