A little birthday tag for Artful Delight

Challenge #2 at Artful Delight is to create a project based on Tic Tac Toe..

I decided to go with a slanted line for my tic tac toe win-- use kraft, include at least one button, and light pink! I made a birthday tag for my coworker using the Tim Holtz Sizzix die with Recollections Kraft paper, stamped with The Girl's Paperie stamp set added a little blign to the banner, some Maya Road embellies (Light Pink gingham flower with a Button and a trinket pin). I added a little strip of Tim Holtz tissue tape and misted with Calico White Mister Huey and added a few drops of Cotton Candy Metallic Maya Mist. Oh and the dress form was cut with Tim Holtz die too! Easy Peasy! Happy to have completed all of the challenges for Artful Delight blog hop challenge!

Oh, and just FYI  I plan to have a giveaway next week, so if you just stopped by please come back again next week too....I'm thinking there might be some Crate Paper given away...I'm just sayin'.....heehee...have a great weekend!

Giggle...A sweet little card with Delightful Inspiration

I am rockin' along with my 90 day plan to exercise and eat better. Of course, this is only day 3, but hey...for a girl like me this is awesome! LOL! I think I may include 90 days of scrapping too, because I'm actually settling into a routine (well 2 days) of eating dinner early, exercising, and scrapping, and then going to bed at least an hour earlier than my usual late night nonsense!
Well, anyway, I made this little card for Artful Delight's Blog Hop Celebration Day 3 Color Challenge- kraft, pink, and white

I used my favorite Jenni Bowlin butterfly stamp and chipboard butterfly with Party Pink Recollections embossing powder. I also used chipboard pieces from Bella Blvd and Me & My Big Ideas. The little scrap of paper is Crate Paper and a doilie from my stash. Oh, the card is just a piece of kraft that I misted with calico white Mister Huey and inked the edges. Ok, so I'm feeling good and will hopefully start and complete challenge #2 tonight too!

A Spooky Little Layout with Artful Delight

So, I had major plans to get an epic amount of scrapping done and participate in challenges last weekend. Well, let's just say that plan was an Epic Fail!!! Anyway, I did do a lot of blog hopping and found some fun sites. One of them is Artful Delight! They hosted a very inspiring three day blog hop and have three challenges that are still open until the 30th, so if you have some free time this week check them out and play along!

This spooky little layout is for Challenge #1 - sketch challenge. I have been in a very fall/halloweenish mood and was happy to scrap this picture of my little goblin that has been sitting on my desk for a few weeks since I found it during my scrap space clean up (which is still in progress). I used a variety of items for this layout some old and some new.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey- Max and Whiskers, Echo Park- Apothecary, Tim Holtz-Halloween Haunts; Stickers and Rubons: Echo Park, Making Memories,Sassafrass; Mist and Twine: Studio Calico

Ok, I have a few more things I want to accomplish before Friday....let's see if I can do a LOAD this week or at least a couple of cards and tags! Hopefully, I'll be back with another challenge post tomorrow!

scrap the scraps...

Last minute posting and uploading this week...first week of school/end of summer adjustments! I played along with Big Picture Classes' Big Idea Festival and used my scraps to participate with Amy Heller's Scrap Your Scraps Challenge, too. I used the Tim Holtz tag die to make tags and some other little elements. And used random pieces of chipboard and stickers from my stash, too. I kept them very simple and clean because the focus is on the words and what they mean to me, even though I feel like I kinda kepts writing the same definition for some words- oh well- I'm a simple girl! The tags are simple and I'm glad I had a fun time playing with my scraps and participating in The Big Idea Festival.

Stampin' Dymonz Tag on Tag Challenge...

A few months ago I found cool blog and I played along with Stampin'Dymonz's Tim Times Ten tag challenge. I had a blast learning and trying new techniques on tags. Well, this week they are having another tag challenge, so I just had to play along! Here are the details directly from Stampin' Dymonz blog:

This week's challenge is a tag challenge...with a twist. We will be using inspiration from the PageMaps website (www.pagemaps.com) and utilizing the following Tag Map, which can be found there:

As you can see by this sketch, this tag appears to have a "folder" on the front of the tag with a piece of paper which is inside the folder on a skewed angle. This week's challenge will have you put your spin on this sketch, including the following elements -- your tag must have a functional folder on the front and the piece of paper inside of the folder must be in the shape of a tag. There should be space on the tag for a small photo and some journaling. This space can be on the inside and/or the outside of the folder and/or the inserted tag.

Here is what I created for the challenge:

I started off with the idea that I would make the tag for my son to use as a bookmark, but then as I was crafting it during the wee wee wee hours of this morning, my son informed me that he wanted a baseball themed bookmark, so from there I just took off in an entirely different direction! So I started off with the Alterations tag die to cut a piece of Tim Holtz paper. Then I backed it with some think chipboard to make it more sturdy. I used the Alterations file tab die as the starting point for making my file folder and then used random pieces from the Tim Holtz paper pad to embellish the tag. I used Cosmo Cricket tiny type alphas to label the file folder and inked a plain white tag to create the inside tag that has the journaling and picture. On the other side I wanted a place to keep track of books so I created a mini notebook with an Elle's Studio tag folded over pieces of paper and hot glued. After adding so many layers this tag is very chunky and may not be the best book mark, but I at least I can still sit it out for display and/or use the little notebook inside to keep track of the books I read. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! Have a great Sunday Afternoon and a wonderful week!

Shimelle's Hot Pink Hoopla Challenge...

I was inspired by Shimelle's hot pink hoopla challenge to use a sheet of pink notebook style paper along with some Crate Paper and Cosmo Cricket to create this layout about my cousin and I.

Shimelle's Stickery Challenge and A Card for Olivia...

So, this weekend I'm continuing to play along with Shimelle's weekend challenges from last weekend. I was inspired to make this little card for the Stickery challenge (which was to use more than two stickers from different companies/lines on a project) after reading about a sweet little girl who is undergoing some pretty serious medical problems. The little girl, Olivia, could use a lot of cheering up and you can go to Dayis Scraproom to learn more about how you can send a card to this little cutie too! One of my favorite things about scrapbooking and crafting is that we can brighten someone's day by simply sharing what we love to do! I'm mailing this card first thing Monday morning and I hope that little Olivia will enjoy it! If you have a few extra minutes in your day, please consider making a card and sending it! Have a beautiful rest of the weekend!

Supplies: Patterned Paper: Crate Paper-Emma's Shoppe; Stickers: Crate Paper- Emma's Shoppe, Sassafrass- Sweet Treats, Monstrosity, Cosmo Cricket: tiny type; Chipboard: Crate Paper, Jenni Bowlin, The Girls Paperie; Twine: The Twinery- Pink Sorbet; Ribbon: The Ribbon Boutique; Button, Bling and Doilie from my stash.