The Diner's Daily Dish

Wonderous Goodies - 7 Course Crop Recap!

Wow--what a fabulous week we have had at the Diner!  The Design Team Ladies served up 7 tasty courses of wonderful challenges with a few bonus ideas thrown in!  All the wonderful ideas for a homemade holiday this year have really gotten me in the spirit and given me a jumpstart on both my holiday decorating and my holiday gift-giving! 

Just in case you missed any of the wonderful challenges or still have some to complete -- don't worry!  You have until November 30th to get things posted in the gallery and linked back to the forum threads!  The lucky winners will be drawn by random drawing on December 1st and each challenge winner will receive a Diner gift certificate worth $10 in the store! 

Here's a littel recap of all the fabulous challenges:

Course #1 - Ornaments - Create 6 scrapping ornaments!

Course #2 - Gifts - Create 2 gift card holders or boxes!

Course #3 - Going Green - Create 2 homemade gifts using recycled product!

Course #4 - Cards - Create 8 cards from a single piece of paper!

Course #5 - Frame - Create a frame from scrapping product!

Course #6 - Magnets - Create marble magnets!

Course #7 - Canvas - Create a home decor item with canvas!

The gallery is full of all sorts of great ideas already - head on over and check them out - http://www.scrap-diner.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=507 and don't forget you still have plenty of time to enjoy our 7-Course Crop!

It's Monday!

It's like Christmas Morning!

Holy smokies the Diner is sizzlin' hot with new product! This has been a very busy shipment week.  Check out the Daily Uploads section. Heres a sneak peek:

Urban Lily

Jenni Bowlin

Melissa Frances

October Afternoon

Pink Paislee

Sassafras Lass

Scrapbook Trends

At the Pole by Sassafras

This line is now is stock. Check it out here.

Brand new at the Diner!

We are happy to now carry the Scrapbook Trends family of magazine at the Diner and selling for 20% below newsstand price! Limited supplies!

Sunshine Day!

This Monday...if this doesn't make you happy and start swaying back and forth...you are not alive

November's Retro Challenge

November is one of those months were peace meets ciaos for us. We are settling into school schedules and enjoying the change in weather and then wham-o Thanksgiving and Christmas festivities. I loathe that overwhelming feeling of being and having too many things on my plate.

I saw this Norman Rockwell Post magazine cover and it hit me hard. I knew immediately that I wanted to be thankful for my life and the wonderful blessings I have each and everyday.

So this month, I encourage you to take the time to scrapbook about what you are thankful for. This ad is just for inspiration. Put yourself in her shoes. Reflect on your life. As always, you can use the ad design, colors or theme for inspirtion, but I want the LO to be from your prespective.

Here is mine:

Please put your artwork in the gallery, then link it to either here or the forum thread  for November's Retro Challenge. Deadline to qualify for random drawing is November 30th.

Give Thanks Wreath Tutorial

Happy November everyone!  We are moving into my favorite time of year.  This Thanksgiving will be a first for my family; it will be the first that we celebrate with just the five of us.  But that doesn't mean that it still can't be festive!  To get us into the Thanksgiving spirit, I made this wreath that hangs on our fridge.

You'll need a large sheet of chipboard (if you don't have plain chipboard, just adhere two sheets of cardstock together), patterned paper (I used papers from the Scenic Route Ashville and Sumner lines), chipboard for your title (I used Doodlebug Hopscotch Glitter chipboard), some ribbon, and a pen to roll your leaves.

You'll want to start by making two circles, one inside the other.  The outer diameter should be approximately 8 inches and the inner diameter approximately 5.5 inches.  I used a circle cutter to make my circles, but there's nothing wrong with tracing plates, mugs or cups!

I had to use a craft knife to cut all the way through the chipboard.  If the edges are a little rough, don't worry, they will be covered later.

Your base should look like this once it's all cut out:

Now we need to cover with patterned paper.  I used a glue stick to adhere my paper.

 

I used a craft knife to trim around the base.  Again, don't worry if the edges aren't perfect.  You will want to repeat these last two steps for the other side of the base.

We're going to cover the edges with ribbon.  I just loosely circled my wreath with the ribbon to measure.

I used double-sided tape to adhered the ribbon to the wreath base.

 

After adhering, I used the flat end of my rub-on roller to smooth out the ribbon.  It doesn't have to be perfect, for most of it will be covered with leaves.  You'll want to repeat for the inner circle of the wreath base.

Now you're ready to cut out the leaves.  You can use this template (Download leaf_pattern.pdf ) or freehand them.  You'll want about 30-35 leaves.

 

To give them dimension, simply wrap around a pen and hold for a couple seconds.

Your finished leaf will look like this:

When you have a nice pile of leaves, you can start adhering them to the base.  I used foam dots for a little dimension.

You want to adhere the leaves in a random pattern, making sure the base is covered.

   

Continue until the entire base is covered in leaves.

You're almost done!  Simply add the title and your Thanksgiving wreath is ready for the holiday!

50% OFF!

That's right an additional 50% off the Bargain Basement at the Diner! Now until November 3rd! Don't miss out. Coupon Code: Festive50

Then November 4-9th...the Basement will be loaded back up with Manufactures whose name begins with L-Z.

Diner sales make you want to get up and dance!

A sweet song for Halloween Week