Binding Memories

My Merories Suite

2011-08-05T16:31:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Long time no see! I have an awesome post today that I hope you will enjoy.

For the past few days….I have been given the opportunity to try My Memories Suite, a fun and easy digital software that is allowing me to create fun and delightful projects including scrapbook pages, cards, and even calendars. This is fun and user friendly software program that takes family scrapbooking to a whole new level.

I love to use paper and adhesive to create cards, stuff for my home, homemade gifts, and scrapbook pages. I am very new to digital anything! (As in I have never digi-scrapped) I think this software is great though! It is so user friendly! I can open up the program and get started on a page without making a mess of my home! If Ihave to walk away to tend to my kids, make dinner, or run to the store, I don't have to worry about my mess. I can just save my work and it will be right there waiting for me when I want to work on it again. Awesome-ness!

It takes about 20-30 minutes to design a great looking layout! You can also visit the blog for instructional information as well as their You Tube channel for videos.

Here are 2 sample layouts I made with the program!

Not too bad for my first ever digi layouts!

Here are some of my thoughts on the My Memories Suite Software:

Pros:

1). very user friendly.

2). wonderful, colorful and trendy digital papers, embellishments and more!

3). A YouTube channel for visual aides in working the software.

4). A blog that hosts challenges, meet the designers posts and is a "hands on" support for their users.

5). I can use my OWN fonts on my computer and design, shadow, and outline to my hearts content. (this is a biggie for me!)
6). The ability to download for free or purchase more digital papers and embellishments whenever I want to AS well as use the HUGE library of "stuff" in this program. Awesome!

Cons:

1). I don't get to touch the paper that they offer. They are so beautiful and realistic looking. I wish I could get my hands on it! This must come from being a dedicated paper scrapper for so many years!

{giveaway time!}

I have a very special treat for you all today. My Memories Suite has been kind enough to sponsor a GIVE-AWAY of one Memories Suite software download to one of my bloggy friends….how exciting is THAT! That means that you can leave a comment on this post and I'll draw a lucky winner (via random.org) on the date listed below.

Here is what the winner will receive:
- A unique download code for you to download the software on your computer so you will have the program to design and create unlimited projects.
- The opportunity to design scrapbook pages, cards, calendars and SO much more to capture your awesome life!
- For more…you can visit www.mymemories.com and look through the website, check out the digital scrapbook pages, embellishments and tell me which set is your favorite.

- Give-away will go Friday August 5th through Friday August 12th - 8 pm. - I will draw one lucky winner on August 12th via random.org.

To enter to win:
- visit the site www.MyMemories.com and choose your favorite digital paper pack - leave one comment on THIS post telling me which pack is your favorite

- leave me a way to contact you in case you win. The winner will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be drawn.

*please note* You do not have to be a follower or my blog to enter to win but I would like it if you were!

Good Luck everyone and thank YOU so much for stopping by.

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Paper Secrets June Challenges

2011-06-29T16:01:00.000-07:00

I did 2 challenges for Paper Secrets this month. I did the sketch and card challenges. Here are my entries.

The Bremers

2011-06-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a layout I did recently of my friend's kids. I love the color combo on this one!

Bella Blvd Family Dynamix Line

2011-06-09T10:50:00.000-07:00

I was delighted to get to play with the Family Dynamix line in April. Martha got this line in at Scrapbook Daisies and I just love it! I love everything Bella Blvd though!

Have you been to her store yet? It is fantastic! Check it out if you are in the Long Beach area.

3962 N Studebaker Rd # 203
Long Beach, CA 90808
562-377-0302
Here is what I made with the line:

Weston when he was about 4.

Close-up of the banner.

Detail added to the card with stickles.

Payton at her 1st birthday party.


Closeups of the center details.

Payton hung out in her stroller at this age at lots of soccer pratices. This is when she was almost 2.

Payton at her preppyK Easter egg hunt. We miss her Eastwood class!

These are KaiserKraft wood cuts with stickles added into the spaces of the shapes. I love how this looks in real life!

Payton when she was about 18 months. I loved those little rompers!


Handcut heart. I love the Tiny Attacher! I think I use it on almost every laout.

So that is it with that line. Have you used it yet? Did you love it?

Scrapbook Daisies April Blog Hop!

2011-04-20T00:01:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the next stop on the Scrapbook Daisies April blog hop :) I am so thrilled to be participating this month. I hope you get lots of inspiration along the way!

(If you happened to have arrived here first, please consider starting at the beginning of the hop at the Scrapbook Daisies blog (http://scrapbookdaisies.blogspot.com/) so that you don't miss out on any of the fun.)

I got to work with a fantastic line from the brick and mortar store this month, Family Dynamix by Bella Blvd. The papers and embellishments included in my "kit" are absolutely fun and colorful and awesome (like Bella Blvd always is)!

Have you noticed the "scraplift" challenge that the design team took part in this month? Fun, huh? I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to "lift" dt member and friend, MICHELLE! When I found out that I got to lift her, I was so excited! By lifting her I would finish one of the monthly challenges as well. Besides, who doesn't live Michelle's work?

Here are the two layouts you can lift for the April scraplift challenge in the forum:

And this is my "lift" of Michelle's fantastic layouts...

And 2 closeups:

Do you like lifting?
Here is your chance to lift one of the DT and win a prize!

Here are the deets:

* Choose one of the Scrapbook Daisies design team members that participated in this hop and lift one of her projects. It can be any of her projects that you find on her blog or in her Scrapbook Daisies gallery.
* Upload your completed lift to the Scrapbook Daisies Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=58322850850) and include a pic or link to the person or project that you lifted (if you do not use Facebook, you can link your lift to the blog hop post on the Scrapbook Daisies blog.
* Deadline is Sunday, April 24th at midnight your time.

Your next stop on the hop is... Michelle! (http://www.momma-paparazzi.blogspot.com/)

Scrapbook Daisies Online Valetine's Crop

2011-02-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

Scrapbook Daisies is having a Valentine's Crop and we would LOVE it if you played along! :)

"Crop Your Heart Out" at Scrapbook Daisies!

Come over and join us in our "Crop Your Heart Out" Valentine's Crop!

There will be challenges, games, prizes...

and lots and lots of fun!

Where? scrapbookdaisies.net/forums

When? February 11-13 (all submissions are due by Monday the 14th)

How? Just come on over and become a member of our message board and you can play along!

Who? YOU!!! and all your scrappy friends!

For full details, visit the Scrapbook Daisies message board at scrapbookdaisies.net/forums.
While you're there, play along with our regular monthly challenges for some "pre-crop" inspo and chances to win a beautiful Scrapbook Daisies kit!

We hope to see you there!!!

Scrapbook Daisies February Kit Reveal!

2011-01-26T08:46:00.001-08:00

Once again these are gorgeous! Have you picked yours yet?

February Kit #1 Be Mine

February Kit #2 Crazy Love

February Mini Kit #1 Tickled Pink

February Mini Kit #2 True Blue

Come an join us in the forums for inspiration, challenges and more! We would love to see you there!

Or, better yet, if you are local, come to the store! We would love to see you there!

3962 N Studebaker Rd # 203
Long Beach, CA 90808
562-377-0302

Jan 2011 Scrapbook DaisiesBlog Hop Featuring Layouts with Echo Park

2011-01-14T05:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the next stop on the Scrapbook Daisies Blog Hop!!

If you have arrived here first, then please start in the beginning at the Scrapbook Daisies Home blog and do the hop in order...you will be glad you did!.

Scrapbook Daisies has the most amazing kits...full of beauties! Here is the kit that I worked with this month....

Kit # 3 Mini Kit - Little Boy by Echo Park - $19.99

And here are the projects that I created!

This is my littlest boy Wade last Thursday (1/6) running on the playground equipment. This kid doesn't do anything in slow motion. The blue and green cardstock are from my stash.

Here he is again after he played with the soot in the fireplace. That was sure a mess to clean up! The little silver brads and Maya Road shear are from my stash.

This is my nephew and my mom. The blue ribbons are from Walmart I think and the Maya Road star pins are from the Scrapbook Daisies store. I gave this layout to my sister for her office.

Here is my Wade again. Everything here is from the kit. Wade loves his scooter!

The only thing not from the kit here is the Maya Road shear. Everything else from the kit. This is a picture of Wade and myself taken this week. I got the letters in the circle shape by placing them around a Maya Road shear and then adhering them to the page as I took them off the shear.

This is my last one with the kit. Wade again! This is from our trip to San Francisco right after Christmas. We were on Pier 39 looking at the sea lions. All Wade wanted to do was run and jump from place to place. He is such a boy! I've added a star and shear on this one too.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at what I have created with this kit this month. It was a lot of fun to work with!

Now on to the technical stuff for the hop . . .

Don't forget to comment and become a follower of all the blog posts in the hop this month. Then you have one last step: email Misty at mistyw@nctv.com with your list of daisies you found along the way, putting Scrapbook Daisies Hop in the Subject line. You will then be entered to win 1 of the great kits Scrapbook Daisies has to offer!

Here is my daisy!

The ox-eye daisy.

Your next stop on the hop will be Seppa!

In case you get lost, you can find a complete list of participating blogs here... http://scrapbookdaisies.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping!!!

Blog Hop Coming Soon

2011-01-11T17:02:00.000-08:00

Are you all ready for some fun and inspiration? Well, look no more! The DT at Scrapbook Daisies have gotten together to bring you and AWESOME BLOG HOP that will bring you just that! It is set to start this Friday, so make sure you come back here and do some hopping along with us!

There will be fun, inspiration, and prizes. And, along the way, you will be "picking daisies" to add to you own flower garden!

Come back next Friday for the full details! Hope to see you all soon...and...GO tell all your friends!

If I get 100 followers, I will be giving away a past kit!!! That is in addition to the kit from Martha!

CropStop Challenge #1

2011-01-09T16:32:00.000-08:00

Here is a layout I did using the CropStop Sketch

This is made using the January kit at Scrapbook Daisies. The paper is Echo Park. I love Echo Park!

