We will lift Lizzy for this edition of GTL! You can find her gorgeous gallery here ! You will find lots of variety in Lizzy’s gallery!

I lifted this page:

And here’s my spin on it:

Inspiration from the CT….

Melanie lifted this page:

And came up with this super sweet spring-themed page:

Liz lifted this page:

And came up with this adorably WILD page!:

Lisa was inspired by this girly page:

And flipped genders with this fun & bright boy page:

Chel took-on this page:

And came up with this fun boy page:

Jenn lifted this beauty:

And came up with this soft & sweet page:

Crystal choose this neutral page:

And gave it a face lift with some bright pops of color:

Challenge reminders:
-You will receive one point for posting your layout in the GTL: 9 Mar thread in the forum & in the Grand Theft Layout gallery, you need to post in both places! You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. And at the end of March you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!

-Remember no double dipping…your layout must be unique to this challenge.

-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but we love it when you do!

-Have fun!

So lift away!
–Jami

This week we are getting our lifting inspiration from Priscilliana! You can find her gallery here ! I love her use of white space, so her gallery really drew me in!

I lifted this page:

Here’s my interpretation of her page using Choo Choo Bundle and Blog freebie by Chelle’s Creations:

More inspiration from the rest of the team….

Becca lifted this page:

She used the Joyeux Noel collab kit by Stolen Moments and By Becca’s:

Jenn’s pick:

Using the Great Escape kit by WM[2]Squared Designs:

Jan chose this page to lift:

Using Happiness and Happiness Cluster Frames (Speed Scrap PP) by Creations by Rachael:

Melissa scraplifted this:

She used Captivated By You from Amy Stoffel:

Challenge reminders:
-You will receive [B]one point [/B] for posting in this thread & in the Grand Theft Layout gallery. You can receive [B]an additional point[/B] for [B]using new Scrap Matters products[/B]; please make a note of new products in your post. At the end of January you’ll be entered into a random drawing that could earn you some bonus points!
-You have until the end of December to complete this challenge for December MOS points or wait to post in January for January MOS points!
-Remember no double dipping…your layout must be unique to this challenge.
-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but we love it when you do!
-Have fun!

I look forward to seeing how Priscilliana inspires you!
–Jami

Happy Monday before Thanksgiving!  It’s Kat {ktanker} here with your Monday Home Matters post.  This post is a newer feature on the ScrapMatters blog.  Our goal is to give you new ideas on how to incorporate your scrapbooking talents into your home.  Of course, you can always print and frame your layouts.  I would guess that is the most common why to bring your scrapbooking into your home, but let’s explore some other ideas too!

Ornaments are a really unique way to bring scrapbooking style into your home.  Each year, I look for something I can add to my Christmas tree or use as a nice display around the house to remind me of the season.  Traditional ornaments are sometimes too expensive, too similar, or too “insert your line here”.  For me, they are usually too glittery.  I love a bit of sparkle but I hate picking up an ornament and getting covered in glitter flakes and the flakes stick like glue to my tile floors.  As a child, my mom made a lot of ornaments.  Those have now been retired and live in a nice box of older Christmas decorations but the photos and memories last forever.  They are also some of my best Christmas memories.  Take some time with your kids and make a few ornaments for your tree.  It’s a great way to spend time with the family.  Here’s an ornament template that would be easy to use.

What I love about this template is that while it is not a traditional project for hybrid crafting, it is a simple way to make and print an ornament.  To use this template, all you need to do is open the file, add your papers and text, then drag the ornament to an 8.5×11 page.  Once on the page, you can re-size and print.  Just cut out the ornament, add some ribbon to hang it or some other embellishments or a dab of glitter glue here and there.  Write on the ornament (front or back) the date and who made it so years down the line when you pull it out of your ornament box, you can remember that special time making ornaments together.

Here’s another great idea!  Next time you visit your local craft store, pick up some clear ornament balls.  They usually come in a package of 6 or 12.  Print out a few different sheets of your favorite scrapbook paper and tear it into strips.  Roll the strips around a pencil and put them inside the ornament.  Add anything you’d like to spruce it up.  I chose a different type of hook, added a ribbon around the top and tied a snowflake embellishment to hang off the side.

There is a great Hybrid challenge for creating ornaments in the forum.  Be sure and check it out and show us how you (and your family) made your own ornaments .

Kat

What’s up ladies!! Jen (jendavey) here to bring you this weeks Grand Theft Layout Challenge! I have chosen the fabulous gallery of my scrap soul sister profiler_mar (Melissa) for us to lift! Her gallery is full of tons of amazing layouts…I am sure you will be inspired!

