Project Life coming to the Patch.....

Scrap your life!!  Your big OE!!  Your day to day family life....  All the goodies are enroute and loaded onto our site for ordering.  Our top up order has already been placed for low and out of stock product.  Place your order, and pay for it, by 5pm tomorrow, Tuesday 16 June and go in the draw to win a $100 store voucher.  Our Pinterest page has some stunning Project Life inspiration, with more being loaded regularly.  In fact our Pinterest page has lots of inspiration, tutorials, ideas and more.

Check out this 'how to' video by Becky Higgins, creator of Project Life.  In this she showcases the products and how the system can be used. 

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Echo Park - Here & Now Range

Hi, sooo excited to share some layouts with you using the brand new range from Echo Park, Here & Now.  I have posted a couple of sneaks on Facebook, but here are the complete layouts.

What I wanted to show you is at first, the colours seem to bright and bold but they are so versatile so you can create a soft look using them as well.

For this first layout, I created a background of strips of different colours using Blues, Greens and yellows, and mixing it up with some black cardstock and washi tape.  I chose these colours because of the colours of the canoe, so definately wanted to include these colours on the layout.  To add some more dimension I added three layers underneath the photo, including some gorgeous Vellum from Studio Callico Atlantic Range.

 

I have also added a little dimension using some texture paste and a homemade mask.  I used some transparency and using my hand hole punch, I just punched some holes in the transparency.  The butterflies are cut from the Silhoutte including the gorgeous word "Explore" which is from the Heidi Swapp Cut Files.

Products used for this layout :-

Papers - Feathers; Rainbow Chevron; Teal/Green, Border Stripes,

Here & Now - Sticker Sheet,

The second layout is much softer and subtle, using the pinks & soft blues from the range, and I have added some Heidi Swapp Serendipity Range - Lovey Dovey Paper.  I just love this photo of the girls, which was taken quite a while back.

Using lots of strips of Washi Tape to add some colours here and there, I wanted the colours to match the PJ's my daughter is wearing.  So I used that as my inspiration for this layout, 

The title is one from the 4x6 Journalling Card Paper, and I just cut the words up and arranged them how I wanted.

Products used for this layout

Papers - Echo park Here & Now 4x6 Journalling card,  Chalkboard Quotes, Feathers, Heidi Swapp Serendipity Range - Lovey Dovey Paper.

Here & Now - Sticker Sheet,

So there you go, two completely different layouts using the same range of papers.

TFL & Happy Scrapping

Heidi

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Snippets by Studio Calico

Morning guys!

Recently I was lucky enough to have a play with the Snippets range from Studio Calico. I'm not sure why I have overlooked this yummy range before, it is so vibrant in colours yet not too over the top, so it went with almost every photo I teamed up with it. The embellishments of the range go really far too, which worked with the co-ordinating papers that were so easy to layer.

I loved the simplicity of this layout with the many patterned papers I used not taking anything away from my photo, theres 7 patterns there! Cool huh.

Products used: Snippet Chipboard Cameras, Snippets Chipboard Arrows, Snippets Chipboard Speech Bubbles, Snippets Sticker Decorative Tabs, Snippets Howdy Paper, Snippets Me oh My Paper, Snippets Stop Paper, Snippets Oh Snap Paper, Snippets Okay Paper, Snippets Brads.

Love Belinda

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June sketch and a winner....

For the second month in a row the new sketch is late.....the months are going by too quickly and we forgot again.  But please don't despair as July is already organised and will be up on time!!! 
Congratulations to our May sketch winner.....TANYA!!!!  We will send your $15 RAK to you this week.

And our sketch for this month is from Page Maps, something a bit diffferent this time. 

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May Sketch and April Winner

Better late than not at all, as the saying goes......somehow the 1st came and went and here we are half way through without a sketch or a winner.  So firstly, congratulations to NATALIA!!!  Send us your details so we can get your RAK sent out to you.

One of the many lovely ladies who submitted Guest Designer applications has chosen this sketch from ScrapbooksEtc and created an example as well.  Thanks Andrea :)  If you submitted you may be the next to be approached to submit a sketch - keep an eye on your emails :)

And Andrea's take on the sketch....

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International Scrapbooking Day SALE!!

• Celebrating International Scrapbooking Day - take 40% off storewide until 9am Tuesday 7 May.
• You MUST enter code scrapday to receive the discount - due to high order volume we are unable to manually calculate discounts.
• Excludes Albums Made Easy and Designer Albums, Silhouette Machines, and Basic Grey Hipster. While stocks last!!
• Free shipping does not apply during the sale. 
• Check out our extra offer of a free gift on our Facebook page.

