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

Layout of the Week 10/09/11-10/15/11

Alright, now we are back on track!

I am pleased to announce to you ladies, the layout of the week for this past week goes to .....

......Leila Cardoso's I Love You
Love love the painting on the background paper, great way to customize your own background. Love the splatters too. And her title placement is awesome! Amazing texture all around.

Congrats Leila!!

Layout of the Week 10/02/11-10/08/11

Hey ladies!
Sorry got alittle behind with the Layout of the Week.

Here is the featured layout for week 10/02/11-10/08/11.
Bonnie Friesen's At Last.

Just look at the dimension on this page! WOWsers! So much attention to detail. The strands of pearls trailing the butterflies is very creative and beautiful. Love her treatments on the DA pieces too. Overall- a stunning layout.

Congrats Bonnie!

Layout of the Month- September 2011

So the month of September flew right by us! We had such beautiful creations posted in the gallery and thank you to all the ladies that for that.

We chose a layout to feature every week in September, now it's time to choose 1 from those 4 as our Layout of the Month.
By random drawing...our LOTM is .....

Lynn Shaffer's "Sweet Smile"

Congrats Lynn! Very well deserved!
Be sure to email Lori for your DA Prize!
- in the subject line, write- LAYOUT OF THE MONTH WINNER

Welcome to the Scrap That! October “Bella Rosa Kit” Reveal Blog Hop!

(How’s that for a mouthful!)

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! October “Bella Rosa” Kit featuring the Prima Romantique collection of papers.   So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy!
 
We have THREE prizes up for grabs:

• A Dusty Attic Prize Pack - generously provided by Jennifer Hedger owner of DA
• A Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit
• A Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate 

Read on to learn how you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **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.)  Dusty Attic will choose a comment winner from their forum.
 
If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge.  The challenge will run from October 10th to October 24th 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!
 
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 :).

Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 

(in alphabetical order) in case you hop off course ;-)

Scrap That!
Dusty Attic
Jeni  O’Connor 

Karen 
Lisa
Robin
Shona
Vicky

(missing from this is photo is the Dusty Attic Sweet Pea Border)

October “Bella Rosa” Contents List:
Prima Romantique Collection of Papers
Creative Imaginations IOD - Provencial - Provencial
Creative Imaginations IOD - Provencial - Bordeaux
Creative Imaginations IOD - Provencial - Jolie
Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Chiffon / Leapfrog / Wheat
Prima Romantique Alphas - may be substituted for other Prima Alphas
Prima Blossom Branches - Pistachio
Prima Say it in Crystals Strip
3 Prima Cottage Blossoms - Baby Blue
12 Prima Romantique Avon Roses
6 Prima Athena Flowers - Pink
Ranger Liquid Pearls - Buttercup
Dusty Attic Sweet Pea Border DA0593
4 two inch Cosmo Cricket Glubers
1 Length of Crocheted Lace

Embellishment Add -On Kit Contents
Prima Bengal Blooms - Mauve
Prima Romatnique - Flower Market
Kaiser Craft paper Blooms - Dusty Pink

Robin Shakoor is such a talented Scrapbook Artist, and who knew she was a talented sketch artist as well?  Some people just have it all!  Thank you to Robin for providing this month's gorgeous sketch.

BUT WAIT!  Before you leave we would like to share this wonderful video tutorial from Design Team Member Robin Shakoor.  Robin has created a fantastic video tutorial demonstrating how to use this month's technique item - GLUBERS - from Cosmo Cricket.



 
Next, head over to visit the friendly community at Dusty Attic.  Our main kit this month includes the Dusty Attic Sweet Pea Border Happy Hopping!

Kaiser Craft Advent Calendar Contest / Challenge

We are so excited to bring you the first of our Christmas / Holiday challenges!
The Kaisercraft Advent Calendar is one of the company's most popular Christmas Beyond-the-Page projects! And why wouldn’t it be? Who doesn’t love counting down the days till Christmas? This Beyond the Page Calendar is made of quality press board and features easy-to-cut and -assemble construction.


We are offering the Advent Calendar at an amazing discount for this contest. Only $20 to people who want to participate in the contest.

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 jewelery?

We will be featuring all of the entries on our BLOG, COOMUNITY AND FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL AS SCRAPBOOK.COM throughout out the months of November and December.

Final deadline for all entries is Dec 15th. but if your project is finished before then please send it to us!
Once all entries are in, we will create an album including ALL entries on our NING site and Facebook Page. The Design Team will each choose their favorite calendar project. Then Scrap That! members will narrow it down when they will have the opportunity to vote for their top 3 calendar entries.

The top 3 calendars chosen will each win a fabulous prize with the GRAND PRIZE going to first place.
The GRAND PRIZE is a package is loaded with $75 in product! There are THREE chances to win some yummy prizes!

