Encore Dance Fundraising CROP Sept 21, 2013

I'm back.....Let me just say that it has not been a nice Summer for my family or I and leave it at that!

My daughter, sister and I attended the best run crop on the weekend. Lots of wonderful sponsors and prizes,( that's you, Ann aka the runner) great food and raffles, door prizes and entertainment (that's you, Christa). This is the 3rd year we have attended this fundraising Dance crop and look forward to it all year long.

I completed two projects from the sketches supplied (for extra prize tickets , of course)

A card sketch by Joanne Burton













and  a layout sketch by Laura Whitaker
























and for the On-Line Crop "Around the World" from Two Scrapbook friends

I used a sketch from Two Broke Girls, Sugar and Spice Sept challenges.

and then a

 sketch by Shelby, Two Scrapbook Friends designer and very talented lady.

That's all for now,  I have some partially completed layouts to finish.

References for Sketches and challenges:

http://ilovesketches.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-new-sketch.html

http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2013/09/sketch-y-friday.html

 http://www.twoscrapbookfriends.blogspot.ca/2013/09/two-scrapbook-friends-around-world_20.html

http://2brokegirlsscrap.blogspot.ca/2013/09/spice-sugar-sketch-thon.html


 

NEW BBQ dinner menu challenge

I combined the Get Out the BBQ Menu challenge at Two Scrapbook Friends with the
at 2 Broke Girls scrap March Word  challenge

http://2brokegirlsscraps.forumotion.com/t78-the-last-bite-word-challenge



Good morning and welcome to the first word challenge (aka The Last Bite) for 2 Broke Girls.

It's a nice easy one to begin with. Simply create a layout (traditional or digi), card or other project using the word NEW in your title.

This is the result:


New Lacrosse Shoes March 2013
 

For the full menu selection see the blog forum at :

http://twoscrapbookfriends.0forum.biz/t4595-dig-out-that-bbq-menu-challenge-menu-items-are-up

Menu challenge as posted by Christa...

Spring is officially here . It always makes me think of getting outside, raking leaves, diffing out that BBQ and enjoying how everything is green-ing up!
In honour of these outdoorsy feelings (yes, I do have them occasionally) I thought we'd challenge you to a BBQ themed Menu challenge.

For those of you who don't know how they work, here's the 'skinny':

I will list several BBQ dinner items below. You must choose a minimum of 5 items from the list. Once you have made your choices, list them below in your own post.

On March 18th, I will add the Scrappy Items that correspond to each food item. Once you have the scrappy items that correspond to your BBQ menu list, you create a layout or altered item or card with those items.

My selections are highlighted and resulted in a nice mixture :

8. Potatoes with parsley: Use washi tape
13. Corn on the cob: Use three seperate sized photos
14. Grilled Asparagus with prosciutto: Use red
17. Bratwurst Sausage on a Ben: Use one manufacturuer for all your papers (except Card stock)
19. Hamburger sliders with Cheddar and Bacon: Use the negative of a shape (ie the cut part of a die cut or a font.)

I used a cricut cut from Nate's ABC's cartridge for the negative cut of a shape. (alpha in my case)

The One manufacturer I chose  is Simple Stories...combination of  3 collections.. 24/7, Life Documented and 100 Days of Summer.

Use Red..Simple Stories Alphas Stickers and arrow and  red mist on background.

Use Washi tape...I used 3 different colours and design of washi tape in 3 areas on the page.

And the 3 different size photos are 1- 4 x 6 , 1- 1 3/4 " circle and 1-2 1/4 " circle.

Hope you enjoy....I had fun doing this page.

Colour Challenges

 Colour challenge from Two Scrapbook Friends are Olive green, black and cream like the example photo.

Here is my version:

 

 

The next challange is Berry red, Aqua white and brown.

 

And here is my version:

 

Sketch by Laura Whitaker

 

That's all for now...have a great day.

Product Challenge

Our local Scrapping store has a Product challenge every few months. They make up a small kit of items ...August kit included a piece of aqua cardstock, a chipboard butterfly, yellow lace, 3 flowers and a 6 x 12 piece of patterned paper. The colour mixture was not easy to combine so I added the background paper, the MME circle and inked the edges of all the papers.

Here's my page :

Brooke and Emma with their Great Grandmother

and...drumroll....I won the prize....from Maya Road...a package of chipboard butterflies.

thanks,

and have a great day!

From a Sketch or two...

My page comes from the sketch by Ann Jobes, DT at Two Scrapbook Friends and the misting border idea from Bev Code DT at the Scrapping Bug. Lots of inspiration whereever you look.!

Sketch by Ann
 

Last Walk on the Beach at the Cottage Aug 2012

The next sketch is by  Christa Uttley  and the button shape circle idea  is from Bev Code.
Loving the October Afternoon Woodland Park collection. I used in both these pages.




Then and Now
Father and Daughter


That's all for now...Have a great day!

Product Challenge....Popped Up

For the August Product Challenge we were supplied with Aqua cardstock, Flowered/Peach PP, a row of small pink pearls, a piece of yellow lace, a triangle of striped paper, 2 butterflies and 3 ivory flowers. I added the simple stories from the fabulous collection background paper and the My Mind's Eye title circle, distress ink and punched a border.

The butterflies and flowers are all on pop dots, the pearls are scattered over the butterflies.

Gigi with the girls, Brooke and Emma

I won the product challenge....the Prize...Maya Road Chipboard butterflies.

That's all for now, have a great day.!

Dance and more....

Here are the layouts I did at a crop at my sisters house this week......

Based on Let's Get Sketchy Challenge 19

My children

Brother and Sister circa 1978
http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca//




and my grandchildren

PreMini Michigan Dance Competition May 2011
Sketch by Dee Woodland

Aquarium at the Zoo 2010
Sketch by Jayne

And the best of All...Austin's First Dance Recital (maybe his last )

Austin Age 2 1/2 in First Dance Recital, Hello Dolly

Sketch by Sharlene


The layouts are for challenges at Two Scrapbook Friends and the Scrapping Bug and Let's Get Sketchy.


That's all for today...Have a good day!

Memories....

Here's my week of layouts for the Two Scrapbook Friends Challenges:

A day at Valens Conservation Area Park in 2007


Jayne's  Sketch Challenge
Using Little Yellow Bicycle Collection and Lawn Fawn Stamps

My husband's Childhood Home...

Remember...315 Western Ave-Christa's Sketch
Studio Calico Collection

Our son, David played ball when he was 9 and 10 years old.

David's Baseball Page 1982
Sports Challenge

Emma collecting her Easter eggs and playing in her activity books. The Easter bunny leaves clothes, activity books and a little bit of chocolate.

Easter Egg Hunt 2010
Echo Park Spring Mini Theme Collection

That's it for now...have a great Day!

A Scrapbooking Weekend

This is one of the pages I did on Saturday with Simple Stories collection . I do love Simple Stories! Leaves are cut with Silhouette and tag cut with Cricut. I spend the weekend scrapbooking. Saturday was at Two Scrapbook Friends in Waterloo.at a 10 hour crop with Carolyn showing us some CHA new products and giving some away. I won some of the American Crafts Amy Tangerine collection and some BoBunny Welcome Home and BoBunny stamps. A great haul. Thanks ladies. Had a great time with a wonderful bunch of ladies including my sister.

On Sunday, I went to Scrapping Turtle for their Open house and one year anniversary for their new store. Karen from Your Next Stamp was at the store demo'ing her new Die that matches her stamp. Great idea. Here's my make 'n takes from Sunday. The Christmas card is using Karen's new die and stamp.Karen used the Sizzix Big Shot for her die cuts. The flower card was designed by Noel ( I believe) using the Grand Cailber die cut machine and the journal cover called "inspired" using AC Amy Tangerine collection by another Turtle designer. (sorry I did not get her name) using the revolution die cut machine and i-rock on the rhinestones over the "i" .in inspired. (Click on photo to make larger to see details.) Another fun day, and a great way to spend the weekend !