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

Alright, now we are back on track!

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

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

Congrats Leila!!

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

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

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

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

Congrats Bonnie!

Layout of the Month- September 2011

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

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

Lynn Shaffer's "Sweet Smile"

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

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

(How’s that for a mouthful!)

First stop on your “hop” is this blog, so if you are here you are in the right place!  We have EIGHT BEAUTIFUL  blogs for you to visit this weekend, each with some gorgeous projects created using the Scrap That! October “Bella Rosa” Kit featuring the Prima Romantique collection of papers.   So sit back, relax, take your time and enjoy!
 
We have THREE prizes up for grabs:

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

Read on to learn how you can win!

First of all, you will need to visit all EIGHT blogs and leave a comment on each blog :) **This is important so we know you have been to all the blogs **.  (Please note:  Dusty Attic does not have a blog but just follow the link leave a comment on the forum thread in their community.)  Dusty Attic will choose a comment winner from their forum.
 
If you want to enter to win the Grand Prize of a Scrap That! Paper Crafting Kit, then head over to our COMMUNITY for details on our monthly challenge.  The challenge will run from October 10th to October 24th so you have LOTS of time to post your creations.  You can enter as many times as you like.  You do not need to be a subscriber to participate.  The more entries, the more chances you have to win!
 
Finally, if you post our blinkie on your blog you will be entered to win a Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate - super easy right?  Just post a link to your blog on the Scrap That! Blog so we can come visit :).

Here is the Blog Hop Rotation 

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

Scrap That!
Dusty Attic
Jeni  O’Connor 

Karen 
Lisa
Robin
Shona
Vicky

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

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

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

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

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



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

Kaiser Craft Advent Calendar Contest / Challenge

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


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

THE RULES ARE......THERE ARE NO RULES! You are only limited by your imagination and whatever supplies and papers you have to complete your advent calendar. Any theme, any style, any purpose. Heck - it doesn't even have to be Christmas themed. Why not make a cute storage box for beads, or jewelery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Mini Album and Box Set

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

 

Box open with album nestled inside

Box open with different album pages showing in the center

Album Page 1

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

 Album Pages 4 & 5

 Album Pages 6 & 7 - Layers Lovely Layers!

 

Album Back Cover  

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

"Bella Rosa" Sneak Peek!

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

Dusty Attic Prize Pack

Scrap That! Kit

Scrap That! Store Gift Certificate

Prima Prize Pack

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

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

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

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

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

Congrats Dorothy!

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

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

Goodnight!

MEET OUR GUEST DESIGNER JENI O’CONNOR!

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

My Favorite Chipboard Treatments

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

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!

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

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

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!

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.