October Product Highlight

Each month at the Scrapping Turtle we highlight a different product. The Design Team creates projects featuring that product and the store offers it to customers for 15% off. 

For the month of October we are highlighting the fabulous Ranger Distress Crackle Paints. Love these paints!!!! The effect makes such a huge difference on the finished project.

I decided to create a card for my Crackle Paint project. I used my Quickutz Picket Fence border die and painted it with the Picket Fence Distress Crackle Paint. The trees are Maya Road chipboard. I painted the trunks with Vintage Photo Distress Crackle Paint and the tops with Pine Needles Distress Crackle Paint. I stamped the We R Memory Keepers house onto a separate piece of cardstock, then cut it out and pop dotted it to the card. I added a couple of dots of Stickles for the hinges on the gate. 

I think this is one of my most favourite cards.

A close up of the fence:

Close up of the trees:

Please visit the Scrapping Turtle blog to see the fabulous projects created by my fellow Design Team members. 

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 3

Kim gave us another fabulous challenge this week at the Scrapping Turtle for the Economic Stimulus. Each week she has been giving us a list of things to include in a layout and for each one we include we get a ballot for a surprise. This week was another great list, along with two ways to get a bonus ballot -- make a card with the scraps AND use a turtle sketch for the layout.

This week Kim was looking for:

1. Basic Grey patterned paper

2. My Mind's Eye patterned paper

3. chipboard shape

4. bling

5. stamping

I used the Basic Grey Archaic line and the My Mind's Eye Abbey Road Stomp line to create my layout of Sam at the Waterloo Region Children's Museum. As you can see, he wasn't overly thrilled to meet this big fellow. I stamped the footprints around the outside of the paper using my Basic Grey Archaic stamps. The title "Roar" is Maya Road chipboard, which I inked. I used some Kaiser Craft rhinestones on the title and on the dinosaur that I hand cut from the paper. The arrow is also from Kaiser Craft. Thank you to Vicki Murray for the fabulous sketch posted on the Turtle forum which I used for inspiration for this layout.

Here is my bonus card that uses scraps from the papers I used on the layout, as well as another stamp from the Basic Grey Archaic stamp set. The "happy birthday to you" is a Studio G stamp.

Thanks Kim for a great challenge!!! I'm having a lot of fun with the Economic Stimulus!!!!

Mellissa's Challenge

Mellissa's Design Team layout challenge at the Scrapping Turtle this week involves using a lot of shapes on your layout --- circles, triangles, rectangles, etc.

I was inspired to scrap this photo of Sara playing dress up in her witch's costume. This isn't her Halloween costume for this year. We actually picked it up at a used store some time ago so that she could play dress up, but it needed some repairs. My Mom had it at her house for awhile and just brought it back this week. Sara immediately put it on and modeled for us. 

The background paper is from Paper Pizzazz. The bracket was cut from a Halloween paper I had in my stash (I can't remember the manufacturer -- Rusty Pickle? Jenni Bowlin? not sure) -- I also used it to mat the photo. I cut the diamonds and the triangles using Little Yellow Bicycle. I punched circles from a Halloween paper by The Paper Company. The title words were cut from a Little Yellow Bicycle paper. I added some Kaiser Craft rhinestones and some doodling.

Bella Blvd. Giveaway and Sneak Peeks

Bella Blvd. is showcasing their new lines on their blog right now. Here is a link to yesterday's post. The line revealed yesterday has the cutest owls with it. Stop in, leave a comment and tell them that Heather H. sent you :) Then spread the word to all of your friends. 

You can also look back at posts from earlier in the week to see what else they've shared and take a peek at the new Christmas line, which is today's post. For a chance to win the Christmas line all you have to do is leave a comment on Friday's post. 

I Made It and Today It Is Official!!!!!

I am delighted to announce that today is the first day of my term as a Scrapping Turtle Design Team member. I am thrilled and excited!!!!!!! I worked very hard to get my application completed and submitted before I left on vacation in September, then I worried and wondered and hoped. I think I cried with joy when I was asked to join the team. It was so hard not to shout it from the roof tops when I first found out, but I managed to keep it a secret until today when the official announcement was made. I am deeply honoured to be a member of the Turtle Design Team. The next six months are going to be a blast!!!!!

Today was Sneak Peek day, in which we post a layout created with our Design Team kits as a preview of the big reveal on the 15th. For our first kits we were given papers by Dream Street. Each DT member received a different line. The line I received is my favourite --- Sam :) How could I not love this line? It's named after my own sweet Sam (okay, so they didn't name it after HIM specifically, but you get the idea LOL). It is a great Autumn coloured line and I love all of the fabulous owls. The line also includes adorable rub ons and chipboard shapes. Love it!!!

To create my layout I used Bazzill cardstock, Colorbox Ink, Ranger Crackle Paint in Pine Needles, Sakura Gelly Roll pen, Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, and Quickutz dies (Scallop border, Sign, Birds, Grass, and some scraps from a Flourish I used on a previous layout).

Please stop by the Scrapping Turtle blog to see the fabulous Sneak Peeks posted by my fellow Design Team members -- Mellissa, Marissa, Anne Marie, Tracey and our guest DT member Vicki. They all did a fantastic job with their kits. I am thrilled to be working with these wonderful ladies!!!!

If you aren't a member of the Scrapping Turtle forum (Turtle Soup), please come and join us. It is a wonderful place to hang out, meet new friends, and be inspired. I hope you will become a Turtle too :)

Stamping Up Open House

Mom and I attended a Stamping Up open house at my friend Denise's on Wednesday. We had a wonderful time visiting with Denise, seeing some of the fabulous cards she has created, and making two adorable make and take cards (not to forget, doing some shopping LOL). Aren't these cards cute?

We are looking forward to taking some card classes with Denise and learning some new techniques. I am so happy to have someone I know selling Stamping Up so that I can take some classes. 

Thanks Denise!!!! I'm looking forward to our card class on the 9th :)

Check out Denise's blog here. She's a fabulous lady and I'm delighted to call her my friend :)

September Product Challenge

The September Product Challenge kit at Two Scrapbook Friends used one of my favourite Scenic Route lines. I think this is such a fun line to work with. I took inspiration from Melanie's sketch challenge at the Scrapping Turtle in creating my layout. Melanie posted a card sketch by Valerie Salmon and challenged us to create either a layout or a card based on the sketch. I opted for a layout of Sara practicing her piano (she started lessons on the 26th of September).