Kaisercraft,True Romance, and doily dies -a perfect mix By Sue Smith

I fell in love with the gorgeous colours in the Kaisercraft, True Romance range! So pretty!!

 And what better mix with roses and lace, than doily dies (and photos of my two favourite girls)!

Scotties has such a wonderful range of die manufacturers, with new dies arriving all the time, that it is easy to find gorgeous doily dies, such as this Die -Versions heart doily,  my favourite little Elisabeth Crafts  butterfly and the Cherry Lynn Fanciful Flourish die. Click HERE to find these and other beautiful dies!

 To see the True Romance and other new Kaisercraft collections, just click HERE! (I think True Romance is on Page 3)

The large doilies behind the photos were cut on the Cricut using the Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art cartridge.

Sue :)

Xmas inspired crafts using Studio Calico By Lianne

Using product from my Design Team kit, I made this cute 6x6 Xmas tree canvas inspired by Christy Tomlinson. I love to go against the grain and use non traditional colours for Xmas. 

Background:

papers from Studio Calico, paint, stamps, rub ons and Studio Calico Mister Huey sprays. 

Tree:

Studio Calico papers

Ribbon for truck

Flower:

From Scrapware painted with the Marvy Snow Marker and heated to puff up

Tim Holtz Idea-ology button

With more of the left over papers I made these giant wall rosettes when I saw the ones Jennifer McGuire made. She has instructions for them on her blog here.

Have fun with your Xmas crafting.

Lianne

Birthday Card by Michelle

Using more of the goodies in my kit I created a card for a special friend – I’ve printed off a calendar and thinking ahead, I’ve decided to make up birthday cards, well at least one for each month for next year and hopefully I will be totally prepared and ahead of time ... go me!!!!

The girls at Scottie Crafts will be able to point you in the right direction for the papers and any of the tools and gadgets that you might need ... you can see a flourish swirl – the team has this Cheery Lynn die in the shop and I use my Cuttlebug to cut it out and that stunning bow ... ooh-la-la – fabulous invention to help you tie bows that look just like that ... something I have struggled with before now. 

Absolutely Fabulous!!!

Happy creating ladies.

Until next time,

Michelle [aka Mrs Frizz]

More Indie Bloom and a Mixed Media canvas by Lianne Gray

Layers of Basic Grey Indie Bloom patterned papers, book pages, sewing patterns, stamps, Crafters Workshop templates used as masks with the lovely Studio Calico Mr Hueys sprays. The birds are diecut from the Sizzix die 'Birds and Branches'. Lots of lovely paint and sprays.

Simple Stories with Annelie

Hi everyone!

This month I got to play with a fantastic collection from Simple Stories; "Life Documented". It's a fantastic "shabby" line of papers and stickers, and I think it fits any sort of scrapbooker! I have a LO to show you today, but I'm also working on a mini album with this range.

So, here's my page:

I really love the colours in this range, and I also LOVE all the alphas and stickers it comes with!

On my page I've also used the Tim Holtz flourette die, and added buttons, brads and twine.

This range is on it's way to the shop, be sure not to miss out.

I will be back soon to showcase my mini album!

//Annelie

July Challenge Finally!!

Well you are probably wondering what happened with the July Challenge seen it is nearly halfway through July - well here it is! Sorry it's late! You have until Midnight the 7th of August to upload your take to Mr Linky in the sidebar.

The big Craft show - CHA is about to happen in the States so we will be seeing and selling new Scrapbooking releases next month - very exciting (not so much for the credit card!). I am sure most of you like me have a pile of older papers that you have not used so my challenge to you is to use up some older papers and embellishments (not any released this year). You can make a layout, card or off the page project.  New Scrappers you can join in too just use your oldest papers - there are still a lot around that are not "new". You can create more then one project to go in the draw for the RAK - the more you create the better your chance!

For my sample I have some not so old Bo Bunny papers from July CHA 2010 - a release called midnight frost.  They are great for those wintery photos even with no snow. I have also used two of my new Cricut cartridges as my Cricut has been gathering dust. I have used Paper Lace 2  for the background lace and Flower Shoppe for the paper flowers.  These are both amazing cartridges. On my Prima flower I have used a Snow Pen (you need a heat gun to puff the snow) to make it look more wintery and the little branches are using this punch. I have dabbed picket fence crackle paint on the photos and the paper lace.

So go on and create so you can make some space for the new releases COMING SOON!

