Design Team Inspiration

Thought we would share what a couple of the design team members have been up to....

Here is a gorgeous layout from Pauline using the Basic Grey Indian Summer range of papers..



and another one from Pauline using the Bella Blvd Camped out range of papers



Bo-Bunny Love bandit papers are now in stock, and here is a little inspiration from Bevereley



Until next time.... HAPPY SCRAPPING

NEW TAKE OUT KITS in the shop

There are some lovely new take out kits in the shop created by the Design Team....

BLOOMING RETRO TAKE 4 with Annelie

Created using the gorgeous Blooming Retro papers by Prima Marketing, flowers, bling, Pearl Centres, Camelot Roses, swirls, bling, flowers and more.



DETOURS KIT Take 4 with Bevereley

Create four stunning layouts using papers and Glitzers from Glitz Designs, Bazzill cardstock, Pink Paislee alphas, and Jillibean Soup Journaling Sprouts.



June Bug Double Page Layout kit with Heidi

Create this delightful double page layout using BG June Bug papers and embellishments.



HAPPY SCRAPPING

It's all about Love Challenge (Ends 23/11/09)

If you have anything/anyone MALE in your life - human or furry - you can participate in this challenge! All I want you to do is for you to create a LO with the title starting with "Five reasons why I love...", and I want your journaling to be heartfelt.

It's i all about love in this challenge...

We have some fabulous examples from the DT of course. First, Beverley:



Products used:
Websters paper
Twiddlebitz chipboard
Robins Nest dewdrops
shimmerz - spiced cider
Websters alphas

Liz



Products used
Cosmo Cricket
2 Crafty Monsters( sold Out)
Prima Bloomin Retro essential flowers

and Annelie



Products used:

Bazzill cs
BG Eskimo Kisses patterned pp
BoBunny patterned pp
Tree & house cut out on cricut
Chipboard fence from 2Crafty sprayed with "candlelight" & "frozen lake" glimmermist
Chipboard people from Magistical Memories, dressed in misc fabric
Prima roses
Leaves stamped with my Montarga leaves stamp
Alphas are BG, Scenic Route & Webster's Pages
Tim Holtz distress ink

Please upload to the gallery before midnight on November 23rd to be in to win a RAK and for a chance to be our next PATCH ARTIST!

HAPPY SCRAPPING

Shop Hours & some bargins

Although it is a Canterbury holiday tomorrow, 13 November, our physical store is open. Love to see you there.

For the month of November purchase $35.00 of Tim Holtz products and receive a FREE Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool valued at $10.20.




To redeem this offer please enter 'Alcohol Ink Applicator' in the comment section of the checkout process. This offer applies to online and instore purchases until 30 November.

Meanwhile have you seen these lovely new papers in the shop... BRAND NEW to New Zealand...





Hope you all have a lovely long weekend, and don't forget to check out the challenge section over on the forum as there will be another one starting tomorrow.

HAPPY SCRAPPING

Stamping your heart out

I love my stamps and am often seen adding a stamp to a page.

So I thought that would be my choice for this months pages. All you have to do is make a page with at least one stamp on it!!! I would like to see you use either rubber or acrylic stamps PLEASE!!!

I luuurrrvvveee my new stamp set by 7 Gypsies ( sorry it looks like it has sold out!) and have used them on this page.
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I also usedBlack dew drops
Raja Centres
Various Prima flowers
Thickers




Pauline used a gorgeous music note stamp on this fab page ( on the calico flower)
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And Heidi's gorgeous page using Prima stamps



Upload to the gallery by 23rd November and let us all drawl over the stamps you have in your collection and have a chance to be Novembers Spotlight Scrapper

HAPPY SCRAPPING

Go Kiwis - three Kiwi scrappers featured on the Prima blog

Well I was checking out the blogs I follow this morning and went to the Prima blog and wow there are three Kiwi scrappers featured there and they are all members of the Scrappin' Patch forum.

Well done Heidi, Michelle and Ann your layouts are stunning.

Check them out here:

PRIMA BLOG

GO KIWIS

Beverley

Designers choice challenge October by Beverley

Hi everyone - yes you have two weeks for this one !! With Christmas less then two months away I thought I would give you a challenge which you can make a Christmas present out of it. With my ones I am giving them as a Birthday gift.

So my challenge to you is to make a canvas using scrapbooking products. It can be a normal artist canvas or what I have used Kaisercraft wooden canvases. Upload to the Gallery by midnight Friday the 13th of November for your chance to be in the spotlight in December.
Here are the design team samples:
A very beautiful arty one by Liz:



Products used some modelling paste, tissue, glimmer mist, micro beads,Prima bling, Utee, stamping, Adirondack Dimensional pearls.

A gorgeous one from Heidi:



Postcards from Paris - Romantique Chic PP (websters), Postcards from Paris - Journal Cards, Prima Lace Cynthia, Prima Flower, Prima Leaves, TIM HOLTZ Book plate, own stash - Brown Lace

and my set of three small ones - I used ink instead of paint as my background







Products used Bobunny paper, Kaisercraft wooden canvases,Prima confetti flowers,and E pearls,Prima leaves,prima bling, heidi swap tape,pinecone ink

Thanks for stopping by
By Bev

New Design Team Member....

We say a big Scrappin’ Patch welcome to Robbi Bell, the newest member of our Design Team as of 1 November 09, and a South Islander to boot. We are excited to have her on board and know you will be inspired by her amazing talents.

Robbi writes.....

I live in Dunedin, but formally from Invesrcargill (now home to the Ranfurly Shield Yay go the stags!!!) we moved here 8 years ago, and have never looked back. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 26 years and we have 3 wonderful kids Christopher 25, Michael 22, and Emz 19, and a beagle named Pippa and 2 cats. These guys are my main inspiration for scrapping however it is usually very costly for me to get pics as it usually involves some kind of payment i.e pizza, KFC etc.

As a self taught scrapper, I still marvel at the distance there is between when I started 5 years ago to now, where once a photo and a couple of stickers looked “Awesome” To now when we have such goodieas Prima, Websters Pages, Basic Grey, K&Co and Kaisercraft and then the great backstop Bazzill.

I hope that the layouts and challenges I have for you are fresh and exciting and so long as they pass the very strict quality control of my DH (who is my best and at times worst critic!) should allow you to take that extra step and delve outside your comfort zone.

I like to use a lot of flowers, bling, pearls, and lace where ever possible and yes sometimes it works on Male pages. I have tried the minimalistic layout but find they always look unfinished so just keep piling on the bits until I'm happy.

I was lucky enough to have a job in our local scrapbook shop until it closed in February and really enjoyed helping scrappers from new to advanced get the "Right" piece to start or even finish their project.

I also have been lucky enough to have been published in the Scrapbooking Memories magazine and make the shortlist for the Masters, which was an absolute thrill but when I was asked by the Ladies at Scrappin Patch to join their group, I had to jump at the chance, as there is nothing like doing it in your own country.

I look forward to working with this very talented bunch and hope to meet a lot of you fellow scrappers from time to time.

Robbi

Cosmo cricket - Boyfriend collection Inspiration

In my kit this time there was papers and stickers from the Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend Collection and some journalling spots. I had so much fun doing my Poppet Page with the Karen Foster scrapbook line that I decided to do another. It is a great way to use photos with people in with busy backgrounds - Just cut the background out and you have a poppet.

Here is my layout



Products that I have used and in the shop:

Cosmo cricket Cardstock Stickers - some of which I have cut out an image from the sticker.
Cosmo cricket Fitting in paper
Cosmo cricket Study Hall Paper
Cosmo cricket Tube socks Paper
Websters alphas

Other products - October afternoon weathervane paper (clouds), Prima mom and me paper (Sun) and MM bird, twine

By Beverley

Birthday Challenge number three - Prima Challenge

As you know I love love Prima goodies and I know it is a extremely popular choice for heaps of you and who can blame us when they are so BOOTIFUL. There are a few of us that would love to go into the Prima factory with unlimited times and funds. When Adrienne and Pauline load up the Prima stuff in the shop you have to be quick .

So the third Birthday challenge is to create a layout, card or OTP project using at least 80% Prima products. You have until midnight Monday the 26th to upload to the gallery to be in to win a RAK from the shop.

The design team who all love Prima have come up with stunning samples for this challenge.

Liz



Everything but the Alphas and Feathers is Prima, Animal Bash festive fun paper, Tropics Rainy Breeze, Flowers-botanical mix pillar flowers,Centres-blue/brown , Say it in studs swirls,Journal card, Prima Mulbury Rose leaves-white(inked edges), Packaging andPebbles.

Annelie



Prima flirty range pp's,
Prima flowers & tape, Zva creative mini roses, Maya Road pins, misc feathers & Pink Paislee alphas.
Have also used some of Heidi's blue SHIMMERZ on the white Prima roses!

Heidi



Prima Papers -Indeed Collection(Rasberry Pasters & Fairy Garden),Prima Chipboard Alpha's,Prima Flutterby,Prima Pearl Centres
Extra stash - Sequence & Beads & Rosamoka Alpha Stickers

and mine - only the chipboard gate (Scrap FX) and fence (2crafty) are not Prima



Prima Papers -Indeed Collection, prima felt leaves, prima flutterbly, prima swirl, prima embossed chipboard background, Prima alphas, Prima transparency butterflies

by Beverley

Crop day in North Canterbury!!!

