New Negative Space Sketch Challenge is Ready

It's hard to believe it, but it's time for another Negative Space Sketch Challenge  over at Soul Scrappers, but it is!  I figured after the very challenging challenge of hexagons it was time for something a little simpler.   For my page I used Jenn Barrette's "Love You More than Ice Cream" and Sahlin Studio's new "Paper Piercing Stitch Holes-Basic".  Of course, lately no LO of mine is complete without a little digital Gesso thrown in from Studio Tangie!
I hope you'll join me for this challenge.  Until next time... Happy Scrappin'!

The Queen and Double Teamed

Over at From Screen to Scrap they have a challenge where they choose a movie poster and then you create a LO based on the poster and a few additional criteria.  This month's poster is "The Queen" and the extra criteria is a cut out picture, two word title, and some pearls/rhinestones.

When you look at my page you won't see pearls or rhinestones. In my head I translated pearls/rhinestones into bling, so when I did my LO I added some glitter (secondary translation from bling) thinking bling, not pearls and rhinestones.  Oops! But I have the two word title and an extracted photo.

After I extracted the photo I thought it might be cool to tilt it and give the impression that he was pushing the players backwards.  I think it worked out well, don't you? 

As you can see my subject didn't inspire the use of bling, but when I looked at the yard marker I thought, why not...lol.  So I used a glitter action to make it all sparkily goodness...heehee.




Digi Credits from Sahlin Studio:Sports Football, Varsity Jersey Alpha, Treasured Moments Freebie; Studio Tangie:Splatter Grafitti Black, AJF Oysters; Studio Flergs Glitter Action; Julianna Kneipp: Creative (collab w/Studio Tangie).

There's still time to join in the fun over at FS2S.  Until next time...Happy Scrappin'!


My Guest Blogger Project

Here's the post I did over at Stamping in Columbus...enjoy.

I know none of us hoard our paper scraps, do we? Ha ha. Okay, I admit it, I can't seem to throw away any scraps, but what's a crafter to do with all those little bits? I've recently started doing Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). These are 2.5"x3.5" cards that you can swap with other crafters or use in other projects. These are a perfect venue for using up bits and pieces.

For my project I took a scrap of the natural white paper and using the water color pencils created a background.

I crumpled it up and then accented the creases with Whisper White Craft ink. Next up I punched various size circles from scraps. I then crumpled them up before layering them to create a couple of flowers. Hmmm, what to do next? Yep, grab some more scraps and this time run them through the Beautiful Wings Sizzlit then layer. Now I have a cute ATC that I can use for a swap if I want. Or....

I could use it for a card. I wanted to keep the scene as the focus, so I just layered, and layered, and layered card stock (and created lots more scraps in the process!) until I was happy and then added a sentiment, a couple of silver brads and called it done.

Until next time...Happy Crafting!

I'm a Guest Blogger Today

Hi Everyone.  Today I'm a guest blogger over at Stamping in Columbus.  Why not stop over and see what I've been up to this week :-)   Here's a little peak.  Until then, Happy Scrappin'!

The Cows Are Coming! Snapshot 13

Snapshot 13 is up at Scrapbook Graphics.  Details can be found here. The focus is on what's happening in your life right now.  I took this challenge to heart and scrapped this page on the same day the photos were taken.  How's that for fast turn around :-)  Friday the 13th was a fun day.  A group of us from work got together and dressed up like cows and went to Chik-Fil-A for their Cow Day promotion.  If you looked sort of like a cow you got a free lunch. Thank goodness for the phrase " sort of", because we were one crazy looking herd!

Digi Credits:
Studio ViVa Artistry-Altered Girl Talk, Life Composition, Misfit, Blocked Masked, Le Reve
Studio Tangie-Cartography Set 11, CartSet 12, Tangible Plans#12 Photo Overlays
Studio Amanda Rockwell-News Transparencies
Jennifer Labre-Doodle It Frames #3

Have an abosulely fabulous weekend and Happy Scrappin'!

New NSC Challenge for July is Up

It's time for my Negative Sketch Challenge over at Soul Scrappers.  You can find all the details here, along with a .psd template if desired.

I hope you'll join in on the fun.

Until next time - Happy Scrappin'!

Circus ATC Revealed and it's a Hybrid!

ViVa Artistry-Le Reve

Eenas Creations-Circus Adventures

Every couple of months over at Soul Scrappers there is an ATC Swap.  For those not in the know, an ATC Swap is when a group of people (up to 10 in our case) sign up to make an Artist Trading Card based on a particular theme.  You make a card (about the size of a baseball card) for each participant and they do the same and then you....swap!  So if 10 people signed up then you made 10 cards and at the end of it you have 9 original ATCs besides your own that you can use in a project or keep for inspiration.

Our most recent theme was "The Circus".  Being mostly a digi scrapper my paper supplies are a little thin, so some creative thinking was needed.  I have these cute little figures from a ViVa Artistry kit and paired them with a circus background from Eenas Creations.  I brought the images into PSE and duplicated them 6 times (we only had 7 sign up).  I printed them on some heavy card stock and then cut them out.  I sponged all the edges to add some depth and then placed all the pieces onto the background.  This is when a Xyron Sticker maker comes in real handy!  I used some gold stickles on the popcorn to add some dimension and "Circus Love" was created.

I'm really enjoying making ATCs.  The canvas is small so it's not so intimidating.  And of course having a theme helps get that creativity going.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a chance to creat today!