November Sketch-y Friday Winner

Hi there!

  Our November Sketch Challenge has drawn to a close and today we get to announce a winner!  We loved hopping around from blog to online album to blog again checking out all of your beautiful creations and leaving some love along the way! 

This month's random drawing winner is Corrina!   Congratulations Corrina, please email us here to claim your prize

And just for fun . I thought we should share one of Corrina's layouts.....

Corrina, grab your winner badge from our sidebar for your blog....
 

Thank you to everyone that played along, I hope you all join us again in December!  The first sketch goes live on December 7th.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo
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Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

We have more inspiration from our Call Retreaters today!

by Dana Downey

by Dana Downey

by Danie Ramirez

by Debbie Beal

Thanks for sharing ladies!  Check back with us next Thursday for a few more inspiring projects!

 What are you creating this week? Leave us a comment with your blog address (or other link) ... we will be sure to stop by and leave you some love.  Also, don't forget you can email anything you wish to share, to me here, to have them shown off on our Thursday blog posts.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Tutorial Wednesday - It's a wrap!

Hi there!

Happy hump day!  Well it's official, we are less than a month until Christmas!   Are you as excited as the kids are?  Do you have your tree up?  Typically we have waited until after my middle son's birthday on December 7th, however now that he will be turning 21 it probably doesn't really matter, though I do like to wait until December.

Have you started your shopping?  Are you a wrap as you go kind of person, or do you wait and do it all at once?  I tend to do mine in dribs and drabs, I find it easier to hide unwrapped gifts.  Wrapping when I need to reclaim some closet space.

And, wrapping is what I wanted to share with you today.  I had a small gift to wrap, and didn't want to haul out all of my wrapping stuff (I'm so lazy, it's only under the bed!)  so I put some scrappy stuff to work....

 The red paper is a sheet of 12 x 12 scrappy paper that I bought in a kit... I got way too much of it and don't love it as it is flimsy.  But that makes it perfect for wrapping gifts!

 Some scraps from last years Jillibean Soup Christmas line were used to die cut the flower and the banner piece.  Using my scraps this way removes any guilt I have for picking up 2 Christmas collections from this year ;)

 A dollar store doily and a few gems, 'cause they are pretty and it's a gift for a girl.

And twine, because I love it!

This was a quick and easy little project, and fun, too!  And as a result, I have decided not to guy any wrapping stuff this year!  I will use up the leftovers from last year and chip away at some of my scrappy stash!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
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Newi in Store - Mini 8 Punches

Hi there!

We have some exciting news!  Some fabulous new tools have arrived in the store!  Eileen and I have been waiting on these with anticipation!

Meet the Mini 8 Punch from We R Memory Keepers.  The following punches are available now....

And these punches are available for pre-order ...

These punches are much smaller that the Lucky 8, so they are not at all cumbersome to cart around the crops!  The price point is also much better as well, selling for only $22.75.

As for their versatility, well you will be amazed at how much you can do with these little gems!  The are perfect for papers from 6"x6" to 12"x12"!

Here is a You-Tube video to give you a quick look at just some of what these punches can do.....




You can order or pre-order your punches by emailing us here.  Watch the blog for upcoming projects featuring these punches.

Thanks for visiting today!
Laura
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November Colour Challenge Winner

Hello!

Our November colour challenge drew to a close last night.   And before I announce the winner, I wanted to share this lovely layout with you, Ashley did a great job using the colours of this challenge to highlight her fabulous photo......

Ashley feel free to grab our 'I was featured at ScrapMuch?' blinkie from the sidebar!

And now for our winner, using Random.org  ......

Here are your random numbers:

2 

Timestamp: 2012-11-27 03:24:15 UTC


Which means Mary is our winner this month!  Congratulations Mary!  Email us here to claim your prize.  And grab your "I won at ScrapMuch?" blinkie from the sidebar!


Thanks to everyone that played along.  We hope you join us again for December's  Colour Challenge (any guesses on the colours for December?), which will be released next Tuesday, December 4th!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Sketch-y Friday

Hello all!

Happy Friday to you, make that Sketchy Friday!   Here is this week's sketch....

 

And here is Elaine's fantastic take on it......

I love that Elaine incorporated journalling into one of her frames!

Now it's your turn!  Play along and share it with us!

Here is a run down of the rules.  We are offering a little prize to one lucky scrapper that participates in at least 2 of this month's 4 sketches.  Just link up your creations at the bottom of each Sketch-y Friday post, all qualifying scrappers will be entered into a random draw for a prize.  Only one entry per sketch please.  You have until Thursday November, 29th at midnight to participate in any of November's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  But remember, you must play along with 2 different sketches for a chance to win!  (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees. ) Who knows, maybe we will run this challenge month after month if you love it and keep playing along!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

 

Inspiration on Thursday

Hello there!

I have something fun for you today!  Over the next few Thursday we will be sharing layouts created by our retreaters!   I know, I am super excited!

I will share a few each week, in no particular order.  Some layouts were created using a sketch (one of ours in some cases and some are sketches from other sources) while other layouts were created as one of a kind originals.

by Brenda Tamm

by Carola B

by Carolynn Wolf

by Cathy Jamieson

As luck would have it, I am starting you off will all doubles this week!  They are all different and very inspiring in their own rights!  Thanks for sharing ladies!

 What are you creating this week? Leave us a comment with your blog address (or other link) ... we will be sure to stop by and leave you some love.  Also, don't forget you can email anything you wish to share, to me here, to have them shown off on our Thursday blog posts.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Tutorial - Snowman Poop Mini Card

Hi there!

I have a fun tutorial to share with you today, for a great classmate holiday gift.  This fun TicTac cover.

I started out with a piece of double sided heavy weight patterned paper, ( this one is by MME) measuring 4.25 x 2.75 inches.

 Then I scored it at 1.75 and 2.5" (or 1.75 from each end it that is easier for you).

 Next I adhered the little pack of Tic Tacs using a liquid glue, and added the sentiment to the front of the TicTacs with regular adhesive.

 Working on the outside again, I adhered the twine to the back using washi tape, it is easy to work with, decorative and really effective for this application.

 Now back to the front, after colouring and cutting my images, I matted it onto a coordinating cardstock, then added it to the front of the project using pop dots.

The last step is to add a jingle bell before tying it all up.

This image and sentiment came from the Whimsie Doodles digi shop, they print out in sheets of 20.  For only $1.00 you get both the images and the sentiments!  If you need more than that, just colour the sheet once and photo copy it!  Don't forget you can refer to this tutorial for help with using digis, and you can colour them using the paint program on your computer if you do not like to colour.  Or better yet, get the kids to help colour!  We are sending these to school with my youngest on the last day before the holidays.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Sketch-y Friday Reminder

Hi all!

Just a quick reminder you have until midnight on the 29th, that's 9 more days to upload at least 2 of your layouts for our Sketch-y Friday prize draw.

In case you missed them, here are the sketches, you can find links on the right hand side of the blog to link them up....

There will be one more sketch  this month, coming to you this Friday!

Also, our colour challenge closes on Monday the 26th, here is another look at that.....

Happy Scrapping and good luck!

Thanks for visiting us today!
Laura
xoxo

Sketch-y Friday,

Hi there and happy Friday!

As always we have a new sketch to share with you .

 You can create a card, layout or anything else you wish with this sketch.

This is Eileen`s take on it...

Now it's your turn!  Play along and share it with us!

Here is a run down of the rules.  We are offering a little prize to one lucky scrapper that participates in at least 2 of this month's 4 sketches.  Just link up your creations at the bottom of each Sketch-y Friday post, all qualifying scrappers will be entered into a random draw for a prize.  Only one entry per sketch please.  You have until Thursday November, 29th at midnight to participate in any of November's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  But remember, you must play along with 2 different sketches for a chance to win!  (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees. ) Who knows, maybe we will run this challenge month after month if you love it and keep playing along!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo
 

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!


We have more inspiration for you today, from our ScrapPink event!   The ladies at this event were super creative!

This time we are sharing layouts by some of our junoir scrappers.  Do you get the kids involved?

by Kayla

by Christina

by Zoe

by Zoe

Thanks ladies for sharing your inspiring work with us, we love it when you do!

 What are you creating this week? Leave us a comment with your blog address (or other link) ... we will be sure to stop by and leave you some love.  Also, don't forget you can email anything you wish to share, to me here, to have them shown off on our Thursday blog posts.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Tutorial Wednesday - Mistables

Hi there!

 Today I am sharing a few tips on using these new DIY Thickers from American Crafts and Mistable shapes from Studio Calico.

 I wanted to show you how fabulous and fun they are for customizing your projects.  Of course, we know they are perfect for the Mr. Huey's mists, but I wanted to try them with a few different mediums.

First up, I tried some Copics on them.  They took the colour great, with good saturation.

Then I tried some basic craft paint, also good coverage.  Although a bit of the texture was lost.

 Next, I tried a stamping ink pad.  After a couple of coats, it also looked good.

 And here is how it looks with Mr. Huey's.

 

Have a look at all the options together.

I must tell you that Mr. Huey's is my favorite, it has great depth of colour while still maintaining the texture of the product.  Next to that the Copics are my favorite.

Have a peek at a couple of projects I used these products on.....

 This layout features the mistable leaves from Studio Calico.

  And this card features the DIY Thickers.

 Isn't it wonderful how easy it is to get the perfect colour of accent to coordinate with your project?

Thanks for joining me for this week's tutorial!

Laura
xoxo