Andrea Wiebe shows how to make this photo cube, shown below, in a post here. As she mentions, this would be a great alternative to giving a card.
On Happy Together, you can learn how to make this handy fridge organizer shown below. Instructions can be found here.
Pam Thorburn has a beautiful art canvas tutorial available on her blog. You can check it out here. One photo is shown below.
Wendy Vecchi made the gorgeous piece shown below. She talks about how she did it here.
Timeless Day Dreams – Challenge
BONUS! – Whoever does this challenge gets the chance to win a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the store!!!!!! All names will be entered for a drawing – so let's get scrapping! ~Michele
Let's face it. Our style grows and changes. Sometimes during the transition of our style changing, something either really good comes out of it, or something we just find distasteful. We know there are no RIGHT or WRONG ways to document our lives.. but we DO know when something isn't to our liking on our own pages. Maybe you cut your photos in geometric shapes… maybe the paper wasn't right.
Your challenge this week is to go back in your layouts, and find 1 LO that just wasn't sitting well with you… and DO it OVER! Give it a fresh coat of paint, a face lift if you will… it doesn't mean you have to replace the old one in your album, unless YOU want to.
Have fun with it!
When uploading, please make sure to show us the OLD layout too. You can post the old layout here in this thread, along with the new.
Scrap-Tastic – Design Team Call
Deadline – Sept 26/10
If you have tried out before, PLEASE try out again! I have had so many talented scrappers try out in the past and I can not choose you all, but I really love all the entries I have seen!
If you are registering for the first time, please make it apparent that you are not a spammer by including scrapbooking as one of your interests thank you very much!
Applicants must be active members at Scrap-Tastic. So once you are a member you better start posting away.
Really Reasonable Ribbon – Design Team Call
Really Reasonable Ribbon is doing a full design team call and we are looking for 5-6 people. We are looking for talented crafters and artists who love using ribbon, work well with deadlines and have great personalities. If you are a card maker, scrapbooker, hair bow maker, paper crafter, ribbon artist, altered artist or if you do anything fun and unique with ribbon please apply. Our readers are looking for variety, so don't be afraid to show your creative side.
For full details, please click here.
September is just beginning tomorrow, but why not get started on some Halloween or Fall projects to decorate your home? I'm already thinking of Fall colours. If you have a Halloween or Fall project to share, please email it to us at scrapscene @gmail.com (no space.)
Domestifluff shows how to make these adorable Halloween pumpkins, shown below, in a post here.
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Red Lead PaperWorks is having a Halloween Postcard Tag Swap. Details can be found in their newsletter.
Lisa Pace describes how to make this Halloween ornament, shown below, in a post here.
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Make this pumpkin card (below) using new stamps from Pink Persimmon.
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The Halloween house shown below was done by Michelle McCord, for Jenni Bowlin Studios. See more photos here.
Lisa Pace shows photos of her storage ideas in her studio in a post here. See one of her photos below showing how she stores her buttons.
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I just love this idea from Craft, for a small space. It's a portable craft cart which can be wheeled out to be accessed when the mood strikes. See more photos here.
Janel, from Run with Scissors, shares photos of her creative space in a post here. See one photo below.
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Klo Oxford shows her newly remodeled studio in a post here. One photo is shown below.
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LeesieBella recently moved her studio into the dining room. Check out her photos here. (Scroll down.)
Let's Get Shabby – Challenge & DT Call
It's all about music. We would like to see music papers, bars and notes used on your creation in some way
The time has come for the Let's Get Shabby’s team to grow! If you are a fan of all things shabby and would love to be a part of our team, then here is what you will need to do:
1. Play along with our current Music themed challenge. (post this creation to your blog as usual)
2. Create a new creation inspired by our ‘Gingham and Floral’ Challenge #2 (do not post the ‘Gingham & Floral’ creation on your blog or any galleries until after the successful new DTers have been announced)
3. Email both new projects to the email address here on the Shabby blog along with a link to your blog, a short bio on yourself and your Shabby style. (Both the ‘Gingham and Floral’ Creation and your short bio will be used in your introduction if successful)
Deadline is 20th September. Can't wait too see all the shabbiness that will be coming our way!
Cropstop – "Fall Frolic" Blog Hop & Crop
Cropstop's "Fall Frolic" online blog hop and crop!
My Monster Creations – Blog Giveaway
My Monster Creations is giving away an album kit. For more details, please click here.
Ana Cabrera is giving away a free Scarlet Lime kit on her blog. For details, please click here on September 1st.
Paper Crafter's Corner has an article all about what it is like "Behind the Scenes at a Consumer Scrapbook Convention."
Wild Olive shows how to make little magnetic bookmarks (at right) in a post here.
Pretty paper globes for a party here by Atelier Pompadour.
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Doing any canning this weekend? How About Orange has some free printable jar labels to help you out. (See one of their photos at left.)
Pretty banner with pattern download from Cheeky Magpie here.
Looking for more doily projects? These ones from Charlotte's Fancy use dyed ones. (One photo at right.)
Adorable drink parasols can be made using pink paper doilies and instructions from Paper Mash here.
Leethal shows how they made drawers from cardboard and covered them with pretty fabric prints here. I imagine you could do something the same with decoupage and patterned papers.
Learn how to make tassels using a tutorial from Martha Stewart here.
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Nathalie Kalbach has a technique tutorial on Glimmer Screen emboss resist which you can check out here.
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Cheryl Waters has a series posted at Fiskateers showing how to carve your own stamps. You can find the first post here and another here.
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Mary Anne Walters shows how to make paper rosettes in a post here. One of her photos is shown below.
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"Mess
Keri's latest book is great inspiration for art journaling. There are lots of prompts to get you in a creative frame of mind. Use the book as an art journal itself, or as an accompaniment to a separate art journal. This book would also be fun for a children's art project. My almost 6 year old son has already completed some of the pages himself!
Whether you be an accomplished artist already, or simply looking for inspiring ideas, you will find many unique ideas to jump-start your creativity in "Mess
BlueMoonScrapbooking is super excited to announce our additional design team members: Julie Bonner, Vangie Dowling, Melissa Mann, Rahel Menig, Stephanie Miller, and Christina Thomas. Beginning September 1st you will see all their creations on the BlueMoon Blog for daily inspiration and videos.
Studio Calico has announced 4 new members to their Design Team. Congratulations to: Vee Jennings, Kimberly, Kelly, and Jen. Also, this month's guest designer is Jamie Waters.
As you may know, ScrapScene is a daily blog. There are various subjects that we post on and accept submissions from you our readers. Some of the topics we accept submissions on are: contests/calls/events, studio spaces, projects, tutorials, class peeks, guest posts, plus much more.
For full details on our submissions policy, please click here: Blog Submissions & Schedule.
Bella Blvd / Scrapbook & Cards Today – Giveaways
Bella Blvd and Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine have come together for a great week a Designer features and Giveaways. Each day this week Bella Blvd will be featuring a Design Team member from the Canadian magazine side-by-side with a great NEW product giveaway! Learn more by stopping by the Bella Studio Blog e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y. this week!
Mark your calendar for Sept. 17 and 18. ScrapGal is having a Fall Haul Crop! Two days of fun, prizes and scrapping! We will have challenges and tutorials and tons of prizes to give away! For more details, please click here.
Head on over to Bella Blvd this Friday, August 27th, for your chance to win a Paper Crazy Card Kit.
Unkit – Interview with Teresa Collins
Teresa Collins will be the special guest on Unkit's scrapbooking show Sept 13th at 9:30 p.m. EST. Teresa will be answering questions about her new stamping machine. For more details, please click here.
Emily Falconbridge shows peeks of her "Juicy Journal" workshop that she is holding in Perth, Australia with Nicole, of Lebenskuenstler. One photo is shown below and you can see the rest here. The class is being held on August 28th.
Vee Jennings' online class, "Style Files," will be ending today. You can see a photo of the project here.
Lollychops' online class with Live with Prima is being held tonight. Below is a peek of her project. More information can be found here or here.
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Below is a sneak peek of Natasja Verbeek's class, "Pixie-Licious," being held in Austria from September 24th – 26th at Scrapqueens. For more information, please click here.
A peek of Emeline Seet's upcoming Fall class, "Rosey Posey," at Made with Love in Singapore can be seen below. For more information, please click here.
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"Small Craft" is a newly announced online class to be hosted by Elsie Flannigan and Rachel Denbow. Registration for this online class with "projects for little people" begins tomorrow. For more information, please click here.
The newest addition to "The Complete Idiot's Guide" series is 
"Selling Your Crafts
This book is essential for anyone starting out in the world of a home-based craft business. It will tell you everything from where to sell your crafts to selling wholesale. Also, the important area of determining shipping charges for online selling!
"The Complete Idiot's Guide" series is "Selling Your Crafts
This book is packed with lots of information and details that any crafter, whether a novice seller or seasoned seller, will benefit from.
Get your copy here: Selling Your Crafts
Ch{all}enge Masters – Project Scrapbook Contest
Ch{all}enge Masters is hosting a new contest! Project Scrapbook, is a contest inspired by Project Runway. Don't worry if you haven't seen the show, all you need to know is that this contest is full of challenges with an extra twist for those brave enough to try. So, let's have a blast! This contest will run for six (6) weeks, starting on Saturday August 28th. Sign-ups will be taken until Friday August 27th at 11:59PM ET. Points will be awarded for each round and after the 6 challenges those with the most points (or tied for most points) will be heading into a two (2) week FINAL ROUND! For those who do watch Project Runway, think of this as Fashion Week. The winner of Project Scrapbook will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate to an online store of the winner's choice!! Plus there will be more surprises & incentives along the way!! Forum & gallery registration is required to participate in this contest! International participants are welcome!
Scotch Brand – Most Gifted Wrapper Contest 2010
- What/When: Eight finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip to New York City to compete in the final challenge on Friday, December 3, 2010.
- Grand Prize: $10,000
- To enter: Visit www.MostGiftedWrapper.com to tell us why you/someone you know is a gift-wrapping guru and share their best gift-wrapping tip (photos optional)
- Deadline: Enter by October 18, 2010
- Details here.
Simon Says Stamp & Show – Challenges
Simon Says Stamp & Show is a new challenge blog sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. The style is inspired by the likes of Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, 7 Gypsies and Graphic 45 – among many other vintage enthusiasts. Please stop by our blog for weekly challenges sponsored by the best one stop shop in the world: Simon Says Stamp! We would love to challenge and inspire you to make your art. Show and share your work at Simon Says Stamp & Show! You could even win great prizes!
Closing date: August 31st
What to do? Just post a comment about this giveaway in you blog or a link in your sidebar, and comment in Scrapping Nomad with a link to your blog.
Every person who posts a comment with a link has a chance to win a 25$ gift certificate from Crafty Steals. Ships Internationally.
Scrap That - Guest Reviewers Call
Scrap That! Is a brand new reviews blog based in the UK but also hoping to have an international feel. We believe in giving honest, fair, unbiased and informative reviews of all things Scrap. We are not a smack site or a site that is scared to say what they really think of a product.
What we want
We are after guest reviewers from all over the world to review anything that they think would be beneficial for other scrapbookers to read. Whether it is a certain product, a range of products, a shop recommendation or even just an online resource that helps scrapbookers. We want everyone to send in their reviews of no more than 600 words.
What you get
We are still new at the moment so can’t offer too much. But selected reviewers will appear on the blog with their review and maybe asked in the future to do specific reviews that will involve them being sent items to review, and then keep We are always on the look out for guest reviewers but by means of a thank you the first 3 people selected will get a small blog candy sent to them.
When
As we’ve already said this is an ongoing call but to be in with a chance of the free gift we want all reviews in quickly. Please send all entries to scrapthat@scrapbook-101.com by Saturday 28th August.
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Look at the pretty paper dress garland on Firefly Hill Style. (Scroll down.)
At Cheeky Magpie, you can get a free pattern for a frame to use on your layouts. (See one of Sheila's photos at right.)
Babalisme has a free printable paper doll available for download. (See one photo at left.)
Make contact paper stickers, as shown on Wild Olive.
Ambrosia Girl has a free printable for making some really cute, "Happy Tickets." See one photo at right.
Sandie Downey has introduced a new set of her Handmade Daisies in colours which coordinate with the new CHA Summer 2010 releases. Check them out here. (See one photo at left.)
