Spring is in the Air Blog Hop

11 May 2011 11 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, giveaways, Scrapbook Layouts, Uncategorized

Welcome to the Sketches4All “Spring is in the Air” Blog Hop!

Today begins the Sketches4All “Spring is in the Air” fun-filled, week long event from today through May 18, 2011! There will be at least one new challenge posted each day of the event (two on certain dates) and there will be some fabulous RAKs offered by the DT. Be sure to check out the Special Events section of the forum to see what new challenge has been posted each day! Please note, you will need to register to the site in order to post comments or participate in the challenges.

To start things off with a bang, the entire DT is participating in today’s Blog Hop! We’ll be starting on Stacy’s blog, heading over to Fia’s blog, stopping at each of the DT’s blogs, then looping back to Fia’s. So, if you didn’t arrive on my blog from the fabulously talented, Nicolle’s blog, please start at the beginning of the hop with Stacy (see link below). Along the way, keep your eyes open for 5 special words (it’s a scavenger hunt!). Only 5 of the stops feature a scrappy supply word for you to collect. Once you have your list of 5 words, you can do one of two things. Option one…Complete a layout based on the sketch below, using all 5 of the supplies on your list and post it to the forum on this thread. This will enter to you for a chance to win the fabulous grand prize.

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option 2…you can opt to skip the layout and simply email your list of 5 words to this email addy: scrapmiep2@hotmail.com to be entered to win a second chance prize, which is a $10 e-gift certificate to ScrappyJo’s. If you do decide to create the layout for the hop challenge, you can also email your list to the addy above to be entered into the second chance drawing.

Here’s my example for the sketch (I rotated it 90 degrees) and my supply word for the scavenger hunt is BRADS:

Here’s the sketch you’ll be using for the blog hop challenge:

If you find all 5 scrappy supply words and use those items in a layout based on this sketch, be sure to post your entry to the appropriate thread so you will be entered to win the grand prize:

The line up for today’s hop:

Doris<—That’s me, so YOU ARE HERE

Rebecca<—THIS IS YOUR NEXT STOP IN THE HOP

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you play along! 😀

Sketches4All Blog Hop Tomorrow – Event Announcement

10 May 2011 5 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects, Scrapbook Layouts, Uncategorized

Spring is in the Air

Sketches4All is hosting a fun-filled, week long event from May 11, 2011 through May 18, 2011! There will be at least one challenge posted each day of the event (two on certain dates) and there will be some fabulous RAKs offered by the DT. Be sure to check out the Special Events section of the forum to see what new challenge has been posted each day! Please note, you will need to register to the site in order to post comments or participate in the challenges.

To kick things off right, the entire DT is participating in a Blog Hop tomorrow, May 11, 2011. We’ll be starting on Stacy’s blog, heading over to Fia’s blog, through each of the DT’s blogs, then looping back to Fia’s. Along the way, keep your eyes open for 5 special words (it’s a scavenger hunt!). Only 5 of the stops feature a scrappy supply word for you to collect. Once you have your list of 5 words, you can do one of two things. Option one…you can use those items to create a NEW layout based on the sketch that will be featured on the hop and post it to this thread. Completing this layout using all 5 of the supplies on your list and posting to the appropriate thread on Sketches4All will enter to you for a chance to win this fabulous grand prize:

***OR ***

The line up for TOMORROW’S hop (I hope to see you there!):

Doris<—That’s me, so YOU ARE HERE

Rebecca<—THIS IS YOUR NEXT STOP IN THE HOP

Paper Secrets NSD Challenges are still open

08 May 2011 1 Comment

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: button, card, chipboard, Crafty Secrets, Kaleidoscope, MME, My Mind’s Eye, red, ribbon, tag, trim, turquoise, twine, white

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! The Paper Secrets National Scrapbooking Day challenges are still open! If you happen to find a lull in your day, stop on by for some great challenges w/awesome prizes. Entries need to be received by 11:59 pm PST tonight to be elligible for prizes. Don’t worry though, if you miss the NSD challenges, there are also 4 May challenges posted that aren’t due until the end of the month! So far you’ve seen my examples for the recipe challenge and the sketch challenge. Now it’s time for me to share my examples for the color combo challenge. Our very talented Amy, has challenged us to use the Turquoise, Red and White color combo on any project of our choice. You can do a layout, card or tag!

Though I love the colors and have used them in other color combos with ease, I tend to shy away from this trendy and very popular color combo. It’s everywhere in the previous CHA releases. You’ll find it with Lily Bee, Crate Paper, Webster’s Pages, Cosmo Cricket and I’m sure many others! What is it about turquoise and red together that I have trouble with? After quite a bit of thought, I’m relatively certain it’s a simply that they are both such bold colors. Well, if for no other reason than the fact that I like to step out of my comfort zone, I just HAD to participate in this one! My last project was a layout and the next one requires it to be a layout, so for this challenge I went with both a card and a tag. Here’s my take:

Materials (card):

American Crafts white cardstock
MME Kaleidoscope 12×12 papers
MME Lush2 trim
Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Booklet

Adhesives:

Helmar Zap Dots
Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac

Materials (tag):

WP scraps
MME Kaleidoscope 12×12 paper
Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Booklet
WP Chipboard button
twine
seam binding
Punched paper scrap

TFL!

NSD – Challenge Event Announcements and Projects

07 May 2011 6 Comments

by dlwidder in Cards and Projects Tags: butterfly, buttons, card, Challenge, chipboard, fussy cut, patterned paper, project, recipe, rhinestones, ribbon, seam binding, tag, tickets, Webster’s Pages

Happy NDS (National Scrapbooking Day) all you crafter’s out there! Hope everyone finds the time to do something creative today. 😀

In case you haven’t noticed, I love to combine challenges whenever possible. I often find it even more challenging to take a color challenge and mix it with a sketch challenge or a recipe challenge and blend it with a themed one, etc. It’s great when you can combine 3 or more challenges on a single project! Not all sites allow you to do this for your entry, but you can always do it just for you too. 😀

Today’s projects are combined challenges, however they’re unique because this time I’m combining a challenge that I’m hosting on Paper Secrets for their NSD weekend event with one on Webster’s Pages’ InspireMe! 😀 The WP traditional challenge asks you to create either a Mother’s Day or Father’s Day card using mainly WP papers and embellish it with either one of their flowers or stamps. If you don’t have either of these embellishments, you can even make your own paper flower from their papers for this challenge (CLICK HERE to enter or for further details). My example was created with this challenge in mind and my recipe challenge for Paper Secrets which requires just 1 ribbon, 2 patterned papers, and 3 embellishments of your choice from the provided list. You can use any manufacturer and can pick any 3 embellishments from a list that’s posted on the forum (CLICK HERE to enter the challenge or view further details for the challenge). Here’s what I came up with:

Materials:

American Crafts cardstock base
Webster’s Pages 6×6 papers
WP Bloomer
Seam binding
WP Ladies & Gents Digi Tickets
K&Company rubons
Queen&Co. rhinestones

Adhesives:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry
Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro Perma Tac

For the challenge I posted on Paper Secrets, you can also opt to make a tag instead of a card, so here’s my example for the tag: