MPS NSD 2011 CHALLENGES

 ok, so i did not get to work on all the challenges :(

i have to admit that with mother's day weekend being the same as nsd it was a bit hard for me to have the extra time. but i got to work on 4 of them.

here they are:

challenge #1

challenge #2

challenge #3

challenge #4

and i am burning in pain now :P

sorry about the pink brad, i was going to cover it and forgot :(

Good Luck to all who are playing along with robyn's.

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below is pic i took today of the messy scraproom and messy me for another challenge at the circle.

sorry about the hair, hehe

love you all and i hope you guys had a beautiful mother's day!

A CHRISTMAS TREE

  Hello

It's me again...I am on a roll here friends.

Another Peachy Keen Stamps challenge. As you might know, most of these challenges are picked randomly so it is a matter of luck :) But, in the meantime, I keep making these "no-name gifts"...meaning they are ready for whoever comes to visit me ;p

This is the challenge: copied and pasted from here.

THE CHALLENGE

Using a lunch sack or a paper grocery bag, create a winter-inspired project. Some ideas can be a set of ornaments (staple two pieces of the lunch sack together), stamp the paper bag & use as wrapping paper, a holiday gift bag (paint both sides of the bag with gesso first if painting it), spray with archival mist to use as an element in a scrapbook page, crinkle and use distress ink to create an aged element, use the brown bag to wrap a frame or pail, or make a craft that a child could help you create (puppets)! The sky's the limit, and the more creative, the better!

• Design must be new
• Project must include Peachy Keen Faces
• Link to Mr. Linky before December 16th

 A CHRISTMAS TREE

 Standard Size Lunch Bag

and in case you want to know where I got the idea...I got it from

HERE

 and, if you are interested in the steps to make this cutie, you are lucky because 

I felt like taking lots of pics today :P

 I do not know what I am making to put inside but for now I have the Xyron X in order to take the pics, lol

 

OK, see you later.

Stay put and play nice.

Love you all!

A SAD LOVE NOTE

Hola amigas,

this little Teddy Bear card will be enter in a Peachy Keen Stamps challenge.

Peachy Keen Stamps blog 

in case you want to participate.

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THE CHALLENGE:

Create a card or layout using an EMBOSSING technique
You can either HEAT emboss or DRY emboss {or both if you wanna be fancy}
There are no limitations, but if you have Peachy Keen Stamps, 
you are encouraged to use them!

Please link your blog post URL to Mr. Linky before December 21st.(the actual posting closes 12/20 11:59 p.m. PST)

We'll use Random.org to generate our RANDOM WINNER (only one entry per person, please) on 12/20 to receive the prize package posted after all the DT submissions!

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Onto my project now...

 A SAD LOVE NOTE

 using Teddy Bear 2 Sizzix die
card measures 5x5
the colors are so different in real life. i couldn't get a good pic yesterday even if my life depend it on it, lol
so sorry because the colors are vibrant and beautiful.

I used a Peachy Keen stamp for the face called:

Too Much Fun Faces

PK-525

I had most of the cuts in this tote I keep with little things I made that did no work at the moment and, that I know/think  I can use for another project. ;p

frugality...aha!

Example of this: the embossed background is from a project I did for MPS,

the leaves are from a cut that was too long for a card and I had to cut some off. The butterfly, the phrase and the sun were  also in this tote already. 

  The small flowers and the heart I just punched out. I handmade the little yellow note, isn't cute? The grass was cut with deco scissors, the puffy brown stuff on the belly and hair were made with the puffy fabric paint I have in my stash.

You can appreciate the dimension better on this shot. 

The inside of the card.

well, this is it for today and no!!!...I do not know what the note read, lol.  All I know is that it had to be heartbreaking news to make her cry inconsolable. ;p

and....
perhaps you want me to remind you that on  Friday the 17 we will have 
THE LIME LIGHT BLOG HOP.
 You will have to go there first and YES! there are a lot of prizes. The already have some sneak peaks of them in their blog. CLICK HERE to go and see and......
SPREAD the voice/post... hehe

COOKIE MIX JAR

PLAYING ALONG AGAIN...

this time I am entering this no-name gift to the

FANTABULOUS CRICUT

Challenge #39 Gifts Galore:

Create a handmade gift or gift package.

  I used the From the Kitchen Cricut cart to cut the word with its features and Winter Woodland for the poinsettias.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chippers Mix in a Jar 

(Copied and pasted from HERE)

3/4 cup chopped salted peanuts
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup semi/sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.

Layer the ingredients in a one-quart wide-mouth jar in the order given; pressing each layer firmly in place before adding the next ingredient

Attach the following gift tag to the jar:
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chippers:

Empty cookie mix into a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Add 1/2 cup softened butter or margarine, 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, 1 beaten egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix until completely blended. Shape dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 13 minutes or until edges are slightly brown. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet and remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

ENJOY!

