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We have a Quote Challenge for You!!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Hello again my frosted friends! Erika here, back from a long vacation and ready to scrapbook! I love all the wonderful quotes in the world. Including the ones in my own family. If you ever ask one of my kids, what is the most popular saying/quote in your family they will all recite:
"Your actions are speaking so loudly, I can't hear what you are saying"

In fact, I have several quotes that I find myself using I also use all kinds of quotes now when I scrapbook. In fact, I was on the Club CK Quote Blog the other day while I was working on this layout. It was perfect... it was just what I wanted to say about this beautiful camping trip to Fool's Lake Hallow in Northern Arizona.

Your challenge this week, find a quote or use a family quote on your layout. Be sure to post it here for a chance to win the wonderful prize! Thanks to all of you for playing along on Frosted Design, we are honored that you chose to come here week by week and play along in our challenges!

I look foward to seeing your work!


And now that you know what the challenge is, would you like to know the prize?!!

We would like to welcome a new sponsor.... Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More!



Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps OR 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

Wow!! How exciting!! We will be awarding this prize every week instead of our usual once a month prize!!Here is what are design team did for you this month!!
Debbie



Debbie's layout is all about friendship. She used the Daisy Days digi stamp from Robyn's Fetish and the Clothesline Collection by Little Yellow Bicycle.


Joni used Robyn's Fetish Sunflower Smiles digi along with several different quotes for these super cute & simple bookmarks for her son's teacher to use in their first grade treasure box.

For her first project, Cassie used the "book worm" stamp from Robyn's Fetishes. She created a card with the quote "A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessities of life." -Henry Ward Beecher

Cassie also created a Halloween quote using the poem "When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers 'tis near Halloween'." -unknown


Diana used Cosmo Cricket Delovely line. She used DaisyDays Stamp From Robyn's Fetish. Them quote is from Coco Channel.

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Do you like Circles?! You're gonna love this challenge!!

Friday, August 27, 2010


Hi Everyone..!!! It's Joni again, welcoming you back to Frosted Designs this week!!  How was everyone's summer?  My little guy went back to school August 11th, and August/September is a busy time for us...all 3 of our Birthdays (mine, husband & son) and our anniversary (18 years) and my parents anniversary (53 years)...so Autumn is my favorite time of year.  Plus it starts cooling off after being 110 degrees in Phoenix for 2-3 months...so that's definately a reason to like Autumn, don't you agree? 

So, when I was trying to think of what challenge I wanted to present to you, I was thinking how much I use Circles....I really do LOVE circles....and one thing I realized that I've done a few times and have beeen happy with the result .... I use Ric-Rac to make a big circle.  I like to use Ric-Rac since it "bends" nicely and doesn't need any folds or doesn't get bunched up.....does that make sense?  Ok, go try it and you'll see what I mean.

Now if you don't have any Ric-Rac, you're welcome to use some other kind of fiber, fabric or ribbon. In fact, any decorative edge will do! And you don't have to do a Big Circle...you can do a small one or several...or whatever inspires you--- Get Creative.

Here is a layout I did for this challenge, followed by 2 older layouts where I used the same technique.





This is your last week to be entered in for the drawing for the Lucky Girl Kit! Every project you submit gives you one entry! The winner will be announced Thursday!! Now take a look at what the rest of the Design Team did with their decorative edge circles!!

Diana

Diana use Fancy Pants Rusted Sun papers and embellishments that were perfect for these beach pictures of her son.


Erika
Using ric rac on this layout, Erika commented that she loves how easy it is to bend ric rac around circles.  It is a great way to highlight a photo that needs a little umph. The ric rac is a perfect fit anytime you need a little something extra for a layout!


Barb
Barb used her August Lucky Girl Kit again this week to create this LO of her daughter on her first day of preschool!

Debbie
Debbie loves the added touch the rick rack gives to this layout of her daughter.

We would love to see all the fun and creative ways you can use decorative edge circles!

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We Have a Recipe Challenge For You!!

Thursday, August 12, 2010


Hello everyone, it's me Debbie.  I want to welcome you back to Frosted Designs.  I'm so excited to host this week's challenge.  I love to incorporate a lot of elements in my layouts.  If you haven't stopped by my blog, you can check it out here.  I thought I would spice things up a bit this week and throw a recipe challenge!  Who doesn't like a good list of ingredients to choose from to make that perfect layout, card or project?  Well, I have a list of ten ingredients for you to choose from.  I chose to use all ten, but to qualify for this week's challenge you must use 5 of the ingredients on your project. 

