Scrap That Chat

Layering 101

2012-01-29T11:48:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone!

It's Robin with a tip on layering. I love using lots and lots of layers on my projects. The trick is, not to go overboard. I have been asked by many new scrapbookers about my layering process. I don't really have process, but I will share how I began layering.

The easiest way to begin layering is to chose a specific paper collection. Here, I have used the "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" collection from Graphic 45. If you are just beginning to add layers and dimension to your projects, I find using a collection is a great help. The papers all coordinate which makes it easier. I love using circles, rectangles and squares behind my photos. Simple matting also creates a dramatic effect without a lot of fuss.

Creating custom embellishments using coordinated collections also helps. You can use your die cutting machines or templates you have to create one-of-a-kind embellishments which further add to your layers.

Remember to have fun when you try new techniques. Practice makes perfect and you will be layering in no time! Enjoy!

Robin

Custom Embellishments

2011-12-25T20:30:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-12T20:07:00.002-05:00

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!

2011-12-09T11:46:00.001-05:00

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!!!

2011-12-06T18:28:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-05T18:34:00.000-05:00

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!!

2011-12-04T20:09:00.002-05:00

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!

2011-12-04T16:24:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-04T16:20:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-03T17:32:00.000-05:00

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.

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.

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

2011-12-02T18:35:00.000-05:00

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.

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.

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

2011-12-01T18:09:00.000-05:00

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.

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.

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

2011-11-30T18:58:00.000-05:00

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.

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!

2011-11-29T18:54:00.000-05:00

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

Rules:

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

2011-11-28T18:30:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-27T11:26:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-21T22:02:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-20T09:41:00.004-05:00

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

2011-11-13T11:17:00.000-05:00

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

2011-11-06T13:20:00.000-05:00

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!!

2011-10-31T13:28:00.001-04:00

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

2011-10-31T13:22:00.002-04:00

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!

2011-10-28T11:25:00.003-04:00

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!

2011-10-26T09:14:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-23T23:52:00.000-04:00

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!!!

2011-10-21T16:17:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-19T11:12:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-17T00:43:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-17T00:37:00.001-04:00

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

2011-10-10T00:24:00.004-04:00

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!

2011-10-07T11:58:00.003-04:00

(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

2011-10-07T11:31:00.000-04:00

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

2011-10-04T13:03:00.000-04:00

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!

2011-10-03T19:21:00.001-04:00

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

2011-10-03T01:27:00.000-04:00

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!

2011-10-01T15:20:00.000-04:00

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/

My Favorite Chipboard Treatments

2011-09-26T11:43:00.000-04:00

Hi there bloggers... Vicky here today to share some ways to finish raw chipboard. Let's dig right in!

To give the shells texture, I first applied Snow Writer by Deco Art with my finger and then once it dried, used brown and pink chalk ink around the edges.

Here I used Tim Holtz crackle paint and light brown chalk ink on the edges for definition.

Simply pink acrylic paint on the dress form - so easy!

I stained the clock with walnut ink for a vintage look. Gets really dark in the cracks - so awesome!

A little Tim Holtz distress ink and gold Stickles on this flourish.

This rustic look is simply Tim Holtz distress ink applied GENTLY, directly from the ink pad and leaving some spots bare.

Here is Glimmer Mist at it's best - saturated and shimmery

Here is more Glimmer Mist in a gold and then bronze Stickles over top on the edges.

I still have two more things I'd like to try as finishes... glazing for an epoxy look and stamping on my chipboard so stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today,
Vicky

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK 9/25/11

2011-09-25T11:30:00.000-04:00

This weeks layout of the week is .... SISTERS designed by Bonnie Friesen

This page is so LOVELY and sweet with it's magical feel and bits of fussy cut story book detail! The colors blend perfectly and have a warm feel. So many overlapping scrumptious heavily distressed layers. With touches of stamping, a beautifully created leafy vine blooming with flowers and the cutout frame around this adorable photo makes this page divine.

Congratulations Bonnie!

September BIG Blog Giveway!

2011-09-20T15:07:00.000-04:00

Hello Lovely Followers!

We are so happy to have so many wonderful friends, and we want to show our appreciation by giving away some scrappy goodness!

This kit is full of bright sunshine-ey colors to give you a boost of summer happiness as we bid farewell to Canada's shortest season. (Well it's not really our shortest season but it sure feels like it!)

This kit contains scrumptious papers from Webster's Pages, BasicGrey, and Karen Foster, and embellishments from ZVA Creative, Queen & Co., Glitz, Maya Road, and 7 Gypsies.

All you have to do is leave a comment here and post our blinkie to your blog if you haven't already. Easy Peasy Right? You have until September 31st to post your comment. Good Luck!

Layout of the week 9/11/11

2011-09-19T00:30:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone!
It's time yet again for another Layout of the Week!!...

With having said that- it is my joy to feature Lynn Shaffer's "Sweet Smile".

I love the way she used a B&W photo against a pastel color scheme, it really allows that photo to pop. The design is beautiful with the soft pink inking which pull together the trail of butterflies seemingly fluttering thru the page. The final touch of personalized journaling brings this entire layout together.

Congrats Lynn!

Gorgeous layout!

"Lovely" Layout Tutorial

2011-09-18T14:14:00.005-04:00

Hello everyone!

Today I am happy to share with you a video tutorial for my "Lovely" layout featuring the Birdsong main kit.

You can pause the video at any time to take notes or follow along.

Thanks for joining us today.

Robin

Guest Designer Karola Witczak!

2011-09-15T10:47:00.000-04:00

Our recently released Exclusive Pion Design "Birdsong" Kit features the soft romantic "Studio of Memories" Collection from Pion Design in Sweden. This has without question been our most popular kit to date!

We are very fortunate to have another smokin' hot Guest Designer working with our kit this month!
Karola Witczak from Poland is one of the industry's top designers and she has a HUGE following. Once you look at her creations you will understand why! We are so grateful that Karola agreed to design for us this month because the Pion Design papers suit her creative style so perfectly.

~ You Are So Beautiful ~

This page was created using products found in the Main Kit.

~ You ~

The beautiful white flowers Karola used on this page come in the Embellishment Add-On Kit.

~ Just Because ~

The pearl details were created using the Ranger Silver Pearl Liquid Pearls that come in the kit.

~ Congratulations ~

The kit comes with the delicate paper doilies from Little Yellow Bicycle.

~ Notes ~

This little notepad that Karola altered would make the best teacher or secretary gift!

~ Rose 6 Years Old ~

Karola's daughter is the subject of much of her work, and the pretty Pink Rose Tendrils from Prima

are the perfect touch to this layout of Rose. The blue butterflies are fussy cut from one of the papers in the kit, and the gorgeous pink dimensional butterflies are handmade by one of our ETSY suppliers.

We have just released 5 more of these kits, and once they are gone they are gone! Visit our website to purchase.

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK 9/4/11

2011-09-11T11:28:00.003-04:00

This week we present to you .... AT THE BEACH designed by Sandi Smith.

This layout is truly BEAUTIFUL and bursting with creativity! The layers and texture add to this pages beauty, as does the flower clusters that are just spilling with sweet beachy detail all tucked in lace. The handmade kite is so sweet and the rope around the photo draws in your eye to the adorable picture and adds a super creative touch to the entire layout.

Congratulations, Sandi ! Visit Sandi's Blog

Now Featuring Layout of the Week and Month!

2011-09-10T00:40:00.000-04:00

Scrap That! will now be doing a weekly and monthly featured layout. Each week a layout will be chosen from the gallery, and be featured for that week. The designer of the chosen layout will receive a beautiful blinkie. At months end the monthly feature will be chosen from the 4 weekly features for that month. The featured monthly winner will receive the blinkie and a DUSTY ATTIC PRIZE! This feature is open to all who post in the Scrap That! gallery. So get posting all your beautiful creations:) The Scrap That! team is so excited to introduce this into our community, we hope you all enjoy it too!

Here are the beautiful little blinkies .....
Happy Scrapping:)

Take a Walk Down Memory Lane With Us!

2011-09-01T17:07:00.001-04:00

Since we started our little 'ol kit club back in May 2010 we have put out 15 monthly kits plus 5 Mini Album Kits! Our Design Team have each chosen their personal favorite layout from a Scrap That! Kit.

Here is what Kit Coordinator Vicky Alberto had to say.

"My top fave layout I created using Scrap That! kits is "Treasure" made with the March 2011 "Secret Garden" Kit. Not only was that kit my favorite to date, but I remember just "dying" to get my hands on this specific paper to scrap this photo of my daughter. When I saw all the glorious kit embellies perfectly matched the picture... I was in scrappy heaven! I think the March kit was the best one so far (September is just as good!) to suit my scrap style and color preferences."

This next layout is by Lisa Blastick

"Well, my favorite layout is "Happy Birthday" because I really never use pink and I just loved the softness of the pinks in the May 2011 Anniversary "Romantic Spring" Kit. All of the papers in the kit were fabulous and I loved all the beautiful flowers....everything was such a perfect match!"

Darien Anderson is a Scrap That! Alumni and a Guest Designer this month. Darien chose this layout from our second kit that we released in June of 2010 called "Queen Bee".

"I was just in love with this kit, one of my favorites I have to say! This is my DD and my step son Owen. I'm just so happy that my DD has 3 brothers that adore her so much. She is very lucky!!!

This next layout is by Karen Wilson and is also from the "Queen Bee" Kit.

"My all time fave kit layout would have to come from the June 2010 "Queen Bee" kit, which featured Pink Paislee's Queen Bee collection. This is my fave because of it's design, the stitching (when I first started that technique), the fussy cutting which I mastered from this kit...most all of-because of the photo, this is one of those photos where it just hits you - just how grown your child really is! The journaling is what is my favorite part, every word is a perfect description of my daughter and the girl she has grown to be. I fell in love with this kit from the moment I laid eyes on it. The muted tones of greens, browns and yellows were beautiful, paired with the perfectly coordinated blooms and embellishments, all brought this kit together.

This is one of the very first layouts Ivana Camdzic created when she joined the Scrap That! Team using the November 2010 "Winter's Walk in Paris" Kit.

"This layout will always hold a special place in my heart because it is the very fist layout I created as a part of the Scrap That! DT! Not only will that memory always be one that I cherish, but the sheer beauty of this kit made me fall in love with Scrap That! kits right away! I have been hooked ever since!" :)

Robin Shakoor joined the Scrap That! team this year. Her work is exquisite and it is easy to see why this layout is her favorite so far!

"My "Love" layout is my favorite. I am relatively new to Scrap That! so I do not have as many to choose from as the other DT members. The reason this is my favorite layout is because of the beautiful papers in the August kit. I am originally a vintage scrapper so the
"Somewhere in Time" Kit and the embellishments included in the Scrap That! August main and embellishment kits were perfect for my style. I love adding lots of layers to simple lines and I found that easy to do with the kit."

Shona Keehn - Design Team Coordinator Extraordinaire created this layout with our April 2011 "Madame Butterfly" Kit.

"This is one of my fave layouts and it is from the Scrap That! April 2011 "Madame Butterfly" Kit. I just love this photo of my grandson and the deep rich colors of the Bo Bunny papers. This was around the time that I found my scrappy style that I love, using lots of layers and dimension."

Tina Rutledge also joined us this year. She is the queen of Dusty Attic chipboard which may explain why she is also on the Dusty Attic Design Team! This is her favorite layout.

"This is one of my favorite layouts made with the March 2010 Scrap That! Kit "Once upon a Springtime". I just had a blast cutting all the flowers and fairies out of the papers and adding them to my page as embellishments! The papers in this kit were perfect for creating a fairytale scene. Loved the Websters trim that came with this kit. It worked perfectly for my page."

Tara Orr is one busy lady and sadly had to leave Scrap That! this year. However she still designs for us on occasion and has designed four of the mini albums that we have released.

