The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is this:
make some of these rockin' EASY paper flowers.
Put them on a layout, a card, or make a bouquet-
or get even more creative with it and do your own thing!!


( some kimmy made examples )

No go forth and see what you can make!!!
Post it back here in RSS by the end of the month for your chance at  the prize drawing! : D
I can't wait to see what you all can come up with!!

~Kimmy

Our first challenge for July is the use of cardboard. There are many ways to incorporate cardboard into your project. One of my favorite things to do with cardboard is to stamp on it, cut out the image and then adhere it to cards or scrapbook pages or whatever the project is. So what will you do with cardboard? We can't wait to see what your creative minds come up with.

We have actually had a cardboard challenge in the past but we encourage you to create something entirely new. After all, that is the challenge part. ;)

Here is an example of a stamped heart to get you started...



( more examples here... )

The random prize winner of our June Challenges is mrsalemp! Congratulations and thanks to all of you for playing along. mrsalemp, please e-mail your mailing address to stamptabulous at gmail dot com so that we can get your prize in the mail ASAP.

We will have a whole new batch of challenges starting tomorrow night. :)

And I almost missed the deadline! Had this one done just last night, took the pic this morning while the lighting was good, and then was out all day working. JUST made it home in time to post!!

Love the accordian flower technique - thanks so much for the tutorial, Genie! I don't mind the bulkiness of it, it's actually the starfish that's REALLY going to take up a big chunk of scrapbook space. :D But yeah, this is one of my favorite scrapbook subjects..

This is page one of a two page layout, but I didn't have to finish the other one before the deadline. :)

I made some flowers for 20A, but as most people agree, they make the page kinda bulky. I tried a few different sizes. I also think that a half circle makes a pretty cute fan, too, but I did not make a whole page to go with them.

Here is my version of 20B, a layout with stamps:

 

( Read about both 20b and 20c under the cut.... )

Just a friendly reminder that submissions for the June Challenges are due TODAY/SUNDAY! Please make sure your projects are posted before the sun rises IN THE UNITED STATES on Monday morning. :)


Thanks!

Here's hoping I'm in time.
20B is a brand new layout (just finished it moments ago)
20C is an old layout that I had intended on finishing for this contest. My plans were foiled when I got up yesterday morning to discover that my computer is DEAD. After an hour and a half talking to HP service, it's been determined that my operating system is hopelessly corrupt and I have to wait for a new system recovery disc (as mine didn't work).
Thus here I am, on a borrowed computer - with no printer - thus the point I was trying to make (no printer = no journaling = not finished). 20C never got finished but I figured I might as well share. :) ( Follow me! )
Okay, so that's it. I'm hoping I got my entries in. I'm so happy you guys are back and that I got a chance to participate. Thanks! :D

I made this page to post for Challenge 20A – accordion flowers. Except I also used stamping on the paper I used for two of my flowers so would that be the 20B challenge? Hmm...It is probably more for 20A really ( Cut for pictures )

I haven't scrapbooked in SO LONG, I'm thrilled this page came out as well as it did! It kind of grew on me, cause it was real plain before I added the letters and journaling. I still think it looks like all my other pages, though - LOL! I stamped one little thing on the page (the pear, under the journaling), but you can't see it, so I think this is more appropriate for Challenge C.

I really, really, REALLY hope I'm doing this correctly. It's kinda big so I'm putting it behind the cut. ( My entry for the Accordion Flower Challenge )
I'm sure I'll be back with more for the other challenges, but I figure I'm done with this so I'll post it.

April Showers brought May Flowers and we want you to scrap them! The last challenge of the month is to use flowers on your project. That's not difficult at all, now is it?

Our featured project is another canvas piece that features layered flowers.



Pretty cool, huh?

All projects are due the last Sunday of the month. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

My challenge to you is to stamp on your project. This is actually a canvas piece (we will feature two this month) and I had a blast dressing up the page with my acrylic stamps. Note that not only did I use archival ink, but I also used paint to stamp the clock dial on my picture and scrapbook paper.

The project is an altered canvas piece. The paper is by Basic Grey, stamps are by Tim Holtz except for the letter stamps, those are by Inkadinkado. All of the hardware and grungeboard is by Tim Holtz.

I first painted the canvas with black acrylic paint. While it dried I went ahead and put my page together. I then adhered my page to the canvas using scrappy glue. My paper did curl a little so I applied Mod Podge to the edges only and after fully drying, the paper had completely ironed out. Please note that I added the sprockets after I adhered the paper by piercing a whole through the paper and canvas and then fastening with a brad.

I can't wait to see how you incorporate your stamps into your projects for this challenge. I know many of you probably have projects that have been stamped already but I encourage you to create something new. That's the "challenge" part. :)

( Click here to view project close-ups. )

DRUM ROLL PLEASE...

Announcing the official relaunch of Ready, Set, Scrap! If you have not had a chance to read the new rules/guidelines, please take a moment to do so by visiting our info page. Lets get started with a technique challenge brought to you by Ready, Set, Scrap Designer pookahbot.



Genie's tutorial will help you get started making the gorgeous accordian flowers she made for this layout:




1. Determine size

Your strip of paper should be the width you want with double the length--ie, if you want a 3" flower, cut a strip of paper that is 3" wide by 6" long. Thick papers and cardstocks are difficult to work with for this type of embellishment.

( click here to view additional steps including photos )

Hi everyone! We're a little over a week away from our official relaunch! Please take a moment to read THE NEW RULES. We have completely changed things up.

And don't forget to save the date...

Thank you all so very much for your feedback. I have been in talks with the RSS Design Team and we have all agreed to give Ready, Set, Scrap! another run. We are excited about all of the new changes that are ahead for the community. It will be like nothing we have done before. We hope that our new "rules" will offer a little something to each of you. Whether you scrapbook on occasion or you scrapbook around the clock. We will have official guidelines posted in the coming week and the official relaunch will occur on JUNE 2 with all new challenges.

Please feel free to post the image above on your blogs and link to the community. Please upload the image to your own space and do not hotlink.

Have a great rest of the week!

-Sonia / msruin

Happy May everyone! In case you haven't noticed, the community has hit a brick wall. We had zero participation in our last challenge. We have had to take a step back and reevaluate the community and the way our challenges function. We are in talks and hope to come to an agreement of how we will proceed. We don't want to go away and although that is still a possibility, we are hoping to revamp our approach and hopefully fulfill our slot on the LiveJournal Scrapbooking circuit.

We have gotten some feedback already, thank you to those of you. And we certainly welcome more.

Stay tuned...

Yours truly,

Sonia msruin

Congratulations danielefton for such a creative green page! We absolutely loved it. In keeping with our green theme, we will be sending you the following gifts:



And a huge thank you to everyone else that played along. We hope you will join us for Challenge 19! To view all entries, please see the Challenge 18 post.

( And now for Challenge No. 19! )

Wow - we had a great response to our first challenge of 2009 and the team was truly split down the middle choosing just one winner. Congratulations to you, a1rose for a beautiful page about "love". We hope that you enjoy your "hul-la-ba-loo" prize kit by Making Memories. And a BIG thank you to those of you that participated in the challenge. To view all of the "love"ly entries, visit the Challenge 17 thread located here.

PLUS...the winner of our random prize drawing is caramia. You will receive 36 "Marcella" embellishment papers by K&Company and 24 adhesive chipoard pieces as well. Congratulations to you.

Okay, you know what time it is! ( Let's dive right into Challenge No. 18... )

Can you believe it's March already?? Time is just zipping by! I very quickly wanted to mention that we will announce the winner of Challenge 17 and we will also announce Challenge 18 tomorrow night (March 2). So stay tuned in...

Sincerely,

Sonia and the Ready, Set, Scrap! Team

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For full details, see this post.