Please help me welcome the oh so talented Vee as our June Guest Designer!! We are lucky to have her!

Hi, this is Vee!!! I live in the Washington DC area with my two children, Saadiq and Syani which keep me pretty busy and on my toes!   I love creating and started scrapbooking seven years ago after the birth of my son. I tend to scrap LATE at night which makes Starbucks a necessity in the mornings for me, lol. I love to create and use paint mixed with simple elements on my pages, minibooks and atc’s. When I am not creating  or mommy-ing, I love to watch my shows (sorry to say I am a lil’ addicted to the tube).I had a great time time playing with your awesome products, thank you so much for asking me to design for the month of June!
 

Thank you Vee!
-Kim

I just fell in love with this treat bag that Tania Willis (May guest designer) did for us and I thought you all would love to know how to do one too!  Imagine the possibilities with this, you could trim it down to an 9″x9″ or smaller to make smaller bags and fill it with candy or treats! I just love this clever idea!

She so graciously wrote out the instructions for us! Thank you Tania!!!

This treat bag was constructed using one of the 12×12 Patterned Sheets.

Instructions:
1. Using a piece of 11” x 8 ½” patterned acrylic sheet in front of you in landscape format, make score marks from top to bottom at 2 ½”, 5”, 7 ½” and 10”. (NOTE: This same bag can be made using a 12×12” piece.  Score marks at 2 ¾”, 5 ½”, 8 ¼”, and 11” instead.)

2. Turn your patterned acrylic 90 degrees and make one score mark 2 ½” from one side.(NOTE: If using a 12×12”.  Score mark will be at 2 ¾” instead.)

3. Fold along ALL scored markings and cut away the 1” x 2 ½” piece in the lower corner and discard.

4. Place adhesive on one bottom flap and adhere to the flap immediate adjacent.  Continue to overlap and adhere until all 4 bottom pieces are adhered.

5. Place adhesive on the 1” strip, tuck to the inside and pinch to adhere, making a tall cube open on the top.

6. Fill bag with desire treats (candies, gift cards, money, etc)

7. Pinch top closed and punch two holes for ribbon closure using a Crop-o-Dile or heavy duty hole punch.

8. String ribbon through holes and tie in a bow.

9. Embellish outside with sentiment of your choice.

TIP:  If you do not have a scoring tool or scoring blade on your trimmer, you can use a regular blade.  Since the acrylic is so thick it will not cut all the way through anyway….at least the two trimmers I tested it on, would not. They were Fiskars and the Cutterpede.

-Kim

We are celebrating summer with the release of three HOT new patterned Clearly Heavy Overlays!! Now available in grassy green, rich magenta and brilliant orange. These grid overlays are perfect for creating your own summer albums, embellishments, alphas and shapes.

What is a Clearly Heavy Overlay? Much thicker than a transperancy but still thin enough to cut with your paper trimmer, Pageframe Designs Clearly Heavy Overlays are the ultimate in versatility and the next step in transparent crafting. See below as we demonstrate how to cut an eight page album using just TWO Clearly Heavy Overlays.
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Create an eight page album using just TWO overlays

1. Cut the overlay into four equal squares using your paper trimmer.

2. Punch holes in the squares using a Crop-A-Dile tool. Be sure to line up the holes as you punch each square. Round the corners using a corner rounder punch (optional). Use metal book rings, ribbon or a Bind-it-All machine to put the album together.

Have some fun by alternating different colors and patterned sheets with clear pages.

Order Pageframe Designs Clearly Heavy Overlays HERE.
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Cut your own embellishments, alphas and shapes using your Sizzix, Cuttlebug or any other steel rule die cutting system.

White Dots
Black Grid
White Swirls
Orange Grid
White Dainty
Green Grid
Silver Damask
Magenta Grid
Black Retro
White Grid

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“Lucky Me” Project Kit - back in stock!

Our first kit sold out in just four days and after many requests to bring more in we are offering this kit just one more time! This will be the last so don’t miss out.

Order HERE

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Clear Cards

Our clear cards have been a huge success and we are pleased to offer the three new summer colors in cards as well. Now with a choice of two different sized cards (regular and note sized) these new cards are as cute as can be!!

Embellish, Paint, Ink, Punch… Pageframe Designs clear cards are so fun to work with!!

Cards are available in all these patterns and colors…

White Dots / Black Grid
White Swirls / Orange Grid
White Dainty / Green Grid
Silver Damask / Magenta Grid
Black Retro / White Grid

Order cards HERE.
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And now for the best news of all… Receive our most popular album FREE with any retail purchase from now until June 1st.

This adorable album is 5″ x 3 1/2″ with two scalloped covers and three inner pages. Place an order of $50+ at www.scrapdecor.com and receive this album FREE with your order. Limited time offer - just until JULY 1st.

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Thank you for your continued support!

Tara

I’m a bit slow this month… lol

 But I am so proud to announce the oh so talented Tania as our May guest designer!!

A little about Tania:

More than a few days without being creative or creating some form of artwork and I get ants in my pants.  The creative itch, I like to call it.  Once you get to know me, you’ll see that I scream Type A personality and I’m a bit obsessive-compulsive.  Which means, I can’t sit still.  My hands have to be constantly busy.  So scrapbooking fits well! 

