2SCD May Kit REVEAL!

I have been SUPER excited to post my creations b/c I just LOVED this kit!

Over at 2SCD we have started a new blog to feature the kit, projects, and monthly challenges. Here is the link to the new blog.

Right now there are some challenges and giveaways going on! You can win a "Signs of Spring" paper pack by PRIMA. Just go and leave a comment!

And here are my creations with the May Kit featuring Webster's Pages:

New LO's

Well I have been waiting anxiously for this weekend b/c it is NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY! And it is time to reveal some things I have been working on:

These two were for the technique challenge that I did for Scrapbook Express. I did a tutorial on embossing: dry and heat.



These are some LO's that I have done for my DT reveal for May (so far!) at SE:







And here are a few other random LO's that I did just because I need to use up some product!






I have LOTS more coming up in the next few weeks!!! Some DT assignments for 2 Scrappy CHix using the Webster's Pages line, and some more for Scrapbook Express! Stay tuned!

NATIONAL SCRAPBOOK DAY IS COMING UP!

OK, I haven't posted in a while and there are some GREAT things coming up! First of all, Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guess what I will be doing???? Well, there is an online crop at Scrapbook Express. The store at Scrapbook Express is one of the best you will over go to...there is a HUGE sale on Sat. and they have TONS of products!

NSD CROP AT SCRAPBOOK EXPRESS

Come join Scrapbook Express for National Scrapbook Day. We have lots of fun games planned and lots of inspiration to get you creating. There will be prizes galore, so don't forget to check out everything.

The fun will begin on Friday, May 1, 2009
The fun will unfortunately end at midnite MST on Monday, May 4, 2009

Winners will receive a gift certificate to the Scrapbook Express store. We must have a minimum of 4 entries per game/challenge before the draw can be held. Games/challenges with fewer than four entries will be entered into a second chance draw with one prize awarded.

So, mark you calendars and get ready for some fun!!!


May Kit Reveal at 2 Scrappy Chix Designs

This kit is one of the best I have ever recieved!!!!! The products in it will make your eyes bulge out!!!! The kit features papers from Webster's Pages, embellies from Prima, and some exclusively designed embelliese (journaling spots, etc.) from some Etsy stores just for 2SCD! This coming weekend I will be posting a video reveal of the products for you to check out! Until then, feast your eyes on this:

ScrapCity April Sponsor

The April Sponsor at ScrapCity was Sakura of America who make the most awesome gel pens!!

You can visit their web site at: http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/
Sakura makes pens! They make the Souffle, the Glaze, and the Gelly Roll! That's just to name a few! Their pens are high quality and a lot of fun!

I challenged myself to use the pen in as many ways as possible on ONE LO. I tried to think of everything that I could alter with the pens! I only had two colors: a silver and a redish-pink. Here are some of the items I used the pen on:

Buttons: These buttons had a matte finish that absorbed the pen well. The one glossy button I heated with my heat gun after applying the pen, and it stayed well. These buttons are BoBunny.


Ribbon: I had this simple satin pink ribbon that i wrote on with the pens.


Flowers: These flowers I cut with my Cricut. The paper is Prima. I also tried to color the silver brad (it didn't stay very well).


Chipboard: I just took some naked chipboard and colored them in with the pens. This was by far my favorite technique becase you can really see the glitter and the pens absorbed so well.


Stamps: I colored in these stamps wings with the silver pen and I love how they came out!



And my finished LO:



I definetly loved using these pens....yet another scrappy product I am going to have to buy more of!!!

TOOT TOOT FOR ME!!!

I am SUPER excited! I found out yesterday that I made the new Design Team at Scrapbook Express!!! I am so honored to have been chosen, and I am in shock after seeing some of the entries that were submitted. I will be doing a 6 month stint, and we will feature products from the ScrapBook Express store. By the way, you should check out the store NOW, because there is a HUGE sale going on for the first days of April (NO JOKE!). Thanks so much to Heather for choosing me!

I don't like the Black ones

These pics are from Easter last year, and of course I am just getting around the scrapping them now! I love these photos and this story. Basically, I left the house to drop my mom and dad off at the airport. When I got back, Chloe had eaten all the colored jelly beans, and then partially chewed teh black ones and spit them back out on the floor. She must not like licorice!!! I was mad becuase there were like black stains on the carpet. But when I saw her guilty face, I thought to myself, "Oh how can i be mad? I don't like the black ones either!"




On another note; here are my LONG overdue March ATC's for the swap at ScrapCity. Ladies, they are in the mail!!




Finally, we went to the arboretum today and it was just beautiful out! Here are some token photos! My fav is the water lily!!

Scrapbook Express Call!

Well today was the deadline for the Scrapbook Express Design Team call. The criteria were to created 5 projects for the call: two of which you had to use a page maps sketch for (a LO and a card) then one other layout and a card and an altered item.

Here are my LO and card using the Page Maps sketch:



The other LO and card I submitted are here:




And finally, my altered item! I have been meaning to do this for a while now, and I jsut completed this today! I have 4, 12x12 shadow boxes that I have hanging in the kitchen. I wanted to create seasonal decor to put in there, and I have had the Autumn ones up since October!! Well I FINALLY did my "spring" ones today. I was inspired by an ad I saw in a scrappin' mag for Doodlebug Designs. THe papers are layered to give it some dimension:





PHEW! I finally finished! TFL!

FINALLY!

I have finally finished my creations with the March Kit from 2SCD!!! The papers are all from Mark's Paper Co. and the quality is AMAZING! I love the thickness of the papers and the finish on them. All the other goodies included in this kit were SOO fun to play with, too!!!

Make the Most of Your STASH

2 Scrappy Chix Designs is hosting a 5 week challenge to make the most of your stash!! This is Week #3 (my week) and my challenge is to make a set of FOUR cards using any or all of the sketches below. (This is my first time creating card sketches, so constructive criticism is welcome! :)) Creations must be posted to the thread and the gallery by Sat. 3/21 at midnight. See the original thread for more details! Enjoy these sketches!

Member Crop at YMBD

Just an FYI - there is a member-run crop this weekend at YMBD!

What is a member run crop? well it is a crop where you (the members) post the challenges and pick the winners.

Why would you want to play if you have to do all the work? in a word PRIZES!!!!

lots and lots of YMBD bucks to be exact.

So get your rear over there and play along! If you are not a member already, join up, it's free. The fun starts at 7pm tonight, March 13th (although a little birdie told me that there are some pre-crop challenges floating around already)

March Kit at 2SCD

The March Kit is now available at 2 Scrappy Chix Designs and it is GORGEOUS! The kit features papers from Mark's Paper Company, with a whole assortment of embellies!
Part of the kit kick-off is going to feature a LIVE CHAT with one of the owner's of Mark's Paper Co. on Sunday March 15 at the 2SCD site! Come and join us. We will also be talking to a few of the DT members for the company as well.




Also going on at 2SCD is our "Use Your Stash" challenge series. This is a 5 week long series of challenges to try and get you to use your stash. Each week a new set of challenges is posted on Sundays. You have one week to complete the challenges and upload your creations. You earn points for each challenge you participate in, and the person with the most points at the end wins! What do you win?? Well a March Kit of course!!! Check the MB for details!

Another blog giveaway...

Check out Melissa's blog to win this giveaway:
~ 1 set of Spellbinders Nestabilities Die Labels One
~ 1 6x6 Basic Grey Porcelain Paper Pack
~ 1 package of BG Porcelain Buttons
~ 1 package of BG Porcelain Glazed Brads
~ 1 package of Jennie Bowlin Printed Frames Tickets
~ 1 Maya Road Clear Stamp Set, Build a Tree

Another digi and a template

I participated in a "Telephone Tag" LO challenge at YMBD. This is where you are sent a LO and you have to lift it, then your LO is sent to someone else. You don't get to see anyone else's until the whole thing is over. It is really fun! I wasn't at home when it was my turn, but I did have my laptop, so I did a digi LO!

I decided that I would first make a sketch based on the LO that I had to lift. I alterted the LO of the design slightly, and added a few more patterned papers. I love using other people's templates for digi LO's, so I decided to make this a PSD file and share it with you all! Just click HERE to d/l.



Here is the LO that I made for this challenge using my sketch:


I used elements and papers from about 5 different digi kits! I have a list if you want to know. TFL!

Blog giveaway!

Check out THIS BLOG for a "Lucky" giveaway shown here: