Black & white

It seems like I've been really going back to basics a lot lately. On this layout, I wanted to keep the colour scheme really basic, so I stuck with black, white, and one other colour for a bit of interest. I challenge you, this week, to create a layout using black & white as your main colour scheme, with only one other colour as an accent.

Supplies for this page:
Making Memories patterned paper, Crate paper, Prima & Making Memories flower, Maya Road journaling sheer, Zig pen, Scenic Route rub-ons, Hambly transparency. Thanks to Kerri for the photo!

An old standby

I go through phases when I get really into challenging myself to do new things in my layouts, and that's great. It pushes me to develop my creativity. Sometimes, though, there's nothing wrong with sticking with what you know works for you and your style. There are a few layout designs that are favourites for me... they are just my style, I'm always happy with the end result, and they appeal to me. I love that!

What are your standby designs? Embrace them! Use them to create a few layouts this week... you'll feel productive, you'll love the results, and you'll get more confident with your scrapbooking style with every layout!

Product review

August 20/08
Trace Geworsky


After eyeing Prima's fancy felt matties for awhile, I finally gave in, and I am glad I did.
The pack comes in 3 colours, black, grey and pink so you have a variety to work with.
For my layout, I didnt want to use a whole piece to use as a matt for my picture, so I trimmed the felt so it framed part of the picture, and I still have half of the matt left for another use.
You could also trim the design to use on a project, cut into a strip, use as a card front, and so much more.

Summer Blowout!!!

You do NOT want to miss this sale!!!!

The entire store will be 30% off (excluding the what's new section) and this sale is not to be combined with other offers).

The sale will be running from Aug.19-28, 2008.

Make sure you stop in and take advantage of this summer clearout and pick up some supplies at these red hot prices!!!!!!!!!!

Sketch for August

Trace Geworsky

Using a lot of supplies from August's kit, I created this layout and sketch.
You could substitute a 5x7 picture if you prefer scrapping that size.
The "frame" around the picture could be buttons, letters, extra journaling, ribbon or other embellishments or doodling.
I can't wait to see what you create using this sketch.

Something old, something new

This layout features the tag that I created using chalk & stamps for the August newsletter. This was one of those occassions where I started a layout with an embellishment. I loved the way my tag turned out, so I built the page around it... mixing new and old elements.

I selected this sheet of Dream Street paper because I thought the touches of dark blue, and the greenish design worked well with the colors on my tag. To unify the color theme, I added a few red Prima flowers and used a blue SEI rhinestone brad in the center of one. The photo that I used is also about a year old ;-)

Of course, I couldn't create a layout without digging into some of the great new products that have been coming out... so I added a Fancy Pants transparent title & hearts. I tried a new technique with these. I wanted to give them some color, and I had the perfect red and green Tim Holtz alcohol inks to go with the paper, but I wanted a different effect than I usually get using the applicator. So, I decided to try dropping the ink directly onto the plastic. For the words, I tilted them around until I got a fairly solid coverage of ink. For the hearts, I dropped dots of red and green onto the hearts (it's harder than it sounds to get nice dots). I also added a new Tim Holtz journalling tag to the layout.

Thanks for looking! I challenge you to combine new and old on one of your layouts this week!

layout with the kit

Trace Geworsky

Here is a layout I created using supplies from this fabulous kit.
I doodled around my photo matt to make it look like stitching, and i rolled and tore the ends of the matt.
I stamped words onto the flower and one of the buttons.

The Winner....

We used a random number generator to come up with the winner for posting a comment on our blog this weekend. Comment #4 was chosen... Congratulations Stephanie. Please email us your info at admin@rhubarbroots.com so we can sent out your goodies :)

stephanie said...

I love scrapping because it is my creative outlet. Plus I want my son to visually remember his growing up years. I have few pictures of us growing up and I miss that. That will not happen for my son, no matter how much he hates the camera.

Congratulations Stephanie. Please email us your info at admin@rhubarbroots.com so we can sent out your goodies :)

Some Sparkle

Thanks for the tips Shauna...here is one i did. The mod podge worked amazingly well! I first stamped my image and then used a paint brush to paint the mod podge on!

Add some sparkle to your layouts

I have to admit that when Stickles first came out, I wasn't jumping up and down with joy. I though to myself, "hmmm, glitter glue...whoopee!" :-) After I saw a few people actually using it, I was an instant convert! I love how easily they apply, love the colours, and I love the subtle bit of sparkle that it adds to my layouts. It's glitzy, without being overboard!

I used Pink Stickles in this layout. I traced around the border of the die cut, accented the swirls on the heart, and accented the negative space on the crown chipboard. (Supplies: Teresa Collins paper & die cut, Making Memories Paper, Maya Road chipboard, Tim Holtz stickles & crackle paint, Prima flower & crown "tape," Zip pen, Bazzill cardstock, Making Memories glitter letter stickers).

Check out the Rhubarb Roots forum for a challenge based on this post!

And, don't forget to post your comments on the blog this weekend!