Soup of the Day Wednesday March 25, 2015

Every Wednesday, our Soup of the Day features one layout from our gallery that inspires us.  This week I chose this beautiful layout by Sherri.

I loved Sherri's simple design that automatically draws the eye to the main focus of her layout, the photo.  

I also chose to keep my layout simple so that the main focus would be on the photo of my granddaughter Kate and my son Kyle.

To join in on our daily challenges you can visit the forum HERE.

If you would like to see more of Sherri's work you can visit her gallery HERE.

Soup of the Day Wednesday

Today's Soup of the Day Wednesday inspiration comes from Barb's adorable kitty layout.  I loved the design, subject of course, and cute little black silhouette's. 

So following our theme of Strolling down Sesame Street, I thought that we would take inspiration as well from the bright pop's of color in every Sesame Street Character.  And to help them pop, your background must be black !

So scraplift Barb's adorable layout and include a black background with pop's of color!

To complete this challenge, you may make one layout, two cards,four artist trading cards, or one altered/paper project. Please post your completed project to the Cookin' Up Creations gallery.   For each completed challenge, you will earn one entry into the Dessert Tray drawing for March; and you have until April 5 to complete this month's challenges.  Join us for some colorful fun!

Can you tell me how to get to SESAME STREET?

The March Blue Plate Special challenge theme on the Cookin' Up Creations  forum is that classic children's television show, SESAME STREET! We will be offering challenges all month long based on colors, numbers, friendship and more. Everyone is welcome to play along -- so come on over to our neighborhood!

A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each weekday, and participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations.

Today's Soup of the Day layout!

Each Wednesday, our Soup of the Day features one layout from our gallery. The challenge to our scrapbooking friends is to scraplift that layout.

This week, my Soup of the Day pick is this adorable layout by Cassy.

I loved Cassy's layers and all the "bits and pieces" she added to her layout. I also loved her use of pastels with punches of bright color. Here's my take on Cassy's layout:

To join in our daily Blue Plate Specials, visit the Cookin' Up Creations forum and go to the Daily Blue Plate Specials sub forum.There you will find Meat Loaf Monday, Taco Tuesday, Soup of the Day Wednesday, Take Out Thursday and Potluck Friday challenges. Post your completed creations to our Gallery and to the challenge threads. There's a new challenge each weekdaym, and anyone can play along.

Thanks for stopping by; have a great day!

Soup of the Day February 11, 2015

Good morning scrappers and welcome to another Soup of the Day challenge here at Cookin' Up Creations!  For today's challenge I chose this layout by Barb Prendergast.

If you would like to see more of Barb;s work you can visit her gallery HERE,.

Need a good challenge?

We have a NEW scrap challenge each day, Monday through Friday, on the Cookin' Up Creations forum!

Today's "Taco Tuesday" challenge features a double-page sketch from Nuts About Sketches. Since our February theme is LOVE IS IN THE AIR, Barb is asking you to include a photo of someone/something you love. Here's her layout, with photos from a family party:

Our Blue Plate Special line up includes:
Meat Loaf Monday -- a recipe challenge
Taco Tuesday -- a sketch challenge
Soup of the Day Wednesday -- a scraplift challenge
Take Out Thursday -- challenge based on a specific product, color, theme, etc
Potluck Friday -- a stash challenge

Everyone is welcome to join in, either on the forum or on our Facebook group page.

Have a wonderful day!

Soup of The Day: 2/4/2015

Today's Challenge is to scraplift  a page I picked from Patti's Gallery.  An extra twist is to use an embellishment you love on the page. This will be the Layout of the Week as well.

My take on Patti's page is as follows:

For this challenge, you may make one layout; two cards, four artist trading cards; or an altered paper project. You may complete the challenge more than once, but each entry must be different. Please post your completed project in the gallery and in the Soup of The Day thread. You have until March 3 to complete any challenges.

Our FIRST February challenge!

Our weekday "Blue Plate Special" challenges are back! And no doubt about it --  in February, LOVE IS IN THE AIR!

The title of today's Meat Loaf Monday recipe challenge is "Warm and Fuzzy". For this challenge, I want you to include:

1) something that says "warm and fuzzy" to you -- a paper pattern, a texture, a photo, etc
2) a punched or die cut shape
3) a heart somewhere

For my layout, my "warm and fuzzy" something is a photo of my cat, Ed. I've used some punched circles, and I have heart patterned paper. Here's my layout:

For this challenge, you may make one layout; two cards; four artist trading cards; or an altered/paper project. You may complete the challenge more than once, but each entry must be different. Please post your completed project in our forum gallery and in this forum thread, OR on our Facebook community page. You have until March 3 to complete and post the February challenges.

Happy scrapping!

Get ready for .... LOVE IS IN THE AIR!

Our daily weekday BLUE PLATE SPECIALS challenges will return Monday, February 2 on the Cookin' Up Creations Forum. LOVE IS IN THE AIR as our challenge team members offer a new challenge each day, Monday through Friday, focusing on various aspects of the word LOVE. Everyone can play, and each completed challenge earns you one entry into the Dessert Tray prize drawing at the end of the month.

Come on over and join the forum today -- it's fast and easy to become a member. And be sure to join our Cookin' Up Creations Community page on Facebook.

Meanwhile, our USE YOUR STASH challenges continue through this weekend on the forum. There's still time to play along! The Dessert Tray prize this month is a beautiful Stampin' Up product package, compliments of challenge team member and Stampin' Up demonstrator Beth Camp.

See you there!

“OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW!”

“OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW!” Let's face it, we all have a scrappy stash …. things that we are hoarding, forgot we had, never got around to using … yeah, you know you have it, too! And if you're like us, you may have gotten new supplies and tools as gifts or maybe you hit the after-holiday sales; and we all know that Winter CHA is just around the corner, when the scrap companies will be releasing NEW designs! Come visit the Forum for the Master List of Challenges posted this month! And don't forget to upload your creations into the Cookin' up Creations Gallery. So … we know you have some stash (don't we all) and we know you are eyeing all those new supplies … so join us as we say “OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW!” Not to mention.....we have an amazing prize package this month donated by Challenge Team Member Beth Camp! Thanks Beth!!