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Prima - Hello Pastel with Michelle

Hi everyone!

It is so nice to be back here on the Scrappin' Patch blog with a couple of layouts using the new Prima range - Hello Pastel.

I was so lucky enough to be able to attend the SP Autumn Retreat at Glentui a couple of weeks ago and had an absolute blast.  It was so nice to put names to faces who I have spent time chatting to online and catching up with past design team members and Adrienne as well.  This was such a lovely and inviting event - everyone was so friendly and the food was well to die for!  If you are considering attending a retreat and thinking about it then I would totally recommend coming along in September!  I know bookings are coming in thick in fast so get onto it and secure your spot! 

Right back to the pretty papers!  My first layout is about my baby girl turning one!  The Hello Pastel papers worked so perfect for pretty girly pages and I just loved the pops of almost neon colour with the neutral grey.  I first sprayed my white card stock with Mister Huey's sprays Taxi and Mint Julep using my new Mister Huey's Chevron Mask.  I mixed up the patterned papers with stickers from the journalling sticker sheet to create lots of little embellishments on my page.  The other stickers are from my stash but were from Amy Tangerine's Remarks sticker book. 

My second layout using the Hello Pastel range makes use of the Parfait paper that has lots of little elements which are perfect for cutting out and using up as embellishments which is a really cost effective way of layering and embellishing your pages.  On my "Happy Bath Girl" layout I first misted a Mister Huey mask with Taxi, Mint Julep and White mists. I then added patterned papers to the right side of my photo, added a doily and then started to add the stickers from either the journalling sticker sheet or the little cut out elements from the Parfait Paper (HELLO, BEAUTIFUL).  Lastly to add balance to my layout I added a little cluster to the top left of my layout.

 You can see how I have added another layout to my HELLO and BEAUTIFUL by adding little banners from the same Parfait paper.

Products used: Hello Pastel - Stickers Journalling, Hello Pastel Paper - Cream Puff, Hello Pastel Paper - Parfait, Hello Pastel Paper - Sugar Cube, Hello Pastel Paper - Pastry Shoppe, MME Enamel Dots - Im With, Mister Huey's Masks - Sun Drifter Mask 2 Step Stencil Circles 8"x8"  and Chevron 4"x6", Mister Huey's Mist Taxi and Mint Julep, Amy Tangerine - Yes Please Roller Stamp 12 Phrases, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook - Remarks Stickers

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and hope you have been inspired to create some layouts using this gorgeous Prima range.  I will be teaching at the next SP retreat so if you are interested in learning more about layering up your embellishments and masking with mists and texture paste be sure to watch out for my class!  

Take care

Michelle

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MME Collectable with Annelie



Adrienne gave me some MME Collectable papers & a sticker sheet to play with. At first I was a little scared as the papers felt quite masculine, but as I got started I didn't feel that at all.

 

I LOVE woodgrain backgrounds, but because this particular paper is quite dark, it needed lots of colour added to it to not feel over powering.

 

 

Banners is just what I do, so I added a few colourful ones under the photo. I really like embellishment clusters, so added that to the top left corner as well, sort of mimicking the cluster under the photo.

 

 

 

 

Adding a doilie, some AMAZING MME enamel dots & a title, my page was done!

 

Snap up your MME Collectable products here!

 

Happy Scrapping!



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Graphic 45: French Country, Secret Garden & Place in Time

Hi everone,

Today I'm writing to tell you a little bit about some exciting new ranges from Graphic 45: French Country, Secret Garden and Place in Time.

Graphic 45 offers vintage crafting products that capture the style of the 1920s and 1930s with vibrant colours, amazing textures and a decade-old appeal that you will find both new and familiar at the same time.

Have a look at French Country first:

Papers $1.90

Of course, there is a wide range of matching products such as tags, pockets, flowers or stickers:

 

Layered Banner Stickers - $9.00 per packet

These papers come from the Secret Garden range:

And again, there is heaps of accessories available that go with Secret Garden:

 Cardstock diecuts - layer the flowers and combine the banners to create beautiful embellishments.  $9.00 per packet of two sheets.

Finally, here is Place in Time - a new deluxe calendar collection that allows you to capture the most exciting moments in life. Each month of the year was specially designed to accompany the corresponding season and holidays. It's perfect for creating your own personalised calendar to keep for yourself or give away as a special present.

