Tammy's September Results

Finally, all up-to-date! I gave Rachel her layout on Tuesday so it is "safe" to post the pictures. Even though it took me 8 months to complete the challenge, I had a wonderful time planning the layout and what I wanted to do. I knew what I wanted, just never found the time to complete when Rachel wasn't around to watch :) For some reason I felt funny completing the layout in her presence. I guess I wanted it to be a surprise. I'm still not a scrapbooker but I was pleased with the way it turned out. I had a great time with Theresa while I finished the layout!

Tammy's December Results

Finally, with only 7 months to go until Christmas, I have my December kit challenge results to share. I believe I made these while in Idaho??? Honestly, I don't remember it has been so long but I do remember having a great time making the cards. Marieke set the bar high with her collection of cards! Here they are all together. The one in the back is "illegal" or a non-kit card, the rest are all within the rules :)

This one is my favorite:

A set of twins:

Snowflake front and center. I really wanted to use the clear ovals but not sure how much I like them on this card:

And lastly, the non-kit card with additional die cuts and embossing plate background:

I have September's challenge finished but I want to give the pages to Rachel before I post them. Finally, I am all caught up. Now I'm ready to tackle whatever new idea we want to pursue!

Tammy's October Results

Better late (7 months!) than never, right? Actually, this was done in January and then only took me 4 months to get it photographed :) I was totally stumped on what to do with this challenge. I spent quite a bit of time looking for quotes online from the movie with plans to do something "tea party" related but was at a loss. While in Idaho in January I was somehow inspired to make my first mini album. It needs to be filled up but here are the bare bones. And, I discovered that I really like mini albums (sort of like a series of cards). I'll be making more of these. Thanks Theresa for the challenge and helping me discover my new love for mini albums.

The rings a bit too big. I think I will find smaller ones to use or add ribbon, etc to dress them up. I made some errors when writing in the pages but decided to "keep it real" and stick with the imperfect pages...

Tammy's November Results

Okay, so I realize I have not posted September or October's results but I had to send out Thanksgiving cards so this challenge was completed first. I promise I will get to the previous months!

I had a great time using this kit. I was able to make four cards and then made several more things using the kit as well as other products. I hope you have fun playing with it as well.

Here they are all together:

And then individually, in order of favorite to least... :)

I tried to stitch the acorn but it didn't turn out quite like I wanted...

I really like the quote on this one...

I layered several of the ribbons on this one but it ended up a bit too masculine looking...

Here is one more, all the supplies are from the kit but I used a die to cut out the center of the patterned paper.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Tammy's August Results

Finally, I am posting on time for a change :) Here are my creations with the Papertrey Anniversary stamp set. I really like the simplicity of this set. It doesn't take much to make a nice card. At first I didn't like the font of the "y" but it is growing on me. Here they are all together:

And here they are one at a time. I went a bit overboard with the flowers on the first one :)

I made sure to take them all in one direction since I seem to have issues with blogger and loading photos sideways...

One layer cards, got to love them!

I hope you are enjoying the stamp set and get a chance to make something as well!

Tammy's July Results

Finally, I am caught up! I absolutely loved this calendar paper. I was really concerned about meeting all of the elements of the challenge and was only able to make one card that fit in the "rules" but the paper was so gorgeous I had to keep playing. There are still so many things I want to do with this paper!

Here are all of the cards. The one in the back right is the "challenge" card. The rest were for fun.

Here is the challenge card...sideways...sorry!

And the others with the beautiful papers...

Tammy's June Results

I was really nervous about this challenge. I didn't think I would be able to come up with anything using those stickers. Theresa and Rachel were over at my house and once we actually started coming up with some ideas on how to sneakily use the stickers our creative juices took over. I was actually proud of all of our results sitting on my window ledge. Here is a view of all three:

And here is the one that will actually load upright. This one is my favorite. I used patterned paper for the present ribbons and then hid a sticker present in the back :)

Thanks for the challenge!

Tammy's May Results

First off, I am SO sorry that these are 2 months late. I have no excuse since I have had my May and June projects finished since April. Well, better late than never. As I have said before, I am a card maker but I did make a layout for once :)

I love the colors of the kit. Makes me home sick for Florida and the Emerald waters of the Gulf Coast. Here is an individual shot of each:

Sorry for the sideways pic...I'm having issues/flashbacks from April's post! I even tried to re-save but it won't load upright.

Tammy's April Results

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw Marieke's challenge picture for April. I had seen this post by Betsy Veldman a while back and knew I had to use that concept for my Easter cards. After seeing Marieke's picture I knew I wanted to blend them. As you can see from Betsy's post, my card is not an original but I love the challenge colors and those speckled eggs. Here is my take:

I also wanted to make the card in purple for my niece so I thought I would show you that one as well. Thank you Theresa for the gorgeous "dingleberry" ribbon :)

And here is one last picture of them together. Again, I apologize for the sideways pics!!

I'm looking forward to see what you all come up with. I didn't get a chance to work on the "bonus" card. Maybe later this week...

Tammy's March Results

In all honesty, I intended to complete a scrapbook layout with this kit. I promise, you can ask Rachel and Theresa. I even had pictures picked out to match and everything. As I sat down to complete my project I couldn't find the spark to get started with the layout so I reverted to my safe zone and made several cards. Here they are together (please forgive my terrible photography skills):

And here they are one at a time. This first one is for Marieke. I used Papertrey's Turning a New Leaf stamp set (oh, and by the way, they are releasing a die set to go with the stamp set on the 15th!). Initially I tried to clear emboss the leaf image but it didn't show up on the card stock so I went with a green ink.

Next, I had to borrow from Theresa and include a butterfly image. Not as sparkly and fun but still pretty cute. After taking the picture I wish I hadn't used a green flower and stem. Oh well...

I'm not sure why but this one is my favorite of the bunch. Another Turning a New Leaf stamp used:

And, last but not least, a birthday girl card with distressed edges:

Thank you for inviting me to join your lovely group! I still have quite a bit of paper and letters and look forward to making a few more items with March's kit.

Tammy

Welcome, Tammy!

We have added a new member to our club. Woo-hoo! I for one cannot wait to see her projects.

Look for Tammy's contributions to start in March. That is, assuming we get the kit to her in time...