The Scarlet Lime

Happy Birthday, Christy :-) . . . and a giveaway . . .

Happy Birthday, Christy!

We hope you are having a great weekend at CKU Reunion. You are an amazingly talented artist. Thank you for inspiring us each month.

Here are a few cards that we made with your awesome Scarlet Lime kits:

from Dena (using the pretty October Main kit)

from Lori (she combined products from the August, September, and October main kits).

from Mimi (she added in some mixed media items from the shop with products from both October kits).

from Melanie (she used the October Main kit).

from Rachel (she used the September Main kit)

To help celebrate Christy's special day, please leave a comment letting us know your favorite birthday tradition. A winner will be randomly chosen and will win a $25 gift certificate to the Scarlet Lime shop! The winner will be announced Nov. 1st. :)

Lori Jolley: Inspiration Projects

I really love looking at magazines and I keep them for a long time because the things that catch my eye right now might be completely different several months from now. That is what happened when I looked through the Aug/Sept 2011 issue of Somerset Studio's Artful Blogging Magazine again. (Yes - that is the issue that features Christy's blog)

Of course, the first time I looked at this issue I wanted to see Christy's article but this time I studied the photos and fell in love with this one on page 83. I love everything about those apples - the colors and black stitching and the simplicity! 

I took everything I loved and made a set of cards using the October frugal fab kit "Falling Leaves". I hand stitched the apples with black embroidery thread and used pop dots to give them dimension. I'm making several sets of cards to give as teacher gifts for Christmas with a jar of apple pie filling. 

My second project is also inpired by a magazine. I love to quilt so I used this photo of a quilt in the Better Homes and Gardens Amercan Patchwork & Quilting magazine (February 2011, page 36-37) to create a layout about the quilt group I attend. 

I used the October frugal fab kit for this layout also.

And finally - I am usually inspired to make at least one of my projects from items that come in the kits. There is always something in the Scarlet Lime kits that I just have to use right away. I used the items in the October main kit "Blueberry Pie" to make a page about

apples! There are truly so many things to inspire in this kit!! It's so fun!

What inspires you? Please share with us because we are inspired by all of you!

Hugs!

Melanie Jarocki: Inspiration Projects

Hello :) Last week, I listed some things that inspire me in my crafting. With the Fall season taking over, there are beautiful colors right outside my front door. The mum on my porch and maple in our yard inspired me to create a layout documenting my feelings about fall. I used the October Frugal FAB kit for this layout.

Often, the products in a kit will inspire me to make a particular project--especially words or phrases. I thought the sunglasses on the sticker sheet were cool . . . and the sticker sheet had the word "cool" on it. I was able to take letters from the other phrases ("A toast to you") and make "You are so cool" label for the card.

Thanks for letting me share these projects with you.

Mimi Leinbach: Inspiration Projects

This kits this month are gorgeous but I also added some fun stuff from the mixed media store which are so dang fun you have to add these to you stash.

With the frugal kit this month I create this layout of my boys on a trip to Universal Studios. We had such a fun day. I added some fun stamps and Claudine Hellmuth Paints which are my new favorite product.

Check out how the paints draw out the design on the book plate.

This layout was based on this photo which totally inspired me.

Next I decided that I wanted to create a few new pages in my art journal based on this photo and Christy's amazing mixed media classes.

My love of the beach, all things tropical and these fantastic colors helped me create these pages...

and some details...

I also tried a new product to me this month. These Faber-Castell Gelatos make such fantastic colors as you can see in this photo, draw a little on add a touch of water on a paintbrush and gorgeous water color designs appear...just like magic!

Savitri Wilder: Inspiration Projects

Today I want to share a couple projects using Scarlet Lime's main kit! Today's inspiration is Halloween and a photograph that I shared last time I posted here. 

My first project is this, I mean it is October after all :)

I used some of the tape and (leftover) paper from another project that I did (which you can see below). While one could have used pattern paper for the hat portion I decided to go with a white cardstock and added some stamping. This one particular stamp's from Waltzingmousehouse and it's just one that's been laying around my desk for weeks (a good sign that I need to tidy up my craft room!!). 

Here's a side view of this card:

See how I bent the top? Very witchy hat I think :)

The next was a blank journaling book that I decorated for a little friend.

I wanted to focus on the journaling piece that came from the kit and also based this book design on this image that I shared last time. 

With a splash of this:

Ok, that's it from me today! I hope to share a few more goodies from the Frugal Fab kit in the next few weeks! Laters and have a wonderful week!! 

Dena Hamlin: Inspiration Projects!

Well last week, I shared my love of wanelo and a certain color combo with you....and now this week, I shall share the layout that I made based off of my inspiration. As a quick reminder, here is what I posted for my inspiration: My love of the site: wanelo and these lovely goodies:

 
So I sat down with this month's kit and came up with this little number:

 
My own little STYLE FILE! I pulled any and all papers from this months "Blueberry Pie"Main Kit that fit the bill. Yellow and grey are ABUNDANT and Crate paper just hits the spot! I am going to make a STYLE FILE album using the same basic idea each month: By creating a vignette/ style board and a layout based off what inspired me that month. I totally think YOU should do the same. Keep a running count of all the cool things that we have floating in our hard drives or stacked up in our junk drawers!

