the sale | so far

so, i'm up to the K's.

if you haven't checked out the sales yet you really should!

i just finished discounting our entire stock of KI Memories by 40% (50% for members). that's a serious deal people!!

there's a lot of good stuff out there!

this week's wednesday challenge is up over here.
check it out!

Hey everyone!

Thanks for hanging out with us on Saturday to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day. Hope you guys had a lot of fun with us - who knew scrapbooking bingo could be so much fun?! There were some great layouts I spotted in the gallery from the different DT challenges:

Susi's layout for Leigh's Seven Challenge


Heather and Val's layouts for Marcy's Lift Yourself Challenge

Carol's layout for my Scrap Your Avatar Challenge - who was also the winner! Congrats Carol!

I believe the May Kits are now online and in store, so make sure to check those out. Marcy's also been discounting like crazy (and sounds like she'll be doing more in the days to come.....!), so if you haven't, check out the sale section as well.

BLUE!!!!

My other favourite colour.
the blue-green shade from the
crayola crayon box to be exact.

Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. In heraldry, blue is used to symbolize piety and sincerity.

You can use blue to promote products and services related to cleanliness (water purification filters, cleaning liquids, vodka), air and sky (airlines, airports, air conditioners), water and sea (sea voyages, mineral water). As opposed to emotionally warm colors like red, orange, and yellow; blue is linked to consciousness and intellect. Use blue to suggest precision when promoting high-tech products.

Blue is a masculine color; according to studies, it is highly accepted among males. Dark blue is associated with depth, expertise, and stability; it is a preferred color for corporate America.

Avoid using blue when promoting food and cooking, because blue suppresses appetite. When used together with warm colors like yellow or red, blue can create high-impact, vibrant designs; for example, blue-yellow-red is a perfect color scheme for a superhero.

Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

i use blue alot, mostly to represent sky..


lots of sky in my scrapbooks!!!


i like the white...i mean blue...space in this layout!!!


thanks for following along this
colourful path with me!!!

later, Jen

a nsd challenge

There's a couple things I wanted to do during my hour here during national scrapbooking day.

One, was introduce the DT layouts using the May kit.

You can find the layouts here.

In particular I love this one from Jen...

I love how it's not at all heavy on the dark green and yellow colors that dominate the kit.
I also love this one from Leigh...

that banner is just the cutest!

And, my personal favorite of mine?

This one...

(Sorry that the images are cut off, but I don't have software to edit them on this computer!)
The kits will be in store and online on Tuesday!

But, that brings me to my challenge.

So... I want you to scraplift yourself!

The layout I just shared. It's a scraplift.... of myself! Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it right???
I wanted to show you the layout that I based it on... but I can't find it in the gallery. But trust me. ;) (it's a family picture with red papers in that grid format.)

Anyway....

play along and post in the MSS gallery and link back here. I'll draw a winner for a special prize (oooh) Monday morning!

some scrappy fun

i love my scraps!!!
especially when i do paperpiecing and need
that tiny bit of colour..
..and i love having these little projects on
display, so colourful and cute.
so today i am going to show you how i made
the picture above. its pretty easy.

what you'll need is;
-a good variety of scraps
-your favourite embellishments
-a frame or shadowbox (doesn't matter the size..
i used a small shadowbox, but you could use a
frame too!)
- and anything else you love to use!


step 1. I used a dollar store shadow box. remove the sliding
glass panel, and remove the paper inside. I used this paper
as it was the perfect size and used it as my base for my
picture.


step 2. I found in my scraps some paper to create an outdoor
scene. i used the light blue for the sky. You don't have to
cover the entire back with the blue as you'll be adding green.

step 3. add the rolling landscape! i grabbed 3 shades of green
that all kinda of matched..i created a gentle curve on each to
give depth.


step 4. Now comes the fun part! deciding what is going on the
landscape! i love these chip board trees, and haven't used
them, and i love the owl rubons and am always looking at them.
but you can totally use whatever you want..i was gonna use the
house rubon, but it looked too small beside my tree.

step 5. look at your progress, and decide what else you would like
to add..i added the glitter cloud and the hearts.


step 6.so in my shadowbox i have some grass right at the front. how i
did that was take a light green and fray it (just small cuts) i left
some extra paper at the bottom and folded it back. the folded piece
becomes the part that goes on the "floor" of my shadow box.


step 7. after i finished my grass, i felt it was missing something
so i added the grey cat and few more sprigs of grass

step 8. add some phrase or word if you like, or just leave it
blank. my words were a last minute detail..



so there you go!!! if you have any questions, i'll be around
the forum!!
later!!
JEn

National Scrapbooking Day

Hey everyone! Happy National Scrapbooking Day! Today the DT is going to hang out on the blog and the forums with activities/projects/etc. to celebrate. We've also posted a bunch of challenges on the blog the last few days, so check those out. There are prizes to be won!

For my segment, we're going to play Bingo. But not just any bingo - scrapbooking bingo. Here's how it works. Pick 10 words from the list below. PM them to me. I'll leave this open until 2:00 pm CST. Once I have all the words, I'll post a word or two in the forums. The first person to get 10 words and PM me will win a prize. Sound good?

trimmer
paper
glue
adhesive
mist
ribbon
buttons
stamps
punches
ruler
alphas
October Afternoon
Cosmo Cricket
American Crafts
glue dots
journaling
pins
chipboard
Sassafras
Basic Grey
My Mind's Eye
corner rounder
stitching
K & Co
My Scrap Shoppe
rub ons
stickers
scissors
mini book
brads
eyelets
Crate Paper
Pink Paislee
Martha Stewart
ink
paint
flowers
Hambly