Special Guest DT Member - Rachel Greig!

This month we are excited
to have a
very special guest joining us.......

 The one and only Rachel Greig of Darkroom Door
has taken time out her hectic schedule
to create some lovely cards using
this months featured products.


Stinkin' Cute

Materials:

Cardstock: WRMK Pink and Light Pink

Paper: WRMK Baby Pink

Die Cut: WRMK 'Cute Girl'

Word: Darkroom Door Hello Baby Wordstrip

Ink: Ranger Archival Rose Madder

Steps:

1. Trim Baby Pink patterned paper to 135mm x 90mm and attach to 140mm x 95mm Light pink card stock. Sew together using a straight stitch with white thread. 

2. Ink edges with Ranger Archival Rose Madder ink. Attach panel to folded Pink card. 

3. Adhere 'Cute Baby' die cut to front of card with foam adhesive. 

4. Trim 'Baby Girl' word from wordstrip and adhere to Pink card stock. Trim around to make a little banner. Adhere to card with foam adhesive. 

Sugar and Spice

Materials:

Cardstock: WRMK Pink and Light Pink

Paper: WRMK Sugar and Spice

Die Cut: WRMK 'Sugar and Spice'

Word: Darkroom Door Hello Baby Wordstrip

Ink: Ranger Archival Rose Madder

Steps:

1. Trim Sugar and Spice patterned paper to 135mm x 90mm and attach to 140mm x 95mm Pink card stock. Attach panel to the inside of folded Light Pink card.

2. Trim 'Welcome too the World' from wordstrip and adhere to Pink card stock. Adhere to inside of card.

3. Fold front of card back in half to form an accordion fold. Adhere strips from the Sugar and Spice paper to the front facing fold. 

4. Trim piece of patterned paper in an oval shape to fit behind the Sugar and Spice die cut. Adhere to die cut to cover the back and make it look pretty :)

5. Adhere Sugar & Spice die cut to the front fold of the card, only using adhesive on the left side so the right side is free. 

Tiny Fingers

Materials:

Cardstock: WRMK Pink, white

Paper: WRMK Sugar and Spice

Ink: Ranger Archival Rose Madder

White flowers

Kaisercraft Rhinestones 

Steps:

1. Trim Sugar and Spice patterned paper to 135mm x 90mm and attach to 140mm x 95mm white card stock. Sew together using a straight stitch with white thread. 

2. Ink edges with Ranger Archival Rose Madder ink. Attach panel to folded Pink card. 

3. Trim 'Tiny Fingers' quote from Sugar & Spice paper. Stitch to card. 

4. Adhere three small white flowers to the top right side of quote strip using Glossy Accents. Adhere a rhinestone in the centre of each flower using Glossy Accents. 


Precious

Materials:

Cardstock:WRMK Light Pink, White

Paper:WRMK Sugar and Spice

Word: Darkroom Door Hello Baby Wordstrip

Images: Darkroom Door Hello Baby Montage

Ink: Ranger Archival Rose Madder

White sheer ribbon

Steps:

1. Trim Sugar and Spice patterned paper to 135mm x 90mm and attach to 140mm x 95mm white card stock. Sew together using a straight stitch with white thread.

2. Ink edges with Ranger Archival Rose Madder ink

3. Wrap white sheer ribbon around the bottom and tie in a knot at the front. Attach panel to folded Pink card. 

4. Adhere Hello Baby Wordstrip to left side of card. trim off any excess. 

5. Trim little images from Hello Baby Montage sheet. Adhere to card using foam adhesive. 

6. Trim 'Precious' from Hello Baby Wordstrip and mount onto Light Pink card stock. Ink edges with Rose Madder Archival ink. Adhere word over the wordstrip using foam adhesive. 

Page 2 Girls DT Project - May Sam

Hi Everyone !!! Where has the year gone ? it's May already !
 I am so excited to join the DT team !!!

This month featured the We R Memory keepers Baby range .
With having two boys , it was a welcome change to Girly it up !
 These papers are also Fantastic for All your projects and are not exclusively for your baby creations.

My favorite card  I created features the La - La Land stamp Winter  Marci .
 Simply colour her in with the colouring technique of your choice . I prefer Copics as i love the blended effect they offer.
 Double matte your image and attach to the front of your card using Zots 3D to give the card dimension.
Finish the front by adding a co- ordinating ribbon.

On the inside I used the Sizzix pop up Floating frames die to give the card a little surprise inside .

Add some co ordinating paper and embellishments.

finish your card off by punching out lace with your favorite Martha Stewart edge punch.

I had a blast creating these cards ! I hope they inspire you to create your own.

 Don't forget you can see these sweet little cards and all the Yummy creations the DT have done this month in store ......

Thank You for reading

Sam :)

Paper and Stamp Deal !

PAPER AND STAMP

DEAL!!!!

From Now Until 5pm 31^st May 2012,

Buy 20 Or More Sheets Of Patterned Paper And Get 30% Off Stamps!!*

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to stock up on your patterned papers and stamps with this amazing discount!

We have heaps of Yummy stamp sets in store to feed your stamping creativity. Our range includes sets by Darkroom Door , La -La Land, Tim Holtz, Unity and many more !

Looking forward to seeing you in store soon !

* "Patterned Paper" does not include Vellum, Bazzill Card stock, Bo Bunny Card stock, X-Press-It Card stock, or patterned paper pads. Must be single sheets. Papers and stamps must be purchased in the same transaction. Offer valid from now until 5pm Thursday 31st of May while stocks last. Only on in-stock items only. Not available on special orders.

Page 2 Girls DT Project- May - Kate

Welcome to May everyone!

I hope the start of the month was a good one for you, nearly half way through the year, I can't believe it!

As the weather is turning cooler here as we are in Autumn, I was pleasantly warmed up being surrounded by such a lovely kit to work with this month with the pretty spring type colours! 

I have had a few friends and family have babies this time of year, and I myself, have two beautiful daughters (not being Biased at all!) but my layouts steered clear of baby photos or congratulation cards. The We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine collection is just perfect for the above projects or you might take inspiration from my following examples. 

I love Max Brenner! And thought that the Baby Mine Frame insert was a perfect title for this photo of my babka I had to eat at Max Brenner's. The Doily was perfect as a base on top of my base, and is kind of a representation of food presentation since doily's are quite common in the hospitality industry. I matted my photo on white paper to give it a 'polaroid' view. This is really easy to do as you matt your photo and leave a larger edge at the bottom. The cardstock base looks as though it has orange paint however it is a candy pink and yellow with a bit of white. The green tissue paper adds a great contrast to the colours. I used the Darkroom Door Filmstrip throughout my May projects, by individually cutting the words up. 

Materials:

Darkroom Door Filmstrips – Hello Baby (Pink)

Green Tara paper flowers.

We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine Frame

We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine patterned paper – Sugar and Spice

We R Memory Keepers – Textured Cardstock – Light Pink

Kaiser Rhinestones ( Champagne)    

Pink Paislee Printed Daily Junque Tissue

Paper Doily

Kaiser Texture Stamps

ink

kikki k pen

Kaiser paint

Glimmer mist

and a close up.. 

 When I seen the colours in this kit, I knew I had to scrap this photo that was sitting in my stash. 

The Daily Junque Felt Flower is really highly set, and comes on a clip so would be perfect to actually wear as an accessory to an outfit, not just limited to crafting purposes. I trimmed about 5mm off the top of my flower, this will help with storage later on down the track when I am putting it in a sleeve and into my album. It has a similar feel base-wise to the layout above. However with this layout I tried to place my embellishments on a diagonal so your eye follows down the page. I like using my Kaiser Rhinestones to make flourishes leading on from my flowers. I enjoy using my stamps on paper flowers for something unique as well.

Materials:

Darkroom Door Filmstrips – Hello Baby (Pink)

Green Tara paper flowers.

Pink Paislee Daily Junque Felt Flowers

Bloomers trim

Prima Flowers 

We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine Frame

We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine patterned paper – Sugar and Spice

We R Memory Keepers – Textured Cardstock –Pink

Kaiser Rhinestones ( Champagne)    

Pink Paislee Printed Daily Junque Tissue

American Crafts Thickers

Paper Doily

Kaiser Texture Stamps

ink

Kaiser paint

Glimmer mist 

I got these rectangular chipboard offcuts in my kit this month and I really wanted to create a mini album!
I did lots of paint, paper, stamping layers on the chipboard then cut patterned paper to size, punched a hole in the corner and added my ring to bind it. I included a couple of photos of my girls in it, and then went through the online dictionary and found definitions for the words on the Darkroom Door Filmstrips I wanted to use to describe my girls. From there I just printed them off using my printer. I stamped my chipboard heart and then inked it. I tied twine on my ring and you know those Lindt chocolate easter bunnies? I saved the bell off mine and added it to the twine for something unique :) I love saving things like that for use later on!!