"I just adore this layout! There are several reasons why this is at the top of my list for one of my all time faves. Firstly, its of my youngest son. If you know me, and my style, the majority of my work is very shabby chic, very 'girly' and has my three year old daughter, Eden, in the spotlight. This one stands out to me. The Scrap That! April 2010 "Madame Butterfly" Kit features Bo Bunny's Gabrielle line and for most of us, we wouldn't dream of using this collection on a 'boy' layout. I think you can! If you omit the flowers and replace with layers of paper, distressing and other elements - it works fantastically! This was also the first time I had ever used the 'paint splatter' technique and I totally love the end result! I was sooo worried to do this as if it didn't look good, it would pretty much ruin the layout but the paint adds just the right amount of edge and color to the otherwise 'white' space (that I DO NOT do very well!)"

Thank you for joining us for a walk down memory lane! Now - out of the nine layouts above, why don't you tell us which is your favorite? The DT member with the most votes wins a little something from Scrap That! Thanks for playing along :)

Welcome to the Scrap That! Exclusive Pion Design “Birdsong” Reveal Blog Hop!

2011-08-26T11:44:00.002-04:00

(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 TWELVE BEAUTIFUL blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! Exclusive Pion Design Kit "Birdsong".

So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy!

We have FOUR drool worthy prizes up for grabs:

A Dusty Attic Prize Pack
A Pion Design Prize Pack
A Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit
A Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Read on to learn FOUR ways you can win!

1) First of all, you will need to visit all TWELVE blogs :) **This is important** Each blog will have a special word. As you hop be sure and write down the special word from each blog. Once you have all the special words they will make a sentence. You will need to email the SECRET SENTENCE to friends@scrapthat.ca. All correct sentences received will be entered in a draw to win the Dusty Attic Prize Pack. (Please note: Dusty Attic does not have a blog but just follow the link leave a comment on the forum thread in their community.)

2) Everyone who emails us with the correct secret sentence will be sent a short marketing survey. Once you have completed the survey you will be entered to win a Scrap That! Exclusive Pion Design “Birdsong” Kit.

3) If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Pion Design Prize Pack, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge. The challenge will run from August 26th to September 14th 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!

4) 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 this blog so we can come visit :).

Here is the blog order for you to refer back to in case your hopping gets off course :)

Scrap That!
Darien Anderson
Dusty Attic
Gabrielle
Ivana
Karen
Lisa
Pion Design
Robin
Shona
Tina
Vicky

Now without further ado we are proud to present our September Kit "Birdsong"! You are going to love what our Creative Team has done with this kit!

September “Birdsong” Contents List:
Pion Studio of Memories - Photoframe
Pion Studio of Memories - Anemone
Pion Studio of Memories - Birdsong
Pion Studio of Memories - Ornament
Pion Studio of Memories - Ring of Roses
Pion Studio of Memories - Collage
Pion Studio of Memories - Rose
Pion Studio of Memories - Ocean of Roses
Pion Studio of Memories - Borders
Pion Studio of Memories - Cut Out Sheet
Pion Studio of Memories - Tags
Bazzill Basics Bling Cardstock - Tiara
Bazzill Basics Bling Cardstock - Glass Slipper
Bazzill Basics Bling Cardstock - Diamond
American Crafts Thickers - Sunrise Natural Chipboard (technique item)
Dusty Attic Music Notes - DA 0351
Prima Say It In Crystals - 5445446
5 Prima Angelica Roses - Airy
1 Silver Liquid Pearls
1 Length of White Crocheted Lace
3 Little Yellow Bicycle Twig Doilies
1 Set of Handmade Butterflies from Kaye's Kreative Korner ETSY -http://www.etsy.com/shop/kaylori77?ref=pr_shop

Embellishment Add -On Kit Contents:
Prima Summer Carnations Flowered Tendrils - "Pinck"
Prima Arcadian Collection - Weathered
Prima Annette Collection - Mia

Now, a kit just wouldn't be complete without a fabulous sketch to go along with it! We are very fortunate to have one of the best sketch artists in the biz - "LG" Belarmino. We think she has really outdone herself this month and the sketch coordinates so beautifully with the soft romantic feel of this kit.

BUT WAIT!! Before you leave we would like to share this tutorial from our guest designer Gabrielle Pollacco. Each and every one of Scrap That!'s Main Kits include a coveted piece of Dusty Attic. Gabi has shared a great technique on how to add:

"A Shabby-Chic Finish for your Dusty Attic Chippies"

I love to add an aged crackle finish to my Dusty Attic Pieces and one of my favourite pieces to add this to is the dress forms. On one of my layouts for my guest spot this month I used this Shabby-Chic finish, so I thought I'd share a quick little step by step on how to achieve this design.

Supplies you will need:
~ Dusty Attic Chipboard piece
~ White craft paint
~ Brown chalk ink
~ Black Solvent Ink (Like Stazon....it must be solvent ink so that the stamped images don't blur when you apply the crackle medium)
~ Random stamps (scripted or flourishy images work best)
~ Tim Holtz Rock Candy (crackle medium)
~ Perfect Pearls paint (in the kit)

Step 1
Give your DA chippie a coat of white paint, reapply another coat when the first one is dry.

Step 2
Edge your whole piece with some soft brown chalk ink (like Colorbox Chestnut or Sudio G brown chalk ink)

Step 3
Randomly stamp on your script and flourish stamps, going off the edges of the piece. (Be sure to use a solvent ink like Stazon if you are going to add the crackle finish)

Step 4
Apply crackle medium in a nice thick layer. Note: Try not to brush over and over on the same spot, it will make the crackles smaller.....also remember the thicker the layer the thicker the cracks will be. Don't worry if some areas are thicker than others, all that will mean is that you will have some smaller and some larger crackles but the end result is quite lovely and natural in appearance.

Step 5
You can dress-up the dress form with a few drops of the Perfect Pearls ....I created a necklace and a belt for mine.....Here is a pic of the finished piece.

Here is my finished page with the dress form embellishment...

We hope you have enjoyed this wonderful tutorial and we'd like to give a huge thank you to Gabi for taking the time to share this with us!

