LESSology Challenge #10: Floral Delight

Hello there friends! Welcome to LESSology Challenge #10: Floral Delight! :) Oh yes, we want to see what you do with blooms, glorious blooms! Remember to include at least one upcycled item on your project! :)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Vintage Street Market who is offering an awesome pack of goodies! :)

Here are some sneaks from our design team!

Ready to play along? Link your creations via Inlinkz (located at the end of the post) by Sunday February 5, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

Sponsor Spotlight - Whisker Graphics

We are so happy to have Whisker Graphics sponsor us here at Lessology.

Whisker Graphics is the creative out-pouring of Whitney Beard. Founded in June of 2008, Whisker Graphics was a long time in the making. Whitney's love of design and paper goods started when, as a child, she would save her allowance to buy sales receipt booklets and bookkeeping journals (oh, those grids made her little heart skip a beat!) and progressed over the years to include a degree in Graphic Design and the appreciation of all things paper and crafty.

In the Fall of 2009 Whitney created Divine Twine®, bakers twine in yummy colors, and introduced it to the market. In Spring of 2011 she created Bitty Bags, fun paper bags in a variety of designs and sizes.

Whitney lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two children and their schnoodle, Lola. Oh, and she blogs too. Sometimes free crafty downloads are offered. Stop by and say hello.

Here are some of their fun products!

Be sure to play along to win 2 spools of yummy baker's twine from Whisker Graphics! Link your creations via Inlinkz (located at the end of the post) by Sunday January 22, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #9: Guest designer Heather Jacob

We are delighted to have the talented Heather Jacob as our guest designer for LESSology Challenge #9 Inspiration Board! :)

I was so thrilled and excited when I was asked to be a guest designer on this fabulous innovative site called LESSOLOGY … super, duper awesome !!! thank you so much Angi and Yvonne for having me.
I adore incorporating up-cycled items in my work … it truly stretches me out of my comfort zone. I was asked to create an inspiration board !!!! soooooooooo I decided to turn a CANVAS inside out and create a design adding pockets to hold tags with affirmations … my intention is to choose a tag each day for myself to inspire me throughout the day . I will change the tags each week and I will be adding more tags throughout the year with inspiring affirmations ..
 

 My name is Heather Jacob, I am passionate about all things arty . I live in Australia in the capital city of South Australia … Adelaide .. I am blissfully married to my supportive soul-mate Baden and our treasured family are all featured throughout my work .
To me this craft is the perfect combination of art, photography, beautiful paper glorious words and complete freedom to express myself .. I can incorporate all the arts and crafts I love in one hobby…My books are a reflection of my life, my history, my family and my friends . Also who I was yesterday and who I am today. I am inspired by color and texture.. I love to include stitching, chipboard, journaling, fabrics, metal elements, inking, masking, texture paste and of course “RECYCLED ITEMS “….
Off the page projects, altered ART, tags,cards and minibooks are all faves of mine .. My style is “classic” with attention to detail often leaning towards monochromatic themes with a little shabby chic thrown in .

MY BLOGS
www.heatherartandlife.blogspot.com
www.heather-artandsoul.blogspot.com

I chose to create a board using a canvas turned inside out ...

 

I used an old lace  doilie from a second hand shop as my upcycled item and also there is a button and a small piece of muslin tucked under the strip of paper where the Eiffel Tower is situated.

I have created some tags with affirmations and will be adding to them over the year ..

my intention is to have 7 tags in the pockets each week and pull out one every day for inspiration on that particular day ....

then add some different ones for the following week .. a rotation kind of idea ... 

Isn't this a splendid idea for an inspiration board? Just gorgeous work Heather! Please leave a comment for our guest Heather.

LESSology Challenge 8: Frame of Life winners! :)

A big thank you to those who played along with LESSology Challenge #8: Frame of Life! :) There were many wonderful entries....and our winner is *drumroll*...

Kissinia with this beautiful rustic piece

Congratulations Kissinia! You are the winner of LESSology Challenge #8 : Frame of Life. Please email us with your mailing details so that we can get your RAK out to you! :) [Please grab the winner badge from the sidebar.]

And here are our Top 3!

Stampersuzz

 Katy

Sav O'G

Congratulations to our Top 3! :)  [Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar.]

P/s: Don't forget about our current challenge - LESSology Challenge #9: Inspiration board :) It ends on Sunday January 22, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes. 

LESSology Challenge #9: Creative inspiration from Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders! :)

Let's see what design team members Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders came up with for LESSology Challenge #9: Inspiration Board.

Hello!  Amy T here sharing my LESSology Challenge #9 project:

Inspiration Board

It's funny how the creative process is for me, and I'm guessing for a lot of others.  I totally had something in mind for my project...years ago my son was Elvis for Halloween...absolutely hilarious...he walked around with his portable karaoke machine...his outfit was made by a friend of mine..white sweats...jeweled up...flared pant legs...popped up collar..oy, so cute.  Anywho's, so one year for Christmas I bought him a cheesy framed Elvis...it now sits in the garage...its a staple at my never ending garage sales but nobody wants to take him home:(  I was going to alter that into my Inspiration Board project but then something else popped in my mind:

Embroidery Hoops

One year my friend gave me a bunch of hers because I had mentioned I was looking for some and well, she's crafty too in the sense with fabric etc so she had tons of the hoops in her stash.

Remember my sneak peek from Monday?

This is the finished project...well actually it isn't 'finished'...

"thrive"

That is my 2012 word.

The embroidery hoop is 10.5 inches in diameter so it's pretty big...it's meant for me to use straight pins to  keep those special trinkets/memories about 2012 that will motivate me to thrive through the year and that have helped me to grow during the year.

The blooms are made by my bloggie friend Sherry....she does lovely work eh?  The fabric that everything is nestled on is vintage....I picked up a pretty large piece of it from a Japanese rummage sale that I use to go to on an annual basis...sadly they don't have them anymore...rummage sales are a great way to pick up recycled items...someones trash is another person's treasure. 

I look forward to seeing YOUR inspiration board!!!

I like being and feeling organised.
Over the Christmas break I had been thinking of ways to make our household run smoother. The kids are getting older now and need to start helping out more. Plus they are wanting pocket money and we feel this should be earnt not just given.

So my inspiration board doubles up as our weekly planner.



It's rather large, measuring about 45x60cm and I've used my favourite papers, My Minds Eye Lost and Found. I love these colours. To me they are happy are soothing and just make me feel good.
It's about to be hung on the kitchen door so that everyone can see what's planned, the kids can see if they have any chores to do and the very last piece of frame is where I will make a note of the pocket money they have earnt.



Texture to me is really important when creating. I don't like 'flat'. I love the glittered details on these papers. Although each piece of frame is behind a piece of glass (for me to write on) I have added chipboard embellishments on the top to add my texture.







I love that something so practical and helpful is made using my favourite colours and papers.
Hopefully I will be full of inspiration now each morning when I get up and head into the kitchen.

A great start and challenge for me in 2012.
Happy New Year ladies.

Hope you have been inspired by the design team to create your entries for LESSology Challenge #9: Inspiration Board!  :)

LESSology Challenge #9: Creative projects of Angi Barrs and Julie Tucker-Wolek! :)

Let's see how Angi Barrs and Julie Tucker-Wolek interpreted LESSology Challenge #9: Inspiration Board! :)

Hello everyone! Angi here. Glad to see you all back for our first LESSology challenge in the new year! This challenge is a lot of fun!

Inspiration boards are all about personality. You need to make one that fits your style. I made this one for a friend of mine that loves birds. She wanted it small enough to fit on her desk and wanted an area to hang a picture or her to do list. I kept the design clean and simple for this one.

The white panel is from a storage cube that I got at Michael's craft store. The cube is falling apart and I didn't want to throw the pieces away, so I decided to upcycle it.

The chocolate colored vinyl bird is from Stampin' Up and the bottom border is from Creative Memories. I put some small clothespins in the upper left hand corner so that she can hang whatever she likes on that side of the board.

Hope you liked my little creation.

I can't wait to see what you all make for this challenge.

I decided to take a different approach to my inspiration board :) I have chosen "HOPE" as my OLW (One Little Word) for 2012, and so I decided to take a wood clipboard that I had and alter it to include one of my all time fave quotes (from the movie Hope Floats) and have this be my inspirational board for 2012 :)

Here is the quote that I used: "Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome. That's what momma always says. She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it's the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will..."

Can't wait to see what you create for this challenge :) ~~Julie

Fabulous projects ladies! We would love to see your take on LESSology Challenge #9: Inspiration Board! :)

LESSology Challenge #9: Creative projects of Audrey Pettit and Kirsty Vittetoe! :)

Are you ready to check out the inspiration boards from Audrey Pettit and Kirsty Vittetoe?

Hi everyone, Audrey here, sharing my inspiration board project for our next challenge here at LESSology.

For my inspiration board project, I turned to the colors and theme of one of my favorite new lines, Year.o.graphy by Simple Stories. The mix of neutrals in the line, along with the accents, word strips, and pops of color spark the perfect combo of creativity for me. And with all the great embellishments in the collection pack, this project was quick, easy, and best of all, a ton of fun.

I started with an old framed cork board that was in desperate need of an update.

I liked that the board was already framed, had a hanger and string in the back, and came with push pins. Perfect candidate for a little make-over. First I took the cork board out of the frame, and painted both in neutral tones. I then divided the cork board into quadrants, delineating the sections with a cardstock border sticker and dark brown hemp cord.

I created a layered title focal point for the center of the board using kraft cardstock, alpha stickers, burlap, and embellishments.



And then added accents and titles to each quadrant of my board using alpha stickers and word strips.







The original pushpins were given a face-lift, too. By simply cutting a few elements from the patterned papers and gluing them to the old pins, I now have a completely new, coordinating look.

Happy New Year everyone, it's Kirsty here, sharing with LESSology's first challenge of 2012

* Inspiration Board *

My craft table is always messy, filled with bits and pieces of paper cut out from my project, photos I want to use for my next project, beautiful images I cut out from magazine that provide inspiration, unfinished project or pieces that left behind after I changed my mind. It's 2012, it is time to get organized!!!!

Let's start with a $1 frame from thrift store that I can never resist...

I always love white frame but since my the wall in my craft room is white, I pick a different color this time....

see this "beads garland" that I used to hang my holiday cards on our stairway? we bought something new this year so I trim it up and use it for my inspiration board (I never throw anything away, trust me!)

When I do my project for LESSology, I always look into my box for bits and pieces that were left behind after other projects, look! I just found tons of doily pieces......

now all my photos, magazine cutting, printed vintage images have a place to go.....

I just need my Tall Guy to hang this up right in front of my craft table for me.... : )

So come on and join us at LESSology challenge # 9 - Inspiration Board!

Aren't these awesome inspiration boards? Inspired to create your own inspiration board? We would love to see your entries for LESSology Challenge #9 Inspiration Board!