Coordinates Collections

October Blog Hop Winner

 
Thank you so much to all of you who joined us on our First Blog Hop! We really enjoyed seeing your projects and visiting your blogs. I'm very impressed by all the wonderful projects I saw! If you only came to hop and check out the layouts our talented participants submitted, I hope you got encouraged to give it a try next month.

And now for the winner... All of your projects were beautiful and each one offered something unique but Dorothy's LO really stood out.

 

I really like how Dorothy tucked part the envelope behind the photo mat but letting the decorative flap show through, and those photos of her niece are just amazing! What an adorable little girl! If you haven't already, click over to her blog and leave her some love! Congrats Dorothy! Please email Jamie at jamie@coordinatescollections.com to claim your free kit!

 
  

October Blog Hop

 
Today is the day… It's time for our first Blog Hop! During the October blog hop, you’ll be able to connect with other CC crafters, praise those that inspire you and be inspired to try something new!

 

October challenge:   Hidden Journaling

Sometimes I feel like I don’t journal enough. Maybe the message is too personal, maybe I don’t love my handwriting, maybe the journaling would interfere with the overall design… There are millions of reasons why, but journaling will definitely add meaning to your precious keepsakes!

What:

Show us different creative ways you can include hidden journaling in your layouts. It could be a pocket, a card inside an envelope, a pull down tab, a flip note, a peek-a-boo embellishment, the sky is the limit! Wow us with your creativity!

Why:

To connect with other scrapbookers and learn from each other, to take your crafting to a new level, and for your chance to win cool prizes!

When:

Today! You will be able to post your project anytime before - 11:00PM. 

How:

1. Post your layout on your personal blog. The title of your post should be “Coordinates Collections October Blog Hop.”
2. Come back here and use Mister Linky at the end of this post to add the link to your Hidden Journaling layout.  Remember in order to qualify for the prize, you must post your project anytime before 11pm EST today, October 20^th. Be sure to link to your actual Blog Hop project POST, not just to your blog.
3. Come back and chit-chat with everyone in the CC Blog Hop forum! Take some time to praise your fellow scrappers, discuss anything new you might have learned and provide each other with valuable feedback.

Now it's your turn! And don't worry, if you don't have a blog, you can still take part in all the fun. Simply upload a photo of your project to the CC October Blog Hop gallery and use that link. We can’t wait to see your creations!

A lucky participant will be selected to win a FREE Coordinates Collections kit. The winning layout will be posted on the CC Blog tomorrow.  Good luck everyone!

 

Got Pumpkins? and challenge winner

Happy Tuesday everyone!  First let's get to the winner of last Monday's Challenge.

Congratulations Daiva!!!

Please email jamie@coordiantescollections.com so she can get your prize out to you.

Now let's move on to the "creative stuff" since this is my turn to share something creative with you.   So back to my question...Got pumpkins?  (It's getting close)  Now I know you probably have a lot of scrappy embellishments because face it, we all like to collect scrappy supplies just as much as using them.  How about combining your pumpkins with your scrappy embellishments?

I chose to use a white and an orange pumpkin.  Lately I've really been drawn to those white ones!  Then I gathered some supplies I thought I would use....

a stencil, some ribbons, flowers, mists, acrylic paint, thickers, rhinestones & pearls(whatever strikes your fancy)  I then started withe the white pumpkin...

Love these diamonds, so I traced them around the outside of my pumpkin. (Last year I used the same pattern on an orange pumpkin)

Then I filled in the diamonds with black acrylic paint.  After the paint dried I began my embellishing.  I put an orange rhinestone in the center of the 4 sm. diamonds and between each group I placed a clear rhinestone.

Then around that tiny stem I placed some ribbon bows in various black & white patterns.  I then grabbed a white tag, outlined it in black and used some Thickers for the "boo!" and tied this on the top.  Lastly for a little more height I cut 2 bats out of black cardstock(which I glittered) sandwiched a piece of wire between them and then stuck that into the stem.

Next up...the orange pumpkin:

I first placed a Prima crystal swirl on the pumpkin.  Then I broke into my flower stashand I got out some new flowers I just picked up in the CC store.  These Prima Craftable flowers looked like they could be a lot of fun.  You can ink them, stamp on them, use paints, mists, etc.  I chose to try out some mists on them with this project.