NOW GET OUT YOUR PEN AND WRITE DOWN THE WORD “SCRAP”.
Next, head over to Darien’s Blog. Happy Hopping!

SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE SONG TITLES

2011-08-25T18:24:00.001-04:00

Hi everyone! Shona here. It is my turn to host the challenge this month and my challenge to you is to create a new layout and “use the title of a song” somewhere on the layout. You can use it in your journalling, title..etc. This challenge is open to ANYONE! You do not need to be a Scrap That! kit subscriber to participate in this monthly challenge. This challenge runs from August 26th to September 14th. I will randomly draw a winner for a fabulous Pion Design Prize Pack!

The Rules:
1. Upload the project in our gallery and add this to your title : Scrap That! SEPT CHALLENGE
2. Upload it to your blog, Scrapbook.com or Twopeas.com with the same title as mentioned in #1.
3. Comment in the Challenge Thread in the Scrap That! Community, with a link to your entry (from your blog, scrapbook.com or twopeas.com)
4. You can enter as many projects as you wish.
5. Have fun!

For my layout I used the song title..Melody of Love…and used it as my title. I really need help with titles, half the time I just want to upload my layouts with no titles…So maybe if I think about music..that will help.. .hehe…it can not hurt that is for sure

I sure hope you play along with the challenge this month! Remember, this challenge runs from August 26th to September 14th. I will randomly draw a winner for a fabulous Pion Design Prize Pack! YUMMY!!! See you tomorrow at the reveal BLOG HOP !!

"Birdsong" Sneak Peek

2011-08-23T19:31:00.001-04:00

Hello Lovely Followers!

We are happy to share our September Sneak Peek!

Be sure an join us this weekend for our reveal blog hop which starts Friday at 10 a.m. MST. We have THREE awesome prizes to give away.

A Pion Design Prize Pack

A Dusty Attic Prize Pack

A Scrap That! Birdsong Kit

Tutorial for creating a layout, borders and Rose Bloom...with the "Somewhere in Time" August Kit

2011-08-15T13:48:00.003-04:00

Hello Everyone! Today I'm here to share the very simple process I have used in putting together a negative space layout with your August kit....or my version of negative space:) I have always been challenged with negative space.

For this layout I will show the simple steps I have used to add embellishments to my page using the corrugated Kraft Paper included in the kit. I have created a punched border, a rose bloom and punched butterflies. I have also used a bit of the burlap for some small accents.

To begin I chose a sheet of patterned paper and knew I would use 3 photos for my page. Next I decided where I would place my photos. I then cut a layer of paper and strip of paper for placing my photos on.
(1) Choose paper
(2) Gather photos/decide on placement
(3) Cut a layer to place your photos on
Using one of my punches I punched a strip out of the Corrugated Kraft paper for a boarder underneath my photos.

Next I cut another strip of paper adhered it to the boarder where I will place my photos, and accented the boarder with some distress paint.Distressing the papers as I go.
I have cut a couple of pieces from the punched strip to layer the boarder

Here is what the page looks like
How I created the Rose Bloom... **NOTE** This is just one my versions of using this Tattered Floral Die Cut. I have made up a Water Distressed Rose Bloom awhile back using this die, and I'm certain there are many tutorials using this die.

Distressed Rose Bloom using Corrugated Kraft Paper
Cut 2 layers of petals with the Corrugated paper and 2 layers with the patterned paper. Using scissors I roughed up the edges of all the petals a bit. Start layering your flower Corrugated paper first then patterned paper.Continue to build your flower glue the very center down of each layer stacking the layers.
I snipped the petals for the top layer to bend it easier
Here's what you will have
Now using the smallest layers make your center for the bloom
Adhere the small center inside.Here I have just pushed up the small petals and pushed them together forming a bud.
Added some punched butterflies
From the burlap I just snipped out some leaf shapes.And pulled some string to tie on my boarder.

Finally adding my title

Hope you enjoy creating using your Corrugated Kraft Paper and the "Somewhere in Time" Kit!!
Happy Scrapping:)
Tina xo

Lover's Rose Mini Album Kit

2011-08-09T02:38:00.001-04:00

We have had this gorgeous mini album in the works for awhile. This album was actually born by mistake. An ordering mistake that is. We found ourselves with way too much of the Graphic 45 Le Romantique papers and didn't know what to do with them.
We approached Tara Orr to design a mini album, and fortunately for all of us she agreed! Tara designed this exquisite mini album kit exclusively for Scrap That!

We proudly present the "Lover's Rose" Mini Album Kit.

Graphic 45 products are beautiful rich and have a wonderful vintage look. The Le Romantique Collection is nothing if not Romantic.

Tara's style of creating very dimensional projects is the technique of layering. She loves to scour thrift shops an second hand stores for the doilies that she uses in so many of her projects. Tara has also used the burlap included in the kit for her cover page which gives lovely texture.

Here she fussy cut some of the roses out of the Le Romantique patterned paper.

Tara painted the cream colored roses included in the kit a shade of peach to coordinate with the beautiful peach tones in the papers.

For this page - Tara created a pocket in which she inserted a handmade envelope.

Within the envelope could be a keepsake, poem or photo.

This is the front of the envelope. Tara used a faux stitching technique by using a paper piercer to create holes, and a white pen to create the stitches.

To create the scallop shape on the back of the envelope, Tara simply used a Maya Road Kraft envelope as a stencil and punched out the holes. The flap can be any shape, and you can personalize the closure by using buttons, brads or the embellishment of your choice. Here Tara used Stampin' Up - Create a Brad to create her closure.

Here is the envelope with a keepsake photo inside.

Tara loves to "work outside the lines". You will see on all of her pages that papers and embellishments often extend past the edge of the album. Don't be afraid to give this a try!

More fussy cutting.

Layers, layers, layers!

You can ink the edges of your photo to give a slightly distressed and aged look.

The base of this page begins with a doily followed by punched and pleated paper around the edge of the album. Tara does a lot of distressing in her projects. She used the Making Memories edge scraper to distress the edges of her patterned paper. More fussy cutting and layering on this page using flowers and chipboard in the kit.

