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LET'S SCRAP SKETCH 1-30-13

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

With everything that has been going on lately, I just have not had the time to blog :-( It really makes me sad that there is not enough hours in a day. So the next few posts will be an some catching up on Let's Scrap sketches that I made, but not yet blogged about :-)

The sketch 1-30-13 over at Let's Scrap was designed by the talented Jennifer Russell. The best thing about this sketch is the fact that there is space for SOOOO many pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had so many pictures from Christmas Eve of our little one, that the sketch was just perfect. I could print out different pictures from that night and have them all in one layout :-)

All of the paper and embellishments that I used were from Kaisercraft, the Twig&Berry Collection.

I really enjoyed working with this sketch!

Happy Scrappin'

LET'S SCRAP DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE #154

Back in January it was my turn to do a Design Team challenge over at Let's Scrap. Things have been so hectic, I never got round to blogging it. Well here was the challenge and the layout I made.

I was so excited about the challenge. I had so many ideas, the perfect pictures, brand new papers, but when I sat down to do the challenge, the creative juices and everything that goes along with it, went out the window..........................

But in the end I came up with a layout, which was based on the following sketch.

I really adore these pictures of our little boy and really wanted to make something special of his first Christmas. But in the end I decided to rather keep it simple, as less is more.

The challenge was to make a layout that HAD to be Christmas layout with the following rules and criteria:

Use some sort of distressing technique, whether it is sanding, inking or any other distressing technique you know of. I used sanding on my photos and papers.
In terms of paper"

you had to use 2 different coloured cardstock; and
5 different pieces of pattern paper.

You had to use at least one sticker, die-cut or rub-on.
And lastly, a small strip of paper. I am not really sure how to describe this, but it is that strip of paper that some of the suppliers add at the bottom of the pages. One I know that does this is Kaisercraft (I cannot think of other right off the top of my head). You will see that I used it at the bottom of my layout, it is the strip of paper with the stamps on. I do realise that not everyone might have these, so if you don't have one, you are allowed to use a border sticker or even a ribbon.

I must admit, that in the end, I really enjoyed making this layout and it really turned out lovely!

Hope you enjoyed it and Happy Scrappin'

Monday, March 18, 2013

A brand new challenge was posted on Frosted Designs on Friday. The challenge is to make a layout, card or any other project with anything that can go up. We want to see what you can do with the things you see in the sky........... hot air balloons, kites, planes, clouds, birds, butterflies..................... There are so many possibilities, cannot wait to see the projects.

Here is my take on the challenge.

We have an awesome sponsor for this two week challenge - Creative Chaos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is really awesome to have them back for this fortnight's sponsor.

The awesome prize for this fortnight is an altered box filled with various handmade flowers to the value of $25.00. This sounds like an awesome prize and would love to win it myself..............

So in order to take part in this awesome challenge and win this wonderful prize, here is what you have to do:

Create a layout or card using the things you see in the sky;
Visit the Frosted Designs Blog - http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/
Link your project on the right hand side bar!!!!!

Well ladies, you only have until noon (Central Time) Thursday, March 28th to link up your project. So that gives you just under 2 weeks!!!!!! Cannot wait to see what you create!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Scrappin'

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Exciting changes are happening at Frosted Designs! They recently switched to a bi-weekly challenge format to allow all of you a little more time to enter our challenge and have a chance to be entered to win our amazing prizes! Now, we are thrilled to not only introduce our new Design Team, but also our new format! We have a team of 25 Designers from all over the world that will be providing inspiration to you for each challenge. We want to help you enjoy this inspiration so we will provide 4 straight days of it!!

I got given the wonderful day of SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!!! So my Frosted Designs layout will posted on a Saturday.

We have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge - Leave a paper Trail - http://www.leaveapapertrail.com/zencart/

A little about our sponsor this week

I have been paper crafting for over 13 years now and really feel that it is an invaluable service to my family and generations to come. I love the creative outlet it provides me and seeing the pages come to life gives me great satisfaction. You may ask “Why the name The Paper Trail?” Well, for me, scrapbooking is all about leaving a paper trail of you for your family and future generations to come. Webster’s dictionary defines paper trail as: documents from which a person's actions may be traced. Doesn’t that just sum up exactly what we do when we create a scrapbook page? We leave a trail of us – what we have done, who we are, etc.

I have created this store so that you have options available to help you create the best trail that you can.

Now to win this in store voucher, simple link up your project for this challenge, and remember to have fun!!!

In order to take part in this awesome challenge and win this wonderful prize, here is what you have to do:

Create a layout or card using Chevrons;
Visit the Frosted Designs Blog - http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/
Link your project on the right hand side bar!!!!!

Well ladies, you only have until noon (Central Time) Thursday, March 14th to link up your project. So that gives you about 2 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes to go!!!!!! So get those projects finished and linked :-)

Happy Scrappin'

Friday, March 8, 2013

After a long while, and a lot of struggling with the layouts, I FINALLY completed a wedding album for a lady at my office.

I think I used Let's Scrap sketches for all the layouts that I made, which I why I really love their sketches :-) There are so many, and you will always find one to suite your photos :-)

Here are the sketches with the layouts :-)

SAVOR THESE MOMENTS - LS SKETCH 5-23-12

CHERISH - LS SKETCH 6-5-9

A MOMENT IN TIME - LEFT HAND SIDE OF LS SKETCH 2-3-10

TRUE BEAUTY - LS SKETCH 9-26-12

SAYING I DO - LS SKETCH 3-24-10

LOVE - LEFT HAND SIDE OF LS SKETCH 3-10-10

FAMILY PORTRAITS - LS SKETCH 2-24-10

NOTHING IS WORTH MORE - RIGHT HAND SIDE OF LS SKETCH 1-4-12

DREAM - RIGHT HAND SIDE OF LS SKETCH 9-9-10

There are still about 4 layouts worth of pictures that I need to do, but I hoped you enjoyed the post.

