Just to Tease

Here are my first 2 layouts with the Marrakesh kit. I love these Basic Grey papers, the Maya Road flowers, the Thickers, the Core-dinations cardstock; its all fabulous!

And just look how cute my little Payton was! This is her at 2 and 3. I can't believe she will be in kindergarten in the fall!

Check These Out!

April kits! at sd4u.com

I am proud to present you the BEAUTIFUL April Kits!

Kit # 1 Marrakech






Kit # 2 Swing into Spring







Subscription Members have been selecting their kits already. The rest of the kits will go on sale on Friday March 27th. Thats Tomorrow!!! Hurry on over to scrapbookdeals4u.com and pick yours out! These will not last long!

We only have 2 more challenges for our scrappy party at SD4U. Let me show you what we have been making so far:


Here are the challenges as they will be posted:

JEN 3/1
1. Our first month of business was March. Easter was in March of last year, so your challenge representing this month is to create any size layout with these elements:

something brown to represent a chocolate bunny
something new in your stash to represent the newness of spring
The word CHICK in you title



HEATHER 3/3
2. Our 2nd month was April. You know how the saying goes, "April showers bring. . ."

Use 4 blue elements on your layout (can be bling, brads, flowers, ink, paint, paper, etc) to represent the rain showers in April. This does not have to be monchoromatic.



ANGEL 3/5
3. Our 3rd month is May and we know May is known for May flowers, but its also Mother's Day.

Create a card or altered project for Mother's Day with at least 5 flowers on it.



HEATHER 3/7
4. June was our 4th month. You have two choices for this challenge. Either create a Father's Day card or a layout with an orange and blue color scheme. Those colors seem so summery and that's what June leads up to!



NICOLE3/9
5. July was the 5th month of business and that month brings picnics, BBQs, and Independence Day.

Create a birthday card or party favor with a red, white, and blue theme.




METTE3/11
6. Our 6th month anniversary was August. That to me is the quintessential summer month.

Your challenge for this month is to create a layout with:
circles (to represent beach balls)
stripes (for the beach towel)
something transparent (to represent the cool water of the pool, ocean, and lake)



ANGEL 3/13
7. Month 7 was September, back to school for the kids. Time to celebrate the return of a schedule!

Create a layout with lots of bling on it
Journal about your daily routine. Routines can be boring so use the bling to spice up your routine!



JULIE 3/15
8. October was the 8th month of kits and it is a spooky month. It doesn't have to be all about Halloween though.

Use black, purple, and gold on a card or layout. Do not use Halloween pictures or products.
Use part of a song somewhere on your layout. This could be your title or journaling.




JEN 3/17
9. November, month 9, is time to give thanks and gather as a family.

Create a layout using a photo with more than one person in it
Use orange and/or brown somewhere on your layout
Include something round, like buttons, a journaling spot, the polka dots on the alpha, the pumpkins in the picture, anything round goes for this



JEN 3/19
10. Month 10 was December, my favorite month of the year.

Create a layout about 3 of your favorite things (can be people or objects).
Use ribbon or trim(like on Christmas presents)
Use something red and green as well. These do not have to be the main colors.
Adhere your items in at least 5 different ways. I used staples, brads, foam dots, liquid glue, tape runner, and a library clip on the flower.




We have our Jan and Feb challenges next. Have you been playing along? You have until the end of the month to get your layouts made!

Its a Scrappy Anniversary Party @ SD4U

Here is how its going down!

Every other day starting March 1st we are posting a challenge celebrating a month of SD4U being in business. When you complete each challenge (and upload and link it to its thread), you will get a participation point. Each point is one entry into the raffles. Potentially you could have your name entered 12 times for the grand prize if you complete all the challenges. The grand prize will be drawn on March 31st. All challenges need to be completed, loaded into the gallery, and linked back to the correct thread by 11:59pm PST March 30th (that's a Monday).

Through out the month there will also be games, prizes, and extras. Anything you participate in here will also get you a participation point. These also turn into raffle entries. They may be simple and they may be hard, but the more you play, the more chances you have to win!

Is everyone ready to get their scrap on???

Come on over to SD4U to play. You can click the link to the right to get to the site. I will keep track of entries over there so you can always check your participation points.

One last thing, there will also be other prizes awarded during the month. You never know when a raffle is going to occur. If you want in on the raffle you have to have participated in at least one scrappy challenge. So lets get busy!

Challenges 1 & 2 and extra credits 1 & 2 have already been posted!


Challenge 1

Our first month of business was in March 2008. Easter was in March last year, so your challenge representing our first month is to create any size layout with these elements:

•Something brown to represent a chocolate bunny
•Something new in your stash to represent the newness of spring
•The word CHICK in you title

Here is my example:


Challenge 2

Our 2nd month was April.

You know how the saying goes, "April showers bring. . ."

