The Scarlet Lime

Melanie Jarocki: Style Projects

Linear, journaling, embellishment clusters, borders, and banners--that is how I defined my style in my post earlier this month. I really enjoyed working with the January kits, just letting go and doing my thing :)

This first layout is with the Main Kit. I loved the colorful papers! I decided on a primary color theme since the layout was focusing on my 3-year-old. Lots of lines, borders, and a banner.

I added some Jenni Bowlin paint to the chipboard hearts, along with some stickles to make them sparkle. I sprinkled some Perfect Pearls mist and Mister Huey white on the background as well.

For my next layout with the Main kit, I went girly!  The big floral print on the Pink Paislee paper has such a feminine feel to it. Again, I added a border . . . this time with the yellow dot paper and some stitching. Lots of lines on this page, too :)

I had a larger cluster of embellishments by the title, combining the Crate paper sticker, Pink Paislee die cut, and the thickers in the Frugal Fab kit.

You can see how I included journaling on both of my layouts--fun stories to share!

One more project with the main kit . . . a card. I love making cards!  First up, I used some grey cardstock to contrast with the pink and yellow colors. I stitched around the edges of the card and then stitched the pink lace on top of the paper strips. Then, I layered the Crate Paper stickers and added a Kaiser rub-on for a finishing touch. Just to add a bit more balance, I put the little Hello sticker up in the corner.

With the Frugal FAB kit, I continued making some cards. Yellow is my favorite color so this ornament by Pink Paislee definitely had to be on one of my projects! I thought it looked really nice against the green background. I added some of the Kaiser Craft rub ons for a subtle detail.
The sentiment is from SRM stickers.

This last card if by far my favorite! I just adore butterflies :) I hand-cut these ones out of the American Crafts patterned papers. The perforated tag lines on the bottom of the AC papers are perfect to add for accents on projects. I used another SRM sentiment sticker and then thought the Crate Paper stickers from the Main kit would add a fun touch to rhyme kisses with wishes :)

 LOVED working with the kits this month! So much color to play with and a variety of embellishments. Thanks for stopping by today.

My Style: Savitri Wilder

Hi again!! Last time I shared my style with you and today I want to share with you a couple of my simple (and well thought of, HA) layouts. 

For this layout I went with bright and bold. The January Frugal Fab kit was just perfect for what I needed. I LOVE all the bright little pieces!

This next one is a bit mellower. While I have always loved the main kits, the Frugal Fab kits have always been, in my mind at least, FAB! Seriously!! Especially with this one. I could go bright and bold AND sweet and girlie with one kit!

So that's my style!! I have a few more pieces to share with you but I'll do that in another post! Laters!!

Mimi Leinbach: What's my style projects!

Welcome all! I hope you have had a great time following along with all the gals style project, I know I have.

I jumped into this months kits full force and wanted to share them with you. First off a layout of my boys with the main kit!

This kit seriously suited my style with all these gorgeous colors and fantastic papers.

I definitely have a tendency to type my journaling and this layout is no different.

Now despite the fact that I consider myself a layout girl. The rest of my project this month are not layouts but altered projects. I guess that may be my new style...I created this tag for my gorgeous niece, Sam!

I love using inks on things now, so gorgeous. Don't you just love the sparkle.

Now the Frugal Kit is so eye catching you just can miss it! I recently lost my beloved pet, Lucy so I created this frame from the fun packaging the chipboard shapes came in. I pulled out this picture of her, it is one of my favorites!

I miss her so...

I also decided to make a fun tag.

Talk about a POP of color...makes me ready for spring on this cold and snowy day!

I used a ton of things from the store in this months projects. Check out the Unity Stamps, Liquitex Liquid Stamps, Spray Inks, Claudine Hellmuth Paints, Modeling Paste and Gesso, and last but not least Kaiser Craft Rub-ons.

Lori Jolley: Style projects

I think this layout really shows some of the elements of my "style." There is lots of white space and balance and the embellishments are all related to the story - and I actually decided not to add any journaling or explanation to this page because I thought the photos, title and accents told the story by themselves.  I drew the black border with a pen and ruler even though you can't tell I used a ruler. Hmmm - It just looks more personal right?

I love the separated title and even the separated photos. I usually like to group photos together but placing them apart made sense this time since my boy was looking up into the trees for birds and also shows that there was some space between him and what he was looking for. 

This decorated tin can also fits my style. Its girly and pink and also has a vintage look to it because of the pretty paper and tags from the January main kit. I moved some of my favorite pens from my messy desk drawer and put them on the desktop so they are nearby when I work. This is a super simple project and definitely not a new idea -- but sometimes the simplest projects make me the happiest.

This spring frame was one of those experiments I talked about in my  style post earlier this month. I have seen lots of pretty art made from butterflies and I just wanted to see what I could do with that concept. I cut out individual butterflies from paper in the January frugal fab kit and folded the wings up so they would be dimensional when I glued them onto the background. Most of the butterfly art I've seen has the butterflies arranged in a grid - like specimens would be.  I wanted mine to look like they were fluttering so arranged them in a random slanted line across the page. I added some glitter glue to the foam letters to add some more sparkle and then put the page in a pretty vintage frame. 

Style Files: Keshet Starr

Since our blog theme this month is about personal style, I used a very fancy-free approach in my designing, just pulling out individual elements from the kits that I loved and mixing them together!

This layout incorporates one of my favorite color schemes--light blue and yellow--so that helps the page echo my personal style from the get-go.  I also added strips of patterned paper, trim in one of my favorite accent colors (pale pink), a feminine flower, and some doodling to include elements I love.  I anchored the title on label stickers, which are probably my #1 favorite supply! 

In the upper right corner, I used one of my favorite techniques--a little embellishment cluster to add interest without breaking up the white space I love so much.

I left the chipboard hearts raw because I loved them that way, and doodled aorund them to create mroe interest.  I also incorporated two different alphabets to create the title, another one of my favorite techniques. It's a quick and easy way to add in some visual appeal!

So there you have it! My personal style boiled down into a page. Happy Sunday, everyone!

All About Style Projects: Dena Hamlin

We have spent the past few weeks talking about all things style...and now it's time to show how each of us put our stylish spins on this month's Scarlet Lime Kits. I have it on good authority that the kits have SHIPPED and are on their way to your doorsteps as we speak. Here is a peek at what you can expect to arrive:

Scarlet Lime Main Kit "Adore"

Scarlet Lime Frugal Fab "Playful" Kit

and if you are lucky the Scarlet Lime Mixed Media January Kit!

Now we are going to share our projects from these beautiful boxes of love! Here is how I was compelled to create with this month's kits.

I took this picture of my lil cutie Zoe a few weeks ago. She is such a sassy little thing. I sat down with my Frugal Fab Kit and started with the layout first. I was feeling rather minimalist this particular day and was drawn to the backside of a piece of Pink Paislee paper included in the kit and the really cute striped trim on the bottom. A little strip at the top ending in a Pink Paislee Details felt flower and a tiny little strip of striped paper at the bottom add movement and also anchor the layout. The star of the layout....smack dab in the middle of the page. Try using this design scheme for those leftovers from your kits! Super simple and quick, but still holds a big impact.

Now inside your Frugal Fab kits....there is this little gem that is dying for you to create something fun with it.

See that box ^^^^^^^ right here! Go grab that baby...and  one of the flowers and that frame. Select one of the cute birds from inside the Pink Paislee box....and now you can create this:

How cute of a gift box is this!??!?! has all of my favorite elements.

Cardboard:check  Birds:check  Yellow: check! Blingage: Check!!!!!

 So simple, so cute...I fully expect to see a few of you making some of these. Then post them and  share your take on this project!

Kids say the darnedest thing. And if you are my quirky, hilarious child...then you say the darnedest things every time you open your mouth. This particular day, we had gone out to ice cream. Zoe was eating hers and out of the middle of nowhere goes "I am not a kid in a candy store, I am a TWEEN in an ICE CREAM SHOP!"  Insert roars of laughter here. I had to document this little "Zoeism"

Now when it comes to the style...you can see that once again, I have the minimalist approach but have combined some glitter spray (a fave of mine!) and some clusters of embellies...complete with an ice cream die cut.

And that polka dot scalloped edge tape, I made that.

And you can too. All you need is some packing tape, a piece of patterned paper and some water. Lay a piece of clear packing tape over a strip of patterned paper (making sure to not get any air bubbles trapped)...then if you want a shaped edge, cut NOW...before submerging in water. So snip snip snip....now take your tape covered paper and soak in a bowl of water for 5-10 minutes. Perfect time to grab a quick snack and come back. Remove tape from the water and then rub off the paper on the backside. You will be left with your own "washi" style patterned tape!

So this wraps up my style and interpretation of this month's kits. I have one more little project using the main kit that is in the works...but I shall share that later this month. Stay tuned as the design team showcases their projects all week long. 

