Everything Scrapp'n' Monthly Challenge & Design Team work

It's challenge day at Everything Scrapp'n'... I hope you will join us for a fun challenge with a super duper prize (Pink Paislee - Starlight paper & Tattered Angels Marshmallow Glimmer Mist.

Click here for all the details.

Here is my layout for the challenge (which is to use Red, White & Blue in a non 4th of July way).

I love anything Pink Paislee & have had a lot of fun working with the Starlight line.  It's great for layouts about my guys - so I'll be going back for more since good masculine lines are hard to come by.

I made my own distressed letters inspired by the Pink Paislee ones that were the wrong color for this page.

The sticker sheet for this line is filled with borders, journaling spots & embellishments.  They add a touch of shimmer to them but not too much that it distracts in any way for those who aren't glitterers

Supplies:   Paper (Pink Paislee - Starlight Bright, Pink Paislee - Starlight Dazzle, Pink Paislee - Starlight Glow, Pink Paislee - Starlight Shine, Pink Paislee - Starlight Spark); Stickers (Pink Paislee - Starlight Sticker Embellishments); Punches (Stampin' Up, McGill, & Marvy); Diecut Letters (Making Memories Slice); Spinner & Brad (Tim Holtz); Ribbon (Offray); Clip (Paper Studio); Thread (Coats & Clarks); Twine (Making Memories); Stickles (Ranger - Antique Linen Distressed); Buttons (stash); Alpha Stickers (Cosmo Cricket - Tiny Alpha Cream); Adhesive (Diamond Glaze, Tombow & Glue Arts)

I love ledger paper for my backgrounds, journaling, ANYWHERE goes.  This is a great one to add several pieces to my stash.

Pink Paislee - Starlight Shine

I also made a couple cards.

The first is made from scraps of the layout above.  I just love that subtle flourish on the background paper.

Supplies:  Cardstock (Paper Resources); Paper (Pink Paislee - Starlight Bright , Pink Paislee - Starlight - Glow, Pink Paislee - Starlight Shine, & Pink Paislee - Starlight Spark); Ribbon (Offray); Punch (Stampin' Up); Diecut (Making Memories Slice); Brads (Heidi Swapp); Stamp (Ippity Stamps - Fall for You & Unity Stamp KOTM); Markers (Copic); Ink (Hybrid)

My second card mixes October Afternoon (another one of those companies that makes my heart sing) with the Pink Paislee & some Webster's Pages scraps... I should have named this post scrapping with my favorite companies lol

I've been wearing out the Tim Holtz Bird & Cage Die by Sizzix lately.

Supplies:  Cardstock (Bazzill); Paper (October Afternoon - Thrift Shop Good Junk, October Afternoon - Thrift Shop Collectors Item, Pink Paislee - Office Lingo & Webster's Pages); Die Cut (Sizzix - Tim Holtz); Stamps (Unity Stamp KOTM & My Sentiments Exactly); Ink (Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China & Tattered Rose & Hybrid); Ribbon (Vintage hand dyed stash);

This is the paper with the music on the back.  For my card I used about an 8th of the sheet - there are many different songs.  It's a must have for your stash so stock up.

October Afternoon - Thrift Shop Good Junk

Well hope you have a fantastic day & make sure you enter to win those great prizes at the ES blog.

ES Monthly Challenge & Inspiration

Everything Scrapp'n has some great new products that are flying out of the store...

Brand new company Echo Park Paper - Sweet Summertime
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Loads of Tiny Alphas by My Little Shoebox & Cosmo Cricket
Newest Pink Paislee - Starlight
October Afternoon paper & Bingo cards
Jenni Bowlin & more coming.....

My first layout is using the Echo Park - Sweet Summertime.  It's always exciting to see new scrapbook companies come on the scene.  This one is super fun with great colors & whimsical shaped stickers.  I didn't want to let the fact that I don't have "little" ones to scrap stop me from using this... so I scrapped on of my "furry" ones.

Look how big that tree sticker is.  I decorated it with brads to add some "apples".

The flower strip is also a sticker.  To continue the cutout theme made easy by the stickers I fussy cut the clouds from patterned paper.

To make some "grass" I cut a strip of paper then used my scissors to cut thin strips about a 1/3rd of the way down.  Then curled it using the thickest part of the paper piercer.  The stitching is just to add interest.    I'm loving this border punch from Martha Stewart.  It even has a corner puncher so I can go all the way around a square without the corners looking wonky.

They took a cue from Teresa Collins, Cosmo Cricket, Pink Paislee & October Afternoon making an entire sheet of journaling spots on a sheet of patterned paper.  That's my favorite money saving product.  Echo Park's line includes a 12x12 sheet of letter stickers with fun upper & lowercase fonts.  I added a white brad in the center of the lower case to define them a bit more.

Of course I can't let an opportunity pass without putting some butterfly punches on any girl layout.

Supplies:  Cardstock (Bazzill); Paper (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime - Blue Sky, Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Cool Treats,  Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Citrus Circle,   Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Happy Spots. & Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Sunspots); Diecut Stickers (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime 12x12 Elements Sticker Sheet); Letter Stickers (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime 12x12 Alphabet Stickers);  Journaling Spot (Echo Park - Sweet Summertime Journaling Card Paper); Brads (The Paper Studio);  Punches (Martha Stewart); Bling (Zva - Pearls)

My second layout is for the Monthly Challenge called Mix & Match Scraps.  We all have scraps piling up so I thought it would be a good time to use some of them up but making them feel fresh & current.  Making our own embellishments not only saves money but allows us to have a perfect match to our projects.  I can't stop buying embellishments but I find that if I mix them with my own knock offs it stretches my budget without sacrificing style.

