Challenge Results for SBVC61

I made this 6x6 page for the SBVC61 challenge that I posted earlier in the week. This page also helps to fullfill my own personal challenge that I posted on January 27 (even though I have other projects I am working on for that challenge).

I am still waiting for my shippment on SNAIL (hopefully today they will arrive) so this page was done completely with pop-up tape, mini glue dots, and eyelets. I had to become very creative to get everything to stick!

The Start of Blog Candy

Today is the start of blog candy on this blog so I decided to give away a starter pack that would be great for any new stamper. Of course, if you are not new to stamping you can still enter into the drawing to hopefully win this great combination of Stampin' Up! products.

This is what you could win in this weeks blog candy giveway:

• a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch sample of cardstock in each of Stampin' Up!'s 48 standard colors
• a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch sample of Stampin' Up!'s Whisper White Cardstock
• a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch sample of Stampin' Up!'s Natural Ivory Cardstock
• a new, full-size Basic Black Classic Ink Pad
• and a new, umounted retired stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Weather or Not (this stamp set is not die cut and will require cutting and mounting)

To win this sampler (starter) set all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog between today (Friday, January 30th) and Thursday (February 5th). Please leave your comments on any new posts so that your entry can easily be found.

Thanks for viewing and good luck!

Ana

P.S. If you are this weeks winner I will post your name to this site. Please then contact me either by e-mail or by phone so I will know where to send your prize.

Valentines Inspiration

I was looking for some inspiration today before getting ready for work and I stumbled on a few pieces of Valentines Day cards I wanted to share with you. Are you ready? Hope so because here they come:

Visit this card on the SCS website by clicking here.

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Visit this card on the SCS website by clicking here.

The last three of these cards were actually my favorites. There were plenty more great samples available so if you decide to click on one of the links above please feel free to look at the other great samples.

I am still waiting for my SNAIL to arrive so this samples were kind of a waste to look at right now but they did give me some great ideas.

Join me again tomorrow for the Blog Candy announcement!

Blog Candy Coming Soon!

Starting this Friday afternoon I will be offering Blog Candy on my site. If you don't know what Blog Candy is I am here to help:

1. Blog Candy is a free-be, give away drawing that will run on this blog from Friday till the following Thursday.

2. Everyone will have a chance to win this give away just by visiting the site and leaving a comment under one of the posts that I have left during the week.

3. On Friday afternoon, when the new Candy is introduced I will announce a winner from the previous week.

4. Blog Candy can range from a handmade gift that has been posted on this site to a new, FREE retired stamp set, or FREE merchandise from the current catalog.

So, starting this Friday start visiting this site and leaving comments. There is no limit to the number of time you can enter the drawing. 

Good luck,

Ana

Card to Share

I wanted to share this card with all of you. I love the layers and the colors. 

If you would like to know more about this card please click on the card to be taken to the orginial website it came from!

P.S. If the card link doesn't work please click here!

Today's Challenge: SBVC61

Good morning scrapper friends!

My challenge for you today is make your own frame around your picture(s). Some ideas are stamping, ribbons, chipboard, buttons, stickers, stitching and rub-ons. 

To view other pages that use this challenge please click here.

As soon as I finish my page I will post it to this site. If you wish to share your page please send me a link to your site/picture.

Inky Hugs,

Ana

P.S. This challenge comes site from the SCS site. You can view the actually challenge by clicking here.

ARRRG!

I was in the middle of finishing the 31 cards I needed to make for yesterdays challenge, and also the one scrap book page that was inspired by the cards when I ran out of tape!!!!

I have ordered more tape refills but it will take them a couple of days to arrive. So, until then I will have to just wait. But, I do promise that I have made a couple of things for yesterdays challenge and will post them all once I get the tape in.

Check back in a bit if you want to check out todays challenge!

Waiting in California (for tape that is...),

Ana

Today's Challenge: Straight From Me!

Today's challenge comes straight from me. I decided to host my own challenge today mainly because I didn't like the other challenges that I seen on other sites. (hee-hee)

So here's the challenge:

1. You must make a Valentines Day project. (This can be a card, page, pouch.... it's up to you!)

2. You must use a stamp, and at least one punch.

3. You must use a brayer (if you do not have a brayer you can use a sponge)

4. You must have a least 4 layers.

5. You must use a brown color, a red color and a white color.

All the rest is up to you. You can use any other colors in your project as long as it contains brown, red and white.

I am going to use this challenge to help make Chris's Friendship cards for Valentines day. I will post pictures after they are done!

Have a great day crafting!

The Ruffners': WT202 Challenge

Again I decided to scrapbook a page for my personal scrapbook. This page is made using retired SU! designer series paper, and an old photo from my grandmothers collection of family photos. This picture is of my grandmother (she is on top, in the middle), her children, her grandparents (on the left) and her mom and dad. There is one gentleman in the photo that I do not know, but that's ok!

In the back of the patterned paper I left a "pocket" opening that I used to insert a letter that was sent to my grandmother from Landisburg, Pa. on Feb. 8th, 1975. I used a blue circle from the patterned paper as a insert pull so it would be easier to retrieve the letter.

The page also full-fills the WT202 challenge from SCS. I used regular patterned paper and with a little help from a two way glue stick and some dazzling diamond glitter I was able to add a little pizzazz to my page.

This was such a great challenge and has many endless possiblities.  

WT202 Challenge: Pizzazz it Up!

Todays challenge comes straight from SCS. (I told you that this was one of my favorite sites!) Here are the rules:

If you're like me you love patterned paper. The more the better and those new glittered, flocked, or die-cut papers....well, I have a serious addiction. The problem is...they really lighten my wallet! I thought it would be fun to design a challenge around adding your own pizzazz to existing patterned paper. The challenge: Ways to Alter Patterned Paper. Make it special. You may want to glitter, emboss, heat emboss, flock, die-cut...whatever you can think of, some patterned paper that you have on hand to make it extra special. Just like that fancy specialty paper that carries the big $2-$3 price tag. Have fun! And in this economy...saving money always a plus! Just in case there is any question...you MUST use patterned paper to start and then customize it.

If you are interested in checking out what others have made please click here.

And, if you have taken on this challenge, then please send me a copy of, or a link to, your picture. I would love to see what you have done.

I am off to create now!

Happy Thursday,

Ana