Altered trinket box challenge

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share an altered trinket box that I made for the latest challenge at the Lessology challenge site. I altered this box to put some antique sewing goodies in. On the top of it I have a ladyform, cut out of cardboard (that I had from the bottom of a case of bottled water), a flower that I made, a piece of old book paper, burlap, linen, paper butterfly, doily, and ribbon. To cover the box, I put a light coat of paint followed by some tissue, that I received as packing material in a box, and then old tissue pattern paper. For the closure, I used a Tim Holtz knob, secured with floss. Hope you like it!





Can you guess what kind of box I altered?

Yup! You guessed it..........

The toothpaste box that didn't have to go into the landfill...that you Lessology for such a wonderful challenge!

As always, thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

City Crafters Challenge Blog - guest designer!

Hi everyone! Yippee! I get to be a guest designer at the  City Crafter Challenge Blog this week! Such a honor! Love this weekly challenge blog! So much fun and inspiration going on there! This week I made a card...and the challenge is to scrap-lift it!  I would be tickled pink if you could hop on over there and give the lift a try! It's under week # 76 and it's called "Sandi said..."

Here's my card

And as you all know....girls just want to have fun...soooooooooooooo I lifted my own!

Here's my lift:

And to see the wonderful prize, head on over here !

I can't wait to see what your 'lift' looks like!

Hugs!



It's dress-up time!

Hello all! It's dressup time! Heeheeeee! Where I live, we dress up for what we call Halloween. Today I wanted to share some 'dressup' lo's that I did with the fabulous Sept. Tecolote kit from Pixie Dust Paperie. The first is of my dd dressed up as a kitty and the second is our sweet little pooch dressed up as a cow! Hope you like!

For more inspiration, you can stop by the Pixie blog here and right now there's a fun challenge going on that you might like to join in! Yippee!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Hugs!

Yippee...I've got mail!

Hi everyone! Do you like to get mail? I'm talking about the kind that comes in the form of packages! I love getting mail especially when it's scrapbooking supplies. When I received my Pixie Dust kit in the mail, to play with as a guest designer for the month of Sept., I had no idea that it would be filled to the brim with such gorgeous goodies! After opening it, I thought...I really need to use some of the contents to scrap a page on it. Yes, I love scrapping the everyday, the things that have meaning to me and this is one of those moments!

Yes indeed, the Pixie Dust Paperie kits are something to be excited about!

For daily inspiration, stop by the Pixie blog. And on the 20th of every month, there is a fabulous challenge. You can take a peek at the current challenge here.

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!



Pixie Dust Me lo

Hi everyone! I'm back with another lo that I made from the gorgeous Tecolote kit from Pixie Dust Paperie .Yup! This is a pic of me as a baby. When I saw the beautiful angelic paper and crinkled ribbon in the kit, I knew I would have to do some sort of baby lo and this is what I came up with. I cut out the sweet angels, draped the gorgeous ribbon, a little more paper, more embellies and voila`!

For lots of daily inspiration stop by the Pixie blog...you might just come across one of Kirsty's specials too!

As always, thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!



Altered book challenge

Hi everyone! There's a new challenge site in town called LESSology where they give you challenges in which you use something 'recyled up'. Their first challenge is an altered book challenge. When I saw this I just loved the idea. For my book, I purchased an old book and then I started to fill it with random stuff about me and or that I like. I decided to stick to a certain color choice because it's what I like creating with at the moment.  On my first page, about drinking coffee, I used the coffee filter that I had that morning, as one of my upcycled items, rather then throwing it out. Hope you like!



My Book's Cover:

As always, thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs!



Something Exotic!!!

Hi everyone! It's time for something exotic at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge! You might be saying 'something exotic'? Yup, we are challenging you to scrap something exotic for this sketch, by Anne, the sweet creator and owner of AFSC - it can be an animal at the zoo, a dancer, a food item, a location, a photo or souvenir from a trip - how about exotic you!!!  You can make a card, a layout or an altered (off the page) item.  How fun is that!?!?!!!  For me, I scrapped a pic of an advertisement pic for Juicy Couture that my dd had hanging in her room. Isn't the pic gorgeously wild! I thought this would be perfect for challenge. This is the first time I've used 'modeling paste'. I really like the look of the texture of it on a lo.



You have until 29 September 2011 at midnight to link up your layout to have a chance to win this month's prize - or to be chosen as one of our faves this month!! The prize this month is a $25.00 gift certificate to Scrapbookers.com!!!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Once Upon a Sketch Challenge with a twist!