I also created two other projects for this month. One more project from the "Blueberry Pie" Main Kit:

 

 
If you haven't noticed, I have a TOTAL weakness for all things vintage. Clothing, shoes, jewelry, (cough cough PAPER cough) and the vintage products from Glitz just SCREAMED use me. And the title I borrowed from my friend Eryn's adorable online store Vintage Glam!

My next layout I created with this month's Frugal Fab "Falling Leaves" kit. Such a great mix of colors in this kit!

 

 
 
I took a different approach with the kit and went girly as opposed to autumnal. See how flexible these kits really are. The rub ons in the kit from Kaisercraft and American Crafts are just darling!

Hopefully, some of my projects will give you inspiration as this month's kits arrive on your doorstep. Please feel free to leave links to your projects that you create using Scarlet Lime Kits so we can all ooooh and ahhhh over them.

Creative Wishes From My Craft Table to Yours,

 

Lori Jolley : What Inspires Me

There are so many places to get creative inspiration! 

Right now one of my favorite places for inspiration is Pinterest.  There is eye candy there for any art form or creative endeavor you could ever dream up. Love it! My boards cover so many ideas I know I'll never get to them all! 

Another of my favorite ways to gain inspiration is just to wander through craft or fabric stores. There are so many ideas - from textures and patterns and colors of fabric to floral arrangements and holiday decor. I see inspiration everywhere! I love to look at the displays in stores, too and most of the time I find a free idea brochure that gives me great ideas.

I also love blogs for inspiration. There are so many talented people out there willing to share an idea or a tutorial or a photo of the things they love. I'm not even going to tell how many blogs I love to check occassionally because it just embarrassing - there are a lot! 

Here are some blogs I can't get enough of

Rebecca Sower

dottie angel

attic 24

And then I can't leave out magazines.

There are lots and lots of magizines to choose from so even if it isn't specifically about art or mixed media or paper crafts, there are lots of ways to get inspired by your favorite magazines.

• look at the ads - notice colors, arrangement of elements, fonts, details
• notice details on furniture, clothing, wrapping and packaging that catches your eye
• photos - colors, arrangement, details
• quote boxes or pulled out quotes that are in bold or in color - these are the outstanding thoughts of an author or featured guest that can be used to sum up our own thoughts or as a trigger for journaling ideas

Truly - anything can be an inspiration! 

Melanie Jarocki: What Inspires Me

Nature

Seasons changing

My kids activities

Memories

Poetry

Food

Magazines

Sketches

New kits

Funny things my kids say

Chocolate

Enjoy your weekend! :)

Mimi Leinbach: What inspires me

The better question is what doesn't inspire me...everything does. Photography is a major inspiration for me. You can sit down for two minutes at your computer to surf the net and come up with some amazing inspiration...I found this on the website Oddee, the photographer was not credited but this can start you off with color inspiration or the simplistic design.

This photo caught my eye instantly...another great place to look for inspiration that is right at the tip of your fingers. Cell phone backgrounds...there are thousands right there with fantastic colors, designs and photography.

I am also inspired by classes right here at Scarlet Lime.  If you have not taken one you truly are missing out. Last month Christy inspired me to create this canvas...

Her color class had me digging in to paint colors I never thought I would have used...

There is no better inspiration than digging it a pile of paint, rub-ons, and pattern paper for me!

I hope you can help but feel inspired by all the post this week on the blog...we had a great time sharing our points of inspiration with you!

Savitri Wilder: What Inspires Me

Hi all! It's Savitri here!! Hope your Thursday is wonderful!! Today it's my turn to share what inspires me. But, as I type this entry on my MacBook Pro I can't help not thinking about the guy who inspired many: Steve Jobs, the true master of innovation. It was the first thing I read on my iPad this morning and I hope he can now rest in peace and even though he's passed on, we can still be inspired by him. 

So... what inspires me? Many things and a couple of them have been written by Rachel and Keset. I do want to add two things to the list: Quotes and my girls.

Here's one I love, by Steve Jobs (Interview with Business Week in 1998):

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

While I do enjoy a complicated page/card here and there, my true style is clean and simple. Many think that it's easy to create a simple papercrafting project but I don't think so. While I have days when I can whip out a simple page in 30 minutes there are other times when it'd take me 1-2 hrs. With a simple design you only have so many pieces to work with and with those pieces you really want to make a statement or really highlight the photo(s). 

And another one from Dr. Seuss:

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

When I first started blogging I used to create based on what I thought my blog readers wanted. But one day I came across this quote and had an inspirational moment. From that day on I created for me and the two girls (my number one inspiration actually -- and you can see their silliness on my blog or scrapbook pages). I'd post my creations on my blog and other galleries and not care whether others like it or not. Sometimes we worry about what others might think of our work, I am still too at times, but if we can look pass what others might think then we can become better at doing what we love.

Before I leave I want to leave you with a few simple designs which I love that really made me want to look at it for hours:

from ideas.homelife.com.au

from Pixtal Peep

from BHG

Have a great one all!!