tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13307551454746918582012-02-16T11:22:44.705-08:00atlcarlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512329099037577168noreply@blogger.comBlogger1531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1330755145474691858.post-81661019569763866852012-01-09T09:43:00.000-08:002012-01-09T09:52:02.593-08:00

Can you guess what's gotten big in my house?Yup Legos. Thanks to my brother for giving Shane some awesome Cars 2 sets, and even building them with him. I really enjoy seeing these two guys together. So much fun!Michaels got new K and Co lines last week. Edamame, Julianne, Susan Winget Meadow, and Sweet Nectar along with 2 for Valentine's Day. All the stickers are 40% off this week. I was a

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Pictures are of Shane from July 4, 2011. Layout was made with products from the American Crafts Chap line. There are also stickers from Cosmo Cricket and My Mind's Eye, and buttons from October Afternoon. Border punch is Martha Stewart.

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When its as hot as it is here in Atlanta, its hard to be motivated to do more than lay on the couch with fans blowing on you. This past weekend Shane and I went to park. It was so ridiculously hot even at 930AM it felt like I was running on a treadmill. We ran into one of his little friends from school and stayed far longer than I'd intended with the heat.I cant believe its August 1st. I

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It's that time of year. CHA Summer 2011 is only a week away. Most scrapbook manufacturers are in the process of unveiling their newest creations. Crate Paper is one of my favorites. Here are 2 of their 3 new lines.I love it all and must make it MINE!Glitz Designs has a new release a super hot color combo I first saw with My Mind's Eye's Stella and Rose release earlier this year. Vintage Blue

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This past weekend was my 15 year high school reunion. 15 years isn't much in a lifetime, but boy have I changed and so have my classmates. It was nice seeing everyone and I had the particular good fortune to reconnect with not one but two long lost friends. Hopefully we'll keep in better touch this time around.I'm really enjoying the camera on my new phone. The feature I love the most is when

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It's going to be 95 in Atlanta today. I'd like to pretend it's winter, so I'm looking back on some wintertime layouts. These were both made with Crate Paper Snow Day.Enjoy and stay cool.

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My last post was about all the great new summer scrapbooking products out there. Well, if you're like me, I collect (read hoard) products for certain themes. Summer, Halloween, and boy are my biggest vices. I have separate bins storing all kinds of papers, products and embellies for these 3 types. The collections are amassed in 2 basic ways. When I buy new product, and I've used as much as I

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Like most scrappers I love getting the latest and greatest products. Typically I go after product lines and embellishments first. This is especially try when it comes to Summer and Halloween themed collections. So far this year my must-haves are:Pink Paislee Hometown Summer paired with Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer Some papers, chipboard elements and adhesive banners and borders

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This is a page I made awhile back of my son and his dad. Even though I am no longer married to Shane's father, I believe it's important to celebrate and commemorate their relationship. Fathers and sons have a special bond. Happy Father's Day to all the dads and grandads out there.

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Wow is it really June? The heat in Atlanta in oppressive. Shane inquires about going to the pool on a daily basis. All the on-sale ice cream is sold out at the grocery store. Yup, it's summer. I'm keeping busy with a little bit of this and that. I'm scrapping pretty consistently, but not churning out the volume I have in previous years. I'm ok with that. My focus lately has been high

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Shane and I are making a new home together. When we moved I wanted to give him a room that was for boys. I picked out some bedding and a carpet that had cars, planes and trains. The colors are very masculine - navy and forest green. I didn't want to put up cheesy kids art. I decided to make my own using scrapbooking materials.The products are mainly from Basic Grey's Wander line including

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I try not to make much of a fuss over Hallmark holidays like Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. This year I did exactly what I wanted. Went to the gym, spent time with my son and some friends, and visited with my mom and dad.Shane with a messy ice cream face.Over at 2 Peas, they are having a content for Little Yellow Bicycle. I submitted this layout using LYB Twig.I did some scrapbooking, but

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Scrapbooking company Echo Park has been around for just over a year. I love their For the Record collection. Occasionally I take a variety of papers and embellishments and create a vintage inspiration mini book. Besides the EP, supplies I used were Glitz Scarlett pp, Prima Pastiche chipboard pieces, stickers from 7Gypsies, American Crafts, and K and Co. The inspiration cards and canvas "

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When I started this blog in 2009 it was about sharing my creations and my enthusiasm for scrapbooking as a craft and hobby. Last summer my life turned upside down, and I abandoned the blog and crafting for the most part. My personal life and my marriage required all my attention. Things happen. They are no one's fault and everybody's fault. Mistakes were made. Feelings hurt. If you know me

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I've been gone for a few months. I really want to post more often this year. Maintaining a blog takes a lot of time when you have as much to say as I do! I really appreciate your patience and for continuing to visit me. Here are a few projects I've done in recent monthsThis layout features Pink Paislee Bayberry and 365 papers, stickers and chipboard.This layout was made with the Girls

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Rachel Myerson from Scrapjazz asked me to contribute to their September Sketch Challenge. You can see the article and my layout here.

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Happy New Year!

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Have I mentioned lately that I've been shopping? This is scrapbookers' favorite time of year. The summer trade show debuting new products for the second half of the year has passed and stores are receiving new lines almost daily. Big box stores like Joann, Michael's and Hobby Lobby are putting out seasonal products for fall. I'm trying to be a more selective shopper this season, but with all

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My summer has not been as productive with new scrapbooking as I would like, but here a few pages to share.This one is a combination of Pink Paislee Queen Bee and Crate Paper Brook papers, a Fancy Pants flocked transparency, and Crate Paper brads.Little Yellow Bicycle came out with a super cute baby line this summer with boy and girl papers. These are boy papers and stickers with layered flowers

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I'm up to my ears in great new scrapbooking products. I've recently purchased 3 new EK Success border punches 2 of which are new the large size.This past weekend while I was in Charolotte I picked up some great $1 embellishments at CKC. I splurged on new Basic Grey flowers and pieces.I also visited LSS Family Memories. I've been looking for We R Memory Keepers and Bella Blvd Man of the House.

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I've never had an opportunity to check out Charlotte, NC before. I now have some good friends living there, and with CKC happening Friday and Saturday this is the perfect time for me to go. I'm really looking forward to checking out the local scene and getting my hands on some new products from CHA Summer.I've been working like crazy on samples for EMI. They have tons of new stuff coming in.

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It's easy to scrap when you've got such a fun subject!

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So, did you follow the CHA news last week? Even better, were you lucky enough to attend? I was not, but I have friends who were there and I can't wait to peruse their pics. It looked like an awesome show. I was inspired to do some shopping and creating. Below are papers and stickers from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop collection. I loved the vintage look when it came out, but it's taken me

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CHA Summer has just wrapped. There were some pretty incredible products from what I could see in my browse pics of Scrapbook Update and Flickr. I think I am most excited for these awesome new embellishments from Sassafras.What a sight! For details check out their blog.

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Donna Downey spent this past Saturday teaching classes at EMI. It was a great experience. I participated in the Elegant Garden canvas layout class. Sorry no pic at the moment. Shane was with me in the morning and wanted to get in on the creative action.The evening before I was at Archiver's with my good friend Kathy, her sister Rose, and my new friend Anne. I made my first read card.It's

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It's been a busy 2 weeks since we returned from vacation. I've applied to be a Bella Blvd Artista (Guest Designer) and I'm considering the Bo Bunny Design Team call. It would be a huge honor to be invited to one or both of those groups. There has been some real scrapbooking too! The blogs for Your Scrapbook Stash and My Mind's Eye have sketch challenges going on right now. Here's a sneak of

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Lucky boy, lucky hat, lucky mommy!

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As promised and long overdue, here are new projects I've done in May and June.Submission for PageMaps April challenge. Patterned paper, stickers and chipboard from Bella Blvd. Banner sticker is Sassafras Lass. Chipboard alphas are Cosmo Cricket.Patterned paper from Jillibean Soup and American Crafts.A smorgasbord of Basic Grey including Origins, Sugared and Kioshi.Submission for MME blog

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Just returned from a week long trip aboard Disney's Wonder cruise ship. It was a fantastic time. I'm sorting through the nearly 800 pictures we took. Be back soon.

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I know I've been lax about updating recently. My professional work has been new and exciting, and the fam has been spending alot of time together enjoying the summer. The downside has been not having as much time to focus on my scrapbooking. I promise this is a temporary interruption. What I can tell you is that I've had some recent publications that reaffirm my dreams of success with

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Of course! I am always looking for great independently owned scrapbooking and craft stores. It's nice to order from the big guys like 2 Peas, Scrapbook.com or A Cherry On Top (my faves) but the LSS have alot of benefits. Recently I found Your Scrapboook Stash. In addition to have nearly all the latest and greatest products, they have a great blog with fun challenges and a very talented design

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Our neighborhood pool opened this past week and yesterday we spent a few hours there. It's amazing how different Shane is in the water from last year to this year. He practically wants to swim by himself. We've decided to invest in some private lessons for him, so look for fun pool layouts soon! The arrival of summer has also meant we're busier than ever with outdoor activities. This is

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One of my scrapbooking goals for 2010 was to get a layout published in Scrapbook Trends magazine. I received an email from the magazine's editor yesterday requesting one of my layouts for publication. I'm very excited to be included, and I hope I'll have more opportunities to show my work in print. It'll be included in the October 2010 issue, so it will be November before I can show the piece

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Hello everyone. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend. I can hardly believe we're half way through the month of May. In the south, schools let out before Memorial Day. This is their last week. It'll be nice to have a break from the morning school/work commute traffic. I don't remember there being a pronounced change where I grew up, but there certainly is here.April marked my 1 year

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I know I have been alittle inattentive to my blog the past two weeks. To make up for it, I'm going to share a few layouts I created in April. I think it was my most productive month ever. My last count of projects was 35 layouts and 2 mini books. Whew! I also took on responsibility as the blog coordinator for Crafting Jewish Style's blog. I love working with our design team. At the moment,

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Cruise over to Crate Paper's blog today to see my layout among the entries for their sketch challenge this past weekend.

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This past Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day. I've never participated in organized crops or events, but I did make time to create several layouts. I can't share the whole enchilada, but here are a few previews.This layout is based on a sketch by Jana Eubank. The papers are all Basic Grey from some of the older lines. In this shot you can see Infuse, Sugared, Offbeat, Boxer and June Bug. I

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I just realized my last post was Saturday. It's been one of those weeks that was busy, but I'm not quite sure what I was doing. I know there was some scrapbooking involved. Mainly trying to finish layouts I've started and abandoned. That doesn't happen to me often. Usually I start a mini book, and I might not touch it for weeks. I have one of those I'm desperate to finish. It will get done

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Hope you're having a good weekend. I was a busy bee over at 2 Peas. Check out all the new projects in my gallery.Enjoy!

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I posted a sneak of the banner I was creating for Crafting Jewish Style last week. You can check out the completed project and another layout on the CJS blog.Last week I mentioned that I lost my voice. Well it was still very hoarse a week later, so I went to see a doctor. He ordered me to have strict vocal rest for 3 full days. That means NO TALKING or whispering or anything else that comes

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It's been awhile since I wrote a shopping update. Don't worry, it's not that I haven't been shopping! In fact, I've been shopping too much! I took some time yesterday to take stock of my supplies and reorganize a bit. These are a few pics I wanted to share.You can never have enough layered, glittered and gemmed stickers! These sets usually retail from $3.50 to $5.50. I try not to pay more

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It's another Monday. We had beautiful weather here in Atlanta this past week and weekend. It's hard to justify staying indoors to scrapbook when it's just so nice out. That's only a tiny excuse for not getting done as much as I would have liked. Here are a few projects in progress.These are part of a banner I created for Crafting Jewish Style.I brought home new papers from Fancy Pants Rusted

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Hi all. I have been a bit abscent from the blog, but I have been scrapping. First I wanted to share a few layouts I've made in recent months.This is one of my favorite Shane layouts. The patterned paper and stickers are Basic Grey Lime Rickey. It's not my favorite line but I like it in small doses. The layered flower is built on a Jillibean Soup journaling sprout and I embellished it with

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Hey all. I happened to be cruising the Crate Paper blog, and look who's layout was shown with the Brook collection! You have to scroll down a bit to see mine, but you can't miss Shane and his vacuum.