Jan 2011 Scrapbook Daisies Kits

2010-12-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

I'm so excited to show you the sneak peeks of the Scrapbook Daisies January 2011 kits! Check out these four beauties:

Kit #1: full kit featuring the Wintertime collection from Echo Park

Kit #2: full kit featuring the Restoration collection from Crate Paper

Kit #3: mini kit featuring the Little Boy collection from Echo Park

Kit #4: mini kit featuring the Enchanted collection from Dear Lizzy/American Crafts

Martha is planning to post the full reveal of these kits on Friday 12/24. To see them when she posts them, be sure to visit the Kit Chat section of the Scrapbook Daisies message board!

I can't wait to find out which kit I'll be working with. Which one(s) will you be choosing?

Changes to the Scrapbook Daisies Kits

2010-12-13T15:45:00.000-08:00

Martha just posted this about changes to the Scrapbook Daisies kit club:

Hello Everyone,

Most December kits are shipping tomorrow! There are a couple of items from the Merry January kit that I will receive today. If you ordered an add on and did not pay for it yet, you will be receiving an invoice shortly. The Merry January kit is sold out now! If you selected that kit but did not pay for it, you need to select another kit or skip this month.

I continue to have many challenges with the manufacturers about product, either they are sold out completely or items are on back order, I have never had issues like this before until the last 4 or 5 months. So I decided to make some changes to the kit club to help this situation and I am also moving the schedule to help the members that can not make their kit payments until the 1st of the month. As you know I have a full time job and also now the brick and mortar store so I try do do my shipments all at once when everyone has paid. So here are the changes:

I am bringing down the choices from 3 to 2 full kits per month

I will have 1 or 2 mini kits per month that will range between $15 - $20

The schedule will change as follows:

20th of the month - Sneak peeks
25th of the month - Full Reveals
25th - 28th - Member's kit selection
29th - Invoices are sent
29th - 3rd - Members must pay their invoices
2nd week of the month (Monday or Tuesday) kits will ship out

Hopefully this will assist me in getting the kits ready for you more timely and will assist you in getting payment to me promply.

I am really excited about the changes that are coming, with today's economy the people that can not afford a full kit might be able to get a mini kit! The mini kits will have the same great quality of product just in smaller quantities.

There will be changes in the Design Team which I will share shortly...

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I know I am really excited about the smaller kits! More people will be able to fit this price into their budget. Then they can see for themselves how wonderful Martha's kits truly are!

My December Kit Layouts from Scrapbook Daisies!

2010-12-11T18:17:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for the Paper Secrets Holiday Blog Hop, scroll down one post!

If you are here to see the next, gorgeous Scrapbook Daisies kit, keep reading!

What a fun kit! I love the My Mind's Eye I Believe papers and the embellies in this kit. It all comes together so beautifully! Its really traditional in color without being overly Christmas-y.

Here is additional info on the kits if you would like to buy one: Scrapbook Daisies Monthly Kits

Here is what I have made so far:

Wes playing in the snow outside the hotel in Utah over Thanksgiving. (with Creative Scrappers sketch #131)

The three older kids outside in the snow in UT. Used a Sketch Inspiration sketch for this layout.

Wade in front of the Christmas tree. Used a PageMaps sketch for this one.

Kylie with the snow. This is made with a Jana Eubanks MME sketch.

I still have another one in progress, but I wanted to get posted what I had made already. I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

I'd love some comments too if you have any.

Paper Secrets Holiday Blog Hop

2010-12-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to your 5th stop on the Paper Secrets Holiday Blog Hop.

I made this to share with you today. Its a layout combining the old with the new. This is MME Lost and Found Collection Portabello Road (which is brand new) mixed with Kaiser Kraft's old winter line. I'm not even sure of its name, but it is at least 3-4 years old. There is also a Maya Road shear and a Basic Grey little birdie too. I find it is really hard for me to combine lines, but I love it when I do!

These are my 3 oldest kids when we were in Utah for Thanksgiving. These California kids never see snow so they were really excited to finally get to touch snow! It really made us all excited for Christmas and wintertime. All of us, except the 3 year old. This is what he was doing while the big kids played:

He couldn't quite figure out how to play and keep the mittens on. (And he didn't want me to take his picture!)

Don't forget to leave a comment on all 25 blog posts and then 1 final post in the forum for your chance to win 1 of the 3 gifts Paper Secrets is giving away.
http://papersecrets.friendhood.net/blog-candy-blog-hops-f5/paper-secrets-holiday-hop-dec-10th-13th-t1113.htm

Your next stop will be Julia Sava's blog.
www.beautifulcrazyscrappylife.blogspot.com

In case you get lost, you can find a complete list of participating blogs here...
http://papersecrets.friendhood.net/blog-candy-blog-hops-f5/paper-secrets-holiday-hop-dec-10th-13th-t1113.htm

Wonderful December Kits at Scrapbook Daisies!

2010-12-01T13:18:00.000-08:00

Have you seen the GORGEOUS kits that Martha has put together for December!!!??? Check these kits out.....

Here is Merry January. PERFECT for you Northerners!!!! Down here in Texas, we don't get much snow...our snowmen consist of twigs and leaves! LOL...But up there, y'all get a plethora of snow! This is perfect for all those snowmen photos! I know DT Member Michelle is super excited to be getting this kit along with Seppa and Tanya. I can't WAIT to see what they do with it!

Here is "Everybody Loves Christmas"...and don't you just love it! The bright colors and whimsical prints on this paper just make me all giddy inside! I can just imagine the fun layouts and projects that can be made using this kit! Oh...and i am SOOOO in love with the little mittens and hot chocolate embellies! **ADORABLE!**
I am excited to see what Martha, Kris, and Taj do with it...those ladies all have a way with color...they are certain to ROCK this kit!!

And finally, "I Believe". Yes...I DO believe! I believe in the magic of Christmas, I believe that Santa is REAL in a toddler's heart, and I believe that this kit is GORGEOUS! I will have the pleasure of designing with this kit this month along with Ly and Misty...YAY!

My Minds EyePortabello Road Scrapbook Daisies November 2010 Kit

2010-11-15T13:30:00.000-08:00

I went a little crazy with this month's kit! lol I made so many projects from this one kit and I love what I have now. The paper is so beautiful and the layouts come out just gorgeous! Check out the kit details here: Scrapbook Daisies November Kits

Here is my first layout. I think this is actually the last one I made. This is a close up of Wes when he was tiny. This is for the color challenge. My color pop is the trim. My title is from my stash (a really old MME title). I also got a package of the matching brads and pearls from Scrapbook Daisies to add to my projects. The zig zag piece on the left of the photo is cut from the packaging of the trims.

Handsome

My next project is This layout of Wade. It says, "You are so fun to hang out with. You are happy and funny and love all things boy! You love legos, trios, your cars, and climbing. You love your cartoons too. I'm just glad I get to home with you all the time!" I've added the velvet Thickers from my stash. The flowers and brads are from that package I bought. This is based on a Julie Bonner sketch too.

Celebrate

I couldn't resist using the tear strip from the papers with the paper line name on it with these photos. How perfect is it that it says Lost and Found! lol The silver chipboard is an older piece of Pink Paislee chipboard covered with stickles. The title is an old MME rub-on rubbed on to a piece of the packaging from the "Cute" banner that comes in the kit. This one is based on a sketch from the MME blog.

My Little Prince

This line is so perfect for little boys, but I wanted to try to use it for something slightly different. Here is a baseball layout for Weston. The banner says "My Catcher." I was inspired by Michele's cut out banner and decided to cut mine out too! (Thanks for the inspiration Michelle!) Everything is inked with creamy brown chalk ink to pull in that baseball dirt color! This is based on a sketch over at The Scrappiest.

My Catcher

Aren't little kids so tech savvy now? Here is Wade with my iPhone! He knows how to find his games and play them. It keeps him happy for a moment in time and I can get something done! This is the first layout I made with the kit and it got me on a roll! I added the PP chipboard cloud shape and the JilliBean Soup corrugated alphas from my stash. I sprayed the letters with a mist and I love how it gets trapped in the valleys of the letters.

iPhone Photo-Op

This layout is based on Creative Scrappers sketch #127 I love that premade banner that comes in the kit. It is so fun and adds so much to any layout! I punched those little circles to make my larger circle scalloped. That was a pain! But I love the results. I added the pearls, the tag, the rub-on, and the Melissa Fances glittered hearts from my stash

I Adore You

And lastly, my card. I made this for my cousin that just had a baby. Her shower was on Saturday and after I gave her the card, I took it back so I could take a picture of it to share with you! I have to give it back to her now! lol This is loosely based on a card that Martha has on display at her store. I scrapped there on Friday while I was working on my kit and lifted that display card.

Smitten Card

Whew! That was long! Lots to work with in this kit! I love it. I hope you love yours too! Have you made any projects with MME Lost and Found papers? I would love a link to see them or your latest projects!

Scrapbook Daisies November Kits

2010-11-06T22:44:00.000-07:00

Have you seen them yet? Here are all three!

Kit #1: Union Square - My Minds Eye

Kit #2: Portobello Road - My Minds Eye

Kit #3: Parisian Anthology - Pink Paislee

They are all gorgeous! Be sure to check the Kit Chat section of the Scrapbook Daisies message board on the 15th to see what the Design Team created with these kits :)

Meanwhile, you can win a free past Scrapbook Daisies kit! What to know how? Head on over to the Scrapbook Daisies message board and check out the November Design Team challenges and the November sketch challenges. Complete any of those challenges to have a chance to win a kit! Hope to see you participate!

Just So You Know

2010-11-06T16:38:00.001-07:00

Mark your calendars!

Blog Hop Winner!

2010-10-19T17:06:00.000-07:00

I took all my commenters that are followers and had my son pick a winner and . . .

The winner of my Boo blocks is

Sharon Bertolino!

Congrats Sharon.

Email me your address and I will get them shipped to you!

My email is jennmom2000@gmail.com

Thanks for playing and commenting on my blog!

Paper Secrets October Sketch Challenge

2010-10-18T22:22:00.000-07:00

Here is the layout made for the October sketch challenge at Paper Secrets. http://papersecrets.friendhood.net/paper-secrets-challenges-f34/october-sketch-challenge-due-10-31-t1025.htm

It is based on this Page Maps sketch.

This layout was made with my Scrapbook Daisies October kit.

