Presenting Lisa Woodhart!

Lisa is our newest design team member. She is no stranger to the kit club world. We "met" her on Willow Traders. We're especially fascinated by the antics of her pug, Roxy. It's amazing what trouble Roxy can get into and cause!

Here is what Lisa has to say:

I live in beautiful, humid Southwest Florida with my sweet baby Pug - Roxy. She is the talent in this family! No children, but some awesome nieces and nephews that are usually the stars of my layouts. I have been scrapping for about 4 years now and my style has evolved to what has been described as funky and chunky! I like dimension and texture on my layouts which leads me to torturing a lot of cardboard. I am a huge fan of Sassafras Lass, Cosmo Crickets new lines and JilliBean Soup. You could also call me hooked on Kraft. I am an avid acrylic stamp collector and try to incorporate stamps in some of my work. Besides scrapping, I have a deep faith and teach Catechism to fifth graders. I love to read, am a self confessed Foodie and hooked on Reality TV! Although – I always TIVO to remove commercials! Most importantly - I really try not to take myself too seriously. Life is too short to be uptight - Have fun and enjoy!! I am honored to be a part of the Scrapping Spot team! Thank you for the opportunity!!

Lisa's designs will be available beginning with our December kit! Be on the lookout for some scrappy goodness! I hear she has an obsession with using cardboard!

Visit Lisa's blog at http://lisanroxy.blogspot.com/

November goodness by Em

I had meant to get these projects by Em posted much earlier in the month, but
1) I had a post and blogger was being a pill,
2) I had no internet last weekend, and
3) I got sick...bronchitis...and the recovery has been yucky.


This is Em's son Joey. Don't you just want to tickle him silly?!?! He reminds me of my nephew Jacob...that mischievous sparkle in their eyes.

Here's Em with her daughter Jasmin. Pretty just like her Mama!

There's Joey again! I think I'd have a blast hanging with him for a day!



Who wouldn't want to get these cards in the mail! You need someone to mail these to, Em?

November kits are still for sale in the Scrapping Spot store. Go. Buy. Now. Free shipping this weekend to the continental US--use the code 13TH. Lucky dogs!

November Kit!!

This kit looks luscious! Love the orange and brown mixed with blue and green. Very autumn-y! I long for those days filled with cool, crisp air, the turning colors of the leaves and breaking out the long jackets and wool socks. I miss those days stuck here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where it literally rains one minute and then shines the next. Makes me wish for pictures of the borrowed children frolicking in a pile of leaves...

Hillary's DT stuff for October!

Hillary came up with some greatly inspiring pieces using the October Bo Bunny kit. Love her layout and all the altered items! These would make great Christmas gifts!!

October Kit--FULL REVEAL and layouts from Emelyn

The October kit:


Layouts from Emelyn:

October Sneaks!

Ready for fall? This kit will sure put you in the mood! Feast your eyes on Bo Bunny Delilah. Even I like it and everyone knows I am not a lover of pink things.





Here are some layouts by EM:

September Layouts from Emelyn

Sneak a Peek at September!

I don't know about you, but August snuck up on me. It's more than half-way gone and frankly, I don't know where it went. I haven't scrapped since the beginning of July, but I'm hoping that life soon returns to normal and some time becomes mine again. So, suffice it to say that I was shocked when September sneaks went up on the message board. I thought, "ALREADY!?!? But, August just started." That's what happens when you're routine gets messed up and you find yourself away from home unexpectedly. But, I digress.

I saw some blue. I saw some stars. I saw some dots. I saw a cute little robot (kinda feeling like one right now). And I fell in love. It would be perfect for first day of school layouts...







I can't wait to see what Hillary and Emelyn do with this kit. I'm betting it's going to be beyond fabulous!

August Guest Designer Kimmithy Accord

Our Guest Designer for August is Kimmithy Laine Accord:

Hello! I am Kimmithy (Kimmi) Achord. I am 23 and I live just outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with my husband, Travis, and three year old son, Brayden. I am a stay at home mommy and love being there during all of those little, everyday moments in my son’s life. I can always remember being real crafty. I started scrapbooking back in high school, but didn’t really get into it until after my son was born and I started browsing the web for inspiration. I came across countless galleries full of inspiration and have been addicted to it since.

You can see more of Kimmi's awesome work on her BLOG.

Kits are now available in the STORE for sale so hurry and get yours NOW!

Looking for a peek of August?!?!?

August is just around the corner. The summer days seem to be flying right by. Feast your eyes on our newest kit....



We wanted to mix things up a bit here. If you look closely, you'll see fancy pants, doodlebug, basic grey, glitz, heidi swapp... what else do you spot? These kits will be available to message board members very soon and to the general public on August 1st!

July Pages by Julie

This kit is a summer must have!!

Pick up you kit HERE

for more info and to share your TSS pages visit us on the message board!

The July kit is NOW in the store and ready for ordering. Isn't it gorgeous????

June Design Team Examples

The June kit is NOW ON SALE IN THE STORE!

BY MELANIE:







BY JULIE:

June SNEAK PEEK!

Here are the sneak peeks for June!

May Guest Designer

Our guest designer for May is Melanie Stanczyk. Her stuff is AWESOME! Check out these gorgeous projects that she did!

We loved her work so much that we asked her to be a regular member of our Design Team and she agreed. We are so excited to see her work every month!

May kits and NSD

Hey there Scrapping Spot fans!!! Have we got some news for you! Our May kit is now available in the store. Grab yours soon...only a handful left.


In honor of National Scrapbook Day, we're hosting some cool challenges on our message board. Random prizes will be given away... can't give away all our secrets, but it surely will pay to join in the challenge fun! Make sure to stop by our message board and store on Saturday, May 2nd for some fun and laughter!

May 09 sneak peeks

Here's what's in store for MAY!!! Jenni Bowlin goodness. I am in HEAVEN! Stop by the message board to see what Julie and our May guest designer, Melani Stanczyk, have done with this beautiful kit. This kit goes on sale April 25th!

Those April Kits

Living on an island doesn't lend itself to the changing seasons. It's rainy, humid, hot and hotter. So, when I look at the April Kit, I don't think of Spring. I think of the coming summer months...the days that I have off work!!! BUT...... if you're one of those fortunate people to bear witness to the changing seasons, I'll bet Spring is a burst of excitement for you after the dreary, gloomy weather of Winter.

I thought I'd share a layout I did recently with the April kit. When Jill and Cathy were planning this kit, I loved being behind the scenes peeking at what they had in store. I thought it would be perfect for lots of different pictures I had recently taken. Now, I'm not one for matching pictures to paper. I usually just grab a kit and the recent pictures I've printed. Lucky for me, the April kit came the same week we had a visitor to our school.

Every year the local chapter of the International Reading Association raises money through a Read-a-thon to bring authors and/or illustrators to the island. Our school was fortunate enough to have an author visit us a few weeks ago. Once I printed the pictures, I set about putting a layout together.

Little did I know (until I LOOKED at the picture) that the author's shirt matched the die cut paper I used as part of the background. S.H.O.C.K. Miss no-nevermind-the-matchy-matchy serendipituously put together a matchy-matchy layout. Holy Batman!



I added the flowers from my stash...ahem... no comments from the peanut gallery about the blaringly different hues of the flower v. the papers. Same color families... it's all good to me.

From the scraps, I made this card.



I always needs cards for some reason or another and I like to be prepared. Making cards from scraps helps me get ahead of the game (even if the card may get to the recipient late... I never claimed to be super organized).

I heard through the grapevine that there are only a handful of these kits left... like less than the five fingers on one hand kind of handful. Plus, Jill and Cathy put some stuff on sale. Who doesn't like a good sale?!?!? Check it out........ soon!

Now, I'm off to enjoy the rest of my Sunday evening. I have a little munchkin who promised to listen and keep the whining to zero coming by tomorrow morning bright and early... we'll see just how much cheese I'll keep from encountering. Maybe he'll even take a nap...then I can scrap another layout I have in mind for this kit. Oh, who am I kidding?!?! If he naps, I nap. Maybe I can con him into watching a DVD on my computer........

