Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Celebrate Christmas


Christmas has always been special and fun-filled for our family, a special time we all look forward to and that's how it was when I made this layout. I enjoyed mixing and matching the patterned papers as it was a challenge having browns and blues alongside the usual green and red we see at Christmas.

I distressed and layered the patterned papers before putting my matted photo which I also distressed. I made use of the coordinating candy brads and flowers as embellishments. I cut several swirls with my Silhouette SD machine and glued them together to add dimension. I had a lot of fun experimenting with different pigments inks to paint my swirls with and finally decided on bronze to go with some of the browns on the patterned paper. Then I embossed the swirls and put them alongside the flowers for added embellishments. Likewise, I used the Silhouette SD machine again (I love my Silhouette SD!)to cut the title which I also distressed. For journaling I used rub-ons and also wrote on 1/4 inch strips of paper.

Materials used:
Bo Bunny "Tis the Season, Deck the Halls, Falala, Stripe, Treasure
coordinating candy brads and flowers
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink-Vintage photo
Color Box Queue Classic Pigment-Bronze
Ranger Embossing Powder-Holographic

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Christmas Specials



Season's Greeting Everyone!

One of our favorite times of the year is finally here and we have lined up a few specials in celebration of Christmas. Visit our store and grab one of these amazing scrappin' tools that many scrappers, just can't do without and enjoy incredible savings!!!



You can also get your loved ones to purchase Paper Lane's Christmas Vouchers for you. And don't forget to search through our Clearance Sale which contain scrapping supplies that we're offering up to 75% discount!!!

So hesitate no longer and pop by the store as soon as you can for the best picks! Our Christmas Specials is on till the 24th Dec '09 only.

Here's wishing you all a very happy and blessed Holiday Seasons and we hope all of your Christmas gift wishes will come true!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Clearance Sale at Crop N Shop Event

Hello Crop N Shop attendees!

Check out the Clearance Sale we have specially selected for all of you this Saturday for more cropping and shopping fun at Dubai's #1 Scrapbooking Store, Paper Lane!











PLUS crazy savings of 50-70% off on Colluzzle, selected Prima Products, Basic Gray Mini Pad and Chipboard, K&Company, EK Success , AMerican Crafts Ribbons and various designs of patterned papers!!!
You think we are nuts for clearing out almost a quarter of our stocks and all the super duper bargains for all of you. We LOVE our loyal customers and Paper Lane is planning bigger in 2010 and you will be surprised of what we have in store for you next year.
For now, enjoy these amazing savings on a myriad of supplies and have a wonderful time scrapping with us this Saturday in our Crop N Shop Event!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Crop 'N Shop Projects

Hello Scrappers!

We sure are excited for the Crop 'N Shop event this Saturday! Surely, you are already choosing the materials that you will be bringing to create stunning and fabulous projects perfect for this season.

Here are the sneaks of the projects so you'll know what you can look forward to creating in our Crop 'N Shop event this Saturday.


{STAR MINI ALBUM}

Things to bring:
5 pcs of cardstock measuring 12"x4"
5 pcs of coordinating patterned paper or matching cardstock 10"x4"
5 pcs of matching cardstock or patterned paper 8"x4"
2 pcs of cardstock 4"x6" (front and back cover panels)
1 long length of ribbon to tie off album
Wallet size photos (5-10 pcs, optional)
Any other matching embellishments ( stickers, rubons, buttons etc.)
Paper trimmer or scissor and ruler, Cutting Mats
Bone folder or ScorPal
Adhesive/Double Sided Tape


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{SQUARE MINI BOOK }

Things to bring:
4 sheets 12"x12" patterned paper (cardstock quality)
2 sheets 6x6 coordinating patterned papers for the front and back covers
1 long length of ribbon to tie off album
As many coordinating embellishments you wish to bring
1 sheet 12"x12" of matching cardstock or patterned paper for tags
Adhesive/ double sided tape
ScorPal or bone folder
Paper trimmer/scissors and ruler
6-10 photos (optional)

