My June Page

It's been a very trying week. My puppy has had something wrong since the middle of February and we can't seem to figure out what's going on. Luckily she's not acting sick and not loosing too much weight. And work is getting more and more stressful.

But, I am still in the 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. And I haven't used a pass yet. I have created a layout now for 64 weeks in a row. I really didn't want to break my stride. So I created my first page for my calendar. Yes, it's the end of March and I am just getting to my calendar. I'm optimistic that I will get it done this weekend. I hope so.

So I created my June page. For inspiration I followed the current combined challenge at The Paper Variety. How fun that TPV and ScrapFit have joined up for a challenge. TPV has an awesome sketch....


I LOVE this sketch. I had to rotate the sketch to be able to use the photo. ScrapFit's challenge is to include a numbered list as your journaling. Here's my page:


This photo was from Willie's first trial last year. Sorry the photo quality is not very good. My camera was not communicating with the computer, so I had to use my phone. Thanks for looking.

My Sweetie

It's not looking like this is going to be a productive, crafty weekend. But I did get 1 layout completed.

When the saw the MLC at Scrappin'-n-Chattin', the wheels really started turning.


When I saw the color coral, I knew this would be the perfect opportunity to cut into my DCWV Coral Couture stacks that I recently purchased from Jo-Ann's. And the subject was obvious. I got these papers specifically for pages of Tessa.

I wanted to take advantage of a few other challenges in the process as well. The Paper Variety has my favorite kind of challenge this time -Tic-Tac-Toe.


And here is Tessa's page.


I followed the bottom line of the Tic-Tac-Toe game. My die-cut is the doggie border near the top of the page. I cut this on my Cricut from the Paper Pups cartridge. I used my black pen to create stitching along the upper square and long strip, and doodled hearts.

This will also be my entry into the 52 Week Challenge at SnC.

I hope to finally finish up Stew's calendar tomorrow. We will see. I hope everyone else has been getting crafty this weekend.

Jumps

I took a break from creating calendar pages and created a regular scrapbook page. This is a page that I had not planned and wasn't one that needed to be done.

I wanted to follow the a couple of challenges. The first challenge is the Leap Year challenge at The Paper Variety.


And I also wanted to follow the February Monthly Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.



And here is my page....


So the inspiration I took from the photo at TPV is the LEAP. I thought of these photos when I saw this challenge. They are all the professional photos of Willie jumping at trials in 2011, his first year of competing. We went to a total of 6 trials, but only 3 of them had photographers.

For the SnC February MLC, we first had to follow the sketch. This is a great sketch created by my friend Abby. So fun. We had to use at least 3 photos. I have 7. And there must be at least 4 buttons. I have 9. The colors green and yellow must be included. The background paper is yellow and the photo mats are green. There is also yellow and green in several of the papers that I used for the squares. There are also a couple of different polka dot paper.

I am also using this page at my entry into the 52 Weeks challenge at SnC for Week 9.

Stew's April Page

Here is my last post for the night. This page is based on the awesome sketch at The Paper Variety. It's just so versatile.


These photos were actually supposed to be for the May page, but I had forgotten that I had a few photos left uncut, and therefore not in the stack for Stew's calendar. I got a little disappointed that I messed up the order. Stew said he really doesn't care. I said good, because I am not changing them. It's a lot of work.


This is going to be my 2nd entry into the Heart challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. I really enjoyed our first online crop. I really wasn't organized and prepared for this. I think we may try to do it once a month. If I'm home, I will of course try to participate as much as I can. I will be more prepared next time.

Tomorrow I really have to clean the house and groom Willie, so no scrapping. I have 2 cards to create during the week and the rest of my spare time I am going to devote to getting Stew's calendar completed.

A Christmas Card in January

I really enjoy working on the challenges at Christmas Card Challenges. I usually don't have the time to get one done each week though. But today, we didn't do any of the dogs' classes and stayed home, so I had a little extra time.

This week's challenge is Challenge #7 - Flourishes. It's also reveal day at The Paper Variety. Their challenge this time around is to use a fan fold embellishment on your paper project.



I have never made a fan fold embellishment before, so I had to look for a how-to video. I had watched a couple in the past, but I was always a little intimated to give it a try. Well, today I was successful. The video I watched today was from Splitcoast Stampers.

