The Paper Girls Challenge:Blog Hop

The Paper Girls Challenge is having their very first BLOG HOP!!!!
Be sure to start at the blog and follow the links. The prize (donated by the fabulous Denise) is well worth your time and effort. I hope you have a little fun and get inspired along the way!
Here is a sample of ATC's I have made for trading with my scrappy sisters.

Check back throughout the week as I post my Spring ATC's and give a quick tutorial on using mist with ATC's on Saturday!

Here's the order of the hop:
The Paper Girls Challenge Blog
Amber Sheaves
Kristina McKeen
Judy Stech
Kyla Norris
you are here:
Charity Becker

this is your next stop: 

Erica Bass
Heather Gray

How to Participate:

Want to win? Get one entry for commenting on each of the blog posts, "like" the Paper Girls Challenge on Facebook, and finally become a follower on our blog. It's simple, you get to see some fabulous projects and you know you want to!

Want to have more fun after seeing all of the inspiring projects? Join in! Link up an ATC created by you and you will get an extra entry for the prize!

International readers are welcome to play along but currently we are only shipping prize packs to the US and Canada due to shipping costs.

~charity becker~

Amber Shift

Amber shift is a term that refers to the "perceived shift of color warmth in incandescent lamps with a change of electrical power". In these photos I took by the pond, the whole sky has a warm yellow glow. The sketch featured as Creative Scrappers # 204 fit the mood of these photos exactly.

~ Amber Shift ~

With the torn papers and scattered buttons I was going for the look of a sketch notebook.

The patterned papers are Authentique as is the title alpha.

The buttons are Basic Gray and the gems CTMH.

The star brads are Creative Impressions.

The trim was a gift from Misty Buck.

The twine is from My Minds Eye.

The star punch is EK Success.

~charity becker~

MCM# 80

Scrapbook Steals has My Minds Eye paper kits on a regular basis. Both of the kits I used on these cards were purchased from Scrapbook Steals. The craft is Kraft Fun Day and the Polk-a-Dot is Lime Twist. MCM # 80 was such a fun sketch I had to reproduce it in triplicate!

This first card combines Jillibean Soup twine and Basic Grey buttons with a Spare Parts brad and Up & Up washi tape. All edges are inked with Color Box Chalk:Charcoal.

The second card switched to a CTMH brad and generic twine.

This last card uses Marschino twine from the Twinery, an MME die cut, CTMH brad, and an EK Success punch on the corrugated paper from my stash.

~charity becker~

Count Your Blessings

Creative Scrappers # 205 for you today. Another great sketch complete with "scattering" details. Check it out here.

~count your BLESSINGS~

Mostly Webster's Pages on this one, the Gems and Pearls are CTMH, the brads are Basic Grey, and the Glimmer mists are Cranberry Zing and Brick. I also added a thin line of brown around the page with Color Box chalk. The trim and jute are stash.
The journaling reads, "When I count my blessings I count this house over and over again."

~charity becker~



Amethyst #9: Light 'em

Amethyst #9, another delightful sketch by Kristy Lee, had space for 10 2"x2" photos. I didn't have any photos I cared to trim that small, but I did have several pics from my daughters birthday of the lighting of the candles. I left my fav pic whole and cut two others into 2"x2" squares.

~ light 'em ~

I enjoyed interpreting this layout using my stash of MME patterned paper. The green is Lush, and the Orange ribbon is Abbey Road. The Kraft is Fun Day (a recent Scrapbook Steals purchase) and the buttons are from my button jar. The alpha is EK Success and the Stickles are "Orange Peel". I used CTMH and EK Success punches. The jute is stash.

~charity becker~

Spoiled Much

Creative Scrappers # 203 was just too yummy of a sketch not to over embellish. I found an adorable pic of our Boston, wrapped and pillowed by the kids and knew I had a winner.

~ Spoiled Much ~

The craft paper is MME Fun Day as are the delightful wooden banners. The blue paper for the background and the rosettes is Authentique: Foundations, the matting is A: Uncommon. The roses and crystal flourishes are Recollections. The twine is Twinery:Blossom and the stamps are CTMH. The Embossing powder is Stampendous.

~charity becker~

(featured on Practical Scrappers )

need 2 know

Practical Scrappers Tuesday challenge for last week was to use leaves on a layout or other project. I love the leaves on the Authentique: Genuine, Forever paper. So I planned this layout around them. I used a sketch by Authentique as my starting point.

~ need 2 know ~

For this layout I began by laying all my fussy cut flowers on the page then drawing the leaves in with a pencil. Because nothing was glued down it was easy to tip everything off the page so I had elbow room to sew. After stiching the outlines of my leaves I erased any stray lines.

Next I adhered the 9 flowers on the right of the L/O, then placed the photo. I finished by adhering the flowers on the left. I added "lagoon" Stickles for the flower centers. I used CTMH ink and stamp for the edge of the page and a combination of A:Loyal and Genuine "details" stickers for the journaling and title. The large 2 is from the MME:Lush collection, I inked it to match the L/O. 

I made the ribbon rose and leaves from a trim card my fabulous friend Misty Buck sent me.

~charity becker~