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Monday

Sweet Indulgence....CCG #235

{ Color Combos Galore: Challenge #235 }
{ Unscripted Sketches: Sketch #204 }

Edited 4/7/13: My card made Top 3 at Unscripted Sketched and got Honorable Mention at Just Add Ink! So excited!!

Hello there! Hope your Easter was splendid and that you and your family had a wonderful day together. I think this was the quietest Easter for us as my little girl still had a bad cold, and I am still trying to get over mine. I managed to create a card last night. I tried to challenge myself and create it in 10 minutes, but it TOTALLY did not work out. I definitely need to plan a bit more. Well after much more than 10 minutes, this is what I made:

Color and Inspiration...

The CCG Designer's Challenge: I chose Inspiration Photo #1 - Focus On Technique: Dry Embossing. I was also inspired by Photo #1 mimic the arch frame by creating a scalloped edge. The trim inspired me to add dimensional paint and a circular element for the fountain.

Sketch Inspiration...
Sketch #204 @ Unscripted Sketches

The Sketch Interpretation

For the "three horizontal blocks": I substituted them for banner strips. Or are they called flag strips?
For the "title/greeting": I moved it down a notch
The "bow/string": Because of the irregular shape of the scalloped edge, I found it difficult to add it in. I tried, but it wouldn't work for me. Being it was my first time playing with them, I was a little worried. But when I looked at the DT samples again, it really was okay to leave it out. WHEW!

I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Market 6x6 Pad and these Papertrey Ink goodies:

This CCG Color Combo Challenge has ended. Tune in later today for the next Reveal!

design influenced and inspired by:

{ Just Add Ink: Challenge 159 } Theme: "Just Add Bunny's"

{ Papercraft Star: Challenge 138 } Theme: "Easter"

{ Pattie's Creation Challenge: Challenge 64 } Theme: "Easter"

{ Daring Card Makers: Challenge } Theme: "Springing into Spring"

As always, thanks for stopping by and....
Happy Scrappin', Loves!

xoxo
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Sunday

Fifty Shades of Gray....CCG #230

{ Color Combos Galore: Challenge #230 }
{ Sketchbook365: February Challenge }
{ Get Sketchy: Challenge #MFT109 }
{ CASE Study: Challenge #126 }

Hello Blogland! Long time no see. For the past six months or so, can't even remember, I have lived life sans internet and tv. WOW! That was CRAZY. Now that I am back online, I am going straight to the challenges at CCG. Oh boy, have I MISSED these Color Combos. I still have a LOT of catching up to do, but the first challenge is up

So, with much time to think, I thought of different ways to approach our Color and Inspiration Boards. Seems like I am always trying to come up with something different. I have to. Gotta keep CCG apart from the rest. Soooooo, here it is. Not one, but FOUR Inspiration Photos and and FOUR Designer's Challenges to choose from. I am also listing 16 different Inspiration Prompts to jump start the challenge for you. Do you know of any color challenge sites that have that option? Bring on the inspiration, baby!!!

Here are the projects I made for it. A digital page based on this sketch...

Feburary 2013 Sketch Challenge @ Scrap365.

So this was my translation: I kept the photo strip and 5th photo placement. The top rounded corner is my blank space created by the chevron I traced and cut from the pattern. The embellished area on the right was moved up and the title area on the left is where I placed the Bingo card, flair and twine, plus moved the title slightly to the right. The lower left blank space turned into the word art area and I just realized I omitted the scallop edge from the photo strip. But even with those changes, I think it compares to the sketch nicely? Or is that just my biased opinion? Well, I'm happy.

Janet Perafan-Babar ; #CCG230 ; #colorcombosgalore ; #digital

I chose to use Inspiration Photo #1 and chose a "LOVE" word art. I also added a tiny banner taken from both Inspiration Photos #2 and #3.

Supplies: You can find all the digital FREEBIES that I used HERE. There are some that are no longer available, so I did not link them. I will credit them when I link up all the create the full supply list for my projects.

Ok, so next is the card... On here I played with the My Favorite Things Get Sketchy card sketch. Yummo!!!!
Janet Perafan-Babar ; #CCG230 ; #colorcombosgalore ; #MME ; #MFT Layered Heart Border, Simply Scallops Small, Layered Label, Lovey Dovey Sentiments

Janet Perafan-Babar ; #CCG230 ; #colorcombosgalore ; #MME ; #MFT Layered Heart Border, Simply Scallops Small, Layered Label, Lovey Dovey Sentiments

I wasn't sure which way I was going to lay the sketch. Then once I went through all my dies, I pulled out the Layered Label die and decided to flip the sketch. For the Color Combo Challenge, I chose to use Inspiration Photo #1 again and used the My Mind's Eye paper with the "LOVE" word art. I also grabbed the tiny heart Photo #1.

Here is another card...

Janet Perafan-Babar ; #CCG230 ; #colorcombosgalore ; #Authentique ; #MFT Layered Heart Border, Simply Scallops Small, Layered Label, Lovey Dovey Sentiments

Janet Perafan-Babar ; #CCG230 ; #colorcombosgalore ; #Authentique ; #MFT Layered Heart Border, Simply Scallops Small, Layered Label, Lovey Dovey Sentiments

Super fun using that Layered Heart Border die! So pretty. I took the FOCUS ON: Technique Designer's Challenge from Inspiration Photo #4 and tried my hand at double stamping. First I stamped with the light gray, then restamped slightly higher with the rose ink. It was fun to try this!

Thanks so much for visiting me today, I will be back to add my supply list and links to the freebies I used on my digital page. Hope your day is beautiful!

Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo

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Monday

Paper Bag Mini-Album...and a CCG COMEBACK!!!

{ Color Combos Galore: Challenge #213 }
{ CAS-ual Fridays: Challenge 12/23}

No more Ning network.
Color Combos Galore is back on Blogger!!!
Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!! What is so great about new year's is that we can wipe the slates clean and start fresh. It is also the most opportune time to start something new, new chapters, new beginnings. I explained in depth why I made the decision to leave the Ning website on the new CCG challenge blog. It really came down to time and money. It's been over two years since I had the challenges up on Blogger. I am very excited about it, it will be a whole lot easier to maintain and will function much better. The first challenge is already up. Take a look-see...

So we are celebrating New Year's Day with a "Resolutions Challenge" and the colors are DEEEEE-VINE!!! The Inspiration Board has slightly changed (I just LOVE the new design with the stacked photo, digital washi tape and new details section). You know I had originally designed the Board to look like a file folder. Sort of something you either pull or put away in your inspiration "files". I originally got the idea from the way I personally work on projects, with a challenge task sheet on my desk with ideas and notes, colors and sketches tacked on. Really fun, so I definitely kept that. The big change is in the scheduling of the challenges.
Aha! Drumroll, please....

Challenges will be posted on the 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd each month

One Color Combo posted every TWO WEEKS, twice each month, alternating layouts and cards each single week, using a different Inspiration Photo and Designer Challenge for each.
for example, EVERY MONTH ON....

- the 1st: Combo A - Layouts, tags, mini albums, off the page projects (this will run for two weeks)
- the 8th: Combo A - Cards week (same combo, different Inspiration Photo and Designer Challenge, for cards)

Both Combo A Challenges will close at the end of cards week (the 14th)

- the 15th: Combo B - Layouts week (same as above)
- the 22nd: Combo B - Cards week (same as above)

Both Combo B Challenges will close at the end of Cards week (the 28th)

So for Layouts Week, I created a Mini-Album. Here are some closeups:

Closeup #1: a) Brown paper bag folded in half. b) For the banner tips, I used a square punch and punched the end of the strip diagonally to get perfect banner ends (TIP ALERT!!).
Closeup #2: a) Butterfly pins created with quilting pins, a punch and hot glue. b) Accordion flowers with snipped creases.

The Color Combo: The damask and houndstooth print from the MME Forever Classified paper as well as the inked doilie and brad was my "Burst of Champagne" color. "A Clean Slate" was distributed all throughout, including the pearl brad. The gray Stickles and twine was my "Silver Bells", and the punched edge MME Favorite Party paper was my "Hope n' Taupe". The black and kraft were my neutral freebie colors.

{ The Design }

Janet Perafan-Babar || paper bag mini album holder

Featuring products from My Mind's Eye

The Design: I started with a paper bag, deco-scissored the edge and Stickled it. I cut a square from the MME Favorite Party paper and punched the edge. I cut another square from the MME Forever Classifieds paper and layered on top. The scrolly label was cut out from the same paper. I used a makeup sponge to stamp the golden yellow on the doily, and added glitter around the inner edge. I then cut a one inch strip from the MME Princess Pintuck paper and created two accordion flowers from it. Here is where I stuck on the two MME Gertie brads. I dug deep into my stash for those rub-ons (and how old are they?) to create my little title banner. Hot glued the butterflies to pins, wrapped twine around, a few more touches of Stickles and was done.

{ My Inspiration }

While searching for a challenge to accompany the Resolutions Challenge, I went through my feeds and came across this challenge over at the CAS-ual Fridays blog. Okay, this was totally fun! LOVED the idea of using a brown paper package. I immediately thought I could house all of my resolutions in it. PERFECT! Though in the end, with all the glitter and gold, it doesn't look so simple and casual, but it was really simple to make and super-quick too!

Now only if I can scrap this quick from now on! Wouldn't that be great!

Thanks for stopping by!!! You still have plenty of time to complete the CCG Challenge, it's for Layouts, Mini-Albums and Off-the-Page Projects only and it ends on January 14th, 11:59pm USA/EST. Hope you will play along too! Please visit each Designer's blog and see what they created for this gorgeous palette!

Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo