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I was very excited when Tina mentioned she was starting a Traveler’s Inspiration Challenge, where folks to share their photos (see details here) & their crafts–all & any creations.  How FUN!  Especially for the summer!

The first challenge comes from these gorgeous shoes from Tina.  Man, she & her DH take AMAZING photos, especially with portraits, capturing their moments in time.

I went with some Grunge Board from Tim Holtz & some beads from my kids craft collection.  I used Tombo Glue directly onto the grunge board, then beads, then added Glossy Accents over top to secure the beads.  Except for the drying time of the glue (it’s MOSTLY DRY here), this was a fast card to make.

Used:  Tim Holtz Grunge Board, EK Success Edge Punch, Tim Holtz stampersanonymous clear stamps, Versafine Black Ink, White CS, Tombo Multi Glue, Glossy Accents Ranger Glue.

Tags: Card, CARDSandSTAMPIN', Challenge, Tim Holtz, Traveler's Inspiration

So, because it’s a bit of a busy week, with Canada Day festivities, Birthday festivities (on going), the nagging summer cold & and general nuttiness, I thought I’d combine some challenges from Paper Craft Planet.  I normally don’t like to do that, because whenever I try it never really hits the mark.  This encompasses 1)  3d18:  making a star box 2)  ’4th of July‘ Inspired and 3) PCPcolor25:  make something Red, White, & Blue.

With Tammy’s link to the great Star Box Instructions, Here’s my go:

The Tag is just held on by one of those “name tag” clips, because, well it was on my desk & I thought it would hold the tag up nicely.  I used a slit punch, but also had to make a little circle punch so the snap would, well, snap.

I’m not sure what to put in it, but my old stand by is something sweet:  Cookies or Candy in Cellophane.

Used:  Provo Craft Stone Washed Denim-Suede Kathy Distefano Griffiths DSP, Real Red CS, Vanilla Textured CS, Stampin Up Gross Grain 1 1/4″ Stripped Ribbon, Name Tag Clip, Mat Pack, Uniball White Gel Pen, Star Punch, Super Sticky Tape, Circle Punch, Circle Cutter CM, Corner Punch SU, Slit Punch SU, Crop-a-Dile, Buttons & Kite Thread.

Tags: 3D, 4th of July, Box, Challenges, Gift, Name Tag, PaperCraftPlanet, Star

This was for a blending challenges over at Two Peas.  I don’t think I have the “how to blend photos together” at all right, but it was fun trying & will put this on my ‘need to learn next’ list.

Used (from Two Peas):

Sande Krieger’s (FREE KIT):  Farmer’s Market

Queen of Quirk (FREE KIT):  Give Freely

Erica Hernandez:  Matted Brush Set

Sande Krieger:  French Laundry Photo Edges v.5

Tags: Challenges, digital, Family, Marshmallows, Scrapbooking, TwoPeas

Talk about leaving this to the last minute!  Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #38, which was revealed last Saturday, was … COO-LOO-COO-COO-COO-LOO-COO-COOOOOOOOO … Strange Brew.  Being Canadian & just celebrating Canada Day yesterday, I felt compelled to fit in this challenge this busy week, if it killed me!

Yes, there’s just a bit of hockey mentioned in this Canadian-Hamlet tribute, so that’s the theme I went with.  It’s been ages since I’ve done a traditional Scrapbook page too.  (Running low on supplies LOL).  Here’s a picture of Malcolm in his last hockey game of April.  Man, he starts up next month.  This summer starting to spin FAST!

Old Olive CS, Stampin’Up! Maple Leaf Punch (retired), SU Wheel, Versa Mark Ink, EK Success Love of the Game Puffy Stickers, Baja Breeze CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Paaperbilities Autumn Leaves Kaleidoscope DSP, Dimensionals, Printer, Scallop Edge Punch.

Tags: Challenges, CinemaSaturdayCreativeChallenge, Family, Hockey, Scrapbooking

I downloaded Tia Bennett’s DigiKit - New Growth Big Kit and when I saw all the elements in the kit, I thought it might go well with Emma-Sian’s knitting. The ‘needles’ are just my attempt at using the pen & masking Tia’s papers. The layout itself was from a PaperCraftPlanet Scrappy Sunday Challenge (sb062809).

Used:  Digi kits from Two Peas in a Bucket.

Tia Bennett’s DigiKit - New Growth Big

Meredith Fenwick’s font:  FONT - Funkalicious

Betsy Tuma’s papers:  DigiKit - White Space

Sande Krieger’s (masking edges of photos):  DigiKit - French Laundry Photo Edges v.5

Wendy Type Font

Tags: Challenges, digital, Knitting, PaperCraftPlanet, Scrapbooking, TwoPeas

Paper Craft Planet’s 3D Tuesdays came around last Tuesday & with the business of school ending, I didn’t have a chance to play around the Adela’s wonderful idea of a ribbon Bookmark until today.  3d17’s idea is to use ribbon scraps (always plentiful).  With our summer camping trips coming up, I decided to make a bookmark for each member of our family.

