Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

CHA PEEKS

Who else is excited to get your hands on the newest releases ?

With displays like this My Inky Scissor hands are itching.

Happy Tuesday!! Today I have a page layout to share using the Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue Collection!! When it comes to scrapbooking I have never been good at going about it in a chronological way!! I had been hanging on to this photograph since 2008 because the right paper never presented its self to me until now lol!!

The technique I would like to share is on the last picture. It is the cracked glass technique! I used UTEE to achieve the look above!! The first thing I did was cut out the section of pattern paper that I wanted to use. I then covered in versamark and heat embossed it using the UTEE. I started on one side by heating underneath the paper first then moved to the top. What I achieved by doing this was one section hat was smooth (heating underneath) and a section that looks bumpy (heating on top blows some of the UTEE off). I then placed this piece of paper into my freezer for a couple of minutes. As soon as I took it out I was able to bend it and marvelous little cracks appeared!! To highlight the cracks I then used the "Venetian Lace" graphic 45 ink!!

This technique works great to make a plain piece of pattern paper become something much more!! Thank you for stopping by and Have a great day!!

SUPPLIES

Paper - Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue Collection

Bling - Prima say it in crystals

Flowers - Petaloo Color Me Crazy Plumeria

Butterfly Embellishment - Kaiser wooden flourish magical butterfly set

Other - UTEE, Graphic 45 Venetian Lace Ink, glossy accents

Monday, January 30, 2012

Showcase Monday

Hello all! When I was asked to post my favourite form of organization,
it was Hands down my Inksentials Craft Spinner

First I had 1 spinner...

I labeled all my ink blending tools

and then I added a second tier! Now that it is full, I will have to get a third. They stack beautifully and give me full access to all my wonderful Distress inks handles without having to change any sponges :-)

Here's a quick little Valentine project. Find a box pattern, mine was from
www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com

I downloaded the pattern onto colored card stock, cut it out, scored along the fold lines, and then embossed and inked.

print on card stock

score with Martha Stewart scoring board

emboss with big shot

ink with blending tool

fold up box

fill with treats, top with a flower cute! Happy Valentines day!

Product used

Various card stock
Ranger - Ink blending tool
Ranger - distress Inks, dusty concord, fired brick
Martha Stewart - Scoring Board
Sizzix - Big Shot
Sizzix - any embossing folder
Prima - Flowers

hop over to my blog to see what else I've been up to :-)

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Sweet Nothings...

As Promised here is the inside of this perfect little

Maya Road Butterfly Album
all dressed up with Sweet Nothings Paper
and starring my 'Sweet Something'
Children and Grandchildren

I cut the envelope out and backed it so it made an actual

envelope. Then I glued the ribbon down first

and the envelope to centered on top.

When ever I do a mini, I 'wall paper' all of my pages

first as a base. I glue the chipboard with a good

liquid glue, then place it on my pattern paper

and cut around the shape using a blade knife.

and good quality cutting mat.

This envelope is from the Maya Road collections.

They are Kraft paper and lend themselves easily

to distressing. They are a quick effective way

to add just a little bit more to your project.

I loved using the Kaiser Kraft Sweet Nothings Paper

for this little album. The paper is a

muted vintage combination of colors and pattern

The soft feel will lend itself nicely to my sepia tone photos

For this project I used:

Kaiser Craft Sweet Nothings

Sweet Nothings Embellishments

Saturday, January 28, 2012

GRAB A NEW BUTTON

During the past week Sharon our Webmaster

has been diligently working on revamping the

Scrapbookers Paradise blog.

This keeps our links current and helps things

to run a little smoother.

During this process she has changed

the code sequence for our buttons

{this is why you are getting an error notice if you have the old ones}

Please grab our reworked buttons on the sidebar .

To do this open your Gadget window and copy

paste the code from the box beneath the logo photo.

By doing this you will have a quick link for

Playing in Paradise and our easy contests to

win free product as well as monthly sale items.

You will want to see all of the

NEW PRODUCT announcements that will be arriving

from CHA in the next few weeks!!!

Friday, January 27, 2012

PPC#51 Clean and Simple using Hearts

Happy Friday Everyone, Nina here sharing my first Playing in Paradise Challenge. I am so excited to be a part of this fabulous Design Team. I hope that the challenge I have chosen will inspire you.

With Valentine’s Day just around corner hearts seem to be popping up all over the place so I wanted to joint in the fun.

For my card, I chose to make a masculine Valentine using black and red glitter paper. I suspended

the heart in place with some twine and chose a simple sentiment.

Ruby is our guest this week with her "Sending Love your way" card.

We have some some wonderful creations from the other Design Team members.

Angela

Merlie

Allison

Laurel

Thank You to all the wonderful participants.

Congratulations on last week’s challenge winner Julie E.

Please contact Pam at faeiryrocks@telus.net
and she will arrange for your prize !!”

Won't you join us?

Here's how:

1. Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your challenge entry.

2. You have until noon on Thursday, February 1, 2012 to link your entries for this challenge. The linking tool is below.

3. 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, please use the keyword PPC #51 so we can find you!

4. Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Surprise

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