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May 21, 2013

How To-sday | Shaker Box

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Today we are thrilled to start our Spring/Summer Design Team How To’sday posts.  Our first Design Team how to comes from the awesome Candace Zetener.  She is bringing a little bit of (contained) glitter into our lives.

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Hey everyone! I’m so glad you have stopped by the blog for How To-sday today! I am so excited to share my shaker card with you, and teach you how to make your own! I used to be intimidated by these cards, but they are actually pretty easy to make. Once you get onto them, you’ll be addicted!

How To Candace Shaker Card 1

Here are the supplies you will need to make the shaker portion of this card.

  • Acetate (clear, plastic craft material)
  • Foam tape
  • Glitter
  • Pattern paper
  • Other adhesive
  • Dryer sheet

How To Candace Shaker Card 2

Start with the “window” you will be able to see your sparkles through. I used my cameo to cut the shape of a bottle and added details such as stitching with a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen and shading with Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink.

How To Candace Shaker Card 3

Cut a piece of cardstock that is slightly bigger than your shaker window (also cut a piece of acetate the same size) and add foam tape around outside of the cardstock. (Make sure your cardstock is big enough that your tape will not show through the window). Be sure you don’t leave any spaces in between the ends of your foam tape where sparkles can sneak out!

How To Candace Shaker Card 4

Peel the back off your tape, add desired amount of sparkles and place acetate over top.

tip: Use the dryer sheet to rub the acetate before sticking it on – it will get rid of any static that may cause your glitter to stick to the acetate!

 

How To Candace Shaker Card 5

Add adhesive to the very outside edges of the acetate and glue to the window of your card. Add a couple foam strips to both ends of the strip of paper with the window in it, to keep the “height” of the pink strip the same throughout the whole piece.

How To Candace Shaker Card 6

Complete rest of card with desired details and let the shaking begin!  Instead of glitter, you can also use confetti, beads or sequins! The possibilities are endless!

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Thank you Candace, this was fantastic.  I love these shaker boxes but have always been intimidated.  Now I can give it a try!

Be sure to come back tomorrow for another Mid Week Mojo!

May 20, 2013

Echo Park Paper This & That | Monday Craft Madness #26

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When you are looking for that perfect collection that is versatile and you can create something ‘out of the box,’ Echo Park’s This & That Collection is the perfect thing.  Choose from a boy version (Charming) or girl version (Graceful) and start creating.  I chose “Charming” and created a fun game for my great-nephew.  This brings us to our Monday Craft Madness Theme for this week:

Out of the Box

Make something that is not a traditional layout or card.  Kids love to see pictures of themselves, I made this memory game with cute Lincoln Parker’s photos.  It’s super easy and he loves playing with it.

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For those of you that follow Echo Park Paper, you may see Madison in one of these photos. ;)

Start by trimming down your paper and photos.  I used 4×4 inch squares as my main piece and cut two other patterns to layer on the back of my cards.  I then trimmed my photos to 3.75×3.75 inches.

LincolnsGameTrimmed Paper

After layering and gluing the pieces together it made the cards thick enough to play with.  Lay out all of the cards to start the game.

LincolnsGame

How fun is that?  You can even use some journal or title cards from the collection to make a little bit of variety in the game.

LincolnsGamePlaying

Then I made a little box to keep the cards in and Lincoln can play the game for years to come.

LincolnsGameBox

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In case you haven’t had a chance to join in Monday Craft Madness for this month, you have until May 31st to play along.  Here are the themes we’ve done so far:

MCM #23 - Babies

MCM #24 – Dimension

MCM #25 – Layering

If you’d like to enter to win the May Monday Craft Madness prize:

Create a project (a card, layout, altered project, or any other craft your heart desires) using any of our weekly themes! You have until the Friday after the final theme is posted to create your project and upload a photo of it somewhere online with a link to this post in the caption. To enter to win, simply leave a comment on our blog with the link to your project! We’ll choose a random winner and they’ll be the lucky recipient of a $20 prize pack from ScrapbookSteals.com at the end of the month!

Just note that this is separate from Mid Week Mojo, so you’ll have at least two fun projects a week you can dive into. :)

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Come back tomorrow for our first Spring/Summer Design Team How To-sday!

May 17, 2013

Authentique Paper Original | Friday Design Team Project

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Design Team Member Staci Jones is with us today for her first post. Staci has been in our ScrapbookSteals community since the beginning.  I for one just love seeing her work! Staci is working with Authentique Paper’s Original Collection.  This collection is very versatile and Staci shows you how!

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I am so excited to share with you my first Design Team post. Not only do I love Scrapbooksteals, but I just love today’s steal!

I have a little boy who loves football, especially our favorite college team whose colors happen to be blue and white. This poor little boy has been in a poorly decorated bedroom for the last couple of years because I just couldn’t find the right decorations. Then Melodee handed me Authentique’s Original Collection. Immediately, I knew that is was just what my little boy’s room needed.

 Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 385

After a couple hours spent in my craft room with my Silhouette, some ink, cardstock, and Original, my son has a room that is finally decorated to suit his football love.

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 386

I used some football images from the Silhouette store cut out on cardstock and adhered to either the 12×12 or 6×6 sheets of original to make some easy framed images and wall hangings.

 Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 387

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 397 (2)

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Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 397

 

I love banners and really wanted one with the team name for his wall. Super easy and quick to make.

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 403

Because it is a football room, the room wouldn’t be complete without a football and a a flipbook with his football game pictures.

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 391

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 392

Design Team Staci Jones AP Original 405

 

My little boy loves his room, my husband loves the room, I love the room, and I still have plenty of paper left over to do some great football layouts for his scrapbook!

Thanks for joining me today!

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Thanks Staci!  I love how you could decorate a room with one kit.  What an awesome job!  Make sure to come back on Monday to see a project using a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

May 15, 2013

Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe | Mid Week Mojo Peridot #3

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Peridot– Week 3 of 10
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Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection  the perfect color palette for any project. Olde Curiosity Shoppe is like stepping into lavish party, during the Victorian era, where imagination is the guest of honor. Our fabulous guest designer, Marisa Torp brings imagination to life using this collection with her hot air balloon photos.  

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Let me start by saying I am beyond thrilled to be a guest sketcher. I have been around Scrapbook Steals since before they hit 3,000 fans on the Facebook page. When I was asked to be a guest, I think I had a small heart attacked and then quickly said yes!!

I started scrapbooking a little more than two years ago with the First Mojo sketch, I was just setting out to make pretty pages to keep the memories of my family. It has turned into an obsession, and I love it every day.

Marisa Sketch Peridot 3 Mid Week Mojo

The papers for this collection were dark, so I decided to pull out a few pictures that were very vivid. I think the color offset the collection very well.

I really liked the “B” sides of the papers. I did a little fussy cutting with my craft knife and used the paisley as an embellishment.  I  added a little bit of twine to the title and the balloon brighten it up just that little bit more.

I couldn’t figure out how to incorporate the flying pigs from the collection, but they are super fun and I can’t wait to get them on a different layout.

 Mid Week Mojo Peridot 3 Guest Marisa Torp

I can’t wait to see what you come up with and Thank you again ScrapbookSteals for this opportunity.

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Thank you Marisa, for sharing your talents with us today.  I for one have loved seeing your work over the past few years.

Now for this week’s winner… Kassandra Missen!  Those added die cuts sure make your page pop!  

Mid Week Mojo Peridot 3 Winner

 

Let our customer service know you are this week’s winner in an email with your address to service@stealnetwork.com and we will be happy to send some sweet swag your way!

To enter to win this week’s prize, complete this sketch (Peridot #3) and have it posted somewhere online by 11:59 PM MST Monday May 20, 2013. Leave a comment on this blog post with the link to your Peridot 3 creation.

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If you’re new, we’d love to see you join in! Each Wednesday we provide a sketch and you have until the following Monday at 11:59 MT to leave a comment on this post with a link to your creation. You can find all of the fantastic details here. Also, as we continue week to week, bookmark this page for your quick reference to Mid Week Mojo links.

Can’t wait to see the interpretations of this week’s sketch start popping up on our Facebook fan page! If you haven’t already liked us, stop by.

 

May 14, 2013

How To’sday | Mist Masking

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Today we have a bonus How To-sday  from the fabulous Venetia Holbrook.  She was kind enough to share with us a cool tutorial a few weeks ago on how to make your own pendant.  This week she is sharing with us an inexpensive technique to masking with your mists.

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Hi everyone! Venetia Holbrook here, with an inexpensive way to mask your layouts for mists. I am all about saving money, because then I have more to spend on ScrapbookSteals. I used the tip I am going to share on this layout of my daughter.

How To Masking Image Layout

 

Growing up, every tissue box had to be covered. All of my relatives had handmade plastic needlework covers of varying designs. It was unseemly to have a nude tissue box. Imagine what the neighbors would think! My tissue box is inappropriately dressed, but the memory of these covers sparked an idea for me.

I looked at the plastic webbing used for this type of needlepoint, and I found there were pre-cut shapes available for less than $1.

I chose to use this circle shape.

How To Masking Image 1

 

tip: I kept the tag on mine, but it snips right off. If you leave it on, make sure it is off the page or the area sprayed will be tag shaped too.

Place your plastic mesh on the paper.

How To Masking Image 2

 

Spray to your heart’s content. When you are done spraying, you can rinse the mist right off the mesh in the sink. Dry the mesh off, and it is ready to use again.

How To Masking Image 3

tip: Make sure you know if your mist is water soluble. If it is, and you let the mist dry on the mesh, it will run and muddy your colors if you use another mist on it.

Mixing colors and re-placing the mat does create some fun effects, like this background.

How To Masking Image 4

 

I really hoped you liked this How To’s. There are other shapes of mesh available, so have fun playing with mists.  Here is the final effect again.

How To Masking Image Layout

 

Thanks for reading!

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Thanks Venetia!  I remember those needle-point tissue boxes in my house when I was little too!  I am going to give this a try.  Keep watching for more mists to come up on ScrapbookSteals!  Make sure to come back tomorrow for a guest Mid Week Mojo from Marissa Torp!

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