Hi everyone! It's that time again! Yup, the new sketch is live...but this time there is a twist!

What's the twist?

We thought it would be fun for you all out there to pick the winner! This challenge will end on the 29th of September , which is 2 weeks from today and you will all have a chance to vote for the winner and Top 5 projects for one whole day on the 30th of September before the new challenge is posted on the 1st of October.

The catch here is that everyone can only vote 1 time, but of course you can get everyone you know to vote for you! We just cannot wait to see who you will pick!

So here's the Sept. 15th Challenge!

Journaling Criteria: This time you need to journal 2 lines directly on your photo. You can write on your photo, you can print your writing on your photo, you can use journalling strips on your photo etc. There is no theme this time, just a journaling technique criteria.

 Simply follow the journaling criteria and the sketch by Nadia,the lovely owner and creator, of OUAS challenge site.

The sketch



   

Fabulous sponsors:



3ndypapir is a tiny, Norwegian design company.

Owner and designer Gudrun Loennecken creates all the whimsy, vintage patterned papers. These papers are perfect for all paper lovers: cardmakers, scrapbooker and all papercrafters.
                  It is all designed and printed in Norway on heavy weight, high quality paper

Our second sponsor is the truly AMAZING...

Imaginarium Designs, is a new chipboard company founded in 2010. It is the combined collaboration of a Mother and Son team who both work in the paper craft industry.

Please visit the blog for inspiration and to see what the design team has been up to www.imaginariumdesigns.blogspot.com and you can purchase this amazing chipboard at Seriously Scrapbooking (they ship anywhere in the world at actual postage cost)

The winner of this challenge, as chosen by YOU, will receive  from our fantastic sponsor Imaginarium Designs:

a pack of their latest and most popular chipboard. The best thing about this, is that the pack will be different each month and will be customised to fit the winners needs. So if you have girls, you will be sent girly chipboard etc. They also sponsor our entire Design Team so please see the examples from our team for all the creative uses of this awesome chipboard.

There will also be a prize for the second placed winner this time, as voted by you. They will receive a set of the brand new collection from 3ndypapir. Here is a sneak peek of the collection you will be receiving directly from this Norwegian company.

There will also be 2 randomly chosen winners this month.

                            One winner will receive the Count Me In collection from Sassafras Lass

Our second randomly drawn winner will receive the Mix and Mend collection from Sassafras Lass as well..

Are you ready? Let the fun begin!

As always, thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

Hugs!

Pixie Dust - Fall Harvest project

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share my Fall harvest project that I made with the gorgeous Pixie Dust Paperie Tecolote kit. The minute I saw this paper, by Prima Marketing, I knew I wanted to make a pumpkin from it. The beautiful flowers hanging on it are from the same piece of pp. To make this, I cut out a pumpkin shape, sewed it, leaving an opening at the top, to turn the paper rt. side out. To stuff it, I used the packaging tissue that was used in the kit to ship it and a stick, from my yard for the top! I then closed the opening by hand sewing and a little hot glue. Next I  added the burlap, key embellie, that beautiful ribbon, and a butterfly that I punched out of one of the other gorgeous papers from the kit.

For more inspiration, you can stop by the Pixie blog to see the daily reveals! And if you haven't entered the giveaway yet, there's still time!

As always, thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Hugs!



Sassy Lil' Sketches - Switch it up lo!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share this lo that I did, of hubby and I, for the wonderful Sassy Lil' Sketches challenge site. Since I'm on the 'Switch it up' DT, I get to take the wonderful sketch, by Cherie, and switch it up anyway that I want...yup, I get to flip, rotate, use a different number or orientation of pics, make it a 2 pager, or anything else that I can think of that shows the readers how to stretch the use of the sketches...how fun is that!

For this challenge, I moved the two strips of paper to the side, took the paper behind the pics and split it to go under my pics which I seperated. I then moved the banner up, and moved the title to the side and voila' a new look.

The wonderful sponsors for this challenge are Authentique paper and Digi Doodle Shop! Just look at their sites to see all the goodness that they have to offer!

Please come join in the fun and see the wonderful creations that the other DT members have come up with! And since Sassy Lil ' Sketches has a new sketch on Tues. and Thurs., with the 'switch up' on Sat., there is plenty of inspiration to get your juices flowing!

Thank you Katie and Cherie for this fun challenge!



