Custom Embellishments

  

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a beautiful holiday.  This is Robin with a design tip for you.  Now is the time to scrap all of the gorgeous holiday photos you took of family and friends.  Why not create your own custom embellishments. 

The December Scrap That! kit contains gorgeous Pion Design papers.  I knew I wanted to create holly leaves using only the main kit.  It was just my luck that two of the patterned papers had a beautiful brown and green design.

I used my Tim Holtz Holly die to create the leaves, branches and berries.  It was quick and easy and made a huge impact on my design.  Don't have a holly die available?  You can simple search the internet for holly patterns that you can download and use as a stencil or print right onto your paper. 

Remember, it's fun to think outside the box when it comes to creating custom embellishments.

Give it a try.  You will love the result.

Layout Of The Week December 4-11th

Hi Everyone Lisa here with this week's layout of the week!

Ok, what is there not to love on this amazing layout! The amazing masking, the distressed papers, the painting on the background, the stunning color palette or is it that darling little face! Well, I say it is all of the above! 

So Congrats to Linapyssel! 

See you next week with a NEW layout of the week! So be sure to upload your beautiful layout to have a chance to win layout of the month and a great prize! 

Scrap That! December Kit Reveal!

Welcome to the Scrap That! December Pion Design “Waiting for Santa” Kit Reveal Blog Hop!
(How’s that for a mouthful!)

We are so excited to present this kit to you!  These exquisite papers from Pion Design in Sweden are unlike any other papers we have seen and are breathtakingly beautiful and of the highest quality. The outstanding Scrap That! DT have really outdone themselves this month with so many inspiring creations. We hope you will sit back, relax and enjoy seeing some beautiful blogs and some amazing projects.  We are thrilled to have PION Designs joining us this month so be sure and give them a warm fuzzy welcome!

First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place!  We have EIGHT BEAUTIFUL blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! Pion Design “Waiting for Santa” collection of papers.

 We have FOUR prizes up for grabs:

1)  A Dusty Attic Prize Pack

2)  A Pion Designs Paper Pack “Waiting for Santa”

3)  Package of Prima

4) Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Read on to learn the FOUR ways you can win!

STEP ONE:  First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) Take your time!! Our designers have beautiful blogs :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **.  There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous package of Prima!  How easy is that?

STEP 2:  Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER.  Once you’ve done that you will be eligible to win a Scrap That! store gift certificate. 

STEP 3:  If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Prize Package generously provided by Jenny at Pion Design, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge.  The challenge will run from Dec 9th to Dec 29th so you have LOTS of time to post your creations.  You can enter as many times as you like.  You do not need to be a subscriber to participate.  The more entries, the more chances you have to win!

STEP 4: Who doesn’t LOVE some Dusty Attic?  Who wouldn’t want to win some Dusty Attic? 

Then, while you are hopping, you will want to be looking for the “special” word on each blog.  Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. Email the sentence to friends@scrapthat.ca.  All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the Dusty Attic Prize Pack.

Scrap That!
Lisa 
Natasha
PION Designs
Robin
Shona
Tina
Vicky

Scrap That! Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit

Contents List:

12 Pion Design Waiting for Santa Papers

6 Petallo Darjeeling Velvet Hydrangeas Maroon

3 Little Yellow Bicycle Doilies

1 Tsukineko Psssst! Shimmer Spritz (Gold or Silver)

1 Petaloo Canterbury Fleur Burgundy

1 Pebbles Flora Lane ABC Stickers

2 Green Leaves

1 White Paper Rose

1 Length of Gold Metallic Lace

1 Dusty Attic Mini Holly #2 10 PK (DA 0186)

Embellishment Add-On

Prima Angelica Rose - Gem

Prima Meredith Dove

Petaloo Velvet Berry Picks - Burgundy / Mauve

Now - before you hop along please make a note of the first word in the secret sentence which is: HAPPY

We hope you enjoy yourselves today!

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER NATASHA NARANJO AGUIRRE!!!

