Cropstop Doily Challenge

Challenge #73 Doily Challenge

This week we challenge you to use a doily or doily image. CropStop carries some amazing doily die cuts, sure you are aware of this, right? Show us how you use your doilies in your projects, remember it can be ANY paper project that follows the challenge.

Items from the Cropstop store: Lifestyle Crafts -Classic Embossing Folder, Spellbinders Pagemaps Tags & Flags, Monarch Butterfly Punch Martha Stewart, Platinum Stickles

Papers: Kaisercraft Tigerlily Collection

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to enter your project into the Doily challenge at Cropstop.

TaDa Creative Studios & Cropstop Challenge

Cropstop Challenge #72
This weeks challenge at CropStop is to create a Masculine Birthday card.

Items used from the CropStop store: Spellbinders Ironwork Accents Die, Distress Pad - Pumice Stone, Chalkboard Charcoal Mist, Dew Drops Hardy Ivy, 3 in 1 Advanced Craft Glue

Other items used Paper: TaDa Creative Studios Just Chillin' Collection.

Remember you have til Wednesday at midnight to upload your creation to the CropStop blog to be entered to win a prize.

TaDa Creative Studios

For this project I wanted to make a shadowbox of random pictures of my youngest. The Just Chillin collection was the perfect choice for this project. I started by getting the shadowbox out of the closet and then started to rough up the frame to go with the grungy feel of the just chillin collection. I did use a Pagemaps sketch to create this shadowbox.

I had so much fun adding all the little bits and pieces, stringing all the flags, pictures, title block on the baker’s twine. So Stoked was the paper used for the background. I cut all the flags myself and used pinking scissors to make a couple of the flags. The tickets and title block were created from Spellbinder’s dies. The title is from the Snippets & Clippets paper, just cut to fit into the space I wanted. Using the Unlimited TXT paper I created a brad. This project was perfect for using pieces from every paper in the Just Chillin collection. I also included the smiley sticker from the Stickies sheet too.

Scrapfit Workout #68

Scrapfit #68- Missy's Mist Mainia

If you are regular at ScrapFIT you must have noticed our wonderful Weekend Warm Up Coach, Missy's love of MISTING! Missy does amazing things with mist including making it herself (watch for a tutorial on this later this month!) So this Workout is a tribute to Missy! We want to see a layout or project with a good amount of misting! Be creative, make your own misting mask, mix your mist colors - think outside the box!

I LOVE using mists so this was a great challenge. I used two different colors of green mists, yellow mist, and even a little red. I created the frame with the help of a couple Spellbinders dies.

Closeup - I used some mini letters and then stitched some baker's twine to make them stand out a little more.

Closeup - The super fun banner that I made.

Closeup- the other side of the banner.

SPONSOR: Simply Paper Dusty Attic Retailer / http://www.etsy.com/shop/vickyalberto?ref=em

and the prize up for grabs is

Remember you have til the end of the month to upload your project to the Scrapfit blog.

Cropstop Challenge #71 Show us the animal in you

Did you know that the Ringling Bros. Circus opened on May 19th, 1884! Let's celebrate their anniversary by using an animal or animal print as part of your project. Make it sassy, make it cute, make it fabulous! This is such a broad subject, so we are hoping to see some amazing entries! Have fun!

I had fun with this challenge. The animal print paper is super old, but that never goes out of style so I kept it. When I thought of animal print the title just came to me and so I made a card filled with hearts and animal print. I know its not the first thing most would think about but it worked for me.


Items from the cropstop store: Ribbon Brown sheer with ruffle edge, Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Hearts, Memory Box/Poppy Stamps Bookcase Key, Angel Pink Dye Ink, Memento, Tonic Studios Paper Distresser, Spellbinders Rubber Mat

Remeber you have til Wednesday at midnight to link up your animal or animal print project to the cropstop blog to be entered for this week prize.

