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

It's Been A Long Time

My mojo took an extended holiday over the last few months, but it's slowly coming back. So much so, that I joined a CJ on UKScrappers this week. I'm looking forward to doing it as the circle's called All My Own Photos. The object being that we send photos with our CJ and these are what the others use in ours. I'm taking this opportunity of having a 6x6 album done of the wedding I went to last August. Had a job deciding which of the 130 odd photos I took to use in this, but I've got there. Just got to make my album and do my LO ready for the first posting day. I know I have a few weeks to do this, so that's ok.

So, what crafting have I done this year? The grand sum of 3 cards and zero LOs. That will change soon. I've used digi downloads from Charmed Cards and Crafts which are expertly drawn by Lou. Each download bundle gives you black outlined images plus those same images coloured. Some bundles give you backgrounds and sentiments too. I've used images from Sugar and Spice and Boy Oh Boy. You can go here and here to see more examples of how to use the images.

Here's my cards. One for a 2 year old boy and 2 for adult females.

(I scanned them and no matter what I did, it insisted on cutting the bottom off the female cards

plus the images are not this much brighter than the papers IRL.

They're raised on foam pads, so nearer the scanner bed)

I've used a Sakura glitter pen to add sparkle to the girl's bows and all the flowers and pink gems to the flowers the girl is picking.

Thanks for looking.

Love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

Has it really been 6 and a half weeks since I blogged?!

Well, the answer is YES!!!!!!!!! And it's that long since I did any crafting too.

UKScrappers had a CyberCrop this last week-end and I thought I may try and do one or two of the challenges/classes. I wasn't going to join a team as I didn't want to feel that I HAD to craft if I didn't feel like it, but with less than a week to go, I decided that if I was going to do even one of them, a team may as well benefit from it. Turns out that the team that came second only lost by the points gained from one item. So although that wasn't my team, I was right to join in. We came third by the way.

Turns out that my mojo had been waiting for something like this and came back with avengence. I felt like doing 15 LOs and managed 14 plus I did 4 other (just for fun) challenges. Here's proof:

Challenges (point scorers)

Just for Fun Challenges (one not photographed was to create a glittery title which I did too late for the points and is on my 'The Cottage' LO)

Classes

Saved the worst till last. We had an extra Wicked Witch challenge on Saturday at 8am to upload a photo of ourselves first thing that morning. I'd only just got out of bed and brushed my hair. I (like a lot on there) was still in my PJ's and in need of a cuppa. So, to make you feel grateful that you only see me when I'm alert and mostly in LOs, here I am first thing in the morning!!!

A huge thank you goes out to everyone involved in making this last week-end such a huge success and fun for me. No pressure, but when's the next one?? LOL

Thanks for looking

Take care

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ August 09 week 1 and Kim's SATC August Sketch Challenge

Another 2 for 1 tonight.

The Scrapgoddesses set this week's team challenge on UKScrappers and challenged us to:

* Use travel or a journey as your theme (10 points) ~ journey to Scotland in 2000 and stayed at the Press Castle hotel on our last night

** Use handwritten / hidden journalling maybe in the form of a letter (10 points) ~ have handwritten a letter and hidden it behind the photo of me

*** Use ribbons (5 points) ~ pink organza

**** Use purple (5 points) ~ backing paper is purple

Full points for the Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelets :D

I've also used the sketch Kim has made and challenged us with on Scrap Around The Clock for August

The floral PP and title have been cut on my ROBO.

Thanks for looking

Creative Scrappers #60 and UKScrappers July 09 week 3

I've used Creative Scrappers sketch #60 to help my do the current UKScrappers team weekly challenge.

Set by the Blooming Pages, they challenged us to use:

A love theme ~ you've gotta love yourself

Pearls ~ 2 pearl brads

Something re-cycled ~ rope came from some storage thingy ages ago and I've added blue ink to the top of it.

Journalling reads "before others see the real you and can truly love you too. I'm working on it."

Thanks for looking

Scrapsketch #116

Here's my LO using Scrapsketch's sketch #116. I used a photo I'd taken for the Whodunnit Cyber Crop on UKS this last February. Journalling is merely details of when and what for.

One of my teamies (Chelle) on UKScrappers, challenged my team to scrap using one of the Elvis song titles she provided us with, as the title for a LO. I chose "It's Midnight".

Thanks for looking

SLYMI Week 29

Gosh, the year's going too fast! Scrap Like You Mean It on UKScrappers is on week 29. Shimelle has challenged us to 'scrap with 3'. She says "Three photos, three big accents, the number three, three patterned papers, three colours...whatever you want to pick, we better find 3 of it!"

How many 3's could I get on my LO without it looking wrong? Here they are:

3 PPs (Basic Grey)

3 Blooms (Green Tara)

3 Rub-Ons (Basic Grey)

3 chipboard letters/number (no idea what make as they were a present)

3 colours (red, green, brown)

3 in the title

Thanks for looking

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ July week 1

Set by The Snippets on UKScrappers, the weekly challenge this week was to:

* Have your title referencing summer ~ fun in the sun (10 points)

** Have a summer theme ~ playing with water bombs (5 points)

*** Use ribbon ~ red stitched ribbon near the bottom (5 points)

**** Use 2 pictures ~ Yep (5 points)

***** Have secret journalling ~ the leaf pulls out to reveal the journalling (5 points)

I've used Scrap Sketch's #107 sketch for this LO

Thanks for looking

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ June week 5

The challenge on UKScrappers this week was set by the Pink Glitter Gals and they challenged us to:

* scrap the preparations or aftermath of a celebration ~ my sister preparing for the nativity at her church

** include pink ~ journalling pen and the blooms

*** minimal journalling ~ I've kept it brief

**** use one of the two sketches provided ~ I used the one done especially for this challenge

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ June Week 3

Set by the Paper Addicts, this week's team challenge on UKScrappers was to:

* Use this sketch (5 points)

** Do a LO based on the ladies in your life (10 points) ~ Mum, my sister's and my niece

*** Use whatever stash/tools/techniques you're addicted to (10 points) ~ My Mind's Eye Bohemian PPs, Green Tara blooms, Craft ROBO, cutting a title a few times and sticking/stacking together before inking, chipboard, chalk inkpad, hand-written journalling

**** Use yellow (5 points) ~ the centres of the brown flowers are yellow

Here's my LO and I've managed to claim full points for the Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelets

Thanks for looking

Take care, love and hugs

Sarah C xoxoxo

UKS Weekly Challenge ~ June Week 2

Last week on UKScrappers we had another sketch to help us create our LO. The rest of the criteria was:

* At least 3 different techniques ~ I've used paper tearing (squares), masking (using a Tim Holtz mask) and stamping (dotted line along the edge of the striped strip of PP)

** Assorted papers ~ I've used 7 different ones for the squares on the left

*** Title should include numbers ~ I've only used numbers

**** Sketch ~ definitely

Journalling reads: "Cambridge, 9th June 2009. Jo, me and my new camera. We tried to pose and look good while Jo took some photos. Why we took several, I don't know because we both liked the first one the best!"

I claimed full points with this LO for my team The Ruby Snippers and Gold Eyelet House

Thanks for looking

Take care, love and hugs,

Sarah C xoxoxo