Scrappin’ Night!

| cristina

I scrapped another LO tonight! 🙂

I did this for the Roadmap to Scrap challenge at ScrapMatters. These were the directions

  1. One Black and White Photo
  2. Stitches
  3. Flowers
  4. No Alphas, Fonts Only
  5. Lots of White Space
  6. Something Torn
  7. A Frame
  8. Use a Kit You Have Never Used Before
and here’s my LO:

Credits:

Family Matters by Matahati Designs and Sya’s Blueprints (new release 9/26/08)

Torn paper heart (recolored) by Gunhild Storeide

Font: Ginga
This should be worth 2 more points! Too bad tomorrow is Friday already because it means all the gorgeous stuff I got last week at SM will be 1 week old already and won’t be worth the extra point anymore… 🙁
Anyway, I did all I could do for today, and now it’s definitely bed time! 🙂

New Challenge System at SM!

| cristina

There’s a new challenge system at Scrap Matters. It sounds quite complicated at first, but the basic idea is that you get 1 point for every challenge completed, and 1 additional point if you use a product released in the previous 7 days. Then, who wins the challenge gets 1 more point.

There are lots of challenges, and several new ones are posted every week, but the point system is organized by month, so you have the whole month for scrapping LOs for the challenges.
Anwyay, I started scrapping a Tuesday Template challenge, and I used some adorable stuff from Britt’s grab bag that was released last week – so this should earn me 2 point.
Oooooh… wait.. are you wondering what the points are worth? 🙂
OK, here’s the deal. There are 2 options: discount (and in this case each month you start with 0 points), or gift certificate (and you can cumulate points in more than one month).
Here’s the points-discount conversions:
21+ = 40% off
16-20 = 35% off
11-15 = 25% off
6-10 = 15% off
1-5 = 10% off
and if instead you want to get a GC, you can get a $5.5 GC with 60 points.
I believe I’ll be using mostly the 2nd option. (ugh 60 points does seem like a lot… who knows how many months it’ll take me to get there! 🙂 )
Enough talking now! Here’s my LO. 🙂

Credits:

Template by Ldrag Designs
String Theory, Bead-aholic Alpha (recolored) and My Bead Jar by Britt-ish Designs (from SM 1st Birthday grab bag)
Peridot Paradise by Erica Zane 

Font: My Own Topher
This mini kit by Erica was the partecipation prize for the other night’s speed scrap. 🙂
Hey, you did notice, didn’t you? 🙂 This is another zoo LO!  🙂 I believe I have only one more to do, and then I’ll have scrapped all the zoo pictures!!

Speed Scrap

| cristina

I’m coming from tonight’s Speed Scrap at ScrapMatters. And of course, I couldn’t refrain from doing another zoo LO! 🙂

Here are the instructions:
  1. Choose at least 3 photos and arrange them as follows: One is substantially larger than the others and the smaller ones are lined up together along a side of the larger photo.
  2. Use at least 4 papers. Be creative, use as BG, mats, shapes, etc.
  3. Use ONE frame to frame all the photos together.
  4. I want to see a really good layered element cluster, I LOVE clusters!
  5. Use something from nature on your layout.
  6. One word title, use an alpha.
  7. Journal at least three sentences, DATE, and post!

Credits:

Chilled Wine collab kit by Sugarplum Paperie and mgl Scraps

Feather (recolored) from wm squared’s Sep. 08 Grab Bag

White Vellum Alpha – Designs by Tater

Paper Shapers by Britt-ish Designs

Font: My Own Topher

I do feel there’s something missing somewhere.. Maybe some elements on the bottom? Hmmm… I’m way too tired to do anything about it now. 🙂
But let me say one thing: I’m proud of that feather!!!! When I read the instruction about putting in an element from nature, somehow I thought about putting in a feather, found one in my scrappin’ stash, and recolored it to taste: and there we go! 🙂

A LO at last!

| cristina

I wasn’t inspired this weekend so no scrapping (hehe I was too busy winning stuff – and there’s more to what I posted!! Can you believe that??? 🙂 I also won a secret comment challenge at ScrapMatters and got a 5$ GC!! That place is so special that they have a prize every week for someone who leaves love in other people’s galleries.. So I got myself this gorgeous kit I’d been drooling over all weekend:

).
Anyway, as I was saying, finally yesterday night I felt like scrapping. 🙂 I did a challenge at CatScraps (even though I didn’t use any of their products so I’m not really running for the challenge): we had to lift a page without seeing it, only knowing the description of the LO made by the scrapper who did it. Here’s what I did:

Credits: 

Feels like home – collab kit by Ziggle Designs and B-Creative Designs
Stitching from Honeydew and staple from Juicy by Ksharonk Designs
Kraft Paper Alpha (recolored) – Designs by Tater
Font: My Own Topher
As you can see I started using some of the beautiful stuff I got this weekend: the kit by Ziggle Designs and the alpha by Tater. 🙂
I had to tweak the photo a lot, because even though I love this picture, the quality was really bad when looked up close.
I’m really happy with the result!
I never used a second paper on the page in this way, it’s not really my style I guess, but I love the effect it does on this page! Another great reason to play in challenges: they make you do things you wouldn’t do on your own!
Tonight, 9 PM EST, speed scrap at ScrapMatters! I’ll have work to do tonight unfortunately, but I don’t want to miss the speed scrap, so I’ll be there!

