My Scrapbook Addiction

A few more new ones

2012-01-25T07:41:00.001-05:00

Here are a few more I have done lately, but haven't shared

Used Echo Park on this one.

Used My Little Shoebox on this one. And a sketch at Scrapbook Challenges.

11-12 (page maps sketch)

2012-01-20T16:19:00.002-05:00

Hello blogosphere. I am here with my page for the page-maps sketch challenge. I used Hello Fall by Little Yellow Bicycle (my favorite scrappy company.)

TFL

daddy love

2012-01-19T07:57:00.001-05:00

Here is another page I did last weekend. I used Sassafrass Lass papers, basic grey ribbon, and some other things. I am linking it up with Paper Issues lastest issue, "All We Need is Love."

Thanks for looking.

the nutcracker- sketchy thursdays

2012-01-16T09:16:00.001-05:00

Here is a picture of my girls with the sugar plum fairy from the nutcracker. I used Fancy Pants and a Sketchy Thursday's sketch.

And if you haven't heard this is the last sketch of sketchy's thursday's blog. Makes me very sad.

Sketchy Thursdays- Gingerbread house

2012-01-04T13:50:00.002-05:00

I managed to do a layout this past weekend, but just now getting to link it up. It is a sketchy thursday's sketch, so here it is.

Thanks for looking.

two for creative scrappers

2011-12-29T14:35:00.003-05:00

OMG, I just realize that I never posted or linked this two pages that I did WEEKS ago. They both use Creative Scrappers sketches. So here they are.

From Creative Scrappers sketch 185

And the second one is from sketch 186

Anyway, Happy New Year everyone. I hope your holiday has thus far, been wonderful.

sketchy thursdays- fast car

2011-12-12T14:31:00.000-05:00

Hello out there. If anyone is seeing this . . . then I am happy to share a page I did this weekend. I used the weekly sketch at sketchy thursday for it. I am also using it for a challenge at the new scrapbook challenges- something old and something new.

So here it is,

Thanks for looking.

School Pictures- creative scrappers

2011-11-18T06:50:00.001-05:00

I have been in a scrappy mood this week, so I am back with another one. Gracie's school pictures came home the other day and they are just to wonderful not to scrap.

I used Creative Scrappers sketch 182 for this page. I also did a challenge at ACOT - to use a die cut page (have had that pink die cut FOREVER and I am so glad that I finally used it), chipboard title, and a new scrappy supply- the punch.

My Creative Sketches- and two more

2011-11-15T12:12:00.001-05:00

Hello again. I am back with one new one and two I did a few weeks ago, but never shared. The first one is from the sketch at My Creative Sketches. They are - I think- affliated with My Creative Scrapbook which is a kit club I have been recieveing for the past year. I used their November kit (lots of Bo Bunny goodness in it.)

Next I used Little Yellow Bicycle. This was for the crop last month at ACOT and I scraplifted someone for it.

And lastly, is I do believe also from My Creative Scrapbook- the October kit. But I could be wrong. I used Crate Paper.

Two new ones

2011-11-14T12:47:00.000-05:00

So I am back again, two days in a row, not to shabby. I did two layouts recently and wanted to share them.

The first is layout is from a sketch at Creative Scrappers, sketch 180. I loved it, started it, but didn't finish it until recently. I used Echo Park on it.

The second one is from the November kit at My Creative Scrapbook. I also used the sketch they included in the kit. Most everything on it is from Bo Bunny. It is me and hubby before we left the b&b went to for our anniversary in October.

And lastly I am going to be getting a box of paper together for a clean up/giveaway. So check back soon please.

XOXO- November challenge

2011-11-13T12:44:00.001-05:00

I have been a very bad blogger. I know this and I am sorry about it. But life has gotten a bit hectic. And I took on some extra volunteer work with preschool, and yada yada yada.

So the Lipstick Chicks challenge #23 went live nearly two weeks ago and I am just now getting around to sharing my page. So here it is. My two little ladies at Boo at the Zoo last month.

So there it is. Remember XOXO is a scraplift challenge blog. And there are a number of us lipstick chicks. So pop over there and check it out and see what inspires you.

XOXO Blog Hop Winner

2011-10-22T13:42:00.001-04:00

The winner of my blog hop stop was the last comment,

Anonymoussaid...http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii64/scrapaholicaef/xoxoxo%20blog%20hop/?action=view&current=canribbonshapetwopicschallenge.jpg Thankyou so much for the insiration to get thislayout done! Hugs Alesia


Alesia if you are out there, please email me. I tried the yahoo address you provided but it was returned to me.

XOXO Blog Hop

2011-10-13T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my spot on the blog hop. If you just popped into my blog and want to play along please visit the xoxo girls blog.

There are prizes along the way, some of the girls will be offering their own little RAKs. Other prizes include a Guest Design Team spot for True XoXo for December. Completing the blog hop means commenting on every single team blog and True XoXo's. Added bonus!: for any layout/project you complete that is based on a team member's challenge or layout, another chance will be thrown into the hat; be sure to post a link to your interpretation on True XoXo's blog hop post (not necessarily the team member's post)

Now on to my layout. I was challenged by Alaina to use one bordered edge, ruffle, shape (s) punched from soda can, at least 2 photos and and a shaped layout.

And here is my page,

Now I challenged Cheryl Whittaker Levy.

So hop on and have fun. Oh and I will be giving a small RAK for one person who leaves me a comment. So please leave me a way to contact you or come back and visit.

xoxo girls challenge

2011-10-03T13:56:00.005-04:00

Challenge 22 is up at the XOXO lipstick chick blog. And here is my layout.

The idea is to find inspiration, or scraplift, any of the layouts on the main blog. Color, design, subject or wording - you may find inspiration in any or all of these. Enter as many times as you like.

Show your layout on your blog, and link its specific post in the comments section. -or-
Put your layout in your favorite gallery if you don't have a blog, post in comments. -or-
or Mister Linky is working below - yay!!

We'd love to know what inspired you, if you have time to write a little about that.

Layouts are due Oct. 31st, midnight your time.
The team will vote on their favorite and the winner will be announced November 5th.
Winner will be our November guest design team member; she will be invited to hang with us in our super secret True XoXo design team Facebook group during November, find out how XoXo designers get their inspiration and will have a layout posted for December blog entry.))
Winners are eligible once every three months.

a few new ones

2011-09-23T14:20:00.003-04:00

Here are a few pages I did this past weekend.

I used Simple Stories on this page.

I used Websters Pages on this one. This is Bella's clubfeet doctor. This was our last appointment with him for the year and the one where she graduated out of her boots and bars. Now we just visit him on a yearly basis.

Yuki is a friend of ours. Her father is the American ambassador to Albania. Before Yuki and mother Ann left they gave the girls a ton of clothes. Including these two bathing suits. Each girl picked one and wore them all summer.

Used Echo Park on this page.

Lucky Girl Crafts September projects

2011-09-21T10:26:00.001-04:00

I am a bad blogger lately. I don't know why, just can't get my act together I guess. Anyway, here are my september projects.

Used Creative Scrappers 172 for the chicas layout.

And I have another one that I need to rephotograph.

I will be back tomorrow with some more to share.

Hope and Remembrance Blog Hop

2011-09-09T02:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to the Lucky Girls Crafts Hope and Remembrance Blog Hop. If you came from Christine's blog then you are in the right place. If not, then please go to the beginning and hop from there.

As this is the 10th anniversary of 9-11 I have chosen to make a layout reminding us all to never forget what happened, or those who lost their lives on that day.

this page is scraplifted from writerlady at acot

photo taken from this page

I hope all of you will take a moment this weekend and reflect on what happened 10 years ago, and where we are today as a country. Hope and peace to us all.

Now on to the blog hop and the September kit, "The Little Things That Count" is on sale now

As a special incentive to our Lucky Girl friends, everyone who places an order over the blog party will receive a free gift - the larger the purchase, the larger the goody! PLUS - one lucky, random person who places an order will receive $50 worth of goodies when their order ships!

There are still tons of AMAZING deals left in the store - www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com - so hurry over and get your favorite crafty supplies before they're gone!

