World Card Making Day……

Hello everyone… for those of you who may or may not know that today is world card making day… and over at Scrap~tures we are having a fun filled day with challenges and of course prizes…so if you are not already a member please join in and have some fun creating cards today… The Creative Team has come up with 4 cards….and to win the prize all you have to do is finish the 4 cards… here is my card that I made for World Card Making day…..

Happy Card Making day…

http://www.scraptures.ca/

Laurie

Creative Challenges over at Scrap~tures

Being a part of the Scrap~tures Creative Team we create monthly challenges for all to participate.... here is one that I have created for one of my Septembers challenges..

For more challenges check out the forum http://www.scraptures.ca/forum/index.php
(you have to be a member to join but it only takes a few minutes and there is lots of inspirations and fun to be had by all)
There is a mystery challenge where if you do that particular challenge you could be eligible to win a prize...so come on...lets see your creations...

Laurie

Reveal Day...

Wow I so can not believe that it is reveal day already the 10th of September but where oh where did our summer go....right spending it on the soccer field yupp every night we are at the soccer field coaching or cheering...or both...with boys with an age gap like we do...they are not on the same nights... so with a game and a practise each week...that meant we were at the field mon-thus ohhhh but if there was a rain out game...we would have a friday game as well and that occurred a few times this summer....grrrrrr Soccer is all over as of this Saturday.. because of course both of our boys are in the championship....one at 9:30 and the other at 11:45 all day at the field....
oh well enough babbling about that... you would think with all this time on the soccer field that I would have a few layouts of soccer...well nope...I guess I am just all soccered out... LOL!!! but there will be some soon I promise... I can not forget about the summer of 2010....

On to Scraptures September kits....the scrapbook kit was fun regardless of them not being about soccer...The Girls Paperie On Holiday line and even though I don't have girls (LOL) it was fun to create with it.. and here is on of my layouts from the kit....


love the Ranger - Crackle Paint that was included in the deluxe kit... certainly gives great texture to the title...

Here is another layout titled Walk with us... that I created using the kit... and of course it is also a sketch challenge in the forum so check it out here to see what you have to do to possibly win a prize....

http://www.scraptures.ca/forum/index.php?topic=511.0

Ohhh and also included in the deluxe kit was a Maya Road triangle canvas album or a chipboard album... I got the canvas album.. and I decided to make a banner out of it.. and here it is.....of course it is using the crackle paint... I love how when the paint dried the canvas curled a little... and of course just that little bit of crackle....

the banner spells out SMILES - and of course if you get the card kit... the stamp set included in the card kit is Insightful Meadow By Unity Stamp.... and one of the sayings that comes with it is....smiles are proof of everyday miracles and my boys are proof of my everyday miracles... and I stamped that saying on the last S... here are the close ups of the letters.... I used the alphas that came with the kit and versa marked them.. and used the white embossing powder that came with the card kit....

for more of what I did with the card kit...here is my layout BEAUTY.... another saying that was in the set was....all our knowledge has it origin in our perceptions...and how perfect for my perception on beauty... sitting in the Mountains in PA USA on vacation watching the trees turn...and of course my boys fishing... but this is true beauty... our world.. and of course vacation......I did a lot of distressing in the layout which is hard to see but even the photo is distressed... and the letters too... The image I stamped with Versa mark first and then used some chalk to help it stand out off of the cardstock...

the card kit came with something that I have never seen before.. it was gold butterfly dazzles... and they have holes in them so you can stitch them for an added technique... so of course I tried it.. it did not take long at all.. and then of course I had to chalk the floss because I only had white... so the chalk added to it even more.. and helped match the layout better...

I used a lot of things for the card kit and the scrapbook kit together this time around... and it helped because it all seem to go really well together... and to me that is the beauty of kits... YEAH!!! I love kits... another A + in my eyes.... can't wait to get my hands on the next kit...

... check out the Scraptures blog to see what the other members of the creative team did with this kit...

http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/

Laurie

~Scrap~tures Summer Scrumptious Scrappy Give Away~

Scrap~tures Summer Scrumptious Scrappy Give Away~~~

Look at this prize pack....

Denise from Scrap~tures has put together and absolutely yummy package for the prize for this contest. All you have to do is head on over to the Scrap~tures Blog http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/ to find out how you can enter to win all these amazing scrap goodies~~~Don't delay...the deadline to enter the contest is August 31st~~
There are more details on the blog so please make sure you head on over there.

..but... here is a little peek...we got to play with an exclusive Scrap~tures Sketch created By Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers.....
And here it is......


And here is what I created using Kristine's Sketch and
Scrap~tures August Kit... How fun...


Please make sure you stop by the Scrap~tures blog to see what the other members of the Creative Team did with Kristine's Amazing Fun Sketch.... and of course to see how you could win the prize pack...here is the link again....http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/
Laurie

August 10 2010... Scrap~tures Monthly Reveal

I know I say this all the time.. but I so love these kits... August scrapbook kit has got to be my all time favourite.. and with it being BoBuny helps for sure.... but it was so fun to work with to showcase my boys... this Block Party kit is top notch... as well as it being BoBunny it was also Scrap~tures first ever Deluxe kit option.. which means there was some added goodies if you wanted them.. of course I wanted them.. more goodies for me to learn to create with the better... in the deluxe kit there was a Clearsnap Spritz Spray, Block Party Jewels... and a 1/2 pgk of Tim Holtz Idiology Alphabet Soup Grungebard...all that went really well with this kit.... and here is what I did with this kit....

For this layout "a closer view"... it is a self portrait of my oldest boy.. I love how his eyes just pop... and then of course being able to see part of his cheeky smile.. I love it.. what a better way to show "a closer view" of him then with this paper.. I used 2 of the Party Notes as part of my background... so many different ways to use them and this is one of them...... and then I sprayed the grudgeboard with the Spritz spray... and then used the Ranger Inksentials white pen (included in the kit) to outline the letters.. and it made them POP!!! I also sprayed the card stock with the Spritz as well to add to the layout....

bubbles Layout I used a sketch... from Creative Scrappers #114 as soon as I saw the sketch I knew I had to try it with this kit.. and it worked so well... although I added more photos.. that is the beauty of sketches... they are so easy to make your own....

http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/2010/07/sketch-114.html

Soccer Star Layout I used another sketch this one is from Sarah's Sketches collection..... all of her sketches can be found at http://redoaklines.com/sketches/ I used #6...all I did was flip it so I had my photos at the top.. and it worked so well with this kit.. the stars to boot....

This has to be my favourite layout out of this kit... I love the I was able to showcase my boys... together like this.. in "The Brother Club"....this photo showcases the fun relationship my boys have with each other... and this kit is a great way to preserve these memories. to create the embellishment on the top right corner I layered the circles that are included in the chipboard set something that I just thought of really.. me.. just thought of...

I still have lots left... but ran out of time for the reveal.. but this will be certainly a kit with nothing left.. that I can guarantee....

and now .....
The Card Kit this month featured WRMK - Vintage Blue I loved being able to use this "card kit" to create this layout... I used the dandelion stamp to create the image appear as if it is being blown off the page.... and for my card.... I kept it simple with a little fussy cutting and added a Happy Birthday stamped image... but I flocked it.. yupp I flocked it.. I love how flock just adds the little extra to an image.. I know it is hard to see but trust me in real life... it is pretty....

This month is the beginning of Kelly's 3 month guest design team with us over at Scrap~tures... I am so glad that she is joining us...she is very talented check out Kelly on her blog here :

http://apparentlymygrammahasablog.blogspot.com/

And a new added section in the forum... for my spot it is called Wally's Scrap~atizers and here is where I will showcase how I did what.. and ways to use the kits... and places for all to ask questions... so fun.. we all like to learn.. and this will be a great place to start....

And to check out what everyone else has created using the August Kits... check out Scrap~tures blog for more details.... here.... http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/

and if you would like to get your hands on these kits... here is the link to the store.. trust me you wont be disappointed.... http://www.scraptures.ca/store/

Stay tuned... as we at Scrap~tures have some exciting news.... all will be revealed very soon.. it is a great team up.. I promise...

Thanks for stopping by...

Laurie...

Big Picture Festival....(FREE)

oh this looks like fun.... it is free...

The fun will officially kick-off August 12th,
We're hoping to make this our BIGGEST summer event yet, so please invite your friends and family to come play along! (I hope you will join me.. I plan on participating...)
and to make it even better....
Each day during the festival we'll be hosting fun challenges! A special thanks to our favorite companies who have generously provided some amazing giveaways!

here is the link.... for more info and to sign up for this event.... http://www.bigpicturescrapbooking.com/summerfun10.php

Laurie.....

Imaginisce Huge giveaway....

I so would love to win this... the i-rock tool looks like so much fun.. I really want to get my hands on this tool....

here is their blog for all the information....Good luck...
http://www.imaginisceblog.com/
Laurie