This week’s challenge is a card challenge! Since we have been playing Card Tag over at The Scrapping Bug all week I thought it would be fitting!

I want to see a square card. It can be ANY size!
I also wanna see a minimum of…

• 4 square pieces of patterned paper,
• one flower and
• some ribbon on it!

Simple right?? Exactly!Here’s my version…

Share with us your version and I’ll showcase it on the blog!

Remember, you still have until the end of the month to create a card or other creation that uses any of our sketches, Wordy Wednesday’s, Monday challenges or any other challenges posted on the site to enter your name into March’s prize drawing!

Complete today’s challenge and send your completed challenge picture to Tara at thynner5@yahoo.ca .

Happy scrappy Monday everyone!

~ Ally ~

Here is this week’s sketch puzzle. Hope you are still loving these sketch puzzles as much as I do. I have made a medium version and a hard version for you to solve. Please note that they are both of the same sketch.

medium version

hard version

If you have any problems printing this sketch off just send me a pm or email me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and I will send you the sketch. Please put : Sketch in the subject line.

Also, if you use this sketch as the foundation for your next layout and email it to me or provide a link you will be entered in this month’s Blog Prize Draw!!

Have fun!

~Tara~

I am a font-a-holic!! I can admit it. I love fonts!! All types of fonts. I am contantly looking through the web for new, fresh and funky fonts. I thought I would share my addiction with you gals.

This week I have chosen a cute one called: Lainie Day

If you would like it on your computer you can download it for free here: Abstract Fonts

If you require instructions on loading your new font, they can be found in the Resources section of the blog: Resources

I would love to see any creations you make using this font. You can send it to: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “font friday” in the subject line. You can also link you creations here as well. Anyone who does this will have a ballot for this months draw!

Enjoy your new font!

~Tara~

I am a little late posting this challenge. I was having some computer whoes.

This week’s word is:

Pose

1 a: to set forth or offer for attention or consideration <let me pose a question> b: to come to attention as : present <smoking poses a health risk>2 a: to put or set in place b: to place (as a model) in a studied attitudeintransitive verb1: to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes

2: to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress <posed as a doctor to gain access to the ward>

My darling daughter loves to pose. I just need to grab the camera bag and she’s ready. I find it hard to believe that she used to get that “deer in the headlights” look when I tried to take her photo. Suddenly, one day she just decided to stop fighting me and now she is a dream to photograph…… most of the time!

I would love for you to be inspired to create something using this week’s word. It can be in your title, your photo(s) or your subject.  Don’t forget that if you complete any sketch puzzle challenge, Monday challenge, wordy Wednesday challenge or submit a tip for Tip Tuesday then you will automatically be entered to win this month’s Blog Prize!! So get scrapping and either send them to me at( thynner5@yahoo.ca ) or link them in the blog!

~Tara~

It’s Saturday and it’s a little stormy outside today! So this means it’ll be a great day to scrap!!!

Wanna scrap, have fun and maybe win some prizes this weekend?

Why not check out the International Scrapbooking Association site this weekend! There are a lot of cool challenges, fun games and even some make-n-takes to create!

Come and sign in to the crop here. Read the crop rules.

Check out all the challenges, games and make-n-takes!

And have LOTS of fun!

Tara, Jen and I have all created something to contribute to the crop so come on out and support us!

Hope to see you there!

~ Ally ~

This week’s tip was sent to me by Jen! It was such a great tip that I couldn’t wait to share it with you.

We all have lots of letters leftover from various packages of stickers, chipboard, etc.  Instead of throwing them out or letting them go to waste, try using an anagram maker to see how you can use the leftover letters.  All you need to do is type in the letters that you have extras of, and click enter.  The anagram maker will give you lots of suggestions as to works that can be made.  Here are a few sites that make anagrams.

http://wordsmith.org/anagram/

http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html

http://www.easypeasy.com/anagrams/

http://www.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/cgi-bin/anagram.cgi

If you have any tips or techniques you would like to share please email them to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “Blog Tips” in the subject line. If you do then you will entered into the monthly Blog Prize Draw!

~Tara~

It is time to start the week off with a challenge. This week I want to see you use some paint on your layout. You can paint an embellishment, paint the edges of your cardstock, your photos or even paint your patterned paper.

For the following layout of Emmy I chose to paint my chipboard and I wanted to tone down the patterned paper because it was too much. So I grabbed the brush and painted a place for journaling!

I posted a tutorial about using paint on your layout last week on the blog. If you haven’t read it you can here: Paint tutorial

If you take me up on this challenge and either email your layout to me or provide a link, you will be entered into this months’s Blog Prize Draw!! thynner5@yahoo.ca

Thanks again to everyone for your wonderful tips and layouts. I am pleased to announce Febuary’s winner!!

Laura (angelbear)!!!

You will recieving a scrappy surprise!! Congrats!

This month’s Blog Prize Draw will be another yummy collection of goodies!! To be eligible to win all you have to do is complete any challenge, send in a tip or tutorial, use a sketch or use a font posted for the month of March! You can either email them to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca or link them in the blog! Please make reference to the blog when sending via email. Have fun and good luck!

~Tara~ 

Here it is!!! Enjoy!!!!

I have finally gotten a few minutes to get my header on to my new blog, so I am now live with my own blog.  Come on over and check it out.  http://www.ibecreative.com/   I hope to update it a few times a week, and when I get more time LMAO, I will update it daily

There is still a glitch with the header, but it is all good.  I will fix it when I can figure out what code the blue outline is coming from. 

I love all of you and miss the gang!  Be sure to leave comments at my blog, and here too!

~Jen