Scrap Your CRAP

It with a heavy and sad heart

noreply@blogger.com (Greta Adams) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:09:00 +0000

I'm not sure where to start with this.
Everyone knows that Kim ran this blog for me and was a huge support system for me during these last few years with my personal turmoil I have been going through .

3 weeks ago she sent me and email and said she was not going to be able to run SYC anymore because she had just found out she had cancer. Sadly, Kimmy died on September 11th.

I had sent an email to her Friday asking how she was doing and Lyndon, Her longtime partner sadly replied to me. Here is what he had to say:

Hello,

This is Kim Sonksen's partner Lyndon replying. I have some terrible news. Poor Kim passed away from cancer on Tuesday 11th September. We did not know she even had cancer until 3 weeks before then on Thursday 6th September we were told it is terminal and my lovely Kim sadly died just 5 days later. She was in no pain and went into a coma for the last 2 days of her life. I was there with her when she died.

If you are interested, you can look at Kimmy's cancer donation page although I doubt it will apply to USA folks.

http://www.justgiving.com/kimmy-sonksen

Im sorry to have to tell you this terrible news. I am devastated at the loss of my Kim but I would like as many of her online friends as possible to know that she is sadly gone. She was my world. my life and my everything for these past 14 years.

Best wishes,

Lyndon (Kim's long term partner)

SYC supporters please keep Lyndon in your prayers during this tough time.
Kim was such an amazing person. She had a wicked sense of humor and was always a positive person. She will be sadly missed by all in the blog/scrapping world as well as those of you who got to know her on a more personal level. RIP Kim.

Love,
Greta

Important Announcement

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:36:00 +0000

It is with great sadness that we have to close SYC with immediate effect.

A member of the SYC family has just received some challenging news concerning health issues and therefore we have no option but to hibernate this blogs for the time being due to time constraints.

We may be re-opening the blog at a later stage and you still have many years of challenges to browse through and allow you to: Scrap That Crap!

Thank you all for understanding and for having taking part in our challenges over the years.

Your Queen of the Crap

Announcing...

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:00:00 +0000

We are super excited to introduce our new DT Members to you.

As before, we had TONS of talent responding to our call and I swear it gets harder and harder every time to narrow the applications down.

So, without further ado here are the new Queens of Crap 2012 (in no particular order)

Please take some time and check out their awesome blogs, you will love what they create!

Deedee Horton

http://adventuresofmedee.blogspot.co.uk/

Stephanie Stanton
http://www.stephs-scraps.blogspot.co.uk/

Einat Kessler
http://scrapinit.blogspot.co.il/

Lynne Woolgar
http://www.mymadkow.typepad.com/

Rita Russello
http://scrapperita.blogspot.it/

Tiare Sith
http://classygirlmusings.blogspot.co.uk/

Michelle Galatuik
http://livelaughlove-michelle.blogspot.co.uk/

Petra Offrell
http://www.mittkreativakaos.blogspot.co.uk/

And then we have these awesome ladies return for another term, we are so thrilled that they agreed to stay one for a further four months:

Sarah Benett
http://my-little-somethings.blogspot.com/

Channa Suitella
http://www.crafts-pieces.com/

Finally we would like to thank all of you for having taken the time and trouble to apply - we are honoured that you wanted to become part of the team and sincerely hope that those we were not successful this time around will give it another try in four months time, when we have another call.

Challenge #68 - Eyelets or Brads

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our floss or twine challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #68 we would like to see you make use of that EYELETS and/or BRADS.

Remember when eyelets were all the rage and after they slowly disappeared off the scene brads took over. We bet you still have either - or even both - in your stash and we would love to see how you incorporate them into your projects. Use as many or as few as you like and maybe even go really wild and use both :)

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

Please also consider to switch of word verification on your blogs if you would like our DT to leave comment. If you are worried about Spam you may want to have commen moderation enabled instead

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And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of eyelets and/or brads

Caryn

Channa

Martine

Nitasha

Norine

Sarah

And stay tuned to learn about our new DT in a few days time!
Check back on the 20th to see who will inspire you until the end of the year

Challenge #67 - Floss or Twine

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our embossing challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #67 we would like to see you make use of that FLOSS or TWINE.

Embroidery Floss and Bakers Twine have become very popular over the past few years and we would like to see how you make use of it. Wrap it around your alphas, swirl it around you layout, use it as an accent or very prominently on your projects. You can use as little or as much as you like.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of floss or twine

Caryn

Channa

Gabrielle

Martine

Martine based her layout on a Sketch by Becky Fleck

Nitasha

Norine

check out the detail on the flower Norine crocheted with Bakers Twine

Sarah

DT Call 2012 - September - December

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Last DT Call for 2012

Our current DT are still rocking the crap until the end of August but as you all know, we like to keep things cool and stress free. So we give you loads of time to get your application in if you fancy becoming part of our fabulous Design Team.

Are you a hoarder? Do you surround yourself with pretty papers, chipboard, embellishments and continue to add to your stash rather than use it?

Well then you are the perfect crafter to become part of our DT.

Scrap You Crap is looking for eight to ten team members and ideally we would love to have a good mixture of cardmakers and scrapbookers.

**What do we ask of our Designers?

Just one project per month – due on the 7th as our challenges will go live on the 15th.

Register for our DT forum, where we will be throwing ideas around for future challenges and communicate with each other. We do not ask for gazillions of posts, just a bi-monthly check in

Promote SYC wherever possible, for example on your personal blog, online communities.

Commit to a four month term with the possibility of extending this for another term.

Leave comments on all challenge entries - this is super important and will be monitored

**What do our Designers get in return?

The gratification of having used up all that stash which gathered dust. As the concept of the blog is to make use of the stash you already own, it would be kind of defeating the object to compensate with product, right? And also, this gives you the perfect excuse to go and buy more stash...seeing that you used the old one up for our challenges :)

Designers will have a permanent link to their blog (or homepage) on our site.

If you want to become part of this well-established challenge blog, send an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and don’t forget to put SYC DT Call in the subject line.

We would like you to submit three projects (layouts or cards) which you feel represent your style the best but they don’t have to be newly created. Please do not send more than pictures for three projects. You can email us images of stuff you have already done before no need to recreate and keep it a secret. Please DO NOT embed images within your email we require them as attachments only. Please make sure that your pictures are not blurry and of a maximum size of 700 x 700 pixels.

Don’t forget to include a link to your personal blog (if you have one) as we are nosy like that and fancy checking you out...

Internationals are more than welcome and the deadline for this call is August 10th 2012. If accepted, your term runs from September 2012 through to December 2012. No prior DT experience is required.

We will contact the successful applicants no later than August 15th 2012.

If you have any questions, please shoot us an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hear from you all!

Challenge #66 - Emboss

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our chipboard challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #66 we would like to see you EMBOSS.

Do you have an embossing machine and folders that you have ignored for a long time? Do you have lots of embossing powders that are stuffed in the back of your cupboard?
Then this challenge is perfect for you this month because we want to see you include some form of embossing (wet or dry) on your project.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to emboss on your projects

Aimee

"I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil and rubbed an embossing pad over it. Then embossed with clear powder, and painted over it with watercolor paint. The embossing resists the paint."

Channa

"I decided to go with dry and wet embossing. I think the dry embossing is clear to see, I used my cuttlebug and some folders, the wet embossing part is the white butterfly"

Gabrielle

“I did wet embossing with mist resist with Lawn Fawn chevron stamps and October Afternoon art box mists”.

Jenifer

“the paper scrap behind the photo is dry embossed”

Martine

“I heat embossed the letters. I pressure embossed then heat embossed with clear powder the piece of CS under the photo at the top right. I inked over it in black, and the raised, embossed parts resisted.”
Nitasha

“Embossed the card with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. And also heat embossed the sentiments with Zing”
Norine

“I cut chevron strips from a piece of Bazzill patterned paper and used that as a stencil for my emboss ink. After clear heat embossing it, I brushed Mr Huey inks, three shades, and let the resist do it's thang. I distress inked the alpha stickers and misted some fabric covered octagon chipboards.”
Sarah

“I heat embossed the label die cut with gold embossing powder. And the oval underneath it was dry embossed with an embossing folder. I sponged a little ink over it to show the swiss dots better.”

Challenge #65 - Chipboard

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our paper challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #65 we would like to see you use CHIPBOARD.

This month we would like to see you make good use of chipboard on your projects, be it the good old alphas or the shapes and accents. Use your chipboard plain or paint it/distress it - make it work best for your project.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of chipboard

Aimee

Caryn

Channa

Gabrielle

Jenifer

Louise

Martine

Nitasha

Norine

Sarah

Challenge #64 - Paper

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our Masking/Washi tape challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #64 we would like to see you use PAPER ONLY.

All of us have waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much paper in our stash, right? So this month we would like to see you create a project just from paper, i. e background, embellishments, titles - it all has to be crafted from paper.

There are so many awesome paper designs out there which practically scream to be fussy cut to be used as embellishments. Paper strips can be used as ribbons - the possibilities are endless.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of those papers

Aimee

Caryn

Channa

Gabrielle

Louise

Martine

Nitasha

Norine

Sarah

Challenge #63 - Deco Tapes

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our Stamps challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #63 we would like to see you use MASKING/WASHI TAPE.

Tapes have boomed over the last year and by now almost every scrapbooking manufacturer compliments their with a roll or two of decorative tape.

It is perfect for those little accents here and there or to be used instead of a paper strip.

Use as much or as little masking/washi tape on your project.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of those gorgeous decorative tapes

Aimee
" I covered a piece of Glitz Designs paper with Tissue Tapes. Then added Distress Stains. Dry with heat tool. Spritz with Memories Mist. Dry again. Die cut with Spellbinder's die."

Caryn

Channa
"I used tape for the little flowers, the banner and the little tags next to the picture"

Gabrielle

Jenifer

I used my Tim Holtz Ideaology Tape which I probably would not have touched without this challenge.....way to motivate me to use my supplies!!!! The white stipes aside the paper are tape as are the punched leaves in the flower clusters....I applied the tape to white cardstocked so that I was able to punch it!!

Louise

Martine

Nitasha

Norine

Sarah

"I covered some card stock with tape and then die cut it using the Tim Holtz bird cage die. Then, I cut a bird cage out of grunge board. I adhered the die cut taped card stock to the die cut grunge board."

Meet the DT - Pt II

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

We hope you enjoyed last weeks introduction and the wee insight into the worlds of our resident Queens of Crap.

So how about some more - are you ready? Well, here we go!

Louise

http://www.punknscrap2.blogspot.com/

"Hi I'm Louise and I am happy to admit I am totally addicted to paper crafts. I live in rural New Zealand on a small lifestyle block with my scrapbook supportive Husband Andrew and our 4 children, who I am sure you will get to know alot better through my layouts.
I am a huge fan of flowers, patterned paper and anything PINK (this can become a little difficult when scrapping my 3 boys). I love lumpy, bumpy layouts but lately I seem to be tending toward more graphic "flat" looking pages, I think this has more to do with getting my photos scrapped in a more timely manner than the actual "look" of the layout. I also make cards and enjoy sewing ( I said enjoy I did not say I am good at it.lol) I have started to sew on my layouts recently now that my sewing machine is out on my desk so you will probably see alot of pink, flowers and sewing. I am so excited to be a part of the SYC team and I am looking forward to getting started"

Martine

www.scrapcatslove.blogspot.com.

"I'm from Quebec in Canada. I share my life with my boyfriend, my three cats and more scrappy supplies than I'll ever be able to use! I'm particularly addicted to paper, clear stamps and flowers (okay… and glimmer mists, and bling, and chipboard, and … you get the picture! lol!) I love to travel, and scrapbooking fits right into that passion for me. I scrap mostly my trips, and while I'm working on a layout, I'm immersed back into the place I'm scrapping. I forget everything else other than trying to find the perfect papers and embellies to match my photos! It's my escape!

I'm so excited to be on this team! I hope you'll join us! "

Nitasha

www.myeyesandheart.blogspot.com

”I am a full-time social service worker, but that does not stop me from daydreaming about paper, glue, embellishments, and glitter all day! I am constantly writing down ideas and conversations that "need" to be documented! Scrapbooking is the perfect outlet for me to express all the random daily thoughts that I want to remember as well as the milestone events for my family.

When I am not working or crafting I can be found spending quality time with my husband and our two sons at the movies, park, or sporting events or curled up with my sweet bulldog, Bella, watching TLC, HGTV, or some cheesy Chiller movie. I love looking at things through a creative lens because I think everything is better with a little embellishment.”

Norine
www.thevelvetlemon.blogspot.com

”Hello, my name is Norine. I'm a not-quite-50 yr old, mother of 4+ a daughter-in-law, married to Paul for 30 years, misplaced Canadian living in Arizona. I've been "scrapping" since my teens, but made it my official hobby in 2003. Before that it was cross stitch, folk art painting, pretty much anything "crafty".

All my life I have loved photos. Even ones of people I don't know. And I've loved the stories that each photo tells. But eventually the story-tellers are gone and (if we’re lucky) the photo albums remain and while it's fun to imagine the story behind each picture, it's much more satisfying to know the real story. That is what motivates me to put pictures and pen to paper. Well, that and the patterned paper. Oh, and the mists and rub-ons and ribbon and chipboard.

Four kids, one endlessly supportive husband and many varied interests (cooking, reading, snowboarding, travel, photography, cottaging) provide me with more photos than I will ever get scrap booked, but in the meantime, I'm having a great time messing around with fun and artistic techniques and products. And when I need to sound more credible, I refer to myself as the "Guardian of my Family's History". I'm thrilled to be part of the Scrap your Crap DT and look forward to alleviating some of my "hoarding guilt" by contributing here!”

Sarah
http://my-little-somethings.blogspot.com/

"I am wife to a wonderful husband and Mom of our two beautiful daughters, two terrific sons and one great son in law. Originally from New England, Southern California is now our home. When not taking care of my family, I can often be found in my studio with my two precious Labrador Retrievers right beside me. My paper crafting focus is mostly on cards, but certainly scrapbook pages and altered items are common projects for me as well. I also enjoy doing counted cross stitch and baking. I love antiques, vintage things and estate jewelry- and "the hunt" for them by way of antiques stores and flea markets. I also love spending time at nearby Disneyland or walking along the beautiful beaches and enjoying the sunny, warm weather of SoCal.
I am so happy to be joining the design team of SYC! I look forward to the fun ahead here while using up my overflowing stash and hopefully bringing you some inspiration along the way. "

There you have it - all the skinny on our brand spanking new DT, who have already been mega busy to bring you our first challenge for this year on 15 March 2012.

See you then!

Meet the DT - Pt I

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Are you ready to learn a little bit more about our wonderful new DT ladies, who - come March 15th - will inspire you to use that stash?

We asked our Queens of Crap to tell us a little about themselves and hope you enjoy learning a little more about them as much as we did.

And when you have the time, don't forget to check out their blogs for some fabulous inspiration.

This time in alphabetical order, here are our first five Queens

Aimee

http://www.aimeefleckart.blogspot.com/

Aimee has been crafting for as long as she can remember. Both of her parents were crafty people, too. In junior high school Aimee entered art competitions, and was active in art, music, and drama. Aimee discovered rubber stamping in 1996, and scrapbooking soon after, and has been busy ever since! Aimee shows work at local art galleries, teaches at local scrapbook stores, and is a Ranger Certified Educator.

Caryn

http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com

"I hail from Maryland. I am married to a wonderful husband of 12 years who happens to be the best flag football quarterback that I know (in my own opinion).I have been blessed with 2 of the most fantastic children (Kyle & Kassie). My family are the reason why I scrapbook. They provide me inspirations for many of my scrapbook pages. I am a diehard Redskins fan! You can always catch me behind a camera taking lots & lots of pictures. My scrapbooking style is just me doing what I love!"

Channa

http://www.crafts-pieces.com/

"My name is Channa Suitella and i am born and raised in The Netherlands, but for the last 5 years i live in Athens, Greece. I am married for almost 3 years, with my gorgeous greek husband, hens the reason we live in Greece. No children or pets, that is still work in progress. I have been introduced to scrap-booking about 9 years ago by my mother, who has thought me several crafting options. From making small figurines of fimo clay, sewing, jewelry making, cards to scrap-booking. Over the years i have made several lay outs which are stored in the Netherlands and i am making a new collection here in Greece. I have several passions............travelling, addicted to series, shopping etc but the main one is crafting. Recently i have been given the opportunity to become a "lady of leisure" and i dedicate all my time to my husband and of course crafting. I love making cards & lay outs, using several techniques and tools, stamps, ribbons, punches basically anything that i can find in my pile of "crap". And i am happy that i can share it with all the readers of the SYC blog."

Jenifer

http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com

"My name is Jenifer Evans known on many scrapbooking sites as "Jennaroo"! I have 5 kiddos and am married to my high school swetheart! We live in a small farming community....and honestly there's not much to do besides scrap and chase my kids from one sporting event to the next! I have been seriously scrapping now for 2 years but started many years ago when my first child was born. I scrapbook to preserve memories for my children and theirs to come but I also scrap as a creative outlet for myself!

My friends and family make fun of me because I see things differently than they do, I get inspired by surroundings and often wonder how I can scrap them or incorporate them into my crafting somehow, whether it be something that would make a great title or something that could be altered or sqeezed onto a layout. I would say I have more than one style of scrapping because I don't want to limit my creativitey. My dominant style is shabby/pretty chic, but I've been known to produce grungy as well as clean and simple layouts once in a while. I pretty much go where the pictures and paper take me! "

Gabrielle

http://www.gabyspapery.blogspot.com/

"My name is Gabrielle, but feel free to call me Gaby. I'm from Hawaii, but currently live in Coastal NC for my husband. He recently got out of the Marine Corps after 12 years of service and we're just waiting to see where life takes us next. I have a black cat named Pluto and a shiba inu dog named Roxy. I've been paper crafting for about two and a half years and just instantly fell head over heels for it! I'm so very excited to join the SYC design team and can't wait to see the challenges that await me"

Check back next Wednesday to learn more about our other five DT Members

Announcing...

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

We are super excited to introduce our new DT Members to you.

As before, we had TONS of talent responding to our call and I swear it gets harder and harder every time to narrow the applications down.

So, without further ado here are the new Queens of Crap 2012 (in no particular order)

Please take some time and check out their awesome blogs, you will love what they create!

Aimee Fleck

http://www.aimeefleckart.blogspot.com/

Louise Forsyth
http://www.punknscrap2.blogspot.com/

Sarah Benett
http://my-little-somethings.blogspot.com/

Gabrielle Lowe
http://www.gabyspapery.blogspot.com/

Channa Suitella
http://www.crafts-pieces.com/

And then we have these awesome ladies return for another term, we are so thrilled that they agreed to stay one for a further four months:

Caryn Kidwell

http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/

Martine Labelle

http://www.scrapcatslove.blogspot.com/

Norine Borys

http://www.thevelvetlemon.blogspot.com/

Nitasha Griffin-Johunkin

http://www.myeyesandheart.blogspot.com/

Jenifer Evans

http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com/

Challenge #62: Stamp it up

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Thank you to everyone who played along with our Something Old/Something New challenge last moth.

For Challenge No #62 we would like to see you use STAMPS.

You can use digital or wood/clear mount stamps on your projects, but we would like to see at least THREE different ones.
Think of using them as a background, for titles or maybe even to embellish ribbons or flowers.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to stamp your little hearts out

Caryn

Dana

Jenifer

Kate

Martine

Natt

Nitasha

Norine

Regina

Challenge #61: Something Old - Something New

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome to 2012 - here's to another year of challenges and fun!

We enjoyed looking at your entries for the last challenge and have been inspired by different ways on how to make use of those buttons!

For Challenge No #61 we would like to see you use something OLD and something NEW.

We tend to buy the latest and greatest stuff that is available to adorn our projects but what about the older stash we still have sitting gathering dust?

This month we challenge you to create a project which uses 50% of the oldest stash you have in your possession and 50% of the newest stuff you bought.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.

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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to combine the old with the new

Dana

Something old: Basic Grey papers, Magic Mesh, Fibers

Something new: 7 Dots Studio paper

Martine

Something old: papers (MME Lost & Found Christmas); felt gingerbread man (Favorite Findings); poinsettia (The Girls Paperie); Christmas brad (BoBunny); glitter cut border (Fancy Pants)

Something new: gold bling (Forever in Time); alphas (Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts, Forever in Time) oldest (2005!): Christmas postage stamp stickers (Pebbles Inc.); Christmas ornament sticker (for the letter "o") (Jolee's)

Jenifer

Designer Notes: "I found Pink Pailee's NEW Snow Day Collection ephemera a while back in my LSS, but they never purchased the paper to go along with the collection, so I was able to find older papers in my stash to mimic the collection and match the ephemera."

Norine

Something Old: Studio Calico tags, fabric strip, cloud rub on, mists.

Something VERY old: Heidi Swapp alphabet masks, #sticker, SEI epoxy bubbles, "Cute kid" fabric tag and the photos too - 2005!

Something New: Pink Paislee Nantucket die cuts, background paper.

Nat
Something Old:: Crate Paper (Emma's Shoppe)
Something New: Crate Paper (Random)

Nitasha

Something Old: Create My Keepsake Kit -Jan or Feb 2008 kit: Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Design Inc. (Polka-Dot), Fancy Pants (Penguin); Embellishments: Heart Pin and Felt Heart Paperclip.

Something New: Scrapbook Circle Kit- Jan 2012: Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants (heart cu out; Embellishments: My Mind's Eye (felt border and ticket), Doily, Heart Shaped Paperclip; Stickers: Glitz

Kate

"I used a combination of new Authentique papers and embellishments with older Making Memories and K&Company embellishments, Crate Paper (Portrait Collection) and older American Crafts and Sassafras alphabet stickers."

Regina:

Something Old: DCWV Alphabet Stack,

Something New: Echo Park Victoria Garden,Webster's Pages Western Romance Line Dance. La Blanche Stamp Item 1225, The Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsy, template by Crafter's Workshop.

Caryn
Something Old: Bo Bunny
Something New: Bo Bunny

Renee

Renee created a card and a layout this month to share with us

DT Call 2012 - March - June

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:49:00 +0000

Another DT Call - Is it that time already????

Our current DT are still rocking the crap until the end of February but as you all know, we like to keep things cool and stress free. So we give you loads of time to get your application in if you fancy becoming part of our fabulous Design Team.

Are you a hoarder? Do you surround yourself with pretty papers, chipboard, embellishments and continue to add to your stash rather than use it?

Well then you are the prefect crafter to become part of our DT.

Scrap You Crap is looking for four to six team members and ideally we would love to have a good mixture of cardmakers and scrapbookers.

**What do we ask of our Designers?

Just one project per month – due on the 7th as our challenges will go live on the 15th.

Register for our DT forum, where we will be throwing ideas around for future challenges and communicate with each other. We do not ask for gazillions of posts, just a bi-monthly check in

Promote SYC wherever possible, for example on your personal blog, online communities.

Commit to a four month term with the possibility of extending this for another term.

Leave comments on all challenge entries <- this is super important and will be monitored

**What do our Designers get in return?

Designers will have a permanent link to their blog (or homepage) on our site.

If you want to become part of this well-established challenge blog, send an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and don’t forget to put SYC DT Call in the subject line.

We would like you to submit three projects (layouts or cards) which you feel represent your style the best but they don’t have to be newly created. You can email us images of stuff you have already done before no need to recreate and keep it a secret. Please DO NOT embed images within your email we require them as attachments only. Please make sure that our pictures are not blurry and of a maximum size of 700 x 700 pixels.

Don’t forget to include a link to your personal blog (if you have one) as we are nosy like that and fancy checking you out...

Internationals are more than welcome and the deadline for this call is February 10th 2012. If accepted, your term runs from March 2012 through to June 2012. No prior DT experience is required.

We will contact the successful applicants no later than February 15th 2012.

If you have any questions, please shoot us an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hear from you all!

Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:50:00 +0000

Wishing you and your families a most wonderful Christmas

Challenge #60: Button up, buddies

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome back to our challenge for December.

Thank you so much for playing along with us last month - it was great to see so many wonderful entries and that you are all still happy to scrap your crap along with us :)

Buttons have become a permanent staple in the crafter's stash box and if you are anything like me, you have more BUTTONS than you will ever be able to use up in a lifetime.

This month use a handful (or more) buttons on your project. Think outside the box, maybe use them as a picture frame, create a shape outlined with buttons, or create a title.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.
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Martine

Renee

Norine

Natt

Jenifer

Regina

Nitasha

Caryn

Kate

Challenge #59: Mist away

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our very first challenge for 2011.

We are so excited to start to start the blog again and hopefully inspire you all to Scrap Your Crap!

For this month we thought we would ease you back into the swing of things and make use of an element that has been seen on almost everybody's projects this year: MIST or SPRAY PAINT

Many of us crafters have built up an array of mists but I bet we only use a fraction of the colours we have.

So, we want to see you make use of at least THREE different mists/colour sprays.

If you don't have mists/sprays use paint instead.

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Be sure and comment with a link to your *newly created* project so we can see and comment on them.
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If you link us to an online gallery, make sure that you only use one for which we do not need to register in order to view/comment

Please also consider to switch of word verification on your blogs if you would like our DT to leave comments. If you are worried about Spam you may want to have commen moderation enabled instead

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And here are our DT examples to give you an idea on how to make use of those mists

Dana
"I used six colours of mist on this layout, all from the Spring 2011 Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist collection. I sprayed my mist down an empty toilet paper roll to make the circles"

Jenifer

Nitasha
"I used: 5 Studio Calico Mister Hueys, 2 Glimmer Mists, and 2 Shimmerz to create the cover of my Gratitude Journal. I used the mists on different textures such as just spraying randomly on the chipboard cover itself, the heart is made of Tim Holtz grungeboard, I covered the Maya Road chipboard girl with dictionary paper, and the flower is a Pink Paislee mistable."

Renee
Credits: Kids @ Play Kit by Shelby Design Shoppe (Papers/corner scroll)
Wordart by Bethany
Live and Learn Kit Schmooangel Designs (Blue Paint)
Play Kit by De Crow Designs (Paint A- Black)
Derby Kit by Chelle's Creations (Red Paint Splatter)
Christy Haig Creations Template 8 Pack
Font: Raavi
Created in Photoshop Elements 7.0

Martine

“Instead of spraying, I decided to paint with the mists.

I stamped the lighthouse with StazOn on white cardstock then painted it using these: 1 Adirondack Color Wash, 1 Shimmerz Spritz, 1 Glimmer Glaze, and 6 Glimmer Mists.”

Caryn
"for my layout, I used four different paints"

Kate

Regina
"I used the feminine line of Echo Park Victoria Gardens. To conform to the challenge, I used Memories Mists in Mango Lemonade, MR Maya Mists in Charcoal and Tattered Angels in Pineapple. I likewise used Tattered Angel's Glammer Glaze in Mellow Yellow for some shine. I painted the Dusty Attic with Dabber Paint in Pearl."

Norine
"Here's mine: I used 3 shades of Mr Huey and 2 of Maya Road, - sprayed the title box and removed the letter stickers and then splatted (my new fave technique!) some color spots elsewhere."

Natt
"Who doesn't love using spray mist right ? I use it really simple - spray for background."

Meet the DT - Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000

We hope you enjoyed last weeks introduction and the wee insight into the worlds of our resident Queens of Crap.

So how about some more - are you ready? Well, here we go!

Natt

http://tinynatt.blogspot.com

”I'm originally from Bangkok, Thailand and have been relocated here in beautiful Colorado for almost 3 years.

I've been traveling a lot before I settled here so I have over 5000 photos in my hard drive that just sitting in there until I went to a party at my friend's house and she introduced me to scrapbooking world a year ago it's like love at first sight.The only thing I regret is I should 've found this hobby earlier When I was a little girl I had a dream to become a gift wrapping artist. I knew that I always have a small place in my heart filled with pretty papers.My scrapbook style are chic and simple.I try to use up my scrap papers as much as possible.”

Nitasha

www.myeyesandheart.blogspot.com

Norine
www.thevelvetlemon.blogspot.com

Regina
http://reginastakeonart.blogspot.com/

“I am Regina "Reggie" Castillo from the Philippines. I am a wife to my ever supportive and appreciative husband of 10 years and a mom to my lovely 9 year old daughter and adorable 2 year old son. I am a lawyer by profession but I do scrapbooking as a passion. I started with scrapbooking in 2007 and since then my addiction to this craft, as well as the scrap shopping that goes with it, has not been controlled. Since I started, I have been a bystander in this craft waiting to be inspired by the seasoned scrappers around the world until I finally decided to turn tables and attempt to inspire fellow scrappers. I wish to accomplish this as DT of SYC.”

Renee

http://reneez-mnmommy2.blogspot.com/

“Hello! My name is Renee and I'm a 34 year old mom of two boys, ages 10 and 7. I live in St. Cloud, Minnesota with my husband of 14 years and I work part-time as a Paraprofessional in my boys Elementary School. I love being home in the Summer and on holiday breaks with my boys. It is truly the best after being a SAHM mom for so many years.

I've been Papercrafting for over 10 years, but I've been crafty all my life since I was a small child. About 5 years ago, I started Digital Scrapbooking. I primarily digital scrapbook nowadays, but still love to play with actual paper and embellishments. I love to rubberstamp and am addicted to making ATC cards (Artistic Trading Cards) and greeting cards. I also love making altered crafts and mini albums. I am really excited to be a part of the new team here at SYC and hope I can show off my creativity and inspire you a bit to try something new.

When I'm not crafting, I enjoy volunteering in my boys' Cub Scout Pack and helping out with my boys' school as the Yearbook Adviser.”

There you have it - all the skinny on our brand spanking new DT, who have already been mega busy to bring you our first challenge for this year on 15 November 2011.

See you then!

Meet the DT - Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Are you ready to learn a little bit more about our wonderful new DT ladies, who - come November 15th - will inspire you to use that stash?

We asked our Queens of Crap to tell us a little about themselves and hope you enjoy learning a little more about them as much as we did.

And when you have the time, don't forget to check out their blogs for some fabulous inspiration.

This time in alphabetical order, here are our first five Queens

Caryn

http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com

http://datatar.blogspot.com

"My name is Dana Tatar and I am a stay-at-home mom. I have two daughters, Claire (4) and Scarlett (3). I married my high school sweetheart in 2003 and have been happy ever since. I graduated from MSU with a B.S. in Biochemistry and worked in that field for about 3 years before I gave birth to my first daughter and decided to stay home full time. I have had many hobbies over the years, but scrapping is the one that really gives me satisfaction.

I started scrapbooking to preserve memories after the birth of my first daughter. I love to mix products from different collections on my layouts and I frequently find inspiration in music, poetry and pop culture. I love fussy cutting and flowers and both can be seen on the majority of my layouts. I would say that my dominant scrappy styles are clean and simple and pretty chic, but I do like to mix things up a bit, depending on the paper or photos I want to use. When I'm not scrapping, I enjoy cooking and baking, reading, listening to music and spending time outdoors with my family and basset hound."
Jenifer

http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com

http://www.scrapsation.com/

"I am a wife and mother of 3 small children, ages 7, 3 and 19 months. I live in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I have scrapbooked seriously for about 4 years now, but I have been interested in arts and crafts my entire life. My style is kind of eclectic and a bit cluttered. I’m not a big fan of using a lot of white space, as I’m sure that you can tell. If I see and empty space, I feel compelled to fill it! Fast! My favourite manufacturers are Crate Paper (my #1 fav), Echo Park, Glitz, GCD, Authentique, Little Yellow Bicycle, October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket and Sassafras. I have a real love for retro and funky paper lines.

