Pink Challenge

I’ve been a little behind on posting to my blog, but I have been keeping busy.  School has started back and we are nose deep in scouts, taekwondo, and 4^th grade.  We’ve been keeping our Wednesday night scrapping nights as much as possible; I just haven’t taken any pics to proof it.  I reorganized the craft room, so it’s now the Scrap Room.  I am still getting used to the new layout of the room, still trying to figure out where everything is and all.  I think I will really like it once the newness wears off.  With the reorganization, I’ve been able to do a little more than just Wednesdays.  I was able to get a few hours in there yesterday and today and get some projects done.  Very therapeutic.

So one of the blogs I’ve been visiting has a weekly challenge (and surprisingly this project counts towards a couple of other challenges on other blogs).  October is Breast Cancer Month, and to kick it off, her challenge is to make a card and use PINK.  So here is my contribution to the challenge.  I used a premade card blank, and then made flowers from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  Those were made with Colonial White cardstock and inked with Sorbet.  I used a nestabilities oval die cut and used the Bliss stamp set with Sorbet for the sentiment.  The ribbon is from when I first started scrapbooking (no telling where it came from) but it’s like little doilies with adhesive already on it and it was also inked in Sorbet.  I inked all my edges with Sorbet.  I “frosted” the flowers and the oval with Diamond Dust (from Hobby Lobby).

So here are the challenges this cute little card was entered into

Hiding in My Craft Room - PINK

Crafts and Me - Flowers

4craftychicks - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Fairy Fridays - Pink and Distressed

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

So, I've entered my little pink card into these challenges.  With so many wonderful submissions, it's looking like tough competion.  Good luck to all the entries!



Jenn W brings us this week's challenge.  This week, use the following LO including cuts from your favorite Cricut Cartridge, a punch and journaling.

 

 

April 2011 12x12

This challenge is currently being worked on.  I will update as soon as I am finished.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #15

I was in charge of this week's challenge.  My points were:
1. Use the pagemap layout (single or double, your choice).
2. Do not use flowers, but another embellishment instead.
3. Use chipboard/grungeboard.
4. Use paint somewhere on the LO.

Here's the LO:

I am currently working on this challenge.  I will post pics as soon as I complete it.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #14

Wynn's challenge was for us was to create a 1 or 2 page LO about someone or something that inspires you.  Include journaling or distressing.

This challenge is currently being worked on.  I will post pics once this challenge has been completed.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #13

AnnMarie brought the challenge this week…

"Since it’s my birthday week, I am all about birthday cards.

Make 4 birthday cards with the following themes:

1)      A child

2)      A male

3)      A friend

4)      Something with Red!"

Again, this challenge came in quite handy for me.  Some of the cards were for birthdays, but 2 were for other occasions.

Card for a child: used “Simply Sweet” for this baby card ~ my cousin just had a baby boy.  The white paper is a glitter paper and I used an older border punch on it.

Card for a male: used “Lite: Dude” cut and a stamp for this one, also used my Irock for the brad looking embellishments in the corner.

Card for a friend: another cousin was getting married this weekend and this is the card for them.  I used my Irock again for the gems on this one and a set of wooden letters from AnnMa.

Something Red: a birthday card with some red ribbon and paper.  I also used a mix of stamps (MS, and 2 other brands I can't remember their names) with CTMH holiday red ink.  Yes, the patterned paper is the same as on the wedding card.  Too pretty not to use again and again. :)

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Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #12

Natalie brings us the challenge this week:

a 12x12 layout (doesn't have to be a double page)

MONOCHROMATIC (eek. do you know what that means? basically, use one color and one color only. as in, the SHADES of the one color)

use a border punch or border feature from a cartridge

use a SIMPLE, NO-LAYER cut from a cartridge (star, heart, circle, etc)

use a non traditional fiber, embellishment, accent (eg: lace, fabric, canvas, burlap)

JOURNALING :-)

I am currently working on this challenge and will post pics once completed.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #11

Our challenge is from Jenn P this week! She says:

1.  1)Make a two page LO using the map below (of course you can make it your own.

2.  2)Use one of these words in the title: Explore, Discover, Adventure, Play, Believe, About

3.  3)Use scrap paper to embellish (i.e. left over scraps to make borders, flowers, etc.)