Bo Bunny Zoo-ology Inspiration by Sarah

When I opened my design team box this month I thought that it was really going to be a challenge for me to scrap with the earthy colours of the Bo Bunny ‘Zoology’ collection. This could not have been further from the truth. Once I got over the idea that I needed zoo photos to match the line I was away. These papers match beautifully with almost any outdoorsy theme and if the colours in your photos don’t work then convert them into sepia for perfect co-ordination.

For my first LO ‘Jungle Gym Fun’ I chose recent photos of my little son Benji at the local playground. I distressed and heavily inked the edges of all my papers and used the fabulous Scrapware chipboard circle border to ground all my elements. I made the title sign using the Scrapware chipboard artisan shape which I dry brushed with Tim Holtz ‘Old paper’ crackle paint. The Prima branch, mesh and home-made hessian flowers completed the LO.

I converted the photo on my second LO ‘On the Road Again’ to sepia because the bike that Benji is riding was a hand-me-down from his sister and is hot pink! – one colour that really doesn’t look good with this paper line! Again I distressed and inked the papers and added a Scrapware fence which I painted with crackle paint and gently rubbed with metallic paste to highlight the crackles. I cut the flowers using the Tim Holtz ‘Tattered Florals’ die. I inked and curled the petals then highlighted them with metallic rubons. I used Studio Calico wooden buttons for the flower centres, threaded with coarse string and again highlighted with metallic rub ons. Finally I added my title and journaling. I made the word ‘road’ in my title by adhering letter stickers to my page, rubbing over them with distress ink then gently peeling off the stickers. This is a good way to use up any letters that you no longer like the colour of but do like the font.

For my final LO I embraced the zoo theme of the papers and used photos that my son took earlier this year at Singapore zoo. I loved these photos of the elephant encounter so I printed out all four of them and incorporated them into a circular design. Again I added elements from my Scrapware chipboard stash (the fence, tree and lizard) painted with crackle paint. I added foliage using my Martha Stewart punch and couldn’t resist adding a little mesh again as it seems to go so well with the grungy look of this range. To complete the LO I made my own journaling tag from scraps of left over paper and co-ordinating stickers and added my title.

I really love the finished look of these layouts and I will definitely be experimenting with these earthy colours again. All the products that I used to make these pages are available at Scottie Crafts. Thanks for looking and have a great month scrapping.

June Challenge!

Hi Scottie Crafters!

It's June - can you believe it? I can definitely feel the cold at night, but I have to say autumn has been pretty good at my end of the world.

BUT, in saying that - I still wish it was summer... So for this challenge, I want you to scrap your SUMMER PHOTOS! I also want you to follow the sketch below!

Link your LO with Mr Linky on the sidebar, or email us your LO at customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz to be in to win a little something!
The challenge closes at midnight the 30th of June.

Here's my sketch:

And here's my take, using the fabulous "SPLASH" line from Echo Park!

Now get those summer photos out and get creative!

//Annelie

Pink Paislee + spellbinders = LOVE

Hi Scottie fans! Annelie here with one of my May projects.

I got beautiful papers from Pink Paislee to play with, from the Butterfly Garden collection. Using them, some distress ink, some lovely Prima & a set of "Nested Lacey Pennants" spellbinders, this is the result of my first share:

I started with a kraft cardstock from Bazzill. Using a doilie that can be found in the shop as a mask, I inked with Tim Holtz "crushed olive" on top of them. On the edges of my kraft cardstock, and on the edges of the cut out doilie and my light blue paper I used "walnut stain".

Since the papers are quite soft, I wanted a little "pop". So - I cut out some banner shapes with the "Nested Lacey Pennants" spellbinders in pink. I used the "walnut stain" and a music stamp on the banners to make them more interesting.

Adding a couple of cut out butterflies, some Prima bling and alphas, some journaling and mini alphas from October Afternoon I think the page came together nicely!

I will be back later in the month with another project!

Girls, girls, girls!

I'm back with some more colourful Sassafras Lass inspiration!

They really suit my girly girl photos, and I have had a ball creating with them!

First off a LO where I added some calico. Can't see it? I cut it into a banner shape, and then sprayed some lovely glimmermist on it. Love how it came out!

I also used the amazing Tim Holtz Rosette die - it really is to DIE for! I just added some Sassafras stickers on top. Voila!

On this next LO with my gorgeous girls, I also used calico. I used glimmermist once again, then cut them out in leaf shapes. When dry, I just attacked them with my sewing machine. They work well with those Prima flowers, don't you think?

