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Reader's Submission: Kristine Reynolds

Check out this fun way to celebrate summer! This stamped pail and accessories would make the perfect hostess gift, party favour, or kid’s craft at a beach themed party.

Kristine’s tip: use Staz-on ink (or another permanent ink when stamping on the pail and water bottle)

beach themed gift set

by Kristine Reynolds, Moopark, CA

supplies: pail, water bottle, inner tube, Walmart; stamps, The Kim Hughes Collection from Cornish Heritage Farms; ink, Tsukineko, Adirondack; cardstock, Prism; pens, Marvy Uchida; ribbon, unknown; tools, EK Success (corner rounder), Spellbinders (nestabilities)

Designer's Projects... Cards!

Sketches are a great starting off point for crafting, especially if you are stuck for a design idea. Something that starts off looking like a bunch of layered squares, rectangles, and circles can result in a fabulous finished product—to add to your next album, or to share with a friend. Sketches are designed to give you a basic blue print for your page or card. How you interpret them is a very personal thing. Straight edges on a sketch can become torn edges on your page. Floral embellishments can become stars and doodles on your cards or buttons can become circle stamps or large decorative brads. The sky is the limit as far as your interpretation of a sketch’s design and the elements it contains.

Here are two examples of how using the same sketch can get you two completely different results.

Happy Birthday

by Allison Cope, Bothwell, ON

supplies:cardstock, Bazzill; patterned paper, BasicGrey; stamps, Daisy Bucket; ink, Tsukineko, Clearsnap; brads, Making Memories; glitter, Ranger; chalk, Craf-T; adhesive, 3L, Scotch tools, Spellbinders (Nestabilities), Scor-Pal

Koala Card

by Allison Cope, Bothwell, ON

supplies: cardstock, Bazzill; patterned paper, BasicGrey; stamps, Gina K. Designs; ink,Tsukineko, Clearsnap; pens, Micron, Copic; flowers, Prima; brads, Heidi Swapp; ribbon, Offray; bling, Hero Arts; chalk, Craf-T; adhesive, 3L, Scotch; tool, Spellbinders (Nestabilities)

Notice that even though the same sketch was used, by using different papers, different embellishments, and changing some small details (like the square being rotated into a diamond), you can create two very different looks.

Try challenging yourself the next time you need to use a sketch or need an idea how to use those 5 photos you’ve had sitting on your desk for ages. Pull up your favourite sketch resource and take a gander at the wonderful world of sketches.

Have a great time creating using sketches!

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Designer's Challenge - Allison

Stuck in a rut and can’t figure out how to begin your next page? Why not try a sketch to get your creative mojo going.

Here’s a single page, 12x12 sketch especially designed for you, the readers of the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog. We challenge you to create a page using the sketch and share it with us!

Paper Envy

By Allison Cope, Bothwell, ON

Supplies: Cardstock, Bazzill; patterned paper, stickers, stamps and chipboard, 360 Degrees by Sandylion; ink, Ranger pen, Micron, Sharpie; letters, Scenic Route; adhesives: 3L, Scotch embroidery thread

We’d love to see your work too! Complete this week’s sketch challenge and submit your page to ideas@scrapbookandcards.com and we’ll showcase it on the blog!

Freebie Friday - Kelly Panacci's "360 Degree"

Wow! The last week went fast! We can’t believe that it is Friday again so soon. And, we can’t believe that it is almost the end of July already! This week, the giveaway is a huge stash of the “360 degree” collection from Kelly Panacci. This package includes yummy patterned paper, acrylic stamps, cardstock stickers, and chipboard embellishments! Please note this package does not include the Making Memories organizer or the Doodlebug flocking. In fact, we loved this line so much that we featured it in our summer issue on page 13.

And, speaking of Kelly Panacci, we had the opportunity to catch up with her at CHA and see her brand new line called “His and Hers.” It is delicious as usual and will be shipping to stores this fall.

To enter our random draw for the Kelly Panacci package, post a comment here on this blog entry by 6pm EST on Thursday July 31st. We will announce the winner next Friday.

And now for the winner of the glorious new goodies from Kim Hughes' line "Mocha Chica"...

Congrats goes to..... randomly chosen comment #29...

Sandra Says: Time stamp: July 18th, 2008 at 12:08pm

What awesome paper! Love the colors.

Thanks so much to all the companies who provided some awesome eye candy for last Saturday's "Sneak Peek Saturday". We had a great time drooling over all the new products (in between all the mopping, of course!). Our winner from last Saturday's comments is.....

From the randomly chosen hour of our QuicKutz reveal.... comment #5....

Congrats to....

Lynne Whitehead Says: Timestamp: July 19th, 2008 at 8:41pm

definitely makes me say awwww

For our two winners, Sandra and Lynne, please contact Allison at scrapbookandcardstoday@live.com with your mailing details.

Good luck everyone!

One quick note.... we'd like to say... Congrats to Anam and her family on the birth of their daughter, Lily Mae! Welcome to the world little one! We wish you health, wealth and happiness.

Our Fav's from CHA

Well we’re back—sore feet and all! We had a wonderful time in the Windy City and were, once again, awestruck by the amazing products that the manufacturers were releasing at summer CHA. They continue to out-do themselves with innovative ideas, beautiful patterns, and yummy textures. Here are just a few of our favourites:

Kerry
• The chocolate fountain in front of the Rusty Pickle booth—yum!
• The Weathervane collection from October Afternoon
• 4x4 mini albums from Jenni Bowlin
• New Drawbridge book from Piggy Tales
• Snowed In winter paper line from My Mind’s Eye
• The cushy floor in the Scenic Route booth
• The It’s About Time collection from Luxe
• MochaChica line from the Kim Hughes collection at Cornish Heritage Farms
• Sheer delights transparencies from KI Memories
• Mod Posy line from Dream Street—way to go Audrey!

Catherine
• The Revolution Love machine from QuicKutz – does it get any easier???
• Maya Mist from Maya Road – so many incredible colours
• 17 new colours of the double-dot cardstock from Bo Bunny – a staple for every scrapbook cupboard
• Doodlebug spider braddies - even though I am completely arachnophobic!
• Pixie Stix glitter from Pink Paislee –oooooh the bling…….
• Sonoma collection from Scenic Route – Sarah never disappoints
• Peanut Butter Fibre One bars
• Dark chocolate chipboard from BasicGrey – gotta have it all
• New nature and bird acrylic stamps designed by Tinkering Ink and developed by My Sentiments Exactly! – great companies – great partnership

Kim
• The Hallowhimsy line from Imaginisce
• Scor Pal tool
• Nonsense line from We R Memory Keepers
• New puffy Thickers from American Crafts
• Mid-afternoon vanilla ice-cream
• Radiance glitter snowflakes from ART Warehouse by Danelle Johnson
• FaLaLa glitter foam stickers from Making Memories
• Broad tip Copic markers
• The Chocolate Box cardstock from Core’dinations

Trends we noticed

• Robots and gears
• Birds, owls, and foliage (yes, these are still popular!)
• Lots of themed paper and embellishments
• Wood grain, houndstooth, and polka dots – oh my!
• 6x6 and 8x8 paper packs
• Journaling blocks and circles
• Glitter, flock, velvet, and suede
• Epoxy
• Calendar and date themed products
• Cupcakes (yum!)
• Vintage
• Travel and global destinations

As much as we’re glad to be home with our families, we had a wonderful time catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, and checking out the 1000’s of fantastic new products that were there. A good time was had by all! Now off we go to try to incorporate as many of these yummy new things as possible into the fall issue!