Archive for February 2012

Card Sketch #13

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Here we are, back again, with another beautiful sketch for you!


And do we have inspiration for you?  Take a look:











Ann



Martina



 Since this will be her last challenge with us, we would like to say a special "thank you" to Marina for sharing all of her talent and hard work.  Please join us in wishing her all the best!

Now, moving on to our wonderful prize. 





Our lucky prize winner will win software from My Memories.  My Memories is a digital scrapbooking software that also has templates for cards and calendars.  Be sure to check out their website!
In the meantime, get busy on your card for this sketch.   Who knows, you could be the lucky winner!  Even if you don't win, there is going to be a special offer on purchasing the software for everyone.  How about that? 



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Card Challenge # 12 Top 3 & Prize Winner

Monday, February 27, 2012

All of the entries for this challenge were amazing and the design team loved visiting all of your blogs!  We wish everyone could have been a winner, but, rules are rules.  Here they are:

Top 3






Congratulations, Ladies! If you would like a Top 3 Badge for your blog, please contact Ann at november-rose@hotmail.com

Prize Winner
Kate
Congratulations, Kate!  Please contact Ann at november-rose@hotmail.com
to claim your prize.  Thanks to Martina for offering this generous gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp!
Tomorrow brings us a new sketch.  We can't wait to show you what we created!

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Show Me Sunday : Melissa

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Hi Everyone! This week for our Show Me Sunday tutorial I would like to share a quick, easy, and cute home decor project that you can make using lots of things that you most likely already have laying around in your stash. It probably only cost me about $10 to make this. Here are the materials that you will need:




  • Picture frame (I used an 8 x 8)

  • 1 piece of solid cardstock cut to fit your frame

  • some patterned paper scraps

  • 1" punch (I actually used a 1-1/4" punch that has a ragged edge--one of my clearance sale finds at Hobby Lobby!)

  • some coordinating embellishments (brads, stickers, rub-ons, bling, chipboard elements, twine, buttons, etc.)

  • Vintage Photo Ranger Distress Ink

  • Small photos of family or friends that you can punch into a 1" square

  • In addition to the patterned papers you can add fabric and book paper. I used a scrap of burlap I had laying around and some book paper from an old French book.


First, take all of your photos and paper scraps that you are going to use and punch them into 1" squares. Then, distress the edges of the squares and ink them all around with the Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The next thing I did was to lay them all out in a grid (several times I might add, I even changed the background cardstock color a few times!) until you are pleased with the overall design. Secure with adhesive.





The last step is to use those embellishments!! Decorate some of the squares using those fun bits and pieces. I left a few squares unembellished so the design wouldn't look quite so busy. I finished the piece using Dear Lizzy's chipboard "Love" banner from the new Neopolitan collection. If I hadn't been interrupted a million times by the kiddos I probably could have knocked this out in about 20-30 minutes. The thing that took me the longest was finding pictures I wanted to use, changing them to black and white, and resizing them. The rest was a breeze, and a lot of fun!


I hope this easy project will inspire you to create your own special photo frame; I'd love to see what you create!


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Fabulous Friday Challenge - Shape it Up!

Friday, February 24, 2012

 
Hello and welcome to another Fabulous Friday Challenge!!


This week we are doing  Shape it Up x 3 (Pick a geometric shape - circle, square, etc. - and use it 3 times in project)


If your at all stuck for some ideas then the Design Team will definately show you some outstanding work that you could grab some ideas from

But before take a look at what the designers have done, one of our other designers is having a birthday 

Happy Birthday Martina



Next week, we will start the introduction of our new design team but with a new team comes some sad good byes. This is Jenny's last challenge with us as a design team member. We are going to miss her!

Please sit back and enjoy what the Design Team has created this week

Barb






This weeks sponsor is Buttons Galore and More they have such a beautiful range of buttons, but they not only sell buttons, sneak on over and have a little look.
 
They have donated this amazing prize that will suit Boy and Girl projects, very cute!!

These button packs are called
Farmhouse and Confetti 

  Approx. 1/2 lb, 200 - 300 buttons in both packs



Be sure to come and visit us on Sunday for a gorgeous tutorial with one of our designers.