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{BACKPACK MINI BOOK }

Things to bring:
1 pc heavyweight cardstock 12"x4"
1 pc coordinating patterned paper (double-sided preferably)
4-5 pcs of matching cardstock or double-sided patterned paper 11.75"x3.75"
6 pcs eyelets (matching colors)
2 pcs brads (matching colors)
1 long length of ribbon
Rub Ons/Embellishments
Large corner rounder punch
ScorPal / bone folder and ruler
cropadile/eyelet setter
double sided tape
Paper Trimmer/ scissors

{Star Mini Album, Square Mini Album and Backpack Album Kits are also available at Paper Lane. Please let us know ahead so we can prepare enough kits}

Don't forget to bring extra photos for a scrapbook challenge. The prizes are definitely worth preparing for! So bring enough photos and be ready for anything.

We are soooo excited to be able to do this for all of us! We are really looking forward to having a scrapping good time with everyone this coming Saturday at Paper Lane so we can all crop and shop till we drop with lots and lots of scrapping, challenges , games and give aways thrown in!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Design Inspirations - Paper Lane Inkables

Hello Stampers!

A couple of weeks left and its Christmas time! Everybody is excited for this festive season and so us here at Paper Lane. Christmas paper collections are literally almost gone.

Have you made any handmade greeting cards to send to your loved ones and friends back home? If not, then we definitely prepared something stunning for all of you!


For this month's Design Inspirations, we are featuring our very own Paper Lane Inkables - a collection of rubber and clear stamps perfect for any paper crafting projects. Our very first collection, the Humpy Holidays comes in both cling rubber and clear stamps. The holiday camels are just the cutest and handdrawn by our designer! In this Humpy Holidays sets, you can create fun and unique greeting cards to send your holidays greetings with Dubai themed that will bring smiles and laughters to any recipient.

Here are some fabulous ideas to jump start your projects and inspire you to create wonderful and unique cards using our very own Humpy Holidays Stamp Collection. We know you are going to love them as much as we do :p



How cute is this red-nosed camel? I think he's super cute! His name is Carmelo, Santa's new favourite red-nosed pet :)

The frame on the card was made from Nestabilities. The fabulous papers are from Bo Bunny's Christmas paper collection. And, no card is complete without stickles added on the camel's red bow. Simply add a ribbon to add texture to your card.

Add something unique to your handmade holiday cards, a cute christmas date tree card is just perfect to send to your loved ones back home, a reminder that you are now living in the Middle East.

The background paper was embossed with Cuttlebug Swirl embossing folder. Papers from Bo Bunny, frame was cut from Nestabilities. Adirondak ink pads for sponging technique.

Here's a super cute camel christmas wreath that you can add to your holiday cards. I just love that smiling camel face, she is just adorable!

The door is paper pieced and cut using my ever reliable Silhouette SD and the cute door knob is from Tim Holtz metal collection. The door hanger is from Making Memories Christmas metal embellishments.

Here's a sample of my favorite stamping techniques... masking and sponging, I just LOVE the look of sponging on cards!

I used Adirondak ink pads and Ranger Distress ink for sponging techniques. For cost cutting, you can use an ordinary dishwashing sponge for sponging ;-) I added white gel pen dots in the sky area.

Even if you're miles away from your loved ones, you can send this fun card with Santa and his camels to bring smiles and laughters to your loved ones back home. They will never forget you this holiday season.

Another sample of sponging and masking techniques.

Who says christmas cards have to be red and green or traditional colors. Definitely, not me and My Mind's Eye :)

Papers are from My Mind's Eye Colorful Christmas, scallop punches from Fiskars, scallop frames from Nestabilities.

All the images on the cards were colored using my favorite marker, Copic Markers. Copics blendability is really amazing and there is no other marker like Copic, once you tried it, you'll be hooked too. And now that Paper Lane Inkables are here , you will soon avail Copic markers from our store.

I hope you enjoyed the card samples from our Humpy Holidays stamps and inspired you to get your stamps and play. Check out our Gallery for more creative ideas using Paper Lane Inkables.

Enjoy stamping!