Here is a list of the ingredients:
1.  Punch or punches
2.  Felt
3.  Ribbon
4.  Pink, blue or purple
5.  Flowers
6.  Banner
7.  Bird
8.  Buttons
9.  Butterflies
10.Glitter


I found these pictures of my kids back from 1992.  I love how silly they were in the pictures and all I could think about was be happy!

Here is what the rest of the Design Team did with this Recipe Challenge....

Joni
Joni used some My Minds Eye (BLUE-1) papers.  Her title is a BANNER (2) strung together with RIBBON (3).  She has some BIRDS (4) across the very top right and an owl at the lower left.  She has BUTTONS (5) in several places & has a FLOWER (6) die cut above her journal box.

Barb

Barb had so much fun doing this layout of her daughter in Chicago that before she knew it, she had used 8 of the 10 challenge items! 1. banner, 2. butterflies, 3. color, 4. felt, 5. glitter, 6. flowers, 7. punch, 8. ribbon!

Erika
Erika reported, "this challenge really streched my imagination,  just when I thought I had 5 I realized I had taken something off. Luckily, I had so many choices it really made my layout fun to do!"  The final count is punches, flowers, glitter, buttons a butterfly and pink.  Pebbles paper line lent itself beautifully to the fun feel of this not so traditional birthday celebration!

Our August sponsor is Lucky Girl Craft Kits. Look at what you could win....

This month's winner will receive this Old School Cool Kit. Perfect for those back to school layouts!! So what are you waiting for?! Take on our Recipe Challenge and link up your project!! One project will be picked from the August entries to win this kit!! Happy crafting!!




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Let's see those border punches!!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

ALOHA!  My name is Erika Hayes, I live in sunny Arizona (even though my heart is in Hawaii - where I grew up) with an amazing husband and four of the greatest kids ever! I have a beautiful Great Dane, a spunky Border Collie Mix and a little 3.5lb Yorkie!  (yes-- I have that sort of sense of humor). I also have a psudo grandson, my best friends son is my shining star.. He scrapbooks too! (Joni P is my BF! Love that girl. She is awesome!)
I began scrapbooking in well... I am not really sure of the year. I think it was like 1999. I was a stamper prior to my scrapbooking, which is a funny story in itself!  I chose to scrapbook because deep down inside I am an author. I should be writing a novel or something, but instead I chose to scrapbook because I relish all the little stories I may forget. (did I mention I have four kids and three dogs-- yeah I'm lucky I remember my own name!)  I really love the journaling aspect of scrapbooking.  I also love color and photography so scrapbooking is a natural fit for me! I also enjoy quilting, which I don't do as much of as I would like to. You can see more of my work by visiting my blog... click HERE to go to it!!

I chose to feature border punches because I think since re-appearing on the scrapbook scene, they have truly found a secure place.  I have watched scrapbooking change so much over the years and the old is now being made new. (Just like clothes!--hold on to those 1980s Franky T-shirts girls!)  I am always looking for that little something to finish a layout, somehow the fun of border punches adds that visual texture that so many of us are looking for.  I created the layout for this wonderful product and realized its not just border punches that I adore!  The flower on the layout is actually made from a circle punch.

 I hope you enjoy all the great ideas that this fabulous design team has put together for this fun challenge and don't forget to add your layout for a chance to win this prize being offered!!  Wouldn't you like to find this in your mailbox?!! You have to play to win!! Be sure to become a follower as well!!

I look forward to peeking at all your great border punch ideas.
Blessings friends and remember... Wholy border punches Batman,YOU are amazing!

Joni
Joni used a Stampin' Up heart border punch on the dark brown paper up the right edge of the layout to add a subtle accent.

Cassie used the Fiskars Effervecence border punch on one of the patterned paper strips under the photo.

Debbie used one of her favorite Fiskar Border Punches, Scallop!

Barb used a Martha Stewart punch to create a border all the way around the photo.

Diana
Diana used my Deer Lizzy pps that she just loves. She cut out the flowers from the pp and also from the material. She used one of her MS punches for the border and K & Company lace pp. She just loves this photo of Monica. At first she refused to go to the tea party, but after Diana made her go she had a wonderful Time!!!

