6 more days...

Only 6 more days and I will be in sunny California at CHA... I am so excited and I can't wait to meet all the gals in the Clear Scraps booth and work with them and showing off all the amazing stuff Clear Scraps has to offer. Speaking of Clear Scraps here is another layout using their mini arrow arrow album.



I actually only used one of the pieces and turned it into a little dog house... A really simple thing to do and it gives your product some dimension. OH and the layout is from the new Ad This Challenge that just went up today. The twist is you have to use a mask or masks. So if you love a good challenge then hop on over to the blog and join in. Here is a photo of the ad... It's totally cool.

Rocky...

Here is a layout titled "Rocky" that I did using one of the XL shapes from Clear Scraps. This item isn't a new release but you sure can't go wrong with one of these... You get 2 different shapes in a package. You can even cut these in half to make your own mini album...

Products used:
Clear Scraps XL Deco shape
Magic Mesh copper 12x12 sheet
Hambly transparency
American Crafts Thickers
Colorbok pattern paper and tag (family forest)
Vintage ribbon

Thanks for looking and leave me a comment and let me know what you think of the XL Shapes from Clear Scraps...

Where the wild things are...

Here is another sneak of a new Clear Scraps product... It's from the new Clear N Chip line.

"Little Miss Molly"

With the Clear N Chip line, you can punch out all the pieces and create your own album with matching embellishments!! You will receive one of each 12x12 Acrylic & Chipboard sheets of assorted punch outs.

You can either do 2 separate mini books with it or you can combine the two for 1 mini book. The little embellishments are perfect for the mini album and can be used on any other layout or project etc. Here is my "Where the wild things are" mini book using the "Little Miss Molly" Clear n Chip pieces. (you can click on the photos for a bigger size photo)

Products used:
Clear Scraps "little Miss Molly" Clear N Chip
Pink Paislee pattern paper and cardstock stickers
Jenni Bowlin pattern paper
Hambly overlay
American crafts thickers
Ranger Alcohol inks
Prima felt alpha
Helmar Adhesive

I would love to hear what you think about this release and stay tuned tomorrow for another peek of some amazing Clear Scraps products and another give away.

Monday Monday....

The new ad is up at AD This... I just love it and the twist is use 5 different embellishments from 5 different company's or digi kits.

Here is my take on the ad. I chose to do a digi layout as I am working on projects for CHA and didn't want to add more to my mess. LOL

Ok so now for the winner of my last post...

By Random.org generator...

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13

So lucky number 13 is...


Tricia said...

the owl album is simply FABULOUS! What a stinkin cute project! I love these!

January 10, 2009 12:02 PM

Tricia congrats... Please e-mail me with your mailing address

so I can forward it over to Clear Scraps

and they can get your prize off to you...

I will be back tomorrow with some more Clear Scraps sneaks...

Knock knock... Who's There???

Here is my complete Owl Album. This is a new release from Clear Scraps... I just love the owl. It's approx 7.5 inches high and 5 inches wide. The cover of the album has the eye spots and belly cut out so you can do all kinds of things with it. I decided to stuff the little owl belly...










So it's time for another giveaway.... Please leave a comment from Now untill Sunday at Midnight letting me know what you think about all the Clear Scraps new releases... You can see other peeks on all of the Clear Scraps designers blogs. They are located on the right side of my blog.

On Monday morning I will post the winner whom will win a prize from Clear Scraps. The box will come directly from Clear Scraps.

Thanks for looking..

Our amazing weather...NOT

We have had rain for several days now and it's so bad that most of the rivers have crested and there are all kinds of flash flood warnings, floods, mudslides and the mountains are having avalanches etc.

So while I was out this afternoon running errands and making a run to the grocery store and the craft store I took my camera along and snapped some photos of the river by our home. You can click on the photos for a bigger size.

This is a photo of the bridge the trains use that is over the river by our house. The bridge is normally at least 20 feet above the river if not higher. As you can see the river is almost touching it.


Here is a photo of the Soccer fields just up the road from the first photo. There was just snow there the other day. LOL



This photo is of the road that is down the road from the first photo as you can see the river cresting and flooding has made it to the roads.



It is still coming down like buckets out side and will continue to rain all of tomorrow as well.

I am already waiting for summer. LOL

Clear Scraps new Goodies...

It's that time again to show off some brand new products from Clear Scraps...

I will post a couple every couple of days so be sure to read all the posts as I will be putting up some Clear Scraps RAK's for you to win.

This first one is the Mini Heart album. It's great for a little mini book for any subject and great to make into key chains etc. With Valentines day just around the corner I decided to go with that theme.

This next one is one of my favorites. I just love Owls and the things you can do with the cover are awesome. The cover has the eyes and belly cut out so you can easily use this as a template if you like or if your like me then you find a way to make it unique. So I decided to stuff the belly ... I just love the way it turned out. I have to get photos of the rest of the album and I need to finish the last 2 pages but I just had to show you this adorable "owl album" that clear scraps is releasing at CHA




Now for the really good stuff

If you like what you see so far please go to
http://www.scrapbook.com/blogs/329735/view/135071.html
Leave a comment from now until Thursday and one lucky person will receive a RAK from Clear Scraps.

