Did You Bring the TICKETS??

Hi All. Bronwyn here. Sorry about the delay in posting, but this long weekend has totally thrown me off! So here I am on Tuesday doing MONDAY'S new challenge!!

This week I challenge all of you to use "tickets" on your creation. Interpret it however you want - just get started!!

Here is my layout using ticket-covered paper and ticket-shaped clear-stamp from Imaginisce.

Barb
I was able to dig deep into my stash and use up some older maya road sheer tickets for this one. I backed the tickets on red so that they would show up and match the paper used on the layout. Unfortunatley it didn't photograph very well. I will try again later and update my photo.

Lynne
Sorry it took me so long to add my layout. I found these cool tickets on a piece of patterned paper and thought it would highlight these photos fro a trip to a corn maze back in 2006. I guess it was about time I scrapped them, don't you think?

Ad Inspiration - project spotlight

Hey everyone. How did you enjoy that ad? I hope it was inspiring for you.

We had two participants so I'm going to highlight both of them here.

The first one is from Ciska. I love how she took the ad and made it into a gorgeous card:



The second one is from An who also used the ad to inspire her in making this gorgeous card:


Thanks for playing along girls!

Challenge #28 Polaroids

So for my lateness my crafty friends, My computer decided it didn't want to go online today. My hubby fixed it all up so now we can get to our new challenge. 

I love the look of polaroids and wish I still had film for my Polaroid 660 camera. CHA winter happened a few months ago and I saw several manufacturers using the classic frame on their new papers and embellishments. This week I want to see you go a little retro and show us your creative ways to use a polaroid frame.

inspired by 

Bronwyn

Here's my use of "polaroids."

I took some smaller photos and matted them on plain white card with that off-centre look of a polaroid picture. In between I used patterned paper cut to a similar size to fill the gaps between my photos.

Barb
What a fun challenge this was! As soon as I found out what it was I knew I had the perfect pictures for it. Thanks Joy!

Lynne
I used Picasa to make my 'poloroid' pictures. I decided to use photo corners to add 'authenticity' to the look, found a sketch that I liked and the rest you can see for yourself.
This was a cool challenge. I can't wait to see how others approach it.

Features from last weeks challenge

Amy

Cheryl (She Stamps)

Micki

Scrappy Distractions

Jan

Beautiful projects ladies! 

Remember to grab the featured button, on the right, for your blog.

Thank you to everyone who participated! 

Come back on Monday for a new challenge.

Challenge #27 - Ad Inspiration

Happy Monday everyone.
What great participation we had last week! We were thrilled that so many came out to play and share their creations.

This week's challenge is an advertisement challenge. Take a look at the challenge below and use it to inspire your creativity in some way. Whether it's the colours, the layout, or the photography, see what you feel inspired to create. When you're done, come back and share a link to your finished card, layout, altered project, or any other project. We'd love to see what you come up with.

On to the ad:

Here's my finished project using this ad:

Lynne,
I, too, was inspired by the LO of the ad but as I do a lot of 8.5x11 layouts, I had to change it a little to accommodate that size. Thanks for finding an interesting ad, Barb.

Joy,

I was inspired by the strip of photos on the left of the ad. I think this is a fabulous design, I will totally be doing a layout with this design. Great pick Barb.

Bronwyn

Hey! I'm here too! I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I loves the design of this ad so I wanted to get something done for the challenge.

Challenge #26 anything goes

Hello again, we hope you had a great weekend. This is a first here at UYS. This weeks challenge has
no rules, no restrictions. Use whatever you want from your stash.

I have been wanting to make a canvas project for a little while so I thought this
was the perfect week to give it a go.

I've had this canvas for years so I'm happy I finally used it. I also broke out some old

making memories paint to make a colour wash.

What are you going to make this week?

Lynne

I have noticed lately that circles are making a comeback as a central part of a layout. I have a current special CK issue and there is a layout with circles as a design element on just about every page. So I found a sketch that I liked and did this layout. Who says that pictures have to be square or rectangular?

Bronwyn

I REALLY wanted to use this darling Basic Grey Santa Claus paper because I  ADORE those bagpipe-playing Santas seen at the bottom.  I have scrapped almost all of my Christmas 2011 pics so this was one of my last chances to use it.  These pictures feature all of the food we made and consumed on Christmas Eve Day.
I used a sketch from Sketch Support for my layout.

Barb
Once again, I'm a little late to the party. Last week we were away on vacation so I wasn't able to get to this challenge until yesterday. You know what they say ... better late than never.

For this challenge I pulled out a Basic Grey kit and pretty much just used the design in the kit along with all the products. I know, I'm cheating a little, but it works when you're short on time, and since this is an anything goes challenge, this qualifies.

We would love it if you shared your project here with us so don't forget to

link it up using Mr. Linky below.

Shape Study: Hexagons

Hi there! Bronwyn here. It's my turn, once again, to choose the challenge for Use Your Stuff. I am an avid "pinner" and find tons of inspiration from others who have joined Pinterest. Lately I have really been drawn to patchwork quilting. I see such wonderful images on Pinterest. Here are some of may faves, all on a HEXAGON theme:

It's caught on in paper crafting, too!

Here's mine:

"Always Be True"

SO ...My challenge this week? Use some Hexis in your creation.

C'mon - let's see what you've got!!

Lynne
I love that Bronwyn and I used the same papers. I have decided to make another heritage album as I have a lot of old photos. These papers lent themselves perfectly to that end. And, the hexagons are a old classic shape.

Joy

I am lovin' hexagons. I cut out two different sizes of hexagons with my Silhouette, layered them then glued them to a 4.0 x 5.25" card base. I left the design simple so the hexagons took center stage.