Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog

Today, Kimber is going to show us a beautiful card that she made using the Foil, Glitter, Flock from We R Memory Keepers. This versatile product has the same steps for all 3 mediums (the foil, the glitter, or the flock). This card features the flock.

Here is what you’ll need:

• Patterned paper or cardstock
• Scissors
• We R Memory Keepers foil, glitter, flock kit
• Stylus

Here are the easy-to-follow steps:

1. Cut out the special rub-on from the package. Designer Tip: I cut through the packaging too instead of pulling out the rub-on sheet and putting it back in after I am finished. It’s just easier for me.

Note: for this project, I cut the flower off the stem so I could do 2 different colours of flock.

2. Remove the protective backing carefully. DO NOT TOUCH THE RUB-ON—they are VERY sticky.

3. Place the rub-on sticky side down on your paper and burnish with the stylus until the rub-on releases.

4. Carefully remove the plastic sheet. If the entire image hasn’t released, carefully place it back down and continue to rub. The special rub-ons are sticky on the top to be able to accept the flock, foil, or glitter.

5. Place the fuzzy side of the flock sheet down on the rub-on. (for the foil, the shiny side goes down, and for the glitter, the sparkly side goes down).

6. Using your stylus, rub the flocking into the rub-on. RUB HARD and in different directions.

7. Pull back the flocking sheet. If you haven’t completely covered the rub-on, place the flocking sheet back down and rub some more.

8. Repeat the process with the stem using the green sheet of flock.

These are so fun and fuzzy when complete. They add that extra bit of texture to your projects.

Enjoy!

Great Tips for Ribbon Storage

If you are new to the world of scrapbooking, or even if you’re not, countless spools of unorganized ribbon can get you down. How should it be organized? How should it be stored? Here are some of the things that we’ve learned along the way:

Our new favourite solution for storing ribbon is the pull-eez. It comes in a variety of colours and sizes, has a huge storage capacity, and it is portable! You can check them out at www.stor-ez.com .

We also love the new ribbon organizer from Clip it Up. It has built in scissors at both ends, is streamlined, and comes with wall-mounting hardware. Check it out at www.clipitup.com .

The ribbon ring (www.ribbonring.com) is a brand new product. It features a series of tags that your ribbon gets threaded through and then the tags are hung from a metal binder ring. The rings can be hung from the wall and this neat system prevents ribbon from getting tangled and ensures that your ribbon is never more than a snip away.

Cropper Hopper has had great products on the market for a while now. Their ribbon spool drawer is handy and efficient. Visit them at www.cropperhopper.com for more info.

Several manufacturers have stackable storage boxes for ribbon available. Check out the ones from Stampin’Up!, Crop in Style, and Martha Stewart Crafts.

Other solutions we’ve seen include some of the following: store ribbon on a vintage paper towel holder; on a piece of doweling (purchased from a DIY store like Rona or Home Depot); in a multi-sectioned container used to store embroidery floss or in a tackle box; in a 3-ring binder complete with clear plastic sleeves (like you would use to display hockey cards); wind ribbons around wooden spools or clothespins, affix end with a pin, and fill a glass cookie jar with the spools; wrap ribbon lengths around strips of cardboard and then display in a basket; organize ribbon by colour in clear, glass jars.

We hope you have found one or more of these solutions helpful.

The SCT editorial team.

This week, our guest designer is Kimber McGray from Carmel, IN. Here is Kimber’s challenge:

Make a layout that incorporates your child(ren)’s art work.

It’s Back-to-School time! My son started Kindergarten last week and I have already been inundated with his ‘Art’ projects. What on earth am I going to do with all of these??!!!
I’ve decided to talk to him about them every day as they come out of his back pack to find out the stories behind his pictures. Some will end up on the refrigerator; some will hang on the walls of his room; others I want to scrapbook to keep forever. Today Andrew came home with this drawing that included our dog Truck who he doesn’t usually include in his drawings. But, the picture was missing one thing; his sister! So when I asked him about it, he said that she had made him mad this morning and he didn’t want her in his happy picture. Ha! “Alright then,” I said, “it’s your art, do what you wish.”

Here is what I did:

To scrapbook the large paper, I asked him to cut out the drawings and I adhered them to my page. Some other options for including your child(ren)’s art on a scrapbook page would be to either scan it in, take a photo of the art, or even take a photo of your child holding their masterpiece.

My tip:

I used a piece of grey cardstock, as well as some clips on this page to make it feel like the art was hanging on the refrigerator.

supplies: cardstock, Wordwin; patterned paper, Scenic Route, SEI; stickers, chipboard, and die-cuts, Scenic Route; clips, Office Supply; pen, Zig

We have some FABULOUS new Bo Bunny paper to give away this week! For the sports enthusiast in all of us, we have the Slam Dunk and the Home Run collections—both are from the Got Game? Sports series and are perfect for scrapping the highlights from the latest game.

What do you need to do to win? Simply post a comment right here on this post.  You have until Thursday August 28th at 6pm EST to leave a comment for a chance to win.

Now…. for last week’s winner of the gorgeous Delightful collection from My Mind’s Eye….

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2008-08-22 02:34:27 UTC

And lucky comment #6 is….  Kim Watson!!!

Kim Watson Says:     Timestamp: August 15th, 2008 at 4:19

Wow! that collection looks so CUTE!! I can imagine the projects using it already….:o) Thanks for the great magazine & helpful blog guys!
S & C ROCKS!!

Congrats Kim!  Please email your mailing details to Allison at scrapbookandcardstoday@live.com.