Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog ~Challenge #8~

Welcome!  This is Challenge #8 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog!

This challenge is "Show Us Some Metal Or Glass".  Do you hoard gears, pins, brads, eyelets, and other metal do-dads?  Do you have a thing for tiny light bulbs and glass vials?  Do junk drawers make you giddy?  Do you hang out in office supply stores so you can score funky paperclips?  Do bottle caps make you swoon?  Dig through your hoard to find something metal or glass (or both) and make a project to share!

Our sponsors this month are Really Resonable Ribbon and Sin City Stamps.  Here's the prizes from these companies.

Here's my Design Team Project for this Challenge.  I did a Mixed Media Layout and I used some of the beautiful April Ribbon Club Assortment "Gray and Yellow Mix ribbon from RRR and the "Let The Adventure Begin" stamp from Sin City Stamps along with several metal pieces.

Challenge rules are HERE.  Make sure to link your project using the link tool on the CHACB site.

Be sure to visit your Design Team to check out what they have created to share!  Here's the links:

Donna Idet
Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel (Blog Owner)
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Ginny Nemchak
Jan Marie Ennenga
Kathy Clement

Here's the direct links to Sin City Design Team:
Sin City Stamps
Karen Lackey
Robin Redd
Peggy Oliver
Lisa Mita
Barbara Rankin

Materials Used:
American Crafts - Amy Tangerine Collection
Bo Bunny - Our Lil Monster
Advantus - Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Remnant Rubs - "Life Quotes"

~Imaginarium Designs~

Hi Again Sweet Friends,  Today I'm sharing a couple of DT projects forImaginarium Designs!

This will be my last post for Imaginarium Designs as I need to step down from the team, need some time with the family.  I've loved every minute of being on the team and will miss all the sweet and talented ladies I've worked with...thanks again Jane and Nat for this awesome time with you!!

I've been pretty sick with a head and chest cold so for these projects I went simple with the chipboard and used some Tim Holtz "Black Soot" for both projects and I love how they turned out.  I used one of the new banners, Loolabele's Chevrons, and the Capturing The Moment Phrase.  This layout is of my Grandson Zach and his little brother with their new puppies..so cute!!

For my second project I used the new "Good Ol'Sports" paper line from Graphic 45 for a mini album that I'm working on for my eldest Grandson Kenneth.  I still have photos to add but here's a photo of the cover and some pages using the chipboard from Imaginarium Designs such as Memories Last Forever Phrase, Isobel Lower Case Alphas, and 21 Stars On A Board, and Loolabele's Love Arrows.  I also used lots of tags and twine in this project.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek and I hope you've enjoyed!  Don't forget to go to Imaginarium Designs Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win some awesome chipboard!!

~Challenge #7 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog~

Hi Sweet Friends,  Welcome, this is Challenge #7 for Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog!  This challenge is called "Ribbon, Lace, and Twine, Oh My"!

Show us your fiber side!  Use ribbon, lace, or twine on your project.  Dig into your hoard and share how crative you can be with fibers!  You may use ribbon, lace, twine, embroidery floss, string, yarn, fabric, etc.  As long as you have something in the "ribbon" family on your project, you are good to go!

Our sponsors for the two May challenges are Really Reasonable Ribbon and Sin City Stamps.  One talented participant will receive these prizes, donated by Sin City and Really Reasonable Stamps!

Here's Sin City Stamps link for the blog hop!
Barbara Rankin
Karen Lackey
Linda Hess
Lisa Mita
Peggy Oliver
Robin Redd

Here's my DT project for this challenge.

Challenge Rules are here: Gloria Designs Challenge.  Make sure to link your project using the link tool on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Make sure to visit our Design Team to check out what they have done to share!

Donna Idet
Glenda Brooks
Gloria Stengel (Blog Owner)
Karen Zueger (YOU ARE HERE)
Pam Bray
Tammi Bennett
Amber Milone
Christy Butters
Debbie Seyer
Ginny Nemchak
Jan Marie Ennenga
Kathy Clement

Materials Used:  Cardstock - Olive, Slate, and Ivory
Prima 12 x 12 stencil - Floral Rose
Shimmerz Dazzlers - Lemon Drop

Thanks for dropping by and taking a peek and I hope you've enjoyed and are inspired to create a fun project for this challenge!

~Scrap Around The World Epic Event - Scraps Of Darkness~

This month we at Scraps Of Darkness/Scraps Of Elegance are excited to announce that we are one of the Ten Epic Event Anniversary Sponsors at Scrap Around The World and are one of their Guest Design Teams!  Our Lisa Novogrodski is also representing us as one of the 10 chosen Guest Judges and we are so pleased to be involved in this great event clelbrating Scrap Around The World's First Birthday!

This is no ordinary month at SATW.  Nine out of Ten of the prizes awarded will be going to past Winners, Features, or Finalists (those featured on their legendary Wall Of Fame in the past year) and one prize will be awarded to a totally NEW winner (someone who has never been featured on their Wall Of Fame before).  This is so that TEN EPIC WINNERS can e selected as the TOP TEN PLAYERS of the 2013/14 at Scrap Around The World!

This will be a yearly competition held at this fantastic challenge blog and we are honored to be a part of the inaugural event.

Please support Helen and her team at Scrap Around The World by by playing along this month.  There are 10 prizes, ech valued at approximately $100 up for grabs, including free postage as usual, so it is so worth it, plus the inspiration is amazing!

SOE/SOD Crop For National Scrapbooking Day ~Love The Library~

Hi Sweet Friends,  Today I'm sharing a project that I did for the amazing crop live now on Scraps of Darkness/Scraps of Elegance!!

Our NSD Grand Prize is valued at over $180 and includes the entire Heartfelt Creations Celebrate The Journey Collection!

The crop is called "Loves The Library" and each Design Team member has a wonderful and fun challenge for you using the library and books as your inspiration!!  My challenge is to create some fun "Tag" Book Marks!   Make a tag or two any size and link it to my challenge on the Scraps of Darkness Scraps of Elegance Mixed Media Scrapbooking Community site on Facebook.  Here's a photo of the prize for my challenge.

Here's a couple of "Tag" Book Marks that I made for this challenge for your inspiration.  Make a tag or two, any size or shape!  Be sure to link your projects to my challenge on the fourm.

The Rules for the Challenge are as follows:

-All projects must be new and created for this crop
-Projects can only be entered in one challenge
-You can enter as many times per challenge as you want to as long as they are new and only entered in the one challenge..for example..you can enter each challenge as many times as you wish but you cannot enter the same project in more than one challenge on this site
-Everyone is eligible to win
-All draws will be randon
-The challenges begin May 2nd and you have until May 8th to upload your project link into the correct challenge thread.

So come and join in on the fun and I can't wait to see all your projects!!