Sketch-y Friday

Hi there!

Even though today is the very last day of February, we are launching our first sketch for March, that way you all have plenty of time to play along with all 4 sketches this month!

But before we get started, let's go ahead and pick a winner for February ....

Which means Julene is our winner!  Congratulations Julene, please email us at scrapmuch@rogers.com to claim your prize!
And now for the sketch ....

Our friend Sandy is guesting for us today....

You can visit her blog here. Thank you Sandy, we love your layout, featuring this gorgeous Authentique paper and some beautiful embellishments.!

Here is a run down of the rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Saturday, March 29th, at midnight to participate in any of March's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  If you are playing along with more than one challenge you will need to link each of them up via a separate blog post for the link up tool to work. (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)

Please note the change in our rules, you no longer need to play along with 2 sketches to be eligible for entry into our prize draw!  Therefore, you can link up all  layouts for the month on one linky tool, this will make it possible for us to use Random Integer to draw for a winner. And we love the fairness of that!

Would you like to be one of our sketch layout designers?  Each month we are going to offer one lucky participant the opportunity to create the reveal sample for one of our sketches!  So if you are interested in being considered, play along and while you are linking up your creation add "GDT" after your name.  The only stipulation is that you must have a blog.

For those of you that prefer kits, Eileen has turned this sketch into a kit ....

You can order your copy here.

Thanks again to all of our participants, keep joining us and linking up as we love seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting.
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

We have Off the Page projects to inspire you today ....

Elaine has been busy creating all sorts of cuteness, check out these science themed birthday invitations.....

And this incredible paper mailbox stuffed full of thank you cards, isn't this a terrific shower gift?

A toaster shaped card....

Or this gorgeous altered frame....

Aren't they special?

If you would like your page featured on our Inspiration on Thursday, please email me here.

Thanks for visiting! 

Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Accordian Fold Butterfly Tutorial

Hi there!

I have a new tutorial to share with you. Wow this is the last one in my stash I better get busy creating some more for you!

Start with a 3" x 3" square of patterned paper.  (Well, really any size you want to create.) You will also need some twine or floss.

Fold the paper in half.

Now trim it into a sort of vase-like shape.  You can free hand cut this or pre-draw it with a pencil, it does not have to be perfect, so do not sweat it.

Open up the paper and score at 1/4 inch intervals, across the width of the shape.

Fold up along the score lined and secure in the centre with some floss.

It should look like this. Be sure to leave some lengths of floss for antennae.

Then gently pull open the folds on either side of the centre tie to create your butterfly.

How is that for cute and simple!  And no special tools, you gotta love that!

Thanks for joining me today!
laura
xoxo

Kit Club Tuesday

Hi there!

We have another layout to share with you featuring this months incredible kit ....

This layout has a beautiful soft monochromatic look that really adds to the romantic feel.

Don't forget to share what you are making with us, we would love to share it with our readers!

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Sketch-y Friday,

Hi there!

We have a new sketch for you today.

Here is a sample created by Laura....

Remember those textured alpha from the tutorial on Wednesday? 

Please note the change in our rules, you no longer need to play along with 2 sketches to be eligible for entry into our prize draw!  Therefore, you can link up all  layouts for the month on one linky tool, this will make it possible for us to use Random Integer to draw for a winner. And we love the fairness of that!

Here is a run down of the rules.  Just link up your creations at the bottom of each Sketch-y Friday post, to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Wednesday February 26th, at midnight to participate in any of February's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)

Would you like to be one of our sketch layout designers?  Each month we are going to offer one lucky participant the opportunity to create the reveal sample for one of our sketches!  So if you are interested in being considered, play along and while you are linking up your creation add "GDT" after your name.  The only stipulation is that you must have a blog.

Thanks again to all of our participants, keep joining us and linking up as we love seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting.
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

We have some layouts to share with your today ....

This page was created by Laura ...

And this one by Elaine ....

Both pages feature some really terrific My Mind's Eye papers,  hopefully they inspire you to look at them in a new way.

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Easy Texturized Alphas Tutorial

Hi there!

Happy hump day, we hope you are planning some crafty time into your week.  we have a little tip to share with you today, maybe you can use it on your next page.....

Are you a fan of dimensional alpha stickers like I am?  I have a quick tip to share with you for an easy way to add a bit of texture to them.

 This tip works really great with the foam Thickers, but you can use others as well.

 Decide on the letters you need and reposition them to a spare piece of the sticker packaging, as shown above,  Using paper is not an option as you will not be able to peel off the stickers once you are done.

