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Product Spotlight: That Boy Kraft Kuts

Have you seen our latest Kraft Kuts? Today we bring you our That Boy collection. We love these fun designs that are perfect for boy themed layouts and projects.

1st Wheels by Staci Taylor
The Trucks and Cars paper is perfect for Staci's adorable photos. Did you notice that she cut some of the cars out of the paper to use as embellishments? I love the one "driving" up the edge of the star!

Playin in the Sand by Amy Peterman
Amy has beautifully used just a portion of the Graph Star paper on her playful layout. Did you notice that she crinkled some of the Embellish Boy Stickers before adding them to her page? I love the texture it adds. Very fun detail, especially for a boy themed page!

On the Go by Kay Rogers
Notice how Kay has accentuated the star designs by adding felt stars to the Arrow Half Bracket die cut paper and to the Embellish Boy Stickers. Such a fun design detail.

Star Bowler by Vicki Chrisman
I love that Vicki used the die cut Graph Star paper as her background, without adding it to a square piece of paper. Did you notice the bowling ball that she made out of a chipboard circle by punching 3 holes into it? So clever!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to enter our latest Fancy Friday Challenge. Entries are due tomorrow by midnight!

Product Spotlight: Summer Soiree Stamps

Now that summer is in full swing, we just had to spotlight our Summer Soiree 10 x10 circle stamps.

Not only are these stamps perfect for layouts and projects featuring your summer memories, they also work great for those everyday moments too (see Ronda's at the bottom of this post).

Our Playground by Michelle Filo.
Michelle used several of these fun stamps (flowers, scalloped border, arrow) to accent her beautiful layout of her kids playing in the summer sun.

123 Slide by Cindy Tobey.
Cindy makes a splash in this layout about her son on the slip-n-slide.

Cindy used two of the wave stamps, which she overlapped. She then sprayed mist (Cindy used Tattered Angles Glimmer Mist) over the top for a splashed look.

Cindy also used the scalloped border stamp, stamped on cardstock and then cut out as an accent.

Swing by Nikki Bellish
Nikki used the swirly wave and butterfly stamps to embellish this pretty layout of her daughter.

Logan by Ronda Palazzari
Ronda used the label stamp, circle journal, scalloped border, dotted border, and stars on her layout about her daughter's good friend. Don't you love how Ronda stamped the circle journal stamp three times in different colors, giving her self plenty of space for journaling?

Product Spotlight: On A Whimsy Notebook

This week the spotlight is on our On A Whimsy Notebook. This little book comes with 24 pages of 12 different whimsical designs in 4 different shapes. The largest pages are 5" x 8" and the smallest approximately 4" x 4 1/2".

Hi by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne used one of the largest pages as the base for her card. What a great idea!

Yes by Michelle Filo
Michelle beautifully layered several pages from the notebook to frame her photos.

Always by Staci Taylor
Staci used a page from the On A Whimsy Notebook to frame her photos. 

I love that she machine stitched a paper ruffle around the outside of the notebook page. She also used a page from our Delight Notebook cut in half and layered under her framed photos.

Product Spotlight: Delight Stamps

This week we bring you the Delight Stamps, a versatile clear stamp set that coordinates with the Delight collection.

Our designers came up with some really cools ways to use these stamps and they are sharing them here with you today.

Anne Jo Lexander uses the beautiful flourish stamp included in the Delight Stamps for the "front doors" of this pretty card.

From This to This by Staci Taylor.

Staci used a watermark ink on the wing stamp, stamped it twice on orange paper, heat embossed the wings with UTEE and then cut them out. She then added glitter to the wings to give them a little shimmer. Beautiful!

To make her chipboard arrows appear grungy looking, Staci first covered them with two different colored inks. Then she used the dot border stamp on top of the inks for a cool effect.

Fly by Michelle Filo.

Michelle used the wing stamps from this set as well. She stamped the wings onto transparency for a light fluttery look. She also used the journaling spot stamp.

Rub A Dub by Anne Jo Lexander. Anne Jo used the one of the stamps on her tag for nice background pattern.

17 Years by Ronda Palazzari. Ronda used several of the flower and heart stamps to create the decorative elements on this page about her and her man.

 

Ronda used a clear embossing powder with the heart stamps for this cool effect...

We hope you've been inspired today. Come back again on Monday for another Fancy This project!

Product Spotlight: On Display Frames

On Display Frames are in the product spotlight this week. These frames come in black or white and in four different sizes. They have a flexible clear center that you can use as a scrapbook page. You can add photos, ribbon, paper, buttons, rubons, paint, and you can even stitch on them, either by hand or with a sewing machine! They are incredibly versatile and make beautiful gifts!

Owen by Ronda Palazzari
Ronda cleverly used a clear page from the Mixed Media Square Book in a White 8 x 8 On Display Frame. Those 8 x 8 Mixed Media pages fit perfectly in this frame, and I love the clear background with the printed white numbers. Such a great idea and lovely framed page!

Freedom by Cindy Tobey
Cindy created a fun patriotic page for her 8 x 8 Black frame. She machine stitched strips of red paper right onto the back of the frame insert. She also added white cardstock behind the red strips. Everything else she added to the front of the clear insert. Cindy used her computer and printed out "USA." She then used the print out as a template to cut "USA" from some scrap cardboard.

You can see here how Cindy stitched right through the clear frame insert.

Sisters by Jodi Sanford
Jodi created a lovely frame with a photo of her beautiful daughters and a favorite quote. She used Double Alpha Rubons for her quote and created a simple and beautiful machine stitched border on the clear insert of her 6 x 8 Black frame.

I love that Jodi added this beautiful wreath of berries around her frame.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to enter our Father's Day Challenge. You have until midnight tonight to enter!

Product Spotlight: Kraft Kuts

This weeks Product Spotlight features our Kraft Kuts, and we've got oodles of inspiration for you.

Ice Cold Treat by Brenda Hurd

A Family of Just 3 by Jolene Pienaar

Pals by Kay Rogers

Happy To Be 4 by Liana Suwandi

Sweet Kisses by Michelle Filo

My First 12 Years by Staci Taylor

I Love This Kid by Vicki Chrisman

Zzzz by Nikki Bellish

Product Spotlight: Summer Soiree Rubons

This week the spotlight is on our Summer Soiree Rubons. We love these fun, bright, rubons that are sure to add a bit of summer to any scrapbook page or project!

Summer Days by Kay Rogers
Kay started with our Summer Soiree: Paradise Transparency, and added some of the rubons to further embellish her page. I love that she used a flower rubon over the bottom left corner of her photo to balance the transparency flowers over the opposite corner. Notice how she also used the "summer" rubon as part of her title!

Just Beachy by Ronda Palazzari
Ronda used quite a few of the Summer Soiree rubons to embellish her layout. She added lots of rubons right onto her background paper around her photo. She then added the flower rub-ons to chipboard that she had painted. She cut the flowers out and layered them over the other rubons with foam adhesive. I love that they look just like printed chipboard embellishments! She also added rub-ons right onto the chipboard letters! And isn't it cool how she added the red frame rubon to overlap a tag, her background paper and the photo?!

Both of these layouts have me longing for summer! Good thing it is almost here! Have a great weekend and check back on Monday for our next Fancy This project!

Product Spotlight: On A Whimsy Transparencies

Our On A Whimsy printed transparencies are in the spotlight this week. These beautiful, bright designs are printed on a clear 12 x 12 transparency. They work great as a whole or cut up into smaller pieces.

Amy Peterman used a portion of the Ray of Sunshine transparency on this super cute layout of her darling daughter. Amy painted, machine stitched and added paper in front of and behind the transparency to achieve this fun look.

Cindy Tobey used the entire Sprout transparency as the background of this playful page. She added paper, felt, hand stitching, ribbon and buttons to the transparency. When Cindy layered the transparency over the blue patterned paper she didn't like how dark it made the sun look. To fix this she simply backed the sun portion of the transparency with white copy paper. Another way to keep the sun looking bright yellow would be to paint with white or yellow paint directly on the back of the transparency under the sun design.

Vicki Chrisman used a portion of the Sprout transparency on this adorable wall hanging! She used the sunshine and flower from the transparency along with rub-ons and patterned paper from the On A Whimsy collection for her fun home decor piece. Notice how she placed the flower from the transparency in the little girl's hand? So clever!

Product Spotlight: Summer Soiree Overlays

 

In my neck of the woods, it seems that we've skipped spring and have gone straight to summer. It's okay with me though. The winter was long enough and now I'm ready for balmy weather! And you will be too once you check out these layouts using our Summer Soiree Overlays.

Beach Bum by Kay Rogers (uses Summer Soiree Heat Wave)

Sunny by Anne Jo Lexander (uses Summer Soiree Paradise)

Now are you in the mood for some summer scrapping?

Reminder: The due date for entering our Fancy Friday Challenge is tomorrow! Good luck to everyone entering. We look forward to seeing all of your Mother's Day creations!

Product Spotlight: Buttons

This week we are spotlighting our Buttons. Each package contains 45 buttons in 5 different colors and 3 different sizes. They have been dyed to match their corresponding paper collection and they all coordinate beautifully with our older collections as well! I love using these buttons on all sorts of projects. They add the perfect touch of beautiful color!

Mari & Me by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne Jo simply lined some buttons up and stitched them across her layout for a beautiful and bright border!

Beautiful Fall Days by Brenda Hurd
Brenda created a lovely tree and adorned it with some of our buttons. Notice how she added some twine to a few of them. And check out the large button at the top of her page. She added a rub-on to it! Lovely!

Thanks by Nikki Bellish
I love how Nikki used one of the large buttons to accent this card. She applied several rub-ons to it as well as a brad. Isn't it cute?!