Now on to your next stop, Natalie.

XOXO Girls Challenge

2011-09-07T12:24:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone,

Sorry I have not posted in a while. We were on vacation last week and now I am just trying to play catch up.

But I did want to share with all of you the new XOXO girls challenge is up. I didn't get a chance to play this month, but wanted to let everyone know that it is out there.

Here is the link and there are some fantastic choices to scraplift.

August Lucky Girl Kit pages

2011-08-28T00:00:00.000-04:00

It is time for me to share my August Summer Shimmer creations. I had so much fun with the August Lucky Girl Kit. Honestly, I think it was one my all time favorites.

The first page I used the Scrappiest Sketch 132 for it.

And the page-maps sketch for the card.

There you have it. Remember to visit Lucky Girls Craft to get you own Summer Shimmer kit.

Queen Zed- the scrappiest 133

2011-08-24T16:34:00.002-04:00

Here is a pretty simple page I did yesterday of my cat Zed. Gracie decided to dress her (yes, zed is a girl) up as a princess. Well Zed is simply too old to be a princess, so a queen it is.

Used the Scrappiest 133.

my gift - creative scrapper 169

2011-08-23T11:13:00.001-04:00

Here is a page I did this weekend, using creative scrappers 169.

I will back in a few days to share my August Lucky Girl Crafts projects.

smile- lucky girl fave five

2011-08-13T08:41:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone,

I am here to share a layout I made with the August kit from Lucky Girl Crafts. It is made with my five favorite items from this months kit.

My list is: masks, glimmer mist, brads, flowers, and the echo park paper.

Here is a picture with the entire kits.

This kit is fabulous, and I highly recommend getting one of you own asap, as supplies are limited.

santa's lap- a sketchy thursdays page

2011-08-10T16:59:00.000-04:00

Some how I managed to actually do a sketch based on this weeks sketchy thursday sketch. I almost always intend to do the sketch but usually don't have time or don't get it done in time. Anyway, here it is- the photograph used it a terrible picture. So I scanned it and made it black and white with a soft focus of color, so I could try to work with it. It still is not good, and the photo of the layout is pretty bad too. But I wanted to get it linked up in time so . . .

Used Bo Bunny on this one.

two more from me

2011-08-09T06:49:00.003-04:00

Here are two more that I did for my BPS class, but hadn't photographed.

And the first one I used creative scrappers no. 167.
The challenge here was to use a photo strip.

The challenge for this one was to use multi photos and a bold colored background.

Thanks for looking.

Summer Shimmer is in stores now

2011-08-03T15:30:00.001-04:00

The August Lucky Girl Crafts kits is in the store now and it is awesome. The flowers are so beautiful.

Visit the store blog for more info.

Page-maps layout, a challenge and a card

2011-07-27T15:27:00.002-04:00

I have three new things to share with you all today. First is for the page-maps monthly sketch challenge.

Second is for my BPS challenge class. It was to use a street sign of some sort on the page. This picture was from a birthday party that we attended. There were ponies and a unicorn at the party and I was so worried about Gracie getting kicked because she is wild and would totally run behind a pony without a care. Unfortunately I was so focused on the ponies that I didn't think about the other dangers, such as being run over by a barbie 4 wheeler. Luckily she wasn't hurt and someone had a camera and managed to get the picture.

(Echo Park on this page)

And lastly is a card. I am a terrible card maker, but I wanted to make a thank you card for my mil. I do like the way it turned out. And I used a card map sketch on here.

bo bunny sketch challenge- 36

2011-07-21T15:34:00.002-04:00

I played with the bo bunny sketch challenge this month and made my birthday layout. here it is

Three new ones for BPS

2011-07-18T15:21:00.002-04:00

I am taking a Big Picture Scrapbooking Class. It is being taught by the very talented Elizabeth Dillow and it is Design Challenges. It consists of 12 challenges, issued every three days. So far we have had 5 challenges and I have done three of them. So without futher ado, here they are

First challenge was to adapt a familiar form on a page. i used the logo for the united states post office. Now this was not the way I had planned for it to come out, but that happens sometimes.

Challenge #3 was to use orange as the main color. I LOVE this page and I think it is one of my new favorites.

Sassafrass :Lass papers and things on this page.

and the 4th challenge is to use a "vintage" font on your page. For this one I used a sketch from ACOT. And to be honest I am not sure if it is truly vintage or not, but . . .

Echo Park is used here.

And that is all for today.

July Mini Mania Blog Party

2011-07-15T01:13:00.000-04:00

The Lucky Girls have been having a blast creating with our Mid-Summer Mini kit, Beach Babes (and the subscriber extra - Beachy Keen). The bold prints and bright colors are perfect for all those summer pics & projects!

To celebrate the middle of summer, we're having our

JULY MINI-MANIA BLOG PARTY
July 15-17

Visit each of the Lucky Girls to check out their take on our "mini" challenge - there are some phenomenal projects out there, plus a chance to WIN for one of our Lucky Girl fans (world wide!)

Oh, and did you know it's Christmas in July at Lucky Girl Crafts?
You get a FREE GIFT with any order placed in our store - the bigger your purchase, the more goodies you'll see ~~under your tree~~ in your mail!

And here is my project. I will be honest I am not a mini album maker, and I am in awe of those who are. But I did my best. So be kind, lol.

Wanna win a little summer embellie package, filled with flourishes and bling, flowers & journaling spots and more?!

Simply play along with our blog party and leave a comment on each of the Lucky Girl's party posts to earn your entry! Once you've visited each Lucky Girl, please come back here and tell us what your favorite mini project was in this month's hop.

Store Blog
Natalie
Jessica
Ana (you are here.)
Sabrina

Participants must visit & comment on each blog for a chance to win the Blog Party prize. This one's open to Lucky Girls world wide!

For an extra entry, play along with our Mini Mania July Challenge Contest (check out the Store Blog for more deets!)

Happy Summer and I hope you play along.

bella @ five

2011-07-08T15:19:00.000-04:00

Bella's 5th birthday was last Saturday and to celebrate her I did this page. I used Creative Scrappers 163 for it (well more or less, I added the big circle). Also did it for the ACOT color challenge- to use 4 pastel colors. So here it is

Pebbles Inc papers

XOXO new challenge- my girls

2011-07-07T10:52:00.000-04:00

The new challenge is up at XOXO and you should definitely check it out. The Lipsticks really out did themselves this month.

Here is mine,

Used Echo Park Country Drive on this page

Hope you all play along

Scrapbook Challenges Blog Hop

2011-07-01T11:50:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the Seasons of Change Blog Hop. If you just popped into my blog, please go back to the beginning and hop from there. If you came from the lovely and talented DINAH then you are in the right spot.

My name is Ana and I have been a member of SC for 18 months or so. I have been on the DT since January and it has been a wonderful experience. But life has gotten in the way, and I am going to step down. But I am not going anywhere, I will still be posting and joining in the fun, but just as a member.

So, that is that, so onto the good stuff. For this blog hop, we were given this wonderful sketch to work with.

And here is my page,

As always there are some wonderful RAKS involved in this blog hop:

1. For one person who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop, they will get the Salt Air Collection from Cosmo Cricket.

2. For one person who does a layout based on the sketch and posts in the HOP ON section, will receive a $20.00 USD Gift Certificate to Scrapbook.com.

3. For inviting people to join the group one person will receive a mix of alcohol ink goodies from Ranger.

** Colors may vary

4. One new member over the weekend will receive a mix of alcohol ink goodies from Ranger.

** Colors may vary

And for one person who becomes a follower (or is already a follower) and answers the following question will be eligible to win a RAK from me.

What is your go to scrappy supply?

Now on to the next stop- my lovely scrappy friend, Jackie

all systems go and a reminder

2011-06-22T11:24:00.000-04:00

hey all. I managed to do a page this week. It is from the crate paper blog june challenge.

