Monday, June 29, 2009

#48 - Guest Designer Staci Taylor

Hey ladies - We want to welcome the fabulously talented Staci Taylor to Method Playground for this challenge. She is so creative and i'm so glad she agreed to join us. Here is more about Staci:

I live in Maryland with my hubby of 7 years and my two little ones (ages 4 and 2) who keep me hopping all day long! I work part-time as a School Psychologist, and full-time as a mama ;-) I started scrapping 5 years ago when I was pregnant with my son, and it didn't take long for me to become addicted! Thankfully, my wonderful artistic husband supports my habit (I mean hobby!). I feel very blessed to be on the design teams for the manufacturers Fancy Pants and Luxe, as well as the online store/kit club, Create My Keepsake. My work has been published in Memory Makers and Scrapbook Trends magazines, and you are always welcome to visit me on my blog: http://www.creatingmyeveryday.blogspot.com/
Here is her challenge and example:

My challenge is to use chipboard as a guide to do hand stitching. For my layout, I poked holes with my stitching needle around each chipboard letter in my title, and then stitched through the holes. You could use this technique not only on letters, but on shapes as well. You could also use grungeboard, acetate, or anything else that has some thickness to it - the possibilities are endless!


Your deadline is July 11th. We hope you will join us! Make sure you link your projects to this thread. There is a fabulous prize pack from Lily Bee Designs for the winner. If you havn't seen thier product just click on the link to go check it out. My layout (brenda) was created using Lily Bee rub on's and paper!

Here are the layouts from the team!


Mine (Brenda):

I used these chipboard circles from Scenic RouteJen's Layout:Debs Layout:

12 comments:

BecM said...

Ooooo! I love stitching!
Great challenge!

Eva said...

I love stitching, too and what a fabulous idea it is to use chipboards as the guide....I think I will create something for this challenge...sounds very cool!!

Zarah said...

Wow - these are all FAB!

Grace Tolman said...

great challenge and samples ladies. I can't wait to get to work on this.

elina said...

wow!! this is such a smart idea!!! I am off to scrap!!!

mica said...

This is a great idea. I used 2 chipboard shapes as guide; journaling spot and a flower. Here is my page.

http://www.scrapinstyletv.com/portfolio/view_layout.php?layout_id=179100&user_id=9361

Megan Aaron said...

thanks for challenging me to finally try hand stitching. I left my chipboard there because I liked the line that the sewing made around it. Here is my creation

1st party

kristintxo said...

Thaks for the challenge!
It´s a great and funny idea!!!

My post

My layout

Grace Tolman said...

what a fun challenge. I definitely enjoyed trying this technique. Thanks ladies. Here's my try- http://tolmanchronicles.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-so-excited.html

Olivia said...

Great creations & challenge thanks. My LO is on my blog here:

http://mylifeinascrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-busy-week.html

& in the 2Peas gallery here:

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=1509414

Joann said...

this was a great challenge to try something I'd never done before. I used a set of concentric chipboard circles to come up with this:

http://joannslittlethings.blogspot.com/2009/07/baby-cheeks.html

Nathalie said...

Oh, I am only now discovering this challenge but I will for sure try this in the future! I LOVE the examples!!!