Using Seasonal Products out of Season

When I saw these stamps on Sale the other day, I just had to have them. But who could wait until Christmas to use them?

We've been fortunate enough to have some snow here recently (a real novelty). I had loads of lovely photos to scrap and the stamps proved to be a perfect accent.



Those of you that know me, know that I adore My Mind's Eye. The new Penny Lane papers are no exception. They are simply gorgeous IRL.



The papers were so pretty, I had a hard time cutting them - you know how it goes! I cut out some of the circular flowers from Graceful Circles paper and arranged them with some circle frames.



Did you notice the gorgeous chipboard button from Jenni Bowlin? How cute it that?!

By layering the die cut frame behind my photo, I was able to place my cute little winter characters as a focus.



The stamps create beautiful, crisp images, which I've coloured in with watercolour pencils, before cutting them out. Add a little snow and glitter, they make perfect winter friends!

So why not try reassigning some of those seasonal items to other layouts?

Thanks for dropping by.

Morag x

Purrfect Projects #5

Baby girl is our theme for this weeks Purrfect Projects. The team has created some beautiful and creative items.

Rita has created some cute floral hair bands with flowers from her stash and they can be stored in this darling bird container:

Vee created a beautiful and sweet little book of rhymes:

Morag made this adorable Hello Kitty gift bag:

Lee Ann made her niece some wonderful personalized baby cards and a special lullaby CD:

Raechelle created a girly bucket and card gift set:

The store is full of wonderful baby girl items. Head on over and take a peek!

We hope that we've inspired you to get out your supplies and take them to a whole new dimension. We'd love to see what you do so why not upload to our gallery?

Raechelle, Morag & the Purrrfect Project Team

Welcome Spring!!

I don't know about you, but I am so ready for spring!! If you are itching to see tulips and daffodils, then I have just the project to get you ready.

As my base for my spring banner, I used a Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Label Shape Mini book, found here in the Ally Scraps store.

It comes with 8 sheets, plus the chipboard covers. I used 6 of the sheets to make my banner. I liked the look of the notebook paper, so I went with that. (Bonus, you can use the other sheets for journaling on a layout!)

I went online and found some gorgeous Victorian Era images on The Vintage Moth blog. She has a lot of great old pictures, and they are all free. I printed those out on matte paper.

I first punched 2 additional holes on the side that didn't have any. I just flipped one of the pages over and lined it up to use as my guide. (You'll need the holes to put the banner together later.)



Next, I used ColorBox Eye Fluid Chalk inks in Pink Pastel and Warm Violet to ink the edges. I alternated the colors, one pink, one purple.

From a pre-glitter sticker paper, I used my Silhouette die cut machine to cut out 2" high letters that spelled "spring". You could also spell out Easter... they both have 6 letters. If you have chipboard letters handy, you could use those.

I then just pulled out a bunch of supplies, rubons, stamps, flowers, bling... whatever you would like to add.

I hand cut out the vintage illustrations, and assembled everything before I glued it down.


Once everything was glued and dry, I used ribbon to attach each piece together to form a banner. I hung it up in my foyer with my Easter decorations. I love how it turned out. This would look great on a mantel, too.





I hope you enjoyed my banner and that it inspires you to create something springy. We'd love to see your creations in the Ally Scraps Gallery.

~ Chris

Hello Kitty! I've started a CARD-A-WEEK challenge!

Hi everyone... we've started a whole new type of challenge over at the AllyScraps message board, it's called Hello Kitty, and it's a card a week challenge. I'll be taking some time to create a weekly card inspiration; could be a fun theme, or a color combo or a just because card. But, I'm hoping that it will inspire you (and ME) to create a card EVERY week, starting this week.

If honor of our many new friends on the message board, we are doing a "welcome to your new home" theme for our first weekly card. Here is what I created.



I used the Homegrown collection by 3 Bugs in a Rug, it is so adorable, and the paper house cute home sayings, like the one on the front of the card.

OK, so you've made a card and don't know what to say on or in it? Well, we've taken care of that too... we will be posting quotes, titles and sentiments that will help finish your cards. Here are a few to get you started.

* Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
* Home is where friendships are formed and families are grown; where joy is shared and true love is known; where memories are made and seeds of life are sown.
*HOME is where your story begins...
* Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest”...Robert Montgomery.
* You've worked so hard to make it your own, here's hoping you enjoy your new home.
* May love be the heart of your new home.
* Home.. a house filled with love.

Feeling inspired? We'd love to see what you create! And, if you need even more inspiration, look for a new card prompt every Monday. I'll give you a hint, next week's card is a celebrating kind!

~Dana

Free $10 Gift Certificate

Hi! Looking for a new SCRAPPY place to hang out? Well AllyScraps is such a place! We are a super fun scrapbook message board, filled with great conversation, fun challenges, games and TONS of inspiration. And guess what? We are having a new member drive! .

Come on over to the AllyScraps message board, sign up as a member, then sign in on the Membership Drive forum. That is all you have to do to get started. Just post 50 posts on the message board (a little substance to them would be nice LOL) over the next 4 weeks, and we'll send you a $10 AllyScraps gift certificate as a big HELLO! Now of course we are hoping you like us and want to hang out all the time, but if not, the gift certificate is still yours!

The counting starts now, but you can join any time between now and March 23. So, to sum things up, you will meet a great group of ladies, who will enable you with your addiction, and never make you feel guilty. Be both challanged and inspired. Play games, chat, and maybe make a new friend or two, and we are going to pay you to do it! What are you waiting for? We can't wait to meet you... come on over and have some fun.

PS Dont forget to check out the store, new stuff is starting to come in daily!

Hope to see you there.

Cathy

PS Don't forget to tell your friends!