Sincerely Yours Craft Show

We will be trading at the Sincerely Yours Craft Show in Leigh, Lancashire this Sunday (17th May 2009). If any blog readers in the North West would like to pop along, do some shopping and say hello, you can find out more details here, we look forward to seeing you there!

Sarah and Lianne xx

I will by Jen

Jen has created another layout for us using Basic Grey Porcelain. The soft vintage feel of these papers make them perfect for wedding projects.

American Crafts & Paper Trunk

Sarah gave me the challenge of decorating an American Crafts Modern Album, mine has been sat on the shelf for a while now and this was the push I needed to get it done!

I chose the gorgeous Paper Trunk Socialite range because I love the vibrant colours. I cut the papers into 2" squares and inked the edges with black ink and then 'patchworked' the front and back of the album. I added a cardstock strip and some scalloped borders made with the Fiskars Threading Water punch and a swirl handcut from the Socialite patterned paper. It was then given a coat of Dead Flat Varnish to add some protection and then the 'Our Family' was added with AC Shoebox chipboard Thickers. We'd love to see how you decorate your modern albums!

Thanks for looking,
Lianne xxx

To Scrap minibook project by Sarah Palmer

I thought I would make a little book to hold photos that I've taken each month and want to scrap using the Crate Lemongrass range that Sarah's Cards sent me to work with. You can make any size you want but as I only seem to scrap pics that aren't any bigger than 6"x4" I made mine to hold photos that measure this size.

You will need:

12 envelopes (one for each month)

2 pieces of mountboard/chipboard or strong card measuring 1/2" wider than your envelopes

2 pieces of patterned paper (I used Crate Lemon Grass range)

2 pieces of co-ordinating cardstock

Alphabets (I used American Crafts Thickers and Crate Lemon Grass stickers)

American Crafts chipboard Thickers accent frame

Bind-it-all and wire

Journalling or circle stamp

Begin by covering the front of the mountboard with your patterned paper. After you've done that, cover the inside of the mountboard with contrasting cardstock. Grab your 12 envelopes and cut a little section away from the flap on the left hand side to make room for the binding (see below), if you're using a Bind-it-all you don't need to do this.

With the BIA, take your envelopes and mountboard covers and make the holes. Next, pop your binding wire into the holes and close it wih the BIA. One finished book ready for decorating!

With your journal/circle stamp, stamp onto each of the envelopes in the bottom right hand corner and stick a chipboard letter on top of that...J for January, F for February etc.

To decorate the cover, stick and American Crafts chipboard frame onto the cover on the bottom right hand side and using the Crate Paper alphas, stick 'to scrap' inside the frame.

One finished book that has taken 30 minutes to make :)

Thanks for looking,

Sarah P.

May Kit and June Sneaky Peeks!

We are so excited about the next few kits! May's kit features the gorgeous and very versitile Minestrone range from Jillibean Soup aswell as a host of extra goodies to tie it all together and make scrapping a breeze.

We now have May start subscriptions available here, hurry if you want to join because subscriptions have sold out the past couple of months!

We have also put together some little peeks of June's kit featuring the gorgeous new Linnie Bell collection from Pebbles Inc. We were bowled over by Pebbles' new releases and had to have this one for a summer kit, the colours are stunning!

Sarah and Lianne xxx

Q&A by Rachael Elliott

Rachael created this gorgeous layout for us using the new Bloom range by My Mind's Eye. We love the idea behind the page and Rachael explains how she did it:

Back in November 2007 I did one of these layouts for each of my girls, it was an idea that I got from UKS. They are great layouts to look back on, I love the fact that the girls get to write their own answers on the page and it records their thoughts and handwriting. I thought it was about time that I did another one so I have started with one for Emily. I printed out the questions using microsoft office and lots of different fonts, then cut them into strips. Emily pracitsed her answers on some scrap paper first and then wrote it out in best on the layout. Some of her answers I have expanded on the back of the layout as she didn't really have enough room to explain her reasoning. You could use the same idea for younger children and record milestones that they have reached at the time that you do your layout.

Supplies:
MME Bloom papers
12x12 Bazzill Dotted Swiss - Salt

My Little Shoebox Mini Alpha Stickers - Turquoise
AC remarks stickers
AC Vinyl thickers
Buttons
Embroidery thread
Black Pen

Black inkpad
Turquoise ink pad
Bling
Autumn Leaves stamp for the date
Foam pads

Growing Our Own by Nat

Nat created some gorgeous layouts for us with the new Jillibean Soup releases. Here's one, but check back soon for more! Nat explains how she made the page:

Growing Our Own:
I wanted to keep this page pretty simple to reflect the idea of getting back to basics by growing our own apples. I used the “Brown sugar” paper as my base, and layered a small piece of the “minced shallots” paper, just wider than my photo, on top. I then stapled a thin slice of “green peas” and some ribbon on top, before adding my photo. I created a mat for my title by popping two circles cut from the “Portobello” paper under my photo and created my title using mini alphas from My Little Shoebox, and my own handwriting. To finish the page, I embellished it simply using an AC Flair badge, and the top layer of the Scrap FX chipboard bee in the lower left hand corner of my page.

En Vogue by Jen Naulls

Jen made thi gorgeous layout using the new Basic Grey Porcelain range. We love the patterned paper strips layered with the die-cut elements and the touch of sparkle Jen has added to the butterfly - a really pretty page.

Supplies:

Basic Grey Porcelain - Silver Birch

Basic Grey Porcelain - Chatsworth

Basic Grey Porcelain - Arabella

Basic Grey Porcelain - Doulton

Patchwork - Fabric Thickers - Ladybug

Basic Grey Porcelain Element Stickers

Melt @ Epcot by Rachel Ward

Rachel has been creating with the fabulous My Little Shoebox Turtles and Trees new release and sent us the layout below.

Supplies used:

MLS Turtles and Trees - Apple Pie

MLS Turtles and Trees - Turtles Lane

My Little Shoebox Turtles and Trees - Die-cur Accessories Sheet

Umbrella - Patterned Puffy Thickers - Grapefruit

Shoe Box Chipboard Thickers - Blue

My Minds Eye Bloom

Take a look at this gorgeous layout created for us by Rachael Elliott using the new MME Bloom collection. We love the die-cut details and the use of a page as a photo mat.