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I hope everyone has enjoyed this past week's holidays as well as any spring break vacation or stay-cation. I know it's been hectic in our home. We celebrated Passover seders with family and friends. We did have some difficult moments last week. My son, Shane, who just turned 2, tripped in our entryway and took a bad fall one evening last week. He fell on a sharp corner and needed stitches in

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Here are some new layouts in no specific order.This was my first layout with Studio Calico's Anthology line. The glitter swirl is a new Jolee's embellishment. The "Memories" gummy title is from Making Memories design shop series. The other stickers are Studio Calico.This was my first layout with the Origins line. It was featured on The Everyday Scrapper this past week. Read the post for more

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Over the past few weeks, we've been getting some sneak previews of nice weather in the Atlanta area. It's been a long, cold, wet winter here, and everyone is itching for the warm sunshine. I've been celebrating the impending arrival of spring with projects featuring new spring products. Banners are all the rage right now. I picked up a Maya Road chipboard banner kit a few weeks ago. I pulled

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Yesterday my first layout was featured as a Guest Designer for the sketch blog, My Little Sketch Book. If you'd like to play along here is the sketch.I'll have another GDT opportunity in July. Thanks for reading!

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This is what I and hopefully you have been waiting for! I've been invited to join the design team for a brand new company. Crafting Jewish Style makes Jewish holiday themed products for crafting projects. I first saw their Passover line at a local store here in Atlanta. I was so impressed by the papers. They remind me of Cosmo Cricket and Kaisercraft for the contemporary colors and patterns

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First of all, my desk is a mess!When things are in this state of disarray, I try not to let it bother me. You can see I was working on a layout, and had a bunch of ongoing projects in my 3 tier tray. The plastic bag on top holds the many pieces, gems, brads, and ribbon for the Origins mini book kit I'm designing.It seems like scrappers are always interested to see what each other's workspace

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Does this happen to you? You go into a scrapbooking store and think "I'm only going to spend $15." You take a look around to familiarize yourself with what's new. Start prioritizing what you really want and what would be nice to have. If you have a coupon you're working hard to calculate the discount you'll receive based on the various combination of products now in your basket. Now it's

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It might seem like I haven't worked on any new projects recently. Just the opposite is true. But I will admit I haven't made many layouts. Here are some sneaks to share.I'm experimenting with using black cardstock as background paper with bright colors and bold patterns such as Cosmo Cricket's Joyride collection. I made this layout for PageMaps ongoing A Cherry On Top layout challenge. I'll

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I know my blogging has not been as frequent as I would like. I hope you have not taken offense and decided to stop checking on me. Today is the week of my son's 2nd birthday. It's a special and busy time for our family, but also emotional and stressful for me as a mom. I'm thankful to have scrapbooking as an outlet. It's been taking quite a bit of my free time since I've offered to design

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I've been selected as a Guest Designer by Liz Qualman. 3 times in the next 6 months, my work will be featured on her blog My Little Sketch Book. I'll also be playing along with her weekly Sunday sketch posts. In honor of my selection, I created a layout using her sketch from February 28th.Here is my layout.I used Studio Calico's Anthology line. My layout was also inspired by Studio Calico

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The page below was made using Glimmer Mist. A tutorial was on the Pink Paislee blog last week.The more I see with this stuff, the more I think I might want it!

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Good morning and happy Monday. I know it's been nearly a week since I blogged. My only excuse is normal life took over! I found some time to scrapbook at a crop with my girlfriend, Fran. She's to blame for getting me into scrapbooking. Here are sneaks from 2 layouts I completed.This one is Shane taking my in-laws dog for a week last Thanksgiving. I combined American Crafts Abode papers

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This morning I added 5 new projects to my 2 Peas Gallery. Here are the layouts with a few details.In January I had an opportunity to go to a scrapbooking treat. My primary focus was completing a mini book kit. In my free time, I created a few layouts.This layout was based on a Pencil Lines sketch. In stead of using all patterned papers for the layering, I picked out a few bingo cards. Just

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Sometimes a lazy weekend without plans is just what you need to come back to the work week feeling relaxed and recharged. Of course my weekends are never that lazy without a toddler to keep track of, and I always try to get in some scrapping!Joann had the new scrapbooking lines from Colorbox, and K and Co 40% when I stopped by on Saturday. I also picked up a few new embellishments from EMI at

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Whenever I get an influx of new products, it makes me a little antsy. I start reorganzing some of my scrap space. Once I change one thing, I feel compelled to change other pieces. I've added some new organizers to my system. I've pulled out a few adapted USPS boxes to hold older paper lines I'm still using. This frees up space in my 12x12 drawers for the new stuff. I absolutely love the

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As you know, I've been eagerly awaiting manufacturers' releases of new paper lines revealed at Winter CHA. In the past week I've gotten quite a few and I wanted to share some pics.These 3 lines are all designed by Glitz Designs. I picked up some of their papers at Eclectica Scrapbooking in Memphis last fall, and I really liked them. These lines are (from let to right) Vintage Love, Kismet, and

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It's another Monday. I hope you had a good weekend. My weekend including some treats!These are Sassafras Lass' Sweet Treats stickers for the 3 new Winter 2010 lines - Apple Jack, Nerdy Bird, and Cherry Delicious.These are the B sides of the 2 paper lines I ordered. I decided to wait on Nerdy Bird, because it's the "girliest" of the 3.I really like the new designs for the border edges on

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That's been my motto this week. My weekly trip to EMI was postponed to this past Tuesday because of weather and a sick baby last weekend. Waiting for me where these new items from Jenni Bowlin Studios.In my quest to buy everything Sassafras, I picked up the two Token Chipboard alpha sets. Plus these latest and greatest Ready-Set-Chip alphas from Cosmo Cricket.I placed my first order with A

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Here are the latest in extravagance from Prima. My personal fav are the Pebbles.Prima's Picks include some of our most exciting products to date! Just look at the beautiful Grand Dame flowers...the delicate Pearl and Rose swirls...the amazingly alterable canvas Camera Bag and the sparkly Chipboard Stickers. (And don't miss the gorgeous gift boxes!) Prima's newest releases have something for

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A few weeks ago I purchased Basic Grey's Origins line. I've really enjoyed creating with it. So far I have 3 layouts, but I have not yet been able to share them with you. This 4th one is in progress. Here is a preview.One evening my dad and mom were over. In effort to get Shane to dance, my dad thought he'd show him a few moves. Up until now, I've exclusively used Origins products with

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We had snow in Atlanta this past weekend. Here are some pictures Adam snapped of Shane and me playing. At first he didn't know what to make of it.Once the snowballs started flying Shane got over his fears and giggled like a crazy man!You know I'll be scrapping these! Thanks for reading.

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With the very near release of Sassafras Lass' CHA Winter 2010 lines, Nerdy Bird, Apple Jack, and Cherry Delicious, I've been inspired to create with my stash of products. This layout is for the PageMaps Scrapdango Sketch Contest.These are pages for a new mini book with pictures of Shane playing and having fun.I've been spending alot of time on the Sassafras Lass blog, and I was inspired to

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I've discovered I have a backlog of layouts created in the fall that I haven't shared with you. Please accept my apologies for holding out!This layout was inspired by my husband's grandmother who was very sick in October and November of this past year. We were going to visit with her for Thanksgiving, and unfortunately she passed away before we made it there. She was a beautiful person, and

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I've been hunting around in Atlanta for the latest products from Winter CHA. I picked up paper pads and embellishments from K and Co's Handmade and Blossomwood lines at Michael's. They also have quite a few new florals and embellishment from Prima. I made a trek in the rain over to Archiver’s last night. They didn't have as much out as I was hoping, but I did get the newly styled Cosmo

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I hope everyone had a great weekend. I really enjoyed my scrapbooking retreat. My big task was to assemble the Christine Middlecamp Adoring Autumn mini album kit. I'll have pictures of that to show in a few days. I completed several layouts that I will be sharing over the next month or two. I used papers and embellishments from Fancy Pants Rough and Tough, GCD Urban Artsy, Prima Paradise

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EK Success has just released a series of new border punch styles. Here are the 2 I picked up.I really like the flourish because you can use the punched-out swirls as accents on a layout or other project. EK also revealed more border punches, corner punches double punch sets, and large size single punches in a variety of shapes like scalloped circles, tags, brackets and frames.My birthday was 2

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I really enjoy my collection of vintage scrapbooking papers, embellishments and doo-dads. I've found a great way to display all these goodies is to create themed mini books. Instead of using pictures to tell the story, I use all kinds of vintage ephemera. Some of the products include Making Memories Vintage Findings kits, papers and tags from Graphic 45's Fashionista, Domestic Goddess and

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These items are available at Archiver's and online a 2 Peas. Just love these items. Great for scrapbooking, altered projects, ATCs and all kinds of papercrafting.Wood die-cutsMini stitched floralsStamp-size sticker bookEphemera kitLayered floralsFabric floral die cutsEmbossed die cutsChipboard alphabet stickersAdhesive bordersNew layouts and mini books in a day or two. Thanks for reading.

