Check out the new March kit from My Scrapbook Nook!!! Leah Killian is our DT Leader and she's also a DT member for Cosmo Cricket!! I'm so glad she loves Cosmo because I so, so love it too! ~ especially this line of their's called Ever After! I just got my DT kit in the mail the other day and can't wait to dive in this weekend. I have a few ideas for it already and will hopefully be sharing with you all my creations sometime next week.


Check out the actual papers!

And look at the Prima trim and pearls you get!! (Yes, those are Jenni Bowlin buttons!)


The March My Scrapbook Nook is available now. Get yours today before it sells out! So many of the kit add-ons are already gone!

Thank you to ALL of you who left comments on my blog last week and helped to spread the word about Marks Paper Company.

So, with no further ado, let me announce the winners of the paper collection giveaways.

Drum roll please.......


Winner #1:

Kathy said...
Oh those papers are wonderful. I can really see some great layouts with them. I will put a post on my blog http://ascrappykathyday.blogspot.com
just don't look how unpretty my blog is. I have yet to figure out how to change it.

February 14, 2009 12:51 PM

Winner #2:

crazy4scrappin said...
I love those papers so much...very unique style and colour combos. I for sure would love to win some. I have joined your facebook group, posting a comment as I speak and here is a link to my blog...spreading the word.
http://alisoncreates.blogspot.com/2009/02/who-wants-to-win-brand-new-collection.html
THANKS FOR SHARING.

February 16, 2009 4:59 PM

Congratulations ladies!! Please contact me so I can get your full names and addresses to get your paper collections shipped out!!

For those of you that didn't win and would like another shot at getting your hands on some of this yummy paper, please visit my fellow DT member, Tracy Polacheck's blog.

Today is just full of announcements since I'm doing a major catch up! :) If any of you are local to me, Scrap 'N Yap is proud to announce that we'll have Liz Hicks of Prima and Tattered Angels as our featured Guest Instructor at the store this Friday Night for an amazing "All Natural" Mini Album class.

This class will be an intro to Glimmer mist with a few tricks and techniques that will use compatible products to showcase your creativity. We will be misting, stenciling, masking, inking, distressing and oooohhhhh so much more. On top of this,we will be loaded up with Prima bling and flowers.

I can't wait to take this class! For those of you know that know me, you'll know its been AGES since I've personally TAKEN a class! So yeah, Liz is something pretty amazing for ME to be taking it {not to mention, its ALOT of traffic to get thru to get to that side of town for me from work!}

Call the store to sign up and you can click on the link here to see additional sneak peeks of the class project on the Yap's blog OR on the Yap's Facebook group page.

Scrap-n-Yap 830 South Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016 Tel: 626-35-2727 www.Scrap-n-Yap.com

See you hopefully THIS Friday night!

Love is in the Air over at Embellish-Online this February!! Barb got BG's Bittersweet in, so I got to play with this gorgeous line this month for my DT projects! She also has the new BG Marrakech and BG Porcelain lines in too!

Here's what I created for our February DT Gallery reveal using the BG Bittersweet line. I couldn't help myself by adding a bit of Jenni Bowlin scraps in since JB is my other most favorite line! My new friend Jason likes this first card the best because he says he likes the dictionary text background; the others are too Valentiney he says...lol! I say the man has GREAT taste if he loves Jenni Bowlin too! (Jason, you've earned Big Brownie points with me for liking what I like!)

I'm really enamored with paper pleats so I created some contrast by pleating the rose fuscia colored BG Bittersweet papers against the paler BG patterned paper and the JB dictionary paper. I added a K&Co banner sentiment for a soft contrast and a splash of color against the JB dictionary paper and finished it off with a sheer brown organza ribbon.

For my second card, I obviously wasn't done with my obsession with paper pleats. This idea of pleating the edges was inspired by Jeja who is an amazingly talented scrapper who posts over at My Scrapbook Nook.


The heart shape was traced from an acrylic book that was raked to me by the sweet and generous Christine who is a fellow DT member at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog with me. I layered BG Bittersweet chipboard elements, Prima flowers and some gold flowers I found in the Christmas clearance section at Michaels around this really awesome journalling spot from Creative Chaos. This particular spot is from the Sampler Pack List Journaling Jotters Set. The sentiment "is time spent with you" was printed on an office manilla folder in Staccato222BT font, from which I hand cut and hand positioned/glued onto the orange journalling spot.

I also aged the edges of the Jenni Bowlin dictionary text paper fringe with my Colorbox Craft Cats Eye Inks in Peach Pastel and Tangerine, which I got at Scrap 'N Yap, to better coordinate the papers with the orange round journalling spot from Creative Chaos. Here's a detailed pic of the dimension for this particular card:

Lastly, here's my 3rd card I created for Embellish Online. The shape of the card was actually traced from some Jenni Bowlin packaging, and then I piled on some Heidi Swapp and Lil Davis flowers while arranging some BG Bittersweet chipboard flourishes around yet another Creative Chaos journalling spot. This spot comes from the Love Notes Journaling Jotters Set. {This was the card that Jason said was too Valentiney. LOL - I think that was male vernacular for too girly and too cutesy!}


I finished this card off with some Kaiser Pearls that I got from Urban-Anthology and the title sentiment was completed with my favorite alphas in the whole world: MM Tiny Alpha Stickers. The ribbon was a scrap from one of my ribbon spools found in the $1 section of Michaels. I wanted a neutral color of ribbon so that it didn't compete with the bold colors and textures of the rest of the card.

