It is Wednesday and we love giving stuff away EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY!!!!! This week we are giving away a WINNERS CHOICE package from the WONDERFUL people over at Art du Scrapbooking!!!

The lucky winner can choose TWO scrapbooking kits and will receive a gift certificate for more shopping!!!!!  Here is an example of one of their AWESOME KITS!!!!!! LOVE IT!!

To see more of your fabulous choices – CLICK HERE

Someone is going to win – why not you eh???

Visit Art du Scrapbooking  on facebook – CLICK HERE – Say hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!

To enter to win this contest leave a comment right here under this blog post.

You have until Friday June 21th at midnight to enter!

TIP TO ENTER – You just need to check the box that says “I’d rather post as guest” and then you don’t have to do anything but put in your name and email address.

Good luck everyone!

Magenta Style – Love the Lily
Featuring Magenta, Clearsnap and US ArtQuest

I have been collecting Magenta rubber stamps ever since I was introduced to stamping over a decade ago (a slippery slope, indeed). I love their designs, the quality of the rubber, the fact that the designs are always available and never retired. It’s also fantastic that they are Canadian!  And, if you didn’t know, Magenta also has a wonderful online store here that you can browse for many happy hours and buy all the rubber stamps and other Magenta products that your heart desires. The selection is almost overwhelming.

For today’s post, I wanted to feature this Magenta lily stamp. It’s big, it’s beautiful and it can be used to make a card or addition to a scrapbook page. I inked up the stamp with Clearsnap Mixed Media pigment ink in Wisteria and stamped onto Canadian Scrapbooker SuperStock.

I then embossed it with some Magenta ‘holographic’ embossing powder that I had in my stash. I don’t think they make this any more, but any clear or sparkle embossing powder would work just fine. Clearsnap makes an ‘opalescent clear’ embossing powder that would work beautifully here. Embossing ensures that you don’t smear the ink, plus it adds a beautiful raised surface to the image.

You’ve got a lot of options if you want to colour the stamped image – markers, watercolour pencils, pencil crayons, and so on. I felt like some shimmer would look great on these lilies, so I painted the image with US Artquest Mica Color watercolour paints.

I absolutely love these paints. They come in a few different colour palettes and add the most gorgeous colour and sparkle! I just dipped a small paintbrush into water, used it to pick up some watercolour and then painted the lily image.

I wasn’t worried about staying within the lines since I planned on cutting the image out afterwards. You can control the intensity of colour with how much water you add to the paint. I noticed that Magenta has these paints available in their online store so they are readily available in Canada.

After the paint dried (it takes only minutes), I cut out my flower and repeated a couple more times. As an additional embellishment, I painted a cute Magenta bird on a branch chipboard with Smooch ink by Clearsnap. There are a lot of colours of Smooch available, making it easy to customize the chipboard and add a little detail to my stamped lilies.

Here’s the finished project:

Supply List: Magenta patterned paper, chipboard, stamps and embossing powder, Clearsnap ink and Smooch accent ink, Canadian Scrapbooker superstock, Basic Grey chipboard letters, Kaisercraft black jewel, machine sewing.

I was having so much fun with the lily stamp that I did some more images in different colours and put together some simple cards. You never know when you are going to need a last minute birthday card. This lily was stamped with Top Boss embossing ink, embossed with black embossing powder and painted with an antique gold colour of the mica paint. Magenta sells some Maruyama specialty paper that I have used here, but if it is not available and you would like the textured background, I would use a piece of tulle or cheesecloth.

Supply List: Magenta patterned and specialty Maruyama paper, stamps, Clearsnap ink, embossing powder and Smooch accent ink, Bazzill cardstock, machine sewing

To view more of Connie’s work, visit her blog, Every Day’s An Adventure.

Check out Kelly Klapstein’s take on our May sketchy challenge featuring Glitz Design along with a FUN tutorial on altering letter stickers using Spectrum Noir Markers.

Here is the sketch that Kelly based her layout on.

