Our In-Store Designers Recent Projects

Hello Friends!  I'm back to share with you lots of layouts submitted by our In-Store Design Team.  The last time I tried to load all of these beautiful creations into blogger, the photo loader was not working.  Here is hoping this works because I have a lot to share with you!

Celebrate the 4th

by Michelle

(Starlight by Pink Paislee)

Horsin' Around

by Michelle

(Sugar Rush by Basic Grey)

The Big Day

by Michelle

(Just Dreamy 2 by MME)

Rock Out

by Michelle

(Fun and Games by Dream Street Papers)

Edible Art

by Sharon

(Bayberry Cottage by Pink Paislee)

Got Ink

by Sharon

(Sugar Rush by Basic Grey)

In the Swing of Things

by Sharon

Sassafrass a Lass

The Best Days

by Suzie

(365 Degrees by Pink Paislee)

Treasures

by Suzie

(Just Dreamy 2 by MME)

Graduation

by Suzie

(Hats Off)

The Girls

by Kimm (me)

(Cappella by Basic Grey)

The Dance

by Kimm (me)

(Cappella by Basic Grey)

Wow, that was a lot of layouts for one post.  I hope you've enjoyed some inspiration from our amazing Designers!  I provided links to our store for the paper lines that were used in each layout just in case something really caught your eye.  The links are in pink :).

Thanks for stopping by!

♥ Hugs ♥

If Heaven had an address... this one is for Mom!

Hello dear friends.  Our Beary Sweet Designers are Celebrating Mother's Day on the DT Blog.  If you haven't been there for some inspiration, head on over and check out their delightful projects.
The girls on Team 1 have begged me to share my card with you today.  They weren't taking "no" for an answer - LOL.  I originally designed this card for the last MMSC, but due to my computer issues, I was unable load it before the deadline.   What a bummer.  Maybe next time, right?

Our theme this week is Mother's Day.  I think this card is quite suitable for the occasion.  If Heaven had an address.....

...I would send this card to my Mom.  Mother's Day has been a very difficult time of year for me since loosing my Mom to cancer over 5 years ago.  She was only 53 years young.  She passed peacefully one month from her diagnosis.  Sadly, this all took place around Christmas.  Certainly not enough time to say "good-bye", but we were also grateful that she did not suffer long like her father (my PopPop).  She is sadly missed.

After spending some time with my munchkins in the morning, I generally find myself hiding out in my studio crafting for a few hours on Mother's Day. This is where I feel closest to my Mom. She is the reason I got myself into the business to begin with. She was an amateur photographer, an amazing artist, and a local business owner herself (flowers, balloons, and gifts). By combining all of her passions, I found this wonderful world of paper crafting and scrapbooking that captures the beauty of her spirit.  And best of all, I get to share it with so many wonderful people.  If I had a sentiment inside this card it would read...

"Thank You Mom!  For everything you are and continue to be.  For your support, guidance, and unconditional love.  Even though you are not here with us, you are still HERE.

Love,

Kimm, Jenn & Mandy"

Enough of the sappiness.  Now let me share with you the ingredients of my card.

• Paper:  Pink Paislee 365 Degrees, Bazzill Cardstock, Neenah Cardstock 110lb cover weight cut with Spellbinder's Lg Circle and Lg Scallop Circles dies.
• Stamp:  Magnolia Tilda with Three Flowers (sold out on website - will check physical inventory)
• Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils with OMS, Stickles, Colorbox Fluid Chalk (chestnut roan)
• Embellishments:  Prima Flowers (mostly from stash), our brand new stemmed paper roses that will be available soon, Prima Say it in Crystals Centers (pg 3), Pearls from KaiserCraft, silk ribbon from stash.

Sorry about my sappiness, but I  hope you have enjoyed my creation.  Thank you for stopping by today.  Remember to give your Mom a hug and tell her just how much you love her this Mother's Day, and everyday.  I hope all of our Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, even our "Fur-Mommies" out there have wonderful Mother's Day!

Don't forget to enter to win our "Beary Sweet" Blog Candy!

♥ Hugs ♥

May is National Scrapbooking Month.  We will be running HUGE blow out sales starting this weekend.  I will be posting all the happening right here and on our facebook fan page.

Welcome the very talented Elise to our Design Team

Wow, more exciting news to report!  We have been "Beary" busy these last few days!

