Olive Craft Challenges!
06.10
Hi Folks and Happy 2011!!! It’s so hard to believe a new year is here – where did 2010 go?! To kick it off the right way I’m announcing the January Challenging Challenge to be a month of LOVE. Yep, you read that right – LOVE! We need to gear up for the smoochy holiday sneaking up on our calendars!
Here’s the DIRTY DETAILS:
1. Your project can be any size but must somehow be attached to a square of any size made from any material.
2. It must include a piece of fabric somewhere in any form.
3. It must include something that resembles “LOVE” – this could include a photo of two “lovebirds” (or actual lovebirds!), a symbol, a word – pretty much anything!
4. It must include at least one heart in any size.
5. It must include a piece of wire in any size, color or variation.
Entries will be accepted untiil 11:59 pm January 31st, 2011. All entries will be placed in a voting poll to select a winner. The winner will receive a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser which I will post the cartridge as soon as I find out which one is the prize for January!
Here’s where all of the lovely entries will be posted…
Kassi Hulet
Dave and Carol
(inside of card)
Maria Snook
Melin Beltran
Happy Crafting!
xKim
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ENTER THE DECEMBER CONTEST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN EITHER… “PAPER LACE” OR “WRAP IT UP” CRICUT CARTRIDGES – THE WINNNER GETS TO CHOOSE!
I’m a dollar short and two days late on posting the details for the December Challenge Contest! I have been so absorbed in holiday thoughts, moving and ACTUALLY crafting that two days slipped by without me even thinking about the December Challenge! *ENTER GINORMOUS GRIN HERE* (I’m corny, what can I say?)
AnyWAY, I’m going to do something different this month! This month YOU are in control of the challenge! Is that cool or what?! So what exactly does that mean? Well….there is just a couple of things I need to share to make it an official challenging challenge *wink*……
Here’s the DIRTY DETAILS:
The only thing I’m going to say that is a MUST is that your challenge entry MUST be something that YOU made that can be given to another person. That’s it! So as you can see, it could be anything from a card, a layout, a scrapbook, a mini album, a calendar, a cd of your adorable children bickering in the background, a fabulous ornament you created, a video of your cat climbing your Christmas tree (or what-have-you), a Menorha you created for Hanukkah, puppets you made from your husband’s dirty gym socks, a journal, a cookbook, a collage, a quilt, a pillowcase made from your granny’s bloomers or your Great Aunt Gertrude’s famous fruit cake (aka door stop..)…..whatever you can come up with works! AND…guess what else? You can enter more than one time this month!
To enter the challenge please send your project photo(s) to me at olivejuicestudio @ yahoo. com (because of spam reasons you will need to copy and paste the email address and remove the spaces before sending.) I will then upload your photo to this post. IF you have a blog please send your URL with your project so I can post it with your project =it’s a great way to get more traffic to your site! Please provide your name and a way for me to reach you if you’re the winner. Also, if you could give your project a name that would be helpful too.
All entries will be placed in an open voting poll on January 2nd and the winner will be announced on January 3rd. I need to stretch this challenge out a bit longer because I will be out-of-town over the holidays and won’t be able to set things up until then.
You have until 11:59 PM January 2nd, 2011 (wow that seems crazy!) to enter so get on with it and get creating! I am going to try REALLY REALLY HARD to share something with you for this challenge since I skipped out on everyone over the past two months. I can’t promise this is going to happen but I’m going to try! I did get something made for the challenge sample this month! The photo to the left is a 3D Glass Block Snowglobe I made using the awesome Winter Woodlands Cricut cartridge that came out last year. I cut the house, tree and snowman at just 1 1/4″ to fit in the display – working with such small pieces DID require reading glasses! I’m hoping to make a few other designs (keep your fingers crossed that I can get them done by next Tuesday before we head out of town for the holidays! If so, I’ll post them here!)
Now, I am off to build 85 gingerbread house forms for our homeowner’s Christmas Party scheduled for December 11th….and to think I’m trying to sell our house right now…what kind of nut job is going to appreciate a house full of stale gingerbread houses other than a gingerbread man or a baker? Sigh….I need to move into a warehouse, I swear!
Happy Holiday Crafting!
xKim
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MEMORY MISER FOR BEING OLIVE JUICE STUDIO’S MONTHLY CHALLENGE SPONSOR! CHECK OUT MEMORY MISER BY CLICKING HERE!
