awesome giveaway!!!!

Go HERE and check out the amazing giveaway at Dirty Laundry!

*Scrapbookers beware....the pictures on the above site may cause some to swoon or possibly squeal with delight *

Scrapbook Heaven "Dad's and Grad's Crop and Hop"

So glad you have stopped by for the Scrapbook Heaven "Dads and Grads" Blog Hop & Crop. If you have no idea what I am talking about, check out the details here!

I would like to show you a fun card/gift card or money holder that would be perfect for the Grads in your life.... Or for a dad (you could fill it with coupons created by the kids) 

This 4 pocket card is made out of a business sized envie 

okay, you should be able to click on this pic and make it bigger to see the dimensions...

You want to seal the envelope and them trim the ends to make it 9inches long. The create a fold line 4inches over from the left

when folded it will be uneven

and you should have created two pockets

using a circle punch or by hand cut out a notch in the top of each pocket, this will make it easier to remove the tags or gift cards/money placed the pockets before giving 

inking the edges of your envie to match your chosen papers, cover the outside pocket and the inside of each pockets with pattern paper

Now you are going to create the top pockets:

1st strip for the pockets is 3"x11 3/4" 

with folds at 3/4"   3"   4" and 4" remaining 

 

2nd strip for pockets is 3"x4 1/4" 

with folds at 3/4" and 3" with 1/2" remaining

fold direction for long piece, you want the side of the paper that you want visible on top

fold for short piece (1/2" flap is now on the lefthand side)

Join the two strips as show above (click on pic)

the 1/2" flap on the short piece hooks under the 4" flap on the long piece creating a W shape

closed W....now is the time to round corners or use boarder punches on strips

open up the card and glue the folded strips on bottom pocket, 1/2" from the fold line. The flaps (now boarder punched) will fold over the front and back of the card when closed.

you can cover the topside of the bottom pocket with a strip of paper anytime during this step. once the top pockets are in-place glue the card closed (glue the top pocket down ontop of the bottom pocket) 

 

you will need to glue down the flaps from the top pockets

be sure to ink and cover the back with paper, and then glue down the pocket flap

Now just decorate and add tags-journaling cards-money-giftcards........

Now it’s your turn! Create a project using this tutorial and upload it to the Scrapbook Heaven Gallery or post a link to your project on this blog post by June 25th. One lucky random winner will be selected to receive a prize 

Be sure to return to the Scrapbook Heaven Blog tomorrow to see what your next stop is.

Inspiration Day

Its the 14th and that means inspiration day for Everythingscrappn :)

This month I worked with the awesome new company Echo Park and their first release Sweet Summertime 

the paper pack that I worked with is already sold out but the papers and stickers are still available individually...Hurry before they are gone as well! . Below is the 12x12 card-stock sticker sheet from the line   

Okay, I finally gave in and did my first LO with a banner (or bunting) and I have to say that these stickers made it SOOOooooo easy! I added a little stickles and a few buttons to the banner for some quick dimension 

these bright summery colors are perfect for outdoors photos.

I also used some of the new Tiny Type letter stickers from Cosmo Cricket. Love these! They are perfect for subtitles, and even small enough to use for journaling. ES is carrying them in 6 fun colors. 

Thanks so much for stopping by....be sure to leave a comment, you never know if there will be a bloghop prize :) 

Twisted #53 :)

Boy I have been crazy busy lately and not blogging much, but I am scrapping :)
this weeks twisted sketch was a fun one to work with, and the twist is "acrylic" I used a small acrylic bird colored with gold alcohol inks. Be sure to head over to Twisted Sketches to get your copy of the sketch!

I haven't played with my inks in a while, gotta get those out more often! 

while I was digging through my stash I found one lonely piece of grunge board....so it had to go on the page :)

Be sure to check out what all the awesomely twisted sisters did with the sketch ♥

Dads and Grads Blog hop and Crop

It’s June and for many that means Father’s Day and Graduations. To help you honor the dads and grads in your life, Scrapbook Heaven has organized a "Dads and Grads Blog Hop & Crop." 

This event will start on June 11th and run through June 19th. Visit Scrapbook Heaven's each day and you'll be directed to the next stop on the Blog Hop. Our DT will be sharing loads of inspirational sketches, layouts, and project how-to’s. You’ll have a full week to work on each project and get it uploaded for a chance at some fabulous prizes -- one every day! 

