Let's Celebrate Today...Heavy Post

Good Morning,
As I said in my title, this is a big day to celebrate. I have some fabby news, I'm a new designer for....

That is right, I'm doing the happy dance right now....I'm so excited to be a part of this fabulous and super talented dt!!!

Better Living Through Scrapbooking Challenge #1
This week’s challenge is to Scrapbook your scrapbooking!
Yep, you heard that right. We want you to create a layout or other paper crafting project that showcases some aspect of your scrapbooking hobby.
Chose at least two of the following for your project:
1. Journal about how you’ve achieved “better living through scrapbooking”.
2. Use at least 3 photos of your scrap space.
3. Use the title “I Scrap, Therefore…” (finish the statement in your journaling.)
4. Create a scrapbook layout using photos of your scrapbooks.
5. Have someone take a photo of you surrounded by your supplies, then use that photo as the main image on your page.
6. Create a mini-album “tour” of your scrap room.
7. Journal a list of your ten “can’t live without” scrapbooking tools/supplies
Here is the layout I created with my awesome Lucky Girl August Old School Kit

I chose to journal my can't live without supplies and to use three photos of my scrap space.

That's right, today is August 1 and that kicks off our Blog Party!!! You can't have a party without prizes!!! Click here to enter the main Lucky Girl Prize drawing. To enter my Blog Party Prize, please follow my blog if you are inspired by my work, leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite "Old School Memory". My winner will be drawn on August 4.

Be sure to visit Jessica for more chances to win and to see her awesome designs.

To help spread the word about Lucky Girl Craft kits, Jessica is offering 25% off two kits or, for my subscribers, you'll receive two free bonus kits - one valued at $15 with the shipment of the August kit, and one valued at $25 at the end of your annual commitment!
Use code BUY2SAVE25 at checkout for the two kit promo
Subscribers, just include a note with your order telling me you want to take advantage of the BONUS KIT!

And.....Better Scrap is offering a prize for August!!!!!

All you have to do to win this delicious prize is enter your project at Better Scrap by midnight on August 31!!! Please visit all the dt at Better Scrap for incredible "Scrap your Scrapbooking" inspiration, and leave them some love!!

Blessings,

adore...

Good Morning,

Today is Friday and that means a new challenge is revealed at Frosted Designs. This week we want to see the direction of your projects!!!! Direction? Yep, that means use an arrow or arrows when you create. Barb has a side challenge, the project that uses the most arrows, will receive a special prize!!!!

I used the Sassy 'lil Sketches sketch here for this layout

Here is my take

I'm giving you a sneak peek at the August, Old School, Lucky Girl Craft Kit. Everything on this page is in the kit, except the base cardstock. This is my little Hunter, who lives at our lakehouse in Tennessee. I snapped these one evening while at the beach in March. Isn't he adorable?

Now, head over to Frosted Designs to see the direction the fabby frosted ladies are taking their projects, and say hello! When you are finished there, get ready for our August Blog Party at Lucky Girl Crafts! Believe me, this kit is the very BEST yet!!!! Join us August 1-3 for your chance to win scrappy awesomeness!!!!!

Blessings,

My Joys...

Good Morning,
I'm working as hard as I can to get my classroom ready. I've been mia for a few days and my sweet blogging bff, Dawn, asked about me....I've gone from the Civil War bedroom to the thrid grade classroom. Can you believe it is back to school time already? Teachers return to school "offically" on Aug. 5 and students first day is Aug. 9....

Today is Thursday and that means a new reveal at Sketches in Thyme.
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I created this layout to be a mate to one I had posted on Monday, it was titled, beautiful.


This is Ashlea, Jon-Christopher, and Megan enjoying some time at the beach. This sketch was just perfect for these photos.

I hope to see you all play along this week. Here is the yummy prize being offered by Pat, one of my super talented and so generous Mavens.

Please visit the Mavens for some scrappy inspiration and leave them some love while you are there!

Blessings,

Your rock!!!!

Good Morning,

Today is a new challenge reveal at The Sisterhood! We are having a humorous-funny challenge this week. The sisters are using humorous digis that are creations of our very own, Boni!!! You can go visit her to get your very own!!!!

I used the Hippie Rocker....is he not a hoot! You really must visit all the sisters to see their humorous cards, while there, share some scarppy love!!!!

Blessings,

you guys...

