Ode to Scrappy Goodness

Yesterday was the best scrappy goodness day EVER! First I went to the LSS to drop off my DT projects and pick up my new supplies. The assignment this month is to use Graphic 45 papers. Now I havent yet been a big fan of Graphic 45 so I wasnt all that excited with this assignment, until I saw the new Travelogue line! I had to buy the entire thing! Now I can't wait to get scrapping the rest of those Europe photos! While I was there, I decided to buy myself a Mother's Day present, since Seth doesnt think it's his job to get me one, and Ellie is too little. So I got a few things that I have been coveting for months - Technique Tuesday flower petal stamps,
























7 Gypsies gaffer tape, and a Stampers Anynomous Tim Holtz stamp set.




































Then I got home and found my Sassafras Lass blog candy box containing the entire Vinatge Yummy and Anthem paper and sticker lines! So after taking inventory of what came in that box, I went online to ACOT and used my GCs from the crop to order the Sassafras brads and felties and chipboard that didnt come in the box and a couple prima flowers. Woohoo!

And just for fun, here is a page that I made on NSD weekend, of my nephew Evan, on Sassafras Lass anthem paper. (yes I already had most of the anthem paper that came in the box, but that's ok because I just adore Sassafras, so I can always use more!)

eeek! I won - twice!

Imagine my surprise when I read my blogs this morning and found out that my Sassafras Lass blinkie was spotted and I won a prize pack of Sass Lass goodness! It came just in time because I used up much of my stock on NSD. I just hope they put some Vintage Yummy in there, since I still havent been able to get my hands on any of that! Oooh ooh and dare I hope for the elusive felties?! Ahhhh, seriously though I will be thrilled with anything Sassafras, I adore all of it.

And as if free Sassafras Lass isnt great enough, they put one of my pages up on the blog! woohoo!

Check it out here.

Then, as if my day wasnt already great, my "This Mom" layout was chosen as the layout of the week at ACOT.com! I have never been the layout of the week before and with all the wonderful creations from NSD crop, I just can't believe it. I feel so honored!

Here is the post.

and here is the page, the challenge was to write about a woman you admire or respect.



Bird is from YMBD scrapbooking, paper and sticker is sassfras lass (go figure), paper and pearls are prima, letters are chatterbox and creative imaginations, misc ribbon, lace and paint, foam adhesive, kaiser pearls

Ellie's first layout

Here is a page that Ellie made this weekend for National Scrapbook Day. I am so proud of her, she did it all by herself and I love how she put the ribbon at the top and bottom of the photo! (I did have to put glue on the ribbon for her because her glue stick wasnt working on the ribbon but she put it where she wanted, I didnt even hint!)

New YMBD and Sassafras Lass Page

Here is my first page with the new Sassafrass Lass Anthem papers, and the YMBD scrapbooking April monthly kit. I used a Swirly Bird Cardstock Embellishment, Graph Paper Scallop, Who/What Classic Label, and Chipboard Apple from the montly kit.

I also used paper and stickers from Sassafrass Lass Anthem, paper and letter stickers from Sassfrass Lass Get Happy, Letter stickers from Jenni Bowlin, American Crafts and Making Memories. For the border, I used a Sassafrass Lass die cut border to trace the scallops, then I colored them in with a red Copic marker to give a subtle color difference.



For the apple, I painted the YMBD corrugated cardboard apple red, then added the tiny alphas. Next I covered the entired thing in glossy accents to give it a sort of epoxy look. Finally I added the chipboard '1' thicker.

For the balloons, I cut them out of the Sass Lass paper as one big set, then I cut them apart so I could ink all the edges and layer them on foam adhesive. When I put the set back together I just overlapped them a little bit more than they were before so that you can't see there the balloons are incomplete.


Since I had inked everything else, I had to ink the ymbd die cut swirly bird too. That was a bit of a pain with all the detail, but I am happy with hot it turned out. I only put a little bit of adhesive in the middle of the tail so I could sort of 'fluff' the tail feathers. I added more foam to pop up the cloud sticker. Finally I used a Making Memories brad as the center of the smaller flower sticker for just a bit more dimension.


and here is a little secret (shh dont tell anyone) the 'i' in ride is actually a 'j'. I just covered the tail of it with the flower because I didnt have any i's.

now if only I could finally get my hands on some of that Vintage Yummy and the felties - sigh. I just love Sassafras Lass.

YMBD Gives Back Crop!

It's finally here! Another crop at YOUR MEMORIES BY DESIGN starting tomorrow at 7PM Eastern/6PM Central time. Check out the forum, and come join us in the fun.

and even better than just fun and prizes - this crop is 'giving back' - for every layout you complete some YMBD bucks (which will be converted to cash later) will be donated to a cancer charity. How great is that? get some pages done, have fun, win some prizes AND give to charity! Sounds like a fun weekened to me!

Join us for the Time Warp!!!

Join us for the Time Warp!!!

Scrapbook Dreamer is doing the Time Warp baby for NSD! Come
join us for some cool’ challenges and fun games as we visit the peace lovin’ 1960’s, funky 1970’s, big hair 1980’s, awesome 1990’s and the
unknown future! You will love slippin through time with Dreamer! look for two new challenges posted each Friday from May 1st till May 29th. The winner (chosen by the DT) will receive a

$50 gift certificate to the Dreamer Store and

the Guest Design Team Spot for July!

There will also be

random

prize winners drawn from participants so make sure you get your

creations uploaded and post in the forum!!!

The rules:

* The Contest begins May 1st and will run till June 2nd

* all entries must be new and created for this contest

* you must have 10 posts in the forum before the END of the contest

* All entries must be uploaded into the ‘Time Warp’ folder in the

gallery before June 2nd at midnight EST

* you must be a member of Dreamer in good standing

* no combining challenges - each challenge must have its own creation

Come an join us at

www.scrapbookdreamer.com

Page Maps Contest Entry

This is the page that I made for the Page Maps April Contest. I used the provided sketch combined with papers from Prima and Webster's pages, felt, lace, trim from Chatterbox, Flowers from prima, MME and Bazzill, paint, stitching, letters from Chatterbox, and a die cut swirly bird from YMBD scrapbooking.

The other part of the contest is to make the page topic about what is on my mind. Motherhood and my job as a mother has been on my mind a lot lately since Ellie had her accident and I have been thinking about how close I came to losing her. It made me think about how much I really love her and how much I probably take her for granted.



This page is heavy on journaling, so I am not going to type the whole text here. It is about my journey to motherhood, from being afraid, to feeling inadequate, to realizing that every mother is different and that doesnt make us bad.