Scrapbook Blessings Club Challenge

Sunday, October 6, 2013 // 4 comments
As some of you know and maybe some don't...I just made a new Design Team! I am thrilled and excited to be on this Design Team and get to know these wonderful ladies...but most of all to share my creativity with you.

Today is the beginning of the next challenge! Hope you are inspired by my creation and head on over to the Scrapbook Blessings Club to see what the whole team has to share and to also enter your creation in our challenge. Thanks so much for playing along with us.

I have had this card rolling around in my head for some time now. So, when this challenge came along I though oh perfect time to execute this card. I sponged the background of some white card stock with Barn Red, Golden Ember, and New England Ivy ink from Close to My Heart. Then, I stamped the sentiment in Memento Black ink. I have soooo wanted to emboss lately so I stamped my leaves in embossing ink and then used some gold, red, and green embossing powders I had on hand and embossed them. I then backed the card with a lovely shade of green Bazzill paper. I was kind of pleased with how this turned out...especially since I have only ever made one other "triple time stamping" card!

Tip: Sometimes embellishments are not needed.

Tip: A finished card on the inside makes for a complete presentation.



Scrapbook Blessings Club Launch Blog Hop!

Saturday, October 5, 2013 // 27 comments
Welcome to our first Scrapbook Blessings Blog Hop. Today, we are celebrating an exciting new journey at the Scrapbook Blessing Club! So let the party begin!!!



We are so super thrilled to introduce our new SBC Design Team. At SBC, "we are making crafts and saving memories one technique at a time." We have daily themed posts to bring you lots of fun and creative tips, techniques, and tutorials to use for all your paper crafting projects.

Also, we have a sponsored video tutorial challenge every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, for us to learn fun ideas and for a chance to win great prizes. And we also have our own Facebook group, Scrapbook Blessing Club found HERE.  Our team  will be bringing you great tips, sites to look at and online deals each and every day.

So please take a few minutes and hop along with us, checking out all the talent these ladies are contributing to our Club. You should have hopped over from Cindy's blog but if you are just joining us you can start at the beginning over at Scrapbook Blessings Club.
I recently purchased my first set of alcohol markers. I could not at this point in my life justify the huge cost of the expensive brand most people use (and I am a gotta have it all right now kind of girl) so I decided to go with Spectrum-Noir markers. I absolutely LOVE them! I will be doing a video tutorial on them soon...(I am still waiting on 2 sets of 24 to arrive) so as soon as they are complete I will do that. The weekend after they arrived I housed a little mini scrapbook retreat with 2 girlfriends at my house and we spent several days just having fun and coloring. Suddenly, while coloring it came to me well I don't want to give away all my creations so I came up with the idea to pin up a card for each season/holiday. So, I created 2 different ones that weekend and want to share with you one of them.

My tip for today: It really does take practice when learning a new skill! Especially when you flunked coloring in Kindergarten!

This adorable Tilda will grace my board sometime during the Spring.
And I also learned how to create and build fancy schmancy cards! 


                                         
A Beautiful Prize for One of You!!













To be eligible to win this prize:
  • Follow Scrapbook Blessings Club
  • Follow my blog Fresh and Renewed
  • Leave a comment on this post
Up next is Team Designer Lynne

**** Next SBC video tutorial challenge is tomorrow****

Blog Lineup-
1. SBC- http://www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/
2. Marilyn - http://songofml.blogspot.com/
3. Cindy - http://www.inlovewithpaper.blogspot.com/
4. Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/
5. Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
6. Carolyn - http://www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/
7. Cristina - http://www.vintagepink39.blogspot.com/
8. Sandy- http://www.aworkingmomsjoy.blogspot.com/
9. Jennyfer - http://www.scrapalajen.blogspot.com/
10. Luisa - http://lepaperstudio.blogspot.com/

Design Team Day!!

Thursday, October 3, 2013 // 2 comments
#39
Challenge:   Halloween
October 1 - 7th, 2013

 I have a cute, adorable project for you today using the absolute ghoulish "Halloweenies" stamp set and matching dies by Paper Smooches. I recently received this wonderful surprise gift from a friend...totally unexpected and out of the blue....a Spellbinders Grand Calibur machine! I did not have anything prior with which to cut dies with and was so excited to get and play with it. Included were a bunch of extras; embossing folders galore, and a few dies. 

I used one of the dies and some various colors of Orange Bazzill cardstock and cut these petal fold boxes. I glued them together and because the glue I was using just was not adhering them well I cut out strips of the Arsenic and Lace paper to go around the boxes. This also served as my station for my cute little decorations. 

Next, I colored the stamped images with my brand new Spectrum-Noir alcohol markers...(stay tuned for a review and some more coloring with them)! And because this is the first time I have used the dies I stamped and colored first and then cut...later found out it should be the opposite. I found a wonderful little tip though while watching a YouTube Video...use post-it notes to hold your die and paper in place! Wow, I tried it and it worked! I then, pop dotted the image and put it on the tag or the strip.

So, here are my cute little boxes...I am going to use them as treat boxes for my 7 grandchildren. I have 3 more to make before the end of the month. 