Spooky Blog Hop!

2010-10-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to your 8th stop on the Paper Secrets Spooky Blog Haunt.

Here is what I have to share with you today! My "Countdown to Candy." These are made out of 3.5" x 3.5" blocks on top of a 7"x4" board. Letters cut with my Cricut! Everything finished off with Glimmer Mist.

And my shelf where the blocks are displayed. There are my Boo blocks and my Bo Bunny Whooligans banner. That banner was made using my Scrapbook Daisies October kit.

I love all my little projects and couldn't pick just one. I hope you are inspired to create something of your own for this holiday!

Remember to leave a comment on all 31 blog posts for your chance to win 1 of the 3 treats Paper Secrets is giving away.

AND

I have a special RAK for one lucky winner too. All you have to do is be a follower of my blog and guess what 3 paper manufactures I used on my "Countdown to Candy" blocks. Leave your comment, and you will also be entered to win this from me! (shipping to US & Canada only)

My Boo blocks! (look at the picture above to see the actual blocks I'm giving away. The chipboard pieces are in different places)

Your next stop will be Cheryl G.'s blog.

In case you get lost, you can find a complete blog list here...
http://papersecrets.friendhood.net/blog-candy-blog-hops-f5/2010-paper-secrets-spooky-blog-haunt-oct-15-18th-t1014.htm

October Scrapbook Daisies Kit Reveal

2010-10-14T22:56:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is so busy for me that I thought I would upload these tonight.

This is a really cute kit. Lots of fun papers and bright colors. It is perfect for me and the ages of my kids. I loved working with this line!

Here is what I have made for this month.

Payton, last year. She was a lady bug and I took this picture with my phone. The black letters and purple gems are from my stash and the green paper behind her is from an October kit last year. Everything else from the kit.

You already saw this one. This was Kylie last year as a cow girl with a water gun in her pocket! That black and white flower is made from one of the new Bo Bunny wraps. It is made with that same tecnique that Ly showed on her card video. The only thing added from my stash is the baker's twine.

And here is Wade, also last year, with a knee pad on his head for a hat. Lol. He saw this page and asked me if he could wear that shirt. This one has lots of Glimmer Mist on it and looks so sparkly in real life. The doilies are from my stash. I think the buttons are from my stash too, but I really don't remember, lol. My desk got pretty messy as I was working!

These are some of my kids and some of their cousins getting ready to trick or treat in the neighborhood shopping center. I used some of the packaging for the journaling strips.

Cousins making cookies on the trick or treat shopping trip. The round circle is from last year's kit and the gems are from my stash. I cut one of the journaling papers in half to be on top and bottom of the photos.

Lastly, I used one sheet of the pattern paper to make this banner. I punched a tiny edge of cardstock for the bottom of each card then strung them together on one piece of baker's twine. So simple and I love it.

I even have another layout that I haven't taken a picture of yet. This kit is so easy to use and you can make so much with it! I loved it. (I love every kit! )

If you aren't a kit subber yet, you should be! Check out the details on subbing here: http://www.scrapbookdaisies.net/shop/

Tomorrow is the DAY!

2010-10-14T11:02:00.001-07:00

Creative Scrappers Sketch 125

2010-10-12T15:55:00.000-07:00

Did you know that Creative Scrappers is celebrating their 125th sketch this week? How exciting huh!

Scrapbook Daisies is combining our monthly CS sketch with their celebration this month. That way when you complete this sketch for us at Scrapbook Daisies, you will have also completed it for the contest over there!

Here is a link to the blog post by Kristine D about her giveaway: http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/2 ... brate.html

LOOK AT ALL THOSE CHANCES TO WIN!!!!

Here is the sketch:

And along with all the samples you can see over on her blog, here is my sample:

It;s hard to see, but she has a water gun in her pocket, lol!

Layouts for this Scrapbook Daisies challenge need to be newly created between the start of this challenge and the last day of the month.
The projects must be linked to the thread on the forum there by midnight PST on the last day of the month to be entered into our drawing.
The winner will be drawn shortly after the end of the month. You get one entry to the drawing per layout uploaded.
The winner of the monthly drawing will receive a past kit!!!
We'd also love to see your layout in the gallery too, but it is not required.

Here is a link to the Scrapbook Daisies thread: Oct 2010 CS Challenge

PS: one small detail, you have until the end of the month for the Scrapbook Daisies challenge, but you only have until the 16th to enter the layout on the CS blog! GET SCRAPPING!

2010-10-09T21:56:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the October kit selections at Scrapbook Daisies?! They're all GORGEOUS (I wouldn't expect anything less)! Here's what Martha has lined up:

Kit #1: Celebrate by Teresa Collins

Kit #2: Happy Together by Fancy Pants

Kit #3: Whooligans by BoBunny

Aren't they all terrific?! I would love to have them all! Be sure to check the Kit Chat section of the Scrapbook Daisies message board next weekend to see what the Design Team created with these kits :)

In the meantime, would you like to win a free Scrapbook Daisies kit?! Of course you would, who wouldn't?! Well then, go check out the Scrapbook Daisies October Design Team challenges and the October sketch challenges. Complete any of those challenges to have a chance to win a kit. The more challenges you complete, the better your chances of winning :)

AND, the Scrapbook Daisies brick & mortar store is now open?! I've been and it is awesome! Here are the details about the store!

Scrapbook Daisies
3962 Studebaker Road #203
Long Beach, CA 90808
562-377-0302
M-Th 10AM-7PM
Fri 10AM-Midnight
Sat 10AM-6PM
Sun 11AM-5PM

Want a preview of the store before going for yourself? Here is the link to a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Kyb4jaSlY

I hope to see you on the Scrapbook Daisies message board where you'll find lots of friendly ladies, lots of inspiration, lots of challenges, and lots of fun :)

Don't Forget to Join Me

2010-10-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

And 30 other Bloggers for Paper Secrets first annual Spooky Blog Haunt, October 15th - 18th. Paper Secrets is a FREE craft community that holds monthly challenges with AWESOME RAKs. Come on over to see the challenges if you please.

Regardless, sure to mark your calendars for the Spooky Blog Haunt, October 15th-18th as you hop thru 31 blogs for some spooky inspiration and prizes!

If you are a follower of mine and comment on my blog hop post, you will be entered into a RAK just from me as well! Get ready for a spooky weekend of inspiration!

Spooky Blog Hop Coming Up!

2010-09-24T21:17:00.001-07:00

SD4U became Scrapbook Daisies and

2010-09-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

now its an online place as well as a brick and mortar store! Exciting!

Here are the details about the grand opening of Scrapbook Daisies!!!

We're just ONE week away from the opening of the Scrapbook Daisies store! Martha and Tony are putting in the finishing touches! So join us IN PERSON or ONLINE! Here is a rundown of the festivities:

The store will officially open on Friday, October 1st from 10AM to Midnight. Join us us for our first crop night for just $10. The crop room holds 20 so call us at 562-377-0302 to reserve your spot.

The festivities will continue BOTH IN THE STORE AND ONLINE on Saturday, October 2nd with store hours from 10AM to 6PM . Join us AT THE STORE from 12PM to 4PM for cake and make-n-takes by Ly Le and Nicole Capote. Ly will be making a card using Imaginsce paper and Nicole will be making a 1-page layout using Prima papers. Here's the store Info:

Scrapbook Daisies
3962 Studebaker Road #203
Long Beach, CA 90808
562-377-0302
M-Th 10AM-7PM
Fri 10AM-Midnight
Sat 10AM-6PM
Sun 12PM-5PM

Can't join us in the store, you say??? For all you Scrapbook Daisies Fans who are not local, join us ONLINE from 10AM to 6PM PST for our Opening Celebration Online Crop! Join our Design Team as we chat on our Message Board and on Facebook with hourly games and prizes, challenges and inspirational layouts, and of course, the play-by-play of what's happening at the store... we will be posting pictures and videos of the store and make-n-takes so that you too can join in on the fun!

You don't want to miss out on the fun! Hope to see you at the store or online!

Sharing a Few

2010-09-13T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 layouts I don't think I've shared yet.

My September Layouts with We R Memory Keepers Show and Tell Line

2010-09-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

That is such a long title for this post! lol But it accurately says what this month's layouts were created with!

And before I share the layouts, did you know that scrapbookdeals4u.com is now scrapbookdaisies.net??? Woohoo! Martha, the owner, is openning a brick and mortar store in Long Beach on Studebakker and Los Coyotes diagnal. Soon, very soon, you will be able to touch and feel everything in her store before you buy it. How exciting is that!

So, in order to stream line everything, she merged the real store with the online kit club and made one new name.

Here is a new blinkie for the new site!

Enjoy!

If you are a follower of me or Martha or the store's blog and you post this blinkie on your blog, facebook, Willow Traders, wherever you can, Martha will entry you into a RAK! Leave me a comment if you post the blinkie somewhere.

Now, on to my September layouts.

All of these pictures are from the 2009 school year, not this year. I did these layouts right before school actually started here.

Everything in this one from the kit except the splatters of Glimmer Mist.

I layed the shaped paer upside down on the orange cardstock and misted around it. This gave the cardstock the image of the shaped paper without having to use the paper on just one layout! This is Wes at the start of 1st grade last year.

I want Kylie it write on the lined paper, I just haven't got her to do it yet. Everything from the kit except the brown letters spelling "of"

Standing in front of the garage door before school started on the first day. We had no idea at this time that we would move twice during this school year! Crazy.

I tried painting in the apples in the sticky felt boarder. I wish I would have painted first and laid the felt over the top. It would have been neater. Oh well. I used a mixture of crackle paint and glimmer mist. I also used stickles for the stem and leaves. And here is the shaped paper that I misted the back of on the previous layout.

And then I told Kylie I would help her dress up her plain binder. This is what we created:

I think it turned out pretty cute and she LOVES it! Makes this momma happy!

And finally, here are 2 cards I made with the kit.

and

Isn't this kit fun? I love it.

It also came with this paper:

See that one on the right? The blocks? I cut that all apart and glued them into a little ABC book for Wade. I gave it to him today and he was so excited. He kept talking about his "special" book! So cute!

Anyway, I hope you love this kit too (hopefully you got it!). Its so fun. And I hope you come check out the new site, scrapbookdaisies.net!

