"All In The Family" Challenge at Frosted Designs!

Hello all! I'm here today here with my last Frosted Designs Friday challenge for you. :(

Thanksgiving was just three weeks ago, Hanukkah started this past Tuesday and Christmas is only six days away! Then we all have the New Year's celebrations to enjoy. With all these holidays upon us, it makes me think of my favorite part of the holiday season - spending quality time with family.

So today's challenge is titled "All In The Family." Your project (layout, card, art journal page, mixed media piece, etc) must focus on family and include a quote about family somewhere on it.

Here is my example featuring a beautiful quote from Maya Angelou. I first printed the quote onto a sheet of letter size paper, then took a 3x4 journaling card and taped it onto the paper over the text so when I ran the same sheet of paper through my printer again, it printed the text exactly where I wanted on the journaling card.

Products used from the Frosted Designs store:
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Paper Pad
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Acrylic Words
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Flair
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Puffy Glitter Stickers
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Clear Stickers
Heidi Swapp Hello Today Acrylic Stars
IDenti-Pen Permanent

And here are some more creations that the fabulous design team made for this challenge...

Julie

Joni

Athanasia

Solange

Lori

We would like to also welcome back Scrapmatts as this challenge's sponsor! Scrapmatts is offering up a prize pack valued at over $30.00!

You have until noon (CST) Wednesday, December 31st to link up your project to the Frosted Designs Blog for your chance to win this awesome prize!

Thanks with a Twist Challenge!

Happy Friday all!!

It's time for another Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs and it's Joni's turn to host this week!

Joni says...

Since it's the week before we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the USA, what's more appropriate than a "Thanks" challenge? This is perfectly adaptable to anyone not celebrating Thanksgiving....at least I hope everyone has SOMETHING to be thankful for? I call this one "Thanks with a twist."

Challenge: Use the word THANKS (or THANKFUL or THANKSGIVING, THANK YOU...etc)

AND the twist....you must also use one of the following: ribbon/trim, twine or washi tape.

You have until noon central time on Wednesday, December 3rd to upload your entry to the Frosted Designs blog for your chance to win a gift card from Dies R Us!

Here's my example for this challenge using lots of Bella Blvd products from the Frosted Designs Store: 

Products used from the Frosted Designs store:

Bella Blvd Snapshots Patterned Paper Pack

Bella Blvd Snapshots Alphas & Bits cardstock stickers

Bella Blvd Snapshots Paper Pieces cardstock die-cuts

Bella Blvd Snapshots Bookplates stickers

Bella Blvd Snapshots Tabs stickers

Bella Blvd Daily Chevies Arrows stickers - Gulf, Pickle Juice, Pink and Black

Elle's Studio Letter & Number stickers - Teal and Dark Gray

Queen & Co Trendy Tape - Polka Dot Pink

American Crafts textured cardstock - Surf

Sakura Identi-pen

It Feels Like Fall At Frosted Designs!

Hello all! It's Friday which means we have another challenge for you over at Frosted Designs! This challenge is all about the Fall - my favorite season! Julie is asking us all to create a fall-themed project - that's it! Simple and fun - just create a fall-themed layout, card, art journal page, altered art piece...whatever project you choose to create! Be sure to link your entry to the Frosted Designs Blog (there is a link to the current challenge in the right sidebar) by noon Central Time on Wednesday, October 8th for your chance to win an awesome prize! 

And here is my take on the challenge. Since I don't have any fall-themed supplies in my pared-down stash right now, I decided to tackle this challenge by scrapping a fall event and focusing on using tones of orange and gold - my two favorite fall colors!

Products used from the Frosted Designs Store:

Glitz 77 - Collection Kit, Giant Rhinestones and Puffy Word Stickers

Heidi Swapp - Color Magic Resist Chipboard Alphabet Stickers

Kaisercraft Rhinestones - Champagne

Stamping It Up at Frosted Designs!

Hello all! It's Friday which means we have another challenge for you over at Frosted Designs! This challenge is all about stamping! And there really is no specific rule to this challenge other than to bust out those stamps and use them somewhere on your layout, card, art journal page, altered art piece...whatever project you choose to create! Be sure to link your entry to the Frosted Designs Blog by noon Central Time on Wednesday, September 10th for your chance to win a $30 prize pack of chipboard from Scrapmatts! 

And here is my take on the challenge. I stamped various sentiments, hearts and stars in black ink in various places on my layout.

Products used from the Frosted Designs Store:

Glitz 77 - Collection Kit, Giant Rhinestones and Puffy Word Stickers

Elle's Studio Stamps - Everyday Moments and Good Times

Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms - Sea Breeze

Sakura Identi-Pen

Project Life 2014: Week 9 (and a new Frosted Designs Challenge!)

Another week of Project Life is done! This week was NUTS. Just NUTS. I had a really hard time narrowing down the photos for this one, so I used the Design K and Design F page protectors so I had lots of pockets and I just accepted the fact that this layout would be very photo heavy. I also completed this layout for today's Frosted Designs Friday Challenge - "Three Words." The three words are mask, stamp and paper clip - you must use all three on your project, whatever it may be (layout, card, altered art, etc.) Be sure to link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog by Wednesday, August 13th at noon Central Time for your chance to win a prize!

And now for a closer look at the left side. I know I've said it before, but I love, love, love the Design K page protectors. One this side of the spread, I used three different Elle's Studio stamps to fulfill the first challenge requirement and then added a navy blue paper clip to the Body Back photo to complete the second challenge requirement.

 Here's a better look at the right side. I kept this week's recap card super simple because I had to make the font teeny tiny in order to get everything on there. So, the "today sucked" journaling card stands out. But, I'm glad it does because it's true. There were multiple days this week that sucked as we left a much-loved home in Portland and started a cross-country road trip only to be stranded for three days in Missoula, Montana because of a blizzard. So, this filler card is quite appropriate. And Project Life is about LIFE - the good, bad and ugly. The other filler card in the lower right corner I created with some mist and a Heidi Swapp stencil/mask thus completing the third challenge requirement.

Products used from the Frosted Designs Store:

Elle's Studio Cameron - Tidbits

Elle's Studio Everyday Moments - Stamp

Elle's Studio Everyday Moments - Cutouts

Elle's Studio Letter & Number Stickers - Teal

Studio Calico Thataway Plastic Die-Cuts - Stars

Studio Calico Printshop Wood Veneers - Hearts

Studio Calico Wood Veneers - Cameras

Basic Grey Capture Wood Veneer Die-Cuts

Um-Wow Diamond Confetti

Heidi Swapp Mini Stencils - Shapes

Frosted Designs Friday Challenge: Flowers and Stitching!

TGIF!!! It's time for another Friday challenge at Frosted Designs. Today, it's Anita's turn to issue the challenge.

She says "Hi everyone. It's Anita here and today it is my turn to host the challenge! I thought and thought about what to make the challenge, we have so many talented ladies on The Frosted Designs Team that we have some great challenges; I wanted to make sure I was hitting the mark!

I finally decided on two of my very favorite things to create with:
STITCHING and FLOWERS: Just add flowers to your project, and some stitching (machine, hand, or faux) to be entered to win a fabulous prize from our sponsor!"

So there you have it! Easy, peasy! All you need to do is create a project using flowers and stitching and post it to the Frosted Designs blog by Wednesday, July 30th at noon Central Time for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate from Scrapmatts!

And here's a little inspiration from me...it's not a project I created specifically for this challenge but for one a few months back. But it's a personal favorite, it features the Glitz 77 collection available in the Frosted Designs store and has both stitching and flowers...

Frosted Designs and Stuck?! Sketches teams up for a challenge!

Happy Independence Day to all those in the United States!

It's Friday and time for another challenge at Frosted Designs! This time around, we are having some fun teaming up with Stuck?! Sketches! So, your challenge is to use the awesome Stuck?! sketch below as well as incorporate die-cuts and/or punches into your project. Feel free to interpret the sketch into a card, art journal page, canvas...whatever! Layouts are not required...anything goes!

Here is my take on the sketch using the awesome Bella Blvd Snapshots and Daily Chevies collections available in the Frosted Designs store. I used a couple die-cut circles as well as a scalloped border punch on my layout.

Products used from the Frosted Designs store:

Bella Blvd Daily Chevies Collection Kit 12x12

Bella Blvd Snapshots Patterned Paper Pack

Bella Blvd Snapshots Pieces Cardstock Die-Cuts

Bella Blvd Snapshots Captions Stickers

Bella Blvd Daily Chevies Everyday Bookplates Stickers

Queen & Co Trendy Tape - Chevron Black

Studio Calico Printshop Wood Veneer Shapes - Hearts

American Crafts Cardstock - Leaf

Be sure to check out what the other Design Team members from Frosted Designs and Stuck?! Sketches created for this challenge too! You have until noon Central Time on Wednesday, July 16th to link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate from Dies R Us!

Let's play some BINGO! at Frosted Designs

Hi all! I'm so excited to issue my first Frosted Designs Friday Challenge! This one is an all-time favorite of mine so I hope you like it...now, it's time to play some BINGO!

Here's the challenge: Use five items from the following BINGO card to create a project that gets you either a vertical, horizontal or diagonal BINGO. For example, if you use the far left column to get BINGO, your project would need to include flowers, die-cuts, some sort of animal, stickers and the color orange. Projects can be anything crafty - layout, card, art journal page, altered art, etc.

Here is the Project Life spread I created using the second row from the top. I've got several die-cuts, I used a stencil and mist to mask on the pink journaling card, I included a couple paper clips for my office supply, I used two punches - a corner rounder punch and scallop border punch, and I added stitching around the border of the upper right photo. 

Products used from the Frosted Designs store:

Elle's Studio Good Times wood veneers

Elle's Studio Everyday Moments Bits & Pieces

Elle's Studio letter & number stickers - Kraft

Studio Calico Thataway plastic die-cut stars

Studio Calico Printshop heart wood veneers

Jillibean Soup Mini Placemats - Favorite

Becky Higgins Project Life Overlays - Set 4

Be sure to visit the Frosted Designs blog to see how our fabulous designers tackled this challenge and to enter the challenge for yourself! And of course we have another awesome prize for you from our fabulous sponsor, 7 Dots Studio! You have until noon (Central time) Wednesday, June 18th to link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog.

"Capture the Moment" at Frosted Designs

The new monthly kit is out and it is GORGEOUS!! The Capture The Moment kit is chock full of paper, brads, trim, flair and other goodies from the Prima "Time Traveler" collection as well as other manufacturers. You definitely have to check out this kit in the Frosted Designs store for yourself!

And with a new kit comes a new kit challenge from Brandi! Visit the Frosted Designs blog to check out the challenge and Brandi's amazing work using the new kit. You have until the end of the month to complete the challenge and link it up to the blog for a chance to win a prize from The Olde Saltbox!

May's Frosted Designs Kit is "Simply Sweet!"

Happy Mother's Day everyone!!

Did you know that besides an awesome selection of mixed media and scrapbooking supplies, Frosted Designs has monthly kits available for purchase? Each kit is chock full of fun goodies and then you get to customize your kit to your liking by choosing either the "messy fun" option or "clean fun" option! If you haven't had the chance yet, pop over to the Frosted Designs store to check out the kits for sale!

Well, this month's kit is a true beauty. Appropriately named "Simply Sweet," it's brimming with beautiful Heidi Swapp patterned papers, Prima flowers, a stencil, trim, and so much more!

Also, to go along with each monthly kit, there is a monthly kit challenge! This month, Brandi is challenging you to create any project you'd like with any Frosted Designs kit, past or present. Check out the full challenge description and Brandi's gorgeous examples on the Frosted Designs blog. Each entry into the challenge gets you the chance to win a gift certificate from Dies R Us!

Oh, and one more thing...anyone who signs up for a kit subscription during the month of May gets this awesome bonus gift as a thank you!

A Mother's Day Mood Board Challenge

Hi all! It's time for another challenge over at Frosted Designs! Twice a month, Frosted Designs issues a fun challenge. Not only do they get you thinking outside your creative box but there's recognition to be earned if chosen as one of the Top 3 and there's always an awesome prize to be had by one lucky random winner!

Today it's Katie's turn to issue up an inspiring challenge and if you play along, you have the chance to win an awesome prize from Close To My Heart, courtesy of consultant Amanda Armitage!