Krystal Hartley is having a CT call!

| cristina

Wow I’ve been waiting for this one!!!!

OK, now, honestly, I’ve sent out a few applications to be on CTs lately, and none of them went well. But I’m still thinking that one day a designer will really like my style and pick me. And it would be just great if it were Krystal, because I simply LOVE her designs (as I’ve said again and again and again)..
Anyway, check out the CT call here! You definitely don’t want to miss this one!

Wooo! Chats and RAKs today!!

| cristina

Today I won 6 Gift Cerfiticates from 6 designers!!!!!!

I went to the chat at Scrapmatters hosted by Denise and won quite a few trivia games, and I got these goodies:
  • Happy Scrap Girl‘s grab bag, which contains a kit, a gorgeous autumn paper pack, 2 alphas, and some templates!!
  • wm squared‘s grab bag, which contains a kit, an alpha, some templates and a few brag book pages, plus I got her Autumn Poutpourri paper pack!!
  • Tater‘s grab bag, which contains 3 gorgeous alphas, one mini kit, and a great autumn paper pack; plus I got another alpha!!
  • I also won a GC from Simply Sweet Designs but I can’t make up my mind on what to get, so I’ll think about it tomorrow. Too much cute stuff to chose from!! 🙂
But it’s not all!!!!!!
Then, I went over at Scrap Orchard for the chat (I couldn’t make it for their speed scrap because I had work to do today.. ugh!) and again I won a few games, and got two GC from Ziggle Designs and Pineapple Plantation Designs!!! So I got these amazing kits!!!!!!!!!
I really should start spending more time at Scrap Orchard, because the girls are amazing there!!
BTW, head over to Scrap Matters because they’re having their 1st birthday celebration and all the store il 30% off!!
What a day!!!! I still have to sort all the goodies I downloaded!!!! WOHOOOOOOOOO! 😀

RAKed by KimB

| cristina

I was RAKed by KimB last week with an amazing 19 (yes, nineteen!!!) $ gift card! She was giving it away to celebrate her 19th wedding anniversary and I was lucky enough to win! 😀

So after thinking about it for a few days, today I finally decided what I wanted, and here’s what I got:
Wow!!!!! Lots of goodies!!!!! I’m really happy with what I chose! 😀

Challenge Time!

| cristina

I scrapped this tonight for a challenge at Sugarplum Paperie for which you had to scrap about something new in your life. 

Credits:

Chilled Wine collab kit by Sugarplum Paperie and mgl Scraps

Date Bits by Misty Cato

Fonts: FG Bonnie’s, My Own Topher

I’m really loving this kit!!!

Speed Scrap at SM (Zoo LO)

| cristina

I speed scrapped last night and had a blast!!

I sure had a great night, because I finished this in little over an hour, and I love it! 😉
The speed scrap (at ScrapMatters of course) was hosted by haynay and these were the instructions:

  1. one solid, dark paper, used as the background. One patterned paper used in any way on the page (other than background). No more, no less.
  2. 3 photos: 2 must be the same size. The other one must be smaller than the 2.
  3. One frame only, but that frame needs to have a cluster on or behind it. (I want to encourage you to use drop shadows—especially with the clusters)
  4. Use a hanger anywhere on the page.
  5. Must use something shiny on the page: can be metal, glitter, bling. I don’t care; I just want some shine!
  6. Title: Use 2 alphas please.
  7. Date your page. And, you can journal…BUT, you cannot journal any more than 2 sentences. It will work if you have no journaling at all!

I used the beautiful kit I was RAKed with last week, Chilled Wine!
Here’s my LO, Fancy Birds:

Credits: Chilled Wine collab kit by Sugarplum Paperie and mgl Scraps
Dymo – It – Big Alpha by Anita Stergiou
Paper shapers by Britt-ish Designs
I used the beautiful kit I was RAKed with last week, Chilled Wine!
I just recolored the alpha & frame slightly to match the pictures, and that was it! I love how I was “forced” by the instructions to pick a dark paper – I might not have thought about it otherwise, and I think it looks great with these pics! I usually choose pictures first, and papers next, but this time, following the instructions, I picked the kit first, then stumbled upon these zoo pictures (yaaaay! Another LO done! 🙂 ) and tried them out: perfect! 🙂
OK, enough rambling.. But I’m seriously in love with this LO! 🙂