SYAO Week 14

Another one done with hours to spare.  I still have to pack my clothes for Novi's Mega Meet!!

I will be back in time for the 15th to show you the 3rd challenge from Color Me Scrappy and maybe a video of my haul from Mega Meet :-)







Here is the sketch that we were given and a list of the items we chose from.

PRODUCTS
fabric or felt
ribbon/twine
flags & or pennants
3+ flowers
Re-cycled item such as packaging or ?
3+ patterned papers
stick pins
metal embellishment/hardware


TECHNIQUES
punches (border/corner)
acrylic paint (stamped-brushed-stencil-etc. ...your choice of application)
distressing
embossing (dry or heat)

Here's my layout - sweet and simple.  I did some misting on the embossed background paper and then layered from there.  I used a Maya Road heart stick pin, some flags and banners, a piece of "I love you" ribbon and my favorite - for a recycled item I used the inside pocket of jonathan's jeans.  When I went through his clothes and picked out the small stuff I took two pairs of jeans to the basement and dropped them in my stash - this is the first time I've used part of them.

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

SYAO Week 13

Yes I'm here with another week and you'll notice that I'm one day early - Procrastinator Sarah is on a role.
Week 13 had a very simple yet elegant layout - I really liked the line of photos all across and remember having some pictures that I took of flowers that were already cut in similar sizes.

 Here the list of embellishments...
fabric or felt
ribbon
photo corners/anchors
3+ flowers
chip-board
3+ patterned papers
transparency
metal embellishment/hardware

And Techniques...
punches (border/corner)
acrylic paint (stamped-brushed-stencil...your choice of application)
distressing
embossing (dry or heat)

So for this one I had these really cute embossed felt flowers that I've been hanging onto and color was perfect with the flowers in the photo - I know you can't really tell here - too much of a hurry to take the pictures and it's late and dark - I used the bathroom cause I thought it was the brightest - nope!!

Photoshop helped but not much.  You gotta see this in person - so very nice.

So my next embellishment was the easy part ribbon and a metal paper-clip.  Then I decided to take one of my chipboard shapes from Maya Road and cut it in half - one for the top and one for the bottom.  I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist and then heat embossed - yes, that was my technique I used - butterflies and the saying.  I had to add a single rhinestone to cover up the hole that was on the chipboard.

Here's my final layout - like I said the color was off from the photo but it is really gorgeous in person and the chipboard shimmers.  Did I mention that I actually used heat embossing as my technique and not my fail safe - distressing!  :-)






Well stay tuned, tomorrow is Challenge #3 from Color Me Scrappy and I have some other little treats that I have been working on that I can't wait to share with you this week.  Maybe even another video!

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

SYAO Week 12

I am so excited that I have completed 12 layouts in the last 12 weeks by being part of Scrap Your Ass Of over at Paper Secrets.  I have finished more this year than probably the last couple of years.  And I'm still working on some mini albums that I will be sharing with you soon.

So for week 12 here is the sketch that was provided - really super cute.

 The list of embellishments didn't change much...you had to choose 4 of the 8 items provided.  Chipboard, transparency, stick pin, twine, metal embellishments/hardware, 3+ patterned paper, 3+ flowers and fabric/felt.

I chose flowers, metal brads, 3+ patterned paper and chipboard letters.  Really like the way it turned out.

All the paper is glittery and metal foiled - very awesome.

Now don't forget to head over to Color Me Scrappy for our second challenge - there's a great prize pack up for grabs!!


Happy Stamping!
Sarah

SYAO11

It's week 11 of Scrap Your Ass Off and nothing like leaving it to the last minute - and I mean last 30 minutes.  I've been working on some other stuff in the craft room and keep procrastinating.  I don't want to give up though so I stayed up to finish/start the layout for week 11.  Here is the sketch...

And again you chose from the list of eight embellishments and three techniques.  This week there was a little more variety to choose from...

2 or more tags

twine

stick pin

3+ flowers

chipboard

washi tape

3+ patterned paper

metal/foil type embellies

 I was looking for photos that were horizontal so that I could stay true to the layout so again here are more photos from our early spring (which seems to be missing) in Grand Bend at the beach.

 Here is my metal type embellie, I've been hanging onto this one for a while and decided now was a good time to use it - it's actually resin but it looks metal to me :-)

The tags were inked with Distress Inks, spraying with some water and then stamped with one of my Stampin Up stamp sets.

This one was fun and posted just in time to keep me in the competition!!

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

SYAO 10

 Well it's down to the wire for week 10 of Scrap Your Ass Off over at Paper Secrets.  It's definately been challenging but it is really helping me get some scrapping done.

Again there is a sketch provided and you have to choose 4 of the 8 embellishments listed and one technique.

The sketch was really nice but I decided to flip it because of the size of my photos.  This is when you take your computer screen and turn it to the right - giggle.

 I chose twine, stick pin, chipboard and 3+ patterned papers as my embellishments and then my technique is distressing - you may start seeing a pattern here week after week - distressing, distressing yes and distressing.  I really wanted to use acrylic paint as my technique because I've seen alot of layouts with acrylic paint - but alas I do not have any primary colours - only pastels.

And Voila!!

Don't forget you still have some time to get in on the fun over at Color Me Scrappy.


Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

SYAO week 9

Well it's week 9 and I'm still going strong.  It's very challenging to pick out four items for embellishments and one technique when you are trying to match colors and patterns.  :-)

So for week 9 I picked these old pictures from when Madison was just a wee little baby.  We drove to Wiarton to take in the sights and found this really cool Willie statue.  Willie is the albino groundhog in Wiarton that likes to tell us how long we have to wait for spring.

I used some filter paper embellishments from Fancy Pants along with a really gorgeous patterned and die cut paper that I picked up at Lens Mills.  The paper had a ton of shiny glitter all over - so pretty.

Isn't this statue cool - hehe.
Stay tuned for tomorrow when the first challenge is revealed over on Color Me Scrappy.  Head on over the website now and look for the design team bios - really cool!

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

SYAO week 7

 Today was the deadline for week 7 of Scrap Your Ass Off.  I got mine done with 6 hours to spare til the deadline.  I was rushing last night when I posted it to the forum just before I ran off to emerg with Madison to get her foot checked out.  Madison tripped at school yesterday and had been limping around.  Well after 2 hours in emerg we came home with Madison's new friend "The Boot".  Yes she broke her foot.

I felt bad because I kept asking her to wait while I finished uploading the picture because I didn't want to miss my deadline.  But I just thought she had twisted it, not actually broken.








The challenge for week 7 was a sketch which was really cool.  I loved it.  I decided to finally pull out some of my photo's from Vegas and immediately thought of My Mind's Eye Lost and Found.  I think I've been hoarding this paper, afraid to use it.

I really love the way it turned out though.  I used Bling, Trim, Staples and 3+ patterned paper for the embellishments and then distressing for the technique.  That leaf trim has been in my stash for a while also, really, really love how it turned out.

All the patterned papers are from the Lost and Found paper stack.  Trim was just miscellaneous.  The flourishes are from spellbinders and then some bling from Want 2 Scrap.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah