Design Team Spotlight: Kristin

Kristin is our Design Team Coordinator at MyScrapChick . She schedules the project posts on facebook, answers questions for the DT and keeps things running smooth. Her passion for paper crafting and photography is evident in her own projects. Kristin also helps us with the majority of our recent designs by putting the new projects together and then taking the product photos for the site.

We asked her a few questions about her paper crafting and we know you'll find her answers helpful and interesting. Plus she is sharing photos of her 5 favorite MyScrapChick products and what she likes best about each one of them.

POUR BOX

"So simple to put together and can be decorated in so many ways!"
See on Kristin's Blog 

What are your go-to paper crafting products
that you can't live without?
For me, adhesive is the most important. I have tried many different tapes and glues and my most favorite is Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive. It dries quickly, but also gives you just enough time to move the card stock just where you need it and holds together great. My next favorite item(s) are all my ink pads (I use Stampin' Up brand) that I use to ink the edges of my paper piecings along with my finger daubers. I love my white Gelly Roll pen too, for highlights!

DISPENSER BOX

"Another simple and great design to add your own personal touch to match the occasion."See on Kristin's Blog

What type of cutting machine do you use?I use both the Silhouette Cameo and the Sizzix Eclips. I love them both, but if I had to pick a favorite, I would choose the Eclips for cutting and the Cameo for the software program.



PICNIC BASKET & SANDWICH

"So adorable and a cute design."
You really MUST see these posts on Kristin's Blog!!!!

What are you 2 top favorite types of projects?
My most favorite project(s) to create are cards and any 3D type item, but I love little gift boxes especially.



ICE CREAM BAR NOTECARDS

"Cute and simple and makes a great gift if you make a set stamped with everyday sentiments and envelopes added."
See on Kristin's Blog!!!!

Describe your style.
I really don't have a particular style, I just make whatever comes to mind or what I need for a specific occasion. My projects are usually fun and simple and not too fancy.

HAPPY HEALING CADDY
See on Kristin's Blog

ICE CREAM NOTECARD CADDY

See on Kristin's Blog

 

Paper Creations by Kristin

Kristin's blog is a beautiful photo gallery full of inspiration and ideas for paper crafting artists.

 

 

Design Team Spotlight - Julie

 

Julie is our featured Designer today.

We asked each of our Design Team members questions about their paper crafting. Julie really opened up and shared some great info. It's so nice to have an opportunity to know the paper artist behind the blog. Enjoy reading more about Julie...



 




What are your go-to paper crafting products that you can't live without?

First – go-to paper crafting products that I can’t live without.  Hmm.  My my.  Where to start.  I have an overflowing craft room.  Well, maybe an overflowing craft basement and I can’t live without any of it, so really this list is looooong:   I need at least a million sheets of 12x12 paper ‘cause you never know what color, pattern, texture you’ll need for any given project and the closest LSS is 50 miles away.  I need the same number of 6x6 pads for cards and paper piecing.  I need my Silhouette, of course.  I can’t design without it – and everything that goes with that – mats, blades, scraper, vinyl, glitter, sticky backed paper, etc.  I need sharp, pointy scissors, a few different choices of glue, glue dots, Gloss Accents, ribbon – lots and lots of ribbon;  twine – twine in every color, button, rhinestones, pop dots, enamel dots, stamps – hundreds of stamps (probably thousands, but who’s counting), embossing powder, heat gun, spray inks, water color paints, gesso, Copic markers.  Geez. I could go on all day, and this is just the first question! But I better move on to question #2.

 



What type of cutting machine do you use?
I began my journey into electronic cutters with a Cricut, then a Cricut Expression2, then a Cricut Imagine, but my absolute favorite-haven’t-looked-back-since is my Silhouette Cameo.  I hardly touch my Cricuts anymore.  Anyone want to buy about 100 Cricut cartridges?

 

 

What are your favorite types of projects?

My favorite types of projects – I make lots of cards, but with my Silhouette, I think I prefer 3D projects.  I love it when I make something and people say, “you made this out of paper?”  I know I was successful when I hear that!

Trio of Bunnies

 

Describe your style.
 I always have trouble with this question.  I guess I’d say “matchy, matchy”.  I like to use patterned papers, but like them to match.  I like things to blend.  And, I think my style can be eclectic.  But, visit my blog and judge for yourself!

