October Scrap Club Layouts

When I saw this new Hooligans kit from CTMH, at first I thought it was a cute kids Halloween kit, but I had trouble figuring out what else it could be used for.  Then an idea came to me - the colors would go perfectly with my son's first hip hop costume!  Alex has taken tap dance for two years and this past school year, he was so excited to be old enough to take hip hop class.  The photos on the top two layouts were taken by Diane Inskeep http://www.dianesphotos.com/ and I took the photos on the bottom two layouts at home.  I wanted to feature these awesome photos and fun story of Alex taking hip hop using the Hooligans paper without the cute monster theme that is shown in the idea book. 

For the top two layouts, I used the Star Power stamp set, Dimensional Elements Borders, and White Daisy Brads, along with two of the non-monster themed background and texture papers from the Hooligans kit.  I stamped the title using Building Block Alphabet.  I love the look of these pages - they are clean, simple layouts with stunning colors that highlight the photos - just what I wanted.

For the lower two layouts, I used the Troublemaker and Field Trip Alphabet stamp sets along with Star Power.  I added some clear buttons which I backed with small scraps of Hooligans background and texture papers using Liquid Glass and tied the button holes with Black Waxy Flax.  I used some White Daisy and Black brads and Dimensional Elements from the Booksmart and Fresh Shapes collections.  I heat embossed the title "Hip Hop" on page 4 using White Daisy embossing powder and the heat tool.  Both layouts are from the brand new Magic how-to scrapbooking book. 

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October Kit of the Month Club Cards

October KOTM Club Cards - Hooligans.

Kit of the Month Club
This new club provides a fabulous way for you to get beautiful scrapbook pages and/or handmade card sets completed quickly, have products leftover, get a fabulous discount on the product kit, get your hands on an exclusive stamp set, get FREE products from the idea book, have fun and be creative!
What: Each month, we’ll complete a project from the selected kit. Each kit includes a Level 2 Paper Packet, a full accessory pack, an exclusive B-size stamp set (not available anywhere else) and a full-color instructional brochure. At our club meeting, we’ll go through the cutting guide for the featured project together – you can choose either a 2-page 12x12 scrapbooking layout or a set of 6 cards from that month’s featured kit.
Cost: $29.95 per month (products in kit retail at $35.00) plus shipping/handling cost.
Commitment: Six-months of participation in the club. This club makes it very easy to do your packet “to go” for any of the months you cannot make it to the club meeting since it includes the full-color instructional brochure right in your packet. You’ll receive the cutting guide, blueprint, instructions and everything you need. If there is a month you don’t like the kit we’re doing, you can just order $29.95 in your choice of products from the idea book.
Benefits: - Hostess one of the six months ($25 in free product from the idea book).
- Simplicity of ordering (all you are required to order for the month is pre-ordering your kit for the following month for $29.95 plus s/h).
- You’ll receive instruction on making a beautiful 2-page 12x12 scrapbook layout or 6 versatile cards (2 each of 3 designs).
- Provides flexibility of making either cards or scrapbook pages in the same club from month to month.
- Instructional brochure has info on both scrapbook and card project, as well as bonus layout and card projects so you can complete more at home with your leftover products!
Sign up now! Call me at (503) 393-9146 or e-mail at allisong@myctmh.com

October Kit of the Month Club Layout

October KOTM Club Layout - Hooligans.

Kit of the Month Club
This new club provides a fabulous way for you to get beautiful scrapbook pages and/or handmade card sets completed quickly, have products leftover, get a fabulous discount on the product kit, get your hands on an exclusive stamp set, get FREE products from the idea book, have fun and be creative!
What: Each month, we’ll complete a project from the selected kit. Each kit includes a Level 2 Paper Packet, a full accessory pack, an exclusive B-size stamp set (not available anywhere else) and a full-color instructional brochure. At our club meeting, we’ll go through the cutting guide for the featured project together – you can choose either a 2-page 12x12 scrapbooking layout or a set of 6 cards from that month’s featured kit.
Cost: $29.95 per month (products in kit retail at $35.00) plus shipping/handling cost.
Commitment: Six-months of participation in the club. This club makes it very easy to do your packet “to go” for any of the months you cannot make it to the club meeting since it includes the full-color instructional brochure right in your packet. You’ll receive the cutting guide, blueprint, instructions and everything you need. If there is a month you don’t like the kit we’re doing, you can just order $29.95 in your choice of products from the idea book.
Benefits: - Hostess one of the six months ($25 in free product from the idea book).
- Simplicity of ordering (all you are required to order for the month is pre-ordering your kit for the following month for $29.95 plus s/h).
- You’ll receive instruction on making a beautiful 2-page 12x12 scrapbook layout or 6 versatile cards (2 each of 3 designs).
- Provides flexibility of making either cards or scrapbook pages in the same club from month to month.
- Instructional brochure has info on both scrapbook and card project, as well as bonus layout and card projects so you can complete more at home with your leftover products!
Sign up now! Call me at (503) 393-9146 or e-mail at allisong@myctmh.com

Another Hooligans Card

Now for this Hooligans 6x6 card, I definitely wanted to use the monster/Halloween theme.  It turned out so cute - my son just loves it, he even helped me stamp the little monsters.  I used the Hooligans paper packet, the Troublemaker stamp set, Black Brads and White Daisy Ricrac.  It's just plain fun :)

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I am also offering a pre-made layout club - these are Tier III layouts - your choice of layouts from Scrap Club each month or other Tier III design, pre-made for you (2 sets of double-page layouts) with stamping, embellishments, titles and inked paper edges.  Cost is $20.00 each month for both sets of layouts completed and put together. Club members commit to six months and receive $25.00 in hostess rewards from the current CTMH Idea Book one time in that six months of membership.  Check out photos of my scrap club layout here on my blog on earlier posts.

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Hooligans Card

Here's a card I made with the Hooligans kit without the Monster/Halloween theme.  The stamp set Troublemaker has lots of monsters, but it also has a cute star border/sentiment and small star combo that I used.  I love the color combo of this, it is fresh and energetic.  It includes new colors Sunset, Lagoon and Pear along with Black.  I also used some White Daisy grosgrain ribbon and Black Hemp along with some Black Brads.

Another Magnifique Card

Here's another new card from the Magnifique kit.  This kit features three colors from the beautiful new summer palette unveiled by Close To My Heart in the new Autumn/Winter 2010 idea book - Sky, Pacifica and Lagoon.  I chose a size (4.25x5.5), found a pattern in the Wishes book, cut my papers, stamped my images using the Heart to Heart stamp set, cut them out and added some embellishments - the new Blue/Green Sparkles and Mocha Opaques.

Magnifique Card

Here's a card I made using the Magnifique kit from the new idea book.  I used the technique taught on page 9 of the book - Variegated Stamping on an image using Sponge Daubers and three colors of ink (Sky, Lagoon and Pacifica).  I added some Blue/Green Sparkles and Mocha Opaques to highlight the stamped peacock from the Circle of Love stamp set and stamped my sentiment using the Thank You set.  I also added some Colonial White designer ribbon.  The card is 5x7 size and the pattern is from Wishes.

September Scrap Club Layouts

Here are my Scrap Club Layouts for September - LOVE how these turned out.  They were so fun to make.  This is definitely my most favorite kit from the new Autumn/Winter 2010 idea book - I love the rich new blue hues paired with Chocolate and Colonial White.  It features three new colors from our summer palette - Sky, Pacifica and Lagoon.  As soon as I saw this kit, I knew it would be perfect for some of the family photos we had taken in the spring.  (All photos are taken by Steph Barcenas http://www.abellav.com/ )

I really went all out for these layouts using lots of techniques and products to create stunning detail and fun effects, including an interactive way to add more photos - a 4x6 flip flap shown in the photo above.  Here's a list of all of the products I used to create these:  Magnifique paper packet, Circle of Love, A Tweet, and Heart to Heart stamp sets, Love Letters Rub-ons, Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Colonial White Edge Anchors, Mocha Opaques, Blue/Green Sparkles, Colonial White Bigger Brads, Dimensional Elements chipboard letters, Sponge Daubers, Irresistibles Pizazz chipboard and the Blending Pen.

To get more info on my Scrap Club and see how easy it is for you to join in, click here.