Chipboard $9.00 per sheet

 

Need some inspirations? See what other scrapbookers have done with these ranges:

French Country example by Annette Curry


Secret Garden Card by Ginnie Weston


Place in Time example by Susan Lui


Let these new ranges inspire your next scrapbooking project and click here to get directly to the Scrappin´ Patch online shop to place your orders.

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March Sketch Winner and April Sketch

What beautiful layouts have been submitted for the March challenge, thanks ladies :)  We have drawn the winner.........drumroll......
TANIA NALDRETT!!!  Please send us your details and we will send out your RAK this week.

For our April sketch we have chosen another sketch from Page Maps, this time featuring a couple of smaller photos.  Upload your take to be in to win a $15 RAK from Scrappin' Patch.
 

 

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True Friends.......

Carta Bella produces beautiful, high quality, textured papers in stunning colours and lovely designs.  Some of these belong in your stash for the little girls in your life, or just for fresh, feminine layouts and cards.

Featured today is 'True Friends'........

 Collection Kit $27.90 

Kit contains nine 12x12 Double-Sided Textured Papers, one 12x12 Alphabet Sticker Sheet and one 12x12 Element Sticker Sheet. Acid and Lignin Free.

Papers $1.90 per sheet, stickers $7.00 per sheet.

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March Sketch and February winner

Wow, we have NINE entries for the February sketch!!!! Thanks for all who entered and created beautiful layouts.  You can view them here. 
Leave all the entries some love :), and pop into the gallery to view an entry from Joanne in the February Challenge folder.

Congratulations to Vicky M, winner of the February sketch challenge.  Send us your details and we will send your RAK to you.

Here is the sketch for March from Page Maps

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Good morning scrappers...

Hi Everyone...

Hayley here again with my last page share for February.

I wanted to share with you this page I did using Lori Whitlock's Love Story Collection. This is quite a simple page but is one of my favourite's. I really liked the My love paper and I knew as soon as I saw it that I would use it for a background. I used a few more cut out pieces from the Snapshots paper, that paper really does go a long way. The title and the little girl shape were both cut on my Cameo. The little tabs are from the Pink Paislee Portfolio collection.

I had really been wanting to do this photo for a long time but with the darker background I had been having a bit of a hard time with it. This whole collection lightened it up considerably and I'm so happy that it is done. I actually have a huge page of information I need to include too, so once I get another piece of the background paper I will turn this into a spread and just use up all little bits and pieces to embellish it because it will mostly be journalling.

Speaking of bits and pieces...

I had a few bits left over from my school pages so I thought I could add them into my project life.
These are the two little pockets I made, they feature in different weeks as kindergarten went back before school.

This first one is in a 4x4 pocket and I didn't have a photo to go with it so I used the October Afternoon Rubons to create that school book line and I asked Sophia to write her name. I love how she does her S backwards. All of the rubons are from that same sheet, the measuring tape, the apples and the stars on the one below.

This one was done in a 4x6 pocket and I did have a photo but I still used similar products.

Thanks for stopping by, I've had a lot of fun this month creating valentines and school pages.
Thanks Adrienne!

Have a lovely day everyone....

Hayley

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My Girl & Boy Crazy

Hi from Scrappin' Patch!

Today I'm super excited to tell you a bit about this fantastic new range from [my mind's eye] that's just come in: My Girl and Boy Crazy.

These newest additions to our stock include super cute papers to capture your child's first day at school, bring back memories of the latest holidays (who wouldn't wish to be able to hold on to them a bit longer...) or to simply record all the exciting adventures the little ones have been busy experiencing.

The paper kit includes 12 sheets of 12x12 double-sided cardstock paper and a coordinating sticker accessories sheet.

Have a look at these gorgeous examples:

(My girl papers)




(Boy crazy papers)



Additionally, there are heaps of accessories like brads, stamps, buttons that go perfectly with this new and exciting range:


Need more inspiration? Have a look at this example by Stephanie Howell of [my mind's eyes] design team:

Supplies used by Stephanie - 
My Girl: Flutterby patterned paper,Fancy Free patterned paper,Genuine patterned paper,Playful patterned paper,designer tape,felt stickers, layered stickers,enamel dots,decorative buttons,chipboard accents; 
Collectable-Unforgettable:'You Are' tiny word stickers,'First' decorative stickers; 
Collectable-Memorable:enamel dots; 
Collectable-Notable:'Love This' tiny word stickers;
Misc:doilies,Simple Stories letter stickers,Dear Lizzy Thickers,American Crafts precision pen,adhesives

Happy Scrappin' everyone!!!

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