Materials:

Darkroom Door Filmstrips – Hello Baby (Pink)

Green Tara paper flowers.

We R Memory Keepers – Baby Mine patterned paper – Sugar and Spice

Kaiser Rhinestones ( Champagne)    

Pink Paislee Printed Daily Junque Tissue

Kaiser Texture Stamps

ink

Kaiser paint

Glimmer mist 
Bullfrog clip
Vintage button
chipboard heart
twine
Ring
chipboard offcuts 
heart pin
Bell

Some pages inside..

 

I hope you enjoyed my projects this month, I really enjoyed creating them. Make sure if you are in store @ Pages 2 Scrap that you head over to the DT wall to check out all the inspiration from our team. The girls in store will happily point you in the direction of the supplies to create projects like these ones :)

Love Kate xo

Page 2 Girls DT Projects - May - Jane

Hi everyone Jane here, I always love receiving these kits to play with, only one thing.....everyone I know is having girls LOL, not to worry I will certainly be ready for when all the baby boys arrive!

My first card I used We R Memory Keepers Baby Mine tags cute boy, a paper doily and the delightful Baby Mine papers, this range makes creating cards a breeze.

With my second card I used one of the medium sized paper doilies as a template and sprayed a yellow shade of Glimmer Mist over the top, I also coloured a Pink Paislee Daily Junque Felt Flower. The leaves I fussy cut from Baby Mine snips and snails paper, same with the verse. I sprinkled Kaisercraft ice blue rhinestones around the leaves to finish it.

This is a quick and easy boy card to make, I fussy cut the feet from the snips and snails paper, layered it on a white circle and a scallop square of blue card, the sentiment is a darkroom doors Filmstrip hello baby blue, these strips have so many wonderful words on them that can be used for LOTS of occasions.

These papers are also fantastic for not only baby cards but any theme. I coloured a chipboard rectangle with VersaMagic sea breeze ink pad and added a spray of the leaves from the snips and snails paper. I added a hello baby filmstrip word, rhinestones and paper flowers. Only a portion of a large paper doily was needed to give the card added interest.

Well I hope these cards have given you some inspiration, thanks for looking!

Happy creating, Jane

Members Only Deal - 30% OFF ALL PUNCHES!

From 9am Monday 14th May until 5pm Saturday 19th May 2012,

Members get 30% OFF ALL PUNCHES!

We have a large range of punches from brands such as Martha Stewart Crafts, Epiphany Crafts, X-Cut, and EK Success.

There are corner rounders, border punches, shape punches - something for everyone! Lots of gorgeous designs to choose from!

One week only - 9am Monday 14th May until 5pm Saturday 19th May 2012.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

~The Team at Pages 2 Scrap~

Tim Holtz Distress Markers!

Ranger and Tim Holtz have recently released Distress Markers - water-based markers for coloring, journaling, stamping and more!

The dual tip markers are ideal for many coloring techniques, and are acid free and non-toxic.

Distress Markers are available to match the Distress palette of 36 color and White Picket Fence.

Check out this great demo video:



Aren't they AWESOME?!

In store now at Pages 2 Scrap - member's price = $5.59 each!

See you soon!

~The Team at Pages 2 Scrap~

SMASH has arrived at Pages 2 Scrap!

We are really excited that SMASH journals have finally arrived at Pages 2 Scrap!

If you haven't heard of SMASH journals yet, check out this video:



Cool huh?!

The SMASH program is "retro" in that it returns memory keeping to its most basic form, and may be a good introduction for the scrapbooking novice and well as fun for the "life experience enthusiast". The tagline for this program is "for the moments and musings that stick™".  

The SMASH program features uniquely designed books called SMASHfolios, each created with a different style aesthetic in mind - Mod, Pretty, Doodle, Retro.

In contrast to what we know in the parper arts industry, think of this as the "unscrapbook" for the person that doesn't have time or says she isn't creative, yet still likes to keep life lists, ideas from magazines, travel tidbits, inspirational quotes, funny things her kids say, cool project ideas and so much more.

The SMASH Folios would make awesome mixed media art journals as well!

IN STORE NOW!

• Journals - Member's price =  $20.78.
• Accessories - Member's price = from $3.19.

See you in store soon!

~The Team at Pages 2 Scrap~