Prairie Chicks Scrapbook Challenge #10- Amanda's

For challenge #10 we are creating an altered item (ie: recipe box, canvas, picture frame or anything that you have sitting around to re-purpose). Use your imagination. One catch, you must use pattern paper somewhere on the altered item.

As usual you can play along by uploading your pictures to our facebook page or emailing us a photo to prairiechicks@sasktel.net .

Here is an altered frame Amanda made into an idea board.

First she sanded a white picture frame and attached chicken wire to the back, then made each layout and used mini clothes pins to attach them to the chicken wire.

Products used:
-Prima Flowers
-Tim Holtz vintage buttons
-FabScraps metal trinket
-American Crafts ribbon
-Burlap tag w/We R Memory Keepers wide eyelet
-Kaisercraft wooden flourish
-Pebbles wooden clothes pins
-Hemtique hemp cord
-Authentique "lively" paper and sticker sheet

More temptation....really?

Yep, we did it.  Got more fabric to tease your quilting senses.  The temptation is taking over!  Must hide......the credit cards!  Here is a few of our new favorites.
Winter Warmth flannel by Silvia Dekker

Sparkle by Connie Haley

Blooms and Bursts by Jen Da Silva

Cosmopolitan by Northcott

 Stonehenge - Oh Canada by Linda Ludovico

Prairie Chicks Scrapbook Challenge # 10- Jen's

For challenge #10 we are creating an altered item (ie: recipe box, canvas, picture frame or anything that you have sitting around to re-purpose). Use your imagination. One catch, you must use pattern paper somewhere on the altered item.

As usual you can play along by uploading your pictures to our facebook page or emailing us a photo to prairiechicks@sasktel.net .

I (Jen) altered an old mail sorter that I found at a thrift store.

 

 

Supplies used:
-spray primer
-white gesso
-Basic Grey paper, Cappella
-Prima Marketing, Birdcage metal embellishments by Inga Bolme
-Melissa Frances Resin pieces
-Graphic 45 Little Darlings paper (in the little frames)
-Prima roses
-paper leaves

First I primed the mail sorter with a grey primer, glued the Basic Grey paper behind the wood bars and on the outer side, then white washed the gesso over the whole piece to give a worn shabby chic look overlapping the pattern paper a bit to hide the edges. When everything was dry I hot glued the flowers, leaves, resin pieces and metal trinkets to the corners of each section of the sorter.

New in Scrapbooking

Paris Girl by Carta Bella

Here is a layout and some cards made from the line

And Enchanted by Authentique

Prairie Chicks Scrapbook Challenge #10- Lilly's

For challenge #10 we are creating an altered item (ie: recipe box, canvas, picture frame or anything that you have sitting around to re-purpose). Use your imagination. One catch, you must use pattern paper somewhere on the altered item.

As usual you can play along by uploading your pictures to our facebook page or emailing us a photo to prairiechicks@sasktel.net .

Check out this beautiful altered canvas Lilly created

Items she used:

Paper- Fun Day Kraft from MME
         -Graphic 45- saying
         -Echo Park-Style Essentials
Embellishments
         - TH tissue tape
         - Heidi Swapp bling
         - Brads, burlap, fabric, twill tape
         -journalling tag from MME
         - Cloud 9 Design title letters
         - FabScraps metal trinket
         - Liquid Pearls
         - black ink and crackle accents for the grungeboard M
The Rosette flowers were made by twisting fabric into a rope and then starting from the center of a Cosmo Cricket Gluber coil fabric around until you cover the entire Gluber, snip off excess fabric and tuck end underneath. Accent with Perfect Pearl droplets.

August 2012 Card of the Month

Here are August's cards

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

Card#4

Prairie Chicks Scrapbook Challenge #10- Barb's

For challenge #10 we are creating an altered item (ie: recipe box, canvas, picture frame or anything that you have sitting around to re-purpose). Use your imagination. One catch, you must use pattern paper somewhere on the altered item.

As usual you can play along by uploading your pictures to our facebook page or emailing us a photo to prairiechicks@sasktel.net .
Here is what Barb came up with,

Using Marrakech paper from Basic Grey she glued to puzzle pieces and cut with a craft knife, inked each piece with Pinecone ink from Versacolor then put together face down. when the puzzle was complete she cut a piece of paper that was 1/2" smaller on all sides and glued it to the back of the puzzle this makes it easier to center on the paper for the frame.

Hint: put the puzzle together first the number the pieces on the back to know the order the pieces go :)

Perfect!!

Well temptation has definitely taken over!  Seaside Cottage has just arrived and since I (Barb) am renovating my craft room and these are the colors I was thinking of, makes me think it was meant to be!  You might want to get in here soon before I snatch it all!

Sew Kind of Wonderful

We have been seeing a huge shift in the quilting industry toward a very contemporary/modern style in quilting. Contemporary quilters want to see simple lines, big blocks, bold colors and fast and easy assembly!  Using more solid color fabrics in projects also seems to be a big trend right now.

These patterns, by Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful, are a good example of that contemporary style!

Jenny makes sewing curves easy! She has created a ruler to go along with her easy to follow patterns.  This ruler takes the intimidation out of curved piecing.  Sewing curves has never been easier!

Here is something that we have been working on using her "Urban Beads" (54" x 75") pattern and "Quick Curve Ruler".

Prairie Chicks Scrapbook Challenge #10- Tammy's

For challenge #10 we are creating an altered item (ie: recipe box, canvas, picture frame or anything that you have sitting around to re-purpose). Use your imagination. One catch, you must use pattern paper (or I guess tissue tape works too :) somewhere on the altered item.

As usual you can play along by uploading your pictures to our facebook page or emailing us a photo to prairiechicks@sasktel.net .

Here is Tammy's altered clock using Tim Holtz' tissue tape to cover the base of the clock, Mod Podging over top and adding floral embellishments.