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This month's challenge at The Craft Garden is a beautiful pic in honor of this year being a leap year:

I decided to use pastel colors and included stamped balloons all over the background. I used 2 photos for the PAIRS challenge at ABC Challenges, and a lovely striped chipboard heart for LOVE IS IN THE AIR at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges:

How does the picture inspire you? Link up your take by Feb 29th, we'd love to see what you come up with!! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden photo inspiration

-ABC Challenge in pairs

-Pennys Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog love is in the air

-Passionately Artistic linking party

January Challenge at The Craft Garden

A new year, a new month, and a new challenge at The Craft Garden. This month is all about monochrome projects, and Kerry has made some lovely book print flowers for this month's winner.

As you can see, I chose to pull the color green from the photo to use as my main color. I used green ink to stamp my background cardstock, layered scraps of green patterns and ribbons (great way to use up that stash), used green chipboard letters for the title and accented with a felt flower from Precocious Paper.

I hope you'll give the monochrome look a try, and be sure and link up your project with us at The Craft Garden by January 31st! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden monochorome

-Sir Stampalot monochorome

-Just us Girls felt

-If The Shoe Fits use your stash

-Paper Issues we've got your number

December Challenge at The Craft Garden!

Wow- December already!! Time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden, this month's challenge is super fun, a recipe challenge! It works like this- each design team member has chosen an ingredient in the recipe and you have to use 4 of those items in your creation. Your choices are:

Kerry - turquoise (for one of December's birthstones)
Carly - Snowflakes
Melly - Kraft
Tiffany- Office Supply
Kevin - Ribbon
Jay - Buttons
Cathy - charm
Helen - Purple
Kylie - Paint

Here's what I came up with using Turquoise (cardstock), Office Supply (tickets), Ribbon, Buttons & Purple (my ribbon and buttons):

I hope you'll get in on the action at The Craft Garden and give our recipe a try, would love to see what you come up with! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden recipe

-Show Us Your Stuff quote

-Purple Pumpkin sketch

September's Challenge at The Craft Garden

It's September 1st, time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden! We had a fun photo to use as our inspiration this month:

and some goreous flowers to include in our project too, thanks Kerry!

Put those two elements together, and here's what I came up with:

This was a layout that wasn't really in "the plan"- yes, I'm a planner. I have a binder that organizes all my scrapping projects, and this one was not in the works. Leftovers from a wedding LO, these adorable pics just didn't fit. And so they sat and sat (the pics are from 2002) until I recently came across them and squealed at my 2 little ones, I just HAD to scrap them!! See, I used to always scrap everything "event related", and missed out on the opportunities like this- to look at the photos and find other meanings. Not just pics of my kids at the wedding, but the fact that my son can find an adventure ANYWHERE- even at a wedding with no other playmates, he's racing through a field of sunflowers. And my daughter can nap ANYWHERE- even at a wedding filled with a ton of people and loud music!

I hope you'll be inspired by this month's prompt and link up your project at The Craft Garden, would love to see what you create!

=) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden photo inspiration

-Craft Us Crazy fall colors