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Yesterday was my 31st birthday. I enjoyed the day, and got some scrapbooking gifts I thought I would share. One of Stampington & Company's many publications is a semi-annual magainze called Somerset Memories. A few weeks ago I ordered 2 of the most recent back issues. They are filled with beautiful pages and projects. Many of the scrapbookers including in the magazine are artists in their

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In addition to my scrapbooking layout projects, I often have a few altered projects in progress. These are pictures of ATCs or Artist Trading Cards I've completed for a Favorite Music swap. The artists I select are (from left to right) Alanis Morisette, Neil Diamond, Tom Petty, and Coldplay.This is the final one.Last month I mentioned a mini book kit I was working on. All the products are from

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Hello everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. There was lots of scrap-tivities going on in the Atlanta area. EMI's Donna Downey workshops were a huge success on Saturday. I attended Scrap Mania on Saturday evening, and it was the fullest I've ever seen.It's been awhile since I shared some layouts. This first one uses Bo Bunny double dot cardstock and Webster's Pages papers.This is a layout I

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In December, I offered to make a paper album for a good friend who was eagerly anticipating becoming a Grandma for the first time. Her grandson took his sweet old time arriving (nearly 2 weeks late!) but he is one beautiful baby. Here is the album I created for her.Over the weekend I'll have my top 5 favorite layouts I created in 2009. I may have to throw in a few flashbacks to my very first

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It’s been a while since I shared some ATCs. I haven’t been cranking out hundreds, but I make a few here and there. I was really pleased with my first swap experience. The theme was exotic beauties. I sent 2 ATCs to the organizer and received back these 3. I’m now entered in a swap with the theme favorite music. I have a concept I want to try using album cover art I printed. The artists I

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Hello all and welcome to 2010. I have no idea what this year will bring but we'll find out together! The past 2 weeks I'daily routine has been out of whack. I've been enjoying some time off from work, family visiting, traveling to Orlando Penn State's appearance in the Capital One Bowl Game, and other stuff. While I haven't scrapped nearly as much as I thought I would, I've kept up with the

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During my time off from work, I've had a chance to try some new papercrafting techniques. The first is heat embossing. I have a small collection of rubber stamps. Mostly made by Hero Arts with geometric patterns like this one I bought at Michael's for 40% off.On a trip to see my friend Jenny at Impressive Ideas, I asked her what I could do with these stamps. She immediately suggested

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I hope you all enjoyed the holiday and spent quality time with friends and family like I did. It was busy and full of fun, but didn't leave much time for scrapbooking. Saturday I devoted the majority of my day to one of my favorite pastimes, shopping! On my list of places to stop were the 3 big box craft stores, Ikea, and Phipps Mall. The big boxes were doing their usual sales. Michael's was

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Can you believe it's the week of Christmas? I'm guilty of spending too much time shopping the past few days. And it wasn't just scrapbooking stuff! Like everyone else, I'm really looking forward to time off over the next two weeks. We'll be celebrating with family and friends, and hopefully there will be time for some scrapbooking. I might not get back to the blog until after January. Until

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Hope you had a great weekend. Ours was spent celebrating the beginning of Hanukkah with friends and family. Shane got his very own vacuum (or ba-koom) is he likes to call it, and too many other gifts to mention. I gave Adam a trendy watch, and our family gift was a new Canon S90 Powershot camera. Can't wait to see how pictures come out with this spiffy new camera.In between the wrapping paper

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We're another week closer to the holidays. I don't know about you, but the past 2 have been filled with shopping and preparations. My family celebrates Hanukkah, and it begins at sundown tonight. Shane isn't old enough to know it's coming or request certain gifts, but we have more than enough to celebrate. We'll be take lots of pictures and I'll try to share them throughout the 8 "crazy"

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I know I promised more Halloween layouts. This one is Shane helping Adam carve our pumpkin.The background paper is from Best Creations. It came glittered and embossed. That makes for a quick start to a layout. I simply added the pictures with Halloween chipboard frames, a Cosmo Cricket journaling tag, and a few embellishments from American Crafts (the haunted house paper) and My Mind's Eye (

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This is not scrapbooking-related, but I had to share. You may or may not know I'm a Penn State Nittany Lion. Living in Atlanta makes it tough to get back to State College for games. I've been hoping to have a chance to see my team at a bowl game in the south. Yesterday PSU was selected to play LSU in the Captial One Citrus Bowl on New Year's Day in Orlando, FL. We'll be there with the PSU

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Here I was thinking November and December would be a quiet time for scrapbooking but I was wrong. This post is going to be a catch-up. First some shopping updates:2Peas: I broke down placed an order last week. They just had too many new great products and I couldn't resist. I'll be getting papers from MME Life Stories, Prima Bloomin Retro papers and flowers, a Hero Arts Ltd Ed stamp, Studio

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I updated my 2 Peas Gallery today, and came across the first layout I made with my baby nephew, Eli.Enjoy!

