This week’s word is: Cute

1: attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way

2. : clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner

3. :mentally keen; clever; shrewd.

This word can be used in so many ways. It is such a cute word to use in your title, as I did on this page of my cute nephew Cameron.

This layout was based on a sketch that Ally designed for the So Sketchy Blog. I used a wonderful collection of papers from Rose Moka which generously sponsored the Design Team at weScrap!

~Tara

This weeks tips are all about scoring….

If you have a paper trimmer, like a Fiskars, use an embossing stylus, or a pen that has run out of ink to score your paper. You can line it up so you can measure exactly where you want the score, and the blade track will keep it perfectly straight.

An easy way to score your paper to make a fold is to use an old mouse pad under your paper. This adds a cushion for a better crease and you don’t have to push as hard. Just use a ruler and a bone folder with your mouse pad and you will have perfect folds!

A new and innovative scoring tool is the Scor-Pal. This hard plastic board is grooved in measured intervals and allows you to score your cards and projects. It also has a snap in bone folder so you don’t loose it.

Sew… it’s Monday and time for me to post a challenge. I always get sew… excited when it is my turn to post. Sew… do you want to know what your challenge is for this week??

It’s all about sewing!! I just want to see you sew on your next creation. It can be either by hand or by a machine.

On the following layout of Paige I used a stitch template for the flourish design and poked holes by hand for the side stitches. Then I grabbed some pink thread and sewed on my page. I love the added dimension it gives to a page!

Please email your creation to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You could also link it to me here on the blog.

~Tara~

I created this sketch for the Creative Scrappers “Sketch Fest” this weekend and thought I would share it and a page I made using the sketch.

Make sure you check out this super fun event HERE!

I am excited to share a great way to combine our love of Scrapbooking and helping a great cause!!

Ally has an amazing contest posted on her So Sketchy Blog where you make cards for the “Bring a Smile to a Child” campaign that was started by Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine. She is offering up some prizes for everyone who participates.

Check out her blog for more details!!

~Tara~

I came across this great tutorial while reading the Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog. I wanted to share it with our CCAS readers. Have you ever wanted to make your own gel letters?? Thanks to the wonderfully talented Jen Backler….. now you can too.

Make sure to scroll down to “3T’s Make Your Own Gel Letters”. You will be glad you did!!

Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog

If you happen to use this technique on a layout or card email it to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca and you will earn a ballot for this month’s Blog Prize Draw!!

~Tara~

This week’s word is STAR.

Definitions of star on the Web:

Here’s my page using the word STAR:

I would love for you to be inspired to create something using this week’s word. It can be in your title, your photo(s) or your subject. Don’t forget that if you complete any sketch puzzle challenge, Monday challenge, wordy Wednesday challenge or submit a tip for Tip Tuesday then you will automatically be entered to win this month’s Blog Prize!! So get scrapping and either send them to Tara at( thynner5@yahoo.ca ) or link them in the blog.

I came across these wonderful organizational tips yesterday and made a note to myself to post them here today. These are great tips I found in the Resource section by Sheri.

Organizational Tips: Alphabets by Sheri

As an alphabet addict, this was something I had to learn the hard way.

As my collection grew from a cm carrytote, to a manila folder, to a photo storage box, to a small decorative trunk-box with a lid, my alphabets became a huge mess!

Suddenly, it occurred to me to sort my alphabets by color.

AND THIS IS AWESOME!

Several times, I’ve been working on a project, knowing orange, for example, was my overall theme, I just went to my trunk, grabbed my orange alphas, used what I needed, and put them back in my box. No more digging!
I have them seperated by color first, then by size. So all my blacks are together, with largest packages in the back, moving up by size, then all clipped together with a binder clip. On alphabets that are thicker– like a package of epoxy stickers, for example, I might have another binder clip attatching just that pkg.. but still all clipped together in that color stack.

For my mm rubons, that come in those pkgs, they are loose.

I also had several Monograms/stencils that i’ve recv’d in swaps, and I have those binder clipped together by alpha.

Now my box stays nice and neat, and I can easily find what I need. Even if I’m going to mix it up, it’s still all right there!

I have a pretty cool system that I just love here. I’m big into the metal pieces, gameboard pieces and such as that for alphabets. I was having the same problems with stuff getting out of control. Although I never got into a trunk.

Anyway, I went in back in late June and organized mine differently. I have these trays by Craft Mates. They are plastic compartment things that lock shut. There are 14 compartments per tray. So, I took two of them and sorted by letter. There’s a space for each letter of the alphabet and I dig through it like that. I find that it’s much quicker for me to know if I’ve got enough of a certain type of something to write what word I want. Much quicker than rummaging through a package of that style and hunting desperately for an E. Ya know? Plus, when I want to do the mix and match ransom sort of effect, this system is totally perfect!!!!! I’m soooooooo glad I did this.

As for rub-ons… They are all together in a photo box and easy to sort through. My stickers are in Cropper Hopper Verticals with sticker organizers. One holds alphabets, one holds assorted leftovers and another holds all my nice sticker packages. I find that it works great!

If you happen to have any tips you would like to share with us please email them to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca and put CCAS Blog Tips in the subject line. Everytime you do you will earn a ballot for the monthly Blog Prize Draw!!

~Tara~

This week’s challenge is to create a page using the following sketch….

Here’s my page… “Family Ties“

I used the Sweet Pea Scraps July kit to create this page.

Send a copy of your sketch page to Tara at thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Challenge Monday” in the subject line.  You name will be entered into the monthly prize draw just for creating a page to share with us here.

Happy creating….