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Alda Stevens
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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
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Shona
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:07am EDT 3 |

Shona
11581 Posts
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Here are two that I have created with this gorgeous kit....so so
yummy!!!!!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:28am EDT 4 |

Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts
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Here is one from me.. Love the embelishment Kit It comes with
resist Papers and Prima masks! I used them both on this LO!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:35am EDT 5 |

Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts
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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!!!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 02:38am EDT 6 |

Frank
6491 Posts
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Just sharing a canvas I made with this amazing kit!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 06:50am EDT 7 |

scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
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The art here is awesome!! Love the inspiration this team gives!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:13am EDT 8 |

Maggi
13094 Posts
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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!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:19am EDT 9 |

Maggi
13094 Posts
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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!!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 07:38am EDT 10 |

Denise
13310 Posts
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Here are a couple of mine to share right now..
I love these frames that came with the kit
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:05am EDT 11 |

Denise
13310 Posts
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:08am EDT 12 |

Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 08:16am EDT 13 |

Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
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"Rain
" - A layout create using papers from the main kit and the
paper add on - all 7 Gyspies ...
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 09:15am EDT 14 |

Laura
6177 Posts
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I just love this kit...it is so versatile!!!!!
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| Tue, Jul 3 2012 12:50pm EDT 15 |

scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
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Stunning work from all of you!!
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| Wed, Jul 4 2012 06:17pm EDT 16 |

Denise
13310 Posts
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| Thu, Jul 5 2012 12:43am EDT 17 |

Shona
11581 Posts
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The larger flowers are hand sewn and I used some lace in the
kit.
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| Thu, Jul 5 2012 07:10am EDT 18 |

Laura
6177 Posts
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here are a few from me
and some close ups
for more setails check out the today post!
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| Fri, Jul 6 2012 08:39pm EDT 19 |

Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
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Loving 7 Gypsies ... a card using the KOM
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| Sat, Jul 7 2012 12:30pm EDT 20 |

Alda Stevens
20795 Posts
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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 .
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| Sat, Jul 7 2012 03:15pm EDT 21 |

Maggi
13094 Posts
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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.
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| Sat, Jul 7 2012 03:26pm EDT 22 |

Maggi
13094 Posts
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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.
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| Sat, Jul 7 2012 06:32pm EDT 23 |

scrappinvt/ Pat
1725 Posts
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OMG!!! I am blown away with all this amazing work!!! You ladies
rocked this kit!!
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| Sun, Jul 8 2012 02:06am EDT 24 |

Tammy (simplyme)
8897 Posts
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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.
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| Mon, Jul 9 2012 12:52am EDT 25 |

Shona
11581 Posts
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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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