Hi everyone, welcome to my ScrapThat! Summer Garden Party Challenge!

I have a fun inspirational challenge for you today!

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I found this image a while back on Pinterest and fell in love with it! I was super excited to find that that July's Kit matched it so beautifully!!!! My challenge to you is to use this image as inspiration to create something beautiful! All entries welcome as long as this image was the basis of your inspiratipn!!

Here is an example I created using the above image as my inspiration as well as the DELICIOUS

July Kit Found Here

*you may use 1 project towards 2 challenges, as long as it's based on both challenges

*Crop ends July 8th 8pm CST, all challenge entries are due by Monday 10pm

*All participants and projects are welcome! You do not have to use Scrap That kit contents

* upload your challenge entry into this thread

*challenge winners will be chosen by Random.org and announced Tuesday July10th in each Challenge Thread, you have 3 days to claim your prize (email Jenifer at jenifer@scrapthat.ca)

Organic

Hi everyone, hope you're all fairing well this summer with all the high temps an wildfires burning about. I've been hiding indoors in my scraproom as much as possible!!!
Not that I am complaining any  :D

As a matter of fact I have one of my creations from the ScrapThat! July
"Summer In My Garden Kit"
 to share with you today!!

For information on purcashing the kid email
friends@scrapthat.ca

ORGANIC

In case I have not mentioned it before the July ScrapThat! Kit was my
ABSOLUTE ALLTIME FAVE!!!

Be sure to check ScrapThat!'s Blog July 24th, I have a nifty little tutorial coming up

This is a layout of my youngest lil monkey, being cheeky posing for the camera, which she loves doing by the way! I guess if photo's of myself turned out as cute as they seem to do of this lil bugger I'd love the camera as well.....but unfortunately that's not the case :/
LOL
The papers on this layout are from Fabscraps Organic Collection, which as usual are distressed using my Ingvild Bolme Distress Tool, before I layered them! I added a faux stitch around the edges using a white pen before I dry brushed some acrylic paint here and there all the way around for some added dept. This paper was go gorgeous on it's own I really didn't need to do much more!

This is my favorite part to my layout so I'm super happy to share this close up with you....the close up is of the lower left side and is full of yummy goodies from the ST July Kit.

You may notice the chipboard looks weathered and old.....I used this technique because I thought it gave my page a definate shabby chic look that I was aiming for. It was super easy really. I just gently dry brushed white acrylic paint over the chipboard (you only need a very very very small amount of paint on the tip of your paintbrush for this) Once the paint dried I inked the edges here and there with my vintage photo distress ink as well as spots here and there over the dried paint.

I layered a flower cluster sitting on top of some burlap slightly over the edge of the chipboard, before I also lightly brushed them with the white acrylic paint as well!

This is a close up of the flower cluster below the photos. They are layered over a piece of scrunched up lace as well as some scraps of burlap. I also gave each of these a light dust over with my white acrylic paints......oops and I see I missed the one on the right side of the bow....  :/
I love the way it gives everything that beautiful shabby white washed look.....kinda tones everything down and makes it look all tied together! To the right of my cluster I added some bling, which I think adds to that shabby chic look I was trying to achieve and just makes it look overall more femme!

My pages tend to be very layered and dimensional so I have been trying to photo side views of my pages so you can see all the yummy layers and goodies tucked all over!

Thanks for stopping by I hope you have enjoyed my page and are inspired to get in your own scraproom and create something beautiful!

ScrapThat! Summer Garden Crop Party

ScrapThat!

would like to invite you to our

"Summer Garden Party Crop"

Our Design Team will be hosting be hosting a Crop

July 6th - July 8th

We kick off tomorrow at noon!

There will be challenges, games, live chat and Prizes!!

Hope to see you there!

P.S.

Everyone is invited, you do not have to be a Kit Club Member



HAPPY 4TH OF JULY / FWAB Challenge

I also have some scrappy goodness to share with you today as well!
Kate McCulloch over at
Flourish With A Bling
is hosting a really fun color palette challenge for the month of July.
Stop by and join us for your chance to win some yummy
Flourish With A Bling Products!!
Check out FWAB's Blog for further details
http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/blog/


Here is the color palette



Here is the sample I created for this challenge using some yummy FWAB Products

I used some super old Martha Stewart paper I had left over paired with some yummy handmade and Prima flowers. The sentiment is from My Minds Eye new Miss Caroline Collection.

What realy makes my card stand out is the yummy Pearl Flourish from

Flourish With A Bling!!

I used:

 Grace Pink Pearl Flourish in Rose Pink

 A few pearls in the center of my flowers and around my doilie from the

100 Pack of Adhesive Pearls in Plum

Hope you will come and play along with us!

To purchase your own FWAB Goodies click HERE

Simple Life

I have another layout using
ScrapThat!'s July Kit
"Summer In my Garden"

As I said before this kit is chock full of lovely Fabscrap's Organic Collection papers along with an array of yummy goodies!!

The Simple Life

The photo in this layout is a random one I found online while browsing. It really struck a chord in me, I know many of you may look at it and see a junky ol' worn out barn, but I see these in my town on a regular basis living in a farming community. My husband and I long to buy a home with some property one day for the kids to enjoy, and it would be even more ideal if it had a barn like the one in this photo on the property!!! It just sings to my heart! As usual I distressed the edges of my papers, which those of you who know me and my work, know it's staple in my work! This time I decided to add some stitching around the corner with some embroidery floss. Again I used some white acrylic paint and gesso on almost anything that would stand still, including my border stitching!

I wanted to show you some close up details of the white acrylic pzaint and gesso on all of my embellishments. Like I mentioned aboved I lightly dry brush over anything that would stand still!It gave everything this lovely white washed toned down look and I just really love the aged, antiquey, shabby look it gives! Check out the way it looks on those green zva flowers!!! I think those might possibly be one of my FAV aspects of this layout aside from that gorgeous photo!! I also love the way it looks splashed over the burlap and leafy trim!! It just looks so yummy!

This is a close up of the top right hand corner, I wanted to show you my paint spill and explain how I created it.......but before I do that I just have to say that this may be another staple you will finding trending in my upcoming work, I really, really love the look of this!! It looks so grungy and shabby!
But anyways, on to how I created it.......I simply took my white acrylic paint and made a generous, but not to large of a pour spot on my layout where I wanted my spill to begin! Once I was finished pouring I simply stood my page up verticle and held it there for a few moments for the drip to take place, once I was sure it was done running I laid it back down to dry.

In the two close up's shown above I wanted to give you side views of my layouts. When I scrap I tend to make very layered and dimensional pages and projects and sometimes it hard to see the real beauty of this when they are lying flat!

Thank you very much for stopping by and taking the time to look it at my work, it means so much to me!!! I hope you are inspired to get out there and play with your own scrappy goodies and scrap something that touches your own heart as well!!!

Happy Scrapping!

July ScrapThat! Sketch

So before I show you my layout today I wanted to share witrh you that my friend Beverly Sams is having an awesome giveaway on her blog!!! Go check out her blog for some great inspiration as well as a FAB GIVEAWAY!!!
http://analteredspirit.blogspot.com/


I am just loving working with the talented Sketch Artist Amarilys Doria!! Her sketches are wonderful and I get to work with them every single month!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

It's so funny the full circle I've come with sketches, once upon a time I absolutely hated and wanted nothing to do with them, and quite frankly had NO IDEA how to really even use them......
But after a few years of playing with them and finding some really FAV sketch artist (Amarilys included) I have a profound love for them!!! I really enjoy using a sketch to get my mojo going, or when I feel like all my layout's are starting to look the same. I have even found more recently if it's a really good sketch that I'm wanting to use it more than once....I guess it's a good thing they are meant to be fliped, flopped and rotated!!!

Ok and now I'm rambling......Are you ready for the good stuff ???? Me Too!!


Here is the gorgeous ScrapThat! Sketch created by the talented Amarilys

Without further ado, here is my take on this gorgeous sketch using the fabulous
July ScrapThat! Kit
"Summer In My Garden"

This is a layout of my middle daughter from a few years back, I've scraped it last year, but wanted to use it again for this page as it matched so well with the Fabscraps Organic Collection found in ScrapThat!'s July Kit!

Those of you who follow my my know that I had a scrappy epiphany!!! And I am now irresistably in love!! With white acrylic paint and gesso that is.....

I have just had so much fun, playing and discovering and getting all messy this past month. I feel like a kid with a set of finger paints, tuning out the rest of the world and just creating to my hearts content! I have always loved scrapping, but you know how with anything we love in life, we still have down moments with it...I was begining to feel this with my scrapping and my new discovery has just left me in love all over again!!

So there I go rambling again....

Like I mentioned before I used
ScrapThat!'s July Kit
"Summer In My Garden"

It's chock full of yummy Fabscraps Organic Collection papers and other yummy goodies.
I used my brand new Prima Invild Bolme Distressing Tool to grunge up the edges of my paper, which anyone who follows my work, knows I'm a huge fan of doing! I love grunge frayed edge paper, the grungier (is that even a word?!?!) the better! During my distressing process I tried to mimic the tears in the sketch above.

Here's a close up on the right side of the Prima Flower Vine which is also found in the July kit. I placed them over a bed of burlap and cheescloth, both shredded to oblivion!! You can see I used some white acrylic paint to to white wash the flower vines, cheesecloth and burlap.....it just seems to tone everything down a bit and give it all a more suttle look.

This a close up of the left side, it featues a few more yummy flowers layered over my pretty picket fence (which is a dream of mine to have in my own front yard one day by the way) I am just loving this new hot trend of fences, I can't get enough of them, I find myself wanting to use them over and over and over again!! Along with my white acrylic and gesso, which you can see I gently dry brushed over anything on my layout that would stand still long enough to without the attack of my paintbrush and creativeness!!

