christy’s li’l corner of the scrap galaxy

4 new challenges completed! these are all for the scrap galaxy star challenges-lisa posted 4 last minute challenges…my scrap room might not recover from this whirlwind of scrappin’ :O)

this challenge was to create a sketch-i chose to do a 12×12 two page spread:

Those hearts with banners are from an awesome font i downloaded the other day-it’s all tattoos! so cool :O)

this challenge was to use either all basic grey or all heidi swapp. since the only heidi swapp i have is some chipboard, i opted for the basic grey. i have a slight basic grey hoarding issue…LOL! also, i could only use black/white/blue or pink. Well, i thought this would be easy, until i realized none of the BG i have came in any black or white color schemes. I found a lone sheet and some scraps of the old collection ‘dawson’, remember that? the large sheet had orange right smack dab in the middle, and that wouldn’t do at all, so i covered it in blue, added LOTS of bg chipboard hardware, cut out some letters, and here we are:

I even had DD take a picture of me holding some of my bg paper packs, cheesy I know :O) I made the circle embellishment in the corner in my word program. i wanted it to look just like the one on all the bg paper pack covers…and the strip of paper going through the chipboard label at the bottom is a cut-off strip from the bottom of a sheet of bg :OÞ

Next challenge… create an achromatic layout, using only black, white and grey. also, use 10+ flowers, 2 different pattern papers and 2+ pictures…

that’s my youngest sister and her DH-they got married in june.

finally, this challenge was to scraplift this layout:

http://www.scrapgalaxy.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=4550&limit=last7

here’s my lift:

that’s my niece-we’d just returned from a wonderful evening at medieval times and she still had her crown on. love this picture :O)

so, that’s it for today-visit scrap galaxy star challenge for more awesome challenges!

challenge, create a “flap book” based on Erica’s Tutorial

mine came out a bit different, but the idea’s the same :O)

i had several leftover pics from DD’s winter ball photo shoot, and decided this would be a good way to get them all in one place without having to do layouts for each….the flap book is 4½ by 6 inches:

side flaps open:

top and bottom flaps open:

this lo is for the scrap galaxy star challenge contest, challenge #5-using an ad as inspiration. here is the ad:

and here is my layout:

my inspiration was the layout of the ad-the matted photo in the center, a centered blurb at the bottom, and another at the upper right. i like how it turned out, thought i’m not happy with the stitched scan..what i wouldn’t give for a large format scanner, that would rule!

so the scrap galaxy online crop is over, and while i didn’t get ALL of the challenges completed, i sure made a dent :O) thought i’d hop on and post my recent layouts:

crop challenge: “groovy kind of love”…create a “groovy” layout:

crop speed challenge: create a bookmark in under an hour:

crop challenge: use a kiss quote, poem or saying: (this is my favorite lo of the whole weekend :O)

crop challenge: love notes, include love notes in a layout:

crop challenge: build a layout. one step at a time was listed, and here’s what i ended up with:

crop challenge: “sweet surrender” …alter a container to hold valentine sweets:

feb star challenge #3: “quote this”

..use up to 4 quotes on a layout, ribbon and 3 or more pictures.

layout open:

feb star challenge #4: monochromatic layout, all purple!

phew, that was just this weekend! you can see them all, plus dozens more in my scrap galaxy gallery. I made some cards too, but wasn’t too happy with them…plus, if you check out my gallery you can see my entries for the KI Memories contest!

okay, off to watch the rest of the grammy’s :OÞ

another layout done, woohoo! this one’s for challenge #2:

this was all about using up the scraps. the lo had to include 2+ pattern papers, 3+ different cardstocks, and 4+ metal embellishments.

i get more layouts done this way…the scrap galaxy star challenge is back for february!

Challenge #1: Red Black & White, with buttons & ghost shapes…i didn’t have any ghost shapes, so i made my own from unshrunk shrink plastic :O)

Challenge #2 is up…come check it out and play along!