Thursday, November 17, 2011

CDAC Progressive Challenge



Clearly, I'm having a problem crafting. Seems like I can only concentrate fully on one thing at a time, and lately it's been eating healthy and exercising my butt off (I wish!) which takes a major chunk out of my day and my mojo has suffered (BIG TIME!) When I finally actually have time to craft, I'm scurrying from blog to blog and challenge to challenge and although there are a million I WANT to participate in, it seems I can't make up my mind WHICH to do first (so I end up doing nothing). I've been talking about balance in my life, but I certainly haven't found it yet and I'm feeling terribly guilty now about my lack of posting.

So anyway, I got an email from CDAC talking about their Progressive Freebie Challenge Series 2, which is just starting now and decided to give it a try. Not a member of CDAC? No problem, just ASK to join. Then join the Progressive challenge Group and WooHoo! You're provided with a bunch of free images from a number of fab digi artists and all you have to do is use one to make a project and you have 2 weeks to do it. As long as you participate during each round, you continue to get the images for free (and if for some reason you just don't make it one round, you can buy in the round you missed for just $1.00). The payoff? Complete all 6 rounds and you will be entered in the fabulous grand prize drawing. Fun, huh? Since crab season started yesterday in CA, I just HAD to use the cute crab from Tiffany Doodles along with the birthday sentiment from Sending Treasures (that I modified a bit to go with the crab theme). HeeHee! These qualify me to enter the My Partner in Crafting Crime Freebie Challenge.


That crab just begged to be paper pieced so I'm entering it in the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge this week and I added some lidded google eyes as well. The sentiment was cut with my Nesties labels One and the DP's are from an ancient DCWV stack. The shell border is a Martha Stewart punch.



I've popped parts of the crab as well as the mats and done a number on some of them with my Distrezz-it-All to make it more masculine. The twine holding the shell charms are looped through eyelets done with my Cropadile. These 3 different embellishments, along with the 2 patterned papers ( the large nauticul mat and the barely visible diagonal striped mat behind the small blue one) and one image qualifies for the Crazy Challenge Recipe this week. So yea! I'm set for round one, (although I just might make some more cards using the other adorable stamps I received in this round) and although this took me far longer than I ever anticipated, at least I finished something. If you've never played at CDAC, you must check it out. Lots of good stuff going on there all the time and it's a very supportive community.

15 comments:

  1. OMG, I don't know what card you're looking at, cause this one a winner! That crab cracks me up! Great layers, cool papers, fabulous embellies and funky sentiment...what's not to like? You ain't in no funk, girl!

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  2. OH Donna - your mojo isn't missing at all girl! This is a fabulous creation and I love that little paper pieced crab! All the layers are fabulous too. I have weeks where I just feel like my motivation is lacking so I feel ya! But here are some Big CYBER ((HUGS))
    M

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  3. What an adorable card--love that silly crab! Good for you for eating healthy and exercising! You're focused and I think that's terrific, especially for something so important. I keep telling myself I need to do that, but have yet to get off my big butt because that would take too much time away from my blogging and crafting (just as you said)!!--Pat N.

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  4. Hi Donna,
    Gorgeous image and fabulous colours on this great card.
    Hugs,
    Fiona x

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  5. Oh Donna he is just adorable, love how you paper pieced and added the "extra" to the saying. I just colored this little guys= yesterday and now have to get him on a card. I always always enjoy looking at your cards you are very talented.
    I know what you mean about wanting to enter all the challenges, I am the same and I seem to be always chasing my tail
    Hugs

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  6. Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the Cutting category today [19 Nov 02:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

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  7. Donna, that crab is to darn cute and so funny! Anyone receiving this will surely have a crab-fabulous birthday, lol. Gotta love those eyelashes girlfriend. Totally Crabulous!!!

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  8. Terrific card, in fact it's "crabtastic" ! :) Love all the layering x

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  9. Nicely done, thanks for playing our paper piecing challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.
    WTG!

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  10. This is just darling and now I need to know where you got lidded google eyes.

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  11. Love the eyes. Nice touch. Thank you so much for playing the CDAC PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGE

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  12. Great card! I love the eyes you added to the crab and the charms. Thanks for joining us at My Partner in Crafting Crime!

    ~Ashley
    My Partner in Crafting Crime DT

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  13. LOVE this paper-pieced crab!! It's so cute! Thanks for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week .... and if it's any consolation - you are not the only one who's MOJO has been pushed aside due to exercise and eating healthy :) ME TOO!! And, it takes a lot of focus and time! That, I am finding anyways...good for you! Keep up the rockin' work! :)

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  14. Lol! Thanks so much for joining us in our 'use a freebie' challenge at My Partner in Crafting Crime,
    Robin

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Thanks for making my day!