Buzz & Bloom Competition!! $250 prize pack :)

Buzz & Bloom are really in the mood to celebrate and they're running a great competition!

They're looking for the best project created using a Buzz & Bloom tabbed mini album kit... and what's up for grabs?? A prize pack worth $250!!! That's a tonne of product!!

So what do you have to do?? Simply create your project using a Buzz & Bloom tabbed book kit (available in our shop), take your photos and then upload it into the Buzz & Bloom Flicker page. For more information check out this post on the Buzz & Bloom blog!

Currently available in the shop we have 3 different tabbed mini book kits for sale... and starting today we're taking 20% off the RRP! Now available for just $12!!!

Unicorn:

Hearts:

Circles

To give you an idea here's one I made using the circle tab kit:

And if you're looking for even more ideas the current Buzz & Bloom design team are putting up their ideas on the Buzz & Bloom blog... there's some GREAT ideas to use!

Why not give it a go!!!

Buzz & Bloom Design Team 2010

I received an email from Buzz & Bloom announcing their Design Team call for 2010... exciting stuff!

We are looking for a fresh crop of designers to be on our design team for the upcoming new year.

If you think you've got what it takes, and you're interested in applying here's what to do:

Email us the following information:

1. Your name, email address, phone number and address.
2. A link to your blog and/or on-line gallery.
3. Previous or current design team / teaching experience.
4. Information on any published work.
5. Please also include a little bit about yourself and your life, as well as detailing your experience with scrapbooking, your style, favorite products or techniques, and give us a good idea of who you are and what kind of artist you are.
   

Along with this email, please attach images of four of your best or favorite layouts or projects.

Write a sample blog post for two of the four layouts.Your job as a member of our Design Team will be as much about writing posts on our blog as it will be about designing projects with our products. We want to see how you present your projects in writing. Each sample post should include details of techniques used, products used and should also give us a glimpse of your personality.

The use of our products is not a requirement.
We will accept submissions which include off the page projects, however we have a limit of one per application.

Successful applicants will be required to submit:
3 projects per month, including drafting of blog posts for each project & occasional additional artwork for catalogs, trade shows and new product releases

You will receive product packs in the mail every two months.

Email your application to dt@buzzandbloom.com with subject "2010 DT Application". Applications close 31st October.

Looking forward to seeing some amazing talents!!

This Design Team call is open to anyone, in any country.

Why not give this a go?? The people at Buzz & Bloom are super friendly and great to work with!!

September Mid Month Motivation

Each month we do a mid-month motivation... something just to have a go at. Sometimes it's a sketch, sometimes a card challenge but this month we've got something a little different.

When I was writing about the Tim Holtz masks on the Scrapbook Dreams blog I was thinking about the fact that I really don't use paint on my layouts very much and I realised that as scrappers we all have our 'favourite' things we do over and over... but what have you never tried?? Have you ever bought products thinking you want to give something a go... and then just never actually gotten around to it???

Here's a couple of examples - After being quite 'anti' paint on my layouts I gave it a go and came up with this:
I really wanted to try creating a canvas and the opportunity came up to do a class. I ended up creating this for my BIL and he still has it on the wall:
I learnt lots of new techniques making the canvas and went on to make a few more :)

Just recently I was talking to Esther on the phone and she was busy multi-tasking (as you do). She had a stamp out and had inked it up... then the next minute she went "Bother" (or something fairly similar LOL)... she had accidently inked it with the 'wrong' ink pad But here's the result:
She's been busy ever since doing multi-coloured stamped images!!!

So here's the motivation... try something you've been wanting to do... or have never done! It can be a technique, project, something you've bought and never used... it's completely up to you!... so go and 'play' and show us the results!

When I got home from work tonight there was a fabulous canvas Sherryn had made in the gallery! So why not give it a go and see what you can come up with??

Shell xx

Product Spotlight - Tim Holtz masks

Everyone that knows me knows that I'm a fan of Tim Holtz! I'm not so much into the fact that his name is on his products... it's more a case of I know that they're really good products :)

I'm completely into the Distress Inks - in fact I find it really difficult to complete any crafting project without adding a bit of Distress Ink!!

More recently I've discovered how good his masks are! I've tried other masks and they just haven't done the job... but these beauties are FANTASTIC!

My sister recently gave me a Tim Holtz mask (Flourish) as a gift and here's a layout I created with it:
This layout was super easy! Here's the steps I used:

1. Take a piece of plain cardstock (I used black)
2. Place Tim Holtz mask in position... it sticks to the paper perfectly but is completely removable without any damage to your paper!
3. Get some paint (I used white) and smear it over the mask with a paper towel... the best part is that there's NO clean up! When you're happy with the design just let it dry a bit and throw your paper towel in the bin :)
4. Then I scrunched up a bit of bubble wrap and dabbed it in some more white paint and 'stamped' it around the edges.
5. Next I added my photos, journaling and title - super easy and really effective!

We've got three of Tim's masks available in our online shop - (L to R) Borderline, Timeworks & Flourish.

If you'd like to see more about using these masks you can watch this video Tim Holtz created... there's LOADS of tips in it!



Happy crafting - Shell xx

Christmas Card Swap

Christmas is fast approaching… or so my girls keep telling me! We thought it might be fun to have a Christmas Card swap.

All the details are on the forum, but basically you make 6 Christmas cards and send them in to me by Monday 12th October and then I’ll send you back 6 made by other participants.

Here’s a couple I made recently to give you a few ideas:

If you haven't joined the forum yet it's a quick and easy process! We have a great community of friendly scrappers who are always there to offer support, advice and lots of fun :)

September Sketch Challenge

Well the time has come to make a change so I've moved the Scrapbook Dreams blog over to blogspot and hopefully now I'll update a bit more regularly!

Esther designed our September challenge and she's provided us with this great sketch! I love the fact that it's a multi-photo layout without seeming cluttered at all :)
Esther also provided a sample layout that she created. This gorgeous layout celebrates the arrival of spring!
I love the soft colours and the way she's incorporated multi-coloured stamped images in place of some of the photos!

I even managed to get a layout done myself! Krystal had her first school ball earlier this term and I wanted to capture the memory... and with the multi-photo sketch it seemed perfect so here's what I came up with:
If you'd like to enter the challenge and be eligible for a fantastic embellishment prize pack then all you have to do is create a layout based on the sketch and upload it into the gallery by Midnight 30th September.

Shell xx