Good morning everyone its Anna Sigga here with another New Year Crop challenge!

I sure hope you are all still eager to participate in the Nook New Year Crop cause I have a fab challenge for you. This challenge is quite the challenge for myself since I rarely make long title and this time we are aiming for the perfect 10!

My challenge to you (should you accept it ;o) is to create a layout using 10 words as your title. You may use more than 10 words if you want but no less.

I used the yummy July 2011 kit to create my layout!

The deadline is next Sunday, Feb. 11th at 12pm NOON PST. I will randomly draw a winner who will win a gorgeous Petaloo Prize Pack!

I can't wait to see what you all make!

The Crop Entries Rock!!!

Wow, wow, wow, wow!

Have you visited the Nook Gallery lately? It's just whopping with amazing creations!
And the participants in the New Year Crop are delivering the most stunning projects, I can tell?

Are you ready to drool?
Please visit the individual threads in the Crop Department, too, for even more inspiration, as we couldn't show all the creations in this blog post.

Here are some of our favourites:


NY Crop Challenge#5: Journaling your resolutions

Layout by Antenucci



Layout by Mette



Layout by Amanda

Layout by Pysselpetra

NY Crop #6: Embellish it!

Layout by Alex

Layout by Pruts

layout by Scrappin_in_AK

Stay tuned! This week we're putting up two new challneges and next week we are featuring some of our favs from the ongoing ones.

February Featured Cardie - Annelie Maddock

Please welcome this month's featured cardmaker...all the way from Auckland, New Zealand...the lovely Annelie!

Annelie has kindly answered a few questions for us...

*How long have you been making cards?

I've tried making cards for special occasions since 2006 when I found scrapbooking. TO be honest, I never really got in to it. UNTIL - I decided to join in on the Card Sharks competition here at the Nook. I was hooked! And I was even pretty happy with my cards! An amazing feeling!

*Can you describe your cardmaking style?

I still feel like such a beginner, so trying new things all the time. I like it fairly simple I guess, and I like clusters!

*Where do you find your inspiration?

Danni from the Nook is my guru, and even if my cards look nothing like hers, I love looking at her stuff and always get inspired when I do!
*What embellishments and techniques do you love to use?

I love chipboard & pins, love using my dies too.

*What is your favorite colour combination?

Oohhh - hard one. Hm. Not sure I have one. I like bright colours!

*What other paper crafts do you enjoy doing?

I am definitely a scrapbooker at heart. A day without scrapbooking is not a complete day. And lately, making a card makes me feel the same way. :)

here are a few of Annelie's gorgeous cards:

Thanks so much for sharing Annelie!..we can't wait to see more of your beautiful cards in the Nook gallery!

Gina ♥

It's in the details

I love browsing the Nook Gallery - there is so much to be inspired from, both from the DT and the members.

I find studying the details useful. How do the designers layer their embellishments, how do they group them? Does inking the edges make a difference? How do they make their add depth to their projects?


Here is some close up photos of projects made by the DT with the January Kit.

Card by Danni



layout by deanna




Layout by Gina




Layout by Hilde



Layout by Nicole

 tell us. Did you pick up any ideas by looking at this close ups? Anything new you want to try out?

good morning ladies. danni here with another monday CARDS challenge. let's get started creating tons of inspiration in anticipation of the upcoming kit. while we wait for our incredibly FUN kit filled with October Afternoon Sasparilla, let's play with some wood grain.


monday challenge: create a card with a wood grain element

(can be paper, embellishment, stamp, alpha, anything, you name it. your card just has to have one element of wood grain somewhere on it.


deadline for card submissions: sunday feb 5th 11:59pm PST

prize: $5 PP (paypal) payment


let's look at some of these amazing pics found courtesy of Etsy, all sources are below the pics.

source:wood

source:American Flag

source:wallet

source:kindle sleeve

source:wood grain star

source:wood grain tree

source:where is the love?

source:journal

aren't those fabulous?

and just because i know it might get asked.........
you can use ANY COLOR woodgrain paper, embellies, alphas, stamps, you name it






and here is some inspiration from our dt



card by marinette






cards by danni















we can't wait to see your amazing inspiration!


please post your cards in the CARDS forum here: wood you create with me?


happy creating♥

Hey there everyone! Deanna here with the New Year Crop Challenge #8.
It's time yet at again for another crop challenge.

Hope you all are ready for this one, because it's called "10 things on a string".

As you all know banners or garlands, or whatever you want to call them, are extremely popular right now. In fact they may be a little overdone, but I still love them. I'm sure you do too. So for today's challenge I'm going to challenge you to to make a banner consisting of at least 10 shapes. That sounds easy enough, but here's the twist. The challenge is actually to make a banner full of DIFFERENT shapes, and not repeat any one shape more than 3 times.

Here's my example. "It's a Love Thing"

I included more than 10 pieces:

1. 3 half doilies
2. 1 "remember this" pennant
3. 1 small rose bud
4. 1 heart
5. 1 tea kettle
6. 1 "all smiles" pennant
7. 1 spoon
8. 1 "love to you" circle punch
9. 1 misted fabric flower (from the add-on section)

Now. This challenge is NOT limited to only layouts. If you'd like to make a card, an actual banner, or have something else in mind, then go for it! All types of projects are welcome!

The deadline is next Sunday, Feb. 4th at 12pm NOON PST. I will randomly draw a winner who will win a package full of ribbon, flowers, and bling!!!

I can't wait to see what you all make!

Crop Challenge #7

Good Morning girls!! It's Pam here today, and I hope you all are having a blast so far with all of these fun challenges:) I have one for you today that has to do with one of my very favorite things...color!

I am most often inspired by color as a starting point for my projects, so I have compiled a list of my top 10 ways to use color:

1. Pull a color(s) from your photo and be influenced by that in choosing what papers/embellishments you use on your layout.

2. Have a story to tell, but the papers you want to use don't match? No problem...turn your photos black and white or sepia and they will match instantly!

3. Go monochromatic. Choose one color and use it in various shades of that color.

4. Be complimentary. Complimentary colors are any 2 colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel. For example, blue and orange:

5. If you can't decide on 2, throw another one in there and do triadic colors. That would be any 3 colors on the color wheel that make a triangle. For example: red/yellow/blue or orange/green/purple.

6. Use analogous colors, which are colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel.

7. Be trendy. Every year, Pantone sets a new color for color of the year. The color for 2012 is tangerine tango:

Make this color be the dominating color in your project.

8. Pair a color with a neutral, such as black or white, to make it pop. Here I paired pink against black:

9. ROY G BIV it. Use all of the colors and make a rainbow:)
10. Use a color combination that is preset for you. There are tons of gorgeous combinations floating around on pinterest, or you can find some HERE as well. For this challenge, I have created this combination for you:

This is the card I made using these colors:

soooooo, are you ready for the challenge?!

I challenge you to create 2 projects (can be layouts, cards, tags, altered items-the 2 can be the same type of project or any combination) using 2 of the ways to use color that are listed above (one different one for each project).

All of your projects need to be linked in the challenge thread on the forum by Saturday, February 4th, 12 noon PST.

I will be giving away a December kit to one lucky winner:)