Scraps and Ink

80's Day and Mother's Day

Can I just say I LOVE this months Scraptastic Kit? The colors and patterns are just oh-so-pretty! I created the next two pages from the January 2015 "This Must Be The Place" main kit and add on, and I am really happy with how they both turned out. :)

The first page is from when my daughters dressed up for "80's Day" during Spirit Week for Homecoming at their high school. We went to a couple of thrift stores to put these outfits together, and along with a LOT of back-combing and hairspray, we got them looking "totally rad" with their popped collar Polos and leg warmers!!!

80's DAY

Close-ups:

For my title, I printed the phrase "80's" directly onto my patternend paper, and then carefully cut it out, leaving a bit of a border around the printed black line. This makes it "pop" so it doesn't get lost on the page. Then I used the grey Jillibean Soup letter stickers from the kit on a "print and cut" tag to finish off the title.  

For this layered border, I used a combination of tags, pieces from the "print and cut" files, a Maggie Holms transparency, and a couple of round tags from the Teresa Collins ephemera pack included in the add-on kit. 

There are several ways to attach transparencies and vellum pieces to your page, but I really like the look of the mini staples on this phrase strip. :)

***************************************************

The next page is one of my new faves! I love the look of the woodgrain patterned paper mixed with all the other patterns on the page- diagonal stripes, chevrons, florals, dots and even cork! 

MOTHER'S DAY

Close-ups:

I painted this wood veneer piece with white craft paint, then roughed it up with sand paper for a cool textured effect. 

LOVE this custom flair button! Many of the flair buttons in the kits are designed by the talented Kaitlin Scheaffer and are exclusive to Scraptastic! 

I typed my journaling and printed it onto grey cardstock that matches the letter stickers I used for the title of my page to finish it off. :)  

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Day by Pebbles

Hi all! Guess what? I am featured on the Scraptastic blog today! Yup, that's two days in a row. :) Today's post is featuring a cute new collection in the store- "Happy Day" by Pebbles. LOVE this vibrant new line! You can read the article in it's entirety, as well as see more close ups HERE. 

TOONTOWN

Close-up:

Thanks for stopping by! And btw, have a Happy Day!

later,

This is the Place

Hi all! So have you put away all of your holiday decos? I still have everything up and am NOT looking forward to getting out all of those empty boxes, loading them back up, and then hauling them back into storage for another 11 months. Yup, totally procrastinating! 

I have been scrapping a few of my thousand-plus pics from Greece instead!

OIA (pronounced EYE-uh)

Close-ups:

There is some really great exclusive items by Scraptastic in this pic!

Is it possible to be in love with a completely inanimate craft supply like...say...gold embossed vellum die cuts? Cuz I am. :) 

I do so love this months kit by Scraptastic!

I got the January 2015 "This Must Be the Place" kit and add-on, and I swear that Jessica, the owner of Scraptastic and kit-put-together-er-extraordinaire was in my head when she gathered all of these goodies for the kit! 

What's NOT to love?! The soft colors, the exclusive papers (LOVE the new exclusive Scraptastic papers), vellum goodies by Maggie Holmes, die cut goodies by Teresa Collins, exclusive wood veneers, dimensional butterflies, and those white woodgrain alphas in the add-on? I die.

Add-on:

Check out the stamp set:

How about the Sweater Weather kit and add-on:

Add-on:

Of course, these adorable snowman stamps are just the cutest!

But you just HAVE to see these awesome sentiment stamps!!!

Oh my!!! They will definitely be a HUGE seller!

Although I didn't order it this month, I am a HUGE fan of the "This Life Noted" kit:

And the stamp set looks fun!

So which kit did you get? Haven't ordered yours yet?

Check out all the kits, add-ons, and other fabulous things in the Scraptastic Club Store HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

Happy New Year!

Hi all! Did you have a great holiday? Here at our house, we had an amazing time with visits from family and friends near and far, holiday parties, food, presents, etc. Really couldn't have been more merry!

I even manages to get some scrapping in...a LOT of scrapping!

Now that I am on the Scraptastic STORE design team, as well as the KIT CLUB design team, I have been up to my eyeballs in all sorts of scrappy goodness and couldn't be more excited to be working for such an awesome company! 

Here's a look at the Scraptastic December 2014 "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" main kit and add-on that I got to work with last month! You can purchase these kits HERE.

How fun is that?

*******************************************************************************

Here's a page I created (that I simply adore because of the photos) using these awesome kits!

A SNOW COVERED KISS

 This kit was perfect for these silly photos of Anna and Boston playing in  the snow! 

Close-ups:

*********************************************************************************

Here's another page using the kit and add-on. I just LOVE these photos of Ashley opening up one of her gifts from this past Christmas:

CHRISTMAS FAVE

Close-ups:

Totally in love with the black and white houndstooth in this kit! 

*********************************************************************************

This next page I created for the Scraptastic Club blog which can be found HERE.

 MERRY & BRIGHT

Close-ups:

And last but not least, another page using the Scraptastic Club kit and add-on for the Scraptastic blog featured here:

HOLIDAY BAKING

Close-ups:

***********************************************

Of course, then there were lots of goodies from the store that I used to create several more pages! 

BELIEVE

This "quick & easy" page literally only took me 10 minutes using goodies from the store and was featured on the Scraptastic Blog here.

Close-ups:

*********************************************************************************

After using so many Christmas/Winter themed products, I really needed a change! So I pulled out some of my fave photos from our recent trip to Greece to make a collage for another page using these bright, happy papers from Heidi Swapp. My Scraptastic blog post featuring this page, along with the details and links to the Scraptastic Store products I used, can be found HERE. 

DETAILS

Close-ups:

*********************************************************************************

I didn't deviate from holiday pages for long, and just HAD to use these super cute papers and embellies from Elle's Studio! I created this fun, wintery page for the Scraptastic Blog HERE using a sketch by Susan Stringfellow. 

SNOW MUCH FUN

Close-ups:

Isn't that collection just all kinds of sweet? 

*********************************************************************************

For my last page for the Scraptastic Store, I used these adorable papers and embellies from the "Oh Deer!" holiday collection by Fancy Pants.

NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Close-ups:

This page was also featured on the Scraptastic blog HERE.

So did you get lots of scrapping done over the holidays, or were you waiting til the hustle and bustle of Christmas finally passed? Did you get some new scrapping goodies for Christmas and are ready to play? The colder weather is the perfect time to settle in with a cup of hot cocoa and get your scrap on!

Thanks for stopping by!

later,

nancy