February Post Card Challenge: Things You Love

Week 2 - Simple Designs

Still thinking about the things I love (specifically regarding my hobby) made me realise just how much I like a simple design that can be repeated over and over. I came across this design recently, and it is very easy to use...

Week 1 -Monograms

I was thinking about this month's challenge, and of course the first thing I wanted to say was color.. I absolutely love using lots of color in my projects. But so many people would say the same thing, so I decided to come up with something a little more unique to me. One thing I love to use when I am making cards is monograms. So this month each time I made a birthday card I used a monogram of the name for whom the card was for. Here are a few of the cards that I made this month...

January Post Card Challenge: Bird / Yellow

Week 4

Yes, I know this is gross, but I just HAD to... this one's for you Leah!

Week 3
Just had to use some humor...

Week 2

Week 1

Water color

I took the kids dot paint pens that Aunt Leah gave them at least a year ago and tried making water colors with them, but it didnt work. I ended up squeezing the paint out directly onto the paper and mixing the colors together. I used the primary colors and a little purple.



This is Izabellas painting, done with the same techinque. I love it and want to frame and hang it!




This is the cardboard bottom from a flat of bottled water. I have the kids use them as art trays... you would be surprised how much liquid one of these absorbs without leaking through to the bottom.

Card Project Month 5; Fruit

Week 4; Washington Apple

Week 3; Georgia Peach

Week 2; Red Grapes

Week 1; Bartlett Pear

Card Project Month 4; Candy

Week 4; Lollipop

Week 3; Chocolates

Week 2; Gumballs- Take 2

Week 2; Gumballs -Take 1

Week 1; Sugar

Card Project Month 3

Month 3; Tree and red

Week 5; Cherry tree

Week 4; Kite in a tree

Week 3; trees at sunset

Better color detail

Week 2; A red robin sitting in a tree

Week 1; Red flowers blooming on a tree

Card Project Month 2 Extras

Sometimes I actually have time to play when I get on a creative roll, so this time I took advantage of it and kept on going!

Card Project Month 2

Month 2 challenge; black, white, and pink

Week 4

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1

Card Project Month 1

My sister Leah is artistic in many ways, one of which is in the medium of fabric. She is very often encouraging me to spend more time creating. In February we decided to start an art challenge; that each month we would have a design idea to follow, and we would each make a different interpretation of that design each week. I decided to make all of my designs into cards, and Leah decided to make hers fabric post cards. (It helps to keep the project small, and all a unified size.) Here is my first month of cards... the design being the colors Brown, Tan, and Turquoise, with scallops.

Week 4 Re-do, using the same papers...

Week 4... the idea worked out really well in my mind, but not so well on paper. Everyone I asked agreed that it looked more like a pile of poo than a cupcake. Bummer. So I sent it to my sister Leah.

Week 3

Week 2

Week 1

My Pile Of Scrap

I am a scrapbook/card enthusiast, and wanted to start this blog mainly for myself; to record my adventures in this hobby. It all started with the birth of my son in April of 2000, and the need to give a christmas gift to many extended relatives later that year. I never knew that those first pieces of paper would be the start of my addiction. (Ohhh, patterned paper...)

Fast forward to January 2004; supplies were quickly accumulating, with no good storage solution...

Then after years of saving, I was able to buy an armoire to house my hobby supply...

Oh glorious space...

And now, April 16th 2008, I am once again "out of room"...

My poor organizational skills + the desire to buy so many beautiful embelishments = overload.
I have a hard time getting anything done because (is it possible?!?..) I have too much to choose from. So, this blog is a challenge to myself.. to transform My Pile Of Scrap into art and memorabilia; one project at a time.