Creative Scrappers Sketch 118

2010-08-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

http://www.creative-scrappers.com/ Sketch Challenge #118 - here is the sketch....

Here is my take:

Purple Pumpkin Giveaway!

2010-08-28T09:15:00.001-07:00

You can enter to win these super cute goodies right here....

http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com/2010/08/update-news-and-giveaway.html

My September

2010-08-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

I got the school kit to work with this month. Its the Show and Tell line by WRMK and I love it. The colors are really fun. I love the purple in it! I was able to scrap last year's first day of school photos and it made me a little excited for this year to start! I'm still going to miss summer though! Only a few days left.

Anyway, here are my sneaks of my first 3 projects:

The rest will be revealed on the 1st.

September SD4U kits

2010-08-19T00:08:00.000-07:00

These are such fun kits! Be sure to head over to the store to get yours! http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/shop/

Kit#1 ~ Back to School
This kit includes the wonderful line Show & Tell by We R Memory Keepers, it also has layered chipboard pieces and embossed stickers, a really cool stamp and embellishments from Maya Road and American Crafts. The kit includes 8 sheets of double sided paper, including 2 glitter papers. Perfect for Back to School Pictures!

Kit#2 ~ A walk in the park
This kit features the BEAUTIFUL line from Echo Park. The papers are gorgeous! This kit includes 12 double sided papers, no cardstock this time, a sheet of element stickers and a sheet of alpha stickers. There are also beautiful blossoms from Maya Road, Zva Pearls in Baby blue, a pkg of Chip Art by Melody Ross, Glimmer Mist in Vintage Pink and more! This kit will help you create many, many layouts and projects.

Kit#3 ~ Life is Good
Another awesome kit from Echo Park! Again, no cardstock but all the papers from the line. That is 12 sheets of double sided paper and two sheets of element and alpha stickers! This kit also features Prima Flowers and embellishments from Maya Road and Zva... Enjoy!

My August Layouts with 72 & Sunny

2010-08-12T12:46:00.000-07:00

This is a really fun kit! I love the colors and patterns. I have made 6 layouts so far and 1 card. Here are the layouts! I didn't take a picture of the card yet.

A recent picture of my family, taken June 2010

All of my family, my parents, my siblings, the in laws, and all the cousins. This is taken the same day as my family picture above. I added the butterfly from my stash, the stickles, and the Thickers.

These 3 were born within 10 days of each other. Wade was the first on 5/15, then Eli on 5/21, then Abby on 5/25. We have so many pics of them all together. This is just another try at getting 3 three year olds to all smile and look at the camera at the same time! Wade, then Abby, then Eli in the picture.

I added some Prima's from my stash as well as Glimmer Mist, scraps of Bella Blvd All Inclusive, and Stickles on a few of these next layouts. Heree is the first one:

Cali Vacation- my niece and Kylie at the beach in 2006.

Then some pics from the same day at the beach featuring Wes mostly.

Tip-If your title is too long for the place you want it to go, cut it!

And, these pics are from a birthday party in the early 80s. I'm in one of the pics and still keep in touch with most of these people. It was my brother's party. If you go to the gallery and click on the layout, check out the clothes. Cracks me up! The little boy in the vest and glasses is a very wealthy business owner now!

TIP:Use the felt that your stick pins come on to cut leaves for your layouts!

Such a great kit! I hope you love yours as much as I loved mine!

Back to School Cramfest 2010!

2010-08-08T16:12:00.001-07:00

Have you signed up for SD4U Cramfest 2010 yet?! Monday, August 9th kicks off the scrapbookdeals4u.com annual back-to-school online crop! The SD4U designers have planned an amazing line up of courses (scrapbooking challenges) which will be assigned over a 4-week period. There will be a final exit exam given by Martha herself during the 5th week!

There is lots of fun to be had and there will be yummy scrapbooking prizes to be won!

August kits

2010-07-20T22:41:00.000-07:00

The Scrapbookdeals4u.com August kits are perfect kits for summer! Whether you pick the Echo Park, the We R Memory Keepers, or the American Crafts paper, you can't go wrong. They are all perfect for bright, fun, summery pictures.

~Kit#1 Sweet Summertime

~Kit#2 72&Sunny

~Kit#3 Heatwave

SD4U partnering withMy Sketch World

2010-07-05T22:42:00.000-07:00

Scrapbookdeals4u.com has always hosted a sketch challenge. In the beginning it was once a month using a PageMaps sketch. Then we expanded to twice a month, using a Kristine Davidson sketch and a PageMaps sketch. We have expanded again and now offer 3 sketch challenges each month. We have added My Sketch World!

We post the same sketch on the first of the month as My Sketch World posts. Anyone that completes the sketch can upload it to My Sketch World AND scrapbookdeals4u. Its just like killing 2 birds with one stone!

This month was my turn to do the 1st of the month sketch so I got to use a Lucy Chesna sketch (She is the owner of My Sketch World!)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my sample . . .

My only layout from the Old Glory Kit with 4th of July pictures! I added lots here from my stash. The SR grid paper, the MR chipboard rings and circles, most of the buttons, and the light blue pompom trim.

Thanks Lucy and My Sketch World for this fun partnership.

I'd love to see what you can create!

My July Layouts

2010-07-05T22:32:00.000-07:00

I loved the Old Glory kit from Scrapbookdeals4u.com this month. Anything Americana is so fun to play with around the 4th of July and this kit was just that! Even though I didn't scrap actual pictures of parades and fireworks, this kit still worked with other pages and topics.

Here is what I created:

I went to Payton's class when they celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday in March. This is a picture from that event. I misted the cardstock with a red mist in my stash. I pinked the edges of the 6x6 paper with some old deco scissors! I cut one of the journaling cards into 2 pieces to go on the top and bottom of the photo. Then those stars. . . they are misted with several colors, sprinkled with fine glitter and topped with Glossy accents. Here is a close up-

A recent school picture of my older boy, Wes.

I just love all the banners people have been using on layouts lately. I thought I would try one out myself. I added the buttons and heart gems from my stash. The beige ribbon is from my stash too.

Picture of Weston's first baseball team on opening day this year. Is there anything more Americana than baseball?

A rather old picture of dh's side of the family. Added those Maya Road ribbon slides and the Jenni Bowlin journaling spot from my stash.

So actually, none of these are 4th of July pictures!

I do have one more layout and it is from the 4th. I'll post it in a new post.

July Kits at Scrapbookdeals4u.com!

2010-06-22T12:25:00.000-07:00

Here are the full pictures of the July kits! Thanks LG for the beautifully composed collages!

Checkout the Design Team Reveals on July 1st! I know I'm excited to see what everyone created.

My June Layouts

2010-06-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

I think I forgot to post these . . .

My kids at Knott's Berry Farm at the end of last summer.

Some older pictures I found of Kylie when she was in pre-school. These are from 2005-2006. I used sketch 57 for this layout too!

I used the journaling cards as pattern paper for this layout.

This is a picture of my newly turned 3 year old Wade just after his birthday! My local Target has a portrait studio and they take great pictures! He has the longest lashes!

and

my camp rock layout . . .

Design Team Call!

2010-06-16T21:29:00.001-07:00

Do you have what it takes to become a design team member at SD4U?? We are looking for a few stand out scrappers to join our team and serve from July-December 2010.

So . . . If you think you have what it takes, read on below for the details.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
The existing SD4U Design Team is looking for 2 creative, outgoing, talented fresh faces to inspire our members and join our team. We will be accepting submissions through June 30th, 2010. The new designers will be announced once they have been contacted and have accepted their positions (hopefully by July 2nd). The design team position will be from July through December 2010. We keep our Design Team Members very busy with lots of activities, such as designing with monthly kits, blog posts, daily message board activities, classes and tutorials, participation in board challenges, etc.. Please consider the amount of time that will be required to fulfill your DT requirements when deciding to apply.

SD4U asks that you are not a design team member for more than 1 other kit clubs due to the amount of time required to fulfill your position appropriately. Also, we ask that you remain respectful of our business by not posting about other clubs or online stores on our message board or in your comments.

DESIGNER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):

•Promoting SD4U whenever possible (Facebook, WillowTraders, Blogs, Our own site, scrapbook.com, twopeas, etc).

•Posting the SD4U blinkie and link on your personal blog.

•Posting photos of our monthly kits, along with samples of your work on your personal blog each month with a link back to either the store, or the message board. SD4U will in turn post a link to your blog on our site’s blog.

•Consistent daily participation on our message board.

•Designing at least 5 items per kit: 5 layouts or combination of 3-4 layouts and altered items or cards.

•Actively participate in creating at least 2 monthly tutorials or classes. Take your turn posting to the blog and Facebook when assigned also. We do a rotation with a calendar posted each month. It is your responsibility to check that calendar and follow up with your assignment.

•Actively participate in challenges and contests.

OUR DESIGNERS RECEIVE:

•A free kit every month containing the industry's latest and greatest products!

•Miscellaneous perks - free passes to CHA, special discounts, etc.!

•Designers term is through December 2010.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED:

•Email 5 of your best and recent layouts and/or altered projects to info@scrapbookdeals4u.com
•Please include the following in your email:

1. Name, mailing address, phone number
2. Links to other online galleries that show your work (as well as your screen name)
3. Link to your blog.
4. A short bio of yourself including other DT's you have been on (or are currently on) and your current activity on any forums and message boards.
5. As previously stated, photos of 5 layouts and/or altered projects that you feel best represent your style. Layouts can be 12x12 or 8 1/2 X 11

Thank you for wanting to be a part of our great team! We are so excited to see what you have created.

Scrapbookdeals4u kits for July

2010-06-15T13:24:00.001-07:00

Here is what you can look forward to for July kits at scrapbookdeals4u.com!

July Kit # 1 Old Glory

July Kit # 2 Max & Whiskers

July Kit # 3 Homespun

Summer Camp!

2010-05-27T20:53:00.001-07:00

Scrapbookdeals4u.com (http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/) is ready for summer camp, Camp Rock style! This camp starts June 4th and will run through the end of July. It is going to be a ton of fun... Weekly challenges based on an Artist or a specific song will be completed and then voted on by the members at SD4U. Points will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. You can earn camp badges for participating, and earn points for commenting in the gallery, board participation, inviting your friends and playing games during camp!

The final challenge, our Camp Rock Final Jam, will be the last event and the grand prize winner will be the next Guest Designer at scrapbookdeals4u.com SD4U!!!!

The FIRST challenge will be issued on JUNE 4th...so come to the forum for complete details, to sign up, and GET READY TO ROCK!!!!

http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/

June Kits at Scrapbookdeals4u

2010-05-16T12:21:00.000-07:00

The June peaks are up at scrapbookdeals4u.com and here is a little info on the kit club there.

Scrapbookdeals4u is a no-commitment club. There is no minimum number of kits that you are required to purchase and your membership remains in effect until you cancel it. This is a month-to-month membership. With your membership, you will get a discount on the price of the kit, discount on shipping fees and your kit will include items that will be available only with the membership. If you need to skip your subscription, you will need to let Martha know by the 25th of the preceding month.

Here they are!

Kit #1: KIOSHI

Kit #2: TREE HOUSE

Kit #3: FLY A KITE

I don't know which one I will be assigned to design with, but I do know that I will be playing with them all. I just have to buy the kits I am not assigned because they are always so beautiful!

Cute Giveaway!

2010-05-03T10:37:00.001-07:00

How cute are these?!? A-dorable!

My fun friends over at Cute Cupcakes All the Time are hosting a giveaway by Snappy Pendants.

Check it out here:

http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/2010/05/giveaway.html

SD4U May Kit- Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety

2010-04-30T23:36:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this kit! The pages were really fun to put together!

This is my first layout and it goes with my NSD challenge. (See the forum for more info!)

This is little Payton when she was about 6 months old. She is 5 1/2 now! The letters and buttons are from my stash and I cut the stars with my Cricut.

This layout has the other part of the stars!

I glimmer misted the red cardstock before I adhered the stars with foam tape and the letters are from my stash. This is a really old picture that had been in a frame. That's Kylie when she was only 18 months old!

Here is another older picture!

This is from a trip to Sea World in 2003. This was before Wes was 1 so Kylie was 2 1/2. Letters and buttons from my stash (probably an older kit!).

And these are my 3 school kids!

These are their spring pictures so they just took them. Kylie is 9 1/2, Wes is 7 1/2, and Payton is 5 1/2! Letters and brads from my stash too.

I have so much more product still. I know I will be making some more layouts with this kit. It is really fun and a great kit!

These should be on sale in the store now. SD4U Store

Scrapbookdeals4U.com May Kits!

2010-04-23T20:49:00.000-07:00

Woohoo!!! Martha has done it AGAIN! The May kits have been revealed and WOW, they're sooooo fantastic!

Here's a quick look at kit #1 featuring Letterbox by American Crafts:
This one is actually already sold out from subscribers picking it! Way to go Martha!

A look at kit #2 featuring Thrift Shop by October Afternoon:

Luckily Martha ordered double of this one so there are some left still. It is super popular!

and a look at kit #3 featuring Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket:

This is the one I get to play with! Woohoo! I love it.

Be sure to check out all of the many closeup photos that Martha has posted on the message board! I've heard several ladies talking about ordering 2 of these kits or even all 3 of them, and who can blame them?! (I am one that actually buys the ones I don't get to work with as a DT member. I just love them so much!)

Which one is calling your name?

Crop Till You Drop!

2010-04-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

Scrapbookdeals4u.com is hosting a National Scrapbook Day "Crop 'Till Ya Drop" Party!

The party will start on April 30th and continue through May 2nd with lots of scrappy challenges and PRIZES BABY!!! The Design Team is hard at work putting this crop together and busy as little Bees making preparations. This will DEFINITELY be THE one place you will want to be to celebrate NSD! Are you ready to Crop Till Ya Drop!!??

And the best part, you can win prizes with your participation!

These prizes will be awarded based on challenges completed and overall participation in the crop.

Keep your eyes peeled for more info! This is going to be a FANTABULOUS cropping weekend!

More Pages with SD4U Green at Heart kit

2010-04-06T20:28:00.000-07:00

There are still a few kits left in the store at SD4U.

April Kit Projects from Scrapbookdeals4u.com

2010-04-01T11:03:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful kit and it is stuffed with wonderful embellishments. I loved using them on my layouts this month.

Here are my first layouts:

The letters are from my stash. Those scalloped circles are punched from on of the papers in the kit.

There is a lot of glitter and Stickles on all these chipboard pieces. DT member Mette and I both placed an owl in our chipboard trees! How fun!

I had these Easter pics pulled out to use last month, but Kylie's purple shirt didn't work with the WeR papers. It worked great with this month's papers though! Those are lines of glitter between my papers too! It really sparkles in person. Those tiny strips between the glitter lines are the little strips that ares left over when you use a boarder punch!

All items from the kit except the black Thickers. Those are from a previous kit. That double scallop boarder strip is the on I punched to get the tiny strips on the above layout.

Thank for looking! I can't wait to see what all of you create with this kit. It is beautiful! If you would like to purchase this kit, visit the SD4U store! There are still some in the store!

PS-I'm half way through another layout with more paper and embellies still to use!

My Magpie Sketch Layout

2010-03-18T23:51:00.000-07:00

Magpie Club has a monthly sketch contest with a sketch by Julie Bonner. Here is my layout for the March sketch.

This is the sketch:

Thanks for another great sketch, Julie and Magpie Club!

SD4U April Kits

2010-03-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

One of our newest DT members, Kristine D, created these cute graphics for our new April kits at Scrapbook Deals 4U! Don't these kits look wonderful?

I get Green at Heart by Basic Grey this month.
I love it!
How could you not? Look at those little Woolie creatures!
Adorable!

Have you heard? CLICK HERE to join us at Scrapbook Deals 4 u...
and coming March 19-26 An Anniversary Crop!

My March Layouts with Hippity Hoppity

2010-03-09T16:03:00.001-08:00

Here is what I have made with the We R Memory Keepers "Hippity Hoppity" kit this month from scrapbookdeals4u.com. Unfortunately this kit is already sold out. Congrats to those of you that picked it up. It is wonderful! Almost every layout here is made with everything from the kit. I have added a few brads, flowers, and pieces of cardstock. But just like all of Martha's kits, this one is packed too! I hope you like what I have made!

March Kit Peeks

2010-03-05T13:35:00.001-08:00

Here are my sneak peeks for the March Hippity Hoppity kit from scrapbookdeals4u.com. This is a We R Memory Keepers paper line that is only available to small retailers (less than 3 store fronts). It is super fun and bright. Its been really fun to work with. There are just 2 kits left in the store. Check it out here: http://scrapbookdeals4u.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

I already have 6 layouts done and lots of product left too! Here are some little peeks for you!

Look for fun reveals on the 8th! We also have a big crop coming up for SD4U's 2nd anniversary starting on the 19th! More details on that coming soon too.

Cutest Cupcake Blog

2010-03-01T11:57:00.000-08:00

Do you love cupcakes? I do! and I love this blog: http://cutecupcakesallthetime.blogspot.com/

And I just won these super cute cupcake clippies too! Adorable.

Check out the blog. Maybe you can win the next giveaway.

2010-02-17T20:29:00.000-08:00

Here are the 3 kits that Martha has selected for March over at SD4U. These are the manufacturers/lines that will be in there!!! Exact pictures will come in a few days. Each one is just FANTASTIC!

Here is "Hippity Hoppity" by We R Memory Keepers. I get to use this one!! I told Martha at CHA that Easter is one of the few holidays that I have lot of photos for. Somehow I am not caught up with this holiday. She remembered and I get to play with this wonderful kit!!! Heather and Misty also will be using this kit...all three of us have certainly got the kiddos to fill these super cute pages with!

Here is "Estate Sale" by Bella Boulevard. This kit is fantastic for family or even masculine layouts! Kris B., Kristine D., and Mette get to work with this one...I can't wait to see how they use it!

And HERE is "Material Girl" by Cosmo Cricket. I LOVE this line! LG and Nicole get to create with this one..and I can't wait to see what beautiful things they create with their kits!!!

My favorite part about this month's kits is that EVERY KIT comes with it's own BOTTLE OF SHIMMERZ SPRITZ???!! I'm buying the extra kits just for that fact alone!

Roses are Red Crop

2010-02-14T13:48:00.000-08:00

This weekend scrapbookdeals4u.com is hosting a Valentine crop online. There are 12 challenges and several games going on. So far I have created layouts and projects for almost all of the challenges. Most of what I created was with the Feb "All You Need is Love" kit. Here is my stuff!

#1 a Menu Challenge
You pick your menu, later its revealed what scrappy supplies match up with your order and you create a layout from that order! So fun!
This was my order:

Frozen Margarita.......................................Solid White
Shrimp cocktail .........................................ribbon
Grilled Halibut.............................................must have only 2 photos
Garlic mashed potatoes...............................ink
Classic Chocolate Cake.......................................................your choice

***Mandatory Champagne Toast to Celebrate Martha's Birthday!!!

I also used an Inspired Blueprints sketch for inspiration.

#2 This is based on an exclusive sketch by Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers. She is one of our 2 brand new designers at sd4u and we are so excited she is here too!

This is the sketch:

I covered these chipboard hearts with Glimmer Mist, Glossy Accents, and Martha Stewart Glitter. They look super pretty in person!

#3 was to craft something with your kids.

Wes and I made this Valentin box for his school party. I covered it in paper and deco tape. Wes applied the stickers when his homework was done. I've never seen him do his homework as eagerly before! lol

I'm still working on #4!

#5 is a challenge where you are assigned a secret "crush" and you have to scraplift them. I lifted DT KrisB's wonderful layout from the gallery!

#6 was to create anything with typical Valentine colors and neutrals. I had some girls over the other night and this was the project I created with them. I taught them how to make the paper roses. The frames one was my sample and the other one I created as we went along that night.

#7 was to be mostly red and/or pink and journal about why you love your subject.

I love those Jenni Bowlin alphas (My Tiny) and the Glimmer mist on this page. I also glimmer misted the hearts and covered them with Glossy Accents.

#8 was to use fancy flowers and bling on a layout. I used a Magpie sketch by Julie Bonner for this one.

#9 was like an ad inspiration, but it was of the family and Steve needed a pic of the family today for church. I forgot to take a pic bewfore he left. (I'm home with 2 sick kids)

#10 is not yet done.

#11 was a challenge by Martha. One of the parts of the challenge was to create these paper roses. They are not that hard and look pretty fantastic. Thanks for the tutorial Martha!

and last but not least was #12, use a love song in your title.

So, there are my projects for the crop. Have you been playing along. You have until Monday to upload your work to the forum. Did you know that they grand prize is a 3 month DT spot???

Inspired Blueprints and a Feb Kit

2010-02-14T13:41:00.001-08:00

Inspired Blueprints is an ning site with lots of inspiration. I just complete 2 layouts with sketches from that site as starting points. Here are the 2 layouts.

These layouts were made with the February kit from scrapbookdeals4u.com, the kit club I design for. Here is a link to the kit: http://scrapbookdeals4u.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&zenid=eb373851bb72dd75a686683189817f42

This kit is actually sold out already. Martha's kits are fantastic though, and seriously packed with scrappy goods! With this kit alone, I made 9 layouts! As a subscriber, the kit costs just $26. That is less than $3 per page! What a great value. I'll have more to post in a bit so you can see what else I made with this kit!

Roses are Red Crop is in Just a Few Days!

2010-02-07T19:37:00.000-08:00

Here is a list of all the challenges that we will be having next weekend at the Roses are Red Crop!

1. "Valentine's Date Night"
2. "Show Me the Love!"
3. "Kids Card Class"
4. "Unexpected Surprise"
5. "Scrap~lift Love"
6. "Be My Valentine"
7. "Who do You Love?"
8. "Roses And Diamonds"
9. "Shower Me with Love"
10. "Sending You a Letter"
11. "Blooming Beauties"

Have I sparked your interest??? Are you ready to get scrappy???

Come join us in the forum and play along! http://scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=4895

You could be our next Guest Design Team Member!!!

2010-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

Have you heard?

Scrapbook Deals 4 U will be hosting a super fun online crop over Valentine's Day weekend! There will be several awesome games, challenges, contests, giveaways and prizes! Come over now and get started on some of the monthly challenges as a warm up!

The Grand Prize is a design team spot for 3 months!

Martha and her design team are currently working on getting all of the plans in place...more details will be coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

My Origins Kit from SD4U

2010-02-02T09:47:00.000-08:00

This kit is so beautiful and so much fun to play with. The patterns can be a little tricky, but with some planning and consideration, the layouts turn out beautifully! All the embellishments are great too! I have almost used my entire kit up with these 6 layouts!

This is Weston with a typical 1st grade mouth, full of holes! He often does not want his picture taken. I try to suprise him with the camera. The pic on the right is one of those surprise pics. I think its from the end of summer and he is sporting a nice swimmers tan! I love the black ric rac in the kit!

Here is Wade with the 3D glasses from a Toy Story movie. Lots of Glimmer Mist on the die-cut round paper and the cream paper under the ribbon.

A fairly recent picture of me with some personal journaling. Kylie wanted me to explain it to her, and I couldn't. She just doesn't need to know all the grown up details yet. Don't you just love the BG woolies?

Wade on our backyard swing set that we had to leave at our old house. This layout made all my kids sad! They miss their old backyard. Something interesting about this layout-I was trying to get that butterfly rubon to stick down to the photo and it just wouldn't stick. It has glitter in the rubon (SO PRETTY), but the slick photo didn't have enough grab. I think it would have stuck to paper ok, but I wanted it on the photo. Instead of rubbing until my fingers fell off, I decided to trim around the butterfly. I adhered it like a transparency rather that a rubon! I don't think you can even really tell either. So there is my little hint! If your rub-on won't rub-on, use it like a transparency piece!

This is a pic I took with my dad's dSLR in the summer. I love this pic! Its Wes on his b-day at my mom's swimming pool.

These pics are from when Steve and I went to Chicago last spring for a medical billing conference. One night we went to Wrigley Field for a game. Steve was in heaven. I still plan on journaling on this one. The edges of the pp are torn and folded back. The dark spots on the layout are because I took this pic when it had rained and their were water drops on my windows. I was trying to use the sunshine that we had between storms and this one ended up looking a little spotted. The spots are not there in real life!

So, there you go. There are my layouts with the Origins kit. Such a pretty kit, and yet I made almost all boy layouts! What will you make with your kit?

My First February Kit Layout

2010-01-22T13:02:00.000-08:00

Magpie Club is having a sketch contest with a Julie Bonner sketch. Here is the sketch:

And here is my layout using the Origins kit from scrapbookdeals4u.com:

My little Wade, about 1 year ago, on our backyard playset. I miss that playset so much! The kids do too!

Here is a little closeup of one section:

Stay tuned for more reveals this weekend!

More with Pink Paislee

2010-01-18T16:41:00.001-08:00

My Jan 15th challenge at scrapbookdeals4u.com is to scraplift a member of our gallery. Cheryl created a wonderful layout that I used for the challenge. More details about the challenge are found here: CHALLENGE

This is my sample!

I am also hosting the card challenge this time around and I chose a great PageMaps sketch as my starting point. This is the sketch:

And my Sample

Details about this contest can be found here: CHALLENGE

Basic Grey's monthly newsletter had a great sketch in it that I used to create this layout. I didn't use BG though. This is more Pink Paislee, MM flowers, and Prima kisses.

MyMind's Eye had a fun sketch on their blog that I used as inspiration for this layout. I didn't use MME product though so I can't enter it in to the contest for them. I still really like the results though.

These are what I created while waiting for my February kit from Martha. Stay tuned for those projects to be coming soon!

Page Maps Contest

2010-01-18T16:31:00.000-08:00

There is another contest at PageMaps. This contest is in conjunction with the new Basic Grey website. Have you checked it out yet? They have digital stuff! Anyway, this is my layout for the contest.

February Kits at Scrapbookdeals4u.com

2010-01-18T14:22:00.000-08:00

Here is the one NON Valentine kit...featuring the Basic Grey Origins line. This kit is really beautiful and you will love it! This is the line I am working with this month.

And here are the two Valentine kits that you get to choose from. One is vintagy and the other is bright and playful. The first one features Fancy Pants and beautiful embellishments to go with it. The 2nd one features the Bo Bunny "Love Bandit" AND "Persuasion" lines. Love both of these kits and I will be working with them soon!

So head on ove to SD4U and grab yours before they are all gone!

Shimmerz Latest

2010-01-13T19:07:00.000-08:00

Check out the info on thier blog at http://shimmerzpaints.blogspot.com/

Using Up

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the last of my January kit.

Cards made with just a few scraps.

Weston's Kinder Class Photo, inspired by sketch #48 by Kristine Davidson for SD4U.

Here is the sketch:

And I know the title is spelled wrong. I took out the extra G since taking the pic. I just didn't have any more good light in the day to retake the photo.

And with those projects, by kit is gone!

More Layouts

2010-01-08T19:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a layout I did with Nutmeg, P and W at Knott's.

And here are more with my January kit. I love this kit!

Valentine Crop

2010-01-08T19:01:00.001-08:00

Have you heard?!

Scrapbook Deals 4 U will be hosting a super fun online crop over Valentine's weekend! There will be several awesome challenges, contests, giveaways and prizes! The Grand Prize?? A design team spot for 3 months! WOW!!!

Martha and her design team are currently working on getting all of the plans in place. More details will be coming soon!

We hope you'll play along!

New Challenge Schedule at SD4U

2010-01-03T20:36:00.000-08:00

There are four prizes to be won each month. All prize winners are randomly drawn, so everyone has several chances to win. Two of the prizes are for the 1st of the month challenges, which end on the 14th of the month, and two of the prizes are for the 15th of the month challenges, which end on the last day of the month.

Here are the 4 ways to be eligible to win the prizes each month:

1) Complete the 1st of the month layout sketch challenge and upload it to the correct sketch challenge gallery folder by midnight PST on the 14th of the month. Sketch Challenges

2) Complete any of the remaining 1st of the month DT challenges and upload them into the "1st of the month DT Challenges" gallery folder by midnight PST on the 14th of the month. By the way, for each of these DT challenges that you complete, you have a chance at this prize, so if you complete all 4 of these DT challenges, you have 4 chances at this prize! DT Challenges

3) Complete the 15th of the month layout sketch challenge and upload it to the correct sketch challenge gallery folder by midnight PST on the last day of the month. (see link in #1)

4) Complete any of the remaining 15th of the month DT challenges and upload them into the "15th of the month DT Challenges" gallery folder by midnight PST on the last day of the month. Again, for each of these DT challenges that you complete, you have a chance at this prize, so if you complete all 4 of these DT challenges, you have 4 chances at this prize! (see link in #2)

The 15th of the month DT challenges will repeat every month. They are Jen's scraplift challenge; Heather's ad inspiration challenge; Nicole's card sketch challenge; and Misty's color challenge.

Mette will be providing awesome layout classes in conjunction with the new challenge schedule!

Come on over to the forums and play with us! We want to see your work.

A Layout Tutorial with my Jan kit

2010-01-01T09:09:00.000-08:00

I almost always start with a sketch. It gets me started and I don't sit staring at my supplies for very long when I am inspired by a sketch. Most of the time it looks different from the original start as I like to make the sketches my own.

For this layout, I had a lot of pictures I wanted to use all together. I looked for a sketch that had several photos. I chose this sketch from Sketch Inspirations:

I had my kit supplies all out and I matted my photos with white cardstock to start. I used 4x5.25 photos that I had printed by Snapfish. I cut my mats 4.25x5.5in, 1/4 in bigger than the photos. I cut all the mats from 1 sheet of 8.5x11 paper.

I then placed my photos in the design of the sketch. I had to move them around a bit to get the right amount of overlap. It would have been easier to arrange them if I had trimmed the photos down, but I wanted to leave them large. I then adhered the photos and used foam tape behind the top left photo. I wanted that one to stand out above the others.

I then chose two strips of contrasting pattern paper cut to roughly 1.5 inches wide and placed them on either side of my photo group. This is different from the sketch but I liked the way it looked. These strips were actually leftovers from another layout. I also added that little chipboard bird from the kit too.

I placed word strip stickers on the right like the sketch, a journaling block on the left, a center sticker, and my title across the top of my main photo. I chose that title placement to help draw the eye to my main photo.

The bird needed something to perch on so I cut a swirl with my cricut and used half of it under the bird.

Then I added stickles to the swirl and to the centers of the flowers on the main pattern paper.

And I was done!

I hope you can see how easy it is to get lots of photos on one page and how great sketches are! I love sketches.

Sorry for all the flash spots in the tutorial photos. I was working late at night and couldn't figure out how to photograph without them but still get a clear picture.

My First Two Layouts

2009-12-31T17:22:00.000-08:00

These are my oldest nieces and nephews. They got dumped on this month, more snow in their town than its had in 40 years! This was the picture their mom sent as their Christmas card. I just loved it and had to scrap it. I think its such a fun photo. I love how the colors of the photo work with the colors in these papers!

This is my dad and his younger brother in the 50s. This is one of my most favorite pictures ever!

January Kits

2009-12-31T17:03:00.000-08:00

are in the store and there are not many left. Here are the 3 choices.

Kit # 1 Honey I'm Home
featuring Bella Blvd (SOLD OUT!)

Kit # 2 Spread Your Wings
featuring 3 Bugs (SOLD OUT!)

Kit # 3 Urban Ink
featuring Dream Street (only 3 left!)

Here is your link to the store to get your own Urban Ink kit: STORE

My Mid Month Completions

2009-12-21T10:28:00.000-08:00

This one is for the sketch challenge. I just love Page Maps!

This one is for the scraplift. I loved Joni's original work and this is my version.

And here are my cards based on Nicole's sketch.

What will you create?

SD4U Mid Month Challenges

2009-12-21T10:27:00.001-08:00

Come to the forum and play along! Here are the mid month challenges! Click after the title to go to the thread for more details.

Card Sketch-

Layout Sketch-

Scraplift-

Color Challenge-Use purple and Turquoise

Ad Inspiration-

All entries need to be uploaded by the 31st to be entered in the prize drawing. Remember there is one prize for t he layout sketch and another prize for everything else!

Come play!

Mid Month Challenges at SD4U

2009-12-15T16:47:00.000-08:00

Everyone has posted their mid-month challenge at scrapbookdeals4u.com Come on over to the forum to see what they are. You can get a sneak peek at my challenge here on my blog.

My mid-month challenge is for you to scraplift a layout I have picked from the gallery. We have such talented members and can find tons of inspiration in our own gallery! Have you snooped around in there lately? Good, good stuff in there!

Anyway,

The layout I have picked is by KIX! Joni's style is awesome. She uses large photos and always seems to have some hybrid element to her layouts. This is my choice for this month:

Pick something from Joni's layout to be inspired by and scraplift it. Whether it be the large photo, the mixture of fonts, the tied buttons, the squares of paper, the rub-ons, etc. Let's see what you come up with based on being inspired by Joni's layout!

Here is my sample!

I loved the structure of her layout and the tied buttons. I did not have a large photo so I used 3 smaller photos in the same position. I love how all the October Afternoon papers from the Mega kit come together on this layout! This is a great way to use lots of patterns!

I can't wait to see how you are inspired by Joni's layout.

All layouts for the mid-month challenges need to be posted to the gallery folder by the last day of the month to be eligible for the randomly drawn prize. The winner will be announced on the 1st!

More layouts from my Mega Kit

2009-12-13T15:16:00.000-08:00

Here are a few more layouts done with my Mega Kit from scrapbookdeals4u.com. I think Martha has a few left from the second set she put together. Run yourself over to the store if you would like to pick one up! They are loaded with Bella Blvd December Details, October Afternoon Very Merry, and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper! Yum! But there are also a ton of embellishments to make it DELICIOUS!!!

Here is a link: STORE

Update: Page Maps Contest!

2009-12-12T20:46:00.001-08:00

I WON!!!! I was picked as one of the 2 winners for the prize! How exciting. I will be anxiously waiting by my mailbox for my page kits now. Thanks Page Maps!!!

PageMaps Sketch Contest

2009-12-01T12:34:00.000-08:00

I love sketches and I especially love PageMaps. Here is my latest PM layout created for the most recent contest on that site.

and here is the sketch

Check out PageMaps if you would like to participate!

My December Challenge at Scrapbookdeals4u.com

2009-12-01T09:29:00.000-08:00

Create something holiday related (card, layout, altered item) with a scalloped element on it.

My FaLaLa mantle decoration!

1. Select papers to cover the entire chipboard houses. Adhere the houses to the paper.

2. Cut out the houses with your craft knife or scissors.

3. All 3 cut out.

4. Punch several scallop edges out of white cardstock and adhere to the roof-line. Also adhere to the ground for snow.

5. Ink edges of the houses and cut a piece of paper to cover the chimney. See the red strip on the right? That is the paper I used for my chimneys.

6. Cut rectangles for doors. Add red brads for doorknobs. Punch a hole in the middle house at the bottom for pointsetta. Glue red ferns to sides of flower. Adhere chipboard pieces, including figures and letters. Cut out green, glitter trees from pp and place on houses too. (I should have taken more pics of these steps along the way. I think I just got too into creating to remember!)

7. Decorate the chimney, roof-line, and scallops with stickles to mimic icicles. I stood the house up to dry overnight so the stickles would drip down a bit.

8. Use a hole puncher (a cropadile works awesomely) to punch 2 holes on the sides of the houses. Thread ribbon through holes and tie the houses together.

9. Display our project!

Now, let's see your holiday creation with scallops! You have until the 15th to post your creation either in on my blog (you can link me), this thread, in the gallery, or even all 3!

All items except for the green trees is from the Christmas Mega kit at Scrapbookdeals4u.com They are all sold out of the first batch. You can email Martha if you would like to be on the wait list for the second batch! sales@scrapbookdeals4u.com

Julie Bonner Sketches

2009-11-30T18:40:00.000-08:00

Are you a big fan too? I really love her sketches. Lately she has been designing exclusive sketches for a few different sites. I have used my December ScrapbookDeals4u.com kit for a few of those sketches. Here is the layout I did with the Magpie sketch!

I love this kit! It is so heavy, and full, and beautiful. Martha sold out of the CHristmas Mega kit in record time but has decided to put another set together. Email her if you would like the kit!

Going Green w Christmas Cards

2009-11-23T15:48:00.000-08:00

Every Monday until Christmas someone from theScrapbookDeals4U.com DT is going to share with you a fun project they have made for the holidays. I'm up first!

I needed to make some Christmas cards. I had some Thank You Cards in my stash that I was never going to use. They were pretty, but not that exciting. I decided to use those cards as the base for my Christmas Cards. Recycle them in a way!

Here is the starting card:

Nice, but ordinary

I had picked up some super fun Jolly by Golly paper and embellies and was itching to use that paper. It would work too because it has some pink in it and my recycled envelopes were pink.

I started to build my base and wanted to decide whether to use the pink snowman paper (because of the envies) or keep with the greeninsh color scheme.

These were my two choices:

or

I decided the greenish color looked better, but still needed to get some pink on the card for the tie in with the envie!

I decided to use the pink snowman paper on the inside of the card (and I covered up the printed thank you sentiment too).

I then chose some of the Ready Set Chip and stickers from the line that had red or pink in it for the front to help with the envie color. I stamped a sentiment on red cardstock, adhere it and the trim to the card. It needed a little something more so I used my stardust pen on the fronts to finish the cards off.

Here they are:

Fast, cute, and GREEN (in more ways than one!)

And here is a recent layout I did using CC's paper line too!

Thanks for looking and I hope you share with us something you make for the holidays this year. Look forward to our next project next Monday.

December Kits at SD4U!

2009-11-20T11:10:00.000-08:00

The December kits are here! Well...most of it and I love them anyway!
Martha will update pictures this weekend with the FULL kit reveal as there is a lot of the product missing still. She should get the product today! Even with stuff missing, these kits are gorgeous!

Kit # 1 Christmas Mega kit... will be full of fun stuff!
The retail value of this kit is $42.29! our sub member's price will be...$33.95 a savings of over $8.00! Shipping on this kit will be actual shipping because it is heavy! If you buy two kits or more shipping will be the same as always, since we do Flat rate shipping the weight will not affect the price. (The picture is missing quite a few things, some of the Bella Blvd Paper, all the October Afternoon Christmas Line and two sets of Stickers one from October Afternoon and one from Bella Blvd, and 3 house shaped chipboard pieces)

Kit # 2 Christmas Magic...This is a B-E-A-U-TIFUL kit, retail product price $31.29 save $6.34!

Kit # 3 What's cookin'...You are going to LOVE this Kit!
A combination of Nook & Pantry and Farm Fresh paper lines, retail price $31.75 save $6.80! (The picture is missing the Farm Fresh Stickers)

Aren't they beautiful! I know you will love whichever one you pick.

pst-if you want to buy one of these kits, email Martha and become a subber! I wouldn't want you to miss out. I know they will sell fast!

Here is a link to the store too in case you need it! http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/shop/

Another Layout

2009-11-18T10:05:00.001-08:00

I've had this paper for awhile and have been waiting to use it. I love it!

SD4U Sketch #45

2009-11-18T09:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, are you ready for your next sketch challenge at scrapbookdeals4u.com? All entries are due on Nov. 29. The poll will be posted on Nov 30 and the winner announced on December 1st. Seems far away, but it really isn't!

And here is my sample:

This was Payton, my 5 year old, when she was just a few months old. The picture is really that pink in person too. Her hair is now so blonde. Its hard to remember that her hair was that dark.

I'd love to see your layout with this sketch! Upload it to the gallery at Scrapbookdeals4u.com so we can see your creativity!

Here is a link to the forum: http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=4580

My November Layouts with Photos

2009-11-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

I was able to get some photos on my layout and would love to show you what they look like now!

Here is the first onewith a cute picture of Payton and Wade. I love this photo. I love the colors in this layout too.
Here is one I made using some scraps from the kit. I was really getting down to the end when I made this layout. This is Kylie on her baptism day.

