Scrapbooking

Work symmetrical designs in the newest Scrapbook Coach class. And it’s only $12.50 until the next class comes out. Grab it today. All classes include 4 video lessons with accompanying “road-maps” in pdf format for printing or viewing on computers, tablets, and smart phones. Lesson 1: Mirror Symmetry.  Lesson 2: Approximate Symmetry. Lesson 3: Asymmetry Layered Over Symmetry. Lesson 4: Rotational Symmetry. Scrapbook Coach is a series of self-paced video classes that teach you to start with a  common page foundation and then shake it up to make great looking scrapbook pages efficiently. In every class you scrapbook alongside Debbie Hodge as she guides you in photo crops, paper choices, title treatments and embellishing. You’ll work one page shape multiple times, with variations in product and patterned paper choices, number of photos, and title and embellishment treatments. You become skilled — and fast — at designing pages that tell your stories and pack a visual punch. You learn to select and combine patterned papers skillfully and you get starter recipes you can turn to knowing you’ll get a solid design that looks new each time you use it. Click here to check out all of the classes in the series and grab a money-saving bundle. Related posts2 Video Lessons | Why Scrapbookers Care about Figure and Ground and Page FoundationsBuy the Oomph & Polish class from MSD for $12.50 through May 1st onlyNew class for stepping up your scrapbook page designs

So, as of last night, my latest 6 week painting class is now finished.  I'm excited to now be working on an online class! There have been lots of requests, so I will update you all when that... {This is a content summary only. Click on blog title to continue reading this post, see pictures, comment, browse our website and more!}

We’ve had waaaayyy too much fun this week playing with our friends over at STAEDTLER! They were so generous to our Design Team, and we’ve loved every second of showing you what we can do with their beautiful products. REMEMBER – Next week we’ll be playing with our friends at the Craft Resin Blog! Ooooh… You know that one is always popular, and we’ve got more prizes for that one – Tues – Friday next week! But we’ve been busy, too! So, for the Stampendous blog this weekend, we’ll start your Summer off right with some gorgeous new Summer images just loaded to our website. These “beachy keen” images are available at your favorite local retailer, or you can order them right on our website and your local retailer will ship them right out to you! (REMEMBER there’s FREE shipping on U.S. retail orders $50+) Our in-house Sample Artist Debi Hammons has been using our STAEDTLER Karat Aquarelle pencils to color some terrific beach scenes we’ll be bringing to you all weekend. Portland Head Lighthouse by Debi Hammons Our Design Team is still playing with Balloons, or other terrific images and STAEDTLER, and You have until the end of the day on Monday to do ALL your commenting on ALL the blogs for the week so you can win, win, win the terrific prizes from STAEDTLER and Stampendous. Be sure to visit every one of the terrific blogs below this weekend and leave them a ton of love! They’ve all worked very hard to inspire you to pick up some great stamps and make some beautiful art! Cyndi Bundy Jamie Martin Janelle Stollfus Jennifer Dove Krissy Fossmeyer Kristine Reynolds Lea Kimmel Rhea Weigand April Derrick Kelli Mowat Lisa Somerville

Read the full post on ScrapGirls.com digital scrapbooking blog We are thrilled to bring you this great tutorial from Lori Aragon using Silhouette’s Fabric Interfacing! Imagine all the cool and pretty things you can make using fabric! The possibilities are endless! Make sure to check out the promotion at the bottom of the post for some great deals on Silhouette Electronic Cutting tools and Fabric Interfacing bundles! Oh my! Have I been having sew much fun with fabric lately!!!  I am super excited to share my project with you today using Scrap Girls Digital Scrapbooking Supplies, Silhouette Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing and fabric   Yes, you read that right, I paired Jo Corne’s Sew Much More digital kit – papers, embellishments and word art with fabric.  Have I got your interest piqued? Read on to find out how I did it! Digital scrapbooking supplies used for this project:  Sew Much More digital kit Additional supplies used for this project: Silhouette Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing White Muslin Silhouette Cameo and Software Photoshop Elements 10 Iron, Ironing Board and Clean Cloth Paper Floss Scissors Best Glue Ever Craft Smart Vanilla Acrylic Paint Paint Brush Frame with clothesline purchased at Michael’s Step 1: Design elements for main image in Photoshop (or other software). Save as png file. Here’s mine…   Step 2: Change image to Black Fill in Photoshop (or other software). Give this file a different name and Save. I usually just keep the file name and add BLACK FILL at the end. Be sure to save as PNG. Drag and drop both images in Silhouette Software. Step 3: Working with the Black Fill image, click on the “Trace” Button at the top right and click on “Select Trace Area.” Create a box around your image. Step 4: Uncheck “High Pass Filter” and if necessary to fill the entire image with yellow, increase the “Threshold.” Click on “Trace.” If your image doesn’t have any inner pieces to cut, click on “Trace Outer Edge.” Step 5: Move the Black Fill image to the side and voila! you have your new cut file!!!   Step Six: Grab your colored image and place over the new cut lines. You don’t have to be precise at this point. Select both the image and cut lines, open the “Align” window and click on “Center.” Next group together by clicking on “Object” and “Group” (or right click and group). Resize if desired. Step 7: To be able to print, you’ll need to turn on the registration marks. Go to “Open the Registration Marks” in the upper right corner, and click on the “Show Reg Marks” box. Make sure your image(s) fit within the boundaries of the registration box. If necessary, you can make the registration marks smaller by lowering the number of the “Left” “Top” “Right” “Bottom” boxes. DO NOT PRINT YET!!! DO NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES UNTIL PRINTED!!! Step 8: Time to prepare the fabric! After I just said not to print yet… I did print lol. I used my mistake to size the fabric needed for my image. Yes… I did go above and beyond what I needed, but I figured for the first time, I better have more than not enough! Step 9: After ironing the fabric, I cut a piece of Clean Cut Fabric Interfacing just a bit smaller and ironed it on for a couple seconds (interfacing adhesive – rough – side down on top of the fabric). Remove interfacing liner. Step Ten: Because I already did an oops print and cut, I had a guide to help me place my image on the paper. I could see where the registration marks would print, and I wanted to avoid putting tape in those areas. I simply used Scotch tape to secure the fabric on the copy paper. MAKE SURE THAT YOU’VE ALREADY IRONED ON THE INTERFACING (oh, if you only knew my boo boo’s LOL). Step 11: Insert into your printer (my printe

Before I get to the new listings- I wanted to let you know about something very cool! Close To My Heart is releasing one of our new Fall/Winter 2013 sets a few months early. This "M" size stamp set is a fundraiser for Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts amd 100% of profits will go to the Red Cross's Oklahoma fund. This is a wonderful opportunity to help through your papercrafting hobby. The set retails for only $2.95! You can order yours here.This is the set: To give you size perspective - it will fit on a 2"x2" block.Thanks so much for helping this worthwhile cause!! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Continuing to list my sale items... I have too much stuff! Delivery Options Local pick up $1.75 USD cost includes Shipping $2.75 USD Delivery Options Local pick up $6.00 USD cost includes Shipping $7.50 USD

