GD Limor Webber - March Kit Featured Projects

Hello Crafters, Limor here.

As you know I was asked to be the March Guest Designer for ScrapThat!

Here are two layouts I created with the wonderful kit they sent, and I wanted to give you a more in depth look at how I created these layouts.

Layout 1

MK, EAO

This corner of the page has so many little details, This chipboard piece came with a beautiful ornate frame which I used in the next layout, so much versatility!.  The chipboard is inked with Prima Chalk Inks and a little bit of Lindy's Stamp Gang Scintilating Silver Glitz Sprits. I am addicted to using packaging so I decided to use the beautifully stitched Prima packaging as my photo mat.  

Nothing is more fun the ripping and creating folds on your layouts which is what I did at the corner of the layout.  I pulled out my favorite punches and created all those wonderful layers that you see underneath the Dream chipboard sign.

A little fussy cutting can sure make your page pop especially if you layer it which is what I did here.  Add some Prima flowers and you have yourself a page!

Layout 2

MK

This page is full of dimension, I really wanted to add a little bit of my Mixed Media touch to these pages so I used the beautiful brick stencil by The crafter's workshop to create the background

I could not resist but to fussy cut this paper to death!!! it screamed at me to cut it up!!! I love my dies which is what this page mostly consists of.

For the title I used that chipboard piece I spoke of earlier and inserted one of the sentiments from the paperline to create the title.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed these projects!

Limor Webber

Be sure to stop by Limor's blog, Chic Scrapbook Designs by Limor Webber, to see more of her gorgeous work!

Condolences and Sparkling Sun Chipboard Tutorial by Tracey S.

The ScrapThat! family would like to extend our condolences to Kaitlyn on the loss of her brother. Our hearts are with you in this time of sorrow, and we hope you find comfort in happy memories of your time with him.

It's Tracey S. here today to share a tutorial with you. I enjoy repurposing my supplies for unexpected uses. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted my "Movin' On" page to look like. That vision included a sparkly sun. I was so blessed that our ScrapThat! March Kit included the Maya Road Chipboard frame pieces. My set included a flower frame. I kept the center circle in place and transformed it into my sun using the following steps. For the tutorial below, I used a flower chippie from my stash, so if your kit includes different shapes than mine, try checking your chippie stash to find something that will work. 

This is a technique that would work with a number of different products, so I have included some ideas that may work if you don't have the exact products I used. I am a firm believer in using what you have on hand when possible. 

Sparkling Chipboard Sun Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply List:

1. Flower or sun shaped chipboard piece.

2. Big Shot or other machine that will emboss. 

3. Darice Swirls embossing folder or any embossing folder with texture you like for your sun.

4. DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Paint or other yellow/gold colorant.

5. Ranger Crackle Accents or other clear crackle or non-crackle medium.

6. Mini Marbles or microbeads. While microbeads are smaller, they would still catch light for the sparking effect. 

Step 1. Run chipboard through a textured embossing folder. I used the Swirl folder by Darice. Any embossing folder with dots or swirled texture should work. The raised portion of the embossing is on the top of the "sun". 

Because the chipboard is thick, you may need to shim with cardstock in place of one of your normal embossing plates. I was OK with the plates for my Big Shot, but it was a tight fit.

Step 2. Paint with gold metallic paint. Because my chipboard is bare, it took two coats for good coverage. I used DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Splendid Gold. 

If you don’t have gold metallic paint, you could try, ink, mist, yellow paint or other colorant.

Step 3. Cover with a clear crackle medium dropping clear mini marbles or microbeads into the wet crackle. I used Ranger Crackle Accents and Beadies Mini Marbles. Allow to air dry.

Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint should work as well. If you don’t have either, you could also use Glossy Accents or other clear medium. Although a clear medium won't have the crackles, it will adhere the microbeads for the sparking effect. The result would look much like the first photo below.

Wet Crackle with Mini Marbles:

When Dry:

Step 4. To create the rays I penciled in lines of different lengths extending from the sun with a ruler. I used my Tim Holtz Design Ruler and piercing tool to create holes every 1/8 inch. I erased the lines, then hand stitched with yellow embroidery thread, randomly adding yellow seed beads as I stitched. Depending on the beads, you may need a beading needle. Fortunately mine had large enough holes that a "sharps" needle worked fine. 

If you don't have a ruler with piercing holes, you could simply pierce the holes down the lines, not worrying if the spacing is exactly even. 

"Movin' On"

ScrapThat! Main Kit

See how easy this charming sun is to create? I hope you have been inspired to give it a try.

Sarah's March Kit Creations!

It is time to share some of the details and close-ups of my ScrapThat! March Kit layouts! I was so excited to get the March "New Blooms" kit, which features gorgeous Meg's Garden papers. These papers are so beautiful and have wonderful details with so much fussy-cutting potential, as you'll see on this first layout I'm sharing.

