Challenges!!.......

Every month there are three challenges at Catherine and Cathy Create- a card challenge, a tag challenge and a monthly challenge which was all about doodles this month. I already posted the birthday challenge These are my other entries.....

First the monthly challenge- Doodle-ista- I am a big doodler but have always been afraid to do it on layouts or cards. But I am happy with how this turned out, I must say :) 

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Next up is the tag challenge. I was stuck as to what I was going to with this tag, but it worked out in the end! The challenge was to use arrows. I used one made of grunge board, which I inked, and the other I made from a toothpick and some cardstock. I really like how this turned put. I won't want to give it away. 

CHA Fun at A Cherry on Top.....

 So, I was lucky enough to be one of the members over at A Cherry on Top that was given 4,000 points to give away to message board members to do fun stuff- like play games and host challenges- how cool is that?? The powers to be at ACOT were off to the CHA and wanted us to get everyone excited about all the new releases coming up. Well, they didn't really need us to get them excited lol, but we had a blast! There were tons of games, challenges, and chats and lots of members participated. It felt awesome to be handing out points- points can be accumulated towards money off an order, so who doesn't want points?? And who doesn't want a discount on their order?? I was allowed to play and get points from the other members that had them to hand out, so that was awesome. I hosted two challenges, besides play games and such.

The first challenge was called Bundle Up Challenge. Seeing we are in the midst of cold weather I thought it would be appropriate to make a card or layout with layers. The twist is that there had to be at least 3 different textures. I love using both. In my example below I used paper that I embossed, the funny looking stuff is some kind of packing material, there's lace and corrugated cardboard. The pictures were taken at Wolfgang Puck's in Downtown Disney. Kate and I just about died at the sushi :)

The second challenge was a card sketch challenge. I wanted to keep the sketch pretty easy as not everyone is into making cards. Here is the sketch and my card

There have been lots of entries for each challenge. I award points on the 25th, I can't wait!!

Birthday Card Challenge.....

 I finally got around to buying the awesome embossing folder that I used on this card. I have been wanting it forever. The card is pretty simple but I like it a lot because of the folder. I used Coredinations cardstock, sanded it and crumpled it to make it more distressed. I inked it with Tim Holtz distress ink in Vintage Photo. The stamp is Stampin' Up

I made the card for the monthly card challenge at Catherine and Cathy Create- my fave blog :)

I was picked.......

or should I say my card was picked, as a December Top Pick at Catherine and Cathy Create- woohoo! I was SO excited!!! I was because the talent over there is phenomenal so it was very flattering :) :) So look what I get to post on my blog.....

And this was the card that was picked, I love this card

Time to catch up a little...

As you know, I am not great with the regular blogging thing :) First of all, here are my latest Nuts About Sketches submission. I loved how this picture of Minnie turned out, and again I used the Simple Stories Say Cheese line- such an awesome collection for Disney pics.

This is my favorite layout that I have done for Nuts About Sketches. I just can't stress enough how awesome this paper collection is!!! And I got  to use a doily. I heart doilies :)

And this is the most recent Disney layout. I decided to use a whole different line of paper and something definitely "non-Disney", and something more "me". So, what better than Graphic 45's Typography!!! I had a box of goodies that I got before Christmas and this was part of it so I was itching to use it. I issued a challenge over at A Cherry on Top to do a layout with multiple layers and textures (more on that in the next post). Below is the example that I did. I used embossed paper, lace, corrugated cardboard and some kind of packing paper as my layers. The look of that sushi is enough to make me drool- mmmmmm! There are some sequins in that page too that I have only just got into using, thanks to my scrapbook friend, Stephanie Ho, from Skyline Paperie- you should head over there and check out their blog and adorable online store. I know Stephanie through A Cherry on Top, and we were Christmas ornament exchange partners. Below the layout are the gorgeous things she sent me, and she also included a whole bunch of sequins and a lovely roll of washi tape- how sweet was she?