Here's a couple of layouts I completed today.
Until next time...
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Busy as a Beaver today
In fact I am so busy trying to complete some challenges that I missed my hair appointment today!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!
So here's today's projects, so far.....
So here's today's projects, so far.....
Challenge Masters: Altered Challenge
This was a Quacker Oatmeal Canister.
This was a Quacker Oatmeal Canister.
Until next time....
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Halfway Thru
I can't believe that April has flown by so fast. Is it really the 19th already?!! Today I have been working on catching up on layouts and projects for this month. I definitely have a color theme going on here. I purchased a great packet of papers by Me & My Big Ideas. It was full of nice goodies. Below is what I have come up with so far. I am off to think up some more before the month runs out!!
Until next time...
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Until next time...
Sunday, April 10, 2011
My Ch{all}enge For YOU!!
I was recently chosen to be one of the new design divas over at Ch{all}enge Masters. I will be working as the Ad/Art diva publishing a monthly challenge for all scrappers on the second Sunday of the month. And while it is currently the wee hours of the morning, it IS the second Sunday. I was so excited to publish my first challenge that it is up and running already at 12:40 a.m. I wanted to share with you and invite you to join along in my challenge. Below are the details. For more information, log onto Ch[all}enge Masters or stop by our Facebook page at Chall Enge Masters.
April Ad/Art Challenge:
For more information and the rules for this challenge log onto Cha{all}enge Masters.
April Ad/Art Challenge:
Hello Everyone. I will be your diva for Ad/Art challenges for the next 6 months. I am very happy to be here and hope I can encourage you to play along with me for a little while each month. I have been researching some interesting art and advertisements that seem to be a little different from the challenges of the past. I hope to bring you some information as well as some inspiration each month.
For our first month together, I am going to make this very carefree. I love looking at the doodle art that Google lists occasionally on their search page. I started to research how they get the art they use and found a whole list of all the Google doodle art from 1998 until present. There are creations that are very basic as well as doodles that are very elaborate. There are art pieces that are only shown in certain countries and others that are published worldwide. To access these wonderful art pieces, simply type in www.google.com and you will find a search block. Underneath it is a key that says “I’m feeling lucky”. When you strike that key, you find the history of Google doodles as well as lists of previously published doodles. Here are a few examples:
March 20, 2011 - Holi Festival - (India)
September 22, 2010 - Moon Festival - (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan)
January 1, 2009 – Happy New Year (global)
My challenge is for you to look through the doodle art in the years 2009 to present and find one that inspires you in some way. Create a project based on that doodle and post it. Along with your entry, please tell us the Google doodle that inspired you with the doodle’s published date. I hope you enjoy looking through the art doodles and find something that inspires you. For anyone who participates this month, I will have a random drawing for a little gift from me. I’m looking forward to seeing what you can do with this challenge.
For my piece I used:
March 20, 2009 – First Day of Spring/Fall – designed by Eric Carle
For more information and the rules for this challenge log onto Cha{all}enge Masters.
Monday, April 4, 2011
No April Fool over here!!
We are already into April and I have been so busy with personal "stuff" that I have not had a chance to breathe and take some time to do some creative projects this past week. Today was my first chance to work on the Hambo Hoedown for Hambo Stamps. This cutey caterpillar is showing off her new spring shoes and seems proud to be wearing them. I pulled all the materials out of my stash this week. I threaded up my new sewing machine, yes I said NEW, and did some stitching without having to fight the tension on the machine and rethread every time I had a machine jam. It was WONDERFUL!! To join us on the hoedown, click the link above and join in the fun.
Until next time...
Until next time...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Chopping today
I am working on the Ch{all}enge Masters Chopped project today. Click on the link and join us in the fun.
I started off using a piece of white fabric which I attached sizing to the back of and then stitched a snowflake quilting pattern in white on white for the background. Then I sewed it to a piece of scrapbook paper for structure. Next I cut up a cardboard box into a frame. I punched holes for the stitched laces, embossed the face stamp on the small cardboard rectangle and made flowers out of white speckled paper and cardboard circles. I added the laces, numbers, the cardboard backed photo and the metal embellies.
