Scrapbook Steals challenges for this week!

Sorry - I'm a bit late posting this! There are 2 challenges currently running over on the Scrapbook Steals blog.

Monday Craft Madness #2 - you have until the end of the month to submit your project (11:59PM MST) - USE PUNCHES

Here is a mini album I made using the WRMK Mini 8 punch (snowflake):

Mid Week Mojo - Coral #10 - you have until Monday Dec 3rd 11:59PM MST to submit your entry.

Here is the sketch:

(first time playing with the silhouette software - I'm pretty impressed! AND - I'm going to pick up my new silhouette today!! Woohoo! Told the hubby I needed it for my new job!! LOL!)

Here is the layout using the sketch and a bonus (just for fun) layout using Fancy Pants Saint Nick collection:

Hope to see you over on the ScrapbookSteals blog!

Happy scrapping :-)

The Cutting Cafe - Christmas Ornaments

Over on The Cutting Cafe this week it all about Christmas Ornaments! From folded cards, shaped cards, window cards - they have it all!

Here is the card I made this week:

The Cutting Cafe files used:

Christmas Ornament Fun

Other supplies used:

Fancy Pants 'Saint Nick' paper collection

Ribbon and twine

Glitter Glue

Hope you like it! I'll be back next week with another great set!

Don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more inspirational projects and prizes!

Happy scrapping :-)

Let's Get Sketchy - challenge #39

This week's sketch over on the Let's Get Sketchy blog:

 Here is my take on the sketch:

I used My Mind's Eye 'quite contrary' papers. This was a challenge I completed last month at the ScrapbookSteals.com retreat in Salt Lake City - sorry I couldn't show you before now! The awesome KC came over from MME with a challenge - choose 4 papers and 4 embellishments to create a page - he then gave us UNDER an hour to complete it!!! It was such a blast though :-)

For more great DT inspiration and to join in the challenge, head on over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog.

Hope to see you there! 

Happy scrapping :-)

I've been SO quiet!!!!

I just wanted to apologise for the lack of posts on this blog recently! You see.......I have got a JOB!!!

I am now the new Mojo Mama over at ScrapbookSteals.com! I am in charge of creating the inspiration, sketches and generally keeping the blog interesting! I also coordinate the design team, blog hops, how to'sday's and anything else they throw at me!

I am LOVING it! Who wouldn't want to get paid to do something they love??!!!

Anyway - here are the last few projects I worked on over on the blog:

Monday card madness has now become Monday CRAFT Madness! This allows you to create ANY project your heart desires (layout, card, altered project, tag....) as long as it follows the theme. I used October Afternoon's Holiday Style to create these cards:

The next project was to showcase LifeStyle Crafts punch dies - I used the negatives and the cut out shapes:

I will try and keep up with regular postings but you can always see me over on the ScrapbookSteals blog! I'm there most days :-)

Let's Get Sketchy - challenge #38

Here is this week's sketch over on the Let's Get Sketchy blog:

Head on over to the blog for some great DT inspiration and to join in the challenge!

Hope to see you over there!

Happy scrapping :-)

Paper Secrets - November 15th Sketch

Here is the second sketch for October over on the Paper Secrets blog:

And here is my take on the sketch:

I used October Afternoon's 'Woodland Park' collection available at the Paper Secrets store!

This month Paper Secrets are spotlighting October Afternoon!  We encourage you to use ANY October Afternoon product (must be at least 75% of your layout)  along with the PS sketch challenges this month and you will be entered to win an additional $10 GC to Paper Secrets Shop!  Winner for this bonus challenge will be announced Nov. 2nd.

All October Afternoon product at Paper Secrets Shop will be 30% or MORE off all month long!!!! 

For more great DT inspiration and to link up your layout for the challenge, head on over to the Paper Secrets blog. Can't wait to see you over there!

Happy scrapping :-)

Sweet Stamp Shop Winner!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who took part in this giveaway! 57 comments is ALOT! I used a random number generator from the internet (http://www.randomnumbergenerator.com) to select my winner.

Here is what came up........

RANDOM NUMBERS - (click 'More random numbers' for more!)

Random number between 1 and 100 54

and comment number 54 was......

AJSCRAPPY!!!!!

Congratulations! Could you please post your email address in the comments section by Friday 16th November and I will get back to you ASAP!

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to join in, and thanks aging to Nicole Rixon for making this giveaway happen!

Have a great week and happy scrapping! :-)

The Cutting Cafe - snowflakes!

It's that time of year when the snow hits us! I'm NOT a fan! 

Over on The Cutting Cafe this week it all about the snow too!

