Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 8

Carolyn gave us another wonderful challenge this week at the Scrapping Turtle. She called this one "Something". 

We were required to use:

1. something inky

2. something see through

3. something shiny

4. something purple

5. something Reminisce

For my layout to meet the challenge requirements, I

1. inked the edges of the papers, including the torn edge of the title piece

2. used a Little Yellow Bicycle Clear Cut over one of the photos

3. added Stickles to the title, used a Clear Cut with glitter, and used paper that was shiny

4. used papers that had purple in them, used ribbon with a purple edge

5. used Reminisce I Want Candy and Spooktacular papers

Here is the card I made with my scraps. I also used a Hero Arts stamp:

Thanks for the challenge Carolyn!!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 7

Carolyn posted another wonderful challenge for the Economic Stimulus Challenge this week on the Scrapping Turtle forum. I had a lot of fun doing this one!!!!

Our requirements this week were:

1. Daisy Bucket patterned paper

2. 3 or more buttons

3. ribbon

4. letter stickers

5. stamped item

I used the A Wondrous Word line from Daisy Bucket. I love this line, but I hadn't yet gotten around to using it. Thanks to this challenge I found the inspiration I needed to put it to good use. I used five buttons on the border strip at the bottom. I made a ribbon bow for the tree. The letter stickers were used to do Sara and Sam's names under the photo. For the stamped item I used the Daisy Bucket Dainty Swirl stamp on either side of my title piece. The fabulous photo was taken by Kim Munro (love it!!!!).

Here is the card I created with my scraps:

Thanks for another fabulous challenge Carolyn!!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 6

This week Carolyn brought us the Economic Stimulus challenge at the Scrapping Turtle. Kim is away on a fabulous vacation and Carolyn very kindly offered to step up. She gave us a great challenge, but it was certainly a challenge. I had a struggle with deciding what to do for this one.

This week we had to use:

1. Karen Foster patterned paper

2. charm or plastic/metal token

3. Quickutz other than font

4. two different colours of cardstock

5. flower embelishment

The only Karen Foster paper I was able to find was this bandana paper. I trimmed around the outside edge so that the cardstock would show. The charm is a rocking horse -- the only one I could find that related to this paper (most of my charms are baby related). For Quickutz I used the Rocking Horse and the Lucky Horseshoe (as well as the Holiday font). I actually used three different colours of cardstock. The flower embellishment is from Pink Paislee.

Thanks Carolyn!!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 5

Kim brought us another fabulous challenge for week five of the Economic Stimulus Challenge on the Scrapping Turtle forum.

 

In order to get all five ballots we had to use:

1. polka dot patterned paper

2. Crate Paper patterned paper

3. zig zag edge

4. at least 3 eyelets

5. alcohol ink

Bonus ballots were given for creating a card using our scraps and for using something from the Design Team Tips and Techniques on the forum.

You cannot see this in the photo, but two of the Crate Paper papers that I used have tiny polka dots on them. I used papers from the Mia line from Crate Paper. The zig zag edge is on the flower stem. I used four eyelets on the photo mat (one is hidden) and threaded the twine through them. I used a bottle cap technique from the DT Tips and Techniques thread and flattened out the bottle cap. Then I inked it with alcohol inks --- it was originally orange and is now a combination of Cranberry, Lettuce and Ginger. The fabulous photo was taken by Kim Munro.

To create my cute little tag card I used a tutorial by Brenda Rowe on the Scrapping Turtle forum. The tutorial was about making a tag from double sided papers. I opted to make a card rather than a tag, but the technique came from Brenda.

Thanks for another great week of the Economic Stimulus Kim!!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 4

I am running a week behind in posting my creations so I need to play catch up over the next few days.

Kim gave us another fabulous challenge for week 4 of the Economic Stimulus Challenge at the Scrapping Turtle. In order to get all of the ballots for week 4 we had to use:

1. American Crafts patterned paper

2. SEI patterned paper

3. 5 brads

4. fabric

5. Quickutz

We also received a bonus ballot for creating a card with our scraps.

