gypsy news: Mou's 4 week Lift Me Up! workshop

Lift Me Up! workshop

by Mou Saha

(click the image above for class details)

 take this class to see how to make ordinary objects - extraordinary using your imagination and a little help from one of our most lovely gypsies - Mou Saha!

visit Mou's blog!

check this out: creating keepsakes feature

have you see the lates issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine? 

if not, you should head out right now and grab a copy - 

the 7gypsies office space is featured in the creative spaces section!

news and events: Scrapbook Expo Coupon Code!!!!

collage tissue garland and a new gypsy baby!!!

We are very excited to announce the arrival of our newest gypsy baby!

Lillian Belle

the sweet new addition to our caravan.

Congrats proud gypsy mama Amber!

We created a collage tissue paper garland to celebrate.

So cute, so simple, so 7gypsies!

Here's how we did it!

materials used:

modpodge

glitter

7gypsies collage tissues: birdsong and life

any 7gypsies chipboard alphabet & number set

scrap piece of chipboard

cover chipboard letters/numbers with glue and sprinkle on glitter~ repeat as needed
cut a 1"x 20" strip of life collage tissue for each letter you are using
cut a 3"x3" square of birdsong collage tissue for each letter
cut a 2 1/4" inch circle out of the chipboard for each letter

crinkle up each of the life tissue strips 

cover the chipboard circles with a thin, even coat of mod podge

carefully lay birdsong collage tissue square on top of mod podged circle
and gently smooth out wrinkles.
sand around edge of circle to remove excess tissue or wrap around back and mod podge in place.

apply a generous layer of mod podge around back edge of tissue covered circle

begin pleating one of the collage tissue strips around the edge of the circle 

backside view of pleating collage tissue around the edge of circle

additional view

additional view of backside

adhere glittered alphabet letter to front of circle.
repeat all steps for each letter.

Once you have each tissue circles completed~ connect them with 7gypsies crystal dangles and finish off ends with seam binding ribbon!

Winner!

Sorry for the late post gypsies.... but we've been working hard to get the 7gypsies goods ready for CHA Summer.  Make sure you become a 7gypsies fan to check out the action on facebook!  (click HERE if you aren't a facebook gypsy already)

Here's a bit of what's happening in our booth...

We created this for the Paddington collection wall.  Watch the behind the scenes video on Facebook!

We are posting a template for creating the "Forgotten Repository" project in the next couple of days so make sure you check back!

And the winners of the ever so popular library drawer are:

Julie G. Baxley
Dawn Marie Kelley
Kathy Halamka

Until then we will busy pushing our gypsy wares at CHA.... come see us in Chicago if you are at the show.

xoxo gypsies!

Winners, more giveaways and NEW way to explore 7gypsies

Thank you to all our many gypsies who helped spread the gypsy love over the past week.  

We've loved seeing the new video pop up in unexpected places and reading your comments and excitement over what's new.

Have you had the chance to visit our website?  

It is bursting with all new content and quite breathtakingly beautiful (if we may say so)!!  

Now you can journey through the interactive map to explore the entire new release,  flip through the pages of our latest catalog and best of all shop 7gypsies in a WHOLE NEW WAY.   

By clicking on the "what's new" tag you can shop by product, or your favorite project!   From there, create wishlists and watch video demos featuring your favorites and more.  

It's more fun than any gypsy can handle and we'll even bribe you to come play.... 

just post the title of your favorite new project and we'll draw 6 winners this Friday~ July 23rd to each receive a set of our 6 new mouth watering, drool worthy, gotta have them right now rubbings!  (you can see bigger images of them on the website) ~hint.hint.

Curious yet?  

Then click here to discover....

oh and the winners of our Paddington 8x8 paper packs 

(a few of our favorite designs below) are...

Kristi B (thanks for being our 1st!!)

glynda roffmann

Beth

mADDmartha megan

amandajane

heidi smith

babybokchoy

if you are one of the lucky gypsy winners email us here with your address!

The wait is over

March Guest Designer

and 

New Design Team Member

Mou Saha

 Mou created a fabulous stacked accordion using bright colored paint, Avignon paper and lots of other gypsy goodness.  Her vision of what can be done with a simple accordion album is fresh and packed with techniques that can be applied to any number of projects.  So sit back and enjoy...Mou Saha has joined the gypsy caravan and we couldn't be happier.

