National Scrapbook Day Coming Fast!!!

At Let's Scrap, we're going to celebrate National Scrapbook Day throughout the month. On Saturday there will be a few challenges and then we're having a blog hop. Be sure and come over and check things out!

Challenge Masters Design Team

I'm excited because I made it on the Challenge Master's Design Team! Right before I left for Paris, I got an email inviting me to be their Color Challenge Diva. I'm very excited to be a part of this team! A different set of challenges are posted every Sunday - the color challenge will be posted every 2nd Sunday. I love challenges as they force me outside my box. Can't wait to get my first one color challenge created so I can post it on Sunday. Be sure and check out the site. You won't regret it! Wahoo!

March Color Challenge

Okay ladies...here's this month's challenge. This month we're going to do a color challenge. Use this ad to inspire the colors you use on your layout.


And here is the layout I created with it. In person the color is red not this pinkish hue. DD was so mad when she saw that I scrapped these photos of her. I told her too bad, she'll appreciate them and laugh at them when she's older. She said she will always be mad I scrapped them. Oh well...


You have until April 5th (since I'll be in Paris at the end of the month) to accomplish this and post a link to it here and your name will go into a drawing for a RAK from me. Can't wait to see what you create!

Let's Scrap Weekly sketch and the March Challenge

Here is this week's sketch at Let's Scrap:


And here is my take on it. I just did the left side this month. I also combined it with Kristie's challenge to use a technique you've always wanted to try but have never done. I made 2 of the flowers and they were new techniques for me.


Cheri, at Let's Scrap is having a challenge through the month of March. She has some older sketches that are single layouts and she wants you to scrap 5 of them but the challenge is to create the other side of the layout to make it a double layout. For those that do five of them in the month of March, you will have your name in a drawing for a kit from one of our sponsors. I think it sounds like fun! I just hope I have time to get them all done. Come on over and give them a try. I look forward to seeing your work!

February's Winner is.....

Carrie

and

Nicole

Thanks Carrie and Nicole for playing along with me this month! I hope you'll continue to do so. Since there were 2 of you that played and just because I feel like it, you both win! Be sure and send me your full name and address at cranney@cableone.net and I'll send you both a little something! Thanks again for participating.

Scrapbook Throwdown Week 2

This week's challenge at Memorable Seasons is this:
This Weeks Challenge is we are going to be making "Fruit Salad " Cards

You need to make 4 different cards using the recipe for the fruit salad ...you need to at least use two different fruits per card (you can use more!!!) and you can only use one fruit on two different cards. All the cards should be different using the different fruit elements and each card should each have a title..thanks for playing along!!!
Banana -ribbon
Orange- circle
Apple- heart
Cherry- stickles/ glitter
Blueberries- hole punch
Grapefruit- big circle (meaning circle card)
Pear- stamp
Strawberries- leaves
Pineapple- border punch

And the titles have to be food related.

At first I was a little worried of what I could use for my sentiments but with a little thought I finally came up with a few. Then I went into my stash to see if I owned any fruity papers or embellies. I had a few and then went to Archivers and found a few more. Here are my cards for this challenge:


This card I used a sketch from Let's Scrap.




Come on over and try it out. They have a drawing every week for one participant to receive a prize.

Memorable Seasons Scrapbook Throwdown

Over at Memorable Seasons, they're having a 4 week contest called Scrapbook Throwdown. They post a weekly challenge and you submit your layout/project to go along with it. Here is this last week's challenge:
Here is your first Recipe Challenge. Today, we are serving up Wedding Cake!
Your "Wedding Cake" layouts must include pictures about a wedding event of any sort. If you are lacking this main ingredient in your cupboards, then you may substitute any photos of close relationships instead. Your recipes must also include the following ingredients:
Something old-this can be old photos, old products or you may use distressing/inking for an older look
Something new-this can be new products or new techniques
Something Borrowed-this can mean that you borrowed tools to complete your layout or that you used a sketch/scraplifted someone else
Something Blue-Exactly that....your layout must have blue in it somewhere!

And here is the layout I created for it. I loved this challenge and though the idea of adding blue wasn't my favorite, I was happy with it in the end.



Be sure and go check out this week's challenge It's not too late to play along!