UKScrappers Monopoly Cybercrop ~ April 2010 ~ Challenges

I wasn't able to take part in the latest UKScrappers Cybercrop which was based on the Monopoly game. Instead, I downloaded all the information to do at my leisure. I've managed to do every challenge LO and just have the classes to do. Here's the start of several LOs:

Regent Street

Use the sketch and scrap our favourite shopping experience.

Mine's the time I went to the Stamp and Scrapbook Show at Ally Pally.

The rub-on at the top says it all really

Vine Street

Use vines in some way on our LO

Water Works

A LO of a holiday we have loved and include something water based, either in the photo or a water based technique

I also used Pencillines sketch #168

Kings Cross Station

A LO with 4 photos and including some kind of cross or x X x 's

I didn't have 4 photos I wanted to use,

so cut a panoramic one into 4

Super Tax

LO using Posh Stash

I'd had some papers and die-cuts that I'd kept because "you never know when you're going to want to use it for that special LO". I used some of it for this challenge

Park Lane

Use a sketch of our choice and outside photos

I used Pencillines sketch #179

Marylebone Station

Scrap a journey (one-off, regular one, long, short, love, hate etc) with no other restrictions/rules.

I went totally different with my interpretation of journey

Picadilly

This was in two parts:

1) cup of tea photo in a posh cup in honor of The Ritz

2) a LO detailling a NEW tradition to the family

Jo's tea part hen party has sparked a tradition of posh tea parties as she had one on her birthday this year too

I've also used Pencillines sket5ch #180

Pass Go

Use an element from each team piece

For example:

THIMBLES ~ a stitching / sewing element

TOP HATS ~ a hidden element

CARS ~ a moveable / flap / pop up element

SHIPS ~ a metallic / shiny element

I've used:

THIMBLES ~ sewn the buttons together before sticking down

TOP HATS ~ more photos hidden under the front LO

CARS ~ the LOs are attached by hinges making a flap

SHIPS ~ the hinges are metal

Coventry Street

Use the sketch and do a LO all about FRIENDSHIP

I thoroughly enjoyed doing this and will be making a start on the classes soon, I hope.

Thanks for making it too the end.

Take care

Love, Sarah C xx

Indigo Mills Kit Competition

Indigo Mills set everyone a very interesting competition. Here's what they said:

"Our competition for you is to show us just how many projects you can create from one collection pack.... using the odd extra embellishment here and there, and of course your basic tool kit, how much can you really get from one kit? (No limit on plain cardstock!!!! It's a necessity and a way of life!)) Lets see just how good the value for money is."

I bought My Mind's Eye Garden Party Kit (£6.65) and wanted to see what I could do with that and minimal items from my stash. Here's what else I used:

Bazzill, SafMat, scrap card for journalling, cream card for the card bases and bookmarks, a little ribbon, a couple of brads, some stickles, a chipboard '2', journalling pens, brush marker, brown ink pad, magnetic sheet and used my Tag-a-Long to cut some letters (although I considered cutting by hand or writing them all). I used nearly all the PPs (have small scraps left now) including the small strips of designs on the cover slip that was in the kit and all the die-cuts. The 'sucking lemons & blowing bubbles' words were cut from the cover slip and scraps of the PP, but I used the reverse sides to get white letters. I even used the bottom strips from the PP as they had a gorgeous brown pattern on them and two of the 'EYE' words from the strips on my 'EYE 2 EYE' LO. Nothing goes to waste around here LOL

Here's what I did with it:

1) Maze Book (3 photos)

2) LO - we love uncle david

3) LO - lasagne

4) LO - sucking lemons and blowing bubbles

5) LO - shopping

6) LO - EYE 2 EYE

7) LO - What a View

8) LO - decisions decisions ...

9) LO - Scotland Lake

10) Card - Thank You

11) Card - Thank You

12) Card - With Love

13) & 14) Bookmarks (2nd photo shows magnetic bookmark opened)

I loved working with it so much that I've bought 2 more kits to take with me when I go to my Mum's to dog-sit in just over a week.

Thanks for looking and getting to the end of this long post

SLYMI week 26 and Scrapsketch-challenges #4

Shimelle's current challenge on UKS for her Scrap Like You Mean It, is to scrap with stickers. Everything apart from the PP, photo and journalling is done by using stickers. The one on the top left "Warning, giggles are contagious. May cause bellyache", top right corner "Life is about sharing smiles", top right of photo "Uncontrollable laughter" and bottom right "Finding fun in simple ways makes the happiest of days". Photo is of my brother-in-law and our niece when he was dared to sit on her!!

