New Year...New Products!

Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe that January is almost over? One of my favorite things about January is seeing all the new crafting products from winter CHA. I make a list of my "must have" items after looking at all the sneak peeks then wait patiently for them to start arriving in stores and online.

Today I want to share a layout I made with some "new to me" scrappy products. Technique Tuesday Steel Dies and Clear Stamps.

 And here is the layout I created:

 Snow Fun by Tena Ellison. Supplies - Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants (Timber Grove), Studio Calico (Sundrifter); Cardstock: Bazzill; Clear Stamps & Steel Dies: Technique Tuesday; Stickers: Fancy Pants; Die Cut Title: Silhouette Cameo; Enamel Dots: Prima (Sugardots); Ink: Colorbox.

 

I love how well the DIY Steel Dies work with the clear stamps. These would be great for all those Project Life, Smash Book albums and for card making. They also work well with traditional scrapbook pages and the clear stamps sentiments are perfect for all your photo moments.

 

Do you have any new products that you're looking forward to trying or buying? Do you have a list of your faves or must have like I do? If so, would love to hear what they are.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Tena E.





New Year Values

Happy New Year!  I am feeling good and looking forward to a wonderful year full of growth, creativity and prosperity.  If you are like me, you have many crafty and scrappy projects that you would like to complete this year.  Or maybe, you are hoping to complete just one special project.  

With the start of the new year, I have been thinking about the core values that are important to me and the goals that I would like to accomplish.  This lead me to the idea that I might want to document my thoughts about these values and incorporate them into my scrapbooking projects.  To help make that happen, I created a sheet of journaling tags.  If you would like, feel free to download the pic below.  You can print it out or use it in your digital projects.

Have fun and welcome to 2013!

New Year Wishes...

Happy New Year!!!

I am hoping that the New Year found you all in great spirits and excited about the New Year. Last year was a great creative year for SOC and I am sure that 2013 will be even better.

2013 Wishes by Karen Jiles Supplies- Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper, Stickers: Graphic 45; Hemp: Close to My Heart; Ink: Tsukineko

To create dimension I cut elements from patterned paper and popped them up to achieve a 3D effect.The colors in the patterned paper were so fun and really added some great energy to the creative process.

As you continue on your creative journey in 2013, may you all have Longevity, Tranquility, and Joy.

Always,

Karen

Happy, Creative 2013!

Welcome to 2013!  Another year to write your story! To share your memories!  To tell your tale in pictures and in words, in cards and crafts.  Another year to create and share and color the world with crafitgoodness!

As usual we've got it going on at Scraps of Color!  We are beginning the year wrapping up our annual, Secret Sistah Swap, where we get to spoil one of our SOC sistahs or brothas over a month an half with gifts and sweet surprises.  I created this card to reveal myself to my pal in her BIG package, mailing soon.  I hope she likes it, for it will be filled with cool stamps, pretty papers, fun embellies and a sweet treat...just for her!

We are going to keep the fun going with a great new swap and a fun new scrappy challenge to encourage getting more pages done in 2013!  Details will be posted soon and I cannot wait.

I also look forward to the fun we'll have craftin' and cookin', reading with our SOC Book Club, chatting it up on Friday nights, blogging it up with the SOC Bloggers' Challenge, and being inspired by all the beautiful creations posted in the SOC gallery.  With such wonderful, warm, talented people this is sure to be another fabulous year of family, friendship and fun at SOC!

Happy New Year!  May you be blessed with much love, joy, laughter, health and prosperity today and everyday throughout 2013!

Classygirl!

Happy New Year!!

New Year’s Eve is a perfect time to look ahead to things to come.  Whether you make specific resolutions or resolve simply to be a better human being, everyone stops for just one moment to hit the “reset button” and vow to do things a little bit better going forward.  What a wonderful sentiment!  And what a great reason for a celebration! I hope you take a moment to think about the wonderfulness in store for 2013!  

On this layout, I reached into my stash and grabbed my pop dot adhesive to make my flat stickers just as much fun as the 3-D ones!

 

Happy New Year by Moanica Caston.  Patterned Paper:  Creative Imaginations, Echo Park; Cardstock: Bazzill; Layered Stickers: Jolee’s,  Karen Foster Design;   Alphas: American Crafts Thickers.

Happy New Year!!

Moanica

New Year! New You!

