oopsie!!!

sorry for the delay...
major monday brain farts happening yesterday..
but enough about that,

we have an inspiration challenge for you
this week. this month it was my turn to
give you something to inspire your imagination
and create..


i chose this image.
i love the colour and pattern and texture.
how will it inspire YOU??

this is what the design team came up with.

here is mine.
i love the busyness of everything going on.
so i went with that.


this is flo's.
i love the punched shapes pop-dotted on the
matching papers. awesome!


i love Leigh's circles!
its like a big tray of colourful cupcakes!



Okay!
now its your turn.
how will this image inspire you!

can't wait to see.
later!
Jen

Spring Sketch #5

This week's sketch is from a new sketch site called Stuck ?!. I chose their April 1st sketch:



And here's the layout I made with it:



I stuck really closely to the sketch this week, only making it smaller and using smaller pictures to include more white space on my page.

If you'd like to play along with my Spring Sketches, just create a layout using one of the sketches I post. Post your layout in the MSS gallery and then link it to this thread in the forum. Your name will be entered into a draw to win a RAK from me at the end of Spring.

Member Highlights

Just wanted to highlight some beautiful layouts that have caught my eye in the MSS gallery lately...

I'm loving grey right now and I noticed that all of the layouts I picked rocked the grey...

This one from Susi is just so pretty and I love those butterflies!



I love this layout from Tara. Did you notice the transparency background, that great photo (how fabulous is it that she has a picture of herself getting engaged?!) and the lovely little details.



Carla has a great monochromatic layout here. I love the pleated ribbon "banner" along the top! Very creative!



And Brookie rocked the homemade embellishments in her beautiful layout!



Thanks to all who post in the gallery-- your work is truly inspirational!

Triple Threat Challenge

For this month's Triple Threat Challenge, we chose a journaling tag, stamp and polka dots. Can you spot those items in these layouts?

Leigh

Flo

If you want to play along with us, be sure to link your layouts here.

Spring Sketch #4

I chose Sketch #68 from Inspired Blueprints for this week's sketch:



And here's the layout I made with it:



My daughter took some photos of my recently and when I spotted this one on my computer, I immediately came up with the title. My journaling was going to be a little different, initially, but I was challenged recently to do be "real" with my journaling, so this is what I came up with. I stuck pretty closely to the sketch, trading the banner for a row of flowers instead.

If you'd like to play along with my Spring Sketches, just create a layout using one of the sketches I post. Post your layout in the MSS gallery and then link it to this thread in the forum. Your name will be entered into a draw to win a RAK from me at the end of Spring.

Frame it!

Welcome to the Monday Challenge for April: Frame it!

Your challenge is to put a frame around it. Create your own frame(s) with your supplies, use products that were designed to be used as frames, create a piece of art and frame it for your home, etc.

Here's what the design team came up with for the challenge:

I had some Studio Calico frames in my stash that I wasn't quite sure what to do with. When I recently took out some of the Crate Paper paper and chipboard that I was hoarding, I thought mixing the two together would be the perfect solution.



And here's Flo's take on the challenge:



I love how she both framed the photo with that cool scalloped chipboard frame and her layout with strips of patterned paper. Very cool!

And here's a compilation of different framed projects that Jen has made:




If you decide to play along with this challenge, please post your layout in the gallery and then link it to the challenge forum-- we'd love to see what you create!

Spring Sketch #3

This week's sketch comes from the Crate Paper blog:



And here's the layout I made with it, using Crate Paper products, of course!



I actually strayed a little from the original sketch, adding a large photo where they had suggested a piece of patterned paper. I also added another photo and put the journaling on the opposite side. So, it looks a little different, but it was a great jumping off point to getting my creative juices flowing and that's what counts! ;)

If you'd like to play along with my Spring Sketches, just create a layout using one of the sketches I post. Post your layout in the MSS gallery and then link it to this thread in the forum. Your name will be entered into a draw to win a RAK from me at the end of Spring.

And if you're looking for more challenges to get you in the scrappy mood this weekend, make sure you check out the weekend online crop we're having in the forum.