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

Hurry and order your Kaiser Craft Advent Calendar so you can get started and watch for more details and photos of all the prizes. This is our BIGGEST PRIZE GIVEAWAY ever, and there will be some incredible goodies to be won!
Email Lori at friends@scrapthat.ca to order yours today. We can include the calendar with your kit shipments for no additional shipping cost!

This Kaiser Craft Christmas Advent was created by the talented Tara Orr!

Scrap That! Limited Edition "ABC Primer" Back to School Mini Album Kit

When Graphic 45 released its newest collection “An ABC Primer” , we fell in love and immediately knew we had to create a “Back to School” Mini Album Kit!!  

Who better to design it than one of G45’s own designers Tara Orr !  This kit provides instructions for you to make the most perfect keepsake for your little one’s back to school experience.  It would make a wonderful gift for the grandparents too!   

The vintage schoolhouse theme is perfected with wonderful imagery of children at play, having fun, being studious as well as all the fantastic paraphernalia associated with our fondest school memories. 

Colors are bold and bright yet warm to ensure they match the overall aged feel of this collection.  

 Mini Album and Box Set

To purchase this mini album kit visit www.scrapthat.ca

 

Box open with album nestled inside

Box open with different album pages showing in the center

Album Page 1

Album Pages 2 & 3 - Look at the adorable Dusty Attic Picket Fence!

 Album Pages 4 & 5

 Album Pages 6 & 7 - Layers Lovely Layers!

 

Album Back Cover  

For details and closeups visit our website to view the SLIDESHOW.   We hope you enjoy creating this lovely vintage keepsake box and mini album featuring Graphic 45's "An ABC Primer" Collection and Kraftboard 5x5 Altered Box!

"Bella Rosa" Sneak Peek!

We are excited to share with you our sneak peek for this month! Please join us this weekend for our "Bella Rosa" reveal blog hop. We have FOUR terrific prizes up for grabs. This kit is just gorgeous and we have an amazing Guest Designer. The fun all starts on Friday Oct. 7th at 10 am MST.

Dusty Attic Prize Pack

Scrap That! Kit

Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Prima Prize Pack

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!

Layout of the week 9/25/11-10/1/11

Good evening ladies!
Yet another week has flown by! Its October-holy smokes!!
So this weeks layout of the week is...

Dorothy Alcantar's " When I look thru the lens, I see Life."

This is layout is gorgeous!! I love the color the Prima Mistable was sprayed-it coordinates perfectly with all the fussy cut elements. I absolutely love the treatment on the DA piece. The stencil misting on either corners really catch your eye, overall this is a divinely composed layout.

Congrats Dorothy!

Next we will pick from the 4 layouts featured this monrth, 1 randomly chosen layout to be featured as Layout of the Month, winner will also win a DA prize courtesy of Scrap That!!

Be on the lookout fot the winner in the next few days!!

Goodnight!

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER JENI O’CONNOR!

We are so thrilled to have the talented Jeni O’Connor join us as Guest Designer for our October monthly kit, reveal day is on October 7th. We are sure you will agree her work is so whimsical and truly inspiring!

Hi I'm Jeni. I'm thrilled to be asked to be the Scrap That! guest for October.


I'm an Aussie with a Canadian dh, so we get to spend time in two beautiful countries. We have twins, a boy and girl who are growing up way too fast for me and my camera, and a dog Buddy. We currently live in dh's home town in beautiful BC.


I've been a scrapbooker for as long as I can remember. Even as a child I would take photos and write stories about them. I was inspired by my grandmother's love of crafts and scrapbooking brings it all together. Over the years my style has changed due to so many influences and fabulous products available.


Today, I have two distinctly different styles Storybook/whimsical style usually in 3d, where I love to extend the photo and create a scene. I also like to create in a Shabby/arty/, sometimes messy kind of style.


I been lucky to have had many opportunities in scrapbooking. For the past 5 yrs I've been a design team member on the Colour Team for Scrapbook Creations magazine. I've authored regular features and three year long series of published articles, "What's Your Style?"and "Scrapping with the Stars" (astrology and scrapping). More recently, "Reality Bites" (scrapping about real life issues).


I was also a tutor for a number of years at the Australian Scrapbooking Convention.


I'm a Midwife and Teacher by professions when I'm not scrapping.


I'd like to say I'm a domestic engineer, but I'm not really all that domesticated...I'd rather be scrapping!


I currently design for: Manor House Creations, Once Upon A Sketch, and Scrapbook Creations Magazine.


I'm so pleased to have the opportunity to share my creations with you. Please drop in and say "Hi." http://jocmomentsoftime.blogspot.com/