Leaf Pile

Happy Halloween! Hope you are having a fun weekend! Today, I'm sharing a layout I created using Echo Park's The Story of Fall collection.  I love the oranges and greys of this line...definitely gives you the autumn feeling with the wood grain prints too!

I used these fun turquoise glitter Thickers from the Pink Paislee Cedar Lane collection!  I thought the blue would pop against the darker colors! 

As well as patterned papers, I layered different pieces of the Ephemera  under my photo. I really love the tags!  I also added coordinating enamel dots, as well as some wooden veneer leaves and turquoise sequins from my stash!

I also cut two leaves from my Silhouette using a cut file from The Cut Shoppe to accent.

Thanks for stopping today! Check out the My Scraps and More Shop to get this and many other fall/Halloween collections! Have a wonderful day!  

Creative Agenda Fun

I just love the Creative Agenda line from Echo Park Paper!  The fun bright colors and phrases make it so versatile for just about anything.  I was inspired by the sticker at the bottom left "you are my favorite work of art" to use these photos of my daughter with her slushy blue tongue!  The pushpin stickers made me think of  pinning the photos to the page so I designed it to look like I had a line of photos hung from the twine.

I cut pop dots in half to give them a little dimension.  The cell phone was fussy cut from a 3 x 4 journaling card and I added the stickers for some fun. The alphas that came in the collection kit were perfect for a multi "font" title, too :)  So much fun!

School Time!

It's back to school time!!  And you know what that means, the back to school layout!!  Today I'm here to share a layout I created using the VERY cute Echo Park Teacher's Pet Line.  I love that it's traditional school colors without being too young or too primary. The double sided papers made it difficult to choose a side as they were all so perfect, but I came up with this layout for my 8th grader and I just love how it turned out.




I also tried for the first time the very yummy Evalicious Black Puffy Alpha. I bought a couple of colors initially but I can already see I need to go back for more!

Thanks for stopping by today!

School Rules

Hello! Happy Saturday!  It's Jennifer and I'm sharing a layout I created with 

Echo Park's Teacher's Pet collection from the My Scraps and More Shop!  This paper collection includes fun prints and stickers perfect for your first day photos!  I made this page as a challenge for a Monday Mix Up on the MSAM forums! If you haven't joined our daily challenges yet, please check them out!

I used black cardstock and a cute cut file from The Cut Shoppe for my tile! 

I also added in the cute globe sticker from the Teacher's Pet 12x12 Elements Stickers as well as letter stickers from Simple Stories and October Afternoon.  The ledger print on the B side of Rulers was perfect for my journaling!  

I used the B side of the Backpacks paper with Rulers and tied it together with the cute black cursive border strip from the Elements Stickers.

I am a big fan of layering and you can see the many fun prints of Teacher's Pet!  

Thank you for stopping by today!  Check out this collection plus much more NEW lines!  Have a great day!

What's on your Creative Agenda???

The LAST challenge for the Got Talent contest was posted on Thursday.  12 weeks, 24 challenges, tons of inspiration!!!  You still have until August 31st to upload all your entries to the Flickr Gallery to win the Simple  Stories Good Day Sunshine collection!

The last challenge was to cut a photo into a shape other than a square or rectangle.

I put my 4x6 photo against a scrap of 6x6 paper and cut into 4 parts to trim the dead space from my photo.  Then I used the scrap paper as a template to cut the patterned papers I used on my page. I used some washi tape to create a frame around my page.

I mixed some Studio Calico Brighton Pier, Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine, and Echo Park Splendid Sunshine. And there are some embellies from Pink Paislee Solstice and Fancy Pants Nautical.

*********************Store News******************

Look at these ADORABLE good from the Jillibean Soup Halloween collections!!!!  I picked up some of those enamel stars for sure!!!  Check out the whole collection in the store HERE.

And just in TODAY is the Echo Park Creative Agenda collection!  This was on a lot of people's "Must Have" list!  A great, everyday line.  I LOVE the paper with the days of the week words!  Check it out HERE!

****************Weekly Giveaway***************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week. I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!! Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.


This weeks winner is:

Congrats!  EMail me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

Customer loyalty and lots more!

******************Customer Loyalty Program******************

While I was planning for the sale last weekend, I came across a feature on the store backend that allows me to FINALLY automate the Customer Loyalty Program.

After every 5 orders, you get $5 off your 6th order!  This will automatically occur and will say "Discount" on your invoice.  It was also retroactive, so if you had already placed orders, it took off the discount during the sale this past weekend!  Some of you had more than 11 orders, so you got $10 off!  :)

*******************June Winning Ticket********************

For every $10 your spend in the store, you get a raffle ticket with your order.  Each month, I draw one winning ticket to receive a $10 store credit!  Here is the winning ticket from June!

blue ticket 108383


If you have the winning ticket, please email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

***************Flickr Gallery Tutorial****************

We are experimenting with a new gallery for the store and forum.  If you haven't been to the Flickr Gallery yet, you MUST check it out!  Already a ton of members and over 100 layouts!  And the pages are incredible!

If you want to learn how to sign up, go to THIS POST.