Now... get out those punches and let us see what you can do!! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win this month's prize!!

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Red, White, & Blue and Stars & Stripes Challenge

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Hi everyone, my name is Debbie and I'm hosting this week's first challenge for July. I am a single mom to two, Jeffrey 23, Sara 20, and one precious furbaby Zoey, who is 6. I received a completed album "all about me" as a birthday gift 12 years ago. I remember I thought it was the most beautiful, creative book I had ever seen. I took one beginners class and was hooked. I love to work with various patterned papers, and can not live without pop up dots or inks! For several years I worked at a LSS where I ordered the inventory (so much fun!), taught classes and designed page kits. I would love for you to take the time and stop by my blog Love Life's Little Pleasures when you have time.



So are you ready for a new challenge? The first challenge for July is to use Stars and Stripes, and red, white and blue! Can't think of a better challenge for the Fourth of July weekend! I had these papers by Glitz Designs that were perfect for this challenge, and couldn't think of a better subject to scrapbook, then my precious dog, Zoey. Actually these pictures were taken 4 years ago, and I can't believe how well they go with the papers.



Now since it is July, that means we have a new amazing prize!



For a chance to win this prize, you need to become a follower and play along! Each time you enter a project you earn a chance to win this July prize package. The more you enter, the more chances you have to win. At the end of the month we will do a random draw from all the entires to determine a winner. So what are you waiting for?! Dig through those pictures and papers and lets create!
 
*We would like to thank Debbie for donating this fabulous prize this month!!
 
Now.... let's see what the rest of the design team did with this week's challenge!!
 
 
 
Joni doesn't often do 2 pagers, but she had a lot of photos that supported the story of her son's FIRST EVER donut at the age of 6...yea that's why it was layout worthy!! She actually had this layout and paper picked out when she realized it was red, white & blue AND had stars and stripes on it!


Joni demonstrated that a layout didn't really have to be "patriotic" and could still fit the theme.


So with that new realization flashing through her head, she did a second layout, also not patriotic, that meets the challenge.



Barb took advantage of this weeks challenge to do a scrapbook LO of her nephew who recently joined the Army. The stars were cut using the Stand and Salute cartridge and then Barb made them dimensional by adding a few fold lines to them! The 3 words in the LO are the Core Values he was taught during his basic training.

Erika


Because 4th of July is upon us, Erika decided to make an encouragement card with a star theme! She originally thought she would cut a star out and put it on the front of a card, then decided to make the card a star! She also thought a little bling and fireworks may add a little something special to her card. 

Now... let's see what you can do!! Be sure to link up your projects for a chance to win!!!

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What Do You Have Around Your House?!!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Hi ladies and gents...and yes, I say gents because my husband will occasionally scrap with me and my son has just started actively scrappin'!! My name is Joni and I live in Sunny (and HOT) Phoenix Arizona with my husband of 18 years and my 6 year old son, Joseph.

I've been scrapbooking since 2001 when I was trying to preserve the memory of a lost pet. I was really glad that I was already scrappin' when Joseph was born in 2003. I have been on several Design Teams in the past and have been honored to Guest Design & be featured on several blogs. I've also placed in a few contests here and there, including CK Conventions and CreativeXpress. I also love all the friends I have made (and continute to make) through this wonderful hobby of ours. But the real reason I scrap always remains to capture memories for my son and his family and because I LOVE the creative process. I guess I should mention that I like to shop too, so scrapping covers a lot of bases!

This week's challenge is to "use something from around the house" as an embellishment. Well, I jumped at this one because I'm always "upcycling". Whenever I'm "cleaning out" stuff that Joseph has "outgrown", I try to figure if I can use it somehow. Sometimes yes and sometimes I'm just hoarding...lol!! Anyway, I use old puzzle pieces, games, books, anything that my imagination can turn into something on a page. So, I'm actually going to show a couple projects this week. You can find more details about these projects and others I have done on my blog by clicking HERE!

This is using an old card game called PIT... (I photo'd the CORN card next to my layout so you can see how I altered it and used it on my layout).


And my husband brought home these flyers for some event because Joseph LOVES monkeys. So, I turned one into a bookmark for him by covering it with a little pp & punched cirles w/brad accents.

And one last layout where I upcyled a piece of an old puzzle (one with those HUGE pieces).


