The Final October Layouts...

I have two final October Challenge layouts to share with you.

Both have been created by Rachel.

Inspiration Challenge.

Sketch Challenge.

Thank-you to everyone who has submitted entries for the October Challenges.

The winners will be announced shortly.

Plaing with paint

Hi there,

Petra here and yoday I will talk a little bit about paint. I love paint :) According to me there is never an excuse to not use paint on a page. It gives the page a unique look and lifts up pale papers.

On the page below I have used paint in three different ways.

1) I have painted the pattern paper with paint mixed with water, not the entire paper but parts of it.

2) I have used paint on a mask and then pressed the mask against the paper to get a partial print. After letting dry I have used a pen to highlight the shape

3) I have used paint (again mixed with water) and splashed on the background.

You can use most types of paint; acrylic, distress ink, mist, etc., depending on the looks you want and how dark your paper is to start with. Om this particular page I used Acrylic paint as I had a black background.

Supply from YouDo, Canvas Corp, MakingMemories and Tattered Angels

Now go and play with paint!

Bye /Petra

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November Sketch Challenge...

For November, we have a fun sketch for you to work with. It has room for lots of photos, or for just one photo (see Nick Knopke's layout for ideas on using a single photo).

November's sketch was designed by Jules The Bling Princess (yep, that's me!). Now, let's see what the Design Team have created this month:

Juanna Sia

Helen Tilbury

Caroline Hancock (done as an 8.5" x 11" layout)

Annette Gearside

Leah Schaeffer

Lisa Kamphuis

Nick Knopke

Petra Offrel

Michelle Wallace

Rebecca Lynch

Well, I hope you like November's Sketch Challenge. I would love to see how it inspires you, so please send your entries to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

Aletnatively, you can post a direct link to your layout on this post (but please make sure it is a direct link to your layout, not to your blog).

Entries close at midnight 30th November 2011.

The winner will be announced shortly after,

and will receive a Limited Edition kit from the store.

Happy scrapping everyone!!!

November Inspiration Challenge...

Have we got a fabulous inspiration challenge for you this month! For November's Inspiration Challenge we have a beautiful, bright, colourful palette from Elizabeth Anne Designs.

You can use the colours as your inspiration, or the pictures, or anything else in the image. Whatever you choose, just have fun with it. Now, let's see what the Design Team have been inspired to create:

Lisa Kamphuis

Kim Kendall

Kirsten Casey

Annette Gearside

Erin Reed

And a card by Leah Schaeffer.

So, what do you think? How does November's Inspiration Challenge inspire you?

Please send your entries to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com

Or alternatively, you can add a link to this post.

Competition closes midnight 30th November 2011.

The winner will be announced shortly after,

and will receive a Limited Edition kit from the store.

Spooky Grungy Halloween

Halloween is a fun spooky day....so why not let your pages feel the same.  Embrace the colors - orange, black, purple, and yellow.  Have fun with the dark and grunge feel of a page.........enter the dark side, lol.

The ghost in the picture is my oldest son Morgan.  He was having a blast with the sheet over his head making "boo" sounds trying to scare us a couple of days ago.  As luck would have it i had my camera in my pocket and I was able to get this fun picture of him.  Since then i have been mulling over how to create a layout this for this picture.

I love to create layers, it adds so much dimension to a page.  Layers of papers, colors, embellishments, and textures gives so much depth and intrigue to a page........it keep you looking for more. In this page i was playing with the idea of the hard and the soft.  The hard dark edge of the colors and Halloween, but the softness of the flowers, ribbon, and swirls make a great juxtaposition to each other.  I also just love getting dirty playing with my distress inks, mists, and glitter.

I hope this inspires you to get dirty and to have fun playing a bit on the dark side of scrapbooking!

Come visit me at http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!!

Erin R.

Long Overdue...

I know this announcement is long overdue. I am so sorry for making you all wait but my life has been a little crazy and hectic (and it doesn't look like slowing down any time soon...sigh!). But without further ado, the winner for the September Inspiration Challenge is...

CAROL THENG (with her layout Cupcake).

Congratulations Carol!

Could you please send your mailing address to scrapbookkitswithjules@gmail.com and I will get your winner's kit out to you, as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient entries, there will be no sketch winner for September.

Ladies, thank-you for your participation. Without you, this wouldn't be possible.

And don't forget, you still have 2 more days to enter the October Challenges.

Sewing threads & Scrapbooking?

Hi all! Juanna here! How's everyone doing? Just got back from a company retreat hence the mid day post. Today, I'm going to be sharing with you a little tip that I thought might interest you.

Okay, ladies (and gents!), if you sew, do you sometimes accumulate threads left over from sewing a button and you throw them away because they are neither short nor long to do anything else with it? Hold your horses! You can now keep them aside for scrapbooking!

Let me give you a little demostration on how I used some of those sewing threads on a layout.

(As I haven't been sewing, and jus for the purpose of this tutorial, I used some new sewing threads. You can do the same if you don't have threads to be recycled.)

Here are the colours of threads on this sample layout:



Next clump the different threads together. Mix them up, mess them up, tug them gently until you get a shape you desire with the messy mass of threads.



I used tape glue on the spots I want the threads to stick. *Just a note, for tape glue, I used really tiny bits on the different spots to get the threads to stick and not come off. It is ok for some part of the thread pile to be left lying without tape, as long the whole pile stays on the paper. So you may get straying bits but I guess, that is also a form of creativity on its own yeah? (:



Once you have done that, you can go on and complete your layout with all the photos and materials you desire. Here's my layout using a mix of sassafras, DCWV, Kaisercraft, Mister Huey's and Tattered Angels mist (for the tiny splats).



Have a blessed weekend ahead and get scrappy! (: