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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Hello there, today I want to share a layout I created using the Cut&Paste collection from My Mind's Eye!

I loved the colours of this collection and the fact that it is really such a "boyish" collection! The pictures in the layout is from Jonathan's Cake Smash for his first birthday. But as you can see from the expression on his face he was not impressed AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!! Unlike most children that really dig in and smash that cake, he did not want to have anything to do with it. Other than a finger lightly touching the cake, and the pulling of the face, there was NO cake smashing!!!!!!!!!!

I loved how I could use the white cardstock and blue patterned paper as the background, but then also include the various patterns on layout, without it being over the top and too much!

As part of the collection, there was Decorative Chipboard buttons. I used a combination of those as well as one or two buttons I had in my stash. To round them off, I just threaded some white thread through the holes.

When I did the banner under the main photo, I used some of the flags from the collection and the others I made using washi tape. I finished it off with some bakers twine and brads.

And lastly, for the title I used one of the die-cut stickers and included some hand stitching.

All of the products I used in my layout are available in the Frosted Designs store and then best part is - they are ON SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So pop on over to the store and quickly!!!!!!! The kits are on sale along with other great products. These include 20% of all Authentique products, including the new Flourish and Suave Lines (Exp. 2-3-14) and all single bottles of Dylusions Spray Inks are 15% off (Exp. 2-3-14)! There are also LOADS of new CHA products coming soon! So make sure you stop on over and fill up your cart! I cannot wait for my order to arrive that I placed earlier this week to start playing!!!!!!!!

I hope I have inspired you today!

Cut & Paste - Carefree Relaxed	Cut & Paste - Hey You Route	Cut & Paste - Hey You Trend	Cut & Paste - Smile Shine
Cut & Paste Charm Decorative Chipboard Buttons	Cut & Paste Charm Cardstock Stickers - Carefree Label	Cut & Paste Charm Decorative Tape	Cut & Paste Charm Decorative Brads

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having an awesome day so far!

Today I will be showcasing a layout I made using the Simple Stories Say Cheese collection. I really enjoyed this collection and had so much fun with it! The best part of this is that it has some of my favourite colours in - red, white and black. There is just something about those colours that look awesome together. And then you add the yellow and it just uplifts the whole layout! (I must confess, I never use to like yellow, but lately I love to bring in some yellow). The pictures are two selfies that I took of myself and Jonathan - they are not two of the greatest, but I just loved the expression on his face!

I really love the embellishment sheets that come with the simple stories ranges! They are so fun and easy to work with. I used the chipboard balloons and cut a piece from one of the papers to use as a die-cut.

I also included some washi-tape with some hand stitching.

The banner is also from the chipboard elements, as well as the sticker to the left of the photos.

I added some buttons and more hand stitching to the "pie-chart" that was also cut from the papers.

For my title I just used some black letters that I had in my stash.

On top of the "pie-chart" I included a little wooden heart to give it some dimension.

This was a quick and easy, with no fuss layout which I really enjoyed making and loved the way it turned out in the end!

All the products I used you can get from the Frosted Designs store, just click HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have an awesome day filled with tons of inspiration!

Say Cheese 12x12 Collection Kit

Heart Confetti

Cut & Paste Charm Decorative Tape

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Lately there is this huge excitement in the scrapbooking world about Project Life. I know Project Life has been available in the US for quite a while, but unfortunately here in South Africa, it is still relatively new. it is only recently that we have been able to get the products here.

I have been very lucky that Barb from Frosted Designs have decided to showcase Project Life Inspired projects to showcase some of the products we have in the store and to show you how you can use your Project Life products along with your other scrapbooking stash.

So first things first - What is Project Life? And what is it all about?

Several years ago Becky Higgins had a hard time keeping up with the memory-keeping that she wanted to do. So she solved the problem by developing a system that works, and now Project Life^® is available to everyone, everywhere. Project Life provides an ultra-simple solution that helps us get those pictures into albums without draining out time, energy and wallets. The idea is simple: photos + memorabilia + journaling together in an album - everything slips into pockets. No requirement to cut or glue or embellish a thing. And yet - the results are stunning! Project Life is back-to-basic scrapbooking at its finest.

What I wanted to do is to use the Project Life concepts but incorporate other scrapbooking collections as well as techniques that I use in scrapbooking everyday. Some of the collections that work awesome for Project Life is Simple Stories, Echo Park and even Kaisercraft! By ding come cutting, their papers fit right into Project Life pockets.

I decided to start with Project Life because of our little boy. He has just turned 16 months old and I have TONS of pictures (I took 11 402 during 2013.....................). I would really LOVE to be able to scrap them all, but I just do not have the time.............. So I decided on Project Life to showcase his first year day by day.

So here is my very first Project Life layout which is the first page of Jonathan's Project Life album. These are the two first pictures that were taken of Jonathan at his birth. I include his name, some journaling about how we decided on his name, along with the statistics of his birth on this page. I also used some stickers and decorative brads.

Products Used

Echo Park Bundle of Joy - Boy Journaling Card

Echo Park Bundle of Joy Alpha Stickers

Echo Park Bundle of Joy - Decorative Brads

Project Life Baby Boy Mini Kit

For my next page I used pictures of all the flowers and gifts we received with his birth. Along with the papers I also used some other scrapbooking techniques. These include washi tape flags with a pearl finish; hand stitching; I cut out one of the sayings from the Simple Stories papers and added that to a Project Life card.

Products Used

Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 12x12 Collection kit

My Mind's Eye Cut&Paste Decorative Tape

Project Life Baby Boy Mini Kit

I hope you enjoyed the layout! All of the products I used is available in the Frosted Designs store. You can purchase it HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, January 13, 2014

Hello ladies, today I will show you a layout I made using Echo Park's Beautiful Life Collection Kit.

I really had so much fun using this collection and it is so easy to work with. And trust me, the pictures does not do this collection justice :-)

All of the papers in this layout is from the Beautiful Life collection. Along with the papers and embellishments I used from the sticker sheets, I added some hand stitching, washi tape as well as some chipboard elements from UmWow Studios. Here are some close-ups..................

Products Used

Beautiful Life Collection Kit 12x12

UmWow Chevron Confetti

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste Charm Decorative Tape

I hope you enjoyed the layout! All of the products I used is available in the Frosted Designs store. You can purchase it HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 9, 2014

There is a new challenge currently on the way at Frosted Designs!

We are thrilled to be partnering with Stuck?!Sketches to bring you this challenge!

We thought it would be fun to combine the sketch at Stuck?!Sketches with a challenge from us. So, we would like to see you used this sketch with Ink, Paint or Mist.

How fun is that?!?!? You are welcome to use the sketch to create cards, canvas projects, off the page projects, journal pages or layouts. Pretty much anything you create using this sketch can be entered! Just remember to use ink, paint or mist!

Here is the sketch..............

We cannot have a challenge without having a prize!!!!!!! This challenge is sponsored by.............

Frosted Designs

We revealed the brand new Frosted Designs Kit, Love is in the Air on Wednesday!

Our new kits allow you the chance to customize the products based on the type of crafter you are. If you are a clean and neat scrapbooker and cardmaker who loves paper and embellishments, the "Clean Fun" option is the choice for you. If you are the kind of person who likes to get messy and inky and make a mess while creating, the "Messy Fun" is your kind of kit. You can find the kit HERE!

One lucky person will win our newest kit - Love is in the Air! The winner can choose to receive the "Clean Fun" option or the "Messy Fun" option!

Do you want to know another cool fact..............................
Stuck?!Sketches is also giving away a kit on their blog! So if you enter the Frosted Design Challenge using the sketch with ink, paint or mist, then you can also enter the same project in the challenge at Stuck?!Sketches! This means that you can have 2 chances to win this kit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Since the Stuck?!Sketches challenge is open until the 29th of January, we are going to leave this challenge open until then as well! That gives you the entire month to get a project submitted! Have fun creating!!!!!!

*** There are no shipping changes for US winners. International winners pay shipping charges. If the winner has already purchased this kit, the winner can choose to receive the February kit instead.

You have until noon (central time) Wednesday, January 29th to link up your project HERE!!!!!!!

FROSTED DESIGNS 2013 KITS ON SALE!

There are a lot of changes coming to Frosted Designs in 2014! To start off, we have a new logo, the format of the kits have changed and we have new manufacturers coming soon!

To help make room for the new products, we are clearing out some of the products we currently have in stock!

All Fall and Christmas theme products are 35% off! This includes Basic Grey's Persimmon, echo Park's Reflections Christmas, and BoBunny's Elf Magic and Autumn Song! But you better stock up soon! This sale is limited to stock on hand and when it is gone, it is gone..............

Christmas Products can be found HERE!

Fall Products can be found HERE!

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We are also clearing out all our 2013 kits!!!!!!!!!

All 2013 Kits are Buy 2 Get 1 Free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

This includes out Mixed Media Paper Kits and our Scrapbooking Kits!

(* Kits of equal or lesser value is free)

Here are the kits you can choose from...........

Sea Breeze Scrapbooking Kit - Sale Price $28.00

Family Blessings Scrapbooking Kit - Sale Price $31.50

Season of Starts Scrapbooking Kit - Price $35.00

October Mixed Media Paper Kit - Sale Price $32.00

November Mixed Media Paper Kit - Sale Price $36.00

December Mixed Media Paper Kit - Price $40.00

With 6 kits to choose from, there is a lot of crafty fun available at a great price. If you would like to take advantage of this offer, send an email to barb@frosted-designs.com. Please list the 3 kits you would like along with your PayPal email and your zip code. You will receive an invoice through PayPal and once it is paid, your kits will be sent to you!!! Orders will be filed in the order they are received. A few of the kits are almost sold our, so hurry for best selection!

If you click on the link below each photo, you will see exactly what is included in each kit!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!

With a new year there are always some changes. One of these changes are the Frosted Designs Kits, that got a makeover over December!

After much thought and a few months of delivering kits, Barb decided to make a change and offer a brand new customizable kit, just for you! We are all very excited about this change, because we are bringing you the best of our scrapbooking kit as well as the mixed media paper kit, ALL IN ONE! Out new kits are designed to meet the needs of scrapbookers, as well as those who like to create with mixed media items! The best part of this kit you ask? You (as the customer) gets to customize what you receive without paying extra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how it will work - all of the items in the larger photo below are the main part of the kit. Everyone who orders a kit will get those items. There are two other photos, one that is labeled "CLEAN FUN" and the other is "MESSY FUN". You get to select which kind of fun you want added to your kit, at no extra cost. The "CLEAN FUN" option is geared more towards people who like to scrapbook and play with paper and embellishments. The "MESSY FUN" option is for the people who like to get messy and inky when they are creating! How fun is that?!?!?! Now, you finally have a kit that gives you options!

So here is the Frosted Designs January Kit................................... LOVE IS IN THE AIR!

This kit is designed to meet the needs of every creative person! Each kit will contain the items in the Main Kit. You then get to CUSTOMIZE YOUR KIT with one of two options. You can choose to have "clean fun" or "messy fun"... the choice it yours! The following items are included in the kit!!!!!!!!

Main Kit