While all the special interest publications from Paper Crafts magazine are chock full of inspiration, I gotta say that this issue goes above and beyond anything you've ever seen before. Every project on every page has an innovative approach to how to paper craft on a budget, and if you're like me, you will find yourself dog-earring every single page, which is tough, because how do you dog-ear back-to-back pages? I know, right?
Today I am super excited to move through the sections of this oh-so-inspiring issue to bring you our next, supah fun challenge, the Paper Scraps Challenge. For this challenge, no paper scrap is too small when you're thinking about how to approach this. To give you some ideas, check out these funs from the issue itself:
Smile Butterfly Card by Alicia Thelin, p. 67
Moxie Fab Alert: Holy genius approach, Batman! I about fell off my chair when I saw this amazingly simple and incredibly striking card, all from such tiny morsels of paper. Now this, my friends, is what I call moxie to the fab!
Heartfelt Wishes Card by Lucy Abrams, p. 65
Moxie Fab Alert: Got paper scraps? How 'bout making some order out of them by punching them and arranging them in a beautiful array? A little stitching holds them in place and a clever sentiment pulls it all together!
Yay! Card by Teri Anderson, p. 64
Moxie Fab Alert: It's almost as if Teri gathered the scraps from a coordinating project that she was making before this one and put them in a fun arrangement to create this happy, happy card. Easy peasy, and super budget friendly!
For more inspiration on how to go the distance with your paper scraps, see pages 60-82.
OK, friends! Now it's your turn. Focus those moxie fab noggins of yours to thoughts of how to get creative with your paper scraps! Once you've got your strategy, here's how to enter the challenge:
- Create a paper crafted project (card, gift bag, tag, layout, home decor item, mini-book cover, etc.) that incorporates paper scraps in an innovative way.
- Upload it to your blog, click on the title of that post, copy the URL, and add it to Mr. Linky below.
- Tell your readers that you've created your project for the Paper Scraps Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and link it back to this post to encourage your readers to play along as well.
- If you don't have a blog, upload your project to this flickr gallery, copy the URL to your project, and add it to Mr. Linky below.
- Upload your projects by midnight EDT on Monday, April 9.
- The winning entries will be shown on this blog on Wednesday, April 11 and will receive an "I'm Moxie Fab" challenge winner button as well as a copy of Practical Solutions for Paper Crafters.
~Cath
PS The party continues over on Paper Crafts Connection. Be sure and tune in for some more practical inspiration and another chance to win a copy of this ah-maz-ing issue!
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45 comments:
AMAZING use of scraps! I have so many scraps myself I am so excited to use now...i save everything. =)
Jennifer
Scraps...I've got plenty. Ideas on how to make them all work together... hmmm....
Thank you for putting my butterfly card up, you made me squeal with delight!
Just picked up this publication today! Love it!
um, YES. because there's not much that makes me happier than using up that last teensy weensy piece of my fave patterned paper (that i've clung to for dear life).
now i'm sure i'm going to dream about swimming in little seas of paper bits. :) and that's perfectly okay.
I LOVe Teri's card - how vibrantly scrappy!
Thanks for this challenge, it was fun playing along!
Thanks for making me use up some of those well-hoarded scraps with this challenge! All the sample cards look amazing!
so proud of myself for actually making a WHOLE card from scraps. hope everyone likes it! :)
I love this challenge and amazing samples :) I made a card using scraps. Thanks for the challenge :)
Hi. I love the challenge. So I decided to try submit my work here for the first time :)
Thanks for the great challenge!
Maya xx
Oh dear! I love using scraps to make a card :)
Thanks for the challenge...
Perfect excuse to use up my scraps. Thank you for the incredible inspiration. ;)
LOVE to use up some of my oh-too-many paper scraps ~ Thanks for the challenge!
thanks for the fun challenge :)
Thanks for more wonderful inspiration. I'm giving it a try this challenge too! Can't believe how many talented entries this challenge and I have only looked at a third of them.
I am oh so bad about using my scraps! Thanks for challenging me!!
I love challenges to use scraps - don't we all have bunches lying around? ;)
Love this challenge. Best one EVER, imo!
i love this challenge!!! i make ALL my cards out of scraps! haha! my girlfriend came over and wanted to learn to make cards and i pulled out my scrap drawere and said here! pick! LOL! yep...scraps are the way to go for cards!!!!!
I love this challenge, esp now that I'm trying to use up my supplies to make room for the new CHA releases.
Yay, more scraps GONE!!!!!!
FAB challenge!
I loved this challenge as I Love to use up my scraps, I really hate to see all that pretty paper go to waste. Thanks , great idea!!
Just added my card to the list. I love ways to use up my scraps.
Just posted my entry. I am a collector of scraps including the negatives left from cutting out things using my Cameo. LOL! I even save my mess ups and find a way to use them. For this entry I even cut out butterflies from an envelope a bill came in. I love being frugal when it comes to crafting. Thanks for hosting this challenge it was fun.
Great challenge it inspired me to finally start a project I wanted to start with for a long time.
thanks-I had a lot of fun :)
I can't believe how long I've had the pp I used on my card. Guess the point of keeping scraps and other bits is to actually use them - instead of, you know, just hoarding them...ahem. ;)
Hurrah for scraps (of the paper variety of course- although there are sometimes some of those with my kids too). A great challenge- thanks for setting it!
glad the deadline is approaching, i could go on forever with this challenge!
Cath, I love this fun challenge! I certainly have lots of scraps and am looking foward to seeing how everyone uses theirs!
Thanks for the excuse to purge a few scraps!
Found some scraps to work with. Fun challenge.
Eveline.
I have bags of scraps, so this was definitely a fun challenge to use some up.
This was tons of fun! Thanks so much for the inspiration and the challenge.
Thanks for a great challenge as usual.
Thanks for the fun challenge, Cath!
I really enjoyed this challenge. Thanks, Cath.
What a great challenge! I'm always saving my scraps :)
Fun challenge, thanks for offering it for us to do.
I am so happy I emptied my bin a little!
It was fun using the scraps. Those featured cards are just superb!!!
This was the challenge that really gave me incentive to use my scraps in a whole new way!
This challenge was wayyyyy cool. It just reminds me that I can REALLY use every piece of paper that I have...even the scraps!
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