Hey everyone! We have had ALOT of requests on "how to" get started on an album. Well, I am here to give you step by step on one we just got finished using little product. It is fun, it is easy, and I am here to guide you!! Let's try a Fun, quick & Easy project for starters!!

Grab an 8x8 Clear Scraps Acrylic Album, at least 3 different Staz On ink colors, a finger dauber, as few as 3 different patterned stamps, zip dry, and some white cardstock!

Front Cover: Using Cherry Pink Staz On ink, and a finger dauber by Tsunikeo, dab ink all over the edges of the page to your liking. We inked the edges, Let it dry and touched up by layering more of the same on top of the first coat. Once your happy with the shades, take a rubber stamp and using black staz on, stamp your image in desired locations. Ink the edges of the album (and all pages) with a finger dauber and Black Staz On ink. Use glitter, stickles or any glittery glue to accent in the center of stamped image if so desired. No need to do something to the back of this page, as the inks are shown from both sides.

Page 2. Take an 8x8 piece of white cardstock, tear it in half, ink the edges and then top off with stamping images all over paper to make your own pattern. Use different colors of inks to allow a vibrant appearance. Adhere this page to the album. (We highly recommend Zip Dry Liquid glue for adhering on acrylic.)

Back side of page 2. Choose a stamp and randomly stamp image all over page. Notice how some of the images are half on the page and we did not forget the tab!!

Page 3. Choose another stamp, and stamp image all over page. We chose yet another vibrant ink color, as acrylic albums will be allowed to "see through" the whole album when closed. Place photos in desired locations, using Zip Dry if the adhesive will NOT be covered up, any tape runner if it will be covered up.



Back side of page 3. Place a photo in desired location. (Since the photo is the same size as previous page photo, you can use any tape runner since it will be covered up)

Page 4. Stamp on the right hand side of page with stamp of choice. Place a 4" x 8" white stamped cardstock on the left hand side of page. (Be sure to punch the holes back out)

Back side of page 4. Place a 3 3/4" x 7 3/4" ,stamped with white Staz On, black cardstock, using the white as a mat block. Place photos in desired locations.

Page 5. Ink the outer edges on this album with a finger dauber dauber (just like page 1) leaving a circular hole in the middle of the page. This will allow the photo to show through. Take a 6x6 white cardstock, stamp one stamp pattern on one side (this will be the side that will be seen from the BACK of the album when closed.) Place a photo on the cardstock and adhere to the INSIDE of the album page. You now have a solid white cardstock looking at you. Take a Stamp and a different color than you used on the other side of white cardstock, stamp images all over both paper and album page. Place a photo in the center of cardstock.

Now looking at your closed album, from the back, you can see all the layers and fun techniques used to accompolish this look! Finish album off by placing assorted ribbons on rings, and now go show it off! (Don't forget we want to see it too!!)

*TIP: By placing paper and photos to the inside of page 5, you will not have them fall off, or corners bend while this book is tossed from person to person! It is being protected by the back page!

I hope you enjoyed this little mini fun project and if you'd like, I can make this a habit! Post your projects and all items used, so we can come and browse through all your projects!! I would love to see what all you do. Have fun with "Acrylic" and what are you waiting for!!

I just added the NEWEST design team members!

Hey everyone, I just added the links to our newest design team members, on the blog site! I apologize that 2 of them are in grey. I can't figure it out, so I gave up. I an going to add the links to our website now! Go visit them all and tell them what a great job they have been doing! Jackie

I finally have found the time to sit and blog about CHA! It has been a complete whirlwind for us since day 1 of the show. All I can say is WOW! Our booth was busy from the time the doors opened, to the time they closed. Janet and I could not even talk to each other about who stopped by, we had to literally go out the back door to keep caught up on all the AWESOME contacts we made. I really don't know where to start. Yes I do, our design team!! Without them, we would not have all this praise on our company. Thank you guys so much! I hope you get your name out in the publishing community tenfold! You are each so very talented! Michelle Klomp, we owe you a million. Without you and your email from day 1 asking if we had a design team yet, thank you thank you thank you! We really enjoyed meeting you in person, I am just bummed we could not have spent more time with you. We will in the future. Their will be plenty of opportunities for us to be together.
Where do I start?? We are publishing our first book! The publishing company actually took our samples off our booth on day 4 and sent them straight to the photo studio. This will be a 22 page book on our acrylic and all the cool stuff you can do to our product. Don't be fooled by the "imatation" acrylic out there, ours can be dry embossed and manipulated without cracking and showing stress marks. It is a unique material we have come up with to do what we are wanting. A 2nd publishing company came to us and "borrowed" yet more samples to be included in their "current" book being printed. This should be in stores in March. We will keep you posted!!
We got a call today from our local news station. Someone leaked to the press that we are now worldwide with our sales. AWESOME! We were wanting to do a press release, just haven't had the time yet. It aired tonight on our news channel. PLEASE go to it and watch it!! www.wgem.com
We are filming (not us, Judi at Judi Kins) a WEBISODE on www.tvweekly.com on our acrylic albums. Please go there also and log in to get notified of mini classes they offer, weekly!! I will post our webisode on our site when its available. After these mini classes, you can print out the instructions for what you just watched! Be sure to check this site out! 1000's of ideas here!!
I am sure their is more, but I will stop here for tonight. PLEASE if you like our samples, pay our designers a visit and tell them GOOD JOB! We have CHA Summer to plan for now ;) :) www.clearscraps.com
Thank you for all your support by following our blog. I enjoy sharing such good news to the ones who believe in us! Especially our husbands! What a strong support team!! Jackie & Janet

Our CHA Booth!!

It has been 2 days now of "fluffing" & "rearranging", but I think we are just about there!  Here is a couple pictures of our booth.  We know, CHA July, we will have a BIGGER booth!  We will have too, with all the product & samples we'll have!  We have made some AWESOME contacts over the last couple of days!  We are now a distributor for ZIP DRY!  (that just happened about 2 hours ago!) We want to encourage EVERYONE to go to www.glitzdesigns.com and check out their cool stuff!  We have teamed up with them for all 2008!  Their "frosting" is to die for!  They have moldable bling that works perfect with our Clear Albums!  You will start too see this and more very soon, in our store!!  I have to go now, we have been requested to go back to the "Spell Binders" booth and demo our product, on their machines!  We may be demoing in "our new friends" at the show also!  I like to play with other machines, WAIT TILL YOU SEE THEIR NEW MACHINE!!! (hint hint) I will keep you posted as to our product with their machines!  I have to go play now!!!  Talk to you again real soon, I hoping!  Don't forget, we are at Booth #519, right inside the door!  We have an awesome booth!  Jackie

We Are On Our Way to CHA!!

Hey everyone!! We made it to St. Louis and are anxiously awaiting our flight!!! We have 15 suitcases PACKED, not to mention the MANY boxes we previously shipped on out to California to meet us. We are getting fired up! I will try my best to blog as often as I can while we are out there. I am so happy you guys are tracking us along the way. Thank you for being such a GREAT support system! We appreciate all your thoughts and prayers for us on this wonderful (busy) journey! Clear Scraps is definetly making a name for itself AROUND THE WORLD!! We shipped to Australia MANY times this week, not to mention Finland, Italy & Canada!! Thanks to all of you for your nice warm comments. I will leave you with a pic of a small sampling of our inventory we left at home to be shipped when we return! Talk to you guys soon.... I will post pics of our booth as soon as I can! We will get in on Friday to start setting up. For now, Jackie.

PS. I want to mention the nice people at SRM Press who has personally invited us to her booth at CHA to do a demo on our product, and to Notion's Distribution where I will be working for 1 1/2 hours a day demoing at their booth also. Krylon will be showing off a sample they did on our product, and Glitz Design will also be scrapbooking one of our albums in their booth during the show!
Thanks to all of you for all your support in our adventure! We are looking forward to working with each and everyone of you very closely! We will add to this list! Good night!!