The Music Man Details for ScrapThat!

It's a busy time here in the Sabella home. Our youngest daughter is graduating on Sunday with a party here at our place afterwards, so we're all busy with preparations. It's such an exciting time! 

I created a layout featuring a photo of Maria with the ScrapThat! May Anniversary Kit. She performed in her high school musical, The Music Man, last spring. You may have seen this page during the blog hop, but today I thought I'd share some close-ups and details. 

"The Music Man"

Main Kit

Maria is the one with the big hat!

I used Amy's gorgeous May sketch:

For details on our ScrapThat! May challenges, check out the following links:

May Sketch Challenge

It's a "Banner" Month DT Challenge

Tips and Techniques:

Embossed Vellum Flowers ~ I used the vellum included in the main kit along with Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies to created these lovely flowers. My step by step photo tutorial can be found here. 

Die Cut Blossoms ~ I used kit cardstock and my Donna Salazar Bitty Blossoms Spellbinder Dies to created these lovely rolled paper flowers and leaves along with distress ink to color. The larger flower is Spellbinder's Spiral Blossoms 1 die. 

Kit Goodies ~ The sweet pink rosebud and gorgeous Prima Crystal and Pearl Flourishes are included in the main kit. 

Fiber Swirls ~ I dyed the kit fiber and wrapped small portions around my finger to created these darling little swirls to tuck into the cluster. 

Fussy Cutting ~ I fussy cut and inked doilies and hexagons from the patterned paper to layer around the photo and cluster.

Embossed Vellum Lace ~ I stamped and heat embossed the vellum with a lace stamp, then fussy cut around the design. I colored the back with blue Distress Ink. 

Doily ~ I picked up this crochet doily in the dollar bin at Michaels and colored with distress ink to coordinate. 

Distressing ~ The mats and paper edges are distressed with my handy dandy Distrezz-It-All. I get soooo much use out of this tool!! 

Butterflies ~ These Petaloo butterflies started out with pure white wings. I colored with several shades of distress ink, added crystals, then kit pearls for the body and the delightful Prima flourishes for butterfly trails. So charming and easy to alter. 

Splatter ~ I splattered the background with mist, then used an eye dropper to add the larger splats 

Lace Edge ~ I pulled the paper back in a couple spots and tucked in some Prima lace from my stash and adorned with the Kaisercraft kit pearls. 

Title ~ The scroll under the hot air balloon was just the right spot to add my title using Prima letters from my stash. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"It's All Good" Details ~ ScrapThat!

It's one of my favorited days of the year ~ National Scrapbooking Day!! I hope you have a fun day filled with scrapbooking on your agenda today for some very special photos!! Speaking of special, I enjoyed scrapping this engagement photo of Elizabeth and Andrew. There are some fun details in this photo. With the water dripping over the stone wall in the background of this outdoor photo, I wanted to bring that natural, organic feel to the page. 

I created this with the gorgeous Prima Divine collection featured in the fabulous ScrapThat! "Spring into May" Anniversary Kit. 

"It's All Good"

MK, EAO, FAO

I used the April Prima BAP sketch for inspiration:

Tips and Techniques:

Stamping ~ The first thing I did to prepare my background was to use the Prima Brick 3 stamp with distress ink to the right of my photo placement to reflect the stone wall in the photo. 

Transparency ~ This lovely KaiserCraft transparency was included with the kit papers. I fussy cut two portions and applied to opposite corners with spray adhesive.

Bling ~ The gorgeous crystal and pearl Prima flourishes included in the main kit are perfect for adding trails to the Prima Butterflies included in the EAO Kit. 

Distressing ~ I inked the edges of my photo mat, then used my Prima distress tool to on the mat and page edges.


Highlights ~ The Moonlight Smooch Accents in the MK was perfect to lighten and highlight this lovely Prima focal flower from the EAO Kit.

Fibers ~ Originally, I had planned to fringe the MK natural ribbon under the photo. That didn't work out, but I loved the long fibers I pulled out in the process and nested them under this cluster. I simply laid them in place and brushed Matt Mod Podge over them to adhere.

Washi Fans ~ I must confess, as hot as washi is in the scrapbooking world right now, this is the first time I've used it. I wanted to try something a little different and pleated the EAO washi into the little fans I tucked into the cluster.

Vellum Flowers ~ I've seen the most gorgeous embossed vellum flowers by some of my oh so talented cardmaking friends, so as soon as I spied the MK vellum I knew I would use my new Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies to try my hand at it. Stop back by on May 9 for my tutorial. The flower centers are goosebump gems from my stash. The Prima milky crystal drop is also from my stash. 

Handcrafted Flowers ~ I also created some of my Bitty Blossoms flowers with MK cardstock and my Donna Salazar Spellbinder dies. 

Kit Flowers ~ I pulled one of the sweet MK roses apart and tucked the now two flowers into the cluster. A MK pearl made a perfect flower center for the larger open rose. The FAO Prima vine added to the organic feel when spread across the page. 

Stenciling/Texture Paste ~ I added brown paint to my flexible texture paste and applied it to the upper part of my page and over the stamping using a Prima wood grain stencil. 

Mist ~ I misted over the wood grain and allowed the mist to drip down the page, first with the peach, and once dry with the brown. I went back and added more mist with a dropper to get the really drippy look. Then I splattered more mist over that with large splats of he brown and small splatter with the peach. 

Fabric Tape ~ There is either a roll of the Prima Divine washi or fabric tape in the EAO kit. I happened to also own the fabric tape and used it here under the photo and again under the title along with another strip of the washi. 

I had fun creating this organic page

and hope you have the chance to create for

National Scrapbooking Day!! 

I have entered this at:

Prima April BAP

Because I created this before the Word Art Wednesday challenge #78 began, I won't be entering this over there, but I had to let you know, they are featuring one of my favorite verses, Psalm 127:3 this week. I hope you'll stop by over their to get your free Word Art and link up a project while you're there. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Maid of Honor" for RRR Challenge #71 ~ Sparkle, Bling, and Ribbon

Weddings are such special days, celebrated with the people closest to us. You can see the joy and sweet friendship shared by Rachel and her Maid of Honor, Amber. 

I am so excited to share my first post as a designer for Really Reasonable Ribbon. It was a delight to work with the gorgeous RRR ribbon, cording, and lace on this wedding layout. My original thought was to use some beautiful white seam binding and wrinkle ribbon for this page, but when I realized how PERFECTLY the red ribbon in the RRR May Ribbon Club Assortment matched the red on the girls' dresses, I had a change of plans. 

The theme for RRR Challenge # 71 is Sparkle, Bling, and Ribbon

To enter this challenge, create a card, layout, or any handcrafted project. Just be sure to follow the theme and use ribbon, lace, or trim somewhere on your project. 

"Maid of Honor"

RRR Products used for this Layout:

Metallic String Iridescent White

RRR May Ribbon Club Assortment ~ both red ribbons and white lace. 

I used this fabulous sketch from The Scrapping Stamper May Challenge:

Be sure to stop by Shannon's blog for the details of her May Challenge and to link up a project using this delightful sketch. Use Ribbon, Sparkle, and Bling to enter RRR Challenge #78 as well. 

Tips and Techniques:

Ribbons ~ I cut paper ribbon strips then wet and scrunched them to give a fabric-like appearance. I clustered them below the flowers, then topped with the red RRR ribbons. This gorgeous red metallic satin and satin/organza ribbon with the sparkling white iridescent stitching are both part of the RRR May Ribbon Club Assortment. Joseph and Rachel had a December wedding so their colors were red and green. Rachel had accents of red on her gorgeous dress and Amber's maid of honor dress was this same rich red. I really couldn't believe my eyes at what a perfect match this ribbon is to the dresses. 

Distressing ~ I used my favorite scrappy tool, my Donna Salazar Distrezz-It-All by Zutter.

Twine Flowers ~ I enjoy creating twine flowers, so I thought I'd try making some up with the Iridescent, Metallic White Thread in several sizes. I added a large rhinestone to each as a flower center. My twine flower tutorial can be found here. 

