October Goodies Kit of the Month

This month's Kit features some spooky papers from Pink Paislee!
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And here are some awesome samples from Elisabeth...

Thank you all...

For the wonderful online crop this past weekend! Fantastic participation, amazing work in the gallery and fun games where just a part of the excitement! Congratulations to our winners:

Game #1: Amy (rechkea)
Game #2 -- Jobeth Ladd (by drawing)
Game #3 - Apple Cider was the word.
A-given, P-christina S, L-christina S., E-kristii, C-joann, I-Brittany, D-Sandi in Tx, R -Destinae W.

and there were 11 challenges:

1)Ad Inspiration - Ginnifer
2)Make your own challenge - Amy (rechkea)
3)123ABC -Athena (Autumn's mom)
4)Progessive - winner Dara
5)labels of love -winner Destinae
6)(sketch/everyday)- Jessica Stott (mtnmommyscrapper)
7)diff. card- Jess Ripley
8)note totes- Kimmer
9)black and white- Brittany
10)Card sketch: Nicole (cdwdnw)
11)altered item- Nicole

And Finally the crowning of Queen of the crop goes to Destinae !!!(Waddington6)

Technique Tuesday 9/29/2009

Corner Book Mark - By Connie!

Cast of Characters:
3 1/2 X 3 1/2 cardstock
3 x 3 patterned paper coordinating
Corner rounder, 1" circle punch, scissors, bone folder.
Powder puff ink (I used Mocha Mama)
rubber stamp ( made by...)
Bazzill corner chips

Instructions:
1. Fold at top of cardstock - to find center. Fold one side to the middle and then the other side.
2. Take your 3 x 3 patterned paper & corner round the ends and then do the cardstock piece.
3. Ink the edges and adhere to cardstock.
4. Cut off square corners with scissors
5.Cover your chip board corners with a contrasting paper & attach in point. ( makes roof)
6. Take your rubber stamp & stamp on contrasting paper made by.... punch out with 1" circle punch and
adhere to back-so it will stay closed.
7. Add trim and embellishment to front & you are finished.

When I make these I always make several. You might as well-they are that fast when you get going. These would be a great M n' T for your Fall class or crop. Use your scrap papers and one package of Bazzill corners will make 12 M n T's. Put supplies in a cute bag and be sure to add your business card and your open house schedule or your next crop. You can even cut and paste this tutorial and put it in with the supplies. Anything you want to promote, this is great place to put it!

Freaky Friday Challenge 9/25/2009

Hmmm, whatcha think I want to make this challenge all about??
If you guessed FOOD, you are RIGHT! HAHA:) been talking about it all week so now you get to scrap it- consider this your FIRST Fall into Scrapping Online Crop layout of the weekend!! (but you still have until next Friday to submit it)

Challenge- do a food based layout, could be birthday cake, summer cookout, making holiday cookies anything with the focus on FOOD, but you must use 3 sheets of PP and some bling in your layout! Okay?? Easy! Let's see what you all create! Have fun!

Gail
Consultant Advisor/DT Member

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Member Spotlight-Zenita Smith

1. Tell us a little about yourself and your family. I live in Southeast Missouri in a little town called Dexter, with my husband of almost 26 years and our four sons. My oldest son Chris (23) just got married to a wonderful girl Kirsten, son #2 is Jackie (21) who is an Operation Specialist E4 with the US Navy onboard the USS Bainbridge, he was just made Petty Officer. Son #3 is William (8) who just started 3rd grade and loves video games. Son #4 is Kyle who is 7 and my special little boy. Kyle has Autism and we learn something new everyday with him. Over the past 11 years Greg and I have been foster parents to over 60 children some long term some short term, our last child just went home a few weeks ago after being here 2 1/2 years. Greg is a riverboat captain so he is gone for 6 months a year and I'm here alone with the boys. This gives me plenty of time to scrapbook and take photos, two of my favorite hobbies.
2. How and when did you start scrap booking? I had been buying supply's for many years but seven years ago this August two little boys came into our lives as foster children and I started scrapbooks for them. When we decided to adopt them I really worked harder on those two scrapbooks and I carried them to every court appearance that we had to make. For two years I carried those books with me and now I teach foster/adopt classes and use them in class to show how Life Books could be made.
3. How would you describe your scrap booking style? My style of scrapping is fairly simple. I'm trying to add more texture, layers, etc. but it is hard for me. I think if I had girls it would be easier for me to do more frilly paages but right now it's pretty simple.
4. How often do you journal? Is it important to you? I really like journaling and I think it is very important to tell the story, but if you look at my scrapbooks you will see a lot of blanks that need to be filled in. I used to do alot of my scrapping at crops and didn't like to hand write my journaling. Now I do more handwriting so my children will remember what it looks like.
5. Do you have a dedicated scrap space ( room )? Yes, as soon as my oldest son moved out on his own, I took over his room. Actually before he was out the door he helped me bring scrapping supplies in the room.
At the moment it is pretty messy. I have been making a lot of cards for a show this fall and haven't put things up the way I really should. I do have things labeled and organized, which I really like, so I can find things fairly fast.

6. What are your "go to " tools or supplies when you scrap? I use my cricut and cartridges on almost all of my layout's and cards. Also my Bazzill Splat Mat is always out on my desk. My xyron machines are also a must, I have 3,  the 150, 250 and 510 that I use with almost every layout.
7. Where do you start when you get ready to create- sketches, supplies, photos...? I start with my photos and then find the cardstock and papers that I need to use with the photo. Lately though I have been looking at more sketches, especially the ones that are on the AC Bailey Forum each month.

8. Are you a scrapper or an artist? Wow, not sure how to answer that one. I owned a Craft Store and did Craft Shows for 9 years. During that time I tole painted many items, but I got so burned out stocking the store and doing the shows that I don't paint anything now. So I guess I would say I'm more of a scrapper and every once in awhile I'll do something more artsy.
by: C. Mercer

Member Layout of the Week 9/26

Congratulations to MntMommyScrapper whose layout "Made with Love" is this weeks Layout of the Week!
Great use of the Jenni Bowlin and Twitterpated lines! Love your tree.

My Birds!

I love this layout. Yup, those of you who really know me will think I have lost my mind,...but I love this layout. It is so NOT me, not my style, not my colors, has hand written journaling on it, it is SO "not me"-but,...it is special. I did this waterfall technique I like, I have awesome photographs, it tells of a special event that took place here this summer, it has items that were hand chosen and given to me by two very special friends incorporated into it and has my favorite papers Jenni Bowlin and Bazzill!

For those of you who are members of the forum, the top right corner has the same waterfall technique I posted the tutorial to yesterday. But, the "twist" is, I placed my waterfall sideways and I used the photo mats/anchors on both the left and the right. Cool huh?? I wish you could actually see the smooth way the pics flip when the tab is pulled, reminds me of those old books we had as a child that has pictures in the bottom corner and when you thumbed the pages real fast they looked like a moving motion picture. Remember those???

I love this layout, it is made with Bazzill cardstock, Jenni B Front Porch and Black line papers and journal cards (from Dee), stash ribbon, ephemera from a junkin' trip including real antique pearl buttons(thanks Connie), Front Porch chipboard buttons, Ranger glossy accents, and American Craft Thickers in brown giggles style. Other techniques I used, that I like are covering the chipboard buttons with Ranger glossy accents for a little more "pop" and the 3 level layering of the left hand corner bird graphic. I cut that out of one of Jenni B's "black line" papers and colored it with kid crayons - I then placed the flowers flat, some elevated with pop dots and some, like the bird himself, elevated with double thick pop dots. Looks nice in real life,...


Thanks for looking- sure hope I have inspired some of you to do a one page layout with NINETEEN pictures like I did (hehe). Try that waterfall technique, you will be glad you did and for the all the Jenni Bowlin goodness check out the AC Bailey store here.

