It's Challenge Time at Triplicate Trials Tuesday!!

Yahoo- time for the FIRST EVER challenge at Triplicate Trials Tuesday!! If you're like me, and love getting your hands on a good challenge, this one will be right up your alley. Ready? It's a 3-part challenge, first up is the sketch:

Followed by colors:

And lastly, the theme:

Here's what i came up with:

I had some old (and not great quality) pics of a sleepover with my sister and 3 friends circa 1983- thought it would be fun to create a layout about my childhood for this challenge! My background is what follows the sketch, I used a piece of pattern paper (that happened to contain the colors needed) and added a scrap of a fun die-cut as the oval in the center. Can you make out the strip of melon across the top of the PP? That's actually the back of the PP (it's double-sided), folded over and stapled for a little bit of texture. I layered my photos and other fun elements on top.

Need more inspiration from this triple threat challenge? Go on over to Triplicate Trials and see what the rest of the DT has created, and be sure to link up your take too! Can't wait to see what you come up with! =) T

Paper Piecing at Lasting Memories

The challenge this week at Lasting Memories is to create a layout that incorporates paper piecing, here's my contribution:

A photo of my niece and puppy, Keyser Soze, napping together when they were both about the same size...isn't it the sweetest? I used a few other challenges to get me started on this one, first off was this sweet inspiration:

The challenge at Lollipop Ladies is to make this BANANA CUSTARD into something VINTAGE. I used various yellows and whites as the main colors of the layout, but also threw in a bit of brown and pink as accents for the PALE PRETTY PASTELS challenge at Papertake Weekly. I STAMPED my white CS with a fun vintage ruler stamp (for the stamping challenge at Dream Valley), added vintage tickets I had received in a swap at  Speckled Egg, and included vintage pink BUTTONS I purchased at a local antique store for the button challenge at Sisterhood of Crafters.

My title is an Alan Jackson lyric, "It's alright to be a LITTLE BITTY", for the latest challenge at Scrap it With a Song. I'm not a country girl and so I'm not familiar with this song at all, but the lyrics are very sweet and seemed to fit well with this photo.

For my PAPER PIECING at Lasting Memories, I created a layered flower. I started with 4 circles: 2", 1 1/2", 1" and 3/4". I stamped each circle with a few different vintage stamps in various shades of brown ink, snipped little V's from each to create petals, layered them and attached with a lovely jumbo jeweled brad.

Don't forget to hop on over to Lasting Memories and see all the rest of the DT's paper piecing layouts, and be sure to link up your paper picing creations by June 4th for your chance at being top 3!! =) T

Anything Goes at 2 Sisters!!

Thats's right...this week's challenge at 2 Sisters is an "Anything Goes" card challenge. us DT girls were able tu use some fun images from our sponsors, Glitterbabes and Craft Sentiments. Here's what I came up with using the Flora stamp from Craft Sentiments:

I just loved this sweet little fairy image, and made me think of my favorite birthday sentiment, "Birthdays are ordinary days sprinkled with stardust" (incorporated for the SENTIMENT challenge at Stamp Something). I chose a lovely (and very sparkly) pattern paper for my card base, using BLACK and WHITE with a SPLASH of GREEN for the color challenge at The Play Date Cafe.

I hope you'll have a chance to go on over to 2 Sisters and visit the rest of the DT, there are some great ideas over there! Be sure to link up your card by next week- anything goes!!! =) T

Life is Sweet

It's Thursday, and that means another challenge at Sketches in Thyme. This week it's an open challenge, which means you can link up a new project you create using any sketch of your choice! Here's the layout I've created for this challenge:

I used this sketch from The Scrappiest:

I absolutely LOVE these pics of my 2 kiddos last summer picking berries in our backyard, by far one of my favorite moments of the summer! Very fitting for the FAVORITE PHOTOS challenge at These are a Few of My Favorite Things! My title, "Life is Sweet" was inspired by the LIFE/LIVE/LIVING prompt at Bird is the Word. I used some pretty white foam letters and dressed them up by stamping them with a FLOURISH design for the  challenges at the Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog and Creatalicious. The RED and WHITE POLKA DOT paper is inspired by this month's collage at Nerdy Victorious Scrappers. I handcut the navy FRAME  for that not-quite-perfect look for the frame challenges at Sarah Hurley and City Crafter.

Now it's your turn to get in on the action! You have until May 31st to link up your layout based on any sketch- whether it's a sketch from your fav sketch blog or one you've made up yourself, can't wait to see what you come up with! =) T

Soccer Sundaes and Fruit Salad

There's a new challenge up at Lollipop Ladies, inspired by fruit salad. So...what better pic to scrapbook than one of ice cream sundaes right?

Well....I am using the "fruit salad" inspired colors of yellow and orange, and I have a crazy PP with strawberries, apples, cherries and OCTOPUS???? In addition to the fruit salad challenge at Lollipop Ladies, I also combined this LO with 2 other challenges. I added an adorable little paper clip for the metal challenge at Sparkles Forum Challenge and used this fabulous sketch from Purple Pumpkin. =) T

Flower Power!

This week everything's coming up roses over at Lasting Memories, and we would love to see your floral projects! Whether you choose to use flowers ON your layout or use a garden photo, it's up to you as long as we see flowers. We can't wait to see what you create!! Here's the floral layout that I came up with:

Yup, it's a Halloween layout, and there really isn't anything floral about the pics, but flowers are such a universal go-with-everything kind of embellishment, at least in my world! To get started on the layout, I used this sketch from Punky Scraps, and combined it with their "laughter" challenge in my "silly mummy" title:

For the floral portion of the project, I used a lovely piece of yellow floral fabric, as well as 3 crocheted flowers made by my friend Rachel (thank you Rachel, love these!!). I added glittered star brads to the centers of the flowers for the Brads and Bling challenge at Alphabet Challenge as well as the Star challenge at Paper Variety. My polka dot background paper, as well as my banner hand-cut from striped paper is for the Stripes and Dots challenge at City Crafter. Now all of these lovely layers, combined with my journaling on my dymo are all for the Lots of Dimension challenge at Studio Challenge.

If you need some more ideas to get you started, be sure to visit the rest of the Design Team at Lasting Memories, then join in the fun and link up your floral layout!! =) T

Imagination is the Highest Kite

"Imagination is the Highest Kite One Can Fly"...a quote from Lauren Bacall that has always been a favorite of mine. So....when the theme for 2 Sisters this week was to use a Digital Stamp, I decided to create my own with this quote. You can see my digi here, and this is the card I made using my new digi creation:

Things have been pretty grey and soggy here for the last week, so I thought i would bring a bit of blue skies and sunshine to my project! I started with the color challenge at the Play Date Cafe, using brown cs as my background, yellow and sky blue PPs, as well as a yellow floral fabric for the fabric challenge at The Studio Challenges and the "Bloom and Grow" challenge at Papertake Weekly. I've also combined with the "boys and girls at play" challenge at Pile It On, as well as 9"x4" "tall card" challenge at Paper Playtime.

Hope it's sunny where you are today, I'm crossing my fingers and wishing for sun here! =) T