The challenge this week is all about Mom! Whether you are a mom, stepmom, grandmother, or just hope to become a mother one day, sooner or later we all quote our mothers and we all hold them dear to our heart as fabulous women in our lives. For this challenge we would like you to create a project using our Mood Board as inspiration! You can create any type of project...layout, card, art journal page or off the page project for this challenge! Here is our lovely, yummy mood board to get your creative juices flowing :

Here is my card for the challenge. I was inspired by the quote, the orange, all the flowers and the touches of gold.

(Products used from the Frosted Designs store: Glitz 77 Collection Pack, Glitz 77 Whatnots Die-Cuts, Glitz 77 Giant Rhinestones, Kaisercraft Rhinestones in Champaign)

You have until noon (central time) Wednesday, May 21st to link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog!

Spring has sprung challenge at Frosted Designs!

Hi everyone! Now that I'm back from the Big Island of Hawaii, I have a fun layout to share with you all!

Twice a month, Frosted Designs issues a fun challenge. Not only do they get you thinking outside your creative box but there's recognition to be earned if chosen as one of the Top 3 and there's always an awesome prize to be had by one lucky random winner!

Lisa has issued a fun challenge and I hope you'll play along with us for the chance to win a fabulous prize courtesy of Xyron!

The challenge: Spring has finally sprung! Incorporate 3 of the following words into your project in any creative way you choose. For example: Use the word Spring in your title, use the color yellow somewhere and use a "fluffy" embellishment such as a gesso, twine or pom poms! You can use any other items you wish just make sure at least 3 words are represented on your project in some way.

Here is my layout for the challenge. I used the color blue, hand-stitched clouds onto my background, added some sticker and paper flowers and also used a sticker of a birdcage with birds in it.

(Products used from the Frosted Designs store: Glitz 77 Collection Pack, Glitz 77 Puffy Stickers, Glitz 77 Whatnots Die-Cuts, Glitz 77 Giant Rhinestones, Studio Calico Printshop Wood Veneer Hearts, Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms in Sea Breeze)

You have until noon (central time) Wednesday, May 7th to link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog!

Simple Stories A Charmed Life is at Memorable Seasons!

I was "lucky" and "charmed" enough to get the chance to work with Simple Stories A Charmed Life this month at Memorable Seasons. This collection is just...happy and screams spring...if it ever comes. I love the blue, green and yellow color combo and all the embellies are so fun - lots of stars, hearts, flowers and clovers. And the sentiment stickers are awesome - I see them getting used a lot on future Project Life pages!

You can find this collection HERE in the Memorable Seasons store!!

Here's the front sides of the papers I received...

And the backsides...

And here is the cardstock and embellies...

And some extras I picked up...

(You can find the Jenni Bowlin tapes right here in the store.)

And here is what I created with this fabulous collection...

I also issued a couple challenges based on the above layouts. They aren't due until April 30th so head on over to the Memorable Seasons challenge forum to check them out, along with some other fun challenges, for a chance to win a prize!

The last Memorable Seasons stash-busting challenge!

Do you have a bunch of old kit or collection leftovers sitting around in your stash? If so, then this Memorable Seasons challenge is for you! It's super simple...all you need to do is use one of those old kits/collections to create a layout. If you feel up to it, snap a photo of what you have remaining in that kit/collection to share with us before you create your layout or cards.

So here's what I had left from my January kit after creating five layouts with it...

And here is my example using what was left from my January kit...

The rules:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge.

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by January 31st!

Also, be sure to check out my post about organizing and storing your kits and collections!

Another Stash-Busting Challenge at Memorable Seasons!

Stickers, stickers, stickers! An "old school" supply for sure, but they keep making this classic and we keep hoarding them. So this Memorable Seasons challenge is all about using stickers...particularly one kind that I seem to have a ton of...WORD AND SENTIMENT STICKERS!! So today's challenge is for you to use a minimum of five different word and/or sentiment stickers on your project! You can cluster them like I did on my example, use them to frame a photo, make a border with them, embed them in your journaling...there are so many ways to use these types of stickers!

And here is my example using my January kit and eight word/sentiment stickers from my stash.

The rules:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge.

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by January 31st!

Also, be sure to check out my post about organizing and storing all sorts of stickers and rub-ons!

Another Stash-Busting Challenge At Memorable Seasons!

Hi all! Today's "Get Organized!" post over at Memorable Seasons is all about small embellishments. Therefore, for this challenge, we are celebrating one of my personal favorite small embellishments - BUTTONS! Yeah, they're "old school," but I don't care. Buttons are so versatile and inexpensive! Love them! So today, your challenge is to bust through your stash and use a minimum of 10 buttons on your project. 

And here is my example using my January kit...

The rules:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge. 

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by January 31st! 

Also, be sure to check out my post about organizing and storing all sorts of small embellishments!

Bust Out That Washi Tape!

Washi Tape. A couple years ago, I had never even heard of it. Now I have 60+ rolls of the stuff in my stash! So today's challenge over at Memorable Seasons is all about breaking out that washi tape we all covet and USE IT! My challenge for you is to use at least three different kinds of washi tape on your layout. Don't have washi tape? Then substitute with paper strips. I know we all have paper!

And here is my example using my January kit. I used five different washi tapes and even used one of them and a straight pin to create a cute little flag...

The rules:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge.

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by January 31st!

Also, be sure to check out my post about organized and storing washi tape!

Pull out those flowers!

Time for a stash-busting challenge over at Memorable Seasons! Okay, now I know you all have more flowers than you would ever need. So my challenge is all about flowers! I am not giving you a minimum requirement to use. I just want you to USE YOUR STASH and put more flowers than you normally would on a layout. Make those flowers noticeable! 

And here is my example using my January kit. I really wanted to create a layout that showcased the Bite Sized Bits paper (Jillibean's version of the 12x12 sheet that comes with all the 3x4 cards) because it seems like every manufacturer now includes a sheet of these Project-Life-inspired cards in their collection. So I went with a clean grid style but then needed to figure out a way to include lots of flowers on the layout. And that's where the idea to do an entire rectangle covered in orange flowers came from. I lost count but there is somewhere around 30+ flowers on there!

The rules:

*Create a new layout or 2 cards for this challenge.

*Upload your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum post by January 31st!

And all this month, we are sharing a bunch of organizational and storage ideas to further help you clean up your scrappy space. I'd love for you to check out my post on various ways to store and organize flowers!

Another Sketch-a-thon Challenge!

Time to share my final sketch challenge for the Memorable Seasons Sketch-a-thon! Like Susan, I also still appreciate the extensive sketch archives available from Scrapbooks Etc despite the fact that the magazine is no longer published. You have most likely seen a theme this month from me...that almost all my projects are two-pagers. And that's because during the holidays, I take so many photos that I need to place them primarily on two-page spreads or I'd be scrapping Christmas forever! No joke! So with that, I present you with another two page sketch (which, again, I feel could be turned into a single page sketch easily)...

And here is my example using my Basic Grey 25th and Pine Design Team kit. I actually had more photos than the sketch allowed for, so I split some of the photo blocks into smaller photos and also replaced the title block with a photo and moved the title over above the journaling...

The rules:

* Create a new layout for this challenge.

* Load your creation in the gallery and link back to this forum thread by DECEMBER 30th (not the 31st please)!

Another Sketch-a-thon Challenge!

The sketch-a-thon is in full swing over at Memorable Seasons, so be sure to come check it out! I love Creative Scrappers, so of course I had to pick a sketch from them to use! I went waaaaay back in their archives and found this gem. There is so much versatility with this one. All those squares could be photos (like my example), patterned paper, embellies, you name it!

And here is my example using my Basic Grey 25th and Pine kit! I pulled a sheet of Basic Grey Solids white distressed paper from my stash to use as my base. The only part of it you can see is along the edge. Then I chose to move my title up by the journaling so I could "hang" the fussy-cut ornament from the top of the page while still using it as part of my title. I also didn't want my title to rest on top of the busy ornament-patterned paper. I dressed up the ornament paper with some of the wood veneers and also added red Smooch Glitz to all the red ornaments for some sparkle. 

I also wanted to point out that I hid some additional ornament closeup photos behind three of the ones featured on my page. That's why they have a blue mat around them and a gold photo turn. 

The rules:
* Create a new layout for this challenge.
* Load your creation in the gallery and link back to this thread by DECEMBER 30th (not the 31st please)!