2012 365 #160 - the dog ate my homework!

This week's challenge at Anything but a Card is sparkly and shiny...I am not sure how sparkly my pictures come across, but each of these bookmarks has some sort of bling on them...mists, gems, glitter pens and smooch...I made 21 of these for a craft sale that I am doing with my mom in a couple of weekends from now...I am not prepared for it and am creating little things in a mad panic that might make my half of the table look a little more full...there was a fun fiasco in making them though - which explains the title - a couple of months back we got ourselves a cute little puppy that does not like to let me get anything done in my house at all!  no crafts, no laundry, nothing in a room away from her...when she is not in the same room as me, she is a little "adventurous" with socks and undies and the like....so I left the 11 year old in charge of her this morning when I went to change the laundry...5 minutes max...I come out of the laundry room and say to my daughter - where is the dog?  and she says "I thought you had her" - this being less than 5 minutes after she agrees to watch the little hooligan...well, in that time, the puppy ATE or at least put teeth prints in all of the white items on my projects...yippee...had to cut out all new ones before posting!  Yikes....good thing she is still cute!!!

2012 365 #159 - furry birthday

The challenge at Shopping our Stash this week is to do furry friends or feathered friends....I picked furry cuz birds kind of freak me out...but no bugs or spiders or butterflies...just fur and or feathers....this was another pathetic attempt at a masculine card...just can't get anything to look boyish these days....but it seems cute nonetheless...but as the hubby says "cute is not for boys" so it is a fail again...one day, I will figure it out!  Let's see where the fur leads you....

2012 365 #158 "Iceberg dead ahead"

This week's challenge at the Opus Gluei is to use a sketch and add some layers.  I love sketches, in fact, I think I am a sketch-a-holic...I don't know what makes them so addicting but I just love them - we are allowed to pick our own sketches this time around, but picking your own sketch to do is more difficult than being given one...I think I must like being told what to do because it was hard to pick a sketch - especially to add layers to it too...But I think I achieved the "layered look" with this project...in some areas I am 7 layers of paper thick...in most I am at least 4...the sketch is from Scrapbooks Etc. magazine....come on out and show us what you've got!

2012 365 #152 - oh crappy day

The challenge this week at Shopping our Stash is to use embossing (either wet or dry) in some way...I embossed this co'ordinations paper and then sanded it down a little for some texture...then I inked it with distress inks on the raised squares for some contrast...I loved this stamp the moment I saw it and had to have it...so many uses for that phrase...and the toilet paper roll is a perfect combo...let's see what embossing skills you have this week!

2012 365 #156 - Towel folding

This weeks challenge at Anything but a Card is to used texture on your project.  I made this page with several different textures in mind...there are layers and punches, flags made from twill tape and flowers...even the words have fabric on them that makes it look sort of like a towel...this was one of the little classes on our cruise ship and Emily and I decided to participate...we learned how to fold all kinds of little animals....a fun way to pass the "fun day" at sea on our way to Alaska! Check out all the other projects and join in!

2012 365 #155 - red onion saloon

This is a picture of the Red Onion Saloon in Ketchikan, Alaska...we didn't get to go in as we were on a tour, but the picture turned out great none the less...I used the sketch from Artful Delight as my jump off point for this page!  Have a great weekend!

2012 365 #154 - there's a nap for that

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash's 3-2-1 challenge...the object of this challenge is to use 3 of something, 2 of something and 1 of something...pretty simple because we have no rules on what the 3-2-1 are...I used 3 solid mats, 2 masculine punches and 1 fun image...I think my hubby even said it looks like a "masculine" card...cha-ching - finally! I coloured it with my Tim Holtz markers (which I am still not really impressed with, but trying to find ways to like them) and paper pieced the recliner chair....that part looks fun in real life...the effecti is kind of lost on the card in the picture...those mats were made with a mat stack pack that I have had since I started scrapping...glad to break down and finally use them...play along with us this week, will you?

2012 365 #151 & 152 - See you in September

The Opus Gluei Challenge this week is called "See you in September" and it is my turn to host the challenge...you can use any project that reminds you of the back to school or fall type theme, including things like apples and teacher cards etc...pretty easy, right??  Life in our house gets super hectic at this time of year...school starting and dance starting (the kids dance 6 days a week), my holidays are over and we have added a new puppy in the mix...September is kind of a dreaded month in our house...but it also leads to regular routine and that is a good thing! I took this challenge in two different directions (but all with the same pieces of paper)...the first is a multiple project with inspriational school and achievement type sentiments...the second is a classic hand drawn apple...can't get more "Septembery" than an apple harvest!  The apples here were done so early this year because of our really warm spring and summer, that our apple trees are already picked clean! Come on out and show us your September type projects!!!

2012 365 #153 - wood you be mine??

This week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is a wood challenge - use "wood" somehow in your project...sorry about the really tacky card but I ended up with a wicked head cold and my mojo caught it too...I tried to incorporate wood in a couple of ways...embossed wood folder (never before used), memory box tree die and star leaf die (never before used), my left over Chatterbox paper from my last cards (crying as I am slowly using up all the patterns) and the wooden clothes pins cuz they are just sooo cute...I also had to mad panic for an anniversary card for the hubby for yesterday...again, couldn't pull off the masculine, even with the boy coloured papers...I will never get the masculine card thing down...let's see what you "wood" make this week with your projects...

2012 365 #150 Anything but a Card Debut

Hey everyone!  Welcome to my first assignment on the design team for ANYTHING BUT A CARD.  This is a new challenge blog which is exactly what the title says - anything but a card...you can make scrapbook pages, journals, decorative items, calendars....anything but a card!  It is a bi-weekly challenge too, so there is lots of time to get your stuff done!  Come on and give it a try! This first challenge is an anything goes challenge, so there are no excuses not to play along and use up some of your stash that you had to have and have not yet used!  This is my page for the first challenge...I apologize in advance as you are going to see a lot of Alaska scrapbook pages in the near future...trying to get that scrapbook done and this is a great platform to encourage me to do just that...I inked the embossed bingo card with Tim Holtz inks to try and get it to stand out a little with the papers...Emily almost won $1000 on the cruise playing bingo...she waited for 17 numbers in this game for 1 number that never came...it was too funny (of course not to her!!!)