Scraptastic - It's My Life kit

It's my last post over on the Scraptastic Kit Club blog today and so I will share my page with you here too!

I had the It's My Life kit this month and was inspired to scrap a few pages about me. The topic on the blog for today is Pinspiration - here is the piece I chose:

I was really inspired by those stripes and rainbow effect on the pillow and this was my take on it:

To pull in the whole rainbow theme, I really love the rainbow stripe patterned paper in the kit by Bella Bld and knew I wanted to accentuate the bold striped October Afternoon paper background. I trimmed down some thin pieces of that paper and added it to the background, along with a skinny strip of the bright yellow cardstock in the kit.

I added lots of diecut pieces on this project - the arrows mix really well with the starburst circle shapes and the exclusive Scraptastic flair in the kit:

I really love the exclusive stamps this month and used several on this page - I covered up an oopsie on my photo strip with some patterned paper and a row of stamped sentiments from the It's My Life stamp set.

I felt like the bottom of the page needed something, so I added some stickers, diecuts and Scraptastic wood veneer to the bottom corner.

I have some fun news to share in a couple days with you ... but for now, I just want to say a big thanks to Jessica and all the talented DT at Scraptastic for a great 15+ months on the team. I am gonna miss you girls!!

Scraptastic - it's my life

Good morning!!! Just stopping in to share 2 pages I made with one of the March kits from Scraptastic - this one is called "It's My Life"... :)

I decided to create a couple "me" pages using this kit and here they are:

I love the speech bubble paper in the kit and thought it was perfect for a page about my verbal diarrhea ;) It seems that I never know the right thing to say - and even the correct words. I am always mixing up letters - my family is constantly bugging me about weird things I have said. Anyways, this was the right opportunity to scrap about that !

This page has not a lot of "meaning" behind it... except I actally remember this warmish winter day and wanted to scrap this selfie that I have had printed for a while. I recently went to see the Lego movie with the kids (which was so cute) and cannot get that song out of my head! lol so, it is now the title for my page.

Sadly, this is going to be my last month with Scraptastic. I have been on the team for about 15 months now... but it is just time to move on. I have loved the kits and working with such an amazing team of ladies too. They really are top notch!!! And Jessica is so amazing and easygoing. I am going to miss everyone at Scraptastic.

If you are interested in subscribing to the kits check out all the information on the Scraptastic site HERE

I do have some news to share soon... so, I'll be back later with that. ;)

More Scraptastic Feel Again!

Ok, I know I just shared a couple projects the other day, but I thought I would just post a few more projects using the February Feel Again kit from Scraptastic Kit Club.

The March kits are shipping to the DT right now and I can't wait to get mine in my grubby little hands! It's always a treat to get a new kit in the mail each month.

This month's kit and add on had some of the Crate Paper transparency frames in it. Last week I shared with you how I punched shapes out of the frames to layer on my page. Today, I made a simple pocket out of the same frames. Check it out:

I added some stitching around 3 edges of the frame and then tucked a few sequins and wood veneer hearts inside and finished off my stitching. I only added the bits around the edges of where I knew my photo would be, so as not to have a lot of waste and create unnecessary bulk too!

I added in some of the custom flair from the kit, along with some stamped images from the exclusive stamps, mixed in with some Elle's Studio and Fancy Pants tags.

Here is my page all ready to go! The "joy" word was cut with my Cameo - it's a Jillibean Soup cut available in the Silhouette Store.

This was a quick page with the kit uses more punched transparency frames, over the cool ombre background paper. I mixed in one of the exclusive wood veneer frames and stamps from the kit too!

I did one last page using the Feel Again kit - layering lots of fun Fancy Pants paper and tags on my page, mixing in some Crate Paper transparency elements too.

I used my new Amy Tangerine die and cut out a bunch of "xoxoxo" from different papers in the kit and added them to the top of some neutral cardstock from the kit. The rest of the page came together fairly easily, by just chopping strips of angled paper and layering them together, overlapping when needed and then adding some machine stitching to finish off!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today ! Happy Scrapping :)

Scraptastic Sneak Peeks

Just had to share the sneaks for you of the upcoming March kits at Scraptastic Kit Club 

First up - the This Life Noted kit:

 Next is "It's My Life"

 And last is "Lost in my Mind"

 To find out more on how to become a subscriber to the monthly kits, check this out HERE

Scraptastic - Feel Again kit shares

Hello!I am checking in today to share a few pages made with the February Feel Again kit from Scraptastic Kit Club.

Each month, we are able to choose which kit we will receive and I chose Feel Again for the month of February.

I feel in love with the aqua and pink/red combo and touches of black too! Here are a couple pages I created with this kit.

First up, is this page, using tons of Elle's Studio tags and bits:


You can see I did lots of layeing on this page, I quite simply just cut bits and pieces of the papers in the kit and then went crazy adding tags all over the place, in behind my photo and layering tag on tag on tag... you get the point.

