Monday, March 21, 2011

Blog Day #7 Giveaway Winners!

Thanks you all for your comments and suggestions, we really appreciate the support we get from all of you J

Since this is the last blog giveaway day I decided to pick 2 winners, so Congratulations to……

JEAN

& to

MICHELLE

A huge thanks to both of you and please send us your postal address to thescrappytree@hotmail.com so we can mail you a scrappy supply

March is not over yet, head over to our Scrappy Community because Julie will start the giveaways over there today.

Have a great day!

=D

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Time to Participate! March Fan Giveaway

Since tomorrow will be the last blog giveaway, I would like all of you to have a chance to win, including the none followers that still keep on eye on us (blog stalkers ;)

So, leave a comment telling us what is your favorite craft and if there is anything new you would like to see on the blog, any monthly segment sugestions or group sugestion for our scrappy community, don't be shy, this is a blog made for all of you and we hope we are able to offer inspiration and ideas to you.

OK, leave your comments, you have the rest of today and all Sunday, I'll be back on Monday to announce the winner, good luck and thank you in advance for your sugestions.

=Di

March Fan Giveaway Blog! Day #5&6

Hello!

I hope you are all having a great weekend, it is time to announce our winner for Friday and Saturday

Congratulations to......

Follower #57

DEBRA!

Follower #114

JESSICA RED!

Yay! Thank you girls for your support, please send us your postal address to thescrappytree@hotmail.com

Tomorrow I'll be announcing the last blog winner of this week, if you are part of our Scrappy Community check it out daily because Julie will be picking the winners from there, and if you are not a member yet, what are you waiting, we have groups for every type of scrapbooker :)

Till tomorrow.
=Di

Friday, March 18, 2011

March Fan Giveaway! Blog Day #4

TGIF!


I hope you all have great weekend plans, mine will hopefully be full of crafty time.

Yesterdays winner was selected from our followers list, Congratulations to...................

Nickypee!

Thank you for your support Nicky :) Please send us your postal address to thescrappytree@hotmail.com so we can mail you a scrappy supply

Till tomorrow.

=Di


Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello, I hope you are all enjoying your St. Patrick's Celebrations, did anybody forget to wear green today? ;)

I'll start this post by announcing yesterday's winner, Congratulations to:

GEZ!

Thank you for your support Gez :) please send us your postal address to thescrappytree@hotmail.com so we can mail you a scrappy surprise . 4 more days to go, todays winner can be you, so keep commenting or start following us.


Julie, Kristin and I would like to share a few projects we made for todays holiday.

Di

This is a simple manila tag I painted with some green Glimmer Mist, the Note Page is from Making Memories and I pleated it using a bone folder, all the alphas are also from Making Memories and as a final touch I added the buckle button with ribbon.

Julie


When making a card for St. Patrick's Day, I remembered that I had this older stamp that was an Irish blessing! How perfect for today!

Supplies: Impression Obsession rubber stamp, black cardstock scraps, cream cardstock scrap, kraft cardstock, DCWV paper, Offray ribbon, Hero Arts gem, foam dots.



Finally, how about a cute, simple recipe to celebrate the day?




This recipe is for Shamrock Pretzels courtsey of Family Fun.



Ingredients:


*Canned refridgerator bread stick dough


*Colored sugar


*Cinnamon




Instructions:


1. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with non stick spray.


2. To create the clover shape, shape 3 breadsticks into hearts and form as shown. Attach a small stem, decorate with cinnamon and colored sugar. Bake according to package directions and enjoy!





Kristin

I am trying that tonight Julz,thanks! I made this LO of my husband and I on our wedding day, with the only St. Paddy's Day title I could think of..lol Have a great day everybody!






Happy St. Patrick's Day from The Scrappy Tree team!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

MARCH MINI ALBUM TUTORIAL

Hello, and welcome to my third mini album tutorial, has anyone received the February Trends Mini Album magazine? I was lucky to get my “Words that describe you” mini album published there, and for this months tutorial I would like to share with you the steps to make your own.


For the tutorial I’ll be making a new mini album about my First Cousins, I have a total of 18. At the beginning of the year I was very fortunate to get a picture with each of my cousins from my moms side of the family, I have a goal to do the same with my cousins from my dads side of the family to complete my album.
Supplies I used:
Most of my supplies are from my favorite Pink Paislee paper collection Queen Bee.

Maya Road Square Canvas Binder Album
Pink Paislee: Pattern Paper, Die Cut Paper, Ribbon Pleats, Cork Buttons, Flip Notes and Press On.
American Crafts: Thickers
Others: Glimmer Mist, Chalk Ink, Assorted Brads, Ribbon, Cotton Twine

Lets start with the album cover, since the inside will be visible I recommend that it gets painted, take the canvas cover off and use your preferred type of paint, I applied 3 coats of Glimmer Mist with a paint brush, make sure you also paint the edges, do the same with the edges of the chipboard pages.
Now I’ll share with you a fun technique I learned at an online class taught by Laura McCollough, I was surprised on how easy it is to apply the Press On to Canvas, I like to work with canvas but I’m not very skilled when it comes to painting, reason why I think this other option to dress up the canvas cover is great.
Make sure your cover is on a flat surface, start applying the press on from one corner using a bone folder; you’ll notice how it transfers to the canvas because of the color change on the paper.
The cover decoration continues with two pieces of pattern paper, one with a border punch edge to add a little extra decoration, a Journal Tag, the Pleated Ribbon, Cotton Twine, and Brads; it is important that you make this separate, once it is all put together you can adhere it to your cover and add any other extra embellishment.
Make your title with Thickers or any other alphas of your preference. Just as an extra detail you can add a piece of the plaited ribbon to the books spine.
The inside pages have a simple and easy design. Coordinate a piece of pattern paper with one of the Flip Notes. Add a piece of ribbon on the corner opposite to the binder holes and tie a piece of Cotton Twine around the top part of the page.
Here is a finished page.
Using Thickers include a name or title on each of your pages.
For the photos I used PicNik to get that cool Polaroid frame. For the girls pages I added a few feminine details to the original design with some cute flowers and gems.
This album has two Canvas Pockets, The family name will go on the front part and on the back part I’ll add another photo with the same clean and simple design I used for the chipboard pages. The pockets have a snap in the front that will keep secure anything extra you want to include in the album, I'll be putting my journaling notes there.
Here is the finished album cover, as extra embellishments I added the cork buttons, a prima rose and three different thicker fonts.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and get inspired to make your own, using my album themes or any other topic that fits your life.

I’ll include this tutorial in my Mini Album Group at our Scrappy Community, become a member and remember you can upload photos of your album creations there; I would love to see what you make.
Have a Fantastic Day!
=Di

March Fan Giveaway - Blog Day #2

"ANNOUNCING TUESDAYS BLOG WINNER"

Congratulations to Applemimi!!!!

Please send us your postal address so we can mail you a Scrappy supply.

thescrappytree@hotmail.com

Thank you Applemimi for your support :)

There are 5 more days left on our Blog Giveaway, so keep those comments comming and don't forget to start following us.
Next week the winners will be picked from our Scrappy Community . We invite you to join our diferent types of scrappy groups, I'm sure you'll find one that fits your crafting style

Enjoy your day, and I'll be back tomorrow to announce todays winner.
=Di

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

March Fan Giveaway - Blog Day #1!

"ANNOUNCING YESTERDAYS BLOG WINNER"


Congratulations to Janice Pattie! Yay!

Please send us your postal address so we can mail you a Scrappy supply, thank you very much for your support :)
thescrappytree@hotmail.com

Today's winner will be picked from our followers list, so if you are not follower yet, what are you waiting for.

Have a great day and I'll be back tomorrow to announce the winner.

=Di