Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog

Fabulous Freebie Friday - Creativity Inc.

This week’s fabulous giveaway is from Creativity Inc. The line is the stunningly beautiful (and extremely appropriate given the current weather we are experiencing) “Wellies & Brellas” line that was designed by Kezia Whittaker. One lucky winner will receive a set of this collection simply by posting a comment below.  Please leave a comment for your chance to win by 6pm EST on Thursday June 4th.

Last week's giveaway was the super cute "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" collection from PiggyTales and the lucky comment winner is....

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

58

Timestamp: 2009-05-28 22:01:34 UTC

Comment #58 belongs to laura j and she says.....

Looks like a great collection! Thanks for offering the chance to win!

Posted by: laura j | May 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM

Congratulations laura j!  Please email your mailing information to Allison at scrapbookandcardstoday @live.com.  Please put "Piggy Tales" in your subject line.

Good luck!

Reader's Submission: Davinie Fiero

Today’s reader’s submission comes to use from Davinie Fiero of Redmond, Oregon. We fell in LOVE with this beautiful double page layout that features her four-year-old daughter’s artwork. Check out the cool title technique that Davinie created using letter stamps and different coloured ink. Adorable! And what an artist you are Morgan!

butterfly art
by Davinie Fiero, Redmond, OR

supplies: cardstock, Bazzill;  patterned paper, Studio Calico, My Mind’s Eye;  stamps, Studio Calico;  ink, Tsukineko, Clearsnap;  chipboard letters, Cosmo Cricket;  die-cut paper, Creative Imaginations;  paint, Claudine Hellmuth;  jewels, KaiserCraft;  other, scalloped ruler, sewing machine; font, Century Gothic

Today is your last day to leave a comment on the Freebie Friday.  We're giving away some amazing PiggyTales products.  You have until 6pm EST tonight to leave a comment for your chance to win.  See details here.

Design Team Project: Allison Cope

 

I have a love of using script papers and vintage book pages on my layouts.  Sometimes these things are hard to find so I thought why not create one for myself?  I thought I would show you how I created and used my homemade script paper.

This article has moved here: http://www.scrapbookandcards.com/creating-vintage-script-paper

double 3’s
by Allison Cope, Sparwood, BC

supplies: patterned papers, die cuts, rub-ons, My Mind’s Eye; cork letters & stars, Making Memories,  journaling spot, Creative Chaos;  pearls, Hero Arts;  wooden brads, Chatterbox; short story by Jesse Miller;  ink: Ranger;  tools, Spellbinder’s Nestabilities;  other: thread 

Why not try making your own newsprint paper at home?  It’s fun!

3T's with Allison Cope

Today, I'm going to show you how to use fabric and ribbon to make your own blossoms.

This article has moved here: http://www.scrapbookandcards.com/fabric-ribbon-blossoms

 

Celebrate
by Allison Cope, Sparwood, BC

supplies: cardstock, Bazzill;  patterned paper, BasicGrey; fabric, Moda; ribbon, Stampin' Up!, JoAnn's; wood brad, Chatterbox;  pearl brads, Chatterbox, Making Memories; tools, Spellbinder's Nestabilities & Impressabilities; flowers, Prima; paint, Adirondak;  stamp, Papertrey Ink;  metallic rub, Craf-T;  other, aluminum foil, thread.

Designer Challenge Monday - Allison Cope

We’d like to give a very warm welcome to designer Allison Cope who is joining us as our guest designer of the week on the SCT blog. Allison always has such great ideas and innovative techniques to share! Here she is with her challenge:

This week I wanted to touch a little bit on hybrid scrapbooking.  What’s hybrid scrapbooking you ask?  It’s basically combining the art of digital scrapbooking on your computer with the traditional paper scrapbooking.  I wanted to show you how EASY it is to do!

So I printed a sample page of 3 different digital papers from the Paradise Collection (Ava Paper Set) by Carina Gardner. 

I first opened each of the 12x12 digital papers in my Photoshop program.  I opened a new document in an 8.5x11 format so I could easily print it on my home printer.  I duplicated and resized my digital papers to all fit on my 8.5x11 document.  I merged my layers down and saved it as a jpeg file.  Then I printed my sheet on plain, smooth cardstock on my printer.

This is how my page looked when I printed it out:

Next I cut the large block of blue backed patterned paper, cut a scalloped black cardstock edging for it and stitched it together. 

Then I took the other two small blocks of patterned papers and die cut a variety of different flowers using some QuicKutz dies.  From the left over pieces, I stamped 2 butterflies from myStamp BOX “Coloful Companions” stamp set in black ink overtop of the two different patterns.  I then hand cut them out leaving a small border of paper around each image.  I even cut a triangle photo corner and stitched some details on it.

I then assembled my pieces to create a simple and girlie layout about my niece.

Pen Pal
By Allison Cope, Sparwood, BC

supplies:  digital patterned papers, Paradise Collection (Ava) by Corinna Gardner;  stamps; myStamp BOX (butterflies), Hero Arts (script); cardstock, Bazzill,  journaling spot, Making Memories; die cut flowers, QuicKutz;  flowers, Prima, We R Memory Keepers;  rhinestones, Hero Arts;  decorative gem flourish, Prima;  ink, Ranger;  letters, American Crafts; brads, BasicGrey, Making Memories; other, thread.

I challenge you to try some hybrid scrapping!  Just find some cool digital papers, print them out on your home printer and experiment!  Have fun!

Fabulous Freebie Friday - Piggy Tales

Just in time for summer, the brand new release from Piggy Tales called "Row, Row Your Boat," is bright, fun, and perfect for your multitude of pool, beach, and lake shots! We love the adorable little swim trunks and bathing suits - how sweet are they? One lucky winner will win the ENTIRE Row, Row Your Boat collection by posting a comment below. Good luck and happy scrapping!

And now on to the lucky winner of the copy of Scrapbook Secrets by our very own Kimber McGray!

This week's lucky winning comment is...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

134

Timestamp: 2009-05-21 22:20:04 UTC

And comment #134 belongs to Jen B and she says...

What a handy little book!

Posted by: Jen B | May 16, 2009 at 09:15 PM

Congrats Jen B!  Please contact Allison at scrapbookandcradtoday@live.com with all of your mailing details.  Please put "Scrapbook Secrets book" in your subject line.

Good luck this week everyone!