Trends & Techniques - Monsters & Paper Piecing

Little monsters and big monsters and monsters under the bed, everyone knows 'em, everyone has 'em and they've been turning up on LOs from coast to coast! Let those little monsters out of their closet and bring them to your LO or project!


Also use the technique of paper piecing on this challenge, it doesn't have to be the monster that's pieced, it could be any element on your page!
 
Here's a super layout by Lucy!
 

Supply Challenge

Let's see these items all on one LO or project...

leaves/foliage

knotted string

a border

Here's a Card by Shanna

Border punch, Ivy leaves on pp, knotted ribbon

52 Sketches 52 Weeks

Loved the sketch at 52 sketches this week...so I'm sending you all there to do it!! I have loved Julie's sketches forever, and they tend to get used several times...

http://52sketches52weeks.ning.com

We Scrap

We Scrap is having an online crop this weekend. Head over there and do one of their challenges!

Sketch

Here's another awesome sketch by the amazingly talented Becky Fleck at pagemaps.com!



http://www.pagemaps.com/june09maps.htm (5th one down)


Here are a couple super layouts from the DT


Ashley


Tracy


Lucy

Color Challenge

Falltime! What colors mean fall to you? Here it's green/brown/yellow and in a rare dry autumn orange. Use this pic to inspire you, and throw in some brown for the wet west coast leaves!

Here is the DT's interpretation

Katie

Lucy

Shanna

Manufacturer

Let's use up some Pink Paislee from our stash!!

Here is Lisa's take...

Scraps!!

Today, I would like to see you use up all those scraps that are collecting on your scrapdesk!!

Color Challenge

In light of the weather in my neck of the woods, I would love to see some LO's that use WHITE as the primary color...you can use a bit of other color, but I wanna see clean, crisp white!!

Recipe Challenge

Use the following to come up with a layout
1 - 12 x 12 PP
1 - 8 x 9.5 cs
1 - 7 x 8.5 pp
2 - 2 x 4 paper (can be cs or pp)
2 - 4 embellishments

Sketch Challenge

Head over to Creative Scrappers blog and do this weeks sketch #73. Creative Scrappers always has great sketches, and their Design Team has been able to inspire me. Don't forget to link back to Creative Scrappers if you do the sketch!!

Supply List

Make a LO or project that includes paint, stars and something clear


Lucy took on this challenge


So did Ashley!

One Word - Blessings

With Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend, I will pause to be thankful for the many blessings in my life...use the word BLESSINGS on your layout - can be your title, in your journaling, etc..

Stack It Up

Use stacked letters for your title, stacked shapes for embellishments, anything goes as long as it is stacked!!

Take a peek at the DT layouts:

Lucy

Shanna

Ashley

Journaling Challenge

Journal a story. I want to see at least a paragraph!

Here is Lucy's interpretation

Trends & Techniques - Cherries & Sanding

Cherries are everywhere and while the season for them is passing, the papers linger in our stashes, so dig out - our should I say pluck - some cherries from your stash and use them on a LO or project.

Also include the technique of sanding on the LO somewhere!

Here's a great card from Shanna

Cardstock Only!

Use only cardstock on your LO, and I want to see three techniques used on your cs, embossing, sanding, painting, inking, cutting, stamping.... just no patterned paper.

Here's a great example by Lydia

Sketch Challenge

Make a LO or card from this sketch by Pamela at Scrapbook Challenges

http://pamelasworldofscrap.blogspot.com/

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=104796563&Mytoken=8FDA2AF4-1EC2-4814-8815AB0FCB2966196289658

Here is a great layout by Shasta!!