And here are the kids' school pictures from this year. Ky is in 3rd, Wes is in 1st and Pay is on pre-K.

This is a picture from Wade's blessing day with all the men that participated. I love this photo too.
This is from this past Easter at Huntington Central Park (or maybe it was 2 Easter's ago).

I haven't been able to figure out the best place to photograph layouts in my new house. I need to figure it out though. These are very shadowy. It was late afternoon.

I hope you got your November kit because they are all sold out. December's kit will be on sale soon!

2009-11-16T15:48:00.000-08:00

Are you ready to see what SD4U is offering for December??? They are awesome once again!

Kit # 1 - Christmas Mega Kit
A combination of 3 beautiful lines! October Afternoon, Bella Blvd and Eskimo Kisses

Kit # 2 - Christmas Magic
Featuring the beautiful line from Fancy Pants

Kit # 3 - No name yet
This is a non-Christmas kit using the beautiful papers from October Afternoon - Farm Fresh and Basic Grey - Nook and Pantry

All 3 of these kits are going to be fantastic and will sell out quickly! Will you be able to pick just one? I think I NEED all 3!

As soon as Martha shares more peeks at the kit contents I'll let you know!

As soon as I have sneakies, I'll post those too!

Sppoktacular Crop and Treat Weekend

2009-10-28T22:42:00.000-07:00

Its here! We are ready to play and have some fun! Come on over to the Spooktacular Crop and Treat Weekend at SD4U. Its really going to be so much fun and we already have a mini-precrop challenge up. Here are those details from the welcome thread:

Is everyone ready for our fantastic weekend??? I am!

If you are here to play with us, welcome! We would love to know who is here for some spooky fun. Let us know by changing your avatar to something in the spirit of the holiday and add our crop blinkie to your siggy.

Thank you to Joni for creating this special blinkie just for us!!! Love it!

Your First Pre-Crop Challenge:

post the blinkie on your blog, facebook, myspce, and any other forum where you can post it (like willowtraders.com). Post a link to your sign in spot with the places you have posted the blinkie. Each posted blinkie spot will get you one raffle ticket to a fun RAK from me! I will draw a winner at the end of the crop!

If you bring a friend to the crop and they introduce themselves as saying you brought them here, you will get 2 raffle entries!

My November Kit Reveal-Simple Pleasures

2009-10-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

This kit was a joy to work with! I love my layouts. Since I am in the middle of moving and unpacking, I have not got pictures on my layouts. Those will come though. Here are my kit projects!

These kids are some of my kids' cousins. Their last name is Bird. How cute are those little birdies there in place of their name?

And my favorite

November Kits at SD4U

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Flutter Butter featuring Bo Bunny!

Sam featurine Dream Street Papers:

Simple Pleasures featuring 3 Bugs in a Rug:

Aren't these aweseome peaks??? I have seen all the kits and they are beautiful! I love them all. Which will you choose?

Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge at SD4U

2009-10-16T10:18:00.000-07:00

In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month...Lets show our support by submitting a pink layout for a little mini challenge fun!!
Your layout will be due on Saturday October 31st by midnight
We will select the winner by RANDOM DRAW....which means ANYONE can win this!!
>>You are playing for an AWESOME RAK of Prima flowers!!<<

Until then...here is a layout that fits most of the criteria just for picture purposes... It is darker shades of pink with more than one other color...but remember..this is NOT the actual example...that is coming! LOL

This is DT Member Misty's youngest Daughter. Misty says, "[she] inspires me more than she will ever know...
She inspires me to be pure, true, honest and the best mommy that I can be. She inspires me to love God daily and smile and say nice things. She inspires me to push on when I really just want to give up sometimes...because SHE deserves the best. She is my baby."

Upload your layout to the gallery and link it to the forum thread to be elligible for the fun prize of PINK PRIMAS!

Here is a link to the forum thread: http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4389&p=49091&hilit=cancer#p49091

2009-10-05T23:00:00.000-07:00

I teased about the Boo blocks in my other tutorial so I had to make them! I did not use the paper I said I was going to use though. I used the BoBunny paper. Here are some pictures of how to make these blocks.

Start with 3 blocks of wood. Mine are 5 x 3.25 and about 1.5 inches thick. I got the piece of wood at Home Depot, they cut it down for me, and then I brought them home and sanded them. I then painted them with a glossy black paint.

I glue down my solid cardstock. I used a green from my stash.

Then layered over my BoBunny printed paper.

I added the orange cardstock and striped papers down the left side of each block and added a 7 Gypsies word strip.

Then I cut letters with my Cricut, ran them through my Cuttlebug, and glued them to the blocks.

Next I took the BoBunny stickers, trimmed them a bit to fit better on the blocks, and adhered them with pop dots. Then added Kaiser bling to the blocks for a little extra oomph!

So here are the finished blocks:

They are really simple and so fun to make. I get together with my girlfriends and we have a blast putting them together. We actually gave this set to a good friend that didn't make our first set with us and she LOVED them!!! We have made red, white, and blue USA blocks for the 4th, FALL, BOO, HOME, JOY, and HO HO HO so far. We are teaching a class in 2 weeks to a group of ladies and we will be making JOY and Ho Ho Ho there. Should be fun!

Kit Close Up-Wiggly Eyes

2009-10-04T23:13:00.000-07:00

Martha include some really cute and fun wiggly eyes with the Halloween Mega kit.

See them there!

I was so excited to play with these. I've never actually used wiggly eyes on a layout before, although I have seen them used and thought they were adorable! Now having done so, I want to run to the store and get more. I loved them! They were easy to stick on with a dot of glue and they transform the little characters into the most adorable little guys!

Here is how I used them -

You know how you get those beautiful papers with large designs on them and you aren't sure how to use them? You don't want to cover it up, but should you cut it out or work around it or just go ahead and layer over it or . . . ? I sometimes get stuck with what to do with these kind of papers.

The Halloween kit had a few of these papers. The design was adorable and I really wanted it to stand out. I found a sketch that I could use with a lot of white space

(pagemaps of course!)

and placed my picture so a lot of the background would show in the white space. To make the background images stand out even more, I added the googly eyes. Now these bats where so cute to begin with. The eyes just really help them to pop off the page!

That was one of the Fancy Pants papers. There was also a Bo Bunny paper with a big design on it.

I really wanted to use the paper as is, without cutting. If I cut the ghosts out I would loose some detail, like the little spiders and the web and the title. I could have used more wiggly eyes here, but I already used what I had on my first layout. I decided to stickle the spider eyes and ghosts to help them pop. I also cut around a tiny part of one ghost that was going to get covered over.

It is hard to see the sparkle in the photos, but its there!

There is one more paper with a large design on it. Its by Fancy Pants.

I think I will cut this up to make some "Boo Blocks." I'll post them when I am done!

2 More

2009-10-02T10:12:00.001-07:00

Here are 2 more layouts I did with this kit!

Another Halloween layout. I used the sketch over at http://magpieclub.blogspot.com/ for this layout. I love the results too!

I know I have used this picture over and over but I have 4 kids and had to make them each a layout for their individual books. I should just make one family album!

and I wanted to do a layout that wasn't anything Halloween with the kit. Here it is:

My SD4U Halloween Mega Kit Projects

2009-10-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

SD4U has 3 great kits this month and I got to play with the Halloween Mega kit. I've created a bunch of stuff so far. This kit is packed!!!

My first project is this gift bag. Its folded from one piece of 12 x 12 paper! The directions were on the Cosmo Cricket blog last week or so. Its so cute and easy!

This first layout is mostly Bo Bunny Boo Crew products with a little 7 Gypsies and Thickers too.

My wall hanging project using the Fancy Pants journaling cards.

More layouts!

I still have a few things to take pictures of too! I'll post those pages soon. Thanks for looking.

October Kits

2009-09-20T10:30:00.001-07:00

Woooooohoooooo check out the three gorgeous monthly kits that Scrapbook Deals 4 U is offering for October!

Amber Road kit:

Delilah kit:

Halloween Mega kit:

To see closeups of these yummy kits head over to the October kit thread on the forums!

Cramfest 2009

2009-09-03T08:10:00.001-07:00

Seeing all the kids going back to school made me want to go back too! How about you? Are you ready to head into ScrapU? But, this isn't any ordinary school. We are going to CRAM your school career into 3 weeks with a final exit exam in the 4th week.

Get ready because Cramfest will be here on September 7th!

You will also be able to see lots of new work from our new design team and I am super excited about that!

Come enroll in our Cramfest at http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=4165

Classes will start on September 7th and the final exit exam will be due October 4th. Will you be head of the class?

Another June Bug Layout

2009-09-01T13:49:00.000-07:00

This was for week 4 of the Treasured Hunt contest. Here are my details.

- one picture only
- at least 3 leaves (I cut these from a piece of June Bug pattern paper)
- stitching - hand stitching around the diamond quilt squares
- some recycled piece of packaging - on the top and bottom edge of the picture matting are pieces from a package of Prima flowers. Its bluish and scallop-y
- journaling of at least 50 words including "I am not willing to..."

I am not willing to admit it. I know, I know. I can see it when I look at this picture. You aren't this little girl anymore. But when I look at you everyday, you are still my little girl! I don't want to admit that you are almost 9. Time is changing you, and ultimately that is a good thing. But still, I am not willing to admit it!"

- original designs only - no sketches, please

I used June Bug pattern paper and stickers
Bazzil scalloped cardstock
Stickles
AC Thickers
Maya Road shear Remember card
Hand punched butterflies
Prima packaging
Misc embroidery thread

Unfortunately I am not moving on, but I will participate in the 2nd chance competition.

My June Bug Kit

2009-08-26T13:46:00.000-07:00

Here is a close up of the kit I got to work with this month. Its Basic Grey June Bug!

~ June Bug Kit

Look at all that fun! And this kit really was a lot of fun to work with. I tried to show how the paper can be used with a variety of subjects and for many different events.

Here is my first layout, an indoor boy layout.

A summer baby layout.

A girl layout by the pool (so also summery).

And a baby layout. Aren't those Prima cherry blossoms so pretty?

I know I will get many, many more projects with this kit! I'll post them as I get them done too!

What have you created with June Bug?