Spotted in the Gallery!

Monday again! Let's see what I found in the gallery this week! I haven't posted any of the creations from our blog challenges yet, so I wanted to show you this one by croppincorry... It was for Virginia's tissue paper blossom challenge. I just love her blossoms, the color combo, and the placement of her journalling! Great work!



Be sure to post your blog challenge creations in the gallery for everyone to enjoy! See you next Monday for another peek into the gallery!

Fabulous Friday - Blueprint Challenge

It's Friday and you KNOW what that means, right???? Yup, it's Fabulous Friday here at Scrap Shotz. Today Rosie has whipped up a wonderful Blueprint challenge for us. Take a gander at her challenge below...

On a Fab Friday in November of last year, the talented Denise provided an excellent tutorial on making your own blueprint in PSE. Her instructions are obviously excellent because even I could understand and follow them, lol! Here is my very first blueprint! I can’t wait to see how the talented members of SSZ interpret it!

Here is Rosie's interpretation -

It's fabulous; don't you think???

Thanks Rosie for an awesome challenge and sharing your gorgeous layout!

Copic Thursday!

Hello everyone!!! I hope you've been busy coloring this week!

Before we get started I'd like to announce our February winner of a

FREE COPIC MARKER!!!



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DOT!!!

Please get ahold of Sandy and let her know that you are our February winner! Thanks for playing along!


Our challenge this week is Coloring Skin

I need a lot more practice getting a shadow on the face... and on the blush too... it's a lot harder than it looks!

Please link here with your sample, or upload into the forum thread for your chance to win a free copic marker... aand the grand prize of 20% off your entire copic order!

Happy coloring!

March in National Craft Month

I cannot believe it is March already; can you? This March at Scrap Shotz, I'd like to share with you a series of projects, tips and tricks and inspiration. You can incorporate these ideas into your home decor or cards or layouts. Let's have some fun, shall we?

To kick off National Craft Month, I'd like to share some instructions on how to make the tissue paper flowers on my layout below.

Handmade, slightly imperfect flowers are all the rage now. They can be distressed, coloured with glimmering mists or jazzed up with some Copic air brushing. Either way, flowers are fun and oh so easy to make.

I used white tissue paper. The tissue paper I used had a matte and a glossy side. Using my circle punch, I cut a swack of circles all the same size. You could definitely use different sizes of circles but I like to challenge myself to complete projects in 30 minutes or less!

Next, gather up the circles and insert a brad to hold the circles together. Then "fluff" up the circles by scrunching them. Now you have a colourless but cute flower.

You can choose any option to colour your flower now. I used two different colours of Tattered Angels glimmer mist because I like the depth that the secondary colour gives it. After the glimmer mist dried, I "painted" on some Ranger Glossy Accents and dusted on some Pink Paislee Pixie Stix. I love the look; do you?

Here is a side and aerial view of the flowers -

To finish off my floweers, I used my Hero Arts stamps and coloured them with my Copics.

I hope to see your tissue paper flowers too!

Supplies used:  Urban Lily (pattern papers); Zva Creative (gem swirls); Tattered Angels glimmer mist; Doodlebug alphas; Heidi Swapp (chipboard question mark); EK Success circle punch; Hero Arts stamp; Copic Spica Marker

Thanks for letting me share!

Blog Winners Galore!!!

Well, I am finally caught up from going on vacation! Caught up on my sleep, the laundry, the cleaning and all the other stuff!

So anyone interested in who the previous week's blog winners are???? LOL Check below! If you see your name below, please email or pm Sandy to arrange pick-up for your prize. And a big big THANK YOU to all you loyal blog followers; it is you the readers that make posting tips, techniques, projects and challenges SO fun! Here we go....

For the week of Jan 25, LORRAINE

For the week of Feb 1, LISA L

For the week of Feb 8, LAUREL

For the week of Feb 15, ERICA

For the week of Feb 25, LAURIE

Congratulations ladies! Your comments are greatly appreciated! I read each and every one of them!

Spotted in the Gallery

Hello! Virginia here. I am filling in for Jess while she is on vacation...big shoes for me to fill.

The Scrap Shotz gallery is chock full of inspiration, beauty and talent. Here are a few that caught my eye this week.

Here is a layout from croppincorry that so reminds me that Spring is coming!

And I love the paint and the retro peace sign on this layout...

And I just had to pick one more! Jillian's treatment of the ribbon caught my eye in the gallery!

Thanks girls for sharing your talents with us! I look forward to more of your work in the gallery!

What's caught your eye in the gallery this week?

Spotted in the Gallery!

With the DT call in full swing we had a gallery just bursting with incredible talent again this week! I want to share a layout that inspired me personally from Nicole N... after seeing this one I actually misted a piece of paper and embraced the splotches!

Here it is... I love her style!

Be sure to check out the gallery... there is so much more to enjoy!