Share your blog with me!!

Welcome Everyone!! I was just thinking it has been almost a year now since I have been blogging.. and I have found some great blogs and I want to follow more! As most of you know I love scrapbooking, paper crafts and designing.. and my number 1 thing is I love finding, learning and seeing new tips, tricks and tutorials for scrapbooking, card making, paper crafts, ect. These things give me great inspiration in my own scrapbooking and designing. So I thought.. I would do a post and ask YOU to list your blog here so I can follow you and share your creative idea's on my blog roll!!

I have done the blogger search, but never can find what I am really looking for.. I mostly find a blog I like by visiting my followers blogs!! So if you have stopped by and you have a blog that has ANYTHING to do with scrapbooking, digital, hybrid, cards, paper crafts, .. PLEASE leave a comment here with your blog address or follow me and I will follow you!!

Also FileKutz sends a newsletter out every 3 months, and I am going to start finding inspiration things from others blogs and add them to our newsletter, with the author's permission of course and a link back to the original blog!! I just am amazed at what I have found so far!! Here are some blogs I have followed and they have great idea's, tips and very helpful information on them, Hope you enjoy them as much as I have!!

http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/  this week Melissa's Shadow Box has just amazed me!!

http://hybrid-alien.blogspot.com/ she posted about entering a Challenge called Mess on my desk challenge and reading her post just gave me the idea.. why not challenge my self to do this once a week!!  What a great way to use up some scraps and older items I have!!  Read it HERE

http://www.scrapbookingtechnique.blogspot.com/ shared some beautiful tags she made and what she did and used to make them, they are BEAUtiful!! See them HERE

http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/ shared a video tutorial on how to make 4 Corner Punched Flower, how simple and soooo beautiful!!

http://somanycrafts.wordpress.com/ Lissa Marie posted a very informative post on How to create your own embossing folders HERE

Well I could go on and on.. but time for me to get some laundry done and go through yet another closet in my house!! Spring cleaning what fun :( lol ... just wish the weather was a bit warmer!!!  Hope you all enjoy the few blogs I shared with you and YOU share yours with me!!



 

May Bingo Challenge at VDBC

Have you heard about the Bingo Challenge over at VDBC and the More Team??  If not head over to the forum, sign up if you haven't already and check it out!!  Then join Elizabeth, the host this month for the Bingo Challenge HERE.

Here is a copy of the Bingo Post:  Go HERE to veiw entire the thread and to play along!!

Get ready for some Bingo fun!!

1. You will choose 15 words from the list of 31 below.

2. You will send an email to VDBCBingo@gmail.com with your list of words. Also, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FORUM NAME in the subject line. DEADLINE IS May 4th at 12:00am (midnight) EST. First word will be called on May 5th. So don't wait, get your list in today!

3. Everyday you will need to check back to this original post in this thread, and see if one of your words are called! All words called will be updated in the next post, SO, it will be up to you to come back here and check! I will usually call one word a day, but you never know when I might call it. So you will need to be on your toes and check in frequently! Who knows, there might be more than one word on some days! Also watch for our challenges. Which will be posted with the word called for the day

4. Once all 15 of your words are called, post on this thread. The first to post, calling BINGO, will win! (I will verify the winner with your selected words that you emailed! There can be no tie, because the winner will be determined by the FIRST PERSON to post on this thread calling BINGO!)
That's it! This is one of those "must be present to win" games... you have to call Bingo yourself in order to win, so it's up to you to keep checking!

5. After Bingo is called, we will pick a "Biggest Bingo Loser". Here's how it works...I'll take the first 3 posts stating the number of words needed and the one with the most uncalled words from that group will be our winner. I will also verify this.

So send in your bingo words right away and prepare for some fun along the path to BINGO! Who will win? The suspense will grow daily! Good luck to all!!!! AND most of all have fun!! AND remember no heckling the Bingo caller or her assistants!!

The theme for this month is 3D/Altered items, so keep this in mind as the month goes along...we will have fun challenges along the way as well.

Here are your words:

1. butterflies
2. dimensional stickers
3. baskets
4. cupcake wrappers
5. pop-up cards
6. board books
7. cards
8. frames
9. banners
10. tags
11. paint cans
12. swivel cards
13. boxes
14. altered art
15. pop dots
16. wall signs
17. CDs
18. bags
19. recycled containers
20. clipboard
21. calendars
22. sliceforms
23. pencil box
24. blocks
25. journal
26. candles
27. flowers
28. recipe book
29. shadow box
30. milk carton
31. mini albums

FileKutz Monthly Sketch Challenge w/ the DT

Welcome to FileKutz Design's we are holding our 1st ever Sketch Challenge over on our DT Blog.   I am also offering this freebie file of a Swirl Background for the Challenge. Password provided on the Sketch Challenge post.


**See ALL the details and enter the challenge HERE on the DT Blog**
We will be hosting this challenge every month!



The File comes in WPC, GSD, SVG, AI, KNK, MTC AND SCAL2.  If you'd like a PNG format for digital email me (I just don't add them to the zip files as they make the zip so large)


  The winner will be choose on May 9th, so you have just a little over two weeks to work on your idea!!  

The winner will win 5 free files of there choice from ANY of Filekutz Design's. You can see all of my design's between these two places HERE  and HERE .  

To have a chance of winning this awesome prize, here's this weeks sketch for you to be inspired by in your entries... 

Here is a picture of the Cut File offered for this challenge:

How about some samples to jump-start your creativity! Here's what our fabulous Design Team have made so far this week!