Other favorite designs of Julie's
Butterfly Easel Card – I was first attracted to My Scrap Chick for their wonderful easel card designs, and they are still some of my favorites.
Sundae Easel Card – this is just turns out so darn cute!
Santa’s Sleigh – I tried many different SVG sleigh files until I finally found one I liked. This one is my absolute all-time favorite.

Visit Julie's Blog
Muddy Paws Inky Fingers

 

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Design Team Spotlight - Saundra

Saundra is a member of our Design Team and today we are sharing some of her project photos.

We asked each of our Design Team members questions about their paper crafting. We'll be sharing Saundra's answers to those questions in this post.  Saundra is also sharing her 5 favorite cutting files from MyScrapChick and why she likes them.





NIGHT OWLS
In Saundra's Top 5 Favorites.
"This was one of the first files I ever bought and I love how the owls can look so lovingly at one another."
See photos on Saundra's Blog.


What are your go-to paper crafting products that you can't live without?

My go-to products would have to be Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Momento Tuxedo Black Ink, White Gel Pen, EK Success Tweezer Bee tweezers, Scotch Foam Tape, and patterned papers. 




TRIO OF BUNNIES
In Saundra's Top 5 Favorites.
"I pretty much like all the Belly Boxes. They are cute and easy to put together."
See photos on Saundra's Blog.

What cutting machine do you use?

I use the Silhouette Cameo
 



CUP OF COCOA & TEA
In Saundra's Top 5 Favorites.
"It's a shaped card and I love that you can put some little treats or packets of cocoa inside. It's another easy file to assemble too.
See photos on Saundra's Blog.

What are your 2 top favorite types of projects?

Cards and 3D items.  




BUGGY FOR YOU!
In Saundra's Top 5 Favorites.
"Another great box that is easy to assemble and I love all the different bugs."
See photos on Saundra's Blog




3D Paper Train Set
Saundra turned the 3D train into a Birthday Train/Cupcake Holder.
See photos on Saundra's Blog

Pencil Box
See the photos on Saundra's Blog

 

How would you describe your style?

My style could be described as “cutsie” most of the time and a little classic once in a while. 

 

"Don't Lose Hope" - Frills Easel Card
In Saundra's Top 5 Favorites.
"I love shaped cards and this makes a great base for so many different cards."
See photos on Saundra's Blog.

Luv Scrapping Together
Visit Saundra's Blog for Inspiration.

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Design Team Spotlight - Cheryl

Cheryl is our featured Designer today.

Cheryl has been crafting up some bright and colorful projects for MyScrapChick. Take a look at this "small" sample below.

We asked each of our Design Team members questions about their paper crafting. We'll be sharing Cheryl's answers to those questions in this post along with her 5 favorite cutting files from MyScrapChick and why she likes them.






POPSICLE TIME
"I love the carrot box!!! When I saw that released I about flipped a gasket!
What's not to love about that box!"

See all the photos on

Cheryl's Blog

 

 

DANCING CANDLES
"I love the Dancing Candles because you can give them a ton of different looks, perfect for all the birthday cards I make. They are just adorable!"

See all the photos on

Cheryl's Blog

 

What type of cutting machine do you use?
"I use two electronic cutting machines. One is the Sizzix Eclips, the other is a Silhouette Cameo. I love them both for different reasons. I LOVE that the Eclips gives the ability to change fold lines to score instead of cut. I hate seeing those tiny cut marks! I LOVE my Cameo for print/cut. It is spot on all the time, I just love that because I choose to use digital papers instead of buying up lots of paper pads and then have to worry about storing them!"

CARROT BOX
"I love the carrot box!!! When I saw that released I about flipped a gasket!
What's not to love about that box!"

See all the photos on

Cheryl's Blog


What are you 2 top favorite types of projects?

It seems my fave things to make have got to be cards! I love them, send a lot of them, and it's generally a pretty quick project. I, must say that I also LOVE 3D, but I find it difficult to store them. And I don't usually get to use 3D nearly like I do cards. I do like feeling like a paper carpenter, though, lol!

 

 

DOOR HANGERS
 "I'd  also pick the Door Hangers. I just think it's really fun for any kid or adult to have a special something hanging on their door for a birthday or to celebrate any holiday. Their own little party on a door.......