PAPER CRAFT STAR CHALLENGE

Every year I altered a big matchbox to use in my home. This year was no different but I get to enter it in a challenge. hehe

Challenge 24 - Papercraft Recipe
Begins December 8, 2010

Green Holidays
Create an altered holiday gift, card or scrapbook layout
using recycled or repurposed items you already have on hand.

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I also make sets of them and put them in a big cello bag, add a tag and Voila...the perfect gift for that unexpected visitor. They are so easy and inexpensive to make you will get addicted to them. wink-wink

Play along! 

Click on the link above and read more what is all about.

Have a nice weekend!

BOO EASEL CARD FOR MADE BY MOMO TUESDAY CHALLENGE

Thanks to Momo!!!

for the easy to follow directions on the cards she demoed in her first class on the Ustream Monday night.

This is momo's blog below in case you want to visit her:

http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

I made my first Easel Card yesterday to enter it in Momo's Tuesday Challenges. This week theme ""is to use Black and White, and then you can pick 1 other color of your choice"". 

I chose red as my complimentary color.

My first Easel Card

4.25 inch

 you can also find videos on you tube to make this card and on many other blogs too, just google "easel card'.

My ghost and my Boo! phrase are from Happy Hauntings. The ghost was cut at 3.75 inch and the phrase and its shadow at one inch. I used foam tape for dimension on the ghost. The bats on the red background are stamped. The nice checker board paper is from Me & My Big Ideas. I digged out the R.I.P. from a K&CO die cuts Halloween bag and I traced the letters with a red glitter marker because they were orange in color. I did not need orange but red. :)

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the tombstones border and add a strip of white AC cs behind it to make stand out better. The half moon is a circle altered into a crescent moon. I also adhered one of my eyes next to the phrase to keep watching you, lmbo.

This easel card is not hard at all to make, actually is really easy.

try it and let me see what you come up with.

Thanks for Visiting!

Love you all. 

HARVESTING TAG

This tag is for a challenge at 

http://olivejuicestudio.com/

for a chance to win a Wall Decor Cricut cartridge.

Please, visit Kim and have fun participating.

I have called my tag

Harvesting

(Did I say already Autumn is knocking at my door?, lol).

This tag is from the

Winter Woodland cartridge

you can find it on page 46, cut at 

5 and 4.75 inch tall.

(remember you can click on my photos for a bigger view)

Below you will find the requirements for the challenge:
(COPY AND PASTED FROM http://olivejuicestudio.com/

"The Dirty Details:
1.  Your project must include a stamped image – it can be a rubber, clear or digital stamp image OR it may include a clip art image.
2.  It must include at least one Cricut cut.
3.  It must include fiber, a ribbon or fabric somewhere in the project.
4.  It must include at least one piece of bling – such as a bead, pearl, gemstone, glitter, etc.
5.  It needs to include at least one patterned paper.
This challenge can be anything – a card, scrapbook page, tag, altered item, home decor, repurposed/recycled item, etc.  The deadline is 11:59PM, August 31st, 2010.
This contest will be based on a drawing of all participants who enter.  The winner receives a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser!"

These are some supplies I used

Let's start from the beginning:

1-The tag was cut with American Crafts textured cardstock; one time in the deep red and then on beige.

2-The beige cardstock was then colored with those paints you are looking at from Yasutomo and I purchased them in a not so local scrapbook store. They have a nice shine to them and I really love them. I do not have any of those nice misters but this set do its job well. 

3- I then used my Cuttlebug to emboss it with my Perfectly Paisley embossing folder.

4- I have tons of stamps: cheap ones and not so cheap but not as expensive as SU brand (I do not own any SU yet) but this is the second time I use this sunflower from the dollar clear stamps. Isn't gorgeous? 

5- I do not have Copics but Marvy Uchida markers I got at M's once for $5 in clearance. I used the yellow, brown and orange one for the sunflower and then I used the copper Yasutomo paints to give them that deeper and shiny color to them.

6- I took one of my dollar wooden stamps and stamped three leaves with green ink and I used the green Yasutomo on them too.

7-I used another dollar clear stamp for the sentiment and added a small faux jewel from my stash.

8- I added that beautiful button from my button's box.

9- I forgot I had to used patterned paper so I made a button using the Martha Stewart button punch and added some twine and used the same twine for the holder and...

10- Now, that tag hangs on one of my kitchen cabinets. Phew! I do not think I ever explained my projects in so much detail...lol.

Hope you like it and get inspired to make some tags for this coming season. Use them in homemade goodies, hostess gifts, presents, your garden harvest and more.
A couple more pics I forgot to add:

Have fun and I love you all!

MY PINK STAMPER LIVE DEMO CHALLENGE

THESE ARE THE RULES:

Use a christmas image from any Cricut cartridge and use the cut in a non traditional way? An example would be....
Using a Christmas stocking from the Christmas Cheers cartridge on non-christmas pattern paper and use it to make a card or scrapbook page.
Post a link to your site or message board post in the comment section.

HERE IS MY PROJECT:

I ALMOST DID NOT MAKE IT TO POST ON TIME

IT READS:

"I can not BEAR to b"

and in the inside reads

"without you".

The "BEAR" is from Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by.