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Disappointment, a New Challenge, and TOOT!!!

| cristina

OK, so I didn’t make it in Krystal Hartley’s CT.. 🙁 Yet another disappointment. This one hurts especially since I really love her style.

Anyway, I’m happy because I scrapped tonight and I like what I came up with. I did it for a challenge by Andilynn’s CT about using analogous colors.

Credits:

The Colors of Fall paper pack – Designs by Tater

Butterfly from Reverie by Gina Marie Huff

Alpha from Feels Like Home – collab kit by Ziggle Designs and B-Creative Designs
I love how I blended the picture in the background!
And can you believe it? I’m officially DONE with pictures from our zoo visit!! I’m so proud of myself for creating so many memories about that special day! I actually scrapped 13 LOs with pictures taken at the zoo!
Finally, I have some good news!! I won a $5 GC at Sugarplum Paperie’s blog with this LO. It was a random draw (huh, it seems that’s the only way I can win something.. sorry but this is my mood tonight..) but I’m SO happy about it! I love love love Nicole’s style!! And some of my favorite LOs (such as this and these) I’ve done with her stuff!

Something New!

| cristina

OK today I did something totally new: I did a card, and actually printed it out.

Of course, the prompt came from a hybrid challenge at ScrapMatters.
Here’s what I created:

Credits:

Template by winkasheart

Family Matters (some recoloring) by Matahati Designs and Sya’s Blueprints

Alpha from Witchy Woman by Britt-ish Designs
and here’s the printed out version:
I hope I can find a way to attach it to a card so that it doesn’t have too much of a homemade feel, because I would love to make cards like this for my family for Christmas!
So this makes 2 more points for me! Yaay! 🙂

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! 🙂

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! 😀

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!!!

Winty – Brianna Cox CT Application

| cristina

Bree of Scrap’it Designs has had the greatest idea ever for choosing two new members of her CT: she’s having all the applicants send in a LO made with her stuff, and then her bloggers will vote their favorite! Check it out here!

So I did this LO and I’m very happy with how it turned out!

Credits:

Template by Meghan Mullens

I Luv U Beary Much Add On and Nasty Alpha by Scrap’it designs by Brianna Cox
Now I feel like I should do a page for each of our stuffed animals (yes, we have a big family!! 🙂 ) but that would take me forever (especially true, since we keep adding to the collection 🙂 ).
I have quite a few more urgent pics to scrap about now (you haven’t forgotten about the zoo visit, right? 🙂 I have 2-3 more LO to make with that!), but this project is certainly something I’ll do.