Sunday, July 15, 2012

Our July Main Kit Giveaway x2!

Hello everyone!  We hope you're having a really great weekend.  We're back today with a reminder about our July Main Kit Giveaway that's twice as nice!

To celebrate CHA and our appreciation for our wonderful blog followers and facebook fans, we're giving away TWO ENTIRE JULY MAIN KITS featuring Carta Bella Beautiful Moments!!!


YES!!!  We are giving away TWO of our July Main Kits!

Here's how to enter the contest, twice:
1. Follow our blog (Click the "Join this site" button on the "Followers" widget in our right sidebar) and leave a comment on this post telling us what you would create with this beautiful July Main Kit.
2. "Like" our Facebook page by clicking the "Like" button on the page and leave a comment there telling us what you would create with this beautiful July Main Kit.

It's as simple as that!  Be sure to do both, as we will be drawing one winner from our blog and one winner from our Facebook page.

Winners will be announced on Friday, July 20th. 

Some fabulous July Main Kit inspiration from our Design Team:
We have more beautiful inspiration to share using Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our Design Team Gallery.

*** Don't forget about our Carta Bella Paris Girl and All Hallows Eve collection pack giveaways!  Those giveaways are still open but hurry, those 5 winners will be announced on July 17th *** 

There is SO MUCH FUN going on at My Creative Scrapbook!

Friday, July 13, 2012

Another BIG GIVEAWAY, Twice!!!

Hello and happy Friday!  How would you like to kick off the weekend with ANOTHER BIG GIVEAWAY?!

Yes, it's true...
We love giveaways so much that we can hardly control ourselves
and we're doing another one.

To celebrate CHA and our appreciation for our wonderful blog followers and facebook fans, we're giving away TWO ENTIRE JULY MAIN KITS featuring Carta Bella Beautiful Moments!!!

Kit Contents:
  • Carta Bella Beautiful Moments 12x12 double sided papers
  • Remember paper
    Damask paper
    Stripes paper
    Banner paper
    Thoughtful card paper
    Chickadee paper
    Borders paper
    Cherish paper
    Happy Thoughts paper
  • 12x12 Beautiful Moments element sticker sheet
  • 12x12 Beautiful Moments ABC sticker sheet
  • White Doily
  • Zva Crystal flourish
  • Prima Vintage Metal trinkets - bird cages (3 per pkg)
  • Prima flower pkg Parfait butter cream pkg of (2)
  • Prima flowers pkg of Elle flowers pkg of (2)
  • 12 antique cream roses mini
  • 2 burgandy roses mini
  • Custom chipboard doily circle flourish
  • Cream lace
    Brown Sheer
    Pink Satin ribbon 

YES!!!  We are giving away TWO of our July Main Kits!

Here's how to enter the contest, twice:
1. Follow our blog (Click the "Join this site" button on the "Followers" widget in our right sidebar) and leave a comment on this post telling us what you would create with this beautiful July Main Kit.
2. "Like" our Facebook page by clicking the "Like" button on the page and leave a comment there telling us what you would create with this beautiful July Main Kit.

It's as simple as that!  Be sure to do both, as we will be drawing one winner from our blog and one winner from our Facebook page.

Winners will be announced on Friday, July 20th. 

Some fabulous July Main Kit inspiration from our Design Team:
We have more beautiful inspiration to share using Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our Design Team Gallery.

*** Don't forget about our Carta Bella Paris Girl and All Hallows Eve collection pack giveaways!  Those giveaways are still open but hurry, those 5 winners will be announced on July 17th *** 

There is SO MUCH FUN going on at My Creative Scrapbook!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Adding Color to Flower Embellishments with Angel

Hello!  We're back today with a wonderful tip from Design Team member Angel Rodrigue.

Here's Angel...


To add some light hint of color to my roses I used a distress Marker from Tim Holtz and brushed the tips lightly...


Then I spritzed it with Maya Road Glitter Spray...


Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Even More Carta Bella July Main Kit Inspiration + Chance to WIN + FREE Prima!

Hello everyone!  We don't want anyone to miss out on the fun that's going on at My Creative Scrapbook, so today we're sharing even more Main Kit inspiration from our design team and recapping how you can WIN some gorgeous Carta Bella as well as how you can get FREE Prima!

The July Main Kit... Carta Bella, Beautiful Moments:
Click here to purchase your Carta Bella Main Kit!

FREE Prima flowers with every Carta Bella Main kit new purchase in July!!  Back by popular demand, we are offering Free Prima flowers with every Main kit subscription of 3 months or longer that is purchased in July. Yea!!!  CLICK HERE to join the fun!

Some fabulous July Main Kit inspiration from our Design Team:
We have more beautiful inspiration to share using Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our Design Team Gallery... to see more, go here.

Would you like to WIN one of five Carta Bella collection packs? On behalf of My Creative Scrapbook's beautiful reveal of Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our July Main Kit, Carta Bella is giving away brand new collection packs to 5 lucky winners, right here on our blog!!!

The brand new releases up for grabs are Paris Girl and All Hallows Eve!

All it takes for this incredible chance to get one of these new CHA release collections in your hands is... follow our blog and leave a comment here letting us know what you love about My Creative Scrapbook and Carta Bella.  For an extra entry into the drawing, "Like" our Facebook page and leave us a comment there.

The 5 random draw winners will be announced right here on the blog on July 17th... the first day of the CHA 2012 Summer show.

The fun doesn't stop there... we've put together some fabulous prize packages for our blog followers and our Facebook fans, so watch for those contests later this month!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Creating a Beautiful Background with Jolaine

Today Design Team member Jolaine Frias is sharing how she transformed plain white cardstock into a beautiful background for her layout.

Here's Jolaine:

I love the look of white backgrounds on layouts but for some reason I always reach for pattern papers. As a personal challenge, I created a page with some white space for my LE work this month. This is how I created my background:

I started by pulling some of my mists that I thought coordinated with the beautiful, bright colors in the kit. I used Glimmer Mist in Sun Sisters, Hoola Hoop, S.W.A.K. and Trunk Bay. I also used an old Prima stamp I had in my stash along with StazOn ink in Timber Brown.

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Next, I stamped randomly around an 11x11 piece of white cardstock. I chose a solvent ink pad because I didn't want my stamped image to bleed when I used the mists. I used a combination of misting and splatting.

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I used the zigzag stitch in my sewing my machine to sew my background onto a sheet of pattern paper.

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I finished my page by adding photos, cut-out design elements from the papers, flowers and other embellishments.

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Hope you enjoyed my tutorial!

Monday, July 9, 2012

More Carta Bella July Main Kit Inspiration + Chance to WIN + FREE Prima!

We're kicking off the week with more fabulous design team inspiration with the July Main Kit.

But first... we would like to take a moment to say A VERY BIG THANK YOU to our loyal blog followers and new blog followers alike.  We really appreciate you!  We hope you'll continue to visit us to find out about all of the kits, contests, prizes, giveaways, fun, and excitement happening at My Creative Scrapbook.

Next... how would you like to WIN some gorgeous Carta Bella?!

For your chance to win one of five Carta Bella collection packs on behalf of My Creative Scrapbook's beautiful reveal of Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our July Main Kit, Carta Bella is giving away brand new collection packs to 5 lucky winners, right here on our blog.

The brand new releases up for grabs are Paris Girl and All Hallows Eve!


YES, 5 random draw winners will be announced right here on the blog on July 17... the first day of the CHA 2012 Summer show.

All it takes for this incredible chance to win and get one of these new CHA release collections in your hands is... follow our blog and leave a comment here letting us know what you love about My Creative Scrapbook and Carta Bella.  For an extra entry into the drawing, "Like" our Facebook page and leave us a comment there... go here.

The July Main Kit... Carta Bella, Beautiful Moments:
Click here to purchase your Carta Bella Main Kit!

Free Prima flowers with every Carta Bella Main kit new purchase in July!!  Back by popular demand, we are offering Free Prima flowers with every Main kit subscription of 3 months or longer that is purchased in July. Yea!!!  CLICK HERE to join the fun!

Some fabulous Main Kit inspiration from our Design Team:
We have more beautiful inspiration to share using Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our Design Team Gallery... to see more, go here.

And..... Have we mentioned how much we appreciate you?  We've put together some fabulous prize packages for our blog followers and our Facebook fans, so watch for those contests later this month!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Reveal Time...and You get a Chance to WIN!!!

We are so excited to show you our awesome July reveal...and to let you in on a fabulous opportunity to WIN some Gorgeous Carta Bella!


For your chance to win one of five Carta Bella collection packs on behalf of My Creative Scrapbook's beautiful reveal of Carta Bella's Beautiful Moments in our July Main Kit, Carta Bella is giving a away 5 brand new collection packs to 5 lucky winners, right here on our blog.
The brand new releases up for grabs are Paris Girl and All Hallows Eve! 

YES, 5 "Random Draw" Winners Right Here will be announced on July 17...the first day of the CHA 2012 Summer Show.


We have some beautiful Inspiration to share using Carta Bella's beautiful Moments in our Design Team Gallery...to see more, go here.




All is takes for this incredible chance to win and get one of these New CHA release Collections in your hands is...Follow our Blog and leave a comment here letting us know what you love about My creative Scrapbook and Carta Bella. Oh...and to have your name thrown in the Hat twice, visit our Facebook page, leave a comment there and Like Us...go here


Click here to order you Carta Bella Beautiful Moments July Main Kit. Come join the FUN!


The Main Kit... Carta Bella, Beautiful Moments...


The Creative Kit... Echo Park and Bella Blvd...


The Limited Edition Kit...Websters Pages, Girl Land and Prima...



The Album Kit...Websters Pages, In Love Collection with Prima....


The Flower Kit....Completely Beautiful....

We would like to take a moment to Thanks these fantastic ladies for joining us as Guest Designers this month. You will be so inspired buy the Gorgeous creations that each of them created. Please help us give warm welcome to this awesome and talented group...

Kaori Fujimoto

Hi! My name is Kaori Fujimoto.
I  live in Japan with my  husband  and three children.
I worked as a veterinarian before marriage, I'm  currently  working on a   pathology study  of the animals  now.
I have been scrapping since 2006, as a diary and growth record of my children. I feel happiness when I  see the "diary" with my children.
I love to  add  dimension to a page. I often incorporate  patterned paper to cut out,  various kinds of embellishments, pop-up, several colors mist and ink,  on my page.
Thank you so much for inviting me ! I am  excited and honored to be a  Guest designer.


Anna Zaprzelska

My name is Anna Zaprzelska, also known as Brises. I live in Poland (Europe) with my family (my husband and one wonderful son).
I discovered scrapbooking in 2009, but did not scrap as consistently as now and never imagined that scrapbooking would become a passion, or that I would have a craft-corner in my home dedicated to the hobby...
Now, I’m addicted to scrapping and enjoy creating everyday. Every little things in my life are just an other reason to create more pages. And, of course, my family has always been a great source of inspiration for me. I love photography and believe that a good photograph can tell a great story and is the beginning of a great page.
Scrapbooking is my pleasure and fun but also way to express myself.
My style? Layers, layers, layers and a lots of hand-cut elements. At the end - stamps! I really love stamps! In a fact my style is always evolving, but I really like bright and warm colours and romantic embellishments. Maybe I’m a little shabby girl with a touch of vintage? I think so 
I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer, thank you so much for this opportunity!
Please, visit me on my blog:
http://ana-brises.blogspot.com/


