Tricia's Treasures

My First TIM HOLTZ inspired Tag!

2011-12-04T19:44:00.001-05:00

Day 1 of the 12 Tags of Christmas by Tim Holtz. I didn’t have a single thing he was using but it turned out ok! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

My weekly Post: Something Odd too!

2011-11-13T16:21:00.000-05:00

As you know by now, I am completely in LOVE with Some Odd Girl Digital stamps. There was a "Nouveau Challenge" inspired by the new release of the acryllic Nouveau Stamps Kristy designed. On the Some Odd Girl blog the challenge was to take the picture on the right and create something that inspired you. I used Bookish-Tia, found here in the SOG store.

Back at Scrap-Friendzy, we are celebrating the wonderful talent of the owners and the members with a Thankful Friendzy month long challenge. This layout was lifted off of one of the owners, Amy.

This was a miscellaneous card I created with my stash for a staff person who requested a little something more special than a generic work sympathy card for one of her clients.

Thanks for Looking and Happy Scrapping!

Gettiong ODD and Mojo with Scrap-Friendzy!

2011-11-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

I know i have mentioned this before but I love Some Odd Girl stamps! There are so many fun ways to get involved with this terrifically talented group of women. The owner, Kristy is AMAZING with her Copic coloring. She is a mad woman with those skills...so mad that Copic is going to look at featuring her work in their catalog! I feel like I know someone famous! There is a flickr group where there are biweekly challenges for the 12 weeks of Christmas. I have been faithfully playing along and here are week's 6 and 7.....

On Kristy's blog, she is having us showcase our best work of the week. I decided to put my SOG girls to work in a practical way in my home. It seems as though the little people and that one big guy called my husband, cannot figure out a laundry system in our new home. So I decided to help out by creating tags for the LIGHTS, DARKS, and WHITES. I used siding chips that I lifted from Lowe's (he he). I modge podged, glued, colored and decorated and VOILA!

Of course I have remained active at Scrap-Friendzy. They always have monthly challenges that keep me inspired. This month's theme is "Thankful Friendzy". The first layout was to lift a title or a quote from the gallery and scrap it:

This one was to lift someone's layout with chipboard and lift the design and use chipboard on the layout. The chipboard could not be naked.

If you need your mojo kicked at all, these two places are the sites to be at every day and every week!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Oddly spread your Birthday Love!

2011-10-25T19:10:00.000-04:00

Kristy has been celebrating her 30th birthday all month long......might i say i am jealous that she is so young and talented?! You just HAVE to join her on her blog here. She has had some wonderful tutorials from some equally talented friends and guests as well as from herself all month long including Copic coloring/shading, different card designs, different elements. It has been an incredible month. And if you link up to her blog you just never know if you will win something. There are giveaways all month long so you have to look at all of the blog posts. You won't know if you are a winner until after the 31st so what are you waiting for? GO WISH KRISTY A HAPPY BIRTHDAY and see what you might learn!
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Still a bit of Odd with Some Odd Girl!

2011-10-24T21:03:00.000-04:00

This next challenge on the SOG Blog was to use an image from SOG and only color in black and white. Not just print out and leave it. I loved this challenge:

And of course the SOG Flickr group is having the 12 Weeks of Christmas. Week 5 was to create a gift card holder. Because Kristy, owner proprietor of SOG is celebrating her birthday all month long, there have been some fabulous tutorials on her personal blog here,. I have been soaking up the insipiration and the tutorials.

Cards that Care

2011-10-16T17:51:00.002-04:00

I learned about this wonderful opportinitiy on Kristy's blog here. As you know, I have been following the Odd Girl and Some Odd Girl for awhile now. This cause is near and dear to me. I am social worker and I work alot with nursing facilities in the area.

Cards that Care is a card drive that collects holiday/christmas cards to send to the elderly in nursing homes across America. Grandfathers and Grandmothers who may be missing their families or may just feel lonely this holiday season. Just by doing something you already love to do, cardmaking, you can send smiles, love and lift spirits. Please hop over to Vera’s blog to read all the details about how you can get in on this wonderful cause.

The details:
This card drive will be going on till November 31, 2011.

We will need to receive your cards by November 31, 2011.
Please make the cards for Christmas or Holiday Wishes. Anyone can send a card, your children, church group, scout troops, etc.
All cards need to have a message in it. Please also sign your name and where you are from. On the card envelope, write your name on the top left corner. Also, please don't seal the envelope.
Please stick to just cards.
And please don't use any pins (safety reason).

You can mail the cards to either one of these awesome ladies:

Jennifer McGuire Vera Yates
P.O. Box 428612 P.O Box 17596
Cincinnati, OH 45242 Sugar Land, TX 77496

In each package, PLEASE include a piece of paper with your name, address, email address and how many cards you sent. This helps us in keeping track for prizes! For each card you send, you will get a chance. So the more cards you send, the better your chances.

More Oddies for you!

2011-10-14T18:14:00.000-04:00

I totally am in love with Some Odd Girl's images. They are so fun and fresh. This month, Kristy is celebrating her birthday all month with tutorials every day. Some new ideas and some old. Some refreshers too. I am really enjoying the Copic tutorials as I am a Copic novice. You can view the tutorials on her blog HERE and while you are there, grab her birthday badge and get in on her surprises this month! On the SOG blog there are two challenges a month. This first card, using one of the SOG new holiday releases, also uses a sketch. With some of the new transitions shading techniques i learned on Kristy's blog, I was able to really do the pumpkin well:

On the Flickr Group, week 3 is about using craft brown paper and twine. I just love this image and find so many uses for him!

ANd finally, week 4 on the Flickr group was to do a snowy theme. I used one of the tutorials on Kristy's blog from the very beginning of the month to make this shadow box like card that goes flat for a regular size A2 mailing:

I wanted you to see the close up of the fuzzy earmuffs and boot cuffs using the heated up liquid applique.

Thanks for looking!

Getting so Odd with Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps!

2011-10-02T15:59:00.000-04:00

Some Odd Girl is having a weekly challenge at their Flickr Group here. They are doing the 12 Weeks of Christmas Holiday challenge. This week we are to create a card that has non-traditional Christmas colors. One of the DT members has inspired me to NOT color in my digi so here it is:

On their Blog here, they are having a color inspiration using this:

My lighting is sucky but hereis what I came up with:

I got the MOJO!

2011-09-27T18:55:00.000-04:00

If you have lost your MOJO, I have found it! This first project is brought to you by Some Odd Girl. They have some super fun digitals that I love to color. There are biweekly challenges on their blog and they are also doing a 12 week of Christmas challenge on their Flickr group. This tag was for week One.:

The next projects are all for the Design Star Challenges at Scrap-Friendzy. I keep going back to this forum as it is fun and challenging. They always have something cooking!

Why don't you join us at Scrap-Friendzy this weekend? They are celebrating their birthday and there will be challenges, games, and prizes galore. Besides the fun forum, they also have some rockin' kits. Head on over there and join the fun. there are some pre-weekend preparations going on and you sure don't want to miss. Tell them I sent ya!

More Design Star Challenges at Scrap-Friendzy

2011-09-18T20:26:00.000-04:00

Nicholas lost his first toothe this week. Isn't that PAPER DISGUSTING! Trash to treasure was the theme. 2004 trashy paper of course

a TERRIBLE family portrait for the church directory. BLECH.

This one of my DD is using the Midnight Rooster Summer Shandy Kit from August!!!!!

What do you think of my peacock feather? It has gone to the birds! LOL

Some Odd Girl keeps me in STITCHES This week!

2011-09-11T19:26:00.001-04:00

I am so happy to get back into the copic marker coloring groove and my favorite digi's have been the Some Odd GIrl digi stamps. This one below is Sweet Kaylee. I made this card for my sister in law's birthday that is this week. The task this go around was to incorporate some sort of sewing into the project. I did this with some embroidery floss on the fabric piece that i cinched. The papers used were from Midnight Rooster. I purchased a YUMMY kit from them. It was August's kit called Summer Shandy and boy was it LOADED with beautiful goodies.

Summer Shandy has this in it:

My Minds Eye – Hazel “Mother” Ledger Paper

American Crafts – Peachy Keen, My Darling

My Minds Eye – Hattie “Buddies” Argyle Paper

Echo Park – For the Record, Fancy Floral

Cosmo Cricket – Odds and Ends, Junk Drawer

Crate Paper – Emma’s Shoppe, Playhouse

Studio Calico – Countryside, Wildflower

My Minds Eye – Hazel “Memories” Lithe Lines Paper

Sassafrass – Starters, Intro

American Crafts – Hello Sunshine, Jovial

Bazzill

Kraft

French Vanilla

Sunflowers Light

Coastal

Embellishments

Wood Veneer Alphas – Studio Calico

Sticky Keys mini alpha – October Afternoon

Phrase Stickers – Crate Paper

Fab Rips – Studio Calico

Chipboard Butterflies – Maya Road

Midnight Rooster Exclusives

6 x 11″ Fabric

3 pins

1 yard butterfly trim

6 butterflies with hand sewn buttons

6 fabric covered buttons, 1 large, 1 medium, 4 small

15 fimo cabochons, 3 large, 3 medium, 9 small

The kits are so unique and have beautiful elements in them!