I’m lifting Baby Bugga:

and created a Bestie page using WM[squared] Designs Vintage Spring and Vintage Spring Bonus Alpha

The SM Creative Team girls had so much fun browsing Melissa’s gallery…and here is what they came up with

Sara (misfitinmn) lifted Explore Discover Fish and created Backyard Adventure using using Backyard Adventurer by Bella Gypsy; Weave me, Weave me: Paper Weaving Templates by Graham Like the Cracker

Jami (alansrock) lifted Such A Beach Dude and knocked out this fun layout using Man’s Best Friend kit by Man in the Moon Designs

Kat (ktanker) lifted Cat-ti-tude and created a little cat attitude of here own using the same kit:

Whit (whitneyt) was drawn to this adorable boy layout My Boy and created an equally adorable boy layout of her own using The Design Girl – boys will be boys kit

Bethie also was drawn in by My Boy and created a stunner of her own using Plum Dumpling Designs Funny Face kit

Carly lifted This is Me and created a knock out of a layout using Melt Away By Ldrag and Erica Zane, Melt Away Add On By Erica Zane, Tropical Paradise WA Extras, Simply Dated 11 By WM Squared

Fran (Fran98765) loved the water in Ride The Wave and created her own water play page:

Tronesia (Diamndprincz) lifted Explore Dream and created his precious moment:

A few quick SM guidelines:

- You will have until the end of September to complete this challenge. Please upload it to the GTL gallery and leave your LO image and profiler_mar’s LO image (both linked) in this GTL 09.01.10 thread.

- You will receive one point for completing the challenge. You can earn an additional point for using a NEW product from the SM store! (Please indicate that you used something new with your LO/link in the forum.)

- I will choose one lucky winner (random) who will receive an ADDITIONAL point!

- You don’t have to use SM products in this challenge, but we LOVE it when you do!

- Remember no double dipping…your layout must be UNIQUE to this challenge!

Looking forward to seeing which layout inspired you!

It’s Wednesday, so that means it’s time for another round of Grand Theft Layout!  Annisa (lionsimba) here to show you a fabulous gallery to lift this week. There are so many talented scrappers here at Scrap Matters who I admire every single day and I find so much inspiration from each of them. It was tough to decide who to lift for this challenge because I want to lift everyone! I noticed that there are a few scrappers whose layouts I “favorite” regularly, so I chose to pick the one who really has been shining in the gallery lately. That fantastic scrapper is . . . Debra, a.k.a. 4noisyboys! I’m seriously in awe of her mad scrappin’ skillz – she is SO creative! Check out her gallery HERE and then pick one of her gorgeous layouts to lift. It may take you some time to do this . . . all of her layouts are divine!

After much debate, I finally chose this beautifully layered layout to lift:

And here is the layout I created:

And here’s what the super-talented CT did:

Jen (jendavey) chose this:

and created this stunner using the NEW Vintage Carnival by Jennifer Barrette and Sahlin Studio:

Jenn (jennamy82) snagged this cool layout:

and turned it into this beauty using Queen of Scrap by the ScrapMatters Design Team, Just the Basics: Cardstock by wm [squared], and Doodley Loops and Doodley Borders both by Sahlin Studio:

and created this great one using Bella Gypsy’s *NEW* Brooklyn and Boston:

Heidi (scrappurple) opted for this wonderful page:

and made this fun one using The World Smiles with u by Jennifer Barrette:

and then made this gorgeous page using Jenn Barrette’s Feet in the Sand, Growth Spurt, Autumn Blush, and Technotronic:

And Melissa (profiler mar) found this eye candy to lift:

and created this cute page using Dirty Laundry Paper Pack; Dream A Little Dream; He’s The Man; In Spring; Big Chip Alpha; and Markered Up Alpha, all from geniaBeana:

Amazing pages, right? There are LOTS more in Debra’s gallery to choose to lift, so go check it out and have fun!

Now for the rules and reminders:

* You have until the end of September to complete this challenge. Please upload it to the GTL gallery and post both your layout and Debra’s (both linked) in the GTL 08/25/10 thread. This gives us all a chance to leave love for both you and Debra!

* You will receive one point for completing the challenge. You can earn an additional point for using a NEW product from the SM store! (Please indicate that you used something new with your LO/link in the forum.)

* I will choose one lucky winner at random who will receive an ADDITIONAL point!

* You don’t have to use SM products in this challenge, but we LOVE it when you do!

* Remember: No double dipping…your layout must be UNIQUE to this challenge!

Have fun with this one! Can’t wait to see what you lift and what you create!

