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Stars in their Eyes - Winners Updated

Well we are into week 6 now, and the gallery is looking absolutely stunning, everyone has reached for the stars and have kept the gorgeous work flowing... here is a quick update of the winners so far

WEEK 5 - STACEY MKICHAUD

1st - Topkatnz - Tides
2nd - Scrapaddict - Just like dad
3rd - Trace - Wised Up

WEEK 4 - ZARA PETERSON

1st - Lynne - Beauty
2nd - Topkatnz - Looking Glass
3rd - Mrs Frizz - "ME"

WEEK 3 - ELIZABETH KARTCHNER

1st - Puffy - Best Friend
2nd - Nannywazo - for the love of Horses
3rd - Vicky (AKA Gypsykate) - Beach Bliss

WEEK 2 - INGVILD BOLME

1st - Carol Noakes - Sinter
2nd - Bevereley Warwick - SHE
3rd - Dianne - Journey

WEEK 1 - STEPH DEVLIN

1st - Cherrie NZ - Feel Nature
2nd - Lynne - Adore
3rd - Vicki - A rough start

So there you go girls - there are still 4 stars to go.....

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Receipe Challenge - Ends 6 August 2010

Well since you girls are very very busy - we thought we would add another challenge to your list of things to do.......just to keep you on your toes....

This month's receipe challenge is an easy one ....your challenge is to create layout using the following items:-

1 x 6x6 sheet of pp

1 x cardstock

1 flourish

1 photo

1 word title

Now you can add any other items to your page, but you have to include all of the above on your layout.

Here is Francine's take :-

Here is my sample

Products used:-

Webster's 6x6 Diecut PP's

White Bazzill Cardstock

Prima Rose Leaves

Glimmermist Chalkboard - Charcoal

Prima Felt Flourish

Word Title - Fancy Pants Transparency

The cluster of embellishments were hand made from fabric, netting, feathers and a handmade bead hat pin.

So there you go girls, you have until midnight on the 6th of August to upload into the gallery to be in to win a LOVELY RAK from the Shop.

Have fun

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Week Three - Hannah's Choice

It is time to reveal the next STAR in our competition!



My choice is well known in the industry. She writes a monthly column for the biggest scrapbooking magazine in the US, is a published author, and recently launched her own scrapbooking line in conjunction with a popular manufacturer.

ELIZABETH KARTCHNER



Elizabeth Kartchner is the creator of the colorful blog "Dear Lizzy" where she shares inspiring craft ideas, beautiful photography & snip-its of adventures in being a busy mommy. In 2007, she won the Creating Keepsakes Magazine "Scrapbooker of the Year" award and began writing a monthly column entitled "Dear Lizzy" where she answered reader's crafting questions. She recently teamed up with American Crafts to launch the Dear Lizzy scrapbooking line including fabric paper, crochet flowers & other vibrant accents. She recently authored the book "52 More Scrapbooking Challenges" with Creating Keepsakes and Leisure Arts. Elizabeth enjoys connecting with other creative women through her blog and teaching at events all over the world.
Elizabeth lives in Utah, USA with her husband Collin and her 2 gorgeous daughters, with another little girl on the way!
Follow her on twitter @dearlizzy

Here are a few recent layouts from Elizabeth which showcase her style:









To check out more of Elizabeth's work, visit her blog "Dear Lizzy" (http://www.elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com)

Your challenge is not to scraplift Elizabeth's work, but to create a layout in her style. You will need to do your homework and check out her work on her blog. Try and pick out the products/techniques that you love and go from there.

Here is my take on Elizabeth's style:



Products used (I actually used lots of my old scraps for this one!):
white Bazzill
American Crafts "Craft Fair"
Little Yellow Bicycle Baby Safari "Boy Pinstripe"
Arctic Frog Refreshing Blend "Peeking Palms"
Kaisercraft Fun in the Sun "Beach Balls"
October Afternoon Thrift Shop journal card
brads
Heidi Swapp "Love" stamp
Stazon ink
Basic Grey Origins mini alphas
Carolee's Creations Whoopsy Red tiny alphas
Scrap Works Hugz and Alphadotz
Top Line Creations PhraseZ "Summer"

You have until midnight, Tuesday 27 July to upload your layout. All submissions will be revealed together on Wednesday 28 July. You must be a member of our gallery in order to view and submit layouts for this competition.

The layouts will then be judged by Elizabeth. Points will be awarded for first (4 pts), second (3 pts) and third (2 pts), and all other entries will receive 1 pt.
At the conclusion of the competition, the one with the most points will bag the STAR prize, with second and third receiving a consolation prize.

We have a HUGE prize package of goodies supplied by designers and manufacturers. First prize will receive a Cricut Create machine!!!

Happy Scrapping!

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Scrap Tech Tuesday - Altering Buttons

One of the best embellishments is big buttons
they are usually not to badly priced and even better if you can get them on sale
(Or raid Grans house!)

I love using buttons on layouts and especially if I can change them to fit the layout,
use them in the centre of a flower or even dotted around flowers or vines, on vintage layouts
cream buttons always work the best;
Everyone of us has left over pieces of rubon from one set or another so what better way to use them up than change the look of a button.

Here is a sample of changing ordinary ones by using rubons into something a bit different....



and the changed version.....



even using them as alphabet holders for a kiddies pages would work,
Remember to cover them with Dimensional Magic or Glossy Accents to seal the rubon
so it wont rub off

Hope to see this tip on some of your layouts in the future
Happy Scrappin
Robbi

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Scrap Tech Tuesday - Fabric Flowers

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by Heidi » Tue Jun 15, 2010 5:33 am

This week I am going to show you how to make your own FABRIC flowers using some soft Muslin Fabric which is easy to work with and fray with.

1. Firstly you will need a small piece of Muslin Fabric (approx 10 cm x 5cm) and iron it flat;
2. Fold it in half and iron flat again, then cut the two sections


3. Next sew the two pieces of fabric together along the top.



4. Tie the ends of the cotton on the one end, and then pulling the other two cotton pieces on the other side, scrunch it up to look like this.



5. Once you have pulled the cotton and scrunched it up as much as it will go, tie the two ends of the cotton together in a knot so both sides will now be together and will not come apart. Then start fraying the edges of the fabric, the length of the fraying is totally up to you.



6. Next I have sprayed some Glimmermist Chalkboard - Peacock onto the flower, to give it a two tone effect, it dries pretty quickly
on the fabric. Lastly I added a Grey Jewel in the centre to finish the flower off.



So there you go, simple couple of steps, and very rewarding creating your flower, so I have it all ready for a layout where I need that something special added to the layout.

TFL and Happy Scrapping everyone.

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Glimmermist CHALKBOARD

I saw these in the shop and wondered how to use them- would they be the same as normal Glimmermist?. It's no secret how much i LOVE using Glimmermist on most things, so of course I had to try them out.

WHAT IS CHALKBOARD? - I googled Glimmermist Chalkboard and this is what I found:-

This art medium will give you the same beautiful Glimmer as Glimmer Mist, yet the base will give you a semi-opaque finish that blends just like chalk. This is just like using art pastels or chalks! it will blend nicely with other Chalkboard colors or even with the original Glimmer Mist to create a variety of transparencies and add depth to your project.


and this is what I have tried them on so far!

Colour - CHALK (White)

I sprayed like you would normally directly onto a NAVY cardstock, I wondered whether you could actually see the white or whether it would be like the pearl Glimmerist and just give it a little shine - but to my SURPRISE - Yes ladies it shows up on the darker colours, check it out, don't you think it looks like a MILKYWAY of stars?



Colour - PEACOCK (Turquoise)



I tried the Peacock colour directly on the Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, it took a while to dry but it came out really well.

Colour - CONCORDE (purple)



here I have sprayed some of the Chalkboard directly onto a White Feather as well as a home made CRINKLEPAPER flower :- check out the close ups





I also tried some CHARCOAL Chalkboard on the Making Memories Vintage Charms and it took two days to dry but it came out very nicely - sort of giving it that old - weathered look.

and lastly I have tried it out on the PRIMA FELT - here I used the HOT CHOCOLATE - it works really well on the felt and dried almost instantly.



so if you have been toying with the idea of MAYBE buying some, I can tell you - they are pretty awesome, and there are lots of YUMMY colours in the shop

Still trying some more things, so keep an eye on the forum, will upload once I have played some more.

Happy Scrapping
HEIDI

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Get your iron out

No I am not asking you to do my ironing!!! Although if anyone would like to?????

Do you see those really lovely napkins and wonder what you could do with them? I love them and have a little collection. Now that I have found a very successful way to adhere them to cardstock I will be buying quite a few more!!!!!! In the past I have used modge podge or a special napkin glue to adhere them to laminating pockets but this new technique I have mastered is much easier, mess free and makes paper that is like material to touch.

So this is what you need

A cute/pretty paper napkin
An iron and ironing board
glad wrap
cardstock cut to size
old paper to use as a protector

1. You need to cut a piece of cardstock to the size you need for your project. Lay it on some paper ( I used an old colouring book of the kids)

2. Cover the piece of cardstock with glad wrap, this needs to be just bigger than the cardstock

3. Cut the napkin to size, just larger than the cardstock
4. Peal all the non- patterned layers of paper away from the napkin. You should be left with a very thin piece with the pattern on.

5. Lay the napkin on the glad wrap

6. Add another piece of paper or 2 over all the layers and iron over your little napkin sandwich
7. Iron for just a minute or 2. The glad wrap will melt and adhere the papers together.

