Layout of the Week -- 07/10/2013

I have the pleasure of choosing this week's Layout of the Week. It's always a treat to go into the Cookin' Up Creations gallery and see all of the awesome projects our members have posted.

Today, I chose this layout by JAN as Layout of the Week. As soon as I went into the gallery, it caught my eye. I love her choice of patterned papers, her positioning of all her elements, her misting, and of course, that wonderful photo of one of her beloved dogs.

Congratulations, Jan, on Layout of the Week!

Be sure to visit our Gallery and see all of the inspiration from our members. We also invite you to play along with our daily Blue Plate Special challenges on the Cookin' Up Creations forum. This month, we're celebrating "Mad About Sketches"! Each Blue Plate Special challenge includes a sketch by Liz Chidester. Each completed challenge earns you one chance in the Dessert Tray prize drawing at the end of the month. Come on over and check it out!

Make Up Monday - First Week of July Challenges

Happy July everyone!  This is one of my favorite months!  Sun, fun, friends, family, fireworks, grilling, and scrapping!  This month at CUC, we have been blessed to have Liz Chedester create a month's worth of sketches and awesome inspiration for us!  What could be better??  Well, we also add our own little twist to each sketch to challenge you even more.  Here are this week's Blue Plate Special Challenges:

For Technique Tuesday, Cassy challenged you to use this amazing sketch and add a little technique with watercolor markers and spritzers to create a background: 

In What's New Wednesday, Bev challenged us to use punchinella or something similar and this sketch to create a one of a kind layout as she did:

For the Fourth of July, in Toss up Thursday, Barb inspired us with this sketch and challenged us to use Stars and Stripes to create a layout:

In Focus Friday, Tracy wanted to focus on Summer Treats and this awesome sketch:

For Sketchy Saturday, Jan asked us to use a Polaroid frame and this sketch:

And finally for Inspiration Sunday, Annie inspired us to use bows on a layout and this sketch as she did here:

How could you not be inspired by this amazing scrapping????  I hope we filled your inspiration board this week!  Come join us for family and fun too and even get some scrappin done! 

Layout of The Week

This week I have chosen Petra's layout - Celebrate 25 Years

I love how she featured her hubby, herself & their beautiful children as part of this layout. I really like Petra used soft colors on this layout. Also, How Petra used some gold & pearl touches.

Make Up Monday 07/01/2013

Can you believe it ..... this is July 1 already! That means the year is half over; summer is just getting rolling; and the Fourth Birthday Bash Celebration at Cookin' Up Creations is coming to an end. 

We had a brand new challenge EVERY day in June to celebrate the forum's fourth birthday. Although the month is over, you still have a couple more days to finish up the challenges and get your name into the  Dessert Tray prize drawing.

Here are just a few of the 30 challenges offered through the month:

Tammy started a fun extra challenge -- design (and model) your own party hat! Forum member Petra made one fantastic creation:

On day 5, Cassy gave us a great tutorial for a "banner on a banner" card design. Here are her fun examples:

What's a party without balloons? On day 11, Barb asked us to create something using balloons. Here's her layout, using balloons she cut on her Cricut:

On day 16, Jan offered something completely different: use leftover paper and other scrapbooking supplies to wrap and decorate a package! Here is her lovely example:

In the tradition of cutting the birthday cake, Annie's "Cut Me a Piece" challenge on day 24 asked us to use die cuts on our projects. Here's her beautiful layout:

On day 29, Tamara reminded us that a good birthday gift recipient always says thank you, and asked us to make thank you cards. Here is her fun example:

You can check out all 30 of the challenges on the Birthday Bash Celebration forum here.

And join us starting TODAY on the Cookin' Up Creations Forum for "Mad About Sketches"! Each challenge in July will feature a sketch by the talented Liz Chidester. You won't want to miss this!

Join us all month long as we celebrate our 3rd Annual - Mad about Sketches featuring sketches by Liz Chidester. Each daily BPS challenge will be posted this month using one of Liz's sketches by the NEW Challenge Team Members at Cookin' up Creations! Welcome aboard girls!

For those of you not familiar with Liz Chidester, then here's a little tidbit on her...

Hello, my name is Liz Chidester and I am so excited to be joining Cookin' Up Creations this month! I am a wife and mother to 4 children and I live near DC in northern Virginia. I have been scrapbooking for over 14 years now, since my oldest was born. Like many of you, scrapbooking is a big part of my life. I have been creating sketches for several years. I love that sketches give a good starting point to creating a scrapbook page even if the finished layout doesn't resemble the sketch exactly. So be sure to join us all month long as we celebrate our 3rd Annual - Mad About Sketches.

LOTW~6.26.13 Bev

 

 

So many fun Birthday layouts and lots of cards in the gallery. This month is such a fun one for challenges. I am loving the ideas. This layout of Bevs' jumps right off the page with such fun colors and spurts. I love the bright colors and the fun choice of pattern papers and the butterfly that anchors the page. Great design, great colors and such a fun layout. Thanks for sharing!!

Congrats Bev!!

 

 

 

Creation of the Week - June 19th, 2013 - Beth Camp

With Cookin' up Creations Celebrating it's 4th Birthday this month, the gallery is truly overflowing with so so many things to choose from....which is why I always dread when it's my turn to pick the layout of the week, as I want to pick them all. It's especially hard when you have to do it two weeks in a row! Seriously! This week I chose a creation rather than a layout or a card.... I chose the Birthday Hat created by Beth as it's so "fun" looking....she's always going above and beyond with the challenges that we put out there for her and always comes back with some creative things, especially with this challenge....this is Beth's third year here at Cookin' up Creations, and her third birthday hat! I have to admit...I think she out did herself this time....what do you think?

Congratulations Beth on having the "Creation" of the Week!

With Cookin' up Creations Celebrating it's 4th Birthday this month, the gallery seems to be overflowing with birthday themed creations, and so so many creations to choose from....which is why I always dread when it's my turn to pick the layout of the week, as I want to pick them all. I finally decided on this Banner on Banner card created by Wanda. I just love her color choice on this one, and it immediately caught my eye in the gallery!

Congratulations Wanda for having your layout chosen as Layout of the Week!!

LOTW - Tracy F.

This has been a wonder week for us here at Cookin' Up Creations. We're celebrating our 4th birthday and enjoying all sorts of inspiration in the gallery. That is way I chose Tracy F.'s layout as the LOTW. 

I really love how she layered the pattern papers on the bottom of her page and the brick stencil background. Then all those little texture elements make this such a fantastic layout. Thank you Tracy for sharing your work with us.

Birthday Bash Celebration #4 !!!

Can you believe it- we're 4 years old today. Amazing how fast time goes. So, of  course we're going to have a party! We would love it for all of you come.  We're planning on parting all month long.

We have plenty of challenges, games and of course goodies. We've got things started with our first challenge. It's called what else Celebration.

We also have some fun games going as well - you can find those in the forum. I know that in next few days our gallery will be filled with so much inspiration for all.

We hope to see you there!