My altered shelf and a new page

These two projects were from the Bad Girls April kit:

won some scenic route!

Woohoo! I won a bunch of the new Scenic Route liberty line!
thanks Layle!!

My day looks just a tad brighter now!

Rough couple of days

Sorry I havent been posting as much lately, I have been feeling pretty down. Here are some pages that I made on NSD for challenges - not my best work, and the photos are pretty crappy. Oh wait, is that me or the depression talking?

Here are some of the pages I made for challenges on NSD. This first one was for 3 different challenges and included using 2 stamps, 4 PP, paper piecing, 3 photos, one quote, journaling strips, a sketch, staples, a punch and I think that's it.

Products here are doodlebug letters, BG{readmore}and Fancy pants papers, autumn leaves stamps.

This is just a simple card that I made from scraps for a 'fast scrap' where you only have an hour to complete it, the challenge was to make a card using a photo.

Let's see, this one was also 3 different challenges - use different fonts in the title, use orange, use 6 brads, use scraps, use a quote, use a movie title as the title. It isnt quite as bright as it looks in this image.

This one was for 3 different challenges - use the word titanic, use the sketch, and a recipe to use one PP, 4 word title, 5 pcs of chipboard, 3 photos, and 2 brads (the dots on the i's)

Here the chipboard is fancy pants, and the paper is A2Z essentials I think.

this card was for another 'fast scrap' to use a flower. It also is not as bright as it looks

50 moments contest reminder

Win Lisa Bearson's NEW Book!!

Just a reminder that YOU have a chance to WIN Creating Keepsakes Magazine Founder and my friend Lisa Bearnson's NEW Book "50 Moments: Scrapbook the Pages that Matter Most" from Scrapwords!! Lisa will personally autograph the winners books as well! How cool is that?? All you have to do is e-mail me an 8x8 or larger layout of YOUR most memorable moment!! 5 winners will be chosen. So what are you waiting for? Enter today!! E-mail layouts to les262@embarqmail.comDeadline: May 9th at Midnight

My scrap space

So yes, I scrapped a lot this weekend, and I will be sharing that later this week. but I should probably take new pics of it all because the light was bad when I took the first pics. So let me start by showing you my stack of yet-to-be-put-in-albums layouts. I seriously need an intervention here! I HATE putting my stuff into albums, even though I have a bunch or themed albums and everything is more or less organized, I still procrastinate it. and I store some of them in my scrap room, but they usually end up here on my wine rack because it is a nice 12x12 area that is clear or any other 'junk'. The bad thing is that when the glasses come out of the dishwasher, they sometimes drip on my pages. so I really shouldnt keep them there, but it is the most convenient after I take my photos of them in the light by the front door.

And now for my scrap room pics. Some of you may have seen them before, but a lot of you havent and a lot of things have changed since I am constantly reorganizing. Oh and it isnt as clean as normal because I took these on NSD.

This is my main desk - it is an old metal workbench spray painted purple with sheetmetal top. The rub-ons and stickers are hanging on curtain wire from ikea. you can just see the bottom of my new altered shelf that I cant share with you yet because it is in a contest. The peg board (and all the desks for that matter) was here when we moved in and I just painted it.

This is desk two. you can just see the bottom of the letter sticker clip up thing. that one is made from a dowel rod that I spray painted. You can also see my stamp and button storage here on the shelf. (stamps in cd cases and buttons in that plastic organizer that I got in the needlepoint section of ACMoore with my 55% off coupon!)

This is my newest 'desk'. it is really just a skinny folding table that I swiped from my mom. I needed it to pretty much just set stuff on - lol! you can see my photo box in the back and some shelves that I keep my glitters and embossing powders on. And some more peg board. The one is covered in cork. Oh and on the right there at the bottom are my page protectors that I store my scraps in. And finally, if you look really closely in the lower left corner you can see my 'trash can' - LOL - I am totally low budget!

Finally, this is the computer/sewing machine/wishblade, printer area. This desk and peg board were also here when we moved in. They are both permanently affixed to the wall. I recenly bought those plastic organizers for pens and journaling cards and stuff. And below you can see the first of two 12x12 organizers that I keep my kits in. And the mirror that I altered to do my hair in (see the flat iron just to the left of the computer) LOL!

and that lindt candy tin is there for me to alter (you thought I was snacking on that while I scrap didnt you?) well youd be wrong because I ate it all BEFORE I started scrapping - LOL!

Calendar mini kit

Here are a few of the pages from the calendar book that I made with this months Scrapwords "You" mini kit which retails for only $15.99!! It may seem a little odd to start a calendar in June, but I thought it might make a cool mother's day tradition, so I made this calendar for my mom to put on{readmore}her desk, and it starts with June 08 and goes to May 09. If you want, you could put quotes or more pictures instead of the calendar pages.

And everything for this album is in the kit! the only thing I added was the photos, cardstock for the calendar pages, a few plain brads, ink, paint and of course glue. Oh and about 3 or 4 stickers that I had laying around and thought went well with my photos but they are totally optional. The 'full of life' sticker on the zoo day page below and the 'unique' sticker on the 'she' page were from a Daisy D's cardstock sticker set that I got at Scrapwords. This is the sticker set I used : Sassy Girl

Oh, and if you buy this kit (or any other kit) this month, I will send you complete instructions for this project (including tips, lessons learned and photos) AND a word file template for the calendar pages!

National Scrapbook Day weekend!

This weekend is national scrapbook day! woohoo! I have already informed DH that I am going to spend time with him and ellie on friday (luckily I have this friday off) and then scrap all day Sat! There are crops online everywhere and tons of prizes and blog candy to be had. hmmm maybe I will even have some blog candy - check back Saturday!

So where will I be? mostly I will be at acherryontop.com since I always love their crops and they have lots of games and prizes. I will also be popping in at Back Porch Memories. They are having challenges and games and prizes, one of the prizes is a referral RAK, so if you want to play, go on over and sign up and post in this thread that I (megamay) referred you and we will both get an entry into the drawing for a RAK. Then check out the challenges. They arent up yet but I am sure they will be great!

Also I will be popping in at Scrapbook Dreamer since I am the guest design team member for may, and they say they have something going on although they arent spilling. AND I will be hanging at scrapsupply.com which is another one of my favorites, AND bad girls, AND of course my usual - scrapwords - les says she is goign to have something. not a big crop or anything but a small celebration.

So join me! get your crop on!