Until next time...
I started off using a piece of white fabric which I attached sizing to the back of and then stitched a snowflake quilting pattern in white on white for the background. Then I sewed it to a piece of scrapbook paper for structure. Next I cut up a cardboard box into a frame. I punched holes for the stitched laces, embossed the face stamp on the small cardboard rectangle and made flowers out of white speckled paper and cardboard circles. I added the laces, numbers, the cardboard backed photo and the metal embellies.
Until next time...
Monday, March 28, 2011
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs?
This is a fairly accurate title for today. It is a cold and cloudy here in Fort Mill, SC. We woke up to 34 degree weather which is amazing after our temperatures around 70 last week. It's damp and dreary and the perfect day to lounge around, watch old movies, or set up shop to scrap. I chose to do the later with a movie or two thrown in for good measure. Listed below are my projects for the day. Click on the links if you want more information on the inspirations for these projects. And who knows, maybe there will be meatballs for dinner tonight too.
Until next time....
Saturday, March 26, 2011
The Yellow Ticket
Today's entry took me longer to complete than any I have done before.
First off, I was working on the Chopped Challenge, Week 2 for Ch{all}enge Masters.
Our goal:
keep yourself from being CHOPPED from the competition.
Our parameters:
yellow, scallops and dimensional flowers.
My attitude:
"REALLY!! YELLOW!! I HATE YELLOW!"
So after much contemplation to make a layout that I was convinced I was not really going to like in the end, I decided to add to my challenge. I took a project challenge from another website, Scrapping The Moments. This is a fairly new site filled with lots of cool ideas and many MANY talented ladies. The Surprise Challenge this month was to create a tone-on-tone dimensional title.
I decided to do a monochromatic layout.Well, I had a single sheet of yellow paper, with little flowers on it. So off to the store I went. I looked for yellow papers and anything with texture. I brought home 4 sheets of yellow, a piece of yellow felt, and some yellow paint. In my stash I found a strip of yellow leather and some little yellow bees. I scoured my photos for something that would go with a yellow layout. All in all, this was the longest process I have ever had for a single layout. Four days of decisions and searching. I hope you enjoy the product.
Until next time...
Monday, March 21, 2011
I Didn't "Forget"
Personally I have been struggling with an illness of sorts these past few weeks. I have been having severe headaches daily and visited the doctor today. In the near future I will be having a CAT scan and some other tests to try and solve the puzzles that are incapacitating my life as of late. Yes, drama, I know...........but that's how I feel today.
Due to the aches in my head, I only have managed to do one scrappy project this week. And of course, the project had to be for the Hambo Stamps Hoedown. As long as I participate in the weekly challenge, the fine owners of Hambo Stamps will continue to send me a free digi image each week to use in my card and layout projects. Stop by the website to see all the wonderful projects the ladies have made to inspire you. It's never too late to join us. Grab yourself an image and get to creating!!!
This week's stamp is this cute little party animal elephant who it ready to head on over to your next birthday bash. Heck, if you are one of my relatives, you may be getting this actual card, LOL!! Our parameters this week were to use this little guy and glam it up with "sparkles". I chose to use some glitter I have had sitting around on the shelf for a while to frame the pachyderm. Then I attached some blue bling to each corner to hold down the distressed printed paper. And Presto, Sparkles!! I also cut out a second copy of the elephant's head and used dimensionals to make it pop off the page as well as the frame he is printed upon. (Note the second shot here) We are ready to party now.
Due to the aches in my head, I only have managed to do one scrappy project this week. And of course, the project had to be for the Hambo Stamps Hoedown. As long as I participate in the weekly challenge, the fine owners of Hambo Stamps will continue to send me a free digi image each week to use in my card and layout projects. Stop by the website to see all the wonderful projects the ladies have made to inspire you. It's never too late to join us. Grab yourself an image and get to creating!!!
