January Virtual Scrapbook Pajama Party

It was so cool hanging out and chatting with the ladies at this event.  The host, Tiare posted the sketch here.  I didn't get the sketch until the show started so I just sat in my art studio staring at the walls (lol).  Then I decided that the design was pretty straight forward so I crafted along with the end of the show and made this page.

I let the scrap pp dictate the colors used in this lo (the paper says smile so I chose that for the title too).  The honeycomb pp is cut from...wait for it...a new piece of paper!!!  I do use more than scraps in my projects...silly rabbit...how else would I ever get all those scraps (LOL). 

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #115  The scripture this week will make great journaling for this page.  Psalms 146:5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:

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Summertime and the Scrapping is Easy Day # 29

Assignment: Use a question in your title.

I rarely make a lo without pictures, but I had not taken the photos yet of football season fellowships.  I made the title from leftover letters.  The photo mats were made from scraps.

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Summertime and the Scrapping is Easy Day # 28

Assignment: Change up a sketch.

Easy Peasy! I usually change the sketch even when I do not mean to. LOL

Made from scraps.  

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Twitter Card Challenge

I hang with a group of artists on twitter.  I was trickerheaded (con-ned, coaxed, forced, talked etc.) into joining twitter in order to find our when certain USTREAM show were about to broadcast.  Seriously, I love this group.  So one night there was a challenge issued to another crafter to use her stash.  We all jumped on board and that is how the informal weekly twitter card challenge was started.  I was cruising along good and then life happened.  So I made a few cards to catch up.

Here are weeks 6: Boy, 7: grunge, 8: animal print, and 9: gray and yellow

Thanks for keeping the craft mojo going and for helping me use up my scraps.  Jess and Jen and all the arties on twitter you ROCK!!!!

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Summertime and the Scrapping is Easy Day 20

Assignment: add a person to your card.

I used this image I received in a Cricut cut exchange.  Thanks Kelli!  Once again, I used scraps for this project.

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Summertime and the Scrapping is Easy Day 2

Here is a card I made using the same design from day 1 with the paper strips.  The teacher of the class, Tiare always uses her scraps from a lo to make a card.  Many times my lo is made from scraps so I may use 'different' scraps to make a card.

This is a standard A2 size greeting card.  I will use it to share a recipe.  I do not know how long I will be sharing this bit of information/disclaimer...but my camera bites! LOL  Beyond the blur the paper strips are decorated with the names of spices and cooking utensils. The banner says: I (heart) cooking.

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Mini Cards

I am always using my scraps.  I was making pinwheels the other day.  So I just grabbed what was on my desk and this is what I came up with.

Materials: Acrylic paint, scrap cs, button, bling, ribbon, Inkadinkado stamp set, colorbox chalk ink, decorative edge scissors.

Also shared on "Show your splatter".

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30 minute challenge

This was the challenge:
Create a bookmark that must include:
a) Cardstock
b) Three patterned papers

Here is what I came up with :

This is a corner bookmark.  The third pattern is on the back.  The beads are from my stash and the papers are scraps.

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Friday Night Chat Challenge

I have not played along in a Friday Night Chat challenge on the Scraps of Color .ning site in so long.  The challenges usually require you to make something in 30 minutes. 

Challenge1: Create an Easter card and you must include all of the following:
a) The color pale or mint green
b) Ribbon
c) Glitter

I do not do many Easter cards so this was a challenge for me.  Papers are all scraps from my stash.

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Sing a Song Challenge

I made an easel card the other day and now I am addicted. I made this card for the Robert Jackson (check out his website) Sing a Song Challenge hosted on a .ning site.  The challenge was to make a card using a Robert Jackson digital image and use a song for the sentiment.
The song is "I'll Always Love My Mama" by the Intruders.

I used all scraps to make this card.  The image was colored using water color pencils and a water soluble graphite pencil.

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Art Journal Page

I feel like praising, praising Him! (singing).  And since you can't hear me...I sound great, just like an opera singer!(lol)  I made this page using a old church program that I have been keeping for years.  Even before I started art journaling I would keep things with the intention of using them somehow.

Psalm 146:1 Praise ye the Lord.  Praise the Lord O my soul.

This page is also used for:
Word art Wednesday
Use your leftovers challenge on the SOC .ning site.

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ATC

I have been cutting 11x 15 sheets of watercolor paper from a pad down to make 12 x 12 lo's...well actually 11 x 11 the 12 x 18 watercolor pads rarely go on sale (lol).  That leaves me with just the right size to make ATC's.  So, I entered this ATC in the Leftover challenge on one of the .ning networks where I am a member.

Materials: Watercolor paper, watercolor pencils, sakura pens, water brush, sharpie marker, faber castell graphite pencil, stickles

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Postcard

I made this postcard for a 'use your leftovers' challenge.  I used water soluble charcoal pencil to draw the bird and then colored it with a water brush and added a zigzag stitch around the edge.  The back is just a scrap piece of red card stock with hand drawn lines to create a use able postcard.  I saw a bird like this in a magazine. I liked it, so I drew my version.

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