Cyber Crop Announcement

Wooohooooo There is a WEEK long crop going on at . There will be lots of Fun challenges, a class or two some fun games and a live auction to give you a change to use your school bucks. So go sign up and start earning your school bucks today. For every post you post you earn 1 buck for ever thread you start you ear 5 bucks and us Teachers love to pass out bucks for all kinds of things..... So what are you waiting for???? Click on the blinkie and Sign up.... Don't forget to stop by the Marketing class for some awesome assignments... YUP that's my class....

Excited...

Yes I'm still excited.... LOL I got the green light from Natalie today... woooohoooooo Natalie is the most amazing editor and I love writing for Creative TECHniques magazine. She so rocks. Anyway she approved my questions for the article I'm writing for an upcoming issue. I'm not sure I can say WHO or WHAT company it is but I can give you a hint.. LOL There stuff smells yummmmy. hehe..... shhhhhhhh if you figured it out I hope you will be looking forward to the Fall issue. I can't wait to see the Summer issue as I will have an article and a layout in it.

I had a friend ask me today what I was working on. Ummm Scrapping???? I have been so busy packing orders that I haven't had time to scrap.. So tonight while watching Survivor I'm scrapping! I did do a digital layout. It's only my second so don't throw stones. LOL


I'm not a big card maker but I manage to do a few here and there. Here are some I did recently.... Hope you like them.

Isn't the little turtle, mushroom and owl stamp cute.. I just love these stamps. They are from October Afternoon.

Contest Alert.....

OMG a New contest is starting at Scrapbook Chalet. It's called Designing Like a Star be sure to check it out as Laura does awesome contest and the prize package is amazing.... The Chalet is also a fun place to hang out at. The DT is amazing and the Celeb Chats are always fun....

Do you like it??

We have the crop going on at Scrappin Trends this weekend. I have managed to get 3 cards done and decided to do some digital work for my blog. I just made the banner last night or well maybe it was the wee hours of the morning..... So what do you think of the banner???? I have totally been enjoying playing in photoshop designing my own stuff... One of these days I hope to see some of my designs in stores. It's a big dream but ya never know when it's time for your dreams to come true. So for now i'll keep on dreaming.

Online Crop

Starting Friday there is an online crop going on at Scrappin Trends If you have some scrappin to do this weekend please come on by and join us. We will have some awesome challenges, games and awesome prizes... Plus you never know when they might add someone to the DT. Yup that's right show us your work and you may be the next Trend Setter... Scrappin Trends is also bursting with New CHA products... Rusty Pickle, Heidi Swapp, Daisy D's, SEI and many many more. Plus they have a brand new products from a new company. Rita Marie and Co. be sure to check out the What's New section in the store to see all the new products and keep an eye on it as there is more on it's way....

COLORS

I have been saying it for months that an explosion of color will be the next hottest trend in scrapbooking. Well today we got the Rusty Pickle order in the store (Scrappin Trends) OMG yall have to see this.

This is Pashmina

Isn't it GORGEOUS..... I can't wait to sit down and scrap with this collection. There is also matching embellishments and the TRIMS are to die for.

We at Scrappin Trends have been keeping our UPS and FED EX men busy busy busy.

I LOVE AD's....

The post before this I posted an AD for the Marketing class at The School of Scrap. Well last night I sat down with the ad and scrapped. Here is my take on the ad.


Take a walk on the Wild Side. Yup those are my wild and crazy kidos. Some of my favorite shots of them. I hope yall will take the ad in the previous entry and scrap it. I can't wait to put up the next ad. So stay tuned... Those of you that are at the School of Scrap keep an eye out for an extra credit ad.

Marketing 101

Today at The School of Scrap I started as the new teacher in the Marketing class. I have been so excited about this and can't wait to see what everyone does with the AD I put up. If you know me you know I love love graphic art. Like Grunge style art etc. So this ad totally spoke to me and the colors are just amazing in this ad.

Isn't it totally awesome??? Ok so if you want to join us at the School of Scrap and take part in my class please come on over. It's a fun site and the classes are full of inspiration... The classes are totally free but you can earn some awesome points and well get some layouts done.... I hope i'll see you in Marketing class.

I have finally started scrappin all of my hubby's deployment pictures. He has all these awesome pictures of Markets overseas, streets at night and art on the walls. I wanted a challenge so I thought scrappin pictures that I didn't take and of places I haven't been would be a huge challenge for me... Here is a layout of a live seafood market in Hong Kong. I think the pictures are pretty different. I just love looking at all the pictures and seeing how different things are in other places.

Someone at the Scrapbook Chalet said they wanted to see some of my sketches for scrapbooking. So I thought I would put a couple up... Hope you like em.

Other things I am working on...

Article's for Creative TECHniques magazine.... Can I just say how much I love this magazine. I love the step by step photoshop instructions that come with the projects that use photoshop. I am totally new to photoshop and so far i'm totally loving it. Still getting familiar. As it didn't come with a book. So if you know of any good photoshop books please let me know.

I am also working on a paper line. Have a few sheets done and will be working on a few more this weekend. I will put up some sneak peaks when I have a full collection done. They will not be sneaks of the full sheet of paper just a glimps from the sheet.

Great News.....

I have so much to catch yall up on...

While I was at CHA I met up with Natalie again from Creative TECHniques mag... I so luv her. She will totally tell ya like it is. She is so down to earth and well even though she is taller then me. She isn't much taller then me. LOL Anyway she gave me the Spring edition of Creative Techniques

This issue is so important to me because it is my first publication. Plus the fact that I have a cover title. Yup.. Make a Grunge Scrapbook..... My layout and info is on page 16-17. So when you see this magazine hit the stands later this month early next month check it out. It's amazing.... and so many great digital tips for photo editing...... Check it out....

That's not all of my good news... I entered the DT call at The School of Scrap and was one of the 4 new DT members picked.... I'm totally excited to be a part of The School of Scrap it's such a fun site and filled with some amazing members... Check it out and sign up for My challenge in the Marketing room starting in MARCH....

CRAZY FUN....

Things have been totally full of CRAZY FUN.... CHA was a blast and totally fun meeting everyone. Spending time with my Best Friend SUSAN was and is always a total BLAST. Bob even made a trip in. It's been toooo long. LOL I have been totally busy putting the ENTIRE store on sale at Scrappin Trends plus just got done putting all the LOVE, ELSIE stuff on the site for PREORDER. We don't have images yet but most people have already seen pics from CHA. This is one of the most crazy lines people have been waiting for and ELSIE brang it. The entire collection is amazing. Scrappin Trends has the PREORDER Prices at below RETAIL. AMAZING. Remember they will not ship till sometime in APRIL... This collection will SELL OUT in record time.

I need more TIME...

Time is always something that we never have enough of. LOL We always wish we had more time in the day to get things done.. Rather if it is house work, time alone or scrappin. This weekend I decided I was gonna scrap all weekend. There was an online crop at Imagine Create Scrap and I was invited to Michelle and Vickies B-day Crop. Well I woke up Saturday with a massive Migrane. Not fun. It's always when I have a Migrane that eveyone in the house decides to be LOUD or fight over EVERYTHING. UGHhhhh So I had to call Michelle and tell her I wasn't able to attend but was still going to come by to drop off some orders the gals placed. Totally bummed because I had all my stuff organized to go... Well I came home from dropping orders off and decided I would rub VICKS all over my temples, forehead and back of my neck. Within 20 min. it was gone. I felt like a new woman and I was ready to scrap. LOL I spent most of Friday night working on this layout....

It was for a challenge for the Imagine Create Scrap Crop. We had to use Paint, Ink, Sanding, Sewing, Ribbon, Chipboard and rub-ons on one layout..... Totally right up my ally as I love to use lots of stuff on a layout.

Then Saturday night I spent some time organizing the mess I made on Friday night... Then got a creative moment and spent a whole 5 min on this layout.

The little girl in the picture is My Best Friends daughter. Isn't she cute.... I thought it went awesome with the paper... The paper is totally awesome. It has glitter all over it. The scan doesn't show it that well...

I started another layout but I ran out of time and mojo so i'm waiting for the mojo to come back so I can finish it.

I'm so excited......

We had an online Chat with Marah Johnson several weeks ago at Scrappin Trends. She asked all of us to send her pictures of what we do with her products.... This weekend I finished up my "Unconditional Love" mini book I have been working on... So I sent he a link to my gallery where I have them listed... I got a reply back from her asking me to send her the original pics so she can put them on her BLOG.... OH WOW... Everyone that knows me knows that I love Marah's fresh and funky products... Her color choices she uses when designing her products are AMAZING...... Here is a link "Marah's Blog" it's also on my sidebar. I used her Love Struck line for my book and added some of my own Doodling "the big heart" , ribbons and paint. In this book I wanted to use up some of those not so great photos that I had....

