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[ScrappyDistractions]

Thank you to all 23 night owls who participated!  Great creative solutions for the next time you lose your scissors or your trimmer blade gives out on you!  

WINNER  IS ...... MRS FLECK    

Congratultations - I'll get yur gift card out to you today.  And everyone else will get sprinkles soon (technical issued notwithstanding  )


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I am going to start with a sorta-kinda fast scrap - you have until tonight (May 1) midnight PST so plenty of time to eat dinner, get a glass of wine and then scrap your fingers off!

Yesterday Louise (traveler) announced her No Adhesive challenge.  I am continuing that theme but this time I am taking away your scissors - they are dangerous (or can get lost in the chaos of your scrap desk if you're like me)!  No scissors, no paper trimmers, no guillotines - nothing that might cut a straight edge.  But what does that leave me?  SOOO MANY OPTIONS.  For example: 
- don't cut anything - just use scraps you already have or maybe full 6x6 paper pad sheets
- tear the paper
- use paper punches
- don't use paper at all - maybe just embelishments including project life type cards, washi, mixed media
The one exception I will make is the photo itself and one mat layer behind it - you may use scissors or paper trimmer for these.  

Rules:

• Challenge is open to layouts and cards; both traditional and digital are OK if you can work through how to incorporate the tools piece in your digital piece
  
• All projects must be new
  
• No combining allowed except for the 25 Items challenge
  
• All projects must be posted in the gallery and here no later than 11:59pm PST May 1 (today).  
  
• PRIZE: $10 ACOT gift certificate
  

Here are examples I have created.  In the first I used thinner pattern paper and 'drew' lines with a wet paint brush of where I wanted the paper to tear.  I found that gave me much better control over the paper tears.  In the second I used scraps from a 6x6 paper pad hiding some holes from punching under other layers.  I also did some tearing of a strip that was too long for where I wanted to use it and then used a giant speech bubble punch for my journal cards.  In the third example I used just scraps, tags, and stickers.  In the last one I used a combination of chipboard hexagons and a hexagon punch.

  
  

[Kayla S.]

love this! awesome examples!

[emmapaige]

This sounds like fun but I’m heading to bed to watch some TV with the hubby.

[aheatfan]

Awesome examples

[ScrappyDistractions]

This sounds like fun but I’m heading to bed to watch some TV with the hubby.

Goodnight, Chris!  Thanks for joing us today

[DN in MN]

Awesome challenge for sure!  I will try and get this done.  

[debraruffing]

This page is for my December Daily.  When I saw the paper and Mickey embellishment I knew I wanted to use it with this photo for my 2020 December Daily album.  We missed our vacation to DIsney this Christmas because of the pandemic.  This photo is my husband and myself and our two daughters in 2000.  We would never have thought then that Covid-19 would change so many lives.  

[ScrappyDistractions]

Well done!  Love how you added the enamel dots to tie in with the die cut.  Thank you so much for doing the challenge
 

[traveler]

I’m not home so I can’t do this, but this sounds like such a fun challenge, and your examples are great.

[shoorn]

Sounds like something I would like to do but taking a break tonight. 

[lissahope26]

I used paper scraps.  I mostly die cut tags, flowers and leaves.  I tore some pieces.  The background was already premade.  I lifted one of Lisa's layouts also.

[Cards4Ever]

I needed a birthday card for my brother so I created a card for the challenge. 
https://www.acherryontop.com/gallery/289869

[Amy Jo]

I used scraps and lots of stickers!

I had a scrap leftover from cutting stars for another layout that I layered over a solid pink paper. I cut the photo and the mat so that they would fit the width of the green paper, then tore the bottom of the green paper to an appropriate length. I also tore other strips to layer under the green. 

Great challenge! 



 

[ScrappyDistractions]

I used paper scraps.  I mostly die cut tags, flowers and leaves.  I tore some pieces.  The background was already premade.  I lifted one of Lisa's layouts also.

Love those colors!  Thank for doing the challenge

[ScrappyDistractions]

I used scraps and lots of stickers!

I had a scrap leftover from cutting stars for another layout that I layered over a solid pink paper. I cut the photo and the mat so that they would fit the width of the green paper, then tore the bottom of the green paper to an appropriate length. I also tore other strips to layer under the green. 

Great challenge! 

Love how you did the mat with so many layers

[Teresa33]

So fun to do this layout! It’s good to know that if you do lose your scissors you can still do a layout!!

[Art_Teacher]

This was so fun and inspiring!  It's a good thing it wasn't an hour, though. lol  Took me 30 minutes to find what I wanted to use!  Haha!  I used cardstock scraps, die cuts, and stickers.

[jcsmaestra]

This was fun to do. I found a perfect size of scrap cardstock for my card base. I used a word sticker and gold leaf stickers.  

[DN in MN]

Here is mine.  I almost stopped as I do not like thick white borders on my diecuts... TH ink to the rescue!  



I had the 10x10 already cut so this went together pretty quick.  Thank you for the fun challenge  

[ScrappyDistractions]

So fun to do this layout! It’s good to know that if you do lose your scissors you can still do a layout!!

SO cool!  very clever