This week the Design Team has exciting layouts to share with you !!! We are working with Prima flowers and Mists and you will see how the same products can look so different when worked on by creative hands.

Leena’s Me page styled with a sweet lightness. Even with all the details of misting and flowers, it feels fresh !

Irene always uses colour in her layouts with gorgeous details !!!

Everyone knows that Maya Road is huge and the one scrapbook manufacturer we all look for in chipboard books and embellishments, we all love their quirky stamps !!! Made With Love’s own Kelly has designed a stamp and you can get it *exclusively* at Made With Love this Thursday ……… no where else in the scrapbook globe !

Pooi Pooi did a series of cute Made With Love Rainbow cards using the stamp and this is one of them ….

 Sharon’s close up of her page ….

Check out the Design Team Gallery to see more work featuring the stamp !!

Remember to come play with us in the ‘Lift me !!! Challenge which runs till 14th March, still time to get your work in.

I hope everyone is having a good week, here’s zapping you more scrapping mojo and I’ll see you soon !

*Aida*

Hello Scrappers !! Have you been getting into Mists ?? You must have seen the specials on Glimmer Mists and I hope you’ve used the past few days to fill up on your supplies in the new CHA colours !

Pooi Pooi this time skipped mists and instead decided to play with her Ranger dabbers creating this playful layout. She shares how the paint splatters were made so visit her Gallery !

Piradee created this elegantly vintaged travel page and she also shares how the stamped images were created.

Two layouts in two amazing styles, lots of ideas for you to work from !!

The ‘Lift Me !! #1 Challenge is running till 14th March and you have more than ten days to get your layouts in so come join the Design Team for this fun, we’d love to see what you come up with. Please upload your layouts in the ‘Lift me !! #1 gallery.

I’ll see you next week, keep scrapping !

*Aida*

Hello !! It’s Wednesday, mid-week, not too long before the weekend !

This month the Design Team are working on assignments featuring mediums. The easiest would be to start with paint and gloss, then Mists or Embossing Powders. As you get more comfortable with using paints, misters and glosses, you will see that mediums add a depth and richness to your work, lifting it from the everyday normal. With the cross-over of mediums into scrapbooking and the products now ready on the shelves at Made With Love, it really is time to experiment to find out which of mediums will suit your scrapping style.

Emeline is really amazing at bright colours and she uses Crackle Paint. Click on her name to read the details.

On this canvas I’ve used Inchies I made as tiny embellishments together with a whole host of mediums - paints, mists, gloss and embossing powders.

Both projects are in the store if you would like a closer look.

On other news : The Design Team will have a new Challenge up in March WE KNOW you will love ! The Sketch Challenges in January proved to be very popular and we felt that challenges should continue to rev up the scrapping mojo for everyone. Remember to look out for further information here or in the message board.

I’ll see you soon, have a good week ahead, keep scrapping !!

*Aida*

Hello Scrappers. Well it’s back to work for many of us and let’s all make a combined wish for a smooth rest of the week !

Again we are featuring mediums, what works and ideas for you to try. The main thing to remember - treat the process of using mediums as an adventure. If you start with trying to get a perfect piece of work, you will soon find out that it can be frustrating. Make sure you have ample free time, enough cleaning tools like wipes, kitchen towels, a spray bottle of water and newspapers lining the table top. If you have curious kids, rather than push them away, let them help with misting or painting manageable pieces of ATC sized cardstock. Keep the sessions short for them and very importantly, teach them how to clean up. After twenty minutes you will find they are quite happy to finish, move off somewhere else and leave you to get back to scrapbooking seriously.

Here are two members of the Design Team who have added mediums to their layouts.

Leena is magic with mists and paints !

Irene  always, always comes up with a bright page full of details !

Click on their names and you will be taken to their Galleries with the details of their work.

If you have that bottle of paint, unopened bottles of mists ……… this is the time to break into them. There are tons and tons of product demos on YouTube which take you step by step on how to use the mists or paint techniques. Learn to leave behind expectations, pretend you are a kid again just wanting to experiment, not sure where you are going but definitely know you will have  trememdous fun in the process !

See’ ya !!

*Aida*

We just wanted to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who submitted for our very first Made With Love Sizzix Design Team. Your work is amazing and we are extremely honored that you chose to share them with us. We will need a bit of time to look through and consider your applications so please be patient. :) We will announce our new team on Sun, Feb 21. Stay tuned! :)