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Monday 25 June 2012

July Sneak Peek

Nearly that time again - where does it go?

Mmmmmm, I wonder what we will be doing in July?










Tuesday 19 June 2012

Victory - How I made my June page II


We used Papermania Portobello Road papers.
I started with the blue dot and gutted 9" from the centre. The straw bazzill cut to 11" and mounted centrally. The paper pack contains some die-cut flags so I used on behind my photo mount which is cut from blue patterned paper 5x8". The photo's are 4.5 x 3.1/4" and are from my Dad's collection.


I cut a strip of red bazzill and added a torn strip of the red floral paper.
We had some union flag ribbon so I cut flags off, distressed the edges with ink and stapled them to the strip along with some twin which I wrapped around.



Various elements from the postcard paper was cut and added, some on 3d foam.
The message was punched with an SU oval in three colours and offset with my notes on top.



I added some twine across the top of the page with staples and "hung the flags out".



Another piece of ribbon was added along the bottom of the photo mount, some ruffled with double sided tape.

Monday 18 June 2012

Winner of May's Mythical card challenge

Sue had a hard time choosing but decided the following card was the winner.

Well Done Anne....


Please contact us to claim your prize.

Thanks to all who entered the challenge, you made some lovely creations.
Check out this months challenge, follow the link in the side bar.

Saturday 16 June 2012

Your Vintage cards for June's Challenge

Here are your cards with the Vintage theme.

Hot off the mark this month is:

RITA

RITA II

and
MANDY

MANDY II

KAREN
tag front
and back 

CAROL Z
front
and inside

JOANNA K
and inside



SUSIE J 

KEREN

BUTTONS

DIE AMELIE

ANNIE

CAROL (KRAFTY PIECES) CARD

CAROL (KRAFTY PIECES) TAG

REDANNE

CATH D

BEAR PUFF

HOUSE OF BEARS

last updated 16:13 14.07.12

You're next......
If you don't see your image here straight away, please bear with us. We will try to edit this post at least once a day.
Closes 15th July - see side bar for email address and original June Card challenge post for the challenge details (link in side bar).

Friday 15 June 2012

June Card Challenge - Vintage

This month's challenge has been sponsored by Hels Sheridan who says - Make it Vintage.

Tis Me! The L'il 'ol waffler

About Hels:
Crazy for crafting, avid for art, ink-quisitive about ink (ahem... ) ok enough of that... Me? Hels, Certified Ranger Educator, Craft Stamper Designer, Stamp Attic team member, demonstrator for Creative Expressions, blogger, talker, crafter, talker, stamper, talker... you get the idea ;o))
You can see Hels blog here.

We at Scrapology challenge you to make a card (or tag) in a vintage style between now and midnight on 15th July.

Here are our lovely DT cards:



LINDA




DEIRDRE


Our Guest Designer for June



Hels has kindly given the following prize for the lucky winner -


Yummy goodies there!

The challenge will run until the 15th July, unfortunately the prize is only available to UK residents but please feel free to take part and show us your vintage work.
Link to your blog post with your card, or email us an image.
Please only use new projects, no back-linking please, to be fair.

We look forward to seeing your delights!

Thursday 14 June 2012

Winner of the May Scraplift Challenge

The news is in......



The winner is ......



DAWN RUTH

Congratulations Dawn Ruth.
Please email us with your details so we can get your prize off to you.

The prize is this great selection of ribbons and charms from Cardinal Colours.



Thank you to all who took part during May.
Many thanks to Karola, Jill and Emma.

Wednesday 6 June 2012

How I made my Glorious Queen Page

As 2012 is a big year for Britain, with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee I wanted to feature this in my June Design Team layout.


I love these Portebello Road papers from Papermania and they were prefect for the theme. I googled images of the Queen and picked these two as they were just right being red white and blue. I think they were photographed by veteran royal photographer Arthur Edwards


In addition I used straw, red and indigo Bazzill, Best of British and Vintage union jack ribbons from Crafty Ribbons. The red, white and blue Divine twine is from Papermaze, the heart doily is also from Papermania.

We are scraplifting this layout by Rô Phillipson, and the technique is to use 'white space'.



This is the Page Maps Sketch Rô created her layout from, so we used it too!


Here is what I did to make my layout:

Take the Union Jack paper and gut this to make a 1 ½” frame to save some of the paper for future use.
Cut the Straw Bazzill to measure 11” x 11”, ink the edges and stick down centrally over the border paper.

All the following were prepared and then stuck into place when they were all ready and positioning worked out. Trim the two photos to measure about 3 ½” x 3 ½”, stick to the cream paper. Trim around close to the edges of the photo with stamp effect scissors. Mount these onto the blue polka dot paper measuring about 4” x 8”.

Stamp and punch the Stampin’ Up decorative label onto a piece of Straw Bazzill cut from where you know your photos will cover the gap! Ink the edges and write your details in the centre.
Lightly ink the heart doily with blue and red chalk inks.
Cut letters from blue card and their shadows from the red, glue blue to red, using the Storybook Cartridge and the Cricut.
Prepare four ribbon flags – for each one cut ribbon so you have two whole flags and a small amount of the next flag on both sides. Glue together with DST tucking the ends in so they don’t fray, giving you a double sided ribbon flag.
Now work out where everything will be placed, mark lightly with pencil and remove. Stamp with the Prima brick wall stamp so some of the image will show from behind your items when they are stuck in place.
Run a length of DST across the bottom of the layout about 3” up from the bottom. Lay the ‘Best of British’ ribbon across pleating it randomly as you go, making sure it’s flat where the photo will be. Tuck the ribbon ends under the cardstock at the edges.

For the flag poles - Cut 3 lengths of twine as long as you want them, stick all three firmly to the page under where the label will be. Thread a flag or two onto each length of twine. Bring each length up towards the top and spread them out and thread each one through to the back of the layout with a large needle. Add a button or brad to the top. Stick the ribbon flags into place on the layout.
Now add all your prepared items. Stick the heart doily down then the photos. Add the label with 3D foam pads. Finally arrange and stick down the title.

Thanks for looking and I hope you will take part in the challenge. Pop back to the 1st June post ' W is for White Space' post to learn more about the challenge. More info on my blog too.

Lynn x