December Challenge by Kathy

 I love this picture of Niko at his 6th Birthday Party.  I used both Frugal Friday Tips, and Flower tutorials shared on Scrap Our Stash to complete this layout.

Don't forget this challenge ends on Thursday.  See all the details in December Challenge below.  

November Challenge and Example of a Frugal Friday Tip by Stephanie

Design Team Member Stephanie created this layout for the November Sketch Challenge.  She used a modified version of sketch #1 for the November challenge.   She said, "When I saw the sketches, I knew that I had the perfect moment to scrapbook! These three photos are from our trip to Disneyworld in February and I fell in love with the castle. (Unfortunately, I don't think the hubby would like a book filled with castle layouts!) I knew I needed to make it into an 8x8 which is why I modified the number of images, but there was something else that struck me.

While creating this layout I just knew that I was going to need the perfect "Thickers" to give my title the right emphasis...so, I made my own! I Used a previous Frugal Friday tip that drew me to the SOS Blog! I chose my favorite magical feeling font (It's a Sizzix font called Sunset) and some fun, silver, glittery, self-adhesive foam and created a custom title for my page. The remaining elements are cut from self-adhesive metal that I colored using my Copic markers. In the end, I ended up with a truly homemade, cost effective, memory capturing page! Perfect for someone who just received their first student loan bill in the mail, no?


If you haven't had a chance yet, pull out those crafty supplies and play! There's plenty of time to get in on the November challenge!


-Steph


As always, you can find more details about my layout on my blog.

And don't miss the Pagerize This Challenge - see all the details below.

Frugal Friday Challenge by Irit

Reader Irit submitted her Layout "Our Dance for the Frugal Friday Tip Challenge.

She used Danielle's tip of using packaging from scrapbook supplies as embelishments on your layout.

Irit used Prima packaging on her layout. She painted it and stamped on it to better match her page colors.

Now it's your turn to take the Frugal Friday Tip Challenge. Check out all the details in the Frugal Friday Tip Challenge below.

Frugal Friday Tip Example

Faux stitching by Kathy

I completed this layout using the Faux Stitching Tip posted here on Scrap Our Stash by Pinky.  I can't believe how much this looks like I really stitched and it was soooo easy! 

Have you used a Frugal Friday Tip?  Send a picture to scrappinpsycho@live.com and we will share it here.

Do you have a frugal tip to share - send it along with pictures to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  Your tip could be featured as our next Frugal Friday tip. 

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No More Dirty Dog - by Joni

Design Team Member Joni submitted this layout in which she used her Frugal Friday Tip re: dried out paint.

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This is an example of the frugal tip to "cut a chunk out of the center" of the paper if it is going to be covered. In this example - I cut the center out of the dotted paper on the top layout. I used the cutout of the dotted paper on the 2nd layout - I also used the scraps from the Checked paper. So the second layout is made from 1 12 x 12 striped paper (which I can also cut the center out of) and the rest of the page is scraps from layout #1. Feel free to send examples of your use of this tip to scrappinpsycho@live.com . Your sample may be posted. Also, if you have a frugal tip you'd like to share please send them to scrappinpsycho@live.com