Just some recent LOs done of the girls. Karis' LO was for a designer challenge, Sierra's was just a Christmas LO, and Ruby's was for a telephone scraplift challenge.
I've also been making lots of cards for Paper Crafts Magazine Royal Stampers contest. They will choose 20 winners and each get a bundle of stamps and accessories worth $250. Check it out at www.papercraftsmag.com but don't submit stuff better than mine! Just kidding! ;-)
Happy New Year everyone! I attended an 'Online' Crop this weekend. Here is what I got done... I'm pretty proud of all the awesome pages I got out of the challenges and games! Wow, even uploading the pictures I'm amazed at all the LOs I got done (and a few cards too)
Challenge: Ad for Inspiration. We were given a magazine ad and supposed to draw inspiration from it. I'm too lazy to find the ad right now and post, but it was the Fancy Pants paper ad that had a hand cut heart and clock. So I used FP Free spirit paper, handcut the green flourish, and made a circle (clock) out of flowers. Quote says one must have sunshine, laughter and a little flower. Plaque says 'My Flower". Pic of Mommy and Sierra - my flower.
Challenge: Use and edged cardstock. Pictures of our Kare-bear. Bazzill cardstock with an edge (mini scalloped) Chatterbox Villa papers, Cricut for the title. Sorry for the fuzzy pic, I was under time contraints to get it uploaded in time!
Challenge: 2 pieces of patterened paper, ribbon, brads and rubons. Rubons are the title 'Bug Eyes" Ribbon is the ribbon flower to the left of Sierra's picture (green, easier to see in real life). SEI Doodley Girl PP
Challenge: Sketch. We had to follow a specific sketch. And it had to have pictures on it. The picture of me is going to be replaced with a 5x7 of Sierra on her 4th birthday. Pics down the left are at 1, 2, and 3 years old. SEI Doodley Girl PP, Cricut for the title.
Challenge: Person who Inspires you. My Grandma DeSalvo. I will add journaling later, but it will say how my Grandma taught me to cook, bake and sew. I was a chubby kid and I remember her helping me make the 'cool' clothes in my size when I was younger. I will always love her for that! I love you Grandma! Homeschool Plaid paper, made the wire photo corner, and my cricut cut the title - again, gotta love the bug.
Challenge: Monochromatic LO with 3 pictures. Everything had to be from the same color family on the LO - I cheated with the Rubons - LOL!
Challenge: Scraplift Challenge. I lifted the LO design from a design memeber at SG. Cosmo Cricket Storytime PP, handcut circle, tab and heart and traced in black pen - such a pain, but turned out really cute.
Challenge: Use pics you've been meaning to scrap. I already did these for Ruby and Sierra's book, but I wanted a page abou the 'Ucky Punkins' for my album, so here you go. Daisy Ds Gypsy Harvest PP, corduroy ric rac, Jolee's scrabble tiles for title.
Whew... thanks for looking! I had fun and got some awesome pages!
I was in a Card Kit Swap and just recently got enough kits back to make about 50 cards. I've been creating like crazy, and have made about 35. Here are a few I'm most proud of:
The top two left are from the SG December kit, the shiny one actually has a wire flower on the foil, really cute in real life, but kind of hard to see here. Thanks for looking!
Yay! My Welcome Sign won a challenge category for Best Use of Bleaching Technique. 'WELCOME' was stamped with Castaway Stamp pad, then ironed to start the bleaching effect. Scroll stamp on either ends was stamped using regular household bleach. When using bleach or bleaching stamp pads, remember to use on un-coated cardstock and paper, and clean your stamps right away so the bleach does not damage them. A really neat effect with stamping. Other eays to use bleach: doodle with a Q-tip dipped in bleach, spray bleach onto cardstock, dab bleach on a tissue and then onto paper. Once the bleach dries completely the chemical process is over and the end product is safe to use in your scrapbook.
Okay, ScrapGoods, my monthly club I belong to, is featuring a Guest Designer the month of November. The Guest Designer gets their monthly kit early and for FREE! Hello, where do I sign up? Here is my Challenge submission - I hope I'm picked!
The Challenge: Create a Layout that incorporates the Good, the Bad,and the Ugly.
The GOOD: One product or technique you couldn't live without. This would be my Prima flowers! I love them and have A TON!
The BAD: One embellishment or tool that you 'had to have' and have never used. I used, for the first time in 3 years, the Creative Memories Title-Topia to curve the title SISTERS. And now it will go back to the bottom of my drawer never to be seen again!
The UGLY: One piece of patterned paper that you consider ugly and wouldn't otherwise use. This is the PaperHeartStudio Shorcake Collection - Apricot. It is the tiny sliver of PP between the green and polka paper. Hey, they didn't say I had to use the whole piece. I actually had trouble with this one, as I think this paper is hideous and did not want to ruin my LO by using it. I thought long and hard about choosing a prettier 'ugly' paper, but in the end, decided not to 'cheat'
Other than those requirements we could use anything else on the LO. Cross your fingers guys! Thanks for looking!
Just some cards I've made; some for specific reasons, some for some online challenges I'm in, and some just because. Enjoy!
This is a card I did for ScrapGoods Anniversary. They've been in business for two years. I used September's Kit papers and Scratch Art technique. Email me if you are interested in learning more about SG.