Thanks for looking I will be posting another RAK on this blog in a couple of days so be sure to keep watching.

Thankor looking

Happy New Year....

Wow I have a lot of catching up to do... With the amazing snow storm we had we are just finally getting our internet back up and the plows came a couple days ago and finally plowed our roads. It has been crazy around here but we are getting around now. LOL Only for the forecast to say more snow tomorrow. LOL Hopefully it won't be a lot.

Well with it being the First. I have an amazing kit to show ya... It's the "Grunge" kit from Dixie Pieces.



Right up my alley and perfect for layout of my daughter and her punk ways. LOL Here are a few layouts of what I have done with the kit.


Well off to catch up on much needed stuff and get more work done. Hugs

Man do we have the snow...

Well the snow has finally fallen here in the Pacific Northwest. lol I know it seems weird to say that living in Washington we don't get a lot of snow and honestly we don't. The mountains tend to get all the snow. We usually see just a couple inches a year here. Well mother nature has surely decided to let it snow here. LOL Not just a couple inches either. It started snowing about 1am Wednesday here and as of early this morning we have received 23" inches of snow here in our little town. School has been closed since Wednesday morning and they have already closed school for tomorrow also. So the kids have started their Christmas break a bit early. LOL It has been snowing all day and it's still coming down. It's suppose to stop later tonight and then more snow starting late Saturday. LOL

With us not use to getting a lot of snow here the roads are just awful. We have not seen a plow yet. Here is a photo of what our cul-da-sac looks like


People have been driving there 4 wheelers in the cul-de-sac and having a blast sliding.. lol We have had NO MAIL since Tuesday.... lol The kids are hoping Grandma's boxes will make it for Christmas. hehe

Here is a look at my back porch. I think this will show ya how much snow we have. LOL It has been untouched except for the kids putting the yard stick in to see how much snow has fallen. The last measurement was at noon at the yard stick said 26 inches.



Here is Isaiah standing up behind his wall of snow getting ready for a snow ball fight. LOL


I have to say it is pretty and I really did wish for a White Christmas so I am enjoying it and enjoying the kids being home and hubby not having to go to work. lol We are staying safe and the kids are glad I went grocery shopping before the bad weather started. The power keeps going off and Last night around 9:30 our power went out again and we all slept in the living room where the fire place is so we could all stay warm. The kids loved it and we played games via candle light. hehe

The snow is suppose to stop late tonight and more snow is suppose to start late on Saturday. hehe

Well I should get this posted before the power pops off again. LOL Thank goodness for candles and oil lamps. hehe

Have a great weekend.

Christmas Decorating...

I am really enjoying decorating my home this year for Christmas. The tree is up and all decorated and the mantel is just about done. I finished an altered tree this morning and took a few photos. The lighting in my house isn't the greatest but with a little help from photo shop I was able to lighten it up a bit.

Products used:
Graphic 45 Pattern Paper
Ranger Distress Stickles and pearl drops
Glimmer mist
Gold Antique Glitter glass
Helmar Craft and Velum adhesive
Gold Embossing powder
Cone, Top and bottom are some finds at M's.

I will be showing more holiday projects throughout the month so be sure to check back often.

Now my last post had a giveaway so this morning I had Joshua pull out a name and that lucky person is Suzanne Webb please e-mail me with your addy so I can get this sent out to you.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Well it's not snowing here but the tree is up and I turned the fire place on tonight for the first time since last winter. I was reading when I got an idea. If you know me well you know I love to put kits together. I love a good kit as much as the next person but I really really enjoy putting them together with some amazing vintage finds. So I went down to my scrap room and started pulling out all my Christmas Vintage items an some new things I found at the Vintage shop down the road. After about 30 min or so I had put together a mini kit.

I would love to know what you think of my mini "Vintage Christmas" kit so with that being said. Leave me a comment from now until this Friday at midnight and I will draw one lucky person to win this kit.


This kit is full of Vintage items that date back to the 1920's. The textile fabric strips that are in this kit is from a vintage sample book. I cut them down to 6x1 inch strips which will be perfect for Christmas Cards and any layout.

Here’s what’s included in this your kit:

• 4 6x6 pattern papers from Melissa Frances
• 2 Vintage Office Telegram sheets (1940's)
• 1 vintage ledger paper(dated 1923 from a barber's ledger)
• 2 vintage receipt (from 2 different receipt books)
• 6 vintage buttons
• 1 vintage Christmas card front (card will be different in each kit)
• 3 vintage Christmas Coasters
• 4 vintage 6x1 fabric textile strips
• 1 12" vintage cream lace
• 1 12" vintage cream and red ribbon
• 1 12" ornament ribbon
• 1 Victorian shoe paper embellishment
• 3 cream and green flower embellishments

You can find this kit in my Etsy shop with more photos of the kit. I will be putting up a few samples with this kit tomorrow after I get photos. I have a lot of photos of projects to take and there is suppose to be NO rain tomorrow.

Thanks in advance.