Visit our online sketchy gallery for all the details and to download your take on the June sketch! CLICK HERE

Want to see how Kelly altered her alphabet stickers using Spectrum Noir Markers? Watch her latest webisode!

Have a great week everyone!

Lisa Pokrupa, of Stockholm, Sweden, submitted this photo and with all the rainy, cold weather we’ve been having across the country, I thought it would be a bright sunny share for today!

Lisa writes, “When the sun is shining and of course no wind, I sit out on my balcony and scrap.  What a way to enjoy a beautiful sunny morning!”

I agree, Lisa!  Thanks for sharing!

Now to wait for some sunny weather here… :$

If you’d like to share where you create with us, email a few photos with a brief description to me at sue {at} canadianscrapbooker {dot} ca.  Be sure to visit each Friday, I will share a creative space with you!

Cheers,

To learn more about Sue, please visit her blog, Kewl Beans.

WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to Janet MackKay – this weeks lucky winner!

It is Wednesday and we love giving stuff away EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY!!!!! This week we are giving away a yummy collection of products from our good friends over at Magenta! This prize package includes a sample of their latest cling foam stamps, chipboard and stencils! LOVE IT!!

Someone is going to win – why not you eh???

Visit Magenta on facebook – CLICK HERE – Say hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!

To enter to win this contest leave a comment right here under this blog post.

You have until Friday June 14th at midnight to enter!

TIP TO ENTER – You just need to check the box that says “I’d rather post as guest” and then you don’t have to do anything but put in your name and email address.

Good luck everyone!

I’m sharing a layout today that I really love featuring some wonderful products from Simple Stories.

Do you ever find yourself short on words for a layout…I’ve got a great solution!  Since so many of us have embraced Facebook, why not use an entry or two for our journaling!?  Give it a try; I think you’ll love it too!

I use a simple downloaded program called ScreenHunter to make screen shots from my computer. I have used both the free and paid version! The paid version offers you a little more input on certain tasks, but for years I only had the free version and it worked just fine!

I “clipped” the Facebook entries posted by my friends and have used it for my journaling! Not only does it give lots of words to my picture but it captures names of people in my “world” at that time!

SUPPLIES:  Simple Stories “24/7” patterned paper, stickers & chipboard embellishments; May Arts ribbon; unknown Washi Tape; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Clearsnap ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink; Facebook logo image from internet

You can be certain I will use this technique again, and again!  I hope you will try it too!

If you do, please upload your layout to Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine’s Facebook page…there is always lots of fun happening there!

To see Kim’s projects, please visit her blog, Kim’s Corner of the Web.

Canadian Scrapbooker wants to see and publish your work. If you have an unpublished, original layout that you want to share with others across Canada, please send it to us! It’s simple. Below you’ll find a quick guide on how to submit your work. Call For WINTER – Deadline August 15, 2013

We are currently looking for pages in the below themes:

• Next year I will ….. (finish the sentence)
• Working with resin
• Pets
• Romance
• Winnie the Pooh words of wisdom
• Christmas cards and Christmas home decor
• General Christmas and Winter
• Bricks – using brick themed products, inspired by bricks etc. i.e. Pink Floyd song another brick in the wall
• Around the World – layout about travelling/trips outside of North America
• Double the Fun – create a layout based on Kelly Klapstein’s sketch
• Where you Create

Kelly’s sketch:

Kelly’s layout:

Special Moments Kelly Klapstein Edmonton, Alberta

SUPPLIES: Kaisercraft papers, stickers, wood element, pearls, EK Success Border Punch, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, Doilies (unknown).

We want to see where you scrapbook or craft! It is so easy! Take photos of your space – tell us a little about it and email your submissions to Sue at sue[at]canadianscrapbooker.ca. Each week Sue will pick a scrap space to highlight on our blog. We are so excited to see where you have been creating!

We are also looking for that perfect photo for our Winter 2013 cover. If you have a photo that you have taken and you feel it would look fantastic on our magazine cover, please send it to us!

