Coordinates Collections

Name the February Kits!

Well here's an early Christmas present for everyone....it's time to name the February Kits!  I know everyone loves this time as much as I do.  I hope you all have your creative thinking caps on...can't wait to see your name suggestions!

Post name suggestions here on the Blog or on the CC Message Board by Sunday, December 27 at midnight MST.  One lucky person will receive a fun gift from CC if their kit name suggestions are selected! 

KIT 1 includes paper from the new Pink Paislee cupid line, American Crafts blue skies line and Bo Bunny love bandit line; embellishments are Pink Paislee cuppid postcards, Basic Grey sugar rush alphas and rubons, Bo Bunny flowers and a chipboard heart from Jenni Bowlin; and of course Bazzill cardstock.

KIT 2 includes paper from the new Basic Grey origins line and Jillibean Soup; embellishments are a Daisy Bucket clear stamp, Basic Grey origins elements, take note and buttons; Doodlebug alphabet and Maya Road sheer flashcards; as well as Bazzill cardstock.

January Kit Reveal Videos

Lisa Cole shows all the products you will receive in the two January Kits....another set of fabulous videos....thanks my friend!

CHAMPAGNE

CONFETI

December Newsletter and Welcome Lindsay Gannon!

The December Newsletter is up and ready for you to enjoy!  Thanks to Lyn Hilt for another amazing newsletter!

I'm a bit late in welcoming Lindsay Gannon to the Design Team....she has joined us beginning this month and we are excited to have her on the team!

Hi, my name is Lindsay Gannon and I live in Maryland - I am an hour from DC, Baltimore, and Virginia! I am a SAHM to three fun-loving and energetic kids; Patrick is 4, and Michael and Avery are 22 months old. I have been married to my best friend, Matt for almost 7 years. I am a teacher by trade and taught for 9 years prior to the twins being born. When I am not scrapping I love to cook, hang out with friends and family, shop, and read. I have been scrapping all of my life - it began with a scrapbook my grandmother kept in her kitchen cupboard filled with funny magazine clippings. I loved sitting with her and going through the album and family pictures. I began scrapping seriously two years ago and have been obsessed ever since! I see each LO as a treasure tucked away for my children to enjoy for the rest of their lives. I love ALL scrappy goodies but my favorites are patterned paper, baker's twine, RIBBON!, buttons, and Thickers. My style is always evolving - I love trying new things and am inspired by everything around me!

Click here to see Lindsay's Gallery 

Lindsay's blog: THREE LITTLE BLESSINGS

December Challenges

December Challenges:

Thanks to NATALIA for organizing the challenges for December:

All your challenges are posted! I tried to come up with fairly simple ones since I know we are all insanely busy this time of year. Have fun with them! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. If you have any questions, post them in the challenge threads.

Here are the rules again:
Post your completed layout in the December challenges section of the gallery and link back to the challenge thread. CC will be providing one prize for the challenges this month. You get one entry into the drawing for each challenge you complete. Entries are due by 11:59 your time on December 31.

Challenge 1: S
Challenge 2: N
Challenge 3: O
Challenge 4: W

South Pole Kit Projects

Now for the KIT IDEAS by the Design Team using the South Pole kit:

MARIELLE LEBLANC

I went a little crazy on the chipboards on all my layouts (and they are HEAVY)!! LOL!

You love to play -  Everything on this layouts is from the kit and from the add-ons- papers and chipboards.The brown alphas are from my stash. 

Cake lover-  My sweet little Felix at 2 loves his cake !!!  I could not believe how well this photo went with these papers!! I again went a little crazy with the chipboards on this layout !!I cut up the 'Cloudy" papers to make 2 corners and I double matted everything in the brown cardstock to add a little "pop". The alphas and buttons are from my own stash. From the add-ons Prima pearls and crystals, Jenni Bowlin mini alphas,Seasons chipboards and Bo Bunny chipboard "flourish"( from CC store)

All mine- Everything is from the kit, paper and chipboard add ons and Kaisercraft pearls(from a previous CC purchase.)  These photos of Gabriel and I were taken on his 4th b-day (doesn't he look like me !!  I used the border of the "cloudy" paper to add as a border at the bottom. The two flowers on the left are cut out of the paper ,the ones on the right are chipboard elements.

