SS Ruby Challenges #2, 3 and 4!!!

Okay. I realize that I'm not listing ScrapbookSteals' Ruby Challenge #1. Technically, it's actually MWM #30.

33 layouts in 10 weeks??? Not bad!!! Here are my three additional challenges for Ruby Status!!! WOO HOO!!

Challenge #2: What's Your Secret

SS'ers were supposed to share a little known fact about themselves. I shared 10. :)

Title: 10 Things About Me

Challenge #3: Lucky Me!
SS'ers were given the task of featuring something in our life that we were lucky to have.

Title: Lucky in Love

Challenge #4: Countdown!

This was one difficult!! Here's the list. There was no right or wrong way to complete this... We just had to include these items. All of them.

10 metal embellishments: metal brads, 9 plain, 1 decorative

9 inches of ribbon: there are actually 9 inches of ribbon in the flower

8 letters in the title: isla sofi

7 non-metal embellishments: seven rhinestones

6 sentences in the journaling: this is obvious

5 pieces of patterned paper: there are five patterns in the woven section

4 pieces of plain paper: there are four pieces of plain in the woven section (I forgot to include the base paper... OOPS!)
3 photos: again, obvious... but in sepia tone!

2 rubons: both flourishes were technically from one rubon. I broke it into two.

1 stamped image: the dots underneath the photographs are actually a stamp!

Title: isla sofi

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Scrapbook Steals RUBY!!!!

Once again, Scrapbooksteals.com had their challenge to complete their Mid-Week Mojo's. Another ten layouts completed+additional challenges! So, here are my MWM's for Ruby!!

MWM 21: Santa Breakfast

MWM 22: Isla's Tree

MWM 23: The Trouble with Binkies

MWM 24: Fashionista

MWM 25: Birthday

MWM 26: Cookin'

MWM 27: The First Week

MWM 28: Merry Christmas (or the tale of the Adidas Suit)

MWM 29: Always Loved

MWM 30: Little Girl

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Scrapbook Storage and Rooms...

I, and quite a few of our fabulous ScrapbookSteals.com ladies have been sharing our wonderful storage ideas and scrapbook rooms! I was mentioned in one of the blog posts!

Although I don't have a room, my area on the bookshelf is looking pretty good!!!

How To'sday Scrapbook Rooms #1 (this is the blog with my area!)
How To'sday Scrapbook Rooms #2
How To'sday scrapbook Rooms #3 (out on 2-22-2011)

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MWM #29 and Color Combos Galore!

Not often do I have the brilliant idea of mixing two challenges at once. I should, I don't have much time... Why not combine!!

So, after Brenda's fantastic sketch for Scrapbooksteals.com's MWM (Mid-Week Mojo)... and then seeing the neat-o color combo's for Color Combo Galore...I knew that I wanted to use my new Meadowlark and State of the Heart MME papers!! Thanks Scrapbooksteals.com for the fantastic prices once again!! I also used previously purchased SS for most of this, Ever After ribbon and grey Velvet ribbon from Cosmo Cricket (which I HAD to make an extra large glue dot to create the flower for!). The little sterling charms are Making Memories charms that I have been saving for, well... This layout! Brads are Basic Grey.

(The weird silver thing... The clipboard that is holding the page up so that I could photograph it...) Pin It

Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: The Jewel Tones Challenge

This challenge was fun. Although, I think I started three cards before I finalized my card. Moxie Fab World's Jewel Tones Challenge made for some beautiful colors!
The Bazzill versions were: Sugar Cookie, Sunshine, Pansy and Blue Calypso.

First off, I have to apologize for the photo... It's not really coming out exactly how it should. The teal color... Is off. I most likely will replace the photo in the morning.

Instead of using the Bazzill, I used the "B" side of a piece of American Crafts Boo paper. I know, I keep using the AC "B" sides... but the colors are so beautiful! American Crafts cream cardstock, American Crafts ribbon, and rub-ons from both American Crafts and Pebbles Inc. I did place one small My Mind's Eye bling on the sunshiney rub-on.

This is so simple, but I really like it!! I am going to hope for some sunshine tomorrow, so I can retake the photo!!

That was the last of the cards!! Enjoy!

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Moxie Fab World's Color Inspiration for Card Makers Week: The Neutrals Challenge

This challenge from Moxie Fab World threw me a little... The gold from the metallics challenge was a challenge, but getting shades that really went together was almost tougher! Funny though, because I ended up with two variations using almost the same colors!
The Bazzill colors were: French Vanilla, Twig and Smoky.

For the first card, I used a Bazzill Swiss Dot paper in a pretty khaki color, a light cream American Crafts cardstock, that was cut using the Wild Card Cartridge from Cricut and altered using the Gypsy, two variations of the same die-cut sheet from My Mind's Eye, and a section of a Making Memories ribbon. The top layer of the blue die-cut border has some dimensional stickers to make it "pop" off of the card :)

I like this card, but it wasn't really my style... So I took another look at my supplies and found these papers that are pretty similar in nature.

For this card, I used the same Bazzill Swiss Dot khaki paper, part of a sheet of BoBunny Mamarazzi paper, a ribbon in the same colors (I cannot remember what company...), and a rub-on sentiment from the Letterbox line from American Crafts.

I may just give this one to my brother for his birthday. Lucky for me, he has no idea that this blog exists :)

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Moxie Fab World: Color Inspiration: The Monochromatics Challenge

For this card, I decided to create something more fitting for the Valentine's season... Using the following colors for the Moxie Fab World Color Inspiration for Cardmaker's Week, I created a beautiful card for my sweetie.

The Bazzill inspirations were three shades of pink: Bubblegum, Precious and Pinkini.

Instead of the Bazzill versions, I used a base of Basic Grey Two Scoops patterned paper, two shades of pink cardstock from American Crafts that I used my Cricut to die cut the heart, a Making Memories pink ribbon with a Basic Grey rub-on sentiment, My Mind's Eye butterfly rub-ons and bling, and Basic Grey rub-on swirls to tone down the dark pink of the butterflies. I also hand punched the double heart on the die cut and hand sewed using a similar variation on the medium pink shade of the heart.

I really like the simplicity of this card, but I know that it took quite awhile to make "just" right. My sweetie will love it ;)

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