Christmas Presents

Ok, as promised, here is what I've been working on! The calendar and additional 4 LO's are for my mother in law for Christmas and the 2 mini's are for my sister-in-laws (hope they don't watch, but yet again, not sure they even know I have a blog...LOL!!)
Hope you enjoy!

Roberts Crafts & DCWV Giveaway!!

So I've been following DCWV blog for a little bit now and today they announced this HUGE giveaway! They are teaming up with Robert's Crafts store (located in Utah) to giveaway an awesome prize to one lucky person! Here is a picture and list of things to be included:

Vinyl--We grow Great
Vinyl--Such a big
Vinyl--Life is not
Wall Art--Puppy Dog Tails
Wall Art--Crowns
Wall Art--Paris Weekly
12x12 Eco Stack
12x12 All About Girls Stack
Sweets Icon Epoxy Stickers
8x8 La Crème Stack
4.5x6.5 Pets Stack
12x12 Rock star Stack
4.5x6.5 Old World Stack
Metropolitan Box of Cards
Brights Box of Cards
8x8 Jewels Stack
8x8 Linen Stack
12x12 Natural Stack
4.5x6.5 Café Mediterranean Stack
8x8 Mariposa Stack
8x8 Mango Frost Stack
4.5x6.5 Safari Kids Stack
Mango Frost pop-up shapes
Rock Star Metal Plaques-Diva
8x8 Street Lace Paper Stack
Street Lace Epoxy Alpha Stickers
12x12 Colorful Life Paper Stack
Colorful Life Chipboard Pop-ups
12x12 Black Currant Paper Stack
All Occasion glitter Rub-ons
All Occasion Alpha Epoxy Stickers
Animal Crackers Icon Pop-up stickers
Be Mine Alpha Epoxy Stickers
Be Mine Saying Pop-up Stickers
Blossoms Icon Epoxy Stickers
Grade School Rub-ons
Grade School Icon Pop-up stickers
Grade School Icon Epoxy Stickers
Mariposa Alpha Epoxy Stickers
Nana's Kids Rub-ons

How AWESOME is that?? And even better.....you DO NOT have to live in Utah to win! They will ship it to you! So head on over to THIS BLOG POST to enter!!

Thanks for looking! See ya soon!

Amazing Young Man Scrapbook Designer & A Giveaway!

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting in awhile, but I've been super busy! 1 - Looking for a new job and 2 - Trying to create Christmas presents for my in-laws...so don't worry, there will be some scrappiness going on in my house which I will post when I'm done! Right now I'm playing with some Graphic 45 Christmas Past paper and 2 chipboard albums bought in the $1 bin at Michaels (a Christmas Tree and an Ornament!)

Anyways, I wanted to let you guys know about this FABULOUS designer I found on YouTube about a month or so ago. His name is Drew (YT name is Cardofmyeye) and he does some outstanding work; making cards and mini albums! When I first saw one of his videos, I was like "man he sounds so YOUNG!"....turns out he is! He is only 15 and has only been scrapping for a year!! You have got to stop by his blog and check him out. Here is the link to ScrappyHappiness. Go NOW and check him out! He is gonna be the next Tim Holtz for sure (who he was fortunate enough to meet and take classes from a little bit ago!!).

And the giveaway I mentioned....he is giving away a Cricut cartridge because he just reached 1000 subbies on his YouTube channel! All you need to do is leave him a comment on his blog to enter to win. It would be nice if you subbed his channel and became a follower of his blog as well! There are also 2 other ways to be entered as well, so be sure to read his blog!

Ok, that's it for now! Thanks for stopping by. Hope everyone has a Terrific Turkey Day!

Hugs,

Karen

What's happening?!

Again, with being the bad blogger...LOL!! I've been a little preoccuppied with trying to get some Christmas presents done, that I've neglected my blog.

I was able to get a few projects done for If The Shoe Fits blog. You can check them out here.

I did this page of my oldest daughter's Freshman year in High School. The "Grizzlies" paper I purchased from my LSS and it's a custom made paper they had made for all the local schools in their school colors and mascots.

And this one I did for The Shoe's Holiday themed challenge. These are of my family at Christmas in 2001 while we were stationed on MCB Camp Pendleton, CA. Thankfully, all my husband's family is in that area and we were able to spend it with them.

Thanks for stopping by! Head on over to The Shoe and see what this weeks challenge is! I will hopefully be getting some scrapping done this weekend and will be able to post pics soon!

Hugs,

Karen

Have Stress?? Must Distress!!

I have been a bad blogger the last 2 weeks...LOL!!! Too many things going on all at once, I guess! I have been trying to come up with some ideas for Christmas presents for the extended family, ones that I don't have to spend a lot of money on and ones that will be unique to the person getting it! I've decided to do some mini-albums for the nieces and nephews and a 8x8 calendar for the MIL/FIL. The calendar was coming along ok, until I ran out of ink in my printer!! I don't have the extra cash right now to buy the color cartridges, but hopefully in the next month I can get it ordered!

Anywhoo....This weeks challenge over at The Shoe was to Distress!! It can be inking, tearing, etc....whatever you do to distress!! I've done my "Cherish" page using all CTMH products and inking my colonial white paper with brown ink. Not my best work, but it's still cute!!

So, stop on by The Shoe and enter your project. No back-linking please, only new projects.


This project I did for the week before over at The Shoe. It was to use orange in your project. I LOVED how this one turned out. Unfortunately, the pic I took here isn't the best, but the photo in the LO was of my 2 daughters, my Uncle and my Aunt riding the Griffon at Busch Gardens. It was my Aunt's first time riding it and the look on her face is so totally hysterical!! I just love it!!

Around We Go!

Here lately I've been getting a lot scrapped, you just haven't seen most of it yet (they are for challenges that haven't posted just yet!!) But I have the day off today and have been "lurking" on a website called ScrapyLand. Their gal Susan is just the funniest lady and I just LOVE her Starting Blox! Plus they have a store that I've been dying to shop at, just don't have the luxury of any extra scrapping money right now...LOL!! If you are into QuicKutz, you have to check them out!!

So today, I decided to do her current one, Starting Blox #17 and I knew I had the perfect pics to do! This is my oldest daughter and her grandma riding the ferris wheel at Knotts Berry Farm last year. I fussy cut a couple of images (the "send 25 cents and the red 2 card) from the scrap side of the paper and used for embellies.


Supplies:
CS: Bazzill; PP: Sassafrass Lass; Ink/Spray: Shimmerz in Cotton Candy and Red-y or Not; Gel Writer Pen; Adhesive: ATG and EK Success Pop Dots.

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

The Shoe Challenge - Flowers!!

The challenge over at The Shoe this week is.....are you ready for it?.....FLOWERS!! Super easy right? We use flowers on almost all of our projects anyways, so this is simple!

I've been trying to do all my girls' school pictures, but it's so hard to decide what to scrap and how with them. However, once this challenge came up I knew I had the perfect picture to scrap of my youngest daughter from her school pic last year. I just LOVE how it turned out!!

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. And stop on by The Shoe and get your project turned in for a chance to win our Shoe Blinkie to post on your blog!

Supplies below!
CS, PP, INK - CTMH; Flowers - Handmade by Lorinda (Etsy store, AtwaterMoon); Gel Pen - Sakura; Ribbon - American Crafts; Adhesive - Xyron X and ATG gun.