Queen of the Crap: BRITTA

Our December Queen is none other than Britta.
Please give her a warm welcome. She has done some awesome things this month and hope you will be inspired as well.

Lets get to know a little bit about her..here is what she had to say

My name is Britta.

My blog is Pink Giraffe
Besides scrapping I love to paint and draw.

My favorite color is PINK (but I always have another "favorite season color" which this autumn is a greyish blue).

I have all my srapping supplies in our office and so kind of made our office to MY room of (s)crap.

I have lots of paper.

I hoard lots of paper.

I grab every Making Memories supply that I can find here in Germany.
Besides Making Memories I don´t go for brands but buy what I like (mostly pink paper).

I keep my scraps in a little box and give this box to my mom from time to time (and so does she). Using up her scraps is so much more fun!

I am (most of the time) a very organized person - until I start scrapping - then my place gets a total mess!

"Have fun and create beauty!"

I usually scrap alone (with my blogland friend Dana as a "virtual mojo" in my mind).

I think I need a challenge for pink paper!!! :)

Thanks again for such a great opportunity!

Britta

Thank you Britta!

Challenge #36: Give Thanks

In honor of the upcoming thanksgiving holidays...pull out last years fall papers, embellishments and ribbons and scrap it. It can be about what you are thankful for or just a silly ole topic using up the papers.

Queen Aimee's:



greta's

last years 7 gypsies

Liz's:
Thought I'd share some wreaths that i've made over the last few years. All the paper elements on them are scraps. The first one uses little bit and pieces that i've tried to use on other layouts, but ended up ditching them and collecting them in a baby food jar, like buttons, flowers, etc. The first wreath is also made from scratch with a $3 clearance grape vine wreath from Michael's and some clearance items from Walmart's seasonal aisle last year (they've been sitting in a rubbermaid bin awaiting my holiday spirit).


The second is made from the garland strands you can also find at Michael's. I tied the two ends together, made each little card, tied them off with eyelets and ribbon, added the letters to spell 'Thankful', the tied off with a bow to hand.

Challenge #35: In STITCHES

sorry girls i am running behind as usual. This week we want you to

sew up something, use a template, sewing machine or just needle and thread the old fashioned way...whatever way you choose we want to see the sewing skillz

Queen Aimee's:

Lisa's

Sometimes just a little hand stitching can make a big difference in a simple layout.
Dana's:
I am all thumbs when it comes to sewing.. but I actually hand sewed the stitches and cut the little chick from a template and some felt.

Liz's:

I've seen this done several places, using the sewing lines as a grid of sorts. So, I thought I'd give it a try. It didn't come out exactly as I had envisioned and covered up most of the grid. I intended to put little patterned paper scrap squares here and there inside the grid boxes. My layout is 8.5x11, so maybe it would have worked better with a 12x12. I also had to use the large pp strips to cover up my super 'bad' sewing skillz!

Participants:

Queen of the Crap: Aimee!

Your new Queen of Crap for the month of November is Aimee Terry. Welcome Aimee!




Visit Aimee here: Aimee Terry

Crafts you dabble in: just good old scrapping

Favorite color(s): love green. oh and pinks and oranges
Do you have a room of crap, a closet of crap or a shelf of crap? over the summer my hubby made room for me in the nook of our bedroom. so i have a little corner

What supply to you have the most of? did a spring cleaning of my scrap stuff so really i don't have to much of anything anymore. it use to be paper.

What supply do you hoard the most? rub ons! have way to many

What brand do you use the most? really don't have a fav. with three girls, i usally tend to buy anything girly.

What brand do you own the most of but use the least? there is not just one, i have a little of everything

Keep your scraps or throw them away? use to throw them ALL away but have learned to use them for cards. and what is left of that goes to the girls to scrap with.

Organized or perfectly chaotic? i think my chaos is organized

Crafting motto? don't really have one. just do it to relax

Create with friends or alone? lately alone but love to have girly scrap weekends when i can

What supply do you need a challenge for so that you will use it up? rub ons!

Thanks Aimee for reigning Queen and we can't wait to see what you do!

Happy halloween from us to you!
Be Safe!

Challenge #34: Spooktacular Time

I would like to take this opportunity and tell everyone that has never played with us before thanks a million. I love seeing the inspiration from week to week. I
hope you continue playing and get rid of some of that crap. :)

This weeks winner of the $15 GC to Noel Mignon is LYDIA come on down and claim your prize by emailing me at scrapyourcrap@gmail(dot)com. wooo hoooo!!!

This week we need to focus on using that halloween themed stuff that we had to have from last year or the year before....make a layout, project or card using up OLD halloween themed papers and embellishments. If you don't have old stuff no worries use current stuff. The purpose is to use it up not hoard it (like me).

Queen Pinkey's


Greta's:

the oldest i could find was the SR Salem Line and the (i think this is) the RP Addams Family Line. can't Remember, in my stash. I am sure i have more but i didn't feel like digging to deep



Dana's:
This is using some real old school Jenni Bowlin embellies and some Rusty Pickle from a few seasons ago.

Lisa's
the "buttons" that I sewed to the "fence" are years and years old!

Liz's:
Sorry I'm late! I drew the spiderweb in pencil (after a brief instruction from my hubby), then used the sewing machine to sew over the lines. The spidey is made out of a scallop punch and then those googly eyes...well, they've been in my stash forever as well as the chipboard pieces and some Salem line scrap strips from Scenic Route!

Challenge #33: Punch your EYELETS out!

ETA: GLENDA T COME ON DOWN AND CLAIM YOUR $15 GC TO NOEL MIGNON SCRAP STORE. RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR PICKED YOU. EMAIL ME AT SCRAPYOURCRAP@GMAIL.COM TO CLAIM YOUR GC. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE UP FOR GRABS THIS WEEK. CHECK OUT THE POST BELOW

This week is the last and final $15 gift certificates to Noel Mignon Scrap Shop. Noel was gracious enough to donate the GC's and we cannot thank her enough. She puts together the most fabulous kits around that are jammed packed full of scrappy goodies plus she has a store for you to shop in if kits aren't your thing. We figured since February you have been working hard on depleating your stash of stuff so why not reward yourself with some new goodies... the winner for this challenge will be announced on October 15th SO MAKE SURE YOU GET THEM IN BEFORE october 15th by 8 CST

Here is how you can win.
post the SYC blinkie on your blog (by grabing it from the sidebar on the right...you might have to scroll down a bit
and participate in this challenge

good luck girls and on with this weeks challenge:

This week we are breaking out those dreaded eyelets. yes those things are a Pain in the rear and we know it...but i bet you have a bazillion of them {shamefully i admit i do} so lets get creative and see how many different way we can use them. Shapes, numbers, and letters are just a few ideas off the top of my head. Here is your twist... let's see if you can use at least 15 of them on one page. The one who uses the most will get a gold star.

Queen Pinky's:


Lisa's
I used WAY over 15 (I think it's over 70) mini eyelets on this layout!

Dana's:
I managed to dig up three different kind of eyelets that were hiding quietly in my scraproom :)


Liz's:

I didn't count before i did the layout, but luckily there's 22 (and a few hidden ones). my little owen and his aunt laura during our trip to visit last summer. and i totally cheated and used a '3' for an 'e'! i love the glitter thickers, but i run out way too quickly!

Our eyelet queens: