Monday, December 3, 2012

12 Tags of Christmas

Today we kick off our version of "12 Tags of Christmas".  We will post new tag every day or so created by our very own, Sherry Meilahn!  All product and complete instructions with step-by-step instructions will accompany each tag, and all product used to create tags, or a kit for each tag, is on sale at The Scrapbook Store!

Introducing Tag #1


 
What you need to know to create this tag:

Products used:
Tag: Size 3 1/8 x 6 ¼ “
Holly Border stamp from the Christmas Border collection (Dylusions)
Holy Spirit Fruit from Inky Antics
Postcard stamp from Stamper Anonymous (Tim Holtz)
Distress Markers: Scattered Straw, Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, and Fired Brick.
Black Memento Ink
Distress Ink Pad: Pine Needles and Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz)
Blending Tool (Inkssentials Tim Holtz)
Bo-Bunny: Rejoice Collection, Rejoice Holly patterned paper.
Tattered Angels Glitter Glam (Golden Goddess)
Black cardstock
Mister (Inkssentials)
Pop Dots

Images:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Instructions:
Stamp Pear (Inky Antics: Holy Spirit Fruit) image with Black Memento Ink onto watercolor paper.
Color with Distress Markers, (TH), regular markers, or watercolor in shades of green. I used Scattered Straw, Crushed Olive, and Shabby Shutters.
Take word stamp from set (or any acrylic word stamp with a small text) and black Memento ink and lightly stamp parts of the image onto the pear. (Do not use a stamp mounting block for this technique, keep the stamp held so you can roll the image onto the pear.)

Using Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam (Golden Goddess) and a paint brush, paint a layer of glitter paint over the pear, do not scrub, just lay the paint down and dab to the edges. Let dry, cut pear out.

Using Bo-Bunny Rejoice Holly paper from their Rejoice collection cut to the width of you tag by 3” in high. Tear the smooth edge of both top and bottom and distress with a Blending Tool (TH) using a green Distress Ink pad. (I used Pine Needles Distress Ink)

Take your tag and distress ink it using your blending tool and a light and dark green distress ink.
(I used Peeled Paint and Pine Needles Distress Ink pads, (TH)
Spritz water onto you hand and sprinkle some of the water from you hand unto the tag remembering that distress ink reacts with water so make sure your sprinkling doesn’t leave big pools of water. Let dry or heat set with Tim Holtz heat gun.

Stamp a holly border across the top and bottom of the tag. I used the holly border from Christmas Borders (Dylusions). Color with Distress Markers, regular markers, or watercolors. I used Distress Markers Crushed Olive and Shabby Shutters. (TH)

With Pine Needles Distress Ink and the pear image from the set, stamp onto the top half of the tag slightly overlapping each image.
With black Memento ink and a postcard stamp (I used a Tim Holtz stamp, stamp across the top of the tag.

I then took a holly with berries stamp using black ink, cut it out and adhered it to the top side of the pear.

With a black piece of card stock cut the width of your tag by 4” high, rip the top and bottom of that paper also.

Adhere the holly paper onto the black cardstock paper
Adhere the pear to the tag using thin pop dots to create a dimensional effect. Finish your tag by adding a shear dot ribbon tied to the top of the tag.
Congratulations!
You’ve completed your first tag.

Friday, August 31, 2012

Lots of new Products are arriving daily!  Here's just a few.  If you don't follow us on Facebook, you may not have seen these yet...
 
 
All Hallows Eve
by Carta Bella
 
 
 
Believe
by Bazzill Basics

 
  
Black Widow
by WeR Memory Keepers
 
 
Custom Milwaukee Brewers Albums
Packers, and Admirals coming soon!



Chillingsworth
by Echo Park

 
Grandmas Kitchen mini
by Echo Park
 
 
 
 
Grandpa's Tool Shed mini
by Echo Park

 
 
Harvest Lane
by Simple Stories




Little Sport
by Fancy Pants
 
 
TONS of new Washi Tapes!
 
 
Woodland Park
by October Afternoon

 
 
Lots of Custom Sports Paper!


Monday, August 13, 2012

Did Someone Say "Bella?"

Yep...That's right...Bella's in the house!!!!
All Three COMPLETE Lines!!!
Wait until you see it all.  You'll want to really get your hands on this!
Warning:  Once you see it, you will want it all!

Birthday Girl


Birthday Boy


Thankful

also just in.....

 and military
 and custom die cuts

and Little Boy Blue
from Crate Paper

 and Bo Peep
from Crate Paper

and Mister Huey's
from Studio Calico

Monday, August 6, 2012

More New Product in!

A few New lines came in this past Friday.  Each one is super cute!  Check them out!

Curiosity
by Authentique



Here is a layout made using the new Enchanted line...Love it!!!!



And Jillibean Soup has thse two new lines 
Soup Staples II


Winter Tortellini



 Keep checking back!  There is more to come!!



Friday, August 3, 2012

Inspiration

So, I may have forgotten to mention that the theme for our weekend krop this past weekend was "Christmas in July" just in case you're wondering why all the Christmas projects.  It seems so strange to be talking (or even thinking) about Christmas when we've had such a record-breaking hot summer here in Wisconsin.  We are expecting to see lots of Christmas lines rolling into the store very soon, in fact we already got in our first Christmas line...Festive, by Authentique.

Did you know that we get in all of the Authentique lines???  Yep, we're in their monthly club!   I'm expecting to receive their very awesome Halloween line, Enchanted,  any day (maybe even today).  I'll let you all know when it's in.  Oh, and if you ever want to find out "first" when new products come in, all you have to do is "like" us on Facebook.  We post right as the product gets put out.

OK, so here is another make and take we did at the weekend krop last weekend.  It's a double page layout using Authentiqe paper and cardstock stickers!

Festive
by Authentique


Wednesday, August 1, 2012

We Love October Afternoon!!!

We ordered a bunch of October afternoon lines which will be released Sept, Oct, and Nov. 
However, this little line just came in today and should be on the racks by this afternoon!!
Cake Walk by October Afternoon