Monday, November 23, 2009

BWC #24 - Grocery List, All Tied Up

Hiya SHCG! I'm taking my turn early since our dear Wendy must still be healing (feel better, Wendy). First, let's whoop it up for Marlene's response to BWC 23, Page Maps, thanks Marlene! Check it out if you haven't already.

I've been looking forward to hostessing a multi-layered challenge, it's been a while since we had one. So I bring you Grocery List, All Tied Up. I challenge you all to create a LO that has the following ingredients:

1) Grocery - Must include a reference to FOOD or EATING. It can be literal ("Grandma's Pumpkin Pie," "Our Fave Italian Eatery") or figurative ("He is the APPLE of my eye,” “TASTY Days of Summer”);

2) List - Must have a list of some sort. You can list things like in a recipe ("Take one frazzled girl, add one tropical destination..."), you can do strip journaling or you can
lay your journaling
out in a column
all list-like
like
this...
whatever "list" means to you, anything goes; AND

3) T
ie It Up - Use ribbon/fiber in any way you wish. Paper ribbons are acceptable.

The "List" & "Tie It Up" components were inspired by challenges #1 & 3 ("Work Those Words" & "Ribbon Border") from Elsie Flannigan's "53 Scrapbooking Challenges," which Brenda gave me a while ago- thanks, girlfriend! The "Grocery"/food components was mine... perhaps I was hungry when I thought of this, LOL.


Hope you have fun w/ this & look forward to seeing what y'all can come up with! :)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Secret Santa Swap '09

Scrap Happenzz Secret Santa Swap '09

Who(does it): Any Current Active Member interested (sorry, pledgeZZ, next year, k?)

What (do I have to do): Get your person a scrapbooking gift (from their wishlist if possible), value is to be $10.00 to $15.00. Also a handmade card. You can also include any handmade items you wish. OR create a Secret Santa bag of scraft toys for your person with a value from $10.00 to $15.00 that come from your stash and which may include any handmade items you wish. Please also include a handmade card. Use your person's wishlist to generate ideas of her likes and scrafting style. You might even find items from your stash that are on her wishlist.

When (do I have to ship this by): Parcel Post must be shipped by December 12th. Priority or Express must be shipped by December 17th UNLESS a person's travel plans dictate later.

Where (do I ship it):
To your super secret special assigned gift recipient (to be assigned).

Why: Because giving is groovy!

How (can I join in this ultra fun event): Please PM me, Sharon, by 12:00AM EST Thursday 11/26, Thanksgiving (as in late night Wednesday 11/25). Send me your mailing & email addresses. I will assign Secret Santazz shortly thereafter. Santa names to be randomly picked. Re: shipping, please let me know if you have any travel plans to maneuver around (i.e. "don't mail until after Xmas, we'll be out of town) or any shipping preferences (i.e. "send UPS but not Fedex to my address"). And PLEASE, update your own wishlists in the meantime, so your Santa can be in the know 'bout the stuff you're cravin!

October 2009 TraKKing :)

Posting this here for Marlene:

Sharon (Blushpea)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 20
QOM responses: 1
BWC responses: 1

Brenda (Twinscrapbee)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 21
Critiques after 10 day window: 1

Lisa (Gelidygelato)

Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques after 10 day window: 20

Jesse (*Jesse*)
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 16
Critiques after 10 day window: 5

Marlene (Marlenef)

Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 1
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 15
Critiques after 10 day window: 6

Chris (Cmleach)

Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 20

Brian (Fuchsboi)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 0
Critiques after 10 day window: 0

Twinstars (Jen)

Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 5

Denitza (Denitza)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 20
QOM responses: 1
BWC responses: 2

Wendygirl (Wendy)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 17
Critiques after 10 day window: 3

Chell Rae (Michelle)
Check-ins: 2/4
Submissions: 4
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 13
Critiques after 10 day window: 4

Scrappinmomto2girls (Margaret)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 14
Critiques after 10 day window: 4

Lifeinthefastlane (Amanda)
Check-ins: 3/4
Submissions: 0
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques after 10 day window: 6

Scrappindiva (Taysha)
Check-ins: 4/4
Submissions: 2
Total # of layouts to critique: 22
Critiques within 10 day window: 9
Critiques after 10 day window: 7

Any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask me

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

?OM Thanksgiving Disasters

Let's give thanks to Lisa for her ?OM idea. Fall, family, fireplace, feast, fun--phooey! Time to dish the dirty details. What is the most disastrous Thanksgiving you've had? Serve it up!

MTB Calendar: 2009 Urban Cyclocross

MTB Calendar: 2009 Urban Cyclocross

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Monday, November 9, 2009

BWC # 23 " Page Maps"

BWC # 23 "Page Maps"

We all know about "Page Maps", but do we try to used them as much as we can?!? Well, I know I'm not. The sketches can be a great help to people, like me, that have lost the scraft mojo, or just to give people some different ideas. For this BWC I dare you to use a sketch form the Page Maps site-pick one, and use it to create a lo , a card, a tag, an ATC...
Here is the link to November Page Maps
The due date for this BWC will be November 22nd. Have fun and I can't wait to see all your creations!

Here are the responses to BWC #22-Halloween LO without Halloween Themed Supplies:

1. Sharon-

Ghosts of Halloweens Past (left side) - SHCG "Halloween LO Without Halloween-Themed Supplies" Challenge By Blushpea

Ghosts of Halloweens Past (right side) - SHCG "Halloween LO Without Halloween-Themed Supplies" Challenge By Blushpea

If you haven't checked her great lo, make sure you do that right now!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

BWC #22 - Halloween!!

It looks as though everyone is still working on Brian's BWC #21, Scaredy Scrapping, so we'll catch those on the next challenge (please correct me if I'm wrong - I didn't find any submissions for this in the critique thread, but let me know if I missed one!)

Your new challenge:

BWC #22 - Halloween Challenge
With Halloween coming up this week, I'm sure everyone will have lots of fun pictures!! Your challenge is to create a Halloween-related layout without using any purchased/pre-made Halloween-themed products. This can be a completely non-traditional Halloween layout, or a more traditional layout using hand-made embellishments, or whatever else you come up with - but you are not allowed to use anything Halloween-y that you've purchased (this includes rubber/clear stamps!)