NSD Wrap Up

Hello Scrap Shotz Friends!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy {inter} National Scrapbook Day this past weekend. Scrap Shotz hosted our annual NSD crop in Calgary, kicking it off with the pop up shop Friday evening. There was a lineup 30 minutes prior to opening the doors and the shoppers put a noticeable dent in the product available.

Saturday brought 12 hours of cropping and Virginia inspired many with her beautiful make and takes.   It was a wonderful day spent chatting, eating and laughing with new and old friends. Thank you to everyone who attended the shopping event, Nicole Wright's canvas class and the crop!

This doesn't seem like a proper post without actually sharing a project so here's a card that I created as a sample for the Crop and Create event Scrap Shotz attended.

This card was created using the MFT All Smiles stamp set by myself, DT member Rosie. Here is how it was created:

"This set is comprised of the large smile stamp and various sentiments to pair it with. A stamp positioning tool came in hand for this as I placed a piece colour card stock in my Misti tool, arranged the various sentiment stamps to my liking, stamped with embossing ink and then heat set with white embossing powder. I did this twice as I needed to fill in some areas. I then inked the panel in rainbow order with Distress Inks. The smile was stamped on vellum paper with Versafine onyx ink and heat set with clear embossing powder. I colored the back of the vellum with copic markers similar in color to the inks. The vellum panel is then adhered to the inked background with the Lawn Fawn fundamentals Glue tube. Place the glue behind the black sentiment so it doesn't show through the vellum."

I will be back later this week to share some more samples and very, very soon we'll be seeing fabulous work from our new DT members!

Scrap Shotz May Kit and {inter}NSD!

Hello Scrap Shotz Friends!

The May Scrap Shotz kit is now available for order in the store right HERE. This months kit features a lovely neutral color palette with Kaisercraft's Pen and Ink line.

We are toning it down this month with the rich colors from Kaisercraft Pen and Ink. Includes 9 PP, 1 die cut paper, 12x12 stickers sheet, ephemera pack. Then we are complementing with enamel accents, ideaology hearts ( that can be colored!), butterflies, a chipboard tag and an alpha. 8 matching cardstock as always! Lots of great add ons! Single kits will be available after May 21st, if available, for 40.95.

There are a number of great add ons to choose from, click HERE and scroll down until you reach the May 18Kit Add On's. All add ons are exclusive to kit subscribers until May 21 when any remaining add ons will be released for general sale.

We are feverishly preparing for our Friday, May 4th Pop Up Shop at the Scenic Acres Community Centre in Calgary, AB. 

We'll be open from 4pm-8pm and along with shopping, we are also offering this Spring Canvas Class by Nicole Wright:

If you are in the Calgary area, you still have time to book a place in the class, click link below:

http://www.scrapshotz.com/product_p/ssz-canvasspring.htm

May also welcomes our new Design Team members, Gloria Lee, Laura Gilhuly and Karla Yungwirth! We are looking forward to being inspired by their projects this month and until their project reveals, we invite you to visit their blogs via their links on the right hand sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by, I will be back with a few projects I shared at the recent Calgary Crop and Create event.

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Tim's Tiny Houses

Hello!

Thank you to everyone who popped in to the Scrap Shotz pop up shop on the eve of our {inter} National Scrapbook Day crop. We were so happy to have you stop by, say hi and shop in person.

A great big thank you as well to:

-Kim Evans who stopped by to do demos on Friday, graciously assisted the team with set up and came back on Saturday to do more demos. Visit her Emerald Creek blog for creative challenges and inspiration.

-Nicole Wright who shared her knowledge of all things mixed media designing and teaching our first ever Scrap Shotz class. Click here to visit her blog and see her amazing work!

-Wild Whisper Designs owners/creators Suzy and Heather for the fabulous Make and Take shaker tag they taught our NSD croppers. Click here to visit their blog full of fabulous inspiration using Wild Whisper Designs products. Scrap Shotz is thrilled to be able to carry this Made in Canada (right here in Calgary) line, click here to see what's in the Scrap Shotz store.

Of course a huge thank you to all of our NSD croppers most of whom are regular shoppers in the store as well. We hope to see you all back for our Fall Crop sometime in October.

If you attended the crop hopefully you had a wee bit of time to take a look at all the samples the team created.  I was tasked with the Sizzix Alterations dies

 for Tiny Houses, Cityscapes Thinlits 

the Ella and Viv-Adventure Emporium Collection Pack

and here is what I created adding in stickers from the Scrap Shotz March kit along with Nuvo Crystal Drops and Distress Spray Stain.

This paper is stunning in real life, it will make fabulous Father's Day cards and I think it would be outstanding for Harry Potter themed layouts.


I'll be back shortly to share the team's April Scrap Shotz Monthly Kit projects, be sure to follow Scrapshotz on IG to get the first look at the most current projects.

Happy Crafting😊