Ok, so now go through you stuff and find something fun that is "not typically" a scrapbook item and get it on a layout or card or any other project and let us see it....!!!


You could win this prize... All you have to do is participate in a challenge sometime during the month of June and become a follower to be entered to win!! The more projects you link, the more chances you have to win!! *Projects must be posted and linked on or after June 4th and before noon EST on July 1st to be eligible to win.

Now check out what the rest of the design team did for you this week!!


Debbie used the corrugated holder from a coffee cup from 7-11 for "Wake Up" and also cut out the word coffee from it for her title. She also used a small scrap of left over fabric on the bottom of the layout.



Erika took it a little more literally. She used a clipboard to make an assignment board. 
she used the transparancey from the paper crafting kit and it works great when you use any dry erase marker. She included two photos one with it clean and the other with this weeks assignment written on it!

Barb


Barb used the tops off of her ribbon spools to make most of the circles on the layout. After she painted them, she embossed them and inked them. She then used the spool itself and another lid to dip in paint and make some  black circles on the layout. The clear circles came from a piece of packaging. The silver line is duct tape that was run through the Cuttlebug to get the star design!!  The wire used for the name was taken from a notebook that was being thrown away. You may also notice the black twisty tie in the bottom right corner!!

Diana


Diana used an old box that she had laying around in her scraproom and turned it into a card box. Actually it was a Christmas card box before, so she just changed the look.


Thank you for taking time to stop by our blog and check out all of these wonderful projects by the design team!! We would love to see you play along with us... be sure to link up your project for a chance to win the June prize!!

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Buttons Challenge

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Welcome to the New FROSTED DESIGNS!! We have made a few changes around here.... We are going to give you the chance to meet each of our designers each week, we are going to continue to challenge you to use up items you already have around your craft room in creative ways, and we are going to offer monthly prizes!!  We hope you like what you see and will come back to play along with us each week!!

Hi everyone!! My name is Barb (aka Crafty Girl) and I love everything about scrapbooking!! I have the most amazing husband and four children (20, 19, 17, & 8) who are the stars of my pages!! I started scrapbooking when my oldest daughter was an infant... so that would be 20 years ago!! It is hard to believe I have been doing it this long and how much scrapbooking has changed over the years! I prefer to do scrapbook pages over cards... for some reason I find them much more difficult!! I am currently on 4 design teams and have a guest design team spot coming up later in June!! All of this keeps me very busy!! My family is planning on making a big move this summer (or whenever the house sells!) from Indiana to Texas! We are very excited to live in a new city and discover all that Dallas has to offer!! You can find out more about me and some of my layouts by visiting my blog HERE!!



So.... here is the challenge I have picked for you this week!!! It's all about BUTTONS!!!! We all have them laying around in drawers, jars and baskets!!! Now it is time to get them out and put them to use!!! You can use as many (or little) as you would like! And then... be sure to post your project here!!! Why you ask?!!

You could win a prize package for becoming a follower and playing along!!! Each time you enter a project, you earn a chance to win June's prize pack!! The more challenges you enter, the more chances you have to win! At the end of the month we will do a random draw from all the entries to determine a winner!! What are you waiting for?!! Get to your scrap rooms and start creating!!!!

Here is my layout using buttons along with the rest of the design team!!


Barb used buttons as the centers to all of her flowers... she even layered a few. The red accents at the botttom of her page are also buttons. 

Joni


Joni used a couple regular buttons and 4 "ribbon" buttons (ribbon slides) on her layout featuring Little Yellow Bicycle's Vita Bella line. Before she put her stash of papers away...she also made 2 cards (one with buttons, so she's sharing a second project!!)

Cassie

Cassie used buttons to add some fun accents to her card. She also used the theme to inspire the sentiment!!

Debbie

Debbie used buttons within buttons as the centers of the flowers on this cute strawberry chipboard by Cosmo Cricket.



Erika

Erika used the buttons as a way to bring her colors all together.She enjoyed finding buttons that worked well with her new jillibean soup letters. This is a more whimsical layout than she usually does.. but she thought that it was fun!!!!

Diana


Diana used coordinating buttons to add interest to the edge of  her large circle. She also used buttons for the centers of her flowers!


Now that you have seen what our design team did with the buttons, it's your turn!! Remember, the more times you enter, the better your chances to win the June Prize package!!


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