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Our Boy

The photo is one of my son's first "School Pictures" (his daycare does pictures) - and I was so pleased with how the photos from One for the Wall photography turned out.

I started out by fussy cutting the pink floral page around the edges. I added in some doilies that I inked with green chalk ink around the edges and used the light green cardstock as the base page. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the green 'trellis' from one of the sheets of patterned paper and fussy cut the leaves from another sheet.

The title is a Chipboard phrase by Imaginarium Designs. It took me several mediums/techniques until I finally got a colour/effect I liked on it. When you're working with chipboard, don't get discouraged - just keep adding paint, ink, chalk, gesso until you get a result that you like! This piece started out with a coat of gesso, green and white pastels and then Distress Crackle Paint in Hard Rock Candy. I didn't like how it turned out, so I tried inking it with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo (to pick up the brown in the paper). That turned it into a muddy-green failure. So, I rescued it with another coat of gesso, which ended up looking great!

In this close-up you can see some of the fussy-cut leaves, as well as the natural skeleton leaves that came in the main kit. The green/white flowers are from the Flower Add-On and the large White flower is from the February ScrapThat! Flower Add-On.

Another close-up of the fussy-cut leaves and green/white flowers. You can also see two of the three Imaginarium Designs chipboard butterflies on this layout. I used gesso and three different colours of smooch to create the three different butterflies.

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Are You Ready?

My second layout with the ScrapThat! March Kit features photos from my wedding day of me getting ready for my wedding, hence the title "Are You Ready?"

This is a very paper-heavy layout because I wanted to really feature how beautiful the Meg's Garden papers are. I tore two of the patterned papers to form the base for this layout - I wanted the scroll design on the papers to frame the layout - so used part of the green floral and part of the pink floral page to create this effect. I cut the striped paper using my Silhouette Cameo and then tore off the left edge of the die-cut and doubled up the fancy edge on the right side of the layout.

I used the white cardstock in the Kit to create a double-ended banner as a mat for the fussy-cut perfume label. I then used the leftover pink/green patterned paper (from creating the base page) to create the banner across the bottom of the layout.

I used the cream ribbon to create the ribbon swirls around the photos to help frame them and added a beaded flower from the Flower Add-on - I love how well this flower coordinated with the striped paper! The beautiful girl helping me get my necklace on in the photo is one of my very best friends - Amy!

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Those Eyes

For my final layout with the ScrapThat! March Kit, I scrapped another of my son's "School Photos". He has the most beautiful, soulful blue eyes - which just melt my heart, so I've called the layout "Those Eyes".

I have to admit, this is my favourite layout that I created from this kit. I just love this photo and how the torn/punched layering turned out. I used two different Martha Stewart edge punches and alternated the punched layers with torn layers, also tearing the ends of the layered papers at the top and bottom.

The flower clusters are a combination of flowers/leaves from the main kit as well as from the February Kit Flower Add-on - I also added in a couple of corkscrew swirls created from the stems off the white roses. I just love the crinkle ribbon that was included in this kit - it creates such a pretty bow!

Another bow and some white roses to help frame the title of the layout.

I wanted to show you one more close-up of the photo. I got the digital files for my son's pictures and played with this photo in Photoshop to create a vintage black & white photo effect, but then re-revealed the eye colour. I'll be sharing a tutorial on how I did this later in the month!

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Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today. I hope you found some inspiration in my layouts!

LOTW March 10 - Barbara Lochridge

Sarah here with this week's choice for LOTW. It is so hard to choose one layout to feature each week - our members have been busy and there are so many beautiful layouts in the Ning gallery! 

This layout by Barbara Lochridge, "An Angel From Heaven," really popped for me - such a precious photo and beautiful soft colours! Fantastic flowers and embellishments - just look at the gorgeous use of liquid pearls! 

Congratulations Barbara on being chosen as LOTW - you can Private Message me on the Ning site for the HTML code for the LOTW blinkie!

Fussy Cutting Tutorial with Sandi

Happy Friday, everyone! Sandi here today to share a few fussy cutting tips with you! The Meg's Garden papers in the March Scrap That! kit are so perfect for cutting out specific images and using them on your designs almost like embellishments! 

Any time I have papers such as these, the first thing I do is to start cutting! Why? Because if I hesitate, then I might be tempted to use the papers "as is" and loose the unique opportunities that fussy cut images provide. So, dive in! You won't regret it. 

If you have never done any cut work, below are some tips. (I only have a few photos as it is hard to photograph with scissors in one hand and paper in the other. Right?) 

Select a section of the paper that has some images that look promising to use as embellishments or borders. I like to cut a larger section out before I actually start my fussy (or detail) cutting. 

Having the right tools is key to good results. You will want a pair of small, detail scissors such as these pictured above or Cutter Bee Precision-cut scissors and/or a good, sharp craft knife. I use both. The craft knife works great for very fine detail work and for getting "into" spaces within the design. 

Then, start cutting around the designs you wish to use, in this case the flowers and leaves. You will get the best results by holding the scissors steady but moving the paper as you cut, rather than the other way around. You'll get more fluid edges rather than ragged. 

In this case I used a large section of flowers although I could have cut it up in smaller increments if I had wanted. When I've finished cutting, I like to ink my edges for definition. This also helps to cover any smallish detail or white space that you've missed. 

I thought it might be helpful for you to see a video of someone doing some fussy cutting. Since I am not equipped for doing videos myself, I've selected one that I liked by Janine Koczwara.  She does such beautiful work, I hope you'll take time to watch. 

Here is the link: 

Fussy cutting video with Janine Koczwara

Here is how I've used my piece. 

and ... 

Another example of fussy cutting.  See how open the leaves are at the top? I used the craft knife for this one. 

Thanks for coming by today! 

~ Sandi ~ 

Tracey G.'s March Kit Creations

Hi there! Tracey G. here and today I want to share a little more about 2 of my layouts created with the beautiful March Kit,"New Blooms",  featuring Meg's Garden.

Here is my first page using the main kit only:

I did lots of fussy cutting since these papers are so rich with detail. I embossed my mat using the Cuttlebug and Holtz Damask embossing folder. I adhered the brown ribbon from the kit to a  strip of the paper and folded it to make 2 pleated "ribbons." The kit includes a page of medallions so all I did for the nameplate was add a few of the pearls and back it with ruffled ribbon. With the included cheesecloth I made loose flowers and used the Kaisercraft pearls for centers. Since I can't sew at all, the stitching is all "faux."

My second layout uses the add-ons and is based on Amy's sketch:

I really love the colors of this one! The cute Prima clothespins hold a pleated ribbon and doily from my stash and the alphas were some horrid hot pink leftovers that I crackled to match. I curled the kit's Tim Holtz film strip using my heat gun and hubby's help! I painted the DA butterfly with pink and white acrylic paint ,then applied the crackle while it was still wet which blends the colors in a cool effect. I created the card stock flowers using a Sizzix die,embossing each layer before compiling, then using watercolors for soft effect.

Stop by the ScrapThat! Gallery to see more pages and projects made from this beautiful kit!
Can't wait to see what you create with it!

Tag Video Tutorial by our Featured March GD, Limor Webber

Hello Crafters!! It's Limor here to share the tutorial of the tag I created as a Guest Designer for Scrap That Kit Club. I received this incredible kit package, and one of the projects I chose to make was this tag.

 

Here are some close ups of the tag and of course the full video tutorial for your pleasure! 

Enjoy the video tutorial and thanks for stopping by!

To view more of Limor's gorgeous work, be sure to stop by her blog, Chic Scrapbook Designs by Limor Webber.

LOTW March 3rd - Marianne Grimbly

So this week it is not a layout but a wonderful and creative project from Marianne....
I love this box.....she was so creative, and all the elements are awesome! Not to mention the cards are fantastic! The addition of the bottle cap, shells and the tickets are fabulous!

 

 

 

She even decorated the inside!

Wonderful and Congrats Marianne!

My Last Post at ScrapThat! by Sandi Smith

Hi everyone....this is a sad day as it will be my last time posting as a designer here at ScrapThat! Today, I am going to share in more detail my layouts made with the beautiful March ScrapThat! Kit.

Here is my layout based on Amy's beautiful Sketch...

  Main Kit, EAO and FAO

I love those photos of my great niece(Taken by Sherri Mouland Photography) and it matched these papers perfectly. I did some sewing. punching, stamping, lots of fussy cutting and got messy with gesso. I did things a little differently this time by adding a little color to the gesso with Patina Glimmermist. I made the little banner from the papers in the kit and used a little twine from last month's kit. Here are a few closeups:

 Main Kit and FAO

I did lots of fussy cutting and punching with this one and sprayed the flowers with mist to better coordinate with my layout.The butterflies were made by stamping onto a transparency sheet with Staz on ink and I then cut out the butterfly images.

Main Kit, FAO and EAO 

My last layout is also of my sweet girl and is my favorite. I got really messy with this one using masking tape, Glimmermist and some random stamping. Because these beautiful papers have a glossy coating on them, I had a little trouble getting the mist to absorb. I tore regular masking tape into random pieces and layered it where I intended to place my photo. I love how the mist looks on the tape. I also did some spraying after all the embellies were glued down which gave the flowers the multicolors.

 

I have loved my time here as a designer at ScrapThat! Such a beautiful, kind group of ladies who I will definitely miss and a big Thank you to Kaitlyn for having me!