I also wanted to use a sketch, so I checked a couple of site. I found one that I loved at Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog.


And here is what I came up with....


I inked the edges of all of my papers. I also used 2 different scallop punches, so this card will qualify as a Card Challenge entry at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.

Since I used a new to me technique (fan folded embellishment), I am also entering this card Crafty Creations Challenges for their Something New challenge. And I will also enter the card into the current challenge at Little Scrap Pieces with is Anything Goes.

Grown Up

In trying to figure out what photos to use for this month's sketch challenge at Artful Delight, I searched and searched through my photos. I really wanted to scrap Tessa again. We have been marveling at how much larger she is than when we brought her home. I had several photos of her in the bed we got her when we brought her home.

She has been really good with her bed. It's still totally in tact, even after being washed every couple of weeks. She still sleeps in it when she goes into her crate. I brought it out to try to get her in it for a photo. Well, she's still not a ham like Willie is. It took me a couple of days, and it's not the best photo. But you can tell how much she has changed.

The Artful Delight sketch is awesome again this month. I had to rotate the photos on the sketch to accommodate my photos.


In choosing the papers, I wanted to follow the first challenge of the year at The Paper Variety. The challenge was to create a black and white project with a splash of color. I missed the deadline for the challenge, but I still wanted to create the page as planned.

I also followed the current challenge at Paper Lovin' Gals. I was really struck with the chest in the inspiration photo.


I used an old Imaginisce collection that I have had, and been using for about 6 or 7 year called Color-Pop. I knew the papers would be perfect for the black and white challenge.


The journaling spot, I thought, mimicked the chest in the PLG photo inspiration. In the journaling I listed a few thoughts about Tessa. This will allow the page to qualify for the List challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.

This is the 2nd page that I have completed today. I have 2 more planned. So hopefully, I will be back later with more posts.

Holly Jolly Christmas

Happy Wednesday everyone. It's time for the new challenge at The Paper Variety. Our challenge this week is to create a paper project that is inspired by a Christmas song.



And we have an awesome prize up for grabs.......

My Minds Eye Kraft Funday

6x6 pad, clear stamps, and 3 embellishment packs

As I was searching through some Christmas songs for inspiration, the song Holly Jolly Christmas struck me. Holly.... I know Echo Park's Merry Christmas collection has some holly in it. Here's what I came up with....

I added some bling from my stash over the holly berries for a little extra interest. I really like how it turned out.

I am also entering this card at Christmas Card Challenges. The challenge is to make a one layer card, but the challenge is always optional. But it is a Christmas card. And Paper Issues current issue is Holiday Madness. You can link up your holiday paper projects.

Last week I received an email from Echo Park. They are having a Holiday Card Project Contest. You can post a photo of a Christmas card made with Echo Park paper on their Facebook page. Then you mail the card to their office. Some of the office staff will choose favorites and the winners will get a collection. Sounds like fun.

I hope you will let a Christmas song inspire you to create something special. I can't wait to see all the wonderful projects.

By the way. It is time for Abby and Suzanne to select a new design team at TPV. They are so awesome to work with and the designer they choose are so talented and great to work with as well. Check out this post for all of the details. I can't wait to see who will be on the next team.

The Tree

Man have I been having trouble getting my blog the way I would like it. I have given up for the night and probably the season. Uggghhh.

I wanted to create a page to submit for my off week at The Paper Variety. The challenge for this week is to include an ornament on your paper project.


And there is an awesome prize from Precocious Paper.....

I used this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays for my layout. I really loved the layout of it.


Here is the page.....


I love Facebook. Jackie posted a couple of photos of their first Christmas tree yesterday. I knew I had to nab them. For my ornaments, I have the jingle bell ornament and ornaments on the journaling spot. I also followed the current Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs which is to include music on your project. The lower right corner has paper with musical notes on it, as does the font used for the title, and the Christmas tree on the left side of the page. I added some Stickles to the jingle bell to add a little sparkle. I will be entering this page into the Sparkle Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'. And I will be using this page as my 52 Week's entry for this week at SnC. Woohoo!!! Not the last minute.

The Paper Variety - Challenge #61

Good Wednesday morning. And Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. I hope everyone has a wonderful time with family and friends during this holiday. All of the kids will be over for dinner tomorrow, then I leave with Willie for a huge agility trial in Springfield, MA this weekend. Should be lots of fun, with lots of things to see.

It's time for the new challenge at The Paper Variety. And we have a very versatile prize this week. A random participant will receive a $20 gift card to an online store of her choice. How fun is that?

The challenge this week is a photo challenge. There are so many options with this photo - the colors, leaves, nature. Make sure to let us know what the inspiration was for your project.

I created a card using the colors and leaves. I just loved the colors and really had to go with that.

I hope you will join us this week and let the photo inspire you to create.

Quality Daddy Time

Happy Wednesday everyone. I hope your week is flying by and that you have some scrappy plans for the weekend.

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Variety. This week's challenge is all about family. Create a paper project that includes a family member title or the word family.


And we have an awesome prize for this week's random winner - Echo Park's Winter Park collection kit!!!! I am soooo jealous.



I created a layout for my project this week. I followed this month's monthly sketch at Scrappin'-n-Chattin' to create my page. This sketch was created by my friend Theresa. She is such a wonderful sketch designer.


As I scroll through photos when choosing a what to scrap, I always stop at these photos of the doggies napping with Stew. They sure know their job.


I hope you will join us this week at TPV. Hop on over there and check out the awesome family projects the design team came up with.

In Character

I really wanted to do a layout for this week's challenge at The Paper Variety, since it's my off week. The challenge is to create a humorous paper project.

I really had a hard time trying to figure out what to do. I didn't think I could find any humorous photos for a layout. I was trying to think of a humorous card. Then, as luck would have it, Jackie posted a funny photo of my son, David on Facebook. He was playing is video game, while wearing his helmut from Iraq. He had to be in character after all.

I also wanted to use a sketch. I really loved the one for this month's challenge at Artful Delight.


I want to try to get all of the monthly challenges done at the Yahoo Group Scrappin'-n-Chattin' this month. So I incorporated the color challenge into this layout. The challenge is to use brown, red and gold or yellow on the page. Other colors can be used, but most of the colors have to be brown, red and gold.

The papers are from various Air Force collections I have. The cardstock was from my stash, as was the gold vellum I used for the stars. The Thickers are actually from the November Artful Delight kit. I can't wait to really get into that kit. I am using this layout as my entry into the 52 Week Challenge this week at SnC. Week #45. I cannot believe I have been able to create a page every week this year. I imagine that's what's helping to keep my sanity.

Well, it looks like I may be getting out of cooking dinner. So I better do at least some type of housework, and ponder my other projects for the week. I hope everyone has been able to get crafty this weekend too.

Happy Halloween

Happy Wednesday!! I hope everyone is having a good week so far. It's all down hill from here. I cannot wait for the weekend.

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Variety. This one is an easy one. Create a Halloween paper project.

And we have an awesome new sponsor this week. Burlap and Buttercups Scrapbook Kit Club is offering our prize.

They are offering their October kit to one lucky, random person who submits a project this week. So many cool items here. Check out the site to see all about this kit and the club.

With all the stress we have going on at work, my mind is not working well. I totally spaced on getting my project for this week in on time to have it included on TPV's post. But I did complete a project and am including it here.

I created a Halloween card for my project. I used some of my scraps from the September Artful Delight kit. I think I will be using every bit of this kit. I totally LOVED this little pumpkin.

I hope you will share a Halloween project with us this week. Head on over to TPV and check out the wonderful projects the design team and guest designer, Kim Johnson, created. Such great inspiration.

Tessie Boo

Well, I waited until the last minute again to make my layout for Scrappin'-n-Chattin's 52 Week Challenge. I really did try to get it done earlier, and I had most of it planned out, but it went together and was uploaded with only 3 hour to spare.

For my page, I followed this month's sketch at SnC, created by my friend Theresa Neubaum. She creates such awesome sketches. I am so excited that she has been creating the sketches for our monthly sketch challenge.


I loved this sketch.....

Of course I wanted to enter TPV's challenge this week, which is my off week. The challenge this week is a recipe...


So much fun. Be sure to check out the design team's inspiration. And there's an awesome prize this week. Scraptastic Club is offering a $20 gift certificate for one lucky entry in this week's challenge.