And here it is,

And remember that the XOXO girls challenge 19 is up. There are not a lot of entries, so gets yours in and have fun.

sassafrass challenge and an acot challenge

2011-06-15T12:00:00.000-04:00

here are two pages I did a week or so ago based on two sketches. First is from the Sassafrass Lass Challenge,

and the second is from the the sketch challenge at ACOT

there you go. I haven't had much time to do anything creative in a few weeks hopefully when I get back home things will get less chaotic.

xoxo Challenge #19

2011-06-08T12:32:00.000-04:00

Well the XOXO girls are back with Challenge 19. There will be a few changes, but it is the same concept, pick one or more of hte projects and scraplift it. There are only 14 Lipstick Chicks to pick from so get over there and check it out.

And here is my page

So I hope you play along.

Lucky Girl Crafts June Blog Party

2011-06-03T01:00:00.008-04:00

It is time for the June Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party. And if you are hopping along you should have come from Natalie's Blog. Remember the more blogs you visit the more chances there are to win.

This month's kit is Hullabloo and it is jammed packed and ready to be shipped.

And here are the projects I made with the kit,

(for this last one I used the Sketchy Thursday's Sketch)

And since it is LCG birthday it is time to to CELEBRATE?!

For our birthday, we have our BIGGEST SALE to date!

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What are you waiting for? Go get your kits TODAY at www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com
Limited quantities are available in all kits, so hurry and get yours today!!!

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Now hop on to Jessica

MLS blog hop sketch

2011-05-24T17:08:00.000-04:00

I LOVE My Little Shoebox. It is one of my new favorites. And recently I won one Ilene's blog candy, which was two lines of MLS. Then this past weekend they had their blog hop and for an additional chance to win you had to use MLS and make a layout with a sketch. So here is mine,

It is a bit crooked so I may retake the photo but life is crazy and we are going out of town this weekend.

1 2 3 kick

2011-05-21T10:08:00.000-04:00

Hello all. I created this layout a few days ago, but life has been crazy, so posting until today.

Made with Bo Bunny Ad Lib and with the sketch from the Scrap-Room dot com.

here are two more

2011-05-11T15:12:00.000-04:00

Here are two more to share with you.

The first is for the "Rock around the clock challenge" meaning I had to use 12 of something. I choose buttons. I used a sketch for the Scrappiest for it but added the banner.

The second is for the "all caps" challenge- to make the title scream like you do at a rock concert.

used sassafrass for this one.

Winner and a few to share

2011-05-09T15:52:00.000-04:00

Good afternoon everyone. I hope all had a fun and relaxing mothers day and national scrapbook day. I would like to say that I did, but . . . life happens and in our case DH and Bella were in Los Angeles and me and Gracie were here alone and the tv is not working so . . . not as much me time as I had hoped for.

Anyway, I need to pick a winner from the SC blog hop and random.org picked #1. So TeenaBugg you are my winner. (IF anyone can tell how to copy and paste the little box from random.org I would love to know.)

Anyway, I did manage to play a little bit this weekend with the crop at ACOT, so I have three to share.

The first is my fravorite, "I wish". A few weeks ago I was at my parents house and I found a bunch of old picutres, which I promptly borrowed and scanned. I love this picture of my grandmother. She looks so stylish and young. Every time I look at it all I can think of is "I wish I had the chance to know her back then. I wish I knew more about her life before grandkids." Things like that.

(Challenge was to use stamps on a page) Used Websters Pages, Kaiser Kraft and a few other things.

Next up is "A Disney Cruise". The challenge was to scrap about what we would do with a million dollars- what FUN thing we would do that is. I would take my entire family on a Disney Cruise.

Echo Park papers. And a Page Maps sketch.

Next one is "Grease Lightning." The challenge was to use a song title for the title, a line from the song on the page, and bling. I LOVE this picture of Gracie. It was from her 3rd birthday party and like always she was zooming around the place. I also combined it with another challenge at ACOT to scraplift on the dt members.

Anyway there they are. I have another to photograph and another one my table to finish.

Scrapbook Challenges NSD Blog Party

2011-05-06T10:00:00.003-04:00

For the Lucky Girl Crafts Party please click here.

Welcome to the NSD (Thank you Pamela) blog hop for Scrapbook Challenges. If you have just popped into my blog please go to the beginning and hop on from there.

My name is Ana and I am a SAHM from VA. I have been on the DT here since -- I think September, although I had to try out a few times, I finally made the team. I love SC and I hope you do too. The people and sketches and challenges are fabulous.

For this blog hop we all picked a different sketch to do in tribute to Pamela, the founder of SC. I choose sketch 131

Here is my layout,

image is from morguefile.com

There are a number of RAKs involved in this hop.

1. One member who leaves a comment on all the blogs & in the hop will get Chipboard Borders, 12x12 Collection Kit and a 6x6 Paper Pad from To The Moon by Fancy Pants.

2. One member who post a NEW a layout based on one of Pam’s sketches and posts it in the HOP ON section will receive a package of Tim Holtz goodies.

3. One new member over the weekend will get the We R Memory Keepers’ Sew Easy Piercer, 4 Piercers, a mixed assortment of Divine Twine and 15 colors of DMC Embroidery Floss.

I will also be offering a RAK to one person who comments on my blog and is a follower. So if you are not a follower hop on the wagon and become one. I don't have a picture of my prize because I am on a mini vacation (heck I don't even have wifi in the lodge- had to find a starbucks to post this.)

OK now it is time for you to hop on to JO

and happy National Scrapbook Day.

Lucky Girl Crafts May Blog Party

2011-05-01T01:00:00.007-04:00

Hey everyone,

It is the beginning of the month and it is time for our Lucky Girl Crafts blog party. This is where you visit each blog and see what we have been up to. And I am the last stop on the blog party, so if you are just visiting my blog and want to play along go to the BEGINNING and hop from there.

Now this month the kit is called "Spring Soiree" and it is a lovely lovely kit. Here is a peek at it,

Now before I share my three projects with you, I wanted to let you know of a special Jessica is running.

BLOG PARTY SPECIAL:

Just in time to celebrate Mother's Day & National Scrapbook Month, new annual subscriptions purchased during the Blog Party will only be $25/month!

In addition to guaranteeing that you get your hands on the latest & greatest Lucky Girl Crafts kit each month, subscribers also receive a special bonus kit valued at $25 at the end of their one-year term.

What are you waiting for?! Visit www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com
You can choose from the monthly or pre-paid billing options for this great deal - no code needed!
*International orders welcome, but please e-mail jasafras98@yahoo.com

But before you run over there and order your own kit, here are my projects

There you have it. Remember that there will be TWO lucky posters chosen to win lucky bucks to the Lucky Girl Store. One $25 Lucky Bucks GC grand prize awarded on the store blog, and one $10 Lucky Bucks GC awarded to one random participant from just one of the DT blogs. So make sure you have visited all the blogs to increase your chance of winning. Also, make sure you invite your friends to join the party. The more the merrier.

Happy May everyone.

2011-04-27T14:48:00.000-04:00

It appears that I have become a bad blogger. But hopefully I will get back on track soon. But I do have two to share with you.

First is my challenge at Scrapbook Challenges, it is an inspired by challenge. I posted this collage that I got from this blog and here is my page,

I used Basic Grey and a sketch at Scrapbook Challenges for it.

Second is for a contest with Lucky Girls Crafts and a sketch at Sketch Inspirations. Here is the sketch,

And here is my page.

So if you want to play along and win some LGC goodies do so. The sketch is so much fun.

Lucky Girl Crafts MWM and a sketch

2011-04-19T19:00:00.001-04:00

Hey everyone, sorry for not being around much. Allergies, and being stupid put me in bed for a few days. Now I am visiting my parents with my girls, and two of my sisters' kids. Lots of fun and pictures.

Anyway the Mid Week Mojo from LGCs was a sketch from Simply Scrapping Crafts. Play along with the sketch and you can win at SSC and play along using some LGCs to double you chances.

Anyway here is the sketch,

And my layout,

have a good evening everyone

creative scrappers- sacred vows

2011-04-11T16:18:00.000-04:00

Another layout from my parents wedding. I used Creative Scrappers sketch 150 for it.