Welcome!

Step-by-step Instructions:
1. Paint the front of the stacked accordion. Dangle a key and binding ring drop on a Gypsy tag tied together with seam binding ribbons. Embellish with stickers, tapes and paper.
2. Create 'bases' for the page inserts with patterned papers trimmed to fit,  photos, stickers, tags, traced tags and paint.
3. Add chipboard letters, more stickers, stamping and ephemera to embellish. Journal and tie everything together with a little more paint.

4. Make tabs with gaffer and paper tapes, stickers, seam binding ribbons, etc.

Notice what Mou did with the ATC & Photo Display shapes of a little bird and a pear? ...she used them as a template to cut out the shape in patterned paper and then adhered the patterned paper over the creme cardstock.  Clever.  

 

Here's how it looks

Here she filled in the negative space with paint and lettering.  What a great technique!

 

 

 

Makes you want to pick up your paint brush doesn't it?

Supplies:
    •    Stacked Accordion
    •    Patterned papers: 19347 Decoration, 19349 Ecriture, 19350 Fleur de Lys and 19351 Orchestra (Avignon Collection)
    •    Seam Binding Ribbon: Avignon and Victoria
    •    Gaffer tape,  Chipboard Alpha & Numbers, Clear stamps (Venice Collection)
    •    Gypsy market Patterned Paper Tape
    •    97% Complete stickers: Inspiration and Wish 

    •    Black Keys
    •    Gypsy Ephemera Cards
    •    Gypsy Tags
    •    ATC & Photo Display Tags (bird, pear)
    •    Princesca Glittered Tags
    •    Binding Ring dangles-Drops: Sapphire
All supplies by 7 Gypsies
    •    Other: Acrylic paint (Delta), ink (Tsukineko); adhesive (Scotch 3M); pen (Sharpie); decorative scissors (Provo Craft)

Remember, you have until tonight at midnight to leave a comment on our March 1st post for a chance to win a stacked accordion and some goodies to go inside.

Time for NEW

We are so excited 2010 is here!

A season of NEW is in store...
What can you look forward to?

A NEW product release in a few weeks,
NEW ideas,
NEW Product Challenges,

NEW Guest designers,
And a NEW Gypsy Girl joining the Design Team...

welcome kerry lynn yeary

Can you believe it? 
How LUCKY are we?
We just knew she was a gypsy girl at heart...

Creative Escape-Chapter 2

The Project-Hidden Treasures

Here is the project that our students made. It was created using 1 package of 7gypsies 8 x 8 book board. The final size when complete is 10 x 10. You can see in the next few pictures that the piece has two hiding places for extra pictures or journaling.

The students were asked to bring their own black and white photos so each project had a different feel to it. One of the best things for us was being able to walk around and see the students fabulous pictures. We saw babies and weddings, heritage photos and favorite pets. It really spoke to the flexibility of the project. It was also a great way to meet your neighbor that might be from another state or country. No matter where your from or what your situation we can all identify with each other through photographs.

Host a Gypsy!

Did you know we have a whole band of gypsies that love to pack up their trunks and travel to teach gypsy classes all over the world?

They're called our 7gypsies certified instructors and their classes are nothing short of pure gypsy goodness.  If you've ever wondered what it would be like to learn how to create like one of the gypsies, then tell your local scrapbooking store to host one of our many traveling gypsies!  

We've got two of our instructors busy collecting trinkets and stuffing their pouches in preparation for some inspiring workshops in Arizona.  Here's a little preview of what they'll be creating...

"Junk Gypsy"

will be taught by Debbie Crouse & Paula Cheney

at Embellish Scrapbook Boutique in Lakeside, Arizona on May 13

"Good Things" ATC spinner class 

will be taught by Debbie Crouse and Paula Cheney

at Embellish Scrapbook Boutique on May 14th

"Fat & Fabulous" 

will be taught by Debbie Crouse & Paula Cheney

at Crafty Papers in Phoenix, Arizona on May 16th

"Totally Random Times"

will be taught by Melodee Langworthy throughout the rest of 2009

And we've recently caught wind of the buzz that mixed media & fiber artist Suzi Brown is using 7gypsies papers, gaffer tape and assorted embellishment in many of her upcoming classes at the Kimball Arts Center located in Park City, Utah!