Use 4 blue elements on your layout (can be bling, brads, flowers, ink, paint, paper, etc) to represent the rain showers in April. This does not have to be monchoromatic.

And here is DT member Heather Bowser's example:


EC #1 is to upload a birthday avatar to your profile. EC 2 is to post a party blinkie to your siggy and blog. Easy enough tasks right? Come on over and play. You could win a big prize!!!

TreasuredScrapbooking Week 4

This is my last layout for the contest. It was an ad inspiration challenge. It also had to be a multiphoto layout, have stamping on the layout, and 5+ eyelets or brads.

Now that this is over, I am looking forward to the Scrappy Party at SD4U. Come on over during the month of March to party with us!

March kit part 2

Here is my third layout. This is Kylie, my neice Ella, and Payton.


I used the pink cardstock that I cut the circle out of for the first layout as the base for this layout. I filled it with one of the great pattern papers from the kit. The brown lace is from an older kit. I ran the letters and the cream cardstock through my cuttle bug for that great Swiss dot pattern. I sanded the dots on the cardstock to reveal the lighter core of the cardstock too!

I sanded the edges of my photo and the edges of the small circles for a bit of distressing.

This is my 4th layout that I can share (I have a couple more things, but they are for the newsletter!)



The cardstock and pattern paper are from the kit. The letters are Making Memories from the new Chloe's Closet line. The Petaloo flowers, leaves, and trim are from my stash. That diamond paper is 5+ years old. Its from some old DCWV stack that I found in my cupboard. I edged the sides of the diamonds with glossy accents. Even though this layout is simple, I absolutely love it, and so does Payton!

Sorry about all the shadows on this one. I should retake the pic.

SO what do you think? I'd love some comments and feedback!

If you want to buy this kit, head on over to the scrapbookdeals4u store. Here is a link! http://www.scrapbookdeals4u.com/shop/ You will love this kit! Martha always does the greatest job with putting everything together.

My March kit - part 1

Scrapbookdeals4u March kits go on sale tomorrow. I was able to play with the Secret Garden kit this month and its very beautiful. The "B" side of the papers are just as beautiful as the front side too! The Dream Street letters are a lot of fun. Since they are white there is a lot of possibility to dress them up.

Here is my first layout.

This is Kylie with my parents on her baptism day. My mom made her dress. I used a brown glimmer mist on the letters. Then I heat embossed them with UTEE. There are 3-4 layers on each letter. I also sewed on my buttons! It was oddly satisfying to finally do that!

Here is a close up of the letters and buttons.


The center circle is crinkled and sanded to reveal the lighter core of this fun cardstock.

My second layout is a blatant lift of Nicole's layout with the other kit. You will have to check the boards to see her layout!

This is Wade saying no to the camera! Actually, I think he is trying to grab it.


Here is a close up of these letters.

I glimmer misted these with a color called Patina. These are the ones I used the Glossy Accents on. I love that stuff. I also put GA on the leaves of the rub-ons and on the scalloped circle spots.

I edged the scallops with my stardust pen. That scallop paper was pulled from my stash.

Stay tuned for 2 more layouts.

The Scrap Review

Have you heard about this new site? The official launch is March 1st-7th. Go check it out! http://www.thescrapreview.com/

There are some great ladies there with a super cool idea. Go check it out!

Its a scrappy anniversary party!!!

ScrapbookDeals4U.com is celebrating its one year anniversary in March and we are getting ready for a big party! You are all invited!

It will be a month long party filled with challenges, games, and super fun prizes. Come party with us! You will get your creativity flowing again!

The first challenge will be issued on March 1st with another challenge following every other day. Games and prizes will be happening throughout the month. At the end of the month, all participants will be eligible for a fabulous GRAND PRIZE!

So, whose ready to PARTY???

Click here to RSVP!!!

ps-have you seen the site's new look? Its amazing! Come on over and check it out.

SD4U March Kits Revealed

Here they are!!! They are both fab this month, again!

Secret Garden by Dream Street (this isn't even everything that you will get in this kit!)


and JilliBean Soup's Minestrone line! plus Fancy pants, Maya Road, 7 Gypsies, KaiserCraft, and more!


To see details of the kits, visit the message board thread: Full Reveal
Which one are you going to pick this month???

Three More Layouts

This one is inspired by this week's sketch at 52 Sketches, Julie Bonner's super fun site! I used Fancy Pants, Heidi Grace, and Pink Paislee supplies.


This layout is for a monthly challenge at Treasured Scrapbooking. Pinky created the sketch. Here is the thread for the sketch

This sketch is for Creative Scrappers Sketch 39

WeKitUNot Challenge

WeKitUNot is a fun blog challenge site that focuses on using monthly kits. The challenge this month was to emboss on a layout or 2 cards.

I created this layout just for this challenge. I wrote on the journaling card then ran it through my Cuttlebug.