Used Bo Bunny papers, Prima flowers and bling.

xoxo- new challenge- my lil witches

2011-04-10T13:53:00.000-04:00

The new challenge is up at XOXO Lipstick Chicks, and here is my page

Your challenge should you choose to except, is to scraplift one or more of the April creations by the Lipstick Chicks. When you are finished, link up your scraplift on the main blog and make sure you leave your name with it (just so we can mention your name if you are the winner/honorable mention).

If your link(s) lead to your blog, please make sure you have mentioned our April Sponsor - Candy Shoppe Designs and our challenge blog "XOXO" with a working link leading back to us. Don't forget to include the names of the Lipstick Chicks you scraplifted in your posting to give them proper credit.

Scraplifts will be accepted until Saturday, April 30, 2011. The more you scraplift, the better your chances at winning. This months prize is coming from Candy Shoppe Designs once again. Have fun playing and good luck!

I am alive- just barely, LOL.

2011-04-08T11:20:00.001-04:00

Well spring has sprung here which means that I am outdoors a lot, thus I am suffering serverly from allergies. I swear I have a love hate relationship with spring. Sigh.

Anyway, I have a few to share with you. First I am so excited to be an "official" friend of page-maps. I have a layout in the April 2011 Page Maps.

And here it is,

Echo Park used here.

And second I did the Sketchy Thursday's layout from LAST week, but didn't link it up. Oh well, here it is

Used My Little Shoebox on this one. And it is also being used for the music challenge at ACOT.

And I asked people at Scrapbook Challenges to share their scrappy spaces because mine was such a mess. I made a card yesterday and destroyed my space. I AM NOT a card maker. But I am trying. LOL.

So I have already cleaned it because I want to play today.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Lucky Girls Craft April Kit Blog Hop.

2011-04-01T01:00:00.029-04:00

Hey everyone. Welcome to the April Lucky Girl Kit Blog Hop You should have come from the store blog. but if you didn't that is ok, just pop over there now. If you have joined us before then you will notice that we are doing things a bit different this time around. It is a traditional hop and we are going to show all of our work at once.

Don't worry, there are still prizes. One $25 Lucky Bucks GC grand prize awarded on the store blog, plus one $10 Lucky Bucks GC awarded to one random participant from just one of the DT blogs. We don't know whose blog will have the prize so make sure you comment on every Lucky Girl blog for a greater chance of winning.

Here is the April Kit,

Now the theme this month the kit is "Boy Crazy" and it had lots of lovely boy inspired pages. But I don't have any boys. I borrowed some photos of some friends of ours and scrapped them a few pages for a book I am doing for them. And one page I did about my daughter, just to prove that you can do girl pages with boyish things. So here are my four pages made with this months kit

So there you go. Now hop on to Emily. And have a great day.

A few more to share with you

2011-03-31T12:15:00.000-04:00

Here are a few more I did this past weekend.

First is from a pencilines sketch for a challenge at Scrapbook Challenges, (use the word happy with funny pictures of yourself)

Second is for my new challenge at Scrapbook Challenges- to use hidden journaling- and from a sketch at the Scrappiest.http://thescrappiest.blogspot.com/2011/03/sketch-112.html

And come back tomorrow for a blog hop with the Lucky Girls Craft team. Inspiration will abound.

Scrapbook Challenges sketch 247

2011-03-29T12:52:00.000-04:00

The new sketch is up at Scrapbook Challenges. Here is the sketch,

And my page

Two news ones to link up

2011-03-27T18:29:00.000-04:00

I can't believe it has been nearly a week since I posted anything. But honestly last week was crazy for me. I felt like I was going non-stop. Then Friday I drove to PA to visit some scrappy friends and had a great time. Seriously, best time I have had in a while.

So here are two I did. I will share the rest as the week goes on.

First up is Target Twins. (Bella had her friend over on Tuesday and the made me get them Bella's outfit so she could change and they could be twins. Sweet right?) It is from a sketch at Pencilines, for a tic tac challenge at the Paper Variety (layout, bird, scallops) and for a challenge at ACOT - to use a jingle (double the fun.)

Next is Grouchy Bear. For a challenge at ACOT to use Cosmo Cricket. I thought it was also for another one, but I guess I was wrong.

Ok come back tomorrow and see some more of my creations.

two new ones for Scrapbook Challenges

2011-03-21T18:03:00.000-04:00

I have two projects to share with you today. The first is from my new challenge up at Scrapbook Challenges. It is for our Spring Fling party. It is to scrap something about Spring Showers. I did one celebrating my oldest and her new umbrella.

Used Echo Park "Little Girl" on here.

For anyone who comes to SC and plays in my challenge you will be entered into win a very small RAK of Echo Park "For the Record" papers. (basically three pieces of pp and a sheet of element stickers.)

Second layout to share is for sketch 246 at SC. It is a photo of me and my parents and siblings on my wedding day,

And Pink Paislee on this one.

And there you go.

It is a Friday which means it is a Funday

2011-03-18T18:10:00.000-04:00

Over at the Lucky Girls Kits blog. And this week it is my turn to share a project. I made a Tussie Mussie. Here it is

So check out the blog and read my tutorial. Have a great day.

Two layouts to share and a prayer request

2011-03-16T16:42:00.000-04:00

Good afternoon blog-o-sphere. I am loving the time change, well now I do. Took me a few days to adjust and I oversleep a couple of days. But, now I am back. And I have two pages to share, and a prayer request for those who are pray-a-ful people.

First is a layout for the Bo Bunny Layout Challenge Friday.

Used Bo Bunny on here of course.

My next page is from Creative Scrappers sketch 147. These are friends of ours and the husband is having a procedure on Monday to remove a benign growth that is impeding his hearing and balance. I am not get into it too much on such a public forum, but if you could send out prayers and positive thoughts for him and his family, it would be much appreciated. And here it is,

Echo Park "For the Record" used here.

And there you are. I will be back in a few days with some more to share.

XOXO- powerless day

2011-03-13T16:40:00.000-04:00

The new challenge is up at XOXO Lipstick Chicks blog. Remember the XOXO blog is a scraplift blog. There are 15 chicks to scraplift from. The sponsor this month is Candy Shoppe Designs.

And here is my page

I titled this "powerless day" because we spent 21 hours without power this winter. It was fun and so not fun all at the same time. Jonathan went in to work, so me and the girls had to spend the day bundled up and cuddling. We sang songs, played games, and read books.

So go check out challenge 17 and play along with us.

it's hard being a toddler

2011-03-10T17:14:00.002-05:00

from a sketch at a cherry on top monthly challenges. used my minds eye

Lucky Girl Crafts FaceBook Saturday Sale

2011-03-08T13:05:00.002-05:00

Introducing our first SPECIAL SATURDAY FACEBOOK-ONLY SALE…
Where you can find fantastic deals on little, limited packages of scrappy awesomeness
FOR $15 or LESS!

We’ll be offering less than 10 product bundles, sold on a first come, first serve basis only to our Facebook fans. This is one sale you don't want to miss!!!!

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. mountain standard time

Product bundles will only be shown once they go on sale on Saturday - but you can be sure that they’ll contain fabulous products from your fave manufacturers like American Crafts, Bo Bunny, My Mind’s Eye, Petaloo, Prima, Pink Paislee, Sassafras Lass & more...

Want a hint? Some of this Saturday’s deals will include:
A-Z Lovelies Bundle
Bright & Fun Embellies Bundle
Exclusive Lucky Girl Mini Kit Bundle
Fancy Embellies Bundle
A Pocket Full of Inspiration Bundle
Seasonal Celebration Bundle

Find us on Facebook, mark your calendars & tell all of your friends! We’ll see you on Saturday.

Good luck!!!

the ipod generation

2011-03-04T12:23:00.000-05:00

Here is a page i did recently using a pencillines sketch.. I used paint on the back ground and then spritzed it with glimer mist. I cut the die cut to make the frame.

Echo Park was used here.

Lucky Girl Crafts March Blog Party Day 3

2011-03-03T00:00:00.001-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

March 2011 LGC Kit - "Homemade Happiness"
Our latest kit is s packed full with brand spankin' new Echo Park along with fabulous finds from American Crafts, Imaginesce, Coredinations, K&Co., Prima & more! And when I say 'packed', I really mean jam-packed to the brim, overflowing with crafty awesomeness.

