October 27, 2009
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— update: end of week 2; chris is STILL behind about 50 votes; hopefully he will catch up! thanks to all of you who are voting daily!
nope, it’s not anything political!
a photo of my son Chris has been selected as a finalist in the Oct “Kid on the Cover” contest by Scrapbooks Etc!
voting is NOW OPEN, and the winner will be determined by the number of votes! SO — i’d GREATLY appreciate it if you would VOTE, and VOTE OFTEN! you can vote once a day until the contest closes on 12-15. so PLEASE, bookmark the site and vote when you can!
here’s the link: KID ON COVER CONTEST - click on “voting is now open” in the yellow block titled “featured contest”. Chris’ photo is titled “handsome harvest” and he is the only one surrounded by pumpkins!
note: you do have to register with the site, if you haven’t already, to vote!
THANK YOU!!!
November 8, 2009
the first batch of 12 calendar kits i made for scrapbook 911 sold out on saturday. i only have supplies to make 8 more, 2 of which are already spoken for. SO – IF YOU WANT A CALENDAR KIT, please call the store and reserve one.
these 8 will be the last that i will be able to put together this year; so get them while you can!
they make great gifts for those people that are hard to buy for, and they are VERY easy to put together; you can do it in under 3 hours. complete directions – including photos – are included.
the kits should be ready on {or before if possible} nov. 15th.
November 8, 2009
i know halloween is over, but i had taken a photo a few weeks ago that i was anxious to scrap!
chris, poor little thing, has quite the crooked smile right now. his mouth is too small for all the new teeth he has coming it. he has several empty spaces in front where he’s lost teeth and a few half filled spaces where they are trying to come in. while on a field trip to DEVINE ACRES, i noticed that one of his classmates, rebecca, had a similar smile! so i asked her if she’d pose with chris for a pic of their “jack o’ lantern” smiles.
the photo came out great! and i knew EXACTLY what the title should be!
the chipboard tag says it all “so cute it’s SCARY!” LOL!
i used last years halloween line by scenic route – salem, and some older lil’ davis chipboard letters to add the smile title. i thought i’d do a little goodbye tribute to scenic route as they were one of my FAVORITE lines! i’m sad to see them go.
i’m working on some halloween layouts and hope to have them up soon!
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October 29, 2009
tomorrow – friday the 30th – o’hallows eve, i’ll be hosting the crop at SCRAPBOOK 911 - come in costume it’ll be fun!
then on monday – nov 2, i have 2 classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon…
SKETCH & CROP is one of my daytime classes; i design a sketch for a 2 page layout, and you get to select the paper to make it TWICE! so you leave with 2 – 2 page layouts! after you finish your layouts, you can “crop” and i’ll be there to help you with ideas or paper choices.
PHOTO-FULL is in the evening; this class is geared towards getting more FULL SIZE photos on your pages! we’ll do a 2 page layout with some kind of flip, fold, pocket or other paper magic that will INCREASE the amount of space for photos on the 2 page layout we’ll be doing!
BE SURE to bring your photos if you come to either class, as you select your own paper for both!
UPDATE on November 21st classes:
MOM & ME: thanksgiving centerpiece and blessings book and the ALTERED CHRISTMAS BOOK, each have just ONE space left! so if you were interested in either of these classes you better call NOW! if the class does fill up, PLEASE go ahead and sign up for the wait list. slots do open up due to cancellations.
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October 29, 2009
the 2010 calendar kits are FINALLY ready; i dropped them off at SCRAPBOOK 911 today!
the 6 X 9 calendar is designed to be a “flip style” that sits on a table or desk. the calendar for the current month is on one side {along with a space for notes} and a matching embellished photo mat is on the other. there are pages at the back of the calendar for “notes”, “birthdays” and “dates to remember”.
the calendar is VERY quick and easy to put together {you should be able to complete it in under 3 hours}. almost everything is precut for you and ready to go. the kit includes EVERYTHING you need except a few basic supplies. also included in the kit is a FULL set of chipboard letters! the kit also includes complete directions and photos of the project.
quantities are limited! so when they are gone — they are GONE!
if you are interested in a kit and don’t live near san antonio, don’t worry – you can still purchase one – SCRAPBOOK 911 would be happy to mail you a kit, just give them a call!
here are some pictures of the completed calendar:
this calendar makes a great gift too!
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October 28, 2009
my time as a guest designer for PRISM PAPERS is almost up!
i’ve really enjoyed being part of their team for a little while - getting to chat with their designers and seeing what terrific projects they create… {not that i won’t STILL be checking their blog to see what they are up to after october ends :) }
tomorrow, my last project will be up, and i hope that you will hop on over to the PRISM BLOG and check it out; i can only give you a t-nin-see peek here!
if you like the project, i hope you’ll take the time to post a comment so i know you looked!
and if you LOVE cardstock like i do, i hope that you have bookmarked the Prism blog so that you can enjoy more of their fabulous design teams creations too!
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October 27, 2009
last christmas, mom asked me to make her an album of the kids in all their halloween costumes. i thought that would be a fun album to put together.
so i gathered up pics of the boys in their spooky finery as well as papers and embellishments in halloween themes or colors {leftover scraps too!}. i decided to do 8 X 8 pages since mom mainly wanted photos of the costumes. i think 8 X 8 is an easy size to work with, and it allows room for embellishment and titles when using a 4 X 6 photo.
I still owe her some pages; i’ll have to dig up some of my earlier halloween photos, but here are the pages that i did for her last christmas…
i bought a black 8 X 8 album and embellished the cover to put them all in. mom was happy with her gift, and i started thinking about making my OWN halloween book!
halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and there are BUNCHES of halloween paper lines and embellishments out there. and it’s a FUN event to scrap too! you can use crazy colors or mix and match paper lines, or distress things to your hearts content! it’s a great time to turn your imagination loose on your pages!
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October 26, 2009
is everyone almost ready for halloween?
are the costumes ready? how about the SPOOKY decorations? got the candy? got something to put the candy in?
if the answer to the first three questions was “NO” – then you better get busy — AND FAST! LOL
if the answer to the last questions was “NO”, then i might be able to help you out!
barb liked the treat bucket that i made for Reminisce, so she decided to make her own! here’s her version of the altered wood trash can/treat bucket:
i think it’s adorable! i love all the fun, bright colors barb used in her version.
barb was nice enough to send me photos of her project to post on my blog. you can see more of barb’s projects on her blog: THE INVISIBLE PIPER.
and remember, you can find the directions for my treat bucket on craftplace.org or, you can find barb’s directions on her blog.
thanks again to barb for sharing her project!
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October 22, 2009
do you love handcrafted items of all types {paper included of course}?
then i have a website for you to check out…
CRAFTPLACE.ORG, they have all types of crafts for everyday or holiday. you search by type of directions {step by step, video, etc}, category{scrapbooking, winter holiday crafts, etc} as well as by completion time and difficulty! it is a resource of CHA – Crafts and Hobby Association, and it’s LOADED with all types of crafty things!
right now, one of my projects is included in their “featured” projects section on the front page: REMINISCE TRICK or TREAT BUCKET .
be sure to add the site to your favorites!
