FEATURE ITEM - Versamark Ink and Giveaway and a Winner!

Good Morning!

Tomorrow is August, which means it's time for a new featured product! This week the Versamark Ink Pad is on special. From August 1st - August 15th 2011, the Versamark Pad is only $8.99 (regular $10.50). Just quote FIVM in the comments section of your order! 

VersaMark allows you to perform a number of amazing techniques! Stamp your image onto text-weight paper to explore the possibilities of watermarking, or stamp subtle tone-on-tone images onto colored cardstock. Create a resist image by stamping on glossy cardstock and brayering with dye ink. And VersaMark is so sticky that it will act as a "glue" for chalks and pigment powders. You won't believe what you can do with just one ink pad!

Hannah and Laura have both created a card using the Versamark Pad, here are their sneak peeks:

(Left) Laura (Right) Hannah

Here are the details of our giveaway, so so simple!   Once you have visited Laura and Hannah's blogs to view their cards, come back here and leave a comment on this post for your chance to win your own Versamark Ink Pad!! Make sure your blogger account is up to date or leave your email address so we can contact the winner.

And now for the winner of our Copic Marker feature item:

Congratulations Hodge!  Please contact Laura at scrapnextras@yahoo.com and we'll arrange to have your choice of marker sent out to you!

And remember there is free shipping on Canadian orders over $50!

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Playing in Paradise Challenge 26: Tags, Twine and Buttons

Hello all and welcome to another Playing in Paradise challenge at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog! We so enjoy seeing your creations each week!

For this week's challenge, I have another "Power of Three" challenge to inspire you. Create a card, scrapbook page, home decor item or some other paper-craft project using tags, twine and buttons!

Here is what our lovely design team came up with!

Allison Fillo

Ally Cope

Angie Blom

Carla Peicheff

Dana Nelson

Merlie Baillargeon

Nancy Elrick

Tracy Houghton

And this week's Paradise Player, Terry!

This week's prize is Stamp, Die Cuts and Sticker Stackers from Imaginisce's Happy Fall line!

Our winner from last week's quilt inspiration challenge is Laurel Seabrook!! Please contact Hannah at hclovespink@aol.com and we'll share all the details for our next challenge and get your prize out to you!

How to Play:

• You have until noon on Thursday, August 4th to link your entries for this challenge below.
• Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC26 so we can find you!
• Please fill in your name as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good luck!

NEW from Authentique

A new company is now at Scrapbooker's Paradise - Authentique!

And we have FOUR new collections:

Blissful
12x12 PAPER

6x6 PAPER PAD

EMBELLISHMENTS

Journey

12x12 PAPER

6x6 PAPER PAD

EMBELLISHMENTS

Splendid

12x12 PAPER

6x6 PAPER PAD

EMBELLISHMENTS

Uncommon

12x12 PAPER

6x6 PAPER PAD

EMBELLISHMENTS

Find the full collection in stores and ONLINE now!

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NEW from Echo Park

A new collection by Echo Park is now at Scrapbooker's Paradise!

12x12 PAPER

6x6 PAPER PAD

12x12 COLLECTION PACK

STICKERS

Find the full collection in stores and ONLINE now!

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NEW from Creating Keepsakes

Scrapbooker's Paradise had two new inspiration books by Creating Keepsakes.

Major holidays and all the seasons are the focus of more than 450 paper crafted cards, gift bags, boxes, wall hangings, mini albums, journals, frames, party d'cor and more. This jumbo book from the editors of Paper Crafts magazine has hundreds of ideas for not only Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Halloween, but also Easter, Thanksgiving, and New Year celebrations. Seasonal themes (spring, summer, fall, and winter) are also covered, plus a special section with ideas to show patriotic pride. Holiday paper crafting has come a long way in the past decade, due in large part to the wide variety of themed products available and the development of clever new techniques and paper crafting tools.

An inspiring collection from the editors of Paper Crafts magazine -- with more than 500 unique greeting cards to make for a multitude of occasions. These keepsake-quality cards combine stamping with a wide range of techniques that enhance their artistic appeal. Step-by-step instructions explain how to color stamped images with markers, chalk, and watercolor. Some designs feature unique uses of buttons, bows, and all kinds of bling. There are cards with heat embossing, spotlight stamping, masking, and more. Themes include all-occasion, holidays, anniversary, baby, birthday, congratulations, encouragement, friendship, get well, graduation, love, sympathy, thank you, wedding, and more. Surprisingly, many cards require less than 5 steps to complete, so even the busiest persons can find time to create pleasing, personal cards.

Find both of the books in stores and ONLINE now!

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NEW from Prima

A new collection of paper by Prima is now at Scrapbooker's Paradise!