Check out the clever and creative projects that are starting to come in!
These adorable little boxes were made by Debbie Harris. She says, “I made 12 of these, they are little boxes that perfectly hold a mini hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works.”
A Christmas themed mini album designed by Jamie Larsen. Jamie shared several photos so you can see all of the hard work she put into designing the pockets and tags!
We’ve all seen those adorable sock cupcake cuties that were all the rage for gift giving in 2010. Now you’ve just got to see this Sock Ice Cream Cone designed by Roberta Lima from over at TX Scrapper Mom.
A “Ginormous Grin” scrapbook layout designed by Billie Wills. Super duper cute!
A Penguin Birthday card designed by Sherri Andrea -look at that adorable little penguin face!
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It’s time for the November Challenging Challenge!
This month’s challenge is to create a Thanksgiving Place Card and Napkin Ring for your holiday dinner table!
Here’s THE DIRTY DETAILS:
1. It must include a turkey, pilgrim, cornucopica or any other shape/symbol that represents Thanksgiving
2. It needs to include at least three popcorn kernels, a nut, a cinnamon stick OR a twig
3. It needs to include at least one thing that is gold OR silver
4. It must have a person’s name on the place card.
5. It must include some type of fiber – twine, yarn, ribbon, etc
Your Thanksgiving place card and napkin ring may include any additional items you need to complete your project. To enter the challenge you’ll need to take a clear photo and provide your name and email address to olive juice studio @ yahoo . com (copy and paste then remove the spaces between each word) If you have a blog URL send it with your photos so I can add it to your entry – it’s a great way to get traffic to your site!
All entries must be submitted by 11:59PM November 30th, 2010.
The prize cartridge will be announced as soon as I hear from Memory Miser!
Good Luck and Have Fun!!
xKim
NADIA HERBST-MCCONNELL!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your scrappycrow was selected as this month’s challenge winner!
This awesome looking fella is named “Supa Scare” – the bird-flinging blingy scarecrow designed by Nadia Herbst-McConnell. Nadia says, “He is made completely from found items at our house (it kinda shows). His glittery head and bird are from leftover items from the church bazaar stuff I donated. His base is a CD holder, wrapped in metal tape (leftover from attaching the dryer hose) and duct tape (that my husband borrowed from a neighbor last night for me). The black and glitter papers on him are from my drawer of little scrap papers, the giant pipe cleaners are ones I raided from my DD’s craft stuff (she is 6 so it required trading and begging). The rubber bands are from the asparagus that I cooked last night. (How can a house not have any rubber bands except what shows up from the produce department??!!) The raffia has to be from 1992, leftover a project I did then for school. That is the only time I remember using it and I had quite a time remembering where I put it. The felt is left over stock from when I thought that I needed every color made to create my little 2″ acorn fairies. (Note: 2″ fairies do not require a case of felt to get completed). The dowel rod inside him is leftover from DD’s birthday party in 2007 when the girls made magic wands.”
BUT WAIT….there’s more! Kassi Hulet is also receiving a prize for taking the time to enter such an adorable scrappycrow! She will be receiving this month’s Mystery Prize Candy!
I still have my own scarecrow to finish and post – I’m trying, really! 
Be on the lookout for November’s Challenging Challenge Dirty Details I will be posting today!
Happy Crafting!
xKim
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Enter the October Challenge for a chance to win a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser!
This month Memory Miser is letting you choose a cartridge if you’re the winner! Here’s the cartridges you can choose from: October 31st, Pumpkin Carving or Thanksgiving!
The ”October Challenge” is…
“Make Me a Scrappy Scarecrow!”
What’s a “Scrappy Scarecrow”? It’s a scarecrow of any size, color, theme, etc., made out of any leftover “things” or repurposed items. The scarecrow can be made out of ANYTHING. You may opt to use paper, fabric, metal, clay, beads, items from your recycling bin or trash, etc. -whatever you can possibly come up with! The whole point is to be as creatively unique as possible!
Check out the first Scrappy Crow entered in the challenge for this month!