4.  4)Include ribbon.

I am currently working on this challenge and will post pics when finished.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #10

Jenn W. brought us the challenge for Week #10.  Here are her requirements:

Create a layout about your family with the following:

1.  Your title can only be one word that best describes your family

2.  Must use a metal embellishment other than a brad

3. Must have at least one stamped image

This is a challenge I am currently working on and will post pics once finished.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #9

I was in charge of the challenge for this week.  I had a pagemaps layout, and the other requirements were to use your most recent cartridge and a color you don't normally use.

Jenn W and I realized that this was heavy on pics, 10 to be exact!  So we decided to scrap our Top 10.  These are the top 10 celebreties that we have "crushes" on.  My newest cart is the Lite Cart: Celebrate With a Flourish and I cut "True Love" in teal and purple.  I don't use purple or teal very often so those were the main colors on this LO.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #8

Wynn brought us the challenge the week after the retreat. 

She says:

“I am always looking for new ideas to incorporate into my crafting and magazines are a great resource. So, from each picture, take inspiration. Create a card based on each picture.”

So here are the pictures that Wynn inspired us with and next are my versions.

I took inspiration from the colors of the watering cans:

I loved the quilt idea, so I made a quilt out of handmade papers:

I loved the clean lines and contrast with the white, green and black of the chairs so I used those colors in my card:

Luckily, all three of these cards came in very handy that week!

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #7

AnnMarie’s challenge for the week of the retreat was to make 2 gift bags with matching tags.  I kept these simple, but will probably go back later and clutter them up. J

I used Just Because Cards for the ice cream sundae and Celebrations for the sentiment.  I think I will go back and add some stickles for just a bit of bling.

Up to this challenge I was completely caught up.  :)  I am getting caught up, I promise!  LOL!

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #6

Natalie provided CCWC#6.

Here were her rules:

1.  Create a double 12X12 Layout

2.  Scrap about a vacation or trip (Taken or upcoming. If upcoming, leave places to put pics)

3.  Include chipboard

4.  Include journaling (Nat’s favorite!)

5.  Include sewing, faux stitching, or journaling (Apparently, there was some “miscommunication” here, but who’s keeping track.  ;-)

So I decided to scrap the ride on the gondola from our Steamboat trip.  This paper I found in that wonderful scrapbook store in Waxahachie. It says "RIDE" up the lefthand side. My chipboard is actually grungeboard, but works just fine and the "flags" read "to the top".  The stitching was a silver marker and a template (again received in a swap last year).

I have ordered the pics but haven’t made it in yet, so I’ll update these pics once they’re in.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #5

So for CCWC #5, Jenn P used the upcoming holiday for inspirations.  We were supposed to create a Valentine’s LO and use: vellum, colored ink, and Popdots (make something stand out). 

So I KNOW I packed my vellum especially for this project.  Ask Jenn W!  I tore everything apart, I could NOT find it.  So I settled on pearlescent pink paper from a Valentine’s kit I received in a shoebox swap last year to make the heart.  (OF course I found the vellum AFTER I had finished the layout). J

I used CTMH Holiday red ink with the new Boehmian alphabet to stamp the sentiment.  I pop-dotted the pink heart and used pics from Robbie’s and my 10^th anniversary/renewal ceremony in 2004.

On to the next challenge!  LOL!

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #4

OK.  So I’m a little behind on posting challenges.  The ski trip was totally awesome!  Definitely worth the time off work and everything else.  So Jenn W supplied the challenge for CCWC#4.  Her challenge was to scrap a page or layout about yourself and include journaling and a new technique.  I was able to catch up on all the challenges while I was at the retreat in Keller with AnnMa and Jenn W and Natalie and Wynn (we missed you Jenn P)!

I poured through tons of photos looking for this one particular picture of me and my 2 sisters.  Finally found in back in the 2003 folder!  Wow!  Has it been that long????   So for my layout I used a CTMH paper pack (can’t remember the name, but I’m sure AnnMa does!).   I didn’t have two of the pictures I wanted to add, but underneath Sisters I will put the sister pic from the ones we took for my mom and dad and on the second page I am going to put the picture of myself and Paula from about 25/30 years ago. (here they are). 

