New challenge this week.

I am so excited! It came down to the wire, but I did meet my own challenge. I know Sonja didn't get a chance to do any crafting this week as she is driving all over the country right now, but maybe this will be inspiration for her when she returns (Hi, Sonja!).

Here's the project that I used glitter on.


It uses one of the new embossing folders from Stampin' Up! I embossed a piece of vellum and then cut off the area above the flowers. I then traced over the embossed image with a glue pen and sprinkled it with glitter. This card is going to my Sister and her hubby for their Anniversary this month. (Don't look, Pam). The ribbon on the side helps to hide the adhesive that shows through the vellum a bit.

This week's challenge will be to use ribbon-preferably ribbon scraps. You know, those little pieces left over from other projects. See what you can do with them on a new project this week. One of my favorite techniques is to fold a 2-3 inch piece in half and staple it to the side of a photo or other element on a page. I need to work on some pages in Angel's album, so I'm sure it won't be hard to use up some ribbon.

Well, have fun, and happy craftin'!

Finally Settled

Yes, it's been a long time in coming, but we're finally settled into our new home. I don't think I can possibly explain in words how much I love this place. It's not what I thought was my "dream" home, but it is absolutely perfect! One great thing is that I have plenty of crafting space, and I was able to get most of my supplies well organized and easy to reach.

I just finished a super half-week with my crafting buddy, Sonja, and we were discussing how difficult it is now to get motivated to do some crafting now that we're so far from each other and the other ladies we used to scrap with. We've decided to try some virtual crafting together by challenging each other to do or use something specific each week and then post pictures of what we've accomplished. We both feel it would be a lot more fun if more people joined us, so from now on, I will do my best to post a challenge here each Sunday afternoon along with a reminder update on my Facebook page. Some challenges will be using specific products or techniques. Some may be finishing a certain number of pages or cards. I'm not sure what all the challenges will be yet. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

I would love to see the projects that you accomplish with the challenge. I don't know all the ins and outs of posting things on the web, but I do know that you can post pictures to your Facebook account or comment with a link to some other place where you have your pictures stored online (ie Picasa). You don't have to post pictures, just comment on here and let me know you finished the challenge. I know there's a lot of forums out there where you can do things like this, but I thought this would be more fun to do with the ladies I know so we can help motivate and encourage one another--besides, I also like seeing pictures of you and the projects you do.

So, in honor of the sale items I picked up at Archivers yesterday, this week's challenge will be to use glitter on a project. It can be a scrapbook page, card, or any other project that you've created. I can't wait to see who will play along with us. I'm going to close here. I've got pictures to print and glitter to glue!

Till I post pics of my projects...

God's love and blessings!