Challenge Time - Stamp It

We are meeting this Wed.  Well if I get the table cleaned off we are meeting.

This week I challenge you to make something completely stamped.  No patterned paper no manufactured embellishments.  You may use ribbon or fibers and as much/many cardstock, ink and stamping accessories as you like. 

Hope you have fun planning your project.  See you Wed.

Tighten Your Crafty Belt

It's time to start thinking of ways to use what we have.  So this week I challenge you to use up your scraps!  We all have them in boxes, envelopes, baggies, drawers, laying all over our work tables!  Lets try to use them up to make a sensational project.

We are scrapping this week weather permitting of course.  With the big snow predicted we may have to see.  Unless Paula wants to drive us to Denny's in the blizzard and we can find a crafty store to be the only people in the world out shopping?  HA  Ok anyway hope to see you Wed.  if not we can all be in our homes using up our scraps!

Embrace the White Space

I thought this was a good example of WHITE although the artist calls it Dracula!  .  You can see more from her at her Etsy Shop here. 

So this weeks challenge is to embrace the white space.  How will you do that in your work?

We are scrapping this week hope to see you.

Holiday Challenge Week 1

via Country Living

So this week we are not scrapping as it's the 3rd Wednesday and the Chicagoland Craft Collective has their meetup.  You are all welcome to join us by the way.  Tammy is sharing ribbon embroidery which is a beautiful craft she has a deft hand at! 

Since we're not meeting our challenge this week is to do something Holiday related.  It could be for upcoming holiday prep or getting a head start on the Fall and Christmas Holiday season, which seem to find us always to busy to get to the crafty goodness we all want to get to.  Consider starting to make your Christmas cards, tags or handmade gifts.  If nothing else January is the perfect time to just make a list of what you want to achieve this year.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Hope you have a great week see you next Wednesday!

Craft It Forward

This challenge comes from ScrapbooksEtc, they want us to help make a difference through papercrafting!!!!  Who wouldn't want to do that?  So our challenge this week is to go to http://www.craftforward.com/ and make at least 1 project(more are always welcome) inspired by this website.    We will then donate our projects by giving them to Alice who should really be the poster girl for this movement!  

We're going to do this one early so if the residents of the retirement home would like to mail Valentine's and you would like to make Valentine's they will have them pretty early.   Not that you have to make Valentine related projects, it's just our next card worthy holiday.

As you can see we are crafting this Wed.  Hope to see you!

Be Inspired By Your New Products!

Let the packaging of those new goodies you got for the Holidays inspire you.  Use the type, the color, the design or even just the feel of the item inspire you to create something wonderful!

We are scrapping this week hope to see you!  Don't forget to drop me a line if your coming!

And so it begins....2011

Hope everyone had Wonderful and Safe Holidays!   This year I am going to do the blog a little different.  Their will be a weekly challenge, from various sources, on weeks we craft.  On the one week we do not scrap the 3rd Wed. of the month I will post a challenge to complete a Holiday related task, which may be any holiday any item for that holiday.  If you do the challenges don't forget to share with us.  We could all use a little inspiration!  Each challenge will be posted on Monday each week.  Here's to a Happy and Successful New Year!

To that end we are Crafting this Wed.  hope to see you.  Just remember to let me know!  Also for future planning if anyone would like to sign up for the crop at CraftFancy on January 14th please do we will be there that night!   

No Scrapping Wed. But.....

We will definately be at the Friday Night Crop at Craft Fancy.  Join us if you can.  Call to sign up before Thursday.

Cool Crisp Fall

I'm loving our sunny days we're having right now.  Doesn't seem so much like November.  But Thanksgiving is just around the corner.   EEEK then comes YOU KNOW WHAT.......   We are scrapping Wednesday!   I know I have so many things to work on for swaps I can't figure out where to begin.  Hope to see you!

Spooky Scrapping!

A little inspiration for this final week of scrapping before Halloween.  We get a few more days to work on all our goodies

Spoooooooky!

I love these little guys they are so cute!  We are scrapping Wed. bring your latest project and get ready to get to work.

Also if your interested we are planning on attending the October Crop at Craft Fancy!  Why not join us for some fun?

Rest REst REST!!!!

Rest up for scrapping this Wednesday we're going to get together as usual and work on all of our outstanding projects.  Including starting our Halloween Swap Tags.  We have 5 people signed up but your packets have 6 tags so no worries one can be just of you or in case you make a mistake(I know we don't make mistakes!). 

Christine yours is coming in the mail this week.

Nan yours is at the store on the back counter with your name on it.

Hope to see you!

Halloween Is Coming! SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!

It is and will come and go faster than we think!  So at this late date I propose a chipboard mini album/tag page swap to start using up some of those Halloween items we've been stashing away!  Don't say your not stashing these adorable goodies because I know you are, and BUDDY I totally am!  HA

So here's how it will go down.  This will be a small swap we'll limit it to max 6 players.  When you sign up I will give you 6 chipboard tags(they will be small as to not overwhelm).  You will decorate both sides of the chipboard Halloweenie inspired.  Each tag should have 1 journaling area, a pocket, at least one item 3D and fibers and or ribbon.   I also challenge you to add some Bling to the project and will give everyone including BLING a little prize.  Each page should be similar in layout and design.  When the swap ends you will get back 1 of your own pages and a max of 5 other pages to create your mini book or you could use these as tags on goodies for the holiday.  Sounds fun right!  I know I'm excited! So we'll have a short sign up deadline as I'll probably start calling people telling them to sign up shortly!   HA  Deadline to sign up 9/27/10.   Tags should be to me by 10/20/10 and I will get them back to you by 10/22/10.  Which is by the way the crop at CraftFancy we are attending everyone is invited to come and play!  Just contact the store to sign up!

Ok so on that note we are scrapping this week so I hope to see you all working on your latest projects!

"Lightbulb"

Ok so my children love to say "lightbulb" when they have an idea.  It's very funny.  What is not funny is my jones for these lightbulp pendants.  I must put a light like this in my house somehwere.  I'm currently obsessed with The Brass Petal blog by Emily the new Design Star.

 I digress I meant to say we are scrapping this Wed.  and Happy Labor Day!  Hopefully this link and photo will inspire you to jones for something......I mean, to create!

Back to School & Back to Scrapping!

Wouldn't this make a lovely classroom?  A grown up classroom?

Well even if we can't have this space to work in we can get together and work.  A bit later this week though I have a parent orientation at school until 7:15 so say around 7:30ish.  Hope to see you.

Ahhhhh Midsummer!

Ahhhhh a relaxing evening at home!  Well with friends working around the table!  Or maybe in the Gazebo?  If Only!  So we're scrapping this week!  Hope to see you!

MMMMMM Coool And Yummy!

It's getting hot and steamy out there!  Ice Cream Inspiration will cool us down though!  YUM-O  So hopefully we can all be inspired by something cool and creamy this week when we Scrap!  

Hope to see you those that started Christmas cards should bring them to finish up this week!

Ready to hang out?

We're scrapping this week.  The challenge is to add some greenery to your project.  Leaves, plants, flowers, trees, grass etc. etc. etc.   It's that time of year everything is green and lush we can reflect that in our Art!

Hope to see you Wednesday!

Sunny Sunny Day!

 

Finally it's sunny and summer!  To that end we are Scrapping this Wednesday!  Bring a Summery Fun Project to work on!  WOOOOO HOOOOO!

Finally the Pool Boy delivered the drinks!

I know I know I'm behind!  I'm sorry!  I so love the bright summery colors in this photo.  Is that my mumu I see sitting over there?  Hmmmmmmm.   Anyway it's time to get to work tonight maybe we can create with these colors!!!!!