I decided to make a tag this week:

The Cutting Cafe files used:

Fun with snowflakes cutting file

Other supplies used:

Bo Bunny 'snowfall' collection of papers & stickers

'Celebrate it' ribbon

Watermark stamp pad & 'snow' embossing powder

Silver glitter glue

Hope you like it! I'll be back next week with another great set!

Don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more inspirational projects and prizes!

I am also entering this tag into this month's Bo Bunny challenge - to make a tag.

Happy scrapping :-)

Let's Get Sketchy - challenge #37

Another week and another sketch over on the Let's Get Sketchy blog. Here is this week's sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

I used Echo Park's 'Winter Park' collection along with some Recollections stickers.

For more great DT inspiration and to join in the challenge, head on over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog.

Hope to see you over there!

Happy scrapping :-)

Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop!

Welcome to the very 1st Let’s Get Sketchy blog hop!! We at LGS are so very excited about our first blog hop! If you have arrived here from Stacey's blog welcome to the LGS blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Let’s Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning and to start collecting your Fall challenge words. These words should be bolded on each DT member’s pages.

Blog Hop Challenge - Fall into Fall

Fall is such a beautiful time of the year, its when the leaves start changing colors and everything around us is beautiful. It is also the season of Thanksgiving, which reminds us to take a moment to reflect on all the things we are most thankful for.

So in celebration of the fall we are hosting a Fall Color Combo challenge. You are to use the colors below and create ANY project related to the Fall. It can be a layout, card, mixed media project or altered item. The sky is the limit! Once your project is completed, please return to LGS an upload your project using Mr. Linky.

Please use the color combo below:

You MUST use all of the colors in the picture (light blue, autumn red, yellow, brown, green)

Here is my example of a card using the above color combo:

I used the current sketch from page maps:

along with the pumpkin cutting file from The Cutting Cafe, Bella Blvd's 'Thankful' collection of papers and stickers, and Jillibean Soup's 'Country Pumpkin Chowder' stamps from Unity Stamp Company.

Also as you hop along the way you will find clue words on each of the Design Team member’s blogs. Once you have gathered all the words they will form a quote related to Fall. Tell us that quote by emailing me at letsgetsketchy@gmail.com for an extra rak of scrap goodies!

The winner of the hop will be randomly selected and will win the beautiful Prima collection below. As always there are rules for playing!

* (embellishments may vary)

Here are the rules for playing and winning: 

1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog and; 

2. You MUST also be a follower of the LGS blog.

Please make sure you visit the entire team today as some members are hosting additional blog challenges during the hop and offering their own extra goodies for you so the more you play the more chances you win!

All blog hop entries are due by midnight, November 15, 2012. 

Now hop on over to Melinda's blog to see what she has in store for you! 

In case you get lost along the way - here is the line up:

Stephanie 

Stacey

                               Kerys <------- you are here!

Melinda

Tracy 

Lynn

Debbie 

Lanette 

Carla

Alison 

Laurie 

Eileen 

Kathleen 

Bev 

Michelle 

Sherri 

Brenshevia 

LGS 

My clue word: NO

Happy hopping! :-D

I am also entering this card into:
Pagemaps - card sketch challenge
The Paper Girls Challenge #19 - 'Thank you' theme

Christmas cards!

Yes - you heard it right - I am actually get ahead of myself and making Christmas cards in NOVEMBER! Very unlike me I know - but these have to go the UK! Need to get them in the post soon!

I decided to take on the weekly challenge at Studio Calico's blog and make a trio of cards. Use the same layout but switch things up by using different papers and embellishments. Here are my 3 cards:

For this first card I used SC's 6x6 paper pad, studio g extra fine tinsel glitter, children's gold glitter glue, a recollections sentiment stamp, a holiday charm and a lollipop stick! Here is a closer look:

For the second card, I again used a SC 6x6 paper pad. I used a watermark stamp pad with Martha Stewart's snowflake stamps, which I then covered with 'snow' embossing powder and used my heat gun on it to make the snowflakes really stand out. I then did the same thing with the sentiment stamp (from Sweet Stamp Shop), dry embossed the white card using a snowflake embossing folder and added a little stitching around the circle.  The metal charm finished the card off! Here is a close up:

The last card has got to be my favorite out of the three!!!! I just LOVE this cute owl stamp and new I had to use it. As I was going on the Christmas theme I decided he would look SO cute with a Santa hat on! (the metal Santa hat comes from the same set of holiday charms). The owl stamp is from Hero Arts and I decided I would challenge myself to complete their color combo challenge using this card! Here is the color combo:

I used SC 6x6 papers, a Hero Arts owl stamp (which I heat embossed and paper pieced) and a sentiment stamp from Sweet Stamp Shop.

And here is the card:

Sweet Stamp Shop Giveaway!