For Malcolm, I took chipboard letters, & used some Tsukineko Brilliance Platinum Planet Pigment Ink.  For Liam I used an old tigger, rubber embellishement I guess, but it really came off of an old back pack.  Emma, I used velour paper with some felt diecut ribbon & some velour ribbon.  DH uses these cute clear stamps from Kelly Panacci (Sandy Lion), which I thought the sentiment was PERFECT for him, as he easily gets lost in a book for hours.   Mine is a Martha Stewart moiré ribbon (woodgrain pattern) and a super soft crocheted flower (although I can knit, no, I can’t crochet to save my life) that I bought at Sassy beads last year, that I loved & wasn’t sure what I wanted to use it on.

Tags: 3D, bookmark, Challenges, Crafts for fun, Gift, PaperCraftPlanet, Ribbon

Paper Craft Planet’s Scrappy Sunday Challenge, tag:  sb062109, and I thought I’d scrap something very current in our lives.  My brother’s dog, had puppies on Father’s Day, and we (DH, my 3 kids & I) were so excited we rushed over to see all 8 puppies & Crystal, the happy mum.

The Page Curl-shadow effect is from a tutorial I learned from Sande Krieger, which I’m loving right now.

Used:

2ps_RhonnaFarrer_ScratchedLines

2ps_RhonnaFarrer_Zigged

RhonnaFarrer_2ps_Petsrubons (free kit at Two Peas)

RhonnaFarrer_2ps_RoundNRound5

RhonnaFarrer_2ps_RoundNRound13

KTeague_Basics_Damask_2ps_Ltblue (hue changed a bit)

2ps_RhonnaFarrer_TexturedOverlay

AL Worn Machine Font

Tags: digital, Doodles, PaperCraftPlanet, Puppies, Scrapbooking

Okay so Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #37 is High School Musical!

The following is a questionnaire to fill out if you are not sure if you have a HSM Fanatic in your home.  NB:  This could also be used interchangeably with the Jonas Bro’s.

Have we seen it:  Yes.

Gone to theatre release:  Yes.

Do we own all the DVD’s:  Yes.

Do we own the Music CD’s:  Yes.

Do we have a 9 going on 10 year old Daughter:  Yes.

Does she own a massive poster of HSM in her room:  Yes.

Is the the second card I made for this challenge, because the first “basketball card” was rejected as ‘not High School Musical Enough?”:  YES.

My oldest, my DD actually wanted me to get all the neighbourhood kids to jump in the air, take a picture & make a scrapbook page.  I might actually have to do that, now that it’s in her brain.

Here’s my our card:

Used:  Yoho Yellow Textured CS, Ridinghood Red CS, Cricut Machine, Mini Monograms Cartridge, Creative Memories Gold Pen, Yellow Highliter, Stapler, Velour Fabric.

Tags: Cards, Challenges, Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge, Cricut, High School Musical

Time for Kristina Wern’ers Colour Inspiration #55!  This week’s photo comes from this fabulous skirt & shoes:

No stamping, just some left over material cut in a circle, with a running stitch around the outside & then gathered in to make a fabric yoyo.  Apparently they sell templates to make yoyo’s, but I’ve never understood why.  Maybe it’s faster.  Anyhoo, here’s my card:

Used:  Vanilla CS, Really Rust CS, Grey CS, Buttons from my stash, EKSuccess Edge Punch, Unknown PP, Grey & Rust Cross Stitch Embroidery Floss, Fabric left over from an autumn table runner I made a couple of years ago.

Tags: Card, Challenges, Colour Inspiration, Embroidery Floss, Fabric, Flower, Kristina Werner, Yoyo

Paper Craft Planet’s Colour Inspiration, #23, (tag: pcpcolor23) comes from Pine Is Here, who found this fun clip from a Japanese Sewing Magazine.

For the challenge, I had a tough time putting that many colours together:

kraft, ( the color of cardboard)
vanilla ( the color of French vanilla ice cream)
mellow moss ( a bluish green but not a teal or turquoise)
Celery (a light olive green)
Saffron (a light yellow)
mustard (an earthy yellow)
cocoa (a medium brown)

I’m not that fond of the card, probably the mustard on the wings, but I got the challenge completed.  This is my go:

Used:  Martha Stewart PP, Mellow Moss CS, Certainly Celery textured CS, More Mustard CS, Kraft CS, Close to Cocoa DSP, Tim Holtz Grunge Board, Scallop Punch, word window Punch, Close to Cocoa Marker, More Mustard EP, Versamark Ink, Copic CO Cool Grey Marker, Lots of Thoughts Stamp Set, Sewing Machine, Flower Mandala 1 Stamp from OutlinesRubberStampCo, Michaels PP (Paperbilities Autumn Leaves Kaleidoscope Printed Paper), Mellow Moss Ink, Certainly Celery Ink.

Tags: butterfly, Card, CARDSandSTAMPIN', Challenges, Colour Inspiration, PaperCraftPlanet