The Beary Scrap Design Team and I are honored to introduce you to our newest Design Team Member, Elise!  She's been prepping for a few weeks and I know she is anxious to start sharing with you. Blessed with talent and a passion for paper, Elise's work will truly inspire you. Not only are we fortunate to share her talent with you, wait until you get to meet her. She's has the kindest heart and the most bubbling personality. She'll make you smile all around. Would you like to see a sampling of her amazing work? You can visit Elise's Blog by clicking  HERE.

Elise will be joining us next week when we launch the Beary Sweet Challenge on our DT Blog.

Be sure to check in with us daily to see what our talented ladies are up to.

Don't forget, we still have some (well, a lot) of Beary Sweet Candy running until May 5!  Find out how you can win all the sweetness you could ever want by clicking HERE!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs & Smiles,

Barbie Girls by Sharon

Hello Dear Friends!  I've been a busy little bee lately.  If you haven't noticed, all 3 of our blogs received a facelift over the past few days.  I hope you enjoy the new layout.  Up next is the website!  That's going to take a tad bit more work since there is so much coding involved.  I only design graphics and play with web design because I rarely have the time to scrapbook.  Hey, a girl still needs her "therapy", right?  Only in my "spare time" though. *wink*.

So, are you feelin' "Girly"?  If not, this layout sure will have you feelin' it - or at least singing "I'm a Barbie Girl".

I love the colors of this KaiserCraft paper! It's called Blushed and you can find it in our store HERE.  Pinks & Blacks always look fab together. Combined with some Prima flowers from our "pick-a-petal" bin (located in the store), and some hand-stitching, this layout really is quite eye catching.  The image really doesn't do this layout justice.  If you visit the store, you can see this layout on display along with many others from all our In-Store Designers!  If you can't drop by, these papers are available on our website in limited quatities though. 

Our Team 1 Designers are busy creating THINGS WITH WINGS this week!  If you haven't visited in a while, you NEED to head over there and see some of the beautiful work our Gals are posting.  While you are there, why not become a follower of our Beary Scrappy Gals Blog? We have some exciting news coming up.  I know you won't want to miss out on it!  If we can get to 40 by Wednesday of next week, you just might be in for a BIGGER SURPRISE!!!

Product News:

• We have received a restock of White Mulberry Paper in the 165 Super Xtra Thickness.  Other colors are still in production and should be arriving within 2 weeks.
• 2 lines from Jillibean Soup are on the way:  Egg Drop Soup and Old World Cabbage Stew (thank your Lori for stopping by and showing us these papers.  There was absolutely no hesitation in adding Jillibean Soup to our line up of collections!).  Corrigated Alphas are in this shipment too!
• Pink Paislee "Starlight" Collection has been shipped to us today.  For those of you who have this on pre-order, we should have this in hand by Monday.  
• New "FairyTale" Prima Roses and Flutter Vines have arrived and are in stock.

That's all for now.  Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Smiles,

In Control...

not me, but my daughter is!  This week has been so "out of control" and stressful to say the least.  So much so that I had to break away and MAKE time for myself to wind down and escape.  I decided to put a few things aside and do something relaxing, something to feel good about and make me smile.  YES, I actually did a scrapbook page!  Even more surprising I finished it completely... with journaling, and it didn't take me much time at all.  I am notorious for not completing my pages.  I've been known to have a pile of pages sitting and waiting for titles or journaling.  But I am proud to say that I finished one!  YEAH ME!

I love Bo Bunny, but I'm also overwhelmed by the new lines that are out.  There is way too much available from many of our wonderful vendors that we just can't carry it all.  We do our best to pick out what we think you will LOVE.  With that said, we will be bringing in 2 of the new lines in the upcoming weeks.  Before we ran out of Calypso, I had to grab a few sheets for myself.

Since I haven't been my normal "creative" self lately so I chose to take the "easy way out" and utilized a sketch from Page Maps's April Newsletter.  I love Becky's sketches.  She makes scrapbooking easy for those of us with limited time.  If you haven't visited her website, I highly encourage you to check it out!  The hardest part is picking you papers and developing a color scheme and balance that is eye appealing - and corresponds with your photo. So yes, there is still a bit of creativity involved.  *grins*

So I had my sketch and I picked my papers, then I went looking for a photo to use.  Yes, a little backwards, but I am so far behind on my scrapbooking that it really doesn't matter.  I was sure to find a few pictures that would match this paper - LOL.  I picked this picture of my Ms. Lindsay, who loves to steal the remote controls for all the televisions in the house.  She's a little devil. 

