Good morning everyone!

Well how is everyone? I hope you all are going to have a wonderful new years! I thought I would post this post early since I know that I will be busy this weekend. but after this, all challenges will be posted on mondays.

Challenge week 1
our first challenge of the year here at scrap,laugh,love is to use YARN! Let it inspire you in new ways you've never thought of! try using it differently. It can give great texture and color to any project! So pull it out and start getting inspired!
Remember any projects you create for our challenges that you wish to share will be displayed in our readers gallery page at the top!
Heres one idea to get your creative juices moving!

We cant wait to see what you all create!
Have a wonderful New Year everyone!
Love,
Renee and Val

a new year, a new idea

So this year, we are switching things up a bit on here. Its going to be so fun an exciting!  We cannot wait to head down this road with you all!! We want this blog to be exactly what it says: Scrap, Laugh, Love. therefore we will be incorporating all of these things into our blog. We will have a weekly challenge for you every Monday! Fabulous fun creative challenges that will get all your crafty juices flowing!!! You will be inspired! ( we have our challenges all planned out till June!!!) Each week we will also bring some laughter into your life, whether this be a story, a joke, a group of funny pics, a scrapping mis-hap, we will help you pass your week with laughter and joy! The third installment each week will be something we love. May it be an artist we love, a layout we love, a photo we love and are inspired by, a touching tale, whatever it may be we will bring love and sweetness into your life each week.
Me and Renee feel so blessed to have met each other, to have the friendship and crafty relationship we have! We want to bring a little of that joy and sweetness into your life each week! We are extra excited to be traveling this road with all of you, our online friends who empower and inspire us everyday!
Some other changes will be that at the top we will have a page for any of you who wish to submit or share your creations with us for any given week, we will display them all in this gallery.
We've decide not to have monthly prizes also. Instead we will go with having random fun giveaways once in awhile!
we have also given the blog a new look. do you love it? We thought it was cute and sweet! theres also three new badges you can grab and share on your blog!
We are so excited to continue and explore this fabulous blogging journey we are on with all of you!

Love,
us

hurry ....

Just a couple more days to get in your december entries...
what is your one word for 2010!!??
you dont want to miss out on this gorgeous prize we are offering up this month!
its like a winter wonderland of embellies!



love,
us

tutorial thurday!

for my last monthly tutorial I wanted to go out with a bang! and some sparkle! who doesnt love sparkle? and this idea is just perfect for the holidays!
***warning if you live in the cold , do not use these out side i found out the hard way that the mod podge will crack in the cold. so only use them indoors until its warm!***

we are going to make some glittered shoes!!!!
(I didnt take pictures the whole time making mine so I will be using another girls pics as well!)
supplies needed:

glitter
tp to stuff the shoes to avoid a messy inside
paintbrush
mod podge
sand paper (important)
bowl to mix glitter
bowl to mix glitter with mod podge
something to cover to work space, newspaper or card board


first mix you glitters together. now if you prefer to only use one color thats up to you. I mixed pink turquoise and silver together for mine.
next sand your shoes with sandpaper
this helps. believe me! my sister skipped this step when doing hers and they cracked right away!
next shove tp into your shoes to avoid a glittery gooey mess inside them!
okay now pour a little mod podge into a bowl and add very slowly some of your glitter mixture into it. go slow and add only a little if you add to much it will get clumpy.

paint a coat carefully onto your shoes. go slow and take your time! becareful of the edges. make sure you are painting a straightline!

once you have one full coat of the mixture on there take some of just the glitter, no podge and sprinkle the glitter all over your shoes. you may tap excess of if you like I didnt. the more glitter the better! I let this dry for about 15 mins.
next take your glitter mod podge mix and add another coat of that to your shoes. this will seal everything in and ensure that they are completly coverd!
please allow 24 hours to make sure they are completely dry! make them the night or day before you plan to war them! and once again remember they cannot go into the cold!

these are mine starting to dry!

this is another pair already dry!

I hope you girls love this idea and go make a pair of glittered shoes right away!!!!!
merry christmas!
love
val

card tutorial tuesday!

renee is back with this perfect idea for holiday cards!!!!
(and to save money!!! who doesnt want to save money!!)

Cards On A Budget.

By Renee Ybarra

Supplies:

Bo Bunny Cardstock Winter Cut Out

Coordinating paper

Coordinating ribbons

Coordinating Colorbox Chalk Ink

Diamond Stickles

I found this Bo Bunny Winter Joy Cut Outs

sheet of cardstock paper at my local scrap

book shop. I loved the colors and seen a quick

easy way to make a few cards for pennies

each with stuff you probably already have in

your stash.

