Wedding Cake Challenge!

How many of you love the food network as much as I do?? I absolutely love the challenge shows they have on there...I'm addicted. So my good friend Jana is as well, and she had a really fun idea to use the fabulous wedding cakes people are ordering these days as an inspiration for a LO. We went through several and decided on the one below. Isn't that beautiful! WOW!
So this challenge is to use this cake as inspo for whatever you want to make. A LO, card, altered item. It really gets my creative juices flowing and can think of lots of fun ideas from it. This challenge runs from today through March 27th. I can't wait to see what you all come up with! :) Make sure to link your's so we can all see! Have fun!

And here are some ideas from the DT:
Jana

Michelle

Virginia

Michele

Noel

Inspiring Work!

Inspired Blueprints Sketch Challenge!

As I mentioned a bit earlier, this month we have teamed up with the gals from Inspired Blueprints. They have such fabulous sketches and a great team to gain inspiration from! We are providing a $40 GC to one lucky winner this month. So take a look at this great sketch and get to work! They will also be releasing one more sketch mid month I believe.
We are running this challenge on this blog until Friday, March 13th. But you have until the end of the month to load your work up over at IB for a chance at the prize. So please make sure you sign up as a member, and load to their gallery as well, for a chance at the GC! And don't forget to link us up here to so we can see what you got going with the sketch!! Have fun!

And here are our DT examples. A lot of these were done with The Nightingale kit, which is still available!
MICHELE K.

SASHA

VIRGINIA

NOEL

GRETA

MICHELLE

JANA

March News!

Happy March 1st! :) I have a few exciting announcements to make!

First up. This month we are proud to be sponsoring the fabulous sketch site, Inspired Blueprints! Head over to their site and turn in your work on their sketches for the month, and you will be entered into a drawing for a $40 GC to the store! The first sketch of the month, #11, is really versatile (as all the sketches there are), and I think you will have fun with it. They also offer a really nice gallery and have a fabulous community over there, so be sure to Check that out! The DT will all be participating in this challenge and I will get it posted up later today, so check back to see what we have created!


Also, we have a GDTM joining us for March! Sasha Holloway has agreed to be part of the team, and we couldn't be more thrilled! She has been working with the new Nightingale kit, and is sure to bring you a lot of ideas and inspiration on things to do with the papers and embellishments. If you haven't checked out her blog it's a hoot! And there are lots of things to look at and read, and lots of great links!
One of my favorite qualities about Sasha is she is 100% authentic, and always brings that to her work. Also, she uses color, and patterns to their full potential...so her work is always a treat for the eyes! So let's give her a big congrats and welcome! She will be posting up her work on Mondays over on the LO blog this month, so be sure to check in and see what she's been up to!

BBL with the new challenge!

Curly Girl Slide...

CurlyGirl Challenge!

Jana pointed us to this *fabulous* online shop a few weeks ago. http://www.curlygirldesign.com/ What an inspiring, fun store this lady has!! Super cute cards, prints and shirts! Anyway, it brought the inspiration for our current challenge!
Browse her site and gain your personal inspiration and post it here! This challenge is going to run from today through 2/27. So be sure to link us up so we can see your creations! This is a super cute idea for layouts, wall art and cards, don't you think?!!
Since we were pretty busy last week with the crop a few of us {blush} didn't get our done yet. But we will get them added over the next week! Here are the cool kids who actually stuck top their deadline and got amazing stuff done!! Notice I'm not one of them...HA!!!
Jana

Virginia

Michele

Noel

Michelle

Also...Nightingale is now for sale!! Click the link over on the right hand side to head over and get yours ordered!

Recipe Slide

It's time for a recipe!

So who's up for a Valentine's week challenge?! I thought it might be fun to whip up a little "something" in honor of Valentine's Day. So lets go with a simple recipe. Here are your ingredients: COLORS Red/pink/chocolate/champagne EXTRAS 2 hearts/ribbon/1 photo/hand journaling. That's it, put them together however you like!
This is going to be up for just one week and run from today through this coming Sunday the 15th. Please add your link up so we can admire your finished work! :)
Here's some inspiration from the Design Team!
Jana
Noel

Virginia

Greta

Michelle

Michele


Also, Greta is doing sign ups this week for her class which you can check out here! This should be a fun one, so send her an email (SIGNAL47@aol.com) if you would like to join in!!

Have a great week!

Winner of the Bookshelf Challenge

Happy weekend! Just popping in to announce that Sian is the big winner of the GC for her entry in the "Off the Bookshelf" Challenge! Congrats on your great entry!! :) I will get your GC out to you on Monday!

I would also like to invite you all to join us this Wednesday for our Valentine theme crop. It will be running Wed-Fri, and we have some fun projects, inspiration and games planned. And of course some giveaways too! Hope you can find some time to join us!
Click over to the MB for all the details.
I'll be back on Monday with a new challenge!
Hugs... Noel