Good Morning,

I'm trying to get back into my regular habits of reading and posting early. My honeybee came home from PA around 10:30 on Saturday night, he even had to miss Jon-Christopher's birthday party on Sat. We've tried to just spend quality time together. He left this morning at 3:30 am going to WV. I went back to bed and I've slept in a bit....



Anywho, I'm sharing a double layout I created for my friends retirement album. This is probably one of my favorites for the album so far.

Everything used is Cosmo Cricket except the bling, flowers, and buttons. I'm really enjoying working on this book.
Have a great day!!!
Blessings,

beautiful...

Good Morning,
Today is new challenge reveal day at Practical Scrappers....we have a great challenge this week. We want to see at least 7 different things used on your layout. That was kind of challenging for me. I initially thought 7, oh gosh will I get seven on a page, but when I got started, it was easy, here is my layout....

My 7 things are 3 different papers, 1 trim, flowers, brads, and pearls. Of course I really didn't count the inks or the cricut cuts....
These are more beach photos from our March trip to Myrtle Beach. I played with the colors to mute them down just a bit.
Are you up for our "7 things" challenge? I sure hope to see your project at Practical Scrappers this week!
Don't forget to visit the super talented dt all week to see how they used their seven things.
Blessings,

Better Scrap and Lucky Girls.....

Don't forget the DT Call going on over at Better Scrap. The deadline to apply is tomorrow, July 25! The first challenge will be announced on Sunday, August 1.
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To help spread the word about Lucky Girl Crafts kits, we're offering a special discount through the end of August:

BUY 2 KITS AND SAVE 25%
Use code BUY2SAVE25 at check out - offer expires 8/31 or while supplies last

For all of my subscribers, new and old, I'll be including an EXTRA PROJECT KIT in your next order - valued at $15+!
This is in addition to the $25 thank you gift you'll receive at the end of your subscription!

Click HERE to visit our store. (www.luckygirlcrafts.com)
Blessings,

Blog Candy Alert

Good Morning,
One of my blogging BFF's Dawn is having some YUMMY blog candy to say "Thank You" to her 300+ followers..... This is her first prize giveaway.....

and this is the second prize pack.....oh my!!!!

She will choose her winners on August 1, hurry don't miss this one!!!!
Blessings,

Better Scrap!!!!

Better Living Through Scrapbooking is a brand new blog that offers scrapbook challenges and scrapbooking inspiration to the paper crafting community. Our goal is to encourage scrapbookers to embrace and scrapbook all their memories and life events, even if they didn’t turn out exactly as expected. We will provide weekly scrapbook challenges as well as examples and prompts from our design team. Weekly and monthly prizes will be offered as incentive to join in on the fun!

There’s only a week left before Better Living Through Scrapbooking launches, and we’re trying to spread the word about our blog and the fabulous scrapbook challenges we have planned. We want to reward and help those that support our blog too! Therefore, we’ve come up with our “Better Blogs” program.

You will want to hop on over today and check out all the ways you can win fun prizes as Better Scrap prepares to kick off their fist challenge!!!!
Blessings,

my everything...

Good Morning,
Today is Friday, and that means a new challenge reveal at Frosted Designs!!!! I love this week's challenge, it is to scrap with song lyrics...
Well this was a no brainer for me, my honeybee absolutely loves Lifehouse's Everything! He sings it to me all the time, even more so now that he is having to work in PA. So the title for this one was easy!!!!

I used up scraps from my June Lucky Girl kit to create this page. The flowers are Prima and Bazzill, the bling is Hobby Lobby and the button & twine are from stash. My punch is Fiskars and the rubons are American Crafts. Ink and pen are CTMH.
Don't forget you will have an entry for our July prize package if you play along this week! Prize picture is posted on my sidebar.
Go visit my fabby Frosted Sisters, as I know you will be inspired to scrap a song lyric!
Blessings,

So Sweet...

Good Morning,

Today is my Jon-Christopher's sixth birthday! Happy Birthday, Bubby!!!!

I love you little man, like the dolphins love the sea!!!!!

This is week 7 at Sketches in Thyme, can you believe it!!!! I really have no idea where this summer has gone! We are using another fabulous sketch by Monma this week!

I made this layout for my friends album. I kind of rotated the sketch a bit for this one.

This is one of the 8 pages I got accomplished while on my mini retreat. I really hope that you will visit the Mavens today and leave them some scrappy love!

Oh did I forget to show you what the winner of this week's challenge will receive?

