The Scarlet Lime

Monthly Challenge Wrap-up and Winner!

I think I'm obsessed now with using packaging on my projects :)  Love, love, love the challenge Dena issued for this month. Here is a card that I made using Pink Paislee packaging from the March Frugal FAB kit:
The packaging is perfect for backing a title.

Thanks so much to all of you who participated. We have a winner . . .

LAURA-LEE!

Check out this beautiful card she made:

 

Congrats, Laura-Lee! Send your info to christy@scarletlime.com and you'll have a $25 gift certificate to use in the Scarlet Lime store. It's just been restocked with LOADS of goodness--have fun shopping :)

Scrapping outside the box!

I am a layout girl, pure and simple! Every now and again though I come across a fun product and want to change things up a bit. I don't know about you but I am a list maker...grocery, errands, to do, scrappy projects...you name it I have a list for it. So when Traditions Studio sent me this adorable Post-it Notes Holder I knew I would use it every day. I pulled out some of my favorite pictures of the boys and some goodies from both of March's Scarlet Lime Kits and made this simple project with scraps that I love sitting on my kitchen counter waiting for my next list to be made.

One of the fun things about this holder is that you can open the lid and also add a little photo to the inside as well.

So next time you have a handful of scraps sitting around remember that you can create something just this adorable that you will see each day...oh, yeah...and these would make the cutest teacher and grandparent gifts too.

Friday Giveaway.. Blog Hop!

Hey friends! Today I wanted to come on and tell you about a fun few giveaways going on today!! 

FIrst off.. ! Rebecca who is the owner of Pink Paislee and  and my dear friend Karen who is a Pink Paislee Designer,.. is taking the She Art Workshop and wanted to offer a giveaway to my blog readers ... of Pink Paislee's wonderful product to use in your art!

 

This is their Hometown Summer Collection and is perfect for mixed media! Bright bold colors, awesome prints and patterns, stamps, ephemera, stickers, and adorable rubons! I am almost jealous.. because I want this! Lol We carry a lot of their new products in our store.. so in love.

So all you have to do HOP on over to MY Blog..  is leave a comment telling why you love summer!  AND next week.. on the 31st.. check out their BLOG.. they are doing a giveaway for the SHe Art Workshop!

and speaking over Giveways and hops.. I have one more to tell you about.. today I am a guest on the fabulous Courtney Walsh's blog.. She is a writer, editor and artist! She has published SEVERAL Craft books but she also has her very first NOVEL being published next year!

So check out her blog.. she is giving away a spot into my new Art Journaling Class, She had three Hearts!

Courtney's Blog

Check both blogs out to get entered to win!

Happy friday!

Monthly Challenge Follow-Up

Hello :)  Melanie here following up with Dena's AWESoMe challenge this month. HERE is the original post.

I LOVE reusing packaging on my projects and was SUPER excited about Dena's challenge . . . because I knew I could do it (LOL)!

Today I'll share with you my favorite (and EASY) way to reuse packaging. Are you ready? For Journaling spots! Instead of using white or light colored cardstock, use your package background. Now-a-days, so many packages come with cute designs on the background. My favorites are the lined ones :)

 
The Pink Paislee packaging background was PERFECT for a journaling box on this layout. 

 
The background has a grid pattern on it so it was easy to write in straight lines.

I also used the same background packaging on this layout. This time instead of using a box shape, I punched a circle shape.

 
And because I wanted to change the sentiment on the badge, I even used packaging to cover up the original word and added the felt letter stickers on top for my title.

 
**Both of these layouts were made with the March Frugal FAB kits**

The challenge opened March 1st and will end at midnight PST on March 29th. Simply create a project following this month's challenge guidelines, then come back and leave a link in THIS post to your project in the comments section. Special Note: you do NOT have to use Scarlet Lime kits, you are free to use whatever products you would like. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Scarlet Lime Shop!Be sure to upload your project for this challenge to our Member Gallery  by Tuesday the 29th. I'll be posting a winner for this month's challenge on Wednesday the 30th!

A Layout: Behind the Scenes

Hi everyone! It's Keshet here to give you a little info on how to make your kits work for YOU. That's what they're there for, right?

When I first opned the March Frugal Fab kit and saw all of the school-themed products, I must admit I was stumped. You see, I just graduated law school and am no longer a student. I also don' thave any little ones marching off to school in cute little backpacks. Even my husband works! So how was I going to use this kit?

The first approach I took was using the non-themed items for a layout with more general subject matter.  In Opposites Attract below, I used the man and woman icons from the sticker sheet to frame my journaling about how my husband and I are different, but still similar.

For the next layout, however, I decided to spin the theme in a different way--focusing not on school, but on how the ABSENCE of school affects my life.  More specifically, my dreams and wanderings about possibly going back to school one day.  For this layout, I mixed theme specific and more general products.

While the "back to school" sticker is pretty theme specific, the star is more general.  And while the addition and subtraction icons may seem to scream "school," they can actually be used for a variety of fun titles--like "child + snowcone = happiness" or "you + me = the best kind of love."  You get the idea.

The layout that resulted is both about school but has no pictures of school, has school-themed prodcuts and basic ones, and represents a true slice of my life right now.  It was a blast to create and a great way to use product in a less obvious way!

 

Happy St. Patricks Day from Scarlet LIME!

Yep, we loooove green here at Scarlet LIME. And we hope that you all have a great day celebrating all things green! And speaking of green......Remember that this month we are hosting a Go Green Challenge: create a layout or project using recycled scrapbook packaging! You can find all the details in this post HERE...this is YOUR chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Scarlet Lime Mixed Media Shop. Christy is adding new things weekly such as Jumbo Roller Wheel Stamps, new Studio Calico Mr. Huey's and adorable chipboard tags and 7 Gypsies product galore!!! But grab them while you can because they are flying out the door.

Need a little inspiration on how to re-use and re-purpose all the amazing scrapbook packaging that you have laying about? Here is a layout that I created using this month's March Main Kit "Fresh Picked".

 
I used the left over packaging from the Jillibean Soup Corrugated Chipboard Alphabets as the background for my layout. I painted it with Liquitex Cadmium Light Yellow Ink and highlighted it with some Shimmerz paints:
The cute floral chipboard background that is acting as a photo frame is actually the left over packaging from the Jillibean Soup Chipboard Butterflies! I popped off the plastic dome that held the chipboard shapes and then stamped on the plastic with this month's included Glitz floral stamp:

 

So there are 3 examples on one layout on how to utilize all the amazing packaging that is coming to your door each month in your kit. So if you get a hankering today to "Go Green", try a few of these techniques yourself and come share them on this challenge post HERE....or else we might have to come pinch ya ;)
 

Smooched letters

Happy Monday! It's May here, and I've got an idea to share with you.

I love writing on my layouts and sometimes I even create my titles by hand too. One way I like to do this that is faster than hand-cutting a title is to use a ultra fine and more medium tip journaling pen, along with a smooch ink color of my choice.

 

First, you need to draw your title very lightly with the ultra fine tip pen. Do NOT worry about getting it perfect! Go over it a few times and make adjustments to how it looks. Once you're satisfied, outline with the thicker tip pen.

 

Now use smooch ink (or other ink or pen of your choosing) to accent the letters. Take your time, and don't worry about perfection - a little smudge here or whoops there is totally fine.

 

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card that I created with the March Frugal Fab kit using this technique. I have so much fun finding ways to save money and get extra creative with my on-hand stash. I hope you enjoy!

- May

Shop News and a fun little "Behind the Art" video..

 
So if you didn't know already.. THIS week we are offering a coupon code for 10% off your entire purchase in the Scarlet Lime Mixed Media shop! It's good until next monday!  lots of fun new things added to the store.. and some favorites restocked! Click on the "Shop" link above! So check it out!

Coupon code: Spring11

Here is a sneak peek of the some of the new things!

 

 

Fun new Art products like Smooch, heavy Body Acyrlics, Golden Fluids, and even restock of my favorite Faber Castell Pens and Liquitex Acrylic inks!

 

Delicous new stamps from Unity!! And my favorite roller stamps!!!!

 

new rubons, rubons and more rubons! Plus new Emphera!! So fun! Come check us out!

Mixed Media Shop!

 

and speaking of spring.. I started a new series on my personal blog.. but wanted to share with you this fun behind the scenes look into me creating art! Most of the supplies I used can be found in our Papercrafting kits our our mixed media store!  I used papers, rubons, Faber Castell Pens, Roller Stamps (we have a ton in the store!)  a 6x6 canvas! so feel free to join in and make one for yourself!

 

Here is a finished picture of the project!
It reads.. fly birdie fly..

 

Hope this gave you just a little bit of inspiration today an you can go create your own art!
Don't forget coupon is only good until monday!

Code: Spring11  at checkout!

Hugs!
Christy

A tissue paper technique...

Hi all,  Mimi here! Scrapping for me comes on several levels. Some days I just want to sit and scrap...fun, easy layouts with no deadlines to worry about. Sometimes it is a specially requested layout and I have certain parameters I need to meet. Other days I just want to dig in and get my hands dirty...today was one of those days.

I want to share a technique that is fun and easy but adds a great look to any layout.

Here is what you need...

Some chipboard shapes, these stars are from Want2Scrap, tissue paper, a liquid adhesive, spray ink, and some sort of crushed glass.

First I added some dry adhesive to the star and covered that with small bits of tissue paper.

Next a few spritzes of spray ink. Allow it to dry.

Next cover your chipboard pieces with a liquid adhesive and sprinkle with the crushed glass. Allow it to dry.

The finished product...

Now add it to your layout...the perfect handmade embellishment!

A few details...

Hope you liked this simple yet fun technique...thanks so much for stopping by!

Mimi

 

 

 

March Monthly Challenge

We are trying something new here at the Scarlet Lime Blog! Each month a design team member will host a challenge, just for YOU! These will post on the first of each month and all entries will be due on the last day of each month. They will be fun and inspiring and help you get the most out of your Scarlet Lime Kits....PLUS, there will be a FUN prize for one lucky entrant! So let's welcome March with a fun challenge.

As we all know, St. Patrick's Day is in March. What you probably don't know is that green is my favorite color, so I will take ANY excuse I have to celebrate it. But we are going to take a bit of twist on "green" and focus on the "go green" aspect of March... This month, I challenge you to: CREATE A LAYOUT OR PROJECT THAT USES RECYCLED PACKAGING !

Now this can be as intricate and detailed or quick, simple and literal translation as you would like. You can create a mini book out of the box that your kit is shipped in, cut out the adorable designs from some Prima packaging...or do something as simple as I did as use a backing from one of the Pink Paislee rub ons and created my own cloud mask.

Here is an example of how I recycled the packaging:
I simply used a sharpie to draw some clouds. Then cut them out and used them on a sheet of cardstock and used the Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist from the Scarlet Lime February Main kit and created my own cloud background:
Here is the finished project:
So there is a tiny bit of inspiration to get you started. The challenge is open starting March 1st and will end at midnight PST on March 31st. Simply create a project following this month's challenge guidelines, then come back and leave a link in THIS post to your project in the comments section. Special Note: you do NOT have to use Scarlet Lime kits, you are free to use whatever products you would like. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Scarlet Lime Shop! We look forward to seeing YOUR creative uses of packaging!