I've also used scrapsketch-challenges sketch #4, which I've rotated.

Thanks for looking

Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

Scrap Around The Clock June CyberCrop ~ challenge 7

An 18th Century Chic LO is Karen's challenge on Scrap Around The Clock's CyberCrop. She's asked us to use 4 of the following:

Layering of PP's ~ YES

Lace ~ MADE A LACE FLOWER

Ribbon

Feathers

Pins ~ HATPIN ON THE FLOWER

Hand Stitching ~ I'VE HAND-STITCHED THE LACE FLOWER

Flowers ~ DEFINITELY

Buttons

Bling ~ STICKLES ON THE TOP BLOOMS AND GEMS ON THE HATPIN

Oops, I've used more than 4!!

I've also used Pencillines Sketch #140

Thanks for looking,

Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

One Little Word's 2nd Birthday

One Little Word are celebrating their 2nd birthday and to celebrate they're giving away prizes to some people who enter the current challenge. They've challenged us to do 2 things based around the number 2. I've done 2 LOs for this. 

Take Two Girls (and one chocolate fountain)

2 Brides (one wedding)

Appoogies for the bad photos, but my camera's gone wrong and has been sent off for fixing. I've borrowed one to use while I'm waiting, but I'm still getting used to it.

Thanks for looking,

Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

BIG BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS FOR DOTTIE'S WORLD

Where do I start? Would you believe Dottie's Wonderful World is nearly a year old? No, me either. To celebrate, there's loads going on for a week starting this Sunday (17th May). Bad news is that the site's closing for a couple of days this Friday to allow changes to happen. Sounds exciting doesn't it?

Blog candy (random draw taking place on Saturday 23rd May)

Here's my invitation, you need to go and get yours now.

DOTTIE'S WORLD ~ WHERE IT'S ALL GOING ON

Hen Party

My sister's Hen Party was the perfect excuse to take lots of photos and this week's challenge on UKScrappers was the perfect excuse to scrap some of them. Set by the Pink Glitter Gals, they challenged us to:

* use either black & white or at least 4 colours of the rainbow
** celebrate womanhood
*** use at least one distressing technique
**** use 5 of something

Here's how I met the criteria:

* I used pink/red/blue/green
** Theme is Jo's Hen Party before becoming a married woman
*** I sanded the edges of the bracket
**** I used 5 blooms

Full points claimed for my team and house The Ruby Snippers/Gold Eyelets

This was done following the Pencillines sketch 124

Thanks for looking
Take care, love and hugs
Sarah C xoxo

Team Challenge - Feb 09 week 4

Magical Mojo Makers set the weekly challenge on UKScrappers this week. The recap was:

6 of something ~ 6 photos

something on LO that flips ~ the title flips up to reveal journalling

repeated first letters in the title ~ Fun, Food, Friends

something new ~ New Year's Party at New Connexions Church and used new PP

I think that qualifies me for full points for my team and house ~ Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelets, don't you?

If you're wondering what the photos are:

top two photos are of a couple of the games

middle two photos are of the balloon play at the end of the party

and the bottom two photos are of Stuart decorating one of the paper tablecloths with crayons (yes, the crayons were supplied especially for us to do that, thanks Jo it was great fun!)

Thanks for looking

Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

Sangria

Last June, my friend and her DH had a b-b-q for his 30th birthday. His birthday was on the Friday, so they had the party on the Saturday which just so happened to be my birthday. Their neighbours came and us ladies were kept topped up with Sangria all night. It was so lovely, but I didn't realise how much I'd drunk until the next day when I saw some of the photos I'd taken.

When I saw the UKS weekly challenge I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to scrap it. The challenge was:

1) To celebrate the birthdays of three of our members, we challenge you to scrap a celebration theme (5 points)

2) Because you cannot have a celebration without some bling, add some bling to your layout (5 points)

3) To practise your creativity, add some stamping (10 points)

4) And finally we challenge you to use the sketch designed by our teamie Marie (10 points): (http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/photopo...0&ppuser=12276)

1) birthday b-b-q ~ 5pts

2) stickles on the circle frame and on the journalling and sakura glitter pen on the stamp ~ 5pts

3) stamp on the bottom left corner ~ 10pts

4) sketch ~ turned 180 degrees ~ 10pts

Full marks for The Ruby Snippers

I used Bazzill Card for the base, chipboard circles to highlight the date, PP for the blue circle (can't for the life of me remember what the PP is though), vellum and silver eyeletts.