If you love mini albums (and who doesn’t), you have got to see these adorable Kaiser Car albums.  They are now available in the ScrapMuse Store. 

I was so excited to get my hands on one of these!  Here are a few pages from mine:

I made this one for my sister and I can’t tell you how much she loves it.  The best part is that it comes as a kit.  It can’t get much easier than that!  The kit comes with the album, binder rings, paint, some cool Kaiser paper, 3 pages of rub-ons, and some red jewels.  It was so much fun to put this together.  I’ve included more details and photos in the ScrapMuse forum under “Project Kits”.   This would make a great gift!

And be sure to check back tomorrow when Missy will be spotlighting another great mini album from Kaiser - and it will be something perfect for that special girl in your life! 

 ~~~Valerie

 Take a look at all the great paper and some of the embellishments in this month’s kit!  In this layout I focused on the blues and browns, but there are so many different color combinations.  Gayle’s layout (below) shows a completely different color scheme.  I love this month’s kit because I can achieve so many different looks!  

 ~~~Valerie  

It’s that time again, time for another great contest here at Scrapmuse!

Back to School Contest 
It’s that time of year again, time to head back to school.  Whether you are heading back to school yourself, have kids that are going back to school or just love that back to school feeling chances are you have bought some new school supplies in the last month.  Contest dates: now until September 30, 2008.

Requirements:

Create an LO or project that features school supplies as a design element or embellishment. Be creative. You may use staples, paperclips, binder clips, notebook paper, graph paper, pencils, pens, erasers, etc, anything that is a school supply is acceptable. LOs can be about any topic you choose.  Layouts (8 x 8 or larger) as well as mini-books will be accepted. Maximum 3 entries per person, please.

Items must be loaded into the Scrapmuse September Contest Gallery by midnight (EST) on September 30, 2008.

The winner will be announced no later than October 6, 2008 in our forum. Designs will be judged by our current design team.

Contest is open to US, Canadian and International Scrappers.

The Prize:

One lucky Scrapper will receive:
 ·          One Past Mega Muse of their choice , available in the store (Anything before the new September 2008 Muse)  Retail value of $32.00!!  
(Domestic shipping will be included.   International shipping, if necessary, will be the responsibility of the winner.) 
We can’t wait to see your creations in the gallery! 
For more information and to answer any questions please visit www.scrapmuse.com
Here is my example Layout.

We can’t wait to see your creations in the gallery!

Missy

Wow!!! I can not believe another month has passed.

I received the anxiously awaited Scrap Muse package and loved this months combination and beautiful embellishments. The assortment of paper is fabulous and the embellishments give you the variety to create a wide variety of pages. I had a lot of fun this weekend putting together my pages.

I have already started thinking holiday, and my scrapbooking pages are part of my gift giving.  On most fo the pages you will see that I left the journaling spots empty. This allows my sister in law and sister to record their memories about each child. With three grown children, I am sure that you probably recognize that they are not usually a focus of my pages. My brother and his wife have 6 children and my sister has 3, who are the focus of most of my photography. With that many children there are always willing candidates for me to photograph. Unlike my own who family who got sick of my camera in their face. Some of you probably experience the same problems that I had, weird faces, hands over the face, etc. Here is what I always told them  when they told me that they did not want any more pictures taken. TOO BAD - Of course Bribery also  works with children.

Gayle

September’s kit is most definitely my favorite. The papers are amazing & if you are an embellishment lover like I am, you will have tons of goodies to get your hands on! Buttons, flowers, & lots of other fun things. Here’s a layout I created with the kit the second I opened it. You will want to dive in immediately! The only thing not from the kit are the letter stickers.

-Ashley

Chocked FULL of embellishments!!

Pink Paislee: Vintage Moon: Night Owl
Pink Paislee: Vintage Moon: Moon Pie
Pink Paislee: Vintage Moon: Moon Glade
Pink Paislee: Vintage Moon: Harvest Moon
Pink Paislee: Vintage Moon: Hollow Moon
KaiserCraft: Jades Garden: Jamie
KaiserCraft: Jades Garden: Josie
KaiserCraft: Reminiscing: Hold Dear
KaiserCraft: Reminiscing: Treasure

Bazzill: Spoiled Brat Bling
Bazzill: Tapioca
Prism: Gray Prismatic
Prism: Island Mist Medium
Prism: Stormy Dark

Pink Paislee: Black Alphabet Stickers

Kaiser Clock Rubons
Kaiser Rhinestones: Black
Kaiser Pearls: Mango
Kaiser: small paper flowers: Taupe
Kaiser: small paper flowers: Sepia
7 Gypsies Number Metal Clips
Clear Scraps: Buckle acrylic shapes
Journaling Tags from Etsy shop ( The Paper Pixie )
Jenny Bowlin: Crepe Paper Ribbon: Turquoise
Jacquard Ribbon: 1 yard
Black Cord Snake Rose ( 2 each )
Venise Applique Medallion
Assorted metal buttons
candy bar

Only seven days left to enter The August Scrapmuse Contest. This month’s theme is Breaking Free from Chronology. All of the details can be found on our forums under the August 2008 Contest. We have had several wonderful submissions, but we would love to see some more, so let’s get creating!

 -Missy

Lots and lots of great collections from Kaiser are in the store! I love this paper and all of the great designs they have.

Here is a peek at some of the great collections we have in the store for you:

Esperance Collection:

Playtime collection:

Sublime Collection:

Cocco Collection:

Grunge Collection:

Hideaway Collection:

Jades Garden Collection:

All of these collections and more can be found in the store at ScrapMuse Store

In this months Scrap Muse Kit you will be receiving a bottle of flocking. I am posting this page to show you how I used some of the flocking. I ran a bead of glue around the perimeter of the page and then poured flocking on top of the glue. Thanks for looking.

This photo is of my newest nephew at the beach with the rest of his family.

I have been talking about this project in the forums and it is now available in the store. Go to the projects thread to get your full instructions and step-by-step photos to follow along to make your own. I will be checking to see if you have any questions along the way.

Here are a couple of shots of the inside of the book:

I chose to go with a ‘beachy’ theme - but yours can be whatever suits your photos. I will have tips on wallpapering your chipboard book, editing your photos and embellishing. I hope you will share you pages with me as you finish them….I can’t wait to get started!

You can see the details in the forum here:  Bo Bunny Travel Book

 Lucy