My preferred approach to scrapbooking memories is to use everyday pictures of my children and add something unexpected in the journaling.  I often (not always) skip the basic 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) and instead, relay a life lesson in my journaling.  

I have 3 kids (one BIG kid and 2 littles). I’ve been married to the big kid for almost 12 years—he’s my best friend and the most adoring father I could have ever dreamed of for my 2 spunky little princesses—Ashlyn Rose, 6, and Emma Grace, 3.  Random Fact #1: I totally loathe shopping, but if I *have* to shop, it’s Old navy and Target—I’m easy to please. Random Fact #2: I LOVE peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches.  Before you say ewwwwwwwwww, I dare you to try it, even once!  You might well like it. Random Fact #3: I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (but I’m quite out of practice).Check out the gallery to see her awesome projects!!!

Thanks Tania!

-Kim

Pageframe Designs is sponsoring some terrific classes at this fall’s BC Crop for Kids. This class is a 12×12 layout designed by Sonja McLean, which features a 12×12 printed Pageframe overlay, along with supplies donated by Pick of the Patch and Purple Onion Stamps.

Be sure to check back in a few weeks when class registration begins for crop attendees. Although the crop is sold out, classes will be open to the public in the summer. Hope to see you there!

Hi everyone! ( waving madly! ) I wanted to share something near and dear to my heart. A  very amazing new challenge blog called Creative Therapy! A good friend of mine Karen Grunberg started this site, and it is just full of amazing talent and inspiring art, from all different mediums. Each week has a new catalyst to spark and inspire new ideas for you.  Karen posts a new catalyst and the design team’s projects every Sunday night. If you have some time check it out!

This week’s catalyst was Guilty Pleasures. I had to use the new Pageframe*New* Clear Scalloped Album/Notebook! The pattern’s were a mix of the Black grid and White Swirl and the scalloped edge clear Notebook pages.I LOVE these little mini’s ! They are my favorite!

Journaling Reads:

DIET COKE

I love soda, but especially Diet Coke. I crave it and I try really hard not to buy it, but once in a while it’s just time for a Diet Coke!
 

TV

Favorites- American Idol, CNN, Good Morning America, Court TV, The Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, and Grey’s Anatomy.
 

COFFEE

I love me some coffee! Got Have it! Any time of the day works for me!
 

COMPUTER

My home away from home. I have a lot of close friends online. I chat on yahoo, I read message boards, I love at galleries. I do my banking and bill paying online. I share pics with my family and I blog. I couldn’t live without my computer!

Have a GREAT week!

-Becky

Congratulations to Karan Gerber who is the WINNER of our $50 Gift Certificate to www.scrapdecor.com

We loved this contest so much we are running it again - all you have to do is post a project you created in our Pageframe Idea Gallery and you are automatically entered to WIN a $50 Gift Certificate of your own.   It couldn’t be easier - let’s see your Pageframe creations!!

Happy May everyone!!

Tara

I’m so please to announce that Cindy is our April Guest Designer, not only is she a fabulous artist but she just plain rocks! check out the Pageframe gallery to see the aweomse projects she did for us this month!!

A little about Cindy:

Hi there, my name is Cindy Liebel. I am a devoted wife to Tim (5+ yrs), a mother to two beautiful children, Tyler (5 yrs) and Corinne (10 mths) and I enjoy capturing the everyday life of my family through the lens. I have enjoyed scrapbooking for almost 5 years and love every minute of it. I tend to scrap mostly 12×12, but I also enjoy smaller sizes such as 8.5×11, 9×9, etc. Mini books and altering anything that screams to be altered is another way I like to express myself in this hobby. I love trying new things and stepping outside of the box. My favorite essentials I grab for first are cardstock, chipboard, brads, buttons, jewels, T-ruler, corner rounder and anything circular. I’m fortunate to have a studio all to myself to house all my scrapbook goodies. Other hobbies I enjoy are making jewelry, photography, home improvement projects, fine arts & sewing. If I’m not scrapbooking, you can find me on the couch indulging in a good movie & playing w/ my kids.

Currently, I am a Garden Girl for Two Peas In A Bucket, an American Crafts Creative Design Team member and I was named 2007 Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame Honorable Mention. You can find some of my work published in a variety of scrapbook magazines, such as, Scrapbooks Etc, Scrapbook Trends, Legacy Magazine, Memory Makers & Creating Keepsakes.

I am so excited & honored to be a guest designer for Page Frames this month. Their products are fabulous & fun to play with!

Thanks Cindy!

-Kim

Hey everyone!! We just receive more of our adorable little keytags and we’d like to give some away!! For a limited time receive a FREE set of keytags with every order placed at www.scrapdecor.com

Also, if you post a completed project in our Idea Gallery before May1st your name will be entered into a draw to win a $50 Scrap Decor Gift Certificate where you can buy just about anything Pageframes. We REALLY want to see your work so please upload your work today!!

Thank you from all of us on the Pageframe Designs team.