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!