The exquisite organza flowers in the kit come all the way from one of our ETSY suppliers in Turkey! They are beautifully unique and hand made. Ayse has many beautiful items in her shop - it's worth a visit.

We hope you have enjoyed our presentation! This kit should be on sale on our website in the next day. If you would like to order a kit in the meantime, email: customerservice@scrapthat.ca

Until Next Time,

Scrap That!

Scrap That! Blog Giveaway

2011-08-05T01:38:00.000-04:00

We promised you a blog giveaway so here it is....... Simply leave a comment and become a follower of our blog if you aren't already.

Posting our blinkie on your blog betters your chances of winning this beautiful vintage kit!

Papers:
Prima Botanical Far Far Away
Prima Botanical From the Heart
Prima Botanical True Words
Fancy Pants Lilac House English Garden
Fancy Pants Lilac House Weeping Willow

Embellishments:
Maya Road Kraft Envelopes
Bo Bunny Antique Lace Petal
Prima Flourish
Prima Flowers
Prima Leaves
Prima Ribbon
Glitz Love Nest Paper Layers
7 Gypsies Key
May Arts Ribbon
ZVA Paper Roses
Green Tara Satin Bows
Chipboard Frame and Flourish

That's it! Leave your comments by August 19th and we will select a random winner. Watch our newsletter on August 22nd for the winning name. It could be you!

Scrap That! August Challenge

2011-08-03T00:38:00.000-04:00

Vicky here blogging today! I am hosting the monthly Scrap That! challenge for August and my challenge to you is to create any type of project using only one 12x12 sheet of patterned paper or plain cardstock. You can use whatever embellies you wish but the core of the project (layout, card, altered item etc.) must only be made with ONE piece of paper. This challenge is open to ANYONE! You do not need to be a Scrap That! kit subscriber to join our community/forum and participate in our monthly challenges. Please visit us at http://scrapthat.ning.com - we love to make new scrappy friends! You will find this challenge under the Challenges from the DT section with a few simple rules and posting information. This challenge runs from August 3rd to August 17th. I will then randomly draw a winner for a fabulous embellishment prize from Scrap That!

Today I am sharing a new Pion Design project made with one single sheet of paper from the "fairytale of spring" collection, including the handmade flower. This cute little cupcake treat box was created using a template from:
http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Kelleigh-Ratzlaff. I just love this template!

Here you see the components before I put them all together. The handmade flower is a modified elegant ruffle flower from my flower tutorials. Instead of a rose center, I just kept adding smaller ruffled layers in the middle.

Here are more examples of other items that I have recently made with one single sheet of paper and some with handmade flowers:

A kirigami box:

An altered wood frame:

A purse card with gift card holder inside:

I sure hope you play along with the challenge this month! Remember, this challenge runs from August 3rd to August 17th. I will then randomly draw a winner for a fabulous embellishment prize from Scrap That!

"Somewhere in Time" Blog Hop Reveal

2011-07-28T23:58:00.004-04:00

First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place! We have NINE MORE AMAZING blogs for you to visit today, each with some inspiring creations using the Scrap That! August Kit "Somewhere in Time".

This FULLY LOADED kit features the gorgeous TIMEPIECE COLLECTION from Bo Bunny which is why your final stop on the hop will be the BO BUNNY Blog!

STEP ONE: you will need to visit all TEN blogs. Take your time and have a look around, our designers have beautiful blogs :) Be sure and leave a comment on each blog you visit. There will be a randomly drawn comment winner from each blog, and one of those lucky ladies will be selected to win a fabulous Dusty Attic prize pack!

**When you visit each blog be sure you leave a comment and become a follower so we know you have joined in. **

STEP TWO: swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER.

All qualifying entries will be entered into a draw for the GRAND PRIZE, a FULL Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit!

AND..... if that isn’t enough, BO BUNNY has generously offered a prize as well! So that’s not one, not two, but THREE chances to win!!

TO QUALIFY:

1) VISIT EVERY BLOG ON THE HOP, LEAVE A COMMENT AND BECOME A FOLLOWER

2) GO TO SCRAP THAT! FACEBOOK PAGE AND BECOME A FRIEND

3) GO TO THE SCRAP THAT! SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND BECOME A MEMBER

"Somewhere in Time"

Embellishment Add-On

August “Somewhere in Time” Contents List:

Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock - Licorice

Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock - Sugar

Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock - Almond

Creative Imaginations Corrugated Kraft Paper (Technique Item)

IOD Wild Spirit - Ranch Life

IOD Wild Spirit - Wild Horses

IOD Wild Spirit - Wild Spirit

IOD Wild Spirit - Country Girl

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Die Cut

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Dot

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Stripe

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Home

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Villa

Bo Bunny Timepiece - Timepiece

BasicGrey Oxford Alphas

Dusty Attic Ornate Corner #9 DA 0555

3 Petaloo Canterbury Roses - Brownie

1 Pack Petaloo - Velvet Wild Roses - Blue

4 ZVA Mini Roses - Ginger

4 ZVA Mini Roses - Ginger Transition

1 Ranger Stickles - Honeysuckle

1 Piece of Burlap

1 Length of Burlap Ribbon With Cream Trim

1 Length of Leather String

Embellishment Add -On Kit

Tim Holtz Fanciful Accoutrements

Petaloo Canterbury Vine Spray - Cream

Petaloo Chantilly Velvet and Lace - Brown

The first blog you will visit today is Ivana's.

Ivana has her own unique fresh, shabby / romantic style that we just love!

Here is the blog order. In case you get lost just hop back here and jump back in! Happy Hopping.

Ivana
Karen
LG
Lisa
Robin
Shona
Tina
Vicky
Bo Bunny

"Somewhere in Time"

2011-07-26T11:30:00.002-04:00

As many of you know the postal strike here in Canada really messed up our schedule and rather than scrambling and rushing and stressing we made the decision to push the release of this kit ahead by one month.

We are very pleased to present our August Kit,

"Somewhere in Time"

Join us on Friday, July 29th for our reveal blog hop!