If you are looking for the 12 TAGS/CARDS CHALLENGES you can link it  here.

We are so excited to have the amazingly talented Natasha join us as Guest Designer for our December monthly kit, reveal day is on December 9th. We are sure you will agree that her creations are absolutely amazing and full of inspiration!

Hi!  My name is Natasha and I'm the mother of two wonderful children and the wife of an amazing and supportive man.

I am a floral designer by day and a scrapaholic by night! I first discovered my love for scrapbooking in 2004 but was unable to scrap because I was a single mother and had no spare time for myself or for hobbies.

For years I was unable to craft, but my passion for it never faded. I got married in 2010 and my husband inspired and encouraged me to start creating. If it weren't for him, I would have never been able to begin doing what I love.

As for my scrapping style... well, I don't know how to categorize my style exactly LOL. I just create using products I love. I love to incorporate different techniques in my work and use a variety of different elements. Every day I am inspired by the amazing work and talent of others, and I hope to be able to inspire others with my work as well.

http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/

SCRAP THAT! DECEMBER SNEAK PEEK

Please join us this weekend for our December kit reveal Blog Hop! We have THREE amazing prizes up for grabs. This kit is just gorgeous and we have an amazing Guest Designer. The fun all starts on Friday Dec 9th at 10 am MST.

Dusty Attic Prize Pack

Pion Paper Pack "Waiting for Santa"

Prima Prize Pack

We are excited to share with you our sneak peek for this month!

See you at the HOP!

NOVEMBER LAYOUT OF THE MONTH!!

Here  it  is!!!
Layout for the month of  November is
HOLD MY HAND
by.... Keren Porat - Tamir


CONGRATULATIONS Keren!!!

Be sure to email Lori so she can get your prize coming to you soon!
In the Subject line include: LOTM WINNER
Oh and don't forget to grab your blinkie ;)

Guest Designer Helena Johansson!

Our recently released “Putting on the Glitz” Kit features Glitz Vintage Blue papers and perfectly matched coordinating products. We are so lucky to have this super talented artist working with our kit this month!

Helena Johansson, aka Willea, is from Swedon, and it is no wonder she is on some of the best Design Teams out there. Her style is romantic and shabby with a touch of vintage, and she loves all kind of embellishments, especially flowers.

We are so grateful that Helena agreed to design for us this month and I am sure you will love her creations with this kit. For more inspiration please visit her blog at http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com

Vacker

Elegance & Beauty

For more information on this kit please visit the Scrap That! website.

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE *DAY 5* BOWS

Scrap That! is so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges, and it is DAY 5! Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.

Here is the challenge/theme for *DAY 5* of our holiday challenges at Scrap That! Today’s theme is “BOWS”. Create a new tag/card using this theme and upload it into our gallery by Dec 16^th for your chance to win a gorgeous prize. Robin is sharing a beautiful card with a satin bow on the side, and I have created a card and added 3 bows to it!

 The winner of the *DAY 5* challenge will be by random draw and announced on Dec 17^th. All entries will be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE.

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

 Rules: 

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 5**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.  

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize. Sorry but you can not use a card or tag for multiple days…each day requires a new card or tag.

 In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE *DAY 4* STAMPING

Scrap That! is so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges, and it is DAY 4 already!. Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.

Here is the challenge/theme for *DAY 4* of our holiday challenges at Scrap That! Today’s theme is “STAMPING”. Create a new tag/card using this theme and upload it into our gallery by Dec 15^th for your chance to win a gorgeous prize. Vicky has made a beautiful tag and I made a card. We both did the sentiment with a stamp, so break out those stamps everyone!

The winner of the *DAY 4* challenge will be by random draw and announced on Dec 16^th. All entries will be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE.

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

Rules:

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 4**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize. Sorry but you can not use a card or tag for multiple days…each day requires a new card or tag.

In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE *DAY 3* HANDMADE FLOWERS

Scrap That! is so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges, and it is DAY 3 already!. Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.  