More from Scrap Friendzy!

2011-09-10T21:57:00.000-04:00

I have continued to play along with this month's Design Star Challenges at Scrap-Friendzy. I even decided to purchase one of their kits seeing as though there are no more LSS near me **SNIFF**. The projects below have elements that are essentially all from their August kit.

Been a long time....

2011-09-05T17:49:00.000-04:00

It has been an incredibly long time since my bloggity blog has seen any action. So long that I have moved and we no longer have a local scrapbook store. I am now purchasing kits on line to feed my addiction....I found one of my favorite scrappy communities and jumped right in with their September Design Star Challenge at Scrap-Friendzy

Some Odd Girl Digital Stamps...

2011-04-25T19:40:00.001-04:00

I really love working with digital images. This one I found so interesting that I had to get it from Some Odd Girl. What's more is now they are going to have some clear polymere stamps available for purchase in the future. I got this one from their store thinking that it would be a great card...then I thought of a welcome sign repurposing a great plastic doodad I found in some packaging at work.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Inspiration for you All...

2011-04-17T17:16:00.000-04:00

I have had a trying 5 weeks. My father passed away and life has just been, well, different for me. I have been hoarding my crafting things for awhile and thought I would just post everything at once... here you go!

Limited Runs Digi Day!!!

2011-03-03T03:00:00.003-05:00

I was a WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER in February and so I received a terrific opportunity to showcase some cards using digis from Limited Runs. There is a digi day going on right now which is a fantastic time to try their digital stamps out for FREE!

Please do not swap or giveaway your digi's just let others know where you got them from. Your more then welcome to upload any of your projects to the

customer gallery at anytime this includes freebie images to win free digi's (Backlinking is allowed) If you want to stay up to date please follow the Limited Runs Blog. Digital Stamps - 300 DPI in Jpeg format
Original Size and with 6 pack Sheet and sometimes Bonus Pages too
Angel Policy (Also On site too)

Thanks for choosing Limited Runs Digi's

Followers candy is on right now at the store so come on by and try your luck again

A bit of Random....

2011-02-13T11:58:00.000-05:00

Making the Rounds

2011-02-11T20:27:00.000-05:00

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I have really enjoyed working with the different digi's at Squigglefly. Every week (Saturdays) they come out with new releases. They have so many designers that everyone can find something that they like and a style that suits their needs. This week's challenge was "Making the Rounds". They wanted something with Round, circles, etc. I made two cards, one using one of their round sentiments and the other combining a sentiment of theirs with their owl (and i love owls)

Thanks for looking and as always, Happy Scrapping!

Hop and Crop!

2011-02-05T13:49:00.000-05:00

Scrap-Friendzy is having a hop and a crop next week beginning February 9 th with the hop and during the weekend, the crop. There will be lots of challenges and prizes galore! Come join us!

Hey there Cupcake!

2011-02-05T13:34:00.000-05:00

I found a great digi site called Limited Runs Stamps. They have loads of cute digitals, challenges, and freebies. You can click on the right sidebar on the Limite Runs Digital banner and get to their site to see all that they have. They have a challenge to use their cupcake this week. I decided to flood a page with teeny tiny cupcakes and color just a few of them. I added a larger cupcake as the focal point. My Copics were used and some bling added. Yummy!

Thanks for looking and as always, Happy Scrapping!

Lots to Share!

2011-02-05T11:11:00.000-05:00

Yes, I really have been making alot of cards. I have been saving them for what I do not know so I decided to share some with you today!

This first one was fun. I ran across a way cheap cheap cheap SU set of snowman parts stamps. WIth some of my stash I created this card. What fun I had!

These next ones features Squigglefly digital images. This one has a journal box. It was FREE FREE FREE!

This next one features the sentiment that was FREE FREE FREE. Squigglefly also had a link to the pattern and I couldn't resist. You can make it into a panty as well. I have one made but I am looking for just the right sentiment.

As always, thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping~

Cocoa Kisses and Marshmallow Hugs

2011-02-02T18:15:00.001-05:00

I have really enjoyed getting into my copics again and digging out my watercolored pencils. The digi stamps at Squigglefly are so fun and different. There are tons to choose from with new releases every week. They have a challenge blog HERE. This week's challenge is to follow a sketch:

And you need to use Red, hearts, and sparkle. This is what I came up with using their FREEBIE heart background paper, and a digi stamp I bought from their STORE called Cocoa:

I used white liquid applique that was heat set for marshmallows and the rhinestone steam was from a gift from Holly from an earlier challenge with Squigglefly.

Here is another card I did for a Squigglefly challenge at SNR Card Universe. There are three opportunities to win prizes if you tell them you feel: traditional valentines or anti-valentine. I chose Anti Valentine as I was feeling quite sassy!

As always, thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Party Pig!

2011-01-23T12:25:00.000-05:00

Squigglefly has the right balance of cute digis and sentiments. There are many designers. I tend to be drawn to more cartoon like characters. This one just made me chortle, the Party Pig.

I could make this little piggy fit perfectly into their challenge too. The challenge this week was to use GREEN, SILVER, and a FLOWER.

Mission accomplished!

Thanks for Looking and Happy Scrapping!

Some Odd Girl (I know I am but stop telling me! lol)

2011-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00

This week has been Some Odd Girl's Anniversary. They are celebrating one year. Although I have just discovered their digis, I am in love. To celebrate their one year, they are having a week long celebration with daily challenges and some terrific prizes! I was able to participate in a few of them this week. The sun finally peeked out today, so I was able to photograph my projects better. Monday's challenge was to take 1 digi and use it in 3 different ways. The beauty of digis is that you can flip then, make them HUGE, make them tiny, make a background, the possibilities are only limited by your imagination! So, I used one of their sentiments, You Are So Sweet, and made two cards: one with a tiling of the sentiment, and one lonely larger sentiment, and then I made a bookmark.

Wednesday's challenge was Color Pride. Today, as part of their Anniversary celebration, they had a color challenge that is near and dear to their hearts. They want us to show our Odd Pride by making a project with the color scheme that has been with them, in one way or another, since the beginning:

I loved how this digi turned out. I looks like one of my boys "plugged in" for sure!

Thursday was the Kids Day Challenge. We were invited to have our kids use the digis. Of course mine loved this. Both of my youngest participated (shhhhh, don't tell Nicholas I didn't include his this time around....). Here is Hannah's. She loves to bling things out. I think she used a sleeve of pearls and rhinestones as well as a bottle of Stickles (what a stinker!)

Friday's challenge is Some Odd Elements. We are invited to use a SOG digi and at least three of the following items:

Shaped Card (any shape but square or rectangular)

Organza Ribbon

Misting/Masking

Embossing

Orange

Doodling

Die Cut

Glitter

Ink

Ric rak

Layers (at least 4 on your creation)

You will notice that the first letter of each of the elements above spell Some Odd Girl. Here is my card with Embossing, Orange, a Teacup shaped card, I cut the digis out like a die cut, a diecut sticker, glitter (I used stickles on her headband, heart on the shirt, and her shoes), ink on the edge of the card, as well as organza ribbon (ok, I am an overacheiver)

There is still some time to get in on any of the challenges. They are due by the end of the day today, EST. I am hoping to get in the last challenge of the week which is to create a mini card, less than 3x4 inches big. I think I can do it after the basket ball game today and while watching the Bears slaughter the Green Bay Packers (he he).

Thanks for looking as always and Happy Scrapping!

Scrap-Friendzy is having a Sketch A Thon Month!

2011-01-17T17:04:00.000-05:00

I love working from sketches. The girls at Scrap-Friendzy always have something fun to do every month with lots of prizes and points and great all over company. Here are some of the projects I have squeezed in this month already. More to come!

Tag! You are It!

2011-01-17T16:53:00.000-05:00

I have really fallen in love with Pixie Dust Studio's digital images. In fact, along with the many freebies they offier, I just purchased an Edward from Twilight and a Harry Potter. I used the Harry Potter on a fun layout the other day...I will post that later. Pixie Dust Studio has a Challenge blog HERE. Every weeek they have super fun challenges. This week was to create a project that is a tag or has a tag on it. I decided to make a tag:

What I like about this was the fun snowflake. I cut the snowflake with my Expression (Accent Essentials) then I used Liquid Applique on it and applied heat to make it puffy looking.

My Copics were used on the image. Isn't she sweet? It is difficult to see here, but IRL, there is flocking on the hat and on all of the pom poms and buttons.

