ScrapThat! Kit Club June Reveal and Blog Hop

Welcome to our ScrapThat!

 June Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!! 

We are so happy to see June after the long winter and excited to show you our creations with our beautiful Prima Collection "Sunrise Sunset" !

Here are my two layouts....the first one is based on Amarilys's lovely sketch.

I designed my second layout using Prima's May BAP Sketch.

Here is the Prima sketch:

I made a video to show how this layout came together, in fast forward, using this sketch.

You can click HERE to watch this video on YouTube and subscribe to my Channel to qualify for the Hop prize. As well, I will have a video tutorial later in June to show how I altered the metal butterflies.

Our Blog Hop features 9 fabulous hop sites including our Design Team blogs. 

If you came here from:

Tracey Sabella

you are on the right track!

If not, go back and start here: Scrap That!   

Then follow the rest of the order:

Zoe Nemburt

Sandi Clarkson

Laura Gilhully

ScrapThat! Facebook Page

Amarilys Doria

Tracey Gregory

Sarah Routledge

Tracey Sabella

Kelly Klapstein YOU ARE HERE

ScrapThat!
 
We are so happy to welcome the amazing 
Zoe Nemburt

as our June Guest Designer!!!

 

Hey, my name is Zoe Nemburt, and I am absolutely thrilled to be asked to design as a guest for ScrapThat! this month. I started scrapbooking in 2009 and seriously never looked back. I felt I had finally found my crafty passion!! Super Excited to be here for the month of June with the ScrapThat! team and I really hope to inspire you to create something fabulous.

Be sure to stop by Zoe's blog, Designs by Zoe, to be inspired by her gorgeous work! 

We are sad to say farewell to our talented DT Member, Sarah Routledge.

We have been inspired by your creativity and learned so much from your tutorials. 

With your optimism and talent, we are sure you will reach every dream.

You will be missed.

We wish you luck on your new endeavors! 

Now, without further ado....  

Introducing our June Kit,

 "From Sunrise to Sunset"

Featuring the designs of the fabulous Anna Dabrowska (a.k.a. Finnabair) we present a  collection of rich colors and designs that run from brights to neutrals. Whatever your scrapping style is, you will love this kit that is just chock-full of Prima goodies!

Take a look:

Main Kit

Paper Add-On

Flower Add-On

 Embellishment Add-On

More details on this collection can be found here:

ScrapThat! Store 

We are currently accepting new
Kit Club Members.

For more information,

complete the form on the link below:

New Subscriber  

Look at the beautiful sketch Amarilys has created for June: 

See details about the challenge here: Sketch Challenges

We have something new for June!
In addition to Amy's sketch challenge,
 other members of the DT will also be hosting challenges!

• Tracey G.'s challenge: "Scrap out of your comfort zone"
• Laura's Challenge: "Using a long title"
• Sandi's Challenge: "Color Challenge"
• Tracey S.'s Challenge: "Use a stencil"

Check them out here. 

Everyone is welcome to participate.

Entries for all challenges are due by Wednesday, June 26.

 All winners of our challenges, including Layout of the Week, are eligible to receive 10% off any 2012 Kits ~ including Add-ons!

The June Blog Hop Prize is our "Life's Muse" Main Kit featuring Webster's Pages Everyday Poetry Collection (Webster's Poetry)

To qualify for this month's FABULOUS Prize, you must complete the following:

• Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each designer has created using this month's kit and sketch (comments are very much appreciated).
• Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word or two that will make up a secret sentence, collect these words along the way.
• You must become a FOLLOWER of each blog along the way and LIKE us on our Facebook Page!
• Subscribe to Kelly's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates
• Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog.
• For your last stop on our Blog Hop return here to the ScrapThat! Chat Blog. Leave a comment letting us know you have completed the hop.(Please do NOT include the secret sentence in your comments.)
• Email the secret sentence to Tracey Sabella: tracey@scrapthat.ca

The Blog Hop ends Sunday, June 2 at Midnight EST.

The prize MUST be claimed within 3 days of the forum announcement which will also be made on the ScrapThat! Blog.

~ If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen ~
**Winner will pay actual shipping costs for sending the kit from Canada.**
Shipping costs will be invoiced via PayPal unless you are a kit member,
 then your prize will be shipped with your monthly kit.

Prizes won during the month will be mailed out the first week of the following month.

Due to Customs clearance, International mailings sometimes take 30-75 days to receive.

My secret word is:

LIFE

Next hop over to

ScrapThat! Blog

For your final stop, return to the ScrapThat! Blog 

to let us know you have completed the hop.

Remember ~ only send the secret sentence to tracey@scrapthat.ca

Happy Hopping!

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Altered Kaisercraft Photo Display

 I have long admired the beautiful photo displays that scrapbookers design to showcase their family photos.  Kaisercraft has a number of wonderful photo frames, and I decided to alter their "Swap Card Photo Display."

Click HERE to visit their website and see other finished Photo Displays.

The Pickled Pear collection is gorgeous and was perfect for my design...

I chose 3 photos of my children from our Fall photo shoot...

The background is ONE piece of paper...un-cut!

"Pistachio"

And the embellishments are from the Pickled Pear Sticker, along with Kaisercraft black Paper Blooms and Pewter Pearls...

I also used some copper wire and scrap pieces of corrugated cardboard...

I painted the raw frame with Ranger's Claudine Hellmuth Black Gesso.

Here is a video tutorial that shows my quick and easy painting technique along with a closer look at the finished tray.

Click HERE to watch this on YouTube and visit my Channel.

I love how this turned out...especially because it took no time at all!

Bo Bunny Apple Cider Double Layout

When I was planning my layout class for The Urban Scrapbook in August, I searched out some fall collections and fell in love with Bo Bunny's Apple Cider!

The fall palette is beautiful and has a unique twist of lime green.

Here is my layout...

Our annual fall photo, October 2008 [when they would still pose happily together]

The brown background papers are Bo Bunny Vintage Double Dot "Chocolate".

I had my Vagabond humming for this one....lots of Sizzix dies used!

Tim Holtz: Branch Tree, Mini Tattered leaves, Mini Flourish, Autumn Gatherings and the Sizzix Spooky Fence

I cut the spooky fences from chipboard and then painted with Black Soot Distress Crackle Paint.

  
 The Autumn Gatherings tiny leaves and branches are inked with a variety of Ranger Distress Inks in fall colours.  

Inking the small leaves BEFORE removing them from the cream cardstock is easier.

Squished under the fences and other elements is wild moss.  And I tell ya, this moss is WILD.  Very difficult to tame!  [Purchased at Michaels]

I cut the tree from American Crafts "Cranberry" Duotone Glitter Paper. [Not really a cranberry colour actually]

The leaves are cut from Best Creation "Bronze Copper" glitter paper and AC Duotone "Caramel" 

 The scarecrow cameo is from a package of Apple Cider Metal Trinkets.

Here is the title element, using images from the "Cut-Outs" piece of patterned paper in this collection....

This pretty metal flower with the pearl centre is also from the Metal Trinkets package.

The "Fall" letters are cut from this same patterned paper and covered with Sookwang double sided sheet adhesive.  I added black microbeads.

The flourish is cut from Gold AC glitter paper.

The apples on this "Cut-Out" element are covered with Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

The pumpkin is also crackled and the cat is covered with Glossy Accents.

The special elements of this layout are the sunflowers...

The petals are cut from the reverse side of the Apple Cider Dot patterned paper.

I originally was going to stamp all the petals with 2 of these Heartfelt Creations stamps...

But I only had one stamp set for the entire class.  Instead, I used the 2 medium sized petals as templates, which everyone used as tracers.

