Use Your Stuff

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Highlights Challenge #115

Hello and thank you to everyone who played along with our challenge last week. It is great to see that you managed some creative time.

Highlighted this week are

Hazel

The repetition of the image was really interesting. Lush colours too!

Debi

What a wonderful photo you worked with Debi. I am sure your birthday was memorable.

Lidya

We enjoyed your interesting and adventurous card!

Don't forget to take your Use Your Stuff badge and we look forward to seeing more of your lovely art.

Julie

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Hello and thank you for peeking your head in at a time which I know for many is the busiest, craziest time of the year. This is Julie here and no matter where you live, what your beliefs are or what traditions you have

everyone loves to CELEBRATE.

Julie from Time To Create

I enjoy dressing up my home for Christmas.

For us it is hot, hot, hot.

Staying cool and going to the beach are definitely on the agenda for our family.

I know it might be a challenge for you to find any crafting time this next week but if you do we would love to see how you

CELEBRATE!

A hop around the world to visit you would delight me!

Relax - there won't be any reindeer with me!

Milena
I have a problem with kits. I love to buy them. I bring them home and add them to my stash and then I forget they are there and never use them. So, for this challenge I went to my stash of kits and grabbed this little lovely that I got from Scrapbook Nerd. Everything I needed was in the kit and I was able to put it together in record time. I did mess up on the journaling a little bit, but I'll fix that later (or not!!)

Amanda

One of my favorite things to celebrate is a wedding! This is my dear friend Cheryl on her wedding day, back in May of 2010 (yup I'm a little far behind in my scrapping!). I was able to use up some Cricut cuts I had made and then stashed for use "at a later date". Always feels good to use something up!

Right now I am big on my December Daily and getting ready for Christmas. These are the two pages that I created for the 25th. I used a lot of paper and embellishments from my stash for these pages. I've got lots of room for photos and journalling for the big day!

Barb
I love this time of the year, and I love scrapping anything Christmas. This challenge was perfect for me because I was also participating in a layout tag and chose these pictures from last year to work with. We started a new tradition last year of getting new Christmas pajamas on Christmas Eve.

Now if you have a little crafty time to relax and create. Please come and join in with us and
CELEBRATE.

Highlights - Challenge #114 (Ribbon)

It was wonderful to see so many entries this week! I know everyone is busy at this time of year so it was nice to see that some of you were still able to sneak in some scrap time! Here are some highlights from this week!

Claire C made this adorable card and showcased ribbon in a few different ways.

Anita did an absolutely amazing job of this layout! She has so many wonderful details!

Mikha's card is also packed with detail! I just adore the cute little image!

Great job ladies! Don't forget to grab your badge!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this weeks challenge!

Monday, December 16, 2013

Challenge 113 Highlights

There were only two entries for this weeks challenge, which is OK. I know it is a busy time of year for everyone. So I am going to highlight both entries again, because everyone needs to see these creations up close.

Chrissie

PaperDaisies

Thank you again for participating. Please grab your badge. You earned it.

Challenge #114 - Ribbon

Amanda

Ribbon is definitely one of my favorite scrapbook embellishments on both cards and layouts. I couldn't decide which to do for my example so I did one of each! I apologize for the poor photos - the weather and lighting just has not been conducive for good photo taking!

This here is going to be one of my Christmas cards this year - I used a sparkly tape ribbon under the snowflakes and then a grey ribbon for the bow.

For my layout I used a ribbon under my photo mat that is designed to look like a measuring tape. I used it in a bow here also.

Julie

I love this sentiment from a Darkroom Door set of Ribbon Stamps

The sunrise photo is of a beach close to where I live taken in summer when the air was already simmering.

The ribbons are all stamped onto little bits and pieces of hand made papers.

The tag is a large one designed for hanging.

Isbaha

I love the way ribbons add texture and dimension to the projects ! My favorite use is to fold the ribbon onto a glue line and to hold it by some machine sewing.

Barb

I have lots of ribbon in my stash, but I rarely remember to take it out and use it, so this was a perfect challenge for me.

For this challenge I used some rick rack that has been laying around for quite some time. All in all, this layout came together very quickly with a few scraps of left over paper and left over embellishment bits.

Tammy

I have a really big ribbon bucket that I like to draw from. I'm deep into creating my December daily right now and just used a few pieces of ribbon for this page. I added some to the tag for dimension as well as to the main page for a little color pop.

Lynne

I used ribbon around for the flower petals and to add an accent to the bottom of the layout.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Challenge #113 - Sport

Hi everyone. Lynne here. Welcome to the next challenge. To be honest, this challenge was a stretch for me and I am the one that thought of it. I do not have a sport-minded family (although I am a baseball fanatic). but a picture of my nephew and great nephew fishing in the canal behind their home inspired me. I hope you gather inspiration too.

I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with. Have fun!

Julie

I have taught many sports. I have, over the years coached many sports teams. I played to a district level when I was a girl. However my unbridled enthusiasm has always been for Dance!

For me dancing doesn't feel like exercise. Dance offers a total body workout, using all of the major muscle groups and providing heart-healthy benefits.The music loud and the dance crazy.

I feel better just thinking about it!

My art today is a canvas - an affirmation canvas with double meaning.

Now where are my maracas?

Isbaha

This year, my oldest son started to play rugby, but I have no photo yet, so I decided to embellish a box to keep his medals ! (The photo inside is an old photo that I used while waiting for a photo from his rugby games).

Barb

I managed to find some photos this week from the opening ceremonies of the last Winter Olympic Games that were hosted here in Canada. I got some pics of the family sitting around watching it on TV. - and yes, I'm that far behind in my scrapping.