Challenge #16

So, I'm sitting here trying to relax and get this post up, but it's hard to relax when I have sooo much to do.  My husband and I surprised our 2 boys with a trip to Disney World.  We just got back on Tuesday, so needless to say, the laundry is piled high.  We landed at the airport at 12:30 and then had to pick up our brand-new puppy at 4:00.  He flew in from Idaho.  I'm sure there will be pages and pages dedicated to this little guy!  So, I'm trying to get this new dog acclimated to his new home, but at the same time, I need to pack for a scrapbook weekend.  Yeah!  All I can say is that this little puppy likes to chew, so I can only pack my scrapbooking goodies when he is sleeping!

So, this is the 2nd challenge of our new format.

For this challenge we have to use the colors below

AND

the word "Enter"

Before we reveal the creations made by the CMS DT, let me say that they love to get comments on their creations as much as any other scrapbooker.  It gives encouragement and recognition to this group of woman who dedicate their time and energy to inspire you, our followers!

Please stop by their blogs and give them a bit of love.

Design Team

Lisa Haiss

Sharon Fritchman

Sandra Ghidara



Stephanie Stanton

Viji Siddharth

As we mentioned  in our previous post, the sponsor for November is:

  They have been so generous and has provided a $20 Gift Certificate.   To have your name dropped in the prize hat you've got to complete 2 of the 4 challenges for the month of November. We'll drop your name in the hat twice for the first 2 and if you link up for challenges 3 and 4 we'll drop your name in 2 more times! So, if you play along for all 4 challenges in November, you'll get 4 chances to win!     Let's not forget that Challenge #15 is still open for another week.   Deadline for Challenge #15 is November 15, 2012   Deadline for Challenge #16 is November 22, 2012

Challenge #15

So, as I'm writing this post, all of the trick-or-treaters are out in full force ... however, none are coming to our door.  We moved out to the sticks this past year and we have very few houses near us.  Strange not to have the porch light on and have all of the little ghosts and goblins running up and down the street.  Quiet.  Extremely quiet.  There is one upside to this situation though:  no candy to tempt me!  I used to buy the stuff I loved ... knowing that there would be some left over for me to nibble on over the next few days ... ok, I usually bought myself my own bag of Mounds (don't judge me!)

Sooooo, anyway ... We're onto Challenge #15 and the debut of our 3 new Design Team Members!  Lisa and I very happy they accepted our offer!  Combined with our returning members, we think our Design Team rocks!  We hope you'll stop by and give them all some blog love ... after all, we all love to get comments on our work! 

Here's the yummy fall palette they had to work with this time around:

To throw a twist in with it, this time around we're challenging you to work with this awesome sketch, created by our talented Design Team member, Christina Collins:

Here are the awesome pages that Team A came up with:

Marianne Barone

Maria Blanco

Christina Collins

Jakki Weddle

Pam Pritzl

Let's discuss the prize for the month, shall we?!  For November we've got an a gift certificate from Paper Issues up for grab!  To have your name dropped in the prize hat you've got to complete 2 of the 4 challenges for the month of November.  We'll drop your name in the hat twice for the first 2 and if you link up for challenges 3 and 4 we'll drop your name in 2 more times!  So, if you play along for all 4 challenges in November, you'll get 4 chances to win!

Stop on over to Paper Issues and check them out, be sure to tell them that Color Me Scrappy sent you!

You've got until November 14th at midnight EST to link your pages for this challenge ... we can't wait to see what you do with the palette and sketch!  Happy Scrappin!

Also, don't forget about our format changes!  We're excited to mix things up a bit and hope you are too!

Our first change is to go to weekly challenges with a twist.  They will be revealed each and every Thursday and will look like this:

• color challenge + sketch
• color challenge + "word"
• color challenge + technique
• color challenge + white, black or kraft BG
• color challenge (for those months with 5 Thursdays)

Each challenge will be open for 2 weeks, which gives you plenty of time to get your LO in.

Our prizes will still be awarded monthly, but the more LOs you complete, the more times your name gets dropped in the hat, which obviously improves your chances to win!!  We are still prohibitive to having only US and Canadian winners due to the cost of shipping, but there is something coming for our international players as well...

We will have a "Top 3" each and every month.  This is voted on by our DT and the winners of this have the opportunity to come back as Guest Designers the following month.

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Challenge #14

This challenge reveal is bittersweet...

The bitter is saying good-bye to some our first DT members.  It has been a pure joy working with these talented women.  Each creation throughout every challenge has been full of inspiration.

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

Let's all wish them well!!

Paloma Carvalho
Gabriella Dehod
Sarah Elliot


The sweet is all of the wonderful new changes  that are coming your way.  There are new DT members, more challenges with twists and turns, and Top 3 for each month.  We're looking forward to these changes and we hope that you are too!

Here is the next color challenge!!