Cutting out all those petals might seem like a lot (20 for each sunflower) but it goes quickly because of the simple shape.  And all edges of the petals are inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

The centres of the sunflowers are designed using black card stock, a SookWang adhesive sheet and black and copper Martha Stewart microbeads.

Trace and cut centres into 2 pieces each from both Sookwang sheet and black card stock.

In glitter tray or similar, remove inner section of sookwang piece and cover with black microbeads.

Mix black and copper beads together in small container.

Remove backing from outer part of centre and cover with copper/black beads.

NOTE:  The microbeads do not provide solid coverage, so I used black Bazzill card stock in the background.

The sunflower is one of my favourite flowers, so I am thrilled with the results!

The crow on the green journaling spot is from the Apple Cider clear stamp set...

I stamped the crow onto black card stock using Clearsnap Donna Salazar Inx and embossing powder in "Leather"...which turns coppery...

Now I can only hope and pray that I am able to get a decent shot of my teens for this year's fall photo shoot!  Fingers crossed :)

Making Time for an Art Journal

Lately, mixed media has become a hot trend in the scrapbooking world.  Ironically, most layouts are actually mixed media projects because our pages are collages of papers, and collage is one form of mixed media art.


I think the big boom in stencils, masks and sprays has helped generate pages that use more mediums, like gesso, paint, molding/modeling paste and so on.  This has also led to an escalating interest in Art Journals, a freestyle expression of creativity and playfulness using mixed media.  


Just Google Art Journals and mixed media and you'll discover an exciting artistic world!  A friend of mine, Limor Webber, creates wonderful art journal pages and mixed media scrapbook layouts on YouTube and also has a Facebook Mixed Media group, where everyone shares their projects.  


Another amazing art journaling phenom is Christy Riopel, who designs for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.  Click HERE to visit her blog and see an awesome video of her artistic creations.


In the summer issue of Canadian Scrapbooker, Karen Ellis has a fantastic article on how to make your own art journals.  Here is a sample of her work on the magazine's blog post last month for "Tuesday with the Team", and you can click HERE to visit Karen's website and see the art journal tutorial.


Lots of inspiration online!


I thought I'd share one of my recent art journal pages....basically using just a bunch of "stuff" that was on my desk at the time...

The base of the page is Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap pieces and scrap notebook paper adhered with Ranger's Glue N Seal (similar to Mod Podge). I've shown this technique HERE to create a sun on a scrapbook page on a blog post from last month. 

The sun is a collage of tissue wrap strips, then inked with different shades of yellow Distress Ink

The brown leaves were just lying on my desk, extras left over from another project....and they were cut with my Cricut from brown patterned paper.  The clock is a Tim Holtz Sizzix die cut and the text "68 pages of freedom" was cut right from the front page cover of this blank art journal.  

Clearsnap Smooch is a great way to add some metallic colour....I coloured the text piece and hand with gold and dark teal.

I wrote the title and text below with Faber-Castell Pitt pens....they are awesome India ink pens that write on pretty much everything!

I picked up this package at Michaels that has a variety of nib sizes.

I grabbed a few different types of paint and some Clearsnap Smooch (painted the Wendy Vecchi Art Parts chipboard hand with Smooch)...

My page in progress...

Keep in mind that playing with mixed media usually involves messy hands...

I have a good set of brushes, but sometimes I'll use a cheap children's plastic brush.

If you haven't ventured into the world of Art Journaling, I suggest you give it a try.  It's so much fun to experiment with colours, new techniques and let the artist inside explore freely. You have all the supplies to use on hand if you scrapbook, aside from the mat medium (Mod Podge) maybe. 


Click HERE to see the journal I purchased at a local art store, but I believe Michaels carries them:  Strathmore Visual Art Mixed Media Journal

The paper is 90 lb medium weight to handle the wet mediums you might use.  

What really excites me about mixed media is that I am adding a dimension of originality to my projects.  The results are uniquely mine, and I experience a sense of artistic and creative freedom that is fulfilling and liberating!


Be Yourself...and start an Art Journal!