Great Customer Service

So when it comes to companies we usually find out how they really are by how the Customer Service is. Well I just have to say that Daisy D's is at the top of my list for the BEST EVER... I just placed an order with them on Friday which after chatting with Jennifer at Daisy D's to get all the info I needed. She is awesome and so needs an award for having to answer all my questions. LOL Then I sent her an e-mail letting her know I placed my order online and then of course had a few more questions. I got a responce back right away... WHOA again!!! So this morning I got a phone call from Daisy D's letting me know my order is shipping... HOW awesome is that??? I have never ever had a company call me to let me know my order is shipping. It's not a HUGE HUGE order but still an order. I was totally taken off guard by the phone call that it really didn't register till after I hung up. DUH me.... So I had to take some time to send Jennifer an e-mail letting her know how AWESOME they are... Once again I got a reply back right away. So yup Daisy D's in now my most FAVORITE Company... I have always Loved LOVED Loved there products and I can't wait to see what they have in store for us at CHA. I do have to say that they have an amazing line out right now.... It's called MODERN ROMANCE. We at Scrappin Trends will have this line in later this week and I couldn't help but start to showcase it.. With that said here is a layout featuring Daisy D's Mondern Romance Line

There is a funny little story that goes with this MUG shot of a picture of my daugther. She is always running away when she see's me with the camera. Something about her hair or this or that. LOL Well one of Miranda's favorite things to do is SLEEP so I decided I would wake her up so I got my camera and away I went up to her room. Yup I started taking pictures of her sleeping. She woke up really fast... LOL Anyway this is one of those pictures... Man I wish I could wake up and look that good. LOL Everything on this layout is Daisy D's except the buttons and ribbons. I just love the "Be Yourself" Rub-on...

Notes to my children...

I always love to put little notes in my kids lunches etc... I also love to scrap pages and instead of journaling about what is going on in the picture or what we were doing I love to leave notes to my children on my layouts... Here is a layout I did with the January kit Featured at Scrappin Trends....

I added some of the title and tags Clair de Lune & Daisy D's rub-ons which I have to say are freaken amazing..... If you haven't seen there new rub-ons yet.. Keep an eye on Scrappin Trends next week because we have some coming....

Scrappin Scrappin and more Scrappin...

I have been totally busy with all things Scrap related... After receiving my first kit from Imagine Create Scrap I couldn't help but dig right in.... The January kit is to die for and who could resist playing with Crate Paper....

Here are a couple of pictures of what I have done with this kit so far...

I still have more of this yummy paper to play with so be on the look out for more projects and layouts.

I have also been busy putting together the January Kits at Scrappin Trends.. They are totally yummy... The entire DT will be playing with each of these kits.... The first kit is the January Monthly kit and it features Fancy Pants Designs Clair de Lune pattern papers. The kit comes with 6 pattern papers, 6 bazzill cardstock sheets, 2 scalloped bazzill sheets, 1 Hambly journaling bits overlay, 3 yummy fabrics in different size cuts, felt ric rac (yes felt), vintage black lace and a baggie of buttons and flowers. To see a close up of the fabrics visit us at Scrappin Trends

The bottom kit is the January Altered Kit. It also features Fancy Pants and Creative Imaginations. The kit will come with 1 package of 2 clothespins, 1 package of pushpins, 6 6x12 pattern papers, 2 calendar templates, magic mesh, Swarvoski Pink Crystals and a baggie of buttons and flowers. This is a great project kit and the price is right on this one... Only $10.99

The DT should be getting there kits any day now. So be sure to check out the gallery at Scrappin Trends soon. If you want one of these kits be sure to get yours while they are still in stock. Once they are gone there gone.

I have also been having a blast doing the Ezine for Jan/Feb at Scrappin Trends. Doing the Ezine every 2 months is so fun and it totally inspires me. I hope it will inspire you. It will be out on Monday.