We hope you will play along with us! See you on the 11th at the Scrapbook Heaven Blog.

May Challenge at Everything Scrappin

As Heather is busy buying new items for the store, and uploading new goodies, I took a stroll through my box of scraps created over the past year working on the DT for EverythingScrappn. My card is a mix of my favorite paper lines that I worked with this past year. Webster's Pages "Nature's Storybook" for the background, Basic Grey's "Nook and Pantry" and Graphic 45's "Domestic Goddess" for the flowers, and I used the Pink Paislee Christmas line for the base of the card. So here is your inspiration for this months challenge...... Mix your manufactures! You need to use at least 3 paper lines from different companies, you can use them for layering and building a LO or for making embellishments. This months winner will receive a $10 gift cert to the ES store. Be sure to check out the ES blog for all the details. 

flower power crop

I just finished my first challenge at the Flower Power Crop (get all the deets below :) )

Scrapbook Heaven has done it again!! The Design Team has put together an amazing assortment of tutorials featuring flowers!! Have you ever wondered how to make the flowers you see on other peoples layouts? Join us for our 3 day on-line “FLOWER POWER” event and create flowers you will be proud to add to your next project! 

When: Friday May 14th – Sunday May 16th

Bring a friend and receive an extra entry for the grand prize!
Share this with your Facebook friends for yet another entry!!

Sign in and let us know you're playing along!

Just a couple of guidelines:
~ New projects only, please 
~ Project may be a layout, card or altered item
~ Please upload your project in the gallery and post a link or your image in the forum post. Projects will ONLY be counted if they are linked in the challenge post.
~ No combining, please 
~ All projects are due on May 28th, 4pm EST

ES Inspiration Day

Hi everyone :) Its the 14th which means crafty goodness from EverythingScrappn

This month while we "patiently"  :) wait for all the new product to come in... we have searched through our stashes to find some yummy "vintage" goodness to inspire you. I will list the papers still available in the ES store with links

the black patterned base paper is the reverse side of Pink Paislee's Autumn Blossom from the Amber Road range

And a fun Hambly Overlay Grandma's Wallpaper

Just ignore the still wet stickles...had to get pics while the sun was still out ;) 

The spiral flower is cut from Pink Paislee's Cupcake Cutie

If you are going to be crazy enough to put rubons on a doily....Basic Grey's rubons rock! 

I used Frozen lake glimmermist on the doily and Spring Rain on the backside of the flower

The smaller flowers are Pink Paislee's Sweet Cakes with some Cherry limeade mist on the backside 

and another one of those awesome BG rubons

twisted twice

Happy Wednesday :)

Here is this weeks  twisted sketch (#49) 

This sketch was so much fun to work with that I made 2 layouts

a sweet son and scrappy news

Okay, first things first...... 

the summer DT for Scrapbook Heaven was announced today  ...  And guess who made it???

ME!!! 

all of the new DT:

MICHELLE - lifemadecreations-MichelleN
APRIL - michellehum-April
HAYDEE 
TERESA - teresamatz

congrats ladies :)

okay, now for a LO

this one was for a challenge at Scrapbook Heaven, using a touch of glitter. My very sweet Benny made these stars and wanted me to scrapbook with them, so TA-DA

there is just a small touch of glitter, I didn't want to outshine those awesome stars :) 

I gave the robot a heart of gold, just like Ben's 

Stuck?! sketches

This is my take on the May 1st sketch for Stuck?! Sketches 

I also included Jules' May challenge over at Scrapbook Heaven 

so I had to use a title that only makes sense to my family "Tiger Moose" 

This is an inside thing with my Dad and his grandkids. He calls them tiger mooses, and they always salute him with Moose ears.

the flower is made of used drier sheets that have been colored with glimmer mist. after the circles are cut out I roll them in a ball and rub around them in the palm of my hand, this gives the circles a felted look (it also shrinks them, so make the circles bigger then you want them at the end)

Scrapbook Heaven April 23rd sketch

Had lots of fun working with the current sketch over at scrapbook heaven

a little bit of hidden journaling ♥ and lots of glimmermist