So the new technique is the accordion flower (Tim Holtz has a die cut for these, but I just did it the old fashioned way.)  Here's the finished layout.

I love the way this layout turned out and I will update the pics once I print out the photos.

I will upload the rest of the pics over the week and hopefully get to work on Wynn's challenge for this week.

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #3

This week I chose the challenge for everyone.  I wanted to do something different and also be cost-conscious (ski trip on Tuesday!!!).  So my challenge was to make 10 tags, use your favorite color, use something shiny, and to recycle (we weren’t allowed to buy anything.)  So I changed my mind about a dozen times between when I came up with the challenge and today.  After seeing all the other wonderful tags the ladies have made, I knew I needed to step up my game.

My favorite colors are pink and blue.  Which one to choose????  Why not do both?  I needed a birthday tag for a Eli’s present, so I made 5 blue birthday tags.  I have a girl’s birthday to get ready for in a few weeks, so I made 5 pink tags.  I used a cute little cupcake stamp and used pearl paint.  I used a Tim Holtz technique where you blend different inks over the paint and then wipe off the ink and the paint shows up as a resist.  So for the pink tags I used Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogony and Memento Rose Bud.  For the blue tags I used Tim Holtz inks again: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, and Faded Jeans.

After I did the inks, I decided to make the whole thing shiny with Glimmer Mists (LOVE them!!!)  For the pink tags I used Vintage Pink and Santa Baby.  For the blue tags I used Bubble and Denim Blue.  Look at them shine!

So then I needed to add sentiments.  I used CTMH black ink and a little Happy Birthday stamp and then used a Nestibility to cut out the frames.  Then I edged the frames in the same colors I inked with.  I stamped the To/From in CTMH red on the pink tags and Faded Jeans on the blue ones.  They were finished off with ribbon from my stash.  I think the pink ribbon is just right!

So, Yay! I finished the challenge!  It seems to have been as much of a challenge for me as everyone else.  I can’t wait to see what Jenn W. has in store for us next week.  I will have to finish that one after I get back from skiing.

~Jenn

Free Glitter

Quick post.  This website (Glitter crystals) is offering free samples of glitter.  Check her stuff out.

Some cards

I was going to go ahead and get some sleep, then realized I hadn't washed jeans for Max tomorrow.  So, while I'm waiting on the washer I thought I'd post some cards I made the other night.  My BFF Jenn W had her birthday last week, so I had to make her a card.  While I was looking for some cool papers for her card I found a Workshopt on the Go kit from Close to My Heart that I'd bought last year.  The style reminded me of Tim Holtz so I pulled it out and made a few cards from the kit.

So here are the pics of the cards.  I loved the flower even though it took me a bit to figure out the instructions.

This is the card I gave Jenn W.

Close up of the "flower"

The other cards going into the stash.

So hopefully, the clothes will be done soon, so I can get to bed. :-)  I will try to work on more stuff this weekend.  Laterz!!

~Jenn

Crafty Chick's Weekly Challenge #2

This week we were challenged to make another layout.  Our requirements were to pick a verb and scrap the verb using a one or two page layout.  We needed to include a banner, journaling, use at least one cricut cut, and use embossing of some sort.

I had many ideas for verbs, but none seemed to fit my pictures for scouts.  So then I decided to make a double layout for our ski trip at the end of this month.

My verb is snowboarding!  All 3 boys are going to try snowboarding despite all of the moms’ worries.  My title says Dare Devils (kinda hard to read in the photos.)  I used the Dude Lite cart for the snowboards (Thanks AnnMa!!!!) and the Cuttin’ Up cart for the lettering on the banners.  My embossing was embossing folders.  I used the smoosh technique on the banner flags (CTMH Indian Corn Blue ink) with the Snowflakes folder from Sizzix.  On my photo mats, I used the Distressed Snow folder from CuttleBug.  My journaling spot is from We R Memory Keepers the Teen Angst line (quite fitting for our almost teenagers).  I loved the colors, the cool blues and the swirls made it feel like snow to me.

I hope you like the layout.  It’s my turn to come up with the challenge for next week so I have to go rack my brain for some ideas. 

~Jenn