Sticks and...

Veronica down Arlington (NY) way sent us this double layout featuring her son's Lacrosse team. I love that she took time to cut around the top stick on the Lacrosse paper so it would show in front of the photo. That, along with the use of pop dots for the letters and assorted cardstock stickers, really adds a great 3-D effect.

Products used:

P0219E Lacrosse Paper
P0264 Soccer Collage
P0300E Distressed Grass
STCX-0007E Lacrosse Stickers
Bazzill cardstock - 12 X 12
PSX ink stamps
Pebbles Inc. Mackavilli alpha stamps
Fiskars Deckle Paper Edgers

Instructions:

Left Page

Used the Lacrosse paper for the background.
Used a 5 x 7 picture of the team and cut it to 7 X 4 1/2 and matted it on a 9 X 5 1/2 partial piece of paper from the Soccer Collage
I cut around the lacrosse sticks so all of the stick could be viewed and layered it partially over the picture.
I added the cones and words SCOOP, CRADLE and THROW from the cardstock stickers on left side of picture.
I had taken a picture of my grandson's shirt (front & back) and cut out the designs and placed them on the corners of the picture.

Right Page

Used the Distressed Grass paper for the background.
I matted all pictures on card stock and inked the edges with brown ink.
I used alpha stamps for the word UNDEFEATED and used scissors to cut around edges
I raised every other letter with foam dots.
Placed quote, helmet, sticks and shoes (raised w/3-D foam dots) on corner

Thanks, Veronica!

Fishing Fun

Summer is the perfect time for Fishing Fun, and you'll have everything you need to scrapbook your family memories with Paper House's ever-popular Fishing Collection! Complete with 12 x 12" Papers, Cardstock Stickers, and Mini Cut-Outs, it'll be hard to let a single moment be the "one that got away!"

In the full page layout above, we mounted two of our favorite summer photos onto moss green cardstock before arranging them onto the Gone Fishin' Collage Paper (P-0403E). The title from the Gone Fishin' Cardstock Sticker, along with fish & sign stickers, gave us the perfect accents for this page, while the fishing pole border from the Cardstock fit great along the side of the page. We topped it all off with a few Mini Cut-Outs from the Collection for a quick and easy project that will help us remember this family fun forever!

Since it's introduction at CHA Winter 2009, Paper House's Fishing Collection has been one of our top selling scrapbooking collections, and is a perfect theme to keep in your store this summer! To see all of our complete collections, just check out our website today!

Summer Outdoor Living

Looking for a fun adventure this summer? Or wondering what items your customers will be begging you to keep in stock? Think outdoor living! This summer, people are looking for ways to have fun but still stick within their budgets. Campgrounds and parks offer low fees, cutting out hotel costs for family vacations. Visitors are treated to great scenery and can often find a camping site nearby favorite tourist attractions.

Paper House's Camping and Outdoor Adventure Collections fit just about any camping or recreation trip, and our extensive line of U.S. Travel Destinations are the perfect accompaniment to family vacation scrapbooks!

The easy scrapbook layout shown above was made by layering our Outdoor Adventure Collage Paper (P-0372) and our Take A Hike Paper (P-0297) with a moss green cardstock and Pine Porch Paper. Simple photo mattes were made by inking the edges of cream cardstock and square of the leftover collage paper. The pictures were then secured using metallic eyelets on each corner.

We created a border across the middle of the page by gluing a section of Fallen Leaves Hand-Dyed Ribbon to a strip of brown cardstock. The trail marker and compass stickers from our Outdoor Adventure Cardstock Sticker made easy embellishments, and lifting them from the background using pop-dots created depth on the layout. Finally, the tree trunk border of the Cardstock Sticker eased the transition between the contrasting papers at the bottom, and the Outdoor Adventure Sign sticker provided a quick and easy title at the top!

Be sure to check out our website to see all of our great outdoor-themed products, and enjoy outdoor living all summer long! Just be sure to take lots of pictures and you'll have plenty to scrap come fall! 

Also if you haven't signed up for our new eNewsletter, you're missing out on a fabulous promo! Sign up today and get 20% off your next order placed before May 31st! You'll also receive product updates, sneak peeks and great specials, all right to your inbox. 

It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!

Raise your glass for this great 12" layout, celebrating the "Perfect Brew." Made from our new Beer line, which debuted at CHA Winter and has been a big hit, this project is perfectly toast-worthy! The Beer Collage Paper (P-0374) makes a perfect, warm background and adds visual interest with all the different elements and blocks. 

