BIG week for NEW products!!!!

I'm trying to make room in the store for all the new wonderful products coming in, and the same goes with my stash, too!  I'm trying to use up some older products!

I used the Lily Bee Sweet Shoppe collection, and there is still a bit of it left HERE in the store!

My page is based on today's sketch at the My Scraps & More Sketch Blog!  The new DT had their first reveal, so check out the sketch and link up a page!!  Visit it HERE.

My page is pretty simple.  I mounted a piece of white cardstock with the edges cut at a skew onto of the grey herringbone patterned paper, and stitched around the edge with black thread.  Then I splattered the page with blue and red mists.  The triangle "banner" is actually a piece of patterned paper that I cut and then just stiched to a thin piece of paper to keep it from ripping.  I painted some Studio Calico wood stars with black paint and also used some SC star rubons that matched, too.

I used some chipboard banner pieces, flair, stickers and fabric brads from Lily Bee for the cluster as well as the plastic xoxo from Studio Calico and some twine to tie it all together.

Finally, on the chipboard speech bubble (also from Lily Bee), I stamped a subtitle and placed it over my photo.  Then some other little stars, buttons, and bits scattered around the page.

OK, so are you ready for some NEW stash!  Here is a list of everything that is arriving THIS WEEK!!!!

All of these should be in on Friday:

American Crafts Amy Tan Plus One
American Crafts Dear Lizzy Day Dreamer
Crate Paper Boys Rule
Crate Paper Oh Darling
Crate Paper Maggie Holmes Styleboard
Studio Calico Lemon Lush
Studio Calico Wanderlust
Echo Park Splendid Sunshine
Echo Park Mini Themes

Also arriving within the next week:

October Afternoon Daily Flash (Snapshots, All Boy, Girl Talk)
Simple Stories (Homespun and Simple Sets)
MME (Now & Then, Chalk Studio, Record It!)

Oh my gosh just a ton of goodness coming our way!!!!!!!!!!

We also have some EXCITING stuff going on on the forum this coming weekend.  Join us for our 2nd Annual "Love Is In the Air" crop starting Friday!

(Thanks to Nadine, board member and Sketch DT member for the blinkie!)

Hope you can join in on the fun!

The winner of the $10 gift certificate to the store from last weeks comments is:

Please contact me at info@myscrapsandmore.com with your email and address information so I can get your certificate to you!  You have one week from today to claim your prize!

WEEKLY GIVEAWAY:

For your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store, leave a comment on each blog post throughout the week.  At the end of the week, I choose a random day and a random commentor to win the prize!  Prize must be claimed within one week of announcing the winner!

Have a great week everyone!

Cranky & No Pants (whhaaattt?!)

Haha!  What a title, right?!  Let me explain.... :) 

It's Missy with you today, and I'm sharing a (funny) layout that I created for yesterday's Friday Favorite challenge over on our boards.  We switched things up a bit, so the Saturday Steal is now a Friday challenge.  I lifted a page by the talented Tami (momawhite99), and she scrapped an "oops" moment about her son.  So I decided to lift a not-so-perfect photo of my little Paige. First off, she wasn't wearing any pants (just a diaper), and she was in the middle of throwing a fit.  Why in the world was I taking a picture in the first place?  Because I was trying to get her to smile...she was ticked off for some reason...and being the crazy scrapper I am, I just kept taking pictures...haha.  So I decided to scrap this moment anyway.  Not all moments are those "perfect for scrapbook pages" moments, so why not keep it real, right?

I used the Snippets line from Studio Calico for this one...I purchased it in the My Scraps store a while ago and it's been sitting there waiting for me to open it.  I started with creating the layered border on the left with paper strips and washi tape, and then I started adding in the watercolor.  I always blot it with a paper towel to mute it a little bit.  

Next, I started with my layering.  Once I got all the patterned papers where I wanted them, I adhered them and started tucking in all the tid bits.  

Here's a different angle of the layers, the tape, stamps, and thread I added in.  I'm just a big fan of using lots of different things to make it more interesting.

I used a few circle punched vellum pieces, which I stapled down.  That little thumbs down stamp is from a little set of Heidi Swapp stamps I found at Michael's.

Pop dots are awesome...and I used them to raise up this little piece.  Just adding dimension makes a big difference in the look of your page :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Stay tuned for a fun Valentine Crop coming your way on Friday...it's going to be so much fun!  Lots of challenges and prizes...woo hoo!  AND there are a lot of the new CHA lines headed to the store...so keep a check HERE for them all!

Have a GREAT day!

Missy :)

I Love...This!!

Good morning and happy Friday scrappy friends! Tammi here with you today to share a page I recently created with the brand new Elle's Studio Everyday Moments! I love all of the different patterned papers in this line so I tried to include as many of those that I could on my page (with a little help from a Page Maps sketch) !!

I love how the stitching looks through the hearts and the tiny word stickers from My Mind's Eye worked perfectly on this layout!

I am lovin' wood veneer lately so had to include one from this collection on here too!

Head on over to the store here to see the whole collection and grab some for yourself!!

Majestic Mountains

Colorado is one of my favorite places.  I'm not sure I could handle the cold to live there all the time but the scenery is absolutely stunning.  I was constantly stopping my kids for pictures in front of the mountains when we visited Durango a few years ago. The Fancy Pants Timbergrove line was perfect for these mountain photos.

The line comes with the chevron paper but to me just laying it as is wouldn't work.  I cut each of the chevron strips apart and distressed the edges to give them dimension.

 

It seemed a little bare so I then added the snowflake brads and accented the rest of the paper using one of the brads as a stamp dipped in gesso to make the rest of the snowflakes.

 

***Tracy***

Happy Wednesday!

Hope you are having a great week so far!
Lisa here today to share a layout I made using Glitz Finnley. I would never have thought to use this line for a layout of my son deer hunting for the first time, but when I saw the deer head, I just had to!
I used sketch #66 from the sketch blog for my page:

 

I love the colors in this fun line!

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

 

~~~Lisa~~~

I Love You the Mostest

Hello and good morning...

Since this month is Valentines, I have alot of LOVE pages and projects that I will be sharing with you. Esp lots of pictures from our latest and first trip to Hawaii. My hubby and I took several photos together, probably more than we have all year together, so I need to make a goal to change it. I actually used some Bella Blvd Snapshots collection, which is totally a non Valentine line.

I honestly feel in love with the sticker embellie that says "I Love you the mostest". We've been saying that forever at our house.

I added a border punch to the bottom piece for texture and split up a sticker quote:

So who or what do you love the mostest???? I'd love to know, you might even want to check out the forum challenge for today.. (hint hint)

Thanks so much for stopping by

Wendi

Fun new changes and some older stash...

Before I share some of the new changes happening with the store and blog, I wanted to quickly share a page I did for Throwback Thursday.  I used some old Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe collection (mostly because I knew it had a lollipop in it)!

I started by using some Gelatto's and water, and then going over it with a stencil and modeling paste.

Behind my photos, I added a few frame shapes cut from papers and just a few simple strips.

I layered lots of chipboard pieces, flair, and die cuts.

And my title I cut with my Cameo and outlined with a black pen.

Although we don't carry this Crate Paper collection any more, there are lots of other fantastic ones still available in the store! LOOK HERE.

Did you know that in addition to our Throwback Thursday Challenges that we also do a monthly S.O.S. group (Scrap Our Stash)!  Be sure to check it out on the forum HERE.

OK, a few new things:

Raffle Tickets:
Starting in February, for every $10 you spend in the store (after discounts), you will receive a raffle ticket with your order.  At the end of the month, I will draw a winning ticket and post it on the blog.  If you have the matching number, you will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store!

Giveaway Mondays:
Giveaway Mondays will continue on the blog each week.  Just leave a comment EVERYDAY
 during the week and I will choose one random commentor to win!  However, your prize will now be a $10 gift certificate to the store so that you can choose the PRODUCTS YOU WANT!  Use your gift certificate in conjunction with sales to save, too!

Speaking of giveaways, I owe you a winner from last week:

Please send me an email to info@myscrapsandmore.com so I can get out your Lily Bee prize pack!

Oh, and look what is coming to the store VERY soon!  You can Pre-Order it NOW!

MME Chalk Studio, Now & Then, and Record It!

Use code 20INFEB to save 20% off your order this month!

Have a great week!