March GDT - Beckie Woodall joins us for Week 3

Welcome back to week 3 of my month-long adventure at Creative Scrapbooking Divas as Sunday Guest Designer. It's me, Beckie, and I'm sharing blog space with you today at CSD and Just B Creative Crazy. I hope you are enjoying my "Happy" inspirations.
Where has the time gone? Next Sunday will be my last posting and your last time to get linked-up with your happy card.

If you remember from past week's post, I'm bringing the Happiness this month. Each Sunday I want to showcase a card using "Happy". So here is today's inspiration.

Happy Spring!

I used Create-a-Critter and cut the Chick and Egg at 4". The super cute sentiment is from My Creative Time.

I hope you’ve found some inspiration in my card. I would like to invite you to play along, make your own “Happy…” Card and link-up. You can link-up as often as you want until March 23rd  March 30th.

I love prizes too!! So link-up and play along with me, then on my last Sunday post, March 25th  March 31st…Mr. Random Number Generator will choose a lucky linker to win the All Mixed Up Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Come back and see what happiness next Sunday brings!

Be blessed, Beckie

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Weekend Speed Challenge

Anyone up for a little challenge this weekend?

Here is a recipe for a cute layout, just follow along starting at 1 and ending at 6 and post your pic here or on the facebook page (if you don't have a blog), don't forget to link it back to this blog.

Step 1: Choose 1 background paper (grab a random 5 from your stash and pick 1 of them).

Step 2: Make a rectangular shape approximately 6 inches x 3 inches and place it anywhere on your layout. Use a patterned paper.

Step 3: Choose your photos (min. 3) and place them so at least part of them is touching your rectangular shape.

Step 4:Use ribbon, ric rac or similar embellishment to edge 2 sides of your rectangular shape.

Step 5: Anchor each photo down with some type of embellishment: tape, staple, brad, button etc.

Step 6: Add a journal or title

Here is mine...

These are great challenges for all those pictures "you've been meaning to get to"! You have until Sunday Night to complete your layout!  Make it fast and keep it simple, can't wait to see what you come up with!
(inspired by My Memories)

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CSDivas Challenges Reminder

The Diva Mansion has been crawling with tons of creativity.  If you haven't stopped by in while, sit down, relax, and enjoy some wonderful talent, some challenges, excellent tips and tutorials

all in a Diva Friendly atmosphere!!!

Be sure to scroll through the newest posts to be sure

you haven't missed out on any of the fun!!!

I also wanted to share another reminder for the current Challenges here at the Divas.

Beautiful prizes up for grabs and very low entries!!!

Try it out!!!

We would love having you join the Mansion!!!

Admin Diva DT Luisa's - P-12 Challenge

P-12 Challenge with Luisa!!! 

due 1/20/12

~ GO HERE~

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 Guest Diva DT Liz's Thank You Card Challenge

Simple and Elegant Thank You's

due 1/31/12

~ GO HERE~

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Diva DT Jessica's JANUARY - Recipe Challenge

 due 1/31/12

 RECIPE:

1 - shape that doesn't have  a straight line (i.e. heart, circle, oval, scallop, etc.)

2 - colors (can be 2 different colors or 2 shades of the same color as long as these are the FOCAL colors in your creation)

2 - buttons, brads, or bling

1 - metal element/embellishment

2 - words, sentiments, or journaling spots

~GO HERE~

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Thanks for joining us!!!

Diva DT Jessica

JANUARY Challenge - RECIPE 1-2-2-1-2

Hello Scrapalicious Diva Followers and Friends!!!

I am so sorry for the delay in posting the January challenge.  Unfortunately, it is proving a lot more difficult than I anticipated to get back into the swing of things after the Holidays.  I thought that once the Holidays trickled away, there would be more "down time" around my house and it would be easier to fulfill my commitments on time.  Well, that isn't the case.  Time is more scarce than it was around the Holidays.  Hopefully, with a positive outlook for 2012, this will turn around quickly.

So without further ado, I offer you the JANUARY Challenge at CSDivas.  

January 22, 2012 marks my 1 year Blogaversary at Jessica's Craft Shaque and I am planning an awesome celebration with prizes.  Be sure to be on the lookout for the grand announcement.  For the January Challenge, I am asking you to use the following 1-2-2-1-2 (my blogaversary date) recipe to create any Layout, Card, Altered item, 3D item, Home Decor piece, etc.  It's up to you what you create, just as long as you use the required ingredients:

RECIPE:

1 - shape that doesn't have  a straight line (i.e. heart, circle, oval, scallop, etc.)

