Let's See Your Craft Space.....

Hello there, today is the very last challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous, which is very sad. I have been part of the DT from the very start and have thoroughly enjoyed my time with them but life gets in the way sometimes so Theresa and Lea have made the decision to finish it now. It is the right thing to do as it takes up a lot of time running a challenge blog like this.
I feel as I know these two lovely ladies and have become friends so I will still stay in touch and be popping over to their blogs to see what they've been up to. The same goes to the rest of the DT, I will still be visiting all your blogs.  I have met one of the DT, Julie lives very near to me, when I realised this I invited her to Bromsgrove crop and now she is a regular there every month.
Back to the challenge, for the last one Theresa and Lea thought it would be fun to share your craft space or favourite craft supplies. I decided to show you what I use all the time and don't think I could craft without.You can check out my craft room here.

I look forward to seeing your photo's and don't forget you have untill the end of the month to enter April's Challenge which is to use brads and map paper, there are some great prizes to be won.

Have a good week and Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous April Challenge....

 This month's challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonyomous is to use map paper and a minimum of 15 brads. I've made a card for this month's challenge using this week's sketch over at Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge again, this time, turning the sketch.

I've got some men's birthday's coming up this month so went with a masculine card which if I'm honest I don't enjoy making as much as the feminine cards where I can add flowers, lace and all the pretty embellishments but we can't forget the men in our life, can we ?

Supplies
Papers- October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket.
Stamps- IBS Fancy Labels 3, Birthday Wishes.
Other- Nestie Label 3 and Stars, 7Gypsies metal arrow, SU Twine, buttons, SU Brads.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous February Challenge......

February is the month of love so this month's challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous is to use at least 3 hearts and some stitching. I decided to alter a photo frame for Jodie, there is a story behind these frames. On Friday myself and my friend Diane ( who is also Jodie's boyfriends Mom) won the raffle at the Panto. We won a set of 3 oak effect frames and some bubble bath. I insisted Di had them and she said I should have them, in the end I left them in her car without her knowing. The next night when I went to bed, I found them under my pillow, she did say she would have the last laugh, lol, I got really excited thinking Mick had bought me a surprise present.

This is how the frame looked originally.

My inspiration came from this week's colour challenge over at CR84FN, isn't the inspiration board stunning and I love the quote.

The frame now:

I painted the frame with Paper Artsy Fresco Finish white paint, love this product, and when dry got some sandpaper and gently rubbed to reveal some of the wood, adding a MF swirl and Prima flower. I punched some hearts from The Girls Paperie paper range and also used the heart border punch which are both Martha Stewart punches. I love this photo of Jodie & Dan and thought it was perfect for this revamped frame.
Join in the fun here, use up some of your old stash ready for the new CHA releases and the chance to win a fab prize, all you need to do is use at least 3 hearts and some stitching on your project.

Happy Crafting
xxxx Debxxxx

F is for Fancy Pants......

It's time for Scrapbookers Anonymous A-Z Challenge,this month is the letter F and I've gone with My Family paper range by Fancy Pants.

I've used this week's sketch from Sketchy Thursdays which sadly is their last one but they've gone out on a high with this fabulous sketch.

I hope you'll join us this month and use up some of your old stash and don't forget this month's main challenge,using masks,painting and misting, you could win some Fancy Pants goodies and a couple of surprises.

Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous January Challenge.........

Happy New Year !!!!! Today is the first challenge of 2012 over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and we are asking you to use paint, inks,mists and masking. I decided to do a She Art canvas, my friend's daughter was 21 last month, she is an art student and I thought she'd like this, the sentiment says 'Create from the Heart', her Mom said she loved it and is now up on her bedroom wall at Uni.

I covered the canvas in old book pages and dressmaking patterns, when dry I did some random stamping and created the She Girl then it was onto the fun, messy bit with paints, mists and stencil paste. I used the stencil paste with the brick and dotty masks to give some dimension and added some rub-ons over her dress. The stamped flowers were coloured in using Faber Castell paint pens.
Check out what the other designers have come up with over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and this month's great prize for one lucky person.
I'm in Spain at the moment, celebrating the New Year and here's wishing you all a very Happy, Healthy New Year. Back soon !!!!!!

Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxx

E is for Echo Park.........

It's time for December's A-Z Challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and this month is the letter E, for this monthly challenge, I always use the letter of a paper manufacturer and I could only think of Echo Park for this one so that's what I used.

The photo of Paige and I isn't very good quality, it was dark and there was raindrops on the lens but I still really liked it and it's a memory I wanted to scrap. We were sat outside a pub overlooking the sea in Cornwall and all off a sudden from nowhere the heavens opened but rather than go inside we just sat with our brolly and finished our drink, like a true Brit,lol.
I used sketch #186 from Creative Scrappers for inspiration.

I painted the background with some blue acrylic paint and sprayed with TA Riptide, for more definition I outlined the stickers and alpha's with a black journaling pen. Everything on this LO is from Echo Park, I hope you can find time to join in the fun this month for the chance of winning some Studio Calico papers and embellishments also don't forget the main challenge of creating something with a tag and glitter. It hasn't got to be a LO, it could be card, altered art, anything as long as you follow the few basic rules, just have fun and use up some of your older stash.

Supplies
Papers: EP 'Life is Good'
Stickers: EP 'Springtime'
Alpha's: EP 'Little Girl'
Other: TA Glimmermist, Paper Artsy paint,

Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous December Challenge...............

How exciting, only 24 days left until Christmas, our Christmas tree went up last Saturday and this Saturday my girls and I are off to London to do some Christmas shopping, I love this time of year. The challenge this month at Scrapbookers Anonymous is very seasonal, we are asking you to make a holiday themed creation using at least one tag and some glitter.
I started by making the tag.

Firstly, I stamped and heat embossed the small snowflakes stamp from the Inspired by Stamping 'Winter Wonderland' set with white embossing powder and distressed the tag in 3 different colour blues using Tim Holtz Distress inks starting with the lightest first ,I wiped over the tag with a tissue to get rid of any excess ink on the the snowflakes, I covered the edge of the tag with silver glass glitter.
The snowman is diecut from glitter funky foam using the Tim Holtz Winter Wonder die, I distressed the edge with TH Antique Linen,adding a red ribbon scarf, carrot nose and hat.The Noel signpost is made using 'Beautiful Ovals' and 'Christmas Grettings' stamp sets also Inspired by Stamping, I punched the fence out with a Martha Stewart punch and added some more glitter. Lastly adding the seambinding, jingle bell and flower.
I used the tag to make a Christmas card.

I hope you'll join us this month and I look forward to seeing all those glittery tags !!!!! It's the start of Tim Holtz '12 Tags of Christmas ' 2011 today so I'll be making tags for the next couple of weeks !!!!

Happy Crafting !!!!!
xxxxDebxxxx

D is for Dream Street and Doodling.....

It's time again for another A-Z challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and this month it is the letter D so I've used some Dream Street papers that I have had for years and some doodling.

I used this week's sketch over at Sketchy Thursadays but flipped it.

I hope you'll all join in this month, I'd love to see what projects you come up with using the letter D whether it's papers, a bit of doodling, dogs or anything else you can think of.
Also don't forget our other challenge which is to use at least 7 different ribbons on your project, you have until the end of November to get your entries in for both challenges. There is a great prize up for grabs this month, an iRock tool with two bling wheels, what a fun prize !!!!

Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous November Challenge.....

It's the start of a new month which means another new challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and this month it is to use at least 7 different ribbons on your project. I don't know about you but I have a huge collection of ribbons so what a great way to use some of them up.

I used some Prima paper and white washed the whole page to give it a shabby look and  also painted the Maya Road kraft envelope which I used as a photo mat. Can you see my 7 ribbons ? There are three vertical strips, two horizontal and then the two rosette flowers which I made using ruched ribbon. I've actually used the Webster's Page fabric riboon along the bottom, which I've been hoarding because it was to pretty to cut,lol.
Theresa and Lea's challenge blog is growing bigger and bigger every month so why not join in the fun this month and use up some of your stash, you can enter LO's, cards, altered art or any other project as long it meets the challenge criteria, to check out this month's prize take a look here.

