Embossing Resist Tutorial

Hi there!

I thought I would share a little embossing resist tutorial with you today, you will need Versamark, clear embossing powder, a heat gun, and a couple of contrasting colours of mist.

I have created a card with this technique, but it would also be great on the background of a layout.

Start by stamping and embossing an image onto your base, heat set the embossing powder.

Now spray a little mist onto a craft mat (or a piece of recycled plastic - I try to reuse all my crafty garbage at least once before I toss it)  you will want a little puddle of each, you do not need a lot.

Using a baby wipe or a foam brush rub a little of the deepest colour across your embossed image, going a little wider than the image in all directions.  

 
Give the image a little clean up with a baby wipe to make the embossed area more visible.  The embossing gives you some working time.

 
Repeat the last two steps for each colour you choose to use.

 
After a final wipe, I used the tube / paint stamping technique from last week to put a ring around the age of the recipient of this card to play up on the image.  Then I mounted my base onto a card front and stamped a birthday sentiment.

I think I will give this a try on a layout, I think it could be a fun way to highlight some random stamping.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Kit Club Tuesday

Hi friends,

Welcome back to another Kit Club Tuesday! Eileen has created these cards to inspire you.

We hope you are having fun with this month's kit!  Be sure to share your creations with us with us!  You can leave a link to your blog in the comment section, or post it on our Facebook page or even email it to us here.

So glad you visited today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Save the Date - ScrapPink

Hi friends!

We are just popping in quick today to let you know that we have secured a date for our annual ScrapPink crop for the cure!

Please reserve September 13th on your calendars!  

We will update  you with more details soon!


Thanks for checking in !
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Sketch-y Friday

Hi friends!

We have a brand new sketch challenge for you today!

Elaine has created a sample to inspire you to get playing!

Here is a run down of the Sketch-y Friday rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Tuesday, April 29th, at midnight to participate in any of April'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.)


Thanks for visiting.

Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Inspiration on Thursday and some Exciting News!

Hi there!


We have some exciting news, you will definitely want to mark your calendars for this one! 

Watch our Facebook page for all of the details!  We will have prizes and challenges galore!
Today we have some inspiration for you from Ronna!

Ronna has been working with our kits quite a bit lately and we are loving the personal touches she is adding to them!

Thanks for joining us today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

The technique without a name!

Hi there!

I have a new tutorial to share with you today.  I do not even know what to call this one, but it incorporates stamping, paint, randomness and recycling.  It is easy enough for the  kiddies to do, too.  So it has to be good, right!

So grab yourself some paint (any colour is fine), waxed paper to make for a nice flat palette with easy clean up, and a paper towel tube.  (If you want to hear my rant on using toilet paper tubes in crafting you can pop over to my personal blog, but I will spare you readers from it here! )

Next decide what you want to use for your background, I decided on plain off-white cardstock.

Then I just started stamping, I used a fairly regular pattern, but random stamping would work fine too.

After my paint stamping dried I used my creation for a card background, I think it turned out pretty cute.

Can you imagine using this technique on a scrapbook page background, kind of the way you would use a mask.  I think it would be incredible, and quick and easy!

Next week I am showing you how I incorporate this technique with another, you won't want to miss it it is fabulous!

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Kit Club Tuesday

Hi friends,

Welcome back to another Kit Club Tuesday! Eileen has created this page to inspire you.

We hope you are having fun with this month's kit!  Be sure to share your creations with us with us!  You can leave a link to your blog in the comment section, or post it on our Facebook page or even email it to us here.

So glad you visited today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Welcome to Our New and very first Sketch Design Team!

Hello all!

Please allow us to take a few minutes to introduce you to our inaugural Sketch Design Team!  But first, we would like to thank the many of you that applied for a position on our team.  We are humbled by your entries.  It was so hard to choose this team, we wish we could have chosen everyone. We are sure you can tell that we ended up inviting more designers than we had originally anticipated - the decision was just that difficult.  In the end, we chose designers with a wide range of styles, hoping we will have reveals that will inspire all!

Please join us in welcoming the following ladies to the ScrapMuch? team.....

