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Sunday 26 September 2010

October Sneaky Peek

Not long to go now until the release of the next challenge so we thought we'd share a little preview of what's to come....












Mmmmmmmmmmm, hope that has whet your appetite?

There's still time enter your September LO for a chance to win the fab prize from Cardinal Colours.

And don't forget the Christmas Blog Candy....just enter a comment and become a follower.

Thursday 23 September 2010

Christmas Blog Candy

I know it's still September - just! but we thought we would get ready for Christmas and offer some Christmas Blog Candy. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this selection of Christmas stash Linda and I have put together - all you need to do is comment on this post and make sure you are a follower of this blog. The winner will be drawn out of a 'hat' and announced on next Friday evening - 1st October. If you have a blog, please add a link to this blog candy and this month's challenge.


Some close up photos of some of the bits included:

Fibres and ribbons

Embellishments

Die cuts

Decorative Pins

a bad picture of the cardstock and peel offs.

12"x12" Scrapbook Papers

It contains papers from various collections. Cardstock form Coredinations and Bazzill, including some bling. Various ribbons and fibres, Buttons, brads, pins, peel offs and chipboard shapes. In addition Christmas die cuts from the Cricut, with words numbers and images.

NB Competition open to all, but postage costs for sending prize free to UK addressees only .

Good Luck!!!
.... And of Course ...



Don't forget you still have time to enter the September scraplifting challenge to be in with a chance of winning another prize. This one has been offered by Jill of Cardinal Colours. Look here to see what other entrants have come up with.  The October Challenge will be published on 4th October.

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Your Scraplifts for September

The original post for September will get very long so we will add your entries for the month to this special post of their own.

See here if you have not seen the original post, or to take you back there.

A reminder of what to do if you are joining in:
Please join in the fun and create a layout using the DT pages for inspiration. We hope you will let us share your finished layout on this blog. You also need to become a follower (if not already) of this blog to be considered for the competition.


First in and very quick off the mark:

is





Donna


Sharon


Adela







Kathy G



Michelle




SharonO




Karen D

Don't forget there is a prize on offer for the best layout to be selected by Alison in early October. Please see here for details of the prize.

Please uploaded your layout to your blog. If you don't have a blog - no problem just drop us an image attached to an email (If you don't have Outlook, simply copy and paste the email address into your normal web based email system.)

A Few Tips On The September Challenge Layout


The sketch



Materials:
2 sheets of  double sided patterned paper
1 or 2 sheets black cardsock
1 Sheet white eyelet cardstock
Black embroidery thread and a needle
Double Sided Tape (DST)
Chalk ink
Foam 3D sticky pads
Card Candy

Tools:
Flower punches
Paper piercing tool
Alphabet dies
Stitching templates (optional)

I used two sheets of double sided patterned paper from Fancy Pants Rusted Sun collection, giving me four different patterns to play with. These were purchased from Paper Maze.


First of all I gutted the black Bazzill so I only needed one sheet to complete my layout. I cut a frame 1" wide giving me a 10" square to use for letters and to mat my photo.  However, you can cut this step out completely and use two sheets of cardstock instead. 

Stick the eyelet cardstock centrally over the black cardstock.  Cut the patterned papers into the wavy shapes. You can use the template if you wish to follow the same shapes. Place the two shapes onto your layout and stick down leaving a small gap between the two.
Now for the fun part -stitching the two shapes together!  I made holes up and down both shapes where they face each other.  You can make more or less holes, I got a bit carried away but love stitching on layouts. You could make fewer holes and have the stitches wider apart and the lace up effect more open. If you don't want to stitch by hand you could use the sewing machine, like Jill did. Alternatively you could use faux stitches in the form of rubons like Jakey, or hand drawn stitches as Linda did on one of her pages. You could also punch larger holes (maybe even use eyelets) and lace the sides up like shoes!

The pleated circle was made by cutting strips of patterned paper about 2cm wide. I worked out where my photo would sit, and made light pencil marks. Then I drew a circle and laid double sided tape down over the circle lines which would show after the photo was put in place. I pleated the paper as I worked my way round the circle sticking it down as I went along. Alison said she cut her strips into small pieces and stuck them down overlapping one another which gave the same effect, much more easily, and much less lumpily! Alternatively you could cut a circle or a ring from the patterned paper as shown in several of the examples.

Mat the photo with a narrow border of black showing around all four sides.  Stick this in place on the layout.

Next I decorated with a few more different stitches here and there.

Ising left over papers and cardstock, I added some die cut flowers with card candy centres (from Craftwork Cards).

My die cut title was cut using the Big Shot and black cardstock, but you could use any die cutting machine or letter stickers.

I challenge you to make a card with the scraps from your layout - just for fun.
Here is mine (for more details of this card see here):



Have fun and don't forget to show us what you create.

Lynn

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Prize of the September Scraplift Challenge

The prize for this month's Scraplift Challenge is again kindly donated by Jill at Cardinal Colours. She would like to offer this prize to the creator of the best layout for the month of September uploaded by 1st October, to be chosen by Alison. We will announce the winner on 3rd October. See September Challenge here.

This is the lovely prize she is offering:


American Crafts 12"x12" album in Blush.


Our thanks to Jill for offering this wonderful prize.

So if you want to be in with a chance to win this great prize, go back and check out this post and have a go at scraplifting Alison's original layout. You also need to become a follower of the Scrapology blog (if you are not already). Alison will be choosing her favourite layout early in October.

Don't forget to link your blog entries if you are featuring your layout on a blog, or email me here.

Looking forward to seeing your layouts, and good luck. x

NB Competition open to all, but postage costs for sending prize free to UK addressees only .

Monday 6 September 2010

S is for Stitching

S is for stitching.

This month we are scraplifting this super colourful layout created by our own talented design team member Alison



  Alison, in turn, took her inspiration from this layout by  craftystash you can see the original on UKScrappers.

Here is the sketch

... and the design team's layouts.









You don't have to use stitching on your layout. Above you will see all sorts of ideas from hand stitching to machine stitching. Also faux stitches created with rubons, rubber stamps and by hand. In some cases the eyelet holes have been laced together.


Please join in the fun and create a layout using these pages for inspiration. We hope you will let us share your finished layout on this blog. You need to leave a comment below. You also need to become a follower of this blog to be considered for the prize. You have until midnight on 1st October to enter the competition.

If you create a page after that date, please still share it with us.

Please can bloggers leave a comment with a link to the relevant post on their blog.


If you don't have a blog - no problem - just drop us an image attached to an email.

(If you don't have Outlook, simply copy and paste the email address into your normal web based email system.)

The prize for the best layout to be selected by Alison on 2nd October and announced on 3rd October. Please check back on this blog in a few days for details of the prize.