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SIMPLE Mini-book (page 2)

This week, we have a page to match the cover for the SIMPLE mini-book, compliments of Karen Cole, using Hybrid techniques. Download the PDF by clicking here (note this is the same PDF you will have downloaded for the cover as the instructions are the same - but here you can see another page sample with journaling replacing the title)

If you like Karen's work, pop in to visit her blog here !

Team Challenge (March 2010 - week 4)

Good Morning UKS, It’s Monday so it must be a new weekly challenge day.
Scrapdolly has kindly lets us come back and set another challenge, because you all liked our last one, well we think you did, you did didn’t you, we’re sure you did, did you?

As we are The Indecisives, you just know this was never going to be a simple task for us to complete, we just could not make our minds up what to include; should there be ribbons, colours, journalling, distressing, inking, painting, poems, quotes, buttons, brads, theme? I could go on and on.
So in true INDECISIVES style, we decided to include all of our ideas and let you decide which challenge you want to complete.

Please see our 3 challenges below and pick the one that rings your creative bell. The only rule is: challenge elements cannot be mixed. We look forward to seeing your amazing LO's

Challenge One:
Theme: Seasons – Scrap using your favourite season as the main theme- 5 Points
Technique: One of the following - Embossing/Paint splatter/distressing – 5 Points
Colour: To match the season – 5 points
Journalling: Must be in the form of a small book, can be as simple or complicated as you like – 5 points
Title: A quote or a few lines from a poem – 5 Points
Sketch: Use the sketch provided – 5 Points Link for the sketch

Challenge Two:
Theme: Holiday – Scrap a favourite holiday you have been on – 5 points
Photo: Use 1 or 3 photos – 5 Points
Colours: Include the colours of the flag of the country you visited, e.g. UK would be Red/White/Blue; Italy would be Green/White/Blue – 5 Points
Technique: LO must include stamping as a technique, as little or as much as you want – 5 Points
Journalling: Use a type of Journalling you have not used before, e.g., spots, stripes, hidden, around the LO or photo, text-speak, dyno-machine etc. – 5 Points
Sketch: Use the sketch provided – 5 Points Link for the sketch

Challenge Three
Theme: Your first something, e.g. home, child, love, animal, job, experience, the list is endless – 5 points
Photo: Only use 1 photo– 5 Points
Technique: White space, as much of it as possible – 5 Points
Colour: Only use 2 main colours in the LO – 5 Points
Journalling: Around the photo – 5 Points
Ribbon/Fibres/Stitching: Must include either ribbon/fibres or stitching (real or fake) – 5 Points

House Challenge (March 2010)

Our House challenge for the month of March is going to be a scrap lift challenge – and please give credit where credit is due, and show us or tell us who and where you scrap lifted from. Also, this month we’d like it to be all about friendship – so please scrap your friends, they can be ones you see regularly, maybe at a crop, or maybe scrap about your online friends or even those of the furry kind.

Here are a couple of quotes to help you along J

Friendship isn’t a big thing … it’s a million little things – Author Unknown.

A good friend is cheaper than therapy – Author Unknown

See more in the House forum here !

Blog Bits 22/3/10

First let me mention I will be takng a break over Easter and there will be no Blog Bits or Library posts the weeks beginning 5 and 12 April 2010.

Next, a few layouts that caught my eye - a nice colourful one by Karen G ; a pretty Prima one by Samm ; a cute one with a sweet banner by Sutty and another sweet banner by ozzycat .

Nice idea to blog What's Rocking Your World by Celtic angel - maybe this will be the next WOYWW!

A very cute and easy spring wreath by Joy on IACW

A look at a project from Something from {almost} Nothing (see a sneak peek at the class here ) by agirlcalledbob

Another great cut file (and a printable/handcutable one too) from Dan99 - quickly cover those cheap Ikea frames !

An old WOYWW from allyF but I just loved this sparkled and electrified hat so I had to share it!

Lastly, Rebekah at The Happy Scrapper had a blog hopping birthday bash. A few links to explore: a free printable from Shimelle, a clipboard from Voodoo Vixen, making UTEE embellies by Scrappydandydoo, and a mini-album from recycled bits by Canny Crafter (and a click for a video of the finished product).