This is a yummy kit being offered up by my fellow Maven, Debbie. I'd love to win this beautiful Webster's Pages kit, wouldn't you? All you have to do to win is PLAY!!!!
Blessings,

Stars and Stripes.....

Good Afternoon,

Well, I'm back from a great day and late night of scrapping! I had so much fun just being with my scrappy BFF's!!! In between the socializing, drinking coffee, and delicious food, I did get 8 pages completed for my retirement album. I'm using some of them as dt projects so, you'll be seeing them soon!
In the meantime, today is Around the World at The Sisterhood! Linda is the sister hosting this week and she wants to see you scrap the USA....

I was inspired to pull out some really old photos, Ashlea's first July 4th (and she is 10 now!!!!), really old papers and stickers to work on this layout. I really like the simplicity of it, as well as using up some oldies from the stash!
Please visit the sisters to see their red, white, and blue....while there leave them some scrappy love!!!
Hope to see you playing along this week.
Blessings,

Time out....

Good Morning,
After working on my little man's room since last Thursday, I'm taking a break today! I have the walls painted, the new floor is in, all the trim work us up and stained! The lawn is mowed, the animals are fed and I'm taking the day off!!!!! My good scrappy friends want us to have a day and night of scrapping. So, I'm taking things to hopefully get my friends retirement album finished. I don't know if my mobile internet stick will receive signal while out scrapping.
I'm really looking forward to this much needed day and night of fun!

and 1 girl....

Good Morning,

Today is Monday and that means a brand new challenge at Practical Scrappers!!!! This week our challenge is to use stash that is older than one year. Well, that is really easy to do, since I have such a "hoarding stash", please tell me I'm not alone!!!!!

So, here is what I did....I was inspired to use this line of papers for my Frosted Designs challenge this week, border punches. While that layout came together, I had the idea to make it a double page, so here ya go...

And here are both layouts together. The little felt on the sides act as pull tabs for the hidden journaling behind the photos. The titles read, "my 2 boys & 1 girl"

Our sponsor this month at PS is Digi Doodles, the winner will receive three free digis.

You have until 5:00 pm Saturday, July 24 to enter. Oh, and don't forget to check out what my fellow dt sisters did with this one!!!!

Blessings,

Candy Alert!!!

Hey guys, still plugging away at the room.....

I just took a break and saw this yummy prize being offered up at Better Scrap and wanted to pass the yummy info on to you....

Go, check it out here!!!!!!

Blessings,

Where am I ????

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Hey Scrappy Friends,
You might be curious why I haven't been to visit you....my honey is home from PA for the weekend and we are deep in the throws of installing heritage pine floating floor in my little man's Civil War room. We are breaking about now, I have a meatloaf in the oven and we'll hit it again after supper.
I'm hoping to be through with the floor and trims (minus the stain on trims) tonight....
I really miss seeing your scrappy inspirations!
Blessings,

Got Girlfriends????

Good Morning Girlfriends!!!!

Today is a special day for friends! Queen Bee is hosting this fabulously fun blog hop. You must go to her blog to begin. If you didn't come here from there, please go visit, I don't want you to miss a minute of this stylish, sassy, BFF FUN!!!!

Here is the smashing little Diva that I created! I was feeling all lilac and pearls for the occasion!

I'm also posting a photo of two of my BFF's! This is JK2 that is (JK squared)....that was our band name two years again at a staff talent show for the students. Kim Miles on the left, me, Jan Caudill. Both are my third grade teaching partners at school. Love you girls!!!! Oh, this photo was taken on a kick off to state assessments day.

Be sure to hop over to Queen Bee's so you don't miss out!
Blessings,

My 2 Boys....

Good Morning,

I just have a quick post this morning as I'm still painting....
The new challenge this week at Frosted Designs is to use border punches!!!! We love our punches don't we. Here is my layout....

I used my EK Success corner rounder with the guard off to create my scalloped border. I love using in that way!!!
This is already a favorite of mine. Why? you ask, well, it is my two boys last week while boating. Jon-Christopher (dark hair) will be six on July 22 and Hunter (blonde) was six in April.
I used all Cogsmo Cosmo Cricket supplies on this one. The ink and staples are CTMH & the felt border is from stash. I put the journaling on a tag and attached the felt to pull it out.
Don't forget this yummy July prize!!!! All you have to do to win it, is PLAY along!!!!

Please visit my fabby frosted sisters and check out the fantabulous inspiration they have for you today!!!! I hope to see your creations this week.
Blessings,