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Clear Scraps--Memory-Dex Acrylic Cards--Inspiration Station

Hi there everyone!  Laura is here with you today to share a few more of the Memory-Dex Acrylic card ideas!

More bright, fun, and artistic card for my Inspiration Station Memory-Dex (coming soon!).  This time, it's the awesome Regular Acrylic Divider 3pk!  These come with a protective layer on both sides.  If you peel off one side at a time, you can keep the other clean and pristine til you're ready to use!  There are three different techniques used with the alcohol inks.This first card was created using blue and green alcohol inks first applied to a felt square and brushed horizontally across the card.  Then I used the bottles and just randomly dripped ink until I liked the look.  These are really forgiving which makes it great to get creative with!  A little scrap strip of paper on both sides and a few sticker complete the card.  The only "trick" with acrylic is to make the back side of the card the same.

You can see the flip side has different stickers, but you have a similar look.  The next card was also created using the felt square application technique.

This time I just went around the edges of the card and swiped the ink soaked felt around the edges.  It created a frame of sorts, and the paper was cut to fit the open center, then decorated with a few scraps and stickers.  Again, sticking with the same size paper for the other side to keep it the same so it doesn't show through the acrylic.

A few fun stickers add a nice pop of color on this side!

To complete the third card, I grabbed the Clear Scraps 6" Stripes Stencil.  This is a great starter stencil because you can do so much with it!

The alcohol inks were applied with the felt pad through the stencil.  The random drips of green alcohol ink.  Love the way they run down the stripes too!

And with alcohol inks, more is always better, so I added drips of a different blue color and another drip or two of green.  They blend in such a unique pattern--no two alike when you create with these inks!   And here is the finished product!

And the mirror image other side--including the clip sticker...

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps:  Regular Acrylic Divider 3pk, 6" Stripes Stencil

Other:  Vicki Boutin Color Study papers and stickers, blue and green alcohol inks, felt pads/applicator, glue, foam tape.

Spooky Season and haunted house memory dex dividers

Today I am designing with the clear scraps house chipboard index cards. These are great as plain chipboard, or you can paint or cover with paper. I chose to cover mine with Halloween themed paper to start a spooky season memory dex scrapbook. These will be my "haunted houses" for a future project with the Clear Scraps memory dex wood box.

I started by covering each house divider with decorative paper. I wanted to highlight the roof edges and build layers with ephemera. 
By cutting a chipboard picture frame corner off I was able to attach as a roof line. I use liquid glue, Art liquid glue for my projects. 


Adding on ephemera, puffy stickers and chipboard shapes to make a super cute Halloween house. The memory dex systems from Clear Scraps make creating a special and unique scrapbook so easy and fun to create!

On another house chipboard divider, I used decorative paper and a scalloped edge punch to create a shingles appearance for the roof line. Adding rows of the scalloped paper to give a fun and quirky roof to this "haunted house". 

I am looking forward to putting my chipboard house dividers in an upcoming project using the Clear Scraps memory dex wood box. In the meantime, creepin it real spooky!

Thank you for stopping by,

Amberly Hoffman

Fall tiered decor

Leaves are falling, temperatures are getting cooler, and it’s time to get the fall decor out. I just love fall! The colors, pumpkins, old trucks, pumpkin patches, sunflowers and the smell of pumpkin spice.

I have a small tiered tray stand that I use throughout the year for holiday’s and season decor. This year I made a few decorative pieces to kick off the season. 

First I made this cute photo holder using the Small Mason jar ShiplapI traced the jar with the paper I wanted to use. I cut the paper, made a slit with the exacto knife where I wanted the brad and clamp to go and finally added the brad and clamp (important to do this before glueing the paper to the wood shape). I inked the edges using Marmalade by Tim Holtz. I then glued it to the jar, added some ribbon, stickers and a flower. 

I took the truck from the Word n shape blessed truck  painted it green on one side and covered the other side with fall paper. Using an exacto knife, I cut around the truck to get those tiny and tricky areas that scissors just can’t get to. I used a file to smooth out the outer edges and I inked the edges. Finally I embellished with flowers and a sticker.

For the garland, I strung some beads together and made a  tassel by wrapping twine around my fingers a few times, I tied one end with a piece of twine and cut the other end to create the tassel. Next using some fall print paper, I covered the pumpkin from the Wood n shape fall pumpkin and added a sticker and flower. I then punched a hole in the pumpkin and threaded the twine through the hole. Finally, I painted the wood  “fall”  word dark brown.

I had an extra pumpkin so I covered it with fall paper, cut around the edges with an exacto knife and smoothed the edges using a files. Finally I inked the edges and added some embellishments. 

Here is the final result. I hope I have inspired you to make your own decorations for small spaces.

Other products used

Simple Stories paper

Tim Holtz ink black and marmalade 

Brad, clamp, misc flowers and ribbon

Clear Scraps--Mini Shaker Pumpkin--Autumn Memories LO

Hello all!  Laura here with you today to share a LO idea for all those autumn pictures soon to come as those fall colors start!

Love everything about fall, especially the gorgeous pictures to scrap!   When you want to create those fall LO's, Clear Scraps has got you covered for beautiful embellishments, stencils, chipboard and more to add uniqueness to each of your pages!  One of the best ways to customize your LO is to use stencils.  The Clear Scraps 5"x9" Leaves Stencil is the perfect compliment for this fall LO!  And it's stenciled with just a little "twist".

Instead of applying the paint THROUGH the stencil, I applied it TO the stencil as you can see in this pic.  Then I pressed down to get an outline impression, rather than a stenciled image--almost like a stamp. 

I repeated this all along one edge of where I planned to glue down my biggest piece of patterned paper.  Some are a little thicker, some lighter/thinner--I often "stamped" and without adding more paint, "stamped" again.  It gives a fun almost hand painted look.  Love the texture this adds to the LO.  The Mini Shaker Tall Pumpkin is a great embellishment for fall LO's.  These shakers are easy to put together--just paint or trace the back onto patterned paper.  Glue the frame layers together and then add sequins, little jewels, whatever your favorite shaker filler is (you can find filler ideas HERE in the Clear Scraps Store) and the acrylic layer and top frame.

The top frame here was painted with acrylic paint.  Don't be afraid to find a fun pattern for the back--I used this fun fall print with sweaters, boots, etc.  It adds a fun element to the shaker that you can peek when the sequins/filler moves around!  This was finished off with a few enamel dots, twine, and stickers.

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps:  5"x9" Leaves Stencil, Mini Shaker Tall Pumpkin

Other:  Photoplay Paper Autumn Vibes papers & stickers, acrylic paint-green and orange, enamel dots, twine, sequins, glue, foam tape.

Let's Create Some Beachy Wood Decor

 

Hello Crafty friends!

I am so excited to share my first guest design project for Clear Scraps ! Today I am using their Vintage Wood Phone Holder and 6" Flamingo Stencil. This phone stand is 4" wide by approximately 8" tall and is the perfect size for your desk and the best part is, if you do not glue the wood pieces together you can break it down and take it with you to your crops.

Since I live in Florida, I wanted to give my phone holder a beachy vibe to match my craft room decor . I decided to use Simple Stories Vintage Coastal collection 6" x 8" paper pad along with their Simple Vintage coastal Bits and Pieces. To start my project I grab my 6x8 paper pad and lay the wood pieces onto the paper and I use my mechanical pencil to trace around the edges of the phone holder base and then again with the stand piece.

I want to have my wood phone holder to have a light and airy feel, so I paint the sides and the edges with Matte White basic craft paint. I used Apple Barrel but any craft paint will work.

After I have painted around the edges and on the front and back of the main phone holder piece I grab the smaller wood piece and paint it. Again paint it on the sides as well as the front and back and put both pieces aside to dry. While the wood pieces are drying I can use my Flamingo stencil. I apply removable washi tape at the top of my stencil to keep it in place. With my paint brush I use my matte white paint and dab it lightly along the inside of the flamingo stencil

Then I set it aside to dry. In the meantime this gives me a chance to start cutting out my layers to glue onto my wood base. Once I've cut out all four shapes, I use my Prima Marketing paper edge distressing tool to rough up the edges.

After the paint is dry from using my stencil now I can add more details. I use my stamping inks to give my flamingo a ombre look. I start off by using the lightest color all over the body of the flamingo but leaving the bottom of the belly white, then I rub on a darker pink with my ink blender starting around the top towards the middle lightly and add more ink layers as I move to the top of the flamingo.

Once I'm happy with the coloring of the flamingo I can add highlights with a small fine tipped paint brush (I used a nail art paint brushes) to add details on my flamingo in white and black. Then I glue my designer papers on to the wooden pieces. I used Art glitter glue but any thin glue will work nicely. Once, I am happy with the final touches now I put together my phone holder by sliding in the small piece through the slot on the base. So easy to put together and it adds a statement piece to my craft desk. I hope you love what I have created and I have added all the links down below for purchase.

 

I hope you have a fabulous crafty week! - Kimmy Murray

 

Supplies:

6" Flamingo Stencil :

https://www.clearscraps.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSSMflamingos6

Vintage Wood Phone Stand:

https://www.clearscraps.com/product_p/cswdpsvintage.htm

Matte white craft paint

Matte black craft paint

Rosey cheeks stamping ink

Picked raspberry stamping ink

Paper distressing tool

Scissors

Glue

Nail art paint brushes

School Days Layout

Hello All,

I hope you all are having a great day. Well seems temps are dropping a bit here in Texas, still hot but not as hot as it was a few weeks ago. With that being said kids are back in school and Fall is approaching soon. For today's project I have a scrapbook layout using the Wood Shapes School Apple Shapes from Clear Scraps. 

I really liked using the wooden school and apple in this layout, such a simple addition that adds a great texture and focal point in the layout. I had fun painting them and adding them to the layout. Down below I have a step by step on how I created this cute layout with using the wooden school and apple. 

 

 

 

So let's get started. To start off I have listed below the measurements you will need for each layer. You can view picture above and photo below to see all items needed for the layout. 

1 - pattern paper 12x12

1 - 12x12 pattern paper cut half circle 

1 - 6 x 11 1/2 pattern paper

1 - 5 1/2 x 11 pattern paper

1 - 5 x 7 pattern paper

1 - 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 pattern paper

3 - 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 photo mats (white paper)

3 - 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 base for the photo mats, pattern paper

3 - 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 top layer to the small banners

3 - 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 bottom layer to the small banners

On the left hand side of the 12x12 pattern paper lay down the 6 x 11 1/2 pattern paper first and then place the 5 1/2 x 11 pattern paper on top. I added the ruler border from my paper collection but you can and border you have in your stash. 

