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Card On Wednesday

Today i have two simple and easy cards i put together using the main May kit. I was getting near the end of my kit and still wanted to use some bits and pieces up so i decided on some quick cards. This first card uses only a section of the paper strip sheet in the kit and a few stickers. Using popdots to add dimension makes the card not look as bland. This second card uses only the 12x12 sticker sheet in the kit and a little of the ribbon i had left. I hope you enjoyed these simple cards and will share some of your own! Shawna

Memorial Day Sale For A Cause---Sketch Challenge Reminder

Check out the 3 Scrappy Boy's store for a great sale!!  At least 15% off store-wide, and Heather is donating 10% to The Wounded Warrior Project.  Even the newest kits from May are included in the sale!  With the May kits, you can create layouts like these:

 

 

Also, don't forget about my sketch challenge !  I've got a pack of scrap goodies just waiting for SOMEONE!!

Happy Scrappin', ladies!

~Christy

2 layouts to share from the May kit

Hi girls!  Just want to share 2 layouts that I made from the MAy's kit. I love this Echo Park collection and my layouts were so easy to made.

Hope you will love them.

 

On the 2nd one I played a bit with some misting and some red accents.

 Can't wait to see what you will make, please upload it to our gallery!

A Quick and Easy Embellishment

Happy Wednesday everyone! Thanks for stopping by the blog. I just have a quick and easy embellishment idea using the Main May kit for you today! I thought i would do something different with the clocks in the kit and i remembers these ribbon flowers i had seen many times so i thought i would give it a try. This is all you need. Ribbon, resin flowers and clocks from the kit and some glue dots. I turned the clocks over and covered the area in glue dots Then i just started in the middle and wrapped the ribbon around until i got to the outside edge and had covered the whole wood piece. I finished them off with some of the resin flower pieces. These made for a quick and easy but pretty embellishment. I hope you are all having a great! Shawna

Scrappy Sketch Challenge

Ok, ladies...it's time for another sketch challenge!!! I was looking at the Pagemaps May Sketches and I LOVE THEM!! Choose any of the May Sketches and post your layout in the Gallery by Monday, June 11 so that I can announce the winner in my Tuesday, June 12th blog post. (Please make sure to put in the description that it's for Christy's Sketch Challenge) The winner will get a great scrappy prize pack from me. My only request is that you use merchandise from 3 Scrappy Boys!

So, which sketch will you use?? I'm a single-page 12x12 scrapper myself, so I was eyeing these:

Get to scrappin', ladies!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Happy Scrappin'!
~Christy

May Main Kit

I don't know about all of you but i am having fun creating with the May main kit and all the fun Echo Park papers and other goodies that are included. Today i am going to share two layouts i have created with this kit. I am also sharing my easy tip for drawing the eye to the photo. This first one is called Hey There. I love to mix and match papers so i used four different patterned papers for this one. I also love arrow stickers to bring the eyes to the main focal point of the page, the photo. This next one is called It's A Good Day. The sticker sheet provided the perfect title for this page. After that it came together pretty quickly with minimal embellishments. Like the arrow in my first page i used the pointing fingers to draw attention to my photo. So there we have it. I hope you are inspired to get out the May kit and get busy! Have a crafty Wednesday and thanks for stopping by! Shawna

LOTS of Greatness in the Gallery!!

Heather B. posted yesterday about looking for inspiration; I loved her color combos that she posted and they certainly inspired me!! I also like to check out the gallery at 3SB when I'm looking for some inspiration. There is ALWAYS something there that grabs my eye and gets me in the scrappy mood!

Nita went on a retreat over the weekend and loaded the gallery up with all her creations. This one caught my eye...I'm a cluster lover and this one just rocks!!!



Kimberly has been scrappin' a lot recently, and it's been nice to see her posting in the gallery again. This layout has a great overall feel, but those cut-out circles that are backed w/patterned paper...well I just REALLY thought that was a cool idea!!



Angie got a lot done during our NSD crop last week and when I saw this adorable layout, I just loved it! She used one of the sketches that was provided, and although I'm not usually drawn in by pink, this layout is just as cute as can be!!



The final layout I'm going to share is one from our new DT member, Shawna. She did this for one of the tutorials during the NSD crop and it turned out great!! Her step-by-step really showed how you can go from this:


to THIS!!! -------------------------->

Thanks for all the inspiration, ladies!!! I think I'll go scrap now!! :)

Happy Scrappin'!
~Christy

inspiration

Lately I have been in such a slump. So one thing I will do to get over it is to find a color combo to start off with. So I am sharing the one I have pulled to work with this week. I hope it inspires you as well.

 

-Heather B

Keep it Simple

Happy Wednesday everyone! I hope you are all getting crafty along with me today. Today i am sharing a quick and easy layout for those times when you are just sneaking in a quick page or maybe you just want to use up the last bits of your kit. Todays layout features patterned papers, stickers, and one of the die cut journaling type papers from the May main kit. (I loved this kit!) Here is a look at what i came up with. Would love to see what you do as well! Tips: Use some dimensional adhesive to give a little something extra to a simple page. Keep your journaling simple as well. Just document the basics! I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! Thanks for stopping by!

New DT and Challenge Reminders!

We're starting a new term for our Design Team and we have a few new members I'd like to introduce.

Shawna has the very difficult job of being a military wife (been there, done that, got the t-shirt...she deserves props!!).  She and her family are currently stationed in Hawaii and she's finishing up her Health Care Admin degree.  Check out her blog and make sure to come see her on the forums!

Evgenia is our other new members and she currently lives in Africa.  She's a photographer by trade, so I'm sure we'll be drooling over her beautiful pictures as well as her layouts!!

I am Christy and I'm so happy to be staying with 3 Scrappy Boys for another term.  I just took my FINAL final for nursing school yesterday and will be 'pinned' tomorrow.  I'm one BIG (and very expensive) test away from being an RN...woo hoo!! 

Heather B. will continue as our DT Coordinator, but will be focusing more on helping Heather J. with the business side of things than designing.  I'm sure she'll continue to scrap for us here and there (especially since she's getting ready to add a new addition to her family---we're going to need to see those baby layouts!), so be on the lookout for her clean lines and awesome pics!!

Heather J. doesn't share her designs with us nearly enough, but she scraps as often as she can to try to keep up with all the things her three boys are doing.  As owner of 3 Scrappy Boys, Heather is responsible for packing the monthly kits full of awesome scrappy goodies. 

There is still time to get your National Scrapbook Day challenges done!!  Check them out and get them posted in the crop folder or linked into the challenge itself.  Heather wants them by midnight EDT tonight!!  There are prizes involved here folks, so take some time to get your scrap on and get in on it!!

Happy Scrappin'!!

Christy