Now using an embossing folder run the letters through your embossing machine.

This is how they will look coming out of the embosser.

And this is how they look on my layout.  You can check back on Sketch-y Friday to see the rest of my page.

Thanks for visiting,
Laura
xoxo

Registration opens tomorrow for ScrapFest!

Hi friends,

Registration opens tomorrow for this fantastic papercrafting destination!  Tickets go on sale at 8:00pm, you can purchase your event passes at www.scrapfest.ca

This event runs Friday, April 11th & Saturday, April 12th, 2014 at the Kitchener AUD.

ScrapMuch? is already busy preparing some fabulous new kits, and a pretty terrific make n take if we do say so ourselves!

Hope to see you there!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Kit Club Tueday

Hi there!

We have some fantastic inspiration for you today, created with our kit of the month for February!

Eileen has two great examples of how to use those wonderful graphic text papers form the kit!

Stop by next Tuesday for more Kit Club Inspiration  and tomorrow for a new tutorial!

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

This Moment - Class

Hi there!  

We are offering this class on Friday eventing at 8pm, using some gorgeous Kaisercraft papers!

The class will be held at 8pm on Friday night, during our Pizza Crop - Friday February 21st

When:  February 21st 5 pm - 11 pm

Where:  Quality Inn and Suites, 664 Colborne St.  Brantford, Ontario

Class spaces are limited so contact us to reserve your space today. Only $12.75 + hst. You do not have to attend the crop to attend the class. Kits available.

Here is the information about our Pizza Crop should you choose to join us for that, as well.

When:  February 21st 5 pm - 11 pm

Where:  Quality Inn and Suites, 664 Colborne St.  Brantford, Ontario

Cost of the crop is ONLY $25+hst and includes pizza, cold beverages and a gift for each attendee!

Bring your supplies and get ready for an evening of scrappy fun.

On-site store available for all your shopping needs!

Register here to reserve your space today or call us @ 905-730-2673.

Thanks fro visiting! 
Laura
xoxo

Friday Night Pizza Crop

Hi there!

Join us for a Pizza Crop!!

When:  February 21st 5 pm - 11 pm

Where:  Quality Inn and Suites, 664 Colborne St.  Brantford, Ontario

Cost of the crop is ONLY $25+hst and includes pizza, cold beverages and a gift for each attendee!

Bring your supplies and get ready for an evening of scrappy fun.

On-site store available for all your shopping needs!

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

ScrapMuch? attends 6th annual Just Gutsta Crop and how you can help!

Hi friends!

Just a reminder that, ScrapMuch?  will be attending the 6th annual
Just Gutsta Scrap fundraising crop as the onsite store!  Here is the information about the crop.....

Just Gutsta Scrap fundraising crop to benefit CCFKW

When: Saturday March 1st, 9:00am-9:00pm
Where: New Dundee Community Centre

1028 Queen Street New Dundee

Cost is $45 and includes snacks, drinks, lunch and dinner

On-site store available for all your shopping needs!

As a show of support for the event ScrapMuch? will be donating $1.00 from every project kit sold at the event to the cause!  As a bonus to you, we are offering a pre-shop for this event.  Visit our webstore and pre-order the kits you would like, choose pick up as your shipping choice, to pick the kits up from us at the event. Don't forget to mention Just Gutsta in the comments section, this will do 2 things... 1. remind us to pack the kits and bring them for you and 2. let us know to donate $1.00 per kit to the cause.  Remember kit quantities are limited so order early to avoid disappointment.

Thanks for visiting, we look forward to seeing you!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?! 

Sketch-y Friday

Hello and happy Friday!

As always, Friday means we have a new sketch for you to play with!  Plus, this week we have  a special treat, it is Guest Designer week here on the ScrapMuch? blog!

Here is our sketch.....

This month  Barbara Greenberg is joining us as our Guest Designer. 

I will let Barbara tell you a little bit about herself......

"I was so thrilled to be asked by Laura to be guest designer this month.

Plus I got an awesome sketch to work with and I hope you will enjoy working

with it as much as I did.I've been scrapping for 7 years now and so happy I found this hobby as I can't imagine doing anything else.   It's a rare day that I'm not at my desk

creating.  I am truly addicted to scrapbooking.   The first of the year I also

decided to do a Project Life album for the year.   I'm surprised how much I

like it now.   I tried a few pages last year but just couldn't get into but now

I can see what the craze is all about.My style I would say is clean and easy.  I'm a relatively fast scrapper and never seem to over think what I'm working on, just jump in and go for it. Lately I've been doing a lot of matting and layering on all my layouts and this sketch was

great for my present style."

 You can find Barbara's blog here.   Now let's have a look at her beuatiful creation...

  

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

Please note the change in our rules, you no longer need to play along with 2 sketches to be eligible for entry into our prize draw!  Therefore, you can link up all  layouts for the month on one linky tool, this will make it possible for us to use Random Integer to draw for a winner. And we love the fairness of that!

Here is a run down of the rules.  Just link up your creations at the bottom of each Sketch-y Friday post, to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Wednesday February 26th, at midnight to participate in any of February's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)

Would you like to be one of our sketch layout designers?  Each month we are going to offer one lucky participant the opportunity to create the reveal sample for one of our sketches!  So if you are interested in being considered, play along and while you are linking up your creation add "GDT" after your name.  The only stipulation is that you must have a blog.

Thanks again to all of our participants, keep joining us and linking up as we love seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting.
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Inspiration on Thursday

Hello there!

Happy Thursday! We have some great pages to share with you today!

First up is a customer feature from Rhonna.....

Isn't this adorable, we just love that sweet photo, too!

Next we have a layout from Elaine....

It is all about the cute babes today!

If you would like your page featured on our Inspiration on Thursday, please email me here.

Thanks for visiting! 

Laura

xoxo

Silhouette mat tutorial

Hi friends!

I have a fun little tidbit of information to share with my fellow Silhouette lovers (and Cricut lovers), today, it is more of a tip than a tutorial, but I hope it will be useful just the same!

I use a scraper to remove the leftover paper bits from my mat between cuts, but sometimes it can still have paper residue on it, that impedes the paper for the next cut from sticking properly to the mat.  You can see in this photo that my mat looks used but pretty clean. But papers weren't sticking well to it.

So I grabbed a dollar store lint roller ....

... and went to town rolling across my mat.  The only thing you need to know is that you can only roll in one direction. Look at my lint roller, it picked up so much fine grunge that you really couldn't tell was there.

Now my mat is really sticky again, and I was able to use it a lot longer!

Woo hoo this saves me a bit of money that I can now spend on some new paper! 

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Kit Club Tuesday

Hi friends!

Happy Tuesday!  We have some fun inspiration for you today using the current Kit Club contents.....

Kimberly Clark sent us this layout, we just love it!

and this one from Elaine....

What are you creating with your kit?  Would you like to share with our readers?  Email me your project.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Lips & XOXOXO ~ A Silhouette Cut File Freebie

Hi there!

I am sharing a Silhouette cut file with  you today, a little Valentine bonus, in case anyone is in the mood to get all lovey! ha!

I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Travel Class

Hi there!

Join us for our next class.....

Class ~ Travel

When:	Wednesday February 19th, 7:00 pm   (Edit - sorry this class is now sold out)
Where:	65 Gaydon Way, Brantford

 

Let us help you get those vacation photos beautifully displayed in your scrapbook!! Eileen has created this fabulous group of layouts to make that happen!!  

Cost of the class is ONLY $30+hst and is suitable for all skill levels.  Kits are available and space is limited. 

Register here to reserve your space today or call us @ 

905-730-2673.

Thanks for visiting!

Manufacturer Spotlight - Authentique

Hi friends!


Today we have Authentique  in our spotlight this month,

You should pop on over to their blog and check out all the great techniques they have posted.... lots of fun, and just a hint of enabling!

Thanks fro visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Sketch-y Friday

Hi friends!

It's Friday and that means it is time for a new sketch to play with, we sure hope you will join in on the fun and link up your creations with us!

And here is a sample created to whet your creative whistle!

Please note the change in our rules, you no longer need to play along with 2 sketches to be eligible for entry into our prize draw!  Therefore, you can link up all  layouts for the month on one linky tool, this will make it possible for us to use Random Integer to draw for a winner. And we love the fairness of that!

Here is a run down of the rules.  Just link up your creations at the bottom of each Sketch-y Friday post, to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Wednesday February 26th, at midnight to participate in any of February's sketch challenges, each linkup tool will remain open until that date!  (International participants may be required to pay some shipping fees.)

Would you like to be one of our sketch layout designers?  Each month we are going to offer one lucky participant the opportunity to create the reveal sample for one of our sketches!  So if you are interested in being considered, play along and while you are linking up your creation add "GDT" after your name.  The only stipulation is that you must have a blog.

Thanks again to all of our participants, keep joining us and linking up as we love seeing what you create!

Thanks for visiting.
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!