some yarn fun

heres some fun yarn things I wanted to share!
I hope they make you smile as they did me!

Have you made anything with yarn yet this week, leave us a comment or email it to us we would love to see it and we will post it in our readers gallery!!!

love,
val and renee

a few things I love

to keep in the theme of yarn this week, which is our challenge. I thought I would share afew beautiful ideas I found online!

found this on primas blog, by miss stacey cohen.

found this pretty on weheartit! I love the felt mixed with yarn!

also found this one on weheartit, simple little yarn balls yet look at the elegant result!



I hope you are enjoying this weeks challenge and getting super crafty!

love,
renee and val

and the last winner for us is....

MARIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

way to go maria!
please email your addy and we will get your prize out to you asap!!!!

love,
renee and val

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