The Scarlet Lime

Wild Abandonment

Hi there! 

I'm popping in here with some praise for Christy and her workshops and classes. They are amazing and so fun! I have loved them all! Christy's She Art girls are adorable and her color workshop and Three hearts class were great, too, but my favorite so far is definitely the Art of Wild Abandonment with Junelle Jacobsen.

Junelle teaches the "wild art" classes and Christy does her own series of videos on Wednesdays with her take on the class and projects. Junelle is the sweetest person - you really feel like you are there with her as she teaches. She is funny and real and so encouraging. I have loved "meeting" her through the workshop! 

I am not an artist. I took an art class a long, long time ago in high school, but I haven't drawn or sketched since then. I can't even doodle and I have never used watercolors since I was a child so I am a complete beginner in this area.   BUT. . .

here is my very first project from the class. Drawing radishes!!

Crazy fun! And honestly - if I can do this - anyone can. I love that we jump right in and forget the "rules" and we use the simplest tools - paper and a mechanical pen and a big eraser. Then we learn how to use watercolor and so on. 

This is another idea from the class. Simple owls.

See - I am not an artist.  My youngest children can draw better than this and I may not get much better. I doubt if I'll ever completely "WOW" anyone with my art - but I can already tell that I really like this way of expressing myself and I want to learn more. Isn't it wonderful when we find a  medium that allows us to grow and fulfills our need be creative and expressive and that is satisfying to us! So I'm encouraging you to try new things - art or gardening or photography or whatever interests you - and try it!

Or rediscover it!

Or reinvent it!

And remember - we all have to start somewhere and the bottom is as good as anywhere! ;)

Savitri: March Numbers

I love numbers! Even though I'm no math whizz, I love math and have always had a soft spot for anything that's number related.

I don't do a lot of math anymore. The most math that I do is figuring out what 60% off a dress is or if my £6 can buy Emma the fish and chips she watned. Exciting, right? But I still use numbers a lot. Mostly up to three though.

I have this 2.5-yrs-old you know and she likes to test me. So on a day-to-day basis I would do the one.... two.... come over here now before I get to three... two and a half... and before I get to three Jovie would come. 

Sometimes though she would get stubborn. The photo above is a good example. I wanted to take a photo of her, something cute, but she refused. I asked her to be happy, to be playful, to smile, but nothing. 

This month's theme of numbers was just the perfect inspiration to scrapbook (creataed using Scarlet Lime's February Frugal Fab kit) this cute photo of my youngest. She's the stubborn one but she's still too too cute ! 

I hope you have fun with this month's theme! Numbers are everywhere and we definitely use them every single day!

Take care!!

Mimi Leinbach: Another Set of Art Journaling Pages

The February Frugal Fab Kit is so pretty. I just love the beach themed products and considering the beach is one of my favorite places in the world I ran with that idea.

Since I am seriously into my Art Journal...this seemed like the perfect time to celebrate my love of the beach.

This fantastic bling seahorse was my inspiration for the pages.

Between the stamp, bling words, and my fab Scarlet Lime Pen I said everything I needed to say.

Lori Jolley: February projects and March numbers

There are so many ways to share the things we love. We can take photos of moments and family and document them like I did in this layout of my son enjoying the sunshine and warmth of summer. We will love looking at them and remembering again and again.

I kept it simple since I want the photos to shine. The February frugal fab kit was full of fun things that reminded me of summer - vivid greens and yellows and reds and fun beach-themed ATC cards and bright buttons. I decorated one of the buttons with parts of the alphabet stickers in the kit to make a smiley face in the top corner and I used some of the Pink Paislee bling stickers to look like water droplets.

I love to give handmade gifts whenever I can. Since spring is coming and there are always several weddings and bridal showers that will be coming up, I made some simple recipe cards to give to new brides. I know I appreciated some of the recipes I received when I was first married. It was nice to have some recipes I knew were tasty and that my new husband liked.