Here is the challenge/theme for *DAY 3* of our holiday challenges at Scrap That! Today’s theme is “HANDMADE FLOWERS”. Create a new tag/card using this theme and upload it into our gallery by Dec 13^th for your chance to win a gorgeous prize. Here is a card that Vicky made and a close up of her flower. If you need ideas on homemade flowers go on over to our Tutorial Thread and there are lots there!

 The winner of the *DAY 3* challenge will be by random draw and announced on Dec 15^th. All entries will be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE.  

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

 Rules: 

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 3**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.

 Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize. Sorry but you can not use a card or tag for multiple days…each day requires a new card or tag.

 In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

 Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun! I can  not wait to see all the gorgeous creations :)

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE *DAY 2* SNOWMAN

Here at Scrap That! we are so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges. Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.  

Here is the challenge/theme for *DAY 2* of our holiday challenges at Scrap That! Today’s theme is “SNOWMAN”. Create a new tag/card using this theme and upload it into our gallery by Dec 13^th for your chance to win a gorgeous prize. I have created a card with a snowman diecut and Robin created a gorgeous tag. How easy is that!  

The winner of the *DAY 2* challenge will be by random draw and announced on Dec 14^th. All entries will be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE.  

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

Rules: 

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 2**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.  

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize. Sorry but you can not use a card or tag for multiple days…each day requires a new card or tag.

 In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

TAG/CARD CHALLENGE *DAY 1* RED AND GREEN

Hi everyone, here is the challenge/theme for *DAY 1* of our holiday challenges at Scrap That!

Today’s theme is “RED AND GREEN”. Create a new tag/card using this theme and upload it into our gallery by Dec 12^th for your chance to win a gorgeous prize. Shona created a gift tag and added red and green to it and Robin created a gorgeous red and green card. How easy is that!

The winner of the *DAY 1* challenge will be by random draw and announced on Dec 13^th. All entries will be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE.

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

Rules: 

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 1**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.  

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize.

In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

12 TAGS/CARDS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE – WITH 13 PRIZES TO BE WON! INCLUDING A GRAND PRIZE PION PRIZE PACK!

Here at Scrap That! we are so excited to bring you our Holiday Challenges. Anyone can enter, you do not have to be a Scrap That! subscriber.

Starting on December 1st, there will be 12 daily challenges. Each day starting December 1^st to 12th, we will reveal one of our tag/card challenges with the challenge theme for that day. Each day there will be a new challenge with a new theme and you can create either a card or a tag based on that theme.

Here is the best part, there is a prize EVERY DAY for each challenge, PLUS for each challenge you finish your name will go in for a grand prize draw.  The more challenges you enter into, the more chances of winning!

You will have 12 days to complete each challenge. Example…Dec 1^st challenge winner will be announced on Dec 13^th, Dec 2^nd challenge winner will be announced on Dec 14^th and so on. The grand prize winner will be announced on Dec 25^th

A wonderful scrappy prize package will be awarded to each daily challenge winner and the Grand Prize will be a PION Prize Pack loaded with gorgeousness from their new collection “FOR FATHER”

Rules:

All entries MUST be uploaded into the gallery with the corresponding challenge name in the title…example… **Challenge Day 1**” Please make sure the challenge is listed in the title or we may miss your entry.

Each challenge will have a different theme and entries must use this theme to be eligible for that daily prize.

In order to quality you must be a Scrap That! Blog follower, and a member of our community in order to upload your projects.

Remember, the more challenges you enter the more chances you have to win the GRAND PRIZE! Good luck everyone and have fun!

SCRAP THAT! Advent Calendar Challenge

OK, for all you ladies who bought your awesome Kaisercraft calendar for only $20, the challenge is now ON!
THE RULES ARE......THERE ARE NO RULES! You are only limited by your imagination and whatever supplies and papers you have to complete your advent calendar. Any theme, any style, any purpose. Heck - it doesn't even have to be Christmas themed. Why not make a cute storage box for beads, or jewelry?