I added in some fun foam heart stickers from the packs of Thickers in the kit and add on too! They are fun and a nice change to see in the Thickers pack:

Cute stickers right! Here is my final page all put together:

There are some pretty Crate Paper Transparency frames in the kit and add-on and I tried to incorporate them on my page in a different way. I used my circle punches to punch the transparencies into circles and then layered them with different patterned papers from the kit and add-on.

You can see a little of the swirl of wet glue that I used to hold it in place, but I am okay with that! I like this different twist to using those transparency frames.

Here is my completed page:

If you haven't done so - please check out the Scraptastic BLOG for lots of inspiration and the STORE for all the details on how to be a subscriber!

#u&me - Scraptastic

Good morning :)

I am stopping by the blog today with another page from my January Scraptastic kit... I just finished off my February projects and will share those soon :)

I just love the bright colours in this kit - Tongue Tied. All that Studio Calico Printshop is enough to drool over !

I started this page by just punching a lot of circles from my scraps from this kit. I really wanted to use all different patterns and colours, so I punched a few different sizes and played around layering them together. Once I had decided on the stacking process, I adhered them to my page and added some sewing.

You can see that I embellished the circles with one of the exclusive flair from the kit, along with some of the cool glittered stars from the kit too!

I added in more glitter with the Dear Lizzy heart toothpicks, tucked under this brushscripted tag.

And here is my completed page - I used the cool ombre paper by Echo Park for the background of the page.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today - the weather is *maybe* finally turning around up here in Canada .... so I hope to get outside to take a few wintery pics this weekend coming up.. How about you??

"I do what I Doos"

Hello blog readers - anyone out there on this *still* chilly February morning? I have a post/challenge up on the Scraptastic Blog that is all about the TITLE.

I know that my biggest problem in scrapbooking is seriously coming up with a clever title. I am getting tired of the one word titles for pages, and so when I received this month's Tongue Tied kit from Scraptastic I had a decent (and not original) thought of using a cute saying my daughter tells us all the time for the title of my page.

I started off by using a sheet of the Pink Paislee Color Wash paper that was in the kit and then used a lot of the vellum word bubbles by Studio Calico (printshop line) onto my page.

I then added some chipboard alphas and embellished the vellum and paper with rub ons and chipboard stars from the kit. I used the Scraptastic exclusive stamps from the Tongue Tied kit that were perfect for this kind of page!

Here is my completed project:

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Hope you find some time today to do something creative.

Tongue Tied - Scraptastic kits!

This month at Scraptastic Kit Club, I chose to work with the Tongue Tied kit! It was so fun, lots of bold color in this kit.

Here are the rest of the layouts I did with this kit and add-on.

I love the vellum die cut shapes from the Printshop line by Studio Calico and used a lot on this page!

 

 I mixed a lot of the patterns in the kit on this page, layering a bunch of punched circles on my page over the ombre pink paper from the kit.

 

 I love this fun Color Wash paper from Pink Paislee and it is really a great staple for an easy background paper. Lots of possibilites for this!

 

So now I am eagerly awaiting my February Scraptastic kit! I have some "free" time to play... can't wait for it to arrive!

Scraptastic and a freebie!

Well, it's another blistery Sunday here up north and so I sat down to do a little scrapbooking!!  I pulled out the last bits of my Scraptastic January kit - Tongue Tied and this is what I created:

I came up with a brush script alphabet for my cameo , since I am so not good with ink and paint...  I think it turned out decent.

Here is the alphabet:

If you want to download it FREE - just click HERE

I'll be back with a few more Scraptastic kit projects this week!

Stay warm!

Are you a WINNER!!!

Thank you so much for all the comments on the blog - I appreciate hearing what people want to see on blogs ... and don't. Sometimes I feel like people don't leave comments because they don't like what they are reading... hope that is not the case...

If I am going to blog, I want people to get something from it, and it not be a waste for everyone :)


Anyways - onto the winners of the 3 Scraptastic Kit club giveaways!

1) the THIS LIFE NOTED kit -- Danielle Brown


2) the HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS kit AND add-on -- Laura


3) the set of exclusive Scraptastic stamps -- Tracey


CONGRATULATIONS!!! Please send me your mailing/contact info to:

nowosad1@mts.net

and I will pass it along to Jessica at Scraptastic to be shipped ASAP!


Thank you again for stopping by :) Happy Holidays!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!

It is beyond time for a good ol' giveaway... and my friend Jessica over at Scraptastic Kit Club has either completely lost it or she is just in the holiday spirit... cause... I have a couple great giveaways to offer up from the Scraptastic Kit Club!!!

GIVEAWAY #1:  This Life Noted kit

GIVEAWAY #2: Home for the Holidays kit & Add On!

check out this ADD ON!!! 

GIVEAWAY #3: a set of exclusive stamps from both December kits at Scraptastic this month!

Ok, so how do you win - well, just leave me a comment - tell me what you like to read about on blogs and/or what you don't... and I will select a winner on December 23!

Deadline for comments is MIDNIGHT ON December 22, 2013 !

Good luck!!!