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SD4U became Scrapbook Daisies and

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

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

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

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

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

Here is my take:

Purple Pumpkin Giveaway!

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

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

My September

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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

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 . . .