We're down to the wire! Only two days until Scrap Madness begins on our forum. For those of you that don't know your way to the forum, you can join at www.bostonscrapfanatics.com.
Scrap Madness will be a month-long blast of challenges, games, projects w/instructions, techniques w/instructions, and just plain fun! There promises to be something for everyone. So if you're looking for inspiration; if you've lost your mojo and can't find it ... then Scrap Madness is the place for you!
See you there!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!
Only 5 days til Scrap Madness over at www.bostonscrapfanatics.com
And as a 'prelude to madness' Tina has posted the following question: What is your favorite way to use ribbon?
And some other hints include:
Only 5 days til Scrap Madness over at www.bostonscrapfanatics.com
And as a 'prelude to madness' Tina has posted the following question: What is your favorite way to use ribbon?
And some other hints include:
- find those eyelets
- dust off your chalks
- find a roll of masking tape and keep it handy
- have your scraps handy
- keep your pens nearby
This promises to be a 'month o' fun'! I hope you'll join us!
Monday, February 20, 2012
While the Cat's Away Challenges!
I went away to crop for the weekend and to celebrate my 60th birthday. Not sure how much celebrating was done as I spent most of the weekend in bed with a miserable cold. And I only managed to get 3 layouts done the entire weekend. That's not so surprising because I am not a power scrapbooker ... I tend to be more slow and steady.
Anyway, while I was away, Dawn C., a member of BASF decided to have some fun and posted a challenge called "While the Cat's Away" ... She challenged folks to post some inspirational ideas, layouts, sketches, etc. To help get the ball rolling, Dawn posted this sketch:
And Shari rose to the challenge with this layout:
Nice job on the layout, Shari!
Then in true BASF fashion, others jumped on board. Tina posted some helpful instructions on 'word art':
To journal within a circle:
And, so not to be left out of the fun - troublemaker Amy suggested they all sneak into my house and raid my supplies! Gotta love that girl - she gives the term 'crafty' a whole new meaning! LOL (At a crop we went to a year or so ago, she actually glue dotted my tools down to the table. Who said glue dots don't hold? LOL - they were S T U C K good!)
Gotta love the BASF members - always full of fun and mischief!
I went away to crop for the weekend and to celebrate my 60th birthday. Not sure how much celebrating was done as I spent most of the weekend in bed with a miserable cold. And I only managed to get 3 layouts done the entire weekend. That's not so surprising because I am not a power scrapbooker ... I tend to be more slow and steady.
Anyway, while I was away, Dawn C., a member of BASF decided to have some fun and posted a challenge called "While the Cat's Away" ... She challenged folks to post some inspirational ideas, layouts, sketches, etc. To help get the ball rolling, Dawn posted this sketch:
And Shari rose to the challenge with this layout:
Nice job on the layout, Shari!
Then in true BASF fashion, others jumped on board. Tina posted some helpful instructions on 'word art':
To journal within a circle:
- Open up MS Word
- Click on the oval shape. Click and drag on your page to make the desired size.
- Double click on the shape. A box should pop up to format the shape. Click on color to make it no fill. Click on size to make sure the width and height are the same. Otherwise it would not be a circle.
- Click OK
- Click on the text box. Click and drag over the circle shape.
- Click on the text box again. A box should pop up. Click on color and choose no fill. Change the width and height to the same size as the circle.
- Click OK
- Click on the text box and drag it right over the circle so that it is right over it.
- Type your text as you wish and make it fit as desired.
- Use the center button in the journal box to even out the sides as you type.
You can find other helpful tips on the forum at: www.bostonscrapfanatics.com.
Then Lynne jumped in with another fun sketch:
And followed that up with an awesome sketch site (new to me and fabulous)!!! www.scrapsketches.blogspot.com. Tons of absolutely gorgeous sketches to be found there! Take a peek, I promise you won't be disappointed!
And, so not to be left out of the fun - troublemaker Amy suggested they all sneak into my house and raid my supplies! Gotta love that girl - she gives the term 'crafty' a whole new meaning! LOL (At a crop we went to a year or so ago, she actually glue dotted my tools down to the table. Who said glue dots don't hold? LOL - they were S T U C K good!)
Gotta love the BASF members - always full of fun and mischief!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
I just had the most wonderful birthday surprise (yes, that's right, today is my 60th birthday)! My old employer, Pamela, owner of Pamela Hart Landscape Services, where I worked for 11 years, just came by my current place of employment with a huge bouquet of flowers. She and Lucia, another friend from the landscape company surprised me - totally. Words cannot express how touched I am that they remembered me. I am truly blessed to have worked for Pamela and to have met some of the kindest and nicest people while working there! Thank you both!
And how cute is this card that Dawn taped to my door this morning ... Peter Pan was my favorite fairy tale growing up!
And it came complete with extra cuts so I can do a layout on my fav fairy tale! Thanks, Dawn!
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood, would you be mine, could you be mine, won't you be my neighbor?
If you haven't visited the forum, you're missing this week's challenges posted by Tina and Lynne. Tina's is particularly interesting. She is asking us to create a layout using our most commonly used expression. As an example, she offers her's which is "the reality is" ...
Fun challenge, Tina. But, I may have to excuse myself from this one as my most commonly used expression may not be suitable for a layout! LOL
Lynne's word challenge this week is Balliwick, a particularly unusual word. She gives this definition:
Noun: 1. a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill or work; 2. the office or district of a baliff
Be sure to post your response to the challenges here so that we can all be inspired!
If you haven't visited the forum, you're missing this week's challenges posted by Tina and Lynne. Tina's is particularly interesting. She is asking us to create a layout using our most commonly used expression. As an example, she offers her's which is "the reality is" ...
Fun challenge, Tina. But, I may have to excuse myself from this one as my most commonly used expression may not be suitable for a layout! LOL
Lynne's word challenge this week is Balliwick, a particularly unusual word. She gives this definition:
Noun: 1. a person's specific area of knowledge, authority, interest, skill or work; 2. the office or district of a baliff
Be sure to post your response to the challenges here so that we can all be inspired!
Monday, February 13, 2012
March Madness is coming to the BostonScrapFanatics. Each day, beginning March 1st., a new project, challenge, layout, card, ATC or other bit of inspiration will be posted. There will be games, trivia and prizes! The person that participates in the most activities wins a prize and a free crop!
To join in on the fun, go to www.bostonscrapfanatics.com and follow the registration guidelines. If you are already a member of the group, you are all set and ready to begin on March 1st.
Come join the fun!
To join in on the fun, go to www.bostonscrapfanatics.com and follow the registration guidelines. If you are already a member of the group, you are all set and ready to begin on March 1st.
Come join the fun!
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