Oct 15th- Oct 21st Challenge... The Circles

[ChrisDurnan]

All right here is the challenge. Circles. Show a project with circles.. Oranges, ornaments, frames. cd albums, a dalmation with spots ... think outside your box if possible and challenge yourself a little.

Circles for me are ever continuing and never ending. So post any of your projects or layouts that contain circles.

Need to post by Oct 21st to win the "challenge candy" from my personal stash. Picture to come!

Enjoy!
Chris

Using one of my files. Thank you.

[ChrisDurnan]

bumpity bump

[KellyS]

Do we need to use one of your files for the challenge? Or any project will do?

Kelly

[ChrisDurnan]

I would love for it to be one of my files :-) it was late and I was tired when I wrote it up. sorry about that.

[scramper75]

oh this sounds pretty cool, I need to see what I can come up with.

[aussie_caz]

This was fun.. it took me ages to go through all Chris's files to find circle ones as I wanted to use as many as possible! and here is the result

Happily Ever After (http://visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=26&pictureid=340)


These are some pictures of my eldest daughter on her wedding day! I have used CD00467 - Mats; CD00309 - Foofala; CD00490 - Doily; and CD478 - Happily Ever After!

Thanks for looking!

cheers, caz

[KellyS]

That turned out great, caz! And you used a lot of different files, too. :)

Kelly

[ewoobenjamin]

Wow, that's very pretty Caz and way to use those files! :)
Esther W-B

[gadgetgrl]

Great job caz... What a beautiful yet simple layout. And a great looking couple..

[Sandra from NC]

That's great Caz!

[aussie_caz]

Thank you for the lovely comments!

[Games]

Beautiful Caz! :D

[aussie_caz]

Thanks Ginger ! :)

[KellyS]

I decided to make a card for this challenge. I took a cue from caz and used several of Chris's files for this project. The card base is from Circle Pop Up Card (CD00552) and the background is Bracket Jumble with Bubbles (CD00345). The birthday cake is from the June 2009 challenge. The bracket jumble was cut from vinyl and I added Stickles to the cake, plate, and flame. On the inside of the card, I just made a Happy Birthday title and covered it with more Stickles.

Kelly

[aussie_caz]

cool card Kelly, I forgot about the bracket jumble LOL

cheers, caz

[paminsd]

Very nice, and I still LOVE LOVE LOVE that cake! :)
Pam in SD

[ChrisDurnan]

So awesome everyone!!!! very nice circle entries!! and wow so many files you guys are awesome!

[ewoobenjamin]

Cute card Kelly, and I love the colors.
Esther W-B

[Games]

Cute Kelly. I was looking for another file of Chris' when I seen the bracket, light went off/on. I see you got my light. ;)

[paminsd]

Here's my circle challenge layout . It's a pic of the hunters yesterday. I found the pheasant graphic online and cut it out. Used some old Karen Foster paper and metal embellishment that says "Hunting Buddies". The flourish is from Chris's Frilly collar. The Rooster Rush title came from this year's hunting promo in the area, I see that title everywhere, and seemed perfect for a layout! I like it! DS is the tall one in the middle, he liked it too.
Pam in SD

[gadgetgrl]

Pam great job I really like the colors.

Great one. Simple and classy all in one.

[Games]

Love it Pam!:D

[Games]

Some of these are not from Chris but I figured it might give you guys some ideas. Enjoy!

Mother (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=56&pictureid=345)
pumpkin roll (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=56&pictureid=348)
round lo (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=56&pictureid=346)
close up of flocking (http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=56&pictureid=347)

[ChrisDurnan]

Wow these are all so awesome. I thought a circle is so basic will anyone wanna do it? So cute! Nice entries!

[aussie_caz]

what a fabulous layout Pam!

[ewoobenjamin]

Great layout Pam.
Esther W-B

[ewoobenjamin]

Ginger, thanks for the inspiration.
Esther W-B

[bzyPTmom28]

I love everyone's projects. I decided to do a card, for a fellow choir member who has been absent---I used Chris' musical jumble and made up the circle title. The base of the card is dk green, the jumble brown and the circles are orange leaf PP. I used a glaze pen in the pen tool for the words. Hope you like! It's weird how the colors turned out so strange, I tried to adjust them but no such luck. It's much brighter in person, the ribbon is orange and brown and looks more "autumnish" in person.

[gadgetgrl]

Another great work of art. You are all so very creative.

[paminsd]

I just love seeing what everyone comes up with when challenged!!! Good job girls. And Chris, thanks for the push...I sometimes need it. LOL Thanks for your compliments.
Pam in SD

[ewoobenjamin]

Cute card. I like that 'around' is in a circle. :-)
Esther W-B

[ewoobenjamin]

Okay, here’s my attempt to ‘think out of the box’. LOL
I used Chris’ Crabby Fish Jumbles file (CD00240); overlaid it with a piece of vellum on which I embossed little CIRCLES by hand to simulate bubbles. I cut a few individual fish, embossed them with a Cuttlebug, added Stickles, and pop-dotted them on top of the vellum. I also used CIRCLES for the greeting.
Esther W-B

[ChrisDurnan]

now this is awesome Esther!! love the out of the box!

[Games]

More great circle items. Thanks for sharing your ideas, helps get me back into creating. :D

[bzyPTmom28]

Love your lil' fishie card Esther--I love thinking out of the box!

[ewoobenjamin]

Thanks for your comments everyone. It's real comfy here in my little box so wandering outside was scary, lol. Thanks for the challenge Chris - it was actually a lot of fun.
Esther W-B

[paminsd]

Esther, your fish card is adorable.
Pam in SD

[gadgetgrl]

Wander away Esther. Awesome creativity there.

[ewoobenjamin]

Thanks Pam.
LOL Tina and thanks!
Esther W-B

[aussie_caz]

Esther... that is sooooo cute!! You have given me some ideas, I want to try out Vellum!

[scramper75]

WOW these cards and LOs are awesome, you all are making me sooo jealous.

[amaraob1]

Can we cheat and use the one we did for the sketch challenge?

[lisaavolio]

This was a lot more fun than I expected, once I got going. I even did 2 pages!
I used Chris' quarterly files- 2nd Qtr., Ribbons 2, (scut #2) super-enlarged for the circle chains, and 3rd Qtr., "4th" and "birthday" from the 4th 5th 6th birthday and grade file.
My submission for the October monthly sketch challenge also was built on a circle and used a small circle, but this pair of lay out's has more circles. It's still in my album:
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/forum/album.php?albumid=42&pictureid=313
(I hope I added that right!)

Lisa

[ChrisDurnan]

these are awesome!!!!!!

[ChrisDurnan]

This is it for now!! I will do a drawing a little later... Thank you for those who participated.

Some serious entries!!

[ChrisDurnan]

Oh and for the prize. I think I might call it a surprise pack and surprise you when you get it in the mail!

[ChrisDurnan]

Okay so what I do is put the post numbers with entries listed in them to random pull. This way it is a suprise for me to!! woohoo!! I enter the numbers run the random and then come back to see which post it is....

And this one was #43. Lisa. Thank you so much to everyone who participates! These weekly challenges have been fun and I really hope they help you to use your cutters.

Thanking you for supporting us here at the forum by participating.

I am glad there is a random generator cause holy smokes I would never know who to pick these are all so awesome.

I showed my hubby them and he kept saying wow. wow. wow. Two of my hubby's favs were the hunting one by Pam and the project by Caz!

Enjoy!
Chris

[ChrisDurnan]

Lisa PM me your address again. :-) and put this challenge in the subject. Thank yoU!
Chris

[ewoobenjamin]

Way to go Lisa - congrats!
Esther W-B

[aussie_caz]

YAY! Lisa!! congrats! Great projects by all I think!

Thanks for the comments to your hubby Chris, I am really pleased with my project, I hope to frame it for my Daughter and SIL!

cheers, caz

[Games]

Congrats Lisa!

[ChrisDurnan]

Such awesome. I had him try to find the circles on the fish card. and it took him a minute and said "the bubbles" how cool. hahaah. I like to see him get excited about the crafty stuff. hahah.

[lisaavolio]

My family has also been more interested in what I'm working on, once they understood I might win a prize. Thanks for another great challenge- and making it less stressful by drawing a winner. Lori's next one has me nervous, since it's actually being judged, but I figure I need to try anyway.

[ChrisDurnan]

Yep Should jump on in!
Many times judging isn't about your style it is about the person casting their votes style. most will cast their vote on what they would put in their own album. If your style speaks to you and those you will be sharing it with then all the better!!

Now dang I wish I could enter Lori's cause I love love love my glue glider. I have purchase a few refills from the grocery store ho hum cause my hubby never glances twice at the food receipts. haha.

enjoy!
chris

[lisaavolio]

My hubby does at least half of the grocery shopping, so that won't help.

However, I really liked what you said to our Cricut SCAL group about purchasing things because you need them for gift making. I have been doing that for years. As long as the total outlay is appropriate, no one in my family has complained - or is that caught on?!- yet. I have sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, and now papercrafting supplies that were initially bought for gift making. :D