Sparkles....

Good Morning,

Today is my first day back to school! All the teachers in our district will be meeting today and tomorrow and then the kiddos will begin to arrive at 7:30 on Monday. So, my blogging is now happening after school!

Today is also challenge 9 reveal at Sketches in Thyme. This month we are featuring sketches by Helen Croft at scrap-a-littlesketches.com.

I did the mirror image of this one to be a companion page to one I had created back in July for another challenge. I am really into the circle element sketches right now...

All of my papers are ctmh, the trim is from my stash and I used George Basic shapes to cut the stars, the title is cut from Alphalicious and I embossed them with the swiss dots folder, then lightly sanded.

Our prizes are now going monthly. All you have to do to win this prize is play along! Each time you play you get an entry. Fern is sponsoring this month, isn't this delish! Thanks ladybug!!!

Hop on over to the visit the Mavens and be inspired by them!
Blessings,

Winner of Lucky Girl RAK

Second post, please scroll for layout....
Alrighty then, we have a winner for our Lucky Girl August Blog Party. Here is how I chose the winner. Each comment was assigned a number. I have 17 comments including an "old school memory". I put that into random.org and my winner is...

Dawn and here is what she said....
"I want to have a another chance in the drawing, told you one yesterday so here is a new one.
When I was around 7 I found a box of abandoned dogs and cats. It was in a field by the park I was playing in. I remember going door to door to find homes for all of them, much to the relief of my mother. Who could resist a 7 year with cute pets?
August 2, 2010 12:10 PM"
Congrats Dawn and thanks to you all for leaving a comment during the August Blog Party!
Blessings,

Up for a color challenge?

Good Morning,
Today is reveal day over at The Sisterhood! Our sistah, Dar is hosting today and check out this yummy color challenge.... orange, red, and light green.

I used this sketch from one of my scrappy bff's, Brenda, at Sketches 4 All

I pulled out these darling photos of my little man, look at this face, oh how he melts my heart!

This paper is from a pack I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I cut the flowers from a sheet in the pad and the red is some scraps of Bazzill. I scalloped the red strip and then inserted the brads and those alpha buttons are sooooo old!

Please visit my fabby sistahs and see what they have created for your color inspiration this week! Hope to see you playing along!
Blessings,

More celebrations....

Good Morning,
Today is day 2 of our anniversary celebration at Practical Scrappers...and the last day of our Blog Party at Lucky Girls....
The challenge at PS is to use just ONE photograph on your layout.
Here is mine....

Yep, it is one more Old School Lucky Girl kit page. OMG, have I told you how I LOVE this kit?!!!
Everything on this page, except the ink is from the August kit!!!! YUMMY!!!
Don't forget that Jessica has a sale right now on her kits, buy two kits and get 25%, use code BUY2SAVE25 at checkout.

Click here to enter the main Lucky Girl Prize drawing. To enter my Blog Party Prize, please follow my blog only 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.
Now you are headed to visit some more of Jessica's scrappy yumminess! Be sure to give her lots of love!!!
Blessings,

C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-E.....

Good Morning,
Today is another day to celebrate! We will be celebrating all week at Practical Scrappers, it is our one year anniversary!!!! I'm so delighted to say that I've been a part of this team since the very beginning! Love ya Christine and Ang!!
Our challenge will change each day this week. Today we are featuring projects showcasing our number one favorite product.

This is my darling honeybee when he was in third grade....
I'm featuring my favorite supply item, ink! If you follow me, you know I ink everything.....
Today is also the second day of our big August Blog Party at Lucky Girls!!!! Everything on this page, except the cardstock and ink is from the Old School kit. Don't you LOVE it?

To help spread the word about Lucky Girl Craft kits, Jessica is offering 25% off two kits or, for her 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!

You know we can't party without prizes!!!! Click here to enter the main Lucky Girl Prize drawing. To enter my Blog Party Prize, please follow my blog only 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.
Now you are headed to visit all of Jessica's scrappy yumminess! Be sure to give her lots of love!!!

Blessings,

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,