Saturday, January 31, 2015

Crop alert!

Hi Friends!

We are cropping one week from today and we would love to have you join us, it has been a while, for sure!
Here are the details:

When: Saturday February 7th, 2015, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Where:  Salvation Army Church. 33 Diana Avenue, Brantford

Cost of the crop is ONLY $25+hst and includes snack, lunch, refreshments and a small gift for all attendees!

Bring your supplies and get ready for a day of scrappy fun.  Register Here

Also, Don't forget to check out our project kits for sale section, we are constantly adding new projects for you!   

Thank you for stopping in today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Friday, January 30, 2015

Sketch-y Friday, a Guest, and a Winner

Happy Friday!

Today we are launching our first challenge for February, we are starting just a bit early since it is such a short month.  We lalso have a guest designer joining us for the month!

But first let's choose a winner for our January challenges!



Which means our winner is  Janine R.!  Congratulations Janine,  email us at scrapmuch@rogers.com to claim your prize!  And don't forget to post this badge proudly on your blog.


Now let's get started with our newest sketch challenge, as always we have a double pager for the first challenge of the month.


We would like to introduce you to our guest designer, meet Sharlene Nye-Petrone!


"Hello, my name is Sharlene Nye-Petrone. I am a wife, a mother, a teacher, a quilter, and a scrapbooker. I currently live in Cambridge with my husband, Robert Petrone of 14 years and two boys; Tyrone (13) and Jayron (11).
I love spending time with my family, taking photographs, scrapbooking and just about anything creative! I was introduced to the world of scrapbooking by a Creative Memories party back in 1997 but I didn’t start scrapbooking until I gave birth to my son, Tyrone in 2001. So I have been scrapbooking for almost 14 years. I enjoy taking snapshots of my children, places and events. Over the years, my style has changed. I like to try new techniques. I like to work on layout with variety of colours as I like to add different embellishments to play with until the page meets my satisfaction. I am learning as much as I can and get inspiration from other scrapbookers."


This is Sharlene's wonderful take on the challenge:


And here is your Team A DT inspiration!





Tiiu 

Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for our monthly prize.    You have until February 28th, at midnight to participate in any of February'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.)  Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

*note - If you are playing along using Flickr the team will no longer be leaving comments, due to changes in Flickr policies and passwords.  However, we will be checking out your entries for sure and you are definitely eligible for the prize draw. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks for visiting!

 PS Please check your blogs, blogger has made some changes and if your blog is set up to have a separate window open up for comments, blogger has added a comment verification that can make it tedious and/or challenging  for us to leave comments on your blogs depending on the devices that the team members use to visit you.  You may not get comments if you have comment verification activated on your blog.  Thank you!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

For today's issue of Inspiration on Thursday we are featuring a beautiful tag that was entered into our colour challenge by Goga!


Thank you for sharing your creation with us Goga, please grab your featured badge from our left hand side bar!

Thank you all for visiting!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Stamp Storage Tutorial with Laura

Hi there!


A couple of months ago I was fortunate to get a craft room again, after our eldest son moved out.  It is a good sized room which is great.  Getting it set up and organized is an ongoing project.  Recently I spent some time organizing some of my stamp collection.  It is now much more user friendly and I have already used them much more than I was because they are more accessible.

So I thought I would share with you how I organized them in case this is something that you are struggling with too.


I picked up these fabulous stamp sleeves by Avery Elle from ScrapMuch? {actually the ladies special ordered them in for me and I know they would do the same for you;)}  I had done a bit of research before requesting them, but was still pleasantly surprised at how great they are.  They hold a lot too.

I was mostly focusing on the stamps that are on the desk in the photo above, these are stamps that I have slotted for use while scrapbooking for the most part, like stamps to add details to backgrounds.

And the stamps in the top drawer in the photo below.  This drawer is slightly larger than a shoe box and it is crammed full of stamps in all kinds of packaging and sizes.  Which makes storing them a challenge.



In order to make it easier to see the contents of the sleeve, I knew I wanted to add a white cardstock insert.  I measured the sleeve and trimmed down some inexpensive cardstock  so that it was slightly smaller than the sleeve.


This what they looked like with the inserts.


Then I got busy popping in my stamps.  In some cases it was as simple as sliding in the whole stamp set, on the acetate that came in the original packaging.  Stamps like this one from Lawn Fawn, didn't even need a "cheat sheet" because they have black colouring on them. I slipped the label from the packaging in behind the white cardstock, in case I needed the information for future use.


And this sleeve with a mixed bunch of foam cling stamps, is easy to see what is inside as well.


But some of my stamps, I have had for a long while and no longer have the packaging.  Plus the stamps are designed such that it is hard for me to tell exactly which ones they are once inside the sleeves.

So I turned to Google for some help and printed images of the stamps, to put into the back of the sleeves.  In some cases I was able to download the package label, so I have all the information, other times I was only able to get an image of the stamp, but that is okay too.

You can see that I was able to put two stamp sets into the sleeves for some of my stamps.  And I have a bit of room in some of my sleeves to add in another stamp or two.


Some of my stamps are just random small singles, so I grouped similar stamps together and stamped their images onto the cardstock insert that I put into the sleeve for a quick visual reference.


I have a few stamps sets with coordinating dies.  The dies also slipped right into the sleeves, keeping them organized together.


Look at this large pile of Ziplocs (my old not functional system) I have to reuse!
 

I also have an empty bin and drawer!


All these stamps now fit nicely into one bin!  I originally bought two sets of sleeves and they come 25 to a pack. I have a few sleeves left, which is perfect since I just bought new stamps!  I know I will be ordering more. 

 

It is really nice to get this project done!  I am slowly working on organizing more of my scraproom, so I may have more shares in the future.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Kit Club Tuesday

Hi there!

We have some more kit club inspiration for your today, have a look at Elaine's sweet take on a summery page using the wintery kit club contents!


How fun is that?

Thanks for stopping in!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Snow Fun with Laura

Hi friends!

Laura here today, I promised that I would be back to share another page using the beautiful Altitude collection by Bo Bunny.


I used some vintage photos of my husband and started this page by creating this fun cut file.


I love that the buttons for this collection are adhesive backed, it doesn't get any easier than that!


The chipboard accents have great details like this one with a gem in the centre.


And the colour variations in the purples and teals are goegeous!


Combining cut files and stickers to create a title adds extra fun factor!


It is a little hard to tell in this photo but I added glitter to the snowflakes in my background.

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Manufacturer Spotlight - Bo Bunny

Hi there!


Bo Bunny is back in our spotlight this month!  Along with having some fabulous new product coming out from the recent CHA, they have a great sketch challenge going on right now!  You can find all the details here, you still have a little over a week to play along so dig out your fabulous Bo Bunny papers, like our Altitude line, and get crafting!

Thanks for visiting!

Friday, January 23, 2015

Sketch-y Friday with Team B and our Guest

Hi there and happy Friday!

Are you crafting this weekend, these chilly wintery days are made for creating!  Here is your last sketch for January next week we will start our February challenges.


Our guest designer,  Sara is back with us sharing her last page with us, we have sure enjoyed having her with us for the last month!

 

And here is your Team B inspiration!




Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for our monthly prize.    You have until January 29th, at midnight to participate in any of January'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.)  Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

*note - If you are playing along using Flickr the team will no longer be leaving comments, due to changes in Flickr policies and passwords.  However, we will be checking out your entries for sure and you are definitely eligible for the prize draw. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Inspiration on Thursday

Hi there!

We have some super sweet inspiration for you! How darling are these little gift packages!


These gift ideas are just perfect for a friend, slumber party loot bag or teacher.  Don't let the Christmas sentiment fool you, you can create these for other occasions, too!

Here are some other sentiments you can use to create your own little gifts:

I hope this puts a little spring in your step.
Let's start off on the right foot.
Mani thanks for being an awesome teacher ... friend ... neighbour.
Hands down you are the best around.
It's your day, make it a trimmed and polished one!
A little something to keep you pretty and cozy all winter long. (add fuzzy socks, too!)

The list could go on forever! 

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Covering Raw Chipboard - Technique

Hi there!

I have a new tutorial to share with you today, and I am trying, yet another format. Let's talk about covering raw chipboard.


                     

Here is a still shot of the card that I created with my covered chipboard.


Let me know what you think about this slideshow format.  (Ignore the typo at the halfway point, whoops.)

Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Kit Club Tuesday

Hello!

We hope you had a great weekend!  We are back today sharing a little more inspiration using our January Kit Club contents.


Elaine has created this stunning winter page using the great chipboard flourishes, stickers and a fun Silhouette die cut!

So glad you visited today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Sunday, January 18, 2015

JOIN US FOR OUR SATURDAY CROP!

Hi Friends!

We are cropping on Saturday, it will be a great day with girlfriends, pretty paper, yummy lunch and lots of laughs!  We hope to see you there!


Here are the details:

When: Saturday January 24th, 2015, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Where:  Salvation Army Church. 33 Diana Avenue, Brantford

Cost of the crop is ONLY $25+hst and includes snack, lunch, refreshments and a small gift for all attendees!

Bring your supplies and get ready for a day of scrappy fun.  Register Here

Thank you for stopping in today!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?

Friday, January 16, 2015

Sketch-y Friday with Team A and our Guest!

Happy Friday!

Well January is half over, seems a little hard to believe given that we just started our year.  But since January is usually the harshest month of the year - weather wise, at least - I say, Let it Go!   The good news is that it means it is Friday already and with that a new sketch challenge is here!


Our guest designer,  Sara is back with us and here is her lovely take on our challenge: 
 

And here is your Team A DT inspiration!





Tiiu 

Here is a run down of our Sketch-y Friday rules.  Just link up your creations in our sidebar to be entered into a random draw for our monthly prize.    You have until January 29th, at midnight to participate in any of January'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.)  Good luck, we cannot wait to see what you create!

*note - If you are playing along using Flickr the team will no longer be leaving comments, due to changes in Flickr policies and passwords.  However, we will be checking out your entries for sure and you are definitely eligible for the prize draw. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks for visiting!
Your friends at ScrapMuch?!