SOUS DT Announcement!

The SOUS team would like to announce

 a new challenge coming up in June!

We are extremely excited about this and hope that you are

as well!

 Starting every other Monday on June 3rd we will be hosting

Project Life Challenges! 

We are looking forward to making some new friends with these

challenges and hopefully bringing a whole new

way to inspire you all! 

So a new challenge mean's new Design Team members, right?

And including our DT call we had recently 

means that we

have some new friends to introduce today!

Full introductions will be held on their first challenge starting in June.

Our Project Life DT

Nanne

Leah 

Holly

Charlotte

Misty

Fern

Erica

and our new DT members

Jossie Posie

Leah Cameron

Darcy Lagrandeur

Cathy Caines

Joining our Die Cut Team

Melissa Marshall

Kimi Watson

Sheila Burns

Brenda Lawrence

Kim Hill

And joining our Sketch Team

Elisabetta Colavero

Kim Kendell

Nicholle Grabowski Kramer

Wow! Can't you wait to get to know these girls! We truly can not wait

to get to know them better as friends and to also see their 

incredible projects posted with us!

Also, a HUGE thank you to EVERY single lady that applied!

Spring Lily Tute

Today I'm going to show you how to make a pretty spring lily like the ones used on my layout below:

 Easy-Peasey,right?

Give it a try!

Stuck on U Sketches Reveal!

It's Friday and time for another great sketch challenge from SOUS. This week's sketch comes to us from our very own Leah Schaffer. Check it out here:May 10th sketch of awesomeness

I turned it on it's side and created this:

The pic is of the talented miss Abby Kline, who I swear has the longest legs I've ever seen! I used water distressing for the rumpled edges and pinned them back with a thrift store broach. A tute for the little flowers is here. Both broaches were gold before I hit 'em with Rub n'Buff Silver. The beautiful title is from Scrap FX. I was lucky enough to win a Blog Hop RAK and they were very generous. Here are some closeups:

Be sure to check out the rest of the SOUS DT creations, then try your hand at this sketch yourself. Submit it here  and you just might be picked as a Top 3 and score a spiffy Blog Badge of Honor!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles-May Challenge

It's a new month already and at Scrapping Everyday Miracles, that means it's time for our new main challenge! Tracey S. is hosting this month and here's what she has to say:

 Hi it’s Tracey here to share our May challenge with you. Spring is my favorite time of the year with new life springing up all around me. A verse I learned many years ago at vacation bible school is 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” It’s a verse I often reflect and meditate on. I find that my life is constantly changing, and our Lord wants me to put away the old things and embrace the new. 

For this month’s main challenge we would like you to share a project that represents something new in your life. You can reflect on a new relationship, a new phase of life, an event that brought change into your life, a new job, hobby, volunteer opportunity, or even a book or Scripture verse that has given you new insight. God blesses us with everyday miracles sometimes big and sometimes small that bring change and new opportunities to our lives. Your project doesn’t need to be about a recent event, but needs to represent something new in your life.

Scrap Twist: Use something on your project that is more than a year old – the older the better, “and” something new to you in 2013. These supplies may be purchased, given to you, or even found objects. Be sure to tell us in your project blog post what these supplies are. 

Here is my layout:

For new supplies, I have used new Tattered Angels mist, jewels,stencil and  Prima butterflies and flower from my May ScrapThat! Kit. It is chock-full of all the latest from the Prima Divine line! Check it out here:May ScrapThat! Kit. Everything else is old. I have been holding on to this Prima Rondelle paper forever! I made the felt roses using my spellbinders die. The other flowers were created using Tim Holtz tattered florals die. The oldest things on my layout are the pieces of lace from my stash. I used terra-cotta molding paste for the background and of course,everything gets gessoed. 

My new resolution is to be in front of the camera more often. Like most scrappers, I am always the one behind the camera. My daughter wanted to do a "photoshoot" of me for a change and this pic is one of the results. She loved it! I need to focus less on the negative influences that trap me into thinking that I am older, fatter and no pictures should document that. God loves us just as He made us. If God says we are worthy to be loved, who are we to disagree?

Our May Sponsor is:

We started BlueMoonscrapbooking.com 7 years ago hoping we could create a platform that our whole family could participate in. In addition, we wanted to do business the old fashioned way with an emphasis on those things that would let a customer know, "we value your choice to shop with us, thank you". Finally, we wanted to add perspective to the buying decision with video. As online shoppers, we knew it was sometimes hard to tell from the picture, what the product looked like. So we started posting scrapbooking product videos so you could "see" what you were buying. With almost 1,000 YouTube videos, we have been able to feature great scrapbooking companies like Graphic 45, Prima, Crate Paper and Memory Box. An online store located in sunny Tucson, Arizona we ship to customers in the US and all over the world. $50.00 Orders that are shipped in the US receive Free shipping everyday!  Our family at BlueMoon looks forward to you stopping in and shopping with us!

Blog... BlueMoon Blog

Face Book... BlueMoon Facebook 

You Tube... BlueMoon You Tube

Pinterest... BlueMoon Pinterest

Instagram... bluemoonscrapbooking

Blue Moon has generously offered a $20 gift certificate!

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize and/or be one of Top 3**

 All entries must be linked HERE by May 31th, 11:59pm PST.

*Important: Make sure your link is to the blog post with your project & not just your blog in general...and be sure to remember the SCRAP TWIST!

You may be voted as one of our Top 3 and earn our fabulous Blog Badge!

Vivien needs your help!!

I need to share something important.

Many of you know my niece, Vivien, the subject of many of my layouts, has Cystic Fibrosis. 

Despite her hardest puffing, she was unable to 

even blow out her birthday candle on her own.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects the lungs and digestive system and causes the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:

• clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and
• obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond.

A life expectancy of 30-40 years is not good enough. 

At, 2 years old, Vivien loves the movie,"The Sound of Music". She can sing "Do Re Mi" with the best of them. As she drapes a blanket around her and pretends she is a bride marching down the aisle, I wonder if that is something she will live to experience. Will she get to graduate? Be a bride? Have children of her own? 

She needs more time. 

 The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. They fund more CF research than any other organization, and nearly every CF drug available today was made possible because of Foundation support.

If you can spare a dollar or two to help Vivien and children like her have more time, more chances at their dreams and more tomorrows, please click here to learn a little about Vivi's story and how you can help. 

Thank you !

May ScrapThat! Kit reveal and Blog Hop! Draft may hop

Welcome to the ScrapThat! 

May Anniversary Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!! 

{If you are looking for my SOUS project you are also in the right spot !}
May is our three year anniversary and we want to 

thank all our subscribers and members for sharing their pages and creations with us!!

We are so excited to share the details about our newest kit

 featuring the amazingly gorgeous Prima Divine !!

If you came here from 

Amarilys Doria 

you are in the right place! 

Should you lose your way, here is the Blog Hop order:

Scrap That! 

Gabrielle Pollacco
Kelly Klapstein

Sandi Clarkson

Laura Gilhully
ScrapThat! Facebook Page 

Amarilys Doria 

Tracey Gregory 
Sarah Routledge 
Tracey Sabella 

Scrap That!!

We are so thrilled to welcome the talented Scrappy Superstar ~
Gabrielle Pollacco

as our May Guest Designer!!!

My name is Gabrielle Pollacco, I'm a mom of 2 sweet girls, happily married to my husband Steve and we have one big fluffy Labradoodle named Zoe, that sometimes makes her way into our family photos!   I've had the privilege of being a Guest Designer for Scrap That in the past year and was delighted to come back to scrap with this year's Anniversary kit! 

My blog:  http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.ca/

We are also so happy to announce our latest addition

 to the Design team as our Video Educator,

Kelly Klapstein !