2 - colors (can be 2 different colors or 2 shades of the same color as long as these are the FOCAL colors in your creation)

2 - buttons, brads, or bling

1 - metal element/embellishment

2 - words, sentiments, or journaling spots

I still have to work on my example project then I will get the pics and deets  uploaded!!!

I hope you enjoy this challenge and it will be open until the January 31, 2012 at Midnight (PST).

OH, Yeah . . . 

And the prize for the randomly chosen winner will get a 

Mystery Prize from me!!!

Link your projects below and be sure to leave a comment after linking!!

Thanks for joining us!

:O)

Jessica

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P-12 2011 Challenge Prize!!!

Hello Divas!!! Luisa here...

Wishing you and your love ones, the best of the best in 2012!

Today, I want to finally share with you the Prize for the Project 12, 2011 Challenge!!!

The prize consist of:
1 CTMH Thriller Stamp Set
1 CTMH Sentsational Stamp Set
1 CTMH Empty Nest Stamp Set
1 Set of Inkandikado Spots Ink pads
1 Color Box Chalk Ink in Black
1 Color Box Chalk Ink in Chesnut (brown)
(Price valued at $60 dlls)

This prize can be yours, if you comlete Project 12 Layouts and upload them to our CSDivas page on FB.
Check challenge details and sketches here: P-12 2011 CHALLENGE W/LUISA !

Hugs,
Luisa

***Winners Will Be Annouced Soon***

The CSDivas Mansion is hopping 

with excitement.  

 We want to offer a huge and sincere THANK YOU 

to all of those who support our blog 

and to all of those who participated in our

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.

We were ecstatic about the amount 

of projects that were linked up 

and hope that you were able to 

check a few "to do" items off of your Holiday lists.

We are all collaborating our efforts to gather 

all the details to choose our lucky winners.  

Please stay tuned as this will be announced soon!  

Thank you for your patience !!!

Sincerely,

CSDivas Admin and DT team!

September 3D Challenge Winner!!

Hi Ladies,

Thank you for joining in the 3D Challenge for September!  I am just so excited to be here with all you wonderfully creative Divas!!

The challenge was to do a 3D project of your favorite holiday.  All the entries were awesome!!  I loved each and every one of them!  Even though there is only one winner for the RAK, each of you are winners!  I absolutely loved each of your creativeness!

Drumroll please.................

Names are in the cup.........

Shake.......Shake.......Shake........

and

the

winner

is............

Congratulations to Nanette for winning the 3D Holiday Challenge!!

Please send me your mailing address to MichelleSanchez20@gmail.com so that I can mail you the RAK prize!

Thank you all again for participating in the challenge and for welcoming me as a Guest DT for September.  I can't express how excited I am to be on the DT for the Creative Scrapbooking Divas.  I am enjoying all the posts, ideas and inspiration here!

(Sorry that I don't have a project to post along with today's winner.  I was away at a Women's Retreat with my church sisters this weekend.  I had an awesome time and am feeling quite refreshed in the Lord and ready to do some more creating!!)

Let's all Congratulate Nanette!!

Happy Crafting!

~Michelle

Easy Peezy Picture Frames

Hello to all our Divalicious Followers and Divalicious New Friends!!!

Welcome to another Thursday Post her at the Mansion.  Today I am sharing an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to dress up a picture frame for an easy peezy holiday decoration.

With Halloween soon approaching, I have a lot of planning to do for the upcoming party.  It will be a mixture of Adults and Children, so I want some "spooky" and some "friendly ghost-type" decorations.  Of course, I have plenty of store bought ones, but a Paper Crafter's Party would never be the same without some Handmade Goodness, right?!?!?

I gathered all the supplies I would need :
Frames (amount and size is up to you)
Designer paper (cut at 3 3/4" x 3 3/4")-this size will vary dependent on your frame size of course
ClipArt images (skulls, ghosts, Happy Halloween, pumpkins)
Pop dots
Sizzix and embossing folder (I chose a swirl pattern)
Assortment of Ribbon
Scissors
Other Embellishments (as desired)

So, I started with a set of small picture frames I picked up (very cheap at Target) that came in black, purple, and pink.  I only used the Purple and Black (I may still add the other one, if I can spray paint a coat of black or orange on it).

I cut the patterned paper to fit inside.   Then I embossed the small squares (black and white circle print paper) using my Darice-swirl folder. 

