Shimmery Butterfly Tutorial

Hi everyone...hope you all enjoyed the Easter Break! Sandi here today to share a very simple tutorial on how I made the butterflies for the April Kit reveal.

 

Here is what the finished butterfly will look like. I managed to get a better picture today in the sunlight but it is still much prettier in real life!Here is what you will need:

1.Butterfly Images. I cut mine from Bo Bunny Country Garden Collection

2. Clear Micro beads. I got mine at the Dollar Store but I know Martha Stewart sells them and you can also get them on ebay. I need more!

3. Dimensional adhesive such as Glossy accents or Diamond Glaze

Step one: Cover the butterfly with a thin coat of adhesive so it looks like this

Step 2: Using something to catch the beads(I used a piece of paper) Sprinkle the beads over the butterfly until it is completely covered.

Step 3: Let dry or you may use a heat gun to speed up the process

This is the end result

I love how the color reflects through the beads. You can also just trace with the glue along the edges or on the wings if you want to create a pattern like I did here:

Either way gives beautiful sparkly results and you can also do this on flowers! Give it a try and I bet you will agree that pictures doesn't show how pretty they really are. Have a great week!

Layout of the Week-April 9th

Well its Monday again and you know what that means...time for another Layout of the week from the gorgeous Scrap That! Gallery.So here it is....Glam It Up By Stephanie Dinnell

Stephanie scrapped this amazing photo perfectly. I love her embellies and how they reflect the theme of her layout. There are so many pretty details such as the background stamping, pearls and the pretty butterflies. Be sure to check out her gorgeous blog!

Big Congrats Stephanie on LOTW! Be sure to grab your blinkie!

Updates for Dusty Attic pre-orders

Due to problems with our supplier... at this time, ScrapThat! regrets to inform that all pre-orders placed for the Dusty Attic products have been cancelled. We will keep you informed as we hear back.

Layout of the Week-April 2nd

Hi everyone....Scrap That! is back in full force so we just had to bring back Layout of the Week. With all those gorgeous layouts being uploaded to the gallery again how could we not!!! We have made a few changes though.Every Monday we will choose a LOTW and at the end of the month, we will post all of the weekly layout winners and the members of Scrap That! will vote to choose their favorite.Lots of fun stuff in store for Scrap That! Without further ado, this is this weeks LOTW....Beauty by Sarah-R

 I just LOVE how Sarah scrapped this beautiful wedding photo of herself. From the fabulous punchwork to the placement of the white flowers....perfection! I love the doilies,the dress form, the sparkly paper and all the wonderful layers. There are two hidden tags to the right that reveal how Sarah felt on her wedding day...beautiful words! Be sure to check out Sarah's blog because she shares how she made this beautiful creation.

Big Congrats Sarah on LOTW! Be sure to grab your blinkie!

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

Welcome to the April "Serendipity" Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Scrap That! April “Serendipity” Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

(How’s that for a mouthful!)

We are so excited to present this kit to you!  First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place!  We have SIX BEAUTIFUL  blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! April “Serendipity” Kit featuring the Kaiser Craft "Sweet Nothings"  collection of papers.   So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy!

We have THREE prizes up for grabs:

A Dusty Attic Prize Pack

A Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit

A Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Read on to learn THREE ways you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all SIX blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **.

If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit, then head over to our NING community and leave a comment in the THREAD on our forum.

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 :).

 April "Serendipity" Kit

 Scrap That! is pleased to present "Serendipity". This kit is chock FULL of fabulous scrapbooking products including the amazing Sweet Nothings Collection from Kaiser Craft. With rich warm colors, and rustic embellishments like wooden gates and bronze cord, this kit lends itself beautifully to heritage layouts layouts.  We have included a white pen for you to use when creating a faux stitching effect.  The Scrap That! Design Team have outdone themselves with their creations this month so be sure and stop by our gallery and leave them some love!

 April Embellishment Add-On

 April Paper Add-On

Next, head over to visit Jenifer Evan's Blog.   Happy Hopping!
If you lose your way come back her for the blog hop sequence:

Jenifer - http://heldscraptive.blogspot.ca/

Keren - http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca/

Linda -  http://lindaabadie.com/

Sandi - http://sandi-smith.blogspot.ca/

Robin - http://robinshakoor.blogspot.ca/

April 2012 Serendipity Kit Sneak Peek!

Hello Lovely Followers!

Many of you have been anxiously awaiting the release of the next Scrap That! Kit.  We can't show you the full kit until our blog hop reveal which starts this Friday, March 30th at 10:00 MST.

BUT - we can show you a SNEAK PEEK of what our Design Team has been working on.

Thank you to Design Team member Sandi Smith for creating this gorgeous collage for us!

Presenting the April "Serendipity" Kit!

Welcome Linda Abadie & Jenifer Evans to the ScrapThat! Design Team

We recently held a Design Team call and we received some truly beautiful submissions.  A huge thank you to everyone who applied!  It was hard to narrow it down to just two but we are pleased to announce the two newest members of our Design Team.


Please take a moment to visit their blog and say hello...


Linda Abadie - Design Team

Linda Abadie

My name is Linda Abadie and I am from Fairfax, Virginia  I am so excited to join the ScrapThat! Design Team.  I started paper crafting since 2007 and love every minute of it. Creating art has become therapy for me. It brings me happiness and helps me stay positive in my life. My style is bold, full of bright colors, and happy! My work has been published in various idea books and magazines. I am very thrilled to be part of the team and am excited to start this creative journey and share my creations with you.


Jenifer Evans - Design Team Coordinator

Jenifer Evans
"Jennaroo"

My name is Jenifer Evans known on many scrap-booking sites as "Jennaroo!" I have 5 kiddos and am married to my high school sweetheart! We live in a small farming community... and honestly, there's not much to do besides scrap and chase my kids from one sporting event to the next! I have been seriously scrapping now for 2 1/2 years but started many years ago when my first child was born.  I scrapbook to preserve memories for children and theirs to come but I also scrap as a creative outlet for myself! My friends and family make fun of me because I see things differently than they do.  I am inspired by surroundings and often wonder how I can scrap them or incorporate them into my crafting somehow, whether it be something that would make a great title or something that could be altered or squeezed onto a layout. I would say I have more than one style of scrapping because I don't want to limit my creativity. My dominant style is shabby/pretty chic, but I've been known to produce grungy as well as clean and simple layouts once in a while. I pretty much go where the pictures and paper take me!

Dusty Attic Pre-Order at ScrapThat!

It's that time again!  Scrap That! is placing a Dusty Attic Pre-Order!

Browse the Dusty Attic Website to see the hundreds of awesome laser cut chipboard designs including new releases!

 Send us your wish list including product name and product code and we will get back to you right away with pricing.

 Pre-Order deadline is March 23rd.  Email our Dusty Attic Coordinator Valery at sun7designs@shaw.ca.

 Orders will be available to ship around the last week of April.

 For our subscribers we can include your Dusty Attic order with the May Kit for no additional shipping charge.

Scrap That! Welcomes Two New Designers!

Hello Everyone!

We are thrilled to introduce you to the two newest members of our Design Team.  We are sure you are familiar with their work already as they have been active members in our community, and have been layout of the month winners in the past.

Each of them brings a unique talent and style to the team and we are so excited to see their work with our next kit which will be released on March 30th.  Don't forget to mark your calendars for our blog hop reveal that weekend!

It gives us great pleasure to introduce you to two lovely and talented ladies, Sandi Smith, and Keren Tamir.  Please leave some love for them and a warm Scrap That! welcome!  Stop by their blogs for some wonderful inspiration and to get to know them a bit better.

Sandi Smith

My name is Sandi Smith and I  live in Newfoundland, Canada with my husband and my two wonderful kids, ages 20 and 13. I am a SAHM but I am also a full time Business student through Distance Learning. I did my first layout in January, 2010 and was immediately hooked...I now wonder how people live without pretty papers, lace, flowers and ink stained hands . Scrap That! was the first site I joined when I started Scrapbooking and I am thrilled to be part of this AMAZING design team!

http://sandi-smith.blogspot.com/

Keren Tamir

My name is Keren Tamir and I'm 37 years old. I am a wife to a wonderful husband who is very supportive of my scrapbooking hobby and a mother of two amazing kids; a 10 year old boy and a 5 years old girl. I've been scrapbooking for 8 years and I mainly scrapbook about my family. I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques.
 I believe my style is shabby chic vintage with a hint of whimsy. I love designing with flowers, butterflies, doilies and lace. I scrapbook mainly layouts however I do love making mini-albums and just recently I began making different altered projects. Every once in a while I like getting a little grungy and distressing my pages with many paints, mists and inks. My style is always evolving and that’s one of the things I love about this hobby.
One of the main reasons why I started scrapbooking was to preserve memories and photos for my children and grandchildren. However in this past year, I’ve started to enjoy another aspect of scrapbooking. I love the artistic outlet that it gives me. It has become an obsession, a healthy addiction which helps me relax in life. I love it so much and I hope to scrapbook for many years to come!!
I’m very happy and honored to be a part of the Scrap That design team!! I hope you enjoy our journey together.
Keren
http://kerentamir.blogspot.com/

Layering 101

  

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

  

Hello everyone!

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

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

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

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

Give it a try.  You will love the result.

Layout Of The Week December 4-11th

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

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

So Congrats to Linapyssel! 

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

Scrap That! December Kit Reveal!

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

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

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

 We have FOUR prizes up for grabs:

1)  A Dusty Attic Prize Pack

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

3)  Package of Prima

4) Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Read on to learn the FOUR ways you can win!

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

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

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

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

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

Scrap That!
Lisa 
Natasha
PION Designs
Robin
Shona
Tina
Vicky

Scrap That! Pion Design "Waiting for Santa" Kit

Contents List:

12 Pion Design Waiting for Santa Papers

6 Petallo Darjeeling Velvet Hydrangeas Maroon

3 Little Yellow Bicycle Doilies

1 Tsukineko Psssst! Shimmer Spritz (Gold or Silver)

1 Petaloo Canterbury Fleur Burgundy

1 Pebbles Flora Lane ABC Stickers

2 Green Leaves

1 White Paper Rose

1 Length of Gold Metallic Lace

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

Embellishment Add-On

Prima Angelica Rose - Gem

Prima Meredith Dove

Petaloo Velvet Berry Picks - Burgundy / Mauve

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

We hope you enjoy yourselves today!

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER NATASHA NARANJO AGUIRRE!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SCRAP THAT! DECEMBER SNEAK PEEK

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

Dusty Attic Prize Pack

Pion Paper Pack "Waiting for Santa"

Prima Prize Pack

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

See you at the HOP!