Christina Collins

Sandra Ghidara

Lisa Haiss

Stephanie Stanton





Jakki Weddle

Viji Siddharth

Inroduction

It seems as if we announced our latest DT call forever ago.  I'm happy to say that we've made our decisions, invites have been sent and acceptance from those have been received.

 

 

As I mentioned in an earlier post, changes to Color Me Scrappy are on the way.  All these changes will take place on:

 

November 1, 2012

 

Our first change is to go to weekly challenges with a twist.  They will be revealed each and every Thursday and will look like this:

• color challenge + sketch
• color challenge + "word"
• color challenge + technique
• color challenge + white, black or kraft BG
• color challenge (for those months with 5 Thursdays)

Each challenge will be open for 2 weeks, which gives you plenty of time to get your LO in.

 

Our prizes will still be awarded monthly, but the more LOs you complete, the more times your name gets dropped in the hat, which obviously improves your chances to win!!  We are still prohibitive to having only US and Canadian winners due to the cost of shipping, but there is something coming for our international players as well...

 

We will have a "Top 3" each and every month.  This is voted on by our DT and the winners of this have the opportunity to come back as Guest Designers the following month.

 

 

Without further ado...  let's get to know our new DT members!

 

Marianne Barone

  

 I live on Long Island in NY, about an hour east of Manhattan. I have been scrapbooking since 1998 and I have been obsessed ever since. I love anything to do with paper and glue and all the little fun embellishments that go on a page. I also dabble in cardmaking, mixed media and art journaling and am always looking for ways to stretch my creative muscles.

 

 

 

Maria Blanco

 

I'm a musician, originally from Barcelona, Spain, and live with my boyfriend in Berlin, Germany. I've been bilingual almost all my life. I've started scrapping last year and I must admit it's become an addiction. Also, it's important for me to be creative in a visual way. I've found myself to be mostly scrapping by challenge. This is how I get most creative and how things happen and I really enjoy the creative process this way. I normally scrap layouts in 8,5x11 and the occasional minibook.

 

 

 

Sharon Fritchman

 

Hi fellow scrapbookers! My name is Sharon. I am a cardiology nurse by day and an enthusiastic scrapbooker by night! I started scrapbooking 9 years ago when my husband and I adopted our second daughter from China. I got interested in scrapbooking when I learned about "Lifebooks" and adoption, and haven't stopped since. I have enjoyed being on the Scrapping the Music design team for the past couple of years and have gotten a lot of inspiration from them! My oldest, "bio" daughter is 18, soon to be going to college. Time flies . . . My husband and I celebrated our 22nd anniversary this year.

 

 

Now that we all know each other, let's introduce the new Color Me Scrappy teams!

 

Team A

Marianne Barone

Maria Blanco

Christina Collins

Pam Pritzl

Jakki Weddle

 

Team B

Sharon Frithman

Sandra Ghidara

Viji Gumparthi

Lisa Haiss

Stephanie Stanton

 

 

Congratulations to all the new DT members!

Happy Scrapping!

Amazing Applications

Wow, ladies ... you knocked it out of the park with the design team applications!  I've just started going through them this evening and I can tell you, Lisa and I will have a VERY tough time narrowing it down!  I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time to apply ...  we're honored that you all want to be a part of our CMS family.

We're working hard to make our picks and hope to announce the new team members in the next day or 2 ... good luck to everyone who applied!

cheers-

Pam

Challenge #13

Holy smokes!

It's October?  Halloween is right around the corner and I really need to start working on my kids costumes.  This may seem like a crazy question, but do other countries celebrate Halloween?  Or is it just in the U.S.?

The leaves are beginning to change colors here and that is the official start of Fall, at least in my eyes.  When I lived further south, the colors of the leaves were not so magnificent as they are in Michigan.  I can look out my back deck and see the colors change right in my back yard.  It is fabulous!  Fall truely is my favorite season.  What about you?  Do you have a favorite season?

This color combination really stuck me as Fall colors even though they don't have the oranges and reds that the traditional colors would.  Maybe it's the charred corn in the inspiration picture?

Be sure to check out the fabulous creations of our Design Team!  They probably have some detailed pictures of their work along with some interesting tips on how to recreate some great features.  This is our last month of our 1st term.  A lot of our DT members are returning, but a few we are saying good-bye to, so be sure to give them all some love!

Christina Collins

Gabriella Dehod

Sarah Elliot

Sandra Ghidara

Viji Gumparthi



Lisa Haiss

Jakki Weddle

Pam Pritzl

Stephanie Stanton

 

The prize this month is another mystery bag!  We had lots of excitement over the last mystery bag, so we thought we would put together another exciting bag of goodies.  Don't you just love getting things in the mail?  I know that I do!

What's in the bag, you ask?  A little of this and a little of that and a lot of inspiration!

The deadline for Challenge #13 is
October 14, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST.