Sketch Challenge at SOUS

Have you seen this weeks sketch challenge over at StuckOnUSketches? I just love what the ladies did with all the same sheets of paper and not just because it was donated by yours truly! :o)

Generations Crafting donated a few sheets of paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush collection to each designer. They used a wonderful sketch by Becky Fleck to come up with four completely different interpretations! I absolutely love seeing how differently sketches and paper can be used and I can't wait to have a challenge of my own!

Here are the papers donated to the SOUS designers:

Basic Grey Sugar Rush: Airhead, Big Cherry, Lollipop, Runts


Here is the wonderful Becky Fleck Sketch:


Here are the designers interpretations of the sketch using the same Basic Grey papers:


A Mother's Treasure
Created by Designer Nanne Harry
Nanne's Creations



Hope
Created by Designer Sandi Clarkson
Soft Side of Sandi



My Wish My Boyssss
Created by Designer Sandy Windsor
Details by Sandy



Road Trip
Created by Designer Leah Schaeffer
Beeing Creative and Feeling Cherry

So be sure to hop on over to SOUS and check it out! Play along this week and you may even win yourself a little blog candy!

Happy Crafting!

More Pinecone Press Cards and A Winner!

Easter is right around the corner - can you believe it?! Here are a few fun Easter and Spring designs from the Sweet collection from Pinecone Press. Check out these darling papers and die-cuts:

Spring Stripe

Spring Frames - the perfect backgrounds for cards!

Bunny Die-Cuts - No fussy-cutting, it doesn't get better than this!

Here are my cards - again, scraplifted from Pinecone Press, but modified slightly to make them my own! Egg die-cuts from my Big-Shot, bling and fibers are all that I added to these super-easy cards!


Pinecone Press Spring Frames, Bunny Die-Cuts. Pink sheer ribbon and bling (on the wheels) from my stash.


Pinecone Press Spring Frames, Spring Stripe, Bunny Die-Cuts. Eggs die-cut from Sizzix Eggs Die and Big-Shot Die-Cut Machine. Bling and Stickles from my stash.


Pinecone Press Spring Frames and Bunny Die-Cuts.


Pinecone Press Spring Frames, Bunny Die-Cuts. Bling from my stash.


Pinecone Press Spring Frames, Bunny Die-Cuts. Tulle and Bling from my stash.


Pinecone Press Spring Frames, Bunny Die-Cuts. Bling from my stash.

Now for our winner of the Pinecone Press Birthday Hoot Papers and some bling! Congratulations to Wendy Crowe! Send us an email with your shipping address and we'll send out your fun goodies!

Want to win the Sweet papers and die-cuts? You know the drill! Leave us a comment about what your Easter plans are and we'll have a random drawing on Monday! We'll give you 2 each of the papers (Stripes and Frames) and those cute Bunny Die-Cuts! Don't forget the bling! Good luck!

Calling All Card Makers!

Do you love to make cards as much as I do? If so, we have some great new papers from Pinecone Press just for you! The Birthday Hoot collection is super-cute and I couldn't wait to fussy-cut all of those great cupcakes! Take a look at these great papers:

Birthday Hoot Party Games - Perfect background paper!


Birthday Hoot - Party Hat - Perfect background paper (let's not leave out the boys!)


Birthday Hoot - Say Cheese! - The perfect sized card backgrounds or mini-album backgrounds!


Birthday Hoot - Time to Party - The perfect sentiment for everyone!


Birthday Hoot - Cupcakes - Doesn't this make you want to get out your scissors?


Here are the cards I made with these papers and very little of anything else!


Party Hat, Cupcakes, Time to Party


Party Hat, Cupcakes, Time to Party


Time to Party, Cupcakes, Say Cheese!


Time to Party, Cupcakes, Say Cheese!


Party Games, Cupcakes, Time to Party


Cupcakes, Party Games

I did use some Stickles, pearls, rhinestones and markers from my stash to add the definitive bling that must be on ALL of my projects, but that is all I used! They were super-easy to put together and I made all of them in about an hour (fussy-cutting does take some time!) I did copy some of the ideas from Pinecone Press, but modified them slightly to make these cards my own!

Do you want some of these papers for your own birthday projects? Leave me a comment about what you would make with these fun papers! On Thursday, I'll have a random drawing and the winner will receive one of each of these fun sheets of paper! I'll even throw in some bling so you can "bling-it-up" too! Good luck!

Announcement and New Bo Bunny!

I'm super-excited to share with you my very first Design Team! I've been trying to keep the projects going, but it's been hard with all the other things that need to get done. Now I'm going to have help from 5 very talented ladies! Let's meet them:


Designer Andra Hoffman is from Washington state and has been scrapping and paper-crafting for the last 7 years! She is married with 4 children and 2 grandchildren! Andra brings a love of scrapbooking along with a flair for incorporating new techniques into her projects to the team!




Designer Nanné Harry was born in the US, but now resides in Finland! She is married with 3 children in their late teens. She is part of a challenge blog called StuckOnUSketches and has been scrapping and card-making for a few years. She brings a love of all kinds of crafting to the team!




Designer Sandi Clarkson is from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in the great state of Texas. She is married with 3 grown daughters and 12 grandchildren. Yes, twelve! She has been scrapping for about 4 years and is addicted to her Cricut machine! Sandi is part of a challenge blog called: StuckOnUSketches and brings a wealth of design experience to the team!




Designer Leah Schaeffer is from the San Francisco Bay area. She is married and a SAHM to three adorable young children. She has been paper-crafting for some time and loves to use her Cuttlebug and Cricut machines to embellish her projects. She is also part of the challenge blog: StuckOnUSketches! Leah brings a love of creativity and aristic expression to the team!




Designer Sandy Windsor is a single mom to four wonderful boys. She has been scrapbooking for a little over a year and is completely addicted to her Cricut machine! She is finding great joy in her new career outside of the home after being a SAHM for many years. Sandy is also part of the challenge blog: StuckOnUSketches. She uses her love of photography and scrapbooking as a creative outlet and brings a love of crafting to the team!


We'll get a little more in-depth with these ladies over the next few months. I've posted links to their blogs so you can see some of their work. I can't wait to start posting their designs to the blog. We are also working on a gallery for the website where the Design Team's work will be and you will be able to upload your work as well!

One more announcement - the new Bo Bunny collections are now in stock and shipping! Make sure to get your hands on some of their great new collections! The design team will be creating projects using the new Bo Bunny collections - be watching for them!

March 2010 Contest

Every month we have a contest at Generations Crafting. It's not your typical contest involving a layout or card challenge. We have a trivia contes! Grandma comes up with the trivia contest and the webmaster comes up with the clever little titles! Each month you have a chance to win a great prize from the store! You simply submit your answer and provide us your name and email address. We have a random drawing of the correct answers and notify the winner by email at the end of the month. It's that simple! Here is this month's contest:

School of Hard Nox

On the Vernal Equinox, when spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere, which of the following happens:

• Raw eggs can be balanced to stand on their smaller end
• The sun is directly over the Southern Hemisphere
• Day and night are roughly the same duration
• The Internet undergoes Spring Cleaning during which users must disconnect or risk deletion of unused files

Submit your answer by March 23. A random drawing of correct answers will be held and the winner will be notified by email on March 24. This month's winner will receive: 12 sheets of Sassafras Lass Sweet Marmalade paper (2 sheets each of 6 different designs), 1 Sheet of Sassafras Lass Sweet Marmalade Alphabet Stickers, 1 sheet of Sassafras Lass Sweet Marmalade Journal Tag Stickers, 1 Sheet of Sassafras Lass Sweet Marmalade Sweet Treats Stickers, and 1 Package of Sassafras Lass Cameo Brads.

Good Luck!