 

Next take the 3 pieces of pattern paper measuring 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 and adhere them down on the left side of the layout. These pieces are your base for your photo mats. 

 

Create the small banners, as seen below, you will layer the smaller size on top, 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 , of the larger size banner, 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 . 

 

 

Adhere the small banners to the side of the red base photo mats. 

 

 

 

Next adhere the half circle that you cut from 12 x 12 paper and adhere that piece down next to the border. Adhere the 5 x 7 inch mat on top of the 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch mat, then adhere on the side on top of the half circle. (see below)

 

Next we are painting the apple and school word. 

 

 

 

 

I took some of the stickers from the paper collection and added them around my layout. I placed a sentiment and books on top of the apple next to the little girl reading. I adhered down the wooden school word at the top of the my 12 x 12 page next to the Day's banner in the right hand corner. 

 

 

Here is the finished photo of the layout. I did add a few little lines to the word. 

 

 

I have the link for the Wooden Shapes School Apple listed below that I used from Clear Scrap. Please head on over to the store to check out their awesome selection. 

Thanks again for joining me.

Happy Crafting.

Debbie 

Links

Wooden Shape School Apple - https://www.clearscraps.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSWf3Dschoolapple

 

 

Vintage Note Holder & Junk Journal

Hi crafty friends! Jeanne here with my first project as a guest designer for Clear Scraps. For my project I decided I would create not one but two projects using the wonderful products that I received from Susan, thank you so much Susan! So I will get right to it!

 

 I created a Vintage note/recipe holder home décor piece using the Clear Scraps Cutting Board Shiplap Shape Small along with a matching junk journal album in which I used the Clear Scraps Mixed Layer Tab Album . I hope you will be inspired and follow along how I created these easy and fun projects! Here we go!!

 

   
 I began by painting the entire cutting board, even though I papered it, I still wasn't completely sure what I would be doing with this. On the tabbed album, I opened it up from packaging, set aside the 2 acrylic pages and painted only a one inch strip around the 2 chipboard pieces. For both the cutting board and tabbed chipboard pages I used Folk Art Vintage White Acrylic paint.

 
I began by selecting the paper collection I would be creating with which is " Spring Farmhouse" from Prima Marketing. I "should" have traced the cutting board before I painted it but since I had not done so, I lightly traced it with a pencil onto one of the 8x8 papers that I picked for the back of the cutting board. For the front, I measured, traced and cut sections for the cutting board. I also went over the edges of the papers with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink followed by my Distress Tool from Prima Marketing. 

 

I then used We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on the top front paper and back paper. Before adhering the paper, I took some Finnabair Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic "Brown Sienna" paint and a thin paint brush I went along the the cut lines for a bold worn look on the lines. Once all this was complete I adhered my papers onto the wooden cutting board using Art Glitter Glue and lastly I added a Finnabair Art Daily Rusty Paper Clip.

 

 

 
 Now onto the Vintage Junk journal I made using the Mixed Layer Tabbed Album, as mentioned before I have already painted a 1 inch more or less of a line around the chipboard pages. I also decided to add a couple of pages in which I made from some thick Kraft card stock from my stash and cut them to size     

                                               

 

 

 

Next I picked out the papers that I would be using for my pages, I cut them all 1/8th of an inch smaller than the Kraft pages and chipboard . Once I’ve cut all of the papers to size, I inked them around again using Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink then adhering to the chipboard pieces using Art Glitter Glue. Once I’ve adhered the papers I went over them using a brayer. I like to do this just to make sure the glue is spread out evenly for a better hold. *I did forget to mention that I made holes using the We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on the pages. Also using the We R Memory Keepers Corner Rounder on the edges of the pages.

 

 

 

 I originally was going to create a recipe book but then decided to do something different that I had not created in a little while which is a junk journal. I went thru some of the ephemera from the Prima Marketing Spring Farmhouse and I pulled out my box of junk journal goodies and began to add on a variety of items such as tags, pockets made from small glassine bags and other items. I also made a pocket by adhering some lace and also adding lace to the Kraft pages. On the last page I did use a coffee filter I had in my stash and made that into a pocket. In my stash I also had a couple of pieces of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine papers that I had stamped and then used my heat tool to set. 

 

 

 

 

 On the tabbed and paper pages I added some Tim Holtz Stitched Scraps , some Prima Marketing Flowers and Wood Spools from the Spring Farmhouse collection. Lastly I worked on the Acrylic pages from the album. I took off the film off from them, I set the cover page aside as I always create this last. I have some 7 Gypsies Parchment Rub-Ons from my stash, I cut the ones I wanted to use on the acrylic page and rubbed them onto the page. Next I moved onto the cover page, I had a Sticker that looks like a wood panel I believe it is from 7 Gypsies as well. I added that then used my We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch on it. I then added some flowers from the Spring Farmhouse Collection and other Prima Marketing flowers. Also adding pieces of cheese cloth in between the flowers. I adhered these using double sided tape as I didn’t want liquid glue to be too visible on the other side. I did however use some dots on some of the flowers but those are on the wooden panel sticker. 

 

 

 

I had a small metal spoon in my stash that I had already painted and used a crackle medium on. I adhered this using E6000 glue and then lastly I adhered a “Home Sweet Home” ephemera piece from my stash. Finally to bind this book together I picked out a few different colors of embroidery thread and ran it thru each hole not tightening very much. I added a small dangle I had in my stash as well. 

