DT Inspiration: Wall Hanging

Hey everybody! I guess I'm on an altered home decor kick, because I have another project to share with you today. :)

Last weekend, I decided to repaint my hallway. After I repainted it, I decided I needed to "spruce" it up a notch with some new decorations. So, I bought some 4"x4" square wooden plaques (from Hobby Lobby - only 2 for $1!) and got to work:

1. First, I painted the edges of my wooden squares with a foam brush and black paint.
2. Next, I cut coordinating squares of leftover scrapbook papers down to fit on top of the squares. I Mod Podged those to the wood, and after they dried, I added another layer of Mod Podge over the top to "seal" the paper to the wood.
3. I then added chipboard letters to the top of the squares (I hot glued them on to make sure they stayed put).
4. Last, I stapled some 3" wide ribbon to the backs of the squares, cut a "V" on the bottom of the ribbon strip to make it look like a banner, and added a ring at the top to hang it with. Voila! DONE!

Sooo easy, sooo inexpensive! I've got a friend who really loved it and has commissioned me to make her one that says "Love." I will also be making some of these wall banners up to sell at a local craft show in a couple of weeks. :)

I've said it before, but I really love using up scrapbook supplies to freshen my home a bit. It's kinda like killing 2 birds with 1 stone...you use up supplies, AND you get a fun new project in the process. Win-win.

I hope you are inspired to make some projects for your own home, and we'd love for you to link your projects here on our blog! :)

Look Who's Talking about The ScrapRoom!

Check out all of the buzz at the My Mind's Eye Blog today! They are featuring our kit club this month and highlighting the beautiful layouts that our Design Team created for our Idea Gallery! Follow this link to check it out, and be sure to leave a little "ScrapRoom love" comment for them while you're there! MY MIND'S EYE BLOG

April Scraplift Challenge

Happy Saturday Everyone! I just walked in from our two youngest boys' middle school track meet, we're slamming down some lunch and heading back out for our oldest boys' track meet this afternoon. Ah, spring is fully underway in our neck of the woods! I have just enough time to issue our second ScrapRoom challenge for April - the SCRAPLIFT CHALLENGE! This is honestly one of my favorite challenges. I love to see how you all are inspired by our amazing Design Team!

So, for this challenge, you will need to choose a layout from our APRIL IDEA GALLERY create a page that is inspired by it, and submit your layout in our challenge via our Mr. Linky link below. We'll choose a winner for a $10.00 ScrapRoom Gift Certificate next month. You've got until April 30th to post your entry (or entries)!

I took 30 minutes yesterday and created a "scraplifted" layout of my own to kick off the challenge this month.

I was inspired by this layout by Aphra using the My Mind's Eye "Be Amazing" layout kit (love the way she cut out the hexagons and positioned everything for her one-photo layout):


And, here is my version (a total scraplift - but it's okay to do a total scraplift in a scraplift challenge, right?) :) My version is 8x8, and I'm so tickled with it that you'd think I came up with it all on my own. :)


So, let's see your take on what our Design Team has done with the kits this month. Your scraplifted page can be loose or more-exact - whatever makes you happy!



And, the winner from our March Scraplift Challenge is jojojorenee! Please e-mail me at admin@scrap-room.com with your real life name and e-mail address, and I'll get your $10.00 Gift Certificate e-mailed out to you! Here is jojorenee's layout:

A special thanks to everyone who participated in our March challenge! Now, grab some photos and your favorite new scrappin' supplies and enter our April Scraplift Challenge!

April Recipe Cards are up!

I'm sure that most of our ScrapRoom members are familiar with our amazing IDEA GALLERY - our little cyber-corner of layout inspiration created with the monthly ScrapRoom Kits. When I'm looking for a lot of scrapbooking eye candy in one place, the TSR Idea Gallery is one of the first places that I visit.

Today though, I want to showcase another great inspirational (and functional) feature that we provide with all of our ScrapRoom kits - totally free! All of our layout kits (and that's FOUR in the Flavors of the Month Kit and TWO in the Doubleshot Kit) come with full-color downloadable Recipe Cards. A Recipe Card turns your box of scrapbooking supplies into a literal "CLASS-IN-A-BOX" at NO EXTRA CHARGE to you!

Each Recipe Card features a full-color photo of a 2-page layout and comes complete with cutting instructions and step-by-step assembly directions. They are designed to be printed out and slipped in with their respective layout kits - and voila - grab-and-go scrapbooking! You can view all of the April Recipe Cards HERE and HERE!

As a bonus today, you can view and download one of our April Recipe Cards below. Print it out and and see how easy our Recipe Cards will make it for you to recreate great-looking layouts in no time at all. (And, of course, recreating a layout is so much easier and so much more fun if have all of the exact supplies that you need in a little kit in front of you - so I'll link you up to our "ScrapRoom Kits Page" right here! ;)

Layout by Aphra Bolyer

AMERICAN CRAFTS NEAPOLITAN RECIPE CARD DOWNLOAD