I still have one last card to share with you from my Embellish-Online February DT Gallery reveal, which I will do sometime at the end of this week. I'm running a bit behind in my schedule, so I really do have to work on my time management going forward. :(

I hope you take the time to go and check out the rest of the Embellish-Online February DT Gallery. Everyone did a phenomenal job!!!

Now, I can't sign off on this post without asking you all to go and look at my dear and talented friend Eva's blog. She won last month's Embellish-Online contest and received the entire BG Bittersweet line from Barb. You HAVE to go and see her exquisite cards that she created with the BG Bittersweet collection!! Check out Eva's card here and her amazing tutorial project here.

I know Valentine's is over, but if you're like me, you probably still have yet to scrap your Valentine's pics. I'm in a pretty lovey dovey mood lately, so I know I'll still be creating Valentiney type projects for a while. So if you're loving this new line from Basic Grey and/or wanting any of the newly released Marrakech and Procelain lines from CHA, definitely head on over to Embellish-Online. Remember, you can ALWAYS save 20% off your order if you use the coupon code.

And while you're over there shopping, you might as well enter Embellish-Online's monthly contest and you, too, can be a winner just like our lovely and talented Eva. :)

1. You must post in this thread if you want to be included in the drawing.
2. You must be a member of this forum
3. You must have at least 25 posts from the time you post here
4. You must type your forum post number in the post so I know what your post count is.
5. Forum and Gallery posts all count!

Good Luck Everyone!! {You have til March 1st}



"Sweet On You"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" & Jenni Bowlin "Vintage Black Line" PP; Bazzil CS
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; K&Co "Sweet Talk" Banner Sentiments; Offray Sheer Brown Ribbon
Accessories: SU Scalloped Border Punch; Glue Dots

"My Perfect Day is Time Spent with You"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" & Jenni Bowlin "Vintage Black Line" PP; Bazzil CS; Office Manilla File Folder
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; Bazzil Pink Tulle; Prima Flowers; Misc Gold Roses; Gold Stickles; Creative Chaos "Sampler Pack List Journalling Set" Spot
Accessories: Sizzix Bigz Circle Scallop Die; Staccato222BT Font; Cutterbee Scissors; UHU Glue Stick; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Glue Dots

"XOXOXO Sweetness!"
Paper: Basic Grey "Bittersweet"; Bazzil CS
Embellishments: Basic Grey "Bittersweet" Chipboard; Offray Beige Ribbon; Heidi Swapp & Lil Davis Flowers; Kaiser Pearls; Creative Chaos "Love Notes Journalling Set" Spot; MM Tiny Alpha Stickers
Accessories: JB Embellishment Packaging used as pattern to trace card shape; Glue Dots

A couple of weeks ago, My Scrapbook Nook hosted an AWESOME Virtual Crop! The DT's all had a contest: whichever one of us could refer the MOST new members who participated in at least ONE challenge would win a $20US Gift Certificate.

And guess what ladies???

I won!!!!

And true to my word, I wanted to pass this along to one of you who helped me win this most esteemed honor!! (ha ha, did I ever tell you all I have a competitive side?)

I wish I had some cute little kid to pick out the winner...but here I sit at my desk with cutely rolled up slips of papers with your names, and I pick.......




Joni, Congratulations!!! Thank you so much for checking out my blog, and for coming on over to play with us over at the Nook. Please email me and I'll get you your code so you can start shopping!!

Thank you to Colleen, Sue, Melita, Karen M, Susan M, Eva, Shannon, Christine and Maggie all for helping me win. Thank you so very much for taking the time to come over to check out the Nook. We loved having you chat and play along with us. :)

Marks Paper Company has just joined Facebook due to the overwhelming interest in their first two lines of paper designs. Please do join us on Facebook to stay up to date on ALL things Marks Paper Company related. Its a great place to inspire each other too, so please feel free to share your creations with us there. :)

To celebrate the fabulous opening of Marks Paper Company, I say its time for some blog candy!!

As promised in my previous blog post, I have been really excited to share my pictorial tutorial with you that I created for our Fab Friday Tutorial at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. I'll admit, this is the most extensive tutorial I've ever done...lol...you'll see as you keep on scrolling.

I fell in love with this Stationary Box that was originally designed by Jackie Topa and I wanted to share with you my version that I created with the February Kit from Art Freckles called "Ticket to Whoo-ville."


This is the outside......


....and this is what the inside looks like.

I created a pictorial tutorial for you if you'd like to make one for yourself. Go grab a cuppa cuz this is going to be a long one. :)

Supplies Needed: (for the stationary box holder and top only)
* 3 pieces of 12x12 cardstock and/or coordinating patterned paper. (In my example, I used only
patterned papers from the Art Freckles kit.)
* Paper Trimmer with trimming AND scoring blade
* Scoring bone to crease your folds
* Red sticky double sided tape
* Embellishments to decorate the outside of your Stationary Box. (In my example, all embellishments except for Prima flower are from the Art Freckles kit.)

Additional Supplies Needed: (for set of 4 tags, 4 qty 3x3 cards and 4 qty 4.25 x 5.5 cards)
* 3 sheets of 12x12 cardstock for card and tag bases.
* Additonal patterned papers and embellishments as required to create these items.
NOTE: The cards and tags will NOT be covered in this tutorial.


PART A: Making the Stationary Box Unit

Step #1: Take your first piece of 12 x 12 paper and SCORE IT @ 3 inches and 9 inches.

Step #2: Flip this same piece of 12 x 12 paper around, now SCORE IT @ 5 inches and 7 inches.

Step #3:
Step 4:
Step 5: fold and glue it down like this.


Step 6:
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