Hello? Is this thing on??

hmm yes, so 3 months late is better then never right? I actually REALLY wanted to do this challange I just never seemed to get it done. Today I bit the bullet and made em. I don't actually use these but I have a friend who does so she'll get a lil' gift tomorrow at work. So, here it is! Challenge #2.. Complete!

Well that was fun ;)
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Challenge #2 - Hair

I wanted to wait to post this until after the Go Scrapping Barrie Day Crop on Saturday, because I figured we'd be busy enough with that. Plus, since Tara's contract just started, and mine is starting to wind down, we're both busy bees at work.

When I first proposed this theme to Tara, she thought I meant that we would have make something out of actual hair, but that is (mercifully) not the case. This is an open craft challenge, though, so I guess if she *wanted* to, she could do it. I won't be, though. ;)

Craft: Crafter's choice
Theme: Hair
Colours: Any/all
Size: Depends on how ambitious you are ;)
Supplies that must be used: None
Supplies that must not be used: The elephant embargo is still in effect.
Techniques: Anything goes
Sketch/Pattern/Tutorial: N/A
Completion Deadline: Saturday April 19th, 2008.

So, hair...the possibilities are endless!

Challenge #1 - Finished!

Well!! Here it is!

The little pocket does actually have a tea bag in it (Guess what kind Rhi??). Totally fun to make.. it really didn't turn out at all like I had visioned but I still think it's pretty cute ;) You can see all my pictures from this challenge here.

Can't wait for the next challenge.. I wonder what it will be!!
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Challenge #1 Results

My mother's birthday is coming up in a few short weeks, so my entry for this challenge was inspired by that, as was our overall "Yellow" theme, because it's her favourite colour. The colour theme was the most difficult part of this challenge for me, because yellow is NOT my favourite colour, and I had very very little to work with in terms of my own supplies.

Stamping was my main focus for this card, because I got two really nice stamp sets around Christmastime. The design is loosely based on a card in a book my mother sent me last week--I borrowed the "Happy" inset from it, but the rest is pretty much my own.

Challenge #1 - Tara's Supplies

psssst.. I'm done ;) And with almost a week to spare!! (don't get used to that! I'm pretty sure I'll be cutting it close on most of the deadlines!) Anyway.. So as not to spoil the surprise I'm not going to post my finished product yet - but here's my supplies!

Let's see.. We've got yellow card stock, patterned paper, scissors, glue, my coluzzle knife, colluzzle templates (envelope, tag, circle), some ribbon, corner punch and round punch (round punch not in picture), and some glue dots.

I think that's just about it!
hmmmm.. ;)
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Challenge #1 - The beginning!

I am so excited! As soon as Rhi mentioned her idea I started getting jittery.. I mean seriously! This is right up my alley!

As we are easing our way into this whole process we decided to start with something fairly simple and where we both had the supplies on hand.

Here we go!

Craft: Card making
Theme: N/A
Colours: Yellow (yellow must be the main focus colour but other colours may be used as well)
Size: Depends how big your envelope is ;)
Supplies that must be used: No limits! (easing in remember!)
Supplies that must not be used: (something about elephants?)
Techniques: N/A
Sketch/Pattern/Tutorial: N/A
Completion Deadline: Saturday March 15, 2008.

Like Rhi said, we'll be documenting as we go here and on flickr so check in to see the progress!

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Welcome!

What do you do when jobs and such take your crafting buddies to far flung lands, rendering your weekly crafting night impossible?

Well, if you're me and Tara, you start a blog to encourage each other to keep crafting, and to try different things. We approach crafting from very different angles, with a few areas of overlap, like beading and scrapbooking, so our challenges to each other should be a lot of fun.

Here are how the challenges are going to work: We'll pick a challenge type, pick a deadline, and go nuts. The process will be visually documented via our Flickr group and the written component will be documented here.

Here are some of the Challenge types I'm envisioning:
1) The Craft Challenge: We pick a type of craft, like knitting, or papercraft, and have a set amount of time to complete it. Other than that, it's completely open.
2) The Theme Challenge: We pick a theme, like spring, or fuzzy, and must create an item that reflects that theme.
3) The Supply Challenge: We pick a supply, like a type of yarn, or Sculpey clay, and must create something with it.
4) The Technique Challenge or the Tutorial Challenge: We pick a technique, like embossing, or felting, and must create an item using that encorporates that technique. Or, we find a tutorial to follow.
5) The Grab Bag Challenge: We each create a craft kit, and then swap. We have to craft using the items in our kit.
6) The In Person Challenge: Reserved for those times when we are actually able to get together, when we will be given a much shorter block of time in which to create.

So...who wins, you ask? Truthfully, I think we both do. We get to learn new things, and push ourselves to be creative.