I have recently won a set of stamps from the awesome Sweet Stamp Shop - only to find that it was a set I had just bought! Typical!! Anyway, I contacted the owner, Nicole Rixon, and asked if she could possibly swap the set for me. Instead, she said I could keep the set she had already sent and use it for a giveaway on my blog! She is sending me another set in the mail! How AWESOME is that??? They are such lovely stamps, and such great quality, I know I will become a regular customer (shhhh! don't tell the hubby!! LOL!)

So here is the set I am giving away to one lucky person:

Perfect for making all your Christmas cards, layouts, gifts....

All you have to do to be entered into a random drawing is become a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. 
For extra entries:
1. 'Like' Sweet Stamp Shop' on facebook.
2. 'Share' this giveaway on facebook.
(Leave additional comments on this post for extra entries)
You have until midnight on Friday November 9th (MDT) - winner will be announced Monday 12th November here on my blog.

How easy is that? What are you waiting for????

Have a great day.

Let's Get Sketchy - challenge #36

It's a new month of sketches over at Let's Get Sketchy - that means a new sponsor and a new set of challenges!

Here is this week's sketch:

Head on over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog for some great DT inspiration and to join in the challenge!

Hope to see you over there!

Happy scrapping :-)

The Cutting Cafe - Thanksgiving

It's 'Thanksgiving' inspiration time over on The Cutting Cafe this week - and I must say - these files are just SO cute!

Here is my card:

The Cutting Cafe files used:

Turkey shaped card cutting file - to cut out the cute turkey

Thanksgiving Day greetings printable file - which I then colored using my prismacolor pencils.

Other supplies used:

Bella Blvd's 'Thankful' collection of papers

Plain brown cardstock which I embossed

Hope you like it! I'll be back next week with another great set!

Don't forget to check out The Cutting Cafe blog for more inspirational projects and prizes!

Happy scrapping :-)

My November challenge (5 chances to win!)

Welcome to this month's blog challenge and thank you for stopping by! I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who stopped by and joined in last month - the winners are posted at the end of this post!

Don't forget, I have teamed up with some scrappy friends, Rochelle Spears, Brenda Ragsdale and Kristi B to bring you some fun challenges each month! Each one of us will be providing a prize for the winner of our blog AND there will be a BONUS prize too - so that is a chance to (5) different prizes each month!

First my challenge...

My challenge this month is for you to create a LAYOUT being inspired and using this color combo:

 Here is my layout...

I used the Echo Park 'Fall Fever' collection.

 (I managed to combine ALL 4 challenges into my layout this month!)

RULES (to be entered into the prize drawing)

• You must be a follower or become a follower of my blog
• Your layout must be NEW as of November 1, 2012
• You must link your entry below by November 29th, 11:59 PM (PST) 

Here is the prize you are playing for this month:

(Echo Park 'For the record 2' 6x6 paper pad and chipboard stickers)

Here is the BONUS PRIZE (My Mind's Eye 'Dilly Dally' collection and embellishments)

and here a the rules for the BONUS PRIZE DRAWING:

You will receive one entry into the BONUS PRIZE DRAWING for each challenge listed below that you combine with my COLOR COMBO  challenge or complete in addition to my challenge:

Rochelle Spears - stash challenge (1. journal pockets, 2. chevrons, 

3. something metal)

Kristi B's - create a shape outline with embellishments (buttons, flowers, brads, eyelets, bling etc)

Brenda Ragsdale - Sketch challenge

Leave a link in the comments section of this post for your chance to win. And don't forget to comment which challenges you are combining.

And now onto the winners ......

(drum roll....!!!)

Winner of my blog........ JENESSA! (Please email me at Kerys.sharrock@me.com)

And the winner of the bonus prize........ANDREA EASON! Please email Kristi at mekristib@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Ladies, you have until the 15th November to claim your prizes.

Congratulations ladies! Can't wait to see you all back this month and thanks for playing along! 

Happy scrapping!!!!

Paper Secrets - November 1st sketch

Here is the new sketch for October over on the Paper Secrets blog:

 And here is my take on the sketch:

I used October Afternoon's 'Woodland Park' collection.

This month Paper Secrets are spotlighting October Afternoon!  We encourage you to use ANY October Afternoon product (must be at least 75% of your layout)  along with the PS sketch challenges this month and you will be entered to win an additional $10 GC to Paper Secrets Shop!  Winner for this bonus challenge will be announced Nov. 2nd.

All October Afternoon product at Paper Secrets Shop will be 30% or MORE off all month long!!!! 

For more great DT inspiration and to link up your layout for the challenge, head on over to the Paper Secrets blog. Can't wait to see you over there!

Happy scrapping :-)