Things I accomplished in April

WOW! Talk about busy.

I crocheted Easter gifts for all my children at home, I finished and fixed brag book quick pages, 15+ scrapbook pages along with my normal responsiblilites. I am still wanting to do a couple of more scrap pages and finish a crochet project, but there is no rush.

Here is the crocheted Tails that I said I would finish for Emmy's bday but ended up finishing it for Easter.

I forgot the little curls for his head but I'll add them ASAP.

I will post the others with the Easter scrapbook pages...

Busy Month

I did 12 scrapbook pages and 13 challenges in March! I got so much done. It is the first time I have ever attempted challenges. and I chose DigiDesignResort's (DDR) website. They are very nice and the challenges are lots of fun. If you register at their store you get a big kit called Natural Breeze. They have 12 challenges they split up into 2 parts; you get something for each part. They call them Cocktail Hour and Mixed Challenges. If you complete all the Cocktail Challenges you get one of their gorgeous kits If you complete all the Mixed Challenges you get a 30% off coupon for their shop, a bonus percentage off if you complete all 6 and use 50% of their Designers' products; 2-5 completed you get a 10% off coupon. They also have a Progressive scrap too which you get the 2nd half of a kit they give as a freebie to do their Use It All Challenge (Mixed Challenges). You can learn more in the Challenge Tracker  and forum. They also have a Speed Scrap but I wasn't able to participate in that. I love the fact they just want to know if you used one of their designers and not particularly whether you bought the kit at their shop. Lots of their designers do sell in other stores and give freebies out on their blogs and stores. I think it' fantastic they support their designers that way. DDR is also very generous and have great prices and sales.I am thinking about doing challenges also this month at DigiScrap Drive-In (DSDI). They are different in the way that they have have a point system instead and to achieve bonus points you need to use 90% of DSDI's products - then you get a $5 gift certificate if you complete 500 pts. They say you can do it in a month. the only thing is that one of the challenges requires you to buy a certain kit they choose but at a discount from their shop. I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't for the fact that this month's kit is not one I want or would choose. All that for a $5 GC? I am sure it's worth it. The points at DSDI roll over into the next month so that's a good thing. Their site is fun too with a 50's era theme. My designer is suppose to have her new home there but I don't know when. I like doing the challenges because I finish up pages I might not have done on my own and I keep up with the latest trends and the gifts are pretty cool too!

Speaking of gifts, I just won a SUPER kit from Cali Designs at DDR called  Eggceptionnal Easter. I love it!

She has lots of beautiful spring colors, pages, and cute-as-can-be elements! There are 160 pieces. Some of the elements you can put photos of children and babies in. She is amazing.

Here are some of the pages I did for the DDR challenges. At the beginning I didn't have many of their designers kits yet so I used their Natural Breeze kit a lot! I learned so much about re-designing and designing. I have linked the credits for each LO to their respective captions.

For the Tourist Trap Challenge

The Countdown Challenge.

The Scraplift Challenge

Color Challenge

Element Challenge

Font Challenge.

Wordart Challenge

Template Challenge

Topic Challenge  I took the photo of the sunset in the background too.

Progressive Scrap

Theme Challenge. Not my favorite, possibly one of my least favorites. I am not sure I would have done a page like this for myself. It makes sense to do a few about yourself to let your posterity know a little more about you as a person.

Well, That's pretty much it for today! I am doing a lot of crocheting this month for Easter. I will up date you on that later on. Thanks for stopping by!