This week's stamp is this cute little party animal elephant who it ready to head on over to your next birthday bash. Heck, if you are one of my relatives, you may be getting this actual card, LOL!! Our parameters this week were to use this little guy and glam it up with "sparkles". I chose to use some glitter I have had sitting around on the shelf for a while to frame the pachyderm. Then I attached some blue bling to each corner to hold down the distressed printed paper. And Presto, Sparkles!! I also cut out a second copy of the elephant's head and used dimensionals to make it pop off the page as well as the frame he is printed upon. (Note the second shot here) We are ready to party now.
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Also using this card for:
Now if only my head would cooperate. Needing to get back to my ice pack and Excedrin. Have a good evening. Until next time....
Friday, March 18, 2011
Chopped and High Hopes
I was working on a layout today that completed two separate challenges on the web. Challenge Masters is having a contest called "Chopped" for the next four weeks that is based on the Food Network show by the same name. The premise of the show is that the contestants, all chefs, are given a basket of food ingredients and they have a certain amount of time to complete a dish with those items. I had never heard of the show before, but did go on the web to catch a couple of episodes before the challenge for the scrappers started. I am totally hooked on the show now.
We were given a list of ingredients and a week to complete our challenge. Some of us will advance to the next week. Some of us will be eliminated. Our ingredients this week are; the color lime green, circles and paint. While we are allowed to use other "ingredients" to complete our layouts, these items must be the predominant eye catchers on the layout. To find out more about this challenge, click onto Challenge Masters and follow the links to "Chopped".
I also decided to use this layout to complete a Scraplift challenge on Scrapping the Moments. The ladies working on that site do a dandy job and have some lovely sketches and scraplift ideas to enhance even the best "scrappers" layouts. New projects become available on the 1st and 15th of every month with some Friday night specials and other impromptu challenges along the way. Check them out at the link above.
And without further adieu, here is my latest layout....
Until next time...
We were given a list of ingredients and a week to complete our challenge. Some of us will advance to the next week. Some of us will be eliminated. Our ingredients this week are; the color lime green, circles and paint. While we are allowed to use other "ingredients" to complete our layouts, these items must be the predominant eye catchers on the layout. To find out more about this challenge, click onto Challenge Masters and follow the links to "Chopped".
I also decided to use this layout to complete a Scraplift challenge on Scrapping the Moments. The ladies working on that site do a dandy job and have some lovely sketches and scraplift ideas to enhance even the best "scrappers" layouts. New projects become available on the 1st and 15th of every month with some Friday night specials and other impromptu challenges along the way. Check them out at the link above.
And without further adieu, here is my latest layout....
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| The Seabird Sanctuary, St. Petersburg, FL 2007 |
Until next time...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Still working in the green
Here's a couple more green cards and the links to their challenges:
Until next time...
Friday, March 11, 2011
Lotsa Luck
And in honor of my favorite "Irish" Man:
May the luck of the Irish bless you today and always!
Until next time....
Thursday, March 10, 2011
"Pieces of eight! pieces of eight! pieces of eight!"
This is the cry of Long John Silver's parrot, Cap'n Flint in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Today I was creating my own treasure box of sorts to house the little stuff that I keep saving to scrap into my layouts. My pieces of eight might include ticket stubs, pins, travel brochures, postcards, or any "treasure" that I come across. The possiblities are endless!!
This started off as a red and white checkerboard recipe box with an orange chicken sitting in a brown basket on the top. I painted it with a sponge so I could texture it as I painted. Then I cut down and attached the lovely papers that I had been storing in my paper stash to use for "something special". (I seem to be gravitating toward this colors lately). I added some letters and embellishments. Finally I laquered the letters to make them POP! I am very happy with the results.
This box can be used to complete two separate challenges this week. See the caption below the photos for more details on them.
This started off as a red and white checkerboard recipe box with an orange chicken sitting in a brown basket on the top. I painted it with a sponge so I could texture it as I painted. Then I cut down and attached the lovely papers that I had been storing in my paper stash to use for "something special". (I seem to be gravitating toward this colors lately). I added some letters and embellishments. Finally I laquered the letters to make them POP! I am very happy with the results.
This box can be used to complete two separate challenges this week. See the caption below the photos for more details on them.
Until next time...
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