Scrap That! Video Co-ordinator opening ..

If you are here for my Stuck on U Sketches post, please scroll on down. 

ScrapThat! ~ Canada's Best Kit Club is looking for a Video Coordinator to join our Design Team!

Design Team members receive:

1. FREE PRODUCT - A full monthly kit plus the embellishment add-on kit, valued at well over $50 retail. 

2. GENEROUS DISCOUNT - A 30% discount on all product purchases that will fit in the box with your kit to ship free of charge!

3. FAME & GLORY - Your photo and bio on our Design Team page!

What we ask of you: 

•     A 6-month term

•   Exclusivity to ScrapThat! Product manufacturer sites are fine, but we must be the only online store/kit club that you design for
•    You must have a blog and Facebook account and update it regularly each week including posts about projects you’ve created from the kit, design tips etc. We ask that you also have links to our site on your blog and any other sites you are involved with where allowable 
•  Minimum of 3 projects created every month with the kit.  90% of each project must contain kit contents. One layout must use the main kit contents only, (no items from the add on kits).  
• A video tutorial demonstrating step-by-step instructions on how to create one of your projects, including any design tips or techniques used in your project
•  Post your 3 kit designs plus an additional 2 projects of your choice (made with your stash) in our gallery every month as well as to one other large gallery site, either www.Scrapbook.com  or www.TwoPeasinaBucket.com.  Postings on these sites must include *ScrapThat! Kit* in the title line
•   Projects must be well photographed, cropped and ready to be uploaded on our site (and your blog) the last Friday of the month
•   Video tutorial must be ready to upload to the ScrapThat! You Tube account, our NING community, and Design Team blogs by the third Monday of each month
•   Participation in our monthly blog hops and contests is required
•   Community forum and gallery participation. This is quite possibly the most important thing! We have a terrific online community and our members are of the utmost importance to us, so this is huge!
•   Keep up-to-date on design and product trends in order to contribute product ideas to include in the monthly kit and ideas of how to generate more sales
•   Submit your kit design work for publication when applicable to open calls. Where possible, credit must always be given for projects created using our kits

Please submit a link to your blog, along with three of your favorite recent layouts, and a video sample to: kaitlyn@scrapthat.ca bySeptember 24, 2012.  

This opportunity is open to applicants residing in North America

Bless ~ SOUS Original Sketch

Happy Friday, everyone! My favorite day of the week! 

Today I'm sharing the layout I did based on an original for SOUS sketch done by yours truly. I've provided the sketch at the bottom of this post but I hope that you will visit Stuck on U Sketches and see how creative the rest of the DT was!! So proud of them! 

You know that circles are all the rage right now, so I really wanted to try my hand at doing a sketch and a layout using a bunch of them! It's not quite as easy as it looks though. You do have to get your sizes and papers just right!

The photo is one that my hubby took of me when we were in Santa Fe in June. I'm posing with a statue of St Francis of Assisi that was right outside our little private courtyard. You can see the birdbath and birds in the photo below and the reason that I've included some on my page! 

My papers are some very old Basic Grey Marrakech papers that were given to me by a friend quite a while ago. I had almost forgotten about them but  thought they were perfect for the Southwest flair of Sante Fe. Below you can see that  I've used my Cherish PAP on the light turquoise paper and then mounted that on orange card stock from the collection.

Next I dug out my Creative Memories circle maker because my Cricut is all packed up. That was kind of fun actually! Then I embossed and sanded a few of my circles for more texture. 

I made a little doily flower that I will be presenting a tutorial on next month, so stay tuned! I've also made some small rosettes using Sandi Smith's tutorial HERE. Mine are not quite as good as hers because I was still perfecting my skills. Once I learned how to get the bud really tight, I had trouble letting it spring loose like it actually needs to be .. pride got in my way! LOL But I've adjusted my attitude and am letting them uncurl more now. I also got the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms Die and am loving it! Sure I have PC Flower Shoppe .. but I have more fun with my Dies! 

Here is the lower corner with my Thickers for my title, more roses and one little butterfly. I've used a generous amount of Gesso on all my flowers and on some of my circles for a slight white-washed look. 

Next I added some pearls and my Prima resin birdbath and birds. 

Lastly, I just wanted to show the bit of stamping that I did on the upper corner with my chicken wire stamp .. very subtle. 

As promised, here is a copy of the sketch! I hope you will get an opportunity to use it and try something a little out of your comfort zone. Or maybe you are a pro at them .. either way we love to have your link up with us Stuck on U! 

Thanks for coming by! Have a great weekend! 

2nd Scrap That! Layout with details ..

I'm back today with what has proven to hit home with a few ladies who liked the pairing of the Ladies Diary female image with  the photo of my dgd's horse. I thought it was kind of fitting and fun to do! 

After choosing my papers and using my MS punch around the page, I whitewashed my background with Gesso to really make the images pop. Then I fussy cut my lady along with a multitude of the florals from another sheet. 

Afterwards I got busy altering my Dusty Attic wrought iron piece. It started with red, then peach, then Rustic Glimmer Glam. It looks great IRL although it still looks a bit red in the photo. It's intended to  match the colors in the ladies skirt. 

I layered a few papers behind my photo, as well as  one of the gorgeous paper doilies from the kit and then framed it with some of the bling that Kate included.  I also used the Prima flower but took the dangles off and used them on another page. 

I enjoyed using those really great pearls from the kit .. always love using pearls more than rhinestones. 

Here's a close-up of the feathers I added to my ladies hat along with a small Prima flower.

Just another close-up of the Dusty Attic piece along with some Prima roses that I added to it. 

I think that's it for this one! Hope you have a great weekend! 

Sept 5th Card Challenge ~ Stuck on U Sketches

Happy Hump Day, everyone! Today marks another Card Challenge Reveal Day over at Stuck on U Sketches. We are ecstatic this month to have a very special Guest Designer, none other than my scrappy friend, Frank Garcia. Please visit his blog at Haus of W and see the awesome projects he has created!  You won't be sorry!

Today's sketch was designed by yours truly ... and leaves room for all kinds of possibilities. So, I hope that you will have an opportunity to play along with our challenge this time. This is really an easy, peasy sketch! 

I was itching to do an easel card, so I turned the sketch horizontally and went from there!

My papers are the yummy Glitz Cashmere Dame along with some solid red card stock. You can see that I've used my Martha Stewart Floral Vine punch on both the outside and the inside of the card. My sentiment is a Heartfelt Creations stamp and is stamped in black, Then I've used my Labels 4 Die to cut as well as to emboss. Then I made a larger cut to frame the first. Behind those are a random doily from my stash as well as some fussy cut flowers from the patterned paper. I then added a few tiny buttons as per the sketch.  

I always like to use ribbon on my cards, so I've added a double bow using some crinkle ribbon from the Craft Spot. Then I added a button without stitching .. the product of being in a hurry ... LOL I finished the card with a butterfly constructed from a couple of my Martha Stewart punches.  One small red pearl and it is ready to go! 

I hope that you will join in on our card challenges. They are posted on the first and third Wednesdays and you have 2 weeks to upload your NEW project utilizing the sketch. Can't wait to see your cards!! 

Thanks for coming by! 

First Scrap That! LO from the September Hop

I thought I"d share some of my September Kit pages one at a time with a bit more detail. 

On this first layout from Scrap That! Reveal Day, I've used a Prima gate stencil and some molding paster for a bit of fun. Then I added some fussy cut flowers from the Graphic 45 Ladies Diary paper along with a favorite Dusty Attic branch that I snipped in to 3 pieces. I've used the ivory Petaloo mixed blooms from the kit as well as some small Primas from my stash. I love love love the chunky worsted yarn that Kate put in the kit this month and now I want to go buy some more! Didn't it just make the yummiest bow?  This layout is based on a sketch by my sweet friend and co-leader, Leah Schaeffer of Stuck on U Sketches. I guess you could say that mine is a loose interpretation this time! 

Here is Leah's sketch:

And here are a few close-ups of my work. 

Using the Prima gate stencil .. 

The Dusty Attic branch painted with Ivy GM and Dirty Martini GG. 

And here is that yarn that I loved so much! 

Thanks for coming by again! I am back tomorrow with SOUS's Card Sketch Reveal Day!