Friday, May 29, 2009

Fab Friday Color Challenge!

Hello lovelies! Welcome to the latest installment of the Fab Friday Color Challenge! This weeks colors are black, orange and teal:


Without further ado...let's see what the DT did with this fun color group!


Kristy




Lesley



Tracey





Tanisha


Well folks...that's all she wrote for the month of May! You have until Monday at midnight to complete any project using these colors and get it linked here (welcome back Mr. Linky!) to get your name into the hat for the fabulous $25 gift certificate to Scrap-a-doodle-doo! Wow...May gone already!

A quick reminder to all, our design team call ends soon as well! If you are interested, please take a peek at the top right hand column for more details.

Last but certainly not least, don't forget to check out the Ning for some more fun and funky challenges! Have a great weekend and happy shoetastic scrapping!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Ad inspired card challenge

Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope y'all had a great Memorial Day weekend, and are well rested. Before we get to todays challenge, I wanted to remind you of our guest designer call. The deadline for submission is coming up soon! Check out our sidebar for more details on this one, somebody is going to be our first official guest designer real soon!
Now it is time to get creative! Check out this ad I found randomly one day. I looked at it and thought....what a GREAT AD FOR A CHALLENGE! With all the bright colors and different elements, the possibilities are endless! It is just a FUN ad!



Our DT had fun with this as well! Here are a few different interpretations of this fun ad:




Tracey






Kristy













Dawn





Tanisha

Now what will YOU do with this ad??? We seem to be having some technical difficulties with Mr. Linky, so if you wouldn't mind, add your links to your projects as a comment for now no later than Sunday May 31 at midnight! Yes, shortened this time for the end of the month! And be sure to come back Friday for the lovely Miss Lesley's color challenge which will be your last chance to get entered to win the 25$ gift cert. to Scrap -a - Doodle Doo! Have you been to their site? They have so much fun stuff over there! Stephanie does a GREAT job of getting in the latest and greatest to satify our craving of new stuff! Be sure to check them out and do lots of our challenges so you can win FREE stuff! Have a shoetastic scrappy day everyone!
*** Mr. Linky has been FIXED! Feel free to use him again! And thanks for your patience!
~Tracey


Monday, May 25, 2009

Happy Memorial Day!!!!

Todays post is going to be a real simple one. We all have a budget, (or are husbands may put us on one) so lets just say we all like to save money. I got this cute little box from the dollar store. I altered it, with paper and ribbon that I had in my stash already, along with other elements. Modge Podge is also a wonderful thing when altering wooden projects. This particular box was given to my mother with goodies stuffed inside for Mother's day! You however could use for whatever you like.

So to do a project such as this would run you less than 10.00 bucks! Check out the ning later on for more details on this wooden box. Have a happy and safe Memorial Day!!














Friday, May 22, 2009

It's a black tie affair....

...well...not really......just black and white friday! Yes, our color challenge today is BLACK and WHITE! Nothing more! Just black and white! You may make whatever you want for this challenge as long as there is no color involved! If you are making a layout, the picture also needs to be black and white. Sound challenging??? Check out how our DT tackled this one......


Tracey






Dawn




Lesley




Kristy

Sound like a challenge??? Want a chance at the 25$ gift certificate to Scrap-a-doodle-doo??? Then show us your black and white creations! Be sure to upload your project to Mr. Linky no later than Thursday, May 28th at midnight to get your name in the hat!!! And have you checked out our ning forum lately?? Be sure to stop by and say hi and check out even more fabulous challenges by the lovely Miss Adina and Miss Karmyn! Happy Friday everyone and have a great holiday weekend!

~tracey


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

What day is it?? Early Wednesday- Card Challenge Wednesday of course!

Sorry, this post was supposed to come out tomorrow, obviously, lol.

So here we are bringing another card challenge for all those card makers out there. Today's Challenge... Beach Themed. Now I know you are wondering, "What the heck am I going to do with a beach themed card"? Well, I tell you what, they would make a great substitute for a post card! I actually had a time with challenge, lol. But, it's fun and definitely not your normal card challenge. Here is what a few of us from the DT came up with.
Lesley



Tanisha
Tracey

Thank you to all of our followers for keeping us busy, lol, and allowing us to share our work with you. Make sure you come back and see what Tracey has in store for us on the color spectrum this Friday! Don't forget to link your work through our wonderful Mr. Linky for your chance at a monthly drawing of 25.00 from our Sponsor Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo

Have a Great hump day! Tanisha~



Monday, May 18, 2009

Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo Monday!

Hello lovelies and Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! It's that time again here at the Shoe...where we take the opportunity to show off some of the fantabulous items that can be found at Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo!

Four members of the Design Team each received identical kits from Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo and with minimal items from our own stash we each created a LO using the kits! The goal being to show you how versatile a scrapbooking kit can be. When we received our kits...there was a lot of drooling going on over some of the most gorgeous papers ever seen! Here is a picture of the kit:



Gorgeous huh???? There were two pieces of Bazzil Cardstock, One sheet of Prima paper (doublesided), One shett of Prima Sew Cute stitched Mulberry Paper paper (this paper is already stitched and sewn...and it's beautiful!), an assorment of flowers, some fantastic velvet ribbon and a blingeriffic piece of Prima Say it in Crystals! Let me tell you...the textures and colors are fantastic! Now lets see what the DT did with this kit:


Tracey



Dawn



Lesley



Tanisha


A couple other things to mention about Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo...they have all of this season's releases from Basic Grey including: Porcelain, Lime Rickey and Marrakech papers (currently sold out of Wisteria...sniff) and tons of new items showing up regularly! Including some fantastic stuff by Bo Bunny! So definitely take a moment to check them out!

We only really get this opportunity once a month...so we must take it and thank the oh so terrific Miss Adina who not only keeps us in contact with out sponsor, but also helps manage our Ning! Between her and the oh so rockin' Miss Karmyn...there are so many fantastic things going on...so definitely take a chance to swing by!

Well chickies...that's all for now on this fab Monday! Hope you all have a great week! We'll be back on Wednesday for another fun card challenge!

Friday, May 15, 2009

Friday Color Challenge!!

So it's finally Friday and you are so wondering what today's color challenge is going to be. Well, here it is!!


I dont know what it is about these colors, but I just love the way they mesh together! So make sure you post your fabulous work in the Mr. Linky for our monthly drawing, and check out the work from this weeks Friday challenge from our talented DT! Also make sure you check out the awesome challenges that arebeing run in The Shoe forum.

Have a great weekend!!

Tanisha

Lesley

Tracey

Kristy

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Woohoo Wednesday!

Hello lovelies! Are you ready for the latest and greatest card challenge here at the Shoe? Here goes!
Your challenge is to use the following pictures as inspiration for a card:





Here is what the design team did with this challenge:



Lesley




Kristy



Tracey

Can't wait to see what you all do with this inspiration! Don't forget to leave your direct link to your version of this challenge in Mr. Linky no later than Midnight May 20th to get your name in the running for the monthly gift certificate to Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo!

Don't forget about all the fabulous challenges we have going on in the Ning!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Monday!

I hope all the mothers out there had a fabulous Mother's Day. So, this monday's challenge is going to challenge for you to think outside of the box. I asked the DT to send me a pic of their favorite LO, card, or altered item. Then, take an element off of each pic and create a new layout. So, with that said that is your challenge. Take an element off of each one of the DT's favorite pic and create a new one. Here is what the DT sent:

Tracey



Lesley





Kristy



Dawn



Tanisha




Here is how members of our DT 'combined' all 5 projects:


Tracey

I took the birds from mine, Kristy's the sketch, Dawn's the pot of flowers, Lesley's the double embossed chipboard letters, and last but not least....i took title from Tanisha !!!



Kristy

I got the bird and handcut elements from Tracey, the wings next to the title from Lesley, swirls from Dawn, heart on the photo and stitching from Tanisha and the frame with beads and the letters on it from myself



Dawn

From Tracey's I took the bird, Lesley's the circle, Kristy's the frame around the pic, Tanisha's the stitching and the embossed swirls, and mine I took the Black and White paper



Sound like a challenge??? Lets see what YOU can do! Just take one element from each of the DT projects and fuse them into your own fabulous scrappy creation!! Remember to link them up to Mr. Linky when you are done so you can be entered into the drawing for a gift cert. to Scrap -a-Doodle-doo!!! Deadline to link these up will be Sunday, May 17th at midnight! Be sure to check out the ning as well for some other fabulous challenges with even more fabulous prizes!! Now let's see those projects!!!