April kits are IN THE STORE!

April SNEAK PEEK!

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March kits are available NOW in the STORE:

MARCH SNEAK PEEK! Available on February 25!

Hitting the challenges

Dalis posted a link toWe Kit U Not's blog. I was very intrigued by the concept. Very cool, if you ask me. So, after a not so great start to this week, I got all kinds of happy in the mail! My February kit (sold out...oh yeah!!!) finally arrived safe and sound after its trek from Kentucky to Guam. After three days of admiring and pawing through it (and countless hours at work, the gym and watching my cut start to heal), I finally got to cut into my kit. Here's the first layout...



I'm still trying to decide if JB makes a pretty girl or not... he was not pleased by my sense of humor that night. I tell ya, if looks could bring me to my knees, I would have been prostrate in front of him. But, I'm the queen of the eye, so others' stink eyes don't bother me.

I know the kit is sold out, but there are still some papers and doodads available in the store. Get some of the papers and cardstock...add in the Jenni Bowlin frame from last month's kit, a sheet of the KI Memories Hopscotch lace cardstock in black for a fun background, some paisley chipboard, and there you have your very own mini kit!

Products used in this layout:
The Scrapping Spot's February 2009 kit {papers, cardstock, flowers, bling, brad, black floss}, Stampin' Up Scallop border punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder, bazzill kraft cardstock, alpha stamps and library card stamp.

Full reveal is up!

Be watching for kits to be in the store SOON!

1st February Page

Special Moment

I only used 1 piece of patterned paper for this one.

1. I started by matting the pic on it.
2. Then I trimmed a piece of the paper to be 7x10.5. I cut 1.5" strip from that 3. and attached it to the page leaving a 1.5" space between the 2 peices of patterned paper.
4. I used the red star Bazzill as a base for my photo and and embellishments.
5. I journaled on the Prima epoxy cloud with my fine point Sharpie.

February Peek is UP!

Have you seen the February peek?? I know January sold out fast, so don't miss out on this AWESOME kit!

Happy 2009!

Cathy found this great list of questions to help us reflect on 2008.

Reflection Questions for 2008
1. What was the single best thing that happened this past year?
2. What was the single most challenging thing that happened?
3. What was an unexpected joy this past year?
4. What was an unexpected obstacle?
5. Pick three words to describe 2008.
6. Pick three words your spouse would use to describe your 2008 (don’t ask them; guess based on how you think your spouse sees you).
7. Pick three words your spouse would use to describe their 2008 (again, without asking).
8. What were the best books you read this year?
9. With whom were your most valuable relationships?
10. What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?
11. In what way(s) did you grow emotionally?
12. In what way(s) did you grow spiritually?
13. In what way(s) did you grow physically?
14. In what way(s) did you grow in your relationships with others?
15. What was the most enjoyable area of managing your home?
16. What was your most challenging area of home management?
17. What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year?
18. What was the best way you used your time this past year?
19. What was biggest thing you learned this past year?
20. Create a phrase or statement that describes 2008 for you.

Answering these questions would make great layouts...maybe a 2008 retrospective?

Happy New Year 2009!

Two More January Pages

This kit is almost gone! Hurry up!

Mixed Up Mittens



I cropped the small pics to 2 1/2" and matted them on the Lagoon cs, and matted my larger pic on the Avalanche cs. I trimmed the Kaiser bling so the snowflake would sit flush. I cut one of the extra stones to go in the center of the snowflake, and used other extras to dot my "i"'s on my title. I used the back side of the JB CB and lightly inked with the white pigment ink from the kit.


Cozy Toes



I cut out the center of the Fancy Pants journaling block so I could use it to frame the pic. I used the Toile Ardoise paper to mat larger pic, and used it as an accent on the top and bottom of the page.

1st January Page

They are very limited, so if you want one of these January Harmonie kits GO NOW!!



I used a bead of KI Gloo then smeared it with my finger and sprinkled on the Coconut Pixie Stick glitter over it. It was the perfect touch of "snow" for the edge of the page!

Christmas Ornament

Hi everyone!!

I had the pleasure to work with the Crate Paper Prudence kit this month. So pretty! These papers are absolutely gorgeous and I couldn't bare to throw any scraps away.

I found this cute ornament idea on the Martha Stewart website, which was perfect for using up my scraps that I was having a hard time parting with. I thought I would share it with you.


First you will need :

12 squares of patterned paper cut measuring 1 1/2in. by 1 1/2 in.

2 small circles about 1 1/2 in. in diameter

ribbon

picture cut in 1 in. circle

buttons or which ever embellishment you would like


1. First, you want to take each square and overlap the edges to form a cone shape. Make sure not to over lap the edge too much.


2. Glue the tip of each cone to the center of one of the circles, alternating between having the front up and down. I found glue dots or even double sided tape worked the best for this!

3. Mount the photo on the other paper square and glue on top of the cones.

4. Punch hole in top of one of the cones and string ribbon through it.

5. Embellish the front of the ornament if you would like.

Cute, huh? Go ahead and give it a try! This would make perfect Christmas gifts!

And don't forget to snatch up this, or either, of the kits!

~Abbie

January--SNEAK PEEK!

Do I hear some, oooooh, ahhhhhh?????

Create your own Pennant Banner!

How to create a pennant banner
By Leah Crowe

Most of my supplies were used from the December Harmonie Kit.

Supplies:
Ruler
Pen/Pencil
Cardstock and Pattern Paper
Embellishments
Adhesive
Hole Punch
Ribbon for hanging

1. To get started, we need to make a template for the pennants. I usually make mine 6 x 7”.

Grab a sheet of printer paper (or cardstock if you want the template for later use) and your ruler. Line your ruler up to the edge of your paper starting at the corner. Tick off at 3” and 6”.


2. Turn your ruler vertical and line it up at the 3” mark. Make a little dot at 7”.


3. Turn your ruler diagonally from the 7” dot and line it up to the 6” mark at the top of the paper. Draw your line. Line your ruler up again from 7” to 0 (the paper edge) diagonally and draw your other line.


4. Cut it out and you have the template for your word banner.

5. You need to decide which word you would like to display for the Holidays. I chose the word NOEL, so using the template, I traced around it on one piece of cardstock, and then cut, creating 4 pennants for my banner.

6. Next, we need to create a smaller template for our pattern paper to put on the cardstock base of the pennants. Follow the steps 1 – 4 and change your measurements for the tick marks to 2.25” and 5.75” on the horizontal line, and to 6.75” on the vertical. The red CS is the template for your pattern paper.


7. Cut out all your pattern papers and glue them to the cardstock base.


8. Here’s a tip. Line up your pattern paper on the cardstock base, on the top side, lift up the top edge (leave the triangle bottom flat to the paper so it doesn’t move) of the paper and run a line of glue, then flatten it back in place. Next, lift up the triangle bottom, and add your glue, then flatten down so it adheres.


By doing this, you can make sure your paper is exactly where you want it to be without it going all wonky.

9. Embellish to your heart’s content. At the top corner of each pennant, punch a hole. This is where you will thread your ribbon (in and out of each hole) to connect the pennants for your banner.


I hope you give this a try. This simple banner took about an hour from start to finish. You can also let the kids help you create by adding the flowers and alpha letters! Have fun!

CYBER MONDAY AT THE SCRAPPING SPOT

We're going to offer FREE SHIPPING again tomorrow, December 1st. Use code: CYBERMONDAY

Happy shopping!

The Scrapping Spot

BLACK FRIDAY--FREE SHIPPING!

Just a reminder--The Scrapping Spot is offering FREE SHIPPING!

FREE SHIPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY ONLY! Use code NOVSHIP to receive free shipping ONLY on Friday, November 28.

Everything except the December kits is on sale, too.

