Giveaway Time!!!!!

Ok, here is your chance to win a $15 gift certificate to our store!!!

Here's how...
1) Go to our store, and visit our Premade Pages selection
2) Leave us a comment here on THIS post, telling us two things...

- Which is your favorite Premade Scrapbook layout that we offer
- A layout design you would like to see us offer (i.e. category, topic, event, etc.)

The details...
1)Only one entry per person
2) The contest will close this Sunday, December 4th at Midnight (PST)
3) Please, please, please leave your email address when commenting if you are not logged in with Blogger. I need to be able to contact you if you are the winner!
4) The winning comment will be chosen by using a random number generator at random.org, and will be announced on Monday, December 5th.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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Paper Piecing

Paper-piecing is a term known by veteran scrapbookers is also one that brings many questions to novices. Many of the questions we get through email or while at shows are:

"Are these stickers?"
"How do you make these?"
"Do you make these by hand?"
"How long does it take to create these?"

or my favorite:

"Why do these cost so much?"

For those that know, the art of paper piecing involves creating embellishments through the layering of the different parts of the image you are creating, giving it the "3D" effect and a personal touch that a sticker can not. The drawback of this is the amount of time it takes to create each piece, which answers the last question. :0)

When starting your paper pieced embellishment, you can do one of two things. You can either sketch your image or find one on the internet to use, the latter I do not recommend due to copyright issues. Once you have your image, start looking at how to break it up. For instance, if you are creating a Penguin such as the one I created below:

Start by breaking up the image into separate pieces. In this example, the body would be used as the base, then the other parts (such as the eyes, beak, arms, legs) would be your layering pieces. See below:

Once you have the pieces, simply cut them out in the different colors, shade the edges to make them "pop", and glue them together.... and VOILA!

As I stated before, this is a time consuming process, but well worth it when you are done. By now you may be asking yourself, "What if I am not good at sketching?" That is ok. You can find free paper piece patterns by doing a simple search on the web or there are companies that offer books of patterns for you to purchase. For patterns created by A Scrap of Time, click here.

Either way, whether you are a veteran or a novice, break out those embellishment designs and instead of printing or sticking them... Paper Piece them!

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Jack-o-Lantern Paper Piecing Pattern

It's that time of the year and the Jack-o-Lanterns are coming out! Use this free paper pieced pattern to embellish your own Halloween layout.


Click on the image above and you will be directed to a version that you can print. Or, copy it into an image edited program to re-size.


Enjoy!





*** All free patterns are provided for personal use only and copyrighted by A Scrap of Time! Do not recreate for commercial or resale purposes.

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Halloween Embellishments

October usually brings up memories and thoughts of one thing... HALLOWEEN! Years go by where we take pictures of our children and/or ourselves in our costumes, each year attempting to outdo the last. The challenge, as always, is finding the right picture-to-embellishment combination to ensure your embellishments not only compliment the layout, but help your pictures stand out as well.

Chose Halloween Embellishments that relate to the picture(s), such as items from the picture, and then use them in the layout. Of course you can always run down to your local giant scrapbook retail store, you know which ones I am talking about, and buy a pack of Halloween stickers or a "3D" embellishment that will costs more than your entire layout. But what fun is in that? Get back to the basics of scrapbooking and "scrap" your embellishments. Here are some examples of ones we have made and carry at A Scrap of Time:

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Football Paper Piecing Pattern

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL??? Embellish those scrapbook pages with your own paper pieced footballs, or make invitations to that Sunday tailgate party you are planning!

Click on the image above and you will be directed to a version that you can print. Or, copy it into an image edited program to re-size.

Enjoy!

*** All free patterns are provided for personal use only! Please do not recreate for commercial or resale purposes.

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