Final deadline for all entries is Dec 15th. but if your project is finished before then please email a photo of it to us!

Once all entries are in, the Design Team will each choose their favorite calendar project. Then Scrap That! MEMBERS will vote for their favorite! The winner will receive a fabulous GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE loaded with scrappy goodness.

Email all entries to info@scrapthat.ca (please resize to 500 pixels) please write Scrap That! ADVENT CALENDAR CONTEST as the subject.

VICKY'S ADVENT CALENDAR
... using the Pion Design Paper pack, available for $19.99 - Email: Lori at friends@scrapthat.ca to order these papers!

Can't wait to see yours... so post it here for all to see!

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK Nov. 20-26/2011

Here is our lovely pick for this week ....

First Visit with Santa Claus -  By   Sarah-R

This layout is just beautiful! The paper is wonderful in it's holiday display. Just love that rolled scroll note holding the title along with the Christmas flowers displayed throughout. The distressing is just divine as well.

 Congrats  Sarah on a fabulous page!!  Sarah's Blog

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK FOR NOV 13-19 2011

Hi everyone...Lisa has made the pick for this week and here is her post :)

Hi everyone! Lisa here with this week's layout of the week!

HOLD MY HAND

by Keren Porat-Tamir

I Love the PION papers and the layering is AMAZING!! The best part of the design is the circle

 with the photo in a round tunnel. It really gives the feeling that you are in the tunnel too!

Big Congrats Keren!

"Adore" Layout Video

Hello everyone! 

Today I am happy to share a video tutorial of my "Adore" Layout.  I thought it would be fun to share with you the step by step process that went into creating my layout. 


The video will show you the basics and then you can add additional flourishes as I did in the photo above.  The video is in two parts and I hope you get some ideas that you can incorporate into your next Scrap That! project.

Adore Video - Part 1




Adore Video - Part 2



Enjoy!


Robin

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK FOR NOV 6-1212011

Hi Everyone! Shona here with this weeks pick for layout of the week for November 6-12/2011

Wedding Day designed by Dorthe Pabst

This layout is just so elegant and the design is beautiful. I love all the gorgeous punch work and embellishments that Dorthe has used to create this beauty. The heart shaped photo tucked in behind the main one is truly so unique and elegant.

Huge congrats Dorthe!

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK 1st week of November

This weeks layout of the week to start off the month is....  
Splendor in the leaves  designed by  Laura Gilhuly

This layout fits right into the overall feeling of fall. The page is beautiful stacked up with frayed layers and heavily inked edges. Holding a sweet Autumn memory. A little bling, a pleasing title and the pretty orange overlapping leaves were an excellent embellishment.




CONGRATS to you Laura!!!  

LAYOUT OF THE MONTH!!

Alright ladies,

Here it is!! What you have been waiting for!!

Layout of the month!!!

Randomly chosen from the 4 I selected as Layout of the Week.

LOTM is....

......Leila Cardoso's I Love You

Be sure to email Lori @  friends@scrapthat.ca so she can get your prize coming to you soon!
In the Subject line include: LOTM WINNER

CONGRATS!!!

Layout of the Week 10/23/11-10/29/11

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Just stopping by to announce the featured Layout of the Week...

...which goes to....

SCRAPPIN IN AK's "Always 2gether"

Love the monochromatic look to this. The lace doiley behind the photo really makes the picture the focal point. The touch of buttons is a great embellishment.

Congrats!!

Putting on the Glitz Reveal Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Scrap That! November “Putting on the Glitz” Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

 
We are so excited to present this kit to you!  The outstanding Scrap That! DT have really outdone themselves and created so many inspiring creations. We hope you will sit back, relax and enjoy seeing some beautiful blogs and some amazing projects.  We are thrilled to have Glitz Design and Dusty Attic joining us this month so be sure and give them a warm fuzzy welcome!

