Scrapbook Express: Road Trip!

We're headed on a road trip for fall break, and today I'm sharing the mini album I made for Scrapbook Express. Check out the blog!

myStampBOX CHA: Let's Hit the Road!

Today at the myStampBOX blog we're featuring the new suitcase chipboard album. I had such a fun time decorating my album with photos from a local Children's Museum. My boys were able to travel through time and around the world in just one afternoon thanks to the hard work of the people who run this special place. The mini album is going to be a gift for my parents since we were visiting them when we went to the museum.

(Click on photos for a closer look!)

I covered the entire album using old Cosmo Cricket papers that I have been hoarding forever. I thought that they were the perfect look for this project, so I gladly used them. For the handles, I used an old-school answer to today's washi tape trend, gaffer's tape! This stretchy, self-adhesive tape wrapped around the handles and added a little old-fashioned pattern to the design.

I stamped some corner designs using Road Trip images and the title using Summer Alphas.

Of course I stamped around many of the photos, adding captions or embellishments here and there. The stamp sets displayed are Just Add Notes, Bold Blocks, Backgrounds, Passport to Adventure, and Seal It!


Want to win a free suitcase chipboard album for yourself, or win today's new release myStampBOX stamp set called Ornamental Flowers? 


Head over to the myStampBOX blog and leave a comment for a chance to win. While you're there, check out the fabulous suitcase chipboard album designed by my pal Els. Be sure to leave comments all week at myStampBOX for a chance to win free goodies!

Scrapbook Express: Scout Mini Album

Here's a fun project that I made for Ian to take to boy scout camp. Check out all the details on the Scrapbook {Express}ions blog!

Karen Foster Design: Military

Welcome to our two-week sneak peek at products that Karen Foster Design will debut at the CHA 2012 Winter show. To celebrate this release the Design Team will be hosting a giveaway contest on our blogs where you can enter to win prize packs that match each day’s theme(s).

To enter your name in the drawings, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post. You don't need to comment on every blog post to win, but you can increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the Design Team member’s blogs every day during our sneak peek event. Enter up to once per day per blog (KFD posts only)! As always, Karen Foster Design welcomes international entries. Comments close at 12 Noon on Friday January 27^th EST. Winners will be posted here on Monday, January 30, 2012.

The prizes will be hidden on the blog posts - not even the Design Team members know where they are! A winner will be selected at random from the comments on one post per day. So the more you comment, the better chance you have of winning, since you never know where those prize packages are hidden!

But wait, there’s more! To add to the excitement, there are more prizes! On Saturday four additional winners will be chosen at random to receive bonus prize packs of five stamp sets each. How awesome is that? Good luck!

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Today we are featuring our new Military collection. I was honored to make this album for my friend Marti and her husband Major Bruce Drake. I suspended the dog tag stickers from our Classy Loopy Bradlines (metallic finish) using Scrapper Spools. (Click on any photo for a closer look.)

You can see the dimension on the dog tags here more closely. They are lifted using pop dots.

I used every single paper and sticker from this collection on the mini album, changing up the focus and placement of the products depending on their importance.

Here I added a few Jumbo Coil Brads for decoration.

I repeated the use of dog tags on this page but used a real ball chain and clasp.

I love including personal notes and ephemera on layouts and in mini albums, and our String Enclosure Treasure Keepers are perfect for that. My ten year old son wrote a personal thank you note to Major Drake, and we tucked it inside the pocket.

Thanks for stopping by to see my Military collection project. For more of these please visit all our designer blogs for inspiration. Be sure to leave a comment on any post where you love the collection - you will be entered to win that prize pack. Good luck!

Sherry Cartwright
Maryfrances Fabbri
Alice Golden
Jolene Johnston <-- YOU ARE HERE
Carolyn Lontin
Tania Willis

See you tomorrow with more new collections from Karen Foster Design!

Fall Crop at Scrapbooker Online

We are having a blast this weekend at Scrapbooker Online's Fall Cybercrop. I made this album of Matthew's Halloween photos for the Mish Mash Mini Mini challenge to use different shapes and sizes of pages. You can see the entire album here. I was surprised at how quickly it came together and how much I adore the end result. But with a face like that, how could it not be cute?


The first apple picking layout was a lift of a former monthly winner at SBO, my dear friend Patti.

This final apple picking layout was for the seasonal challenge. I also completed a photo scavenger hunt and a word scramble game. There are still lots of games and challenges to try, so stop by and join in the fun. Most games and challenges have SBO gift certificates as prizes - good luck!

It's Clear to Me!

This week I had the chance to start a new forum at Basically Scrapbooking about the latest scrapbooking trends in America. My friends in Australia often have to wait several months to receive the newest products from American scrapbook companies, so our hope is to provide them with plenty of eye candy until their goodies arrive. Our first topic was the trend in clear supplies such as transparencies, acrylic albums and ghost shapes. I made the mini album above using clear badge holders from the office supply section of Walmart and doublesided Daisy Bucket Designs papers.

This card was made for a friend at church who lost her father. It also features the same Daisy Bucket Designs papers and an office supply transparency. I have some other clear projects that I have made for 2Jills that I'll be sharing soon.

A Page in Time

A few months ago I was invited to guest design for A Page in Time kit club. They offer 3 mini kits each month based mainly on patterned papers and one coordinating item such as alphas or rub ons. I showed a sneaky peek of these projects last month, but I can finally share all the projects I made with their October kit. Click here to see my work, and start the slideshow when you get to their site.

Besides getting to use my latest portraits of Matthew, my favorite project to emerge from this kit club is this fall mini album. The bare album was a RAK from my friend Tam, and all the added embellishments came from my ridiculous stash of fall supplies. I was happy to use some of them up and clear out the drawer for new ones. You can see the entire album in the slide show. Thanks for looking!