Fabulous!

This Saturday I was at a 12hr crop at Scrapping Lounge and I got to play a little bit. I created this star chipboard album using my scraps from my previous class. I'm lovin' black sugar paper from Doodlebug, my butterfly die and birds die from Quickutz. I also used some rub-ons from American Crafts and I did a little doodling with my white gel pen. Of course I had to add some bling. I showed this album to my BF and he said it looked kinda Tim Burtonish, lol, thanks sweetie...I think. I think it looks very diva fabulous, hahaha. **This item can be found at my Etsy Shop.**

A Year in Cards, February 2009

This is a card that I made for one of the classes @2Peas. It's a slider card that is held together by a brad on the top corner. The circles were cut out using my Coluzzle circle template. The paper I used was from Colorbok - Forest Friends. Kristina Werner (Garden Girl @2Peas) has a video tutorial on this card class. The handmade paper flower embellishment was really fun and easy to make, check out her video. Enjoy.

Croppin' Away

This past Saturday I was at a crop event hosted by The Scrappin' Table. It began at 10am - 12am....I know!! The store was awesome and I just loved all their products that they carried. But I was a very good girl and I stuck it out and used what I had in my scrap arsenal, I couldn't believe it. I will definitely be back to get a few things I had my eyes on...lol. I met some new girls and they were hilarious, a great bunch to scrap with. We even walked to the neighboring Mexican restaurant and had a margarita...good times good times.



Tammy made some yummy cupcakes.


The ladies had some fun using the cupcakes as props, introducing "The Desperate Scrapwives".


We weren't all foolin' around, I actually completed some layouts, 4 to be exact. I can't remember the last time I did a layout that had nothing to do with a display for my LSS or for a class. I worked on my Vegas pics and here are the finished layouts:




On the second page I didn't have a coordinating page for the first layout, so I decided to try to make my own. The original page is from a 12x12 Prima paper stack. I had a stamp set from Fancy Pants that had a similar flourish pattern. I stamped several images around the perimeter of the page and chalked it with some red tones. Not exactly a perfect match, but it will do. The 3rd & 4th layouts I completed were my faves.




The paper again came from my 12x12 Prima stack, I used some lace, ribbon from Making Memories, MME border stickers, Heidi Swapp bling (I had to put a "tiara" on my head), and some Prima & Bazzill flowers. I wanted to incorporate most of the pictures I printed out so I just haphazardly laid them on the page and glued it down. I'm really liking it, actually I LOVE it! Oh and I hand pierced the paper with my Heidi Swapp Paper Piercer using the SU! Paper Piercing Kit. Ok, this was a very long post...well I was at that crop for nearly 14 hours!! Phewww!

CHA - Teresa Collins

CHA was fabulous and I was lucky enough to meet Teresa Collins herself! She is really sweet and allowed us to take pictures of her wonderful projects.




I can't wait 'til our LSS gets her new products in. I was able to get in line to do her fabulous make 'n' take, sooo adorable and easy. More from my CHA adventure to come...

Cookbookin'

Hey gang, in my previous post I mentioned that I recently designed some projects for a new company/paper line Cookbookin'. Their products are great if you are into scrapbooking and cooking. It's a great way to preserve your memories and recipes. I got a chance to pass by their booth at CHA. Below is Patty Fletcher who is co-owner of PJK Designs LLC and the whole Cookbookin' collection. She's a sweet lady and was very welcoming when I met her.


The project I designed was for one of their fabulous make 'n' takes, it's a recipe binder ring book using the "Preserving Memories" collection.


It was pretty neat to see my creation at an actual booth at CHA and it was cool being introduced as "one of our designers", lol. It kinda makes you think to yourself, "hey I guess my stuff is not that bad". Another fellow designer is Jennifer Priest who is very talented. I'm very excited to work with this company and look forward to creating more projects.

Two Peas in a Bucket Cupcake Social

On Monday I attended the Cupcake Social in Anaheim, hosted by Two Peas in a Bucket, yummm. They had fabulous prizes and raffles and the energy there was great. I came with Cat and Cindy. (L-R: Cindy, Cat)


I also met Kristina Werner, aka starofmay on youtube and kwernerdesign. For those who are familiar with her work, you'll understand why I soo wanted to take my picture with her. She's very nice and approachable, I felt like a dork asking to take a picture, but I am a dork, so I did, lol.


All in all I had a great time, I met some new people (shout out to Wanda & Jessica!). Gorged on cupcakes and lemonade. It was a perfect end to a long day at CHA. (P.S. I will post pics of CHA in another post, probably a slide show, I took soo many pictures and I want to share)

Croppin' Fun

This past Saturday, I had a crop with my cousins. We try to get together every couple of months to scrap. I hosted the crop at my house and we had a Stampin' Up! workshop as well. This get together was a tad bit different than usual, for the first time my cousin J.R. decided to join us in our crop. He's a newbie to our group and we had such a blast! We warned him to not be nervous or try not to feel intimidated. When he saw all our stuff he felt like a kid in a candy store (especially when he toured my bedroom/scraproom). It was very amusing watching his reaction as a "first-timer" to our group, sooo cute. I just had to share this picture of him when he first arrived. This is what he arrived with to carry his scrap stuff, mind you he's new to this addiction.


You're probably like, "That's it?!". My sister and I had an extra craft tool bin that we didn't use and other people had given him some stuff as well, this is what he ended up with at the end of the day. Just look at his face, he's ecstatic.



He worked on a layout and also a Thank You card for a friend. He did pretty good.


Like I said we had a Stampin' Up! workshop, here is Jennifer Pleasant who was our demonstrator. We made 2 cards and 1 treat box, very cool. We learned new techniques and now we're hooked on SU! products....thanks Jennifer, lol.



All in all we had a fantastic time scrapping, more like socializing and hanging out with family. I love all my cousins and very grateful that we can share our passion for scrapbooking together, so without further adieu, here is the "Scrapnificent Seven", lol:


From L-R: Marjorie, Patty, Jennifer, Anne, J.R., Me, Abi