Well crafty friends, I do hope I didn’t bore you with my process on how I created these two pieces. I absolutely love these products from Clear Scraps that one can create not just one way but a variety of ways. I’m so excited to get started on my next project as guest designer for Clear Scraps! I hope you keep your eyes peeled for my next project but in the meantime check out the rest of the Clear Scraps Design Team and their lovely projects! I will be back next month! 

 

Happy Crafting!

 

 Jeanne Rodriguez

 

Product Supplies used: 

Clear Scraps Cutting Board Shiplap Shape Small 
Clear Scraps Mixed Layer Tab Album 

Folk Art Vintage White Acrylic Paint

Art Glitter Glue

Prima Marketing Spring Farmhouse Collection

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Prima Marketing Distress Tool

We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch

We R Memory Keepers Corner Rounder

Finnabair Art Daily Rusty Paper Clip

Finnabair Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylic Paint

"Brown Sienna"

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Kraft Glassine Paper

Tim Holtz Stitched Scraps

7 Gypsies Parchment Rub-Ons

E6000 Glue

Junk Journal ephemera and embellishments

Embroidery Thread

Laces from Lavish Laces

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Autumn DIY Wood Box and Divider Cards

Hi Craft Friends!

Dana here! I'm back on the blog to share a fun autumn DIY project using Clear Scraps DIY Wood box Click here  Welcome Jar shape Click here and Divider Cards House's chip Click here Angle Chip Click here and Rounded Chip Click here

The papers I'll be using to decorate my Wood box and Divider Cards is Prima Frank Garcia's Amber Moon and Autumn Sunset. These DIY Boxes and Divider Cards are not only fun to create and display, but a great way to use up all those leftover scraps from older paper collections in my stash! If you're like me, you probably accumulate more paper collections than room to store them lol.

To start this project, I like to remove all my DIY wood box pieces and lay them out on my workspace.

I cover all my wood side, front and back pieces with coordinating papers. The 2 longer side pieces measure 6 x 1 &3/4 inches. The short sides measure 4 & 1/2 x 1 & 3/4 inches. I recommend using a strong permanent glue such as Beacon glue. I trimmed the long top edges and remove any excess paper using my x-acto knife.

I Distress any rough edges away using my Clear Scraps sanding tool Click here I also ink all my papers and embellishments using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. You can skip this this step if you like. I also covered the inside bottom of my wood box with another patterned paper, that measures 4x6 inches. Glue in place. 

Now you are assemble and glue all your wood pieces in place. Slide the two poles through the holes and adhere each piece onto the front and back sides.  Set your box aside for now. Here's a photo:

Take your Welcome Jar shape and I painted the top portion with gold acrylic paint. Let dry.

 

I covered the front of my jar with  a 3x4 inch journal card, trimmed and distressed any rough edges as we did previously with our wood box. Then wrapped some brown twine a few times around the top edge of my jar. I secured my ends on the backside. Then glued a chipboard sticker embellishment on the top of my twine. Here's a closeup look:

I glued the Welcome Jar to the front right side of my box. On both of the longer sides of my box, I adhered a chipboard sticker on each side. Here's acouple photos:

Set aside your wood box. Now we can start creating our Divider Cards. 

I took some Folkart Milkjug paint and applied along the bottom and sides of each Divider card. Let dry.

Card 1: House's Chip front: I painted both sides of the chimney  with brown acrylic paint. Let dry. I covered the roof with paper. For the bottom of my house, I covered with wood plank paper. Trim, Distress and ink as before. I applied a leaf sticker on the chimney, pumpkin vellum sentiment and fussy cut pumpkins on my house, using foam dots on the back of the white pumpkin. Here's a photo:

Card 1 back: I covered with the same base papers, applied some Blessed washi tape along the bottom edge. I adhered a puffy sticker sentiment and butterfly pieces and butterfly sticker on the roof! Here's a closeup:

Card 2 Rounded Chip front: cover with patterned paper and take another patterned paper cut to 4 x 1 &1/2 inches to create a pocket. I tucked a few tiny journal cards inside my pocket and added a sentiment sticker on the bottom edge along with some glitter washi tape.  Then added acouple crystal gems! Here's a photo:

Card 2 backside: I fussy cut out a fall image from one of the 4x6 Journaling cards. I adhered to my card using foam dots. Then glued acouple vellum pieces. Here's a closeup photo:

Card 3 Angle Chip front: I created another pocket same size as we did previously. I tucked a few tiny journal cards into my pocket. Adhered acouple cute puffy stickers and sentiment sticker at the top. Here's a photo:

Card 3 back: I took a 4x6 Journaling card and cut 1 inch off the left side. Then scored at 4 inches to fit across my Divider card. Trim and glue. I applied foam dots to the back of my Tim Holtz tiny paperdolls and adhered one paper doll on each side. Here's a closeup:

Now add your cards to your Wood box and display! You can create and add more cards and photos to your box. I may do another tutorial in the future to give you ideas. Here a photo of my finished box!

I hope you are inspired by my project and you will start creating your own DIY Wood box and Divider Cards! Please share your crafty makes with us on our Facebook Creative page! Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here and grab your supplies and get Crafing!

Thanks for visiting our blog! I'll be back soon to share another project! Until then. Happy Crafting!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue. Score board  paper trimmer, Prima Frank Garcia's Amber Moon and Autumn Sunset paper collections, Prima crystals, foam dots, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs  Tim Holtz paper dolls, brown twine. 