Thanks for looking and HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Refresh Me at Tiddly Inks!

2011-01-15T21:49:00.000-05:00

As I said earlier in the month...you will be seeing more of me now. I found Tiddly Inks and their challenge blog through a friend of mine's blog. I love their images too. I am just in the "try me" phase over there. This week they have a challenge called "refresh me". You are to create an all white card with only the image colored. I love how this turned out! I embossed some cardstock with my cuttlebug folder and I wet embossed the bottom of the card with a background stamp.

Sguigglefly Fun!

2011-01-15T21:38:00.000-05:00

I have been having fun with Squigglefly this weekend. They had a Digi Day at SNR Card Universe tonight for just some chatter. I have already found alot to do there and on their challenge blog. I made some cards here for both places today. They both work for the "white team" at SNR Card Universe for Squigglefly's Color Bowl Challenge. The red card works for the Squigglefly Challenge #80: Put Your Heart Into It.

The sentiment is from Squigglefly here. I love the crisp lines in the sentiment. I do not think I could ever ink a stamp and get it to look so nice!

I used the heart background paper for this card and the journalling spot both from Squigglefly. I really like how this one turned out!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Project Count 2010

2011-01-13T12:49:00.000-05:00

I have made it a habit to count how many projects I do every year. The only way I know how to do this is by creating a calendar specifically to record due dates of projects and tally marks of the cards, layouts, and "other" projects I do every year. For 2010, I was able to successfully complete:

CARDS: 241

LAYOUTS: 45

OTHER: 150

This year, I will do the same. I think this keeps me mindful of all that I can accomplish even though I work full time and have 3 kids. Here is my 2011 calendar book:

Autumn Grace in Winter!

2011-01-08T16:55:00.000-05:00

My friend Melissa at Needful things has been a big inspriation to me for many years now. She has really devloped her Copic coloring skills and has found many teams to call her "home". I found her at Pixie Dust Studio recently and their Challenge Blog always has some fun things to do. Their digis are super sweet. Isn't this one fun too? This week's challenge is to use one of their digis (they always have freebies...) and make sure you include two ribbons. I was proud of myself for using nothing but junk in my old stash. Isn't Autumn Grace just so sweet. The coloring options are so numerous with her!

Thanks for looking at Happy Scrapping!

You Are my Shining Star!

2011-01-08T16:16:00.000-05:00

I finally got around to doing some challenges again. The Copics were dusted (!) and the paper was found. Some Odd Girl has terrific digi images. They play on their blog and at SNR and PCP. They even offer monthly freebies which is where I found this gem! The Digi Day challenge this weekend is to create a valentine's/love project that DOES NOT feature RED or PINK. It can have them in it but it can't be the dominate color. I think I did well! Why do you take a whirl at this?

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Join me for Sketches and FUN FUN FUN!

2011-01-06T18:54:00.000-05:00

I have had so much fun participating their challenges. This month is a sketch a thon. I love sketches so this is right up my alley! The ladies at http://www.scrap-friendzy.com/ are down to earth and so friendly. And what I love the most is that I have a chance to use up all of those silly papers and things I collect for years but don't seem to touch! Come join me and tell them I SENT YOU!

I'm Back...and Some Blog Candy!

2011-01-06T13:40:00.000-05:00

I bet I got your attention! I am back! I promise to be more active and show you what i have been working on. Beleive it or not, although I have been MIA from the computer world, I did squeeze in some projects and took pictures to post.

My dear friend, Melissa at Needful Things has AWESOME blog candy up for grabs. Check it out:

Complete Collection Kit for The Thrift Shop by October Afternoon

214 Piece Collection Kit of Apple Jack, by Sassafras

Autumn Leaves Scribbles Number stamp set

Autumn Leaves Scribbles Alpha stamp set

Autumn Leaves Talking in circles (boy) stamp set

Autumn Leaves Flower Stamps stamp set

Pluss he's adding the stamp set from Autumn Leaves Messy Dates.
Hope over to her blog and check out the deets!!!

School is In Session!

2010-09-05T20:20:00.001-04:00

So Scrap Friendzy is having another month long party. Now we are in School and we are learning all sort sof new techniques. There are pop quizes, after school activities, classes. Whew! It's like I am really back in school again! Here are some of the goodies i have done so far. This first one is folding your paper and added some football lacing somewhere on your page. I really like the folded background. Simple yet effective!

This next one was a preassignment to make a page with an inspiration from a child's lunch box. The lunch box I modelled after was a ladybug box: red, black and white. I used a picture of my little people on their first day of school. I took the picture in our backyard before we headed out the door. All of the paper products were from Jenni Bowlin.

How can you go to classes without having a calendar to write down all of your assignments? Here is mine using my very favorite Webster's Pages papers that i have been hanging on to because my LSS doesn't sell them...

The blouse below was the inspiration for my new blog header. We were supposed to go back to school in fashion. I decided my blog needed a face lift and the colors on this blouse were a perfect fit for my mood.

Sorry Becca....I forgot to put my new watermark on my photos today. I haven't put anything on my blog for eons so I guess I am out of practice! Please join in on the fun at Scrap-Friendzy. It isn't too late. The community is drama free and not pretentious...I really am having fun and getting alot done! Thanks so much for looking today and Happy Scrapping!

Scrap- U is set to Begin September!

2010-08-22T17:45:00.000-04:00

I think you should join us for fun, tutorials, inspirations, and good friends at Scrap-Friendzy's Scrap U! If you decide to join me over there, don't forget to let everyone know on the Welcome Page for Scrap U when you register that I sent you! Happy Scrapping!

Vote for me PLEASE!!!!!!!!

2010-07-17T10:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the end of WEEK 5 at Scrap-Friendzy's Camp Friendzy. This week's challenge was called "MESS HALL". The challenge was to find trash or recycling items for your page. We needed at least 2 items. I used bottled water caps and smashed them with a hammer then added color to them using some alcohol inks (these are the flowers). Under two of the flowers are the left over spool parts from some ribbon that I used for another project. I also found some amusement park tickets in the recycling bin and they were the right color for my project here:
Don't you just love this Echo Park Paper? I just LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
Vote for me today and Sunday so that I can move on to the next round PLEASE!!!!!
VOTE HERE.
As always, thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2010-07-16T05:59:00.002-04:00

Today is my Mother's birthday. She is a fantastic woman and a Peacemaker in the family. She has a great sense of humor too. Although she lives about an hour from me, I sure do wish at times she lives right next door so I could visit with her everyday...especially so we can play Bananagrams....and then I can tease her (gant away now people....**Snicker**)
Anyways...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER!

Isn't this paper AWESOME!?!?!? Echo Park Paper.....it rocks!

Do you want a $25,000 Room Makeover???

2010-07-15T20:33:00.001-04:00

REAL Services/ Area 2 Agency on Aging is hosting their first fundraiser and perhaps YOU will be the lucky winner! The grand prize is a $25,000 room makeover!!! Only 2000 tickets will be sold; each ticket is a mere $50!!!!

Hurry! The ticket sales end august 24th. The drawing will be held August 25th (you need not be present to win). There are plenty of other prizes to win! For more information contact me or visit our website at www.realservices.org.

Proceeds to benefit programs serving our aged and disabled in our communities.

More Goodness from Camp-Friendzy!

2010-07-15T18:03:00.005-04:00

Well we are finishing up the 5th week at Scrap-Friendzy's Camp Friendzy. Last week the campers had a week to play catch up and finish up any bonus challenges and even do some "over acheiver" challenges. So here is what I completed:

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

It's Here It's Here! It's Finally HERE!!!

2010-07-08T17:46:00.002-04:00

I have been waiting a loooooong time for this book by Summer Fullerton and Kimber McGray to arrive and it finally did! My first official published work is here:

Now to wait and wait and wait for the next book where I will have 2 layouts featured....with my little people's pictures!!! Wahoo! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Time to Vote for Me: Week 4 of Camp Friendzy!

2010-07-03T10:25:00.001-04:00

This week's challenge was on H20. The water challenge. Use a clear element (that is the circle), scrap about something related to water (slip and slide), have a wave or wavey paper (used my Cricut), Splatter paint or spray/mist something on the paper (yup, got it!) The details:Making Memories Noteworthy paperBazzill BLings cardstockSplattered some paint (three colors)Daughter playing on slip n slidewaves cut from cricutClear element is the circle around the middle upper picture, edged with white staz on and a slick writer pen used on it for writing.
Scrap Frienzy's Camp Friendzy has been a blast! Would you vote for me here TODAY? I would love to have a small ego biscuit this next week and move on to the next round!!!!
Thank you so much for looking and happy scrapping!

Camp Friendzy Fun at Scrap Friendzy!

2010-07-02T20:18:00.003-04:00

Now I don't know what possessed me last week using all of these buttons but they just "fit" with what i was doing. One of the bonus challenges was a Recipe challenge. These were the requirements: Black ink (around the edges of the double pagerRubons (blech...the words: a few of my favorite, SMILE, and the words along the right and left edges)Handwritten journalling (on the blue flower spot)Cardstock: Orange and light greenMatted photos: the ones on the orange cardstockTorn Edges: the orange cardstock
The following bonus challenge was "letters home". The requirements here were to use stuff from your stash, old stuff, not new to create some cards. Check out the old c r a p I dug up as far as paper is concerned. Why on earth do I keep this stuff? The digital stamp is from the Digi Shack.

And this bonus challenge was to follow a magazine ad that was shown. It was for good nights diapers and this is what I came up with:

There have been so many great challenges and games going on this summer. I am totally getting caught up with my stuff! Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

From Shags to Sheek!

2010-06-26T10:00:00.002-04:00

Who knew that the fun I was having during Scrap-Friendzy's Camp Friendzy this summer would continue week after week?!?!?! If you haven't joined over there, it isn't too late to get in on some RAKS and games and super awesome challenges! This week's challenge was to create a layout with shades of green, a bird or a butterfly or both, and 2 different kinds of flowers. This is what I came up with:

Isn't Louie so funny looking? If you feel inclined, I can use some votes this week so that I can continue on. I sure would love to be the last camper standing! You can vote HERE today! Thanks for looking and Happy scrapping!

Calling all Dads, Fathers, Papas, Pops!

2010-06-25T09:06:00.002-04:00

Ok, I know I am late getting this post up. We were out of town for the weekend. I even meant to use these cards for a challenge blog contest too but alas, too much on my plate and I forgot to hit the submit button and get these posted!
Oh well, I am so thankful for my dad. So smart and full of information and tidbits. He is quite funny too! Here are some Father's Day cards I made to celebrate such a wonderful day:

I just love Fancy Pants when they have sets with journalling cards. Their new line has them in there and they are perfect for Dads!!!! Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Thanks A Latte!

2010-06-24T18:33:00.003-04:00

One of my staff asked me to make a larger thank you card to give to a group of volunteers that was going to do some yard work and cleaning for 12 clients in our area. Of course I can't turn down a worthy cause or a good project. This is what I came up with:
Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Week Two Camping!!

2010-06-19T09:00:00.002-04:00

Week two has passed at Scrap-Friendzy's Camp-Friendzy! This week's challenge was to follow a "S'mores" color recipe challenge. Using Tan and brown and white with an accent of yellow, orange, red or all three as accents.
If you have time to vote, please vote for the last camper standing today! Camper of the Year Voting is Saturday only! Polls are on their blog HERE.

End of School Year Teacher Goodies!

2010-06-15T09:00:00.002-04:00

This was a set of froggy cards for the kindergarten teacher. She loves frogs and has quite a collection of frogs in her classroom.

This card is actually about 8x11 big. The students in 3 different classes signed off on the inside and gave it to Sr. Rosemary who was heading overseas for some missionary work. The kids pitched in and bought her the first digital camera she ever had. She is one of their aides during the school year.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

First Week of Camp....

2010-06-13T15:35:00.004-04:00

This is the first official challenge of the week at Camp-Friendzy (Scrap-Friendzy). It was to use 3 different circle elements and and arrow of sorts. You can vote for me HERE. I sure would love to be one of the last campers standing!
We started out creating "field" journals of sorts. Here is mine using Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg line:

A pre-camp challenge was to create a layout celebrating something with hand written journalling It is hard to see but the journalling is there. The paper is Kaiser Craft.

This too was a pre-camp challenge: Meet me at the Flagpole (using flags or banners). I used my fave Jillibean line here. This is a funny picture too!

This next one was a bonus sketch challenge for the week. I used some Craft papers that I have had hanging around.

Another pre-camp challenge was a recipe challenge using the word CAMPER (c cardstock, a AMAZE, M metal, P punch, E emboss, R ribbon)

Thanks for looking! It isn't too late to join in on the fun! There are raks during challenges and lots of games and chatter! Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

I am Camping ALL SUMMER!

2010-06-08T19:48:00.002-04:00

My friend Carol invited me to Scrap-Friendzy for a summer long "camping" creative scrapping adventure. I have been enjoying the chit chat so far. So refreshing as I haven't been on a message board or forum for so long. I guess I missed it! Why don't you join us?!?! It isn't too late. The first challenge is up until Friday midnight (when it's due). Grab your sleeping bags, your flashlights, and your bug repellent! Meet me at the flagpole!

Rock On!

2010-06-01T19:58:00.003-04:00

Isn't this fun!? I love this teen rocker image! And the guitar shaped card found in the store HERE is just a perfect addition! Rock On!

Some treats for YOU!

2010-06-01T19:31:00.003-04:00

I made another set of birthday tags for a swap. I just LOVED this MM paper that i have been hoarding for a year now. Why do I keep old papers? The colors and the butterflies were my fave theme! I got to use one of my Fiskars punches too and some ricrac that had been lying around. The CELEBRATE stamp is a favorite one of mine from That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams and is only 75 CENTS!!! An acryllic stamp that is so timeless and inexpensive!

This card was a quickie for me. So simple. I used some other That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams stamps here too. They belonged to Amy's Cookie Words

Sheila is also selling Copic Markers at a BARGAIN price and she is dappling in Zing American Crafts embossing powder as well! How fun!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Bad Bad Blogger...but howz about that Vern Yip?

2010-06-01T19:12:00.003-04:00

I know I have been MIA. I can't believe that the last time I posted anything was May 15th! That was last month already! So sorry friends~ hopefully I can make it up to you right now...

First of all, May was crazy busy. Did you know that I hosted a GYNORMOUS luncheon with Vern Yip from HGTV's Deserving Designs? That was May 20th. We had nearly 650 people attend. Here are the delightful pictures:

Check it out....I am sitting in the backseat of the car with Vern Yip...on the way to the airport!

Vern is such a nice guy. He autographed things and was chatty and super sweet!

We had two IMAG screens projecting the images up for all in the convention hall to see better. That was such a treat! The event was to honor volunteers, caregivers, businesses, and professionals who give to the older adults and disabled individuals in our communities. There were 9 awards given out and Vern Yip was our key note speaker.

So there you have....the reason why I was a bad bad blogger!

I guess now I have some pictures to put on a couple layout pages, eh????

Guest Designer Tutorial for A Crafty Little Place

2010-05-15T00:01:00.002-04:00

I was asked to be a guest designer for A Crafty Little Place (the new home of Die Cuts R Us) and provide a tutorial. This sounds like oodles of fun and it is a perfect time of the year to crank out some teacher gifts!

I decided that Seed Packet Cards would be perfect for Teachers and great to show my love for Spring, all things new, growth, etc.

1. Begin by printing out the seed packet template found HERE. Now this template was made for a seed packet measuring 4 1/2 inches high by 3 1/4 inches wide. You may have to adjust your dimensions but at least you have an idea of what I did.

2. Carefully cut out the template on cardstock. I used cardstock because it is thicker and provided a nice base to trace around.

3. Gather your supplies. For this project, I used Cherry Delicious Paper from Sassafrass. You can find this paper in the A Crafty Place store HERE at a terrific value. Double sided, thicker printed paper works better for this project.

4. After you have cut out the template, score the template on the dotted lines. I used my Scor Pal for this and made sure I really made crisp creases.

5. When you fold up the bottom edge, you can see that the seed pack gets a private little "pouch". I found that using the Glue Glider Pro permanent adhesive is PERFECT for the pouch. You can find that at the A Crafty Place store HERE.

6. It is now time to embellish the front of the card packet. I used my Making Memories Slice to cut out THANKS using the Words and Expressions disk. Did you know that A Crafty Place sells Slice products too? They have quite a selection to whet your appetite too. You can find them HERE. I embossed the label that I had cut using my Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder (also found in the store right HERE!).

7. Here you can see how I folded the entire thing together to make a card of sorts. The inside reads: TEACHERS PLANT SEEDS OF GREATNESS!. I added some twine to tied the cards up.

8. HEre is the finished product complete with my all time favorite DEW DROPS. A Crafty Place sells these too! They are the best added dimensionals for any project and come in so many fun colors! You can find a large selection here.

VOILA! You are complete! The total time for all of these to be done was ONE HOUR!
EASY PEASY!

We would love to see your versions of the seed packets so why don't you try it out and show us what you make!

Thank you for looking and happy scrapping!

May Showers...May Flowers

2010-05-10T08:43:00.001-04:00

This week's theme is all about Spring Flowers. I just love the smells outside this time of year So much sugar in the air, especially from the lilac trees. I knew just what I could do with the tulip shaped card that you can purchase in the Store for only 99 cents!

The Scoop:
Shaped card template (Tulip)
Craft Paper (Pink Plum collection)
Chipboard butterfly (Maya Road)
Printed vintage flower paper (from my stash)
Pettalloo flower
My Minds Eye rhinestones
Basic Grey Ribbon

You can have a chance to win a Martha Stewart 18 pack of glitters by creating a project with Spring Flowers as the theme and linking HERE at What's the Scoop.

Grow Your Tree

2010-05-09T15:05:00.003-04:00

Did you miss the weekly freebie at What's the Scoop this past week? It was the tree trunk. There is so much you can do with just a tree trunk (really!). I had been thinking about these cards all week and finally got them together this morning thanks to a little time for me on Mother's Day....

You can pick up weekly digital freebies every Monday at What's the Scoop. Check it out for yourself! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

My Love Bug is All Buttoned Up!

2010-05-05T07:26:00.004-04:00

I just love buttons! You can really use them on anything....from layouts, to cards, to digitals. Our shaped cards leave so much to the imagination that buttons can really help out too. Buttons can be the focal point of a scene or just part of the decoration. It isn't necessary to buy "scrapbooking" buttons either. Find some at an estate sale, a garage sale, the Goodwill in town. Buttons can be anywhere! You can even make buttons or cover up buttons with scraps of paper you have in your stash. Possibilities are endless!

This week's theme at Paper Popsicles is all about buttons. Link up your newly created project HERE to be entered into our drawing for this:

Martha Stewart Crafts Gemstone Glitters, 18 jar pack!

The Scoop:
Beetle card from the Paper Popsicle store (only 99 cents!)
Black cardstock
red cardstock
miscellaneous buttons
google eye
black ink

Check out what our designers did with buttons and a digital image from Paper Popsicles!

I Love to Swap....

2010-05-04T19:55:00.005-04:00

I love participating in swaps. There are regular swaps at Scrap That! community here and at What's the Scoop! community Here.
This month I had tags to do for each of them. For one swap, we did journalling tags:
The deets: Craft Paper (Plum Pink), Bazzill cardstock, Maya Road stamp, black ink, Dew drops, staples, ric rac.

For this next swap, we were doing birthday tags.
The deets: October Afternoon (Report Card), Heidi Swapp stamp, ink, buttons, bazzill bling pearls, ribbon, staples, flowers, rhinestones, Bazzill cardstock.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Boom Chicka Boom...and twist your ankle...

2010-04-26T12:18:00.002-04:00

Got your attention, eh?

This week's theme at What's the Scoop is Mother's Day and you just have to check out what our designers did with the card templates today! We gave them the high heeled shoe and a chicken! Yup, a CHICKEN! Get it, "mother hen" HA HA HA HA!

Check out here what lovelies they showed us! And don't forget to link us your newly created mother's day projects and snag the digital freebie while you are there too!

Sketchbook Wednesday!

2010-04-21T00:10:00.001-04:00

Here is this week's Sketchbook Wednesday challenge at The Digi Shack:

I am a sketch freak and look for ways to think out of the box. I came up with this card using some older papers that i found in my stash (I love being thrifty...). The ties are so cute! The Digi Shack has amazing digitals for only a BUCK! You can participate in any of our challenges or sketches using ANY image of your choosing and you are not limited to The Digi Shack images in order to particpate!

Icecream...You Scream....Melted!

2010-04-19T09:19:00.002-04:00

How fitting that our theme this week is ICECREAM at What's the Scoop! It goes so well with our daily named themes: Today is Moosetrack Monday...get it? Moosetracks! YUMMY!
Our card templates, at a mere 99 cents are so economical and versatile. They can be used as cards or they can be used on layouts too. Have you paperpeiced one of our cards? Here is how I do it:

Print out your card template on white cardstock or even scrap ugly cardstock for that matter. Cut out one of the image sides. I used my imagination and free cut the icecream scoops.

Useing the peices, I traced them onto my patterned paper:

VOILA! I embossed the cone and inked the edges:

The scoop on my layout:
Sassafrass printed paper, die cut stickers, and alphas: Nerdy Bird
Cardstock for cone base
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Black marker
Thickers puffy letters

What can you do with our theme of icecream this week?
Head to our site at What's the Scoop and load a NEW project for a chance to win an AWESOME PRIZE! While you are there, check out what the other designers did and browse the store a bit too!
Thanks for looking and happy scrapping!

Yummy Freebie for you Today!

2010-04-19T06:34:00.001-04:00

Such a yummy weekly theme this week at What's the Scoop. It's Ice Cream!! The designers all have some great ideas to share with you throughtout the week and Melissa has a Freebie for you. It's only available until Friday, after Friday you can purchase it in the store.

Click on the image and when the image comes up, right click and save to your computer. You will open the image in the software of your choice and print out as desired.

Toooooooot Toooooooooot!

2010-04-18T18:43:00.003-04:00

I am excited that two of my layouts were accepted in the new Memory Makersidea book coming out in the spring of 2011! I am super excited that all of my kids will be featured this time. What is baffling is how these two layouts weren't good enough for a couple design teams I tried out for. Oh poo. Maybe next time. I guess it was for the best cuz WAHOO! This will be the second book for me!
Toot toot!

Ok...so I have been holding out!

2010-04-18T18:37:00.006-04:00

I have alot of goodies that I was creating with from The Digi Shack, "saving" them for what, I do not know so I decided that I better post them to let you all see some of the things I was creating with these super fun digital images:

This Sweet Peas image was so vintage and cool. I couldn't resist using some watercolors on it and jazzing it up with my Shimmerz.

This has got to be one of my most favorite images!

This one is using a background paper that you can get free at The Digi Shack. Toni has them available in a variety of colors to "try". I think they are very fun!

The bird was actually a freebie from a Digi Day at SNR for The Digi Shack. There are freebies twice a week on the site and also during the digi days the first saturday of every month. I have more goodies to share later from a weekend crop I participated in the beginning of March (I told you I was holding out!). There are layouts to show you in that batch! Anyhoo, thanks for looking and HAPPY SCRAPPING!

Alice in Wonderland Digi Day!

2010-04-15T16:29:00.000-04:00

A message to all members of SNR Card Universe

Ok, is everyone ready to step through the looking glass?! Thursday is DigiDay, here at the Card Universe, and our host- Cheeky Radish- is taking us on an Alice in Wonderland themed adventure. This is the very first CU event for Cheeky Radish, and I am seriously excited to see what they have planned for this fun theme! There are challenges planned that will last for 4 days, plenty of time for everyone to play along. There will be fun, friends and visiting, too.

Plan to join us Thurs April 15th at 7 PM CST in the Cheeky Radish Group Page: http://snrcardiverse.ning.com/group/cheekyradishdesignsdigitalstamps

Visit SNR Card Universe at: http://snrcardiverse.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

The Digi Shack Design Team Call!

2010-04-15T16:22:00.002-04:00

It’s that time again where we are looking for a few fresh faces to join The Digi Shack.

If you LOVE digi’s you’ll love being part of our family! We are looking for new design team members. We’ve recently lowered our prices on our images to just $1 each to do our part in saving the world of paper crafter’s money! We are also adding a few new lines to our shop including some fabulous templates!

Open to:

U.S. and International English speaking applicants

Please read the following very carefully before submitting your application. It is very important that you follow the directions as that too is part of the determining factor of you becoming a DT member

· 3 pictures of your VERY BEST work. Photos must be sized at 640x480. This can either be cards, layouts with pictures or altered items

· A paragraph (not a sentence) about you and why you want to be a Shack Sistah and what you will do to promote The Digi Shack.

· A clickable link to your blog

· A clickable link to your online gallery or galleries

· A list of clickable links to all Design teams you are on. It is favorable that you are not active on more than 3 design teams while you are with TDS.

What is expected of DT members?

If you are chosen to be a Shack Sistah you will be expected to:

· Complete weekly challenges and post to your blog on the challenge day(s).

· Post comments and photos on SNR and PCP and other social networking sites.(this means you will have to have a user account at SNR and PCP)

· You will also be required to leave comments on blogs for all of our TDS fans that participate in our challenges and your sistah’s blogs

· Participate in ALL TDS events where sufficient notice is given.

· It is not required but we encourage all DT members to submit their artwork to magazine publication at least once a month. A list of publications will be provided for you on the DT blog.

You will also be required to participate in Digi Day on SNR on the 1^st Saturday of EVERY MONTH for your term.(this date is subject to change without notice) as well as our monthly Ustream live video feeds (you do not need to have a webcam but you do need to sign up for a free Ustream account so that you can participate in the live chats)

You must use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome as your internet browser in order to view all of our images – both safer than IE and free to download. Our images are not always visible on IE. This does not mean if you use IE you have to delete it, you just need to use Firefox or Chrome while working with TDS images and blogs. You can have more than one browser installed on your computer and it should not harm or interfere with your system.

You must also know and understand how to use digital images. No special software is required but you must be able to print digital images in order to showcase them. Further, you must have a working knowledge of blogging software and understand the basic principles of inserting links, adding photos, etc.

A digital camera to photograph your work is required. No scanned images please.

You will be required to promote TDS by placing a clickable blog button on your blog. (This will be provided to you by TDS if you are chosen to be on the team)

You must have a blog that is updated at least 3 times a week.

You must be willing to commit to a 3 month term (June 1, 2010-Sept 1, 2010)

You will be required to check the DT blog daily to check for updates or new events. This is our main form of communication.

You must be willing to work under short notice. I am not a planner and more often than not, I plan things at the last minute.

Failure to comply with the above terms may result in termination with or without notice.

What do DT members get as part of being on the team?

You will receive free TDS images! This round we are doing things a bit different. Once selected as part of the DT you will receive 3 images of your choice to create with to announce your position on the team. Once I see that these three images are used you may choose 3 more and so on. I’ve found that if I freely give out images then they are not being used to showcase TDS. This isn’t just about getting free images, your position on the DT is to showcase and promote The Digi Shack. As long as you are creating with our images and showcasing them, you will receive all of your requested images. Please remember that this is a serious commitment and I expect that you treat it as such if you are chosen. Please do not apply if you can not commit.

Monthly we will be releasing new images and you will automatically be sent those images before the release date so that you can sneak peek those new arrivals. Those new releases do not count towards your images of choice.

If you think you have what it takes to be a Shack Sistah email your application with DESIGN TEAM in the subject line by May 15, 2010 – Any applications with anything more or less than DESIGN TEAM in the subject line will be disqualified.

Good luck!

Dippin' Dot Digitals!!!

2010-04-14T10:00:00.001-04:00

Sewing on your scrapbooking projects adds so much dimension and flair. Stitching on projects can be accomplished using a machine, handstitching, faux stitching, drawing the stitches, and using stamps.

Today I would like to expand the handstitching category:

The Possibilities
You can stitch with thread, ribbon, yarn, raffia, jute, fibers, and embroidery floss, such as DMC. Floss is inexpensive, widely available, and comes in every shade imaginable. Plus you control the thickness because each floss is made up of 6 strands. Use them all, or just one or two. Or use one or two strands of more than one color.
Once you've had a little practice, you'll start sewing on everything.

A few ideas:

- Create your own backgrounds and borders by piecing together cardstock blocks or strips.

- Embellish and attach diecuts for a custom, dimensional look.

- Create paper or fabric pockets to hold journaling blocks, extra photos, or simple memorabilia.

- Stitch around lettering and titles.

- Embellish journaling blocks.

- Draw attention to a photo by stitching on the mat

- Adhere vellum to your background. (Vellum is translucent, so it will often show the glue that lies beneath it. Try stitching it on instead.)

- Create decorative handmade accents that you attach to a page. One popular technique combines sewing with tearing. Sew along an edge first, then tear just on the other side of your stitches. Push the torn edge up.

Take a look at what the designers did at What's the Scoop with the Paper Popsicles' digitals this week and how they incorporated stitching.

What can YOU do? Create a NEW project using stitching in some way and load it HERE with Mr. Linky. Who knows, you might be "scooped" on Saturday and you just might win our weekly or monthly RAK!

Sketchbook Wednesday!

2010-04-14T00:01:00.001-04:00

The Digi Shack has a new sketch today:
This weeks challenge is a fun little sketch. Our DT's interpretations of this sketch is just amazing. Check them out (their blogs are to the right) and leave them some LOVE! We invite you to join in on the fun and create a card using this sketch - turn it, flip it, shrink it or enlarge it. The possibilities are endless. Please post your links using Mr. Linky HERE.

I love this image that was newly released this month. It is available in The Digi Shack store for only $1.00! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Beat to the Sound of UR Own Drum!

2010-04-12T00:01:00.000-04:00

Did you miss me? After a week in Florida with my family, I am back! I missed crafting but I was glad for the break! Today there is a new freebie at The Digi Shack:
Be sure to head over there and grab it while it is there. While there, check out the other images she has for sale, most of which are priced at only ONE DOLLAR! Toni always has unique digital images to share and these drums are no exception! Thanks for looking at Happy Scrapping!

Helmar Adhesives Giveaway!

2010-04-01T13:04:00.001-04:00

Helmar is generously sponsoring this Easter Layout Challenge with us and 1 lucky winner will receive these wonderful Helmer adhesives.

The CHALLENGE: Create a springtime layout that includes at least 3 pictures and the word spring in the title. Your layout can be any size and 1 or 2 pages.
Link your entry to this challenge HERE. Entries can be linked up until Wednesday April 21 at midnight. A Helmer designer will choose a winner and it will be announced on Thursday April 22.

Wednesday Sketch Challenge!

2010-03-31T10:00:00.001-04:00

Today on The Digi Shack, you can see a sketch challenge! I so love sketches so I couldn't wait to use what Toni created for us:
Using the funny fish, Huffyfish, I took one of the sentiments from the store too and cut off the T and added an F for a pun on FIN (get it?!?!?!)

I used a shaped Jam Jar card from Paper Popsicles as the fish bowl on this one too. Let's see what you can do...go to The Digi Shack and post your creations with the sketch!

Ribbon Therapy!

2010-03-30T20:04:00.003-04:00

It is time for another installment of weekly CHALLENGES! This week's challenge will be to use ribbon on your projects. Our Designers came up with some spectacular projects! Ribbon can be used for so many fun things. Here, I used bits and pieces to create somewhat of a faux background on my card:

We would love to see what you come up with at Paper Popsicles! How can YOU use ribbon this week? Don't forget to load your project(s) using Mr. Linky HERE. For each entry, you get a chance to win the rak at the end of the month!

Ruff Day?

2010-03-23T20:10:00.002-04:00

Today's challenge at The Digi Shack is to use an image and create a card that is anything but the standard A2 or square card. EASY PEASY for me seeing as though I LOVE LOVE LOVE Shaped cards! This one I made free hand (much easier when you buy the templates at Paper Popsicles my friends!)
I used the Ruff Day Dog and sentiment and colored the image with my water color pencils. I just focussed the coloring on the edges and watered it down toward the center of the image to create some depth in the field. The paper was the backside of some Cosmo Cricket from last summer's paper lines. I had an old felt frame from Fancy Pants (remember those felt packs?). I love using my old stuff up. It makes me feel so goooooooooood.
Try your hand at a nontraditional shaped card and load your link on The Digi Shack site today! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping.

Manic Monday!

2010-03-22T11:00:00.001-04:00

Head over to The Digi Shack today and snag your FREEBIE IMAGE! Here is what I did with it!
I laughed when I saw this. I always joke that when my boss leaves town, the rest of the directors party in her absence. One person is in charge of the keg, one for tap, one for the frosty mugs, etc. I send an email out to all of them including my boss just for giggles. This card will be perfect the next time she leaves.......**giggling**
Thanks for Looking and Happy Scrapping!

Egg--citing Stuff!

2010-03-20T19:24:00.003-04:00

I try really hard at work to keep things light and fun. Life is too short to be so serious folks. That's why when one of my staffers asked if any of us balanced eggs on their ends on the first day of spring, I jumped on it. I asked her to bring in some eggs so we could try on Friday...just to test to see if our great earth was in balance. VOILA (and yes Marlene...and you know which Marlene you are...it is not wahlah...it starts with a V) it worked! Knowing that my 11 year would find this super cool, I tried it today at home with an egg and here you go:
Have you tried this as a kid? Super fun stuff here!

MARCH 20TH is the first day of spring, or vernal equinox as astronomers would have it. "Vernal" means "of or pertaining to spring." "Equinox" means "equal night." As the angle of the earth's inclination toward the sun changes throughout the year, lengthening or shortening the days according to season and hemisphere, there are two times annually when day and night are of more-or-less equal length: the spring and autumnal equinoxes. These celestial tipping points have been recognized for thousands of years and have given rise to a considerable body of seasonal folklore INCLUDING BALANCING EGGS ON THEIR ENDS!

Designer Papers and Digital Images!

2010-03-20T07:10:00.001-04:00

The Digi Shack is challenging scrappers everywhere to create a project using one of their images and designer papers. Here I used the Ruff Day dog and my new Crate Papers, Pink Plum Collection.
Here is a close up. A rhinestone was used for his dog tag. I used a glitter pen for his collar.

I decided to put the sentiment that goes with the dog on the inside this time.

Why don't you check out what the other designers did. Their blogs are to the right in my sidebar :). If you like this image you can find it HERE in the store.
Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Woven Basket Shaped Card....

2010-03-19T08:05:00.001-04:00

The Easter theme this week has been so fun! I love Easter and all that it stands for. There are many Easter related goodies in the store and What's the Scoop, a Division of Paper Popsicles. I thought the basket shaped card was perfect for a quickly woven card. And at 99 cents....wahoo...what a deal!

And look what one of our Designers did with the digital Freebie from Monday:
You can see more of D'Anne's work HERE. Why don't you create something with the Easter theme. For everything you link back to us using Mr. Linky HERE, you will get an entry into our monthly RAK!
Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Erin Go Green TODAY!

2010-03-17T10:00:00.001-04:00

So this week's challenge at The Digi Shack is to create a card with one of the digitals where green was the predominant color. Of course I was thinking St. Patrick's day but what I came up with was a sympathy card **sighs again**. But it is green!
The sentiment is from The Digi Shack. The cardstock is some old Basic Grey from my stash. I cut the cross with my Making Memories Slice using the Faith Cartridge. I watercolored the sentiment using my Distress Ink. I added plenty of Basic Grey rhinestones for a little fun.
Be sure to check out the other Shack Sistahs and what they did today! You can see their blog rolls to the right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Wednesday's Dippin' Dot Digitals...

2010-03-17T07:54:00.001-04:00

Ok...well, not really a digital day...**sigh** BUT it KINDA relates to Easter, our theme for the week at What's the Scoop. Ok, it is somewhat of a stretch there too...but let's see...

Easter...new beginnings...a rebirth...

Howz about a Wedding Invitation? New Life! New Beginnings! WHITE. TodayI am going to share with you the Cake Shaped card template. These templates are so easy to use. What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles offers a wide selection of shaped card templates. You can print them out on your favorite cardstock and cut, OR you can convert them to an SVG file and cut using your Cricut (which I prefer...). What's better is that they only cost 99 CENTS and you can reuse them over and over and over again! Go see the HUGE selection HERE in the store.

I made 80 of these cards for one of my staff. She is getting remarried in May and they are just going to have a cake reception afterwards.

The Scoop: Cake shaped card template from Paper Popsicles, Swiss Dots folder from Cuttlebug, Martha Stewart punch, Cricut for flowers, Cricut Sure Cuts alot for initials using FLING font, Tulip pearl fabric paint.

Let's see what you can do with our Easter theme this week...Load your projects HERE for a chance to win this RAK at the end of the month:Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Lookin Like a Fool with No Green all around....

2010-03-16T21:35:00.002-04:00

In an effort to avoid being pinched tomorrow on St. Patty's Day for not wearing green, I whipped together this little shamrock pin:

This was super fun and QUICK! I used my MM Slice Card (Calendar) for the shamrock. I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the swiss dots folder. THen I took a random, miscellaneous flower and cut it up so I had four petals and I stuck them on the shamrock. Using my Shimmerz Blingz, I added some pizzaz. I a little jute and a button and a Little Yellow Bicycle pearl completed the pin.

I will not be a fool, nor will I be caught with No Green all around....

Super Sale at The Digi Shack!

2010-03-11T20:13:00.001-05:00

The Digi Shack ..... SALE SALE SALE!!!!!!!
For TODAY ONLY there will be a special discount of 15% off of any orders of $10 or more. You must enter this code: 3945WVV3 upon check out. (Not paypal check out but the checkout at the bottom of the shopping cart).

What an incredible deal seeing as though the images are already so CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!

Watercolor Wednesday!

2010-03-10T10:00:00.002-05:00

This month we are featuring Water Color Techniques at The Digi Shack every Wednesday. I decided this week to play it safe and dig out my watercolor pencils. These are the tools I started out with about a year ago when coloring in images, both digital images and stamped images. They really blend terrific and you can shade super easily. Here is what the image looks like when you just color with the pencils.

Very much "crayon" like. But after you add a little water and a brush stroke, the tones even out and blend together creating a more flawless effect like this:
Throw the image on your project and VOILA! Instant pizzazz!

I hope you give watercoloring a try this week with your favorite digis! Or better yet, why don't you head over to The Digi Shack and pick up one of those digis, like these cherries for a BUCK and try the technique on those!?!?!?!

Check out what the rest of the team has done with watercoloring. You can find their blogs on the blogroll to the right>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Supplies: Sassfrass papers and diecut stickers (Cherry Delicious)

Digital Cherries by The Digi Shack
Watercolor pencils

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Moosetrack Monday!

2010-03-08T09:15:00.001-05:00

After a weekend away from my family, I missed home. How appropriate seeing as though this week's theme is ALL ABOUT HOME at What's the Scoop, a division of Paper Popsicles. Today, I am going to show you a simple project to liven up your home and think about spring, all at the same time!
We would love to see your projects with the HOME Theme. Load them up HERE. Don't forget, with every link you upload to Mr. Linky, you get an entry to win our monthly RAK!

The SCOOP: Buzz and Bloom chipboard border, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Paper, flowers from Creative Memories, green poms from pom pom ball trim, rhinestones from Zva, jute from stash.
Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Blog Candy FOund!

2010-03-07T18:18:00.002-05:00

Yes, Melissa has posted some goodies to give away! How do you get entered to win these?? Leave a comment and become a follower of What's the Scoop, a Division of Paper Popsicles. You also need to add a link to this post saying you posted this giveaway on your BLOG! Hey why not do a challenge or two with us at What's the Scoop while you are there! I mean you're there anyway so Go For It!

What's in there? Papers by Pink Paislee, KI Memories. Luxe Designs, s.e.i. , Fancy pants; 5 sheets of alpha stickers; overlay; chipboard album by Maya Road; paper frills by Doodlebug; Sassafras Lass buttons; Jillibean Soup journaling sprouts, Rub-on, stickers..... whew

Randon winner will be announced on April 3rd!

The Digi Shack Blog Hop is TODAY!

2010-03-07T12:00:00.003-05:00

Welcome to The Digi Shack's Spring Blog Hop!

Hopefully you HOPPED over to my blog from TAMMY's Blog HERE.

If you stumbled upon my blog and didn't come from Tammy's blog, you need to go to the beginning HERE to join in the fun at The Digi Shack main page.

Remember this blog hop is all about techniques, sketches, color combos, etc and there will be prizes and 2 grand prizes for the "biggest fan". The biggest fan winners will be chosen based on the amount of challenges they participated in. So everyone that participates in at least 5 different challenges will be entered to win ALL of our images.

Today, I am going to challenge you to paper peice your images. Images don't necessary have to be colored in with pencils or markers. They can be printed multiple times on printed papers, embossed, etc. and put together. Not only does this add interest, but it adds dimension to your project!

In this project, I printed the cherries three times on white cardstock. I then printed out the cherries three more times, this time using different cardstock colors. I carefully cut around my cherries and popped them up on pop dots.

The first cherry is EMBOSSED with my Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder.

The second cherry is filled in with Liquid Glass and and crackled.

The third is shimmered with my Shimmerz paint.

What can you do to take your image to the next level? Show us by linking your creation in the comments section of this post. If you particpate in my challenge, you just might win a free digi!

A Hopping we will GO!

2010-03-06T11:00:00.006-05:00

The hop starts TOMORROW. You want to start the hop HERE beginning 9am PST.
There will be challenges to participate in and freebies and fun. The more you participate in, the grander the prize! This blog hop is all about techniques, sketches, color combos, etc and there will be free images along the way and 2 grand prizes for the "biggest fan".

Do you wanna win THIS?

2010-03-02T20:04:00.003-05:00

It's the new Sassafrass Lass Cherry Delicious pack! If you want this then you better head over to What's the Scoop, a division of Paper Popsicles to find out how you can win!

Digi Day is Coming March 6th!

2010-03-02T18:18:00.006-05:00

You don't want to miss out on the grand reopening of The Digi Shack this weekend! And to kick it off, there will be a DIGI DAY at the SNR Group HERE. You have to become a member to participate in the chatter and the fun on Saturday, March 6th!

There will be TERRIFIC prizes and a discount code for the already discounted digital images.

Here are some of the new images to test your fancy:

And to boot they are regularly priced at a BUCK! A buck!? Can you believe it? So we hope to see you there!

Happy Scrapping!

Call for Designers!

2010-02-26T11:18:00.002-05:00

Paper Popsicles is looking for creative, fun, and enthusiastic paper crafters to work with our digital stamp images and our shaped card templates. Your digital creations will be used on the What's the Scoop? a division of Paper Popsicles blog, as well as in the Paper Popsicles store and gallery, plus SNR Card Universe.

