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CARDS Challenge Gallery and New Challenge!
September 2nd, 2010 
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Happy Thursday everyone! It’s time for your weekly dose of cards inspiration. The challenge this week was to make a card with a one-word sentiment. I’ve got 20 fantastic cards made by you awesome readers to share!
Hello! by Michelle Mathey
Love by Trinh Arrieta
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Paige Evans
Scrapbook Trends Challenge Gallery: Work on the Diagonal
I’d like to thank everyone for playing along in our “Work On the Diagonal Challenge”. It’s so much fun to see how you can design in exciting new ways!
I have a few projects that I would like to share with you today. The first is a digital layout by Christine Hertel. I love how her title lays on the diagonal. It also demonstrates how you can direct the eye to move across a layout in a certain way. Her son is about to drop in with his skateboard and her title leads your eye to the point at which he is preparing to do so.
You can find more of Christine’s dynamic designs in her online gallery here or visit her blog http://workforscraps.blogspot.com.
For more beautiful ideas, be sure to browse the following pages!
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Jen Gallacher
Cards Challenge Gallery and New Challenge!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful end of summer! I know some kids are already back in school and others are starting real soon!
The challenge for this week was to create a star-shaped card base and I’ve got 10 cute’n'creative cards made by you to share!
Birthday Wishes by Savannah O’Gwynn
For All You’ve Done by Kristen Swain
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Paige Evans
Cards Challenge Gallery and New Challenge!
Welcome to another wonderful challenge gallery featuring cards you’ve made for this week’s challenge. Today the gallery is all about handmade flowers, and I’m sure you’re going to love what you see!
True Friendship Needs No Words by Jamie Cripps
Hope Your Day is Fabulous by Deb Neerman
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Paige Evans
Send us your crafty projects!
- Love is in the Air – Gifts, treats, books, etc. for a special someone, or anything that celebrates love.
- Valentine’s Day Decor – Spruce up your living space with fun love-themed decorations.
- Pillow Talk – Think throw pillows with cool designs that you’ve stamped, painted, created from felt, embroidered, patchworked, appliqued, etc. Or just a really neat standard pillowcase that you’ve made.
- Framed – Fixed-up antique frames, framed pieces that you’ve made, decorated frames.
- Masking – Projects that use the technique of masking, whether it’s spray mist, ink, or acrylic paint.
- Punches – We’re looking for cute projects that use that standby – the punch. Old or new, shapes or borders…we’ll even count decorative scissors. And don’t forget about what you can do with plain old hole punches.
- Simple Bags – Totes, clutches, handbags. Sew your own, or embellish a pre-made bag. Keep it simple and cute.
- Craft Fair – Have you made something absolutely adorable, but it doesn’t fit our current calls? Sent it anyway, we’re always happy to see all kinds of fabulous creations!
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Send a picture of what you’ve made to: creations@northridgepublishing.com. (Please do a separate email for each submission.) Thank you!!
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Tammy Morrill
Scrapbook Trends Challenge: Work on the Diagonal!
Ever feel off-kilter? Most of the time I feel a little bit like that. I’m guessing we all feel a bit like that. But sometimes in scrapbooking, off-kilter can be a great design tool!
For this week’s challenge let’s work with the diagonal. Here’s a layout in which I created several strips of paper that run diagonally across the bottom right corner of my page. It’s a dynamic look for an otherwise simple layout.
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Jen Gallacher
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