Saturday, April 25, 2009

Back Porch Memories Spring Fling Crop!

I’ve been cropping for a week over at BPM for a chance to win a six months subscription to  Paula’s awesome kits!!!  Here are the challenges I completed.  You get your name in a drawing for each challenge – wish me luck!!!

Color Therapy – color in a stamped image
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Better than Hallmark (black and white card with a pop of color)
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Leftovers Challenge (use leftovers from projects you completed during the crop – LOs below)
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I see through you – make a card using a transparency
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Heat Embossing
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Paper Flowers – make your own paper flowers
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Recipe Challenge: page layout – any size, word title, flowers or stars – any type, pictures – any size, handwritten journaling
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Feeling Edgy: use two or more techniques on the edges of your paper (die cut, distressed, inked)
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
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Beautifully Rustic – I used cardboard with glitter, and inked up some bling
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New Beginnings – scrap about something ‘new’ – think Maddie counts :D
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Overkill Challenge – use lots of one type of embellishment
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Font-tastic – use different types of fonts for your title
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Ad Inspiration
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Scraplift someone in the crop
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WHEW!! That’s 28 entries – I so hope I win!!! I love BPM kits!!!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Happy Birthday Mom

My mom is currently up here visiting me, and helping with the girls while I try to rest and take care of the baby.  So this birthday card is for her…
but the flower technique is for Stacy :D ENJOY!

Accordion flowers: Decide what size flower you want.  I wanted a 3 inch flower, so I cut my paper strip to 3 inches wide.  Then I normally double the width to cut the length. So for my 3 inch flower, I start with a 3x6 inch piece of PAPER (not cardstock!)
Score every 1/4 inch and fold accordion style
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Now find the center of your paper (mine will be at 1.5 inches) and staple, tie, wrap with wire, etc.  Find SOMETHING to make it look like this:
(I stapled the middle and then pushed the staple around the middle to make a ring)
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Put sticky tape on both ends of the right side
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Fold over and press flower together
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Finish into a card!
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