Scrapping Recipe Challenge #19

First off, before I get to my scrapping recipe challenge for this week, I want to announce that I am on the ScrapCity Creative Team! Yahoo! I love that site, and I'm thrilled and honored to be a part of their design team. I can't wait to get started!! Stop by and hang out if you get a chance. You will love the challenges each month, and it's just such a friendly message board!

Next, here is my page for Scrapping Recipe Challenge #19 at Sketches! {by Tamara}.


The challenge this month was set by ME, and here are the three recipe ingredients that needed to be used on our cards or layouts:

1. Felt
2. Stickles
3. An office supply or a library pocket

I had a lot of fun with this challenge. I finally scrapbooked the photos of the girls from Christmas 2005 when they got Mall Madness from their aunt, my sister-in-law, Kathy. She was so excited to buy this game for the girls, because it was the HOT toy for young girls in 2005!! The girls LOVED it, and they still love it three years later!! I cut my title on my Cricut using Cuttin' Up. I designed the page background to look like the game box. I added Stickles to the title letters and to an awesome felt border at the bottom. I bought that purple felt ribbon at a garage sale for 25 cents! It's thick and just awesome! I used my threading water punch on my DCWV patterned paper, I journaled on an American Crafts journaling sticker, and I added a paper clip with a bit of ribbon to one of the photos. On the other photo, I added a binder clip that says "Christmas". I also added two Primas topped by a felt flower that I cut in my Cuttlebug with a QuicKutz die. The flower stack is attached with a beautiful Making Memories brad. I love the way this layout turned out!! You can click on the layout to see it larger.

Be sure to check out what the other design team members created using my recipe! I hope you have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!!

I'm in the Spotlight!

I'm thrilled and totally honored to be the first design team spotlight at the Sketches! {by Tamara} site! Thank you Tamara for featuring me! It's so much fun being a part of your card design team. I enjoy working on my card every week, and it's awesome using your sketches! Thank you!!

I have been trying to upload photos of the girls wearing their t-shirts that they designed for the library competition, but I cannot get my photos to show up. I'll try again later!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

I'M PUBLISHED!!

IT'S OFFICIAL! I just got my free issue of paper crafting with kids by Paper Crafts! I'm published! I'm on page 19, and I'm so excited!! Thank you Paper Crafts!!


This is the special issue! I'm in it! OH MY GOODNESS!! Well, I have a couple of things that I need to finish up, but then I will be sitting down and looking through this issue. It looks wonderful!! This will give me tons of creative ideas for my girls and I! Yeah! I'm so excited! Thanks for stopping by!!

I'm am so LUCKY!!

I do believe that I am the luckiest blogger around! I am so excited, because I found out yesterday that I won Judy's blog candy giveaway, and this fantastic tote is on its way to my house! How amazing is that? I'm THRILLED! Thank you so much Judy! Judy is so talented, and she does it all . . . scrapbooking, card making, and you should see her embroidery projects! Wow!


This tote is FANTASTIC! Yippee!

I also have some news to share with you. I'm very excited, because I uploaded my "Lucky" layout that I posted yesterday to Basic Grey's site, and they have accepted it for their gallery! My name actually appears on their site as a "designer"! How cool is that?

Well, I need to get some creating done today! I hope you have a fantastic day! Thanks for letting me toot my horn a little, and thank you for stopping by!

I'm so excited!

Woohoo, my friends! I just found out that I am a new Bug designer over at Regina's Bitten By The Bug site! YEAH BABY! I can't wait to get started! This site issues challenges using a specific cut on the Cricut. This is going to be FUN! I'm shocked and totally THRILLED!

HUGE News & Thank You!

I have BIG news! I am going to be the Guest Designer at ScrapCity in July! Woohoo! I'm very excited! I will share what I create with a kit with everyone on that board, and of course, I'll share it all with you too! This is going to be so much fun for me! I can't wait! I'm thrilled that I was chosen!

I have a thank you to post for my very good blogging friend, Fiona. I received a gorgeous card and some amazing goodies from her for my birthday! Thank you so much Fiona!! You are so very sweet, and I really appreciate it!

Look at this gorgeous card! What a sweet Penny Black image, and Fiona's coloring is PERFECT! This card is so pretty and sweet! I absolutely love it!


Fiona sent me some Sugar Nellie stamped images. I love to receive stamped images. It's so much fun to play around with an image that you don't own. I can't wait to create some cards with these images. How fun! She also sent me pet rub ons and dog bone shaped brads. I love them! My Princess pages are going to be so stylin'!!

Next, Fiona had a letter featured as the star letter in this issues of Cards & papercraft. She sent me a copy of the magazine! I'm so excited to look through a UK magazine! Now, how cool is it that this UK magazine comes with papers and an accessory pack? This is amazing to me. I've heard many UK crafters talking about using freebie papers on their cards, and I just didn't know what they were talking about! Free papers! I'm impressed! I can't wait to use some of them! US magazines . . . why don't you do this? It's fabulous!!

Next, I just got this book from Amazon.com. Lisa over at 4 Scrappy Sisters recommended it, and I love Becky Fleck's sketches, so I was eager to make a purchase. Can I just say right now that I LOVE Amazon.com? I ordered this book on Tuesday afternoon, and I had it on Thursday. Their service is amazing, and I have never been disappointed with dealing with them. Hand down, one of my absolute favorite online stores! I'm going to take some time this weekend to dig into this book, and maybe even create a page using a great sketch! I have a busy weekend ahead of me, so we'll see if I actually get this accomplished.

I want to say that I have only EIGHT MORE HOURS until I get to pick up Jessica. I miss her so much! I cannot wait to see her! I hope she had a fantastic time on her Outdoor Education trip, and I'm sure she did, but I just need to hug her!! I'm still VERY behind on blog hopping, and I apologize for that. I will be catching up with you all very soon. Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

I'm so EXCITED! HUGE News!

I have HUGE news to share with all of you! I got an email yesterday that shocked me, made me quite nervous, and made me stare at it in complete disbelief. I was told, "I am very pleased to inform you that your project, *****, has been accepted for publication in upcoming kids special issue of Paper Crafts magazine!" Can you believe it? I submitted an altered project, and they are going to PUBLISH it in a special issue! I'm so very excited! I need to finish typing up directions, and then I need to mail the directions and the project to them by January 4th! This special kids' issue will be out in June. I've never been published before, and it was one of my goals for 2008 . . . to be in a magazine! I LOVE Paper Crafts magazine! YEAH! I'm so happy!

I'm off today for Starbucks with a girlfriend, lunch with another girlfriend, and then home to organize, clean, and finish up decorating for Christmas! I've been a bit of a blog slacker the last couple of days, but I'll be around to visit you all in the next day or two. Thanks for stopping by!