On this flower I used 2 different mists (burnt red & lemon zest) the combonation gives a great fall feel and just a bit of shimmer.  After my flowers dried I added pearls and rhinestones to the centers. Then I just started attaching a random mixture of flowers to the side of my pumpkin.

Since this one isn't Halloween specific I think I may just leave it out until Thanksgiving!

Here they both are sitting on my kitchen island..

Two nice things about decorating this way with the pumpkins: 1) They are not cut so they don't attract fruit flies(can't stand those things) and 2) If you want you can peel off the embellishments when you are done and reuse them(I know this works with the rhinestones and crystal swirl because I used some on a pumpkin last year...am going to try with the flowers this year).

If you decorate a pumpkin with your supplies I'd love to see it, so post it to the gallery.

 

Monday's Challenge: Gallery

Happy Monday!  Let's start the week off right with a fun and *easy* challenge, shall we?  I've got a prize to give away!

Thanks to Stacey and Robyn for the awesome crop. You have until midnight on Tuesday to post your projects, so there's still time to participate (and win!)

One of my favorite things about crops (besides the challenges, prizes, and games...) is that the gallery gets packed with inspiration!  So, your challenge this week is to spend some time browsing the gallery - and leaving comments on your favorite layouts!

The rules:

• Go to the Gallery and leave comments on at least 15 crop projects.
• Leave a comment on this blog post, or reply to the Monday's Challenge thread on the message board letting me know you completed the challenge.
• Your comment/reply must be entered by Midnight, Sunday, October 24th.  The winner will be announced on the CC blog on Tuesday, October 26th.

 
Better' by Pink - October Crop Challenge #4 - In Stitches 

Product Spotlight: Fancy Pants Its Your Day line

 
  

I refer to this time of year as "Birthday Season" at my house. My five kids' birthdays are packed into a 9 week period. One in October, THREE in November, and one in December. So needless to say, I take a LOT of birthday pictures. Scrapping them can be a challege. That's why I was so excited to find this new release by Fancy Pants, called "Its Your Day."

 

 
This line features bright, cheerful papers in warm, mostly primary colors.  Here in the Coordinates Collection store, you can find  the papers and a variety of the embellishments sold individually or as a kit.

Here's some eye candy from the Fancy Pants blog, that show you some of the ways you can use this line:

Love this pop dotted balloon cluster with the string in this card by Amy Peterman. How clever!

 

Isn't this panda just the cutest? I like how Cindy Tobey embellished the button at the top of the hat.

Love the blocked design of this layout by Cindy Tobey: 

Amy Peterman shows that this line doesn't have to be just for birthdays. And check out that title embellishment she made!

Jodi Sanford rocked the element stickers in this fabulous multiphoto layout:

So CC'ers, get ready to see a bunch of birthday layouts from me, and grab this fun product before I snatch it all up, LOL!

   

At Home Moma Review & Giveaway

AT HOME MOMA is The Place for Savings, Giveaways, and Family Fun.  Carlee is the owner of the Blog and this is what she has to say about At Home Moma: 

I love a great deal, and have turned this passion of clipping coupons, saving money, and entertaining my kids into a daily blog post. 

Check back often to see freebies, giveaways, coupons, and helpful hints to save money. There will also be posts with ideas to keep your child entertained, and ways to keep a hectic household running smoothly.

Carlee has written a wonderful review of Coordinates Collections and the October Black Magic Kit.  We have teamed up to offer a FREE BLACK MAGIC KIT to one lucky winner!  Details can be found on the At Home Moma Blog.  Be sure to visit At Home Moma often for daily freebies & fun!

Fab Find Friday!

Hey CCers!  It's Friday again, and while I know many of you, like me, are celebrating because it's (almost) the weekend, we still have a few hours left.  Hang in there!  I'm just anxiously waiting so I can go home and work on some crop challenges.

Today I get the honor of choosing a FRIDAY FIND from the gallery.  I hemmed and hawwed, but decided to highlight this little cutie by Amy (AmyBug).

 

 

Not only did she use my FAVORITE paper from the October Golden Rule kit, but I love the subject matter.  Lefty/righty.  What a neat idea for a layout.  I also love the simplicity and clean lines here, plus all of that wonderful journaling.  Nice one, Amy!

Now everyone go to the gallery and leave Amy some love for being this week's Fab Find!

Susie Works Some Black Magic

I found myself with the October Black Magic kit in my hand and no Halloween pictures.  Most of my belongings  - and all of my scrapping stuff is in storage. Luckily, this kit is super versatile and I had plenty to do while I waited for my sister-in-law to “lend” me Halloween pictures to work with.

I love the Jillibean Soup Monster Stew line and was so excited to work with it.  With no Halloween pictures, I started off with the back of the Jillibean 2 Tbsp Slime paper, which looked perfect for a layout about my little boy. I cut the yellow stars out of the Jillibean Pointed Teeth paper. I traced some of them on the 2 Tbsp Slime paper and black cardstock. Then I used glue spots to layer them, along with the journaling sprouts, around my layout.  And did you notice my deco scissors? The “pointed teeth” made me get them out. 

You know what I love about this next layout? Your eyes are immediately drawn to the word POOP.  Admit it – you want to know what on earth this is about.  This paper is the American Crafts Boo Inga H. Mumm.  I carefully cut a square out of the center, flipped it over, and layered it with the orange cardstock.  I used my scallop deco scissors to make an additional “sprout” which hides the Halloween-themed edge of the one I journaled on.  And yes, that is a big pile of plastic dinosaur poop my kids are playing on. 

I haven’t mentioned yet how much I love the Basic Grey mini and micro monos.  They are the perfect size!  I used them on each project.  The micro mono sheet has both uppercase and lowercase letters that were perfect for mixing on these next layouts.  I added some fun colors to these cute pics with the border stickers and the Basic Grey woolies.  

For this page, I took all the journaling sprouts I had left and scattered them on the page.  Then I realized I needed more than 4.  So I traced them and cut out more, again with my scalloped scissors.  I layered them all and added a LYB glitter cut and the Bo Bunny brads.  The finishing touch is the Cosmo Cricket tiny type words layered over the picture of my niece. 

I love the American Crafts border stickers, but I had trouble with the adhesive.  It stuck to the sheet and peeled off the border, or just wouldn’t stick at all.  I ended up gluing the borders down with an Elmer’s glue pen.  I love the thickness, the colors, and that I was able to cut them up so easily, though, and the glue pen worked great.

This page started with the October 2 page sketch.  I ended up not using all the pictures I had, so it evolved.  My favorite element of the sketch, the curved corners, stayed.  I cut them by placing a journaling sprout on the corner and trimming around it.  Those journaling sprouts are multipurpose! 

Finally, some cards. I used the October card sketch.  The banners on the American Crafts Elizabeth B Stein paper reminded me of birthday banners.  I brightened them up by cutting off the black background and added some Prima Solid Coordinates from the store. 

The Day After Tomorrow

No, no ... not the end-of-the-world disaster movie with Dennis Quaid. It's time for CC's Fall 2010 Crop! I've got my hubby lined up to babysit, a couple of frozen pizzas in the fridge so nobody starves (and so I don't have to cook) and a bowl of Raisinettes all ready and waiting for this weekend.

The fun starts this Friday, October 15 with six scrappy challenges that Stacey has planned for us. (Oh, and maybe we can tempt her to post them a little early!) Throughout the weekend, Robyn will be posting door prize contests and games to play, too. Be sure to check those out because some of them will come with prizes (and Jamie's prizes are always pretty awesome).

Be sure to check out the Fall 2010 Crop Rules on the message board for all the technical stuff, and uh ... rules, and mostly importantly, HAVE FUN!

November Kit Reveal Videos from Lisa

First of all... Monday's Challenge Winner is:

Celeste !!

Congratulations and be sure to contact Jamie for your prize! (jamie@coordinatescollections.com)

This is one of the *best* days of the month!!  It's time to get a full reveal of each of the November kits: Festive Feast and Just Desserts.  You will love the gorgeous, jewel-toned colors of the Fall season in FF, and very creative kit with the new Pink Paislee/House of 3 Parisian Anthology papers in JD - after this video, you will need BOTH... trust me ;)

 

 

Here is a quick set of clips I filmed for suggested uses with the Parisian Anthology papers - these are just a few of the ideas you will see in my projects (remember I said you'd want some Distress Inks and Glimmer Mists? ;)