Ugly Paper Challenge March LO-"Let's Celebrate"

Just in the knick of time I finished my LO for the ugly paper challenge I participate in every month.

Once I recieved my late papers I knew they were perfect for Pat's birthday celebration. His birthday this year was a special one and everyone was happy that he was here to celebrate.



Good food at Lonestar surrounded by friends. The next day we went to Hollywood Blvd. and saw Safe House.

Ugly Paper Challenge-March

Finally recieved my March ugly papers today:



Looking forward to working on these-its perfect timing for my hubby's birthday (which is today!). Going out tonight and tomorrow to celebrate. I will have to make sure to get awesome pictures and work on a LO by the end of the month with these papers.

Ugly Paper Challenge LO-"Good Times"

Found my camera cord just in time to get this layout uploaded for the Feb. ugly paper challenge. This LO was also inspired by Let's get sketchy's impromptu challenge on their blog.



Glad to get Pat out of his RIC room and outside to roll down Michigan Ave. One of his friends stopped by for a visit and we went exploring the streets right before christmas. Enjoyed the lights on the trees and posed with a very nice silver lady :)

February Ugly Paper Challenge

I'm proud to annouce that I won for sending the ugliest papers and I was one of five included in the finalist poll for best layout in January. I did not win best layout but it was great seeing it among the other great layouts :)

Today I recieved my uglies for the month and I can't wait to get started on them :)

January Ugly Paper Challenge Part 2: The Lay out

I had so much fun creating this layout using my ugly papers I recieved earlier this month. I got lucky since I really liked the zebra animal print paper and embellishement I had to use. I used my cricut to cut the Title border and letters as well as the flourish. I used tim holtz inks to distress the embellishment after I sanded it. I also used a white pearl ink to distress the black cardstock and give it some dimension.
Here is my final LO:



These pictures where taken on a geocahing adventure back in October. I was spending my weekneds in the hospital with my husband waiting/hoping for his recovery. A couple of friends stopped by and we decided to take a break from the 4 walls of the hospital room and go enjoy the outdoors. What better way than to go geocaching-it's quickly become one of my favorite ways to explore the outdoors/neighborhoods.

Ugly Paper Challenge-January

Ugly Paper Challenge-January 2012
by Ltlemermaid
Scrapbook.com

The ugly papers and embellishment I recieved for January 2012

I am excited to be able to participate in this wonderful challenge again from Scrapbook.com its great for laughs and very inspirational craft wise--no longer need to throw away the ugly paper one aquires in the huge paper stacks!

I discovered this challenge last year and fell in love right away. It really makes you think outside of the box and I couldn't wait to see what uglies I recieved. Unfortunately I had to postpone my participation in the challenge till now, but I can't wait to start again this month.

Overview of Challenge: participants are paired up with a buddy and they are to mail out 2 sheets of Ugly patterened paper and an ugly embellishment to them in the beginning of the month. Once the papers arrive you have till the end of the month to create a layout. Sounds easy enough until you see the strange and sometimes terrifying combos people come up with-its always so much fun :)

I will post a completed LO by the end of the month. To check out the challenge and the other pages people create go to the link here: http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1568043/