This week we are getting our lifting inspiration from Kim (aka kim21673)! You can find her gallery here ! Kim has some fabulous boy pages, and since I am a mommy to twin boys her gallery was just what the doctor ordered!

I lifted this page:

And I whipped up this fun boy page using Junior: The Boy kit by Graham Like the Cracker and Karen Lewis Designz:

More inspiration from the rest of the team….

Becca lifted this page:

And came up with this super “sweet” page using Family Tree by Bella Gypsy:

Lori lifted this page:

And came up with this precious story time page using StoryTime by Sarah Bennet & Stacy’s Backdoor Designs and Lil Bits by Jude:

Dawn lifted this page:

And came up with this adventurous page about her trip to Battle Creek using Dandelion Wishes and Ice Ice Baby Alpha Brushes by Jennifer Barrette :

Becca lifted this page:

And came up with this pretty in pink page using Girls Just Wanna Have Fun kit, Graph Schmaph Alpha, and It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere template by Bella Gypsy:

Challenge reminders:
-You will receive one point for posting your layout in this thread & in the Grand Theft Layout gallery. You can receive an additional point for using new Scrap Matters products; please make a note of new products in your post. And at the end of the month I will choose one layout at random for a bonus point!

-You have until the end of July to complete your layout.

-Remember no double dipping…your layout must be unique to this challenge.

-You don’t have to use Scrap Matters products, but we love it when you do!

-Have fun!

I look forward to seeing how Kim inspires you!
–Jami

Welcome to another round of Grand Theft Layout! This week we’ll be raiding the gallery of the wonderfully talented aprilisa! To complete this challenge, you’ll need to browse through her gallery and choose a layout to inspire a page of your own. Make sure to check out all the challenge details in the GTL thread in the forum.

I chose to lift her layout So Much In Love:

Here’s my layout:

Using Life’s Little Surprises

Here’s some additional inspiration from our fabulous CTs:

LeeAndra chose to lift this page:

And here’s her layout:

Using Amber’s Into the Night kit + Carry My Heart alpha + Alpha Snips

loribear chose to lift this page:

And here’s her layout:

Smile using the QOS kit by SM Design Team

whitneyt chose to lift this page:

And here’s her layout:

Using Carry My Heart by Graham Like the Cracker and Stolen Moments

nanienamou chose to lift this page:

And here’s her layout:

Using Kiss The Frog Kit and Easy Being Green Alpha, Britt-Ish Designs

jendavey chose to lift this page:

And here’s her layout:

I can’t wait to see your lifts!

Hey everyone!  Tanya here bringing you the first Grand Theft Layout of June! We are gonna lift from the seriously AWESOME gallery of Dawn aka: Aussiegirl! There is A LOT to choose from in her gallery, so make sure you choose a layout you love!

Check out Dawn’s gallery HERE!

I am choosing to lift Epcot Landscape:

And here is what I came up with:

I used the Hard Hat 101 Bundle from Erica Zane along with the Beat Up and Screwed Up Alpha by Stolen Moments.

Check out what our fabulous Creative Team came up with:

Wendy (WM [squared]) chose Rental House Outside:

And came up with this awesome LO:

Wendy used My Buddy by Sarah Bennett

Heidi (scrappurple) chose to life Morning Mountains:

Then came up with this beauty:

Heidi used Forever Love by Wimpychompers, Slim Metal Alpha by Gwennie Pooh Designs and Stitch Me Up: Combo by Chelle’s Creations.

Becca (Becca1976) decided to lift Floodplain House:

And came up with this GINORMOUS snail!!:

Becca used Erica Zanes Backyard Buddies and Fun ‘lil alpha – mud splat is from Britt-ish Designs Animal Kingdom.

Jami (alansrock) lifted Just Keep Swimming:

Her is Jami’s super sweet (and sad!) LO:

Jami used C is for Cat by WM[squared] Designs and Animal House by Britt-ish Designs

Amber (jeffsamber) lifted Deer:

She came up with this super cute LO:

Amber used Sahlin Studio/Britt-ish Designs Taste of Germany & Norway and Around the World Collabs.

Cindi (Cindi146) lifted Small Small World:

And made this Fun LO:

So come on over to the FORUM and check it out!!

For this week’s GTL, I’ve chosen gonewiththewind.. Cheryl always has the most gorgeous clusters and photo treatments around – and her overall composition is just fabulous, too! Check out her gallery HERE, and pick a page to lift – I know you’ll have a hard time narrowing it down, lol… I’d also like to challenge you to do something special to your photo(s), the same way Cheryl does – run an action, do some selective coloring, anything that speaks to you and helps enhance the page.

Here’s the original I lifted…

…and my take on it…

{uses Waterpark, Life’s a Beach, and Enjoy the Moment – all by Sahlin Studio}

And now some fabulous inspiration pages from our SO AWESOME team…

WM[Squared] chose this one…

and turned it into this…

{uses Fresh Squeezed by Jennifer Barrette}

misfitinmn lifted…

…and created

{uses Woodland Fantasy by Erica Zane; DJB Poppyseed}

cursivesmile took this one…

and magic’d it into this…

{using Good Times All Around; All About Dating; Opposites Attract; & On The Edge Photo Borders V.2, by Haynay Designs}

iisuzieii chose this one…

and created this…

{uses Let’s Go Bowling by Andilynn Designs and Boy’s and Their Toys by GG Digital Designs}

profiler_mar picked this beauty…

and worked it into this…

{using Ephemeral Soul, from By Becca and Designs by Helly}

kimbytx was inspired by this one…

and took a more colorful approach…

{uses Everyday by Sahlin Studio, Up the Ante: Candy Color by MyFourHens}

Now – after all that eye candy, I’m sure you’re dying to play along, too!    All you need to do is head on over to the forum to get going.. Can’t wait to see you there! 

Hi Ladies! Bonnie here with my first ever GTL challenge! Are you ready to do some lifting? We have so many talented people with such amazing galleries at SM, it makes choosing someone to lift supremely hard, believe you me. For this lift, I decided to choose someone who (surprisingly!) has never been lifted before… Wendy of WM[squared] Designs! She has such wonderful LOs in her gallery, I know you’ll find something you’re sure to love.

You can check out Wendy’s Gallery to find your inspiration.

There were a couple I was trying to decide on, so in the time honored tradition of quarter flipping (seriously, I did, it won best 3 out of 3! It was meant to be, I guess…), it turns out I lifted [ divas ]:

Here’s my lift:

((using It’s Good To Be Bad; Collectible Cardboard; Glam-O-Rama; Black, White & Red All Over; Jackpot; In Stitches: Wacky; Enchantment; A Halloween Nightmare; & Witchy Woman by Britt-ish Designs; Bitty Blooms by Golden Girls; & Photo Edgers Vol. 1 by Happy Scrap Girl))

And here are some other lifts from our amazingly talented team:

Tanya (TanyaH666) lifted [ right now ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using A Magical Place by Connie Prince))

Heidi (scrappurple) lifted [ kiss me i'm irish ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using When You Smile by Jennifer Barrette; & EZ Date Bands by Erica Zane))

Jami (alansrock) lifted [ personality, for days ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Sunny Side Up by Chelle’s Creations))

Sara (misfitinmn) lifted [ enjoy life ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Storytime by Designs by Sarah Bennett; Lil Digi Bits by Jude; & Big Stamp Alpha by Jennifer Barrette))

Becca (Becca1976) lifted [ girls day in ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Rejuvinate, Embossed Frames, Frosted Acrylic Alpha, & Simply Scattered Templates by Sahlin Studio))

Kat (ktanker) lifted [ simplify ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Little Boy Blue by Creations by Rachael))

Jan (QuiltyMom) lifted [ Girls just wanna have fun! ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Bright, Happy, Funny; Flair Dates; Mouse Stitches; Leave the World Behind; & Stamp My ABC’s by Britt-ish Designs; & Scrapbook Basics: Filler Pages by Denise Beatty Originals))

Lori (loribear) lifted [ love you lots ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using Love Without End by Connie Prince))

Wendy (wm[squared]) even decided to play & lift her own!! She lifted [ easter 1983 ]:

Here’s her lift:

((using iNSD Grab Bag by Creations by Rachel; Around the World by Brittish Designs & Sahlin Studio; Travel Mixed Media, & Travel Snipettes by Sahlin Studio))

Enough fabulous inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Good. Then get ta scrappin!!
>>Don’t forget to post a comment on the page you’re lifting! I know Wendy would love to hear from you & see your lifts!<<

Some Challenge Reminders:
>>You have until the end of May to post your layout. Be sure to post it to the Grand Theft Layout Gallery and link it back to the Forum.
>>No double-dipping! Your layout must be unique to this challenge.
>>You can earn an extra point for using any new ScrapMatters product during the first week of its release. (It also must be unique & only used for this challenge to count as an extra point). Be sure to note the new product in your layout description and in your post in the forum!
>>At the end of the month, one layout will be chosen to receive a bonus point for their next month’s total.
>>You don’t have to use ScrapMatters products, but we sure do love it when you do!

I can’t wait to see what inspires you!
~Bonnie