Summer Memories Canvas Album by Melissa Sauls

Here's another of our sweet GASC designs you can check out this weekend! 

See you at The Crafty Scrapper booths at the convention! 

Beach Babe by Patty Rogers

Now, for the FUN STUFF!!! This little mini album by Maya Road was a real treat to make. It too, will be on display at GASC next weekend, in The Crafty Scrapper Booth.  I'm not going to go into alot of detail about the making of this little album because there are so many pages to look at! Briefly, I want to give credit to Simple Stories "100 Days of Summer" patterned paper, Prima Cinderella Collection, The Girls Paperie Collection, Stone Art, and October Afternoon Mini Market Stickers.

BIG THANKS to Linda for sharing her precious pictures with me!!!! 

Altered Ribbon Spool

I created this altered ribbon spool using The Girls Paperie Kitch collection and embellishments. 

You can see it at our booths at the Great American Scrapbook Convention through this weekend. Hope to see you there! 

To Days Gone By by Patty Rogers

Check out this beautiful layout going to the convention! :) 

This layout will be featured at The Crafty Scrapper Booth at the Great American Scrapbook Convention next weekend at the Arlington Convention Center. This heritage LO that I did for The Crafty Scrapper DT was a joy to create. The Iron Orchid Design patterned paper by Creative Imaginations is absolutely DELICIOUS! As some of you may know, I am a slow scrapbooker...LOL, and this layout was no exception. After determining where I wanted the picture and the embellies to be, I began work on the paper by  The Girls Paperie called Vintage Whimsy. I wanted to bring more black into the LO to coordinate the colors from the CI paper, so I decided to use a Tim Holtz mask and a little Glimmer Mist to make the background a gunmetal gray and somewhat shimmery. After the paper was dry, I began working on hand stitching around the flourish created by the masking. Can you tell that I love details? I fancy cut the frame portion of the Creative Imaginations paper, then glued it to black card stock and trimmed around that. Next, I machine stitched around the edges to create a little more interest. Depth is something that I wanted to use in this LO so I popped up the CI paper and set it aside. The frame around the picture is cut, wet distressed, inked and folded. While that was drying I painted the beautiful "Hanging Plaque" wooden flourish by Kaiser Craft, using Ranger Ink Tim Holtz crackle paint (Black Soot). Since this is a heritage LO distressing and inking played a big part in the overall look. To ink around the edges, I used "Victorian Velvet" by Tim Holtz Distress Ink. After putting all the layers together I added the lovely embellies by Prima: Heart Desire Cameo and Sugar Blooms (Botanical, Sparkling and Madeline). Several of the embellies are by The Girls Paperie. For the finishing touch I hand lettered the title and placed the little plack in just the right place! Voila!!! The people in the picture are my maternal great grandparents.

See you at the convention! :) 

The Sweetness of a Summer Afternoon

I created this next design with a stash of Maya Road chipboard and The Girls Paperie patterned paper. It's a sweet banner to go across my mantle.

It's perfectly shabby, and you can get the products to recreate it at The Crafty Scrapper's booth at the Great American Scrapbook Convention this weekend. 

Debuting GASC 2011 Designs

The first thing we want to share with you is this gorgeous photo display board that we'll have available at the Great American Scrapbook Convention next week designed by Melissa Sauls. It is over the top detailed and fabulous. 

Love the sweetly shabby elegant look she gave the chipboard and paper. 

This project would be so cute for your home, as a gift, or even converted into a Christmas decoration. 

We can't wait to show you all the other beautiful and inspiring designs we'll be taking with us to the convention. Check back tomorrow for more! 

Altered Bottle Cap

Designer Sonia Doneghue created this adorable altered bottle cap using Maya Road's Super Mega bottlecap. 

Check it out in the Maya Road section when you visit The Crafty Scrapper! :) 

Summer Colors

Here are some more sweet summery designs by one of The Crafty Scrapper's guest designers Jordan Rippy. 

These Fancy Pants papers are so perfect for kids beach, swimming, and vacation photos. :)

Love how brightly this card pops! Sweet use of the Maya Road fabric flower to make the card extra chunky. :)

Another cute way to use these tubes at The Crafty Scrapper. Thanks so much for joining us in designing for The Crafty Scrapper Jordan! :)