Welcome to Katie’s Project Life 2013 | Week 15 . When I realized I had six weeks of catch up to do on this project I felt slightly overwhelmed. Okay, a lot overwhelmed. My pictures were printed and cut and slipped into the pockets, but it took me quite awhile to actually start putting the pages together. I looked around our worktable and got inspired by all of the pink I saw, and then boom. I finished within an hour. This project is so, so fun. I just have to remind myself of that that sometimes when I’m feeling like I have too much to do. I added Ali’s Messy Life Lines to the photo of my tulips that were blooming in my front yard. They are double tulips, that resemble a peony (my favorite) and they just make me so happy. That awesome pink and white card on the left is from Notes 12×12 Composition & Color by Allison Kreft for Webster’s Pages. I added some little pink star stickers and sequins (here are some similar) from a previous Studio Calico Project Life kit to the photo of a Paris guidebook. I am so excited to go back to Paris with Peter. It will be crazy timing because it’s a month before the wedding. But I’m all for the adventure. It makes it just that more special that we are going with Ali and Aaron. Good friends, good sights, good food, good wine. The “Yep. This Is Love.” is from Ali’s new product available at Designer Digitals this weekend called “Because I Love You Labels.” The wood veneer hearts are from Freckled fawn. I stamped some Brilliance Pigment Ink in Gold Galaxy on them to give them a little shine. The card with the little heart banner is actually a sticker from Basic Grey’s Mint Julip Elements Sticker Sheet. I stuck it onto a blank 3×4 card and then rounded the corners. I once again added a banner from Ali’s Banner Me Vol 01 because I love them. The “Party Time” is from Life is Good Labels Vol 02. Hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend! CONNECT WITH KATIE | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | ETSY | PINTEREST SUPPLIES | 2013 | WEEK 15 Click on the images to link to the products. InLinkz.com Project Life is a product and a system and a lifestyle created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The core pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources. View all my posts about Project Life here.

...yep, that is the incredibly original (ahem) title for today's post. After the challenge on Wednesday, Mr Mojo put in a brief reappearance so I grabbed him by the scruff and got playing my my fave Paper Artsy Fresco Paints. The base is a chunky greyboard square from PaperArtsy. Being an honest lass, I will admit that this piece is actually third time lucky - this has taken me over a day to make because I kept mucking it up. First I got the background paint exactly how I wanted it and then went and faffed and added a bit too much. So I slapped a piece of paper over it and started again. This time, the background was exactly how I wanted it so I started with the stamping... and goofed up, stamping a script wonky isn't a good look, "I shall cover it with an embellishment" thought I. And then promptly went and stamped said script again... upside down! PAH! So a very thick layer of Nougat Fresco right over the top and an overnight drying sesh occurred.Finally, I managed to get it to look how I wanted it... I substituted the stamping from Archival Ink (which was a bit harsh) to using Squid Ink paint... I happen to be in lurves with this gorgeous colour... it is the colour that I also used on two of the flowers... isn't it lush! As well as the Squid Ink stamping, I also added little torn strips of Washi Tape. The paint colours I used were: Nougat, Rose, Claret, Toad Hall, Hey Pesto and Squid Ink.The butterfly is where this whole project started... I used Cut & Dry foam to apply the Fresco Paints to the Twiddlybits diecut... and then added smidges of Treasure Gold to bling it up a bit. I wanted to add some texture to the board, so I decided to mix up some Grungepaste with Hey Pesto FF paint... and then I used my fave 490 Stencils for Art leafy stencil to add the leaves along the top of the board. The hanger was a birthday pressie last year from Ellen... I have been covetting it for too long... so decided to use it on this project. I added a few charms to the hanger and a little handstamped word using Alpha stamps.Well, I am in the wars again! For some reason the old war wound is really playing up and to be honest, I think that is one of the reasons why the Mojo ain't flowing as easily as it usually does... This new pain is nothing like I have had before and it is really bugging me. Needless to say, the premium rate phone call to the Dr's this morning was a complete waste of time and money as they had no appt's left for today. Rid.Ic.U.Lous!!!! I am sitting waiting on the emergency doc calling me and maybe he may see me... PAH! Anyways... enough of my moaning, time to get moving again and get my special project for the weekend completed... please do check back on Sunday for the Sunday Stamper and a nosey at what I have been up to... there be a prize too!!! That's all I am saying for now! Thanks for looking, have a goodly day! TTFNHels x

Hi Everyone - Today is my last post as guest designer over at Trendy Twine. I really enjoyed creating projects using their wonderful twine. Those of you who are regulars here (thanks by the way for following my crafty blog) know I create alot of shadow boxes. It all started about 3 years ago when I made one for my coworker. It has spread from there and I've probably made close to a 100 shadow boxes for family and friends. They really do make a perfect gift for a shower.Here is one I created using Trendy Twine!Pick up a frame at Joanns or Michaels. (I get the white ones from Joanns)I start out by taking a peek at the baby registry online - that will give you a good idea of what the color scheme and theme is. Then start cutting your elements. Once you have everything cut add foam tape or pieces of foam core under the elements to give it dimension. Afterall it is a shadowbox so make some shadows. I added Krazy for Kraft Trendy Twine to my project which was the perfect accent.You can either hang this in the baby's room or purchase a holder at Joanns to display in the room.I really enjoyed my time as the May guest designer ~ have a great Friday and long holiday weekend!x