I'm going to make an other layout with that cloud paper (spring theme) to submit to that French scrapbooking magazine and will share it later!!

KIMBERLY MADRID

You Are Beautiful
For this layout, I trimmed a 4x6 print to get this smaller photo of my son, Ryan. He was bald from chemo and a couple of weeks from his first stem cell transplant. I just loved the add-on Crate Paper chipboard stickers and used several on this project, layering them with the CP stickers that came with the kit. The Fancy Pants felt flower is from a CC kit from about a year or so ago. The Doodlebug alphas are from the CC store. And remember when MM made those metal alphas? I have a ton of them in several font and pulled them out to use on this layout. Talk about ancient stash, but I thought they were a great compliment to the wood grain alphas that came with the kit.

Shooting the Shoot
These are pics that we took during my daughter's Senior photo shoot. The photography studio was kind enough to let us take as many of our own pics as we wanted and we got a bunch of fun behind-the-scenes sort of shots. These were wallet sized pics that I trimmed slightly so I could fit five on the 12" strip of white cs. Chipboard bird is an add-on, the Doodlebug alphas came from the CC store, and the tiny Adorn-It alphas and button are from my stash.

A Little Dirt Never Hurt
When Daniel Logan was very little, I would sometimes catch him eating dirt. Why a child would want to eat dirt just confounds me, but I had to get a picture of it, of course! The blue striped strip below the photo is the cut-off strip from one of the CP papers. The scalloped sticker strip at the top is the negative piece from one of the CP sticker strips. I added a couple of CP chipboard accents, an add-on for this month. From my stash, I used Adorn-It tiny alphas and Thickers.

I Love You Ryan
My son, a few months after his first stem cell transplant. His hair grew in very thick and curly. It didn't stay that way, so photos that show it are especially precious to me. For this layout, I used several of the CP chipboard accents (an add-on for this month) and the CP stickers in a collage style, placing them all on one side of the page. Kaiser pearls are from the CC store, buttons from my stash.

JENNIFER DUBBS

"Camp Cook"  This layout uses two very simple design principles.  A vertical & horizontal element to hold my elements and lead your eye around the page; and the simple rule of "3"...the 3 trees pieced together with pattern paper.

"U Love it!"  Using the rule of "3" again I cut out 3 circles using a fun striped paper.  These add movement and play into the soccer theme of the layout.

"Hot Chocolate"  I didn't have enough "O 's" for my title so looking around my desk I found some chipboard diecuts that could be substituted for the letters I needed.  Think about the shape of the missing letter and see what you can find on your desk that will work.

LISA COLE

North Pole Kit Ideas

Every month the Design Team creates amazing Kit Ideas using the monthly kits....I really have the best Design Team around!  Enjoy their projects using the North Pole kit:

LINDSAY GANNON -- A big welcome to Lindsay, our newest Design Team member!

Blessed - based on a sketch by Julie Bonner, inking and distressing, Basic Grey Woolies, Pearls can be found in the CC store  

Step by Step -- Used all purpose glue and clear glitter on chipboard shapes, inking and distressing, layering, Pink Paislee alpha can be found in the CC store, cut a rectangle from the back of the cardstock and inked it up to use as a journaling card  

Happy Holidays Card - punched with Marvy Uchida Scalloped circle punch and added Cosmo Cricket Cardstock stickers - sentiment stamp from Michael's

JENNI SMITH (guest designer)

"Christmas Eve": I loved the deep colors of the patterned paper I used on this layout...but they just didn't go well with the colors in the picture I wanted to scrap of my boys wearing their pajamas!  So I went into photoshop and quickly turned my picture into a black and white picture.  I love how the picture no longer clashes, but emphasizes the beautiful designs and patterns in the paper all the while still standing strong as the focal point of the page.




"Black Friday": I am so used to scrapping with "boy" colors with having three boys so I take any chance I get to scrap with pink! This patterned paper by Basic Grey is just so much fun...a little untraditional for the holidays, but it still calls out "Christmas!"  I especially loved working with the Cosmo Cricket chipboard that can be found in the add-ons for the kit...each little piece adds just the right amount of pop and texture to a page. And how fun are those shiny red American Craft Thickers?  You can't get more perfect for the holidays!  A little sparkle goes a long way!




"Deck the Halls": Last year I decided to go all out in decorating for Christmas.  I took pictures of every square inch of my living areas to remember where I put everything, how I positioned it, etc.  When I was looking through them I thought they'd be the perfect scrapping subjects!  How fun for my boys to look back years from now and remember what their childhood Christmas's looked like!  Remember to take pictures of anything and EVERYTHING during the holidays!




"Winter Wonderland" Card:  If you're looking for a quick and easy way to make a few Christmas cards, getting the double sided "Elements" paper in the Jolly By Golly line by Cosmo Cricket is the way to go!  This add-on is a must!  For this card I simply cut the piece out I wanted to use for the sentiment ("Winter Wonderland") and cut the striped strips of paper from another little square, glued them all together and added a chipboard snowman for a little texture and fun!  Took a whole 5 minutes!  You can create a ton of cute, affordable cards with this single piece of paper.




"Holiday Tag": Who doesn't love to receive a gift with a homemade touch?  Take a little time this year to create a handmade tag for each gift you give!  I love the fun little chipboard elements that can be found in the add-on section for kit #1....they're so versatile and can be used for so many things, including tags.  I used a border punch to create a fun bottom layered border, added the to/from label and finished it off with the chipboard birdie and ribbon.  So easy--anyone can do it!

LYN HILT

LISA COLE

December Guest Designer JENNI SMITH!

GUEST DESIGNER CONTEST (February '10 Kit)

Layouts will be judged by the CC Design Team on creativity and best overall design.  The winning layout will earn a spot on the CC Design Team for the month of February 2010, and this Guest Designer will get to work with one of the monthly kits.

Rules:

• 1 layout entry per person
• Entry must use the December one-page sketch and include a title, photo(s) and journaling 
• Deadline is December 25, midnight Eastern time
  
• Entry must be uploaded to the December Guest Designer section of the CC Gallery (under 'contests') to be eligible
• International entries are welcome; however, international winners must pay their own shipping.
• You must not have been a Guest Designer here at Coordinates Collections in the last six months.  

Details regarding Guest Designer responsibilities, etc. can be found on the CC Message Board under 'CONTESTS'.

Hi!  My name is Jenni and I am 29 years old.  I live in northern California with my husband of 8 ½  years, and our three little boys, all of whom are my main scrapping subjects.  I started scrapbooking over 6 years ago, right around the time my first son was born.  I wanted to find a way to preserve and record the memories of our family and found scrapbooking to be the perfect answer!  My scrapping style could be described as clean, linear, layered and ever changing.  I enjoy trying new techniques and styles, and I'm always excited to play with new product that somehow always seems to find its way onto my scrap table!!  When I'm not scrapping, I can be found running or working out, baking, reading, shopping, or spending time with my family.  I have a serious addiction to Jamba Juice, jewelry, shoes and magazines, and love watching chick-flicks, playing games and traveling.  I am so thrilled and honored to be a guest designer here at Coordinates Collections and hope that I can in some small way inspire you to be creative and innovative in your scrapping, all the while enjoying the creative process along the way!

12 Giveaways of Christmas

Our friends at SOMEWHAT SIMPLE are doing the 12 Giveaways of Christmas and CC is thrilled to be a part of it!  Be sure to head over to Somewhat Simple for the details!

Confetti Kit Change!

The January Confetti kit had to have a few papers changed due to manufacturer stock supply....it will now include some of the NEW Basic Grey Sugar Rush line!  So here is a look at the new Confetti kit as well as the new paper and cardstock addons:

December Sketches

December 3 Sketches Contest

Each month we will post 3 sketches -- a 2-page layout; a 1-page layout; and a card. You may create as many projects as you wish using one, two or all three of the sketches for the month.

When you have created your layout(s)/card from the sketches, you are to

•  Post it in the CC Gallery under ‘Contests and Challenges' by December 31st
•  Include '(month) sketch' in the title
•  Post a link of that project into the thread for that sketch on the Message Board

One lucky winner will receive a fun prize from CC!

Enjoy Lyn Hilt's incredible sketches for December:

2 PAGE SKETCH:

1 PAGE SKETCH:

CARD SKETCH: