What's Happening For June?

Well things are really heating up fast as June approaches!

Don't forget to check out the challenge blog starting tomorrow for our first June challenge!

Then later this month, Laura-Lee will be helping to promote the June scrapbook kit by posting a series of challenges based on the kit!  The kit features the Simple Stories Life Documented line where the focus will be on everyday photos and documenting the story behind them.

 We also have Elcrafty helping to promote the card kit this month which features the Prima Marketing Reflections line.  She will be showcasing the kit with some awesome cards and I am sure has a challenge or two for us!

So stay tuned for a great month ahead!!

Thank You!!!

I'd like to send out a special thank you to our May guests, Ruby and Darcie for joining us to promote the May kits!  They have done a wonderful job and have offered so much inspiration.  Great job Ladies!

I would also like to send a very special thank you to our Blog Boss-T for the past year or so and helping out with the Scrap~tures Blog.  She has done a great job!  Her term on the Scrap~tures Team has come to an end.  I wish her all the best in her future endeavors.  Thanks so much T!!!

Finally Friday Sketch Challenge

This week I chose a great sketch from Cardmaps to do for Finally Friday.

I used the May kit featuring Echo Park Springtime to create this card.

Happy Friday!!!

Did You Know?

Did you know that aside from the fabulous sketches they provide, our friends at Scrapbook and Cards Today have teamed up with some manufacturers to provide us with project ideas to use with our favourite scrappy products?

Check it out...

Project Sheets 2011

And have you heard about Crop and Create?  Doesn't this sound like fun????

"Scrapbook & Cards Today is thrilled to announce the launch of "Crop & Create" - a series of spectacular events to be held in various Provinces across Canada! Designed with the papercrafter in mind, these events will combine fun and educational classes from some of the industry's top teachers, with loads of cropping time, make n' takes, and a host of fabulous prizes! Sound like fun? Then please join us for a weekend full of classes, camaraderie, creativity, and cropping! Oh, and the best part? We've heard there may be CHOCOLATE!"

Scrap~a~Little Kits

I am sure you all know about our kit club but have you heard about our Scrap~a~Little Kits? We have put together some "one time purchase" kits that include everything you need to create cards or other projects. We even have grab bags!!




Check them out!



Scrap~a~Little Card Kits.



Scrap~a~Little Project Kits



Scrap~a~Little Grab Bags

Also, if you need to replenish your cardstock supply, check out our cardstock kits for only $5.99!!

It's Finally Friday!!!

Laura-Lea provides us with some awesome inspiration today...

It's all about inspiration today! I thought I would change it up a bit and use an inspiration photo for this Fridays fabulous day! Isn't it yummy?? Go forth and scrap my friends!!

Inspiration photo from the Sweetest Occasion found here.

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Scrap~tures Captures!

If you have not checked out our Scrap~tures Gallery, you should!  It is bursting with fabulous inspiration from our members.

Here are a few projects that I have captured this week...

These altered clothespins were created by Glitterygirl to give away for teacher gifts!  How fun is that? 

chelle created this beautiful easel card.  I love the different techniques she has used.

JennS created this adorable little card.  I love how she added just the right accents and that image is so cute!

I just love the stamping job Shannon did with this card.  It's perfect!!  And so simple to do!

TracyM created this wonderful journal for herself.  I like this idea!

And Ruby created this Scrapbook and Cards Today Project 12 layout.  So so pretty!

If you would like to be "captured" at Scrap~tures, all you have to do is join our gallery!  Each week I will pick a few examples of scrappy inspiration to share with others here on the blog!

June Kit Preview!

Want to know what's in store for the June Kits?

Well, I can tell you we are very excited about these kits!

We have Laura-Lee presenting the scrapbook kit for June.  She will be doing our very first Scrap~tures Challenge Blog class using the kit.  So check out our brand new challenge forum after June 1st by clicking on the "challenge yourself" link at the top of this page.

We are working with a manufacturer that we have not yet showcased in a kit before! 

Simple Stories Life Documented!  The focus will be on journaling and everyday life photos with this kit and what perfect timing for a kit like this with summer on it's way, we will be spending more time outdoors and engaging in fun family activities.  So don't forget to come back  and see what Laura-Lee has in store for us!

We also have Ellen (Elcrafty) presenting the card kit this month.  Ellen will be creating some great cards for you with the beautiful Prima Marketing Reflections line and will also be providing us with some tips and suggestions on what to do with the Tim Holtz Distress Stain  that will also be in the kit!

So stay tuned for our June kit reveal coming soon!!

May Layout Tag Reveal

Here is this month's reveal for the Layout Tag between Scrap~tures Kit Club Members...

The starting layout was created by the super talented Ruby...

This is chelle's take on the layout.  Love all the bright colours...

then my layout...

then Amy did a great job with the flourishes on this layout...love the black and white with the splash of pink!...

then Tracy's.  She used the May scrapbook kit and did a great job combining all the elements!....

then Christa also used the May scrapbook kit!  I love her blocked photos!...

then Wally did a super job matching Christa's layout, also with the May kit!....

then Shannon also used the May kit but with her own flare...

then Laura-Lee's fantastic layout...

then Ruby's again, who had no idea that one of her layouts was the start of the tag!  Just beautiful!

Great job once again Ladies!!  Thanks for a great round of tag!!  And thank you to T for hosting!!

Want To Win a Scrap~a~Litttle Card Kit?

Then go visit our May Guest of the Month Darcie's Blog!! She is offering up a Scrap~a~Little Card Kit as a prize just for leaving a comment to her post!! That's all you have to do! Check it out!!!

Darcie's Blog

You can view a whole line of Scrap~tures Scrap~a~Little kits here.

Finally Friday Sketch Challenge!

This week I chose a beautiful sketch from Page Maps for the Finally Friday Sketch Challenge.

It works wonderfully with this month's scrapbook kit!!

Happy Friday everyone !!

Scrap~tures Exclusive Sketch Layouts

With each month and each of the scrapbook and card kits, we have sketches that we only reveal to kit subscribers.

The scrapbook sketch is designed for us by Kristine Davidson and the card sketch is created for us by one of our kit subscribers, Bobbi.

Here is what the girls created with the kits this month with the sketches as their inspiration...

May Kit Reveals!

This month we worked with the Little Yellow Bicycle Elizabeth Park line and wow, what a beautiful line it is...

Laura Lee created this awesome double layout...

Kelly created this adorable layout....

Wally created this cute layout....

I created this layout....

And our guest of the month Ruby created this gorgeous layout...

We also featured the Echo Park Springtime line in our card kit this month and we are pleased to have Darcie as our guest to work with that. Here are a couple of her pretty pretty cards...

These are just a few samples of what we created with the kit this month, there is plenty more to see in the reveal galleries. Just click on the "create with us" link at the top of this page.

There are only a couple of each of these kits left. Get yours before they are gone. Just click on the "kits" link at the top of this page for more info.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Mother's Day to Everyone!!

How are you celebrating Mother's Day? Do you get to have a little bit of scrappy time today? I hope so! My family decided to give me the day to myself! So I am in the hobby room creating a layout with the May kit which will be revealed in a few days!

Here is a layout I did of my beautiful kids. I'll tell you, they sure make it easy to be a mom! They are all great kids. I couldn't ask for more. They give me much to be proud of!

I have someone else who I am thinking a lot about today and that is my mom. My mother is one of the people I have admired most all my life for so many reasons that I couldn't even begin to list. Here's to you mom! I love you so much!

Happy Mother's day!!!

She's going to kill me for posting this layout of her but there is so much meaning in this layout. I pull it out and look at it all the time as it reminds me of the many hardships that she has overcome in her life to finally be happy and live her life as she deserves to live it. The smile you see in this picture is a reflection of how she sees her world now...peaceful and joyful.

Happy Mother's Day to you all!!!

NSD at Scrap~tures!!!

Happy NSD to all you scrappers in scrappy land!!

To celebrate, we decided to give you all a project to do just for you! To create an album or a few layouts about you!

Here is what Laura-Lee posted in the forums for today's project challenge...

A couple of weeks ago you may remember we talked a little bit about our plan for today and I would like to review our mini album for you to work on today. Please make this your own and create it to your personal style. When I make/made the pages for my album I think about what the reader (my grand children?) want to hear, so I try to include things about the way things are today and the way I am. I also look at it another way.....if I was looking at a personal diary of my grandma what would l love to read in it? I would kill for one of these of my grandmother right now so I am trying to create just that for my family...later. Do remember that it is yours and if you don't want to make it like a diary then don't, keep it light.

So here is the original post about the topic ideas if you would like to review and then there will be examples of pages from what a few of us here have competed. Please feel free to make up your own page ideas as well.

I hope you enjoy creating this today.

Today we are creating a mini album in celebration of you and who you are. While it is not a requirement to make the mini album to be entered into the draw, it will however make a beautiful keepsake. Other options will be available to those who do not wish to make an entire album but simply a few pages.

Many things can be called a mini album, you can have actual alum that is 6x6 or 8x8 or you can just pile a bunch of papers together, punch a hole or two and add ribbon to secure together. Whatever you choose will be unique. We want you to start thinking about what style of album you would like to create for yourself so you have enough time to purchase a small one or to purchase materials to construct your own.

We would also like to tell you about some of the topics we will be covering so you can gather the necessary photos and journaling ideas, and then they are at your finger tips on May 7..

Start thinking about photos that cover the following topics, remember you can make it yours by expanding on the idea topics as I’ve shown in brackets.

Intro page (baby photo with place of birth, parents, etc)
A day in my life (where do you go on a typical day, take photos)
My Favorite Things (can be material items, holidays or otherwise)
Things you don't know about me (facts or feelings)
All of my Quirks (good, bad or funny)
When I was a Kid (remembering, thoughts, things you said or did)
A Life-Changing Moment (or life lessons, things of importance)
Reveal the Real You (or events that have shaped you)
My Circle of Friends (or my family)
This I Believe (could be favorite quotes or your religious beliefs)
I am Unique
Person/People who Inspire Me (could be anything that inspires…i.e. religion)
A Letter to Myself
In my spare time (yea a topic about your art of scrapbooking, or other hobbies)
Been there done that or things I’ve seen/done
My world today (today’s headlines, price of gas, technology, etc)

Here is what Laura-Lee put together for herself...