TaDa Creative Studios, CropStop & Scrapfit Challenges

TaDa Creative Studios Yee Haw Collection

I had these great pics of us in front of the Straw Tractor that was just perfect for this Yee Haw Collection from TaDa Creative Studios. The base paper is the "Plant & Plow" Ooh La La Layers Color-Rain Forest. Then I used the Mini Ooh La La Layers the Uncle Bob Mini Color-Macintosh. I made banners from these papers -Hittin' the Hay, Snippets & Clippets, Bumper Crop. Used a Spellbinders die(Lacey Ovals) on papers -Toil & Till and Farmhand. The border was created with the backside of Bumper Crop, the title is from the Snippets & Clippets and the red "ribbon" is one of the Stickies.

ScrapFit Workout #64 - Its Easy as 1,2,3... & A Sketch From The Paper Variety

ScrapFIT has teamed up with The Paper Variety to offer you 2 challenges in one!

ScrapFIT has offered up a jounaling challenge and The Paper Variety has created a sketch challenge. Put them together and you will get an awesome layout and a chance to WIN a prize from both places!

Workout #64- Its Easy as 1, 2, 3...
The 'Its Easy as 1, 2, 3..' Workout is here and all you have to do is list out numerically your journaling on your layout! This could be a list of your Top 10 favorite moments from last year, a list of goals for the new year or the countless reason you love ScrapFIT (Just kidding!). Show us your numbered list!

Be sure to incorporate this journaling workout with the Sketch below from The Paper Variety so you can enter you layout at both places!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is
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and look at this great prize.

This is a special kind of workout and we want to offer up a second prize!
ScrapFIT is offering up this prize to a random person that leaves a comment on this post!

I used Paper and Chipboard pieces from Crate Paper's Neighborhood Collection.






CropStop Challenge #63 Butterflies

This weeks challenge is to use Butterflies on your project.

Items used from the CropStop Store: Cart-Us Trendy Circles Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pagemaps -Office Supplies, Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist -Sunflower Sparkle, Ribbon -Sheer Ombre Parrot Green/Yellow.

Other items used Paper -We R Memory Keepers (Good Day Sunshine Collection), Sunflower die -Cheery Lynn Designs, Chipboard Butterfly -Cosmo Cricket, Stamp -Hero Arts, Ink - Burnt Sienna Colorbox.

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to upload your Butterfly creation to CropStop.

Yee Haw!!! The New TaDa Creative Studios Collections are in!

The Brand New Collections from TaDa Creative Studios are here!!! Its sooo exciting! There are two New Collections the first is Poolside and the second is Yee Haw!! I chose to design with the Yee Haw Collection with its super cute Barnyard Animals, Farm Setting, Tractors and Cow Prints.

When looking at the Hittin’ the Hay paper, the pony in the barn was just the perfect option to use with these pictures of my boys enjoying a pony ride. The Mini Oohh La La Layer Horseshoe became the center piece of this pony filled layout. No layout from me is complete with using the Snippets & Clippets paper. The I “heart” piece at the top of the layout is from the Snippets & Clippets, I just chose to snip off the rest of the piece since it didn’t work for my page. The scalloped orange paper peeking out from above the pony was created with a border die from Cheery Lynn Designs its the Carnivale Border. I created a banner from the Farmhand paper and topped it off with some of the Stickies.

Closeup – I fussy cut the horse/pony from the Fresh Country Air paper and fussy cut the hay from the Hittin the Hay paper and popped them up with some 3d foam tape.

Closeup - When you think of ponies what better accent is there but Twine so I wrapped a little around one of the title letter.

More Good News to Share
I'm excited to announce that I made the DT at ScrapGal!!! Its a great site with some great challenges and I hope you all come over and check it out. You could win a Gift Certificate to the store.

CropStop Challenge #57 was posted yesterday.
Wedding season is just around the corner. To celebrate the weddings and anniversaries of friends and family we are asking you to create a project with that theme in mind. You can choose to pick either wedding or anniversary for your project. Your project can be any type of paper craft, we love to see how talented and inventive you all are. So show us your Wedding and/or Anniversary projects to play for the chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the Cropstop Store.

You have til Midnight on Wednesday to play along and link up your creation to the CropStop blog.

A number of new projects

I found this great sketch over at Sketches in Thyme #55. When searching for what photos to use with it I found these cute pics of my son making a pizza. So when deciding what papers to use I wanted some type of food collection and I thought why not look thru my Jillibean Soup stash and I found this older but still soooo cute collection. When I saw the pig paper my decision was made. Everything on this layout is from Jillibean Soup except the twine and the Happy Ticket at the top.

I also created this layout for a challenge at Scrapdango for the Computer class challenge. The challenge was to use a digital image (the Happy Ticket) and use numbers or type on the page other than the title.

It also worked for the Paper Variety's blogaversary which was to use stamps or digital stamps, Thanks Happy Ticket.


A close-up, I just love the little pig!!


I made this cute card based on the Sept Week 1 Sassy lil' Card Sketch. I used Sassafras papers and stickers, the sentiment is SRM Stickers. I created this card for the Create: Blog challenge which was to use Toothpick flags. I actually didn't have any so I created my own with toothpicks in my cupboard and Sassafras banners. It was sooo easy and quick.

I also used a Cheery Lynn Designs die on the card, Its the oh so yummy Carnivale border. They are having an anything goes challenge right now it ends on Sept 15. So if you have any Cheery Lynn Designs dies create a project with it and add it and you could win.


I saw the 9.8 sketch challenge over at Sketchy Thursdays and just loved it, and knew I wanted to create with it. I'm not completely thrilled with it but its done. I also created it for Paper Variety's blogaversary which was to use your favorite manufacturer. There are soooo many favorite's. I picked Fancy Pants and one of my favorite collections from them is the Beach Bum collection. I just love it!!


This layout is based on the sketch over at The Scrappiest #135. I pulled out scraps for this one. It is always soooo gratifying to use up some scraps. I HAD to take a pic on this day because both Tiffany and Tyler lost a tooth on the SAME day. When does that happen.


The colors are definitely not quite right on this one. SORRY! I used Creative Scrappers sketch #171 for this one and I created it for a Scrapdango PE Challenge. Its was to use an action photo, use a circle, and convey motion. So I put the title letters at all different heights to convey motion.