Happy Scrappin'

Savitri Wilder: What's My Style?

Hi again! It's Savitri here and I want to share with you my style. 

I've been scrapbooking for over 10 years now and after trying out all sorts of different styles my one that I go back to over and over again is clean, simple and a lot of white space. 

In real life I am a bit OCD. I like things to be straight. When you have kids it's hard to keep up with this OCD-ness but when I am alone, or when I can, I'd straighten things or align them just so. But this little habit of mine is why most of my pages are aligned just so. I use a lot of straight lines. I use a lot of rules of thirds and before adhering I would place everything just so and then gently (without moving much of what was laid out) glue everything to the page and each other.

So that's my style. I make it more clear I want to share with you some past pages with you:

March Main kit

August Main kit

June Main kit

Even with the ripped edges, there is a sense of straightness in there.

This looks busy but there are still a lot of white space to be seen.

Same when I went a bit more playful and added some paint, ink and lots of trimmings.

That's it and I can't wait to share with you what I've created using January's main and frugal fab kit!

Mimi Leinbach: What's my style?

When I heard the challenge for this month, to name our style I went into a bit of panic mode. What is my style, hmmmm...I  have a hard time saying I have a particular style. If you asked me this question 2 years ago, my answer would have been very different so this is what I narrowed it down to. Evolving!  I sometimes create in a very simplistic and linear style.

Scarlet Lime October 2010 Main Kit

I love color, the bolder and brighter the better! I have to say that in my mind, to much color is never enough.

Scarlet Lime January 2011 Main Kit

My style has really changed quite a bit in the last year...I think we can blame Christy and the Mixed Media Store for that. She has inspired me to do things that I NEVER would have tried because I would have been scared to make a mistake. Now I know that a mistake may be just what a projects needs to make it special!

Scarlet Lime May 2011 Frugal Kit

I started my first art journal...oh, how fun! I never was one to use many stamps. I always felt an image had to be just perfect for it to be right, boy was I wrong...there is not a single perfectly stamped image on these pages and I love it anyway. I have to say it is very freeing to feel that way when I create.

Scarlet Lime October 2011 Main Kit

I even did my first canvas this year, so my art is sometimes off the page now! I made this canvas for one of my nieces. I must say they are very happy I ventured further into the mixed media world! They reap the rewards of getting my fingers dirty.

Scarlet Lime September 2011 Main Kit

So what I know about my style is that it is what it is today...and may very well be something else tomorrow. And I just love that!

Style: Melanie Jarocki

We are talking style this month . . . and to echo Dena's comment in her post on the 2nd, I love that the Scarlet Lime team is full of a variety of scrapbooking style.

I definitely fall into the linear style type . . . I like things to be lined up and orderly.

I am also big on journaling. Love to tell the story in my handwriting on the page.

I don't usually use a ton of embellishments but like to cluster a few somewhere on the page.

Usually you will find some sort of border--stitching, pen lines, etc.--on my pages.

And I love banners. Hoping that trend stays around for awhile because it makes me happy. :)

Linear, journaling, embellishment clusters, borders, and banners. That about sums up my style.

Hope your year is off to a stylish start! :)

Lori Jolley: What is my style?

What is my personal style?

This is a hard one because I'm not sure I have a defining style. I doubt if anyone sees a project I make and they immediately just say, "Lori made that." Plus I love to try new things so I am always trying a new technique or a different pattern in my projects. Here is an example - 

I loved the look and texture of iris folding and used the technique on a scrapbook page. 

So - my style is ecclectic and constantly changing because of my love of experimenting and trying new ideas.

I know I love vintage items and colors and I love pretty, girly things so I love to use buttons and ribbon and lace. I also love to sew and quilt and crochet so there is stitching or fabric or some item from another hobby on my projects, too.

And as I looked back at the projects I've done this past year I noticed that I like my photos to be in a line or in a group but the embellishments don't necessarily have to be grouped together or with the photos. I just like the photos to be grouped together in a line or a grid.  I also like the elements on the page to help tell the story or be related to the photos or other items. So if I'm doing a page about picking apples, I probably won't use veggies or  pears on the page or if I'm telling about a child who pretends to be a star, I probably won't put hearts on the page. I want the colors, photos and embellishments to all be part of the story and to be consistent with the story. That doesn't mean I would never mix hearts and stars because I definitely would! If somthing helps tell the story or expresses an emotion or mood then I will mix and match any elements that show that.  

I guess my style is a mix of lots of styles - linear, ecclectic, logical, evolving and unpredictable. Fun! I love it!!!