"Little Bird" meets all of the requirements. The cage paper is American Crafts and the light blue paper behind the photos is SEI (it didn't photograph well). There are five brads on the bird cage paper. For the fabric, I cut apart some fabric leaves for the bird to stand on. The bird is a Quickutz Bird die.

Here is the card I created:

Thanks for another fun challenge Kim!!!! This is great!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 3

Kim gave us another fabulous challenge this week at the Scrapping Turtle for the Economic Stimulus. Each week she has been giving us a list of things to include in a layout and for each one we include we get a ballot for a surprise. This week was another great list, along with two ways to get a bonus ballot -- make a card with the scraps AND use a turtle sketch for the layout.

This week Kim was looking for:

1. Basic Grey patterned paper

2. My Mind's Eye patterned paper

3. chipboard shape

4. bling

5. stamping

I used the Basic Grey Archaic line and the My Mind's Eye Abbey Road Stomp line to create my layout of Sam at the Waterloo Region Children's Museum. As you can see, he wasn't overly thrilled to meet this big fellow. I stamped the footprints around the outside of the paper using my Basic Grey Archaic stamps. The title "Roar" is Maya Road chipboard, which I inked. I used some Kaiser Craft rhinestones on the title and on the dinosaur that I hand cut from the paper. The arrow is also from Kaiser Craft. Thank you to Vicki Murray for the fabulous sketch posted on the Turtle forum which I used for inspiration for this layout.

Here is my bonus card that uses scraps from the papers I used on the layout, as well as another stamp from the Basic Grey Archaic stamp set. The "happy birthday to you" is a Studio G stamp.

Thanks Kim for a great challenge!!! I'm having a lot of fun with the Economic Stimulus!!!!

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 2

My friend Kim posted another great challenge for us on the Scrapping Turtle forum. This week she requested that we use the following items:

Scenic Route patterned paper

Chatterbox patterned paper

rub on word or text

something furry

Stickles

I used the Chatterbox paper as my background. I then handcut pieces from two different Scenic Route papers. I added Stickles to the one piece of SR paper. The title is created using rub on letters and a Cosmo Cricket rub on word. My something furry is in the photos, which were taken at Boyds Bear Country in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

She offered a bonus again this week if we made a card with the scraps. I used the left over cardtstock from my layout, as well as the Scenic Route papers (one is the reverse side). I added some Stickles and some Copic marker colouring. The rub on is from Pebbles Inc. Here is my card:

Thanks for another great challenge Kim!!! Looking forward to what next week will bring :)

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 1

My dear friend Kim at the Scrapping Turtle has started an Economic Stimulus challenge. The idea is to encourage us to use up some of the wonderful goodies we have been hoarding. She gives us a list of items to use, and for each item we use on that list we will get a ballot for something wonderful. This week she gave us a list of five things, then challenged us to make a card with the scraps.

Our challenge list this week included:

1. Fancy Pants paper

2. Dream Street paper

3. two different kinds of ribbon

4. alphabet stickers (Thickers count)

5. chalk

In searching through my stash I discovered that I had several sheets of the Fancy Pants The Daily Grind Break Time. I used one for my background and handcut flowers from the other one. The hand cut flowers are pop dotted onto the background paper. I also used the reverse side of that paper to mat the small photo, which is also pop dotted. I then found a Dream Street Birdie Bits Square Die Cuts paper so I used one of the squares to mat the bigger photo. I threaded one of my ribbons through the holes along the side of it. All of the paper edges were chalked. I pleated the butterfly ribbon before adding it to my layout. I added some yummy Thickers for my title.

Journaling reads: Sara wanted a butterfly to land on her finger more than anything else. So we were all extremely excited when one did. Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden, Strong National Museum of Play September 10, 2009

I created the card from the scraps that were left over. There was enough of the Fancy Pants paper left to create the background for my card, as well as to cut out some of the pretty flowers for the front of the card. I used another square from the Dream Street paper and cut off the scalloped piece. I then cut the remaining part of the square down to a smaller size to fit the card front. The scalloped piece is pop dotted as well as chalked. I used a piece of the American Crafts ribbon as well as some Thickers to finish off the card.

Thanks for a great week 1 challenge Kim!!!! Looking forward to what you have in store for us next week :)