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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Scrap Farm: Sweet Heart Giveaway
I love blog hopping. I love finding new things, and Melinda from TheScrapFarm is no exception. I was introduced to Melinda when I found her link on MoxieFabWorld.
Her layout is crazy-awesome! She included what looks like quilling, buttons, flowers, and AC Flair in her American Crafts Letterbox layout. Melinda also made this insane card that I would LOVE to get.
Neat thing, in addition to a few amazing projects, she's got a giveaway of her AC leftovers. LOVE!
Give her some love over on her blog, and tell her I sent you!
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Her layout is crazy-awesome! She included what looks like quilling, buttons, flowers, and AC Flair in her American Crafts Letterbox layout. Melinda also made this insane card that I would LOVE to get.
Neat thing, in addition to a few amazing projects, she's got a giveaway of her AC leftovers. LOVE!
Give her some love over on her blog, and tell her I sent you!
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Congrats Sarah @ RedOakLines!!!!
Sarah, one of the fantastic bloggers that I follow at red oak lines (yes, I DO scroll through the blogs I follow!!) has a giveaway of Echo Park's Springtime to one of her followers. This is because she opened up a thriving business, and is doing well!
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
MWM #36: Adding a Graffiti Wall
Kristy, the Mojo Guru over at ScrapbookSteals.com created another fantastic Mid-Week Mojo! And of course, now that I'm done with NB's, I get to play (can you tell how excited I am already?!?!?!?)
The original sketch has a landscape 4x6" photo, a "graffiti" wall with stickers, rub-ons or some kind of other 'filler'. There is also a lot of space to journal and a title.
I changed mine up quite a bit. I used a portrait photo, did not include a title, and switch the placement of the graffiti wall. I did however get to use the monogram stickers that I bought for our wedding book... 6 years ago! Imagine actually using all of something that I bought so long ago! I loved them, but how many people do you know who's name starts with Q? Or Z?
The papers are from various lines of MyMind'sEye. Beloved and Quite Contrary. The buttons are from American Crafts's Love line. I bought them at Big Lot's for $1. Yeah, I know! The monogram stickers are K&Co. It was when I was still buying everything at Target.
Enjoy!
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The original sketch has a landscape 4x6" photo, a "graffiti" wall with stickers, rub-ons or some kind of other 'filler'. There is also a lot of space to journal and a title.
I changed mine up quite a bit. I used a portrait photo, did not include a title, and switch the placement of the graffiti wall. I did however get to use the monogram stickers that I bought for our wedding book... 6 years ago! Imagine actually using all of something that I bought so long ago! I loved them, but how many people do you know who's name starts with Q? Or Z?The papers are from various lines of MyMind'sEye. Beloved and Quite Contrary. The buttons are from American Crafts's Love line. I bought them at Big Lot's for $1. Yeah, I know! The monogram stickers are K&Co. It was when I was still buying everything at Target.
Enjoy!
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A few cards: Some sentiments and a Hot Air Balloon!
Over the weekend I made a few cards! Now that I'm done working on my NB's, I can take a break and actually enjoy myself! One I made for MoxieFab's Challenge: In My Beautiful Balloon.
For this challenge, we needed to create something that included a hot air balloon. Now, I do have some American Crafts paper and embellishments that do have hot air balloons on them, but they didn't fit what I really wanted to do. So what else, but make it!! I hand paper-pieced the hot air balloon from both MyMind'sEye paper in Little Miss Muffet: Delight (B side) and AC paper Heat Wave: Cherry Cowabunga, with some kraft paper from JoAnn's.
The basket is kraft paper, and the ropes are actually a bent black and white paperclip. All of the pieces were inked using my Chalk inks. The background is AC Heat Wave in Creamy Coconut. The sentiment is a Pebbles Inc. rubon that my lovely friend Kristy sent me!!
Overall... LOVE!!!
This card was not as involved, but I love it. I used kraft paper, AC cardstock, some bling from my iRock, the B side of some MME paper and more bling on the butterfly, and some May Arts ribbon that I won from one of their Facebook contests! The "Remember" is from the Gypsy Cricut cart.
I know that I need to get together with some of my girls soon, and some aren't the wine type... So I know that this mug (Cricut) will be perfect to ask one of them for coffee soon. Some MME Quite Contrary paper, with AC cardstock and kraft paper. A little bit of bling sets it off!
And last, but not least, a sweet Dream (Cricut: Gypsy) sentiment with some AC papers and cardstock from a page kit from AC Letterbox, with some matching buttons, ribbon and some AC Flair.
Overall... I love the four cards that I made! I know that I have to find the best recipients for them. Enjoy!
REMEMBER!!! I am giving away an American Crafts Page Kit in Travel! Become a follower and make a comment on this link. Pin It
For this challenge, we needed to create something that included a hot air balloon. Now, I do have some American Crafts paper and embellishments that do have hot air balloons on them, but they didn't fit what I really wanted to do. So what else, but make it!! I hand paper-pieced the hot air balloon from both MyMind'sEye paper in Little Miss Muffet: Delight (B side) and AC paper Heat Wave: Cherry Cowabunga, with some kraft paper from JoAnn's.
