It's a Hoot!

Owls seem to be very popular right now in the crafting world!  And Hoo doesn't love owls?  They are very cool birds with an air of mystery about them.  They are rumoured to be wise and are usually depicted as such in children's literature.  The Owl is the symbol of the Greek Goddess Athena. Why shouldn't we want to use their images in crafting?

I just love this project from the Maya Road blog!

It uses this Mega Bottle
Cap------->

<-----And 

this is the

finished 

product!

This Bottle Cap Owl would be a fun summer craft to do with your children or grandchildren.

Or how about a Coaster album in the shape of an Owl?

That you can

use to make

something like

this------>

 

<------- Or this?

Look at this cute little Smarty Owl Singleton stamp!

Perfect for journaling some wise words!

Don't miss out on this hot trend!  The Mega Bottle Caps, Owl Coaster Album and Smarty Owl Singleton Stamp are all available in the Maya Road section of Flamingo Scraps. 

Happy Scraps to you!

Play -- Sketch Challenge with a Twist

Another layout for my cropulation album, but this time for a different challenge on scrapbook.com!  Use this sketch:

And the Twist -- summer fun!

My Layout -- Twisted and with the Twist!

The patterned papers are from Webster's Pages Life's Portrait collection and the journaling spot from Webster's Pages Seaside Retreat collection.   White E-line flowers were layered and centered with tiny seashells from my stash!  The photos are from 2009 and 2010 Cropulations -- we shot the same photos on the beach in California and on the beach in Florida!!!!

Check out all of the Webster's Pages collections at Flamingo Scraps -- you are sure to find one to suit your next layout and don't forget the Primas!

Scrappy Pennsylvania?!

I've slowly been recovering from my long vacation and cleaning off the scrappy desk.... in the meanwhile trying to process what I want to do creatively with over 1,200+ photos!!  eek!!  While the bulk of my travel talk will be on my own blog (the crafty aftermath will be here!)... I did want to share some scrappy surprises I found in Pennsylvania! :)

Up first, the second day my brother, sister-in-law and I were in Hershey and taking a class at the Hershey Story:

At the Hershey Story Museum.

Where the instructor noticed me taking photos of every little detail like this:

And she interrupted the presentation to ask me if I scrapbooked!  HA!!  :)  But of course I do!! And she promptly gave me instructions on how to find my way to the nearby scrappy store!!  What a nice store and if you ever find yourself in the area, stop in for a great selection of local items like this:

Fast forward to my last day in Pennsylvania, when we went to some antique stores and look what I discovered:

How cool are these?!  Vintage scrappy books!!  And of course, I had to open them up and see what they had inside:

The first book had lots of comics and articles clipped from the newspaper.

This one had mostly cards with handwritten notes who they were from, little pictures cut from packaging and postcards.

And check out this altered item:

It's a card, that they cropped down and attached to a pillow to make a door hanger!!

Love it!! 

And last, but certainly not least, what scrappy journey would be complete without finding an amazing vintage camera?!

A Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera, produced from 1963-1966. 

Clearly, I screwed up by not grabbing that one up for $12 working or not -- would make for a great decor item on the scrappy bookshelf.  Maybe I can talk my brother into going back for it.... :)

So that's the scrappy lovin' that Pennsylvania gave me while I visited.  Definitely some fun and unexpected surprises.  Hope you enjoyed the little virtual scrappy tour of Pennsylvania!!

Late Happy Fathers' Day!!! -- Daddy & Me

A Belated Happy Fathers' Day to all those awesome men out there who make a difference in a child's life!!!

This week I did one layout for two different challenges -- both had twist alternatives.  Being a twisted kind of woman (in a good way, I think!), I did both!

The Sketch

The Twist!

  Use all scraps and leftovers except the background paper and pics. Use at least 10 scraps and leftovers and get extra points!!!

The Layout

The background is actually a leftover piece of Bazzill cardstock from my heritage album papers.  The patterned paper strips are scraps of Prima, Pink Paislee, and Webster's Pages, the swirl and arrow are leftover Prima Say It in Studs, the turquoise bracket and pink heart are both colored with Maya Mist and inked with Maya Road inkpads. Along with the patterned hearts and arrows, they are from a Flamingo Scraps Chipboard Grab Bag.  All of the papers and printed chipboard are distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  The title letters and numbers are leftovers from two packages of Thickers -- two of the d's are actually p's.