A closer glance at the December kits:

Taking a little closer look at the December kits:

First up we have the December Prudence kit. When I seen this kit I just new I had to have it so I ordered it to come along with my DT package. The kit is truly amazing and the colors go with just about anything. So it's easy to mix and match for any occasion. So I whipped up 2 cards right away with this kit. The first is a Christmas card and man does red accent the paper amazing.

The second card is an anniversary or even a Valentine theme card without the theme. lol


The papers work so well on their own, but the possabilities are endless when adding different colors, bling and ink to them.

Next up we have the December Harmonie Kit which is filled with red and greens. Truly an amazing kit for all your Traditional Holiday layouts. All the little extras in this kit really bring out the beauty in the papers. I love to document our tree each year and last year we went with all the Traditional colors of Christmas so this kit was perfect for my 2007 Christmas Tree layout.

The red, green and gold in this kit are a perfect match and work so well with each other that it's a win win.

Thanks for looking and I hope you share all your Holiday layouts, cards and projects with us.

The holidays are yummy at The Scrapping Spot. We've got two kits filled to the brim for YOU! You can see them here.


Get into the spirit of the season with the gorgeous Harmonie "Canneberges et Petits Pois" line. These papers will evoke memories of Christmas past with traditional reds and greens, ornaments and fir trees. Wrap your pages in beautiful velvet glitter ribbon, poinsettias, a little bling, glitter words and a wonderful flocked alpha.

Elegant comes to mind with the Crate Paper "Prudence" line. Rich colors of turquoise and moss green, this kit includes velvet brads, swirls of bling, crepe paper ribbon, glitter borders and an assortment of glitter die cuts.

AND, November 21st to November 30th, EVERYTHING (except for December kits) is ON SALE! Stock up!

FREE SHIPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY ONLY! Use code NOVSHIP to receive free shipping ONLY on Friday, November 28.

Happy Holidays from TSS!

Guess What Was at my Door This Morning

This beauty! Is that the prettiest thing you have ever seen??!! This is a peek at the December Crate Paper Prudence kit. It is JAM PACKED with beautiful goodies, and will be up for sale on/about 11/25. So keep stalking the store so you don't miss out ;)


Here is a little peek of one of my projects you will see in the December Newsletter. So keep checking this blog for updates and great projects by the VERY talented TSS DT!

Do you want to win this kit??

Well if you have not yet visited TheScrappingSpot, LOVE to chat, and enjoy scrapping...

YOU CAN!!!

Here are the deets:

1. You must go to TheSpot's MB, and register for the first time.

2. You must post 100 times between now and 11/30.

3. You must complete one of the challenges on TheSpot's MB.

That's it! Good Luck!

November news

Here's what's going on at the Spot for the month of November:

ScrapTag: Come join us for a game of tag! You roll the dice to see whose number comes up. Raid that person's gallery and lift from them! It's that easy!

Page a Day: Who can't appreciate getting more pages done? Come join the challenges of getting THIRTY pages scrapped in the month of November!

Are You Smarter Than a 6th Grader? - come join us for this 6 week long challenge where the design team challenges you in each grade. There are 2 challenges each week, but you only have to complete one in order to "graduate" to the next grade.

Our challenges this week were History and Math. In history, we had to scrap an historical fact about a holiday or a family tradition. In Math, we had to take x number of one element and add x number of another element to equal x number of another element.

Here are my examples:

Math: one picture plus one patterned paper = a two word title

History: I journaled about how we have no tradition

Coasters

Coasters make great gifts for any occasion and they are a great way to use up those scraps you have piled up. With the kits this month you can't go wrong using up those scraps to make some cute coasters for family and friends and heck make some for yourself.

Products used:

4 4.5x4.5 tiles (lowes)
Mod Podge
Crystal Accents
Scraps at least 4x4
cork, buttons or beads.

You can make them as plain as you like or you can cut up some shapes to make birds, houses, owls etc. Or cut out the flowers, flourishes from the paper.

Use the Mod Podge as your adhesive.

Spreading it over the entire tile and then putting down your paper one layer at a time and putting more Mod Podge in between layers. Putting a final layer on top when done. Once dry add a layer of Crystal accents on top to seal it and water proof it. Finish it off by adding cork, buttons or beads on the bottom part in the corners so it's easy to move your coasters around etc.

Recoloring a Photo

In this digital age, we scrapbookers aren't limited to using the pictures we have just the way they are. We can crop them, we can totally change the colors, we can do weird and crazy things to them, and we can recolor bits of them to suit our needs.

While I do these steps in Photoshop Elements 6.0, you can use whichever program you have to achieve the same effects.

First, open your photo editing program and select the picture you want to use:

I want to change this picture to black and white, yet leave the green apples green.

So I used my lasso tool to highlight or draw around the part I wanted to keep - in this case, the apples.

I used my inverse tool to tell the program that I really wanted to highlight everything EXCEPT the apples.

I then converted the picture to black and white. But notice that it only converted the parts that were highlighted.

Then I can crop the photo to the way I want it:

I know there aren't a lot of pictures with this, but darn it, I couldn't figure out how to get my screen shots saved into the appropriate format! It was all kinds of nifty the way I had it planned out, but I couldn't figure out how to get Word to convert to anything remotely resembling a jpeg, bitmap or png! Sorry guys!

Scrapbooking Gone Green!

Right now is a big time in our country. People are forced to look at our country, decide what needs changed, improved, and where we are excelling and then choose a presidential candidate who best represents their beliefs.

However, despite whether you lean towards red or blue, I think we can all agree that our world is running out of some of its resources. The amount we consume in the world and in our country especially is astronomical.

So, my challenge to you is this: Do what you can, as a scrapbooker, to think twice before thowing something out. And I don't just mean scrapbooking supplies. What everyday supplies do you use and then throw out that could instead be used on a page or project?

Here are some of the ideas I thought of:

Cardboard is SO popular in scrapbooking right now. It is durable and gives a GREAT look! AND it can be found EVERYWHERE!

1. Sometimes when I want more dimension with my alpha stickers I stick them to cardboard (like the box your monthly kit comes in!) and then cut them out. This way I have created thicker "chipboard" alphas of my own.

2. I made a frozen pizza this week for my family. The pizza came on corragulated cardboard. I cut a piece of the cardboard out and used it as a stamp on this page:

Cool huh?

3. I don't know about you, but we go through WAY too many rolls of toilet paper. I hate always seeing those poor helpless toilet paper rolls in the trash can SOOO I decided to use them to make a mini book! I flattened them, decorated them, and then tied the rolls together to make this mini book/wall hanging.

I made a book about why I am thankful for each of my family members. I used the toilet paper tubes as an envelope to place little notes to each of my family members about why they are special to me:)






What ideas can you come up with to help give your household trash extra life through scrapbooking? I would LOVE to see your ideas!

Using Up Scraps, and Fixing an Oops!

So I grabbed my scraps left from my November WRMK kit, these were real scraps. Small pieces, some had circles cut out. Not too many alphas left.
You get where I am coming from, right?





I spent some time moving the pieces around to get a nice design for my page. Not only did I have to work on the design, but had to make sure the circle out of the Orange spotted paper was covered.



Off I go to glue it all down and get my page done. Now to work out the alpha dilemma. OK make a Q into an O and a B into a P, that worked great! A little doodling around my page and whammo! My paint pen leaks!! YIKES!!

I cut a small circle out if the Doodlebug Sugar Coated cardstock, carefully lifted what was already glued down. Adhered my circle, and Voila!

Word of the Week: Memories

This week's word of the week is brought to you by the fabulous Leah!
You can scrap a layout, tag, card, altered item. Whatever gets your creative juices flowing using the word below. Ready to see what your word is?

MEMORIES.
Here's my take on the word this week. A mini album.


Layouts are due by Sunday @ midnight your time. Let's see 'em!!

November kits are up and ready for sale at The Scrapping Spot! Check out these yummy, yummy kits!

Harmonie Fall kit:




We Are Memory Keepers Nonsense:

10/27 Tip of the week

Hey y'all. I've been crazy about roughing up the edges of my pattern paper and cardstock lately.
At least 1 out 5 layouts have some wicked distressed edges to it. Now, what's a girl to do if she loses her distressing tool, and is on a strict budget?
Get creative.

I used my scissors. My old ones that I don't care if they get dull or not.

You need to grip your scissors like when you curl ribbon for packages.

Then just run your scissors along the edges of your paper back n forth.

If you rub semi lightly, you'll get a nice distressed edge.
Leave it naked, or make it pop more with ink or chalk.


If you put too much pressure on the paper, it may rip like this.


That's ok. Leave it as is, or bend it this way and that, and use it anyway!




Now, add it to a layout.
It adds such texture and dimension.


close up:


Now, get out those scissors or distressing tools, and get busy! :)

Weekly Word Challenge

The DT is keeping things hopping at The Scrapping Spot these days! We just finished our scrapbook remix version of "Are you smarter than a 5th grader". Rachel can attest that SHE is smarter than a scrapbookin' 5th grader. She did all 5 challenges and all 5 extra credit assignments. I missed it by one. So now we move on to the weekly word challenges. This was posted by Leah earlier this week...

We thought it would be fun to play with words to jumpstart our scrapping engines a bit. Each week, we'll choose ONE word, and you will have one week to scrap it. The title or journaling must include the Word of the Week (WOTW).

From all who participate this week, I'll use a random # generator to send a small RAK too, just for playing! Ready to see what your word is?

FLIGHT


You can google search quotes, songs, or poems to help get you started. This week, I'll share some quotes I found with the word Flight in them.

“Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quotes (the most popular American Poet in the 19th century, 1807-1882)

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
Plato quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher He was the world's most influential philosopher. 428 BC-348 BC)

“The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy quotes (Russian moral Thinker, Novelist and Philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. 1828-1910)

“Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.”
Victor Hugo quotes (French romantic Poet, Novelist and Dramatist, 1802-1885)

“When once you have tasted flight you will always walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward: for there you have been and there you will always be.”
Henry Van Dyke quotes (American short-story Writer, Poet and Essayist, 1852-1933)

“The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.”
Albert Einstein quotes (German born American Physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955)

“Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.”
Proverb quotes

“Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land... it's a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern.”

Your layouts are due by Sunday, Oct. 26th @ midnight YOUR time to be eligible for the RAK.
Just upload them to the gallery, and paste your link here in the thread :) Have fun!!

Halloween Decor!

One of my favorite things to do, besides scrapbooking, is decorating my house! I especially love the holidays for this very reason! PLUS I am always looking for fun and new ways to use my scrapbooking supplies!

In this months newsletter I shared a fall door hanger that I made with you.

Well, I recently made this with left over scraps and I love it!
I used left over scraps from some halloween pages I have been doing. I think it is SO cute and festive!

Have you created any halloween home decor with your scrapbooking supplies? I would LOVE to see it! So, before Halloween, send me an email (AbbieTorroll@gmail.com) with pictures of items you have made! I am going to create a slide show of everyone's images and post it on the blog for everyone to see and be inspired from! Plus, I will randomly choose one "winner" who will receive a small rak from me. So, go get creating:)

Playing with Burlap

In your Daily Grind "October" kit you will find a nice size piece of burlap. Burlap can be fun to play with. All you need to do is look at it as a canvas waiting to be altered and played with. Don't be afraid to cut it up and explore the fabric with your papers or by it self with some paint etc.

I made this fun little bag that can be filled with candy, chocolates etc. I cut a piece of burlap and folded it in half. I used a good fabric glue "Api's The Ultimate glue" to adhere the paper, ball fringe and seal the sides of the bag. I then took some floss and secured the sides and added some stitching to the pattern papers.



This 5x5 card uses the burlap as a background "paper" and then I put the Fancy Pants overlay over it, added some bling brads and a rub-on and it made a quick simple easy card.



This small little 3x3 card shows the burlap used more like a ribbon. It was a fun little added touch that added some dimension to my card.


I can't wait to see what you do with the burlap in your kit this month. Be sure to upload to the gallery so we can all get some great ideas on how to add burlap or fabric to our projects.

Layout a Month!!

Hey there! This is my first post on the scrapping spot blog spot! I have decided to talk a little bit about a class I teach at my LSS. I have been teaching this class for almost two years and it seems to be a hit. I teach a class called Layout of the Month. We meet and create a layout that I have designed for each month. The class is held on the last Thursday of each month so we have all month to gather stuff for our layouts. Here's the general idea:

All month long you keep items you would like to include on your layout. Ticket stubs, coasters from places you eat, pictures, notes from loved ones.... you get the idea. We save ALL KINDS of stuff. We keep a calendar of things we've done all month as well. Then when we meet at the end of the month, we have all of our "stuff" with us to add to the layout. I make the kits based on colors that would go with that month, but not necessarily "themed" layouts. For example, there are no pumpkins on the October page...The pages are very versatile. Single people can scrap themselves, can scrap themselves, families can scrap the whole family, or individuals.

Shelly

October kits are UP!

Looking for that perfect fall kit? Look no further than our very own TSS Fancy Pants ALL FALL kit! The kit includes:

(all paper is double sided)
1 - Fall Splendor
1 - In Line
1 - Multiply
1 - Recess
1 - AF Strips
1 - AF Cards
2 - Bazzill Marigold
2 - Bazzill Pomegranate
1 - KI Apples Hazard Lace Cardstock
1 - Fancy Pants Glitter Cuts Autumn Frame
1 - Fancy Pants Glitter Cuts Fall
1 yd. Woven Ribbon
1 yd. Printed Ribbon
Handful All Fall Buttons
1 pkg. Scenic Route Chipboard Leaves
3 ea. Share and Tell Journaling Cards
1 - Making Memories Mini Shimmer Alpha - Metro Rust
3 ea. Handmade Leaves (by CraftydsCreations)
Handful Orange Doodlebug Brads (not shown in picture)
Handful Blue Doodlebug Brads (not shown in picture)
1/4 pkg. Heidi Swapp Clear Bling Strips

How about a kit for the everyday moments? TSS brings you Fancy Pants THE DAILY GRIND kit! The kit includes:

(all papers are double sided)
1 - Floral Ledger Transparency
1 - DG Strips, 1 - Sparkle, 1 - Office Space
1 - Notebook Doodles
1 - Vacation (not pictured)
2 - Bazzill Sea Salt
2 - Bazzill Hayley
1 - Thickers Smoothie, Black
1 - Sentiments Rub-on, 1 Burlap Fabric
1 yd. printed Ribbon
1 yd. Ball Trim Ribbon
3 ea. Handmade Felt Flowers (by CraftydsCreations), Handful Clear Rhinestones
6 ea. Bumble Bee Sugar Coated Brads
2 ea. Flower Chipboard

GO! Get your favorite kit (or both) today at The Scrapping Spot Store! You might find some other great stuff there...45% off selected items (that is, everything BUT August, September and October kits).

The results are in!

First and foremost, Jill and Cathy would like to thank YOU for your submissions! (Insert round of applause here...can you hear it?!??) They had their work cut out for them. Lists upon lists emailed back and forth. They FINALLY whittled it down to........................................


{drum roll please}

Christy Spruiell aka chrisjay94
Shelly Williamson aka scrapchik13
Abbie Torroll aka AbbieT
Elisa Kammerdiener aka Elisa K
Leah Crowe aka Darln Leah
Juliann Marchant aka juliescraps--DT coordinator

Congratulations, ladies! Look for their DT layouts coming to you in October.

Down to the wire!

Vera here to remind you that there are only 2 more days left in August. Which means, you have only two days to get those design team applications in! We've received some great submissions in the last few weeks. Jill and Cathy are going to have a difficult time choosing the new team. We all hope that those new faces on the message board stick around and continue to play with us even if they aren't chosen. We're a couple of slightly nutty people, but hey, whatever makes the world go 'round, right?!?!??!

