Doodle Challenge, Nick Jr. Style!

Wow, I can't believe I'm the last one to finish this challenge! I literally just finished this page 5 minutes ago, and I really like it. I've been dying to make a page honoring Eleana's big love for Yo Gabba Gabba!, and finally had the chance to do so thanks to this awesome challenge.

Sharon posted a link to the page we "scraplifted," though I think mine turned out less like the original than any of them. Sorry girls. I hope you like it!



I got a Bamboo Fun pen tablet for an early birthday/late anniversary gift, and used it to create all my doodles digitally. I think if you click on the image it'll get bigger so you can see it more. I included lyrics from Eleana's favorite Yo Gabba Gabba! songs, images of some of the characters, the show's logo, etc. At the bottom I stamped, "My name is Eleana, I like to dance." For those of you who haven't seen the show, periodically throughout the 30 minutes they show clips of children saying that phrase and doing dances.

The journaling was hand written also, and reads: If it's a weekday and 11:30, be sure we're watching Yo Gabba Gabba! Eleana knows all the songsa nd applies the lessons to every day life - if she bumps into us she sings the "sorry" song. She beat boxes along with Biz, learns new dances, and makes her funny face. She knows it all and loves each character dearly. Now, who wants to dance?

I loved this challenge Sha! Who's next?

My addition to the doodle challenge

So, I really enjoyed this challenge. Very out of the box for me I must say, but so much fun! I felt like I was sitting in homeroom listening to my teacher bore me early in the morning, daydreaming and doodling on my notebook cover! Believe it or not this was the first time I really SCRAPLIFTED SOMETHING! Honest, I have always been an angel! No, really, my first official scraplift. Whenever an artist inspires me but I never have the actual page in front of me and just start scrapping. This was kinda cool. Had my creative juices flowing!!!!!! Needless to say, here is my addition to this cool Challenge. Thanks Sharon for hosting it this month!

(((((((HUGS TO ALL))))))))

Have a SCRAP"O"RIFIC DAY! Till next time - Signing off - ScraphappyNicole...

Doodling doodling doo

The challenge brought to us by Miss Sharon.
The inspiration from this page from Corinne Delis...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36801419@N00/1602460550/
http://www.corinne-delis.typepad.com/

I did my page the way I would as if I were really doodling while I was on the phone. I really went mindless with my work. I did it twice. The first time was on the back of this paper. I didn't like it, so did it again on the other side. Do I like it? Not really. I was going to re-do it, but my DH said that he really liked it - liked how I didn't put an actual "Title" to the page, but instead doodled words that meant stuff to us. He really liked that you need to look at every word to know what the picture is all about. So, I kept it the way it was.



I really enjoyed this challenge. Would I do something this 'involved" again? Probably not. I am glad I did it though and will probably do more lighter doodles in the future.

Doodle challenge to the design team

Okay! So I was given the honor of presenting the first "challenge" of the New Year. Indeed. It was a challenge finding a challenge!

Until I came across a mosiac Ms. Nichole had on her site of her fav scrapbook pages. Within it, I was drawn to "You Rock" by Dutch artist Corinne Delis (I believe is her name).

The link below will show you the challenge page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36801419@N00/1602460550/

To see more of this artist and her lovely, lovely work, visit:

http://www.corinne-delis.typepad.com/

And now, for the challenge:

The challenge: Simply to try our hand at doodling in a similarly convincing sketch. With no restrictions on color or theme.

So you think doodling is easy? Think again. There was nothing easy or carefree about this piece for me. I messed up so badly at one point, I ripped the paper from the page, then had to figure out how to fit THAT in. Which resulted in the following "black hole" as you'll see.

Below: A quote from Shayna after receiving flowers on Valentine's Day from Grandma "You rock the Universe!" I believe you can click on it to see the details. I agonized over this and will be glad to tuck it away and not look at it again for a while. I gave more thought to this piece than any term paper I've ever completed back in college. I can't wait to see what the rest have done.

"Silly You"

Hey gang! I have had the scrap bug, BIG time! Before I went on vacation, I headed out to the big box stores to load up on whatever goodies I could find, and then I hit "The Dream" I got tons of paper and goods that I was dying to use. I was hoping to spend a few days before my vacation scrapping some stuff that I have been meaning to get to - knowing that when I returned I would be scrapping my trip. Well, I got sick. I am talking the NASTY stomach bug, SICK! Needless to say, I got nothing done before leaving for the Magic Kingdom AKA, Disney! Anyway, I ordered some (200) pictures from our trip, and thought while I was waiting for them to come in, I should get out some of my new goodies...here is what I created....
The supplies; Bazzil Basics - white, Three Bugs in a Rug (the lettering, the strips and the tags), American Crafts ribbon, and some star bling.

I was really having a hard time with making the letters pop. (side note, I am realizing that this is a theme of mine - I guess I really like letters). Anyway, I did my 'famous' go-around-the-edges with a marker thing. Came out OK - but in a few spots it was really messy -thus the usage of more tags behind the lettering - shhhh, don't tell anyone. :) The "o" was plain. Too plain, so I wrapped ribbon around it. Looks cute, if I do say so myself. The "S" and the "I" are also very plain, so I added bling on the "S" and doodled some stars on the "I".
Of course, nothing I do would be complete with the use of ink! All around the edges of every letter and the paper. To put it as Sharon does "that's how I roll".

WARNING - I hate to say this ladies, but I will probably be posting LOTS of Disney stuff soon. Don't worry, I won't post every page that I do, just the few that I like the most. I will try to do other stuff in between as to not bore anyone (including myself), but I am REALLY excited about doing this...just be warned. LOL

kiss!

Posted by moi, Nichole with an H.

Happy Valentine's Day, ladies! Gosh, today is going to be a whirlwind, I know it. I love Valentine's Day, though probably not as much as Sharon. I realized this year that I have virtually NO valentine/romantic/pink and red decorations. I mean, my guest room is smothered in pink, and I guess I could move some of those items to the living room, but I have nothing that's just for V-Day.

This month I participated in a Valentine swap through a flickr.com group I'm in. The cards I made for those ladies are about as romantic as it's gotten so far. I created 3 identical cards, here's a shot of one of them:


Kinda blurry thanks to the dimensional qualities of this card. Cupid is on a piece of foam adhesive, so he sticks out a bit. You can't really tell, but I used a blue souffle pen to add accents to the edges (polka dots) and the medallion in the middle.

I baked cookies for my two valentine's last night. Eleana ate one before bed, and Josiah had about 3.



A little messy with the icing, but they still eat the same!

And finally, here's a picture of the anniversary card I made for Josiah a couple weeks ago. Our 4th wedding anniversary was on January 24. We haven't truly celebrated yet though.




I'm getting geared up to make Josiah's valentine now...I'm a little behind. Eleana has her valentine finished for Daddy, but I've had other things to take care of. Who knows what this card will look like. Probably really pink. I'm all over pink lately.

Altered Mailboxes for Valentine's Day

Coming to you from scrap-town, USA!

Below are the altered mailboxes I got from Target. I altered them as teacher gifts for Valentine's day. Filled the inside with red curly shred and candy hearts. The teachers loved 'em!

Enjoy!