Special competition with Annelie

Hi everyone!

If you are part of the SP RETREAT group on Facebook you will have seen that we had issues getting products for my September retreat class. Which is a shame of course, because now you will have to use BRAND SPANKING NEW CHA product instead!

While I wait for the product to come to my house, I thought I'd show you what the LO's were that we would have done at the retreat, and - because I love a challenge - I will make a little competition out of it!

The competition is open for all, retreat goer or not. 1st prize worth $20 will be supplied by Adrienne, and 2nd prize worth $20 will be supplied by me!

The way I have set up this challenge is a little different,

you can end up with FIVE chances to win!

Here's how:

The line I was supposed to use was Crate Paper "The Pier". Here is a photo of Chicago's Navy pier:

Photo from Pinterest

Create a project inspired by this photo for ONE chance to win!

I created three LO's for the SP September retreat class, and this is the sketch I used to inspire all LO's! Create a LO inspired by this sketch for ONE chance to win!

As I said previously, I created three LO's with sketch as my base. Scraplift one, two or ALL THREE LO's and you have ONE chance per LO to win!

That, my friends, gives you up to FIVE chances to win!

And here are my three LO's that you can scraplift:

Please enter your projects using the link tool below, last day to enter is August 31st! Good luck and HAVE FUN!!

Annelie & Adrienne

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Project Life Customer Club

Love Project Life???  Join our Customer Club for added bonuses.  Membership is free and optional, just include a note in the comments of your next Project Life order to ask to join and we will add you.  The club only applies to Project Life products, those with (PL) in the title.

How it works

For every $10 you spend you will receive 1 point. (Sale price goods do not qualify for points)

When you reach 15 points receive a set of either 3x4 Cards or 4x6 Cards or Acetate Dividers of your choice with your next order or bank your points.

When you reach 25 points receive a 25 Sheet Paper Pack of your choice with your next order or bank your points

When you reach 40 points receive a Project Life Binder of your choice.

All members will be entered into a monthly draw for a $10 store credit

CONDITIONS

Points awarded for Project Life products only (those with PL in the title)

When points have been redeemed they are subtracted from your points balance

Points are awarded for increments of $10 e.g. spend $45 and receive 4 points.

All rewards are subject to availability.

To be entered into the draw you must have placed an order in that month.

Draw is made on the 1st of the month e.g 1 August for all July spends, or the nearest week day ater the 1st of the month.

Scrappin' Patch reserves the right to alter rewards and point value at any time.

Scrappin' Patch will keep record of your points and update you with your total with each Project Life order.

Project Life Club Members cannot receive Reward Points for the purchase of Project Life products.

 

Mini Holiday Kit - $22.50  One hundred cards in total

 

Acetate Dividers - $13.00

Kraft Core Kit - $45.00 - 616 Cards in total.

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Sketch Challenge July and a Winner....

Congratulations to Anne Tripney, winner of the June $15.00 RAK for her entry into the sketch challenge.

This month's challenge was chosen by Hayley Moore.

 

I'm a 23 year old student studying Diploma in Digital Media, which is basically advanced graphic design. I have 2 cats who are crazy and annoying at times, but their cuddles are worth it haha. I've been scrapbooking for 7 years and I work on this hobby when I manage to find time between homework and hanging out with my amazing boyfriend.

And here is the gorgeous sketch....used with permission from Scrapfriends

And a stunning example by Heidi Barclay....

 

All entries will go in the draw for a $15 RAK from our store.  And on the 1 August you have the opportunity to vote for your favourite and the layout with the most votes will also win a $15 RAK.,

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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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