Join us each day of the blog party (March 1, 2 & 3) to take a peek at the projects the Lucky Girl DT has created with this month's kit. We'll also be giving away prizes to a few LUCKY GIRLS - are you one of them? Read on to find out how you can win!

And here is my third page with the kit,

This is one of my new faves of mine, lol.

Want a {few} Lucky Girl kits of your very own? Check out March's amazing deal!

SAVE $10 WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANY TWO LUCKY GIRL CRAFTS KITS!
Use code BUY2SAVE10 at check out

Our March kits are FLYING off the shelf, so be sure to get your orders in ASAP before they're gone!

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:

Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party *** Don't forget about our Refer-a-Friend contest, where you can also win an awesome {separate} prize pack. Check out this post for more info.***
Earn 1 entry for answering my question
Other than scrpabooking what crafty thing do you do? Do you sew or knit? If you don't do anything else what would you like to do?
Earn 10 entries for the giveaways on all of the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party when you place any order between now and March 3!

Be sure to visit all of the Lucky Girls to check out all of the amazing projects created with the Homemade Happiness kit and to have an ever greater chance of winning. Each of us has lucky bucks to give away - are you feeling Lucky?

Ana - you are here
Jessica - mtnmommyscrapper.blogspot.com
LGC Store Blog - luckygirlcraftkits.blogspot.com
Ruth - inreallifefaith.blogspot.com
Sabrina: sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Stacy: stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com
and of course, our senior DT
Emily - emilyseyes.com
Natalie - vegetablog.wordpress.com

2011-03-02T00:00:00.001-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

And here is my second page with the kit,

Want a {few} Lucky Girl kits of your very own? Check out March's amazing deal!

SAVE $10 WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANY TWO LUCKY GIRL CRAFTS KITS!
Use code BUY2SAVE10 at check out

Our March kits are FLYING off the shelf, so be sure to get your orders in ASAP before they're gone!

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:

Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party *** Don't forget about our Refer-a-Friend contest, where you can also win an awesome {separate} prize pack. Check out this post for more info.***
Earn 1 entry for answering my question
Do you ever make any homemade gifts for your loved ones?
Earn 10 entries for the giveaways on all of the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party when you place any order between now and March 3!

Be sure to visit all of the Lucky Girls to check out all of the amazing projects created with the Homemade Happiness kit and to have an ever greater chance of winning. Each of us has lucky bucks to give away - are you feeling Lucky?

Ana - you are here
Jessica - mtnmommyscrapper.blogspot.com
LGC Store Blog - luckygirlcraftkits.blogspot.com
Ruth - inreallifefaith.blogspot.com
Sabrina: sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Stacy: stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com
and of course, our senior DT
Emily - emilyseyes.com
Natalie - vegetablog.wordpress.com

Lucky Girl Crafts March Blog Party Day 1

2011-03-01T00:00:00.002-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

And here is my first page with the kit,

I tell you what, I LOVE that core'dinations cardstock. I have a lot of it but have never used the embossed paper. OMG I could have a million of these sheets and never get tired of it.

Want a {few} Lucky Girl kits of your very own? Check out March's amazing deal!

SAVE $10 WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANY TWO LUCKY GIRL CRAFTS KITS!
Use code BUY2SAVE10 at check out

Our March kits are FLYING off the shelf, so be sure to get your orders in ASAP before they're gone!

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:

Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party *** Don't forget about our Refer-a-Friend contest, where you can also win an awesome {separate} prize pack. Check out this post for more info.***
Earn 1 entry for answering my question
Do you have any homemade gifts from your childhood? Either ones that were made for you or ones you made for others?
Earn 10 entries for the giveaways on all of the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party when you place any order between now and March 3!

Be sure to visit all of the Lucky Girls to check out all of the amazing projects created with the Homemade Happiness kit and to have an ever greater chance of winning. Each of us has lucky bucks to give away - are you feeling Lucky?

Ana - you are here
Jessica - mtnmommyscrapper.blogspot.com
LGC Store Blog - luckygirlcraftkits.blogspot.com
Ruth - inreallifefaith.blogspot.com
Sabrina: sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Stacy: stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com
and of course, our senior DT
Emily - emilyseyes.com
Natalie - vegetablog.wordpress.com

Scrapbook Challenges sketch 243 and some Homemade Happiness

2011-02-28T12:07:00.000-05:00

The new sketch is up at Scrapbook Challenges

and I used the two page version of it ,

It is a simple page, but . . .

And now on to some Homemade Happiness.

"Homemade Happiness" is packed full with brand spankin' new Echo Park along with fabulous finds from American Crafts, Imaginesce, Coredinations, K&Co., Prima & more!

Join the Lucky Girls for our monthly Blog Party, March 1-3, to celebrate

Homemade Happiness

and get inspired by the huge assortment of projects we've created for you!

I have had so much fun playing with this kit. My first two layouts with it are going into my favorite pages of all time category. So come back tomorrow and check out the party.

If there were a bad blogger award

2011-02-27T18:00:00.000-05:00

I would most likely win it. Last week was . . . well it is over now, and it is time to get positive and all that jazz. So I still have more layouts to show you from last weekend, so here they are,

We are doing an "all about me" challenge at Scrapbook Challenges. I am doing them out of order, much like my regular life, so here is the one on letter "d"

And this is I made an executive decision that we would get new matching/coordinating Christmas pjs for everyone. And here's the layout,

Now I have a few more I did, but can't share yet. Well one that can't be shared, and one a letter fell off, and I have to fix it. LOL.

two more and a challenge

2011-02-24T11:48:00.000-05:00

I posted my technique challenge at Scrapbook Challenges yesterday. It was to spruce up your title by using texture.

So i did two examples, here they are

hope you decide to play along.

I am back

2011-02-21T09:58:00.000-05:00

Hello blogging world, I am back. I was feeling run down and sad, and un-motivated there for a little while. But this past weekend I went to a crop and got my groove back. So I have some pages to share with you. I will be sharing them over the next week or so. So please check back often.

First I will share this one for Creative Scrappers- sketch 144

Used Cosmo Cricket on this one.

Next I will share this fun Halloween page I did. Used Echo Park on this one.

And lastly I will share this one with you,

October Afternoon, Kaiser Kraft, Queen and Co, and a bunch of inks used on this one.

Happy Crafting everyone.

young love - and a challenge

2011-02-12T12:08:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone,

I just posted a challenge over at Scrapbook Challenges for our Valentine's day celebration. It is to do a layout about two people in love, but you can't be one of them. Here is my example.

I used sketch 141 at creative scrappers for it.

Challenge 16 at XOXO

2011-02-08T13:24:00.000-05:00

The new challenge is up at XOXO Lipstick Chicks blog. Remember the XOXO blog is a scraplift blog. There are 25 chicks to scraplift from. The sponsor this month is Candy Shoppe Designs.

Anyway, here is my page,

friday fun day, one more project and my winner

2011-02-06T18:15:00.000-05:00

First off my winner from the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party is Savannah O’Gywnn.

Savannah I sent you an email, but in case you didn't get it, please contact Jessica at at jasafras98@yahoo.com to claim your prize no later than February 14th.***

The Friday Fun Day post is up on the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog. It was my turn to do the fun day post and I created an altered shoe box using Bo Bunny. Here is a pic of it- for full instructions go to the blog.

And here is the final page that I created with the February kit at Lucky Girl Crafts. And it is my favorite.

And there is still time for you to get this fabulous kit. So get hopping over to the store and get them before they are all gone.

Lucky Girl Crafts February Blog Party Day 3

2011-02-03T02:00:00.001-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

Kid at Heart - February 2011 Lucky Girl Crafts kit

Join us each day of the blog party (February 1, 2 & 3) to take a peek at the projects the Lucky Girl DT has created with this month's kit.

And here is my Day 3 Layout,

We'll also be giving away prizes to a few LUCKY GIRLS - are you one of them? Read on to find out how you can win!

