New Challenge ... Misting

Super easy challenge this week ... use your mists. We loooove our mists here and the Resort Town kit has a bottle of Tattered Angels Chalkboard Glimmer Mist included this month. Such a pretty colour :) It almost makes you forget about the snow that so thoughtlessly ambushed us yesterday.
So pull out your Tattered Angels, Shimmerz or Studio Calico mists and get busy.
Use several colours to completely cover you background ...

Mask off a section to create a focal point for your photo ...
Give your white flower a quick spritz for a little added interest ...
Or completely saturate your white flower to create a unique embellishment that no longer resembles a flower ...
A new favorite around here ... the white Mister Huey from Studio Calico ...
Just splatter a few drops here and there ...
Spray a piece of sticky back canvas for the background of a card ...So many different ways to use this product.

Upload your finished project to the Up The Street Flicker Gallery by midnight April 30th EST for your chance at the monthly prize. Visit the website to see the other challenges for the month.

Pretty Cards

From Mandy ...Sarah ... and Julia ...

All made with either the Resort Town kit, the Country Air kit or a combination of both.

Gluber Tutorial from Mandy

Here's a quick little step-by-step from Mandy on one of the ways to use the Cosmo Cricket Glubers found in the Resort Town kit ... 1. Cut 1/4 inch by 2 inch strips of paper. Fold them in half (but don't crease them) and stick them to the outside edge of the gluber. 2. layer another set of folded strips to the middle(I stapled them down to be sure they wouldn't come un-stuck). 3. Add a 2 inch circle to the middle with pop dots. *You can use this same technique to make a flower as well. :)

New Challenge ... Die Cuts Done Different

Happy Monday All! I do believe the air feels a little bit warmer today. Not warmish ... just warmer. But I'll take it. As our March kit is going to stretch through April (the next kit will be released on May 1st), I've decided to extend the monthly contest until the end of April. Also, I only managed to post one lonely challenge this whole month. Today's challenge is brought to you by Julia. She wants you to use your die cut paper in an interesting way ... no just plunking it in the centre of your page. Her example below shows how she split her die cut and repositioned it ... leaving an abundance of white space between the two pieces (a perfect spot for some journaling). Her photo and embellishments are clustered to the far right side and immediately draw the eye. I can't stop looking!Rather than using the buttons on their own, Julia has left them on their packaging card for dramatic effect. It's wonderful when the packaging is too pretty to throw away :) A light misting of ink to coordinate the flower ...

Also, note that Julia has sanded all of her edges. I always do the edges of my photos, but usually reach for my distressing tool to rough up my patterned papers and die cuts. I love how the sanded edges give a softer touch.

As always, upload your finished projects to the Up The Street Flickr Gallery and be sure to tag your images with "MarchContest" for your chance at wining a $30.00 credit to the store. Visit the website for more information.

Country Air projects from Julia

Julia was just in on Tuesday to pick up her Country Air kit, so imagine my surprise when I opened my e-mail this morning to find a few of her projects already waiting for me ...
A bit of machine stitching and a hand-stamped banner ...
A sweet little card ...

Notice how Julia has coloured the centre pearls of her flower. I'm not sure what she's used, but I'm going to guess a Copic marker ...

I've managed to squeeze in a few pages the last few days myself, but I'll save those to share tomorrow :)

March Kits ... Finally!

After much delay, the March kits are ready to roll.
I cannot wait to dive into these bright, summery colours. Resort Town is a mix of Cosmo Cricket Salt Air, Basic Grey Life of the Party, Echo Park For the Record and Bo Bunny Ad Lib papers ...

Two alphabets ... Basic Grey Life of the Party mini monos and Cosmo Cricket chipboard ...

Zva crystals, Cosmo Cricket die cuts, Maya Road wood calendar bingo numbers, Basic Grey stitched brads, Prima resin flowers and leaves, and a bottle of Tattered Angels Chalkboard Mist in Teal High Heels ...

Oh ... and a sheet of sticky back canvas, along with some of the new Cosmo Cricket Glubers.

Country Air is a little bit softer than Resort Town, but uses the same core colours ... red, blue and yellow.

This kit contains papers and embellishments from basically two lines ... Prima Reflections and My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose.

A bit of sparkle is provided by the American Crafts glittery Thickers, the Prima pearls and lace border, Coredinations Core Couture cardstock (yellow) and Bazzill Bling String of Pearls cardstock ...

I love the soft blues with accents of deep yellow and red ...

The kits are available in the store and I will be adding some coordinating products tomorrow. Unfortunately, because I've only just received the last bits to the kits, the design team is still waiting for their kits. I'll post their projects on the blog as soon as they've had time to play :)