Happy St. Patricks Day!!

Come into Scrap-n-Stamp today and if you are wearing green and mention this blog you can get a free gift with purchase!!!! Hurry limited supplies. Hope you have a great Saint Patties day!!!!

Do you have an All Star??

I created this layout with the new "Boys only" Line from My Minds Eye. It was very simple to create and I only used Three sheets of the printed paper, and as usual I passed my scraps on to Debbie, and she of course is making some great cards. The stars are from the same line, and they come individually, here I used pop-up Foam on the back of that stars and the title to give the page dimension. And since this layout would be for a boy, I distressed the edges of the paper, and used brown ink to give it a worn look. And of course I used my favorite machine the Pazzle to cut out the title. If you like this layout, but don't have the time to make it, come by the store, this layout as well as all the other layouts we make are for sale.

Our Challenges are BACK!

Last month...we highlighted some of our own challenges. It was all about using and recycling our "Ssss...craps" :-) Sommer would start a scrapbook page using larger pieces of scraps. Then, she would pass on her left over smaller pieces to Deb. Deb would turn those little scraps into 3-4 awesome cards. It's amazing to see what the girls would create when we would typically throw the scraps away... they utilized every last piece of scrap :-)

We want to challenge you to use your scraps and come up with a 12x12 scrapbook layout or a card. Use any scraps you have, embellishments to add some kick to it and last but not least...what comes right after SCRAP...n...STAMP. Include a rubber stamp image on your layout or card. If you don't have any rubber stamps, come by Scrap -n- Stamp and use any of our in house stamps for this challenge. So, submit your creation and include two things: SCRAP -n- STAMP's - sounds familiar huh :-).

All entries are dues no later then, April 18, 2009. Winners will be announced by the end of April. Have fun and good luck!

A place to create

So this has to be the best part of our new house!!! I finally was able to unpack all my Scrapbooking supplies and organize my own little Scrap nook. I had all the supplies, but I needed some items to organize it all. So I made a trip to IKEA, and let me tell you they have some great items to organize your crafting area. You just have to think outside the box a little, since they are not typically used for craft storage.
Above I used a spice rack to store my buttons, brads, eyelets and other little embellishments.
Here I used a wire for hanging photo's or other things, to organize my acrylic stamps. It also great to hang finished cards or pages that you want to admire before sending or putting in your scrapbook. Remember it's spring cleaning time... Have fun organizing.

So I am new to most of this (Cardmaking, Blogging and more). I am being inspired by all of my co-workers and wanted to share one of the first cards that I have made. Using the American Crafts Teen Collection, I used the Zebra print paper to create this Red, Black and White birthday card for my sister-in-law's 25th birthday. I decorated it with embellishments such as flowers, rhinestones, brads, Liquid Applique, Thickers and Stickles. I was able to cut out the letters using the ever so cool Pazzle machine. Sommer also told me about this website called www.poemsource.com, in which you can use their poems as long as you give them credit on the card. ~Kim

Blossom

With all this rain we have been getting there should be some beautiful spring blossoms!! Here is my creation from the Twitterpated line by Imaginisce that I blogged about last week. It's the perfect paper for Spring. Here I used three sheets of the Twitterpated paper, some Buttons, prima flowers, ribbon and of course stickles. Stay tuned for Debbies creations from my S..Craps :-)

Under Construction!!!

Kim and I were motivated Saturday to take down the Valentine's window display. Renee said we could just leave it blank, but we figured we should put something in the window. Kim came up with a great idea to use the new Road sign paper from Reminisce...

This paper is great, if you have pictures of a little boy and his Tonka trucks this would be the perfect paper to scrapbook those pictures. It would also be cute for party invitations.... Come and check it out on Monday, and remember every Monday we have a free Make-n-Take card!!!