Happy Crafting !!!!!
xxxxDebxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous October Challenge.....

We've had a busy September over at Scrapbookers Anonymous celebrating our 1st birthday with lots of mini challenges throughout the month. Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and took part, you've still got time to enter the mini challenges but now October is here, so it's time for a new challenge.
Do you have a neglected die cut machine?  If so why not dust it off and join us in this month's challenge which is to use die cuts, if you haven't got a machine you can still join in but use up your shop bought ones. I use my Cuttlebug a lot on cards but not so much on LO's so that was my challenge.

I used Nestabilities to die cut my stars and frames, I painted the frames with white paint and used some corrugated kraft card to cut out my Cuttlebug letters, the border is from a Crate Paper die cut sheet,the patterned paper were all scraps from my scrap box.I hope you'll join us, don't forget you can enter cards too, so dust off your machine and start cutting.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday and Happy Crafting !!!!
xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous Mini Challenge......Stamping.

Happy Thursday,I hope your week is going well, this month Scrapbookers Anonymous are celebrating their first anniversary,there have been lots of fun challenges set by some of the DT over the last three weeks and today it is my turn to host a mini challenge. I've decided on stamping as this was how I got into papercrafting many years ago and is still my favourite technique. When I make a card I nearly always have some stamped image on it but I never seem use them on my LO's,so I thought I would challenge you all and myself to do some stamping on your project whether it's a LO,card home decor or a 3D project.
First I stamped and heat embossed a 12x12 piece of white card to make my own background paper,most of my ink pads are dye ink and to use embossing powder you should use a pigment ink so to get around that I inked my stamp first with clear Versamark ink and then a coloured dye ink on top of the Versamark. If you then stamp onto card and immediately cover with clear embossing powder,the powder will cling to the ink,then heat it with your heat tool to set. You will end up with a lovely raised,glossy image.

 

I wanted some stamped embellishments on my LO so I stamped some bunting/pennants to put along the bottom of the photo,another idea is to stamp some plain paper flowers or stamp and decorate a tag.

I don't know about you but when I cover bare chipboard in paper it takes me forever and then it never looks neat so a really quick way to alter them is to stamp on them.

I used a background stamp to cover my chipboard title,it is so much quicker !!!!!!
I look forward to seeing your stamped projects,if you pop over to Scrapbookers Anonymous you can add your project to the link and check out all the other challenges going on,you still have plenty time.
Everything I've used on this LO is from  Stampin'Up including some of the new products which are available from the 1st October.

Happy Crafting
xxxxDebxxxxx

B is for..................Bo Bunny

It's the 15th of the month today which means it's time for the A-Z challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous and this month is the letter B. I shall be using papers with the letter corresponding to the manufacturer for these challenges,so I can use up some of my paper stash but it can be anything from embellishments,the title,photo a technique,what ever you fancy as long as you include something with the letter B.
I used Bo Bunny Deliah for this LO,I've had these papers for a year now and have never used them,why do I do that !!!!

I used this sketch #173 from Creative Scrappers.

These photo's were taken walking around Bodenham Arboretum last Autumn,it's so pretty at this time of year with all the leaves turning those rich shades of red,gold and orange and I was thrilled to see the red toadstool's,I'm sure if you look carefully there will be fairies and pixies living under them !!!!

I did lots of tearing and distressing on this page with some zig-zag stitching around the edge,I used 'That Special Touch' leaf mask and sprayed some Suede TA,then layered some Prima flowers and a Tim Holtz 'wander' metal token,the wood effect alpha's are from Sassa Fras.

