Happy Birthday & Scrapology Kits-by-post & Blog Candy

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO US!!!

Did you realise that Scrapology turned one in August?

That first challenge was published on 1st August 2010.

You may have noticed that Lynn & Linda always use the same papers to show how different layouts can look using the same things.

With this in mind we have decided to create a few kits and make them available (including the main papers, cardstock and elements) for you to purchase. 

We have been able to do this for:

 August 2010

2 x Fancy Pants, Rusted Sun double sided papers. 2 x Bazzill cardstock (1 blue, 1 red), 16 coloured brads, template, Doodlebug Design Simply Sweet alphabet stickers, sketch.

September 20102 x Fancy Pants, Rusted Sun double sided patterned papers, 3 x Bazzill cardstock (2 black, 1 lemon lime), 1 x eyelet Bazzill, 1 reel DST, 1 skein black DMC stranded cotton, needle template, sketch.

October 2010

3 x basic Grey, Green at Heart patterned paper, 1 x black Bazzill, 1 x white Bazzill (already die cut into shapes needed), 2 x black A4 paper (1 already die cut). 1 pack clear gems, sketch

shapes cut for you are flourishes, ornate corners, ferns, flowers, stamen and butterflies.

November 2010

3 x Bo Bunny, Peacock Lane double sided papers, 1 x Dotted Swiss Bazzill, 2 x Bazzill (turquoise and white), 4 x 30cm lengths organza ribbon, 1 x 30cm DMC stranded cotton, 2 x flowers, 2 x mini roses, 2 x buttons, 2 x large pearl brads, 4 decorative pins, 2 chipboard shapes, 2 flower stamen, sketch.

February 2011

3 sheets Basic Grey, Sugar Rush double sided papers, 2 x Petunia Bazzill, page elements, 5 buttons, Sharpie permanent marker, sketch.

 

April 2011

3 x The Girls Paperie double sided papers, Vintage Patchwork, Cabbage Rose and Shabby Flowers, 1 x Scalloped Newsprint The Girls Paperie, Technique Tuesday clear stamps ‘Message in a Banner’ set, DMC stranded cotton thread, die cut strip of stamped tickets, sketch.

June 2011

4 x Cosmo Cricket, Pixielicious double sided papers, 1 1/2 x Bazzill (1 cream puff, 1/2 purple), 3 buttons, 3 strips gems, sketch.

July 2011

4 x Bo Bunny, Ad Lib double sided papers, 1 x white Bazzill, leaf mask, sketch.

The kits will be on a first come, first served basis and are very limited in supply.

They will be available after the blog candy is announced on 5th September.

You can put in your requests as soon as you like.

They are £10.00 each including postage and packaging.

Please contact us for further details. EMAIL HERE

Blog Candy

Please comment below and follow this blog for your chance to be put in the draw for the blog candy.

The candy is your choice of a kit from those listed above.

The winner will be announced on 6th September.

Good Luck and happy birthday to us!

How I made my April Challenge Page

Here are a few tips for making the April page, if you want to create something similar to my page.

This is the sketch I drew from the original layout by Sarah Youde.

I purchased the papers and stamps from Paper Maze.

The stamps are Technique Tuesday and called 'message in a banner'.

The papers are by Girl's Paperie.

The background is diecut newsprint and is single sided, the other two are vintage patchwork and shabby flower and they are both double sided, giving me five patterns to play with. In fact many more than five as the patchwork sheet has many designs on it, which was great for the purpose of different patterned flags.

I cut the horizontal bad from the blue side of the patchwork piece making sure I was keeping the patterned bit from the other side that I wanted for the flags. It's worth taking a little time with this to get the most from your sheet of paper. I trimmed the edge of this strip with a Martha Stewart border punch.

I cut the tickets using the Tim Holtz Alterations Ticket Strip Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die and decorated each ticket with 'Just the Ticket' stamps produced by Imagine That.

The flags were made by stamping directly onto my layout. I drew a light pencil line first as a guide as to where to place the stamps. Then I stamped the flags again onto the patterned papers on the patchwork paper. They fit beautifully inside the squares. These were cut out minus the frilly edge and attached over the flags on the layout with 3D foam pads to raise them off the surface of the layout. I then added in stitches by hand using DMC embroidery thread.to link the flags together.

There is a brilliant tutorial for making the cabbage roses from paper swirls created by Gabrielle Pollacco and it can be found HERE.