If I have some of these cards on hand, it is so simple to add some kitchen towels and an apron for a personal and fun gift.

And since I love surprises and surprising people and  I love gifts in pretty packaging, I'm sharing another of my loves a friend - peach jam - tied with lace from the February frugal fab kit and dressed up with tags and paper from the February main kit. 

And I think I've found a new love! The little gift bag made with pretty paper and the pinwheel sticker would be perfect filled with cookies or candy or scones. I love it! Wouldn't it be so fun to give or receive a goodie in one of those?! 

And as we jump into March, we will be thinking about numbers. We use numbers in so many ways during each day without even thinking about it or realizing it! We make lists (at least I do), we have to wake up and go to work or take children to practice at a certain time, , we have to watch the number on the speedometer when we drive, we measure ingredients to bake or buy a certain number of items at the store, we have time limits or we try to beat a certain time, we say or do things a certain number of times in a day or a week, we count down the days to holidays and on and on. 

Numbers are everywhere in our lives and it will be fun to see how our numbers add up this month for the design team.

Join us! Leave a comment or a link on any of our posts this month or add your projects to the Scarlet Lime Gallery so we can see them! We absolutely love to see your work - you can count on that!

All About Numbers: Dena Hamlin

1...ahh ahh ahh

2..ahh ahh ahh

well I think you know where I am going with this.

This month at Scarlet Lime we are focusing on numbers...and yeah, this is where my brain went to. Must have been the Sesame Street documentary I watched a few days ago on Netflix. But numbers are also all over the place when we scrapbook. We make lists, Top 10's, scrap birthdays, anniversaries, team numbers and I guess if you are a math geek you might scrapbook a quadratic equation, but hey no judging here LOL.

But out of all of these options,  I would say I love to scrap Top 10's or make lists. I did that with last months project that I posted a few weeks ago. The numbered paper from American Crafts was just perfect for it:

Instead of the traditional birthday party layout each year, I tend to highlight my daughter's age and the traits and a list of her favorites at that point in time.  Here is a layout I found that I made wayyy back in May of 2010 with a Scarlet Lime Kit. Man has my Zoe girl changed since this pic:

Here is one from when Zoe was almost 10:

So here are several examples of using numbers in layouts. Keep an eye peeled to see how we all use the Scarlet Lime Kits this month and incorporate numbers into our projects AND see what other awesome ideas the design team has :)

Have a great and creative day!

Savitri LOVES the February Kits!!

All the waiting was completely worth it! The February kits are FAB FAB FAB!!! Not only are they gorgeous but they were packed with so much stuff!!! That's one big thing that I've always loved about Scarlet Lime's kits, they're always full of goodness, not just paper (although I will not refuse any pretty paper ;)).

Today I have two pages to share with you.

The above was created using the main kit. My oldest, Emma (or M), turned eight early in February and she decided on a shopping party. Basically what we did was invited two of her best friends, gave them each an allowance, drove them to the shopping centre and let them go to whatever favourite shop to spend their money. The girls had a blast and I did too. 

Coincidently one of the page has all sorts of numbers on it and I thought it'd be fun to cut them up and adhered them in different parts of the page. I LOVE how this page turned out. It's really playful while still a pretty simple page. 

This one above was created using the Frugal Fab kit. Seriously, if you are on a tight budget but love to papercraft, this kit is perfect for you. The FF kits are ALWAYS full of goodness and they all have been really fun and versatile. 

Now, do you see the piece of paper behind the photograph on the left? That's the cover for a roll-on stamp that came with the kit. I hate throwing things that can be re-used and so I used it on my page. It worked out awesome I think {::SMILES}. 

If you are not already a Scarlet Lime subscriber, these two kits are already sold out. BUT, if you like what you see, do subscribe for March (and April, May, June, etc). I've been a subscriber since 2007 and still loving it!!!

Take care!