a spark

yes. i've officially lost it. my mojo. i haven't worked on a page in ages! ack!!

new kits coming in aren't quite helping, unfortunately.

uh, today being the 18th means i'm 35 pages short of my 1 page a day goal. i desperately need to catch up! so, just to initiate something, i tried working on DDD challenges 13 (to scrap something ugly - nothing should coordinate, yikes!) and 14 to scrap a page in honor of Mother's Day using a relevant quote.

I chose to do Challenge 14 first, as I have already missed the deadline for Challenge 13 while I was away vacationing :)
Here's what I came up with using Bad Girls' April kit


and this here's for the UGLY challenge. this was tough. how do you make a page intentionally ugly (and I mean this knowing i don't scrap exceptional pages, hahaha!!) so... i simply opted to use papers i have no particular love for and photos I wouldn't otherwise think of scrapping. most of my photos suck - and the ones i used here are really way up there in terms of poor quality. so yucky papers and icky photos - i think that sounds like the perfect ugly combination, huh?

DND.

yep. even DH couldn't bother me! haha! I spent practically all of last weekend messing up my scrap area for the Bad Girls Crop. One of the best online crops I've joined. Had fun chatting and getting several pages done!

Friday challenges
did this for a new paper, old paper, 3-flower, 5 brad/button challenge

supplies: Autumn Leaves paper and buttons, Making Memories paper, flowers. brads and buttons, Prima flowers, American Crafts velvet alpha stickers, K&Co brad, Fancy Pants rub on, Zig pen

this is for a challenge to scrap several random facts based on your age :o

supplies: Bazzill cardstock, KI Memories lace cardstock, Prima flowers, bling, American Crafts thickers chipboard alpha, Dymo tape

did this for a sketch challenge at ibss and used it for 4-photo LO challenge

supplies: (from the FebScarlet Lime kit) Bazzill cardstock, Making Memories papers, notepad paper, flower, button, chipboard alpha and embellishments. Dymo, Zig pen

this one's for a challenge to get inspiration from this photo:


Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Hambly screen print, Scenic Route papers, Making Memories brad, Autumn Leaves chipboard tag, Luxe rub on, Zig pen

Saturday challenges
for a challenge to use 3 mini photos

supplies: (from the Jan and FebScarlet Lime kits) Making Memories papers and flower, Cosmo Cricket Flourista chipboard, Tinkering Ink alpha stickers; also used: American Crafts chipboard alpha, Label Tulip stamp, Stampin' Up ink pad, Zig pen

for a challenge to use fabric. here i lifted a design by K. Contes

supplies: (from the FebScarlet Lime kit) Making Memories papers, chipboard label stickers, fabric flower and button; also used: Fontwerks stamp, Versa ink, Zig pen, Dymo

For a challenge to use supplies and/or techniques based on the letters of your first name

supplies/techniques:
C - cardstock: Bazzill
H - Hambly screen print
R - red: Scenic Route paper
I - inking technique: Versa
S - stamping: Collage Press
T - tearing; tape writer: Dymo
I - ink: Brilliance
N - notepad paper: Making Memories
E - (love) Elsie paper

Sunday challenges
for Iris' challenge to use a merchandising item/product

supplies: Collage Press paper, KI Memories lace cardstock, Hambly paper, Scenic Route chipboard circle and label sticker, Zig pen

for a challenge to use this sketch



supplies: Studio Azul Jan kit papers and chipboard shapes. I also used Queen & Co felt, American Crafts alpha rub ons, Zig pen, Leeho glitter, Stickles

I wish I could've worked on the 4 other challenges but I couldn't find the time, what with the errands I had to do.

busy as a bee

Yep. I decided to hit my scrap table in between online surfing all day yesterday.

challenges galore

Since I've resolved to create more this year, I've decided to join several challenges to keep my scrap motivation going! =D

last weekend, my friend, babette, dropped by so we could 'play'! and she was able to work on some cards and tags. I, on the other hand, was not able to get anything done at all! i just couldn't get my papers together! ack! good thing i was already able to work on a my pages for coordinates collections' Scrapping with the Stars 1st challenge.

we were to derive inspiration from Ali Edwards and
Mahlin Andersson, one of Coordinates Collections' DT members.

Hmmm... this round really had me thinking, haha! I waited until the last minute and finally came up with these:

supplies: bazzill cs, scenic route paper, 7G gaffer tape and stickers, stamps (fontwerks, everyday beauty, stamped in ink), ink pads (Versafine and Colorbox), staples, zig pen


supplies: (from Scarlet Lime's January kit) scenic route and Ki memories papers, ki memories sticker, felt butterfly, buttons; (from my stash) hs flower, autumn leaves chipboard journaling spot, AC thickers chipboard alpha stickers, zig and sharpie pens

This morning, I came upon Suzanne's YITL card challenges. It practically just started and right now, it's still fairly easy to catch up! I decided to take the plunge! What a great way to use up some stash and lessen my piles of photos, even! *wink!*

Here's what I have so far
YITL 1 - resolve





















YITL 2 - winter





















YITL 3 - blue





















YITL 4 - proud
















YITL 5 - red





















YITL 6 - love