It's A Charmed Life!

Hello all! Megan here today. I was "lucky" and "charmed" enough to get the chance to work with Simple Stories A Charmed Life this month. 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!

Title "Love" Challenge

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Megan here today.

So today's challenge is very simple...all you need to do is use the word "Love" or a variation of it - loved, loving, lover, etc - in your layout title. Are you like Dria and do lots of layouts without titles? No biggie...just incorporate the word love somewhere on your layout as part of an embellishment, as a prominent part of journaling, etc. 

Here is my example made with my February Design Team Kit - Bo Bunny's Woodland Winter. 

The rules:

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

*Upload your creation to the gallery & link back to this forum post by midnight February 28.

Tuesday's Challenge-Love Poems

Hey everyone! Stephanie here to share today's challenge.
This month is all about love, so I want to see you use a part of a love poem, song lyrics or book script in your journaling.
Here is my layout, made using my February kit, Head Over Heel's by Echo Park:

 I used the words from the book Love You Forever by Robert Munsch as my journaling to my son.

I hope you'll find a chance to play along with us this month! If you do, be sure to upload your creations to the gallery and also link up here for a chance at this month's prize!

How do you spell "HEART"? Challenge

Hi all! Megan here today with not only my full kit reveal but also another fun, Valentine's Day themed challenge!

This one is a favorite of mine; it's the acronym challenge! You need to spell the word "HEART" using supplies, brands and/or techniques found on your layout. 

Here is my example made with my February Design Team Kit - Bo Bunny's Woodland Winter. I spelled heart using a Hinge, some Embroidery floss, Alcohol ink (to color my metal tag), some Ribbon and a (metal) Tag. I used all supplies to spell "HEART" but again, you can use brand names or techniques too!

The rules:

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

*Upload your creation to the gallery & link back to this forum post by midnight February 28.

Love Forever

Hey  y'all! It's Stephanie here with a new challenge that is up on the forum!
Since February is the "month of love", my first challenge this month is to scrap about a longtime love of yours. It doesn't have to be a person per se, it can be a hobby, food, activity that you have loved for awhile. Here is my example, using my February kit, Echo Park's Head Over Heels :

Be sure that if you play along, you upload your project to the gallery and you link up to this thread by midnight on February 28!!

The last stash-busting challenge!

Megan here today! Do you have a bunch of old kit or collection leftovers sitting around in your stash? If so, then this 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!

Chipboard Challenge

Hey everyone! Welcome to another Tuesday challenge. It's Stephanie bringing you this layout that I created with my January kit, Pink Paislee's Snow Village.

The blue flourishes, alphas and red circle were all naked chipboard that I sprayed with mists. The button next to my picture is a pre-printed chipboard and the circles at the top of my layout are also pre-printed chipboard pieces from Pink Paislee.

We would love for you to play along with this, or any of our January challenges! If you do, make sure you upload your creation into the gallery and link it up to the forum by midnight on January 31 for a chance at our prize!

Have a great day!!
    

Bust out those word and sentiment stickers!

Hello! Megan here and it's time to talk stickers, stickers and stickers! An "old school" supply for sure, but they keep making this classic and we keep hoarding them. So this 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!

Cardstock Challenge

Happy Tuesday y'all! It's Stephanie here again today to share my challenge this week.
It's all about cardstock! We all have it, we all love it (I think)! It's probably one of the first supplies we acquired in this hobby. Let's put it  to good use!
I have created this layout using my January kit, Pink Paislee's Snow Village:

 I started with the white cardstock as my base, then cut rectangles from the kraft cardstock. I then added all of my embellishments & journaling.

I also made a card using mostly cardstock:

 I cut three strips of cardstock in different colors & used a different border punch on each. The star is also punched from cardstock.

We'd love for you to play along! Create a new layout or two cards & upload your projects into the gallery. Be sure to link back to the forum by midnight on January 31 to be eligible for this month's prize!

Have a fabulous day!!

A Button Stash-Busting Challenge!

Hi all! Megan here. Today's "Get Organized!" post 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!

Mists Challenge

Hey y'all! Stephanie here today with another Tuesday challenge.

I love mists (even though my collection doesn't show it)!! They are so easy & fun to play around with. I created this layout by placing my chipboard pieces on white cardstock & spraying them with the desired color mists. I then used the cardstock with the negative space from the chipboard pieces as my background (the stars, the starburst & the doily).


My challenge this Tuesday to you is to use those mists! Be as creative as you can!!

*Create a new layout or 2 cards.
* Upload your creations into the gallery & link back here by midnight on January 31.

A World of Stamps

Hi, it's Susan here, and today at Memorable Seasons we're talking about stamps.  Especially talking about organizing them.  I mean really organizing them!  

Are your stamps a huge mess?  Are you forever searching for just the right one for your project, but can't put your hands on it?  Well, today our Get Organized topic features my very own organizational system that I am proud to say works wonders!  Check it out and see if you can get yours all neat and tidy just like mine.  (Humble, aren't I?)

And while you've got all those stamps at your finger tips, why not use some on a layout or a couple of cards?  Today's challenge is just that:  use some stamps! Don't let them languish all alone, sad, and unused.  Put them to use!

Here's a page I made using some very simple circle stamps.  Boy was this fun to do!  I love the whimsical look of all the circles.  And I was a very, very brave girl.  I stamped directly on to my layout's background paper!  Whoo hoo!

This is my daughter and her boyfriend.  Aren't they a cute couple?  Look at 'em, posing like the farmer and his wife in that famous Grant Wood painting.  Haven't we all done this at one time or another?

Anyway...enough of my rambling.  Dig out those stamps, y'all, and get to stamping!  It's fun!

 

Stash-Busting Challenge: Washi Tape!

Hello! Megan here and we are talking about washi tape today. 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 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!

Tuesday's Challenge

Hey y'all! It's Stephanie & Tuesday is my challenge day.
Today we are stash-busting our alphabet stickers!
If you are anything like me, you save all scraps, including letter stickers. What do you do with them once the prominent letters (a,e,i,s,t, etc.) are gone?
Well, I created a "word search" on my layout using those leftover letters. This was a great way to use them up!

   I used my January kit, Pink Paislee's Snow Village to create this layout.
The challenge in the forum today is to use up those letter stickers! Be as creative as you can. Remember, this month is all about cleaning out our stash! If you play along, be sure to post your creation in the gallery and link up here  by January 31 for a chance at this month's prize! 

I also have a post up about my organizational ideas for storing your alphabet stickers. Be sure to check it out.

Have a great Tuesday!

Stash-busting challenge: Flowers!

Megan here with today's stash-busting challenge! Okay, now I know you all have more flowers than you would ever need. So today's 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!

12/18 Sketch Challenge!

Hi all, Megan here today! 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)!

12/11 Sketch!

Hello all! Megan here today. 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)!

December 10 Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday everybody! It's Stephanie to share with you today's newest sketch.
I chose this sketch from Creative Scrappers!

Here is the fun sketch created by Jenny Evans:
And here is my sample layout:

 

I used the festive Silent Night collection from October Afternoon. You can find it in the store.
Have fun creating!! Be sure to link your project up in the forum by December 30 for a chance to win a prize from Memorable  Seasons!
~Stephanie   

12/4 Sketch

Hi all, Megan here! Today, I am giving you a two-page sketch from PageMaps. Now, I know some of you are "anti-double-pagers" but what I really love about this sketch is you could choose to do a single page easily using either side of this sketch. 

And here's my example using my Basic Grey 25th and Pine DT Kit. I used it for a Project 12 catchup page. After this one, I only have December 2011 and February 2012 to do and I am done with Project 12!! 

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)!

Dig out that Vellum!

Hi, it's Susan here with this month's Stash Challenge.  How many of you have a supply of vellum that you thought was an outdated product?  Well, no longer!  If you search the latest layouts and cards, you will see plenty of fun and creative uses for this versatile paper.  It is especially nice to emboss, like I did on this layout.

Look how crisp and white my embossed design comes through on the vellum.  I love it! 

Vellum is also a fun product to use on cards, and I made this one with a sewn vellum overlay capturing a sprinkling of fall sequins.

Check out Memorable Seasons' Design Team challenges here, and see what creative things you can do with vellum this week!

(Both my projects were made using Echo Park's new collection "Reflections: Fall" - it's a real beauty!)