This week’s challenge is a sketch challenge!! Use the following sketch as the foundation for your next layout!

Here is my layout of Paige and our friend Jill’s lovely, new puppy, Olive. I used a wonderful DT kit from Scrapdango. It consists of some great Bo Bunny papers! Yummy!

Puppy Love:

Please email your creation to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You could also link it to me here on the blog.

All creations will earn you a ballot into the Monthly Blog Draw!

~Tara~

This week’s challenge is to use the colours yellow and green.

You may use other colours but the colours yellow and green must be the main colours of your page.

Here’s my page:

Black Eyed Susans

Supplies: Papers: Making Memories, Scenic Route, Pink Paislee. Cardstock: Prism.  Flowers: Prima.  Brads: Making Memories.  Letters: American Crafts.  Label: Creative Imaginations. Pen: Sharpie.  Other: Doodlebug “Frills”.

Don’t forget, link us up or send your pages and cards to Tara at thynner5@yahoo.ca and you’ll get a chance to win this month’s blog prize.  Good luck!

I am constantly making lists. If I didn’t I would forget my own name!! I have grocery lists, scrapping lists, budget lists and everyday “things to do” list.

My challenge for you this week is to make up a small list and scrap it. The topic and theme is up to you so have fun with it!

Here is my layout and a list about ……… Me! I used a great Cosmo Cricket papers I received from The Scrapping Bug.

Journaling reads: 5 Things

1. I feel blessed each and every day to have my family.

2. I used to eat peanut butter and mayonaise sandwhiches.

3. I watched Jaws when I was little and now I’m afraid of sharks.

4. I love to sit on my front porch and watch thunderstorms.

5. I’m highly allergic to dogs but wouldn’t give mine up!

Please email your creation to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You could also link it to me here on the blog.

All creations will earn you a ballot into the Monthly Blog Draw! Look for a sneak peek at this month’s prize pack later this week! Good Luck.

~Tara~

With summer coming to end… boohoo!… I thought I’d pick a word that kind of suits this time of year… RELAX.

Definitions of relax on the Web:

Let’s see a page using the word RELAX….

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 Tara at( thynner5@yahoo.ca ) or link them in the blog.

Good luck!

This week’s challenge is all about creating a page that is of an odd shape.  So no circles, no squares and no rectangles this week!  Think outside the box and create something out of the ordinary.

Here’s my page, “Special Gift“.

I used a large colouring book image off of the internet to get my base dinosaur shape.  I taped it to the back of my paper and then cut out my dino shape.  I very slowly machine stitched all the lines to create my shape’s details.

So grab your thinking caps and create a page that’s out of the ordinary!

Don’t forget, link us up or send your pages and cards to Tara at thynner5@yahoo.ca and you’ll get a chance to win this month’s blog prize.  Good luck!

Sew… it’s Monday and time for me to post a challenge. I always get sew… excited when it is my turn to post. Sew… do you want to know what your challenge is for this week??

It’s all about sewing!! I just want to see you sew on your next creation. It can be either by hand or by a machine.

On the following layout of Paige I used a stitch template for the flourish design and poked holes by hand for the side stitches. Then I grabbed some pink thread and sewed on my page. I love the added dimension it gives to a page!

Please email your creation to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You could also link it to me here on the blog.

~Tara~

This week’s challenge is to create a page using the following sketch….

Here’s my page… “Family Ties“

I used the Sweet Pea Scraps July kit to create this page.

Send a copy of your sketch page to Tara at thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Challenge Monday” in the subject line.  You name will be entered into the monthly prize draw just for creating a page to share with us here.

Happy creating….

It’s time to post another weekly challenge! This one is as all about color…. or lack thereof!!

Yep… it’s about Black and White!! I would like to see you create a layout using only black and white. No color is to be added…. anywhere! It’s easier than you think.

Here is a layout I did of my girls. I converted the photo to a deep black and white and went from there.

Please email your creation to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You could also link it to me here on the blog.

All creations will earn you a ballot into the Monthly Blog Draw! Look for a sneak peek at this month’s prize pack later this week! Good Luck.

~Tara~

This week’s challenge is to complete a layout using the following list of items;

• 3 photos (any size, any colour)
• use the colour red somewhere on your page
• use a die cut image (any shape, colour, etc.)
• use a punch of any kind (shape, an edge punch, etc.)

Here’s the page I created using all of the things above…

Be Free

I used the Fiskar’s punch to punch the slots in the red paper and then backed the strip of paper with white cardstock.

Please send your page creations to Tara at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You will earn a ballot for this month’s Blog Prize Draw!  Good luck!

It’s time to start the week off with a challenge.

On of my very favorite elements that I love to see on a layout is sewing. I love the texture it adds to a page or card. I am embarrassed to admit that I have a sewing machine that my Mother in Law bought me that I still don’t know how to use. At least I have taken it out of the box. Now…. I just need a few lessons on how to use it.

In the meantime, I am addicted to hand stitching on a layout. I love how it appears more rugged than when you use a machine. I like to free hand my stitches and I also have a few templates that I use as well.

Here is a layout I created a few days ago. I received a great paper collection from The Srapping Bug to play with. I love WRMK’s White Out lines. I am so fortunate to have had the Frenzy Line from Scrapdango and the Hoopla Line from The Scrapping Bug. Love… Love these lines!

For this layout I used a sketch from Ally’s So Sketchy Blog. It is sketch #12. It is an 8 1/2 x 11 sketch that I flipped and stretched for this layout of my darling neice, Chloe. I used a stitch template from Bazzil for my stitch design.

My challenge this week is to sew on your layout. You can do it either free hand, using a template or a sewing machine. Please send them to me at: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “CCAS Blog Challenge” in the subject line. You will earn a ballot for this month’s Blog Prize Draw!

~Tara~