A little glimpse...

Hi everyone!

Angela from the design team here with a little teaser for you:

Who is this Simon character? How snuggly is he? And, of course, how cute is that little banner?! Get your answers over here on my blog, and get that awesome Paper Boy collection at Scrappy Chic!

Know when to fold 'em!

Hi all!
It's Angela from the Design Team, here with a couple projects using some new goodies from Scrappy Chic!

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Sassafras's designs -- I love the bold use of color and whimsical sense of design! With their latest lines, they've added a new kind of embellishment, one I don't think I've seen anywhere before: Foldies!  Here, let me show you a card:

I simply punched out a flower cluster from the 12x12 sheet of foldies, folded up the little tabs, and adhered it to my card front, curving it to fit just the way I wanted it to. I also added some letter stickers from Echo Park's latest collection (love that one, too!). There's dimensional adhesive under the flowers, but that's just a precaution -- the folds themselves give a nice (but still mailable) depth.

I used another on a layout -- wanna see? Ok:

Aww, sweet cat :). Here, the flower cluster is folded and layered over some other Sassafras papers and banner stickers, as well as my photos. Again, the little folded tabs allowed me to curve the cluster just the way I wanted it. Added bonus: it has a lovely, fabric-like look to it, even though it's plain old paper.

I hope you give this new embellishment a try! Have a delightful day.

Other Supplies: Card -- Lilybee paper, Hero Arts background stamp. Layout -- Sassafras Starters and Sweetly Smitten papers, Doodlebug and Cosmo Cricket alphas, Girls' Paperie label holder, MME Lush brad, MME Stella & Rose stamps, Pink Paislee tape, vintage typewriter.

3 Bugs In a Rug - Texture

Hi there! Its Liz from the Design Team here today to share my latest layout!

This month I got some great paper from 3 Bugs in a Rug. The color combo is great - I love anything with orange and blue together. This line has some great papers and cute banner stickers but not many other embellishments - for me I love texture and depth.

My solution was to create it myself! The quilted paper I used for the background comes as one sheet. I used it to cut out the blocks and raise some of them up with pop dots. I also inked the edges to give it more depth.

I created my picture/journal area and added larger pop dots to that and placed it over the other squares - kinda hard to explain but I hope you can see it in the pictures. Last, I had cut a few stars to add to the side and used my white pen to add fake stitching around the edges.

Since I had a bunch of scraps left over from my project I figured I would make a quick card while I was at it! The banner and papers are from the same line, the card is 6x6 cut from a sheet of Bo Bunny double dot paper.
(Other products used - Kaiser Craft stamps, Cosmo Cricket letter stickers and misc buttons)

Be sure to stop by the store and check out all the great new products that have come in! I have my eye on lots of the new Prima - Heading there tonight to score some for myself :)

Liz Michaud

Twig Time

Hi there!
Angela here from the Design Team -- and I'd like to share a colorful layout with you today! Little Yellow Bicycle's Twig line has gorgeous colors and tons of great details to add to layouts and cards. It's just cheery!  Take a look:

My photo mat, journaling spot, and hand-trimmed leaves are all from Twig papers, and the glittered chipboard shapes and pins from the line match perfectly. Don't you just love those blues and greens? They'd fit so many occasions, including these concert shots from last summer. Oh, and I used some 7gypsies tape and gorgeous new ribbon from May Arts, which are also available in the store.

A word about pins:

For awhile, I wasn't sure what to do with all those cute scrappy pins -- and then a lightbulb went off! On almost every layout I make, something gets popped up on foam tape or squares, and that foam makes a perfect, very secure spot to stick some pins! That's just what I've done above my title here.

Another solution I've come up with is to add earring backs or crimp beads to the ends if they're exposed, or to use a pair of jewelry wire cutters to trim off the pointy bits. No more stuck fingers, and no more holes in the page protectors!

I'm sure you've already noticed (see Chris's post below), but man, the shelves at Scrappy Chic are about to be crowded to overflowing with all kinds of great new lines -- when I was in the store the other day, the piles of boxes were pretty immense!

Will I see any of you at the Yard Sale on Sunday? Hope so -- great deals all around, plus a chance to see some great new goodies as well!

Until then -- Happy Scrapping!!

KI Calandar Pages

Hello! Its Liz here from the design team. We thought this year we would mix it up a little and have the design team members share some of our projects with you here on the blog!

Today I would like to share this quick layout I made using the new KI memories calendar pages.


Instead of using it for an entire month, I used it to recap my week vacation in Disney! I really like this idea and see myself using it a lot. Some of the photos I used on here did not really make sense to use as big pictures on a scrapbook page - but they were perfect for snapshots from our day.

I printed my pictures at 1in squares using Photoshop, but you could use the photos from index cards that you get when developing your photos - those would fit perfect as well!

Products Used:
The paper squares, flowers and letter stickers are all Basic Grey Hopscotch line. The colors look perfect with the light blue calendar! The stamps 'december' are Studio Calico alpha stamps - my favorite.

Have a great day!
Liz