Do you see those geometric "flowers" well they are cut out from a translucent sheer 12x12 sheet by KI Memories called Sheer Delights Hibiscus.  

I only had 1 Prima Pebble left so I was going to put a button or brad in the center but changed didn't want to cover up the geometric pattern too much which made me think of the Tim Holtz Frags that I have been using everywhere.  They are great for scrapbooking & make fantastic jewelry too.

You get tons of different size acrylic pieces in the package of Tim Holtz Fragments.

A scrap of the KI Sheer stitched to the top draws your eye up there and continues the green across the layout. 

Supplies:  Cardstock (Bazzill); Paper (My Mind's Eye - Grow Fresh as a Daisy, My Mind's Eye - Grow Funky Vines, My Mind's Eye - Grow Just Stripes, My Mind's Eye - Grow Lots of Dots, My Mind's Eye - Penny Lane- Love Desire, Making Memories - Noteworthy Ledger & My Mind's Eye - Penny Lane My Friend); Acrylic (Tim Holtz - Fragments); Overlay (KI Memories - Sheer Delights Hibiscus); Diecut Border (My Mind's Eye - Bloom Accessory Sheet & Sassafras Lass);  Chipboard Letters (American Crafts - Thickers); Sticker Letters (Making Memories - Tiny Alpha); Diecut Letters (Making Memories Slice); Acrylic Pebble (Prima - Pebbles Tropics); Punch (Martha Stewart); Diecut Lace (Basic Grey - Eskimo Doilies Green)

If you want to enter the monthly challenge for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to pick up some of the new goodies in the store head over to the ES blog for all the details.

Everything Scrapp'n Monthly Challenge Reveal

Everything Scrapp'n monthly challenge in honor of Earth Day was to make a mini album using junk mail envelopes.  One of our former designers Jana came up with this and has a great video on You Tube showing the technique.  See here.

I loved making this mini.  Not only is it budget friendly yet making a sturdy base for decorating but it also is practical since you have all these pockets to add tags in for more photos and journaling.  What better topic for a mini than our critters.... Perfect number of pages for each of them.  Making all the photos black and white allowed them to work together without distractions from color.

Here's my take on the challenge.

Cover

The little pocket holding a smaller tag keeping with the theme.

See how tags pull out of each page...

I used Glimmer Mist on the front of the tags.

Masking with Doodlebug Frills (ugly color blue I would never use but like the shape lol) and some old Magic Mesh that has seen better days.  Worked great!

Page 1 & 2

Intro & Koda

Front of tags

Backs of tags

Painted with Making Memories paint & stamped, embossed, inked

Page 3 and 4

PPK (Pom Pom Kitty) & Miles

Pages 5 & 6

George & Cloud

Page 7 & 8

The dogs Rosie & Poppy

Back of Album

Side of Album when closed

Supplies:  Cardstock (Bazzill); Paper (Pink Paislee - Fetching Appealing, Pink Paislee - Fetching Charming, Pink Paislee - Fetching Confident, & Pink Paislee - Fetching Engaging); Stickers (Pink Paislee - Fetching Sticker Book); Alpha Letters (American Crafts - Thickers & Cosmo Cricket - Tiny Alpha); Ribbon (Maya Road - Black Gingham by the yard & misc stash); Buttons (misc stash); Eyelets (American Crafts);  Office Supply Tags (Staples); Gaffers Tape (7Gypsies); Paint (Making Memories); Ink (Clearsnap - Colorbox, Ranger - Archival, & Versamark); Embossing Powder (Ranger); Spray Paint (Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist); Punch (McGill - Ticket & Stampin' Up - Scallop Border); Stamps (Prima, Unity Stamp Co, My Mind's Eye, Studio G, Inkadinkado & Maya Road); Flowers (Prima); Bling (Zva - Black Gems); Crochet Thread (Coats & Clarks); Adhesive (Tombow - Dot Roller, Tombow - Mono Adhesive Liquid, Glue Arts - Adhesive Strips, Xyron - Sticker Maker & Glue Dots)

Now I know you will want to see what the other designers did with the challenge & get the details to make your own mini for a chance to win a great prize. Thanks so much for stopping by... now head on over to the ES blog.

Scrapperie April Challenges

Scrapperie is having another fun month of challenges.

You know they always come up with some catchy name....

this time it's Snail Mail Soiree

There will be games, challenges & you know Sandi will always have some prizes....

Join in the fun. Use up some of your stash & get those photos scrapped.

Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry into my month long RAK contest for more details see this post.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Paperclipping "Job"

By now everyone knows how much I love paperclipping.com

There is nothing like it on the internet for scrapbooking information.

Blog, video tutorials, live show, active community & the talented Noell Hyman make a wonderful combo.

I've been asked to be a Challenge Coordinator.

If you aren't already a member of the community I encourage you to join in the fun.

http://people.paperclipping.com/

I hope you join in the Monthly Challenges. The winner is showcased on the site with an interview & link to your blog.

Here's the March Challenge thread

http://people.paperclipping.com/group/monthlychallenge/forum/topics/march-challenge

I hope to see lots of new members joining in the fun.