Rosebud & Hello lo's

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share two more lo's I made with the gorgeous Tecolote kit from Pixie Dust Paperie! In this first one I cut out a pic of my dd and put it on a mix of papers from the kit, added the tape that came from part of the packaging, some paint, and the word 'rosebud' from one of the papers to represent that red had that I made for her.

In the second lo I cut out flowers from the pretty floral pp as well as some of the other gorgeous papers, and then added some of the signature Pixie crinkled ribbon, to put together this lo of my dd.

closeup

One of the great thing about this Tecolote kit is the diversity of the papers. The spectrum goes from cute/pretty to a romantic/gorgeous, so you're able to put together a wide range of projects. I love that! For a daily dose of inspiration, please come join us at the beautiful Pixie Dust Paperie blog. And don't forget, you have until 9/18 to enter for the giveaway!

As always, thanks for stopping by! Have wonderful day!

Hugs!



It's that time again!

Hi everyone! It's time to share another lo that I made from the gorgeous Pixie Dust Paperie Tecolote Kit!  This lo is of my dd and  niece.  I really love the pp in this kit...just awesome! For this lo, I cut out the flowered pp, a butterfly and the printed word Jubilee along with 'the girls paperie' signature and clustered it along with the green & white Bakers twine. This was just so easy to put together because everything in the kit matches...easy and fun! Yippee!

Here's the kit reveal...

Isn't it just gorgeous! And now through 9/18 PDP is having a giveaway on this "My funky Valentine" kit, as shown here:

Isn't this gorgeous too!

So come and visit here to see what the pixies and the other guest designer Viola Mahr has created, and your chance to win!

Pixie Dust Paperie - guest designer!

Hi everyone! Today I'd like to share a lo of my dd that I did as a guest designer for the Pixie Dust Paperie Kit/challenge site. I feel so honored that Kirsty, the lovely creator/owner of this wonderful site, ask me if I'd like to play with the Sept. Tecolote kit! I must say that this kit is absolutely loaded with gorgeous papers and embellies, just loaded...I have done 9 lo's and 1 project and yet I still have stuff to play with! How many kits can you buy that gives you all that!

Please stop by the Pixie Dust Paperie to see the daily reveals from the pixies and the other guest designer Viola Mahr.

As always, thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Hugs!

Once Upon a Sketch & Scrap for help!

Hi everyone! Today I have two wonderful challenges that I would like to share.  Scrap for help and Once Upon a Sketch.

Scrap for help Challenge!

Cynthia, the very sweet gal behind Scrap for help extended me an invitation to design for her wonderful site, what a honor! I can not think of anything more beautiful...scrapping for a cause and helping the invironment at the same time! The challenge is to use recycled material that the guest designer used and that month's special criteria. This month, the criteria is to scrap something about Spring and to use netting that you'd find  wrapped around fruit. Here's what I came up with.

Prizes

Wonderful chipboard from Imaginarium Designs

Arte Facil Artesanato

Are you ready to scrap for a cause?

 Stop by here to see what the guest designer and other DT members have come up with!

Once Upon A Sketch Challenge!

The Sept. 1st. challenge is live...time to play!  The criteria for this challenge is to follow the sketch, by Nadia, the lovely creator/owner, of this wonderful site and add the following journaling criteria : A memorable year - Your title must be a year, and you must journal at least 2 lines on why this year is memorable for you. Examples: the year you got married, the year you graduated, the year you moved to a new house/country, the year you started a new job, the year your child was born, the year you lost someone dear. 

On this lo, I used the fabulous chipboard from Imaginarium Designs...I just love that stuff!

The sketch

Awesome Sponsors:

3ndypapir

3ndypapiris a tiny, Norwegian design company.

Owner and designer Gudrun Loennecken creates all the whimsy, vintage patterned papers. These papers are perfect for all paper lovers: cardmakers, scrapbooker and all papercrafters.

It is all designed and printed in Norway on heavy weight, high quality paper



Prizes

How would you like to be our Guest Designer for October? This is the challenge where you have the chance to win a spot on our design team for the whole upcoming month simply by winning this challenge. As well as being our Guest Designer, as chosen by our Design team, you will also receive a set of the brand new collection of 3ndypapir. Here is a sneak peek of the collection you will be receiving directly from this Norwegian company.



There will also be 2 randomly chosen winners this time.

The first random winner will receive this Prima flower pack..



The other random winner will win this set of 4 complete Inkadinkado Stamps



Talk about awesomeness!!!!

You really must stop by here to see what the guest designers and other DT members have come up with!