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back in NJ for this layout.  We did the new safari ride at Great Adventure and these were the photos I got of the Bison and baby.

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They boys had an excellent season.  Michael made all-star this year.

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A kit I purchased off ebay...so not the quality I was expecting, but it works for what I needed.

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Another full-page swap, this one was by Laurie.  Worked perfectly for my pups photos.

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Another day at the beach.  Another full-page swap by Deborah

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Basketball game when you guys played on Coach Kevin's team.  Shout out to Kelley for the full page sketch

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love when I have the photos printed that work for when I get full page swaps back.  This one was made by Laurie for me from a themed full page sketch swap from my group.  Great job, and with it being themed for something I need, is now used and put into the completed pile. thanks.

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The rest of the photos of the boys from formal night.  You can tell by their expressions they were getting bored of me taking photos of them...but I told them to suck it up :)

I double-dipped for this page, first challenge was washi tape on acot.  We were permitted to use one piece of cardstock, washi tape and one other embellishment.  I used patterned cardstock and lots of washi tape and my own other item was twine...which the banner was from a swap.

The other challenge was from colorful creations Random Weds...where we had to scrap our favorite man/men...so since I just finished the other layout from the same night on the cruise...might as well finish it up.  :)

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My FTSSC challenge week 18
I rotated the layout and used a punch
then I used alpha stickers, lace and buttons instead of flowers
Here is the original:

Use 2: Rotate layout, stitching, Punches. Use 3: monochromatic, arrows, sticker letters, lace, doily, something else in place of the flowers

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SO, my sytycs 04 didn't meet the requirements of the challenge, because I didn't use the die cut in the proper spot...a little picky in my opinion, BUT..I'm too competitive to let it get me down.  So, this is my new challenge.  I cut the scallopped die cut, and then sliced in half to put in both the top and the bottom corners...filled in the corners with the same patterned paper, used the sketch, used the color combo black/white/grey and cream...and used brads.  The challenge said I could as many as I wanted of the brads, so I used snowflake brads and letter brads for my title.  Photos are of Bryan playing in the snow with scrappy from a few winters ago.  So hopefully this will meet the challenge requirements...and I got another page done.

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Page 20 - Happy Birthday Karate Style
I used the SYTYCS challenge for this layout.

Here is the original:

Here is your challenge:

YOU MUST USE:

• Diecut (bought or handmade)
• 3 photos
• colors in combo ONLY

Select ONE from the list below to use

Masking

Bling

Brads

Flowers

Stars

NOTE PLEASE READ: you can ONLY use on of the items listed above, however you can use more than one of that item  for example, if you choose to use stars, you can use more than one star but you CANNOT use anything else on the list so then your list of items would be (diecut, 3 photos, color combo and stars) nothing more.

Color Combo: Colors: White, Black, Cream, Grey

 Sketch

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Here is this week's sytycs #3, I used: 2 different border punches, 2+ patterned paper, pinwheel, washi tape and 3 adorable photos of my nephew.

Here is the original:

Please create a layout using  the sketch below and ALL of the following items:

Border punch

2 pattern papers

Handmade pinwheel (tutorials on youtube)

Washi tape (CC has tutorial on how to make your own)

2 + photos

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Finished this January challenge up from Papersecrets. here is the original challenge:
January "Sketch with a Twist" Challenge

Hello and Happy New Year!!!!

We are starting off January with a great sketch from Sketch Savvy:

The Twist:

Use WASHI TAPE on your layout.

Guidelines:

**Create a NEW traditional layout (sorry no digital layouts) using this sketchabove and add washi tape somewhere on your layout. 

**All entries need to be NEW as of January 1st, 2013 and are due by January 14th 2013 11:59pm PST. 

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My FTSSC Week 15.  For this one I did fussy cutting and distressing, then I used stickers, brackets and bling.

Here is the original:

Use 2: fussy cutting, Stamping, embossing, distressing. Use 3: stickers, rubons, lace, bling, pastel colors, brackets, household item.

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I used the sketch from this challenge on Colorful Creations:

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Another challenge for Colorful Creations.

Welcome our Member spotlight for the month of December.  

Here is the sketch :

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Another challenge for Colorful Creations.
This one is for the Scraplifter's Retreat - Merry December gang!!! It's time again to "steal" someone else's ideas and make them your own!!!!! 

This month, your challenge is to "lift" a page from a Design Team Member here on Colorful Creations!!!! There are plenty to chose from!!!! 

I picked this layout from Dt/Paula:

  Thanks for such a fun challenge.

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Here is the challenge for this one:

This weeks Blueprint is by Sheshe

here's the twist use Orange, Brown, & Cream!

(the twist can be interpreted however you want, pattern on paper, or patterns on ribbon, etc)

Challenge entry must be newly created as of Dec 16, 2012 and may not be combined with any other cc challenges

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This was a full page not swap kit from my swapping group.  It worked out perfect for these photos from our cruise trip.