To learn how to upload your photos to the My Scraps & More group, check out THIS POST.

Today I am going to show you how to add an image to a thread in the forum.

1. Click on the photo you wish to add to the thread.  On the bottom right corner, you will see a little arrow.  Click on this arrow and this is what you will see:

*Notice that you can also share this to so many other places!  Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and more!

2. In the box, click on BBCode, and then select a size (I use the medium size).  Copy the entire code that comes up in the box (highlighted in blue below).

3.  Now go to the thread where you want to add your image.  ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PASTE THE CODE RIGHT INTO THE THREAD.  You do NOT have to click the "image" box and copy and paste the code into it.

4.  And voila!  Your image should appear in the thread!

Please let me know if you have any questions!

****************Sharing a layout****************

I thought I would share the layout above with you!  I created this page using Echo Park Capture Life and some Good Day Sunshine by Simple Stories! (Click links to see this lines in the store!)

The pink, yellows, and blues from the Echo park Capture Life collection also went well with my photos, so I stuck to that color combo (one of my favorites for summer!).  And the “Capture Life” sticker has dual meaning for this page!   Because of this circle sticker, I decided to continue adding a few smaller punched circles on the page to help it flow.

The word “fun” was printed on the Simple Stories Insta Square and I punched it out with a circle punch.  I tried to mimic the writing with the word “girl” with a white pen on a blue circle.

***************Weekly Giveaway***************

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

And this weeks winner is:

Congrats Dana!!!!  Email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your win!

Stay Scrappy my friends!

New Fancy Pants and Simple Stories!

I am so so excited about the new Fancy Pants and Simple Stories releases!

Fancy Pants does it again with 3 bright collections and TONS of embellishments for each line!  Check them out HERE.

As You Wish

Be Different

Nautical

And the Simple Stories DIY idea is just so awesome.  Basically, there are a ton of different "layers" that you can add together to create interesting clusters for your pages.  There are kraft and "office" print patterns, paired with the bright colors of the DIY Boutique collection of papers.  Layers include tags, journaling spots, labels, die cuts, envelopes, chipboard, brads, enamel dots, and more!  Here is the link in the store:  Simple Stories.



DIY

DIY Boutique

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Have you been playing around with the sketches on the sketch blog lately??  Tammi does such a fantastic job with the sketches!!! I love using them as starting points on my page! Check out this weeks sketch!

I got to use some of the Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Styleboard on this page. At first, this was one of those collections that I wasn't too sure about, but when I saw it in person, I LOVED it!

With this Crate Paper line (and the others in this release, too) there are some awesome embellishments like die cuts and vellum, PLUS a lot of gold foil accents, which I LOVE!  The polka dots on the background of this page are actually gold foil, but don't photograph that way.

                    

I lightly brushed some gesso on the background with a dry brush and then stitched a circle to anchor the photo.  The white thread wasn't standing out enough for me, so I traced it in some spots with a white pen.

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Weekly Giveaway!

For a chance to win a $10 credit to the store, leave a comment on each blog post this week.  I will choose a random day and then a random commentor on that day to win!!!  Winners have 7 days to claim their prize.

Last weeks winner is:

Congrats Miriam!

Please email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to learn how to get your store credit!  Thanks and have a great week everyone!

At the Car Wash...

Want to know how to entertain a 2 year old and a 4 year old for 2 hours? Some dishsoap, water, and washcloths...then tell them it's a car wash! Works every time!

 I used some papers from Pebbles "Lakeside", and Echo Park, too.

I love the layout of this page!  I was of course inspired by today's sketch on the blog!  You can check it out HERE.

I've also been trying to use some bits in my stash here and there: some old stickers from Sassafrass and October Afternoon, fabric brads and transparencies from Basic Grey, and alphas from Heidi Swapp and Lily Bee.

Can't have a rainbow without the rain!

I just LOVED this piece of paper from Echo Park's "Sweet Girl" collection, but I was having a hard time figuring out how to use such a big, bold print.

My initial thought was to cut it up into smaller "rainbows" but instead, I just trimmed off about a 4" piece from the top, and used it on my page like this:

I mixed it up with some other American Crafts papers that I had, and tried to keep the rest of the design simple.  I also used the grey on the bottom of the page to make the rainbow stand out more on top!

I am so inspired this time of year to use rainbow prints and clouds and sunshines!!!  There are lots of great new products in the store that have these things!  Check out all the "newest arrivals"!

Echo Park- All About a Boy (and a girl)

I was sooo inspired by the sketch on the sketch blog today!  I love different sketches that guide you to create something different, and that' is exactly what this sketch did!  You will have to see it HERE to see what I mean!  :)

Here is my take on the sketch.  I used Echo Park "All About a Boy" collection.  I love the aquas, blues, and oranges in this line! I also added in a few embellies from my stash.

I started with the strips of diagonal papers and then stitched over them with my machine.  I added a row of stamped arrows, too.

For some dimension, I added some wood veneer stars, some old Jillibean fabric stars, and some flair!

I tucked my journaling on a tag behind the photos.

I'd love to see how you take on this sketch this week!

-Audrey