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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Blog Hop!!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013


Are you ready to have some fun?!! Good! Because that is the theme of this blog hop.... 

Girls just wanna have fun!

The best part about this.... pretty much anything that has to do with girls having fun qualifies for this one! We just want you to have fun!!! 

Here are some ideas.....Mums, daughters, girlfriends, sisters, mother in laws, could be any photo you've had with any other lady in your life, a photo you have with mum on your wedding day, or you and your daughter on a holiday, even a party with the girlfriends, the list goes on. If it's a card or OTP project, it just has to be girly, the more girly the better.



We have 2 fabulous sponsors for our Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Blog Hop.... 


The first sponsor is Artsy Albums!!! 


My name is Traci and I have been creating scrapbooks since I was in high school. I have also been married to my high-school sweetheart for 24 years and we have two wonderful boys -- one in college and one in high school. 

After a 17 year career in the pharmaceutical industry that just didn't tap into my creative side enough, I retired and went to work in the scrapbook industry. I have enjoyed designing albums, store samples, classes, and kits so much that I recently decided to take a leap of faith and open my own company.

Artsy Albums is a product of a deeply rooted passion. After losing my mom to breast cancer when I was a teenager, I learned the importance of our memories, the pictures we take, and the stories that may never get told if we do not document them. I truly love to create beautiful albums that focus on the photos and the stories behind them. I also enjoy creating mini album kits that are fun to put together, easy, and affordable. If you love to scrapbook, try an Artsy Albums kit to create your next project!
I always welcome the opportunity to help you turn your photos into a keepsake that will be shared for generations.  www.facebook.com/artsyalbums





And secondly we have Cheryl from Scraptownlady.


Welcome to Scraptown Lady - Scrapbooking Supplies from The Ozarks!  Scrapbook supplies at prices you can afford. Scraptown Lady is located in the Branson, MO area near Forsyth, Missouri in The Ozarks. Cheryl has been a scrapbooking enthusiast for several years and not only offers great deals on scrapbooking supplies, but also holds classes where you can hone your art.  We offer such products and services as EVENTS AND CLASSES, ADHESIVES, EMBELLISHMENTS, TOOLS, INKS, CHALKS & MIST, PAPERS, READY FOR ART ALBUMS, TAGS, CHIPBOARD AND WOOD, DIES, STORAGE, RUBBER, CLING, SILICONE & CLEAR STAMPS, EMBOSSING INK, POWDERS & FOLDERS, GLITTER, RIBBON, LACE & FIBERS, PAPER AND FABRIC FLOWERS, DECOR ITEMS, PAPER TAPES, BLANK CARDS AND ENVELOPES. All of these supplies can be purchased here on our site. If you aren't able to find that special something, let us know and we will be happy to special order something for you.  What makes our store extra special is the fact that we do not charge your credit card until we have found the very best possible shipping option for your purchase. Often times with other sites, you end up spending more on shipping costs than you do on the actual product. We take pride in had processing each and every order to keep your costs down. Tell a friend or neighbor about us. If you place an order between now and Sunday at 11:59 pm you can use CODE20 for an extra 20% off your entire order! 

Scraptown Lady is offering a $25.00 Gift Card to her shop! 
(Winner pays postage)

I bet at this point you are asking yourself.... what do I need to do to win one of these prizes?! Well, let me tell you! 

1. You need to hop to every blog on this list.
2. Leave a comment here telling us that you completed the hop.
3. Complete a Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Type of project and link it up to the inlinkz on this post! 

That's it! Easy as 1, 2, 3!! Some of our Designers are also giving away prizes on their blogs so you have a lot of opportunities to win!! Here is the order of the hop.... Have fun!!


1. Brenda
4. Lori
5. Manda
6. Amanda
7. Sassy
10. Scraptown Lady Facebook
(*Note... if you don't have a facebook account, you can still play along with us! You will just skip the 10th stop!) 

 Also... It appears that Google is doing away with our Followers feature in a few days... we would LOVE it if you followed us using bloglovin'!!! wink, wink!


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Designer Spotlight Featuring Amanda!

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Today, I am thrilled to introduce Amanda to you! Amanda is so much more than a designer here at Frosted Designs! She is also our Sponsorship Coordinator and manages both our Facebook and Pinterest Boards! She is amazing and we would be lost without her!

 5 Fun Facts about Amanda...

1. I can not sleep properly when my bedrooms untidy, (my husband often lifts his head to me doing a bit of a tidy before bed)

2. I love social media, and will talk forever, in fact if my friends have not heard from me at least once a day, I’m sick or injured.

3. I love nothing more then my family, my friends and to craft. My family are the last people I see at night and the first I people I see in the morning, they are the roof over my head, the giggles running around the house, the memories made at Christmas, the reason why I can call myself a proud mum, they are my world, without them I would have nothing to scrap, simple as that!!!

4. I hate cricket, love football, one is slow, one is fast, and I get bored easily. 
5. Every craft that I have done I taught myself from books or just kept trying until I got it right, and I can say that I have done so many different crafts that I have lost count now.


More About Amanda....

I live in the land down under (Australia) I grew up in Tasmania, a little island off Australia, and now live in Western Australia, with 3 children and my very own fireman that is my husband. I now have 3 children going to school with my baby starting kindy this year, so loads more time to scrap


Living in Australia I have learnt a couple of things, NOT everyone loves vegemite (this is a spread that we put on our toast every morning) and is in 99% of Australian homes. And Koalas and Kangaroos are so beautiful but we don't generally go out and pluck a koala out of a tree and give it a cuddle and they would scratch us to pieces. I've also seen 2 massive kangaroos in the wild (big reds they are called) having a fight, they were at least 7 foot tall.


I can never keep on top of having a clean/pretty scrap room, but love creating fun bright layouts for the kids and will move slowly into more shabby chic for the girls and grunge for my son as they get older.


I lost my mum at a young age, and never had the chance to ask about this or that, so I'm finding it very important to keep everything and scrap it, and I mean everything :)
A Couple of Amanda's Favorite Projects...






You can check out more of Amanda's work on her blog HERE!

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Show Me Sunday - A Tutorial By Amanda!

Sunday, August 12, 2012


Hi everyone!!!

Today I am going to do a short tutorial on using Moulds. I have used air dry clay, but you can use wax or resin. But I do have to tell you they can be very addictive.

The moulds that I have used here are from Moulds By Mel 
and another favorite place is Mold Muse

Here are the supplies that you will need
Mould, air dry clay, brayer roller, scissors, rub 'n' buff (paint, glimmermist, ink, copic marker, anything with color can be used)


Start with a nice clean mould, any old dry clay will get stuck in the next one that you do.
Moulds and brayer can be cleaned with warm soapy water




 get a small amount of clay and roll into a ball and sit it on top of the mould. Then push the clay into the mould with your thumbs


With your brayer roll the clay flat, this is so at the end the back will be nice and flat and not be all lumpy


 Once you have done that then carefully pull the mould out and turn the right way up and cut around the edges...You must now leave it to dry for 24 hours and a warm place, I put mine on a window seal


 Once dry sand around the edges with a file, and paint or rub 'n' buff, really anything that you can color with, just have a play..There are so many moulds out there and what you do with them is up to you, I add them to layouts, off the page, fridge magets, gifts and the list goes on


 I love to paint the roses and then put heaps of glossy accents all over them, 
they turn out so pretty
 

Here are a couple that I have...
Now we would LOVE to see what you create!
If you create a card, layout, or off the page project inspired by this tutorial, and you would like to share with us, we would love for you to post it on our Facebook page!!
In fact, share ANY of your projects you created using our tutorials as inspiration on our Facebook page!! We love to see all the amazing projects you create! 

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Fabulous Friday Challenge - Make your own Embellishment!

Friday, June 22, 2012

We are back with another challenge and this one is truly one EVERYONE can play along with! If you are like most of the crafters out there, you spend a lot of money on your crafting supplies. Well, today, we are challenging you to use up the supplies you already have and make your own embellishments!! This is your chance to get creative!! Look at what our Design Team created to inspire you....


Teresa Jaye made the hearts and leaves with modeling paste, paint, and stencils

This is a canvas covered with a Dress Pattern Tissue Paper. Joni also created the flowers out of the same tissue paper.