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Here are some artist trading cards I created over Thanksgiving week.This set was created on a sheet of brown cardstock measuring 7 1/2 by 8. I blocked out each card, but did not cut them until I was finished. There are a variety of products used including die cuts and papers from Graphic 45's Communique line, and ephemera from ARTchix Studios.I created these 2 with a roses theme in mind. The

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Today is the day Scrapbooking.com Magazine published their December issue. My layout is in the Features section with the article Winter Holidays. One of the things I really like about this online magazine is each project includes Step-by-Step instructions. I'd like to give a huge thanks to Jami Petersen, the Editor in Chief of Scrapbooking.com Magazine, for this opportunity.

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Happy Thanksgiving! I know this greeting is coming a few days late and it's been more than a few days since I updated the blog. We spent the holidays visiting with Adam's family in Memphis. I managed to drag my father-in-law out on Thanksgiving night for the 5-9 sale at Michael's. The big news from my shopping trips was there wasn't much exciting to be had in the crafting world IMO. Some of

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I noticed yesterday while showing my blog to a friend that I haven't posted any layouts recently. It's not that I haven't been making them, it's this blasted publishing stuff! Print publications like Scrapbook Trends require never before seen layouts for their magazine. I am probably making 7-10 layouts per month, but most of them I don't share with my adoring public (you lovely readers) for a

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My ATC work has been helped along by a friend at work. Linda Adams is an accomplished stamper who has had her worked featured in various publications, and participated in numerous ATC swaps. She encouraged me to try a technique where you start with an 8x8 or 6x6 piece of cardstock and build a series of ATC cards on a single page. I tried it out this weekend and put together these.I used a

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Check out my post over on the 2 Peas Pub message board for details about my first two publications. They are both online magazines. I'm thrilled for the recognition.

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Basic Grey finally posted the new Origins and Sugar Rush lines on their site late last night. Here are some closeups of my favorite papers and embellishments.Origins PapersOrigins PiecesOrigins BloomersSugar Rush PapersSugar Rush Writers BlockSugar Rush WooliesThere are simply too many goodies to put on my Holiday Wish List! I know what I'll be saving for!

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Kelly Goree announced 2 new lines from Basic Grey on her blog just this morning.Rather than duplicating all of the product info here, which there is tons of because they are rolling out 10 new product types, go here to read the details.I really like Basic Grey, and I've been following them closely in 2009. I thought the June Bug line released during the summer was fantastic, and I recently

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Ok - I don't really celebrate Christmas, but that doesn't mean I can't make a wish list too! In case you're wondering what to get me, here's just a few scrappy-suggestions.1) A nice basic SLR camera2) Somerset Apprentice Vol. 13) Tonic 12" Small Base Paper Cutter4) Attend a workshop with a big-name designer or attend a workshop with Christine Middlecamp5) Any of these awesome late 2009

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Last Friday marked the beginning of the creation of my very own scrap space. It won't be private. It won't have a door. I'll share the room with dog and baby. But the first big item is installed. My very own Ikea Expedit.This bookcase seems to be the preferred choice for organization by scrapbookers. We've placed it in our living room. I'll use about 1/2 of the sections, and the other half

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Those darn Michael's 50% off coupons. I collected 6 of them last week, plus the one from the Sunday ad. Of course I am compelled to use all of them, but I made a rule to not buy anything less than $10. The beauty is they can be used at Joann's or Michael's. Here's what I bought:The brand new Basic Grey 2010 Calendar Kit designed by Kelly Goree. Original price is $20.Snap 'n Stack 3 section

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My scrap desk is yet again cluttered with projects. Take a look.You've got a sneak peek of my latest Cosmo Cricket layout using The Boyfriend papers. This one is going to be displayed at EMI. You may also see a Halloween layout. Here's a sneak.The layering shown here is continued across the layout. I must say it turned out great. I created this layout to enter in the November challenge

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