You have until noon (CST) Thursday, March 1st to link up your project

                                                          



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Fabulous Friday Top 3 & Prize winner

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Thank you to everyone that submitted a project in our Brads and/or eyelets challenge.
There was certainly some beautiful work and the designers again loved visiting your blogs!

Here are the Top 3




Congratulations to the Top 3
 If you would like a Top 3 blinkie for your blog, send an email to barb.craft@att.net 

One lucky winner is going to be very spoiled with this prize....



And the winner is.... 

Holly

Congratulations Holly!!
You have 7 days to send an email to barb.craft@att.net to claim your prize! 

Please join us tomorrow to find out what the next challenge is!

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Sketch Along Tuesday Sketch #35

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Sketch Along Tuesdays Sketch #35

Before revealing our next sketch we need to say goodbye to a few DT members who are moving on.  During their terms they have shared amazing talent and dedication to Frosted Designs.  We thank them and wish them the best in their journeys to come. 


Now on to the new sketch reveal! It's a fabulous sketch from Roberta


Our fabulous DT's interpretation on this sketch:


Erin

Fern


Ali

Melissa

Andrea


We'd like to say thank you to our sponsor for this challenge:
Debbie Burns
Debbie was the Coordinator for the Sketch Along Tuesday Layout Challenge and now is the Co-Leader for Frosted Designs.  She helps keep things running smoothly here at Frosted Designs.  She has donated this lovely six pack of 12x12 papers and embellishments to one lucky winner. 

One lucky person will win the prize:
  All you have to do to win is play along!
You have until noon (est) Sunday, March 4th to link up your project.
We will randomly select one winner from all of the eligible entries! We ask that you link a new creation, no back linking please and only one entry per person.
But you have to play to win!



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Sketch Along Tuesdays Sketch #34 Top 3 and Winner

Monday, February 20, 2012

Sketch Along Tuesdays Sketch #34- Top 3 and Winner

What a busy week it has been here at Frosted Designs.  Thank you to all those that submitted layouts using the sketch.
The Top 3 are:

Congrats ladies! 
If you would like a Top 3 blinkie for your blog,
please email Andrea at scrapality@gmail.com.
Thank to our sponsor
The winner of their prize ...

Congrats winner Carla!
Please contact Andrea at scrapality@gmail.com so that we can get your information for the prize.  You have 7 days to claim your prize.
Don't forget to check back tomorrow.  We have a little news to share and a new sketch reveal!

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Show Me Sunday : Lori

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Hi ~ Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway!

This week our Fabulous Friday challenge at Frosted Designs is to use brads in your project. I have been making banners lately.....a lot of banners. They are just so fun to display. Mardi Gras is coming up so I thought that would be a great banner!

When I think of Mardi Gras, I think of jazz music, masks, hats and the colors purple, yellow and green. I grabbed my Gypsy and got to work.

I started with these banner flags from Birthday Bash. I sized them to 4 inches. Birthday Bash is a great cartridge for banners, it has several different banner flag shapes.

I got the Jester's hat from Don Juan and sized it to 1.59 inches and Mardi Gras sized to 1.94 inches. I got the filagre from Don Juan and sized it to 2.76 inches.

I wanted a multi-colored jester hat and filagre, so I cut them out in three colors (also one in black for the jester hat) and trimmed them apart.

I pieced them together and added some gold stickles.


In order to create a layer for the phrase Mardi Gras, I copied another on on my mat and used Hide Contour to hide the inside cuts.
I needed more, so I found the mask on Designer's Calendar and sized it to 3.12 inches. I cut it out in purple and white, and trimmed the white mask for a layer.

I cut out the saxophone and trumpet from Quarter note and sized them to 3.12 inches and 1 inch.

My measurements seem odd if you just look at the measurements. I start with the background piece (in this case the banner flag) and size the pieces to best fit the space. If I intend on placing an image on an angle, I will rotate the image on my Gypsy screen before I size it.


I added some purple, green and gold stickles to my mask.
I needed a little something between the image and the banner flag, so I grabbed a diamond shape from George and sized it to 3.24 inches. I cut them out in yellow.

I ended up using only 4 of the diamond shapes because the jester hat and filagre had too much yellow and blended in.

I poked the brads through the green ribbon to attach the banner flags. I tied on some purple and green ribbons for added pizzaz.


And here is my completed banner. I hope I inspired you to create a project with brads or eyelets and join our challenge!!

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