My real job is freelance Web project management, design and development. In fact, I designed, developed and wrote all the content for my own Blog. I have my own small business – Vickers Media, and I work part-time as a Web Project Manager at a marketing company in Mississauga – Spyder Works Inc. My specialty is open source content management systems like Joomla and WordPress."
Martine

www.scrapcatslove.blogspot.com.

I'm so excited to be on this team! I hope you'll join us! "

Check back next Tuesday to learn more about our other five DT Members

Announcing....

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:00:00 +0000

We are super excited to introduce our new DT Members to you.

I know that we said we are looking to add between six to eight new members but we just could not stop there.

We had OODLES of talent responding to our call and after many a-tantrums we were able to narrow it down to ten new DT members.

So, without further ado here are the new Queens of Crap 2011/2012 (in no particular order)

Please take some time and check out their awesome blogs, these girls rock the crap like mad :)))

Natt Smith:

http://tinynatt.blogspot.com/

Regina Castillo

http://reginastakeonart.blogspot.com/

Renee Zieglmeier

http://reneez-mnmommy2.blogspot.com/

Caryn Kidwell

http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/

Martine Labelle

http://www.scrapcatslove.blogspot.com/

Norine Borys

http://www.thevelvetlemon.blogspot.com/

Nitasha Griffin-Johunkin

http://www.myeyesandheart.blogspot.com/

Jenifer Evans

http://heldscraptive.blogspot.com/

Dana Tatar

http://datatar.blogspot.com/

Kate Vickers

http://www.scrapsation.com/

And then there are the two Mothers of Crap - who work behind the scenes to bring you the new challenges

Greta Adams

(SYC Founder)

http://meocracy.blogspot.com/

Kim Sonksen

(Blog Admin and DT Coordinator)

http://kimsonksen.blogspot.com/

Finally we would like to give a very special shout out to all you wonderful ladies out there who put their name in the hat for the team, but who were not successful this time around.
Every single submission was appreciated and you certainly did not make it easy for us.

Thank you so much to all of you for having taken the time and trouble to apply - we are honoured that you wanted to become part of the team and sincerely hope that you give it another try in four months time, when we have another call.

DT Call - update

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:26:00 +0000

Our DT Call is now closed - thank you SO SO much or the many wonderful submissions. It's fantastic to see that you haven't forgotten us during our hiatus and that you are all so excited to see this challenge blog returning.

It will not be too long until we announce our new DT members and I can promise that we will email EVERYONE who applied for the DT position before we announce the team on the blog.

Have a fantastic Sunday everyone!

DT Call 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Kim Sonksen) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:57:00 +0000

Scrap You Crap is returning!!!

(Can we get a YEEEEEEEEHAW, purlease??!???)

We have been taking a break since the beginning of the year but now we feel it is time to come back.

That is why we are looking for you, yes YOU over there.

Are you a hoarder? Do you surround yourself with pretty papers, chipboard, embellishments and continue to add to your stash rather than use it?

Well then you are the prefect crafter to become part of our Design Team.

Scrap You Crap is looking for six to eight team members and ideally we would love to have a good mixture of cardmakers and scrapbookers.

**What do we ask of our Designers?

Just one project per month – due on the 1^st as our challenges will go live on the 15^th.

Register for our DT forum, where we will be throwing ideas around for future challenges and communicate with each other. We do not ask for gazillions of posts, just a bi-monthly check in

Promote SYC wherever possible, for example on your personal blog, online communities.

Commit to a four month term with the possibility of extending this for another term.

Leave comments on all challenge entries.

**What do our Designers get in return?

Designers will have a permanent link to their blog (or homepage) on our site.

If you want to become part of this well-established (but naughtily neglected) challenge blog, send an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and don’t forget to put SYC DT Call in the subject line.

Don’t forget to include a link to your personal blog (if you have one) as we are nosy like that and fancy checking you out...

Please feel free to check out our blog at: http://scrapyourcrap.blogspot.com but bear in mind that we have not updated anything since the beginning of 2011 and it looks a little bit unloved...we are working behind the scenes to revamp the site. At least it should give you an idea of what we are about.

Internationals are more than welcome and the deadline for this call is October 15^th 2011. If accepted, you term runs from November 2011 through to February 2012. No prior DT experience is required.

If you have any questions, please shoot us an email to: sycchallenges@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hear from you all!

happy new year

noreply@blogger.com (Greta Adams) — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:04:00 +0000

with much consideration and thought i have decided that for now i am taking a break from scrapping and SYC. I have been at this for 3 years now and i am tired.

I will not be taking this blog down because who knows i may start back not to mention there is killer inspiration in the archives.

thanks for all your participation through these last months and years.

xo,
greta