This awesome looking fella is named “Supa Scare” – the bird-flinging blingy scarecrow designed by Nadia Herbst-McConnell. Nadia says, “He is made completely from found items at our house (it kinda shows). His glittery head and bird are from leftover items from the church bazaar stuff I donated. His base is a CD holder, wrapped in metal tape (leftover from attaching the dryer hose) and duct tape (that my husband borrowed from a neighbor last night for me). The black and glitter papers on him are from my drawer of little scrap papers, the giant pipe cleaners are ones I raided from my DD’s craft stuff (she is 6 so it required trading and begging). The rubber bands are from the asparagus that I cooked last night. (How can a house not have any rubber bands except what shows up from the produce department??!!) The raffia has to be from 1992, leftover a project I did then for school. That is the only time I remember using it and I had quite a time remembering where I put it. The felt is left over stock from when I thought that I needed every color made to create my little 2″ acorn fairies. (Note: 2″ fairies do not require a case of felt to get completed). The dowel rod inside him is leftover from DD’s birthday party in 2007 when the girls made magic wands.”
Here’s the Dirty Details:
1. The scarecrow must be 3-D or have 3-D parts somewhere on it.
2. The scarecrow must include at least one rubber band, one feather and duct or masking tape – any amount.
3. The scarecrow must include at least one thing that starts with the letter “P” – the sky’s the limit here folks! *grin*
4. The scarecrow must include something somewhere using your Cricut – ANYTHING from ANY cartridge. It could be something sticking out of its pocket, held in it’s hand, stenciled on it’s shirt or pants, embroidered by using a Cricut stencil or a vinyl or fabric shape cut or traced using a Cricut shape/font.
5. The scarecrow must be given a “funny fitting name.”
Please note, this scarecrow DOES NOT have to be a typical scarecrow that you place outdoors or in your garden BUT most definitely can be! It can be a quilt, a necklace, a t-shirt, a scarecrow on a scrapbook layout, a card, a wall hanging, etc….
Send a picture of your entry to olivejuicestudio@yahoo.com so I can post them here. The contest ends 11:59 PM, October 31st (that’s Halloween night!). The method for selecting a winner will be determined by a group of individuals that I will form throughout the month so be on the lookout – you might be asked to help!
Run along now, roll up those sleeves and get your craft on! I can’t wait to see your awesome scrappy scarecrow creations!
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Spooky September Challenging Challenge Winner…
All votes are in and tallied! It was a super close race betweeen all four entries so kudos to each of you!!! With just a few minutes to spare, one of the entries picked up enough votes to put it in the lead…
Lissa Munson YOU’RE THE WINNER of the Spooky September Challenging Challenge!
Congrats to you!!!
Here’s the winning project!
“Once upon a time…in the eerie evening light…there was a girl who put up a fight. I had to lock her up, without even a dare. “NO MORE” I said, “Mommy Dearest Does Not Scare!” Designed by Lissa.
Thank you to each of you who took the time to enter the September challenge and to those of you who left encouraging comments and voted! It’s a team effort to make this work and I greatly appreciate your enthusiasm! The October Challenge has been posted it’s another super fun and challenging one! As soon as I hear from Memory Miser on which cartridge we’re giving away this month for this challenge I will post it.
Olive announcing great news, don’t you?
xKim
SPOOKY SEPTEMBER OLIVE CRAFTS CHALLENGE!
ENTER TO WIN A HAPPY HAUNTING CRICUT CARTRIDGE…
COURTESY OF MEMORY MISER!
Tis the season to be GhOuliSh! Check out the super fun challenge I have planned for all of you this month!
Here’s MY project:
(Check out the details in the seperate post titled “Shriek! Got Bats?” )
LOOK! We have a project entered in the challenge for this month! Whew! I thought I was going to have to see another great cartridge go untouched!
This awesome project was designed by Nadia Herbst-McConnell – how clever!!! Nadia doesn’t have a blog so I’m going to post a few close-up photos so you can see the detail.
“I’m not clammy….I’m a mummy out of mothballs!” This one was designed by Patricia Kiser from pattyk-craftyfrog.blogspot.com
“Once upon a time…in the eerie evening light…there was a girl who put up a fight. I had to lock her up, without even a dare. “NO MORE” I said, “Mommy Dearest Does Not Scare!” Designed by Lissa.
Boo” A banner designed by Brynn Thornburgh from http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/. To see more closeup photos hop on over to Brynn’s blog
Who’s next? Mwa-ha-haaaaa!!!
The Dirty Details:
1. Your project entry must have a Halloween theme or feel to it AND you must be able to hang it from a wall, door or whatever!
2. It must include a black and white photo of anything -a person, place or thing. The photo can be recent or vintage. (If this is a problem, it can also be a stamped image in B&W, a clip art image OR a picture taken from a magazine/newspaper in B&W.)
3. It must include a key (real or die cut) AND/OR a bottle cap
4. It must include either a bandaid, bandage (I just added the bandage part maybe this will give you a bit more flexibility!) OR a piece of gauze
5. It must include at least one of the following words somewhere in your project. If you’re feeling REALLY clever feel free to use more than one or all of them! You may add additional words if you are writing a thought, poem or sentiment…Here are the words: “Eeeeek”….”mothballs”….”shriek”…..”clammy”….”gelatin”…..or “Eerie”… -you may change the spelling and the use of upper and lower case when adding the word(s) to your project.
This challenge can be anything and can be made from any mediums as long as it includes the items listed above. It can be a card, scrapbook page, tag, altered item, home decor, repurposed/recycled item, etc BUT there must be a way to hang it from a wall, door etc… (HEY! It’s a challenging challenge, what did you expect?! LOL!)
The deadline is 11:59PM, September 30th, 2010.
This contest will be open for voting October 1st-October 2nd. The entry with the most votes will win a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser! Details of the voting system being used will be announced later this month.
Questions? Contact me! If the link button is unavailable for you to upload your photos please send your photo to me at olivejuicestudio@yahoo.com and I will make sure to upload your photo! Please make sure to include your name, email and blog URL!
Olive a SpoOky challenge, don’t you?
xKim
::::Sniff.-Sniff::: Too bad so sad because they were some goooooooood prizes too! (Nothing like rubbing it in, eh?! LOL!) *wink* I was giving away the Happy Haunting Cricut cartridge and Peachy Keen Stamps, along with a bunch of little things I picked up but now they’re mine! Bwa-Ha-Haaaa! I told you it was going to be a great “mystery” prize because I don’t mess around! I’m going to take this as a wake up call to revamp the challenges on OJS – no offense taken! I’ve always looked at a challenge as being a “challenge.” Either my challenges are too hard or everyone is on vacation and had CHA on their brains and weren’t able to participate. So with that in mind, I took an extra day to think about this and have come up with the following for the August challenge! I hope this feels more “doable” and you decide to enter!
The August Challenge….
The Dirty Details:
1. Your project must include a stamped image – it can be a rubber, clear or digital stamp image OR it may include a clip art image.
2. It must include at least one Cricut cut.
3. It must include fiber, a ribbon or fabric somewhere in the project.
4. It must include at least one piece of bling – such as a bead, pearl, gemstone, glitter, etc.
5. It needs to include at least one patterned paper.
This challenge can be anything – a card, scrapbook page, tag, altered item, home decor, repurposed/recycled item, etc. The deadline is 11:59PM, August 31st, 2010.
This contest will be based on a drawing of all participants who enter. The winner receives a Cricut cartridge courtesy of Memory Miser!
Questions? Contact me!
Olive a great craft challenge, don’t you?
xKim
OJS August Challenge entries:
1. Here’s a lovely card from Stacie over at http://hestiashelper.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/reading-fairy-card/. To see more photos of this card visit her blog by clicking on the link!
2. An adorable 12 x 12 scrapbook page layout designed by Maureen from http://mosaddiction.blogspot.com!
3. Look at this gorgeous card Jenna from http://www.jennasfavoritethings.blogspot.com submitted
4. Check out this bone rattlin’card created by Maria Snook from http://www.scrapbooknut2002.blogspot.com. To see the inside visit Maria’s blog!
5. S-W-E-E-T!! A fabulous layout designed by Debbie Cook from http://lovelifeslittlepleasures.blogspot.com/2010/08/be-happy.html
6. Another fantastic project – a tag designed by Agnes from http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/. If you’d like to see how Agnes made this she has the instructions posted on her blog!
7. A beautiful tag designed by Kassi from http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/2010/08/generations.html!
8. A very elegant card designed by Jana Terpstra from http://www.imneverbored.blogspot.com
9. This beautiful card was created by Karla from http://kreativekarla.blogspot.com/
10. A card with a triple scoop of fun designed by Carrie Slaughter!
11. Another gorgeous card entered into the August Challenge designed by Theresa Kelly from http://www.binkyblossoms.blogspot.com. To find out how she made it visit her blog!
12. And just in the nick of time, an adorable card designed by Shaunta Murphy!
Who’s next???
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Starting today, July 1st until 11:59PM July 31st this month’s challenge is….
“DESIGN SOMETHING FOR YOUR HOME USING SOMETHING RECYCLED/REPURPOSED”
This item/thing can be a decorative – totally useless item but original and crafty
It can serve a purpose
It can be an item that is cleverly repurposed to be used in a completely different way than originally intended
Here’s the DIRTY DETAILS….
1. Must use at least 1 item from your recycling bin OR is an item that is repurposed by giving it a different function
2. Must contain fabric somewhere in the project (any size, texture, pattern…)
3. Must include at least one piece no smaller than 3″ x 3″ of corrugated cardboard
4. Must include at least two Cricut cuts from ANY cartridge – this can be cut from fabric, paper, vinyl – whatever you desire!
5. Must include these colors somewhere in your finished project (You may also use addtional colors)
***There are no size restrictions on this project but all entries must include all five requirements listed in the “Dirty Details” above***
Please comment to this post if you will be participating in this challenge. If you have a blog list your URL too!
All entries will be posted here for viewers to vote on – by July 31st. Voting is open for 48 hours. The entry with the most votes wins one of the new Cricut cartridges from Memory Miser!
What do you have to lose? Join in the fun and let’s get this challenge started!!!
Olive a great challenge, don’t you?
x Kim
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Sorry for the delay, I wanted to make sure all of the contest participants had worked up a sweat before revealing the winner! *wink*
Drum roll please…..
The winner of the first ever Olive Craft Challenge – FRAMES is……
ELIZABETH CURRIE-MATSKO FROM 217 CREATIONS!!!
Congratulations are in order! Elizabeth, I will be contacting you shortly to discuss with you the cartridges that are available to choose from AND to get your address!
Here’s a photo of the winning frame….
I’d also like to extend a great big hug and, of course, a thank you to the rest of you who entered! Several people who voted emailed to tell me that it was so hard because everyone did such a great job and I have to say that I agree! Great job and I promise to have a better voting system before we vote for the July Challenge!
Julia from http://scrapellasblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/frame-card-for-olive-juice-studio.html
Rita DeCook from Maryville, TN (does not have a blog)
Scrappy Jess from http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com/
Thank you for taking the time to vote and for leaving such nice comments! Please take a peek at the July Challenge below for a chance at another Cricut cartridge!
Olive a great challenge, don’t you?
xKim
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Olive Craft Challenges! Officially, our first craft challenge started on Tuesday, June 1st BUT due to the unexpected happenings to our blog that was at http://www.olivejuicestudio.blogspot.com and having to start a new website., we are going to extend this craft challenge to July 13th! The theme is “FRAMES.” See the details below!
“OLIVE CRAFTS CHALLENGE” Details
The big day is here! Are you ready?! Starting, June 1st until 11:59 PM July13th… we will be hosting our first challenge…”FRAMES!” Please remember that our challenges are a bit different. You get an entire month to complete your project and anything goes as long as you follow the “dirty details” below! If you’re a card maker – make a card with a frame, if you’re a scrapbooker -design a layout with a frame, if you’re a crafter this challenge is open to anything you can create following the dirty details below!
Here’s the dirty details:
1.Your project must include a frame. The frame can be made from any material – paper, metal, wood, glass, ceramic, etc…
2. Your entry must include the following colors: black, white, green, pink, blue.
3. Your entry must include something 3-D.
4. It must include some sheet music or text (such as a book page, letter, etc..)
If you are participating in this challenge, please email us at olivejuicestudio@yahoo.com. If you have a blog or website make sure to leave your URL too so we can list the links for our readers to use. ***You do not have to be a follower to participate in this challenge!
If you have a blog, please grab one of our blog buttons! (Buttons are being updated from our old blog and will be available soon) This is our first challenge so we would appreciate any help we can get in spreading the word!
Memory Miser will be donating a Cricut cartridge.( I was told it would be one of the newer cartridges!) On July 13th all entries will be posted here for all of our viewers to vote on. The voting will be open for 24 hours. On July 15th the winner will be announced. Each new challenge starts on the 1st of the month and the previous month’s winner will be announced on the third day of each month – I’m hoping this doesn’t get confusing!
So grab your frames and get busy crafting!!!!
