The Scrappiest Sketch Challenges

The Scrappiest was celebrating their 100th sketch last week with a new sketch each day. Here are a couple I have completed so far.
Sketch 103


Sketch 100

Silhouette Giveaway on Scrapbook Express Facebook

I don't have a Facebook account, so forgive me if the terminology is incorrect here. If you do have a Facebook account, be sure to like Scrapbook Express to be entered to win a Silhouette!

Silhouette Give-away

Where: Scrapbook Express
When: Monday, February 28 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Scrapbook Express fan? Get a friend to like our page and mention you in a comment and you will receive an additional entry in our Silhouette Give-away!! We will randomly choose a winner from our Facebook Scrapbook Express Fans.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

I was this week's winner at The Paper Variety.

This was my entry using their sketch.

Crowned Competition at Scrapdango

More Challenges

I have been scrapping challenges like crazy this month.

Here's a layout of Saffron with Sketch no. 139 at Creative Scrappers. I combined it with the Winter Wonderland challenge at Scrapbook Express.


I used sketch 17 at The Paper Variety for this layout.


Finally, I used the January 1st sketch at Stuck Sketches for this layout.

The Scrappiest Sketch 99

I used sketch 99 from The Scrappiest Blog


for my layout about the Spanish Steps in Rome.

Banner Tutorial

Here is my tutorial featured this week on the Scrapbook {Express}ions blog.

Banners are all the rage and, by the looks of some of the collections that will be revealed at CHA Winter 2011, they will continue to be a popular item to use on your scrapping projects. Here's one way you can make the banners yourself.

Determine how wide and how long you want your banners, then cut a rectangle of pattern paper the size of your width by double your length.


Fold the rectangle in half and mark the center of the width of the rectangle with a pen or pencil.


Place your scissors on this pen mark and cut to the right and left to form a triangle.


Place the banner pieces on a piece of twine, ribbon, floss, etc. (I decided to use the fabric ribbon from the Newsprint Wrap for my banner instead of pattern paper. This ribbon is already creased in half, so I just had to cut the width and cut into triangles) and glue the two sides together with Inkssentials Glossy Accents.


Here's what the banner looks like once all the pieces are attached to the twine.


Here is my card using the banner. I used a sketch by Agnieszka Piskorz from the Bo Bunny Blog.

Bo Bunny Cambridge Collection
Argyle
Post
Stripe
Newsprint Wrap
Rubons
Cutouts
Bo Bunny Chunky Charms Brackets & Swirls Chipboard: Dark Denim
Bo Bunny Paradise Jewels
Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey letter stickers
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink: Chestnut Roan

Check back tomorrow for Julie's challenge!