The layout is pretty straight forward and simple... not alot of "wow" but enough to draw in the eye and still not take away from the focal point (or photo).  Of course, I can't create anything without using a Martha Stewart Border Punch.  Oh, I'm hooked on them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs & Smiles

"Enjoy" by Michelle and more talk about COLOR

Happy Saturday!  The weather has been so beautiful her in NEPA.  We jumped right from winter to summer... although here in PA we really have 2 season, "winter" & "construction".  Yes, every major highway every summer is occupied with construction workers.  I hate sitting in traffic, but... some of those guys can be real "eye candy" to look at *wink*.  At least it makes the time fly by... hey, I'm married, not dead.  A girl can look!

Yesterday we explored a bit about color and how to pull the color out of your images to create amazing pages that are appealing to the eye.  Today, I have another example to share with you.

"Enjoy"

Created by Michelle

This layout is the PERFECT example of how to work with the color in your photographs.  Can you see where Michelle captured the the colors for her layout?  If you guessed the popsicles, you were right!  Michelle used vibrant papers from Dream Street's paper line called Fun & Games.  I used this same line to scrapbook my sister's wedding shower.  Why a wedding shower?... because this paper line matched most of my photos.  Also take notice how she used different papers to create the elements that embellish her layout! Add a few gems for sparkle, some ink to add depth and you have one FAB-U-LOUS layout!

Very nice work Michelle!  Thank you for sharing with us.  You can see this and all of our in-store Designer's Layouts on display in our store.

Until next time.  Thanks for stopping by.

HUGS and SMILES,

"Sweethearts" by Sharon / Creating eye appealing pages with color, not theme

This week flew by so fast!  I still have to finish up some Easter errands.  I wait until the very last minute to pick up Chocolate.  If I don't, chances are pretty good that there won't be any left for Easter morning.  Yes, Mommy has been known to raid the baskets - LOL.

Today I have another layout to share with you from Sharon.  Aren't her kids Sweeties?  I know it's Easter, but I also know that most of us are behind.  In fact, if you've been reading our DT Blog, Jamie just scrapbooked last year's Easter photos.  I'm with her!  I'm usually not in the mood to scrap Christmas photos right after Christmas.  I'm at least 2 years behind!

"Sweethearts"

Created by Sharon

I love when I see paper lines mixed together.  When I help my customers in the shop, I always encourage them to think "outside of the box".  Mix papers as long as they match and they are within the spectrum of the color wheel.  Don't be afraid to use what was from a "Christmas" line even if you are scrapbooking "Birthday".  You'd be suprised what prints are on the back side of these papers.  We don't carry a lot of "themed" papers because, well.... it's scrapbooking, and anything can take on any theme... it's all in the way you choose to create with it.  What I have learned in the past 2 years is that most "themed" lines will sit and collect dust.  No one wants dusty paper!  When it comes to scrapbooking, there are no limits.  I guess that is because I scrapbook around the colors of my images and NOT by the theme of the paper.  When I select papers lines for the store, believe it or not, I take into consideration the current fashions and trends in the clothing world.  Color is all surronded by clothing.  Sounds funny, I know... but it all goes hand in hand... and if you've been in our store, you know that I don't have much more room left for "dust collectors"- LOL.

That was long winded, but I think you catch my drift.  Back to Sharon's layout...  Sharon used printed papers from Bo Bunny's Flirty Collection and printed papers from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush line.  The combination was a match made in Heaven! 

Sharon added some extra elements and focal points to her layout by adding diffent collages. Here are a few close up images for you to gander at. A grouping of circles withe some hearts and Prima flowers (that are in the store but not online yet - my bad, sorry)....

use up those scraps and cut out some ovals and hearts and other shapes.  Grouped together with some more Prima Flowers, stickers, brads, floral lace ribbon, and even a decorative pins and self adhesive KAISERCRAFT pearls!  Oh, I love it!  This is what using your scraps is all about... right down to checking out what might be in your sewing box.

I hope you've enjoyed another beautiful layout by Sharon.  I'll do my best to keep them coming a few times a week.  I promise to focus on some "time management" stratagies - LOL.  Of course, all of our in-store designer's creations are on display in our store.

Thanks for stopping by.

HUGS and SMILES!

Beautiful work from our In-Store Designer Suzie

Happy April!  It's hard to believe that 2 days ago it was snowing here in Northeast PA.  Yes, you heard me SNOW!  Today it is a comfortable 70+ degrees.  The sun is shining, the birds are chirping.... and my children are home from school driving me insane!  Okay, I mean that in the nicest way possible.

Our in-store ladies have been busy creating some amazing layouts.  Forgive me for not being able to find the time to share all of this with you.  I had originally been posting them on the DT blog, but we collectively decided to move them here.  I just can't find the time to photograph, enhance, and post 3 or more times a week.  Those of you that have been to the store have seen them gracing our walls!  Wow, they are filling up fast.

Today I have for you some layouts created by our fellow DT member Suzie.  I just love her style.  Fresh, clean cut and elegant.  Everything is always well balanced and her color selections right on.  Suzie always amazes us on crop night.  I believe it is her photography that truly makes everything so well balanced.  Not to mention she has the most adorable photogenic kiddos too!  Oh, if we were all that blessed.

"Angel Face"

created by Suzie

Suzie's "Angel Face" layout was created using patterned papers from Best Creation Easter Line.  There isn't much of this left in the store.  Her base is white Bazzill Cardstock, tied togeteher with some pink.  A few layered circles created with some Nestabilities and some K&Co 3D butterflies.  Oh, and a strip of cardstock punched with a Marth Stewart Edger.  It's just beautiful!.

"Love, Laugh, Live"

created by Suzie

Another stunning layout from Suzie.  This one is titled "Love, Laugh, Live".  I absolutely love these papers from Dream Street.  The line is Heartsong and it is On Sale in our store right now at 35% off.

"Kyle"

Created by Suzie

And lastly, another layout created by our fellow DT member Suzie.  This one page layout is title "Kyle", after her little guy!  What an amazing photograph!  I love action shots!  The base of this layout was created using none other than Bazzill Cardstock.  Suzie also used some patterned paper from Bo Bunny's Mango Luau collection.  What a great collection for those waterside layouts.  It makes me want to head to the beach!

That's all I have to right now.  I'm loading some more images of some beautiful layouts from Michelle and Sharon, along with a few class projects Tracy has put together for our upcoming events.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Smiles,

Meet Susan! Our Design Team Coordinator

It's time to introduce you to our amazing team of deisgners!  First up is our Illustrious Design Team Coordinator Susan Killam.  Susan has been doing an outstanding job organizing this new adventure for all of us at The Beary Scrap.  Thanks a bunch Susan!  HUGS to you... REALLY BIG BEAR HUGS!

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Hello! I'm Susan, from Killam Creative. I also answer to Honey, Sweetie, and Mommydog. My husband -Matthew- and I have been married 12 excellent years. We have a 6-year-old Blue Doberman Pinscher named Finnegan. He is absolutely the sweetest dog in the world! We adopted him from a Doberman Rescue two years ago. At the adoption event, he picked Matthew out of all the potential adopters, and the decision was made!

I am a hobby photographer, paper artist and -soon!- a wire-based jewelry maker specializing in chainmaille weaves. As a photographer, I try to capture the natural world around me, especially the really small parts.

My paper goods include 3D art cards and scrapbook layouts. I started out making cards for family and friends about 5 years ago. I can honestly say I only decided to take it seriously in 2009, and I've had a creative explosion of sorts. It's been a great ride so far!

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Susan also designs for Sassy Studios, a really cute digital stamp company.  You can check out Sassy Designs Studio by clicking HERE.

Be sure to swing on over to Susan's Blog HERE to learn more about her and her work and seen the amazing things that she has created.

Our Beary Scrappy Gals

I've been feeling a bit under the weather since yesterday, so I apologize for my late post.

I'm very excited to announce to you our very first online Design Team. 

Susan Killam - Design Team Coordinator
Gini Cagle - Designer
Jamie Cooper - Designer
Patricia Stewart - Designer

Be sure to go and visit their blogs.

Of course, we also have a few talented ladies that will be desingning for us right at the store too.  I'll be introducing you to them a little later.   

We are putting the finishing touches on our Beary Scrappy Gals Blog but you are welcome to hop on over their and bookmark it for future reference.  You won't want to miss the beautiful work these girls create!

I'm off to get the children to school.