Baby, It's Cold Outside

Crop Chocolate's weekly challenge was to make a project using mittens.   I found this die cut in my stash and decided to play with my Stickles!

You're a hero!

In my search for inspiration... I came across a blog Nuts about Sketches  and she is having a Design Team call.   So here is my first ever Design Team submission -  

The sketch...

 and my page -

SMILE!

I recently uploaded a bunch of photos from my husband's cell phone to Walgreens and got some prints.  Cell phone pics tend to capture a lot of great every day moments.

This page was inspired by a member challenge at ACOT.  Their design team was dissolved last year, but the message board members continue to post challenges to inspire each other. Brandy wanted to see a page with only white, black or gold.  She posted a challenge with the following rules;

1. Your background MUST be solid white.
2. You must use ribbon or some form of fabric (a crocheted embellie, lace, etc.)

I found a great sketch at My Scraps & More and here is my answer;

I was introduced to a new scrap blog this week My Scraps & More

looks like a good resource to keep the creative juices flowing.  I also used this page for a "use your stash" challenge at A Cherry on Top.  This challenge was specific..
1. Use 6 patterned papers
2. Use 2 solid papers
3. Use at least 4 embellishments of your choice
Thank goodness for paper packs.  Gotta love Basic Grey!

On the 12th day of Christmas....

Joy to the World!  The Lord has come!  I celebrated Epiphany this afternoon by doing a page featuring our Christmas Card.  The idea came from another challenge at two peas. 

 

It has distressing, so it also is my entry to CropChocolate's weekly challenge this week. 2 down, 50 to go... 

 

The girls saw how much fun I was having and they wanted in on the action.  They looked through the stash and both settled on Basic Grey's Lime Rickey Paper pack -

 

 

 

Oh Brads!

I re-discovered Two Peas in A Bucket this week.  Their design team has a video series.  It is really cool to see the creative process.  

I came across a "Use your Stash" challenge.  The challenge is to use up brads.  Brads are something that don't get the respect they deserve in my house, so this was a good challenge for me.   I went walking through my stash and found a whole box of Webster's Pages goodies.  It was from one of their warehouse sale grab bags that I just had to have.  These are beautiful papers and embelishments, but I remember not being inspired much by the goodies when I recieved it.  I challenged myself to use only items from that box.   I ended up outsourcing the brads from other brands ...  and the Thickers...  I found a Becky Fleck Sketch and went to work -

48 brads and a couple sore fingertips later ----

Check it out!  My page of  Bailey's "Home for Christmas"  is featured on The Crop at CropChocolate.com today.  Creative inspiration is everywhere, especially when you look to your friends.   A really great community of crafters has formed there.   I am happy to be welcomed back after taking a break. 

If you're not familiar with CropChocolate.com, it's like a Deal a Day site for Papercrafting, but better.  You're able to save your goodies and build a carte to save on shipping.   Check it out!