Some of you may know me online as "Kelly Creates." I am a Canadian scrapbooker living in Edmonton, Alberta. I'm excited about sharing my designs and techniques with you through my video tutorials!"

You can subscribe to my YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates

Now, without further ado,
 introducing our fabulous May Anniversary Kit,
 "Spring into May"

And what a spring it is! We wanted a very special anniversary kit and this kit is packed with so many fresh and lovely goodies featuring Prima's Divine Collection. There are fabulous textures and soft bling to bring out your creativity!

Take a look:

Main Kit

Embellishment Add-On

Flower Add-On

Paper Add-On

More details on this collection can be seen here: ScrapThat! Store 

We are currently accepting new

Kit Club Members.

For more information,

complete the form on the link below:

New Subscriber 

Here is my first layout, using only the goodies in the main kit and the brand new sketch from Stuck on U Sketches:

Featuring my niece,Vivien in her first princess crown. Yes, it's on backwards but with that smile,we'll just let it pass..

Look at the beautiful sketch Amarilys has created for May:

Here is what I made with it,using the add-ons:

I made the paper roses with my Spellbinder die and the pretty Smooch that comes with the main kit. These are older pics of my daughter that I have been waiting for the right papers..I love how the sunshine highlights her face and these sunny papers and blooms were perfect!

See details about the challenge here: Sketch Challenges

Be sure to also check out the details of our monthly DT challenge

 hosted in May by Sarah here: DT Challenge
We have a Round Robin Challenge to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day this month as well hosted by me!  It looks like it will be a blast!

For my last layout, I had no design in mind but just played with it:

As soon as I saw these papers,I remembered this pic of Naomi wearing this favorite outfit. Perfect match,right? I made the flowers with Prima papers as well and the ribbon is from my stash.

Back to the Hop...

Everyone is welcome to participate.

All entries for both challenges are due by Wednesday, May 29.

 All winners of our challenges, including Layout of the Week, are eligible to receive 10% off any 2012 Kits ~ including Add-ons!

Our Blog Hop features 9 fabulous hop sites including our Design Team blogs. 

We have been scrapping away and are so excited to show you our  creations! 
The May Blog Hop Prize is our 2012 Main Kit,Prima's Nature Garden

To qualify for this month's FABULOUS Prize, 

you must complete the following:

* Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each designer has created using this month's kit and sketch (comments are very much appreciated).

* Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word to make up a secret sentence,
collect these words along the way.

* You must become a FOLLOWER of each blog along the way 
and LIKE us on our Facebook Page!

* Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog.

* For your last stop on our Blog Hop return to the ScrapThat! Chat Blog.

Leave a comment letting us know you have

completed the hop.

(Please do NOT include the secret sentence in your comments.)

*Email the secret sentence to Tracey Sabella:tracey@scrapthat.ca

The Blog Hop ends Sunday, April 28 at Midnight EST.

The prize MUST be claimed within 3 days of the forum announcement which will also be made on the ScrapThat! Blog.

~ If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen ~
**Winner will pay actual shipping costs for sending the kit from Canada.**
Shipping costs will be invoiced via PayPal unless you are a kit member,
 then your prize will be shipped with your monthly kit.

Prizes won during the month will be mailed out the first week of the following month.

Due to Customs clearance, International mailings sometimes take 30-75 days to receive.

My secret word is:

Nature

Next hop over to
Sarah Routledge 

For your final stop, return to the ScrapThat! Blog 

to let us know you have completed the hop.

Remember ~ only send the secret sentence to tracey@scrapthat.ca

Happy Hopping!

May ScrapThat! Kit sneaks are here and a new DT member !!

Take a look at this!

May is our Anniversary and we have an incredible kit full of________________ and beautiful__________and best of all is the ___________!

Come back on Friday for the full reveal and blog hop !

Now introducing.... our newest Design Team member and new Video Educator, Kelly Klapstein. 

Here is a little about Kelly:

"Some of you may know me online as "Kelly Creates." I am a Canadian scrapbooker living in Edmonton, Alberta. My 3 teenagers keep me busy with their sports, and my husband and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage in 2014! My passions are teaching and writing, and I'm a former high school English teacher. Now I enjoy designing and teaching scrapbooking classes across Canada! My dream came true when I was invited to design and write for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine in 2011. I'm excited about sharing my designs and techniques with you through my video tutorials!"

We hope that you will subscribe to Kelly's YouTube Channel. Here is the link.http://www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates

Also, please check out her blog: http://kellycreates.blogspot.com/

Welcome aboard, Kelly!

SOUS DT Call!!

Big News!! 

Get all the details here:SOUS DT call

Scrapping Everyday Miracles April Sketch Challenge!

                                      This month at SEM we are trying something new!

                                 We have TWO sketches...one layout sketch and one card sketch. 

                                                       Check them out here. Pretty cool,right?

                           You can take your pick of the two and create either a layout or a card.

                                                       Both sketches are from PageMaps.

The TWIST?...use Washi Tape!

Here's mine:

I was inspired by this quote I found on Pintrest:

The pics are my youngest,Naomi, and oldest,Hayden, on Easter day. Hayden hates taking pics and being serious for more than 20 seconds. He and Naomi have a special bond which somehow has grown stronger since he left for college. They text each other and chat and then are goofy when together. I didn't want to just scrap the perfect pic, but the silly way they really are. 

I used the yummy Kaisercraft 75 cent papers and really love the colors! I used my washi tape on the edges of my photo mats and on my "banner". I fell in love with the little viewmaster paper from EchoPark! The title chippy is from Blue Fern, and I just added clear crackle. The heart locket and lightbulbchippies are from ScrapFX (aren't they cool?) and they were treated to my old standby,Rub n' Buff. I have a tute on the small green newsprint flowers here and here.

Check out the details here:http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/

SOUS Sketch Reveal !

Welcome to another SOUS Friday sketch reveal! This 2 pager, yup, 2 pager comes to us through the lovely talent of our very own Nanne. Check it out here: Nanne's Awesome 2 pager

Here is my take on it:

I'll confess, I haven't made a 2 page layout in years, since my pages became more and more dimensional. This was really fun to make, though and still has lots of dimension. I need to give thanks to ScrapFX for their generous RAK-All my chippies are from them and treated with a combination of silver embossing powder and perfect pearls in gold.

The story behind the layout is that since my family lives scattered through the state we meet for "Christmas" on a different weekend. Well, with all the snow we didnt end up getting together until March. My husband and I were so looking forward to giving my niece,Vivien with the Barbie Jeep Powerwheel we snagged on Black Friday. We made her come out to the driveway and surprised her with her new car. You can tell by the smile on her face that she loved it!

So,using this sketch and your creative talents, 

we are dying to see what YOU create! Link up to the SOUS

blog to take a chance at being voted one of our Top 3!

Bookpage Bloom Tutorial

Today I am going to share with you how I made my little blue blooms like the ones in my "Blue" layout.

Here is a sneak peek of these little green ones on an upcoming layout:

These are really easy and cute! Scrap for help is also running a challenge for April to create something with book pages-see the details here:http://scrapforhelp.blogspot.com/  These would be perfect! Have fun!

SEM Blog Hop Winner !

I want to say thank you to all of my hoppers and the lovely comments you left.

 I know it was a busy weekend and it means a lot to me!

The Winners post at Scrapping Everyday Miracles just posted so check out all the winners!

The winner of my RAK,chosen by Random.org is:

Roberta!!

Roberta said:

Wow, I love all of the details and elements on your layout!

 I love how you created so many textures with the various papers!
I love spring because the colors outside here in the NC Mountains change from gray to green! 

I am a new follower!

Congrats,Roberta!

 Email me at TrayP33@hotmail.com with your address so I can get your prize right out to you! 

BTW, you should head straight to the SEM site!