I cut up the cardstock.

Then I stickled everything I could or though needed

a little sparkle...Like the centers of the snow flakes

the Christmas bulbs and little dots I seen. I just bling-

ed it up to make it look sparkly!

Tied some coordinating ribbon.

Inked the edges.

Matted the smaller pieces to coordinating cardstock.

I made 5 cards and 3 small gift cards (not pictured)

all for .99 cents and supplies I already had. Talk about

a budget. Who said it has to cost a fortune to make a

pretty card?

Happy Holidays to all!!!

a sneak for the tutorial thursday next week.....

you will need an old pair of shoes(dress shoes, no tennis shoes) you dont really like. maybe the color is wrong and they need some redesign!!!!!
thats all I'll say for now but I promise it will be amazing!

still a couple weeks left to get your entry in!!!!
what is your word for 2010???
you dont want to miss out on that gorgeous prize we are offering up this month!!!!

love,us

hello!!!

hello everyone!!!!!
we hope you are having a wonderful december!!!!
we are postponing the card tutorial and the tutorial thursday for next week, due to holiday preparations!
we hope you all understand!

we have been very busy working behind the scenes on a new flow for this blog coming january first!!!
So excited for this!
We will have so much fabulous inspiration here for you ladies!!!

Now today we have our random follwer winner!!!!!
woooooooooohoooooooooooo!
and the winner is:

DRAYIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

congrats drayia!!!! please send an email within 48 hours with your addy!

see you all soon with some fun tutorials for you!!!!

love,
us

show us your scrap space

with val.....
 heres my room! I just re did it this summer!
 the whole cost under 100$!!!!

heres the view from my doorway. (and no its not always this clean!)

heres my shelf that holds most of my supplies. all organized in the drawers. also the pink blob in the bottom left corner is my sewing machine. the tubs stacked on the right of the shelf are my dads pictures he stores there. then next to the sewing machine is my bin of stickers and my tool bucket.

this shelf holds my stuffed donkeys and other animals. all my hand made stuff I love and the stuff others have made for me. and all my scrap books. on top of the books are layouts waiting to be put away.

heres the left side of my table area. where i store my photos and all my paints and glimmer mist. and above the table I have thos bulletin boards i showed you all how to make a while back.

heres my table front and center. these drawers on my table hold all the little tools and supplies I use alot. and pens. on top is my mp3 player and speakers. and my heat gun. always plugged in and ready to go. then my little garage sale tv so that I can watch my classis vhs while scrapping!

and heres the right side of the table area. my dresser again with tv. behind that I hang all my jewlery and 2 of my halloween masks. then I have my jewelry box my dad bought me when I was little and a cly pot I made in highschool in 10th grade.


so thats it girls thats my room!
thanks for taking a peek with me!
val

and the winner is....

melody!!!!!!!!!
congrats!!!
Ill get your prize out to you asap!
and heres melodys layout everyone!

 

its december!

are you all ready for your new challenge?

this month we asked the design team to pick one word that described their 2010 and make a layout about it using just that one word.
lets see what they came up with:

marlene:

ledesma:

 renee:

 val:

so girls, lets see you take on this challenge!!! what is your one word that means something to you for 2010?
leave a lin in the comments with your entry for the challenge.
and to sweeten the pot a bit heres a little bit of the prize this month:

its snowy and dark so i cant get a good pic. sorry! but theres lots of stuff in here:
10 different ribbons and trims
a bag of goodies fill with glittery goodness from renee.
felt ribbon
plastic mesh
tulle
baubles
flowers
floss
and 3 different fabrics!
plus much more!!!!
dont miss out on your chance at thsi gorgeous prize!

*note from val and renee*
we also want to mention everyone that this is the last challenge with the design team. starting in january we are going to do things a little different here.
we will no longer give monthly prizes away, we will instead have random giveaways.
we will have weekly challenges posted for you to get your creative juices flowing instead of monthly challenges.
and some other things we have up our sleeves.
also at the top of the blog in the tabs we make a "gallery of followers" so for any of you who do the challenges and leave us link we will add your work to the gallery for all to see!

so stay tuned ladies, dont go any where cause the good stuff on this blog is just getting started!!!!!

love,
us

hi!

hows it going everyone?
just a few more days to get your sketch layouts in for this months challenge!
I hope you all have a fabulous long weekend and thanksgiving!
stay tuned for decembers challenge next week!!!!

love,
us

card tutorial tuesday!!!

renee is back with another fabulous card tutorial for you!!!

Thank You Card

By: Renee Ybarra

Supplies:

Paper Punch

Paper Trimmer

Stazon Ink

Stamp

1 ~ sheet of transparency

4 ~ brads

12 inches of ribbon or less

card stock

2 ~ pieces of coordinating patterned paper

1 ~ flower

Make your own transparency by choosing

your own stamp and stamping the transparency

with Stazon Ink. I chose a stamp that I could

layer different patterned papers underneath.

Then I punched out some patterned papers and

trimmed and arranged them under the transparency.

Adhered to cardstock than placed the transparency

on top of the cardstock and patterned paper.

Pick out some matching brads and ribbon.

Pick out some coordinating papers.

Tie a piece of ribbon around the middle of the transparency,

attach the brads to hold the transparency to the cardstock.

Then layer the coordinating  papers to the card base.

 

 Add a flower with a glue dot and voila!!!

 

I just love the bright colors renee used in this card and all the layering amazing!!!!

show us your versions of this card! leave us a link in the comments section!

love,

us 

its that time again!

its the 15th, time again to draw our random follower winner!
our winner this time is....

benabeth lacour



woohooo!!!!!

email us your info within 48 hours and we will get your prize right out to you!

congrats!!!

tutorial thursday

this is an older tutorial I made but I know alot of you probably have not seen it. its amazing so I want to share it again with you all!

supplies:
-White Cardstock
-White Embossing Ink
-White Embossing Powder
-Embossing Heat Gun
-2 Paint Brushes
-Acrylic Paint
-Small cup of water
-Stamp of choice

STEP 1: Gather All Supplies.

 STEP 2: Using your Stamp of choice and White Embossing Ink, stamp images on the White Cardstock in any way you so desire.


STEP 3: Apply White Embossing Powder to Stamped Images and dust off excess. Repeat this process until you feel you have reached the look you want.

STEP 4: Using the Embossing Heat Gun, emboss the images as normal until they become smooth and glossy.

STEP 5: Allow to cool completely.

STEP 6: In a paint tray or a device of your choosing add the Acrylic Paint of your choice.

  STEP 7: Add a small amount of water to the Acrylic Paint until the paint drips off your paintbrush.

STEP 8: Using the first of your two paintbrushes begin to apply the paint to your White Cardstock Paper using a back and forth hand motion and cover the entire paper with paint.

 STEP 9: Before the paint dries quickly take your 2nd paintbrush and swipe over the stamped images to remove any paint. You want the images to appear white through the paint.

 STEP 10: Allow the paint to dry.

 And that's it. It's SO easy!

I hope you try this out!!! its an amazing technique that will allow you to create and type of pattern paper you desire!!! and any color to boot!

love,
us

show us your scrap space

with renee!!!

Here is: My Scrap Corner~

Since I am not fortunate enough to have an actual scrap room, I am quite happy with My Scrap Corner. Until I get my own room this works just fine for the time being. I utilize 1/4 of our living room which is great when my Husband is watching something I really am not interested in I can go over to my corner and still interact with him. Yes, it's white and pink and really does not match my living room but I don't care I love my corner! It's all mine...

 

thanks so much renee for sharing your space with us!!! I know we are all envious of the pink!

have a great weekend ladies!

dont forget about your sketch!

love,

us

and the winner is..........

maria!!!!!!!

congrats!
all of the entries were lovely ladies! you all did fantastic work!!!
I hope you all play along again this month! the prize this month is soooo pretty!

maria please email us at scraplaughlove@gmail.com to claim your prize

it time for our new challenge!

this month ladies we have a gorgeous sketch for you!

we got this sketch from the pencil lines blog. and heres what our girls came up with.
heres renee's~

heres marlene's~

heres ledesma's~

val

and heres the prize for this month!! its full of gorgeous stuff!!!

2 gold glitter frames
3 prima journal cards
parisian anthrology tickets
6 jenni bowlin buttons
1 large felt leaf
1 large die cut leaf
4 handmade flowers
4 glitter leaves
4 tags
4 vintage atc cards
1 chipboard tag
2 chipboard butterflys
misc trims and fibers
1 bag of rust colored glitter

we are working on picking out the winner from the tins now. the winner will be posted soon.
until then we cant wait to see what you come up with for this sketch! and instead of a linky this month can you just leave a comment with a link to the blog page of your posted entry! thanks!

love,
us