Hi all! I am so sorry that I have been out of touch lately but there has been a lot going on at home...and I am out straight! I promise I will be back in a short while! ;-D Remember this coming Tuesday 7/7 a new challenge over at Scrapping out LOUD! will be posted along with the new teams reveal! Also, the new blog look is already there...and it looks so fantastic! Go check it out! Big thanks to Melissa for all her hard work! Have a great week and I will blog soon! Thanks! :-D

{the GIRL mini kit}

I made a little mini kit last night you can see above it has some cute stuff in it. Embellies, ribbon, fibers, 3 sheets printed paper, 1 sheet of white cardstock, a whole set of Gellies chipboard letters, and a chipboard house mini album, a few saftey pins, and some journaling spots I stamped for you. This can be such a sweet little gift for a new mom, or for those little pics that were taken at the hospital and your mementos (id bracelet etc.).

I made this mini kit so that even an beginner can quickly and simply put it together for a decent price. Of course you can add more of your own embellies to suit your taste.

This kit is $12.00 which includes shipping. The foam embellies may vary a bit from kit to kit. I hope you like my first kit and there will be more mini kits coming soon!

I was able to make the mini album and even a scrapbook pg. with the leftover embellies and paper....and I still had some baby girl page tabs and a bunch of the alpha chipboard left over.

Thanks for looking!

My new store front is over on the right hand side!

My friend Marit has posted a couple of times about a blog named A to Z photo...just like the title you take pics of things starting with a certain letter...so this week it is 'B'. I think this really sounds like fun. I would like to and want to participate for the full alphabet and then when I am all done I would like to make it into a collage for our wall. So not only will I be taking pic from A to Z but they will also have the underlying theme of things that are important to our family. I still have to capture my 'A' photo but here is my pic for 'B'... Play along.....this will give your creativity and your pic taking a real boost! Thanks Andre!

hi!

with so much going on over at Scrapping out LOUD! , I totally forgot to get my post ready....and I forgot to do a sketch for this week... ughhh...I tell ya ;-D

Anyway the challenge for SOL is posted today and it is to put a rub-on right on your pic. Very fun challenge....in my pg. I put some white flower rub-ons on the barn...hard to see but they are there.

Here is my pg. for this week....also go check out the other dt pgs...beautiful work!

Have a great day!

OMgosh....

Melissa, Denise, and I have been working on something super delicious for the Scrapping out LOUD! blog and today is the day we are finally ready to unveil it...........drumroll please......ready................click HERE and check it out!

SOL reveal

Here is my pg. for this weeks challenge over at SOL...check out the challenge and the DT pgs. for this week. Also, this is your last week to play to win the kit from Scrapdango...ohhh it is so yummy!

This week instead of a sketch, you are challenged to scraplift any one of the DT's pg....have fun and hope you play along!

SOL reveal

Good morning!Scrap your crappy pics is the challenge for this week at Scrapping out LOUD!....I have plenty of crappy pics....so I had a hard time figuring out which crappy pic to use. :-D

Here is the sketch for this week:

Make sure you check out the other DT pgs. and the word of the week! Also, there is still time to submit for our DT call!

Scrap Addict - sketch blog

The sketch over at Am I a Scrap Addict - Just My Sketches has been posted. Great sketch by Deanne this month. Here is my pg. but go check out what the rest of the DT came up with! Check out the sketch and give it a try! Have a great day!

Check out this candy!!! Go...quickly to Laurel's blog and enter! You only have a few days left!

Do not forget to apply for...

our DT positions over at Scrapping out LOUD!...we are going to be choosing all new DT members for the upcoming term! click here to see all the deets!

On today's Scrapping out LOUD! pg. mom to be, I used recycled white cardboard from a Stampin' Up! pack of paper which I sprayed ink on...the ink came from a Stampin' Up! reinker that I put in a spray bottle. Want to use more recycled products...check out this from Scrapscene today...very cool!

SOL reveal and tutorial

It is Tuesday and here is my pg. for the new Scrapping out LOUD! challenge posted today... Can you guess what the challenge is???? It a challenge to do a pg. about scrap a pg. about a Mom (you, your mom, your mom in law, your sister, your gram, your friends mom..etc.) check out the Scrapping out LOUD! blog to see the other DT pgs. they are so beautiful and sweet and the WotW! *those are pics of my sister on Mother's day...she is pregnant with her 5th child! Here is my sketch for this week ... *Now for the tutorial...a few asked how I made the yarn flowers on the Miss Sydney pg. below....

