Tuesday, 28 April 2009

365 Cards and Unity ...

... I didn't manage to do the challenge on 365 cards yesterday. It was to include one fish on your card - well I don't have any fish related stash so decided to let that one pass! Today's challenge was to use the sentiment 'I Miss You'. I've chosen to use a Unity April Kit stamp which says 'thinking of you today - hope to see you soon' which is kind of the same thing! The two girls stamp is also from Unity and I can see me using that one quite a bit!

Taking of Unity they are having a Anniversary Party in Split Coast Stampers with daily challenges. Yesterday's was to make a card with Unity colours - Kraft, Ruby Red, So Saffron and Baja Breeze - here's mine:
Don't have much Scrap Mojo at the moment, think it's all going on the cards!

Sunday, 26 April 2009

A-Z Journal ..

... spurred on by finishing Scrap Your Day, I was determined yesterday to do some more of the girls' A-Z albums. I've been doing this project since Jan '08 and really just need to get it finished now! I did 5 LOs (2 are duplicates), so that leaves me with about 5 more each to do. Am struggling for word inspiration though!




365 Cards - Super Sketchy Sunday!

... I really enjoyed playing along with the challenges during the 365 cards Scor-it week and intended to carry on last week, but just didn't manage it. So I thought I'd start the week afresh with today's sketch challenge.
Here's my take. I used SEI papers, which were out on my desk for some notelets I've been making. Really like the colours of this. Stamp is from Unity March KOTM.

Friday, 24 April 2009

Butterfly Crafts Challenge 10 ...

... was to create a LO about what fashion means to you. Whether it be favourite fashions from a period of time, a favourite designer or maybe even a fashion disaster - whatever you want.

DD2 immediately sprung to mind. At the tender age of 4, I am amazed at how fashion conscious she already is. She likes to have new clothes and always gets herself dressed - I'm terrfied thinking about what she'll be like at 16!!! This LO started with a completely different set of papers, but they just weren't girly enough. These aren't particularly, but I thought the colours went with the picture well.
The journalling block and dressmaker's dummy stamps are from my new (March and April) Unity Stamps KOTM. I'm not a big stamper, but I like the versatility that stamping gives you (especially with my foray in to cardmaking!)

Scarlet Lime April's kit arrived this week - and OMG it's bright and bold. Not at all like last month's kit, it's going to be a real challenge for me. So I thought I'd jump in at the deep end and use the papers that worried me the most first! And I'm actually really pleased with the results.

I struggle with not journalling on a LO, but I also didn't want to upset the asthestics with my scrawly handwriting, so I've written a letter to DD1 on the back.


Sunday, 19 April 2009

Finally finished ...

...my last 3 entries for Scrap Your Day. I was determined to get them done at my crop today, and apart from adding a couple of wrongly sized photos when I got home, I did! So pleased to have finally finished this project - it will be great to look back on!

January:
February: These were taken on the 26th as I'd forgotten the previous day, and yes, I had a bad day.
March:
I'm just missing come calender tags that I'd been using on the previous entries.
And speaking of my crop, this month's challenge to was to do a LO on your mode of transport and include brads (which I only remembered at the last minute!) I've used February Scarlet Lime.

Saturday, 18 April 2009

Matchbook Card ...

... took me a while to think about what I wanted to do with this challenge, and finally ended up with this landscape card (approx 5"x4") Inside (I think I may add an insert and make it into a minibook):

Tri-Fold Card ...

... I've really enjoyed this challenge and have made a few tri-fold colds - this being my favourite. I've signed up to the kit club from Unity Stamps and have used one from my first march kit.
Inside (left blank for now):