Embossed Vellum Flowers ~ I created these beauties to use with my ScrapThat! May Kit and am so glad I had extras to use on this page. They make such a lovely cluster with the twine flowers. If you would like to learn how to create some for yourself, be sure to stop back for my tutorial on May 9. 

Lace ~ Not only was the red ribbon a perfect match, this white lace included in the RRR May Ribbon Club Assortment is perfect for a wedding page as well. I cut a paper strip to go across the page, distressed the edges, and topped with this gorgeous ribbon. 

Title ~ I printed my title using Chopin Script (found on the internet) onto ink jet transparency paper, fussy cut to the shape of this opening so the edges would be less visible, and adhered to the page with krylon spray adhesive. 

Chipboard ~ I blinged up this chipboard from the BoBunny with Rhinestones from my stash. 

Butterfly ~ I added some black diamond stickles to the body of this Martha Stewart vellum butterfly, then rubbed a touch of black soot Distress Ink across the veins. A snippet of a Zva crystal flourish finishes it off for a butterfly trail.

I'd like to give a special thanks to Nicole Doiron. I recently won a fabulous prize over at her blog, Scrap-Utopia, that included this paper, doily and some of the bling. Thanks Nicole!! 

I hope you've been inspired to create and link up your project for this fun challenge.

RRR Challenge # 71 ~ Sparkle, Bling, and Ribbon

Be sure to check out the RRR Blog for all the details and prize information.

I've entered this LO at:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #78 ~ Anything Goes. 

Oh, be sure to check out their Word Art this week. It is one of my favorite verses - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Psalm 127:3 We home educated for 19 years and our home school was called Heritage Christian School based on this sweet verse. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~ 

ScrapThat! "Spring into May" Anniversary Kit Reveal and Blog Hop

Welcome to the ScrapThat! 

May Anniversary Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!! 

May is our three year anniversary and we want to thank all our

subscribers and members for sharing their pages and creations with us!!

We are so excited to share the details of our newest kit

 featuring the amazingly gorgeous Prima Divine!!

If you came here from 

Sarah Routledge 

you are on the right track!

Should you lose your way, here is the Blog Hop order:

Scrap That! 

Gabrielle Pollacco
Kelly Klapstein

Sandi Clarkson

Laura Gilhully
ScrapThat! Facebook Page 

Amarilys Doria 

Tracey Gregory 
Sarah Routledge 
Tracey Sabella 

Scrap That!!

We are so thrilled to welcome the talented Scrappy Superstar ~
Gabrielle Pollacco

as our May Guest Designer!!!

My name is Gabrielle Pollacco, I'm a mom of 2 sweet girls, happily married to my husband Steve and we have one big fluffy Labradoodle named Zoe, that sometimes makes her way into our family photos!  I've had the privilege of being a Guest Designer for ScrapThat! in the past year and was delighted to come back to scrap with this year's Anniversary kit! 

My blog:  http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.ca/

We are also so happy to announce our latest addition

 to the Design team as our Video Educator,

Kelly Klapstein!

Some of you may know me online as "Kelly Creates." I am a Canadian scrapbooker living in Edmonton, Alberta. I'm excited about sharing my designs and techniques with you through my video tutorials!"

You can subscribe to my YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates

Now, without further ado,
 introducing our fabulous May Anniversary Kit,
 "Spring into May"

And what a spring it is! We wanted a very special anniversary kit, and this kit is packed with so many fresh and lovely goodies featuring Prima's Divine Collection. There are fabulous textures and soft bling to bring out your creativity!

Take a look:

Main Kit

Embellishment Add-On

Flower Add-On

Paper Add-On

More details on this collection can be seen here: ScrapThat! Store 

We are currently accepting new

Kit Club Members.

For more information,

complete the form on the link below:

New Subscriber 

Look at the beautiful sketch Amarilys has created for May:

See details about the challenge here: Sketch Challenges

Be sure to also check out the details of our monthly DT challenge

 hosted in May by Sarah here: DT Challenge

We have a Round Robin Challenge to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day this month as well hosted by Tracey G. It looks like it will be a blast!

Everyone is welcome to participate.

All entries for both challenges are due by Wednesday, May 29.

