W2SB #20 - Calling All Book Lovers!!!

Bobbi here to host the August W2SB Challenge. And, for this challenge, we are calling all book lovers! 

August 9 is Book Lovers Day, followed by the first day of school -- at least for our school district -- on August 13.  In honor of our love for books and learning, our challenge to you is create a project based on a title or quotation from a book.  Here are a few ideas, or choose one of your favorites:

• Where the Wild Things Are
• The Good Earth
• Eat, Pray, Love
• Winnie-the-Pooh
• Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

We tried to choose a collection of books that would appeal to a wide range of themes, situations, and/or interests. If there's another book that sparks your creativity, by all means go with it.

 

Our Inspiration Gallery

 

Let's see what our I-Team has made this month, starting with this month's Guest I-Teamer Mona. Thanks so much, Mona, for joining us. We're thrilled that you accepted our invitation!


Mona chose The Good Earth as the inspiration for her card. She was inspired by the beauty that surrounded her while on vacation to create several lovely paintings, including the one shown below. Love these gorgeous flowers! Think this is the first painting we've showcased here at W2SB... and think I could find a perfect place to showcase it in my home.  :)

Mona



Since Annie has an adorable five-year-old grandson, she immediately jumped at the opportunity to make this bee-utiful Winnie-the-Pooh card. And, Annie's grandson gave her a big thumb's up saying this was a "nice 'baby' card".   :)

Annie

Greta chose a specific quote from The Good Earth, and added some amazing paper piecing. Love this soothing palette and stunning flower. What an absolutely stunning card!

Greta

Penny took a slightly different take on our challenge, showcasing a few favorite titles on her card's back bookshelf and using a darling book-related sentiment. If you look closely, you'll see one of her chosen titles was the inspiration for our June 2014 challenge.  :)

Penny

Sybrina used Max's famous Wild Things quote as the inspiration for her sentiment inside this monstrously cute birthday card. If you click on the link below the card, it'll take you to Sybrina's new post-OWH blog.

Sybrina

Because I can never follow the crowd, I chose a quote from my favorite book, Outlander, and my favorite fictional person, Jamie Fraser.  Jamie said to his love, "When the day shall come that we do part, if my last words are not I Love You, ye’ll ken it was because I dinna have time." 

Bobbi

You have until August 28 to link up to our challenge.  We can't wait to see your literary-inspired cards and projects!  

And, one talented crafter will receive our prize package, which includes the adorable stamp set shown at the right.  :)

Share your love of books and learning HERE!

OWH Memorial Day 2015: Finishing Strong!

Operation Write Home, a charity that has supported heroes with handmade cards since 2007, will be closing later this year. It is an organization that has been near and dear to many of us card makers at Words 2 Scrap By!

So, we here at W2SB are helping to get the word out that ALL cards need to be sent in by August 1st!

Please click here to return to the bloghop's home page.

The theme for this year's bloghop is to make cards featuring red, white, and blue. Of course, OWH-sketch-inspired cards are always welcome.  :)

• Please click here to learn more about OWH's Finish Strong campaign.
• Please click here to read about OWH's card guidelines. Cards should be A2 size, deliverable via USPS, and glitter-free. In addition, cards should fit the following themes: miss you, thinking of you, love, happy birthday, and happy birthday.
• And, please scroll down to see what our Words 2 Scrap By gals created for today's hop.

Annie

Bobbi

Greta

Penny

Sybrina

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

• To return to the hop's home page, please click here.
• And, if you'd like to play along with our current Words 2 Scrap By challenge, please click here. We've updated the link to accept cards through the 28th! So, we'd love to have you join us in our Say Cheese challenge.  :)

So, who made something completely out of the box?!?!

Cebelica, that's who!  Check out this gorgeous black and white project:

Sybrina and I agreed that her use of ribbon and embellishments made for a beautiful, unusual project.  It was a tough choice, there were a lot of great entries, using a lot of great techniques.  Thanks for taking up the challenge!!!

Cebelica, email me at BobbisTreasure at aol dot com to claim your prize!!!

Annie from Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie will be hosting our March Challenge.  Wonder what she has planned for us?!?  Come back on March 1 and join in the fun!

W2SB Challenge #13: #youchoosetheword(s)

Happy 2015!

Sybrina here with wishes from our entire team for a wonderful New Year. We hope you like our first 2015 challenge -- an out-of-the-box challenge to kick off our second year. But before we get to Challenge #13....

It's hard to imagine that W2SB is one year old today! Huge thanks to everyone who made our first year possible: my partner-in-craft Bobbi, our amazing Inspiration Team, sponsors, friends, Guest Designers and last, but certainly not least, all of you who found our blog, left lovely comments, and/or entered our challenges. Thanks so much!

As we start a new year of challenges, we have a couple of changes to our I-Team.

• We send our thanks and best wishes to I-Teamer Mary Anne who will not be able to join us on a regular basis this year. Mary Anne, we loved your clever creations and hope you join us for a challenge or two this coming year.
• We welcome Greta to our team. Greta, who blogs at GG Creations, joined us for a number of challenges in 2014 and won our November challenge. Greta, we can't wait to see what you have in store for us this coming year.

Hashtags

It seems like it's impossible to watch television these days without a hashtag (#) message appearing in the corner of the screen. A hashtag is a word or phrase used on social-networking sites (such as Twitter or Instagram) that is preceded by a hash mark (#). It is used within a message to identify a keyword or topic of interest and facilitate a search for it.

Examples include:

• #sandiegofire -- used to coordinate an emergency response to last spring's San Diego fire,
• #decembertoremember -- used in a holiday commercial for a luxury car, and 
• #tribalcouncil -- used on a popular reality show.

W2SB #13: #youchoosetheword(s)

Our first challenge of the New Year is to make a card or project that includes a hashtag sentiment.

There are stamp sets with hashtag sentiments that you could certainly use. But, maybe, you'll take this opportunity to make a card or project with a uniquely personal sentiment for the coming  year.

• #kudostothenewestohiostatealum for a college graduation from Ohio State
• #happyfortiethdad for Dad's milestone birthday
• #bestwishesjackandjill for your friend Jill's upcoming wedding

Inspiration Cards

Our newest I-Teamer Greta's card is perfect to ring in the New Year or celebrate a birthday. Love her choice of papers and patterns!

Greta

Annie's card is a perfect New Year's card. How clever to use gems as champagne bubbles!

Annie

Penny's card is sure to bring a smile to a friend or loved one in need of a pick me up. Penny's cards always have such fun, creative elements, and those banners, doily, and brad make for a perfect focal point.

Penny

Bobbi's cards always have such wonderful texture! I love that pop of red against the crispness of her embossed white background.

Bobbi

Newly-retired me is in the process of deciding what this stage of life will hold. So, it's #createthelifeyouwant for me! (Appropriately, I gave this card to our mail carrier yesterday because TODAY marks the first day of her retirement. Thanks and best wishes, Patsy.)

Sybrina

This Month's  Prize Package

Bonnie at Really Reasonable Ribbon is offering a $15 gift certificate for the lucky crafter who wins this month's challenge. Thanks so much, Bonnie! We love your yummy ribbons, like the gorgeous silver ribbon on my #createthelifeyouwant card.

In addition, our January winner will be invited to be a Guest I-Teamer for our March challenge and will receive our W2SB winner badge.

So, what words will you choose?

W2SB Challenge #11: Gratitude & Kindness

Welcome to another inspired challenge at Words 2 Scrap By!  This is Annie and I'm honored to be the Guest Host for Bobbi & Sybrina this month.  Big shoes to fill but I'm going to try!

With November, our thoughts turn to Thanksgiving and being grateful for our many blessings.  At W2SB, we believe that gratitude and kindness can be expressed at any time throughout the year and offer the following quote for this month's inspiration:

You cannot do a kindness too soon because

you never know how soon it will be too late.

Let's take a look at what the I-Teamers came up with to get your mojo moving.

First up is our guest I-Teamer this month, Julia, who wowed us in August with her winning design and she has done it again with this beautiful card.  Love that dreamy tree and the soft colors!

Julia

What an awesome background to complement Sybrina's Gratitude bronze embossed medallion!  

Sybrina

 

 

What better way to say thanks and show kindness by telling someone they are awesome!  Penny's card is a wonderful CAS design with strong graphic elements - love those "awesome" circles!

 Penny

 

 

Bobbi's card is so peaceful and serene.  That landscape is fantastic and the sentiment is absolutely perfect!

 

Bobbi

I put on the spritz for my card going for a masculine feel with this Thank You card for a special friend.  

Annie



Oh, did someone say PRIZE?  Yep, we did!  In addition to being the Guest I-Teamer in January and being awarded the winner badge for your blog...there's this fantastic Mini Blueprints stamp set by Tim Holtz that will be mailed to the challenge winner!  Think of all the cards you can make with eight stamps in one set!

Mini Blueprints



Now it's your turn!  Link up a card expressing gratitude or showing kindness to someone special.  Your entry does not have to have a seasonal theme.  We can't wait to see what you create! 



Link up your project here!

W2SB #9: To Every Thing There Is a Season

Hi, everyone.

As the calendar page turns to September, our thoughts turn to the words To Every Thing There Is a Season.

So, what do these words mean to you? Maybe your thoughts turn to autumn leaves... or football Saturdays... or homework and school activities... or the they're-going-to-be-here-before-you-know-it upcoming holiday season. Or, perhaps milestone events come to mind -- events like starting a new job, celebrating the birth of a baby, or moving to a new house.


This month, we welcome Guest I-Teamer Sharyn, who wowed us in July with her bicycle-riding poodle. Let's see what Sharyn and our I-Teamers have for us this month.

Sharyn's card is just lovely. Her image, colors, and text combine to create such a peaceful interpretation of our seasons theme. Sharon, we are thrilled that you joined us this month.

Sharyn

Penny has created another masterpiece with her stunning focal point. And, her sentiment is perfect for this month's theme.

Penny

Annie's card is just gorgeous. Those richly colored leaves are placed just right to give the feel of leaves falling to the ground... and lead our eyes to a perfect seasonal sentiment.

Annie

While I just love the color choices Mary Anne made, I simply adore the banner hanging down from that pretty wreath. Mary Anne doesn't have a  blog, so feel free to leave a comment for her here.



Mary Anne

Bobbi continued the fall theme with her card featuring four different embossing powders, and pretty layering. Love the classic look she achieved with those embossing powders!

Bobbi

But, from the look of things, Bernadette can't wait for the upcoming Christmas season. I just love the richness of these colors and the way she inset her sentiment panel.  :)

Bernadette

As for my card, I took a totally different take on a four-season theme to make a Stampin'-Up!-inspired thank you card for our very own Bernadette. Bernadette has been the SU demonstrator of our little card-making group. Our bittersweet news last class was that she is moving back to Colorado. Bernadette is thrilled to be moving back to be with family, but we are going to miss her terribly.

Me

The Prize Package

In addition to a  Guest I-Teamer invitation for November and our W2SB badge, this month's winning crafter will receive a FABULOUS prize: an autographed Tim Holtz assemblage clock, like the one shown at the right. But, unlike the clock shown, ours was autographed for us by Tim at the Simon Says Stamps CREATE event in May!

What a fun object to keep, fill, display, and treasure -- or give as a special gift to a loved one who is a self-proclaimed Tim groupie. :)



So, we hope you all will be able to join us for this month's W2SB challenge. 

Link up your creation here!!

W2SB Challenge #8: From Darkness to Light - Winner!!!

There were some great cards for this challenge.  Sybrina and I really enjoyed seeing all of the interpretations.  It was a tough call for us this month, but we just couldn't resist Erika's interpretation of our challenge paired with her take on a Kristina Werner card.

Erika's card kind of reminds me of how the big bang might have looked.  (Plus, The Big Bang Theory is my all time favorite TV show!!!)  The inking on this card is fabulous, and I love the contrast between the black and yellow.  That combination is tough to pull off without looking like a bumble bee. 

Sybrina is our hostess for the September challenge, and has a FABULOUS prize - a SIGNED Tim Holtz goodie!  Boo, I can't enter....

Erika, please send your snail mail address to BobbisTreasure at aol dot com, so I can mail your prize!!  Plus, we hope that you will be our guest designer for October.  Congratulations, Erika!!!