Coming Soon: Scrap Your Year

In response to requests from some of our members, the bloggers at Scrapbook {Express}ions have taken on the challenge of hosting our own monthly sketch challenge! Similar to Project 12, we’ll provide a two-page sketch for you to use with photos from each month. You will have virtually the whole month to turn this one in.  (The due date will be the same as the last challenge offered for the month) This is the only challenge from the SE blog that will have the extended due date. All other challenges will be due weekly as usual.

The challenge: Create a traditional paper layout using the sketch we provide. You may upload one project for this challenge.  You can use all or just a side of the sketch, but we must see the resemblance.

For those of you that do not like the idea of making a layout documenting the month, we don’t want to leave you out either.  You can also participate in the sketch challenge choosing whatever subject/theme you would like, HOWEVER, you MUST use both sides of the sketch.  You will also have the extended deadline to upload these.

Be on the lookout next Thursday as Jolene posts our very first challenge.  You will have all month (or until the last challenge for this month is due) to turn in your “January” layout.  Start gathering your photos!

Tune in Monday for some more inspiration

Thursday Sketch Challenge

This week’s challenge is a sketch by Becky Fleck from Page Maps

Here’s my layout with the sketch.

Authentique Gathering Collection
Bloom Paper
Harmony Paper
Together Paper
Grow Paper
Icons- 6×8 Die Cut Shapes & Borders
Petite Type Square Cardstock Stickers – Orange
Making Memories Design Shop Stickers: Travel Journey
American Crafts Robin’s Egg Cardstock
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Rick Rack Circles
Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink: Chestnut Roan

The challenge: Create a traditional paper layout (6×6 or larger) inspired by the sketch above. You may upload one project for this challenge.

PLEASE READ!

Participants must register in the Scrapbook Express forums and gallery. It is free. If you haven’t already registered please remember it might take up to a day to be approved. Participants should upload their projects into the “Blog Contest” section in the gallery. Please title your project with the day of the current challenge you are entering. For this week please title your project January 26. Be sure to check out the fun going on in the forums. There is a monthly design team contest that you can also enter for a chance to win a great prize.

Projects must be new for this challenge. Projects cannot be combined with any other Scrapbook Express forum challenge or Scrapbook Express Design team assignment. By submitting to the challenge, participants give the right to the Scrapbook Express Blog team to post pictures of their entries on the winning announcement post.

Participants will have until the following Wednesday at midnight MST (February 1st for this challenge) to upload entries for the current week. In order for a gift certificate to be given, there must be at least 15 different entries for the month. Happy scrapping!

Julie will have some inspiration for you on Monday.

Wednesday Waste Not Tip

Hello Crafters!  Today’s tip is about getting the most out of your die cuts.  My daughter has a birthday coming up so I decided to create her invitations using my Silhouette die cutter.  This tip works  for any die cut machine digital or not.  My daughter is celebrating her 5th birthday at the Carousel so I wanted to make invitations to match that theme.  Silhouette had several carousel horses I could choose from.  I already had 4 x 4 envelops so I decided to cut 4 carousel horses per page.  This would allow for invitations approximately 4 x 4 in size.  (See image below)

Here is the front of the 4 x 4 invitation I created.  (I adhered the twine with a pea sized amount of stickles.  So I was able to use it for the glitter look as well as an adhesive)

Rather then “WASTE” the negative space I cut around it and used it as well.  I cut it out in the shape of a square and mounted it on solid cardstock.  I was able to make 8 cards from cutting these 4 images.  Here is what the invitation that uses the negative space looks like:

My invitations were more like inserts rather then folded cards.  On the back of the insert, I typed the pertinent information for the party.  I printed the information on white cardstock and then inked around the edges.  In the image below, I cloned out the specific numbers and addresses, but you can at least get the idea of the information.

You do not have to have a Silhouette digital cutter to employ this tip.  Any manual die cut machine would work as well.  Just be sure to space out your die cuts so you have enough room to use the negative space as well.   My daughter just loves how these invitations turned out, and they were so easy to create!  (Very inexpensive too!)

Silhouette digital cutter
Bo Bunny’s Smoochable words pattern paper
Doodlebug bubblegum jewels
Doodlebug cupcake twine
ink
stickles

Check back tomorrow for a new challenge!

Monday Remix: Scrap a Holiday

When Julie posted her holiday challenge last week, I couldn’t resist playing along! Here’s what I made:

Supplies:
Bo Bunny Blitzen Gifts paper, buttons, trim
We R Memory Keepers Peppermint Twist Holiday Spirit paper
Doodle Twine – Ladybug
Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Barn Door
American Crafts Slick Writer
American Crafts cardstock: Cranberry
myStampBOX stamp

Participants will have until the following Wednesday at midnight MST (January 25th for this challenge) to upload entries for the current week. In order for a gift certificate to be given, there must be at least 15 different entries for the month. Happy scrapping!

See you on Wednesday for a post from Julie!

Thursday Scrap a Holiday Challenge

This week’s challenge on the Scrapbook {Express}ions blog is a pretty easy one. . .  scrap a holiday layout.  This can be any kind of holiday including birthdays.  I am looking forward to seeing some fun holiday layouts.  I did an Easter layout.

WeR Memory Keepers Peep collection
Easter Eggs paper (both sides)
Easter tags
Doodlebug tangerine jewels
brown ink
stickles

The challenge: Create a traditional paper layout (6×6 or larger) with a holiday theme. You may upload one project for this challenge.

PLEASE READ!

Participants must register in the Scrapbook Express forums and gallery. It is free. If you haven’t already registered please remember it might take up to a day to be approved. Participants should upload their projects into the “Blog Contest” section in the gallery. Please title your project with the day of the current challenge you are entering. For this week please title your project January 19. Be sure to check out the fun going on in the forums. There is a monthly design team contest that you can also enter for a chance to win a great prize.

Projects must be new for this challenge. Projects cannot be combined with any other Scrapbook Express forum challenge or Scrapbook Express Design team assignment. By submitting to the challenge, participants give the right to the Scrapbook Express Blog team to post pictures of their entries on the winning announcement post.

Participants will have until the following Wednesday at midnight MST (January 25th for this challenge) to upload entries for the current week. In order for a gift certificate to be given, there must be at least 15 different entries for the month. Happy scrapping!

Check back Monday for some more inspiration.

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