HEAD'S UP: Urban Anthology Design Star Challenge

I spotted this lovely site a month or two ago and fell in love! I am planning on participating in the challenge so stop on by Urban Anthology to cheer me on!

LAYOUT - Embrace Originality

I did this one for Serendipity Scrapbooks' Stick-em up Sticker Contest (altered stickers). I altered the stickers with a watercolor crayon wash and dots of Glossy Accents.

Title: Embrace Originality

LAYOUT - Rap Music Fan

I created this one for the Serendipity Scrapbooks Guilty Pleasures Layout contest. Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper, Epoxy Stickers (Prima)
Stickers (American Crafts-alpha and Sandylion-label)
Punch (EK Success)
Ink (Stampin Up)
Stamp (Scarlet Lime Kit Club)
Rub Ons (Making Memories)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)

Journaling:
You'd never guess it but, oh, am I ever! Eminem is my #1!

Pretty Girl

Sorry this isn't the greatest scan...with all of the dimension (felt, beads, foam adhesive) it was pretty lumpy. I've never found the color to be that good when taking a photo...so a little dark in spots from the scan...forgives! I created this for the CMK monthly designer challenge.

Title: Pretty Girl

Design Notes: I used a lot of layers in this one....the felt flowers are behind the large patterned paper, which I adhered with foam adhesive. I used a Glimmer Screen on top of the white cardstock and sprayed with three colors of Glimmer Mist then cut out a portion of the image for this layout. The Glass Beads are a hot pink color...see how different they look on the green vs. blue? I also added three beads inside of the felt flower for some extra color. I cut around the butterfly in the pp, and it extends off of the page.

Supplies:
Cardstock (Bazzill, Stampin Up)
Patterned Paper (BasicGrey, Luxe)
Die Cut (Scenic Route)
Rub Ons (Stampin Up, Making Memories)
Chipboard (Heidi Swapp)
Brads (American Crafts)
Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Screen (Tattered Angels)
Felt (Fancy Pants)
Ink (ColorBox)
Buttons, Beads (The Scarlet Lime-January 09 Kit)
Glass Glitter Beads (Darice)
Marker (Zig)
Adhesive (Stampin Up, Ad Tech)
Other: ribbon

Journaling:
This photo is ages old now but it is still one of my favorites! That smile on your face just makes me giggle! I think Daddy was "eating" your toes. These are the moments that I want to remember forever.

Beautiful Life

I created this for Colleen's use your stash challenge at Scrapperie.

Supplies:
Cardstock (Prism)
Patterned Paper (SEI, Making Memories)
Stickers (Creative Imaginations)
Rub Ons (Maya Road)
Buttons (Sassafras Lass)
Ink (ColorBox)
Tag (www.onebrightspot.etsy.com)
Felt Alpha (American Crafts)
Stamp (The Scarlet Lime Kit Club)

Lovin' Bo Bunny

I had to have the Beau Jardin collection of Bo Bunny papers! It is pretty feminine with the swirls and most of the colors, but look how well it works for BOY pages too!


A cool technique I discovered is to use alcohol inks on both sides of a sheer element. I dabbed the front with a mixture of blue and green but it just didn't show up well when I put it on the page. I tried apply silver alcohol ink to the BACK of my piece and it turned out looking like a mirrored stained glass sort of thing...it's beautiful!! I'm probably the last one to figure this out but it's a wonderful technique!

Products Used:
Patterned Paper, Rub Ons (Bo Bunny)
Felt Alpha (American Crafts)
Sheer Alpha (Maya Road)
Chipboard (Scenic Route)
Ink (Ranger Distress)
Hole Puncher (Crop a Dile)
Rhinestones (Doodlebug)
Adhesive (Ad Tech)
Other: misc. paper scraps

Journaling:
There’s just something special about you. Your energy and spirit are unmistakeable.
You are very intelligent but cannot sit still for long. You are affectionate and emotional. You are a challenge.

Establishing yourself in the great big world, you are jonesing for the top. Whether you
realize it or not, you are destined for big things. I felt it before you even came into this world. This is just the beginning.

AND I LEARNED A GOOD LESSON: Make sure you understand slang before you try to use it! I used Jonesing in an entirely different way than it's true slang meaning. I think Jonesing in a sense of achievement sounds better anyway, so there.

Grow With Love

I made this for the Create My Keepsake Jenni Bowlin monthly sponsor contest. It was fun to focus on using her stuff!

Good news to share today!

I won the Sassafras Lass Monthly Sponsor contest at Coordinates Collections with my layout Bubblicious You!

I also made One Little Word Favorites for my Imagine layout!

Coolness!

Funny Expressions

I entered this one in the Create My Keepsake Scenic Route monthly contest.

Sassafras Lass Contest Entry

I entered this in the Coordinates Collections Sassafras Lass product challenge.

I DID IT!!!

I had my doubts - especially when it got down to the wire- but I'm officially entered into CK's Scrapbooker of the Year!! It's my first time entering and I believe it's at least good enough not to get tossed immediately. I made a binder for it which didn't come out quite as awesome as I'd hoped - partially because the ink got smeary on me when I applied Mod Podge. Lesson learned on that. Now, I'm going to focus on MMM. I'm so proud of myself for getting this done! And a NOTE TO SELF - don't wait until the last day to get it in the mail cuz' it's NOT cheap to send a box overnight. *sigh*

I also learned about a DT call at Freehand Scraps last week and instantly fell in love. It wasn't a position I'd been seeking, but it just feels right for me to be there. Sort of like coming home. I'm crossing my fingers on this...it's something I'm very excited about!

Another Contest Entry!!!

WOOOO HOOOO....I'm on fiyah!! I've no clue how I was able to do so much this month but it sure was fun!!

I entered this one at coordinates Collections. Come take a peek. Oh Happy Day

AHEM....not to toot my own horn or anything but...

Oh, who am I kidding...I'm tooting my horn for everyone to hear! :D I have no shame!

My contest entry at SerendipityScrapbooks.com was named today's layout of the day!!
See a couple posts back for my LO titled Just Hangin'

Contest Crazy!!

Well, I think I'm officially out of my slump. I took the day off today to scrap and just chill and I can't believe how much I got done...yeah!! I've created these three for contests.

Chuck E Cheese
at CropAddict.com sponsored by American Craft

Growth
at CreateMyKeepsake.com sponsored by KI Memories and

Just Hangin'
at SerendipityScrapbooks.com sponsored by Sassafras Lass


Crossing my fingers!

Contest Winner at a Peek Into Yesterday!!!

WOOOHOOOO!! What a way to start my week! You can see the announcement about halfway down their home page.

Monthly Contest Entry at Serendipity Scrapbooks

I've been a lover of Serendipity Scrapbooks for years and I like to join in their contests when I can. The March contest was using Jenni Bowlin products to create a "shabby-licious" layout. Let me know what you think. Oh BTW, not a fan of photographing my LO's (as I did here). I get the dimension but the color sucks.
What Summer Tastes Like

Detailed Close Up

Should know the winner any day now. Crossing fingers!