A Scrappy Email

Oh yeah, you read that right.  I recently decided to clean out my emails - as in plural.  I have 4 email accounts.  Don't ask.  Its just too complicated to go into right here.  Lets just say it involves my husband and leave it at that.  Yes, I see all of you nodding your head in understanding.

Okay, so back to the reason for the title.  In all that cleaning, I came across these two emails from my sister-in-law that I had saved.  She passed away five years ago so you understand why these might be something I want to keep.  I printed them out and decided to scrapbook them so they would be preserved.

It was a rather quick page as I didn't have to worry about where to place pictures and what colors to pick.  White paper pretty much goes with anything!  I made an envelope (sort of) for the emails to slide into, added a few embellishments and a title and then I was all done. 

I used my June counterfeit kit for the contents of the page.  I have had this speech bubble paper forever and I'm really glad I found a use for it that doesn't involve cutting it up.

Until next time,
Happy Scrappin'

Good morning, afternoon or evening our friends!

You came from Steph.

Summer is already here! Do you smell it? Do you hear it?

Hello Summer!

We’re so happy to welcome you on our fantastic blog hop with triple celebration!
First one - is we finally started producing Rubber Stamps!! Yey!!! We are partners of C.C.Designs and now they have our own rubber stamp line - image stamps and VINTAGE stamps as well!

Second - is to encourage our DT friend Steph! She has started her own blog Emchantedsteph! Steph is a very talented young lady who amazes us with her famous scene cards and other wonderful projects! Go girl!

Third - summer is here!!! Isn't it enough for celebrating?

We gathered two design teams - Little Blue Button Stamps and Counterfeit Kit Challenge! Each dt member prepared a wonderful project using new, released in June, summer digital stamps from LBBS! Isn’t it fun? 

Be ready to get inspiration and new ideas!


Little Blue Button Stamps - is a company that produces and sells  beautiful and fun digital image stamps, sentiment stamps and printables of high-quality!


Counterfeit Kit Challenge - is a fun challenges using Kit Clubs as inspiration, but your stash as the base.

So let’s start!

There will be four winners:


1st prize: $20 for purchase digis or printables in LBBS store + two rubber stamps from LBBS

2nd prize:  $10 for purchase digis or printables in LBBS store + one rubber stamp from LBBS

3rd prize: 3 digital stamps or any printable designs from LBBS of your choice


4th prize: 40% discount for purchase digis or printables in LBBS store!

What you need to do to enter:

1. Here is a list (down below) of all dt members blogs which you should visit

2. Visit each blog and leave a comment on a blog hop projects of each designer.

3.  Your last stop is Little Blue Button Stamps blog where you must leave your last comment telling what you have done: commented on each blog hop post and maybe subbed to someone?


Also you could get additional  entry if you subscribe to each blog (if you’re not subscribed)!


Simple? Of course there are a lot of stops you should make but there are not enough of inspiration!

You have the whole day and night starting 

June 12th midnight PDT(Pacific Daylight Time) and ending June 13th midnight PDT!
So please set your alarm!=)

Winners will be announced June 15th in both blogs - Little Blue Button Stamps and Counterfeit Kit Challenge!

And now I would like to share with you my layout.  I've said it several times before that I am not a digi scrapper so this was definitely a challenge for me.  But I think it turned out well:

Luckily, we had an outing recently that this stamp fit perfectly.  I opened the image in Paint and used the drop bucket to add color.  Then I printed it on cardstock and fussy cut it.

A few pop dots later and I think she looks pretty good.  Then I just needed a little bling and a bit of a cluster to finish off the page.

And your next stop is Guest Designer: Sherri, but the complete line up is below - just in case you've missed anyone!

Line up:

 Counterfeit Kit Challenge

 Valou

 Andrea 

 Tracey

 Angela

 Dawn

 Jemma  

 Marla

 Jennifer

 Amelia

 Lisa H.

 Steph

 Milissa

 Guest Designer: Sherri

 Little Blue Button Stamps

We wish you fun and luck during hopping!

Until next time,
Happy Scrappin'

Counterfeiting Tutorials...Sort Of

You may have noticed that I had a few (ahem!) handmade embellies in my counterfeit kit this month.  Most of them I cut from my Cricut, which is good because it has been gathering quite a bit of dust lately.

Hello lovelies!  Another one of those wonderful tools that sits right beside me and I tend to cover it up overlook it all the time.

I have a couple of tutorials today for those with a die cut and those without.  While we are talking about the Cricut, though, how about we continue with that?  First up, I want to tell you how I did these cute little corrugated shapes with my Cricut. 

It was quite easy, really.  I simply took a sheet of corrugated paper, taped it down to my mat with washi, and cut.  But be really careful because anything too detailed won't cut too well, as you can see from the little sunshine below.

Now, if you don't have a die cut machine, you can easily achieve this look with a punch, some paper and a paper crimper.  Simply punch the shape, and then roll it through the crimper.  Easy peasey!

Next up is the non-die cut tutorial.  If you go back up to the top picture, you will see that "Fun In The Sun" little tab thing.  That is what I'm gonna show you how to do.  I used the weld feature on my Gypsy to make that but with some stickers, matching cardstock and a corner rounder you can achieve a very similar look.

First, I laid out the stickers I wanted on my mat so I would know how long of a strip I needed.

Then, I cut the cardstock the length and width I wanted.  This piece is 3 3/4" long (the length of the letter stickers) by 1 inch wide.  I then rounded the bottom two corners.

Ignore my messy fingernail - I was painting something you'll see in a later post!

Place the letter stickers on the top, making sure to space them out appropriately.  The best way for me was to place the first and last letters down first, then fill in the middle. 

 Now, at this point you can either leave it as it is, which is what I think I will do, or you can add another "tab" like piece of cardstock over the letters to make it appear more seamless.

And the third and final tidbit I wanted to share with you is my homemade scrap embellies.  These are really easy. 

Before I toss those little bits of papers that I think are too small for my scrap bin, I decide if I want to make an embellishment cluster from them.  If I love the paper enough for a "yes" then I pull out my punches, see what all goes together and voila!  I keep a little jar close at hand of all the little punches in there for those clusters that don't get made at once.  If it gets to be too overwhelming, I just bring my jar and a few other tidbits like stickers or filmstrip, whatever I have laying around, into the living room with me and make clusters while I watch TV with the family.

So there's a bit of tutorial inspiration for you.  Hope you find something in this post that is useful.  Now I really must get busy.  We have a blog hop coming up!

Until next time,
Happy Scrappin'