Hello Everyone, Barb here. Happy New Year! I know that many of us make resolutions at the start of a new year. And many of us resolve to take better care of ourselves, by making healthy food choices, dieting and exercising. Research suggests that those who write down every morsel that enters their mouths during the course of a day, tend to not only loose more weight, they also keep it off! Sounds like a good plan to me and having a pretty little journal to keep track of all those bites is essential in my book! Here are a few of the Food Journals I created for my friends and me...

supplies~

stamp set: Organize It!(GinaK Designs)

card stock: True Black(Papertrey Ink)   Ivory Layering Weight(GinaK Designs)

patterned paper: Picadilly Collection(Basic Grey)   Modern Homemaker(October Afternoon)  Recipe Time(American Traditions Designs)  I Heart You(Pebbles)

other: black gingham ribbon(GinaK Designs)   Classic Oval Nestabilities(Spellbinders)  spiral Notebooks(Staples)

These little gems are the perfect size for tossing into your handbag, briefcase or back pack. And they were super simple to make. I picked up the notebooks from an office supply store, they sell them in packs of 5 or so and only cost a few dollars, so I was able to make several. I had some food themed patterned paper in my stash and thought it would be perfect for covering the fronts of the notebooks. The insides are lined paper, so there is lots of room for tracking what you chew! Aren't they cute? You want one? To be entered into a random drawing to win a Food Journal of your own, just leave a comment on this post, sharing one of your New Year's Resolutions by Friday, January 20th. The winner will be chosen on Saturday morning, January 21 and the results will be posted on my blog...THE BUZZ.  These nifty notebooks aren't just for food journals. You can use them for a multitude of things...you can make a prayer journal, a praise journal, sketch book, inspiration journal, I have one that I write my craft shopping list in. When I plan to go out and about, I drop it into my purse in case I find a sale!

This is the beginning of a whole year of possibilities! We are hindered only by ourselves...branch out, learn something new, do something you've never done, try a new crafting style, learn another language and try to make every day matter! Thank you for visiting with me today, and I wish you ALL GOOD THINGS for 2012!

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.

New Year, New Skills

Hope everyone's New Year is off to a creative and exciting start. The start of the New Year brings so many opportunities for change and growth. Many of us make goals or resolutions to to get healthy, save money, or to end bad habits. All of these types of resolutions are awesome, but don't forget about your crafty goals, too!

Well, I have several crafty goals for 2012 and one of them is to try new things and learn new techniques so that I continue to grow my skills and learn new ones. While flipping through the current issue of Scraps of Color E:spire I was reminded to take the opportunity to work on my goal of implementing digital elements into my crafting and also that I really want to take some Copic marker classes ( I have never used them). When I flipped to page 11 and saw the cool digital stamps that Robert Jackson shared with us, I knew I had to try them out! So I made a quick and easy birthday card for my son who will be 10 on Sunday! Since, I'm not so great at coloring images I printed the image out on kraft and just added a few pops of color. I really like how the image looks on the kraft and will be using this technique many more times. Oh, on a side note...have you seen some of the cool kraft based sheets of patterned paper lately? I think it's a great trend! What do you think?

So what are your crafty goals for 2012? What are some new techniques or products that you would like to try this year? If you have not already done so, please go and download your free copy of Scraps of Color E:spire today and find something that inspires you to meet your 2012 crafty goals! Cheers to a happy and crafty year!

Happy New Year!!!

I am hoping that the New Year found you all Happy, Healthy, and Blessed! 2011 was a good year and 2012 will be even better.

We recently released the December/January Issue of Scraps of Color. It is full of wonderful Holiday ideas. The products that we spotlighted were so awesome, that I decided to use them for this blog post as well. My calendar below was created with 2 Heartfelt Creations stamps sets; A Cheery Kind of Day & Life is Good and a coordinating Cardinal die from the Cardinal Family die set. I created this calendar as a great start to the New Year.

2012 Coaster Calendar by Karen Jiles. Supplies- Stamps and Die: Heartfelt Creations; Cardstock and Metal Hinges: CTMH; Ink: Copic, Memento; Stickles: Ranger.

Handmade Calendars make wonderful pre and post Holiday gifts and are great additions to any craft room.

Tip: 3D- opportunities are always present when creating with Heartfelt stamps and coordinating dies. Continue the 3-D throughout your design by stapling your calendar together and popping it on your coaster base with 3-D tape. This allows you or the recipient to easily change the calendars out from year to year without damaging the base.

Wishing you all a Fabulous Year!!!

Karen