Sneak Peek #6: Bella Blvd Snapshots (FOTM)... and a surprise!

"Our Anna" by TSR Guest Designer... can you guess who?

"Just like your day-to-day life, it's bold and full of energy! Inspired by our fascination with Instagram and our cravings to capture & document 365 days a year comes Snapshots! Record today's events with this hand-drawn collection of cameras, houses, flowers and arrows! Snapshots makes it fun and easy to put those daily self portraits and funky details captured with our phones to good use. Capture today; Document it as quickly as it goes viral!" -- Bella Blvd Studio blog

Sneak Peek #5: Jillibean Soup Happy Campers (DS)

"2013_08_02  Project Life" by Theresa Sovacool

"Smores, flamingos, cute campers - oh my!" -- Bean Talk

Sneak Peek #4: My Mind's Eye Adorbs (FOTM)

"Week #35" by Aphra Bolyer

"Cut and Paste is fun, happy, energetic, and trendy.  It consists of four color schemes.  This color scheme is a bit more wild and carefree. Lime greens, purples, aquas, reds, greens, grays, and pinks make up this scheme." -- My Mind's Eye blog

Sneak Peek #3: MME Chalk Studio/TC Family Stories (FOTM)

"I Love You More Every Day" by Jennifer Moore

"Comprised of black and white, pink and blue...this line has something for everyone. Bold, chalkboard inspired A-sides...and soft,pastel B-Sides with classic motifs." -- My Mind's Eye blog

"It's just beautiful. It's color but beautiful in that it's not too bright or too neutral. I wanted a strong theme related to it but one that you could use or not use.  My inspiration was 1. family line 2. anchors (your family is your anchor in life) 3. PEOPLE icon (just loved it!) This line is so pretty and I keep reaching for it to design with it." -- Teresa Collins blog

Sneak Peek #2: Echo Park Paper Here & Now (DS)

"It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This" by Theresa Sovacool

"Here & Now is full of bright colors, word bubbles, chalkboard and trendy elements. The stickers are playful with every-day memories themes. There's lots of graphic and trendy elements - feathers, arrows, banners etc. It also includes a nod to Project Life with a sheet each of 4x6 and 3x4 journaling cards." -- The Scrap Review blog

Sneak Peek #1: Echo Park Paper Photo Freedom Volume 2 (FOTM)

"Disneyland" by Melanie Call

"The Photo Freedom Volume 2 Collection is a hip, urban day-to-day collection that helps you document your weekly activities within the Photo Freedom system. Hot, trending patterns and colors fill this fabulous collection." -- Echo Park Paper blog

Card Crop Coming Soon!

Have you been over to our Message Board recently?  If you have, you'll notice that we've got a little something cooking for next weekend:  a card crop!  We've got members issuing challenges and some discussion going about getting Christmas cards started.  NO, DON'T GLARE AT ME LIKE THAT!  I didn't come up with that idea!  (But geez, dontcha think that's brilliant???  Do it now while we have time!)

In case you aren't sure what goes on at a card crop, here's some more info:

1. Dude. It's cards. Don't worry about getting piles of photos prepped.
2. Maybe you should put a hairy eyeball on the scraps you've got hanging around. Just saying. 
3. September 28/29/30 - just in time to participate in our Be A Blessing Challenge, too!
4. You will need snacks and stretchy pants. Make sure you can get into them ASAP on Friday.
5. Want to yawn all night and go to bed early? Well, then, don't hang out at the crop. We are going to be hoppin'!
6. Randomly awarded prizes for really nonsense stuff awarded by yours truly. No, I don't have a bunch of clearance stuff taking up space. I don't know what you are talking about. 

What?  Not a member?  Easy peasy.  Go to our Message Board and sign up.  You'll get access in plenty of time to participate in the crop and all the fun that goes along with hanging out with awesomely supportive and fun (did I mention fun?) scrappers.

What?  Want to throw a card crop challenge out there?  Easy peasy.  PM me (Savi is my super secret scrappy name on the Message Board) and let me know what you are thinking.  I'm not that scary; just screening out the duplicate challenges... but if you feel the need to bribe me with chocolate, I won't argue.

What?  No mojo?  Easy peasy.  We are here for you!  Check out the Ideas Gallery - our Design Team makes cards with every kit, every month.  Just for you.  And to get you going, here's September's cards from the gallery:

Melanie Call

Melanie Call

Jennifer Moore

Jennifer Moore

Beth Hallgren

Theresa Sovacool

Theresa Sovacool

Hope to see you next weekend!

- Theresa (a.k.a. "Savi")

Hungry for Some Soup? It's In the Details!

Jillibean Soup, that is!  We're pretty happy to have a delicious double helping this month, with Grandma's Lima Bean Soup and Country Pumpkin Chowder in the kits.  While I'm not exactly sure those soups would be a hit on my dining room table (my boybarian horde is picky), I am sure that all the extras that came with the kits were a hit with our Design Team!  Check out how we put those great extra bits to work:

Brenda perfectly matched her daughter's headband with this gorgeous felt blossom - and added those great "banner bites" flags, too!

Melanie took the banner bites stickers to the next level - layers, twine, and brads - oh my!

Jenny created a sticker and button embellie cluster to match the Bean Blossom flower.  Love all the different textures and patterns - and they make a great flag anchor, too!

Beth layered one diecut under a photo and popped the other up for great dimension.  She also trimmed off those fuzzy tabs that end up on diecuts - quick and easy, but a lot of impact.

I used one of the larger diecuts to anchor my title - and used more diecuts to stand in for the letter "O".

So break out all the delicious extras and season your Jillibean Soup layouts with wonderful details, too!  Soup's on!  MMMMmmmmm...

- Theresa (a.k.a. "Savi")

Back to School? It's In the Details!

Whether you have kids in the classroom, get your paycheck through the local school district, or have a pile of "vintage" photos of yourself in that oh-so-cute velour jumpsuit - we all have Back To School memories.  If you check out our SEPTEMBER IDEA GALLERY, you'll see that this month's kits are all set up to bring those memories out of your camera or photo box and into your scrapbooks.  Check out these great details, and get scrappin'!

Jenny shows some love and records the age of her little sweetie.  Dang, could he get any cuter?

Brenda cleverly put the paper to work as part of her title - and check out the paperclip and altered banner!

Beth made this great ribbon from scraps and a brad - perfect for lots of school activities.

I took the lazy way out and put the bottom edge of the paper with the paper names to work as tags.  Easy peasy!

Inspired?  Or do you need just one more little push to get your mojo going back to school?  Either way, swing by later this week - Jenny's got something great for you!

October Sketch Time!!

Hello ladies!!! It's time for our monthly........
Super fun, huh? Well let's get right to it! Here is a look at this month's sketch...

October Sketch by Aphra

And here is a look at our super talented Design Team's interpretations...

1st Taste by Sarah

Bon Appetit Cajun Style by Kim

{Cousins} by Jenny

Happy Birthday by Frances

2 of a Kind by Aphra

I Do It by Melanie

Once again, love, love, love!! Now we wanna see your interpretation of our sketch! You have until Monday, October 31st to leave a comment IN THIS POST with a link to your layout. Your name will then be entered into a random drawing to win a $10 gift cert to our TSR Store!!!!

Sound good? Now get BUSY!!!!

Ok, almost finished. First, I would like to thank EVERYONE for participating in September Sketch Challenge...hope you enjoyed it! The winner of our September Sketch Challenge is...


BIG CONGRATS Mandy!!

Please email Tammy at admin@scrap-room.com with your real name, email address, and the name of the contest you won. She will in turn, email your gift certificate to you. Congrats again, and thanks again everyone for playing along with us this month!

Final Freaky Fast Layout of September!!

It's me, Frances, here with my last FREAKY FAST LAYOUT using September's formula!!

And here is a reminder of September's formula...

1. Cardstock or Patterned Paper Background
2. 9 X 9 patterned paper
3. 3 X 11 1/4 patterned paper
4. 1 1/2 X 11 1/2 patterned paper
5. 1 X4 patterned paper

And here is the steps to completing your layouts using the September formula...

1. Collect a few pics.
2. Cut your patterned paper to the dimensions stated above.
3. Push the paper around your cardstock till you achieve the look you want, or simply copy my layout below!
4. Adhere and EMBELLISH! It is that easy!!

Here is a look at my 3rd SEPTEMBER FREAKY FAST PAGE...