Almost forgot to add - Join us for our Fall into Scrapping crop this weekend.
Challenges and Games get posted Friday night. You have all weekend to work on your things and we draw the winners (cool prizes ladies) on Monday afternoon! Great way to get some scrapping done- and we will have two celeb guests,...cannot tell you who, but Saturday AM we will be chatting with someone I already mentioned in this post and it is NOT Mr. BAzzill! hehehe:)

Online Crop THIS WEEKEND!

AC Bailey Designs Presents -
“Fall into Scrapping” September Online Crop



Join us for our annual online crop featuring fun games, challenges, inspiration and great giveaways!
We will start the fun Friday night and play ALL weekend with 2 very special guests joining us for a fun question and answer session!
You must be registered to join, so visit us today to sign up! AND if you bring your friends you could both win a special prize!
Where? AC Bailey Designs Forum
When? Friday 9/25 starting at 6pm EST, Saturday 9/26 and Sunday 9/27 till 6pm EST

See you there! :)

Member Layout of the week 9/19/2009

Congratulations Stephanie!!! Great job!!!

Freaky Friday Challenge 9/18/2009

The FF challenge is die cut paper. Use it as the base of your layout like cardstock, cut in half, do what ever you like. If you don't have a die cut paper - cut a shape out of cardstock. I love using the die cut shaped papers. Looking forward to seeing what unique way you use it.
Here's my example:

Connie
Consultant/DT Member

Technique Tuesday 9/15/2009

Covering chipboard "AC Bailey Style"!

(The pic's are from L to R)
Row #1
(a.) Cast of Characters : patterned paper, chipboard shape, Tim Holtz hand sander, Xyron 510, QQ powder puff inks.
(b.) Step:1 insert paper into Xyron to adhere adhesive
(c.) Step:2 peel off Xyron adhesive paper & stick on chipboard shape

Row #2
(a.) Step:3 sand edges with Tim Holtz hand sander.
(b.) Step:4 sand curves with basic Grey small file.
(c.) Step:5 view of sanded edges- complete

Row#3
(a.) Step:6 ink sides-Quick Quotes Powder Puff ink ( Mocha Mama) My ink of choice
(b.) Step:7 Completed.
(c.) Step:8 Another look at the products used.


That is my process on covering chipboard shapes or a coaster. All the products I used are in the e-store. This is a very simple process but you would be surprised at how many girls don't know how to cover chipboard ( AC Bailey style! )
Connie

Member Layout of the Week 9/13/2009

"The Pool Rules" by Amy Rechkemmer

Great Job Amy!
See more of Amy's work here...

Freaky Friday Challenge 9/11/09

Finishing off this week of labor related topics......
Create a layout about "Labor"....any kind of labor - work, a labor of love, laboring over a layout...

Here's mine - because I did not have a picture of my office, I used "real labor" the birth of my grandson Brennan - poor Cara, no epidural with this one - low platelets...

TFS! Dee

Congratulations to Jenn for winning this weeks challlenge!
Check it out here...

KOTM "scraps"

Good morning!!! I love making something out of nothing or you think it is nothing. I made these three cards out of little pieces of this and that left over from September's KOTM. All I added was the rubber stamp set I used to put the sentiment on with. The cards are about a 4"x8"- perfect little card to send in the mail or drop in a gift bag. So get those scraps out and see what you can make and be sure and check out September's KOTM over at AC Bailey.
This is a layout I did with the die cut paper by Prima that is in the kit. I love the look of the die cut paper and enjoy using it. Again this layout was inspired by some photo's I had of my granddaughter practicing writing and coloring. Perfect pic's for this months KOTM. Hope you have a great day and stop by the forum and say Hi.
by: C. Mercer

Technique Tuesday 9/8/2009

Since yesterday we talked about the Top Score Multiboard, I thought it would be fun to show a card using lots of scoring - and being card challenged myself, I am always on the lookout for cool cards and I found this. The tiny little card sits right into the card itself.


4 x 4 Inch Side Step Card

The card design, illustration and original text was created by Penny Wessenauer. I changed the directions slightly for easier understanding.


Cut cardstock 8 inches wide by 4 inches high.

Cut a slit 1 ½ inches from top of cardstock – starting ¾ inches from the left and stopping at 2 inches from the right ( as indicated by heavy line).

Score vertically stopping at the slit at ¾ inches, 1 ½ inches, 2 ¾ inches, and at 6 inches

Score from top to bottom at 4 inches (center of card – crossing over the slit).

Fold at score lines.

Have Fun!
Dee

Freaky Friday Challenge 9/4/2009

This week's challenge involves using the product of the week on a layout. Let's see a layout with at least 2 separate stamped items, using two different techniques. Here are a few ideas to get your creativity flowing:

~Stamp your title on scraps of cardstock and arrange them on your LO with some of the letters pop dotted for dimension.
~ Stamp a journaling block. Instead of an ink pad, use markers to apply color directly to your stamp. This allows you to use different colors on the same stamp with accuracy.
~Make an embellishment by layering several stamped flowers.
~stamp a flourish with versamark and then heat emboss. (we have some awesome embossing powders in the store!) Then fussy cut around the flourish, leaving a tiny border. Use it as an embellishment.
~Try the masking technique I showed on Tuesday!

Thanks!!
Elisabeth

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And last weeks winner was...
Christina!

CONGRATULATIONS!
Check out her project HERE

Technique Tuesday

Today I'm going to show you a simple stamping technique called masking. All you need is a piece of white cardstock, a scrap piece of copy paper some ink and 2 stamps - a central image stamp and a background stamp.
First, stamp the central image stamp twice: once on the cardstock and once on the scrap of copy paper.

Now cut out the stamped image from the copy paper and lay it over the image on the cardstock. I like to use a bit of re-positionable adhesive here so that it doesn't move around.


Now stamp over the whole thing with your background stamp and remove the scrap of copy paper.

Eeasy peasy technique which gives your stamped image a bit of flair and uniqueness!

Join us next Tuesday for another interesting technique!
Elisabeth

Grow!

Pretty fitting I think, that as we start the new school year, I get to post layouts with this awesome My Mind's Eye Paper called "Grow". The word "Grow" can be related to so many different things - we grow flowers and vegetables in the summer; we watch our children grow tall, strong and smart; we grow as human beings; Grow is a great word - it even sounds nice. This paper is a pretty combination of greens, with orange and white and aqua. This simple layout using the matching die cuts and of course, Thickers for the title is about the pretty Gerberer Daisies that I have "growing" in my garden. One of the places that I try to take a road trip to a
a few times a year is Pennsylvania Dutch Country. This was where my Mom "grew" up and where I learned about other cultures and "grew" to appreciate the differences in people and beliefs. Another simple layout - I used a scallop border punch to add some interest to the photos as a mat, a pretty piece of cotton lace adhered with brads and some Making memories Mini Alphabets for the title. The die cut flowers added a nice touch. Although you cannot see it in the photo, I also used a White Signo Gel pen to draw stitches on the flowers to give the layout a country look. In keeping with my "Grow" theme, this next layout "Butterflies in the Tummy" is about my grandson Aidan's First Grade Memory Book Report reading. He was soooo nervous, but he got up in front of the entire class and all the parents and grandparents and read his story into the microphone. It took a lot of courage and I am sure he grew as a student that day and will feel more confident in the future. How lucky was I that his folder was orange? The ScrapGods were definitely on my side with that. I had a great time digging butterflies out of my stash. The Kaiser Bling Butterfly was clear, so I colored the rhinestones in with some Staz-On ink. I inked some Basic Grey Mini Chip letters for the title and added some rick rack to finish the layout. I inked some Basic Grey mini Chip letters for the title and added some rick rack to finish the layout. And to be honest, I think I "grew" creating these layouts...I NEVER use orange except on Halloween or maybe to accent a Fall layout, so I really stretched when I used these colors to document ordinary things. Wishing you beautiful Fall days ahead and Happy Scrappin'
Dee