Manufacturer highlight - Imaginisce!!

Hi everyone, thought we'd highlight some of the awesome new products that Cathy is carrying in the Ally Scraps store. :) First up, Imaginisce. Two brand new lines are available, and here is a sneak peek of each. (I have both of them on their way to my house.)

Berrylicious






Animal Crackers






Aren't these projects fantastic?? I borrowed them from the Imaginisce blog, their designers are just wonderful! Such a nice variety of projects and layouts. Cute!!

Be sure to check out the Ally Scraps store to see "what's new". I'll be back soon with the March sketch contest, and wow, can't wait to share this sketch with you. Have a great week. Dana

February sketch contest WINNER!

You girls had me a little worried, since we didn't have a single sketch entry until 2!! days before the deadline. Well, I shouldn't have worried, because we ended up with lots of wonderful entries for our contest. Really beautiful pages, all inspired by Debbie's 2 page sketch. I could have chosen LOTS of winners, but our winner this month is Nicole, and here is her lovely layout. Big congrats Nicole! I love how her layout closely followed the sketch, but she infused her own personality with elegant touches. Here is Nicole's layout.



Debbie's original sketch.



Nicole will be getting an awesome prize, a whole box of BoBunny's fabulous brand new papers. Have fun playing. :)



In other AllyScraps news, be sure to check out the "what's new section" of the store. There are lots of new goodies, and coming this week are more fun products from Imaginisce, thickers from American Crafts and Twig from My Little Yellow Bicycle. Have a great week. Dana

February sketch contest reminder!!

Hope you're all busy working on your February sketch contest entries!!! The due date is coming close, and for the first time ever, we don't have a single entry! Debbie Gaydos has created this awesome 2 page sketch just for us, we are so lucky to have her. Here's Debbie's sketch.



I got right to work making my layout. Just a simple one from me.



I used October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker line. I love that lots of October Afternoon's lines go together, so I was able to pull journaling cards and stickers from my stash, that matched perfectly. :) (Hey, a little birdie told me that there will be BRAND NEW October Afternoon coming to the store, hopefully it's here really soon.)

Can you believe the super cool prize that Cathy has given us this month?? It's from BoBunny, and the winner will receive one sheet of every piece of paper from their brand new lines that just debuted at CHA. This paper isn't even available to purchase yet. Thanks Cathy!



Of course, there are a few rules for our sketch contest. Make a layout using Debbie's awesome sketch as inspiration. You can flip it, turn it, mirror image it... just use the sketch to inspire your layout. Finish your project and e-mail the image (less than 500 kb please)to us by Sunday, February 20th at midnight Eastern time. We will choose a winner soon after. Send your layout to allyscraps@gmail.com. Have fun and good luck!

Check back soon, as we still have one project to share from Raechelle Bellus and Roree Rumph is coming back to Ally Scraps for March! Have a great day. Dana

Happy Valentine's Day. :)

We hope you have lots of time with your sweeties today! We're sure that you will take lots of pictures, so here is an adorable way to keep your Valetine's Day memories all in one place. Raechelle Bellus created this adorable mini album, hope you make one for yourself.






supplies:
Echo Park Paper Be Mine Collection- papers and stickers
button
rhinestones
ribbon
felt heart



Thanks so much Raechelle. This is super cute!

Hey, don't forget about the Ally Scraps sketch contest. The due date is coming soon, and WOW, we don't have a single entry... so maybe this is your month! :) Check out this post, it has all of the information you need. Have a wonderful day. :) Dana

Coming Soon - Fancy Pants Designs!

Hi everyone! I've been wanting to highlight some of the awesome new products that Cathy has purchased for the store, and are shipping very soon! Can't wait to work with all of these brand new awesome scrappy supplies. We'd like to feature Fancy Pants Designs today, as Cathy will be bringing in 3 lovely new lines for Spring and Summer.

Shipping VERY soon, and already up for preorder in the store is To The Moon line. With its primary papers, fun patterns and super cute embellies, what a cute line for your sweet boy.



Fun for summer, and your adorable beach bums.... here are 2 adorable lines for BOYS and GIRLS, shipping in March! Aren't those waves the cutest??




Don't you love these adorable layouts from the Fancy Pants site? Keep an eye on the what's new section of the store, for the awesome products coming soon. And, keep your eye out for more products, coming soon. :) ~ Dana

More pretty cards for Valentine's Day!

Look at these pretty Valentine's Day cards from Raechelle Bellus!! You still have plenty of time to make cards for your own sweetie, take a try at these.



Directions
1. Cut a 2"x 2" Be Mine with Eiffel Tower journal piece from paper. Cut a 2"x2" square of coordinating backside as well. Adhere both squares to card.
2. Cut a 2"x 4" strip of Echo Park's So In Love paper. Tear off one end. Adhere to card.
3. Cut a 4"x 1.5" strip of Echo Park Paper's Airmail Stripe paper. Tear bottom. Adhere to card.
4. Add floss to buttons and then adhere to card.



directions
1. Cut a 1.25"x4.5" strip of Echo Park's So In Love paper, ink edges and adhere to card
2. Cut a 3"x4" piece of Echo Park's Rose Bouquet paper and tear the bottom. Lightly ink edges and adhere to card, centering it.
3. Adhere large 'ticket' sticker to card, apply 2 additional ticket stickers, layered, finished off by a heart and butterfly sticker all from the Elements sticker sheet.
4. Apply Maya Road Satin Posies to the card.
5. finish off with 3 rhinestones.

Thanks so much Rae! Love these. See you soon, with lots more projects AND some sneak peeks of the brand new products Cathy has coming for the Ally Scraps store.

~ Dana

February Sketch Contest!!

It's time for our February sketch contest here at Ally Scraps! Debbie Gaydos has created this awesome 2 page sketch just for us, we are so lucky to have her. We hope that it will inspire you to start (and finish of course) a layout based on her sketch. I've already started working on mine. :)



Of course, Cathy is always super generous with her prizes! This time the prize is an awesome one. It's from BoBunny, and the winner will receive one sheet of every piece of paper from their brand new lines that just debuted at CHA. This paper isn't even available to purchase yet. Thanks Cathy!



Of course, there are a few rules for our sketch contest. Make a layout using Debbie's awesome sketch as inspiration. You can flip it, turn it, mirror image it... just use the sketch to inspire your layout. Finish your project and e-mail the image (less than 500 kb please)to us by Sunday, February 20th at midnight Eastern time. We will choose a winner soon after. Send your layout to allyscraps@gmail.com. Have fun and good luck!

In other Ally Scraps news, Cathy has been really busy ordering brand new scrappy supplies from CHA. She has placed orders with October Afternoon, Bella Blvd., Jillibean Soup, Echo Park, Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper, Fancy Pants, Basic Grey, Pink Paislee, Melissa Frances and so much more! She has already started putting in pre-orders of the products that will ship very soon. Check them out right here!

I'll be back later this week with more beautiful Valentine's day projects from Raechelle Bellus. Take care, and have a great week! Dana