Tomorrow - Virtual Crop @ My Scrapbook Nook Reminder & Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge #17

Save the Date ** Save the Date ** Save the Date ** Save the Date **

My Scrapbook Nook will be hosting a Virtual Crop THIS weekend beginning on Thursday, Feb 5th @ 5PM PST through Sunday, Feb 8th @ 8pm PST. We DT girls have lots of fun games and challenges planned for you, so please be sure to Save the Date and come join us at My Scrapbook Nook!

That's TOMORROW girlies!!
Cardmakers, Scrapbookers, All are welcome!

I'll be hosting some super easy challenges each day to get your mojo going and there will be PRIZES you can win to help motivate you. So I do hope you come and play.

Wanna WIN a $20US Gift Certificate to the Nook??

Now, the Nook is challenging us DT girls into a friendly competition and I wanna win. Up for grabs is a $20US Gift Certificate to the design team member who brings in the most people to the crop. The catch is that they have to complete at least one challenge.

Can you help me girls?? If you help me win that $20US Gift Certificate, I will turn right around and RAK it to one of you girls who helped me win it!! Check out the Shop at the Nook and you'll really WANT that $20US Gift Certificate for yourself!!

Here's How To Win the $20US Gift Certificate:

1. Register and Sign on to the My Scrapbook Nook Message Board

2. Sign into our Virtual Crop Sign In Thread by introducing yourself and state that "Ching sent me."

3. Complete at least ONE challenge during our Virtual Crop.

That's it!! Easy peasy right??

If I am the DT member that brings in the MOST participants to our Virtual Crop at the Nook, then one of YOU girls who helped me win will win the $20US Gift Certificate to My Scrapbook Nook from me.

Whoohoo!!

We have a very international team at the Nook with DT members in Asia, Europe as well as on both coasts of the United States. Come on over Thursday evening at 5PM PST wherever you are in the world, and come play with us all weekend long!

Now I wanna share some more of my DT projects with you that I made using our awesome February Kit at the Nook. It sold out, and we've just restocked this lovely kit, but quantities are limited. So if you like what you see, definitely head on over to the store and get yours now before it sells out again.


Yes, its true....my Blackberry is pretty much implanted in my hand especially because I'm addicted to Facebook. LOL! My dear friend Susan snapped this picture of me at Disneyland on New Year's Eve recently. Here, I'm actually checking out my friend Kari's new BB Curve, but mine looks very similar!

For this card, I wanted to keep it sweet and simple. I absolutely love that vine-y design of the Jenni Bowlin paper so I was thrilled to have been able to use this left over panel that was a scrap. I simply matted it onto the JB red ledger pp, then onto black cardstock and then finally onto a dark red cardstock that was my card base.

I finished it off with a birdie diecut that I matted onto a black birdie diecut for some dimension and stability that's pop dotted onto the patterned paper so that it looks like the hummingbird is in flight amongst those flowers.

I tied some black tulle ribbon around the top of the card, and voila! Calling it done!! I know that many of the cards I've been sharing here on my blog lately have been multi-dimensional, etc. but sometimes, simple and fast is a good thing, even for me. :)

I did discover my new best friend while making this card. I do love manilla ledger colored papers, and I have often grabbed a pink or an antique white to distress my manilla ledger papers. However, I was at Scrap 'N Yap when I discovered that Peach Pastel Cats Eye (by Colorbox) is PERFECT for distressing the edges of that manilla ledger paper. Look at how creamy that distressing looks on edges of my card?? I loove it!! If you come to one of my future classes at the Yap, lol, I'm giving you fair warning now that you will hear Peach Pastel coming out of my mouth ALOT! I love the effect it gives!

Both the birdie die (which is a QK Revolution die) and the black tulle are available at the Nook or at Scrap 'N Yap, if you are local to me.


This last card I created for the Nook also met the requirements for our Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge that occurs every Wednesday over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog which was to create a "love" inspired project. Lol...you have all week to play along with us at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog site for this challenge.

I didn't use any embossing folders this time, but I did use my Sizzix Flowers #4 Bigz die in my Cuttlebug to create those dictionary flowers you see in the middle of my Circle Medallion on my card.

Here's a quickie tutorial on how I made this Circle Medallion:

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Once you have all your mini masks laid down, you will have a very very elegant mini damask round medallion. Now you have a completed medallion circle and embellish as you like.

Here's what I did to create my card as shown.

I chose to fill the center of my medallion with flowers I cut from the JB dictionary paper topped off with one of the red Maya Road felt flowers that came in the kit.

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I strategically placed pieces of my red polka dotted and black vine/ledger JB papers on my Kraft card base.

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I tied some of the cream grosgrain ribbon to hide the "seam" location of where my two patterned papers met in the center of the card base.

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Then, I placed and adhered my completed and embellished medallion in the middle of my prepared card base.

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I added a very thin strip of black cardstock trimmed with my mini scalloped edged scissors to the very bottom edge of my card base for added interest, and to add a bit more (color) balance to my card.

Step 11: (It didn't occur to me til this step that it needed something a wee bit more)

I added some small clear bling to the middle of each of the red mini damasks that make up my medallion for added interest.

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I chose a sentiment from the MM Valentine raffle tickets to add to the right side of my card, and completed my sentiment phrase with the MM tiny alphas that was adhered to the bottom of the card (because I wanted the viewer's eye to be drawn downwards to the delicately placed "my sweet" sentiment and away from the strong colors/textures of the center of the card.)

Here is the finished card again:


I hope you have enjoyed my mini tutorial. You can find it along with a full supply and tool list at My Scrapbook Nook in the February 2009 Class Gallery and Forum. Remember, the Virtual Crop at My Scrapbook Nook starts tomorrow, on Thursday!!!

Please join us!! :)

"Blackberry" Layout (Majority of items are from Feb My Scrapbook Nook Kit)
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Patterned Papers; Bazzill Kraft CS
Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Scalloped Notecards; Maya Road Felt Flower & Lace Trim; MM Tiny Alpha Stickers; Antique Gold and Black Diamonds Ranger Stickles; Prima Flowers
Accessories: EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors; Glue Dots.

"Sweet Hummingbird" Card (Majority of items are from Feb My Scrapbook Nook Kit)
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Patterned Papers; Bazzill Raven CS
Embellishments: Bazzil Raven Tulle
Accessories: Quickutz Revolution Bird Die; Colorbox Cats Eye in PeachPastel; Antique Gold Stickles; Glue Dots.
Size: 8" x 5"

"I heart You...My Sweet" Medallion Card (All items are from Feb MyScrapbook Nook Kit)
Paper: Jenni Bowlin Patterned Papers; Bazzill Kraft CS
Embellishments: Jenni Bowlin Scalloped Notecards; Maya Road Felt Flower; Cream Grosgrain Ribbon; MM Valentine Tickets; Misc Clear Bling
Accessories: Sizzix Flower Layers #3 Bigz Die; Fiskars Mini Scallop Decorative Edge Scissors; EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors; UHU Gluestick; Scrapbook Adhesive Foam Pop Up Adhesive.
Size: 4.25" x 5.5" rectangle