Treat yourself for Christmas!
It's happening again, what I hear you ask! The Scrappin'Patch Christmas Crop and Shop in Rangiora.
Same place RSA hall, 82 Victoria St, Rangiora, same time croppers from 9.30-4pm, shoppers from 10.30am.
When I hear you ask....... Saturday 5 December.

Places will be limited so don't delay in booking your space. We heard your comments last time and yes all cropping will be on trestle tables this time.

Cost $10.00 per person - includes something creative. Includes complimentary tea, coffee, and morning and afternoon tea.

Bookings open now email pauline@scrappinpatch.co.nz.

Robin's Nest Dewdrops

This week I'm going to show you a technique how you can change the colour of your Robin's Nest Dewdrops , the clear ones are best to use, but I reckon you can use any colour, it is very easy and you can change the colour to suit the rest of your layout, if you don't have the exact colour needed.

What you will need

Using the Adirondack inks, put a little drop on each Robin's Nest Dewdrops, and you will need to wait an hour or so before it is dry, here are a couple of the colours I have used - look how fab the Denin & Wild Plum comes out, they are my favourite.

So there you go girls, if you were wondering what to do with your inks, you have at least one idea,

Have fun and Happy Scrapping

Webster's Postcards from Paris

As part of my DT Kit, Adrienne & Pauline sent me the entire range of Post cards from Paris, Webster’s range…..I have to admit, I love these papers but have never purchased them because I felt quite intimidated by them, because they are just sooo beautiful, you really don’t have to do much to create a beautiful page, and I think that is what frustrated me, because I like to give everything my own touch, and feel like I have created something, if you know what I mean. It was a good opportunity to force myself to use them and I am thrilled with the results. The vibrant colours, and all the papers which co-ordinate so well together, it is quite easy to add a little of bit of this and a little bit of that and whip something up quite gorgeous.

These papers worked very well with the photo’s which my sister sent me, of her and my mother on Christmas Day back in South Africa (check out the gorgeous SUMMER WEATHER)…….I have used side B from the La Boutique de Jardin, PP, as well as the Tres Magique PP (the Hot Air Balloon PP).

I cut a few of the the Hot Air Balloons out, inked them and then used some FOAM TAPE to give them different heights on the paper, and added a couple of the ROBIN’S NEST TEAR DROPS on the main balloon, to give it a little OOMPH.

Other items used, were the fabulous little tags which I have zig zagged with the sewing machine, as well as the OOOHHH So many gorgeous Alpha Sticker sheet which is such good value for money, as you actually get 4 sheets of alpha’s in different colours.

The 2nd layout I have done, I used the Salon des Fleurs pp which I have cut up, I cut most of the pretty flowers and the little window thingie, which I have then used foam tape on to hide a lady who was sitting on the benches in the photo. The cut the clock out then I layered the flower paper from Salon des Fleurs on top of the clock, and sprinkled some gorgeous Robin Nest’s Dew Drops here and there, and added a little bit of string as well.

So if you feel that these papers are a little too pretty to cut up and create something, give it a try, I promise you will not be disappointed.

TFL and Happy
HEIDI

Designers choice Challenge- Primary colours and song/book words

Designer choice -ends Tues 6th October

by scrapdizzy » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:43 pm

My big apologies for posting this late.

I have had these photos of Oli at the fire station for ages so when I saw the 3Bugs in a Rug- To the Rescue range, I knew it was perfect.

Oli and Keiran have a song that they sing at kindy and it is perfect for the title.

So my challenge is to use primary colours on a page and include song or book words on your layout.

The girls have produced gorgeous pages for this challenge.

By Annelie



and by Heidi



And mine


I used the To the Rescue papers and you can find them here
http://scrappinpatch.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?cPath=737_835&products_id=7227
and the gorgeous Fiskars Sunburst Punch which looks like it has sold out but I am sure the ladies can get in for you.

My apologies again for the lateness of this challenge and I look forward to seeing your creations in the gallery. Don't forget it will be an entry towards being in the spotlight!

Webster and Prima inspiration

Well I got my box of goodies I bought from the shop on Friday afternoon and couldn't resist doing a layout late last night to create with one Webster paper and a Prima Vine to create this layout. These Prima and Websters products go so well together!!



Products used

Webster grow dreams paper
webster postcards from Paris alphas
Prima vine - I think this one has sold out though!!
Little yellow bicycle Journal spot
Tim Holtz word disc
Lace

by Beverley