Sharon S.

Eve S.

LisaJane

We hope you enjoy the sketch and have time to join in the fun with us on the DT Blog!  

I do have some tips for cutting files like this, with lots of small parts..

1. Make sure your blade is sharp or new.. I use a seperate blade for cutting like this that I swap out when I am done cuttin detailed cuts. 

2. Turn your paper upside down and do a double cut, it gives smaller cut a much better cut and if you have a white core paper you won't see the white core cutting upside down.  (Just make sure you flip your design, if needed)

3. If you have adjustable rollers on your machine move them to be on top of the paper, to hold in place better when doing a double cut. 

4. Ungroup or Unweld the whole file (if it is large and has small parts inside) and cut the inside pieces before you cut the outside stroke/line.  This will save you from cutting up your small parts and getting broking pieces on your finished background and small pieced files. 

5. If your 1st cut don't come out well, inlarge the or outline the outside stroke just a little, then delete/remove the original outside stroke,  then cut small pieces 1st, then cut the new outline you made. 

6. Some machine's are just not cut out for cutting small pieces.. if this is the case with your machine and you can't cut a file of mine because of small pieces, email me and tell me about it, your issue and the machine/program you use, and I will see if I can redesign with a little larger pieces (I can usually do this in most cases).. as I have a few times before for a customer who uses a Silhoutte machine and has to cut smaller due to the max cutting of 11x8".

**Please do not post your layouts, cards or project here, go to the full description and post HERE on the FileKutz DT Blog.**

April Challenge @ VDBC Apr 1st - 30th

"Spring Is Here"

Have you seen the April Challenge that Sharon is hosting over at VDBC?? Well if not head over to the VDBC forum to check out her Monthly Challenge Spring is here!!

This Challenge runs from today April 1 to April 30.

This challenge is to make some thing spring related. It can be just spring color.  It can be Easter, Mothers day, Birthday. You name it, it just has to look like Spring.

Meaning: Spring Colors ( either bright or pastel shades)

You can make any thing you like. It can be a Card, A layout, A Project, or any thing you would like to make. Just use spring colors.

(**As always, if you use a cutter file must be from one of the designers here at VDBC)

And this has to be some thing new (not posted any where) as this is a month long challenge. That gives you time to make some thing new.

The prize for this Challenge is (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/) Sharon's new "Easter Flower Collection" RM000142

winner for this free file for ever 5 players that submit a picture of what they made.

5 Entries 1 Winner

10 Entries 2 winners

15 Entries 3 winners and so on.

So far there are 30 entries!! That's 6 winners so far!! And all these ladies have made some cute projects that are very inspirational!!  So head on over to the challenge and get some great idea's and enter your own project!!

VDBC Newsletter and Free Easter Tear Bear File

Click the Picture to view the Newsletter and to get Freebie!!

50% Sale on FileKutz Design's at VDBC

Need to sign up for the newsletter??? GO HERE

If you need a format not included in the zip, just email me!!

Have you seen our New DT Blog??

FileKutz has a new DT blog, all things FileKutz!! The DT has been really busy posting new layouts, so I invite you to check out ALL of the new projects and follow the new blog.  The layouts and cards of these ladies are so inspiring!!

Here is the lastest new layout Posted By Angela!!

I've been working feverishly to finish up my Bald Eagle scrapbook by the time we leave here in two weeks. It's been great fun, but I will be glad to get back to some different types of layouts and be able to start on our trip through Alaska last summer.  The Bald Eagle scrapbook will contain 28 layouts.

LOOK OUT BELOW - October 31, 2010 - Haines, Alaska

JOURNALS: Bald Eagles battle for a salmon meal in the last run of the season.

PHOTOS: Bald Eagle images by Shetzers Photography

SUPPLIES USED: K&Company Julianne patterned paper and mats, Kraft cardstock, Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink (Antique Linen, Weathered Wood), Judikins Treasure Cube and Textiles Cube stamp, DCWV Neutrals cardstock, Bazzill Basics Just the Edge, Stampin Up Notes and Details and Dot Dot Dot stamps, Eagle cut file by FileKutz by LisaJane, Smooch pearlized ink, Sketch by PageMaps 2 (page 104), Font: Evie's hand

TECHNIQUE TIP: I used four different borders by Bazzill on this page. Two of them started out being off white so I used my stamps and inks to colorize them and add more texture to the layout. Another one started out to be off white and I decided that a pale blue would give a bit more separation to the zig zag border so I sponged some of the Tim Holtz weathered wood ink onto it to recolor it. The bluish textured flowers also started off in plain off white and with my stamps, I blended them in with the theme of the layout.

Here is a closeup of the wonderful cut file from LisaJane at FileKutz.  What a great way to finish off this layout.

To purchase this wonderful file, please click on the photo above to be taken to the website..

Have you seen this!! ScrapCalls!!

I just wanted to share a wonderful blog I just recently found, becasue of a fellow VDBC designer, Sharon... called Scrapbook Calls.   ScrapCalls is the place to find information about calls, contests and challenges that are happening in the scrapbook world.

It is also free to submit Design Team calls, Magazine Calls Challenges and Contests to be posted on the blog, if no purchase of items is required.

I highly recommend checking this blog every few days to anyone who likes to scrapbook.. there are some awesome challenges, contest, giveaways ect and something for everyone!

I also just put a recent call out for a Sketch Designer to join my DT.. so if you are interested please check out the details HERE and contact me :)

Enjoy :) ~LisaJane~