Monthly Crafting Challenges

You asked, and I listened…the monthly crafting challenges are back!!  We’ll start January off easy with a mood board that I found over at Maja Design from back in 2016.

Use the board in any way that inspires you…perhaps it’s the quote, the colors, the word or anything else.   Create project based on the board and then head over to my facebook page and share it on the monthly pinned post.  At the end of the month a random participant will win a $10 off $20 coupon to the shop.

I can’t wait to see what you create!!!

Get Inky Blog Hop Winner!

     Gosh – I forgot to post my winner.  I was cleaning up my desk to day and saw the prize and went…Oh Crud! With out further ado, the winner is Kim B!  Kim won the card I created for the hop as well as a 6×6 paper pad from Recollections.  It’s their new Valentine’s pad.  I saw it at Michael’s and instantly knew that was the one for the winner.  Thank you all for your comments and follows…I appreciate each and every one!

Kiwi Lane Blog Hop

     Welcome to the Kiwi Lane blog hop.  You should have arrived here from La-Vie’s blog.  If you  happen to get lost along the way you can always head back to Kiwi Lane’s blog for the complete blog order.
      I am very excited to be included in the hop, and couldn’t wait to see what designer templates I’d get to work with.  I was graciously sent the Tiny Holiday and Abbie Road Mini sets.  I think the Tiny Holiday set could be used on both cards and layouts.  The Abbie Road is definitely geared more towards cards, but I could see using them as boarders for journalling or certain pictures on a layout.  The products really are very versatile. 
    Since National Card Making Day is during the hop, and there is a fun challenge at Kiwi Lane in honor of that, I made two different cards.  Be sure you check the challenge out, and get in on the fun!
    My first card is very clean and simple.  I used one of the borders and the ornament from the holiday set.   I wanted to show how easy the sets are to use for different ideas, so I turned the ornament upside down and turned them into balloons.  The balloons have some stickels on them for a bit of interest, and I used twine for the balloon strings.  

     For my second card I wanted to have less white space so I used both the A and B sides of the borders, but cut them in different spots.  I then tucked on pumpkin under part of the boarder and popped the other up with foam dots.  A few fall stickers and I was good to go.  There is a lot of depth and interest, but with the  matching waves it doesn’t look overly busy…I love it! 
     Do do you want to get a chance to use the awesome KLD templates!?  Of course you do!  All you have to leave is leave a comment on the blogs along the way, and a random winner will get a $25 gift certificate to the shop.  Winner to be announced October 10th on their blog.  Good Luck!
     Thank you so much for joining us.  I’m glad you’re here!  I hope you’ll follow my blog and Facebook page to see more of my creations.  Now head on to Jennifer’s blog to see her awesome work.

Blog Order:
  1. Kiwi Lane – Start here
  2. La-Vie Borde-Perry
  3. Lyne Schnable-Blodgett – You are here
  4. Jennifer Budge 
  5. Meka Matthews
  6. Jen Nicholes  
  7. Joan Holmes Leitch
  8. Michelle King Beaudry
  9. Gail Owens  


I’d love if you followed me to see all my new ideas!  I have all my links in the upper right corner.  Thanks again!

ScrapStuffz “Inspired By” September Reveal

     So can you believe it’s September already!?!?  Beside cooler days and the return of school the beginning of September means another challenge over at the ScrapStuffz “Inspired By” blog. So the inspiration photo for this month gave me a bit of trouble. 

      At first all I could see was the food, and I could figure out what direction to go in with that.  I put it aside for a few days and came back to it.  Then it hit me….I can use the colors!

     The paper has the green, yellow and orange in it.  When I get new ink for the printer my journalling with go on the tag in purple.  I made the flowers myself using different size scalloped circles, inked and joined with a color co-ordinating brad.  The kicker about the whole thing…the photos I used ended up both being about food!
     So…what direction does the photo inspire you to take?  You have the whole month to link your entry, but don’t forget that you have to tell us what part of the photo inspired your layout.  Oh, and of course we have a prize graciously provided by the ScrapStuffz Etsy store.

Kraftie Kre8ations Design Team Reveal and Blog Hop

     Kraftie Kre8ations is proud to have this opportunity to introduce our “new design team” members.   We have a talented group of ladies starting this month.  Here is their opportunity to introduce themselves and for us to allow them to truly shine.  Just wait until you see what they have to show you on this hop!  Our sponsor for this hop is Stampin Up!
     So for the hop we were asked to create an artist trading card that shows who we are.  My first card shows the life I always thought I’d have.  I would travel or live somewhere abroad, Paris was my first choice, and it would just be me.

     Well, then I met the man who would become my husband and my how things have changed!  We travelled before we had M, but choose to stick somewhere closer to home now.  You know what!? Even though it’s not what I imaged…I wouldn’t trade it for the world!  I love very part of our life. Okay, I lie…I hate to have to go to work, but who doesn’t!
     We also were given a few questions, and photos to post to help you get to know us better. 

     What is my scrapbook “kryptonite” or what will you never see on my pages?  The answer is probably two things – feathers and cartoon people.  I don’t mean like Woody from Toy Story, but just cut out of people that don’t look real…it’s just not my thing.

     What do I like to watch or listen to while I scrap and why?  I am usually listening to some sort of Disney or Pixar movie, as I do most of my scrapping when M is winding down watching a movie. If I happen to be alone I’ll put on an old favorite movie. I don’t tend to watch new things because I’ll miss something in either the movie or the project.
Two Old Favorites

     How do I jump start my creativity when it’s missing?  Pinterest or Google images.  I’ll do a quick search for scrapbook sketches or the topic I’m working on and I usually find something that speaks to me.  If it’s really bad I’ll walk away, get something else done, and come back to it.
     At what time of day and I most creative or do I prefer to work?  I’m usually up at 5:30 for work and I find on the weekend even when my family sleeps in I’m often the first one up.  I like to sneak down to my table and work in the peace and quiet before the hub ub of the day begins.
A New Favorite
     What is my favorite technique right now and what are some tried and true that I love?  Glitter of any kind and matchy matchy.  I really am one of those people who likes all my things to match perfectly.  It’s why I’ve given in to buying paper pack rather than single sheets since I know they all match.
   So now let me tell you how this hop is going to work!   After the hop, we will select the lucky winner from those who commented along the way, and became a new follower of the Kraftie Kre8ations’s Blog, which is the last stop on on the blog trail. We hope that you enjoy our welcoming blog hop! 

Good luck and happy hopping!

Here is the “hopping” order:
Shavon Borders START HERE
Carolyn Smith Up Next