Ashley Hamm

I participate in the Scrap Much? challenges as often as I can so I am thrilled to be on the design team! I've been scrapbooking since I was 16 but have collected ephemera and taken tons of photos for as long as I can remember. I turn 30 this year and that seems impossible to me. My day job for the last seven years has been a registered nurse. My boyfriend is an attorney and we adopted a black Lab three years ago. He keeps us busy. My other hobbies are running, reading, and working on my never ending To Do list on the home I just purchased in November.

Ashley's take on the DT Sketch

Karen Young

I am a thirty-something wife, and mother of one girl (who is the subject of most of my scrapbook pages). I live in Paradise, Newfoundland, Canada. I am an Optometrist, working full time.  I have been scrapbooking since around 2003. I never know how to describe my scrapbook style, and it evolves constantly! I always feel the need to leave white space, and I love incorporating mixed media into my pages, whether it be mists, watercolours, modeling paste, etc, etc… I just love to get inky!

Karen's take on the DT Sketch

Jackie Plank

My name is Jackie Plank and I have been scrapping for approximately 10 years.  My style is constantly evolving as I am always learning new techniques and trying new materials, tools and mediums.  Sketches are ever present when I am working on layouts or cards, I don’t think I have ever started one without a sketch.  I live with my husband of 41 years, a Shih Tzu named Jack, and a feline named Lucky.  I am disabled so I spend most of my days scrapping.

Jackie's take on the DT Sketch

Laureen Baskerville

Hello! I am Laureen Baskerville.  So thrilled to be here on the Design Team for ScrapMuch?.  My FIRST scrapbook was on Princess Diana's wedding: I clipped and pasted all of the newspaper clippings (I was 11 years old).  It was fun!  I always wanted to do scrapbooking but always had this excuse that I have a husband and four children (2 girls and 2 boys), so I did not have time... REALLY I ALL NEEDED TO DO WAS TO MAKE TIME
FOR MYSELF!  I love to do double page layouts because they hold more photos.  I do single layout and cards too.  I truly love to scrapbook the memories that we create daily!  I easily am inspired by so many avenues, Pinterest, blogs, fellow scrappers, magazines and pictures.  Feel free to visit and follow my blog.

Laureen's take on the DT Sketch

Danie Ramirez-Diakun

Can you pinch me.....hello there,  Danie Ramirez-Diakun (Scrapaholic) here from Huntsville, Ontario. I think I'm still on the moon.  I am happily married to the love of my life and a mommy to my son, Joaquin.  My boys are very supportive of my paper crafting addiction!!   I started my scrapbooking journey almost three years ago with ScrapMuch? at a fall weekend retreat, and hooked ever since.  Very fitting, I now start my Design Team journey with ScrapMuch? as well.  I am so blessed to be part of this amazing ScrapMuch family and to call these amazing, talented girls FRIENDS!  Here's to the next amazing six months xo  To see more of my work please visit my BLOG  http://scrappydanie.blogspot.ca/

Danie's take on the DT Sketch

Sandy Ross

I have been scrapbooking in various degrees since I was a young teen. I attended the first retreat hosted by the ladies of ScrapMuch?, 4 years ago and there has been no looking back! I work at a very technical job, so crafting allows me to express my creative side. I love to take photos of my family, which results in a tonne of photos for inspiration. I enjoy all types of crafting, but scrap booking and quilting are my favourites.

Sandy's take on the DT Sketch

Jayne Morgan

I started scrapbooking approximately 7 years ago after the birth of my second child, and have never looked back.  My tolerant hubby and two energetic girls are of course the subject of most of my pages, although a newly acquired puppy is making his way comfortably into the picture! I tend to wake up thinking of my next scrapbook page - I'm one of those! I truly  do love this craft and often wonder what I did before scrapbooking. Joining Scrapmuch?! is another venture I'm excited to begin.

Jayne;s take on the DT Sketch

Tiiu Jaanusson

Hello! My name is Tiiu, I’m 36 years old, and I live in small town South-Western Ontario with my husband and 2 awesome cats.  Other things I love include; traveling, a great mug of coffee, yoga, Hello Kitty, HBO shows (like Game of Thrones, True Blood, etc.), orchids and basically all things cute! My days are spent working as a Paramedic, so I definitely need a creative outlet like scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking 8 years ago, and I’ve been known to make many mini-albums, the occasional card and altered decor project too. My first exposure to working with sketches was 7 years ago when I was lucky enough to make an album at CKU Detroit with THE Becky Higgins. Since then I’ve made at least one big scrapbook trip per year; this year I’m so excited to be returning to Teresa Collins’ Inspiration Unlimited in Henderson Nevada. I am soooo flattered and excited to be chosen for the ScrapMuch? Design Team. This is my first design team assignment, and I’m really looking forward to sharing my creations over the next 6 months.

Tiiu's take on the DT Sketch

Jessica Barnes

I am so excited to be joining the ScrapMuch? Design Team.  I have been scrapbooking on an off for about 15 years.  However, I have made it a weekly habit for about the last 3 years.  Scrapbooking as become not only a fantastic creative outlet but one that allows me let go of everything else while I'm in my zone.  I love creating and preserving our families memories.  I currently work full time as an interior designer so most of my scrapbooking happens late at night once my two beautiful daughters are asleep.  I have a five year old and 20 month old.  They keep me hopping and moving, but make life so much fun!  I am one of the lucky ones to have an amazingly supportive husband.  We have been married 8 years and I can't imagine my life without him.

Jessica's take on the DT Sketch

Just for fun, here is a reminder of the DT call sketch......

 Welcome to the team ladies, we are thrilled to have you join us!

Thanks for visiting us today!  Pop back tomorrow for our Kit Club inspiration post, Wednesday we will have a new tutorial, inspiration on Thursday and a brand new sketch on Friday.  A week from Friday you will get your first reveal from 1/2 of the new DT!

Your friends from ScrapMuch?

Free Silhouette Cut File - Spring Icons

Hi there!

I am sharing this freebie Silhouette cut file that I created,  it is a sort of compilation of all things Spring.

I hope you enjoy it, click on the image to be taken to my download page.

Thanks for visiting!
Laura
xoxo

Silhouette Cameo Tweed Rolling Tote

Hi there!

We know that some of you were looking for these, so we thought we would let you know they are now back in stock!

Carry and store your Silhouette Cameo in this stylish rolling tote. The tote features a telescoping handle and wheels for easy rolling as well as handles for carrying. There is plenty of room for a Cameo, laptop, cutting mats and accessories.

You can call us at 905-730-2673 or email us at scrapmuch@rogers.com to reserve yours today!

Thanks fro visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Sketch-y Friday

Hi friends!

We have a brand new sketch challenge for you today!

Elaine has created a sample to inspire you to get playing!

Here is a run down of the Sketch-y Friday rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for a prize.    You have until Tuesday, April 29th, at midnight to participate in any of April'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.)


Thanks for visiting.

Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi friends!

Are you ready for some inspiration? 

Both Eileen and Elaine are sharing creations with us! 

 Elaine created this page wit one of our kits, it can be so rewarding to pull together a layout quickly!

Eileen created a Silhouette cut from her own signature giving this page a real personal touch!

Thanks for visiting today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Frosted and Embossed Acrylic

Hi there!

I ran across this tutorial online and knew I just had to give it a whirl, it is so fun and easy - you will love it!  It also involves a bit of recycling so with earth day coming up next week it is perfect timing, too!

 I am using an old American Crafts pop dot package, I always keep these as they can be using for so many things.

 First you want to separate the front and back.  I will put the front away for the next time I want to mix a bit of white paint with mist to make a custom colour, it make a great palette.

 Trim the edges off of the back piece so that you have a nice flat piece of acrylic.

 Now pop that nice flat piece of acrylic into your Cuttlebug or other embosser, and run it through. I am working with a large polka dot embossing folder.

 How cute is this, it embossed like a charm!

Next, I sanded it with an emery board, you could also use fine grit sandpaper.  I just didn't have any handy. (Read, I was too lazy to go to the garage and look for some.)  This photo shows the subtle difference between the non sanded dots on the left and the sanded dots on the right.

Here is a little close up shot of how the embossed acrylic looks on my projects.

 This is my finished project, a birthday card for a sweet friend!

Thank you for visiting today!

Laura
xoxo