The Shaker Box crop is in full swing and we are having so much fun! The gallery is really shaking! This is just day seven of the crop and we are already on challenge number 19! And that doesn't include our regular weekly challenges! Personally I have completed a magazine scraplift challenge, a flashback challenge (back to the year 2004, when The Shaker Box started), an art challenge, a red, white & blue challenge and a define it challenge.
I am looking forward to checking out Carrie's "Something you would never do" challenge - it's up today!
On Thursday we will be chatting with this month's digital creative team sponsor, Kris Myers (Plain Digital Wrapper). Be sure to join us at 3 pm PST, 4 pm MST, 5 pm CST and 6 pm EST... Kris will be giving away a freebie so you don't want to miss it! I am excited to see what our team creates this month with all of Kris' fabulous designs!
Have a great week!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK NINETEEN
This week's prompt is: SURPRISE!
Do you have a good story about being surprised? Do you like surprises? What was your favorite surprise? This can go all the way back into your childhood or can be something current - so long as it is about you.
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
This not enough of a challenge for you? Pop on over and check out our New Beginnings Crop just full of encouragement and inspiration to help you get your memories scrapped!
Do you have a good story about being surprised? Do you like surprises? What was your favorite surprise? This can go all the way back into your childhood or can be something current - so long as it is about you.
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
This not enough of a challenge for you? Pop on over and check out our New Beginnings Crop just full of encouragement and inspiration to help you get your memories scrapped!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wow!
Can you believe it is the last day of June? It has been such a whirl wind for my family with sports camps, a road trip for a graduation, vacation bible school and family staying with us. I feel like I can catch my breath now! It's been a similar whirl wind at The Shaker Box! Michele is stepping down from running the site to spend more time scrapping and making memories with her beautiful daughter. Linda is taking over the reins and has been busy getting all of our teams reorganized. I can tell you that we are going to be running like a well oiled machine!
Tomorrow kicks off an exciting two week crop where we are celebrating new beginnings! Get ready for games, challenges, chats, prizes and freebies. There will be something for every kind of scrapper - paper - digital - hybrid - just getting started - been scrapping for years...
If you are a digital scrapper like myself (or even a hybrid scrapper), be sure to stop by The Shaker Box online store on July 4th to grab my Celebrate Freebie. Complete a celebration layout with the mini kit, post it in the New Beginnings Crop gallery at The Shaker Box and link it back to my challenge in The Shaker Box forum to a chance to win your choice of one of my kits in The Shaker Box online store!
Here is a sneak peek of my upcoming July kit!
And if that is not enough excitement for you, The Shaker Box will be having calls for Kit DT, Digi CT and Hybrid DT! It's a great time to be a part of The Shaker Box!
Tomorrow kicks off an exciting two week crop where we are celebrating new beginnings! Get ready for games, challenges, chats, prizes and freebies. There will be something for every kind of scrapper - paper - digital - hybrid - just getting started - been scrapping for years...
If you are a digital scrapper like myself (or even a hybrid scrapper), be sure to stop by The Shaker Box online store on July 4th to grab my Celebrate Freebie. Complete a celebration layout with the mini kit, post it in the New Beginnings Crop gallery at The Shaker Box and link it back to my challenge in The Shaker Box forum to a chance to win your choice of one of my kits in The Shaker Box online store!
Here is a sneak peek of my upcoming July kit!
And if that is not enough excitement for you, The Shaker Box will be having calls for Kit DT, Digi CT and Hybrid DT! It's a great time to be a part of The Shaker Box!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
DO IT DIGI WEDNESDAY - DROP SHADOWS ON ACRYLIC
Digital acrylic alphas and elements are HOT right now and Jessica Sprague has a great PSE tutorial for adding drop shadows to those elements.