First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place!  We have EIGHT BEAUTIFUL blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! November “Putting on the Glitz” Kit featuring the Glitz Design Vintage Blue collection of papers.
 
We have FIVE prizes up for grabs:

 1)  A Dusty Attic Prize Pack - generously provided by Jennifer Hedger owner of DA

2)  A Glitz Design Prize Pack - generously provided by the Glitz Girls
 
3)   A Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit

 4)  Scrap That! Store Gift Certificates

5)  Package of Prima
 
Is your head swimming yet with the mention of all these fabulous prizes?  Read on to learn the FIVE ways you can win!
 
STEP ONE:  First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) Take your time!! Our designers have beautiful blogs :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **.  (Please note:  Dusty Attic does not have a blog but just follow the link leave a comment on the forum thread in their community.) There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous package of Prima!  How easy is that?
 
STEP 2:  Once you’ve done that, you’ll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER.  Once you’ve done that you will be eligible to win a Scrap That! store gift certificate.  All qualifying entries  will also be entered into a draw for the PRIZE, of a FULL Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit! 
 
STEP 3:  If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Glitz "Dance in the Sunshine" Prize Package generously provided by the Glitz Girls, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge.  The challenge will run from Oct 28th to Nov 22nd so you have LOTS of time to post your creations.  You can enter as many times as you like.  You do not need to be a subscriber to participate.  The more entries, the more chances you have to win!  Just looking at this gorgeous collection makes us want to "Dance in the Sunshine"!

 

STEP 4: Who doesn’t LOVE some Dusty Attic?  Who wouldn’t want to win some Dusty Attic?  Then, while you are hopping, you will want to be looking for the “special” word on each blog.  Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. Email the sentence to friends@scrapthat.ca.  All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the Dusty Attic Prize Pack.

STEP 5:  Finally, if you post our blinkie on your blog you will be entered to win a Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate - super easy right?  Just post a link to your blog on the Scrap That! Blog so we can come visit :) (You can find the code you need on the right side of our blog)

"Putting on the Glitz" Kit Contents

6 Glitz Vintage Blue Papers
1 Glitz Vintage Blue Paper Layers
3 My Mind’s Eye - Lost and Found Papers “Sunshine” “Forever” “Two of Us”
3 Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Night Mist / Daisy / Avalanche
Petaloo Flora Doodles - Velvet and Lace - Blue
My Mind’s Eye Lost and Found - Sunshine “Two of Us” Pearl Flourish
3 Prima Eminence Flowers
4 Prima White French Fairy Tale Roses
1 Prima Shabby Brick Stamp
1 Prima Chalk Ink Fluid Edger Bark Brown - Ingvild Bolme
1 Dusty Attic Bird Cage #3 (DA 0084)
1 Pebbles New Arrival ABC Stickers - White

Embellishment Add -On Kit Contents

Prima Gillian Flowers - Lemon
Prima Shabby Chic Resin Shutters - Ingvild Bolme
Prima Carlotta Blue Pearl Flowers

Our sketch this month is designed by the

Uber Talented Robin Shakoor!

Here is the Blog Hop Rotation (in alphabetical order).
 
Scrap That!
 
Dusty Attic
 
Glitz Design
 
Karen   
 
Lisa
 
Robin
 
Shona
 
Vicky

If you get lost along the way come back here for the blog rotation.  

Now - off you go to visit the friendly community at Dusty Attic.  Our main kit this month includes the Dusty Attic Bird Cage #3. REMINDER:  Our Dusty Attic pre-order deadline is November 21st - so be sure and email us your wish list :)

But wait!  Before you go don’t forget the SECRET WORD:  "DUSTY" Happy Hopping!

Scrap That! November "Putting on the Glitz" kit Sneak Peek!