I then fussy cut around the spooky images (I chose the skull and HH images, but am keeping the ghosts for later...mu ah ah ah).  I then applied a few small pop dots to the back of the images to give them a bit a dimension inside the frame. 

 I added a bow on each corner of each frame, choosing an opposite color for some extra ummmph!

This project literally only took about 15 minutes to complete.  Very simple, but a great party table decoration, I think.  Thanks for stopping by the Mansion....

And, don't forget to join in on the Monthly challenges ending tomorrow:
Michelle Sanchez, our September GDT Diva, is hosting the 3D Holiday Projects Challenge HERE! 

and
DT Diva Pammie Kay, is hosting the Black, White, and READ all over Challenge HERE!

We are so happy to have you joining us, and be sure to stop back each day for tips, ideas, and inspiration that is OFF THE CHARTS!!

What's Black, White, & read all over?

We all remember that riddle from our elementary age.  The answer..the newspaper!  Who cares?  Well our challenge this month revolves around the fact that September is American Newspaper Month!!

"Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick, the first newspaper published in America, was printed by Richard Pierce and edited by Benjamin Harris in Boston on September 25, 1690. It filled only 3 of 4 six by ten inch pages of a folded sheet of paper. The journalist stated in his his first (and only) issue that he would issue the newspaper "once a month, or, if any Glut of Occurrences happen, oftener." " You can read all about it at History Buff.com, which is where I copied the above paragraph.  (My daughter-in-law is a History Major, and we get daily--"this day in history" and National Celebration of history updates from her!)

   So I thought for our challenge this month, we would do a newspaper theme.  There are options and choices with this...and restrictions!

•  MUST use colors black, white, & red only, with red only being about 20% of the layout.
• Option A: Do a newspaper type theme...write your journaling like a paper article, use the comic strip format, (like I did) or make your page a newspaper ad.
• Option B: Use a pattern paper with a newspaper print or feel to it. Not a letter, but dictionary pages are ok.

Yes I know I am being specific!  That's why it is a challenge!   Let me show you what I did..

I dug DEEP into my stash and came up with some black & white paper.  I didn't have a clue what to do with the crosswords paper, but it came in one of the packets from WalMart, when I first started scrapping. (never get rid of anything, you may some day know how to use it!)  Snoopy is my personal hero so I have lot's of papers and stickers, but didn't know how to work it into a layout either!

And here is my page.  I did a bit of fussy cutting and added my own captions to the bubbles.

Don't laugh, but I didn't have the alphabets I wanted to use at crop at Archiver's Friday (or my scissors or trimmer!  Packing is not my strong point!)  So I bought 5 different kinds of stickers!  Actually 6, but chose not to use them!  My second page will continue with random odd pictures that don't really go anywhere!  I love the picture of my grand-daughter Evelyn putting her foot in her mouth. Took that when they were here for 3 weeks this summer.  And who doesn't like to "dress up"  their dentures? They are not mine, if you are wondering! Nice hat!
    Here's a close up of 3 of the stickers. I love the Funny Pages chipboard...they are Cosmo Cricket.  I had to buy the red and the black set.  So you will see them again for sure!
   So I am excited to see what you come up with for your challenge project.  Remember the deadline is September 30, at 11:59 CST. 

What are you challenging for? How about the yummy new Basic Grey, Out of Print
Paper set.  It comes with 8  double-sided pattern paper. I love this.  So, get out your
adhesives and let's get it going.

Pammie Kay

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Commercial Inspiration Challenge

Hello fellow scrappers! I hope you had a fabulous weekend and are ready for a new challenge with the Divas! This week I'm excited to offer you a challenge that will hopefully get you motivated to scrap! I am a little worn out now - end of summer with two little ones has left me low on creativity, so coming up with original and new paper projects has been difficult. What has kept me going though, are my magazines. I'm a big fan of magazines - Country Living, Southern Living, Family Fun, and of course the scrapbooking, card making & stamping 'zines. They are chock full of inspiration in an unlikely form - advertisements. Yes, ads - you know, the pages we normally skip over? Take another look with fresh eyes & you'll find tons of inspiration. You can use ads to totally inspire a card or layout. Here are three examples:

The first ad is for Nestle Drumsticks (yum!) & I loved the creative use of journaling. I could totally trace a shape or silhouette on one of my layouts (pumpkins or witches hat for a Halloween LO?!) & write my story in that space. Second - I love the bright colors in this table scape from Target. Makes me want to jump right in! But my favorite ad is this Karen Foster ad from a few years ago. I knew from the moment I saw it that I would use it for a LO. Just loved the grid of papers & pictures. Better yet - I could make this in minutes!

SO - my challenge is to find an advertisement that inspires you. It could be the font used, the placement of pictures, colors or layout. And yes, you may use one of the ads I've presented here. :) The only exception is that you cannot scraplift an ad of a card, layout or paper project that has already been created. :0 Don't forget to link your project here, along with a picture or scan of the ad itself & a quick explanation of what inspired you by next Saturday. Hope you'll play along!

~ Happy Crafting!

Stephanie

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Sunday Challenge--Fussy Cutting

Morning Divas!  As you are reading this I am on the road with my trusty dog and my faithful rubber duck to Oklahoma.  Going to see some family and go to the Creative Keepsakes Convention in Tulsa.  Can't wait!!!
    I love all the new papers out, don't you?  They are so busy and full of patterns and shapes...what? You don't like them cause they are too hard to figure out how to use them?  Well worry no more, Cause my challenge for you today is to use those busy papers to make a layout!
     My is a 2 pager, but yours doesn't have to be....it doesn't even have to be a layout...could be a card.  Or an altered box.  The trick is that to qualify for a fabulous kit from My Minds Eye, you need to have a pic of your paper before and project after. 
     I have a great friends who co-owns a wonderful paper crafting/stamping store in Villa Park, Ill called Creative Cuts and Crafts.   Linda calls "detail cutting" fussy cutting!  I love it and I have totally made it my own.  I love my exacto blade and cutting details makes me almost giggly! Let me show you the layout I made out of a class kit from CKC in Kansas City.  It was a SEI class and we never got to finish any of the pages!

And this is an older project that I put fabulous paper on a box I store my Cricuts cartridges in. (I know isn't it sad that that is all I have? I don't use it much any more.)   But look at the box, not the sad contents!  I had some cloth paper I got from a vendor a few years back and then Best Creations came out with this yummy paper..sorry I don't have the original paper to show you.  I'll be a better photographer next time!

     So the challenge is to make your project, take picture of the paper you use before you cut it (so we can see it) and then the finished project.  You have until next Saturday the 20th at midnight West coast time to get your project in.  Please let this be a new project made for this...It isn't a challenge if you already have it done.  Remember, as always, leave a comment in Mr Linky cause we love to see your Diva  Divine projects.  Have a great week!

Pammie Kay

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Challenge: Faithbooking - Freedom!!

Vanessa here Divas!!!

In light of it being July... my thoughts automatically went to FREEDOM!

It means so much to me, in so many different areas of my life.

I am free because of the Blood of Jesus Christ.

I am free because men and women have lost their lives.

I continue to be free because my son loves his country and is serving in Afghanistan.

So my layout challenge for you, is to create a layout that expresses what FREEDOM means to you!

Here is my layout:

How about you?  How you interpretate Freedom in your life?

Link your project using the Mr Linky widget for a chance to win a prize!

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Sunday Challenge: Photo scavenger hunt challenge

I thought it would be fun to have a little scavenger hunt this week!

Rules:

• Go through your home, layouts and cards aka your stash (ie. green marker, it can be an actual marker or a card that you used the marker to embellish)
• Find the item on the list
• Take a photo of it
• Upload to your blog
• Link your post back to here for a chance to win on Saturday.

Winner will be picked my random.org

1. Flowers
2. Ribbons
3. Food item/Dinner
4. Glitter
5. Favorite craft item
6. A bed
7. A family member
8. Your most recent picture that you just took (not including this challenge)
9. The color green
10. A card fold ( easel, joy fold, trifold, etc)

Here are mine in order...

Hope you have fun with this and play along!  Can't wait to see the pics :)

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Challenge: Cool Treats for Hot Summer Days (Cookbookin')

Alecia here with a Cookbookin' challenge...
When it's HOT HOT HOT this summer, can you get enough of cool summer treats? Homemade ice cream, gelato from the corner kiosk, icees, slurpees, cold watermelon slices... what's your favorite family treat for the hot days of summer?
Your challenge is to scrap a photo of you and/or your family and friends enjoying a cold summer beverage, dessert, or treat of any kind, using a themed summer paper. It can be food related themes, summer heat themes, picnic themes, you name it.
Have fun, and don't forget to post back to Mr Linky. Also, I'm offering a RAK of papers and embellies, so you could win! :) You have until August 2nd to post, when a winner will be announced.

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