Scraplift Mania

Today we have one more layout of inspiration for our 'scrap lifting' challenge.

Stephanie Dang

"Stunner Shades"

Hey everyone! It's Stephanie- here to share a "scrap-lifting" project inspired by Monique Liedtke on one of her projects created for the Imaginsce DT Intro this past January. 

You can view her layout below.

 I loved how she randomly stamped her background to anchor her layout. I also loved the circular die-cut on the left of her layout and how she placed her die-cut title at the bottom of her layout. I don't know about you-but my titles tend to always be on the top somewhere! :) 

The "Welcome Spring" collection with its bright cheery colors was perfect for my son's retro pic not just for spring... :)

Supplies used:

Imaginsce: Welcome Spring Collection (patterned papers and bling) and I-top tool with I-top 22mm brad punch.

American Crafts: Amy Tangerine (fabric stickers); Studio Calico (wood veneers)

Thanks for joining us this past week.

We hope you were inspired by all of the beautiful creations.

Scraplfiting Inspiration

Today Christine shows how you can use a layout and be inspired by certain elements to create a card. Also using a card design but just changing up the 'theme' or elements used while still keeping the design the same.

Christine Meyer

For my scraplifting I decided to do cards - one lifted from a layout and one lifted from a card.  I love pulling elements from layouts and translating them onto a card.  I used Cari's layout as my inspiration.  Here's her original:

And here's the card I came up with:

The thing that really caught my eye on Cari's layout was the diamond pattern created with bakers twine and gems.  I also liked how she did them to the right side of her picture/title/etc.  I think my first instinct would have been to do them underneath, I love that hers was different from my tendencies, so I ran with that.  Using hot rocks and twine I created my diamond pattern. 

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Wecome Spring, My Baby, and Colors of Christmas) Stickers (Childhood Memories and My Baby), Die Cuts (My Baby)

American Crafts: Ribbon, Cardstock, Foam Adhesive

My Second Lift:

I loved the way that Aimee broke her card into three parts and created a scene.  Check out her version:

I thought the "Welcome Spring" line would be perfect for creating a whimsical scene, especially some of the cute animals that it features!

I cut my grass on a curve to give it a hilly feel.  The snail is a cute die cut and the little bird is in one of the patterned papers, so I fussy cut her out!  A hand cut sun added to the sky helps with that spring feeling that we are all craving right now.  

Thanks for joining us today!

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Welcome Spring), Die Cuts (Welcome Spring), button (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts: Cardstock

Join us again tomorrow for our final day of scrap lifting inspiration!

Scraplifting madness!

We have some more incredible 'scrap lifting' ideas for you today. Check it out!

Kelly Holbrook

"Super Star"

I was inspired by the design of Jodi's 'Snow Kisses' Layout. 

So, I changed up the color combo and the theme, and changed it a bit to fit my 8.5x11 page.  There are a couple of things I normally do to convert a 12x12 design to 8.5x11. 

One option is to eliminate any white space, another is to make my page horizontal...or both as I did here.

Supply List:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Welcome Spring: Dainty Floral, Flying Colors; Perfect Vacation: Pack it Up, Anywhere you Go); i-Top Tool, 22 mm brads, i-Rock Tool,

American Crafts: White Cardstock, Neutrals Cardstock, Black Honey Thickers, Knock Out Border Punch

Jodi Wilton

"This Boy That Girl"

There are so many talented designers on the team to scraplift, that it was hard to choose! I have always admired Becki Adam's style for a long time, so I decided to lift one of her recent layouts!  I came across a layout, that I loved because it was almost like two layouts in one! I thought this would be super cool to combine a couple new collections by Imaginisce to create this look:

Some detailed shots of the layout:

And here is Becki's layout that I lifted (Thanks Becki!)

Supplies Used:

Imaginisce:  Patterned Paper:(My Baby, Perfect Vacation) Die Cuts: (My Baby); Bling: (My baby)

American Crafts: Cardstock

Scraplifting Inspiration

It's easy for crafters to get into a creative rutt sometimes and have difficulty coming up with creative ideas.
Finding inspiration online (i.e. Pinterest, Facebook, online scrappy galleries/blogs) are a great place to start and get those creative juices flowing.  As is scraplifting one of your favourite designers. You can choose to create something that is very similar or just pick a few elements that you'd like to incorporate into your work.
(*Either way ... always remember to give credit due where necessary. :) )

Let's take a look at what a couple of our designers have to share with us today.

Angi Barrs

Scraplift a Journal  

I love making altered projects and decided to scraplift one of Cari Locken's projects. I just love the altered journal that she made using Imaginisce's Black Ice collection. 

Here's my take on her journal. I used the new Perfect Vacation collection. A travel journal is a great idea for summer road trips. You can keep the kiddos busy with a fun activity too. They can write about the journey and have a place to collect their souvenirs.

Here's a close up of the cover. I even added a mini pencil for the kiddos. 

I added glassine bags to some of the pages. You can insert more travel papers from the Perfect Vacation collection into the bags along with souvenirs.

Supply List:

Imaginisce: patterned paper (Perfect Vacation)

Imaginisce: My Baby Gems

Stash: Ribbon, twine, glassine bag, mini pencil

Lanette Erickson

This week we were asked to scraplift another design team member work. So as you can imagine the hardest part is picking who and what you are going to lift. I finally decided on a beautiful LO created by Monique Liedtke using the  super cute Bushel of fall Collection. 

Here is her layout:

For my layout I stuck pretty close to Monique's layout after all its stunning! I used the oh so sweet  My Baby Collection and featured one for the first pictures ever taken of my youngest daughter Peyton. 

Here is my take on Monique's Layout:

And just a few detailed looks just for fun.

I added just a but of twine to my die cut title that i popped up using some foam dots.

I just love these layered stickers aren't the bunnies just the cutest thing ever! 

Supplies used:

Imaginisce Products Used: Pattern Paper –My Baby,Die Cuts- My Baby, Layered Stickers -My Baby.

American Crafts Products Used:White Cardstock, Twine, Foam Adhesive, Double Sided Adhesive.

A Scraplifting Challenge

We gave our Design Team a challenge to scraplift another Imaginisce DT member's work.
They were simply to choose a project (i.e. layout, card, etc) and 'lift' it to create their own creation.
It's been fun to see what they've come up with and this week we are going to showcase their work.

Amanda Johnson

"You are my World"

I'm going to be honest, this assignment was really hard for me! When I was going through everyone's blogs and checking out the Imaginisce pinterest page, I was so inspired by everything I was seeing...I had such a hard time picking a layout!

Finally, I found this layout by Suzanna, and I knew I wanted to try my hand at it..I normally scrap smaller photos, so I knew the large photo would be a challenge!

I loved how she framed in the photo, and kept the embellishing to a minimum. It made the photo really take center stage.

I die cut this sentiment from one of the Perfect Vacation pattern papers, and used it for my main embellishment cluster and it also works as my title.

Then I added the banners at the top as Suzanna had, to bring the embellishment back up to emphasize the "frame" around the photo.

While this was a way different style for me, I really love the way this layout came together! Thanks so much Suzanna for the inspiration!!!

Supply List:

Imaginisce : Paper: Perfect Vacation, Welcome Spring, Buttons: My Baby (boy), Gems: Perfect Vacation

American Crafts: Knock Out Punch, Twine, double sided tape

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Join us again tomorrow for more inspiration from our Design Team.