Amy Voorthuis

Hi, I’m Amy Voorthuis, and I’m from Almere, The Netherlands.
I'm scrapping for eight years now......I got introduced with scrapping by my aunt who lives in the sunny state “Florida”. I got married on the 20th of April 2012 to my boyfriend Jeroen we have been together for 13 years and we have a wonderful son Kevin who's 7 years of age. Kevin he is that cute boy in most of my lay outs. All the girls you see in my lay outs are his cousins he has six. (love to use flowers) I’m kind of an romantic scrapper. I just started  blogging  in December of 2011 and I’m totally hooked! I work in an optic store called “Pearle optician” and I love my work very much (not as much as scrapping anyway) but it allows me to have this wonderful hobby. I’m in school to be an optician and I’m in my second year so I’ve one more year to go……
My other hobby is to grow Koi’s it turned into an obsession *grin* it’s the third year we are doing so……it’s hard to sell them but we can’t keep them all.
I was really honoured to be asked by Delaina Burns to be a Guest DT member for the month July! I’ve never been in any DT before.
As I said before I love to use romantic papers and flowers I also love to stitch on my lay outs! I’ve never had the chance to scrap with my aunt but I want to go to Florida in the next two years or so and maybe meet some of you!!!!



Maiko Miwa

I am a wife to a lovely husband and a mother to a 5 year old girl. I started scrapbooking in the year 2008 because I wanted to store all the memories with my family in this beautiful way. Nowadays, I teach scrapbook near Kyoto. I am willing to challenge many things throughout scrapbook. I can say my style is soft and feminine. I love to crop many elegant photos. I wish to challenge that it can make also from a different style.  When I am making a layout, I always try to make it look like the whole layout is one picture. I love to use a lot of rhinestones, stamps, mists, and inks for my creations.


 Sarah Bargo

Hey paper crafting peeps! My name is Sarah Bargo and I am SOO excited to be a guest designer here! My Creative Scrapbook puts the most beautiful kits together wouldn't you say?!  So a little about me, I am a christian momma of 2 amazing little men that are my biggest source of inspiration for scrapbooking. I started scrapping when my first son was born and that was about 13 years ago, but I can remember being little and cutting out magazine clippings and scotch taping them inside a spiral notebook sooo I guess you can say I've always been a scrapper at heart. ;) I absolutely love scrapbooking! Not only do I love the huge variety of awesome products, but I love the purpose of memory keeping! What if something happened to me? Would my boys know just how much I love them and know how much I cherish every second that I get to spend with them on this earth? You better believe it sister! It is so important to document our feelings and relationships in our lives! So thank you again to My Creative Scrapbook for having me, this is such a treat!  ;)


Monday, July 2, 2012

Prima Contest WINNERS!!!

We are so thrilled with the response to our huge Prima contest...

We loved reading your contest entries in our email!
We loved reading your wonderful comments on our facebook page!

We are so grateful for your excitement about My Creative Scrapbook!

YES!
We have winners!!!

Grand Prize Winner:
Grace Wong


and we have 2 more

Random Draw Winners:
Tina Phillips
Jacqui Hunt

Congratulations!
Winners, please send an email to MyCreativeScrapbook@gmail.com with your mailing information (please put Prima Contest Winner in the subject line) so that we can send your prizes to you.

Congrats again!

Stay tuned... there's more excitement on the way... :)

Sunday, July 1, 2012

July Kit Sneak Peeks!

Hey all!  It's a brand new month and you know what that means... it's sneak peek time!  YEA!

The Main Kit is a REAL BEAUTY...
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The Creative Kit is filled with SUMMER HAPPINESS...
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The Album Kit is STUNNING...
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and the Limited Edition Kit... COMPLETELY GORGEOUS...
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Come back on July 5th to feast your eyes on the full reveal... just wait until you see what's coming... we're so excited to share with you!