Yarn, string, and some scissors... cut a bunch a few inches long ...

make a pile...

tie a small piece of string around the middle of the bunch....

fluff it a little and trim it up......

and you are done!

Thanks for all the sweet comments!

Happy Mother's Day!

Scrapper's Block

Lou (a blogging buddy) has a new challenge blog - Scrapper's Block. A couple of weeks ago her first challenge was this... I challenge you to create a page with NO PATTERNED PAPER!!! Well, I finally finished my pg....(the challenge is over and they are on challenge #2 already) but I still wanted to do this challenge...sometimes I rely so much on the color and interest that patterned paper brings to a pg. that I don't try other things. So here is my pg.... Miss Sydney

Have a great day!

SOL reveal

This week challenge over at Scrapping out LOUD! is to be inspired by this Chinese proverb... Tell me and I'll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I'll understand. Go check out what the other members of the DT came up with for this challenge...gorgeous pgs.! Here is my pg...which is made from a recycled piece of cardboard from a pack of paper. I used two sheets of rub-on letters for the background. The robots are wall cling things that I picked up at the dollar store. This pg. really cost close to nothing to make...boy I like that!

here are some close ups... Do not forget to go check out the word of the week and the sketch of the week..

Usually, I get my pg. ready for the challenge and then later in the week I get a sketch ready for the challenge...I usually don't even use my own sketch. But this week I did my pg. and thought that I would use my pg. for the sketch. So here is my sketch of the week!

Also, I just want to thank everybody who plays along with the SOL challenges..we are so pleased that our blog has taken off like it has and that is because of all of you!

ahhhh friends....

Look what my friend Gina sent me....this little pocket organizer...it is so adorable and check out the scrumptious papers she used!.......go check out her blog, her work, and her two little (soon to be three) sweeties.

Track meet pics

Seth's first track meet ever...here he is with his buddy Jason, watching the events...Seth is in the maroon shirt.

Seth's relay team finished 3rd and then Seth's relay team placed 1st in the 2nd race! His first blue ribbon!

stopped by my parent's house today to tell her about the meet and had to take a pic of their Rhododendron...gorgeous color! Enjoy your day!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

SOL reveal

Color shy? Are there any colors that you stay away from....that you avoid like the plague when you are scrapbooking? That is this weeks challenge over at Scrapping out LOUD!. I chose to use yellow for this challenge....now, I have recently done two other layouts using yellow....but I had to really force myself to use it...it is just one of those colors that I would rather use on embellies, or in smaller quantities than as a background. I did a lot of machine stitching on this layout and even stitched on the chipboard. Also, I used a piece of fabric sheet and stitched around it and then dipped it in a Stampin' UP! reinker and let it soak in...if you click on the pg. you can see a better close up.Also, check out the wotw and the sotw for extra challenges and entries toward the prize this month. Here are a few close ups.... and just a quick pic of my Forsythia that is blossoming....ahhh gotta love Spring! Have a great day!

update

Hi! It is crazy busy around here....and I should of posted this days ago...sorry.. :-D Scrapping Out LOUD! blog Design Team Call Opening Date for Submissions-May1 Closing Date for call-May 31

The creators of Scrapping Out Loud are seeking some new fresh faces to fill our new design team positions for a 6 month term starting July 1st and running until Dec 1st, 2009. Previous design team experience is not necessary and this call is open to Canada,U.S. and International Scrapbookers. If chosen, you will be required to participate in each of our weekly challenges and supply ONE monthly prize of a kit or prize equivalent to a kit either from your own stash, bought specifically for the prize or you may get your month sponsored! If chosen you will be responsible for thinking up a minimum of 3 unique, fresh and fun challenges for our weekly challenges.

How to apply- Please create your own unique challenge and scrap a 12x12 layout based on that challenge. Email both the challenge you've created and your finished original layout to scrappingoutloud@yahoo.com by May 31 at 12am(EST)

We will notify the new Design Team on June 1st and the new Design Teams first layout reveal will be on the first Tuesday in July!

Please email any questions to scrappingoutloud@yahoo.com We are so excited to see your work!

Boy am I going to miss our current DT ladies....they are such a wonderful group of ladies and scrapbookers! Their blogs are along the right hand side of my blog...take a minute and check them out! It was an honor to have them on our first ever Scrapping out LOUD! team!

Have a great day!