March Stackaholic Challenge

It has been awhile, but I decided to give the DCWV Monthly Stackaholic Challenge and another go. I really liked the sketched and had no problem finding pictures to work with.

I used paper from the Snapshot Stack and it went together very quickly. I really like how it turned out.

February DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge

I decided to participate in another fun stack-a-holic template challenge from DCWV Diary. I really loved this sketch and think I love my page more than anything I have done in awhile. The hexagons are so fun and the color combo makes me smile.

I also tried out misting ink for the first time and like it, but I think I need to practice a little more.

 I used some really fun papers from the DCWV Snapshot Stack for both my layout and card.

The card was fun fast and easy and will definitely be a template I use again.

January DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge

Thanks to a 4 day weekend from holidays and uncharacteristically good kiddos, I managed to finish not only a layout, but also a card in one day for the January Stack-a-holic Challenge from DCWV Diary. I used paper from the Gilded Orchard Stack that I won from DCWV and Create: blog.

Here is my interpretation of the layout sketch from Liz Chidester aka The Scrappiest.

  

 And here my card interpretation of the sketch from Got Sketch?.

 

It was fun to use one of my new stacks and a few other new stash things like my glitter tape. Gilded Orchard is a beautiful stacK and this was a fun challenge.

Thanks for looking!

September DCWV Stack-a-holic Challenge

Once again I decided to participate in the DCWV Template Challenge and submit a card and a layout. The templates for September were super cute. And my thought is, that if I work on the challenge, I am bound to get at least one page finished this month.

As I am really far behind on Peanut's books I thought I would use some pictures of her. I also have a lot of DCWV girl paper to get used up.

Here is the original sketch by Sketch Savvy which is a great blog with lots of great sketches and ideas.

And here is my 12x12 page using Nana's Nursery in Baby Girl, son random ribbon and rick rack scraps and a little washi tape. SWEET cut using Cricut and Hello Kitty Font cartridge. White space id for journaling - my downfall on every page.

 Here is my take on the card sketch. I used the let over paper from my layout and and an adorable stamp from Papertrey Inks.

Once again my card was selected in the Top Ten, which is super exciting. I would have liked to seen my layout there as well, but I am really happy with the way they both turned out.

I am hoping I will have time this month to work on the October sketches!

Design Team - Not This Year

This year I submitted some projects in hopes of being selected as part of the Craft Warehouse (one of my fave places to by scrapbook supplies) 2011 Design Team. I also submitted in 2009, and I wasn't selected either year, but this year I was given Honorable Mention! YEOW!

It's not as good as being picked, but I am still pretty excited about it. i told my self that if I didn't get selected this year that I would probably not do it next year, but the Honorable Mention is making me rethink that decision. I will just have to see how I am feeling about my scrapping next year.

Anyway, the submission requirements were 2 page layouts, 2 cards and 1 altered project. I had my 2 layouts almost done in preparation for the submission and I had an idea for my altered project and I figured the cards wouldn't be that hard. Well, I re-did my layouts, and in doing that almost ran out of time for submitting, so I threw together 2 cards and used a project I finished in February as my altered project. Here is what I submitted:

 

My altered project was a Christmas countdown calendar made from 2 sheets of 12' x 12"  paper, i sheet of epoxy stickers, glitter glue and few random embellishments.

 

And here are the cards. I think this is my weakest entry because I spent an hour at 2 am finishing these so I could get my packet together and mailed before the cutoff date. My goal for next year is to not wait until the last minute and maybe spend a little more time on all of the pieces.

Anyway, It was really nice to see my name on the website as Honorable Mention and maybe next year....

Tags - Use Your Stash

The layout and a couple little 4" x 4" cards I made and I am submitting to Use Your Stash.

Water Baby - Use Your Stash

Here is a layout from the Hubby's 30th Birthday Album that I am submitting to the Use Your Stash March challenge ~ Eyelets.

I am not one to use eyelets very often, as I think they are time consuming (even with the Big Bite) but I really had fun with these!

Page still needs journaling, but if I wait to post until that is done I will miss the deadline. (Journaling is HARD for me)

Boys will be Boys

I did this 12” x 12” 2-page layout a few years ago for an album I made for my dear hubby's 30th birthday. It is pictures of him as a kid doing all sorts of “boy” things.

• Base paper - The Stack – “Boys” Blue
• Red, yellow and dark blue cardstock
• Cricut Font – Opposites Attract for title
• Cricut Font – George & Basic Shapes for stars
• Red mini brads
• Random red ribbon
• Pictures are from 1979-1983, ages 2-6

I can’t remember where I found the quote:

"between the innocence of babyhood
and the dignity of manhood
we find a delightful creature of a boy”

I love this layout, it is probably my favorite from the whole book.