I hope you get chance to play along and don't forget our challenges aren't just for scrapbookers,it could be cards or altered art as long as your using up all that stash you have,don't forget to check out all the mini challenges this month in honour of our first birthday with lots of prizes up for grabs, I shall be hosting a mini challenge on the 22nd so look out for that.Also our main challenge is still running until the end of the month,we ask you to use some chipboard on your project and you could win a bumper pack of chipboard pieces.

Happy Crafting !!!!!

xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous September Challenge.......chipboard.

I'd like to thank everybody who took part in last month's challenges especially our new A to Z challenge,isn't it a fun ? Don't forget the new A-Z Challenge will be on the 15th so start thinking what you can use for your letter B.
Also Scrapbookers Anonymous is 1 year old today,this last year has gone so quick,I'd like to say a big thank you to Theresa and Lea for starting this fantastic challenge blog,I've certainly used up lots of my older stash !!!!! We are celebrating for the whole month of September with lots of mini challenges and extra prizes,we kick off the first one on the 5th with Lea, so check it out.
This month's main challenge is CHIPBOARD, use chipboard on your LO/card whether it's alpha's,flowers frames,whatever you have,here's your chance to use some of it up. Come on you know you want to.
I've used nearly a whole pack of G.C.D Melody Ross Urban Collection on this LO with little else,I've had them for about 2 years and they'd not even been open,shame on me !!!!

I wanted to do a LO just about Paige,she had her exam results last week and she was very upset and disappointed with her results,we weren't she got her 5 GCSE's she needed to get onto her course at college and she passed her maths and english which are the two important ones. She's never been confident with exams but now she can concentrate on her college work,she is doing Health & Social where she will do work experience once a week and course work,so no exams involved. We are very proud of her for the person she has turned out to be !!!!!
The glare is actually part of the photo,I know it's not technically the best photo in the world,it was taken on my phone with the Retro Camera but I love the way the sun is shining through the window directly onto Paige. I've used the chipboard to mimick the effect of the pictures on the wall in the photo and wrote quite a lot of journaling,which I rarely do.The chipboard alpha's are AC Thickers and I used the splodge stamp from SU French Foliage.
Don't forget to keep popping over to Scrapbookers Anonymous through the month to join in with this month's festivities.
Thanks for stopping by !!!!
xxxxDebxxxx

A to Z Scrapbooking.....

Theresa and Lea were trying to think up new challenges to use up all their stash,there were lots of ideas been thrown around but eventually they came up with this one, the A to Z Challenge. On the 15th of every month over at Scrapbookers Anonymous we will be asking you to use up some of your stash using items from a manufacturer that begins with the letter for that month.
So obviously, we are kicking off this month with the letter A,you haven't got to use everything beginning with A,unless you want to of course, it could be the paper,embellishments or even the alpha's. Easy peasy,let's see what you come up with,I've gone for the obvious this month and gone with American Crafts papers and embellies,the alpha's are Adornit.

My good friend Libby gave me some American Crafts goodies that she didn't want anymore so I used them,the base is double-sided 12x12 AC Classics paper,it is patterned one side and a solid colour on the reverse, I misted it with some TA. The strips of pattern paper and Smile paper are AC Just Write journaling cards,there's a journaling card and a pattern paper on each 4x6 strip which is perforated so you can just tear them apart. I used four different patterns and then Smile which I used as part of a quote 'A smile should be shared with everyone'. The chipboard bunting and birds are also AC.
I hope you can join in with this fun challenge,it doesn't have to be a LO, you could make a card and it's a great way to use up some older stash and make room for all the new. I wonder how many different manufacturers beginning with A we get and don't forget the current challenge that's still running,using up your journaling cards. You have until the end of August to enter both challenges,the more times you enter the more chances you have of winning this month's fab prize of a $25 gift certificate to spend at Two Peas in a Bucket, which our very own Lynnda has donated.
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your LO's and cards using the letter A.

xxxxDebxxxx

Scrapbookers Anonymous August Challenge..........Journaling Blocks....

