Hello and a very Happy National Scrapbooking Day to you!!
Today is the day when papercrafters all around the world celebrate their love for pretty paper, inks, paints and embellishments!!
We are celebrating at S J Crafts with challenges, giveaways, special offers and fun happening both here on the blog and on our Facebook Page. Hopefully you will get some time to indulge in this wonderful hobby of ours and join in with some of the fun but if you're not around today (I know how manic life can get!) don't worry as most of the challenges and giveaways will remain open for at least a few days to give you time to catch up!
We kicked off yesterday with a sketch challenge with the chance for one lucky entry to win a £10 voucher.
Today we are getting things started with a fantastic GIVEAWAY!!!
To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is pop over to the S J Crafts Facebook Page and "Like" our page. Then simply leave a comment on the Giveaway post on the facebook page. Yes, that's it! Easy!!
One "liker" who has also left a comment on the Giveaway facebook post will be chosen at random to win the Photo Freedom Bundle of 5 double sided papers, sticker sheet and pack of photo sleeves!!
As many of you will know National Scrapbooking Day (NSD) or maybe that should be ISD (International) is tomorrow!!
Here at S J Crafts we thought we can't let NSD (ISD) pass by without some kind of little celebration so we have a few things happening this weekend to celebrate our love of pretty paper and we would love it if you joined us!
First up, we have a Sketch Challenge!
If you are planning some crafting this weekend (or anytime soon as this challenge will stay open right up until the end of May!) why not play along and enter - you could win a £10 voucher to spend in the shop!
So, here's the sketch:
The sketch was based on Jennifer's "Disney Family" layout from this post andhuge thanks to Jennifer for designing the sketch for us!
The Design Team all played along with the sketch challenge and this is what they came up with! Don't forget to click on their name to visit their blog and let them know you stopped by!
Louise adapted the sketch for her landscape photo and instead of layering up
papers and patterns as per the sketch she used paint and placed stickers in places that should have
been papers.
Having already made the layout on which the sketch is based, Jennifer chose to make a card. By keeping the main elements of the sketch and reducing the size of the layers, this card is perfect for sending to a friend!
Sarah has rotated the sketch 90 degrees anti clockwise but still included the main elements.
Supplies include: Echo Park Sisters papers, stickers and journal card, Glitz Polka dot washi tape, Studio Calico Snippets Arrows.
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So, here's what to do if you want to play along with this challenge:
1 - Make a layout or card based on the sketch. You can rotate it and adapt it but we must be able to see that the sketch has been used as your inspiration or starting point.
2 - Post your entry on your blog, mentioning that it is your entry to this challenge and you must include a link back to this post.
3 - Using Mister Linky (below) enter the link to your blog so we can come and visit.
4 - This challenge will stay open until Friday 31 May so you have lots of time to enter.
One lucky entry will be picked at random to win a £10 voucher to spend in the S J Crafts Shop!!. The winner will be announced on here soon after the closing date.
If you don't have a blog, don't worry - you can still enter by e mailing your project to me at .... sarah (at) s j papercrafts (dot) co (dot) uk .... obviously turn it into a proper e mail address - just don't want loads of spam robots sending me e mails too!!
Good Luck and Have Fun!
Look out for more NSD challenges, chat, giveaways and fun happening here on the blog and also on the S J Crafts Facebook Page
It's Jenny here today with a tutorial to show you how to make a Joy Fold card.
This is a great design when you want to make a special card for someone or something a little different!
To start off with you will need 2 different sizes of card blanks.
I've used a 135mm square and a 96 mm square card blank.
Take your biggest card and cut
half of the front piece off.
This is shown on the bottom card in the photo
below.
Next you need to
pretty up your card blanks I've used papers from My
Minds Eye - Collectable - Memorable 6 x 6 pad. You will need to cover the
fronts as well as the insides of both card blanks. You can create a small border if you wish by matting and layering.
Now position the smaller card blank on top of the larger one
as above and stick down.
The front of the biggest card blank (the piece you cut in half earlier) closes over the back of the smaller card blank as shown below.
Next you will need
to attach something to the front which will act as a catch to hold the front of
the smaller card shut. I've used a sentiment to hold mine closed but you could
use some other kind of embellishment. I've raised my sentiment up on foam
pads to allow room for the front to slide under it.
Here's my card closed up ready to decorate. I have used some
Penny Black Stickers on the front and again on the inside. The only other thing
I added to mine was some self
adhesive pearls.
I hope you might have a go at makingthis style of card ... if you do I would love to see it. Why not leave a link in your comment to your card made following this tutorial so we can pop by and see it!
The S J Crafts Design Team have all been busy making samples for our Brand New Sketch Challenge which is coming very soon .... and there's a prize for one lucky sketch challenge entry! So keep an eye out for that!
I kept the card very simple
to show off the gorgeous colours in this pad - lots of pinks / aqua / pale yellow
and lime green. I cut the circles with nesties and inked the edges with distress
inks just to soften them against the harsh white background I used the
following colours Antique
Linen, Worn
lipstick &
Iced Spruce. The White has been embossed with my swiss dots folder. The
image has been stamped directly onto the patterned paper and I coloured it with
my promarkers. I made a rolled flower from some scraps of paper and added some
self
adhesive pearls to finish it all off.
I'll be back soon with a tutorial to show you how to make a "Joy Fold" card!!
Jenny x
See more of Jenny's fabulous cards over on her blog : Dragonllew's Spot
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