ScrapThat! July Kit Reveal and Blog Hop !

Welcome to ScrapThat! 

It's our July Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!! 

If you came here from
Amarilys Doria
then you are in the right order!
If not and you want to start at the beginning,
here is the full Blog Roll Order:
ScrapThat! 

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre
Laura Gilhuly

ScrapThat! Facebook Page 
Amarilys Doria 

Tracey Gregory (you are here)

Tracey Sabella 
Kelly Klapstein 
Sandi Clarkson

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Now that we are in the full swing of warmer weather,

 we are so excited to show you our soothing and refreshing July Collection.

We are so happy to welcome the amazing 

Natasha Naranjo Aguirre

as our July Guest Designer!!!

 

Hi!  My name is Natasha & I’m the mother of two wonderful children & the wife of an amazing, supportive man. I am a floral designer by day and a scrapbook designer by night. I love to incorporate different techniques in my work and use a variety of elements. Every day I am inspired by the work and talent of others, and I hope to be able to inspire others with my work as well. 

Be sure to stop by her blog to see more of her gorgeous creations: http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/

We are sad to say farewell to our talented Video educator, 
Kelly Klapstein as this will be her last month with us

We learned so much during your time here and will continue to

 follow you and your awesome tutorials!

We wish you all the best!!

Now, without further ado....  

Introducing our July Kit,

 "Hope Chest"

Featuring the Hope Chest collection by Pink Paislee, we are sure you will love this kit packed with gentle neutrals and sages combined with pops of Prima color! Whatever your scrapping style is, you can capture the beauty of nature and the photos and memories you hold dear.

Take a look:

Main Kit*

*The Circles are not part of this kit-sorry for the mix-up

Paper Add-On

Flower Add-On

 Embellishment Add-On

More details on this collection can be found here:

ScrapThat! Store 

We are currently accepting new
Kit Club Members.

For more information,

complete the form on the link below:

New Subscriber  

Summer Promotion 

ScrapThat! is having a fabulous summer promotion. If you start a subscription during the months of July or August, after 6 paid months, you can pick a retired kit from the ScrapThat! store for free. It will be shipped along with your 6th month kit. If you are already subscriber and want to get in on the action, refer a friend. For each friend you refer, you will both receive a free kit after you each complete 6 months from the time the referral starts. The person you refer must give your name when they subscribe. Stop by the ScrapThat! Store to start your subscription today. 

Look at the beautiful sketch Amarilys has created for July:

By popular request, Sandi will be hosting a Round Robin for July!

See details about the challenge here: Sketch Challenges

Here is my layout is based on Amy's sketch and uses the Main Kit items only:

Using a Martha Stewart corner punch, I made a doily of sorts from the sheet of cork.The little butterflies are cork as well. The pic is my daughter at the falls near our house taken on her graduation from middle school day. I love the way her hair is still "up and fancy" but she is in her comfortable clothes while at her childhood hangout. There is a fabulous Crafter's Workshop stencil in the background to capture that sense of time and passage. I fussy cut the flowers and used gesso to lighten the flocked ribbon. Love the banners in the sketch!

My next page was inspired by the same photo shoot:

The little scrabble tiles are the cutest! We all got different letters, which was fun! The cork Thickers Alphas go so perfectly with the cork background. I liked the map background on some of the papers which made me think of rolled up maps which led to..my background idea! I will be giving a tutorial on how I made my gesso embossed foliage later in July.

This month I am hosting the DT Challenge.
 My challenge for you is to make a canvas-any size-
using  pictures or just mixed media-just play! 
Here is my inspiration piece:

I made the background with modge-podged sections of the kit paper, then using the mesh from the main kit as a stencil, applied light molding paste and lots of Heidi Swapp Mists. Once that was dry, I gessoed,stamped and just had some messy fun. I layered the pics of Vivi for a more 3 dimensional effect. The butterflies are courtesy of the talented Lisa Gregory and were inspired by this gorgeous card. I will add some links in basic mixed media but the point is just to have fun!

Everyone is welcome to participate in all challenges.

Entries for all challenges are due by Wednesday, July 24.

 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 July Blog Hop Prize is our retired "Summer In My Garden" Main Kit featuring Fabscrap's Organic collection

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 or two that will 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!
• Subscribe to Kelly's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates
• Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog.
• For your last stop on our Blog Hop return here 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, June 30 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 words are:

pack in

Next hop over to

Tracey Sabella 

For your final stop, return here 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!