Way Past Due

I can not believe it has been so long since I've updated my blog. No excuses - - I just haven't done it. So I'm going to make a commitment to update the blog every time I finish a new layout. Right now I'm involved in a contest called the Stash Bash Challenge. This is something I'm doing though a Pifing Yahoo Group (Scrapbook Place) where we see how many layouts or cards or paper crafted items we can make only using our "Stash" current items in our possession or items only obtained through a Pif (A Pif is like a trade). I have a ticker at the end of the blog showing my layout status. My personal goal is 100 layouts. So far I've got 25 layouts done so far it is looking good to hit at least 100 by the end of the year.

I'm working on making sure anything current gets scrapbooked and then trying to get something past due for scrapbooking done. I'm also working on a special Christmas Gift for a good friend so some pages (those without photo's) are for her "special Christmas Project" I will share the layouts and special techniques, details, etc. with you along the way.

I am also working on a few Cuttlebug Card swaps and will add those to my Card Stash Bash count...and share them here. These swaps are through the Cuttlebug Card Exchange Yahoo Group which is a lot of fun.

So stick with me...I promise to do better at keeping ideas flowing and update regularly.

~~~Inchie Blog Candy WINNER~~~

And the Winner is, by random number generator.................................................

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...FREEBIRD




So send me an email at purplefaeriepc@yahoo.com with your address information I will get your Blog Candy (White Inchie Blanks (100 pk) & a newly released PF Inchie Stamp) into the mail on Monday.

Thanks go out to everyone who got involved in the challenge over at Inchy by Inch - Fiona thank you for hosting the Challenge.

Sketch Challenge WINNING Card is...

Created by Karyn
Stamping Stuff with Karyn

Your Winnings:

This is a blog candy worth $35+ In this bag of goodies are: (2) I Brake for Stamps background rubber unmounted stamps, (1) Close to my Heart Season Greetings Ribbon Round, (1) 1"x1" Acrylic Block, (1)pkg of 15 Rhinestone Flowers, (1) bag of Purple Faerie PC Mini Rhinestones, (1) Graduation Embellishment pack, (1) Purple Faerie PC Distressing Tool, Handful of Sample Cards in a variety of sizes, (1) pkg Purple Faerie PC Die Cut Pine Trees (3 trees), (1) craft jar of pink and cream sequins, (1) 6"x6" Chunk of background and texture paper, (1) box of 96 ProvoCraft Alphaletterz (Duty Free), (1) sheet of Handmade stickers in bright and bold colors and a 10 pack of 9 pocket PVC and ACID FREE ATC Pages (holds 90 cards)

Please contact me Karyn with your address and I will get this mailed off to you.

I'd like to thank everyone who submitted cards for this challenge. They were all beautifully done.

VOTE ~ Sketch Challenge ~ VOTE

CARD A

CARD B

Created by: Linda Weber
CARD C

Created by: Betsy Hawkins

CARD D

Created by: Rachele Funk

CARD E

Created by: Pam Volk

CARD F

Created by: Allie Gower

Please vote on your favorite submission by placing a comment with one card Letter selected! You have until Thursday, March 20th to vote. Votes will be tabulated through the web-group and the comments left here and the winner will be announced on Friday, March 21st (Good Friday)

Sketch Challenge Update

No more sketch challenge submissions will be taken.

The winner will be drawn by poll.



I will post each of the cards submitted here and you can vote (only once) by placing a comment for your favorite card.


The following Blog Candy goes to the card with the top votes:

This is a blog candy worth $35+ In this bag of goodies are: (2) I Brake for Stamps background rubber unmounted stamps, (1) Close to my Heart Season Greetings Ribbon Round, (1) 1"x1" Acrylic Block, (1)pkg of 15 Rhinestone Flowers, (1) bag of Purple Faerie PC Mini Rhinestones, (1) Graduation Embellishment pack, (1) Purple Faerie PC Distressing Tool, Handful of Sample Cards in a variety of sizes, (1) pkg Purple Faerie PC Die Cut Pine Trees (3 trees), (1) craft jar of pink and cream sequins, (1) 6"x6" Chunk of background and texture paper, (1) box of 96 ProvoCraft Alphaletterz (Duty Free), (1) sheet of Handmade stickers in bright and bold colors and a 10 pack of 9 pocket PVC and ACID FREE ATC Pages (holds 90 cards)

Sketch Challenge

This is the sketch



This is a sample using the sketch (technique is not required)

Since I've received so many questions about this challenge and no submissions I've extended the date. Submissions are due to me via email (purplefaeriepc@yahoo.com) by March 15th. The winner will be drawn by poll.

Ok as promised here is the Blog Candy associated with this Sketch Challenge.
so much stuff here I had to take 2 scans to fit it all in.

This is a blog candy worth $35+ In this bag of goodies are: (2) I Brake for Stamps background rubber unmounted stamps, (1) Close to my Heart Season Greetings Ribbon Round, (1) 1"x1" Acrylic Block, (1)pkg of 15 Rhinestone Flowers, (1) bag of Purple Faerie PC Mini Rhinestones, (1) Graduation Embellishment pack, (1) Purple Faerie PC Distressing Tool, Handful of Sample Cards in a variety of sizes, (1) pkg Purple Faerie PC Die Cut Pine Trees (3 trees), (1) craft jar of pink and cream sequins, (1) 6"x6" Chunk of background and texture paper, (1) box of 96 ProvoCraft Alphaletterz (Duty Free), (1) sheet of Handmade stickers in bright and bold colors and a 10 pack of 9 pocket PVC and ACID FREE ATC Pages (holds 90 cards)

Techniques Month: Exploring a Technique with a Sketch Challenge

Here is the sketch

Here is the sample (note the technique on the background paper) I used the Joseph's Coat with a Twist paper that I created a few days ago.

So here is the challenge. Create a card or even an ATC using the above sketch. Submit your card challenge entry to me at my email address purplefaeriepc@yahoo.com by March 3rd.

Once all the cards are in I will post them all and we will have a vote. The winner will receive a Blog Candy goodie bag worth at least $35. I will publish a sneak peek at the Blog Candy in a few days.

Challenge Team ~ January 2008 Challenge

In the newsletter it has come to my attention that I linked the January 2008 Challenge to the December 2007 Results.

Here is the correct link you need to get to the January 2008 Challenge results.

http://www.purplefaeriepapercrafts.com/Challengeja8.html

Can't have you missing out on all the awesome work these ladies put into this challenge!

December 2007 ~ Challenge

The December Challenge

Theme: Giving To Others
Challenge: Focus on a given product line dimensionally

Pretty broad challenge but I thought a good place to start

Click Here to See Our Challenge Team Results



Submit your samples of work by emailing the images and products you used along with your name and they will get posted on the blog.

A Challenge within a Challenge....It's a Family Thing

Well I've finally gotten back to some scrapbooking and stamping. It felt so good to dive right in and challenge myself again. Too busy doing housekeeping these days to really enjoy the finer things in life.

Ever so slowly whittling away at my Scrap-A-Mania 500 goal. January sure is coming fast! YIKES will I ever make it?

This last week I took on some web group challenges. The problem is they were both card challenges and I needed to work on scrapbook pages...so I improvised a bit. Here is how I handled the challenges and the scrapbooking results. After I share these I'm going to give you all a little history into my family and one of our "Traditions".

The first challenge was given by a web group I'm involved in called Stampers Corner . We had to simply follow a sketch. This is what I created based on the sketch. The pink piece under the white is faux Suede. FUN Technique!

This is how I used the panel in a scrapbook page

(photo of my daughters feet she took on her own at Girlscout Camp...and the tradition continues)

The second challenge came from CTMH Friends Web group I belong to. Again it was a simple sketch challenge.

and this is how I used the panel in a scrapbook page.

(photo of my daughter and mothers feet - Thanksgiving 2006 ~ Girl shoes with Socks [they are so foofy])

OK...so what is this "It's a Family Thing" and why all the scrapbook pages of feet?

Well these aren't the only two pages I have nearly 10 pages done just of feet. The photos date back to when I was a little girl and the family tradition developed (not sure exactly how...but I think it happened because of my first photo was off and all I got was every one's feet) to take pictures of every one's feet together. They don't count if its just one person...they have to be a group of two or more people. So these are my pages dedicated to our family photo's of groups of feet. They are fun and I'll have to share more pages with you of my family's feet.