 

 

 

Clear Scraps--Family Chipboard Word Album--Family is Home

Hi there everyone!  Laura here with you today to share a little sneak peek of a mini album returning by request!

These amazing Chipboard Word Albums are so fun to create!  You can layer up with pretty papers and stickers and have a great little table brag book, or special gift in a flash! 

I added rings with ribbons, you could just use ribbons, or twine, or wire if you wanted.  I also like to layer the bright fun patterns on the front of the album, and then have solids behind.  You can lay your papers out next to each other to see how you like the different patterns together.  Then once you've figured that out, you start tracing and cutting out the work layers.  Super simple!  I also went around the letters and pages and brushed them with distress ink.  Then it's time to decorate the inside!

This is album is all set for everyday family moment pictures or a special holiday too. 

And don't forget to do the back of the pages!!  Lots of room for pics and embellishments without interfering with the clean look of the word (family) from the front!

Love the sweet and simple pages.  Perfect for showcasing a few of your favorites!!

Don't be afraid to add a little something!  The flower on the "Y" looks great on the front and isn't distracting from the back!

Love the solid pages in these albums too!  Great for full size photos!  So many mini albums don't have that ability.

Another nice large page for photos.  A few simple stickers, tags and enamel dots and it's done.  I left the back of this album blank since it would be a coffee table type of mini album. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Stop back soon for more inspiration, and remember to check the "What's New" section in the Clear Scraps Store to be the first to get these!

Clear Scraps:  Family Chipboard Word Album (coming soon!)

Other:  Simple Stories Hearth & Home collection, foam tape, cardstock--terracotta, cream, gold, enamel dots.

Christmas Card Featuring Bell Bulbs Chipboard Embellishment

Hello and welcome, Clear Scraps friends! My name is Sarah, and I'm a new guest designer here. I'm beyond excited to be a guest designer for Clear Scraps, as I have enjoyed using their projects from when I first started crafting. I’m thrilled to share what I’ve recently created with all of you. Today, I wanted to highlight the super, versatile Chipboard Embellishments. Have you tried them yet?! They're so much fun. 

For this project, I used the Bell Bulbs Chipboard Embellishments to create a card. Instead of separating the ornaments from the outline chipboard frame, I kept everything attached. I went to town with a variety of inks, paints, and coordinating stamps and patterned papers from Elle’s Studio.

First, I used washi tape to make sure I didn’t get ink on the ornaments.

Then, I added some red ink around the chipboard outer frame. I added enough red ink until it was the shade of red I was aiming for.

Now, feel free to remove the washi tape to see the clean red edge that you inked.

After applying red ink to the outer frame, I added color to the first ornament on the left. I applied a couple layers until it was the shade of green I wanted.

Next, I added more color to the chipboard embellishment with gold paint. A couple of paint layers worked well here.

On a separate 4x6 piece of white cardstock, I repeatedly stamped the phrase “fa la la la la la la” from an Elle’s Studio Stamp Set. Any Christmas phrase stamp would work as well.

Once you have a whole background filled with a Christmas sentiment, you can then take your chipboard embellishment (outer frame still attached) and layer it on top. By adding that extra piece, you’ve created an element of extra depth to the chipboard embellishment. 

Feel free to embellish your ornaments with various stickers, stamps, and/or labels. For this card, I used an assortment of stickers and stamps to give it that extra Christmas-y look!

With a little bit of paint and some stamps and stickers, I was able to transform this Chipboard Embellishment into a Christmas card that I plan to mail out to someone very special! Thanks a ton for taking a look at my project today! Can't wait to share more fun inspiration with you all. And don't forget to check out all of the products I used below.

 

Until next time,

Sarah.

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps: Bell Bulbs Chipboard Embellishment

Other: Ranger - Distress Inks, Prima Marketing - Art Alchemy Gold Rush Metallic Acrylic Paint, Elle’s Studio - Stamps and Stickers

Printer tray sampler secret

Hi everyone! 

Shh… I have a secret… I collect dog themed paper and ephemera.

I actually cut the decorative paper! (Never fear, I have backups to keep for my collection). 

Today I am using the awesome Clear Scraps square printer tray frame. It comes with an acrylic cover piece to use, but I left this piece off and created a fun dog sampler decoration piece.

I love this piece because it comes disassembled and makes it so easy to put together. There are three grids total, and I used all three chipboard grids to give each window a 3-D appearance. 

Each window I created a scene with layering paper, puff dots and ephemera. Each one has a different story of some mischievous pups along the way.  You can add in photos or favorite memorabilia in each window for a special touch and memorable gift someone.

Add in school pictures as your child grows up. A memorable trip with a friend. The square printer tray is also a great gift idea for grandparents, teachers and more.

If you have ever used printer trays before they can be challenging because they are not usually square, and each paper has to be trimmed to fit each window. The Clear Scraps printer tray is so easy to decorate because it does not come pre-assembled, and the grids can hide the paper edges of each window design.

I had to much fun creating with the Clear Scraps square printer tray and I know you will as well. Happy crafting!

 

 

Adorable Fall Gnome Girl

 Hi everyone, 

I am so excited to share with you my latest project from Clear Scraps. I have embellished this super cute little gnome girl with papers, paint and a cute flower shaker from the Clear Scraps Store. 