Deadline for the WINTER page call: August 15, 2013

Call For Pages Call for WINTER – Deadline: August 15, 2013

Call for paper crafts (including children’s paper crafts) – ongoing

Call for unpublished Canadian layouts – ongoing

Call for unpublished original Canadian layouts – ongoing

Call for amazing photos – ongoing

Call for seasonal photos for our website – ongoing

Call for “Walking Away” photos – ongoing

Visit our website for more details – CLICK HERE

I look forward to seeing your work!!!

Hello! Kim here to share a layout I have created using SIZZIX dies! I love using die cut products and SIZZIX makes it easy! Their dies will cut through your paper like butter.

To start I have used a piece of Multi-Media paper painted with Gesso. This provides a “primed” base to apply my background colors and allow me time to blend and work. I have chosen to use Stampin’ Up!’s watercolor crayons as my color medium. As you can see in the picture below, I have randomly scribbled colours all over the page. Once I placed all the colours I wanted, I took a rag, dipped the end where my finger rested and blended the colors until I was happy. Gesso easily allows me the time to add more color and keep blending with a damp rag!

Next I took a piece of Canadian Scrapbooker Superstock to cut out my SIZZIX image of the “Umbrella Man”. I have used CSM Superstock because it is very heavy weight and can hold up to using it as a stencil. I have chosen to adhere my negative image onto my project with Washi Tape [it makes an easy removable adhesive], as seen below.

To remove the colour from the page I used a baby wipe, another advantage to that Gesso primed background! Easy to blend water based products and easy to remove! You can see the achieved look below as well as the positive image I cut with the SIZZIX die.

Finally the completed page comes together! I used the same technique with the hearts, but also used the positive image for added interest. I added some Stampin’ Up! stamped images to the background and matted the page with Stampin’ Up! cardstock!

Pull out your dies and try using them as stencils…you’ll LOVE the effect!

Supplies: Sizzix Dies: Umbrella Man & Accordion Fold Flowers Set 2 /  Stampin’ Up! cardstock / Stampin’ Up! Water Color Crayons / Stampin’ Up! “Daring Adventure” stamp set / Stampin’ Up! ink / Gesso Liquitex / Marvy Reminisce Gel Pen / Tim Holtz “chit chat” stickers / Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L / Pink Paislee “Wood Shop” letters / unknown acrylic paint

Visit Kim on her blog – It’s A Beautiful Day

Hello Hello Canadian Scrapbooker friends

Are you all having a FABULOUS DAY?  I hope you are I’m super excited as  our NEW 2013-2014 Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalogue was just released and it  has so many AMAZING, FUN, goodies in it!!!

I truly could not decide  what I should post today.  I decided on showing you our TRENDY NEW 2013-2015 Collection of the IN COLORS!  They are DELIGHTFUL, I LOVE  THEM!

SUPPLIES:  Cardstock – White, Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cobana, Crisp Cantaloupe,  Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush all from Stampin’ Up!

1.           First white mat is 4 3/8 X 3 and the second one is 4 1/16 X 2 ¾ “. I used dimensionals to adhere my mats together.

2.           I used the 1 ¼ square punch to punch out the 5 In Colors.

3.           With the Boho Blossom Punch I punched out the flowers layered them and used the large rhinestone to add a little BLING!

4.           Stamp a sentiment mine is from Delightful Dozen.

Enjoy your day!

Daleen

POSTIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY

Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all your life.

Peterson, Wilferd. The Art of Living.

WINNER UPDATE – Congratulations to HEATHER YARROW this weeks lucky winner!

It is Wednesday and we love giving stuff away EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY!!!!! This week we are giving away this fabulous summer collection called Down by The Shore from Fancy Pants Designs!  It is packed with SUMMER LOVE!

Someone is going to win – why not you eh???

Visit Fancy Pants Designs on facebook – CLICK HERE – Say hello from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine!

To enter to win this contest leave a comment right here under this blog post.

You have until Friday June 7th at midnight to enter!

TIP TO ENTER – You just need to check the box that says “I’d rather post as guest” and then you don’t have to do anything but put in your name and email address.

Good luck everyone!