New Trend - Washi Tape

Sometimes new products or trends are introduced and they are just not my style (woodland animals?).... other times I catch on a go overboard (banners - you can never have enough!)... but this time I am just late to catch on. Washi tape seems to be everywhere I look these days!!

A about a month ago I was scrapping at the store and Angela talked me into some of the new Hanbly washi tape - and I am so glad she did!

I used jut a little of the brown wood grain tape here....

Then I layered the wood grain with the turquoise words under the title here...
Here I used to to add a pop of color behind a bunch of layering (pink pattern on the left)...

And again here to affix my photos to the page...
I am totally addicted and need ALL of them now!!! I will be stopping by the store tomorrow to pick some up before its all gone! Be sure to check out Angela's blog (http://www.papercupboard.blogspot.com/) for lots more great washi tape use as well!!!

Have a great weekend,

Liz (http://www.invitesbyliz.blogspot.com/)

Summer Memories

Hello Scrappy Chic fans :) Its Liz from the design team here to share a couple layouts featuring some fun new products from the store! First up is a mix of two lines from My Minds Eye - Hip Hooray and Lime Twist!
I love that MME uses a lot of the same color tones in their paper lines making it easy to mix lines old and new. Its a great way to use some older stuff and freshen it up with a few new products as well.

I was inspired my Fawn's post a couple weeks ago where she used these folded flowers. I will tell you that after trying to make perfect folds I went right to the store and bought the Tim Holtz die. So much easier! You get two sizes in one die!

My second layout features paper from Simple Stories. I believe this line is new to Scrappy Chic - and definitely new to me - but I am in love!

The colors are great for summer! The red and turquoise make it a fresh color combo but it also works great with my vintage photos (circa 1983!).

Here is a close up of my Basic Grey chipboard hearts. I covered them in paper and inked the edges. The scale of the hearts are great as well!

Next time you are in the store check out these great new lines to scrap some of your adventures this summer!

Have a great weekend, Liz Michaud

Butterfly Garden

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring weather we are having! Thought I would share a layout I recently finished using tons of new products. There is just so much great stuff right now... I want to use it all! This layout features paper from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden collection.

The paper is so beautiful! I used products from lots of different manufacturers on this layout. The flowers are Maya Road, Crate Paper letters and label sticker, Basic Grey pearls, Prima pearl flourishes, twine, Cosmo Cricket butterflies (altered with ink)....

I even stamped and embossed the little envelope from Melissa Francis. So cute.

The petals are prima - they were white but I misted them with green spray and inked the edges in brown ink.

Thanks for stopping by! And if you want to get some of this line for yourself you better hurry-this line is selling out quick!

Liz Michaud

Warm memories on a cold day!

I can't believe its been almost 2 months since CHA - which also means 2 months since I felt the nice warm sun! We did get a little peek at some spring weather this weekend - and now I can't wait any longer!!! Come on spring :)

Since we don't have any sun here today I thought I would share some sunny layouts! All of the pictures from our first day in California for CHA.


This Echo Park - For the Record paper is super versatile! The colors are bright and fun. Mixed with the black and red the yellow really pops. I know all of the design team girls have been having a lot of fun with this paper. I actually bought some more this weekend!!!

(sorry for the sideways pic !!!)

When the sun is shining you need a good pair of shades......

Lots of new goodies in this layout. My Minds Eye paper and stamps, Crate Paper border stickers, Maya Road canvas banner!!

Here is a detail shot. Love this banner!!! Its hard to tell but I stamped on the canvas using the new banner stamp set from Hero Arts. Although I am not much of a stamper - I have really gotten into it with all the great stamps this release (and some help from Angela!)

Make sure you check back here on the blog for all the updates as new products keep rolling in. I am surprised at how fast some of my wish list items have been selling out!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Liz

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

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