ACOT Message Board

I'm impressed with all the wonderful embellies you ladies created in the busy month of December!
By random drawing, the winner is....
scrappydistractions!
Check out her fabulous twine heart!

I'll be sending you your gift card soon! Thanks everyone for playing and check out January's challenge!
I spent an hour yesterday and M's trying to find Diamond Dust so I can add some "snow" to the paper flowers I love to make. I finally found it in the Christmas seasonal section and was amazed at all the buzz in that area. There is such an energy this time of year in craft stores as people create gifts and decorations for the Christmas season!

So to celebrate all the crafting and handmade creations of the season, I am challenging you to add a handmade embellishment or embellishments to you layout!

On my layout, I made the paper flowers and cut up some Prima paper to make an envelope.



I can't wait to see you put your craftiness to work!

Here are the rules:
1. Include one handmade embellishment which means it cannot come out of a package. Other than that, you're free to create!
2. This is open to paper and digi but digi must add a handmade elements as well.
3. Post your project here by the end of the year (hee hee, that's right, it's coming up!) and a random winner will win a $5 gift card to ACOT!

Also, I'm working on growing my blog, so if you become a follower, I'll add an extra entry in for you!

Great challenge. Your layout is beautiful.

Gorgeous LO.

Your handmade elements are beautiful!!

Love this challenge, and your flowers are amazing!!! How did you do it???

I really like how you clustered the elements on your page. I think I'll have to lift this idea I love this challenge.

Your flowers are AMAZING!! It must have taken me half a day to make one paper rose - I'm hoping that the next will take less time - lol! I also love the envelope and just might have to "lift" this for a Prima layout that's on my drawing board!

oceanbreezes423 wrote:Love this challenge, and your flowers are amazing!!! How did you do it???

There are awesome tutorials for these flowers on YouTube and they actually are pretty easy to make! I'm sort of addicted to the paper flowers now.

Gorgeous layout. And Can this be a Card or must it be a layout? (sneaky you see- making Christmas cards today and made a lot of the goodies on them myself. lol)

Ooooo, this sounds fun!

Gorgeous page Andrea, I love the papers you have used on your page. Stunning.

Charleneanne wrote:Gorgeous layout. And Can this be a Card or must it be a layout? (sneaky you see- making Christmas cards today and made a lot of the goodies on them myself. lol)

Yes, cards are fine too!

Awesome challenge! And lovely layout.

Great Challenge!!!!!

Great layout! Can't wait to do this challenge.

I chose to make flowers. I can see where they will take practice, but there are so many possibilities! Here is mine:

oceanbreezes423 wrote:I chose to make flowers. I can see where they will take practice, but there are so many possibilities! Here is mine:

They look fantastic Susan, stunning colour combo and page.

this layout is gorgeous.

oceanbreezes423 wrote:I chose to make flowers. I can see where they will take practice, but there are so many possibilities! Here is mine:

Ooh, I love how those turned out! I bought old dictionaries at a thrift store to make flowers!

Here is my layout for the handmade challenge. The lollipop flower was handmade, but not by me. My email/scrappin' gf made a bazillion for me and I just love using them. I did handmake the journal spot and deco squares though if those count as embellies !

Thanks for more inspiration to get these pages done!