Love to Scrap Challenge #51 - Dots or Stripes!

Time for our first April challenge at Love to Scrap!  This time, the challenge is to use dots or stripes on your project. 

I used the Cartoon Brontosaurus Student image from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet for this tag.  I did some paper piecing on this, printing the image on white cardstock, green dotted paper, and denim print paper.  Then I added letter stickers for the "A+", glitter punched stars, and a diecut "awesome!".  This tag will go on a little end-of-year gift for my granddaughter when she graduates from kindergarten.

 

Link up your project to the Love to Scrap challenge blog (and remember to use a rubber, clear or digital stamped image!) for a chance to win a prize from one of our sponsors:

Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

Patty's Creations

Kith & Kin Stamp Co

 

I'm entering this tag into the following challenges:

Craft My Life - anything goes, but not a card

Addicted to Stamps - must use stars

Anything But a Card Challenge - use gold

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - use paper piecing

 

 



Love to Scrap Challenge #44 - Nature!

For our last Love to Scrap challenge in December, we want to see your project featuring something found in nature.  This can be something living or inanimate: animals, trees, rocks, lakes, etc.

I used the Lake Winter digi stamp by Stitchy Stamps from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet, our sponsor for the challenge, and made two Christmas ornaments.

 

I made two versions of this ornament.  For the one on the left, I printed the ornament as is and left it black and white.  For the one on the right, I added slight touches of brown, green, and blue with colored pencils. 

 

The images were mounted on chipboard, then coated with embossing ink and ultra thick embossing powder (UTEE).  I did three coats of the UTEE, and then placed the images in the freezer for about 15 minutes.  When I removed the images from the freezer, I bent them slightly in all directions to get the "cracked ice" effect.  The images were then mounted on die cut squares, with either crystal or pearl accents added around the edges.

 

Please link up your project to the Love to Scrap challenge blog for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate from our sponsor, Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet.

 

I'm also entering these ornaments in the Holly Jolly Christmas "Anything Goes" challenge

 

 

Love to Scrap Challenge #34 - choose a color scheme

The new challenge is up at Love to Scrap!  This time it's a color challenge; however, you get to choose the color.  Pick a color scheme to use on a project (monochromatic, two color, only warm colors, etc) and tell us what color scheme you chose.  Our sponsors for this challenge are Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet and Fred She Said. 

I used the "Snowy Mailbox" image by Delicious Doodles for Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet.  My color scheme is neutral + cool colors.  I actually used very little color on this project, just a little dark green for the evergreen trees and a little bit of blue ink sponged around the sky.  Everything else is shades of grey and brown.  Instead of Copics or markers, I used watercolor pencils for a softer look.  I used two different types of Stickles for the snow, so there's a lot of sparkle on the project, even though it doesn't show up so well in the photo.

 

One really nice thing about digital stamps is the ability to resize them to fit your project, so you're not limited to just using them on cards or scrapbook pages.  I enlarged this image to fit a 4" x 6" opening in this frame, and plan on using it as part of a table grouping of Christmas decorations. 

 

Both our sponsors for this challenge at offering $10 gift certificates to their online stores, so link up your project to the Love to Scrap blog for your chance to win!

I'm also entering this in the Sparkles Christmas challenge to create a winter scene.