This is a close up of the top right corner, I used a Prima Resin Window, which can be found in the July ScrapThat! Kit, like the flower vine and fence below, I layered the window in burlap and cheesecloth, topped off with a delicate teal flower!

The 2 close up's above are side views of my page, I tend to have very dimensional pages and layers on most of my layout's and I really wanted to showcase them to you. From this view you can also get a real idea of what my paper edge distressing looks like! It just really adds such a nice touch and detail to your projects!!

Thank you very much for stopping by, I hope you loved my page and if you are not already playing with wet mediums, I hope you are inspired to get yours out and just begin to play. If you don't try you will never know, and I am a perfect example of this when it comes to trying the gesso and acrylics on my layouts, they scared me for so long and once I tried it, I was surprised how unbelievably easy it was!!! So get out your paints, paste's and sprays and get busy playing!!!!

Happy Scrapping

ScrapThat! July Blog Hop

Welcome to ScrapThat! July Kit Reveal and Blog Hop

ScrapThat! is delighted to introduce to you our July Kit featuring Fabscrap's Beautiful Organic Collection!!

This month we have a special treat for you, mark your calenders July 6th - July 8th

ScrapThat!'s Design Team will be hosting our

"Summer Garden Crop Party"

Crop will include: challenges, games, prizes, as well as live chat!!

Hope to see you'll join us for a weekend of fun!

http://scrapthat.ning.com/forum/categories/summer-garden-party-crop/listForCategory

Without further ado we are pleased to bring you our July Kit

"Summer In My Garden"

This Kit is chock full of yummy goodies such as Fabscrap's Organic Collection papers, lace, pearls, chipboard, Ingvild Bolme Ink, an array of flowers as we as much much more!!!

Main Kit $39.99

1 sheet each

Organic Herbs

Organic Herbs Two

Organic Tree

Organic Garden

Organic Kitchen

Organic Lace

Organic Strawberries

Organic Script

Bazzil Cardstock

Tan

Green

Purple

FabScraps Chipboard Word – Organic

2 wooden clothes pins

1 Melissa Francis pearls

1 recipe card

4 green picket fence post

2” craft sticks

10 I AM ROSES – Cherry Blossom flowers - white

4 leaves

1 2” piece of burlap

1 Ingvild Bolme – old road, chalk ink

3 yrds white cotton lace trim

1 pkg ZVA 1- blue & white flower 1-two tone green flower

1 EK Success alphabet sheets – green chocolate

NOTE: The Main Kit cost for non-members is $44.99

Embellishment Add On $14.99

1 pkg Prima 3 resin window frames

1 pkg Prima 2 crystal palace vines

1 pkg Petaloo 6 wild roses

NOTE: The Embellishment Add-On cost for non-members is $17.99)

Flower Add On $12.99

(only 12 of these kits are available each month and sold on a first come first serve basis)

1 pkg Pinkpaislee 2 Muslin Flowers

1 pkg Prima 6 Prima flowers

1 Pkg Prima 2 Sun Kiss vines

Paper Add On $9.99

1 sheet each

Organic Herbs

Organic Herbs Two

Organic Tree

Organic Garden

Organic Kitchen

Organic Lace

Organic Strawberries

Organic Script

Bazzil Cardstock – 1 sheet each

Tan

Green

Purple

NOTE: The Ppaer Add-On cost for non-members is $12.99

We are currently accepting new Kit Club Members

for more info please email friends@scrapthat.ca

Our Blog Hop Features 9 Fantastic blogs

To Qaulify for this month's Blog Hop prize you must complete the following:

1. 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)

2. Each Designer's blog hop post will feature a word, to make up a secret sentence, collect these words along the way and follow the directions provided in ScrapThat!'s forum when you are all finished.

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

4. Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog

5. The last stop on our Blog Hop is our Forum, follow the link provided and complete the remainder of the Blog Hop instructions

Hop end July 1st 12 am CST

Prize must be claimed within 3 days of announcment that will be made on ScrapThat!'s blog July .....

If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen!

Please Note: for anything larger than an envelope, winner will be responsible for the cost of shipping.

Next Hop Over To Sandi Smith's Blog

Should you loose your way, come back here for the blog hop sequence

ScrapThat! - http://www.scrapthatchat.blogspot.ca/

Jenifer Evans - http://heldscraptive.blogspot.ca

Sandi Smith - http://sandi-smith.blogspot.ca

Keren Tamir - http://kerentamir.blogspot.ca

Alissa Wells - http://willrunforstamps.blogspot.com/

ScrapThat! Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/ScrapThat-Kit-Club/111009852256498

Amarilys Doria - http://amadrian8.blogspot.com/

Marilyn Rivera - http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Helen Tilbury - http://helentilbury.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson - http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

ScrapThat! Forum - http://scrapthat.ning.com/forum/categories/kit-reveal-and-blog-hop/...

Please Join Our July Sketch Challenge HERE

Everyone is welcome to participate, all entried due by July 15th

Here is my take on this month's sketch:

THE SIMPLE LIFE

ORGANIC

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

SECRET WORD: US