Amanda 
 Amanda used the end of a Prima insert, colored it dark blue
 and used it on the side of the page.

This is a 20X20 canvas. Anita created  the birds with paper and the flowers with canvas 
cut with a Sizzix die and misted with inks.

Handmade embellishments: Clay angel, flowers and vines corner sticker.

Sarah
Sarah made the little camera with a stamp, shrink plastic and some copics. The big camera was made with acetate, the same stamp and copics and patterned paper :)

Monique
Monique made the banner out of patterned papers from the range she was using - so it blends nicely with the whole layout.





 This week we have the very well known Oh My Crafts sponsoring this challenge, and everyone knows what great specials they have over there

 Oh My Crafts, Inc. is a growing business dedicated to internet sales of the latest products in scrapbooking and crafts. We do not have a retail store, but attend many of the trade shows each years to find the latest products to offer to our customers. Our goal is to provide good value and competitive pricing on top products for scrapbooking, card making, and related craft items. Occasionally we find unique products that we feel that our customers will also find interesting. We are located in Utah which gives us prime access to many scrapbooking companies and top designers.

  So link up your project and enter the challenge to win this $25.00 in store voucher!

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Fabulous Friday Challenge

Friday, May 4, 2012

*BE SURE TO COME BACK AT 6:00 (cst) FOR THE START OF OUR SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK WEEKEND CROP!

Happy Friday everyone! And welcome to another Fabulous Friday Challenge! This week we are giving you a recipe challenge! Yay!! We love these!! Here's what you need to do....

Let's look through your stash and include
at least 4 of the following 8 on your project:

rub ons
ribbon
brads
stickers
glitter
the color purple
butterfly
flower

Now doesn't that sound like fun?! Here is some fabulous inspiration from our Design Team....

Erin Reed
flower, ribbon, rub-ons, brads

rub-on, purple, butterflies, flower, glitter


Amanda Sousa
flowers, butterfly, stickers, ribbon

Rub-ons, Ribbon, Stickers, Glitter, Flowers

rub ons, ribbon, brads, stickers, glitter, the color purple, butterfly, flower

Barb
ribbon, stickers, flowers, butterfly, brads

flowers, butterfly, purple, ribbon, stickers

Sassy

Ribbon, Butterfly, Flowers, Color Purple
Rub-Ons, Ribbons, Flowers, Glitter, Butterfly. 
Anita used Graphic 45 paper from the Once Upon a Springtime line.

ribbon,  purple, flowers, stickers
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stickers, rub-ons, glitter, flowers


 is our sponsor this week and would like to thank them for the gorgeous prizes they give us every challenge they sponsor!

If you would like a chance at winning not 1, but 3 paper packs, then get your scrapping supplies out and make a start on the Recipe Challenge we have for you this week

Graphic 45 is an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company. We offer vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

Le Romantique 12x12 
On the Boardwalk 12x12

 A Proper Gentleman 8x8

We would love to see all the creative projects you make using our Recipe Challenge this week! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win these wonderful G45 Papers!

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Fabulous Friday Challenge - Shape it Up!

Friday, February 24, 2012

 
Hello and welcome to another Fabulous Friday Challenge!!


This week we are doing  Shape it Up x 3 (Pick a geometric shape - circle, square, etc. - and use it 3 times in project)


If your at all stuck for some ideas then the Design Team will definately show you some outstanding work that you could grab some ideas from

But before take a look at what the designers have done, one of our other designers is having a birthday 

Happy Birthday Martina



Next week, we will start the introduction of our new design team but with a new team comes some sad good byes. This is Jenny's last challenge with us as a design team member. We are going to miss her!

Please sit back and enjoy what the Design Team has created this week

Barb






This weeks sponsor is Buttons Galore and More they have such a beautiful range of buttons, but they not only sell buttons, sneak on over and have a little look.
 
They have donated this amazing prize that will suit Boy and Girl projects, very cute!!

These button packs are called
Farmhouse and Confetti 

  Approx. 1/2 lb, 200 - 300 buttons in both packs



Be sure to come and visit us on Sunday for a gorgeous tutorial with one of our designers.

You have until noon (CST) Thursday, March 1st to link up your project

                                                          



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