September kits are IN the store! I wish I could wax poetic about the kits, but this month they sure are taking their time to get to me. Still, Jill and Cathy put in lots of great stuff! Pink Paislee may be a fairly new company on the block, but they sure have taken the scrapping world by storm. I even went for the Pop Fashion kit. Everyone at TSS knows that pink is not my thing. Jill and I fall in the same bucket there. Unbelievably, we both like the kit! Well, she pushed me over the edge with a couple of sneak peeks and put a rhinestone butterfly (included in the kit) smack dab in the middle of all that kit goodness. Then there's the Vintage Moon kit... even the owl is cute! Head on over to the store and get your fix of scrapping spot kits!

DT Call ongoing!

Come on, ladies! Get those entries in for the DT Call! We've seen some really awesome stuff! Who knows? YOU could be the next DT Diva at the Scrapping spot. What have you go to lose?!?!

Vera, OUT!

P.S. I can be bribed to put in a good word for you with Cathy and Jill! Dark chocolate candy, scrapping supplies, a DSLR camera with a couple of lenses........heeheehee! Check it out! The spot is where it's at!

The Scrapping Spot Design Team Call

The Scrapping Spot is looking for creative, innovative and talkative scrappers to join our Design Team.

The Design Team term will run for six months: October 2008 – March 2009.

Design team members will receive:

-a free monthly TSS kit to create with

-a 25% discount in the online shop

-free shipping on orders that are shipped with the monthly kit.

Design Team members are responsible for:

Designing 4 layouts AND 1 card or altered project (if no card or altered item, then 1 additional layout is requested)

At least 2 finished projects by the 25th of the month, the rest by the 1st of the month

Layouts and other items should use at least 90% of the product in our kits.

1 blog post monthly

Occasional challenges and crop challenges/participation.

Promote The Scrapping Spot around the internet (where allowed)

Contribute tips/articles once a month for The Scrapping Spot's monthly newsletter.

Design Team member layouts may be included in our online or newsletter classes. Design Team members will receive credit for all of their designs.

If kit contents are used in a posted/published projects, The Scrapping Spot must be mentioned.

Board participation:

Contribute praise to our members in the Gallery

Post an online class at least once during the term

Respond regularly to topics on discussion board.

We are an exciting and growing community and are looking for strong and COMMITTED Design Team members to actively participate on our message boards and help us promote the monthly kit club and store.

PICKY LITTLE DETAILS:

All applicants need to be within the United States, territories and military addresses. We apologize for this but, due to time restraints, we cannot guarantee that product will arrive to us in a timely fashion and our turnaround time is sometimes quite limited.

Participation on our Message Board is a MUST. If you cannot participate, please do not submit an application.


To enter please submit:

2 original layout -OR- 1 original altered project and 1 original layout. We would also like to see some of your other work. Please tell us what message boards you are on and your screen name, and please include links to your galleries and your blog, if you have one.

Please e-mail (photos or scans) your submissions to:

tssdesignteam@gmail.com

We apologize for those of you outside of the United States but we cannot accept applications if you are not within the US or its territories.

We will be accepting applications through August 31, 2008.

August Kits are L.I.V.E!!!

Vera's back in the house! Let's hear it! YAY! I loved being in Sydney and experiencing World Youth Day, but it truly is great to be home. I was gone for two weeks...yes, only two...and it seems like I missed a whole heck of a lot. The August kits went LIVE. I got my DT kit...Daisy Bucket Playlist the day after I arrived home. I already had pictures waiting to be scrapped (I thought ahead). It is such a luscious kit! So colorful...very vibrant! The papers are double-sided...more bang for your buck.
1 - Shuffle
1 - Fast Forward
1 - Download
1 - Party Mix
1 - Synchronize
2 - Bazzill Kachine
1 - Bazzill Grass Green
1 - Bazzill Crimson
1 - Cosmo Cricket Get Happy Journaling Card
15" Blueberry Paper Ribbon
15" All Geared Up Paper Ribbon
15" Snow Cone Paper Ribbon
1 loopy lou lily white alphabet
4 ea. splatter brads
Jean fabric
1 ea. Bazzill Stitches - pattern will vary
1 Childhood Slang (MAMBI)
1 Animal Crackers Velvet brads
1 7gypsies Matchbook chipboard
Handful of grasshopper brads
Handful of black cherry brads

The Chatterbox Happy Day kit is another scene stealer! Who doesn't love those butterflies?!?!? Raise your hand if you're a butterfly lover like me!!!!!!!!!!!! Another packed kit:

1 - Happy Dots
1 - Happy Bloom
1 - Happy Stripes
1 - Happy Circles
1 - Happy Flutter
2 - Bazzill Grass Green
2 - Bazzill Candlelight
1 - Prima Paintable Posies Collection
1 - Handmade crocheted butterfly
4 ea. Chatterbox Happy Day chipboard button
3 ea. Chatterbox Happy Day journaling spot
15" tangerine paper ribbon
15" scattered flowers paper ribbon
1 - Giggles White Thickers
1 slick writer - dark pink
6 ea. flora doodles flower
1 pkg. clear jewels
1/2 pkg. double dot brads


Now, I just have to say that the handmade crocheted butterfly was made none other than our very own Deanna Koontz! She's one multi-talented lady!

Oh yeah, and there are a couple of add-ons for August... The HOT right now Doodlebug Designs velvet flock in tangerine and blue jean. You'll need one of each... or two or three......... Some of the older stuff in the store is now 30% off. Have I spent enough of your money?!??! I know I have spent some money. This was one of the few times I've come back from traveling with money burning a hole in my pocket!

It's only the 4th of July

If you're wondering how it can already be the 4th of July when your 3rd is just about winding down... you're not in a parellel universe. I live on the other side of the international date line. Just a fun fact for you...Guam is a US territory and so we have the coolest slogan..."WHERE AMERICA'S DAY BEGINS". Right now it's quiet. In a little while, my house will be noisy... the relatives will be here! In honor of Independence Day, we're eating hot dogs and {turkey} burgers, baked beans and potato salad. Can't get any more "american" than that!

Did you hear?!??! The "sand and water" kit is SOLD OUT. Cry. Rant. Rave. Kick and scream. That kit is G.O.N.E. Never to appear again. I still haven't cut into mine...I am holding on to that baby. Maybe I'll sell to the highest bidder....I can take some bribes! We still have a F.E.W. "sun and water" kits left. By a few, I mean less than the fingers you have on one hand. Yup. We really lucked out with those Memento papers. We were the first (that I know of) that got Memento into the kit club world. We rock big time! Not to mention, that we have the coolest guest designer for July.............. Leah Fung! She sent the most fabulous projects to us. Maybe I can send her my kit and pictures and she'll do the same stuff for me?!?!?! Think she'll go for that?!?!?!?

Don't forget our July sketch class and scrap tag going on at the message board. I'm too scattered right now prepping for my trip so scrap for me, too, okay?

Vera, OUT!

TSS Mini Crop

It happened. The mini crop. Don't feel bad if you missed it...I missed it, too! It's one of those things that happen when you live on the other side of the world from everyone. The Design Team came up with some fantastic challenges!

Challenge 1--Julie:
Recipe Challenge

Here are your ingredients
1. at least 5 different embellies on 1 page
2. 2 PP
3. 1 CS
4. 2 alphas





















Challenge 2--Vera:
From LO sketch to Card!

I love to make cards to give to family and friends. They are much more appreciated than the store-bought ones, even by the toddler set. Sometimes my creative juices have dried up...usually when I'm in a pinch to get a card done. You know, those last-minute birthdays that crop up...yet you know it happens from year to year?!??!

Shawn has posted lots of awesome sketches in the last few months. SO....I borrowed one sketch for my cards! Thanks, Shawn!

This is June's week 4 sketch:




















My miniaturized version made into cards.
Your challenge: Pick a layout sketch, the one posted above or your favorite one and make it into a card!

Challenge 3--Jill:
SKETCH CHALLENGE

A double-pager from Shawn!
Here is my example, minus a title and journaling:








Challenge 4--Dalis:
Sketch Challenge













Challenge 5--Laina:
Laina's Product Challenge:

I have all boys and found that I wasn't using my flowers and pretty stuff because I was limiting myself to only using "boy" looking products. Then one day I said what the hay...I'll use whatever I want! They are my pages after all!

Here's your challenge should you choose to accept...Make a boy layout using flower embellishments and red pink or yellow paper. If you have girls make a page using stars and blue, green or brown paper.

If you don't have kids to scrap use your dog, husband, friend or yourself!
Free yourself and use the stuff you have been holding onto.

Here's mine...
Thanks for playing!













Challenge 6--Leah:
I know we all get it... you know what I'm talking about.. junk mail.
*groan* Like clock work, every Friday I get some in my mailbox... and sometimes on Wednesdays too.
Luckily, this week, my thinking cap was on. Shhhhh. ;) I got this great Domino's ad. Check it.


This is actually the back side. Imagine my delight when I realized it was 12 x 6 in size!!! Instant layout.
I decided to do a layout based on the JUNK in my house... more specifically, the SNACK cupboard. :lol:
*hint, hint, hint, and shhhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone I told you.... but there will be a certain blog with a certain key word in this paragraph.. and that's all I'm sayin'!*

Your challenge is to pull out the JUNK mail and scrap it on a layout, or create your layout on TOP of the junk mail, like I did with this Domino's flyer.
You must also use 2 photos or more, ribbon, and paint too ;)

I painted the black border around my ad, and used the Sun & Water kit for the layout! Have fun!

Challenge 7--Dee:
We tend to do lots of layouts about our family and people that are important to us right? What about places? Did you ever scrap a favorite place? How cool would it be to snap a few pictures of your favorite relaxing spot, favorite restaurant or even your favorite reading chair and create a LO telling why you love it so much? I decided to do one about the house I grew up in. Here it is:

So my challenge to you today is to do a LO about a place that is a favorite spot or an important spot and tell us the reason. Have fun with it! :D

Hope we gave you some inspiration to keep you busy this weekend!

Vera OUT!

ON SALE NOW!!!!! TSS STORE

July - Sun and Water

Features the Memento and Bo-Bunny Shabby Princess lines (papers are 2-sided unless noted)

1 - Memento Paper #ME0030

1 - Memento Paper #ME0029

1 - Memento Paper #ME0031

1 - Memento Paper #ME0032

1 - BoBunny Star Struck Strip (single sided)

1 - BoBunny Star Struck Dot (single sided)

2 - Bazzill Yam

1 - Bazzill Navy/OP

1 - Bazzill Chantilly

1 pkg. Orange Super Size glitter Dots

1 - Hey Sunshine rub-on

1 - Stickles Orange Peel

1 - Thickers White Foam Rootbeer

4 ea. SR Chipboard circles

18" Scalloped lace

Handful SR Buttons

1 - For Peeps Sake Chick Stamp

July - Sand and Water

Features the Memento
and Chatterbox lines (all papers are double-sided unless noted)

1 - Memento Paper #ME0011

1 - Memento Paper #ME0012

1 - Chatterbox Botanico Tapestry

1 - Chatterbox Botanico Pool

1 - Chatterbox Botanico Stripe

2 - Bazzill Jetstream

1 - Bazzill kraft

1 - Bazzill glitz

Handfull Bazzill Border Stripes

6 ea. water sparkle brads

2 ea. chocolate buckles

15" Dippy Dots ribbon

1 - Smoothie White Thickers

Cats Eye Ink Pad - Color may vary

Handful of Autumn Leave Foliage buttons

Handful of Journaling Tickets

Handful of assorted rhinestone stickers

1/3 pkg. Accent Thickers

1/2 pkg. Autumn Leave Felt ribbon

We reserve the right to substitute any item.

June Kits are up!

Have you checked out our new June Kits?! They are awesome this month! The top photo is made up of papers from the Prima Dude Line. It includes an awesome bazzill stitch template and lots of other goodies!

Our second kit this month is from the Prima Morning Song line. This kit is gorgeous and includes a beautiful white butterfly fabric.

There are a few left in our store so hurry and pick yours up today!

Some fun stuff!!!

Vera here! Welcome to my episode of the TSS blog! First off, get those May kits while you can! There are only a handful of each left! I personally got both after Jill twisted my arm so hard that I had bruises for days...just kidding. She only bruised my credit card! *wink* Still relishing the beauty of the Sweet Spring kit...those butterflies! *sigh* We've been having lots of fun on the message board...Shawn's sketches in our "Every Other Day in May" class, bi-weekly challenges brought to you by the design team, scrapping inspiration, NSBR conversation, lots of hijacked threads. That's TSS' MB for you!

It's officially the weekend for me. WOOHOO! I have a long list of things to do...but I won't bore you with it. But, Saturday......... is................. National Scrapbooking Day! Guaranteed fun on the MB. Trust me. It'll be worth your time. We'll be cropping from 9am to 2pm EDT. Only FIVE HOURS, you say?!?! Have no fear, even we're not scrapping machines! We'll give you till MIDNIGHT to get those layouts posted. Fun stuff to do. I have seen it ALL. We have great prizes, too. I seriously don't know what they are, but I heard Cathy and Jill whispering about it. If you win a prize, it'll ship with your June kit.

Oh, those June kits! They will knock your socks off! That's all I'm saying! Jill and Cathy will KILL me if I say any more!

Remember to pop in at the SPOT on Saturday May 3rd!

This show is OVER! Vera is off the air!

May Kits

Check out the fabulous May Kits! The top kit is Fancy Pants Sweet Spring. The lower picture is Fancy Pants About a Boy and Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo! These kits are awesome and packed with the latest and greatest stuff! Check them out in detail here and be sure to pick up both for yourself! Don't miss out!!

Sneak Peek!

Are you ready for a sneak peek of the fabulous kits coming your way for May?

Check It Out!

April Kit Layouts

Just a sampling of the work our Design Team has done this month with the Fabulous April Kits! Stop on over at our message board or main web site to see more and be sure to pick yourself up a kit while you are there! Hurry! They are going fast!

Card sketch w/instructions... by Leah

With just a few scraps, you can make a quick and beautiful card.
Supplies needed (all supplies from our April "Hits the spot" kit):
(1) 4.25 x 11 piece of cardstock, folded in half
(1) 4.25 x 1.5 scrap piece of pattern paper
(1) large Petaloo flower in red
(1) Cherry Arte rub on
(1) around the block glue flourish
(1) 3.5" piece of ribbon
(1) glitter


card sketch:


Start by adhering your 4.25 by 1.5" piece of pattern paper on your cardstock about 1/2" from the bottom. Then, cut out the large design from the Around the Block flourish sheet and position it diagonally on the card front. You will have to cut off just a bit of the design at the bottom because it runs off the page.

Use your rub-on tool to transfer the glue flourish to the card. For the next step, put a piece of scrap paper underneath your card or use a tidy tray. This will catch any glitter not adhered to the flourish. Get your tube of glitter and generously pour all over the design. Don't be shy - pour away!

Next, lift your card up and tap (or flick) the card, knocking the excess glitter off the card. Pinch the paper in the center of one end to dispense the glitter back into the tube.


You could leave the card like this if you're looking for something masculine since the color scheme is perfect for the man in your life! Just add a sentiment and an embellishment to the left, and voila.. a card for your sweetie. I have been wanting to use the largest red flower on a card, so I kept on going.

Adhere the flower in about 1.5" in from the left and top of card. Place glue on the back of your ribbon, and lift back the petals of your flower to place it. I do this mainly because I am no good at eyeballing measurements, and am too lazy often times to plan everything out to the final detail.



Cut out the rub on of your choice and transfer onto another piece of scrap pattern paper. I used the "best friend" phrase.


Now cut 1/8" around the scrap paper you where you placed the rub-on and glue over top of the ribbon.
I'd love to see your creations!

TOOL REVIEW: Glaze Pens by Laina

I'm an admitted Pen Junkie. I love to doodle and journal on my pages. My favorite pens? Sakura Glaze Pens! They go on smooth and glassy. When they dry they give a slightly translucent raised effect. I love that they will work on glossy and matte surfaces.

I use them to add detail to transparent pieces:

One of my favorite ways to use them is to color in stamped images and letters:


You can even doodle and color on photos with them:


Another great way yo use them is to color in your journaling or handwriting to highlight your important text:


The pens come in many different colors. I'm sure you will be as crazy about them as I am.

Using a Stylus...A Cutting Tip by Leah

When I saw the Cherry Arte paper, Sweet Cuddles, I knew exactly which photo I wanted to use. The problem? The photo I wanted to use was 10 years old, spotted in a couple places, and 8x10 in size. If I used the photo as is, it would cover up the wonderful text on the paper.


I decided my best option was to cut around that beautiful text. I lined my photo up next to the words on the paper and found the position where I wanted the photo to be.


I didn't want to mark on the paper with a pencil and then have to erase it later. I pulled out my design stylus. I left the photo next to the words on the paper as a guide. Using a little bit of pressure, I outlined the areas I would be cuttting around the letters.

Once I was done using the stylus, I could see the impression made on the paper which showed me where to cut using my craft knife.

Here it is cut out.


I realized that I cut little too far into the paper. To solve that problem, I mounted my photo on another sheet of paper leaving a 1/4 inch mat. It worked out perfectly!

So, the next time you want to cut something out, be it an intricate piece of patterned paper or something else, you can use your stylus as a guide before you take your knife to paper.

Door Hanger by Dalis

I just wanted to make something fun for my hubby, so I thought about a door hanger. All the materials I used came from APRIL's "Perfect Spot" kit. Feel free to substitute materials from your stash.

Materials:
scrap of the KI Memories lace cardstock "numbers"
piece of the leather cord
Dream Street "Dream Big" square and maroon tag from the tag paper.
Dream Street scrap of paper cut into a scallop circle.
Dream Street graphic pattern paper (PP)
Dream Street chipboard square
Reminisce rub-on

Step-by-step instructions
1. Trace your square Dream Street (DS) chipboard album page into the DS PP. Cut out the traced shape.
2. Glue the PP traced shape to the DS chipboard. Let it dry w/ a book on top, so it doesn't curl.
3. After the chipboard has dried, sand out the border to remove excess of PP. Ink up the edges.

Glimmer Mist Ideas by Deanna Koontz
Since we have the great Glimmer Mist Add On this month, I could not resist playing for a bit to see what I could come up with. My first thought was to try the Mist over a Heidi Swapp Mask like this:

I sprayed a couple of the colors over the mask first. This left a lot of "wet" on top of the mask so to soak some of that up, I laid a sheet of scrap paper over the top. After that I peeled up the mask and was left with this: Cool huh? Here is a closer look: Next I wondered what it would look like sprayed on some plain chipboard. I just happened to have a scrapbook purchase arrive today (shocking I know....) so I used the chipboard that was in the packing. After I sprayed it with 2-3 colors, I used a baby wipe to blot up some of the excess and it gave it more of a marbled uniform look. Once that was dry (you can use a heat gun to speed up that process) I used my Big Kick to cut out a scroll/flourish. Here is a closer look: I used these things and the April Dream Street kit and put this layout together. While I was having fun and making a mess, I went ahead and tried the mist on some plain white tags and some plain white silk flowers. They came out so cool and will go perfectly with the Cherry Arte Kit.
Saving those for my next Layout!
So grab yourself a couple of bottles of glimmer mist and show us all the cool ideas you can come up with!

Acrylic Frame Magnet
by Juliann

Grab your kit, a pic and a cheapy acrylic frame from the craft store and Let's GO!!


My frame is 4x6 so I cut a piece of CS to size and used it for my base. Matted and added my picture. Sprayed some glimmer mist on one of the MM die cuts, and used a Cherry Arte rubon on a piece of white CS.


I put it into the frame, then used my crop-o-dile to make some holes and tied ribbon to hold everything in place. You could glue it in, but I wanted to make it so I can change the pic once in a while.

Then I decorated the outside of the frame. I added a rubon, and the glue sticker from the kit, and used some DB sugar coating with it.

April Kits!

Check out THESE puppies!

Our large kit: Cherry Arte



Our small kit: Dreamstreet Clubhouse



You can find them HERE

April Sneaks!

Those are just a few peeks of the fabulous work our DT has done with the April kits! Check back soon for more hints and the full reveal!

Check out our cool new TSS Logo items at Cafe Press!

Join us for Willow Traders 3rd Anniversary

Tomorrow, Friday March 7th The Scrapping Spot will be hosting the 3rd Anniversary Celebration for Willow Traders! We have lots of awesome games and challenges planned for you. Please be sure to join us here. At the same time, we are also celebrating the 6 mos. anniversary of The Scrapping Spot with a fabulous online crop. The crop will be held on our message board here. Why not stay in this weekend, get comfy in your jammies, grab your diet pepsi and your scrapping supplies and hang out with us? We'd love for you to join us!

New DT Announcement from Jill

Cathy and I, along with The Scrapping Spot Team, are thrilled to welcome our THREE new Design Team Members! They are:

Alidalis Acevedo-Chanza (our very own DALIS--who rocks!)
Leah Crowe
Laina Lamb

We are so excited to see what they will bring to The Scrapping Spot and cannot WAIT till April!!! Please join with us in welcoming them to TSS!!!!

This Week at The Spot

We have an awesome online crop planned for you for this week! Hope you can join us over at The Spot message board this Fri, Sat. and Sun, March 7-9 for all the fun! We have lots of great challenges and games planned for you! On Friday we will be helping to host the celebration fun for Willow Traders 3rd Anniversary! There will be prizes too so don't miss out!

Also new and starting in March we have a bi-weekly challenge with each day of the challenge weeks hosted by a different member of The Spot design team or owners! You will find those challenges on our message board here.

New DT work for March is Up!

Here are a few samples of the awesome things you can create with the new March kits featuring the Rusty Pickle Lucky line and Basic Grey 2 scoops! Come join us on the message board to see even more! Also... coming in March, we have a new Sketch Class starting with 15 amazing new sketches from our own Shawn! There is a special new forum set up for this so you can scrap along with us and do an amazing new sketch every other day for a month. So come see us at the spot and join in on the fun!

Another little Peek!

Here is another little peek of the March perfect spot kit..... I had soooo much fun making this layout.... Stay tuned till the 20th.... Full Reveals coming soon!

Technique of the Week--by Julie

This page was totally inspired by a page in Scrapbook Play!!

This week's technique is to say it all with your title! No journaling, make it all apparent with just your title!!

Get your hankies ready for the drool girls!!

Our Hits the Spot kit (Large kit)



The Perfect Spot Kit (Small)



Do those ROCK or what?????

Also there are a couple weeks left to get your application in for the DT call!! you can get all the info here; just scroll down the page!

Upcoming Weekend Crop!

Mark your calendars for March 7-9. We will be having a crop to celebrate our 6 month anniversary.

Check Out Technique of the Week

Have you heard about all of the awesome challenges we have going on over at The Scrapping Spot Message Board? We have an awesome color challenge! The color for this month is Orange. Also, our DT coordinator Julie has been posting some fabulous Technique of the Week threads! Julie did the fabulous LO above as an example of how you can use stitching/sewing on a layout. How cool is that stitching right on the acrylic arrow shape? Love, love that. Check out the other techniques of the week here and come and join in!

Check out our February kit featuring Tinkering Ink! It ROCKS and we still have a few available!!

Pick yours up HERE at the TSS store!





Now check out these layouts from our DT!Jill, added a transparency from stash (poem printed on it)


Jill, added: star from the KI January kit

Julie, added: Floss

Julie, added: add on

by Vera, added: DMC Floss white, Heidi Swapp date stamp (in front of 2007)


by Vera, all items from kit

By Ari: All items from kit except Thickers (available at the store)


We also have a DT call out. Check out all the Info below!

Lastly just a 7 days until the sneak peek pics go up for our March Kits!! Remember if you are a board member you get first dibs on snagging one of those kits!! You don't want to miss out, the Large Scenic Route Febuary kit sold out in 2 days!!!

Posted by Jill

February Featured Scrapper

Be sure to check out our Featured Scrapper for this month, Shawn Lahr. You can see several of Shawn's awesome layouts here.

Shawn has also contributed some great sketches for our members. Dalis has posted some fabulous sketches as well. Check them out in our gallery!

February Newsletter

Our February Newsletter is up on our website! Check out all of the very cool articles and projects that our awesome Design Team have come up with for you this month! February Newsletter

Also, be sure to check out our WONDERFUL member sketches in the gallery! Member Sketches. Many thanks to Shawn and Dalis for sharing their talent with us!

Design Team Call

The Scrapping Spot Design Team Call

The Scrapping Spot is looking for creative, innovative and talkative scrappers to join our Design team.

The Design Team term will run for six months: April 2008 – September 2008 and then will rotate with 2 other DT members for the following six months, October 2008 - March 2009.

Design team members will receive:

-a free monthly TSS kit to create with, either the Hits The Spot (large) or the Perfect Spot Kit (small), shipping included

-a 25% discount in the online shop

- free shipping on orders that are shipped with the monthly kit.

Design Team members are responsible for:

Hit the Spot Kit: Designing 4 layouts AND 1 card or altered project

Perfect Spot Kit: Designing 2 layouts AND 2 cards or 1 altered project

At least 2 finished projects by the 25th of the previous month, the rest by the 1st of the month

Layouts and other items should use at least 90% of the product in our kits.

Also required:

occasional blog posts

1 weekly challenge a month

Board participation:

Contribute praise to our members in the Gallery

Promote The Scrapping Spot around the internet (where allowed)

Post an online class at least once during the term

Respond regularly to topics on discussion board.

Contribute tips/articles once a month for The Scrapping Spot’s online newsletter.

Design Team members layouts may be included in our online or newsletter classes. Design Team members will receive credit for all of their designs.

If kit contents are used in a posted/published projects, The Scrapping Spot must be mentioned

We are an exciting and growing community and are looking for strong and COMMITTED Design Team members to actively participate on our message boards and help us promote the monthly kit club and store.

To enter please submit:

1 original layout and 1 original altered project. We would also like to see some of your other work.

Please tell us what message boards you are on and your screen name, and please include links to your galleries and your blog, if you have one. Please e-mail (photos or scans) your submissions to: tssdesignteam@gmail.com

We will be accepting applications through February 29, 2008.

February Guest Designer

Hey Ladies, have you heard? Our guest designer for February is Christina Gill creator of the Willow Traders web site! Check out Christina's bio and awesome Layouts using our February SR Loveland kit here.

Be sure to stop in and join us on The Spot message board. We have a fun game of scrap tag going on as well as a weekly kit challenge and a monthly color challenge! We'd love you to stop in and share your work with us!

Check back to our blog often.......you never know when some clues about the fabulous March kits may start to appear.........

Check the Tinkering Ink Kit!!

It is still available!!


Here at The Scrapping Spot Store


Were you lucky enough to get a Loveland kit?? They sure went fast! There are still some extras in the store if you missed the whole kit!

Important News!!!

Rumor has it that the full reveals will be up MAYBE LATER TODAY!!!! And as if that were not Good enough news....

Cathy said they will be going up in the store any day now!!

SO are you ready??????

February Sneak Peeks...for real this time!

Need some really cool paper and embellishments to create layouts of the one you hold most dear? Check out the sneaks for the big kit:

Touches of pink, red, and lime green...a great combination of colors to accent those pictures of your husband, significant other, children, parents, even friends. This kit retails for $22.50 plus shipping.














Not into themes for your layouts? Need something edgy and funky? Want to break out of your creative rut? The small kit might be for you. Black and white photos will pop on these papers. This kit retails for $16.50 plus shipping.






Stay tuned! These kits will be on sale before you know it. Start thinking of which one you want (or both...we won't tell a soul). I have a feeling these kits will fly out the door fast! Check out the other items we have in thestore. Past kits are on sale! If you need some inspirations or a good challenge to get you going, check out our message board. Hope to see you there!

February Sneaks....

Sneak peeks of The Scrapping Spot's February kits are just around the corner! These kits are PACKED! I still have a ways to go with my January big kit, KI Pop Culture and I've already done 4 LOs, altered the clipboard, and did a little ATC divider for the "triple the scraps" scripture challenge.

Dee posted some great techniques about using the acrylic arrows included in the KI kit. Using ANY embellishments is quite a challenge for me. I thought I would share how I used one of the acrylic arrows.

Not only did I use the arrow to place my title on the layout, but I used little bits of the mini sashes (also known as ribbon) to draw the eye down. These weren't the greatest pictures...but they help me remember the memories of a fun vacation with friends.






Here's a little peek at a layout Vera did with the small kit for February! If you're into taking the Scenic Route through Loveland on a weekend drive, then the big kit is your ticket to do just that. Or, if you're like some of us on the TSS team and everything is just a Blur, then the small kit is for you. Here's your little peek...it's not much, but I did say little peek:


Stay tuned for more sneak peeks of February kits from The Scrapping Spot. You won't be disappointed!

Featured Scrapper

Hey! Come and check out the new Featured Scrapper for this month! It's Anna Mills. Check out Anna's bio and layouts here. Congrats Anna!

Check back often... we may have a few clues for you on the fabulous upcoming February kits! Can I just say this to you?......... there will be PINK!

January Kit Ideas

Welcome to "The Spot" blog. So glad you stopped by to check things out! We hope to use this spot to maybe help you with some ideas for your kits, keep you up to date on industry chatter and the latest/greatest and maybe throw in a few teases on upcoming kits. Hey, we may even throw in a project or two on occasion! Sound like fun? Be sure to stop back often and see what the latest happenings are.

Hopefully by now you have chosen and received a SPOT kit or have one on its way. My fab. kit to work with this month was the KI Memories Pop Culture! Love, love the cool lace cardstock and fun cool colors in this line. Have you wondered how to use the cool ghost arrow's in your kit? Here are a few ideas for you.



















On my layout here you will notice the large stripe arrow near the top middle. This is actually a ghost arrow combined with some of the kit patterned papers and a couple of staples. I liked the shine, and clear look of the acetate but also wanted some color. All you need to do is lay your arrow on the chosen piece of pat. paper, trace, cut out and staple! Easy! You could also tie on your pat. paper with a piece of fun ribbon. Maybe you want a more muted look? Why not ink (using stazon ink) or paint in a light or sheer color and then add some pat. paper behind? If you aren't wanting to add paper, you can also use the clear shape alone, maybe edge with a paint or gold leaf pen, or stamp or paint the back or both! Tons of fun possibilities and ideas. On another LO I did, I liked the arrow shape but didn't want the acetate so for that one I simple traced and cut out my arrow and used just the pat. paper version. This also stretches your kit farther!

Do you have some other cool ideas for your kit? Be sure to leave a comment here on the blog or hop over to the message board and chat with us!

Oh! Also, in case you didn't know some previous kits are also available in the store, some at a discount! If you couldn't get one earlier, be sure to check in now!

See you at The Spot,

Dee

Want a peek at the NOVEMBER kits? These SERIOUSLY ROCK!!!!





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Add-On for November:

October 2007 Kits:





Add-On:

We are a new KIT CLUB and are hoping to be able to offer kits starting in October.