Scrapping Away

I have been totally busy scrapping away. Doing DT projects for Imagine Create Scrap The January kit is totally yummy. Make sure to check it out and while you are there the DT has been uploading projects from the January kit that will totally inspire you. While taking a break from playing with paper I stumbled upon Amy Elkins Digital Debut Kit. Totally yummy and well I couldn't help but try it out. I'm not one to digital scrap but loved the colors of her kit and couldn't help but test it out. Check it out...




Aren't the colors Fantastic??? I just fell in love with them... If you want to see the full kit check out Amy's Blog Artistic Awareness right now the kit is totally FREE and your just gonna love it. Especially the Felt embellishments.

Playing Catch UP

With all the great storms we have been having and the power going off and on. I had fallen behind on a lot of things. So now with everything back to normal I was able to catch up on my to do list.

Some great news. I am a new Design Team member at Imagine Create Scrap I am totally excited to be a part of this amazing team... I can't wait to get my first kit and get started. Kim just gave us a sneak peek and it's CRATE PAPER... Totally Yummy. Can't wait to see the entire kit. She will have it up on the site in the next few days. So keep an eye out for it.

I decided to submit to the Fancy Pants DT Call. I totally adore all of Fancy Pants Designs Products. It would totally be amazing to Design for them. So keep your fingers crossed.

Here are a couple items I did with the new Fancy Pants Collectins.




Products are from the Mulberry Road Collection. I swear I can scrap this photo of Miranda over and over again.

Tish came over on Tuesday and was having a problem with this frame and her childrens school pictures. They weren't big enough for the frame. So as she sorted paper for me I worked up some magic and went to work. Everything is from the Clair de Lune Collection except for the gems. They are MME and Swarovski. I also added some brown paint to the frame. The frame is from Target. Tish totally loves it and she will be sending this to her Mom as a Christmas Gift.

If you have been looking for the CI Caution Collections or The Marah Johnson Love Struck Collection. Scrappin Trends will have them IN stock again NEXT week. There are some pictures on the main page of the site. Scrappin Trends is taking pre-orders now on these products. If your interested send an e-mail to orders@scrappintrends.com . You will then be sent an e-mail back with pictures and prices of the items for pre-order. There is alot of product coming in, but last time it sold out in less then 12 hours. Act quick if you have been looking for these products.

Scrappin The Weekend away.

I so need to scrap all weekend. I have a ton of projects to get done, finish and start. LOL So with all the new Making Memories goodies that came into the store this week(Scrappin Trends) I couldn't help grab some of the Emory and Abby paper collections. YUM They totally mix well with one another. Here is a fun layout I did that I actually used a sketch I designed for it.

Here is a close up of all the stars...

On Thursday I got a Chaterbox package from Scrapbook Dreamer. I won some of the new Holiday Chaterbox line and I couldn't wait to use some of it. Here is a little project in the works still.

Then to top off an all awesome mail week. I got a package yesterday from my Secret Santa on 2 peas. A box from 2 peas store Address to "Queen Elisa" So yeah I totally tore into that box and OMG I died and went to Hambly Heaven.

Yes you are seeing correct. 7 Hambly Overlays (I put chipboard behind them so you could see all of them), 3 rub-on packages and 4 sheets of Hambly paper. 1 isn't in the picture because I couldn't help but use it. lol Totally awesome right..... I have the bestest Santas this year...

Don't forget about the sketch challenge here on my blog.... It's a few post down.

My Love of Chipboard

Yes most of us scrappers Love Chipboard. It's just so awesome to play with and work with. It gives us that dimention or Pop that we love on our pages or projects. The fun part is finding ways to store your chipboard. I was walking in Fred Myers one day and came upon this craft storage chest and just had to have it to store my chipboard and my cropper hoppers fit in the bottom to store my papers. The top 3 drawers look like this on the inside...... Yes they are all full. Do I need more chipboard? ummmm Yeah. LOL You can never have toooo much chipboard. It's almost like shoes.

So what do you store your chipboard in? I need to figure out something that I can set on top of this to store more chipboard. Any ideas? Oh and it has to look pretty so either it comes looking great or it's something I can alter.

So far my morning has been very productive. I uploaded all the Fancy Pants Images into the store. OMG The Clair de Lune and Mulberry road lines are Scrumptious. Total eye candy. If you haven't seen it yet check out the What's New section at Scrappin Trends .

Don't forget about the huge Paper Sale going on at Scrappin Trends and till the 19th of November with every order you get a FREE Hambly Journaling Bits Overlay in Black