Happy Scrappin

DESIGN TEAM CALL: NUTS ABOUT SKETCHES (MARCH - AUGUST 2013)

A while back Shawn Eerie from Nuts About Sketches post a sketch team call for the period March to August 2013.

She was looking for dependable scrappers who are able to create at least 2 layouts a month, based on sketches that she provides. There are single and double page sketches, for which you can do only the one side if you wish to.

In order to apply, you had to choose one of the following sketches and submit a layout.

I really loved both of these sketches, but in the end I had to pick one and decided on the second sketch (the one of the right hand side).

Here is my take on the sketch.

The papers and embellishments are all from Kaisercraft! I unfortunately did not make the DT, but I really loved using the sketch and the way the layout turned out.

Happy Scrappin'

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

I am super excited to share that the Frosted Designs has announced their new Design Team! And guess what

I AM ONE OF THE NEW DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am really excited about this and the fact that there are some extraordinary ladies on this DT!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is really a very talented group of ladies from ALL around the world and I am super excited to be working with them. Here are the team:

Returning to the Frosted Designs Team

Barb Craft (Leader) - Arizona

Debbie Burns (CoLeader) - Maryland

Amanda Sousa (Sponsorship Coordinator) - Australia

Anita Scroggins - Texas

Brenda Becknell - Ohio

Channa Suitella - Greece

Joni Parker - Arizona

Lori Apgar - Nebraska

Lydia Wiley - Illinois

Monique Follett - Australia

Sassy - Minnesota

New to the Frosted Designs Team

Brenshevia Baker - Tennessee
Cathi O'Neill - Ireland

Deena Otway - Australia

Elizabeth Currie-Matsko - Kansas

Felicity Wilson - Australia
Jeaunes Viljeon - South Africa
Katie Hilyer -Alabama
Lydia Walker - North Wales, UK
Manda Moore - Australia
Narelle Fasulo - Australia
Sandee Setliff - North Carolina
Sandra Ghidara - Italy
Tamra Pope - Florida
Traci Penrod - Georgia

* If you click on the designer's name, you can go to their blog to check out how amazing they are! You can even leave them a nice congrats message!

They great and best part is that not only is there a new Design Team, but Frosted Designs also have a new format! The challenges are now bi-weekly and we will be providing 4 STRAIGHT DAYS of Inspiration starting in March! There will still be Tutorials and even some Tips&Tricks :-) Frosted Designs have also invited some extremely talented designers to be Guest Designers over the next few months. So be sure to check back often for all Frosted Designs has to offer :-)

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

A while back the administrators at Let's Scrap made some changes to the site. One of the changes they made was to bring in some tutorials. This way the members get to be reminded of some old techniques, that have long been forgotten about and then also see some awesome new techniques. So one week it is time for a DT Challenge (my challenge is coming up this Friday, so have a look out) and the following week it is time for a DT Tutorial. Last week Friday, was my turn to host a tutorial.

LET'S SCRAP DT TUTORIAL #29: HEAT EMBOSSING

While looking through the Let's Scrap gallery the past two weeks, I realised there were not a lot of layouts with stamping, and even less layouts with heat embossing. So I decided to do a tutorial on heat embossing.

First of all you will need some tools. These include the following:

the stamp you are wanting to use;
an acrylic block (if you are using acrylic stamps);
distress ink;
embossing powder; and
heat gun

In order to some stamping with heat embossing, hear are the steps to follow:

Place your stamp on the acrylic block and ink the stamp. Transparent Versa Mark ink is great to use when you do not want the ink to show, such as when you are using light coloured embossing powder (thank you Eniko).
Stamp on the paper you have decided to use.

Immediately after you have stamped the image you need to sprinkle a thick layer of embossing powder over the stamped area, such that it covers the area adequately. The best way is to have the embossing powder ready before you so your stamping. It is very important to throw the embossing powder over the stamped area while it is still wet.

Once you have sprinkled the embossing powder, you need to "tap off" the extra embossing powder, such that the only powder left is that on the paper where the stamped image is.
You are now ready to use your heat gun :-) Once you have switched it on, place it over the stamped area and watch the image transform from dull to embossed :-)

Once you have embossed your stamped image, you can proceed to use it on your layout or card or any other media.

I love to use it on cards, as well as my chipboard titles for layouts. What's great about using it on chipboard, is that it gives the chipboard a totally different look. The layout I have below is an example where I used heat embossing on chipboard letters and embellishments.

In order to achieve the look above I did the following:

Painted the chipboard letters;
Stamped the images on each letter;
Covered the letters with embossing powder; and
Heated the letters.

You will see there are red patterns on the chipboard letters, these are the embossed sections on each of the letters.

This is really one of my favourite techniques, and so versatile!

I really hope you enjoyed the tutorial and that you will try it out sometime.

Happy Scrappin'

LET'S SCRAP SKETCH 1-23-13

This week's sketch at Let's Scrap is another AWESOME sketch and one I really enjoyed using!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sketch was designed by the very talented Judy Rakes.

The paper I used for this layout is from Simple Stories. I bought this range at the Scrapbook Studio in Jeffrey's Bay over December and I just loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I battled a bit with the title but after some careful consideration and LOTS of thinking I came up with "3 Generations in the making". Even though you cannot see it in the pictures, my sister-in-law was also pregnant in these pictures, and it is also a little boy. So there are technically three generations from my husband's side in the photos.

I cut the title with my cricut, using the Storybook cartridge. The flowers and swirl is from Prima, and the metal butterfly from 7Gypsies. the circles on the left hand side of the layout, I cut from one of the Simple Stories pages. Here are some pictures of the detail.