Every year on the first Saturday in October, we join together to celebrate World Card Making Day! As the official launch of the card making season, it is a special day to spend time with […]

My good friend, Lynn Gharary, has a fresh, fully loaded online class starting at Two Peas and this is your chance to win a spot in the front row! "Have you ever finished a scrapbook page only to feel that you were missing that “something special”? Perhaps you are new to scrapbooking and looking for ways to take your layouts to the next level. Or you might be an experienced scrapbooker who is feeling the loss of your scrappy mojo, and looking for ways to increase the creative appeal of your pages. Well then this is the workshop for you! You’ll find this class packed with surefire ways to take your layouts to the next level with a toolkit full of tried and true designer tips and tricks. The techniques outlined in each lesson are straightforward and easy to follow, but really pack a big punch in the design department. You’ll find your layouts have gone from “good” to “great” just by following a few of the design guidelines covered in this class. Each lesson will focus on one of five main design categories: backgrounds, photos, titles, journaling, and embellishments. With 10 lessons per chapter that’s 50 designer tips & tricks to refer back to when you’re faced with your next “what’s missing?” dilemma. A brand new, never before seen page example by Lynn (as well as some other special guest designers) accompanies each lesson to help get you started. Additionally, an informative PDF and instructional video is provided for each chapter. Each video not only reviews the lessons included in the chapter, but also features the start to finish process of one of the chapter layouts as well. Whether you’re an experienced scrapbooker or new to the hobby, this workshop has something for everyone. So grab your scissors, paper, and glue and let’s step up your scrapbooking!" To win a spot in Lynn's fantastic class, just post here something you've always wanted to learn in scrapbooking. We'll draw a random winner this Saturday! (If you have already registered for her class and should happen to win this spot, your money will be refunded or you can give the spot to a friend! Value $25.) You don't want to miss your chance to take Lynn's class -- she is the queen of the amazing page! Becky

We have enjoyed sharing with you this week how our Design Team was able to create some amazing designs with a little help from PageMaps.com ...

We have enjoyed sharing with you this week how our Design Team was able to create some amazing designs with a little help from PageMaps.com ...

Hi all and happy Monday! I have a little creativity to kick off your week! I grabbed a sketch over at Pagemaps and had a wee bit of fun! So... here's the sketch..... And, here's my take on it! Even though it is close to winter here -- I thought we could all use a dose of spring, right? I mean spring sings eternal in the happy heart, isn't that how that saying goes? And, who couldn't use a few more "Thinking of You" cards in their stash? I started with a die cut circle, and then I grabbed one of the new Tim Holtz stencils. This one is called a Honeycomb Layering Stencil. I laid it on the circle and sponged on some Distressed Scattered Straw ink. The stamp is one Becky Fleck designed for Penny Black called A Bunch. I stamped using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then grabbed my Copics and colored it up with the Sunflower and Pistachio Collections grouped by Flourishes. The area behind the flowers was shaded using Iced Aqua. Cut the image out, mount it on the circle and then, following the sketch -- mat it all up with a splash of foam tape. I used some of the scraps from my decorative scrap paper bin, so I am not really sure who designed these prints! Sorry! I added a little seam binding ribbon and some bling and.... almost done! The sentiment was stamped and then punched using a Stampin' Up Oval punch. Here's a close up! And that, my friends, is it! As always, if you ever want some inspiration to kick off some creativity in your own stamping spaces, Pagemaps.com is only a click away! Click on the Cardmaps link and there are literally hundreds of sketches right there at your fingertips! Hope your Monday gets off to a good start! I'll see you back here real soon! ~Julie

Today I, along with some other members of the Flourishes teams, have the honor of providing a sample for Page Maps' September card sketches. Here's the sketch Becky sent to me: And here's my card. I'm using an image from Flourish's Tag Lines set for my sentiment element, combined with a doily, some seam binding, and some sweet patterned papers. Be sure to check out what the other designers have using their respective sketches. Stacy Tammy Beate Mona Silke Thanks so much for stopping by today!! ~Supplies~ Stamps: Tag Lines (Flourishes) Paper: Classic White card stock, Basic Black (SU!); Blissful 6 x 6 (Authentique) Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Accessories/tools: seam binding, doily, sewing machine

Week 44- Sketch Challenge: NOW 1000 Bonus Points Awarded to WINNER! We'd love to see what you can do with this sketch! Post your finished layout on our Becky Fleck Sketch Challenge #44 Topic on our Message Board and in the Sketch Challenge #44 Gallery. Random winner to be selected and awarded 1000 ACOT Bonus Points! Act fast! You have until midnite EST on Monday - June 17, 2013 to post your project. See Terms & Conditions. Click here to find out how to submit

Scrapbooking, card making, die cutting, stamping

This week sketch comes from Sasha Farina's CENTRAL HIGH gallery - it's based on her layout titled "Saturday Story." We loved all of the word bubbles Sasha used and couldn't wait to see how SC member Tanja (mathildasmom) would use it! Supplies - Kits - Summer of '69, So Cal...

Hailing from the land down under, Ruby Rock-It is the belle of the Australian scrapbook ball! Would you love to win a collection of their beautiful, new wedding products? For your chance to win this fantastic prize package, create a layout based on the sketch below, in any size, any orientation, any way you want to interpret it and using any products you would like. Post a comment on this thread with a link to your entry. The contest starts today and ends at midnight, Sunday, August 25, 2013 (MST). This contest is open to everyone, everywhere! A big thanks to Ruby Rock-It for their generous prize donation! Good luck, Becky

Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a Mother’s Day card made using a new sketch from PageMaps and supplies from Taylored Expressions. My card started with the blended background. I taped the Go With the Flow Stencil over the top of piece of Sugar Cube cardstock and sponged on Guava, Candy …

Today, I'm sharing the 15th Sketch for Pages With Papertrey. This month, I chose a sketch from the November 2012 Page Maps: I'd noticed a challenge on the Crate Paper blog this week to create a project with the theme "thankful." Since I have so much to be thankful for, I decided to make a layout using this sketch. I was having some difficulties printing my photos at home onto glossy paper, so I ended up pasting them in Word along with my journaling and printing them all out onto some Papertrey Ink rustic white cardstock. I used Crate Paper patterned paper and Papertrey Ink cardstock (canyon clay, aqua mist, ocean tides), stamps (stitches and swirls, lovely layers, counting my blessings, beautiful blessings), buttons, twine and dies (double-ended banner, heart border, counting my blessings, love lives here, half & half). Here's a close-up of my journaling... Of course, I thought of other things I could add afterwards (like my health!)... I also decided to make include a little pocket instead of a photo, for this week's Make It Monday at PTI. When you pull out the tag, it reveals... ... one of my favourite verses! If you make a layout using this month's sketch, please post a link to it either here in the comments of my blog or here in the PTI forum, so I can see what you made. Thanks for looking!

Hey, everyone!! Guess what!? It's PAGEMAPS 7th Birthday and I am so excited to help them celebrate! You know how much I adore that site an...

Let's kick off the week with a bright and cheery palette and a new Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge (MOJO301). Be sure to play along! STAMPIN' PRETTY TIPS: Yippee-Skippee stamp set is one of my favorite new sentiment sets from Stampin' Up! The fonts and phrases are fresh and fun. See the end of this post