See all the photos on

Cheryl's Blog

 

 

SWEET NUGGET BOX on a Door Hanger
".......And you can adhere a small matchbox to the front of the Door Hanger and fill it with some goodies. So easy to customize."

See all the photos on Cheryl's Blog



DISPENSER BOX 

 

 

BUNNY TOP HAT BOX

"For loving to make cards, I chose mostly 3D, lol! I guess I chose these cause they are something I would fill and give as gifts, if it's not real practical for giving, I don't tend to just make 3D to sit around. My craft space is full enough!"

Dragonfly Designs  Visit Cheryl's blog to see a whole bunch more goodies.
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MSC Design Team is Really Hopping with Easter Projects.

 

 

The Sweet Sugar Egg 

Create an Easter paper egg keepsake like this one for friends and family. This is so sweet that you may have to tuck in some candies they can munch on so they don't lick the pretty papers!

 Check Becki's  BLOG for all the interesting details.

 

  

Little Lamb Treat Box Dispenser

 Cheryl combined svgs from the Dispenser Box and Little Lamb Belly Box Trio to create this adorable dispenser for spring or Easter. It will soon be filled with candies, but I'm thinking it would be perfect too filled with little packets of tea for my tea-loving friends.

 

You'll really enjoy Cheryl's BLOG post for this goodie.

 

 

 

Carrot Box

If you have bunnies then you just 'gotta' have carrots and jelly beans too, right? Cheryl used the large paper Carrot Treat Box and filled it with jelly beans. The little white flowers around the lid bottom are so pretty along with the scrunchy ribbon on top.

 

Cheryl's BLOG has several more photos of this fun project. Don't miss it.

 

Carrot Box from Spring Baskets Trio

Wouldn't this make a fantastic gift basket for candy eggs and even a potted plant? It's so easy to put together you could have several done in no time.

 

Visit Saundra's BLOG for more inspiration.

Sweet Easter Chick Treat Dispenser

Here's a bright and cheerful paper project using the svg cut files from the Pour Box and Easter Chicks collection. I like how Melissa used a solid blue cardstock for the pour spout itself. It's a nice contrast to the striped papers and Easter chick.

 

See even more up close photos on Melissa's BLOG.

 

 

Here Comes the Birthday Train

What a fun treat for anyone's birthday. DT Saundra put together the 3D Paper Train Set with bright and cheery birthday papers. The middle car is the perfect size for a cupcake. 

 

 

Make someone's birthday extra special with this happy Birthday Express! Visit Saundra's blog for more info and closeup photos.

Pretty Paper Rosettes without the Glue Gun!

 

 

 

 

I love Paper Rosettes and I love my glue gun. But I don't like waiting for the glue gun to heat up, I don't like the burned fingers when pressing the rosette down on the backing. And I don't like those fine strings of dried glue on my projects.

So we found a way to design cutting files for a whole set of rosette patterns that can be assembled easily with just a bit of embroidery floss and darning needle. Take a look.

The cutting files for these pretties are real time savers too. Just pick your paper and let your cutter do all the work.

All of the Paper Rosettes fold lines are cut as small perfectly spaced dash lines. Folding them is a cinch. The holes for threading ...all cut at just the right place so holes line up perfectly and threading is a breeze like you see in the photo here.

A variety of sizes and edges all ready to cut.

Each set includes 9 sizes ready to cut:

1-1/2", 2", 2-1/2", 3", 3-1/2", 4", 4-1/2", 5", 5-1/2"

These pretty Paper Rosettes can be used as is without any further embellishing. They would work perfectly for a wall arrangement, a rosette wreath or banner without anymore done to them.

You can embellish the rosettes to your hearts content with buttons, bling, flowers and tags.  We included an assortment of  medallion shapes to help with that too.

Paper Rosettes

Carmel Apple Gift Box for Fall

A sweet Fall treat from DT member Kristin. This looks good enough to eat!

 

DT Member Kristin uses the apple box from the School House Trio set to make a delicious caramel apple gift box!  Visit her blog for more pictures and to read all the details about how she created the caramel topping.  http://papercreationsbykristin.blogspot.com/2013/10/caramel-apple-gift-box.html

Franken-tastic Projects from the Design Team

Our new design team is Franken-tastic! We asked them to design some fun projects using the new print and cut set "Franken-tastic".

It's a new set of printable A2 cards and elements that's a bit of switch from our usual cut files.

They can be printed out on card stock from the pdf or used in the Silhouette cutting machine and other cutters that do "PNC."  Take a scroll down here and see all these trick or treat goodies.

"Franken-tastic".

 

DT Saundra Rega,  LuvScrappingTogether



"For my project I combined the Franken-Tastic file and the Sunflower Greetings file to make a cute little gift set...."  LuvScrappingTogether

 

 

DT Leader, Kristin Courtney, Paper Creations by Kristin

"I turned the cute Country Village House Boxes into a spooky looking house and added files from the adorable Franken-tastic set to the outside....."  PaperCreationsByKristin

DT Becki Wagner,  Happy Card Factory

"I know Halloween is all about the candy, but when you are limiting your sugar you have to think of ways around it. Enter these adorable Halloween nail polish gift boxes..."  HappyCardFactory

 

 

 

 Party treats and favors are Margie's specialty. See the Franken-tastic favors on her blog. PolkadotsAndParties

 

 "The cards in this set give you the option to print and cut ! This was my first time ever working with a PNC product , it was very easy and fun !....." Mayra'sDesigns






DT Alene Robison,  AleneyBeany.com

"I had such a great time putting this layout together. The cute little bat is from another file called “Bat Tag”. I think he fits right in with the other silly characters in this layout!!...."  AleneyBeany



DT Debbie Rodgerson,  Deb's Paper Palooza





You're all invited to trick or treat at Deb's house on Halloween. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to get this Milk Carton decorated up with the Franken-tastic print-and-cut cuties. Deb's Paper Palooza

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Fresh Paper Strawberry Box

We picked a beautiful paper treat fresh from the garden, just for you. Try a taste of the "Fresh Strawberry Box"

This week's inspiration came from the grocery store. As usual I'm always drawn to the beautiful displays of fresh strawberries in the produce section this time of year. I couldn't resist bringing home a couple big containers. 

 

 This years crop are really sweet, perfect for a healthy snack. The rest I froze on a cookie sheet several hours, then added them them to a zip lock bag in the freezer. We'll use them in our smoothies for the mornings.

I'm displaying my "Fresh Paper Strawberry" in my kitchen. No need to freeze. I know it will stay fresh all through summer.



Sweet Nugget Matchboxes

 



Sweet Nugget Matchboxes

These little nugget boxes will fit 4 of the Hershey's Chocolate Nuggets. Pattern includes small wraps that can be cut from coordinating papers and wrapped around each little candy. Great favors for parties, showers and weddings.

You have the option of a solid cover box cover or give a sneak peek inside the treat box with one of the 3 window shapes. It always nice to have options.

I actually designed these little nuggets back in April of this year, and Ruthie Nixon at September Ninth Blogspot did up some adorable samples for Mother's Day and Father's Day. You can see all the photos on her blog.


Sweet Nugget Matchboxes
patterns available from MyScrapChick.com

Card Challenge Winners for "Card Essentials"

"Card Essentials" was designed as quick and easy templates to use for card making. They serve as a base for creating a simple design or for the kick start for more elaborate cards. So we put a challenge to our facebook fans to see how they would use "Card Essentials, Vol 2" and we were blown away by the creativity of the ladies who joined in on the fun. IN FACT!....It was Sooo hard to pick winners we doubled the prizes.



First Place Winner #1 of $50 PayPal Cash and a $50 MSC Shopping Trip was Gina Long
for Best use of Card Essentials Vol. 2

First Place Winner #2 of $50 PayPal Cash and a $50 MSC Shopping Trip was Kristin Courtney for Best Overall Design using Card Essentials Vol. 2

 



Second place winner #1 of a $30 MSC Shopping Trip was Roda Langan for
Best use of Card Essentials Vol 2.

 

 

Second place winner #2 of a $30 MSC Shopping Trip was Linn Dee Cloninger for
Best overall design using of Card Essentials Vol 2.

Third place winner #2 of a $20 MSC Shopping Trip was Susan Miller for
Best overall design using of Card Essentials Vol 2.

Everyone who participated in this card challenge has won a $10 MSC Shopping Trip. The entries were all so wonderful we had to basically declare that they're ALL winners in our book!!!