CRAFT US CRAZY CHALLENGE #8

CHALLENGE #8 - SOMETHING NEW OR YOUR FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT

Is it just me or does time seem to be going by super fast? I feel like it was just a few short weeks ago that CRAFT US CRAZY was rolling out with our very first challenge and now here we are getting ready to start challenge #8! The response to our challenges has been overwhelming. I can not get over all of the beautiful creations out there, it is amazing!!

The theme for this challenge is to complete a project with a "something new" theme,(think new car, new baby, new home, etc or something new to your project that you have not used before) or to use your favorite embellishment. I chose to complete a LO of my oldest daughter's first big girl purchase a few weeks ago......a new car. She may be in debt now, but she is loving her new car and she looks way cute behind the wheel of it too! I used very little materials for this LO as everything was paper pieced.

We have some really great sponsors lined up for this challenge. For the entire month of May we have THE CUTTING CAFE, and for this particular challenge we have DIGITAL DELIGHTS and THE PIXIE COTTAGE sponsoring us. Please hop on over to the CRAFT US CRAZY challenge blog to find out all about our terrific sponsors this challenge. I hope to see you all join us!

***PROJECT INGREDIENTS***

Cardstock: Bazzill

Paper piecing Pattern: CROPYcats

Brads

Eyelets

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BE MINE - LO

Ahhh young love. These photos were taken of gifts that Brittany received from her boyfriend on their very first Valentine's Day together...4 years ago. He was clearly out to impress: roses, stuffed teddy, chocolate and a mushy card. He very sneakily left all of these on our porch in the early morning so as she opened the door to go to school she was surprised with the big haul of loot!

It really did not take a lot to put this LO together. The hearts were cut out from a piece of patterned paper and the title was cut out from the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge.

As I said above they have been going out for 4 years now, but I don't think she has seen a haul like this first one since then. LOL

HATS OFF TO THE GRAD - LO

Here is another graduation LO that I just completed. That is 2 down, I must be on a roll. The LO is a page kit from Cut-it-Up. I love their page kits, they are quick and most of the work is done, you just put them together and add your own touch to them. They always include a lot more die cuts and paper pieced items to complete the LO's, but I only use half of the kit so I can add more pics. Most of their directions only show one pic on a LO. Considering I take a ton of pics, I would never ever get half of my photos scrapped if I followed their LO suggestion. LOL

HOORAY FOR THE GRADUATE - LO

As you can see I am very behind on my LO's. By the time I get caught up with Britt's high school years she will have children in high school that I need to scrapbook. LOL

I just finished this one last week of Brittany's high school graduation. I paper pieced the rolled diploma and cap from a pattern by Cropy Cats. The title is cut from the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge and the "08" is cut from the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.

AMAZING - LO

Here is another LO of Brittany. I started this one at the Swarm last weekend and finished it up this weekend. It's a pretty simple LO as I really didn't want the pictures to have to compete with the LO itself. All of the papers used are from the SU Bella Rose Designer Series. I used various buttons from my button jar and various rub-ons for some of the words. The word "amazing" was cut from the Storybook Cricut cartridge (at the moment this is my favorite cartridge) and the word "sweet" was cut from the Street Signs cart. As I said, it's a simple LO but it's too the point and describes her perfectly!

YOU - LO

Here is another LO I completed at the Swarm. I scrapjacked the idea for this LO from a magazine. I can't recall which one as I tore the page out of it quite some time ago before tossing the rest of the magazine out.

The patterned paper (which I used very little of because it was so busy and I did not want it to distract from the photos) is from the Basic Grey Blitzen Collection. I threw on a little ribbon (from the dollar spot at Michael's) and some Primas. The word "you" was cut out from the Base Camp Cricut Cartridge. There was so much more I could have added to my journaling about Brittany but then I wouldn't have been able to fit it on the page.

SENIOR BALL - LO

I have a new obsession. It is hand stitching. After completing the card in my previous post and hand stitching on it, I have become hooked. I like the texture it adds without seeming overdone.

Here is a LO that I completed last night of Brittany's Senior Ball pics from last year. It took me this long to figure out how I wanted to scrap them. I wanted something pretty but not too cute. Something simple but elegant too. I recently purchased some Bazzill In Stitch'z templates for the first time and I LOVE them!! I will definitely be buying more.

I used the Bazzill In Stitch'z Formal Flourish template. The white paper flowers are Flora Doodles by Petaloo and the yellow "bling" are Gemstones from Hero Arts. You really can't tell from the pic but the stitches are a pale yellow that matches the color of her dress.