Wednesday, July 31, 2013

What's On Wednesday - Anita


Anita here! 
So this is my Wednesday to astonish & amaze you (LOL). 
I have done a process video showing you how to create your own unique arty background. 
Do this I have used the following supplies from SFS:

- Dylusions Edge stamps
- Dylusions Ink Sprays (Calypso Teal & Lemon Zest)
- Washi Tape

So grab yourself a cuppa, sit back & watch...


The link to the SFS shop to get your supplies is

If you have any questions, leave some feedback at the bottom :)

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Getting the most out of your kit & tips to use die-cut & sticker embellies!

Welcome to What's on Wednesday -
Hi it's Charmane here to give you a bit of WOW for the week ;)

Recently I've had the chance to have a play with the

SFS Designer Mini Kit - Fancy Pants

  In the kit you will find:

2 x cardstock
2 x double sided Papers from Fancy Pants
1 x Ephemera Pack
1 x Label Sheet
1 x Thickers

The kit is only $16 - and I managed 3 layouts plus a card !

What I loved about this kit was the Ephemera & Label Sheet - lots of cute embellishments to play with...so that's what I did - had a play - and I will show you a few different ways & some tips to use them...

The first layout I want to show you is this one....


 I love this embellishment the most I think - because with just a little bit of string I have created a little kite string, by twirling it around each of the cute little bows that came in the Ephemera Pack... 
I have then twirled around the cute Air balloon and dabbed a bit of glue behind each of the bows to keep it in place...


I have also added a couple of other Label Stickers and an asterisk from the
Chipboard pack to create a cluster, I have added my journalling to the right...
 

I have also created a cluster around the photo - 
using a mix of the Ephemera Pack and the Label sheet...
*tip* I always make sure I stick a little double sided tape to the centre of my photo, so then if I need to I can tuck embellishments UNDER the photo, I find this creates a great layered effect...
 

Here I have added the cute Ephemera flag banner below my title, using staples to secure it...


My next layout I have created is of my son, who rarely gives
me a REAL smile, it's always a forced fake one
 - of course he does laugh and smile all the time,
but because he is over me taking photos of him he doesn't like to!
So, I was happy when I managed to grab this one of him...


I LOVED both sides of the Fancy Pants Red Chevron/Word Paper,
so I decided that I would make the most out of it and cut out the part
that would be covered by the other balloon paper
- I measured enough so that I could still sew around the edges
 - so this is the back of the paper
- not very attractive, but I wanted you to see what I've done
I have used a craft knife & cut it out
 the leftover piece I have used on the previous layout!

My layout was looking a little bit flat {I'm a lumpy bumpy type person if you hadn't noticed!}
 so, not having any foam mounting tape to give a 3D effect that I wanted,
I thought what can I use to give some of my embellishments a lift...
BUTTONS of course - I have a billion of them that I will probably never use...
haha.... I have glued them on....

  

and wah-laaa.... I have some 3D embellishments!
One layer...

 or two...

 

As you can see I have used one of the fabulous Ephemera Die-Cuts as a title - perfect!
And to give it a bit more definition I decided to use one of the fabulous
new Becky Higgins Project Life Journalling Pens
- perfect for doodling around the letters...


as you can see...



NOW, my next layout I cannot show you the full page, as this is going to be for
 my August SFS Challenge {you will find it HERE on the 1st of August},
however, I can show you a few tips & tricks using MORE of the Ephemera....

First of all the actual packet had a fabulous cork pattern on it, so I just could not go
 past using it as a "matte" for my photo...

 
Yet again, I wanted to give a bit of dimension to my layout, so I have used the
"cut-off" bit from my photo matte,
folded it over and stuck it on the back of a die-cut ephemera...

as you can see {from the shadow} it gives a lift to the page...

Here I have used the ephemera arrows by clustering them, using the same type 
of embellishment gives a great effect and creates interest to a page too...


Another way to use your ephemera is by tucking it along the edge of your layout 
or patterned paper - as I have done below - 
I like to distress my paper, and as it has torn slightly a great way
 to take advantage of this 
{instead of it being a mistake!} 
is to tuck a little embellishments in there.


Again, using the same type of embellishment as the paper ties the layout together...


Last but not least...
is a little card I whipped up with MORE of the Ephemera
{sooooo MUCH in this kit! Love it!}

 

All I've done is smeared a bit of white paint onto some kraft cardstock
{little smaller than 6x4in} 
had a play around with the Ephemera pieces
- when I saw the "Thank You" I just KNEW I had to make a card...
 Once I was happy with the positioning, I have firstly sewn the doily
onto the kraft and gave a white border, and then stuck everything into position...
gluing it onto a blank card
{or you could use white cardstock - blank card not in the kit}

and yay a quick simple card :)

Well, I hope you've found some inspiration in using your diecut and/or label stickers
& I hope to see your layouts using the kit too :)

Can you believe I STILL have leftovers???
Keep your eyes out, you may see more
on the SFS Forum and/or SFS Facebook Page!

Happy Creating!

xo Charm

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Project Life.... the most exciting thing to hit the sheelves since SFS started

I am finding it hard to keep up with stock demands on all things Project Life.

We stock all brands such as
and more...

These cards sell out as fast as I stock them
the shelves were refilled this morning with at least 6 of each [some with 12] 
and two designs have sold out already.


and we have a range of "Everyday Moments Kits" an SFS Designer Range
with full scrap kits as well as PL kits & PL Embellishment Kits.

This Embellishment Kit is only $20 with free freight 


NEW From Echo Park is Photo Freedom Volume 2

 
But don't panic my Scrapping friends there is lots and lots of new stock for you to get 
excited over too :)
New & Restocks of TCW Masks, 
Fancy Pants - Memories Captured & What a Wonderful Day, 
and the Paper & Glue range by Echo Park 
Available in a 12x12 kit or 6x6 paper pad
 

and a restock of Dylusions Mists, stamps, masks & journals on there way now too.

For those locals who 'pop in' to shop there is lots of new WOW Wood Veneer & Masks as well as an over flowing Wall of Washi that needs attention [there is WAY too many]
So don't forget to buzz me and call in soon.

Okay time to go and get some stock ordered for Augusts DT kits...

 Enjoy ~ Create ~ Share

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Donna's What's on Wednesday!

Hi Girls! It's Donna here and it is my turn for What's on Wednesday.

There is no secret that I LOVE the Crafters Workshop templates and I am always on the look out for different ways to use them. So I thought I would share some of them with you today.

I have used a kids crayon with the mask to create a 'resist' effect. I have used white on the white card stock but I am sure that if you use a corresponding colour to your papers it would look great too. I then sprayed with Huey's mist and dabbed lightly with paper towel to take the excess off the crayon. I have used two different templates to get the effect I wanted.


I am a big fan of a bit of texture on my layouts and you can see on the last photo here that the crayon gives it that.

I am guilty of not cleaning my templates until I need them, ssshhhhhh! But! I thought I would spray it with water to 'rewet' the mists and then used it as a reverse template. 

  I love how it doesn't give the clean lines that I would have gotten if I used the template the 'normal' way.

Texture Paste is another one of my favourite techniques to use with templates. There is endless amounts of colour combinations if you add some paint to it.


I have then turned the template over and used it as a stamp with the left over coloured texture paste.
 

And here is the finished product.




Wednesday, July 10, 2013

What's On Wednesday

Welcome to our 1st edition of 
What's on Wednesday
A weekly demo done by one of the SFS Team

Today's demo is by Peta - AKA the owner of SFS :)
sorry this is up so late but technology & I just don't mix right now!!!

Today I am going to show you a double page spread I have done in my 
Everyday Moment's album
[or Project Life album]
I have used the NEW Echo Park Photo Freedom kit called " Fun in the Sun"



I started with a blank 'canvas' or two style A [as Becky Higgins calls them] page protectors
 To work out my images that i needed to print I drew a sketch of the page and wrote which pics I wanted.
I print my pics from Picasa after creating collages with images from the camera and the phone
I then placed the photos in the sleeves and picked out the journal cards
Journaling isn't my strong point but I made sure there was enough info to tell the story of these 2 days up at Coolangatta on our holiday.
 and there you have it - one double page :)

Hope you have been inspired to create now :)

***Enjoy ~ Create ~ Share ***

Monday, July 1, 2013

It's finally here.....

Welcome to the official blog of

Scrapbookingfromscratch.com

 Here you will find lots of inspiration from the SFS Design Team as well as information about new stock in the shop.
Please note some of it will be double ups from our Facebook page and Newsletters as I know not everyone uses all forms of social media so we want to make sure everyone is seeing the information.

This is not the only NEW and exciting thing happening at SFS right now.
Let me list them for you.

~ a NEW blog
~ a NEW weekly inspiration 
"What's on Wednesday"
~ a NEW DT Member - have you checked out Anita's Blog
~ Monthly Step By Step classes run by one of the DT
~ Increased stock in the SFS Online Shop
~ Monthly Newsletters with special offers


 Project Life is the most exciting stock on the shelves at SFS right now
Becky Higgins range is selling fast and the product range is just gorgoeus
MAMBI [Me & My Big Ideas] Pocket Pages cards have nearly sold out 3 times over and we are now waiting for more stock.


Photo Freedom by Echo Park is the next hottest item in stock with the newest release "Fun in the Sun"... make sure you watch for our first
"What's on Wednesday" demo to see what Peta has done with
this great summery range.

July's challenges are HERE 

Anita's Quote
 Charm's Colour
 Donna's Sketch

Make sure you join in for your chance to win a $20 voucher to spend in the shop


 July is Birthday month here at SFS Headquarters
[3 out of 6 in our house celebrate in July] 
So just make sure you keep watching as those celebrations may just pass on this way.

We hope you will keep coming back and checking our blog to see
whats going on at SFS.
Now its time to go and create

Enjoy ~ Create ~ Share

 the SFS Team