Vintage Flower Tutorial

2011-07-25T02:28:00.000-04:00

Hi Ladies it's Karen!
I just wanted to share a quick tutorial on how to make a beautiful vintage inspired flower.
It's a relatively quick flower to make and no need for fancy punches. =) A plus!! =)
Step 1.
Cut 5 circles, whatever size you'd like your flower to be. To add more shape, I cut my flowers with a large scallop edge scissor. I then inked all my flowers.

Step 2.
Crinkle them all, this gives a more weathered look.

Step 3.
If you want more color in your flower, just sprits with some glimmer mist. This also makes the flower more manageable while you create it. Plus, gives it a gorgeous glimmer effect.

Step 4.
Proceed with gluing them in a layered manner.

Step 5.
When you get to your 3rd layer, while your glue is still wet, gather the center. This will give your flower more volume and seperate from the bottom layer.

Step 6.
When you have adhered your top layer, cut 3 slits into your flower. It does not matter where youcut the slits.

Step 7.
Add your center and lastly arrange your layers for more dimension.
If you want a thicker flower just add more layers.

Well that is all for now.
Be sure to stick around for our sneak collage of the August kit on July 26th and for the full reveal on the 29th! I will be using this flower on a project created with the kit. :p
See you then!

2011-07-22T14:51:00.000-04:00

~June Newsletter and Winners Announced!~

We are SO excited to be back to normal around here! With the postal strike delaying, and then outright pushing one of our kit releases, it’s nice to know that we are finally back on track! So let's get back to all the fun!....

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Fun Tip: Did you know that Scrap That! Store is a Dusty Attic Retailer? (www.dustyattic.com.au)

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Dusty Attic Orders

A quick little reminder to anyone who wishes to place an order for some yummy and fabulous Dusty Attic chipboard pieces….Our next pre-order deadline is Juy 29th! You can simply visit the lovely Dusty Attic website (www.dustyattic.com.au) for pictures and descriptions of all the lovely pieces…And don’t forget all the beautiful ideas in our gallery and at the Dusty Attic NING site, too!

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Monthly Challenge Contest

Needless to say, some of our contests have also been pushed and delayed…But rest assured, we will be resuming things in a jiffy!

So if you have joined in our challenge contest this month, you will have noticed that it was delayed slightly…But all the same fun applies! We will just be allowing everyone a few extra days to play along! We will draw a random winner on July 28^th! So be sure to get those entries in!!! And check out the gorgeous work already posted in our gallery! :)

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Monthly Reveal Hop

Our July blog hop was cancelled as a result of our July kit cancellation…But be sure to join us this month on the 29^th for a spectacular hop as we reveal the August kit!!!

New Member Prize

On the 15^th, we randomly chose a name out of all the fabulous and sweet members that joined our NING site during the month of May. And our May NEW Member pick is….

Deborah Byrne!!!

Deborah, we have a special pack for you just for joining the Scrap That! site in the month of May! Please send us your address at friends@scrapthat.ca so we can get it out to you as soon as possible.

If YOU ever want to play along….all you ever have to do is join our NING community! So be sure to tell all of your friends to join our fun site! Who knows who our next New Member Pick will be!

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Monthly Featured Member

The 15^th also brought about another prize winner…We randomly chose a member to interview and post on our NING site and our blog so that we can get to know every one of you a bit better! The lucky member was asked to answer a few interview questions and in turn will receive a fabulous prize pack as our way of saying thanks! This month’s lucky member was…

Sonya Everding!!!

Look for Sonya’s interview and get to know her better this month! We will be posting her interview in our forum and on our blog! So be sure to check it out and say hi!

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Lastly, we want to send out a HUGE thank you to all of our subscribers for all of your patience during the postal strike!

And since our hop for this month is a little later than usual…We will be adding in the sneak peek as soon as our lovely DT has created all of their yummy work! So check back soon to see little hints of the upcoming kit!

All the best from the Scrap That! Team :)

3 New DT Members!

2011-07-18T11:21:00.002-04:00

I am thrilled to announce that we are adding 3 new DT members to the Scrap That! family. Please help me welcome (drum roll)...

Tina Rutledge - We loved what she created with the April and May kits and we couldn't possibly let her go after her guest spot with us. Her soft romantic style is perfect for our kit club!

Hi Everyone! My name is Tina Rutledge. We have recently moved to the sunny state of Florida. I'm from Chicago, IL. and have lived there all my life, so I'm a city girl at heart. I have been married for 14 years to my wonderful and loving husband and we have 5 children. As a stay at home Mom, they definitely keep me busy, but are my inspiration. There are many things that inspire me and bring out my creativity. That is why I love scrapping! It allows me to challenge myself, bringing out the true expressions of my creative mind, in paper form. I also enjoy the positive energy it evokes.

Robin Shakoor - We adore her work work and a guest spot was not enough - we had to keep her too! Her wonderfully elegant style is a great compliment to our kits.

My name is Robin Shakoor and paper crafting is my passion! I live in Virginia with my husband, daughter, one spoiled puppy and three birds. I am a Human Resources Manager by day and crafter by night. I have been an avid paper crafting enthusiast since February, 2008. While I enjoy all design styles, I would have to say that elegant, romantic and vintage are my favorites. I enjoy incorporating a blend of these three styles into my projects, creating a visual experience for my readers. I believe that crafting is a shared experience for both me and those who view my work. Just knowing that I am teaching others through tips, tricks and tutorials on my blog brings me joy. I like to encourage others to step out and try new things. I believe that crafting is a personal journey and the roads we take along the way are different and special.

and last but not least...

Shona Keehn - She is a fantastic, supportive community member and a wonderful designer. The superb deep richness to her layouts will be a great style addition to the team.

My name is Shona Keehn and I am from British Columbia, Canada. I have 3 children and a wonderful husband of 26 years. He is very supportive with my scrapping addiction. I have been scrapping for many years but have just found my scrappy style in the last year, Shabby Chic with a bit of vintage, and it is definitely something that I change up lots. I love to try new techniques and make embellishments. One of my favourites is to work with a sketch, either for layouts or cards. I love how so many artists can be so different from one sketch. I get so much inspiration from everyone in the scrapping world and I hope that you can get some from me.

