Scrap That! June Kit Reveal - Webster's Pages Everyday Poetry

*** Hop ends midnight CST (one hour behind EST) on Sunday May 27th

For this reason I won't be posting again until Monday - Happy Weekend!***

Welcome to the ScrapThat! June Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!!
If you have arrived from Jamie Harder's blog you are in 
the right place and your next stop is your last - our
forum HERE.  Scroll down for the blog hop order
DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE RULES :)


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We have some special treats for you this month starting with 
our uber talented Guest Designer for the month of June!

Please Welcome Gerry Van Gent

But wait, the excitement doesn't end here, we have teamed 
up with a few of Webster's Pages Design Team Members
 to make this month EXTRA SPECIAL!

Be sure you visit each blog listed on the hop to see 
what they have done with this month's amazing kit and sketch!
ScrapThat! is offering a HUGE Grand Prize for 1 lucky Blog Hop

 winner by random draw to all that qualify, be sure you
 complete the Hop to see this months generous prize!


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Without further ado ScrapThat! 
is delighted to introduce to you our June Kit

"Life's Muse"

This month’s kit features Webster's Pages Beautiful
 'Everyday Poetry Collection'

The kit is chock full of gorgeous goodies, such as lace, bling, 
an array of pretty flowers and much, much more!

　
Main Kit $39.99

Webster's Pages Everday Poetry Collection

1 sheet - Love & Dreams

1 sheet - Be Open

1 sheet - Your Thoughts

1 sheet - Messages To You

1 sheet - Little Birdie Told Me

1 sheet - Harmony

1 sheet - Little Stories

1 sheet - Word Smith

1 sheet - Die Cut

1 sheet - Alpha Stcker

Bazzill Basics Card Stock

1 sheet - Ivory

1 sheet - Pink

1 sheet - Blue

1 Pkg. Zva Flowers

1 Pkg Zva Self Adhesive Bling

1 Prima Wooden Envelope Embellishment

2 Tim Holtz Tickets

1 Zva Sea Foam Tulle Flowers

2 Pink and Green Leaves

1 Prima Genie Stone

1 yrd Green Tara Lace - white

NOTE: The Main Kit cost for non-members is $44.99

Flower Add-On $12.99

(only 12 of these kits are available each month 
and sold on a first come first serve basis)

1 Pkg. Prima Velvet Rainbow Pastel Flowers

1 Pkg. Petaloo Flora Doodles - Velvet and Lace

1 Pkg Petaloo Velvet Wild Roses (small)

Embellishment Add-On $14.99

1 Pkg. Prima Flowers - Strawberry Ice

1 Pkg. Green Tara Pink Flowers (5 ct)

1 Doodlebug Design Slim Cupcake Sunburst Card

NOTE: The Embellishment Add-On cost for non-members is $17.99)

Paper Add-On $9.99

Webster's Pages Everday Poetry Collection

1 sheet - Love & Dreams

1 sheet - Be Open

1 sheet - Your Thoughts

1 sheet - Messages To You

1 sheet - Little Birdie Told Me

1 sheet - Harmony

1 sheet - Little Stories

1 sheet - Word Smith

1 sheet - Die Cut

1 sheet - Alpha Stcker

Bazzill Basics Card Stock

1 sheet - Ivory

1 sheet - Pink

1 sheet - Blue

　NOTE: The Paper  Add-On cost for non-members is $12.99

　

We are currently accepting new Kit Club Members,
 please follow link to provide us with your wish list:

New Subscriber Wish List

for more info please email friends@scrapthat.ca

June's Sketch by: Amarilys Doria

Please join our June Sketch Challenge HERE.

　

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Our Blog Hop features 9 fantastic blogs from our 

Design Team  as well as 7 more fantastic blogs from 

Webster's Pages Design Team.

To qualify for this month's HUGE Grand Prize 

you must complete  ALL OF the following:-

*Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each Designer 

has created using this month's kit and sketch

*Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word 

to make up a secret sentence, collect these words 

along the way and follow the directions provided in 

ScrapThat!'s forum when you are all finished

*We also ask that you become a follower of ScrapThat!'s 

blog along with each Designer's blog

*Post ScrapThat! blinkie on your blog

*Stop by our Facebook Page 

(link provided on blog hop list) and like us

*Our last stop in our Blog Hop is ScrapThat!'s Forum, 

follow the link provided and complete the remainder 

of the blog hop instructions

　

***PLEASE NOTE THAT TO BE ELIGIBLE  TO WIN 

YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS 

SO PLEASE READ CAREFULLY - 

I can assure you it will be worth your effort, 

not just for the prize but for the inspiration too!***　

　Hop ends May 27 12am CST

Grand Prize must be claimed within 3 days of the 

announcement that will be made on ScrapThat!'s blog 

on May 31st.  If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen.

Please Note: for anything larger than a standard envelope, 

winner will be responsible for the cost of shipping.

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This kit will take you far!  I made 3 layouts and 2 cards

and I still have enough for one layout , 2 tags and one more card!

Here is my take on the sketch challenge!

I will be going through all these projects in more detail

next week, showing you all the close ups, a tutorial and

giving your some tips and tricks on how I made them all!

Here is the Blog Hop order 

ScrapThat! - http://www.scrapthatchat.blogspot.ca/

Gerry V. Gent - http://gerryscrafts.blogspot.com/

Jenifer Evans - http://heldscraptive.blogspot.ca

Stacey Michaud - http://staceymichaud.blogspot.com/

Sandi Smith - http://sandi-smith.blogspot.ca

Jaz Lee - http://www.jazmescrapping.blogspot.com/

Alissa Wells - http://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/

Diana Brodeur - http://dianabrodeur.blogspot.com/

ScrapThat! Facebook Page - 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ScrapThat-Kit-Club/111009852256498

Amarilys Doria - http://amadrian8.blogspot.com/

Emeline Seet - http://www.scrapvilla.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson - http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Kay Roger's - http://rogerskk.typepad.com/

Marilyn Rivera - http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Iris Baboa Uy - http://irisbabaouy.typepad.com/

Keren Tamir - http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca

Jamie Harder - http://ahappyscrappyplace.blogspot.com/

Helen Tilbury - http://helentilbury.blogspot.com/

ScrapThat! Forum - 

http://scrapthat.ning.com/forum/categories/kit-reveal-and-blog-hop/...

***My Secret Word is POETRY***

Happy Hopping Bloggy Friends!!

Scrap That! June Life's Muse Kit Reveal TOMORROW!!

Hiya Girls!

I am SUPER excited that tomorrow is the Scrap That! 

June 2012 Reveal and that I will be showing you 

ALL my projects right here on the blog, all in one go!  

As you know I joined the Scrap That! team at the

 beginning of May {see this post HERE}and it has been
a seriously invigorating journey so far!

Scrap That! is a Canadian-based kit club selling the MOST
 beautiful kits based on the prettiest, most recent product
for those of us that like our lace, bling, chipboard and flowers.  

So if you are a shabby girl at heart, or have a shabby

 side to ya, then you need to get on over to the Scrap That! 

Ning community HERE, sign up so that you can join in 

with our regular challenges, chat it up with our Design Team 

and be part of our close-knit group.

You can sign up to follow the Scrap That! blog (by e mail

or otherwise) right HERE and if you want to get in on the 

action and subscribe to the kits you can do that HERE.

Read about the kits HERE and get shopping in the store HERE!
There is a great NEW REFERRAL REWARDS PROGRAM
just started HERE {this is in the forum so you need to sign up
as a member first to view this}.

Sign up, tell your friends & family, and if they sign up and
say you sent them you get a free add-on, and eventually
a free kit too!

So here is our main sneak image for this month's kit LIFE'S MUSE.

We'll be kicking off our monthly blog hop at 10.30am EST
 which is 4.30pm local South African Time, and there is a
grand prize to be won by one lucky person that visits ALL
the blogs & checks back in at Scrap That! again so
 come back tomorrow for full details of that.

We have Gerry Van Gent as our Guest Designer this
month - Gerry and I were on the Once Upon a Sketch
Design Team together remember?  So that is super cool!
Her work is always absolutely beautiful!!

I missed being a part of the sneaks this time because
my kit arrived with only a week for me to complete
my layouts so I have had my head down creating
like a mad woman all week!  So here are some
sneaks of my own to whet your appetite!

 I hope to see you all again tomorrow for the big reveal!

