Wednesday, September 03, 2008

HOF Challenge: BasicGrey

I spent most of my "Creative Sunday" doing work for school, so I was feeling a bit stressed about not being able to scrap. Don't get me wrong, when I do my lesson plans, I am being creative...just in a different way. I do enjoy it, but it is just not the same as scrapbooking. So, I put the books aside and took some time out to let the scrapping mojo flow.

This month's HOF Challenge at the CK website was to use BasicGrey. I have to say that BG is one of my all time favorite companies. So much that I often find myself hoarding it a bit too much. The problem is that I hoard it for so long that I rarely get to use it. So, I was thrilled to pull some of my HOF goodies out and go to town. I had some birthday pictures that I wanted to scrap, so I chose the Cupcake collection, which turned out to be the perfect choice! Because it was an adult birthday, I chose some of the darker colored patterns. The swirly cardstock sticker down the middle was yellow, so I inked it up with a red stamp pad. I also cut the "happy" off of the "happy birthday" cardstock sticker and made my own "happy" with the BG letter stickers. Lastly, I cut some of the candles shorter to fit around my title better. Mostly everything on my page is BG with the exception of the small phrase stickers in the upper left hand corner which are Scenic Route and the "celebrate" rub on which is Creative Imaginations. I even used BG fibers to thread my buttons! I can't remember the last time I used fiber! Oh my!

If you have a chance, stop on over the CK website to see what the other HOF gals created, and if you create your own BasicGrey layout...you might be able to win a CK book of your choice! You can check out Erin's post here. Sounds good to me! I hope everyone has a super wonderful day!

10 comments:

  1. That layout is gorgeous girl! Love how you used the BG and the big circle is fabulous! LOVE IT!

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  2. Love that layout! I love BG - it was the first paper company I began to know by name when I got into this hobby!

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  3. Fabulous layout Denine!! Love how you used everything here - as usual! ;)

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  4. You've been tagged already, I'm sure, but I tagged you again. Your work is very inspiring to me...just love the layout of your pages so I had to put you on my list of 7.

    Sarah Mullanix
    www.sarahmmullanix.blogspot.com
    sarahmullanix@yahoo.com

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  5. Love the LO! I often find BG very busy as a background, but you've done it perfectly here!

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  6. Awesome job with the challenge, love the design. Hope you're having a great week. :0)

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  7. another fabulous layout! love it, girl!

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  8. Basic Grey can be hard to use on scrapbook pages because the beautiful patterns can compete with the photos, but this line has been fun to use. I've gotten lots of use of this kit. Several pages plus cards. Definitely got my value's worth... it looks like you did, too!

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  9. You rocked the BG Little D! Super cute layout :)

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