Shona will not only be designing with the kits, she will also assume the role of Design Team Coordinator. As most of you know, I have been the DT and Kit Coordinator since the start of Scrap That! kits. The position has grown to the point that it requires two people to effectively manage all the responsibilities. I will continue in the research and product selection role as well as be an active design team member. I now pass the DT Coordinator "torch" to Shona and am confident she will be an amazing team leader.

Welcome ladies to the team!
Vicky

PS - Next month we have some REALLY exciting guest designers joining us too so stay tuned (tease, tease :)

Paper Pleating

2011-07-17T17:58:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

Robin here to share one of my favorite paper crafting techniques...paper pleating! This is a fast and easy technique which adds pure elegance to your projects.

To begin, cut two 2 x 12 strips of paper. Starting with the first strip, score your paper at the following intervals:

1/2",
1 1/2"
2"
3"
3 1/2"
4 1/2"
5"
6"
6 1/2"
7 1/2"
8"
9"
9 1/2"
10 1/2"
11"

Fold to create pleats as shown in the photo below. Once you have completed this process, repeat using your second 2 x 12 strip. You will then be able to connect the two so you have enought to create a 2 x 12 pleated strip.

I hope you give this technique a try. You will love the look it adds to your pages without adding bulk. This is perfect if you plan to design a page for a scrapbook.

Have fun and enjoy.

Robin

2011-07-14T15:55:00.005-04:00

~SCRAP THAT! JULY CHALLENGE~

Our July challenge is getting a slightly later start this month, but do not fret, you will still have TWO FULL weeks to play along with us!

Starting today (July 14th), until July 28th, you can upload as many projects that fit within the challenge guidelines and increase your chances of winning a fabulous prize!

So here are the rules:

1. I challenge you to create a projects with splatters! You can use any art medium, such as glimmer mist, paint, reinkers, splatter stamps etc...to create your splatters. You may do so on a layout, card, or altered item.

2. Upload the project in our gallery and add this to your title : ST JULY CHALLENGE

3. Upload it to your blog, Scrapbook.com or Twopeas.com with the same title as mentioned in #2.

4. Comment in our challenge thread with a link to your entry (from your blog, scrapbook.com or twopeas.com)

REMEMBER...You can enter as many times as you wish, and you must follow all of the above steps to be eligible!

I will draw a random winner on July 28 at 12 am Central Time.

Here's an example I did with glimmer mist splatters :)

Good luck!

*Ivana*

Design Tip: Border Punch Uses

2011-06-29T16:59:00.002-04:00

Hey ladies!!! Here's a quick design tip for you guys as several ways to use your border punches, which are my absolute fave addiction.
They add such great effects and dimension depending on how you use them!
Tip 1: Use to create your own die shaped background paper.

Tip 2: Mat a shape with it. Punch 12 inch long strips of paper with a border punch, cut apart between the design and adhere to the back of your shape. Note: Being careful to overlap each piece a bit so it looks neater and blended well.
Tip 3: Punch a long strip and crinkle it up and adhere anywhere to your page. This creates a great dimension. Especially for a layout placed in a shadown box! Awesome!!

K thats all for now ladies.
Back to Vacation Mode til the 8th--Coeur' D Alene, Idaho!! Gorgeousness!

Scrap That! Double Page Trio Class

2011-06-19T21:35:00.000-04:00

We are pleased to announce the "Scrap That! Double-Page Trio Class"

This JAM PACKED class will be at The Scrap Yard in Calgary on Sunday, June 26th from 1-4 p.m.

There are ONLY 10 spots available for this class.

You will be creating THREE 12x12 Double-Page layouts with our "Don't Stop The Carnival kit featuring the the My Mind's Eye Union Square collection!

This kit is LOADED with 10 papers and the colors and patterns bring to mind the bygone era of the Big Top. With a palette of black, tan and red, bold stripes, touches of glitter and old worn newsprint you'll imagine yourself enjoying an afternoon at the Carnival.

Three 3.5x3.5 photos

One 5x7 horizontal photo

One 5x7 vertical photo

Seven or Eight 2x2 photos

Two 4x6 vertical photos

Two 3.5x3.5 photos

One 3.5x7 vertical photo

You don't have to use the word "Paris", you can adapt this to anything you like.

If you don't have photos ready for the class, come and create the layouts and add your photos later. There are only 10 spots available so sign up early. Just click on this Scrap That! link and sign up. All you need to bring is your basic tool kit, some brown distress ink and an edge distresser.
The Scrap Yard is located at 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE Calgary (403) 271-2225. If you have any questions please email Valery Klassen at sun7designs@shaw.ca.

Card Tutorial..."Afternoon Tea" June Kit

2011-06-19T08:00:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,

My name is Robin Shakoor and I am honored to be the guest designer for June. Today, I will be sharing my card tutorial with you made using the June main kit.

Create the card base. Trim card stock to 5 3/4 x 10, then fold in half using a bone folder.

Trim 6 strips to 1 1/2 x 4 1/2. (3 strips from blue patterned paper, 3 strips from light green patterned paper)

Punch edges of each strip using scalloped edge punch of your choice. Here I used Threading Waters by Fiskars.

Starting at the bottom of the card base, layer your punched strips.

Here is what your card base will look like once you have finished layering your strips.

Cut image from patterned paper and trim.

Glue cut image on brown cardstock and trim so you have a thin mat. This will make your image stand out on the card base.

Place your matted image on your card base as shown.

Cut dog images from patterned paper. For those of you new to fussy cutting, this is an easy image to cut for first timers. You can use either scissors or a kraft knife.

Ink edges of your cut image. Adhere your image to the card using foam squares.

Apply stickles to the crown and punched holes. Set aside to dry.

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you give this card a try.

Robin

Dusty Attic!

2011-06-15T01:08:00.002-04:00

Hello Fanatics!

Oh my goodness I had the pure pleasure this past weekend to sort through piles and piles of GLORIOUS Dusty Attic pieces from our latest pre-order. (or scrap crack as I like to call DA!)

There are some really fabulous NEW pieces on the Dusty Attic website - so off you go to take a look!

Email your wish list to us at: friends@scrapthat.ca and we will get back to you with pricing.

Pre-Order Closes this Friday, June 17th

Seriously! Who can resist these amazing frame sets?

Art Deco Frame Set DA0545

Mistra Hoolihan added the fabulous COGS to the Art Deco Frame - what an awesome result!

Baroque Frame Set (Circle) DA0545

Just LOOK at this elegant Baroque Frame on this Layout by Maiko Kosugi

Remember....

Email your wish list to us at: friends@scrapthat.ca and we will get back to you with pricing.

Pre-Order Closes this Friday, June 17th

2011-06-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

June Reveal Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scrap That! June Reveal Blog Hop!
First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place!

We have SEVEN AMAZING blogs for you to visit today, each with a some beautiful projects
that were created using the Scrap That! June Kit "Afternoon Tea".

First of all, you will need to visit all SEVEN blogs in order to qualify for a prize :)

**When you visit each blog be sure you leave a comment and become a follower (if you aren't already)
so we know you have joined in. **

Once youʼve done that, youʼll need to swing by our * facebook page, and LIKE us, and
then head over to our *social community and become a MEMBER.

All qualifying entries will be entered into a draw for the GRAND PRIZE, a Scrap That!
Paper Crafting Kit!

Once again, TO QUALIFY:

1) VISIT EVERY BLOG ON THE HOP, LEAVE A COMMENT AND
BECOME A FOLLOWER
2) GO TO SCRAP THAT! FACEBOOK PAGE AND BECOME A FRIEND
3) GO TO THE SCRAP THAT! SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND BECOME A
MEMBER

Now head on over to Ivana's blog to get started on all the hopping fun!

2011-06-01T16:23:00.000-04:00

June Kit Sneak Peek!

Hope to see you here, June 3rd at 10 am MST as we kick off our monhtly blog hop! Hop along with us as we show off the talented DT's creations with this month's kit, and give you some awesome chances to win! The hop starts here, so be sure to join in!

You have until June 5th to play along, so mark it down in your calendars - You won't want to miss this!

2011-05-23T20:29:00.000-04:00

~Scrap That! May Design Tip~

Hi y'all! Ivana here today :) with a little tip I use quite often when designing cards and other scrappy projects. I usually like to work 'off the page' or in this matter, off the card :)

I find squares to be a great starting point, and then I like to add interest using shapes, punches and other great elements in fun layers, on and slightly off the project!

Here is an example of a card created with the gorgeous May anniversary Scrap That! kit, using fun shapes to embellish the card. There are several types of shapes I like to use...Some inspired by stamps (like the sentiment oval and tag), some inspired by punches (like the heart punched shape at the top of the card), and others inspired by tracing templates (like the pink piece). Some of the shapes are directly on the card, while others are placed off the card ever so slightly (heart punch) to offset the square shape :)

Next time you create, hope you give shapes a try!

For more inspiration, check out my Scrap That! gallery for more examples of my 'shaped' projects. Hope you have a fabulous day!

*Ivana*

Tutorial for creating a layout....with the "Spring Romance" May Kit

2011-05-22T08:38:00.000-04:00

Hi all! Tina here today to show you a simple demonstration of creating a layout with your May Kit. Going to show the simple steps that I used in creating this page. Lets get started.....

For this layout I just knew what paper I wanted to use. I had 2 pieces of this paper. 1 sheet for my page and the other I cut up.

So I started by a simple distress and inking on the page
Adding lace is one thing I often do. I cut a piece of lace. Pulling gently around all edges of the lace piece. This will give it a slightly distressed look. You could also make rips in it. Giving it some gentle pulls will also make it stretch a bit, and this makes it easier to place all of your items on top of it.
I have next cut a lacey doily from the patterned paper and judged where I would place my photo.
Adding in another small layer under the photo. Now I'm ready to start placing my embellishments around the page.... Dress Form
Vintage Nameplate that will hold my title and flowers...
I wanted the flowers to kinda follow the curve of the doily. I used some leaves from the extra paper to the flowers. Some simple fussy cuts.

Here the Vintage Nameplate was covered simply by cutting a piece from the paper. Adhere the paper to the chipboard with a bit of tacky glue.
It easily fits right back together. For the Dress form and Vintage Nameplate I covered them with some white paint and then used Alcohol Inks. To see the complete tutorial on this have a peek here over at Dusty Attic

Some close ups of the Chipboard
Have a great time being creative with your GORGEOUS May "Spring Romance" Kit:)
Happy Scrapping ~
Tina xo

How to make a Lily

2011-05-10T06:00:00.001-04:00

Vicky blogging here with a new flower tutorial! I am in love with the new Prima Corine flowers... but of course they are hard to find here in Canada and I just needed to see if I could make my own version (for a fraction of the price and with adding an extra petal layer :)

Here is what you will need:

- 3 flower shapes with 3 pointed petals. I just used my Marvy punch and hand-cut the petal corners off. I must say this is my favorite flower punch because of the versatility and embossed feature. You can cut out a similar shape and trace it.

- Water to mist

- Scrapbook chalk or chalk ink (I prefer scrapbook chalk for this and actually found some at my dollar store!)

- White paint or snow writer, puff paint or glitter - whatever best suits your project style

- A decorative brad or a few pearls or stamens for the center

- A rounded object (like a Sharpie pen or painbrush end)

- A foam mat (like a computer mouse pad)

- Glue of choice

Step 1: Make your template.

Step 2: Cut your 3 flower layers.

Step 3: Water mist the layers and pinch the towards the middle of each petal to create a crease.

Step 4: While still damp press the center into the foam mat to raise the petals. Let dry completely before the next step.

Step 5: Add some chalk or ink to the center and over the crease for definition.

Step 6: Glue your layers and press all together into the mat to form a little space for the centre pearls to fit into.

Step 7: Paint or...

glitter your tips

Step 8: Glue your decorative center and you are ready to add to your project!

I hope you enjoyed today's post!
Vicky

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