The beer bottles and glasses from the Cardstock Sticker (STCX-0109) were lined up along the bottom of the page, while the 12" bottle cap border creates a great separation between the photos and title. And the detail of the diecutting is amazing!

All the photos and the title were matted on deep brown, stout-colored cardstock, which were then distressed with sand paper. We also inked the edges to give the different elements an aged looked. So here's to a great, simple layout using just a few great Paper House products!

To see the full Beer Collection, check out our website.

Make sure to browse through if you haven't seen all of the other new introductions!

Get Ready to Rock!

Add a little glimmer & glam to your pages with our new Rock Star Theme. One of our best sellers since it's introduction at CHA Winter '09, our Rock Star line features 3 colorful Papers, Cardstock Stickers, Glitter Rub-Ons, and Mini Cut-Outs. Everything you need to immortalize the star performer in your life! Whether you've got photos of the kids rockin' out to Guitar Hero or friends taking the stage at late night karaoke, we've got it all.

Cardstock stickers mounted to plain black cardstock add a stunning dimensional effect when lifted with pop dots. Ranger's Black Diamond Stickles subtly accentuate the title and give a bit of sparkle.

Stay tuned for a great mini album project we've got coming up featuring the Rock Star line as well! To see all of our great Rock Star products, just check out our website!

e - i - e - i - o

Spring is ahead, and there's no better way to celebrate the planting season than with Paper House's On the Farm collection! These papers, stickers, and mini cut-outs are perfect for capturing both spring and fall days outdoors. It would be great for a time-lapsed layout of planting and then picking later in the season!

Above is a single page layout showing the joys of country life and nature's abundance. The full photographic Field of Hay Paper (P-0401E) provides a beautiful background for this series of pictures. And the 12" border from the Cardstock Sticker (STCX-0094E) works perfectly to separate the page horizontally! We accented  the page with other stickers from the cardstock (there's 17 in all; what a value!) and used the title to enhance the journaling.

Click here to see our full On the Farm collection, or browse through our extensive lines of family & fun and outdoor scrapbooking products on our website. And don't forget, with one-click collection ordering, it's super easy to stock up on all your favorite Paper House products!

Oh No! Pirates!

Ahoy Mateys! If you haven't seen our new Pirate scrapbooking line, you're in for a real treat! A huge hit at CHA this year, our Pirate themed papers, cardstock stickers, mini cut-outs, and StickyPix are perfect for capturing your favorite swashbuckler! These fun products "arrgh" great for making boys' pages & projects (we all know how hard it is to scrap for boys!)

We love the "burnt-treasure map" look of the border & word stickers on the Cardstock. And these papers work great with color or black & white photos, making them the perfect background for all your pictures of your favorite lads. 

Yo, ho, ho! Check out our entire Pirate collection here, or browse through the Paper House website to see all of our great products and themes!

Craft + Tech = Cool!

Well up until last week, we could honestly say that we'd never crafted a web page before! So check it out: The convergence of crafting and technology! We created this "scrapped likeness" of the Paper House Blog as a promo to be included in our brand new 2009 Scrapbook Catalog (coming very, very soon!)

By layering grey, white & blue pieces of paper onto our square, white textured background, we created the browser window: complete with a chipboard scrollbar and  bling-ed out close, min and max buttons! Then we printed out the blog header and tiny images of our papers for our "signature" house.  We popped the hand-written side bars, header, and house up with pop dots and there you have it: the perfect union between geek and creativity!

Now we wonder, have you ever crafted anything tech-y like this? If so (and we know we can't be the only ones!), leave a comment here about what you made or even better, a link to your project!

Winter Fun!

Happy December, Everyone! We hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving, shared with family and friends. For those of you who love snow, it fell last weekend across New York State! To celebrate, Roni created and shared with us this beautiful layout of her daughter playing in the fluffy white stuff. We love the photos she used; especially the perspective of how tiny her daughter looks next to the giant pine tree in the large photo! Always remember, you don't need to use your most recent pictures to scrap. All of us have pictures and memories tucked away that we haven't preserved yet! To make this chilly layout, Roni used:

P-0294E Let it Snow! Paper

STCX-0060E Winter Fun Cardstock Sticker

P-0145E Red Barn Wood Paper

Miscellaneous Chipboard Pieces

On another seasonal note, Gretchen gave all of us Paper House people a great challenge last week: to create Holiday Ornaments from Paper House papers, stickers, and mini cut-outs to decorate our office Christmas tree! All of us, from customer service to sales to the warehouse, will be designers this month! And we'll be showcasing some of our creations right on the blog, so be sure to check back throughout the December to see what we're making!

It's so nice to sit back and admire the holiday decorations you've so creatively crafted: we're looking forward to having a glorious tree this year! If you're decking the halls with Paper House this season, just post a comment with a link to your projects this month. We'd love to see them! One randomly selected winner will be drawn December 22, 2008 at 6PM to receive a holiday gift of Paper House goodies. Good luck, and get crafting!

Football Layout

Now that High School Football season is nearing an end, this is a perfect time to use all the photos you've taken of your favorite teams' games! We just love using the Football paper as a background, edged with Distress Grass paper to add a little contrast. Since our team player is a super star, we trimmed the stars out of the Football Helmet paper to add a bit of detail, and accessorized the page with Cardstock & Twill football stickers and leftover chipboard pieces.

Supplies:

P-0071 Football Paper

P-0300 Distressed Grass Paper

P-0267 Football Helmet Paper

STCX-0005 Football Cardstock Sticker

STFT-0007 Football Canvas Quotes

DCM-0306 Ripped Ticket Mini Cut-Out

RUB-0401 Cracked Up Rub-Ons - 1/2 " Black

Miscellaneous Chipboard Pieces

Creating an easy, fun layout is simple with our themed football products. We've got everything you need to preserve your game-time memories for seasons to come!

Commemorate the 2008 Election

Sondra just shared with us the page she scrapped to commemorate the memorable and history-making U.S. Presidential election held last week. We love how she used the Freedom Flag paper as a backdrop for her page, and the chipboard frames and tags to journal each candidates' name. To add a bit of pizazz, Sondra also used a glitter gel pen to accent the stars at the top and to date the page. On this layout, Sondra used the following Paper House Products:

P-0211 Freedom Flag Paper
DCCB-0011 Washington DC Chipboard
STCX-0027 Washington DC Cardstock Sticker

As you can see, our Washington DC collection doesn't have to be used exclusively for travel - these products can be used on any patriotic-themed page! To see our full line of Washington DC products, check out our website today. And don't forget to scrap your own 2008 Commemorate Election page! Thanks, Sondra, for such a great idea!

Fall Layout

It's that time of the year again! When all the leaves start falling from the trees, you're bound to get some great photos of the little ones playing and jumping in Autumn's giant piles! Here's a great layout we made of such a cute little guy having so much fun. The photographic Mini Cut-Out leaves scattered across the page look as though the wind just blew them down! For the title, we typed the word "Fall" on the computer and printed it onto a piece of scrapbook paper cut to 8.5 x 11", and then just trimmed the letters out with a craft knife.

We'd love to see some of the layouts you've made for Fall using Paper House products! If you've got a project you'd like to share, post a link to it in the comments for this post before November 26, 6pm EST. We'll pick one lucky winner and and send you a bundle of fall and winter goodies for your scrapping pleasure!

Supplies:
P-0146 Pine Porch Paper
P-0143 Green Barn Wood Paper
P-0145 Red Barn Wood Paper
DCM-0069 Green Leaf Mini Cut-Out
DCM-0303 Oak Leaf Mini Cut-Out
DCM-0302 Variegated Leaf Mini Cut-Out
RUB-0431 Swish This Rub-Ons - 1/2" Black - now 50% off!

Extra Chipboard Pieces - brackets & page turns
(we used leftover pieces from DCCB-0001 Dog Chipboard)

Simple Swimming Layout

Now that schools in session and the kids have started their sports (and you've had a chance to take a bunch of photos!), put your pictures to use with an easy way to preserve those memories! Roni, the fantastic and creative manager of Paper House's Art Department, made this layout of her daughter's favorite sport! For those of you who don't like or aren't comfortable journaling, the words on our Cardstock stickers can provide a great alternative. To make this layout, Roni used:

P-0325 Swimming Paper
P-0213 Cool Water Paper
STCX-0089 Swimming Cardstock Sticker
Ranger's Orange Peel Stickles Glitter

To see our full line of sports papers to keep you busy scrapping this school year, check out our website's Sports Themes section. We've got everything from the popular Soccer & Football themes to the less-found Field Hockey and Equestrian! Stop by and see everything we have to offer today!