Fabulous Friday - Chromotherapy Challenge

Today we have an awesome Fabulous Friday challenge from the wonderful Wendy!


Use the colours in this card to create another card or LO.

The paper and embellishments are from this month's kit and the stamp can be purchased in the store!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!


Gorgeous Wendy!

Fabulous Friday - Anything But Challenge

It isn't Friday but I wanted to post Gail's beautiful and awesome challenge! (Last week, blogger was down due to some technical difficulties.)

Here is Gail...

For this challenge, I decided to take 2 pieces of 12 x 12 paper that I would normally have used for a scrapbooking layout and use them instead to make a card.  I used the Pink Paislee – Daily Junque paper found in the Scrap Shotz store. 

I used the lower left corner of one the sheets for the background and then cut various elements out the other piece and layered them on top.  This is my result:

So I challenge you to use 2 pieces of coordinating scrapbooking paper and cut out different elements from it to make a card.

Note: I used plain cardstock and glued on the decorated piece to give extra weight.

Well, I am sure you will agree that this is just one of the cutest cards you have ever seen!

Thank you Gail! 

Fabulous Friday - Inspired By Challenge

Today we have a fantastic Fabulous Friday challenge from the marvelous Melissa! 

My challenge for you this week is simple…  Show me your sparkle!

The inspiration for this challenge is all the beautiful advertisements for diamond jewellery you see in the weeks leading up to Mother’s Day.   

I don’t know about you, but I have wasted more than a few minutes leafing through one of those glossy flyers drooling over page after page of fabulous jewellery!

Here is the “sparkler” I made…

Now it’s your turn to dazzle me!  I would love to see what you all come up with!

Scrap Shotz May 2011 Reveal

Have you seen the luscious May 2011 Scrap Shotz monthly kit yet??? It is a stunner! Also a stunner is the work of our uber talented Creative Team. It was hard to pick a favorite from each designer but here are my best efforts...

From Lorraine, don't you absolutely adore the purple with these gorgeous Grandparent photos??? I know I do!

From Laura, I adore this fantastic Mother's Day card! The colours are sweet and fresh and well, amazing!

From Wendy, just look at this gorgeous card!!!! The kit stamp image is beautifully coloured.

From Jennifer, I adore this beautiful Mother's Day card. The fresh greens are breathtaking.

From Melissa, check out these fantastic gift bags!!! The bag itself is a gift!

From Gail, doesn't this layout just melt your heart? Double joy!

Thanks for joining me in drooling over the May 2011 Reveal!

Spotted in the Gallery!

This layout by Corry really caught my eye this week! She's done an amazing job with the product and those totally cute photos!

Thanks for sharing it with us Corry!

Chromotherapy Challenge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning ladies! Are you ready for the weekend? Well if you some some scrapping time this weekend, give Lorraine's fabulous chromotherapy challenge a go!

Here is her challenge....

For the Fabulous Friday challenge today, I wanted to not only supply you with an inspiring color theme, but to also tell you about a design rule that you can use on all your pages. Here is the color pallet that I am working with.

This was a paint swatch on the Better Homes and Gardens website, colors that were suggested for painting a balanced, well-designed room. I noticed that the size of the paint lids were all different, and thought of the Gallon/Quart/Pint rule. We can use this rule to balance our layouts! I'm not sure where I first heard of the rule, but when I googled it, an excerpt of the book "Teach Yourself Visually Scrapbooking" by Rebecca Ludens and Jennifer Schmidt came up, and explained it this way:

"Create color balance on your layouts by following the gallon, quart, pint rule of thumb. Basically all you need to do is select the color you want to be the most dominant on your page. This is your "gallon" color - generally it becomes your background color.

Pick one more color for your main accent color, or "quart" color. Use only half as much of this color as you use of your "gallon" color.

Then, select the third color - your "pint" color - and use just a bit of it here and there to accent the layout. Again, use only half as much of this color on the layout as you used of the "quart" color."

Here is my layout, using the above color pallet and considering the GQP Rule.

Your challenge today is to think about the Gallon/Quart/Pint rule on your layout. You can use the colors shown here or choose your own. Upload a link here or show us your layout in the Scrapshotz gallery! I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with this basic design rule of thumb!

Thank you Lorraine for a fabulous challenge and gorgeous inspiration!

Another sketch for you!

Hi everyone! Hope you all enjoyed your Easter weekend!

here is another sketch for you talented ladies to try out!

Sketch Created using the Royalty collection

And here is Gail's amazing interpretation.... notice how Gail turned the sketch sideways? fantastic layout Gail!!!

link us up or post your version in the scrapshotz gallery!