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Freebie Friday - Luxe Designs

Is it about time that you won a fun package full of wonderful goodies from Luxe Designs? Luxe has generously donated a complete set from their "It's About Time" collection - 12 sheets of patterned paper, the calendar stamp, and the right now journaling jotter. As soon as we saw this collection, we knew it was going to be a hit - in fact; we featured it in our most wanted section of the fall issue (see page 15). For a chance to win, simply post a comment right here on this post.

And now for the winner of the Bazzill cardstock from last Friday... our lucky winner is...

Here are your random numbers:

182

Timestamp: 2008-10-31 00:39:32 UTC

And lucky comment #182 is from Kerry... 

Kerry says:    love me some Bazzill!!                           Timestamp:  October 28, 2008  at 2:10AM

Congrats Kerry!  Please contact Catherine with your mailing details at catherine@scrapbookandcards.com.

Good luck everyone and have a safe and happy Halloween!

Reader's Submission - Ria Mojica

This layout is definitely “too cute to spook” and comes to us from Ria Mojica of the Philippines. Look at the huge number of photos that Ria was able to successfully incorporate on her page by using film strips. Ria made this page to document the costumes that her son has worn over the past seven years; and to tell the story of last Halloween when he decided that he was too old to wear a costume.

Too Old Too Soon
by Ria Mojica, Manila, Philippines

supplies: cardstock, Bazzill;   patterned paper, Basic Grey;   letter stickers, American Crafts, BasicGrey;   chipboard clock, Heidi Swapp;   brads, Queen & Co., Creative Imaginations;   stickers, Creative Imaginations;   gaffer tape, 7Gypsies;   transparency, Grafix;   fastener, EK Success;   font, Estrangelo Edessa      

Designer's Project - Kim Hughes

Wow this week is going quickly! We can’t believe that it is Wednesday already and that Halloween is only 2 days away! Kim Hughes is back today to share a fun technique with us—how to add glitter to porous surfaces like canvas or fabric. Perfect for fall, textured mediums like canvas, fabric, and felt are fun to work with and even embellish! Check out how Kim added glitter to some canvas letters from Making Memories.

Here is what you do:

step 1 randomly apply Zots (or other round glue dot) onto the canvas letter stickers

step 2 sprinkle glitter onto the adhesive dots and press down

step 3 tap off excess glitter
 

 
You can see that by glittering up only two of the canvas letters on the card, Kim creates both a focal point and a sentiment. How fun!

Hi
by Kim Hughes, Roy, UT

supplies: cardstock, Core’dinations;   stickers, Making Memories;   glue dots, Therm O Web;   glitter, Art Glitter

ideas to note:

•    Try using bigger flue dots and lining them up for a standard polka dot look
•    Mix different sized glue dots for random polka dots
•    Use adhesive strips instead of dots and create glittered stripes instead

3T's with Carla Peicheff

Today we’d like to share a fantastic Halloween circle card from Carla Peicheff of London, ON. In fact, we knew you’d like it so much, we asked her to share the step by step instructions!

Here is what you need to make a similar card:

1 pc of cardstock cut to 5x10"
2 pcs of matching patterned paper
15" of ribbon
10" twine
Button
Assorted Gems
Chipboard/rub-on/alpha sentiment
Chipboard embellishment

Step One

Fold your pc of 5x10" cardstock in half. Take a CD/DVD and trace around the CD with a pencil, overlapping the CD about 1-2" over the diameter of the CD on the fold so the card opens and closes.

Step Two

Cut 2 pieces of patterned paper with a coluzzle to fit just inside your circle card base. If you don't have a coluzzle, any cutting machine will work, or simply trace a cup/small bowl. Cut each piece of patterned paper in half and adhere to card on a slight angle. Then machine stitch around the circle and across the seam.

Step Three

Wrap ribbon around card and tie a bow off-center. Wrap twine around ribbon knot and through the button. Tie a bow in the twine to fasten.

Step Four

Adhere sentiment under the ribbon, bling around bottom edge of the card, and chipboard ghost on upper half.

And that's all there is to it! :)

Tips: If you don't have the exact items I listed, be creative and replace items as needed; bling could be swapped for mini brads; instead of ribbon you could use cardstock and a decorative edged punch; and the chipboard ghost could be a die cut or a punched shape. If you're short on time, you could make this card on a regular rectangular sized card base, leaving the fold on top.

Have fun! :)

Designer's Challenge - Kim Hughes

Happy Monday! This week, we’d like to welcome Kim Hughes as our guest designer. Here is Kim’s challenge:

Love sketches? Today I’d like to show you just how versatile sketches can be! I would like to challenge you to take a sketch and make both a layout and a card with it. Check out what I did on these fall inspired projects.

Here is my sketch:

 

Here is my layout:

Simple Pleasures
by Kim Hughes, Roy, UT

supplies: patterned paper, Bo Bunny, My Mind’s Eye;   stickers, October Afternoon;   chipboard, My Mind’s Eye;   buttons, Making Memories;   other, twine

Here is my card:

Blessings
by Kim Hughes, Roy, UT

 patterned paper, Bo Bunny, My Mind’s Eye;   sticker, October Afternoon;   chipboard, My Mind’s Eye;   string, Bazzill;   other, twine

You can see that I kept the theme and colours the same for these examples, but that is not necessary. A basic sketch (your own or borrowed) can be applied to virtually any project—have fun!

Freebie Friday - Bazzill

Because a paper crafter can never have too much cardstock…today’s FABULOUS prize comes to us from BAZZILL! Bazzill has generously donated an assortment of delicious goodies to one lucky SCT blog reader: a rainbow of coloured cardstock; white decorative edged cardstocks; holiday shaped tags; and even some great new ribbon! All you have to do is post a comment for a chance to win.

Now on to last week's winner of the Piggy Tales goodies. The lucky comment number goes to....

Here are your random numbers:

74

Timestamp: 2008-10-24 02:15:09 UTC

And lucky comment #74 belongs to.....Louise B...

Louise B says....  timestamped: Oct. 17, 2008 @ 06:39pm 

What innovative ideas! I especially like the idea of an album that closes despite being all lumpybumpy!  

Congrats Louise! Please contact Catherine with your mailing info at catherine@scrapbookandcards.com.