Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I finished my student teaching on the 23rd and it been a flurry of Christmas activity since then but I hope to be able to share what I have been creating and to have more time to create. The above cards made with Basic Grey papers, Prima flowers, and Maya Road rub-ons is for the Pink Elephant Winter Wonderland Challenge. Have a wonderful day and enjoy your family and other blessings!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #14

This week's challenge at The Pink Elephant is Red White and Blue with a sketch. So snap some pictures this weekend and then get right to scrapping!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #13

The Pink Elephant is back with a fun new challenge! In some ways this is a simple one. No sketches or colors. Simply show us your layouts using extra photos with pockets, flippers, accordion minis, or any other fun creative way to add lots of extra photos to your layouts. In my LO using the Basic Grey Origins collection, I made the large panel a pocket because I had so many extra pictures from the zoo. I plan on tucking some extra journaling in there, though there is some on the bottom. You can see the extra photos sticking out the top but they do slide neatly in. All the stickers are BG Origins too, but the title is AC Thickets and the cardstock is Bazzill.

Check out the rest of the DT on the blog and then share the link to your creation!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #12

The Pink Elephant has a new scrapbook challenge this week. We have a great sketch and challenge you to use vacation photos. I have lots of vacation photos still to scrap so this was an easy one for me. Pretty much everything is from Basic Grey's Offbeat collection. I printed the journaling on cardstock and cut it into strips. Can't wait to see all the wonderful interpretations from our participants. Also check out the rest of the DT on the blog for more inspiration.

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #11

The challenge this week at Pink Elephant is a color challenge cleverly titled "What is black and white with color all over?". Basically use a black and white photo but any colors you would like with the paper and embellishments. This week my LO features a photo from our hikes with some reflective journaling. I used some CC Earth Love, paired with BG rubons, and AC Thickers. Check out the blog for more inspiration and then show us your take!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #10

This week at the Pink Elephant there is another sketch challenge. This sketch can use a lot of photos or just one big one so it fits many styles. I used Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride for my LO today. The sayings all come from the bottom on the papers because they are the names of the papers. One way to use every last bit of such fun paper. I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with and please check out all the other talented DT ladies over at the blog for inspiration.

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #9

There is a new challenge at the Pink Elephant and its a theme challenge. I love theme challenges because they are so open. The theme is summer and this is a picture from one of my summer family vacations.

I combined the theme with the sketch at Creative Scrappers. I used the Sassafras Lass Monstrosity collection. I love SL's bordered and sometimes lined papers like this that are perfect for backgrounds and even journaling right on the page. It makes everything come together so much faster.

I can't wait to see what everyone does with the challenge! Check out the blog to see all the DTs creations and inspirations!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #8- A Sketch

Pink Elephant has a sketch challenge this week. It is a great simple sketch that you can adapt to the amount and size of the photos you have. Look at all the different photos used by the design team for examples. Here is my DT creation featuring Sassafrasss Lass papers with some Cosmo Cricket and Thickers in some of the accents. I can't wait to see what everyone does with the sketch!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #7

Today is my first post as a member of the Pink Elephant Scrapbook team. The Scrapbook challenge this week is color challenge and the color is pink! This page uses We R Memory Keepers papers and accessories. The photo is of me and my three cousins who are very close. I can't wait to see all the fabulous creations!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #4

The scrapbook challenge #4 at the Pink Elephant is to use paint and chipboard. I love chipboard although paint is a bit more of a challenge. I used paint to accent the letters and then chipboard to frame my journaling. The papers and stickers are Vintage Yummy from Sassafras Lass. The cloudy weather is messing up the colors a bit. It seems that I have a real preference for stacking photos on the left side of the page lately. I may have to look at some sketches to make sure I add a little variety next time.

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #3

Yesterday I was in Princeton with the craft club I run here at school. We visited the Princeton Art Museum and then lots of local shops. One shop that I loved was the Paper Source. They had lots of great gift items, but also a decent scrapbooking section. I found this Creative Imaginations background paper in the clearance section and knew it would be perfect for these Easter pictures. Speaking of Easter that is the scrapbooking challenge this week at Pink Elephant, create an Easter layout so here's mine.

I used the Sketch Girl sketch as well. Julie did a great job adapting the sketch to a scrapbook page so I thought I would give it a try as well. I would love to see everyone's interpretation of Sketch #16.

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #2

The Pink Elephant Challenge has posted their second Scrapbook Challenge. The challenge is to give an old layout a makeover. Well I don't have pictures of all my older LOs and they're not stored with me here at school so I can't show you the original LO, but let me assure you its quite different. The first scrapbook I made was of my trip to Italy (in 2004) and the book is filled with maps and postcards and even table napkins. I was really interested in putting ephemera in my scrapbooks. Well then I found out that those things might ruin my pictures so I wasn't so keen on them anymore (though in the digital age I will always have the pics). So now my style is more streamlined and simple focusing on pictures and journaling and I printed these pictures a few months ago meaning to give them an updated LO. Well this Pink Elephant challenge was the perfect motivator.