Friends Layout for Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge 5{Using Les Papiers de Pandore Papers}

So glad I found the time to play along with the 

current sketch over at Scrap Africa this month!  

It is a local challenge blog run by my awesomely

 talented friend Evgenia Petzer and her friend

 Svetlana Austin, both Russians living here in
South Africa & both very accomplished papercraft
artists working for major overseas brands.

If you remember I had the honour of Guest
Designing for Scrap Africa in February

 HERE then I had the pleasure of spending a few
of hours in Salt Rock (quite a way down the coast
from me) meeting Genia in real life HERE.

I used the pretty, pretty Les Papiers de Pandore papers

 - Cherry Cherie! here, together with A LOT of doilies!

I had a blast fussy-cutting a whole sheet of that pretty

yellow flower paper!  Hubby was away on business

so when he phoned me I chatted away - scissors in 

hand and before I knew it  - DONE!!

I customised my alphas with some glitter nail-varnish.

I now have it in this pretty burgundy colour too!

Can you see that little shimmer on the circular 

element there? That is my clear glitter nail varnish!

I was inspired by the circles in the sketch, to use the round

doilies in place of them.  I replaced the vine in the sketch

with this awesome Zva Creative flourish instead.

All the elements you see on this layout come on one 12" sheet

that you can then fussy-cut them all out of.  I inked them up a

bit too as you can see, using Lime and Rust colours to match.

I pop-dotted the journaling card - I am getting

seriously addicted to pop-dots!  Need MORE!!

These are the professional photographer's photos from 

my daughter's school graduation dance, and they are 

BIG so I have fussy cut the flower and placed it 

across the top DIRECTLY on top of the photo.

How beautiful is my REAL begonia in the background 

there? Okay sorry, couldn't resist that, even though it 

has nothing to do with this layout here LOL.  

Back to business...

Supplies List for Friends Layout

Text print - A Strand Poet
Beige spotty print - Ripe
Flower print - Feeling Bucolic 

Elements print - Everything from Nothing
{all Les Papiers de Pandore Cherry Cherie Collection}

Doilies & glitter nail varnish (clear and burgundy)- stash

Bling Flourish - Zva Creative

Alpha stickers - Webster's Pages Storytellers

Inks - Lime Pastel and Chestnut Roan - Color Box

Journaling Pen - Creative Memories

This challenge closes at the end of the month so you 

still have one week to get your entries uploaded!  

Play along and support South Africa!!

And, remember, if you want to purchase any of this

awesome Les Papiers de Pandore paper you can

buy directly from the manufacturer, Julie Blanc, herself

straight from the Pandore Boutique HERE.

Happy Hump Day!

Our Springtime Layout {Published in the April Issue of Scrap Street Magazine} using Pretty Party by Crate Paper

You can find this layout in the Spring 2012 issue 

of  Scrap Street on page 15 - HERE is the link. 

 I used Crate Paper Pretty Party as I think it's 

practically the freshest Spring themed collection

 I can think of that's out right now!

Using all the papers from the same collection meant that

it was quick and easy to put together!

I started by cutting a frame out of the woodgrain paper.

In the photo above I have flicked the woodgrain paper

over in the centre to show you the other side.  

THIS is the reason why I won't use a rotary trimmer! 

 With a trimmer with a point you can cut out a frame

 EXACTLY and have both pieces intact for use

 afterwards - the frame and the inner square.

I started out by cutting down the checked paper by 1cm,

inking it with pink, then stitching down the edge and catching

the extra threads with my stapler to create a casual flourish.

I then layered on the gesso and pastel coloured paints using

my old credit card, blobbing it directly onto the background

 then pulling it across in both directions.

I adhered a pretty doily over most of my hard work 

so that just the edges of the painting were showing

then I layered up over and on top of it.

The theme was Spring so I created a Spring-themed 

layout especially.  Definitely helps if you are trying to 

get published, I've just never had the time before to 

make especially for the call.

I used white alphas which I inked with purple first so

 that they would have more KAPOW factor :)

I hand-journaled directly onto the printed paper,

which is most unusual for me as I don't like to do

that as it is sometimes not clear, (I do it alot but

onto plain cardstock usually) but because of the

mild check and the strong black ink it worked out fine.  

How gorgeous are those Prima blooms?  

Had to use the entire pack on this layout - couldn't resist!