 This months challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous is to use up those leftover journaling blocks,journaling stickers etc...try to use them as a design element. Have fun and can't wait to see what everyone comes up with and as always there's a fab prize for one lucky person also we have a new challlenge starting on the 15th of this month so come back and check out what it's all about,you will get to use some more of all that stash you've got.
Here's my LO:

I used a leaf mask by That Special Touch Of and sprayed with TA Suede,I used my journaling block for my title and my embellishments,they are by Maya Road which the lovely Kirsty sent me. I cropped the photo to the same size as the blocks,the papers are an old collection by Bo Bunny and the flower was made by punching out some scallop circles using some tissue paper from a parcel I received.
Check out Scrapbookers Anonymous and see what great ideas the other DT have come up with.

 xxxxDebxxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,THERESA............and a blog hop to celebrate.

The lovely Theresa is one of the co-founders of the fabulous challenge blog Scrapbookers Anonymous,it was actually her birthday on the 29th June but she was working away from home so couldn't celebrate,so we decided to have a birthday blog hop for her over at Scrapbookers Anonymous today. Theresa's birthday really hasn't gone to plan this year as she was due to have a Birthday Crop today at her LSS but it had to be cancelled because of renovation work, so Theresa I hope this makes your birthday a bit more special and whatever you do today to celebrate have a wonderful time. This card is sent to you with love and best wishes.

Hope you can pop over to Theresa's blog and leave her some love,also check out the cards that her other friends have created for her.

Scrapbookers Anonymous 

Deb (your here)

Karen 

Marit 

Julie TW 

Frank 

Anne Pennington 

Lynnda 

Keshet 

Lydia 

Eli 

Julie J 

Sue 

Yara 

Lea 

Lena 

 

Thanks for looking and hope you will join in the fun. Have a great weekend !!!!

 xxxxDebxxxx

Scarpbookers Anonymous July Challenge............

I can't believe it's July,it will be Christmas before we know it,lol. This month's challenge over at Scrapbookers Anonymous is to use a colour you don't usually use and make it as monochromatic as possible. This was a hard one for me because I do tend to use my favourite soft,pretty colours on all my projects and struggle to use anything else but that's why it's called a challenge. I choose to use ORANGE ,I only ever use a neutral base for my LO's and never anything bright, Libby will be very proud of me as she is always trying to get me to use a coloured cardstock. 

Supplies Used
Papers- SassaFras,Stampin'Up
Alphabets-SassaFras,Basic Grey
Flowers-Prima

 This month's prize is some fabulous Nikki Sivils "It's Your Day" papers and embellies,so dig into your stash and use some of those papers and cardstock that you have hidden away and don't forget to make a card with the leftovers to double your chance of winning.
Have a great weekend.
xxxxDebxxxx

Stampin'Up Father's Day Cards.............

Wednesday is the day I look after my baby niece so I don't usually have much time to get anything done but now Jodie has finished Uni until the Autumn she likes to spend time with her baby cousin,giving me the chance to sneek up to my craft room.Today we've had a play date with my friends little girl,it's been many years since I've had to do all this but I'm loving it.

 Anyway back to some crafty things,it's Fathers Day on Sunday so I have made a few quick cards using Stampin'Up products. I'm not good with men's cards,I prefer pretty but sometimes you have to make a card for the men in your life.

Products Used
Patterned Paper-SU Newsprint
Stamps-Occasional Greetings

 I stamped the base card with SU Sanded background stamp in black ink,I adhered a strip of black card at the bottom and covered the chipboard letters in the map paper from SU Newsprint.

The last card I adhered three strips of patterned paper (now retired) and stamped a collage of leaves in various colours onto some kraft card and stamped the 'Happy Father's Day'.

Products Used

Stamps-French Foliage,Something to Celebrate(hostess set)

Other -Linen Thread,Neutral Designer Button.

Today over at Scrapbookers Anonymous is the reveal of the Design Team cards  using the leftovers from their LO's. You've still got plenty time to enter and be in with a chance of winning an Echo Park 'Summer Days' paper pack. Here's my card using Prima Sweet Fairy, left over from my LO.

Thanks for taking the time to look, I'll be back soon with some girly, pretty projects,lol.

xxxxDebxxxx