ScrapFit Workout #67

Scrapfit Workout #67 Decorate with a Doily

I LOVE using doily's so this was a perfect challenge for me. I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found papers for this layout. The doily I created with a Cheery Lynn Designs die. I distressed all the pages and misted the papers.

Detail shot - tags, banners, doily and bling.

Supplis used are My Mind's Eye Lost and Found collection.




SPONSOR: Simply Paper Dusty Attic Retailer / http://www.etsy.com/shop/vickyalberto?ref=em

and the prize that is up for grabs

TaDa Creative Studios & Scrapfit Color Inspiration post

TaDa Creative Studios Nothing but blue skies

Today is my day to post on the TaDa blog. This time I chose to play with the New Poolside collection. I started with the wonderful Fringe Benefits Round n Round, I love using the fringe benefits they are so much fun to play with. Its so fun to krinkle up the edges. I ended up putting the Fringe Benefits onto the backside of the Cannonball paper.

Next I chose the Line Dry paper and cut out some of the bathing suits and towel, they add such a fun playful tone to the layout. Coming up with a title was so easy once I saw this title block on the Snippets & Clippets paper. Next I took a small piece from the SPF50 paper and used a Fiskars Border Punch, its the yellow piece on the edge of the photo. I used a couple strips from the backside of Snippets & Clippets and the backside of Line Dry. I liked the touch of orange around the photo which is the backside of the Snack Shack.

The final touches are the flip flops that I cut out and popped up with foam tape and the Beach Ball which is from the Stickies that I also used foam tape on. The journaling block I will eventually write in but just didn't finish that touch.

Supplies: TaDa Creative Studios Poolside Collection
Cardstock: Fringe Benefits Round n Round
Papers: Cannonball, Line Dry, Snack Shack, Spf50, and Snippets & Clippets
Stickers: Poolside Collection Stickies
Glitter Brads: unknown
Border Punch: Fiskars



Scrapfit Workout #66 Inspiration by our Creative Trainor Diana

Diana our Creative Trainer as put together this rigorous workout just for you! Let this color inspiration direct your Layout/ Card/ Paper craft project! These colors are a beautiful combo of soft and subtle with a pop! Be sure to join us and stay on your FIT track with our Creative Trainer!

This Workout is being sponsored by: My Divine Inspiration Etsy Shop

The winner of this Workout will receive this wonderful set of embellishments from My Divine Inspiration!

I was able to find these papers from Crate's farmhouse collection, they worked with this color combination wonderfully. The photos are my youngest "playing" the piano.

Remember you have til the end of the month to post your project to Scrapfit to be entered to win.

CropStop April Pagemaps Challenge

Welcome to CropStop's April, Spellbinder/Becky Fleck Challenge! For the entire month of April, we challenge you to create a project based on Becky Fleck's newly released Potpourri Die Set from Spellbinders and her coordinating Pagemap Sketch.

I used the sketch for inspiration for this card, but I felt I couldn't use all the elements in the sketch because the card wasn't big enough. But I'm very happy with how the card turned out.
Items from the CropStop store are: Memory Box Woven Circle; Sheer Ombré ribbon; Dew Drop's Hardy Ivy.
Other Items: Papers -My Mind's Eye & Dear Lizzy. Die Cut- My Mind's Eye. Sticker - My Mind'e Eye. Chipboard Banner - Jenni Bowlin. Glimmer Glaze - Ocean's Spray.

We know you don't have Becky's new die set yet, but we want to see what you can do with her Pagemap and make your project look similar. If you happen to have the die set already, that is awesome! You will have the entire month of April to create and link your project for the opportunity to win Becky's Potpourri
Die Set from Spellbinders. Just follow the rules below and link your project to this post by the challenge deadline.


FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE RULES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHALLENGE:
1. Use the link tool at the bottom of this post to link your entry. Limit of 3 entries, please.
2. Your project must be newly created for this challenge. No back posting to prior projects.
3. Your project must follow Becky's Pagemap Sketch to qualify.
4. All projects must be linked to this post by the deadline of April 30th, at 11:59 A.M. ET in the US.