Isn't she adorable... I just love how she turned out. Down below I have a tutorial for you as well as some written details. 

 

 

So to get started you will need the wooden gnome girl from the Clear Scraps store, just press on the link Gnome Girl to head to the store. 

First I traced around the body of the gnome girl on pattern paper and cut out the form. This will be her dress. 

 

 

Next I pressed the paper on top of the gnome to get a placement of where the hand were to indent the paper and cut the little circles. I did the same for the hair so I knew where to cut so the paper would fit around the hair. For the neckline I just cut the dress as a scoop neck. 

 

Next I traced the hat only on pattern paper and cut out the form. 

 

I painted around her body white so it would match the white of her dress, hair orange, her hands & face are fawn color and her shoes are brown. You can also see her hat is formed around her head. To get it to fit right I took my stylus and scored where the lines are in the wood so I could have the paper hat fit the same angle.

 

I adhered down the hat and dress. 

 

 

 

I found some lace in my stash and thought it would look so cute on the neckline of her dress. I used hot glue to adhere it down. 

 

 

 

I created some embellishments for her from the paper collection. I fussy cut the flower pot and sign. For the sign I used the chipboard piece from the Flower Shaker we are going to place on top of her hat. I also had to sunflowers from my stash. 

 

 

Here is what she looks like so far after adding her embellishments. I also added a bow in her hair. 

 

 

 

To create the flower shaker I took the full piece and traced it on the pattern paper and cut out. 

 

 

Next I removed the clear plastic from both sides of the acetate window, adhere the two middle chipboard flower pieces, added in my shaker bits. Adhere the pattern paper to the full piece of the chipboard. Take the back piece with the pattern paper adhere on top of the open chipboard flower with shaker pieces. 

 

 

I did gesso the top piece of the flower, waited for it to dry and painted yellow. After drying adhere to the top of the acetate. 

 

 

Adhere the flower shaker to the left of the hat and she is all done. 

She is just so cute and she's ready for Fall. 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's fall project using this cute little wooden gnome girl from Clear Scraps. 

I have all the links down below for the supplies I used in this project.

Thank you for joining me. Wishing a great day & Happy Crafting. 

 

Debbie

 

Supplies: 

Wooden Gnome Girl - https://www.clearscraps.com/searchresults.asp?Search=gnome+girl

Flower Shaker - https://www.clearscraps.com/product_p/cscshflower.htm

Clear Scraps--Shiplap Shapes--Bee Thankful Home Decor

Hi there everyone!!  Laura here today to share some project inspiration for fall! 

Do you love fall?  The holidays and seasonal changes are so amazing!  The color palette for fall lends itself to some fun home decor projects too!  This project came together so easily thanks to the Clear Scraps House Shiplap Shape Small and Mini Shaker Beehive.

There are a lot of options for bases in the Clear Scraps Store.  One that has a lot of options are the Shiplap Shapes.  They come in different sizes as well.  You can find all the choices in the store HERE.   You can do a lot with these too.  You can cover them with paper, ink, paint, spray, stencil.  I chose to paint the base for this project because I wanted a clean background to show off the adorable Mini Shaker Beehive!

Super simple--just choose a paint color that coordinates to your papers/embellishments, and use a foam brush to paint.  To add a little texture, you can brush with ink or another color of paint (like I did here).  It makes it look like there is a cool distressed wood grain.  After it dried I matted a band of plaid cardstock onto a solid color.  It is a great way to center and "pop" the mini shaker that will be added.

To create the mini shaker, the top frame was painted with gold, red and black acrylic paint.  While it dried, the solid back piece was traced onto the patterned paper, fussy cut out and glued down.  The layers of the frame were glued down on top of the back--then before the acrylic layer was glued on I added some fall color sequins.  Then the acrylic and frame were glued down, and a few letters and stickers added.  The beehive shaker was glued to the house piece and project complete!  This would be so cute at place settings for a fall get-together!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps: House Shiplap Shape Small, Mini Shaker Beehive

Other:  Acrylic paint-black, brown, gold, red, glue, foam tape, sequin mix, Bella Blvd alpha, Photoplay Autumn Vibes collection papers and stickers.

Welcome to School

School is back in session! As a special Ed teacher to some amazing littles, I wanted to create an inviting wreath for my classroom door. 

Using my school colors, I bought fabric (1/2 yd each pattern) and 1in to 1.5in ribbons. I cut the fabric and ribbon using pinking shears into 2x10 in strips. I like how the pinking shears leave a design on the edges of the fabric and ribbon.

I tied the fabric and ribbon pieces to each of the rings on the wreath and pushed them together until it was full. I made sure to spread out the designs so they didn’t bunch up together. I filled in some spaces with smaller ribbon.  

For the sign I had a small chalkboard that I painted white and added the “welcome” from the Word n shape welcome jar (the jar was used in a different project) and the Word n shape school apple. I painted the words black and added the white dots with paint. I covered the apple with paper and decorated with several stickers. I glued them to the chalkboard using 3 in 1 and finally glued it to the wreath. 

Thank you for stopping in and looking at my project!

Jennifer 

Pumpkin Spice Shiplap Home Decor

Hello Craft Friends!

Dana here! Happy September! I love the fall season and pumpkin spice drinks and lattes! What's your favorite thing about fall?

Today I'll be creating a Home Decor project featuring Clear Scraps Square Shiplap Shape Medium Click here and this cute Coffee Mug Chipboard Embellishment! Click here

The papers I'll be using are from Simple Stories Cozy Days collection. 

To start this project, I took some Folkart Vintage White acrylic paint and applied about 1 inch border around the edge. Set aside to dry. 

Cut apart the two pieces from your coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment. Trim off any nibs from the edge. I applied some Folkart Conch Shell acrylic paint to the top portion of my coffee mug. Here's a photo!

For the bottom portion of my coffee mug, I traced, cut out and using Beacon glue, I glued my patterned paper onto the bottom of my coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment. I trimmed away any excess paper using my x-acto knife.

Then taking my Clear Scraps sanding tool Click here I smoothed any rough edges. Take your other  chipboard piece with the heart, and I glued another coordinating paper onto my chipboard piece and repeated our previous steps. For inside the heart,  I glued a small ephemera sentiment in the center. See photo:

I chose a patterned paper and cut to measure 5 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/2 inches. I applied foam tape on the back before adhering to my Shiplap shape. Here's a photo!

Now take your coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment and wrap some jute cord around the top edge of your coffee mug. Glue ends to secure on the backside. I fussy cut out acouple leaves from scrap paper and glued on the side of my coffee mug. I added a sticker flower next to the leaves.

Taking some more foam tape I applied to the back of my coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment and adhered on the left side on my Shiplap shape, at a slight angle. This adds dimension and interest. 

I added a Happy Fall sticker at the top right corner. I cut out a smaller Journaling card "Spice it Up" and glued towards the bottom right edge. I also applied foam dots to the back of my ephemera latte mug and adhered below my sentiment on the bottom edge. I applied some Stickles Stardust glitter to the top of the whipped cream on my latte. Here's a closeup look!

 

To finish my project, I glued several sequins in scattered areas! Here's my finished project:

Another closeup for you!

I hope you liked my project today. Thank you for taking the time to visit our blog! Visit the Clear Scraps website Click here for all your crafting supplies and see all the newest products available!

Hope you have a crafty day! 

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue,  score board, paper trimmer, jute cord, Simple Stories Cozy Days collection, Bronze sequins, Stickles Stardust glitter  foam dots and tape, Distress tool or sanding stick, xaco knife.

Hello Pumpkin Scallop MDC

Hello everyone, 

Hope you are having a great day. I have been invited to join Clear Scraps Design Team, I am so excited to be a part of a great team of talented crafters. Today I am sharing my first project with you all. 

Since Fall is coming soon I decided to use the Scallop MDC from the shop these are so great to use for a MDC swap, send a little something to a crafty friend, just to use on a scrapbook layout or for any project. 

To begin I used the Hello Pumpkin paper from Graphic 45 but you can use any fall paper you'd like. 

 

Next I painted around each of the Memory Dex Cards with a color that would coordinate with the paper colors. 

 

After painting each MDC, I adhered them down the papers with glue, and cut away the paper. I did this for all three MDC. 

 

 

 

After finishing up the 3 MDC, I decided to use these cute pumpkins on the MDC as well. These are the pumpkin chipboards. I love these and definitely are a great item to have during this Fall season.

 

In this pumpkin chipboard item you get two pumpkins the open one fits on top of the full pumpkin piece. I decided to split them up, so I covered one with paper and painted the other one orange. 

 

 

 

This open one I painted orange with a green top. I did place gesso on the pumpkin prior to painting it. 

 

 

The top MDC shows how I just adhered this open pumpkin piece down on the paper.  The bottom MDC I share that I papered the whole pumpkin piece with pattern paper and adhered down. I think both look great. 

 

 

Here is the 3rd MDC I just layered and decorated with the ephemera from the paper collection. As well as I added a bow on top of the scallop. 

 

 

I really like how all three of these came out using the MDC Scalloped Chipboard pieces and I really had fun using these Pumpkin Chipboard pieces as well. I like how you can use them separate or together. 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's project using these Scalloped MDC along with the Pumpkin Chipboard. 

I have the supplies listed below for you with links. 

Thanks for joining me today. Wishing you all a great day. 

Debbie

 

Links to Clear Scrap Store - 

Scallop Chipboard Dividers 3 pk - https://www.clearscraps.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSMDXscallopC

 

Pumpkin Chipboard Embellishments - https://www.clearscraps.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CSCEpumpkins

 

Fall Memories

Hello, today I am using the cutting board shape shiplap to show off fall memories. Fall is a great time for family gatherings and reunions. A creative handmade gift to show off a favorite memory or a special moment. The cutting board brings memories of my childhood and how my grandma loved to bake!

 

The front side has the shiplap lines in it, so I used the smooth backside to cover with paper. I used one 12x12 sheet of paper and turned the shape at an angle to cover the entire board. To give an aged look I inked the edges with a brown ink. I use liquid glue on most of my projects, but you can use any type of adhesive when working with the fun shapes from Clear Scraps.



I created a pocket using a coordinating piece of decorative paper. This pocket can hold a favorite recipe card, picture or special memory. The easiest way to cut the paper with the curved edges is to use a craft knife and cut the excess paper for a clean edge. Again, I inked the edges of the pocket as well. Adding ephemera and a decorative bow to finish off this special piece for your favorite fall memories. 
Invited to a fall bridal shower? This will make a great gift and slide in a couple of your favorite recipes to pass on to the newlyweds. Fall family reunion this is a great idea to give to the host. 