Enjoy Your Day

This layout was created using the Garden Cafe kit from the Flavors of the Month Kit. And instead of creating the obvious single page layout, I decided to shake things up a bit and create a double!! I began with creating my 9 X 9 squares. As you know, if you use one FOTM kit, you can not get 2-9 X 9 squares in the same pattern. So to make the 9 X 9 squares the same on each page, I cut one pattern 6 X 9 and another pattern 3 X 9. Add those together and you get a 9 X 9 square with 2 patterns...easy!! Instead of running double the strips of paper, I ended up using the strips on one side. I did use the 1 X 4 strip...do you see it? I actually put the pieces together and made a 1 X 8 strip, and used a border punch to create the scallop. This layout, obviously, took longer than the singles, but it only took 1 hour. I think that is pretty good, right?

Thanks so much for stopping by again to see my Freaky Fast layouts this month! I will be back again in October with another fun formula. Have a great weekend!!

The Perfect RECIPE for...

...a scrapbook layout, of course!!!

Did you know that when you become a member of The ScrapRoom you get a step-by-step recipe card for each of kits in the Flavors of the Month kit and the DoubleShot kit????

And these are not just any old recipe cards! Our recipe cards include:

• The exact dimensions to cut your paper and photos to create your layout
• The specific paper used to create the layout
• Placement suggestions for embellishments, journaling, and your title
• A color picture of the layout
  
• Step-by-step assembly directions for the right and left page of your double page layout
• Hints of how to add details the designer added to their layout

WOWEE, right? Here are the Recipe Card layouts created this month...

August 2011 by Lan
Using Prima Alla-Prima Kit

Luck of the Irish by Kim

Using October Afternoon Boarding Pass Kit

Family Pics by Aphra
Using American Crafts Amy Tangerine Kit

Cute Tripod Sit by Melanie

Using Jillibean Soup Dutch Mustard Soup Kit

The Thrill of the Hunt by Jenny

Using American Crafts Garden Cafe Kit

If you would like more information on our kits or Recipe Cards, you can find the info HERE. Thanks for visiting!!

September Freaky Fast Layout #2!!

It's a new month and that means...FREAKY FAST FRIDAY with me Frances!!!

This is the 2nd installment of Freaky Fast Pages for September. And here is a reminder of September's formula...

1. Cardstock or Patterned Paper Background
2. 9 X 9 patterned paper
3. 3 X 11 1/4 patterned paper
4. 1 1/2 X 11 1/2 patterned paper
5. 1 X4 patterned paper

And here is the steps to completing your layouts using the September formula...

1. Collect a few pics.
2. Cut your patterned paper to the dimensions stated above.
3. Push the paper around your cardstock till you achieve the look you want, or simply copy my layout below!
4. Adhere and EMBELLISH! It is that easy!!

Here is a look at my 2nd SEPTEMBER FREAKY FAST PAGE...

Picnickin on the Cane

This layout was created using the Amy Tangerine kit from the Flavors of the Month Kit. And again, it was really east to put together. This layout took about 45 minutes to finish because of the fussy cutting of the sun. But I don't know about you, I don't even care because that sun is adorable!! The paper placement ONLY took about 10 minutes this time...now that's fast!!!

See ya next week with another layout using my September Freaky Fast Formula!!

Design Team Inspiration with Lan!!

Ribbon/Bookmark Tutorial -

Hi there, I"m continuing with the school theme as it's the month most of our kids get back into that routine and even some of us adults are heading back ourselves. And if you're one of those few, a big pat on the back to you!

So get your paper and scissors out because today, I am going to show you how to sharpen those pencils.

Step 1: Pull out your scraps and cut to the following dimensions

Step 2: Using a corner rounder, punch the eraser top & add black cats eye chalk to the edges.

Step 3: For the section of the pencil where the yellow part starts, I used my old $1 decorative scissors with the Dragonback design. You could also use pinking sheers or just cut little triangle notches.

Step 4: For the pencil top, I measured out the center point and cut it into a triangle, then using the black cats eye chalk again, I inked it.

Step 5: Now you have the completed pencil pieces, just assemble it onto a coordinating 2"x4" piece of pattern paper.

Step 6: Next I layered these on longer sheets of cardstock, and added some letter stickers.

Step 7: For the bottom, I used my Dragonback scissors again and for the top, I used my coluzzle to cut the rounded shape where the red line is.

Step 8: For the final touches I punched a small star and looped a piece of ribbon on the top.

And that completes my tutorial on these cute easy ribbons that can be given to your star student for all their hard work or recycle as a bookmark.

Thanks for visiting!