For the Heritage Challenge, the stipulation  was to use a picture at least 25 years old (no problem there!), and the twist was to do a "Father" layout.  We were not a picture taking family, so this 1958 photo of my dear late Daddy and me is very precious to me -- he is teaching me to build a drip sandcastle!

Prima, Webster's Pages, and Pink Paislee papers, Prima Say It In Studs, Maya Mist, Maya Road Inkpads, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, and Chipboard Grab Bag are all from Flamingo Scraps!

Try out this fantastic sketch from jamariel and use some of your scraps and leftovers!!

Prima Marketing's Mid-Season Release

In keeping with their wildly popular Say It In Pearls & Crystals line, Prima Marketing has released some mid-season Bling for us paper crafters!  In twelve luscious colors, Say It In Pearls with Flowers is now available at Flaming Scraps!

Lovely, delicate swirls with three hand made roses, these embellishments are the perfect addition to your next craft project.  They are approximately 7" x 3" and self-adhesive.  Use the whole swirl or cut it apart for smaller spaces!

Look at this soft pink!
The
hand made
rose just
shimmers!

Notice the 

two-toned 

effect on this

swirl.

These new pearls are sure to add elegance and sophistication to your next project!  Available now at Flamingo Scraps.  Be sure to visit the Prima blog for ideas and inspiration.

Scraptathlon Week # 6

It's just me this week! Susan took her week off from the challenge. Our song this week was "Livin' the Life" by Martin Sexton and the challenge was this:

This is one of my current brain virus songs. I'm not sure why, but I do love the message. So this week is a theme challenge.

"Are you living the life that you always dreamed of?

Giving your time to the ones who make you smile?

Making your world worthwhile?

Are you living the life?

A layout dedicated to you (or some other subject). Make it a question that you answer, a statement or an INTERJECTION.

Digi supplies:  paislee press + Audacious Designs photogenic kit (all papers, embellies and wooden alpha), fonts are smiley monster ("what will you be?") and Pea MissStalker (journaling)

I LOVED the July guest design team challenge sketch from Sketchy Thursdays!  And I really wanted to do this layout using the gorgeous Webster's Garden Gala, specifically this piece of paper I've been hoarding....

Available at Flamingo Scraps, of course!

But.... time constraints left me with no printed picture to work with or the ability to print one before the deadline, so digi was my last option!  On a digi note, I LOVE the collaboration kit I used -- it's definitely on of my go-to favorites for digi stuff.  I hope you don't mind the break in the paper scrappiness too much!

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Christmas '09 -- Two-Page Sketch Challenge

It has been sooooo long since I have done a two-pager, so when I saw this challenge on sb.com with this fabulous multi-photo sketch by Becky Fleck -- I knew it was perfect for all these great pics of my family from this past Christmas!

The Sketch -- from Becky Fleck's Page Maps -- May 2010

My brother Bill and wife Holly hosted us all for a casual Christmas Day lunch and I took advantage of the situation and played camera nazi, making everyone pose in numerous combinations. My nieces and nephews were a hoot, hamming it up for the camera!

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE MORE DETAIL!!

I have been saving this gorgeous Mistletoe & Co. paper from Pink Paislee for just the right projects to highlight my Christmas photos -- just love the rather non-traditional color scheme -- it is so versatile!  The Fancy Pants Powder Blue Trims  and the blue mini pom pom trim from Flamingo Scraps Cheep Trims collection were the perfect accents and I went to town with my new fave products from Ranger/Tim Holtz  -- distress inks, glossy accents, and UTEE.  Pink Paislee, Fancy Pants, and Ranger/Tim Holtz products are also available at FLAMINGO SCRAPS!

Dunked in melted UTEE!

Distressed with Tim Holtz Inks!

















Accented with Glossy Accents!








Can't wait to show this to the family Fourth of July Weekend -- and oh yeah -- take more pics!!!  Stay tuned for a Maya Road Christmas Tree Album I'm making for my Mom using the leftover paper from this LO!!

Thanks to the two-page sketch challenge for the inspiration to tackle multiple photos and a two page LO!

Staying Connected with Flamingo Scraps

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So here are a few links you might be interested in:

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There are just so many ways to keep up with all the scrappy scoop!