Design Team Requirements
*Create 2 cards weekly incorporating our digital products
*Be very active on our blog and at our group at SNR Card Universe by leaving comments, participating in blog events, participating in swaps...
*Visit our followers blogs at least weekly, commenting and encouraging them to “play” with us
*Post events, projects and information weekly on your blog supporting our themes and other events

To apply, please send the following items to melissa@paperpopsicles.com
*Full contact information (name, address, phone number, and email)
*Link to your blog and online galleries (Please include any user IDs necessary)
*Attach 4 stamped (does not need to be a digital stamp) and/or shaped card projects that you like the most out of your work
*A short paragraph on your paper crafting experience, including any current or prior design teams However, you do not need any previous experience to apply
*A short bio about yourself – just introduce yourself to us and tell us a little about your life

Submission deadline is Friday March 12th at midnight.Term starts on Monday March 15, 2010 and goes until July 15, 2010.Designers will receive free digital stamp images and shaped card templates with the possibility of other items when available.

LUCKY!

2010-02-26T09:47:00.001-05:00

Did you get your Shamrock shaped card template this week to play with?! Well I sure did! LUCKY indeed!

Let's see what you can do!

The Scoop on my card: Shamrock shaped card template from paper popsicles (Grab it now while it is FREE! See the post HERE), Basic Grey printed paper (Nook and Pantry), Glitter chipboard Letters from Brenda Walton K & Company, Stamp from Michaels, ink: CTMH, flowers from my stash, Rhinestone from Zva.

Don't forget to load a St. Patty's day project HERE for an entry into our monthly drawing for the RAK at Paper Popsicles!

The Digi Shack is Coming Back--TOOOOOOOOT!

2010-02-25T19:54:00.006-05:00

I am excited to share with you all that Toni has asked me to be part of The Digi Shack design team! She will be reopening her store full of digi goodies at AMAZING prices in March and we will also be on hand with a hop and some prizes! Digi Day will be March 6th at SNR. Can't wait? Then check out a few of my sneaky peekies here:

Have I peaked your interest? Toni has things on sale at the "old" site that you might want to get your hands on before the "new" site is launched. If you use promo code 0U5LJ150 at checkout, you will save an additional 10%~ Check it out here.

Can't wait to see you at the HOP and launch March 6th!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Sewing, Stamping, and Embossing--- OH MY!

2010-02-20T10:16:00.003-05:00

Cuttlebug Challenge blog encourages us to to sew on our projects this week for the Be Inspired #71 challenge. I have tried to methods this weekend. The first one with the sewing machine and the second one hand sewn with my Bazzill In Stitches template. I love the dimension sewing adds to projects!
Not only was I able to stitch on this one, but I was following a color challenge at Michelle Perkett Studio challenge blog.
I tried several times to incorporate all 4 colors in my card but just couldn't do it this week. The butterfly is from her Etsy shop here. I used my copics and some stickles on the butterfly then embellished with Zva rhinestones.

The teacup card template was from What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles and is ONLY 99 cents! I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder on both cards. That is my favorite folder!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Let's Get Jazzy!

2010-02-20T09:55:00.002-05:00

That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams that is! Sheila creates the most versatile Acryllic stamps! Not only are they versatile, but they are very inexpensive! She will even take requests for stamps! How cool is that?

Cupcake Card: Printed papers by Basic Grey (Nook and Pantry), BG ribbon from stash, Celebrate Stamp from That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams (75 Cents!), Cupcake card template from What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles (99 cents!), Stickles (Platinum and Xmas Red), Liquid Applique heat embossed for the frosting, ink on edges (Colorbox), Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Purse Card: Printed paper by October Afternoon (Very Merry), Thinking of You stamp by That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams ($2.50!), Stickles (Platinum), Purse card template by What's the Scoop/Paper Popiscles (99 cents!), miscellaneous flowers from stash, rhinestones by Zva. Copic markers for edges of card.

Rose Card: Cardstock by Bazzill, Cuttlebug embossing folders (two of them inked on the second run), Rose stamp by That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams , ribbon from stash, Copics (also found at That's Jazzy Stamp Dreams for $4.87 each!, liquid glass accents, Stickles (platinum), dew drops.

Thank you for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Freebie for you and you and you!

2010-02-19T22:32:00.002-05:00

At What's the Scoop, Today's FREEBIE is a shaped car card template! Today's challenge...create something using it. It can be a layout, a card, something altered..... just show us what you can do with this template!

Right click on the car image and click save picture as to save it to your computer. Then you can open it into your program of choice. Very Easy!!

Share your template creations with us HERE at What's the Scoop.Remember all entries you do for our challenges this month get you another chance to win our monthly RAK! Need an idea for what to do with a card template of car....look at my post HERE.

Oh The Places We Go!

2010-02-15T10:00:00.001-05:00

Oh the Places We Go! It's all about cars this week at What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles so I thought that I would challenge you to do a layout with a CAR on it. This week I used one of our card templates of a car, found HERE. They are inexpensive (99 cents!) and easy to use over and over again. They are not just for cards either!

The Scoop: Printed papers and Alpha Stickers by October Afternoon, REport Card line. Misc. buttons and jute from stash. Copic markers on edges of letters. Car card template from store here.

Create a project about CARS and load it HERE using Mr. Linky! For each entry this month at What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles, you will be entered into the hat for a terrific RAK!

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

I've Been Missing You!

2010-02-14T14:40:00.004-05:00

I have been bitten by the digi craze. I just love how versatile digital images are. Digital Delights by Louby Loo are wonderful and fun to use. They have a blog and are also located on SNR Card Universe and Papercraft Planet. Monthly, they have digi days at SNR Card Universe. Recently, they had a digi day and they gave us this cute little image, Love Sick Nesbitt. Isn't he sweet? They have a challenge to use this image for a chance to win their new releases. I would just LOVE LOVE LOVE to get my hands on the new releases.

My scoop: Wild Card Cartridge by Cricut, old old old Basic Grey printed paper, brown cardstock, image by Digital Delights by Louby Loo, Copic markers, jute, misc. buttons, recycled materials, flower from stash.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

If Friends were Flowers....I'd Pick You!

2010-02-11T18:42:00.003-05:00

Digital images are really blooming EVERYWHERE. I have really enjoyed trying out different images and practicing my Coloring skills with my copics. I am finding that you really can't have too many of those pens in every shade imaginable, especially for skin and hair. Lol. I just wish they weren't so expensive! Sheeshk!
Michelle Perkett Studio has been one of my new digi loves. She has beautifully detailed images, gives away alot of freebies, and has some great challenges that really take you out of the box. This week's challenge was to create a card with blues and greens. I thought that this October Afternoon paper would be perfect! I used a bunny card template found at What's the Scoop/Paper Popsicles for 99 cents. It worked perfect with one of Michelle's newest images, Happy Easter Bunny

I made a flower out of a doily and misted it with my Olive Glimmer mist. I accented parts of the image with my sparlkley Sakura pen.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

It's All About Love Love Love!

2010-02-11T18:33:00.005-05:00

I have been following a couple blogs and challenge spots for a couple of months, trying to find a new home and a niche for myself. I have enjoyed the challenges found HERE at Die Cuts R Us Design Team blog. Claudia and her crew are just fantabulously talented! This week was to create a project "all about love". I decided that using my Heart Shaped Card template found at What's the Scoop?/Paper Popsicles would be perfect for this card and for 99 cents you can't go wrong for a custom shaped card!
I found some metallic tissue paper that was begging to be squished and turned into a flower for this card. Used up some miscellaneous Maya Road ribbon, tickets and an old old rubon with some old old buttons and junk from my stash. The pp is from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry line. Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Fabric FLowers: Be Inspired #70

2010-02-11T18:29:00.003-05:00

This week's challenge at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog is to use fabric on your project. I love making lollipop flowers with little pieces of fabric so this was fun! I was able to use a little felt flower that i had in my stash from Heidi Swapp too and my Tartan Plaid 5 x 7 CB folder.
This site has had alot of goodies to give away too including limited edition Cricut Cartridges, full sized cartridges, Glimmer Mist and more! You have to check it out here! Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!

Photos on Printed Paper CAN be fun!

2010-02-11T06:28:00.001-05:00

Owl Always Love You...

2010-02-10T09:00:00.002-05:00

It is time for another edition of Wednesday's Dippin' Dot Digitals at What's the Scoop. Ok, so my project isn't "exactly" a digital this week...but kind of! Did you see all of the shaped card templates for sale in the store HERE? All I did for the owl was print out the owl on cardstock and cut it out. VOILA! Instant shaped card with my scissors. No electronics necessary and the cost was minimal. 99 cents for the template! There are so many fun shaped cards to choose from.

Because our theme this week is Animals, I decided to use the Owl shaped card template to create this fun card.

The Scoop: What's the Scoop card template that can be found here, Cosmo Cricket paper (Nutmeg), cardstock, really old rubon from Cosmo Cricket, ink (colorbox), rhinestones from Zva, miscellaneous flowers from my stash, miscellaneous buttons from that same stash, CM heart punch.

Let's see what you can do with our theme animals. Link your creations HERE using Mr. Linky TODAY for a chance to win February's RAK.

Thanks for looking and Happy Scrapping!