Every other Friday - in between the challenge and new release posts - over at Jellypark we have reintroduced the stamp spotlight theme! So each fortnight one of the Design Team picks their favourite Jellypark stamp and we all make something to feature it!It's my turn this fortnight and this is the one I've choosen - Bear With Star. And I've sneaked in the Bunting too! And if you are quick you can buy the Bear With Star digi for only 50p!!?I've coloured the images with Promarkers and handwrite the sentiment. Papers are from The Clip Art Fairy (no longer available) and I made them into a wordbook. Added some organza ribbon and embroidery thread bows and its complete!I'd like to enter the following challenges:My Heart Pieces: Be SentimentalSarah Hurley Challenges: Shades of BlueCrafts and Me: Lots of LayersI Love Promarkers: Anything GoesStamp n Doodle: Feeling BlueImages: Jellypark, coloured with PromarkersPapers: The Clip Art Fairy (retired)Sentiment: HandwrittenEverything else: My stash

Welcome to the second day of the May Arts Ribbon and Scor Pal Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Jen's Blog. I've got a great tutorial/project to share with you today and once you've enjoyed you can hop to Christina's Blog and see what she's created. Remember there are great prizes so be sure to leave comments and have fun and you might just win. Today I'm sharing a great box with you that I created for Cheery Lynn and the Scor-Pal / May Arts Ribbon hop. I love the way the ribbon coordinates with the poppies and the paper collection, it's just perfect. Here is a tutorial for the box so you can make one for yourself. Step 1: Cut two 9 inch card stock squares, cut one 5 1/8" square card stock. Cut four 2 7/8" square designer paper, cut 8 2 3/4 square designer papers for interior. I used KaiserCraft's Remember Me Collection. Step 2: Score one of your 9 inch squares at 3" and 6 ", turn your paper 90 degrees and score again at 3 " and 9". This will create a grid. You'll want to do this on both of your 9 inch card stock squares using your Scor-Pal. Step 3: Score each of your corner squares diagonally and fold. Fold inward as this is going to help create your box. TIP: I find using the 6" mark on my Scor-pal makes this easy as there is a marking at the bottom of your Scor-pal that will help ensure you have it lined up correctly. Step 4: Using your Scor-Pal tape apply your outside squares ( 2 7/8" ) to the base box.Step 5: Cut four of your 2 3/4 squares in half and tape to inside of your explosion box along the ridges. Step 6: On your second 9 inch square cardstock cut the outer corner squares off as shown above. Fold and crease.Step 7: Tape your remaining square card stock pieces to the just cut cross/9 inch piece. You can also decorate the base center with designer card too. Step 8: Score your 5 1/8" square at 1 inch on all sides. Cut a slit in where all the black marks are shown above. Fold and crease.Step 9: Tape your flaps to the inside of the box top creating your top. Now the really fun part decorate as desired.I created the lovely poppies using my Cheery Lynn Dies. Here is a complete list of dies used on this box. Embellishment 1 Build a Flower Polynesian Sails OvalBuild a Flower 3Tags 3 Tiny Things With WingsPolynesian Sails MiniNow be sure to leave a comment and then hop on over to Christina's Blog.Just in case you get lost here is the whole hop order. Thurday Jen Shears Abby Henderson Jenifer Cowles Diane Zechman - Karen Baker Jennie Harper - Lalo IK Katie Tate - Sandy Allnock Lisa Silver - Virginia Fynes Friday Charlene Driggs Lori Williams - Christina Colón Steph Ackerman DeeDee Catron Toni Storie Tya Smith - Erin Thiem Virginia Nebel - Gini Williams Cagle