Scrapping Frenzy

It is Sherry here sending you greetings from Mobile…my layout for this Wednesday is called “Who Needs a Bed”. My granddaughter received a “nap mat” for pre-school and wanted to use it all the time at school and especially at home.

 chose to use We R Memory Keeper “Simply Spring” line of paper. Cutting out printed paper from the 6×6 paper pad from the same line, I backed the three pictures I used, placing the pictures 1/3 down the page. I used a pale green rickrack ribbon to tie them together. To continue 1/3 from the bottom, I cut a 6″ piece of the rickrack so the butterflies could be attached.

Using 2″ of the solid orange “simply spring” card stock, I attached my title. Using Jillibean Soup–Woodgrain Allphabeans, I spellout my title. Attaching the title bar to the top of the layout.   “When you have a NAP MAT like this you don’t need a BED”.

Scrapping Frenzy materials: We R Memory Keepers Simple Spring paper, Jillibeans Alphabeans, sticky thumb adhesives,  and Zig Writer Coffee ink pen.

Other material: wooden butterflies and rickrack were mine.

Sometimes the simplest techniques give the most beautiful results. Every time. Embossed resist inking is like that for me. I love to see the image appear as I’m inking the embossed image. It always makes me smile. If you’ve not tried this technique, I encourage you to do so – it’s very satisfying to see the image pop up and look so crisp and pretty. And yet, the technique is so easily done!

For this card, I used some Design Adhesives by Clearsnap. This is a double sided adhesive that comes in many patterns or designs. The design I’m using today is Branches & Blooms. Each package comes with 4 sheets of the adhesive – enough to use on several projects. The adhesive can be used with double sided foil, glitters, embossing powders, flocking, or just about any other material you might think of! (One day I want to try it with some multi-colored foiling flakes.) Today, I’m using embossing powder to share with you this technique.

I started with a sheet of white cardstock and I actually cut apart two of the design sheets and layered on the pieces to get the final shape I wanted. You can see the blue-ish adhesive design here:

You can also see how I was able to cut apart the image – these were the bits I did not use. I’m saving them for another project.

Then I poured on some white embossing powder. I was sure to use detail embossing powder to capture all the fine details in the design. I used a dry paint brush to brush away any stray powder before I applied heat to the design.

After heating the design with my heat gun, it virtually disappears into the white cardstock background. If the light hits it you can see how it is glossy, but it is hard to see.

Next I cut the cardstock down to fit the front of the card I was making. I selected three colors of Mix’d Media Inx – Honey, Denim, and Peridot to color in the background and make the embossed image pop out like magic!

Using the ColorBox stylus tool and blending tips is the easiest way to apply these juicy inks and get a soft background. (see – you can barely see the embossed image on that piece of cardstock! Stay tuned – it’ll show up soon!)

First, I used the Honey Mix’d Media Inx to go around the edge, buffing the color all the way around, to give some shading to the edge. (I had Truffle on standby in case I needed a darker edge later…)

You can see a bit of the image starting to appear in that top left corner!

Then I switched to the Peridot Inx to bring color to the center of the image.

WOW! Do you see how that embossed design popped out there? Isn’t it fabulous? I continued blending and buffing the colors to create the soft look I wanted. (originally I had planned on using some Denim Mix’d Media Inx to give more depth, but I was really enjoying the soft glow of the Peridot and Honey working together, so I set the Denim back and didn’t end up using it.)

Next I added a mat of a cinnamon colored cardstock to add a thin frame to the piece. I also heat embossed a simple greeting to the card. (in hindsight I could have embossed that image at the beginning when I embossed the design, but this worked just as well)

It still seemed to be missing some finishing touch, so I removed it from the card and ran it through my sewing machine to give some detail and texture to the edge.

Here is my finished card:

This card came together so quickly! I think this technique is lots of fun and gives such a sophisticated result! This technique can be adapted to so many cards or projects – any color of ink, any design of stamp or design adhesive – the possibilities are limitless! I hope this tutorial inspires you to try this technique!

Scrapping Frenzy Supplies used: ClearSnap Design Adhesives – Branches & Blooms, ClearSnap Donna Salazar Designs Mix’d Media Inx – Honey and Peridot, ColorBox Stylus with Round Blending Tips, ClearSnap Top Boss Watermark Ink, White and Brown Cardstock.

Other Supplies: Recollections Detail Embossing Powder – Snow, Heat Embossing Tool, Sewing Machine and White Thread, Unknown Manufacturer Greeting Sentiment

I discovered Lucky 8 Punches made by We R Memory Keepers probably three to four years ago and the mini punches about a year ago. There are twelve large ones and six mini ones. You can cut 12×12, 11×11, 10×10, 9×9, and 8×8 inch paper around each border with the large punches. As you go down in size, the pattern may change shape but every pattern is unique and looks great with the other size patterns. The mini punches cut 6×6, 5×5, and 4×4 inch paper.

To punch what ever size you choose, on the front side of your paper put one of the corners in the punch and punch each corner until you have punched all four corners.

Turning your paper over and continue to punch the next four corners. When you have finished, all four corners will be gone and your pattern will be on your paper. That is all there is to it…four corners, turn over, and four more corners.

I decided to share one more idea, run ribbon through each outer hole with 1/4″ width accent ribbon. This will give you another way to change this design. I chose the Retro Scallop Large Punch for this example.

It is fun and exciting to share your new designs and ideas with others. Here are some of the other punches patterns:

I have shared a few examples with different punches. Here is a Halloween layout that I have included as a finished product. This is of one of my granddaughter’s last Halloween shots.

Materials used: Card stock, Lucky 8 Punches large and mini, Cricut alphabet font, Dew Drops, Stckles Lime Green Ink, Halloween paper, black ribbon, and Sticky Thumb Adhesive. All the above materials can be purchased at Scrapping Frenzy except the black ribbon.

Come in today and let us show you the punches and begin your new exciting adventures with them.  See you soon!

There are some fun new sports papers at the store, this layout features the ballet/tap paper.  One side had ballet with words and images in black and different shades of pink and the other side had tap terms in black and white.

This is a photo of my daughter at her dance studio while we were waiting for recital photos to be taken.  I used a sketch from a scrapbooking blog I like.  I thought it was perfect because of the frame around the photo.  The dance recital number was a Degas inspired piece so the girls started and ended the dance inside huge frames that were made as props.  It was really beautiful!

I made the frame using the purple cardstock and I just guessed on the size of the cut out that I would need for the frame.  I did make pencil markings on the backside of the paper when measuring and then used my Fiskars paper cutter to cut the cardstock.The chevron paper is one piece of paper with the pink/purple chevron on one side and the light/dark pink chevron on the other side.  I used glimmer mist on the white background paper.

Hard to believe that was taken last year and here it is time already to take dance recital pictures again.

Don’t forget about National Scrapbook Day coming up on May 4th.  The store is having a fun filled crop- hope you reserved your space because they are full!

Scrapping Frenzy supplies:  Sports and Activities by Mumma-Mae; pink/purple chevron paper; purple cardstock; washi tape; glue dots; Tattered Angels glimmer mist

Non-Scrapping Frenzy supplies: love to dance Flair by flairforbuttons; sketch by Elle’s Studio; flower-stash; Beautiful Ballerina title-Sandylion, CM heart punch

Greetings from my scrapbooking room to yours…

What to do for this weeks layout? After much thought, I decided to do one that is entitled “Mother Goose” dedicated to my first granddaughter.  It is the name of the ballet recital my granddaughter, Naomi, had a part in. She has been doing ballet for seveeral years and her love for it increases each year. They live in Ohio and I haven’t been able to experience a recital yet, but I will.

I used a forest green card stock for my background sheet with a strip of AUTHENTIQUE  for the side border. I also used the same paper to back the two pictures I included on the layout. I cut the flowers out of a sheet of AUTHENTIQUE “Beauty” to coordinate with the same paper.

I decided to highlight the flowers by using Smooch Accent Inks. The colors that I used were: Sassy Pink, Sundance, Green Apple, and Illuminate/White. I used a pop dot to raise the flowers off the paper. I chose to use Amy Tangerine Thickers wood grain letters for the title “Mother Goose 2012″. I used Sticky Thumb for my adhesives.

I enjoyed doing this layout because of the different products that I don’t use very often on my layouts. All the products that I used can be purchased at the Scrapping Frenzy store. Hope to see you soon at the store and help in any way I can with your layouts.

Materials Used: Forest Green card stock, AUTHENTIQUE paper, Smooch Accent Inks, Thickers letters,and Sticky thumb adhesive; all available at Scrapping Frenzy Store.

Hi Guys!

I hope everyone is doing great this Monday morning! Monica here to start the week off with a new layout of my daughter Kennedy.

It is well into softball season, and Kennedy plays for the great Lady Panthers of Murphy High School.  The photo on this layout is from one of their games, with the Theodore Bobcats, a few weeks ago.  It is NOT a great photo, but considering the wind, the cold, the fence, and a smart phone camera.  I think it turned out well.  So we will go with it!!!

This is a very simple layout.  One photo, the title and a few embellishments, however each thing has it’s own special touch.  Take a look at the layout.

We have already talked about the photo, and it is a piece of work by itself. LOL  The title, Up to bat, is chipboard letters.  I sprayed them with Make It Stone, by Krylon, to give them a rough grainy texture.  Once that was dry, I  painted them with “ Terra Cotta” acrylic paint.  The ballpark would not be the same without the red dirt we bring home after each game!!!

The bat and ball embellishments are a template I downloaded using my Silhouette.  I sent them to my printer, fussy cutted them and added my paint.  Just to add a real touch to them, I used dark grey DMC floss and added the stitches to the softball, and wrapped the bat handle with black washi tape.  I love the look and the texture!

Kennedy’s number is 3.  So to finish the layout and complete my visual triangle, I added her number. ( The visual triangle helps your eyes flow accross the layout.  The points to my triangle are the softball, the #3, and the star.   No matter where you look on this layout your eye will still flow to the next point, or if you look at the photo itself you can see all three points.  It’s so cool to notice this on any layout, it gives you a whole new way to see your work.)

The background paper for this layout speaks for itself, saying LEAVE NEGATIVE SPACE SO THEY CAN SEE ME!!! LOL…………………      soooooo I did! (my journaling is around my photo)

This layout was fun and easy!  I sure hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have, and you have seen something that has your creative side off and running.  Please come and see us at Scrapping Frenzy, or visit us on our Facebook page.  We can’t wait to hear from you!

Supplies: Paper by Scrappin’ Sports – Classic Softball, card stock, chipboard letters, Black Distress Marker by Tim Holtz, Sweetheart Inker – Black, DMC floss #535, black washi tape, Make It Stone by Krylon, Acrylic paint by Apple Barrell in Dark Grey, Terra Cotta, Bright Yellow and Golden Yellow, Sticky Thumb adhesive, Glossy Accents, Black Zig writer, Silhouette.

Until next time, happy scrappin’!

Hi Everyone, Sam here to share with you a layout with you on this Friday. I was out in my pasture and spotted this photo I just had to scrap. This horse is always trying to eat the grass on the outside of his pasture but if you look close his grass is better in the pen then what he is reaching to eat.

I started my layout by matting my photo with pattern paper and then used small sections of flower pattern paper and mated those with mint green paper. To connect it all together I added small pieces of the mint card stock with inked edges. The little cards add a little more farm feeling to the page. Then the large “G” seemed to make it all come together. Then last but not least you got to add some BLING !! Here are a few pics of the embellishments that I used.

Here is a photo of how I placed my letters on my title…

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layout. If you stop by the store you can pick up all these beautiful papers to make your own layout. See you there !!!

Scrapping Frenzy Supplies: Pink Paislee- Butterfly Garden; Dew Drop, Natural Sanctuary, Green card stock, Sweetheart Inker- Black, Glitz Design- Teeny Alpha, Aqua block, Jenni Bowlin Studio “Run” and ”Horse” cards; We R Memory Keepers embellishments , For the Record, Pink Paislee- Fascination Press ons

My Stash: Black Bling, date stamp

Spring has arrived, at least on the calendar…so it is time for smiles, happy faces, and outside activities.  My layout for this post is “Spring Means Smiling Faces”.  My daughter was surprised when she received the news three and half years ago that she was having twins–but what a delight they have been. They are always smiling and having those funny expressions you just have to snap.

She caught them laying on top of each other and quickly snapped the picture. They continued to smile and have fun with each snap of the camera. They are certainly the life of the party even when there isn’t a party going on.  We just had them for a week and you know I took a lot of photos and can’t hardly wait to scrapbook them and share them with you all.

Materials used in this layout were AUTHENTIQUE Collection “Remembrance Three” and “Remembrance Two” paper, with green card stock and “Remembrance Three” as background papers for each picture, and sticky thumb adhesives. All materials can be purchased at Scrapping Frenzy store. Love to see you there for these supplies along with any other supplies you may need. New supplies are coming in each week.

Happy Spring!

We r Memory Keepers has come out with a really pretty Spring collection called Simply Spring.  I decided to make some cute Spring cards with them.  I made two of the cards larger than the standard card size to accommodate the embellishments that I cut from the expressions cardstock.

hello spring card:

I used the light peach cardstock for the background and layered the printed teal paper onto it.  For the yellow strip at the bottom of the card, I used the strip of yellow print that was by the company logo.  It worked perfect and was the smaller print that I needed for the card.  The rest of the images were fussy cut out from the expressions paper.  The large yellow butterfly came from the sweet Moments card.  I’ll explain in a moment what I did for the Sweet Moments card.  I also used a butterfly punch for the dark peach colored butterfly next to the hello spring banner, otherwise, everything came from the Simply Spring collection.  I did forget to add the leaves to the flowers on the right side of the card, so I will do that before they go on display in the store.

sweet Moments card:

This card is pretty self explanatory.  I did use a larger card base to accommodate the Sweet Moments card.  It is 6 1/2″ x 5″.  The tag was fussy cut out of the expressions paper as well  and then edged in brown ink.  Underneath the tag though is a big hole where I fussy cut out the yellow butterfly that I used on the hello spring card.  I took a picture of the intact card before I cut out the butterfly.  I then used pop dots on the tag to add some dimension and to help cover the space where the butterfly had been.  When I give this card to someone, I will write on the lines exactly the sweet moments that they remind me of to personalize the card.  So- it if it was to my daughter- it would be her funny sense of humor, her smile as she leaves the dance studio, etc…

my Favorite weather card:

I used the larger card base for this card as well.  I thought that the dimensions were better using the large card with the large embellishment.  Again- I fussy cut the banner/saying from the expressions paper.  I used the light peach cardstock for right side of the card, some patterned paper for the left side and then to hide the seam where they meet, I used a strip of stripped cardstock.  I love how We R Memory keepers has color coordinated their cardstock to the patterned paper.

Supplies: Simply Spring by We R Memory Keepers, rhinestones, pop dots, Colorbox cat eye chalk inks, Cardstock and adhesive

Good Monday morning everyone!

I hope you all had a great Easter and a wonderful weekend!

Monica here to share a few 6×6 layouts that were quick and easy, using a few pages from the new spring papers from We R Memory Keepers.  The background paper for each of my layouts are from the same sheet of paper.  I cut them out and used the fourth piece for my embellishments.   Take a look.

Got Ya!

I love this picture!  No, these are not my cats, but I sure wish they were.  Don’t they look like they are having fun?!!!  I used a green piece of card stock from the same line to mat my photo and I cut the stripes from a sheet that was the back of the butterflies.  Oh yes…..I got to fussy cut!!!:)

No Nap Pweez!!!!

For this one I matted my photo in white to bring out the white in the background.  I found a scrap piece of Chevron print and used it to ground the layout.  I fussy cut my flower petals from the same paper pieces in my line and added my orange centers.  No, the centers are not buttons, they are the tops of medicine bottles I use at work.  (We never know what may come in handy.)

Got Milk

This little guys looks like my Junie!  Too cute.  I matted my photo in light green, fussy cut my arrows by tracing them from a chipboard arrow in my stash, and inked them in brown.  All my titles are white Thickers, that I colored using Zig writers in different colors.  I finished it by adding some dots that are Robin Nest embellishments.

I hope you have enjoyed these little cuties today and have found something that will get your creative juices flowing!

Supplies: Paper – green and white card stock, We R Memory Keepers Spring Line, Sweetheart Inkers – brown, Cat Eye Chalk – Tangerine, Robin Nest embellishments, Stickles – diamond, Zig writers – green, yellow, blue, Glossy accents, Thickers, scrap paper- Chevron prints.