Please join us this weekend for the Scrap That! November "Putting on the Glitz" kit reveal blog hop. We have FIVE terrific prizes up for grabs, and we promise you a ton of inspiration and some beautiful blogs. The fun all starts on Friday Oct. 28th at 10 am MST at http://www.scrapthatchat.blogspot.com/

A Dusty Attic Prize Pack - generously provided by Jennifer Hedger owner of DA

A Glitz Design Prize Pack - generously provided by the Glitz Girls

A Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit

A Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

A Package of Prima

We are excited to share with you our sneak peek for this month!

 

Don’t forget to swing by for your chance to win some YUMMY goodies and get tonnes of inspiration along the way. See you Friday J

Layout of the Week- 10/16/11-10/22/11

Good evening everyone!

So this week our Featured layout of the Week goes to-

Zoe's "She".

Look at all the Prima gorgeous-ness here. I love the design and what she has done with the paper. The torn effect. The misting on the middle layer is superb! This is beautifully composed.

Congrats Zoe!!

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER HELENA JOHANSSON!!!

We are so thrilled to have the amazingly talented Helena Johansson join us as Guest Designer for our November monthly kit, reveal day is on October 28th. We are sure you will agree that her creations are amazing and are full of inspiration.

 

Hi! My name is Helena Johansson, aka Willea, andI’m from Sweden.I live with my dh and we have two children, 9 and 5 years old. I’ve beenscrapping for almost five years and I often say it’s my passion in life! Scrapbooking for me is therapy, relaxation and art. I need it after my long working hours and after taking care of the kids and our house (at least I think about taking care of our house… sometimes scrapbooking comes first!)

My style is romantic and shabby with a touch of vintage. I love all kind of embellishments, especially flowers. I can hardly do a page without flowers. I also love details and I can spend hours on finishing my work, just looking at them and putting a pearl here or another flower there.I also love patterned paper and have tons, as I’m sure most of you do tooJ

I’m proud to be designing for three amazing companies – Petaloo, Dusty Attic and Pion Design. They are my“dream teams” and I’m having the time of my life working with these amazing people running the companies and all the talented women in their DT’s.

I’m so happy to be guest designing for ScrapThat! kit club – the kits are truly amazing and I love everything I’ve seen in the gallery. Thank you so much for inviting me here!

If you want to see some of my work, please visit my blog: http://willeasscrap.blogspot.com

Architecture of a Layout - October

Hi there... Vicky blogging today. I am posting a step by step on how I made my "That is Love" layout with the very gorgeous Oct. Bella Rosa kit (it may be my fave kit since the start of Scrap That! - definitely in the top 3 :) Who doesn't love Prima?

Some people find the romantic/vintage style intimidating to create. The key is layers. I like structure and distressing. I do admire all those heavily torn, painted and deeply shabby layouts with masking and all sorts of bits and pieces... but that's not my style. So, I keep the lines a little "cleaner". Let's get started!

1. Cut off 1/2 inch off the patterned paper (save the strips for later), heavily distress the edges (I used my Zutter) and adhere to plain cardstock.

2. Cut a large circle (8-9 inches) out of the coordinating floral paper, a 5.5 x 7.5 rectangle out of the soft yellow paper (you want the floral vine print to be at one narrow end of the rectangle). I rounded the corners.

3. Hand distress everything, including your strips and start layering. Glue the circle first, then the strips (leave the last half inch of these without adhesive) and then the photo mat and your picture.

 4. Slightly roll the strip ends and adhere half of the Prima lace/bling band to the bottom of the picture.

5. Use green chalk ink on your sweet pea chipboard and cut it into 3 pieces to form around the inside of the circle.

6. Make some lace flowers using Robin's awesome video tutorial.

 7. Add the butterfly to the corner.

8. Add your title and you're already done (you can also journal on the back).

Since the main paper has such a pretty border, I accented with more floral paper in the middle but then broke it up with the wide yellow photo mat to give focus to the picture. All the shapes flow and the page looks "filled-in" but there isn't anything truly complicated about this layout. The paper does most of the romantic/vintage "look" for you. Thanks for joining me today and I hope you give my style a go!

Vicky