I used a cuttlebug butterfly die, and added some bling. Love having some sparkle on my pages! I added some dimension on my alphas with dimensional magic.

The mini alphas and the felt comes from my own stash, the rest can be found in the shop!

Hope this gave you some inspiration to be crafty today!

//Annelie

First show and tell from Annelie

Hi readers!

I am so excited to share my first Scottie Craft project with you today! I went to the fabulous crop a couple of Saturdays ago, and actually got a bit done.

I was lucky enough to get some yummy Sassafras Lass papers, alphas & stickers, together with other things in my box. I also got to play with a lovely heart die for my cuttlebug, which suited these papers perfectly!

So, a colourful LO for you:

When I saw the amazing Sassafras Lass metal flowers in the shop I had to get them and add them to my LO. The doily is also from the shop, I just inked it with some orange ink to match my papers.

Be quick to get your own Sassafras stuff from the shop, it's selling fast!

Thanks for visiting today, I will be back soon with another Sassafras Lass LO!

The Grand Prize Winner!

Hi everyone, Ann here...

Sorry this announcement has been delayed, Adrienne has been swamped sorting new products for the shop.

Thank you so much to everyone that participated in the Blog Hop, we hope you had fun and enjoyed the inspirational creations from our amazing design team along the way.

Also a huge thanks to our design team ladies for their creativity and support....You ladies rock!!!

And now on to the reason for this post...

Huge congratulations to our grand prize winner..

chrisste

This amazing selection of goodies is all yours.

Please email your contact details through to Adrienne at...

customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

So she can organise to get this amazing prize out to you.

Later this week I'll be posting details for a  new challenge....and yes, there will be a wee prize up for grabs if you participate so don't forget to check back for the details.

Thanks everyone.

;-)  -Ann

Blog Hop - Final Day

Good Morning everyone,
Wow, this week has gone by fast!
Today is the final day of our blog hop so hop on over to Sue's Blog, follow the instructions and see what Sue has created for you.
Don't forget to visit Scottie Crafts to take advantage of the 25% off Spellbinders and Cuttlebug products and if you have been thinking of purchasing a Cricut Expressions machine... Now is the time!

Check out the post below this one for more details.
Have a great weekend.
-Ann

Blog hop day 5

Hi Ladies,
Apologies for the late update today, I have been away from the computer all day and Michelle has not had internet access....eeek!

Ok, so a very fast update!
Today you need to hop over to Sarah's blog, follow her instructions and see what she has created for you.
Then you will be in the draw to win the daily prize.
Don't forget to hop over to Scottie Crafts for 25% off Spellbinders dies and Cuttlebug Die's & embossing folders....There is still time to shop, you have until midnight tonight to order online.

Now as Michelle has no access I have organised the draw for her daily prize.
And the winner for Day 4 is...

Jen79 said...

very cute box. I love the colours and flowers.

8:28 AM

Congratulations Jen!!!

Please e-mail Adrienne at customerservice @scottiecrafts to claim your prize.

Tomorrow is the final day of the Blog Hop and you need to hop on over to Sue's blog.

Thanks ladies!

-Ann

Day Three Winner

Morning all,
Congratulations to our day 3 winner from Beverley's blog.

Random org selected number 12

lynne1 said...
All I can say is Yummo!!!! That canvas rocks Bev!

November 10, 2010 9:41 AM

Please email Adrienne at customerservice@scottiecrafts to claim your prize Lynne.

Today you need to hop over to Michelle's blog, have a look at the gorgeous box she has created for you, follow the instructions and you will go in the draw for today's daily prize.

Then hop over to ScottieCrafts to stock up on Prima flowers & rhinestones   25% off for TODAY ONLY!

It's still not too late to join in on the Blog Hop, just follow the instructions (4 posts below this post), then hop around the design teams blogs, follow the instructions and you have caught up.

So why are we encouraging you to still join in?
Because we don't want you to miss out on the grand prize that one lucky person is going to win by participating in the hop and completing all of the steps.
I know i'd love to win this stack of goodies (but i'm not allowed too...lol)

Doesn't it look amazing!.... So hop to it ladies, don't miss out on the chance to win this.
Thank you to all of the ladies who have taken the time to participate so far and good luck.

 Just making sure everybody knows where the Blog Hop is at for the next couple of days, we don't want you getting lost along the way.

 Make sure you hop on over to Beverley's blog today to see the cutest canvas that she has made for you!

http://bevsscrapbookingworld.blogspot.com/

Then tomorrow hop over to Michelle's blog to see what she has created for you.

http://frisbys.blogspot.com/

Don't forget the daily ONE DAY ONLY specials that Adrienne has for you at the shop, today is 25% off in stock Tim Holtz Dies and Texture Plates.
Hop over to Scottie Crafts and have a look.
:-)

Day two prize Draw

Morning all,

Thank you so much for joining me yesterday, I hope you had fun.

Now for the winner of the daily draw for day 2.

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

11 

Timestamp: 2010-11-09 18:41:32 UTC

Julia said...

so pretty! who would of thought a match box (or four! lol) could be made into something so beautiful! on my list to do now!!

November 9, 2010 10:48 AM  

Congratulations Julia!!!

Please email Adrienne at customerservice@scottiecrafts to claim your prize.

Don't forget to hop on over to Beverley's blog at...

http://bevsscrapbookingworld.blogspot.com/

She has created a gorgeous project for you. Also don't forget there is a one day only 25% off Tim Holtz dies & texture plates at Scottie crafts

Have a fabulous day everyone.

Daily Draw winner

Good morning ladies,

A big thank you to everyone who has joined in on the blog hop,

We hope you are enjoying it so far.

If you have just found out about the blog hop, you haven't missed out!

You are welcome to join in at any stage along the way, just start here

at the Scottie Crafts blog, complete the steps (instructions 1 post down)

then work your way around the design team's blogs.

We are only on day 2 today, so you are not far behind.

You are eligible for the daily prize as long as you have commented by 11-59pm

And if you complete all the steps on the Blog Hop you will go in the draw for the grand prize

So it's never too late to join in the fun.

Now on to the winner of the Prima Stamps from day One...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

19

Timestamp: 2010-11-08 21:51:11 UTC

And the winner is...

Kerry-Sue Thomson said... 

Done, love blog hops :)

  November 8, 2010 12:29 PM 

Congratulations Kerry-Sue, please email your details through to Adrienne,

 customerservice@scottiecrafts.co.nz

So she can send you your prize.

Don't forget to visit my blog for today's inspiration and daily prize.

http://www.misismac.blogspot.com/

And visit Scottie Crafts for the ONE DAY ONLY special.

Today only save 25% on Martha Stewart punches!!!

Have a good day everyone.

- Ann

Welcome to our blog hop

Hello and welcome to our first Blog Hop.

We are glad you decided to join in the fun, so what do you have to do next?

Simple...

Just go here and register on our website.

Then come back here and follow this blog by joining Google friend connect,
which is in the sidebar under the "Follow Me" box.

Then leave a comment letting us know that you have completed all of the steps.

That's it.....Isn't that simple!

All participants then go in the draw to win this daily prize.

Gorgeous clear stamps from Prima Marketing and re-usable doilies

from Scottie Crafts, these are fabulous used with inks/sprays.

You have until 11.59PM tonight to leave a comment and be in for today's draw!

Then tomorrow go and visit our Design Team co-ordinator...

Ann McLachlan

At her blog   http://www.misismac.blogspot.com/

Simply follow the instructions and have a look at the project that Ann has created for you.

And just in case you get lost along the way here are all of our Design Team members blogs.

(Please note that you need to visit each persons blog on their alloted day, so these are in order) 

         Ann McLachlan    http://www.misismac.blogspot.com/

 Beverley Cunningham   http://bevsscrapbookingworld.blogspot.com/   

            Michelle Frisby   http://frisbys.blogspot.com/      

                Sarah Groen   http://scrappinsaraz.blogspot.com/

                    Sue Smith   http://patriciasue.blogspot.com/   

         Have fun and don't forget that if you follow all of the instructions you not only go in the draw for the daily prize but at the end you will be eligible to go in the draw to win a hamper full of scrapping goodies!!!

You have to be in it to win it!

Good luck everyone...

An Invitation For You...

We invite you to join us from November 8th to November 13th to celebrate Scottie Crafts six month anniversary.

We will be having a Blog Hop!!!

 Join in the fun and be in the draw to win daily prizes as well as

going in the final draw to win a hamper full of 

amazing scrapping goodies!!!

Along the way you will be inspired with step by step instructions for projects 

designed by our very talented design team members.

For full instructions on how to participate in the blog hop

Check back here on  November 8th.

Here's a sneek peek of the daily prizes you could win....

We look forward to seeing you on the 8th!