Printery

12x12 PAPER

North Country

12x12 PAPER

Alla

12x12 PAPER

Find the full collection in stores and ONLINE now!

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Welcome Little One

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your week so far!

 I have a baby card to share with you today using Bo Bunnys Zoology Collection.

The chipboard elephant was quite thick so I attached the grey paper to some chipboard of equal thickness and used the Sizzix Mini Heart Mover and Shaper die in my Cuttlebug. I thought I would have some issues with the chipboard being thick but it cut it perfectly, as easy as paper! I LOVE these dies! And with the chipboard being thick, I would have had difficulties getting the brad through it so chopped off the back of the brad using wire cutters and attached it with a glue dot.

The journal type paper to the left of the card was cut out from the 12x12 Cutouts Paper and I used Spellbinders Labels 14 and Standard Circles to cut out the die cut in the middle.

Thanks for stopping by - have a wonderful day!

SUPPLIES

Bo Bunny - Zoology 12x12 Paper in Cutouts, Zoology, Word and Zebra. Zoology Brads, Jewels and Layered Chipboard

My Favorite Things - A La Mode Oh Baby Stamp

Tsukineko - Onyx Black Ink

Spellbinders - Nestablities Labels 14 and Standard Circles.

EK Success - Open Scallop Border Punch

Sizzix - Movers and Shapers Hearts

Worldwin - Ruche Cardstock Gray

Bazzill - Kraft Cardstock

Misc - Ribbon and Mini Heart Punch

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Tutorial Tuesday....How to line up your Stamps and Dies!!!

Hi all....well it's time for another tutorial....so here's a way to line up those stamps with those dies. For this tutorial I chose the My Favorite Things Die-namics Stamp and Die Set- Pretty Pocket, since these are the dies that don't have an opening for you to see through. But this will work with any die and stamp. So onto today's tutorial. I will show you the finished card at the end of the tutorial.

Supplies needed for tutorial:

Die Cutting Machine and Plates (Big Shot, Cuttlebug etc.)

Die, Stamp and Ink (your choice)

Cardstock and Scrap Cardstock

Repositionable/Removable Tape

Step 1: The first 3 steps are for those stamps that are hard to put on a clear block straight, so if you have one that's easy to put on your block, you can start with Step 4. So for this, you will actually put your stamp into the die and you do want the stamped image down, which means the flat side of the stamp is face up.

Step 2: Place your acrylic block on top and remove the block and stamp from the die.

Step 3: Now your stamp will line up properly with your die. Stamp your image.

Step 4: Image is now stamped.

Step 5: Now using the proper sandwich for your machine, cut out the die from your scrap piece of cardstock.

Step 6: Trim the scrap piece of cardstock and place it over your stamped image, which is on top of your cutting mat and your other plate. (* Note that you will be cutting this with the cut side down, that's why you're putting your cutting mat on the bottom.) This makes it easy to see where your die is going to cut. Once you are happy with where your cut lines are, use some removable tape and tape it down to your stamped image. If you don't have any removable tape, you can use regular tape, just make sure to remove some of the tackiness by adhering it to your clothing a couple of times, the tape will pick up some lint and make it less tacky.

  Step 7: Now take the die and place it into the cut area, once you have it in the correct position the die shouldn't move. Place your plate on top and run through your machine.

Step 8: Now you have a perfectly cut stamped image! This is mine after I used my Distress Inks.

So scroll down and see what I made with my pocket.................

Products Used:

Cardstock:Black, White and Basic Grey Out of Print 6"x6" Paper Pad

Stamps and Dies: My Favorite Things Die-namics- Pretty Pocket and Spellbinders Donna Salazar Rose Creations

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire, Ranger Archival Black Ink

Misc.: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Kassie's Brocade, Ranger Ink Blending Tool, Clearsnap Glue Gloss, 1/8" Scor-Tape and Craft and Glitz Irridescent Diamonds Glitter

So I used the embossing folder on the patterned paper and adhered it to the front of the card. Then I cut out the pocket from the front of the card and used my ink blending tool with all 3 Distress Inks over the embossing. I used my scor-tape on 3 sides of the pocket I made in the tutorial and lined it up on the inside of the card so when it's closed you will see the pocket. I also stamped friend and hello on the tabs I cut and then used my distress inks on them. These are placed one on the outside and one on the inside. Here's what the inside looks like:

You can use the pocket on the inside for a gift card. Then I made a rose from some of the patterned papers and the rose creations die and I also cut out some leaves. I used the glue gloss on the rose and the leaves, then I sprinkled some of the glitter on them. Then I adhered it to the front of the card. Here's a close-up of the rose, you can actually see the glitter :)..............

So that's it for my tutorial and how I made this card...............so until next time........................Have a great week!!!