I kind of wish I could update the pictures as well. I borrowed my sister's camera and could only take so many pictures because we didn't have a power adapter to charge it. So the picture of me and my grams isn't that flattering but it is the only picture of us from the whole trip because we were much more interested in taking pictures of the scenery and art.

Sketch and Theme Combo

I wanted to create a card for the Pink Elephant nature challenge in addition to the LO I made. I combined the nature challenge with the Card Patterns sketch. I knew I wanted to use Basic Grey Green at Heart, I love the bright colors and the 'bloom & grow' sentiment seemed to fit perfect with the sketch. I added the leaf in lieu of the circle detail. Remember you have until Wed to post your take on Sketch Girl 15 and on Thurs Sketch Girl 16 will go up, can't wait to show you my take and share our new sponsor.

BTW feel free to check me out the Monthly Challenge post at SEI where my card from last month was featured. It's the stitched flower card.

Nature LO for Pink Elephant Challenge

I enjoyed scrapping the pictures from hiking the other day so I kept at it and made this LO for the Pink Elephant nature challenge. Usually I make cards for the challenge, and I'll probably be back with a nature card this weekend because I have the new Green at Heart from Basic Grey, but I don't think a card is strictly required. I struggled with color in this LO because the pictures were very brown and I thought the pictures would get lost in a brown background so I went with this gray and burgundy look. For those of you lucky enough to have beautiful weather like we have in NJ enjoy it!

Pink Elephant Scrapbooking Challenge #1

The Pink Elephant Challenge now offers scrapbooking challenges! I'm so excited to see these challenges because I've loved their card challenges since the start and so this is one more way to play along. The first challenge is to show them your favorite technique. My favorite thing to put on any LO is handwritten journaling, but I also did many of my other favorite things on this LO like adding rub ons, a Thickers title, and keeping it clean and simple. I use elements from many different manufacturer's. We R Memory Keepers background pp, A Scarlet's Letter scrap and some rub-ons from Basic Grey, as well as some GCD Studios epoxy stickers.

This LO features some photos from a summer morning hike at Merrill Creek. It was really early but also really gorgeous. It was beautiful to see the reservoir lake change so much as the sun came up. These photos are shot in color so if you look closely you can see the green of the tress in the top photo but the scene and surrounding colors were so muted that morning that they appear to be black and white.

A Card and Candy Winner

Happy Easter! I haven't gotten a chance to play with my Kioshi papers yet so I took the opportunity to make a quick spring card today. This was made for the Pink Elephant use pastels challenge which this collection is prefect for.

Also I want to take this chance to announce the winner of my blog candy, congrats to Becky! Becky email me at jesmoyer gmail.com with your mailing address and I will get your prize out to you. I simply put all the names in a hat and did a draw. Thanks for everyone for all their lovely comments.

SEI Monthly Challenge

SEI issued their monthly challenge to use scraps and items that can be found in a sewing box. I use some scraps from SEI's Penelope's Potpourri and then added stitching and button. This is also perfect for the Pink Elephant challenge to use spring colors and the Pile It On challenge to use pastels.

A Stamped Card

So I'm not always the one to reach for my stamps but Stamp It Week left me inspired to play. So I pulled out some GCD Studios paper and tags as well as Making Memories letter stamps. This card is for the Thank You category of the Olympics of Stamping Challenge.

I used the CPS sketch although my proportions are a bit off. This was also created for the Pink Elephant add some green color challenge. The card had some bold elements and colors and I think the touches of green and green card base ground everything nicely.

Card Patterns, Pink Elephant, and Frosted Designs

I got new Sassafras Lass this weekend! When I saw the Vintage Yummy collection pack at Michael's and had a 50% off coupon on my hand I just couldn't resist. This card combines three challenges. I started with the Card Patterns sketch. The sketch had hearts but I've had enough of hearts for awhile so I incorporated the Frosted Designs challenge to use a star. I used gems instead of the other small heart because I couldn't decide on any other shape that kept a nice balance. Pink Elephant called for ribbon this week and while I love the paper strips on the end of the Sass paper I felt three would be too much so I balanced it with ribbon. For those of you who are getting snow like we are in NJ stay warm and safe on the roads! Snow may be pretty but we've gotten more than our fair share this past week.

Sassafras Lass Love Challenge

Sassafras Lass issued a challenged this week to make a love project and since I love SL I had to join in. The idea is to use some old SL to make room for new SL. I used a bunch of papers from Hog Heaven.

I also used the CPS sketch this week for the layout of my card. I haven't played there in a long time but I really liked the sketch this week and couldn't get it out of my head. This is also my mushy gushy valentine for the Pink Elephant challenge. It may not seem that mushy gushy but my valentine isn't the mushy gushy type so I think by his scale it would be. That also makes it perfect for the Pile It On To the One You Love challenge.