The basket is kraft paper, and the ropes are actually a bent black and white paperclip. All of the pieces were inked using my Chalk inks. The background is AC Heat Wave in Creamy Coconut. The sentiment is a Pebbles Inc. rubon that my lovely friend Kristy sent me!!
Overall... LOVE!!!
This card was not as involved, but I love it. I used kraft paper, AC cardstock, some bling from my iRock, the B side of some MME paper and more bling on the butterfly, and some May Arts ribbon that I won from one of their Facebook contests! The "Remember" is from the Gypsy Cricut cart.
I know that I need to get together with some of my girls soon, and some aren't the wine type... So I know that this mug (Cricut) will be perfect to ask one of them for coffee soon. Some MME Quite Contrary paper, with AC cardstock and kraft paper. A little bit of bling sets it off!
And last, but not least, a sweet Dream (Cricut: Gypsy) sentiment with some AC papers and cardstock from a page kit from AC Letterbox, with some matching buttons, ribbon and some AC Flair.
Overall... I love the four cards that I made! I know that I have to find the best recipients for them. Enjoy!REMEMBER!!! I am giving away an American Crafts Page Kit in Travel! Become a follower and make a comment on this link. Pin It
My Scrapbook Room
I know that I've posted on this topic... But I was checking in with some of my favorite blogs, and was looking at KWernerDesign, and Kristina Werner was blogging about 90% of Crafter's have messy craft spaces. Usually... Mine never looks this good, but I was taking photos for ScrapbookSteals.com and cleaned it up a bit.
I think that if I had a room however, it would be in a perpetual state of messiness. :)
Here is my overall space. Labeled for easy peeking!
My favorite embellishments! In a neat basket for easy reach.
A girl can never have too much paper!!
And I reused a lidded container for scraps. They make the best cards.
Here are my inspiration photos, projects, tools, and other important stuff :)
The things I usually try to hide. Stamps, glue, stickers and MORE stickers, Thickers (I would rather not have to explain why there are SO many of them!), and other stuff.
And because I don't have a devoted craft room... I usually take a lid and go "shopping" in my space so that I can work on my kitchen table. Notice the mat... I ALWAYS use a mat to line up stuff.
The only reason I can't show the messy... I have to clean up always. Grr... Someday! Pin It
I think that if I had a room however, it would be in a perpetual state of messiness. :)
Here is my overall space. Labeled for easy peeking!
My favorite embellishments! In a neat basket for easy reach.
A girl can never have too much paper!!
And I reused a lidded container for scraps. They make the best cards.
Here are my inspiration photos, projects, tools, and other important stuff :)
The things I usually try to hide. Stamps, glue, stickers and MORE stickers, Thickers (I would rather not have to explain why there are SO many of them!), and other stuff.
And because I don't have a devoted craft room... I usually take a lid and go "shopping" in my space so that I can work on my kitchen table. Notice the mat... I ALWAYS use a mat to line up stuff.The only reason I can't show the messy... I have to clean up always. Grr... Someday! Pin It
Friday, April 1, 2011
LET'S CELEBRATE!!!! w/ Blog Candy!!
So. I finally finished my National Boards for Professional Teaching Standards in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood-Art. Mouthful, huh? Longest 10 months. Teaching full time, wife/mom full time, trying to have life... Ugh. But it's over!! So let's celebrate!
I was shopping a few days ago, looking for something to give my brain a break from writing and watching videos, and trying to snag some good scrapbooking steals and deals, when I came across this fantastic! American Crafts Page Kit in Travel. I bought 2. One for me, and one for YOU!!! There are 8 patterned papers, 2 cardstock papers, 6 photo mounts, Thickers, stickers, Flair and ribbons! Everything you need to make a few fabulous travel pages!!
Now that I can relax, I really want to build up my blog, get some more exposure, and add some more followers (currently there are 19 lovely, wonderful people!). So, I'm having a giveaway!!
Rules are: become a follower, and make a comment on this blog!! If you want an extra entry (which would be awesome!!), blog about this giveaway or post on FB and comment with the link so that I can check up on it! I'll use Random.org to choose a winner next Friday (4.8.2011) so get those comments in and start following by 11:59 PM Thursday 4/7!! Pin It
I was shopping a few days ago, looking for something to give my brain a break from writing and watching videos, and trying to snag some good scrapbooking steals and deals, when I came across this fantastic! American Crafts Page Kit in Travel. I bought 2. One for me, and one for YOU!!! There are 8 patterned papers, 2 cardstock papers, 6 photo mounts, Thickers, stickers, Flair and ribbons! Everything you need to make a few fabulous travel pages!!
Now that I can relax, I really want to build up my blog, get some more exposure, and add some more followers (currently there are 19 lovely, wonderful people!). So, I'm having a giveaway!!
Rules are: become a follower, and make a comment on this blog!! If you want an extra entry (which would be awesome!!), blog about this giveaway or post on FB and comment with the link so that I can check up on it! I'll use Random.org to choose a winner next Friday (4.8.2011) so get those comments in and start following by 11:59 PM Thursday 4/7!! Pin It
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