My first designer challenge

Well, I have just created my first design challenge and I am quite humbled.  It made me appreciate all the talent out there in digiland.  And the preview - how do they do it?  I did not include all my elements or papers and mine still looks so crowded.  I enjoyed the challenge and I loved making all the different papers.  I have no idea of how to arrange to have anyone download it, but here is the preview anyway:

Some of the elements are resized (the brads are much smaller and the lavender ribbon much larger) but it is done,  And "done is better than perfect!"

If you want to see some of the beautiful kits that were done for the challenge, the forum is here at Pixelscrapper.

Latest crafting

Finished a prayer shawl yesterday - ready to take to Women's Bible Study on Thursday.  Taking a small break before beginning the next one, although I have gotten the yarn ready to go.

On another creative front, my new stencils have arrived!  I am eager to get into my art journal and start playing with them - perhaps I will have time to get messy tomorrow.

Ravellenics 2012 Update

I went to the kickoff event over at the Woolpack store in Acton last Friday, so I am now officially part of their team doing my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern for the Event Modular.  It was a great evening and I am looking forward to going back.

My biggest problem right now is wanting to jump right in and start crocheting!  I want to complete my new crochet hook bag before Friday so that is one short term goal.  I am working on the hook strip and trying to decide if I will just stick with a large mesh pocket for other items or add a separate pocket.  Ah, the joys of designing as you go.

I also just started a circular lace pattern to have something "new" to work on.  No idea of what that will be but I am hoping it will work out to be a circular scarf.

My stash is getting wound thanks to my lovely new Amish Wood yarn swift.  It is also getting organized at the same time, at least the part downstairs, so I will be able to shop my stash soon.

Okay, my current project list should be:

Hexagon Gone Wrong, 5, event modular relay, Team Woolpack
V-stitch Dishcloth, event one skein, Team Boston (Wicked Pissahs)
Frog Pink Scarf, event frogging trampoline, Team Wellesley, if I can find it to frog it

EEK - I need one for Team Crochet!  Perhaps an excuse to do a Mile a Minute strip bag?  Must go check the stash!

Preparing for the Ravellenics!

I have now joined four teams so I need to come up with four projects!

My teams are:
Team Crochet
Team Pizzah (Team Boston)
Team Woolpack
Team Wendy Wellesley

So far I am in two events:
Frogging - that dreadful pink variegated scarf if I can find it
Modular Relay - a fun new pattern that I want to try for dish scrubbies

Not yet entered, but I want to try repeating my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern five times as a Modular Relay for Team Woolpack (where I bought the yarn.)

I also have yarn stash at least as old as last July because I can remember using some of it while they were here (I went a bit overboard ahem at a Sugar and Cream sale.)  Not to mention the yarn I just found that I don't even remember buying but based on its hiding place must hit the one year rule.  Alas, it may be too hot for July crocheting.

So what to do? What to do? I still want to finish my crochet hook bag (WIP) and my contemplative crochet piece is just getting interesting as well.  I haven't made any flowers lately even though I did join a great Ravelry group that is all about making them.  I just got some novelty yarn for scarf making which I am really loving.  (Luckily those are too expensive to get really overboard with.)

Okay, first things first:  take photos of all the WIP and the ideas.
Add them to my Ravelry projects list.
See if I can figure out how to add my Hexagon Gone Wrong pattern.
Take a photo of the completed crochet bag while I am at it.
See if I can get that mobile Ravelry app on my cell phone.

Remember to take photos of all of this - then I can scrap them after the Olympics!  Ah, the joy of combining hobbies.

Art Journal blog to follow

While I was checking out the new art journal kit at Godigital, a collaboration between OOBS and Demurgia.  (She is now Art of Scrapbooking apparently.)  Sharon, the one I did not know, has a great blog here:

http://demiurgia-mylife.blogspot.com.au/

Since I want to check this out from all of my assorted computers, etc, I am putting the link here.

Art Journal page May 22, 2012

I wanted to do an art journal page.  When I opened Picasa, I saw several otherwise unrelated items in the Recently Added section that spoke to me.  I love the way they worked out together!
(In order by layers: Noisy Pancake Jan preview, JMay The Things You Do, LM Kaleidoscope, HS Reading Room, JKneipp Rising Collection)

National Scrapbook Day

Well, Saturday was National Scrapbook Day (for all those of you who missed it lol!)  What a fun day!  I spent most of the day hanging out with all my friends at Scrapgirls, making it to seven of the chats, and even won a prize!  Better yet, I was inspired to do some scrapping.  So far, I did the Art Inspiration challenge, stretching myself a bit to make my own moon and sun.  I also managed the Taco challenge (you choose a type of taco shell and various fillings, then at the chat you find out what those mean.  My crunchy shell, for example, meant to use three papers on my layout and so on.)

 I used Durin Eberharts papers and Elisha Barnett's stitching on the top one, and Amanda Fraijo's Dreamy Canvas and Fall Foliage kits on the bottom.  (For a complete list of supplies, see the bottom of this posting.)  I have  a sketch and idea in mind for the All About Me challenge.  Kudos to all the Scrapgirls who went for the challenge and did all eight layouts.

Then I hopped over to Go Digital just to see what their chat room was like.  I received a very warm welcome there and had great fun in their trivia chat.  I managed to win three prizes and got a store coupon just for participating!

What a wonderful day, and what a great beginning to my birthday weekend!

Durin Eberhart Dyed Fabric, Elisha Barnett's Homebody kit (both layouts), Out of the Box Studio Universe in Our Eyes, Tangie Baxter, Seaside Art Dolls, Amanda Fraijo-Tobin Dreamy Canvas and Fall Foliage kits, Kerry Veale Victorian Canvas paper template, and Erica Hite's Photo Frame stitching.   The designers are (or were) from Scrapgirls, as well as Go Digital and Scrapbookgraphics.