 All winners of our challenges, including Layout of the Week, are eligible to receive 10% off any 2012 Kits ~ including Add-ons!

The first project I have to share with you is a layout with a photo of our youngest daughter Maria on stage in her high school production of The Music Man. I created this layout with Amy's wonderful May Sketch using the ScrapThat! Main Kit. 

"The Music Man"
MK

This kit is packed with wonderful goodies including these lovely butterflies, which are easily altered with ink and the kit pearls, an entire package of Prima crystal and pearl flourishes, mesh, a length of natural fiber, and the sweet pink mulberry paper roses. I also had fun created the blue embossed lace border and white embossed flowers with the vellum included with the papers. Be sure to check back for my tutorial on how to create these flowers on May 9. I created the rolled kit paper roses with my Donna Salazar Bitty Blossoms Dies and fussy cut doilies and hexagons from the Prima paper. I just added the crochet doily, lace snippets, and a few tiny rhinestones from my stash.  

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"First Dance"

MK, EAO, FAO

Elizabeth and Andrew dancing at their wedding reception. This was such a happy day, and we are so thrilled to have Andrew in our family. The yellow focal flower and jeweled butterflies are in the EAO kit and the peach focal flower is from the FAO kit. I used more of the handcrafted vellum flowers here as well as a die cut piece for the corner. Both are created with Heartfelt Creations dies. I'll share how to tint the flowers in my May 9 tutorial as well. I added some molding paste with a Prima stencil along with a few flower center gems and the banner twine is White Metallic String from RRR. Don't you just adore the Prima Divine paper clips anchoring the banner from the MK? Using larger alphabets can be a challenge for me, but using the MK letters worked perfectly for the title banner. 

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"It's All Good"

MK, EAO, FAO

Another happy photo of Elizabeth and Andrew from their engagement photos. The sentiment on this paper is just perfect for the title of this page, "It's All Good"! I used the Prima BAP April sketch. This photo was taken outdoors with the water dripping over the stone wall behind them, so I had fun going a little grungy on this page with mist and splatter. I love the way the mist dripped off the wood grain molding paste. The fibers under the cluster were pulled from the natural fiber ribbon in the MK. You will get either a roll of Prima Divine Washi or Fabric tape in your EAO kit. I had some of the Fabric tape in my stash, so used a little of each. I cut up the MK transparency overlay to use in the corners. I love the organic feel of the Prima vine from the FAO kit and the way it goes with the misted drips!! The Prima tear drop in the cluster is from my stash. 

April Prima BAP:

Now for the Blog Hop Details:

Our Blog Hop features 9 fabulous hop sites including our Design Team blogs. 

We have been scrapping away and are so excited to show you our  creations! 

The May Blog Hop Prize is our 2012 Main Kit, Prima's Nature Garden

To qualify for this month's FABULOUS Prize, 

you must complete the following:

* Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each designer has created using this month's kit and sketch (comments are very much appreciated).

* Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word to make up a secret sentence,
collect these words along the way.

* You must become a FOLLOWER of each blog along the way 
and LIKE us on our Facebook Page!

* Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog.

* For your last stop on our Blog Hop return here to the ScrapThat! Chat Blog.

Leave a comment letting us know you have

completed the hop.

(Please do NOT include the secret sentence in your comments.)

*Email the secret sentence to Tracey Sabella: tracey@scrapthat.ca

The Blog Hop ends Sunday, April 28 at Midnight EST.

The prize MUST be claimed within 3 days of the forum announcement which will also be made on the ScrapThat! Blog.

~ If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen ~
**Winner will pay actual shipping costs for sending the kit from Canada.**
Shipping costs will be invoiced via PayPal unless you are a kit member,
 then your prize will be shipped with your monthly kit.

Prizes won during the month will be mailed out the first week of the following month.

Due to Customs clearance, International mailings sometimes take 30-75 days to receive.

My secret word is:

de Nervel

Next hop over to

ScrapThat!

for your final stop to let us know you have completed the hop.

Remember ~ only send the secret sentence to
tracey@scrapthat.ca

Happy Hopping!

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~ Blessings ~