Want to join me in a blog hop?

I got an email this morning asking me if I'd like to join in a blog hop sponsored by AdornIt and thought, sure!!! I participated in one with AC Bailey for National Scrapbooking Day and had a blast, so this will be a fun opportunity. And, what better way to bring more traffic to my blog, right?

What's even better is that she is inviting YOU to participate as well. Here is the information you will need.

2009 Summer Blog Party...

Blog Hop Details: WE WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE in our Blog Hop showcasing your Summer Favorites project.

1.Add the Blog Party Widget to the sidebar of your blog, so all your blog visitors will know they’re invited too. (Your blog has to be an open blog, not private this week.) Use the following code:



2.RSVP to georgana@adornit.com with your blog address and contact information by July 17th so that we can arrange the blog hop schedule. Georgana will send additional details & instructions after she receives your email.

3.Create your Summer Favorites project – it can be a layout, digital layout, card, album or décor project! Post your completed project on your blog by Thursday night, July 30th.

You do not have to use Adornit product in your project, but if you do we will enter you into a drawing to win our entire new Fall ‘09 Product Release.

Anyone around the world is free to participate with us, the more the merrier!

So, does that sounds like something you would like to do?

monday monday

How was your weekend? Did you get lots of rest? Do lots of scrapping? Some Relaxing? Was your weekend too short? Mine always seem to be.

I got to to a little of all of the above, except for the resting part. I just can't seem to sleep very well lately for some reason but my late nights and early mornings have given me some time to do some scrapping so I guess it all works out in the end.

One of my favorite paper collections of all-time is the Early Bird one from Cosmo Cricket and even though I got a bunch of the paper and chipboard in my June kit from My Scrapbook Nook I couldn't resist buying some more paper at my local scrap store. Isn't it just the cutest?

For this page I also pulled out some of my old Bazzill edged cardstock. I love it when I can delve into my stash and use things that have been sitting around for a while. So, I challenge YOU to go through your stash and use something you've had collecting dust in your scrap supply. If you DO this, post a link here so I can see!

Have a great scrappy day!

Summer Limited kit and Webster's Pages

Every so often a special limited kit is put together for the members at My Scrapbook Nook. This summer the kit features papers from the "Sweet as Cherry Pie" collection by Webster's Pages. The kit was so beautiful and so very popular that it sold out incredibly fast! I'm glad I acted quickly and got one for myself. Also included in the kit is some blue Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon, patriotic bingo cards and chipboard buttons as well as Basic Grey chipboard alphas.

Isn't it pretty? It sure is fun to play with, too. I tend to be intimidated by the beautiful patterns but once I start cutting into it my pages made from Webster's Pages tend to be some of my favorites. There are so many gorgeous prints and so many possibilities for fun cut work.

I had some time, or rather I MADE some time to work on some pages using the kit which was absolutely perfect for my 4th of July pictures.

Here are a couple of layouts I've put together so far using that gorgeous stuff.

I posted this picture of my mother-in-law earlier on and knew it would be perfect for using with this kit. I hope she doesn't mind y'all seeing it since she's pretty particular about pictures taken of her. I think it's lovely; she's one of the most patriotic people I know. For this page I cut and glued pieces of lots of different patterned papers, did lots of hand cut work and some machine sewing. Hooray for my machine for cooperating with me for once!!

These are pictures of my girls at the 4th of July parade held in our town. Did I say the kit was perfect for these pics? Absolutely. I mixed and matched lots of pieces of the paper on this one as well, used some American Crafts Thickers (doodled with red pen on the white ones) and added some Stickles glitter glue and some twine. The mat that the picture are on was actually the center of the paper I used for the above layout and then I used some of that Jenni Bowlin crepe paper ribbon on the right edge.

Thanks again for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

exciting news!!

I have had to keep this news a secret for a little while but can finally share!

After 3 other tries I have finally made the design team at My Scrapbook Nook!! Yippeeee!!

Joining me on the team are these fabulously talented ladies:

Leah Killian, our leader
Zarah Peterson
Stacey Michaud
Jen Pohl
Lisa Day
Brittny Lejeune
Lynn Ghahary
Susan Lui
Camilla Ekman
Daniela Dobson
Lady Grace Belarmino
Alex Krypin

I am still amazed that I got picked but can't wait to get to work and have fun creating with those beautiful Nook kits. Stay tuned later on today for some new layouts from me.

Thanks for stopping by and happy scrapping!

oh wow

That's all I can say. Wow.

I will have some fun scrappy things to post for your viewing enjoyment tomorrow.

Have a great night and I'll see ya tomorrow!!

cupcakes for breakfast?

You would probably agree that cupcakes are not the most nutritious thing to feed your kids for breakfast. I'm with ya. I woke up earlier than the rest of the family this morning so it was Matt who ate breakfast with the kids. I'd been working on some laundry and walked into the kitchen to find Aimee eating a chocolate cupcake and Fruit Loops for breakfast. Yeah, she has been running circles this morning...literally. Tons of energy. It's been kinda fun to watch her, though, and instead of taking away her cupcake and cleaning her up I pulled out my camera.

Matt insists that the kids got the cupcakes for themselves and of course I believe him. I mean, what dad would feed his already-hyper kids cupcakes for breakfast?

As soon as she was done with what she wanted to eat it took two baths to get her cleaned up...the first one to get all of the pink frosting and chocolate crumbs off of her and the second one to actually get her clean. But, doesn't it look like she had fun?? Oh, and as she was watching the crumbs go down the drain it must have been reminiscent of her watching as the toilet flushed since she kept saying, "Bye, bye poopies." We make sure that our not-yet-two year old knows how to say the most important things. I thought her saying that was funny and I didn't want to forget it so I had to make sure and add that little tidbit in here.

Yeah, she was quite a mess...even had pink frosting in the chub of her neck. Can you see it? Getting these cute pictures was well worth her having cupcakes for breakfast.

July kit from My Scrapbook Nook

I have been anxious to work with this kit since it first came in the mail and finally got a chance to do some scrapbooking yesterday. You'd think I would have gotten to scrapbook some while Ginger was here but things were so busy and we didn't get to do anything. Oh well. There's always Thanksgiving time when they come to visit again.

Anyway, this kit is the July one from My Scrapbook Nook, featuring the Lemonade collection by Basic Grey. I couldn't resist the chipboard and felt shape add-ons! In the kit you also get some pretty pink Prima flowers, blue glitter pen, Maya Road chipboard words, a Donna Downey fabric tag and some pretty trims.

I typically scrap 12x12 pages but decided to make this one 8 1/2 x 11 just to do something different. It's fun to mix things up once in a while to keep scrapping fresh and fun. The pink background paper is one of the paper doily add-ons (you get a blue one in the kit) and I was hesitant at first to cut it up but like the look of it on this page. I added some white doodling to help the pink POP! The yellow ribbon is from the June Nook kit.

It was my mother-in-law's birthday yesterday so I made this little card with the scraps from the page above. Aren't these colors just so beautiful and summery?

I hope you have a wonderful day!! Thanks for stopping by.