CHARMED, I'M SURE! - DO IT DIGI WEDNESDAY

This week, your digi challenge is to hang charms or other items in your layout. It can be a time-consuming process to make an element appear to realistic "hang" in a digital layout, but one that is well worth it in the end result. Let's see how many charms or other embellishments you can "hang" in your page this week.

Here is my page with a few charms to give you an idea. Also note the cording and pin that are hanging from the frame.

TO VIEW CREDITS ~ CLICK HERE

Make sure you post your layouts in the SHAKIN' CHALLENGES GALLERY so we can all view your works of art!

Sunday's Sketch!

Well it's Sunday and boy do we have a lot of snow! What better excuse to have to stay indoors and scrap the evening away. Not that I really need an excuse but it sounded good didn't it??? Well here is our sketch for this week from Becky Fleck's Page Maps site. I cannot wait for the first of every month to see what sketchy goodness she has in store for us.


Your challenge this week is to use this sketch as your jumping off point and create a wonderful layout, card or any other project your imagination can whip up.

Don't forget to upload your creation in our gallery and also post on our forums when you have completed the challenge!!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with. Stay warm and snuggle in if you live in the snowy areas. If you aren't affected by the snow. . SEND US SOME WARM WEATHER WILL YA?????

DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK 5

This week, we are going to be using ephemera on our cards.

Wikipedia explains that ephemera is transitory written and printed matter, not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day. Some collectible ephemera are advertising trade cards, airsickness bags, baseball cards, bookmarks, cigarette cards, greeting cards, letters, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, posters, stock certificates, tickets, and zines. Decks of personality identification playing cards from the war in Iraq are a recent example.

In library and information science, the term ephemera also describes the class of published single-sheet or single page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use. This classification excludes simple letters and photographs with no printing on them, which are considered manuscripts or typescripts. Large academic and national libraries and museums may collect, organize, and preserve ephemera as history.

So what papers have been in your life this week? Dig around in your junk drawer, on your bar, at your desk and find pieces of paper that say something about what's been happening with you this week.

This week, my sister gave me the most awesome concert prep kit for the Elton John concert on March 14th. My photo contains more than the paper bits, but the kit included an explanation of what was in the kit, an invitation to the pre-party, a CD of the greatest hits, and some fabulous sunglasses. I'll probably keep the sunglasses and the CD, but don't know that I'll keep the prep kit explanation or invitation to the pre-party. So now it's documented . . . just a little slice of my life right now that says something about me and my sister!

VIEW CREDITS FOR MY CARD - CLICK HERE

You can view Emily Falconbridge's card for this week by clicking HERE and you can see her use of a Metro ticket from Paris.

Remember to post your cards in Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery HERE. Looking forward to seeing what's going on in your life right now.

Inspire Me Thursday!

I found this great vintage "Edwardian" stationery at the charity shop a while back for only £1 (thats 2 bucks for the US!). I happened to take it out last night while scrapping and a light bulb went off! I can make a vintage-y card with this! So, I got out the decorative scissors and some stamps....and this is what I came up with!!


So, dig out some old stationery, it doesn't have to be vintage, and let's see what you can do with it! When you are done, be sure to post it to our Members Gallery.

Also, I would like to congratulate ToneK. for being chosen as the Layout of the Day! I am in awe of nearly every layout that Tone posts, but this one knocked me off my feet! I absolutely love it!


Visit our Members Gallery for more inspiring work!

Do-it Digi at The Shaker!

March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb or vice versa. If you're in Ohio it's a bipolar lioness all month long (sorry, but it was 70 on Monday, 35 and raining on Tuesday, snow on the ground this morning)!

Create a layout of your favorite animal - your pet or your favorite zoo animal. Focus your journaling on the animal's personality. Make the elements in your layout convey the personality of the animal.

Here is mine:
























Papers from Swept Away from Scraps by Jenn. Photo overlay is from Royal Ripples of Love from Digital Compilations by Cinda. You can find both digital kit add-ons on sale now at The Shaker Box! Dry Brush Alpha is by Weeds & Wildflowers. Font is Footlight MT Light. Be sure to post your creation in the gallery at The Shaker Box!

LAYOUT OF THE WEEK!

Each day at The Shaker Box, a DT member chooses a layout "of the day"! At the end of the week the Design Team votes, the one with the most votes becomes the Layout of the Week!

Congratulations to our member "chubbymum" for being chosen as the Layout of the Week! Good Work!

DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK 4

Our prompt this week is: a symbol you love. It could be something that defines you or something that you are drawn to repeatedly.

For this challenge, I knew immediately what my symbol would be . . . the cross. It's been a constant throughout my entire life and is definitely a symbol I love.

You can view Emily Falconbridge's card and read her blog entry for the day as well CLICK HERE.

Don't forget to post your cards HERE IN THE SHAKIN' CHALLENGES DECK OF ME GALLERY