Eye Candy....

in the MSS gallery!

Just thought I'd share some of my favourites from the past week...

Today we celebrate you, by Susi Teichroeb


2 girls, 1 chair, by Sherri

Sugar, by Juliahd

Joy in the journey, by Nicole

Our soccer stars, by Laurie

home, by Jen K.

A special day, by Valerie

We have such a great gallery, with so many talented people posting there!

Thanks for sharing your beautiful creations with us, ladies!

This month's free tutorial from KI Memories

Here's this month's free tutorial from KI Memories. Use up your stash at home to create these cute layouts.
http://kimemories.typepad.com/files/ki-kindergarten-flourish.pdf

Sketch #38

Here's a two-page, multi-photo sketch for you this weekend:

and my layout (using scraps from a past kit and rub-ons from Leigh):

If you create a layout, you can post it in the MSS Gallery and add a link here or to the thread in the Scrapbook Foundations Forum.

Wednesday Challenge

First of all... last week's challenge winner... Susi!



This week's challenge...

elevate something on your page! The easiest way is to use pop-dots... but if you don't have those... you can definately get creative.



Here I used pop-dots to raise a flower I cut out of Cosmo Cricket paper.

Supplies: cardstock (Bazzill), patterned paper (KI Memories, Sasafrass, Cosmo Cricket), chipboard corner (Scenic Route), brad (American Crafts, K&Co.), letter stickers (American Crafts), flower (Sassafras), tag (Making Memories), butterfly (Heidi Swapp), word strip (K&Co.), staple, heart pin, button

I can't wait to see your layouts! Post them in the MSS gallery and link to them here in the comment section. I'll draw a RAK winner next week Wedndesday.

Hey there!!!

so what did you do on your 2 weeks off??
did you catch up on some challenges???

well, here's another one for ya!!
this week its all about the fur-babies...
scrap about your beloved pet(s)..

my layout is about my cats i once had..



don't be grossed out, but on the photo there is actually a coupla
whiskers...the bigger cat used to lose them and i had them taped to
this photo for a LONG time...

oh and there is 2 seperate pieces to this layout..they are attached to the
page protector...not sure what i'll do when i put a lo on the
other side, but i figure i'll worry about that later.

can't wait to see you furry creations!!
later!!!

Misting: a tutorial

I've been noticing a new trend in spraying mists on your layouts and wanted to try it out.

Marcy carries some spray mists at the Shoppe, which is a great way to go. I wanted to try it first, however, before buying some, because, well, I'm cheap. I mean, frugal. ;)

So, here's what I did.

I went to Walmart and on their clearance rack, I found this bottle of Black Cherry room spray (it smelled like cough syrup!) and emptied it down the drain.



Then I added several drops of SU! reinker, along with some water to my bottle.



I punched a few circles from cardstock and adhered them in place on my cardstock (this would be the background of my layout.) Then, I found an 8" deep box and put my layout in it (this is to prevent overspray and avoids getting your area sprayed.) I liberally misted the cardstock and removed it from the box.



When I removed the cardstock circles, I had circles on my layout the colour of my cardstock.



Then, I put my layout together.



Where the negative circles were, I placed buttons.



And that's it.

There are so many things that you could do with the mists, using punches, diecut shapes, masks, mixing more than one colour of mist, etc. For those of you who enjoy techniques, I suggest you give mists a try.

Sketch #37

I've got a multi-photo 12x12 sketch (with lots of white space) this week:

I made a card (yes, this means I've started on my Christmas cards already this year!):

Link your creations here or on the post in the Scrapbook Foundations forum!

Wednesday Challenge

Okay.

Internet's back and so are the challenges.


This week's challenge...
cut out the pattern from a piece of patterned paper.

I cut out the clouds from a sheet of October Afternoon paper.

I'd link to all the items I used in the online store... but they're all old and not in stock anymore!

Post your layouts in the MSS gallery and link them to this post (in the comment section). I'll draw a winner next Wednesday.

Sketch #36

I have a card sketch for you this week:


and here's my card:

Feel free to adapt it to a layout... I'd love to see what you create with it!

A mini-album with the August kit

I loved the papers that came in the August kit and knew they would be perfect for a mini-book that I wanted to make for my SIL as a thank you for hosting us while we visited them in Denver.

(I was really happy with the end result-- it was hard to give it away!)

As I usually do with mini-books, I kept a fairly basic design throughout the book, but changed up the elements and papers to give it interest. My favourite part was selecting a symbol for each page from the sheet of October Afternoon patterned paper called Dew Drop Inn. I was so pleased to find one that worked for each photo!






(You can click on the images to see them larger.)

In addition to the kit, I used some other sheets of October Afternoon pp from the Road Map line, some American Crafts thickers and a Making Memories journaling stamp, all from the Shoppe.

Store Closed for a few days...

Wednesday thru Friday till we get our inventory counted and the store all set up with the barcode system.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

(On a blog note, I'll be back next week wednesday with another challenge and the winner from the last one.)

Sketch #35 (and Online Crop Challenge #9)

Here's the sketch for this week... a 12x12, two-photo layout for you:

and my layout (adapted to 8.5x11):

I hope you have time to join in the Online Crop and do a little scrapping this weekend! I'm adding a thread to the Online Crop Forum, so link your layouts there!

Rainy Day Fun!!

Need something to do on this rainy summer day?

Why don't you join in the fun with our August Online Crop? We've got some great challenges posted in the forum already and more to come throughout the day.

And.... if you do, you could win a RAK!!

Here's how it works:

Participate in a challenge (or two, or three) and post your layout in our gallery (so we can leave you some ♥). Link your layout back to the challenge it goes with in the forum before Sunday, August 9th at midnight.

That's it. Your name will be put in a draw to win a RAK. Easy-peasy.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Happiness is...........

well, as a mom my girls make me happy,
as a married gal, my hubby makes me
happy (well MOST of the time!!! heehee)

as a hobby, scrapbooking definately makes me happy,
as does getting a great photo...

so this week i want to know what ELSE
makes you happy...
i have a feeling that the above stuff makes you happy too...

so today, this is what makes me happy



....oh and bonus points for something really random...


now...off to fold laundry,
which by the way does NOT make me happy..


later!!!
Jen

August Kits

August kits are now here.

Introducing Road Trip...

... and Are We There Yet?

Get them here.