 

Here are the supplies I used for this project:

Bazzill Orange Cardstock: Various shades I had in my stash
Bazzill Arsenic and Lace Paper
Paper Smooches Halloweenies Stamp Set and Matching Dies
Ranger Pop Dots: Note these are some mega pop dots...if you need 
to make your image really stand out these are the ones to use.
Spellbinders Grand Templates: Square Petal Top Box
Some orange ribbon from my stash: it said Trick or Treat!
Spectrum-Noir Alcohol Markers

Be sure to play along with us and enter your Halloween creation. All the details can be found and you can check out all the other Halloween inspiration over and Cuttin' and Stampin'.

Guess What?

Monday, September 30, 2013 // 4 comments

I am sooooo super excited! I made another Design Team! The newly Scrapbook Blessing Club will debut with a launch blog hop/party. This blog is going to be great...lots of really cool stuff there! So make sure you join us for the party on Oct. 5-6th!

SBC OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY

YES!!! Its almost here!!!  We are going to be celebrating the OFFICIAL launch of the Scrapbook Blessing Club Tutorial Blog and Facebook Group this Saturday and Sunday!!!

We have a great "party" planned for you. First off, we have an awesome blog hop with a ton of prizes to give away! And after you you met the new design team and are done hopping, you can head over to the Facebook Group for a fun game of Scrapbook Bingo (this starts at 10am CST so make sure you get your words in before hand, they will be posted on the blog this Monday the 30th) and our SBC Scavenger Hunt (this game will start at 12 pm EST).  So come over to the group to win some great prizes, hint... paypal money is involved so you can buy some more crafting goodies!

***to play with the games at SBC Facebook Group, you will have to be a member, but the design team will be on and be accepting memberships as fast as we can throughout the whole week and on Saturday!

Also, we have a launch party event Facebook page where you can RSVP for the "party"!  If you accept the invite you will get a ticket for the door prize. If you share the event, you will get another. Have one of your friends attend and you get another!!! 

Finally on Sunday the 6th, we will have our next video tutorial challenge. We have an awesome sponsor, Scrapping For Less for this challenge too! Our challenges will run for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to get your entry in!



 Ooooo, this is going to be soooo much fun!  Please spread the word!

Design Team Day!

Sunday, September 22, 2013 // No comments
#37
Challenge:   Use 3 punches
September 17 - 23rd, 2013

 I am soooo excited to share with you this card today. This was my very ever first card I have colored with alcohol markers. I had a blast coloring this image. My friend Kim helped me with my first experience and gave hints and tips along the way. Well she got me hooked!! I cannot wait to begin sharing with you my creations colored with my brand new alcohol markers.

So here is my card! The inside of my card has a little slit for a gift card.


 I also created a second card...I have been watching about a million YouTube videos lately and I saw this technique called the bandana technique. So I tested it out. Each card followed the challenge and used 3 punches.

                                                                Inside of card.

Please make sure your creation post has a link back to Cuttin' and Stampin'.  And make sure to check out all of the other inspirations this week.

Design Team Day!!

Thursday, September 5, 2013 // 3 comments
#35
Challenge:   Banners
September 3 - 9th, 2013

 I have an adorable banner for you today from the Cuttin' side of Cuttin' and Stampin'.

I created this banner for my grandson's recent Toy Story themed birthday party. I used the Toy Story Cricut Cartridge. My daughter gave me ideas for what she wanted. I was very pleased with how it turned out. Can't wait to see what banners all of you have to show us this week.






Go visit  Cuttin' and Stampin' for lots more inspiration. 

Good-bye Summer Blog Hop!

Sunday, September 1, 2013 // 14 comments

End of Summer Blog Hop

September 1st and 2nd, 2013

Cuttin' and Stampin' is celebrating

We have five new Design Team Members to introduce to you.  
We also have our Weekly Special starting this weekend.  From this point forward, you will be able to purchase the items the design team is using for the weekly challenge at a discounted rate.  

So you can start the hop at Cuttin' and Stampin' and work you way through our 13 wonderful Design Team members.  Each of us has used the Bazzill Basic Paper collection called Lucy's Crab Shack.

You should have hopped here from Kim's blog.

I am so excited to bring you this layout. I am going to use pictures on it from a fabulous party we had when I taught Kindergarten. We had an end of the summer party with all the K classes. Imagine over 100 Kindergarteners running around doing all kinds of summer related activities. So, sorry I did not have the pictures all ready to go on my layout. 



Here are the supplies I used:
Lucy's Crab Shack Paper
Various colors of Bazzill paper 
Summer Buttons
EK Success Wave Punch
Bazzill Bling Templates and Jewels
Some black sticker letters from my stash
Prima flower 
Orange Checked washi tape

After me, you need to hop on over to Lynda's blog.


Enter to win a great blog candy gift pack on the Cuttin' and Stampin' Challenge blog.

Thanks for playing along we will be announcing the winners on September 6, 2013.

If you get lost along the way, here's a complete line up.

Cuttin' and Stampin' - http://Cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com
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