New Design Team Projects & Page Map Available

It’s May 1st and that means today the new Design Team projects for May are unveiled. This month’s paper will appeal to all. You can choose flowers or modern graphic designs in shades of pink, orange, green and brown. Each paper in BoBunny’s Vicki B line has a print side and a near solid side, which has depth from subtle design. Using the matching items you can create gorgeous pages in a snap. The sticker set includes letters for titles or messages, borders and some fun decorations. Decorate your pages with the flowers and borders rubons. Add bling with the jewels and trinkets. The Design Team is also using shapes made from a couple of the Tin Holtz Sizzix dies, a KAISERCRAFT wooden key, glass squares, FloraDoodles butterflies and a very large chipboard letter.

Visit the store to check out the new projects and get ideas for the fabulous scrapbook pages, cards and altered items that you can make. Take a picture of the ones you like, get this month's page map, pick up the paper and supplies you need and you’ll be well on your way to completing some great new projects.

The Winner of the August DT Challenge is...

..."Winter at 13", a lovely 2 page layout created by... Nicole! She did a great job working with the beautiful patterns in the Lily Bee papers. Nicole, be sure to check in with Debbie to pick up your prize - a gift certificate to Scrapbooks Plus!

Thanks to everyone who entered our challenge this month. Be sure to check the blog on the 1st of September - Lisa will be revealing the September DT kit, which featured 2 different lines from My Mind's Eye.

The papers should be available in the store starting Sept. 2nd, and you will also be able to view all the projects created by the Design Team. Get some inspiration, pick out some papers, and start working on your submission for next month!

July Design Team Challenge...And the Winner is...

Skye! She created a really {sweet} 2 page layout using the cupcake themed paper from Doodle Bug. Check it out:
Congratulations Skye! Stop by Scrapbooks Plus and pick up your Gift Certificate from Debbie.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our first ever Design Team Challenge. Be sure to check by tomorrow to see the debut of the August Kit that Erin put together - it is fabulous!

For those of you wanting to participate in our August Challenge, the papers will be available at the special Design Team display in the crop room starting August 2nd.

Are You Feeling Challenged?

We hope so!

This is the first month of the Design Team Monthly Challenge and we hope you are as excited as we are to have you play along. The theme of this month's papers is birthdays - and who doesn't have a birthday layout they need to scrap?!?





The rules are pretty simple and there is a Scrapbooks Plus gift certificate up for grabs, so be sure to drop by the store and look over the product display in the Crop Room.





Remember, all layouts need to be submitted by July 21st - check out the original post for all the details!
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We can't wait to see what you come up with!!

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I'll be back later with a layout featuring the cupcake themed papers from Doodlebug...it seems as though somebody forgot to take pictures of her layouts!

Details, Details, Details...an Apology...& a Project!

First, let me say how happy we are that we are already getting such a great response to our new Design Team Monthly Challenge.

Second, let me apologize for not being as prepared as I should have been! I know that some of our excited blog followers have already hit the store in search of the new papers only to be disappointed that they were not yet out for purchase. Let me explain that the DT traditionally has a get together where we switch out our projects on "The Wall" and we also put out all the elements of that month's kit at the same time. For July, we chose to get together at 6pm on the 1st, so you early bird shoppers beat us to the store! I promise to be better next month about letting you know exactly when the new papers will be available!

Third, I have more specific information that I hope will answer any questions that have come up about the challenge: We have not assembled a kit. Instead, you are able to look over all of the materials that we had in our DT kit, and then choose which items you would like to purchase to create your project. Some of you may fall in love with the pretty pastels in the Cupcake line from Doodle Bug, while others may gravitate to the bold primaries in the BoBunny papers OR the shimmer & glitter of the KI papers. Let me tell you that Leah gave us so many great birthday-themed papers to choose from that there is something for everyone!

Remember when your project is ready, just leave a comment on Leah's post where she reveals the July Kit and tell us where we can go and see your creative genius! (OR you can email a picture of your project to debbie@scrapbooks-plus.com ) The winner will be awarded a Scrapbooks Plus gift certificate and the layout will be featured on our blog! (If you want to review the rules, this link will take you to my original post inviting you to play along!)

And finally, let me share something I made using this month's kit!

The papers all have a birthday theme, so I decided to make party hats - actually, party visors. (Many thanks to my models, Erin and Adrianna.)

Basically, I bought a .99 foam visor and used it as a pattern.

I used a circle punch (about 3/4" diameter) to create a scalloped border.

Then I inked the edge of the cupcake paper from Doodlebug before I adhered it to the top.

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I used my crop-o-dile to punch holes through all layers and set some eyelets, then I threaded beading elastic through the holes and used square knots to tie it off.

I think it turned out pretty cute!

It was so fun and easy I decided to make another one with the BoBunny papers - but this one has a little twist - it is also an invitation!

The BoBunny paper is actually very sturdy, double-sided cardstock, so it did not need to be lined. I created the fancy edge by adhering some red ric-rac (I used Glossy Accents as a glue because it happened to be handy and it worked great!)

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But where is the invitation? Well, the medallion on the center of the visor is actually a flap that opens to reveal the details. How did I make it? Easy...

I folded a double thickness of cardstock and placed it on top of the cutting die, but left one edge peeking out - see it at the bottom?

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After cutting you can see that edge is flat.

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When you open it, you can see how it is connected at that point.

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Then I decorated the front with a "Party!" sticker from BoBunny and added party details to the inside. Red line tape holds it on the front of the visor and a brad and a photo turn holds the flap closed.

I plan on making some of these up to use as invitations to a Jimmy Buffet party later this summer! I know they are a little big to mail, but if one of these showed up on your desk or your doorstep, wouldn't you just have to come?!?!?

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Party On, Dude! (tell me somebody gets that film reference from one of my favorite movies...)

I hope to see you around the store and I look forward to seeing what you can create! Have fun with the Challenge! Susie

Play Along with the Design Team!

Every month the Design Team gets to play with fabulous new papers and products to create a 1 page layout, a 2 page layout, a card and an altered item. Sometimes this is really easy, sometimes it is more of a challenge – people have different tastes and different styles – but we always come up with a wide variety of ideas to share on “The Wall”.

Starting in July, the Design Team invites the customers of Scrapbooks Plus to play along in our new Monthly Challenge!!

The rules for this month's challenge are pretty simple:

1. Come by the store and pick up some supplies (the papers and products we used for this month will be available on the 1st at a special display in the Crop Room).

2. Create a layout (1 or 2 page) in which the majority of the materials used are from this month’s kit.

3. Complete and post your project by the 21st. (On the 1st of every month, the Designer of the Month has a post where she reveals the new kit. Leave a comment on that post, providing a link to where your project may be viewed online...OR...email your project to debbie@scrapbooks-plus.com)

4. The winning layout will be featured on our blog so check back on the last day of the month to see if you won! Won? Yes! A prize will be awarded – a gift certificate to Scrapbooks Plus!

Something Exciting...

...is in the works for our blog followers - we appreciate you guys and want to get to know you better - so we have come up with a really fun idea! Check back for details!