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Crop 'N Shop

Come and join us on the 12th of December 2009 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. This is a 10-hour cropping session where you will get a chance to hang out with your scrapping buddies and make new scrapping friends all at once. What's even better is we will share different techniques with you where you'll be able to create 3 unique mini albums, gift tags and Christmas ornaments using your own stash.

Plus, be the first to take advantage of Paper Lane's Clearance Sale! When we say clearance, we really mean it and the deals are just too good to be true! This clearance sale is exclusive for Crop 'N Shop attendees only!

There will also be challenges, games ,prizes and giveaways that will surely inspire everyone. Just bring your own stash and we’ll have fun the whole day creating wonderful projects to get us in the spirit of this festive season. Registration fee is 100 AED including refreshments and light lunch !

Limited seats only so hurry and register now!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Beyond the Basics


A follow-up workshop to Beginner's Class. We will help you develop your own style through fun techniques, embellishments and advanced layout ideas. You will learn how to combine patterned papers (layering) as well as incorporate a more complicated sketch into your scrapbook layouts. This will take your scrapbooking knowledge to a new level. Topics covered include sketches, inking, stamping, embossing, distressing, flat and 3d embellishments.

You will walk away with a layout that look like you've been doing it for years.

Level : - Intermediate

Duration : 2 1/2 - 3 hours

Date and Time : 26th of December, Saturday @ 10:30am-1:30 pm

What to Bring Along : adhesive and paper trimmer, 2-4 photos of the same event . All other materials are provided.

Instructor: Tracy B.

For confirmation, please contact us at 04 395 5337.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Silhouette and Hero Arts

Silhouette SD has partnered with Hero Arts to give you more quality designs for your Silhouette projects. We are very excited for this partnership as we will be seeing more of Hero Arts popular images as a die cut.

Projects made by Erin Lincoln featuring designs by Hero arts.

If you haven't avail yet the 1 year unlimited download subscription ( 6 months free that comes with your machine), Hurry and subscribe now as the 6 months free subscription offer will expire in January 30, 2010. There are more than 1500 beautiful digital designs you can download and cut using your Silhouette SD machine, perfect for all your papercrafting projects.

Learn more about the exciting changes going on and see beautiful projects using your Silhouette SD Machine on their blog.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Techniques Christmas CardMaking Class

Dear Scrappers. . .

The christmas holidays is fast approaching. Better be ready and create your greeting cards to send to your friends and loved ones. Handmade cards will add special personal touch to your greetings.

Paper Lane has prepared two easy cardmaking classes for you. Pick your choice!


Happy Holidays...The new Christmas line from Fancy Pants is a blast to play with! I love the bright funky mix of colours... and the splash of bright pink! A fun twist to Christmas stuff for sure! So let's gather around to make some exciting and fun christmas cards by mixing traditional colours with brights. You will have 4 new cards by using techniques such as checkered inking and broken glass. Along with this techniques you will also learn how to make a circle card and a purse card.

Merry Christmas!!!!! Basic Grey's Wassail patterned paper is a very traditional christmas collection. It has a countryhome and traditional feel to it. Here are the few cards which I have created using this collection. I have used origami to make 2 cards...It is a traditional japanese paper folding technique to create interesting shapes. And here I have created a christmas ornament and a christmas tree by using that technique. The other 2 cards are very simple and easy to create. There is false stitching detail in all 4 cards. It is nice to see how these cards turned out...very dimensional. Join me in this class and I assure you that you will find these techniques easy.

Date and Time: Saturday, 21st of November @ 9:30am-12:00pm
Instructor: Kinnari Zaveri
What to bring along: glue/adhesive
Contact us for confirmation.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Design Inspirations- Prima

Don't you just love flowers?! Prima Flowers absolutely adds beauty to any project!

Since the beginning, Prima has made magic with flowers. Their highly detailed miniature flowers have become a favorite product for Scrapbooking and Paper Crafting.

Here are some design inspirations with Prima flowers. We hope that it will inspire you in creating fabulous projects for your treasured memories.





See you soon for more design inspirations!