8. Peel back the top paper protector and see if your napkin has adhered. If some corners are still loose cover over again and re iron the needed areas.
9. Turn over your cardstock and trim off the excess Gladwrap and napkin
10. Now you have a lovely piece to embellish your page or make a card with. It feels just like a piece of material and looks very wrinkle free and strong!!!

Here are some examples of napkins I have used and some ideas of how to use them.



here is the butterfly used again, This time I used glue onto a laminating sheet. It took a while to dry and it has broken apart in places but still looks cool



a card for our dear little Aurelia's 5th birthday on Friday!!!




Now I challenge you to use your iron and some napkins to make something gorgeous. Upload you layouts/cards to the gallery. I will open a technique Tuesday and Iron category for you to show us what you have been making. I will send a RAK out to a few of you. This will include a variety of napkins to use in the future!!!! get your creative pieces into the gallery by Friday 28th August to be in to win!!!!

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Scrap Tech Tuesday - Lollipop flowers

With the start of Minute Mondays Scrap Tech Tuesdays will be coming your way once a month. This month by special request I will go over lollipop flowers in a bit more detail.

Lollipop flowers are an easy embellishment to make and there are heaps of possibilities with them. They are also great to use up some scraps. In the following layout I have made a tree with lollipop flowers.



Now depending on the way you like your lollipop flowers to look depends on how you scrap. Some of you might like precise circles in which case you would use templates or diecut circles - others like myself like myself would either cut circles freehand or draw the circles freehand and then cut them.

So firstly cut how ever many different size circles you would like for your flower . All my examples only have three layers.
If you would like a distressed look take each circle one at a time and using your distress tool or scissors go right around the circles and distress them.
You can also distress them using inks.
Next step is to assemble them - get all the circles and put a hole through the centre of them and attach a brad through the holes of all the circles.
They are now ready to be attached to your Project either with the brad or with a glue dot.

Here is another layout which I did couple of months ago using the above technique for the flowers.



You can also make even "scruffier" circles by cutting out the circles a little larger then you want them to be and then carefully ripping the paper around the edges as I have done on this card.



Another cool thing you can do is cut slits all the way around the centre circle to make a different textured look as in this card.



Lollipop flowers can also be made with fabric and buttons like I have done in this layout.



As you can see you can make a variety of different looking lollipop flowers and there are many more ways you can make lollipop flowers.
You can make them with different colour cardstock, spray glimmermist on them or just have circles with no distressing on them for a cleaner look - to name just a few.

by Beverley

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Design Team Inspiration - Amy Butler Lotus Diecut Paper - Butterflies

In case you hadn't noticed, I am a little bit of a butterfly fan... in fact, check most of my layouts lately, and you will probably find a butterfly somewhere! So I was very happy when I found one of the Amy Butler Lotus Butterfly Diecut papers in my DT kit this month. This paper is extremely good value, as it has an amazing [b]30 [/b]butterflies on it, in coordinating colours of blue, green, pink, red, cream and grey. The butterflies are all lightly embossed, and all a bit different. They are just lovely, and I really enjoyed creating the below layouts.

On this page, I used 2 of the butterflies as masks. I put temporary adhesive on the printed side of the butterfly, stuck it to the page and Glimmermisted, then gently removed the butterfly masks, and rubbed off the temporary adhesive, and I was still able to use the butterflies on another layout. I then used the diecut sheet with the butterflies removed, as a stencil, placing it over the masked butterflies, then applied swirl rubons. I very gently used a kraft knife to cut around the inside edge of the stencil, ensuring I didn't cut into the background paper, only through the rubons, to make sure the rubons stayed put when I removed the stencil. It is a very effective look. I then also used 2 of the pink/red butterflies on the page. Check out the pic below for a closeup of the rubons on the masked butterflies.


I used the following products on this page, available in the shop:
Amy Butler Lotus Butterfly Diecut papers
Melissa Francis Paper - Matilda
Glimmermist - Graphite
Prima Flocked Transparency
Zva Swirls - Jet
My Little Shoebox Mini Alpha Stickers - Cream


I used 18 of the butterflies on this next layout:


First, I painted a round circle on the background page with cream paint, then adhered the body of each butterfly around the circle. I bent up the wings, then applied Kindyglitz for some sparkle. I then added the photo, title, journalling and ribbon bow inside the circle, and the page was complete. And look at all those gorgeous butterflies! Below is a closeup of the Kindyglitzed butterflies:
I also used the following product on the above layout:

Basic Grey Ambrosia Paper - Ebony
Kindyglitz - Crystalina


Here is my recent "i create" layout, on which I added one of the butterflies, using a black pen and Kindyglitz for the finishing touches.



And after all this, I still have some butterflies left. I'm sure you will see them on my next few layouts!







Tracy L

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