March 'ScrappIt Now' Newsletter

Our March 'ScrappIt Now' Kit was released over the weekend and features some very funky pattern papers by Cosmo Cricket and well as some gorgeous accessories that compliment the kit so perfectly!

Today we have some more wonderful news because the March 'ScrappIt Now' Newsletter has officially been released and is bursting with a wonderful array of creative ideas that you can try with this month's kit!

Design Team Members - Penny Ash & Sharon Jeffs - got to play around with this month's kit and just wait until you see what they have made!  Here's one of the creative ideas that you'll find in the March 'ScrappIt Now' Newsletter!

Don't you just love these gorgeous Note Holders that Penny shows us how to make?  What a perfect gift idea!

Oh - and what about this Mini Album from Sharon?

Detailed instructions for both these projects can be found in the March 'ScrappIt Now' Newsletter - so why not download your copy today?

Pocket Greeting Cards by Penny

I was so inspired by Shirley Fyfe's Pocket Greeting Card creation in the Scrappit Now Newsletter for January 2010, that I couldn't wait to give it a try. And, Shirley this is such a great idea, I made two. Your instructions were easy to follow and for anyone out there who is looking for a different take on a greeting card, this is certainly one to try.

I created the cards using two of the Scrappit Packs, one from July 2009 Love Blooms (still available) and the other from the August 2009 Maybe Baby kit (unfortunetly no longer available).

I would suggest using any of these co ordinated kits as there is such a great selection of papers and embellishments to create your own unique take on Shirley's design.

Easter Sale - 20% off Everything

GIGANTIC Easter Sale

20% off everything

http://www.scrappit.com.au/.

Just type Easter into the promotions code box in your shopping cart and the discount will be deducted automatically. Hurry the good stuff goes really quickly. Happy shopping.

Smooch Misted Scrapbooking Page

I have been absolutely loving creating new pages lately. I've particularly loved that I have managed to almost catch up with the stash of photo's I had. So, to celebrate this I decided to do an extra write-up on how I created one of my pages -

Required
Urban Lily paper or white card
Sassafras Lass paper – Pot O Gold
Design Adhesives –Flourishes
Perfect Pearls – Forever green
Smooch Spritz – Limoliscious and Gingersnap

Instructions
Cut Pot O gold into 2 rectangles measuring 13cm by 27cm. Round off corners with a corner rounder and adhere to sides of Urban lily paper – within the two frames.

Attach photo to front of page.

Using the two smaller scraps from the Pot O Gold paper, round off the corners and ink the edges. Attach to your page as shown in the photo.
Using long strip from the base of Pot O Gold cut off the scalloped piece and remove two of the scallops. Using this and the remaining strip of Pot O Gold, ink the edges and attach to the bottom right corner of the page as shown in the photo.
Apply 1 and a part of the design adhesive along the side of the photo. Pull off the clear protective strips and apply Perfect pearls to the adhesive.

Complete your embellishment of your page. Once finished, spray over with Smooch mister(s).

Sharon

A Creative Block

Have you ever wanted to get creative but just can't find the inspiration or motivation to do so?

It's a dilema that I've been facing for the past few weeks - yes . . . I've got scrapper's block.  I must admit that it's not something that I've suffered a lot from BUT I have to admit that it does seem strange to not be getting out my papercrafting supplies every night!

So - what have I been doing to try and overcome it?  Well, aside from a little creative reading and sorting out of some of my supplies. not a great deal actually!  I guess I've been lucky that I have no creative 'deadlines' at the moment, so I don't feel that pressure that I have to create!

Instead, I've taken the approach to not get too stressed about it and just take a little break - I've been doing a little cooking and the weather has been so lovely, I've been getting out in the garden too - the recent rain we had has given some much needed life to our garden but also to weeds as well!

With so much productivity going on outside, it's no wonder that I was so inspired by the gorgeous blue skies & the lush green grass that I decided to make this greeting card last night - see - a break can be good for you! I must warn you though - whilst I have been playing with my papercrafting supplies, this card is quite a simple one!

The card features a little pattern paper which I've hand stitched lines on and then lightly inked the outside edges of, some punched blossoms which I again inked the edges of, some threaded lace and cream blossoms with silver pinwheel centres!

Here's a little close-up too!

It may not be a scrapbooking page BUT at least it's something created from paper!

I know my creativity 'spark' will return in full swing BUT for now I'm just going to find other things to do - scrapbooking is meant to be enjoyable and the last thing I want to do is to put pressure on myself to create when I really don't feel all that inspired to do so at the moment - well , not with paper anyway!

Here's hoping you all have a fantastic week!   x x x

Saturday All Day Crop Classes

This Saturday we have a change of venue, please note new address
11 Edmund Drive Tarneit, plenty of parking available. See you there

Entry from Karen

Here's one of our entries into the Competition, Karen's creation about an everyday meal. Gorgeous layout Karen. Especially like the use of the arrows. Stay tuned more layouts to follow