Here is the link to her tutorial: http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2008/4/21/photoshop-friday-on-mondayd-dropshadows-on-acrylic-d.html. When you follow the link, you will notice that there is another link in the tutorial to download an acrylic alpha made by Meredith Fenwick. If you don't already have an acrylic alpha or elements, this would be good to grab as it's so cute - and makes it easy to follow along with the tutorial.
So your challenge this week is to create a page using an acrylic alpha or element . . . try out that tutorial on drop shadows, too!
Here are a couple of pages I've done recently using acrylic elements and alphas:
LINK TO THE SHAKER BOX GALLERY FOR LAYOUT CREDITS
LINK TO THE SHAKER BOX GALLERY FOR LAYOUT CREDITS
Here is the link to her tutorial: http://spraguelab.squarespace.com/blog/2008/4/21/photoshop-friday-on-mondayd-dropshadows-on-acrylic-d.html. When you follow the link, you will notice that there is another link in the tutorial to download an acrylic alpha made by Meredith Fenwick. If you don't already have an acrylic alpha or elements, this would be good to grab as it's so cute - and makes it easy to follow along with the tutorial.
So your challenge this week is to create a page using an acrylic alpha or element . . . try out that tutorial on drop shadows, too!
Here are a couple of pages I've done recently using acrylic elements and alphas:
LINK TO THE SHAKER BOX GALLERY FOR LAYOUT CREDITS
LINK TO THE SHAKER BOX GALLERY FOR LAYOUT CREDITS
DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK EIGHTEEN
This week's prompt is: NATURE.
What nature surrounds you that you just love? Is it the type of leaf on the tree outside your window? Is it a flower that just makes you smile? Do you love to see the grass all green and stretching out like a carpet in front of you? These are just a few ideas to get you started . . . but anything that focuses on NATURE will do the trick this week!
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
What nature surrounds you that you just love? Is it the type of leaf on the tree outside your window? Is it a flower that just makes you smile? Do you love to see the grass all green and stretching out like a carpet in front of you? These are just a few ideas to get you started . . . but anything that focuses on NATURE will do the trick this week!
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the forum.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Inspiration Thursday!
I was inspired by a card that I bought in a local charity shop! See the original and my example below. I'd love to see what inspiration you get from it, so be sure to post back to The Shaker Box Gallery!
Also, don't miss our big New Beginnings Crop and Sale! There is a sale going on in the Shaker Box Store RIGHT NOW! The crop begins on July 1st and runs until July 15th! You can jump in any time you need a challenge, want to play a game, learn something new! There will be prizes!
Also, don't miss our big New Beginnings Crop and Sale! There is a sale going on in the Shaker Box Store RIGHT NOW! The crop begins on July 1st and runs until July 15th! You can jump in any time you need a challenge, want to play a game, learn something new! There will be prizes!
DECK OF ME CHALLENGE, WEEK SEVENTEEN
Okay, okay, slap my hands already. I should have posted this Saturday morning and I totally forgot. But I'm here now. I'll post Week Eighteen this weekend, and then we'll take a couple of weeks off while the New Beginnings Crop is rockin' and rollin' The Shaker Box!
So here it is . . . this week's prompt is: YOUR BEDROOM.
Your current sleeping space, your childhood room, your perfect teenage hangout . . . document your bedroom. Display a miniature picture, include some journaling in a cute vellum envelope like Emily Falconbridge did about your childhood bedroom, write about your dream space. Let's see your bedroom!
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the Weekly Challenges Forum thread.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
So here it is . . . this week's prompt is: YOUR BEDROOM.
Your current sleeping space, your childhood room, your perfect teenage hangout . . . document your bedroom. Display a miniature picture, include some journaling in a cute vellum envelope like Emily Falconbridge did about your childhood bedroom, write about your dream space. Let's see your bedroom!
You can see Emily Falconbridge's card HERE.
Remember to post your cards in the Shakin' Challenges, Deck of Me Gallery with a link back to the Weekly Challenges Forum thread.
Have fun and happy scrapping!
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