Have you seen Julie Bonner’s January Sketch of the Month? It is another masterpiece! Lots of wonderful details and lots of room to make it your own.

Here is Julie’s sketch:

And here is my take on the sketch:

You still have plenty of time to get this one done before next month’s sketch is released. If you do take this challenge, upload it to the CMD gallery and link it back to this thread.

Rebecca

What does that have to do with scrapbooking?  Nothing unless you want to add some to a LO or a card using some of your pretty ribbon, etc.  We sew on our projects and use fabric and ribbons, why (k)not add a little something more personal- made by you.  This month I did a “How to” -you can find it on the CMD message board here.   I made this card using some ribbon I macramed using the square knot (and January kit!!):

To do the square knot, you need to alternate from left to right.  To do a spiral knot, you only use one side.  Those are the only two knots I know, but a lot can be done with those two knots.  Be creative! 

 I hope you all decide to give a try and don’t forget to stop by our online gallery and show your work with us.

Smiles, Vanessa

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Come join in on my Year in Review challenge on the message board! You can add your layouts here.

I love to do a “Year in Review” layout, with a glance at some of my favorite or significant photos of the year.

Since I take tons and tons of pics (like I’m sure you all do too!), it’s hard for me to pick just one or two pictures for each month.

One way to help me narrow it down, is instead of looking through my file folders on my computer, I look through my blog archives. I open a tab for each month’s worth of blogging, and then I scroll through and pick out one or two photos from my blog that I’ll add for my layout. I figure that if it was important enough for me to add to my blog, then it’s probably a favorite or good one for me to add to the layout.

My printer (it’s an Epson Picture Mate - love love love it!) has an option to do 1.5 x 1.5″ photos, and I click “do not automatically crop” so that they end up as rectangles instead of squares. I prefer to see the whole image, even if it’s tiny!

My friend Gretchen taught me this little trick (backing the spaces with patterned paper) to help make my titles pop, I love it!

(Swirl made with my Silhouette. Man do I love that thing! Does anyone out there have some favorite tips using it?)

So your challenge? Do a year in review layout of 2009! You could do it for your whole family, or you could make it even more specific and do one for each member of your family- that’s my next task!

January kits are available now. Homemade Treats can be found here.

January Sneak Peeks can be found on the message board.

Hi ladies! I have 1 more wonderful crafty project to share with you in the year of 2009. I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed working with the Dec kit and still have a little more to work with and can’t wait to figure out what’s next to make with it!

I have to say that this kit has been absolutely wonderful to make layouts and cards but gift bags/boxes are a sure win over with me! I have been playing with my new Christmas present (Cricut Expression)  and made this bag with the Plantin cartridge.

Hope you all find some time to rest up after a busy and crazy Christmas season to play and create with some fabulous Color Me Daisy kits!

Season’s Greetings and happy crafting!

Aimee

I woke up this morning to a beautiful sight- snow everywhere blanketing the earth. For some of you who live where snow is in great abundance this would be no big deal but I live in west Texas and snow is rare, even on Christmas. You don’t know how excited this has made me feel, how much it feels so much more like Christmas today because of the snow.

I hope you are having a wonderful time with your friends and family this special holiday season.

I have just a quick card to share with you today using one of the Pink Paislee Mistletoe & Co. punchouts from our December kit at Color Me Daisy. These tags make cards quick and easy to create. Simply start with your background, add some patterned paper, ribbon and tag and you’re done.

Have a very Merry Christmas!
Becky

For my challenge this month I would like to do something fun- use Julie’s December layout sketch to make a card! It’s such a great sketch and one that I thought would be perfect for a card.

Here’s Julie’s gorgeous sketch that she created for us:

And, using the December kit, here’s the card that I created using Julie’s sketch.

Isn’t that fun?

I’d love for you to give this a try for yourself. If you get a chance to do this challenge please upload it to the Color Me Daisy gallery for all of us to enjoy.

Happy scrapping!
Becky

We are so close to the end of the year and with all the holidays and celebrations, sometimes it is fun to make quick and easy adjustments to the products you already have to give them a little pop. For this tutorial I tried a fast and easy way to alter chipboard letters with a glue stamp pad and glitter.

The supplies you will need are:

Chipboard letters, glitter, glue stamp pad, glitter catch or paper plate and some plastic wrap (from packaging).

First decide what letters you want to alter and place them on the plastic packaging.

Press the glue pad onto the letters.

Sprinkle glitter on the glue stamped letters.

Completely cover the letters with glitter.

Shake off the excess glitter.

Once the glue  dries, remove the glittered letter from the packaging.

and adhere to your project.

Use a small paint brush to remove excess glitter.

And there you have it, a very quick and easy way to glitter/alter your chipboard letters.

All the products in this card are from the Color Me Daisy November kit (except the glitter and twine).

Have fun altering your current product for a whole new look!

Rebecca