New Year, New Projects

I am late in saying Happy New Year, but Happy New Year!! At least it's still the 1st week in January, right? LOL!! I had all these grand plans of doing my Top 10 lists, setting my eye on some projects of a larger magnitude, you know all that jazzy stuff when you do when a new year rolls around. Just haven't gotten there yet. I think I may still do it, if I can find the time and energy.

I did, however, have the time and energy to play with some delightful Echo Park products since they are the featured manufacturer this month at A Walk Down Memory Lane. You know what that means, right? You receive 25% off all Echo Park products in the store!! can I get a Woo to the Hoo?!!!! Lawn Fawn stamps are also being featured this month and I'll have some cards to share using teh cute set I picked up later in the month. For now, let's get on to a couple Echo Park projects using the Little Boy line.

First up an encouragement card:

Keep on Chuggin'



I love all the means of transportation in this collection. Trains, planes, and automobiles is what it's all about.

And a LO featuring my little girl. Yep, you read that right, the Little Boy line is not just for Little Boys so don't let the name stop you from getting it to scrap your girls.

Ready 2 Roll


I just adore all the primary colors in the collection. This paper was perfect for a trip to the Go Kart track and DDs 1st time being able to drive on her own. It was quite the experience since she is soo tiny. They really had to boost her up in the seat and it wound up taking 2 people to get her set to go, LOL!

Some close ups





Thanks for stopping by today! I hope your New Year is starting off wonderfully!
~Scarlett

Merry Christmas Friends!

Hope your day has been filled with lots of love, joy, and laughter!!! May blessings be bestowed upon you and your family in the New Year!

This tag tutorial was created for Scrapbook News and Review Magazine's 12 Days of Christmas Tags. Hope you enjoy!



Joy by Scarlett Salamone Supplies Patterned Paper: Echo Park; Mix Media Paper: Canson; Cardstock Stickers: Echo Park; Snowflake Buttons: All Dressed Up; Pearls: Recollections; Extra Heavy Gel: Golden; Matte Gel: Liquitex; White Opaque Flakes: Golden; Light Molding Paste: Golden; Glitter: Martha Stewart; Paint: Tulip; Punches: Marvy, Martha Stewart; Tool: Crop-A-Dile: We R Memory Keppers; Other: Sequins; chipboard, trim

Step 1:



Gather supplies together.

Step 2:



Cut Mixed Media paper to 6 1/4 x 3 1/8. Adhere Mix Media paper to chipboard using Matte Gel.

Step 3:



Cover paper with a coat of gesso. Set aside to dry.

Step 4:



Punch a strip of patterned paper with border punch. This strip should be about twice as long as the width of your tag base.

Step 5:



Cut punched strip in half and adhere to top and bottom of tag base with matte gel. Set aside to dry.

Step 6:



Punch 3 circles, in varying sizes, out of patterned paper.

Step 7:



Cut circles in half and trim edges to fit onto tag, creating hills. Using Extra Heavy Gel, adhere the hills to the tag. Set aside to dry.

Tip: To achieve some dimension, vary each layer of gel's thickness. The thicker the layer of gel you apply, the longer you will need to allow time to dry.

Step 8:



Cover tag with White Opaque Flakes. I used a flat brush to apply. Set aside to dry.

Step 9:



Adhere snowman and tree to tag using Matte Gel. The thicker layer of gel you use, the more dimension you will achieve. Remember a thick layer of gel will take a longer time to dry. My layer required 24 hours to dry completely.

Step 10:



Add a thick layer of Light Molding Paste to the base of the snowman, tree, and hills with a popsicle stick or your choice of tool. To apply a dusting of molding paste to your hills and tree, use your finger to dab on. While molding paste is still wet, sprinkle some glitter on to it.

Step 11:



Adhere the last of your embellishments (bird, joy sticker, and snowflakes) to the tag using Matte Gel.

Step 12:



Use your Crop-A-Dile, or other tool, to punch a hole in center of tag at the top. Add trim.

Step 13:



Enjoy your completed tag!

Some New Cards to Share

Happy Friday!! I have been waiting to share these cards with you and today I was finally able to get some decent shots of them. Gotta love winter, right? I so wish I knew how to better use the photo editing on my computer. It's nothing fancy, but it's there, LOL!

The cards I am going to share were created using Just Rite stamps, the stamping featured manufacturer of the month at A Walk Down Memory Lane. Right now you can pick up a set or two of these for yourself for 25% off, along with the same discount for all The Girls' Paperie products.

Just Because

I used some of the fabulous Modern Homemaker line from October Afternoon for this card. It just arrived in the store and it's a must have if I do say so myself. I love the patterns and colors. Did you notice how the stamp has the sentiment in the middle and then a stamped border around the edge? Well, that's a super feature of the stamps from Just Rite, they have interchangeable borders to go with each sentiment.

My 2nd card was created using the Sunday sketch from the 365 Cards blog. It's been so long since I played along!!

Thank You

Again I used the Modern Homemaker line and a Just Rite stamped sentiment and border.


I had to do a close up of the flowers so you could see they appear a bit fuzzy. I used some Flower Soft, available in the AWDML store, to create this look. I have had this stuff for a long time and am just finally getting around to use it.

Well, that's it for tonight. Hope your day was really wonderful and filled with something joyful. My daughter had her last Holiday program as an elementary student. Kind of sad to know she'll be off to middle school before I know it, but it was a great concert and I was soo proud.

Thanks for stopping by to visit me! Blessings to you!

Scrapbook News and Review Issue #12....

Is now available!!! It's the Holiday Sampler and you are going to LOVE it!!! It is full of so much inspiration to help you get those LOs from last year scrapped (if you're anything like me, LOL!), finish up all those cards, create beautiful gifts, and so much more!!! Be sure to head on over to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine to sign up for your subscription.

Here's a peek at a project I have in this issue:

Jolly Old? by Scarlett Salamone Supplies Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Echo Park, October Afternoon; Letter Stickers, Embossing Powder: American Crafts; Trim: My Mind's Eye, The Girls' Paperie; Journal Spots: Jillibean Soup; Stickers: October Afternoon; Buttons: All Dressed Up; Ink: Martha Stewart; UTEE, Pigment Powder: Ranger; Markers: Martha Stewart; Punch: EK Success; Other: Rhinestones

I love this picture of my baby who is now 14!! He was just a gigglin' away and having a jolly old time at Nana's House a few days before his first Christmas.

Hope you are having some jolly days and taking time to enjoy the little things this Christmas season.

Christmas Home Decor Inspiration

Happy Thursday my friends! Don't you just LOVE Christmas time!! I know I do. It's my favorite holiday and creating things using all the fabulous winter and Christmas stuff out there is just a joy to me. Today I want to share with a bit of inspiration to create a tree to deck your own halls! I have been wanting to do up a Christmas tree since last year when I bought the styrofoam bases. I just ran out of time last year, but this year when I saw the trees Lolly Chessie created for Crate Paper's summer CHA release, an idea was born and I knew I was going to finally do up a tree when I could get my hands on the Snow Day line! So that's what I did.

Snow Day Christmas Tree


I started the tree by painting the styrofoam base green, just in case it peeked through in any areas. Then I cut a TON of paper strips, looped them in half, and pinned them to the base.

Next, I went through my ginormous drawer full of ribbons and trims and picked out some I thought would be fun to add for garland. I used hot glue to hold it in place at the top and just began winding it around, tucking it here and there.

I knew I wanted a star up top, but wasn't exactly sure how I was going to do it at first. Then I remembered I had just gotten some Tim Holtz Memo Pins and found my Sissix star die. Perfect fit! I sprayed the star with some Tsukineko Psst! Shimmer Spritz. I wish you could see just how sparkly this stuff is. If you haven't tried it, you should. It is amazing and blows away all other mists.

The last thing I did was to create all the little ornaments for my tree. I used a lot of Crate Paper Snow Day diecuts along with some sequins. It is truly amazing how many sequins I have! So glad to finally have used some up.
I am just really thrilled at how this turned out and told my wonderful hubbie we should use this as our tree this year! LOL! We have a couple mischievous kittens that seem to think our tree is their jungle gym.
I am going to leave you with a few more pictures of the tree so you can see some of the ornaments up close. Sorry if it's overkill, but I just really had a lot of fun with this.




Thanks for stopping by today!
God's Blessings to you!