I am still working hard on getting Tessa to pose for the camera. It's not working real well. She still runs when I point it at her. I got her a Halloween costume and was trying to stage the photo. She would have none of that. I took 25 photos of her, most of them not usable at all. I used a few from the attempted photo shoot to create my layout.


I used a pumpkin brad and a stick pin that Theresa made and gifted me last year in a bottle swap we did at SnC. I have been dying to use the stick pins and I am so glad I finally was able to use one. The flowers and stick pin really are raised off the page, so I am entering this page into this week's challenge at Lasting Memories, which is to add some dimension. I also followed the color challenge at Frosted Designs.

There is still time to enter the challenges at TPV, LM and FD. LM's is due by 9pm on Saturday. I hope everyone has a wonderful, crafty weekend.

Vacation

Good morning. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. It's Wednesday, and that means it's time to announce a new challenge at The Paper Variety. The challenge this week is to create a paper project with an ocean theme.We have a wonderful sponsor this week for a random winner. Our sponsor is We Scrap Kits. This is a wonderful Etsy store with some wonderful kits available with some very cool papers and embellishments. Check them out....
When I think of the ocean, or anything nautical, I think of vacation. I decided to use a photo of my nephews playing in the sand in Sarasota on vacation. I used the Sassy Lil' Sketches Send Off Sketch #1 to create a layout. I used Echo Park's Splash collection to create this summery page.

Be sure to check out the awesome, nautical inspired project the design team came up with. I can't wait to see your project.

I Don't Know About This

Good Wednesday morning. It's been very strange weather-wise here in NY for the last week or so. It's been pretty warm, now it's rainy. It's supposed to get more fall-like toward the end of the week.


It's time for another great challenge at The Paper Variety. And we have a great prize for one random winner - an assortment of papers and embellies from Fancy Pants' To The Moon collection.

This is such a fun collection. And the challenge is super fun. We have an exclusive sketch created for us by Aphra Bolyer. I absolutley love it!!

I used some more photos of my doggies to create this page. These are photos of the 4th day with our new puppy Tessa. Willie is very leary of her, but curious. He was this way for several weeks. I was worried he wouldn't warm up to her.

I used papers and embellishments from the September Artful Delight kit. I really enjoyed this kit, and the pages I created with it. The alphas are some Thickers and bubble letters from my stash.

I hope you will give this sketch a try. I look forward to seeing lots of wonderful entries.

Boo

Good Wednesday morning. What a great blog hop and week of challenges we had last week at TPV. It was great to see so many participants and all of the projects were amazing. It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Variety. The challenge this week is to create a paper project using stickers. It can be any type of sticker - flat, chipboard, 3D.... Our sponsor this week is SRM stickers, and one lucky winner will receive a prize package. They provided a wonderful package of stickers to each member of the design team. So much variety. Be sure to check out the wonderful products they sell.

I really wanted to create a layout using some of the stickers that we got, and as I was going through them the Halloween stickers really sparked my interest. To create my page, I used this week's sketch at Sketchy Thursdays.


I used photos of my nephews from quite a few years ago. It feels good to get some older photos scrapped. I used the SRM stickers as the title, along the left side, on the orange and white paper strips and along the bottom. They are so much fun to use.

I am also entering this layout into the current challenge at Paper Cutz which is to create a paper project that incorporates Cricut cut, hand stamped or digital stamped pumpkins. I cut a pumpkin from the Create-a-Critter cartridge.

Be sure to surf on over to The Paper Variety and check out all of the great projects the design team created. I hope you share your sticker project with us this week.

TPV Blog Candy Winner!!

Wow!!! What an awesome birthday party we have had at The Paper Variety. How about all the great challenges?? And all of the projects. Just wow!!! Thanks so much to everyone for the sweet comments that were made on my blog. And thank you to my new followers.

I have really enjoyed reading all of the sweet comments left on my blog. If you recall, I am offering a gift to one random winner who left a comment on my 1st party post.....


And the winner is.....

Lisa Watson said...

Those birds are tooo cute on your card!! What an awesome prize! I'm a new follower!

September 8, 2011 1:02 PM

Congratulations Lisa!! Send me an email at ssedlak815@gmail.com with your address. I will get the giftcard in the mail for you.

If you wanted to submit a project, you still have a few hours. The projects are due at noon today. Hop on over to TPV and enter one or all of the challenges.