Marion's Flip Flap Book Flip Flopped

On the June 3, 2010 version of Live With Prima, Marion Smith demonstrated the Boys Rule Flip Flap Album.  The Flip Flap Album is basically a Jacob's Ladder toy ~ it's a fun project and would make a terrific summer project to do with your kids.  Here's a link to the UStream video if you'd like to watch it.

However, Marion knew not all of you would be interested in making a Jacob's Ladder.  So she included a regular mini album and flowers in the kit.  Here's a picture of the Build A Book album you get with the kit.

There are 6 pieces per pack. 4 pieces are chipboard with colored canvas adhered to each side. 2 pieces are clear acrylic. This album is approximately 6"x6" excluding ring holes and approximately 7" wide x 6" tall if you calculate the ring holes.

So if you'd like to, you can Flip Flop Marion's Boys Rule Flip Flap Album and make something different!  Flamingo Scraps includes chipboard and an extra yard of ribbon in their kits!

Happy Scraps to you!

The Maya Road Early Summer Release

One of our favorite companies, Maya Road, has come out with an Early Summer release.  Flamingo Scraps is all over this!  So much fun stuff ~ we can't wait for this order to come in!  Here are a few of the items on order!

Take a look at this cute mini chipboard set called Laundry Day.....

Or how about two new kinds of Trinket Pins?  This Star Crystal Trinket Pin comes in packs of 10.

We have ordered this Trinket Pin in bulk and we will be re-packaging them for sale. We thought you might appreciate the opportunity to buy less than 50 pins if you couldn't use that many.

And how cute are these Wooden Bingo Calendar Numbers???

We just love this Milk Cap Singleton stamp for recording dates on your layouts and other projects!

Maya Road says they are shipping this order soon ~ we'll keep you posted and let you know when these are available for order at Flamingo Scraps!

Happy Scraps to you!

Cropulation 2010 -- Old Page Maps Challenge

Back again with another layout I made for the Old Page Maps Challenge and for my Cropulation 2010 album!

The Sketch

The Layout

Try this sketch -- you'll love it!!!

I used Pink Paislee's Bayberry Cottage pp and die cut page.  I twisted the sketch a little and used three photographs instead of two and used a fourth inspired photo by Deb and Sandy as the title.  To highlight the words in the sand, I used Tim Holtz Rock Candy Distress Stickles on the pic.  Pink Paislee's fabulous pleated twill ribbon in black and Bayberry Cottage "jewel" brads in lime green accent the pictures.  The gargantuan flower (I am partial to huge flowers) is made of three layers cut from sizzix die "Flower" with each layer inked and pop taped in a skewed stack with another Bayberry brad in the center.  All supplies from Flamingo Scraps!

I am so happy to be scrapping  my Cropulation pictures thanks to these sketch challenges -- they inspire me and commit me to crop!  Think this will be the title page for this year's retreat album -- what do y'all think????

Scraptathlon Week # 5

Our song title for Week #5 was Janis Joplin's "Stealin' Stealin".  And these were our host's instructions to us:
"It's scraplift week, and, for this week, we are lifting one of my absolute FAVORITE scraptathlon layouts of all time. It got more votes than ANY other LO ever, and is, I think, absolutely STUNNING!!!!
Will you steal the colors, the structure, the message, the embellies?"

Here is Susan's take on the challenge......

Flamingo Scraps products used:  The paper is Mechanics from Fancy Pants Designs Like Father Like Son collection. The embroidered fabric tree is Prima Marketing Donna Downey Collection and the letter stickers are Webster's Pages storyteller alphabets and the edges are inked with Tim Holtz distress ink.

Susan says:  These photos were taken in 2001 at our very first family reunion. The tree in the original layout made me think of family trees.  The journaling reads, "Family faces are magic mirrors.  Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future."

Here is Amanda's take on the challenge.......

Digital supplies used:  paislee press adorned kit (white background paper) and baroque frame (on picture), krystal hartley birds+bees (title letters), art warehouse candles+cake (colorful embellies).  Font for journaling is smiley monster. 

Amanda says:  This week totally had me stumped!  It was a great layout to scraplift, but it really challenged me.  In the end, I simply scraplifted the design of the layout and kept all the white space.  I wanted to highlight my journaling on this layout and I think the design really made that easy.  I will probably do a second page to include other pictures from my nephew's birthday gift opening to turn this into a two page layout. 

Have a great weekend!