Want a Lucky Girl kit of your own? Check out February's fantastic special:

Get 15% off any prepaid Lucky Girl Crafts subscription - available in 3, 6 and 12 month options when you use code LOVE2SCRAP at check out.

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:
Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party
Earn 1 entry for answering my question

What is your favorite childhood memory?

Earn 10 entries for the giveaways on all of the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party when you place any order between now and February 3!

Be sure to visit all of the Lucky Girls to check out all of the amazing projects created with the Kid at Heart kit and to have an ever greater chance of winning. Each of us has lucky bucks to give away - are you feeling Lucky?

Jessica - mtnmommyscrapper.blogspot.com
LGC Store Blog - luckygirlcraftkits.blogspot.com
Ruth - inreallifefaith.blogspot.com
Sabrina: sabrinaalery.blogspot.com
Stacy: stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com

Have fun.

two quick ones

2011-02-02T14:50:00.000-05:00

just popping in to link up to layouts for challenges.

first is for the scrappiest- sketch 102

and for sassy lil sketches.

Lucky Girl Crafts February Blog Party Day 2

2011-02-02T02:00:00.001-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

Kid at Heart - February 2011 Lucky Girl Crafts kit

Join us each day of the blog party (February 1, 2 & 3) to take a peek at the projects the Lucky Girl DT has created with this month's kit.

And here is my Day 2 Layout,

We'll also be giving away prizes to a few LUCKY GIRLS - are you one of them? Read on to find out how you can win!

Want a Lucky Girl kit of your own? Check out February's fantastic special:

Get 15% off any prepaid Lucky Girl Crafts subscription - available in 3, 6 and 12 month options when you use code LOVE2SCRAP at check out.

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:
Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party
Earn 1 entry for answering my question

What was your favorite childhood toy?

Have fun.

Lucky Girl Crafts February Blog Party Day 1

2011-02-01T02:00:00.002-05:00

Thanks for joining us for the Lucky Girl Crafts blog party! This month we're celebrating this amazing kit:

Kid at Heart - February 2011 Lucky Girl Crafts kit

Join us each day of the blog party (February 1, 2 & 3) to take a peek at the projects the Lucky Girl DT has created with this month's kit.

And here is my Day 1 Layout,

We'll also be giving away prizes to a few LUCKY GIRLS - are you one of them? Read on to find out how you can win!

Want a Lucky Girl kit of your own? Check out February's fantastic special:

Get 15% off any prepaid Lucky Girl Crafts subscription - available in 3, 6 and 12 month options when you use code LOVE2SCRAP at check out.

For international orders, please contact Jessica by e-mailing your order to jasafras98@yahoo.com

Here's how you can win $7 lucky bucks to the store:

Earn 1 entry for referring a friend to the LGC blog party
Earn 1 entry for answering my question

What makes you feel like a kid again?

Earn 10 entries for the giveaways on all of the Lucky Girl Crafts Blog Party when you place any order between now and February 3!

Be sure to visit all of the Lucky Girls to check out all of the amazing projects created with the Kid at Heart kit and to have an ever greater chance of winning. Each of us has lucky bucks to give away - are you feeling Lucky?

Jessica - mtnmommyscrapper.blogspot.com
LGC Store Blog - luckygirlcraftkits.blogspot.com
Ruth - inreallifefaith.blogspot.com
Sabrina: http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/
Stacy: stacy-scrappinqueen.blogspot.com

Have fun.

Are you a Kid at Heart?

2011-01-26T11:30:00.000-05:00

If you are- or heck even if you aren't- you definitely need to check out the Lucky Girl Crafts "Kid at Heart" kit for February.

Get it while you can and make sure you come back at the beginning of February to see what I created with it and for the block party.

Nikki Sivils Giveaway

2011-01-22T10:16:00.002-05:00

Check it out here. And if you do post a comment, tell them I sent you.

Lucky Girl Crafts Challenge

2011-01-21T06:54:00.000-05:00

Good morning people. I have not blogged in a while nor I have got to scrap. I have had one of those weeks- dishwasher is broken (well it is fixed now but not until yesterday evening around 6:10), meetings out the waa-zoo, doctors appointment and now I have strep throat. So my morning of relaxing and scrapping maybe put on the back burner due to the fact that I feel like poo and I am exhausted.

So did I come on here to complain and whine, nope not at all. I wanted to let everyone know that the the new Friday Fun Day Challenge is up. This is basically an inspiration challenge where you have the chance to win the new February kit (which I already have it is so fun), so please check it out. You may enter as many times as you like, using any of the project inspiration from January.

Two for Scrapbook Challenges

2011-01-14T17:58:00.000-05:00

Here are two new pages I did this week for challenges at Scrapbook Challenges. First is for a new challenge that I posted today. SC is now doing a weekly ABC's of Me. I had the letter "A". So my challenge to everyone is to do a page about their "attitude." So here is my page,

Papers are from Jillibean Soup.

Next one is a from a challenge that Jackie posted during the blog hop- to scrap a vintage photo. So I did one of my parents from their wedding. I used a sketch from the page maps blog for their current contest.

Here it is,

So there you have it.

I am a LUCKY GIRL

2011-01-12T09:29:00.001-05:00

I am so excited, I am a Lucky Girl with Lucky Girl Crafts kits. WOO-HOO. This has been a dream of mine for sometime, to make a kit club. And I am so so so happy that the dream came true with Lucky Girl Crafts.

I hope you all check out the store, and the blog and the current challenge.

Scrapbook Challenges and one for fun

2011-01-11T07:25:00.000-05:00

Good morning all. I feel like I have been on a bloggie roll lately. Here is the latest sketch from Scrapbook Challenges and I am also made it for the Paper Variety challenge (snowflakes) and Scrap Attack Scrapbooking (Fancy Pants).

So here it is- Sketch 236

And my page

This was our first (and only) snow this year. Barely a few inches of light powdery stuff. But the girls didn't care, they played outside for about 45 minutes. They even tried to make snow angels.

Patterened papers and borders are all Fancy Pants. Buttons are Recollections, and alphas are Making Memories.

Now here is a page that I did just to do and used a Creative Scrappers sketch 137 for it . Bella and I and some preschool friends and their mothers all went to a formal tea at the Westin and watched selections from the Nutcracker. Before it all started each child got to take a photo with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Bella was the second in line and was a bit nervous, as you can see from the photo. I scanned the original and couldn't get the color right, so I just went for black and white.

I used Webster Pages for this page. I used my Martha Stewart craft knife to cut all the things out of the papers. First time I had used it and WOW love it. I glimmer misted the white cardstock to give it a hint of color. The ribbon is also misted. The pearls are Queen and Co and Kaiser Kraft.

Ok that is all for now I think. I am fighting another headache so I need to go make my coffee. Have a great day.

XOXO - A New Perspective

2011-01-10T15:29:00.000-05:00

The XOXO Lipstick challenge is up so I need to share my layout with you. Remember the XOXO site is a scraplift site, and there are 27 layouts for you to scraplift and you can play more than once. So here is mine

I was pleasantly surprised when I got my pics back after the beach to find myself reflected in the aquarium. So cool. It is definitely a new perspective for me.

This month the sponsor is the Sweet Peach Crop Shop and the winner will get the "Second Semester" January kit. Here is a pic of the prize,

So I hope you all decide to play along, whether or not you scraplift me.

My Winners

2011-01-10T12:27:00.000-05:00

Ok I have two winners for you all. For the Seasons of Change Scrapbook Challenges Blog Hop winner- well my winner anyway I made a list of everyone who left me a comment with the OLW or if they didn't have one but mentioned that they didn't I added them in. So the winner is Vicki with this comment,

Vickisaid...: Great layout. My word for the year is AMAZING. No matter what the day brings I will look for at least one amazing thing and journal about it.; January 9, 2011 10:51 PM

So Vicki I will try to contact you for your addy, and if you send it to me in time I will mail it out to you on Wednesday.

Secondly, I had a blog candy giveaway a week ago, and I had no way to contact the winner, and I posted in on here and another board where I advertised and still haven't heard. Well the box is tape up and ready to go, so I had to pick a new winner. This time the winner is,

gocanucksgo with this comment

Hi Ana! Happy new year =) I'm a new follower and really enjyoing your creations so far! Thanks for doing this fantastic giveaway. Who couldn't use more paper lol. I'm off to post a picture in my side bar. Keep up the amazing work and have a great 2011 =)

January 1, 2011 3:25 PM

So I will contact you for your address, and if I hear from you I will mail it out on Wednesday.

Seasons of Change Blog Hop

2011-01-07T10:58:00.002-05:00

Good morning and welcome to the Seasons of Change Blog Hop by Scrapbook Cha llenges. This is the offical blog hop where we welcome our new design team members, say good bye to those who are leaving the team, and see who is returning. At the same time you get to see some fabulous inspiration and get entered to win some fantastic prizes. If you have just popped in please go back and start the blog hop at Pamela's blog. If you are hopping along then you should have come from the fabulous Chanelle's blog.

My name is Ana, I am a stay at home mom to two little girls. I live a few miles outside of Washington DC. I have been a member at SC for over a year now. I just love the community, the sketches and the challenges. This is my second term on the team over there. And I think that this term is just going to rock. So if you haven't joined in over there, now is seriously the time to do it.

Now on to the sketch, my creation, and the RAKs involved in the hop.

The sketch,

And now a word about my layout. Every year I do a word of the year. You know, a word that is supposed to help guide you in the upcoming year. Last year my word was "Acceptance." This year my word is "faith." Lately, I have been questioning a lot of things and have found myself on a journey trying to find my place in the universe. I have been reading a lot and even attending church and exploring my faith. So it seemed like a good fit for faith to be my word.

(this layout uses no paper. the base is actually thin cardboard, the back of a 12 x 12 stack of paper. I used crackle paint on it and then misted it and used brushes of distress paint. the wavy line is thick chipboard from technique tuesday. the top piece is white embossed chipboard (I think it is chipboard, it is not grunge board, I don't think) that I purchased from the Ranger/Tim Holtz booth at GASC in June. I inked it with distress ink and glimmer mist. I wanted this page to be very earthy. and I do love how it turned out. then I printed the journaling on a transparency)

Close up-
So that is my page, now on to the RAKs-there are some that make me drool.

1. For one person who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop, they will get the new Spring Market collection from Webster's Pages, including chipboard buttons and twine.

2. For one person who does a layout based on the sketch and posts in the HOP ON section, they will get the Be Mine collection from Echo Park Paper Company.

3. For inviting people to join the group, one person will get a collection of adhesive from Helmar.

4. For one new member over the weekend, they will get some new stamps from Unity and Webster's Pages. (image to come soon, we hope)

Now thank you for visiting my page. If you answer the following question in your comment I will enter you to win a party chipboard album from Bo Bunny, with coordinating papers. The question:

What is your word of the year?

So now hop on over to the very talented Holli.

Have a great weekend.

BLOG CANDY WINNER

2011-01-03T15:20:00.002-05:00

Ok, I had 34 comments so I used random.org for 1 to 34, and random.org spit out number 5. (I would copy and paste like others do but honest to god, I cannot figure out how to do it.)

Anyway, comment number 5 is,

Janet said...: I am a follower! Thank you for a chance to win some awesome goodies!; December 28, 2010 2:12 PM

So Janet email me your addy and I will mail it out on Wednesday.

Have a great day everyone. And I do hope you all will come back and visit me again.

2011

2011-01-02T17:00:00.003-05:00

My Blog Candy Giveaway is still going on. Click Here to enter.

Happy New Year everyone. For the past few years I have made resolution pages and ant-resolution pages. This year I have decided to combine the two into one page. So here it is

Once again I have used Bo Bunny papers and also some Making Memories. The ribbon are all Bo Bunny, the bling is ZVA. The doily (no idea who makes it) was misted with Old Lace Glimmer Mist.

Thanks for looking.

a perfect fall day

2010-12-31T14:02:00.005-05:00

My Blog Candy Giveaway is still going on. Click Here to enter.

Here is a new one I did today using sketch 96 at the Scrappiest. I used some new papers from Nikki Sivils. Well they are new to me, as I got then in a RAK I won from the Paper Variety. I am not sure I have ever used Nikki Sivils paper before and I just loved it.

All elements are from Nikki Sivils, except the green buttons on the tree and the alphas.

Happy New Years everyone.

New to You Blog Candy

2010-12-28T10:27:00.004-05:00

Blog Candy is closed now. Thank you.

So I decided to do some cleaning and pass along some patterned paper and a few embellishments that have been sitting in my stash for far too long. So I am offering them up as blog candy. I have thought long and hard about this and have decided that I will offer up three ways to win.

1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Advertise my giveaway on your blog- and let me know that you did it
3. Become a follower. If you are already a follower just leave an additional comment saying so.

So leave a comment for every thing that you did and I will keep a running tally.

Some of the companies you will find in the box are: Pink Paislee, Basic Grey, American Crafts, Scenic Route, Fancy Pants, Making Memories, KI Memories, My Little Shoebox, Heidi Grace Design, My Minds Eye, and a whole bunch more. I honestly have no idea on how many pieces of paper are here, but there are a lot.

So here are some images of my big box of paper.

So there you have it. I will run this give away until the 3rd. I will mail it off on the 5th, if I hear from the winner in time. Happy Crafting.

And if this is the first time you have ever visited my blog, please look around and leave me some comments.

Cheers,

Ana

the night before Christmas

2010-12-26T13:20:00.002-05:00

Here is a page I did this morning. It is a picture of Jonathan and I before we left for Christmas Eve mass. I always try to get pictures of us dressed up all fancy before we go to his work party, but I missed it this year when I was sick. So before church it was. I used almost all Bo Bunny materials on here.

Hope everyone had a great holiday. And I will be posting a big box of blog candy in the next few days- I cleaned up my area and I need to get rid of some paper. So check back,

Rejoice

2010-12-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

Ok a real quick post to get this linked up before the deadline at the Paper Variety- it is actually a photo challenge of a cute pup in a santa hat, but I am attempting to use the colors, warm kraft, red and white color combo (I added green obviously as that is my paper).

I used a sketch from Twisted Sketches- twist pop dots. Layout is also for ACOT- faithbook- and Scrapbook Challenges- color challenge.

Will add to this post this afternoon.

Scrapbook Challenges- sketch 232-233

2010-12-21T07:56:00.000-05:00

On top of the madness of preparing for Christmas and hosting in-laws, I got a terrible virus last week. Apparently one is going around the county. Starts with a horrible headache and progresses into stomach maladies. So, needless to say that I was outta of commission for a few days. What does this have to do with anything you may ask. Well, I didn't update my blog with last weeks sketch and I don't really like what I did with this weeks sketch, but it was due and I had no energy to fix it. Which kid of stinks because I had big plans for the fabu sketch Pamela had for us. So without futher ado, here they are.

And mine,

For Sketch 233 I did the two page version,

So there you have it. I hope your holidays are wonderful.

Magic of Christmas- Creative Scrappers

2010-12-14T12:52:00.000-05:00

I have managed another layout just because. Amazing that I have done three of these in the last few days. I am just in the mood to scrap. And thus I am neglecting my house duties, but who cares. So here is one I did for a monthly challenge at A Cherry on Top- to use the word magical, and I used sketch 134 from Creative Scrappers.

I LOVE this page, but I feel like the photograph doesn't do it justice.

Everything on this page- minus the title alphas, bling and the ribbon are from a kit at Its Scraptacular

A few new ones featuring Gracie

2010-12-11T14:03:00.000-05:00

I took Friday morning off of everything and scrapbooked. I did two layouts just for fun, both featuring Gracie and both using sketches from the Scrappiest blog. I am also doing them for other challenges as well. The photographs are not very good, so I may try to re-take them, but honestly who knows if that will happen.

So here is sketch 92 from the Scrappiest. I am also using it for the Scrap-Room blog challenge, one photo and two word title page.

And my second one is from sketch 93 at Scrappiest. I am also using it for a new blog I found, the Paper Variety. The challenge this week is to do a layout about a child- easy enough. (They are also having a DT call for those who are interested.)

I love these pictures of Gracie. Over Thanksgiving the older kids decided to limbo. Gracie did her own interpretation of it and sang "limbo, limbo, limbo" over and over. She is so cute.

So there you have it. Hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend.

A unicorn- my new XOXO layout.

2010-12-08T16:38:00.000-05:00

Well it is that time again . . . time for a scraplift challenge from the Lipstick Chicks. Remember that the XOXO blog is a scraplift challenge blog, so all you have to do is pick one or two layouts you like and then scraplift all or part, then link it up. That is it, easy breezy. And this month the sponsor is Candy Shoppe Designs.

So here is m layout,

So I hope you play along and wherever you are, you are staying warm. (It has been in the mid-30s all week and I am cold and hating it.)

Scrapbook Challenges- sketch 231

2010-12-06T16:04:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I haven't posted since last week. I have been a bit under the weather and not motivated to do anything. Today I really want to scrapbook though, so I may sit down and find a challenge or two to do. If I can get away from my kids, LOL. Bella is watching the Wizard of Oz and is making me watch it with her (so I can fast forward the scary parts.)

Anyway, the new sketch is up at Scrapbook Challenges and I have to say that it is one of favorites that Pamela has done.

and here is mine

For the first time in a while my family and my sisters family were at my parents house together for a few days. We all went down there for Thanksgiving. My dad bought all the kids tv trays and every morning, they all piled on the couch and had breakfast and watched tv. I LOVE how this page turned out. (I hope you all do too.)

So, send me some good healing vibes (I am trying NOT to have to go to the doctor, but I am going to have to call soon.) Cheers and stay warm.

Scrapbook Challenges and Scrap it with a Song

2010-11-30T07:10:00.000-05:00

Good morning blogosphere. I am up way earlier that I would like to be, but I haven't been sleeping very well and I hate just laying there. So here I am.

First off, lets start with the sketch this week at Scrapbook Challenges.

I just loved this sketch and decided to make it into a one photo page. And here is my page,

And now for my last official page as a DT member at Scrap it with a Song. I decided to retire, as I am just overwhelmed with things at the moment. The song is Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.

And here is my page,

I think I may add some buttons to the flowers, but I am not sure yet, lol.

The sponsor for this week is Toucan Scraps. She has offered the winner a 6 pack of digi papers.

So there you have it. Have a great week.

Winter Wonderland

2010-11-22T14:29:00.000-05:00

The song this week at Scrap it With a Song, is "Winter Wonderland." This one was pretty easy for me, as last year we lived in a winter wonderland. LOL. This week the sponsor is The Stamping Boutique. I have never worked with digi images before. I have often been intimated by the thought of it. But I thought I would give it a try. And I loved how it came out. Here is my page featuring the snowflake tree stamp.

So I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and you find a little bit of scrappy time and that you all play along.

Scrapbook Challenges and a Christmas Wreath

2010-11-18T15:14:00.000-05:00

Every Monday Scrapbook Challenges posts a new sketch. And for some reason, I haven't been sharing them with you- bad blogger. So here are the ones that are up this month- doing them gets you entered into the running for the monthly prize

Sketch 225

And my page

Sketch 227

Loved this sketch, but didn't get a chance to do it

Sketch 228

And my page

This pictures are from last year. We just got their pictures back from this year, and there is such a difference. I can't believe how big they have grown over the last year.

Now I am not much of a crafter or an altered project gal, but when I saw Jackie's tutorial on her blog on the Christmas wreath she made I knew I had to give it a try. So here is mine

I used Fired Brick and Peeled Paint distress ink- Jackie used different colors, but I didn't have those . . . I added the bow and the bells for another touch. Now I just need to figure out how to water proof it so I can hang in on my door permanently.

Twisted Sketches, the Scrappiest and A Cherry on Top

2010-11-14T16:29:00.000-05:00

So I went a crop this weekend. I only did 6 layouts, but I did do 18 cards. It was mainly the same card 18 times, LOL. So I will share one or two of those at a later date.

Now here is what I managed to do layout wise- well a few of them anyway.

First Twisted Sketches. The twist was circles. I am also using this for ACOT manufacturer challenge- sassafrass lass. I was attempting to also use this at Scrapbook Challenges (4 photos, stitching, red and ribbon.) For some reason I didn't bring any of my ribbon with me and once I finished I didn't want to go back and mess with the page. I really like this one, (which probably means no one else will.)

These pictures were from Bella's first day at tee-ball. She is the only girl in the class and she was the only one to hit a home run that day. So proud.

Next for the Scrappiest #89, which I am also using at ACOT for the countdown challenge (5 buttons, 4 halloween themed elements, 3 pieces of paper, 2 pumpkins, and black background.)

These are our halloween decorations. This was the first year we ever decorated for halloween.
Everything here (minus the buttons) is from a kit at its scraptacular.

The next one is for the sketch challenge at ACOT.

Another page where almost all the elements come from a kit at its scraptacular.

And my last one today is for the "scraplift the guest design team member."

Papers and flowers are from a kit at the Scrap Room.

Well that is all for now.

A few from me

2010-11-10T16:52:00.000-05:00

So A Cherry on Top had a big crop this weekend and somehow I managed to play along and get four pages done. So here they are,

Scrap it With a Song

2010-11-08T15:50:00.001-05:00

This week the song at Scrap it with a Song is "You've got a friend in me" from the movie Toy Story. I decided to use a picture of my two girls. So here it is,

Now when I first did this page I LOVED it. Now, eh not so much. LOL, not really sure why. But anyway, . . .

Our sponsor this week, Crop Chocolate, has donated to one lucky winner $20 in crop credits to be spent on their amazing site!!

CropChocolate.com – Sweet Deals for the Scrapbooking Addict! At CropChocolate.com™, we sell all-things scrapbook. But here's the catch, we only sell one item at a time – at a delicious price.

So play along everyone.

xoxo- you r my sunshine

2010-11-07T15:55:00.001-05:00

The new challenge is up at XOXO. Remember that this is a scraplift challenge blog. So you have the choice of 13 different layouts to scraplift. So without further ado, here is my page,

This month we are being sponsored by Scrap Attach Scrapbooking. And one winner will claim the goodies in the picture below. Awesome, right?

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking is an online scrapbooking store & community. They have a wonderful store that is stocked with beautiful scrapbook supplies all at 10% off MSRP everyday – {no} coupon needed! They pride themselves on having a great selection of scrapbook supplies with competitive prices, fast shipping and outstanding customer service. Scrap Attack Scrapbooking, otherwise known as SAS, also “rewards” you for shopping with them. For every dollar you spend you are rewarded with points that can be cashed in on your next shopping visit. They also have a fun and friendly online community, creative gallery & monthly challenges. To join in the fun please visit their site at www.ScrapAttackScrapbooking.com.

Scrapbook Challenges and Scrap it with a Song.

2010-11-02T18:34:00.000-04:00

Good evening everyone. Can you believe it is actually November? I can't. The holiday season is really upon us. Let the madness ensue, LOL.

In the meantime, I have some layouts and challenges to share with you. So I will start with Scrap it With a Song. The song this week is "Its my life" by Bon Jovi. I decided to focus on a month of my life by using a picture of my planner from October. So here it is

Our sponsor is the awesome Crafty Ribbons.

They are offering the winner their entire collection of 3mm satin ribbons...EVERY color they carry!

So if you want to play along make sure you link your project up to the main blog.\

Now on two two challenges I am hosting at Scrapbook Challenges for the Birthday Bash. First is a Halloween Color Challenge- use the colors of a candy corn. And my layout,

And lastly, my Celebration Supply List- Make a layout that features a piece of cake or cupcake (or other dessert), a number, a flower(s), and pearls or bling (if you don’t have bling or pearls, feel free to substitute something sparkly.)

I used two examples that I have previously shared, but here they are again,

Now I am giving away a RAK for each randomly chosen challenge winner. So if you want to play along, please join us. You have until Friday night to get your work posted.