Thank you for visiting.

Amberley Hoffman

Fall Wreath

Hey there fellow crafters! It is officially my favorite time of the year, fall! I decided to make this wreath using fabric, ribbon and Clear Scraps Shiplap pumpkin and Wood scripted “hello”. 

 I gathered some fall fabric ( about a 1/2 yd each) and ribbon. 

I cut the ribbon and fabric into 10x2 strips using pinking shears.

Next I took the ribbon and fabric and tied it to each of the 4 layers of the wire wreath. I tied one at a time then pushed them together until the wreath was full. By doing this method, I was able to make sure the colors and patterns were spaced and balanced throughout the wreath.

I then painted the pumpkin. This was a little tricky, because I was trying to get the right shade of blue or gray. I couldn’t decide until I put it on the wreath to get an idea. I ended up mixing the blue and gray, but it was too dark, so I added white on top and then streaks of gray. For the “hello”, I used brown with a dab of black to get the chocolate color I was looking for. 


 
I zip tied the greenery to the wreath, glued the “hello” to the pumpkin and finally glued the pumpkin to the wreath on top of the zipties to cover the greenery stems.

I loved how this turned out so much I am making another one and some garland with the left over ribbon and fabric. I hope are inspired to make your own wreath! Thanks for looking,

 

Jennifer

 

4-H Fair Prize Ribbon Shaker Frame

Summer is 4-H Fair time! My nephew’s oldest son, Cooper shows cattle. Cooper puts a lot of hard work into his showmanship and working with his cows daily. It shows so much he won supreme cattle showmanship!

To show off Cooper’s success I used the Clear Scraps square shaker frame.

 

 

 

The frame set comes with everything you will need to complete and is easy to assemble. Using scraps of paper and acrylic paint to highlight the frame. I painted the frame and base first. Then I glued my photo to the base and let that dry.
Take two of the three frames and glue these to your base, let these dry ( I use Art liquid glue). Add the sprinkles, glitter or sequins to the base and set aside. Take the third frame and the clear acrylic cover. Remove the plastic protective film from the cove and glue to the frame, let dry. Once the cover is dry glue to the base and let everything dry. 
I attached the frame to chipboard pieces to create a large tag and ribbon for Cooper to display his with his awards.

 

Thank you for stopping by,

Amberly Hoffman

 

Tropical Paradise Divider Cards

Hello Crafters!

Dana here! I have one more project to close out the summer season. I hate to see summer come to an end. I know we all have photos we want to scrapbook but don't always have the time. For Today's project, I'm creating some Clear Scraps Divider Cards! These are perfect to add all your vacation photos, birthday's and everyday life moments. They are a great way to use up leftover scraps from older paper collections. There are dozens of styles to chose from.  Click here

For my project, I'll be using the Rounded Chip Click here, Angle Chip Click here and Scallop Chip Click here

The papers I'll be using are from an older Prima Marketing Havana collection! They have a Tropical feel. It's fun looking through my crafty stash and finding paper collections I forgot I had lol!

To begin I chose several coordinating papers and cut them to fit the base of my Divider cards. Some of my cards I left the border strips in place to give a nice look at the bottom. Using my xaco knife, i trimmed away any excess paper and cut out both bottom notches. Then using my Distress tool I smoothed any rough edges away. I like to apply Distress Ink on the edges of my papers. Then glue all my base papers onto each card using Beacon glue. Here's a photo:

Now they are ready to decorate! I like using different embellishments such as, flowers, ephemera and fussy cut images. Gather whatever photos you would like to use. 

Card 1 Rounded Chip front: i stapled two tickets together and glued on the bottom left edge. I fussy cut out a camera, and sentiments from the 4x6 Journaling card in this collection. Then adhered to my card using foam dots. I added a Prima crystal also. Here's how my card turned out:

On the backside of Card 1: I fussy cut out a sentiment phase and applied foam dots on the back and adhered in the center of my card. I fussy cut two birds from the Journaling card and glued in place. Here's a photo!

Card 2 Scallop Chip front: I made a pocket from one of my paper Scraps and cut to measure 4 x 17/8 inches and glued to my Divider card base. I fussy cut a sentiment and tucked inside my pocket. I added a photo (see below) and acouple sticker sentiments and a pink bow sticker at the top! 

For my photo, I tore a few edges and crumbled up my photo. I applied some Clear Crackle over top of my photo, then set to dry overnight. This will give a nice worn distressed look. 

Card 2 back: I glued a butterfly at the top, added a mini paper doll and fearless sticker sentiment. 

Card 3 Angle Chip front: using foam dots i adhered a bird ephemera piece over top of the bird image on my card. Then added a few Prima crystals!

Card 3 back: I made a flip page measuring 4x2 inches and scored 1/2 inch on the left before adhering to my card base. I applied acouple enamel dots and a sentiment on the front flip. Underneath I added a photo and a cute ephemera bow at the top! Here's some closeup photo!

Here's another look at my finished cards!

I hope you found my project fun and inspiring! Thanks for visiting the Clear Scraps blog today! Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here to see all the newest products available! Be sure to share your crafty makes with us on our Clear Scraps Facebook Creative page!

Until next month, Happy Crafting!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Prima Marketing Havana collection, Prima crystals and flowers, Beacon glue, foam dots, score board, xaco knife, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Distress tool, Clear Crackle