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Croppin' for a Cause

2011-03-12T08:59:00.000-08:00

I got so much accomplished last weekend in East Waterford at the Crop for a Cause...plus I had a BLAST! Can you tell I fell in love with My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose?

Scraptacular Blog Hop winner!

2011-02-21T06:15:00.001-08:00

So...I have a random winner from Scraptacular's Blog Hop...DUM DUM DUM...It's CRAFTY GIRL! Please message me your mailing address so I can send out your RAK!!!

Scrapping Retreats

2011-02-15T04:16:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I got together with a group of about 10 other women to scrap and have fun for the weekend. We've been getting together for about the last 5 years. It started in the summer for the CK Convention in Valley Forge, and we enjoyed it so much that we decided to meet every year in February, too. We get hotel rooms, a conference room, scrap, shop, go out for dinner, and have a great time talking, LAUGHING, scrapping, and just "getting away".

Our get-togethers are the only time I get to see some of these women and I really cherish the fact that we all have a love of scrapbooking in common and it has created some great friendships!

I also appreciate the fact that I get to be creative and productive...so here are some of the layouts I created over the weekend...

Scraptacular Blog Hop!

2011-02-14T03:11:00.000-08:00

Thanks for hopping on over! Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I made sure I was wearing something red today and my students will be performing math lessons using Valentine's M&M's.

Although I didn't use Scraptacular's February kit for my layouts, I was able to use up some of my older Scraptacular kits. I LOVE using up older kits because that means there's more room to replace them with NEW product!

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my layouts or the kits they were created with. All comments made by 5:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 15th will be entered into a random drawing for a RAK.

Next stop on the Blog Hop....Beth!

Drive by....

2010-10-17T19:13:00.000-07:00

2-page layouts...

2010-08-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

I ditched 2-page layouts years ago...but for some reason, lately, I've been really into them again. I LOVE using page maps! The first layout I COMPLETELY copied from somewhere! I can't remember where (a blog? Scrapbook Trends?) But it was so beautiful, and I had all the pieces, that I couldn't resist!

This layout allowed me to share a ton of pics from Evan's horsey ride...and the Kraft accents made it "pop".

For the love...of Basic Grey

2010-08-23T10:09:00.000-07:00

After schlepping carloads of my belongings from my parent's house to my new place, I was SO SICK of packing and unpacking that there was NO WAY I was going to load up my car again to go scrapping at the Hamburg Hideaway this weekend. So...for the FIRST TIME EVER...I down-sized. The only paper packs I took with me were my Basic Grey kits. I took some embellishments, and my Basic Grey alphas, but NO Thickers (those of you who know me know that is quite an accomplishment)!!!

I really think my weekend was more enjoyable because I wasn't overwhelmed with all my "stuff". Also, a lot of the Basic Grey lines coordinate with each other, so I could mix-n-match. Here are the layouts I created using my Basic Grey stash...

Some "old" Scarlett's Letter:

A mixture of Mellow and Max-n-Whiskers:

The new Wander line:

Green at Heart:

and Oliver:

Drive by....

2010-08-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

Evan's 2-year Birthday pictures....

2010-08-10T06:48:00.000-07:00

....are SCRAPPED!!!!

Masking and Misting!!!

2010-08-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

So...my FAVORITE class at CKC a few weeks ago was the Masking and Misting class with Studio Calico. It's a completely different style of scrapbooking than what I'm used to, but I like the way it looks and I had fun creating with some Maya Mist. I created the layout below with mist and stamps, and then added stickers and a picture yesterday. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way it turned out!!!

Because I had so much fun creating the above layout, I decided to try my own design with some circle masks I had bought a long time ago. I used some Orange Maya Mist that I got in a kit from the Hamburg Hideaway. I really like the way this turned out too. I added some old Cosmo Cricket paper and Jillibean Sprouts.

One CRAZY week!

2010-08-07T09:09:00.000-07:00

My VERY FIRST NIECE was born on Tuesday, August 3rd. Adalyn Elizabeth was a tiny little baby, and I got to visit her at the hospital just hours after she was born. The next morning I spent some time with my little monkey, Aiden. He LOVES to bounce around in pretty much everything. He's the happiest little boy and so much fun to play with!

After I left Aiden's house, I went to babysit my other nephew, Evan, since his Mommy and Daddy were still at the hospital. I spent a full 24 hours with him and had so much fun playing play-doh, eating popsicles, building a "jungle", and just being silly!

To top it all off, I took my best friend's 2 boys to go see Despicable Me. Such a GREAT movie! I loved it! And even though I was EXHAUSTED when I finally made it back home, I couldn't resist sitting down and cranking out some more layouts...

Oh Oliver!!!

2010-08-03T12:21:00.000-07:00

So....over the weekend I fell in love with Oliver. You know! The new Oliver line from Basic Grey! I scarfed ALMOST every piece of product and dived right into it. I also found out that a lot of the colors in Oliver are similar to the colors in My Mind's Eye's Lil Robots (which I'm also in love with). Here's what I created so far...

Back from CKC!!!

2010-08-02T06:51:00.000-07:00

As always, I had a blast at CKC, Valley Forge. I had an entire 4 days of shopping, classes, fun dinners and scrapping with my girls. I haven't uploaded ALL my layouts yet, but here are some from my classes.

These two are from the Quick Quotes class that I took. All four of the layouts we created used the same papers and flowers. So far, I've only added pictures to these. I thought Evans outfit matched the papers pretty well, and the quote on the bottom layout goes so well with the pictures of Tabatha and her sweetie pie.

This layout was from Latest and Greatest with Basic Grey (even though nothing on this page is actually Basic Grey). BUT...scrapping birthdays can get kind-of boring since there are always so many pictures and it gets done EVERY year (just like Christmas). So this is a fun layout that I didn't have to think about and I could just slap the pictures on. Below are some close ups (still need to add the journaling):

Make sure you check out the Scrapbook Sussies blog today, too. I posted 8 (Yes! Count them. EIGHT!) layouts that I created using the August kit. It's chocked full of summer yummies from Bella Blvd's All Inclusive line and WeRMemoryKeepers 72 & Sunny kit.

Feels like 110 degrees?!?!

2010-07-25T07:14:00.000-07:00

I was NOT playing around in the heat yesterday...as soon as I heard it would feel like 110 degrees outside, I decided it would be the perfect day to stay inside and play with the new Scrapbook Sussies kit for August. Check out their blog for some sneak peeks of the layouts I created.

Here's another layout I made using the Top Shelf Memories kit I purchased at the Hamburg Hideaway...

Christmas in July???

2010-07-17T06:03:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately...I still have Christmas pictures that have to be scrapped. I took a break, and now I'm trying to finish it. The Webster's Pages Christmas line is so beautiful...

I just HAD to hand cut the tree on one of their papers. I outlined it with Stickles and pop dotted it for a beautiful hand-made embellishment. Here's a close-up...

Last year at the CK Convention I got some older My Mind's Eye Holiday paper for a STEAL...so I'm trying to use some of that up also with this layout...

More layouts...

2010-07-10T05:57:00.000-07:00

from my weekend at the Hamburg Hideaway!!! Here's 2 more layouts using Scrapbook Sussies' May kit...

My Little Shoebox (below)

Another layout from the February Scrapbook Sussies' kit (below)

Joy Ride from Cosmo Cricket

LOVE Basic Grey (especially Lime Rickey)

NEW (for me) Pink Paislee and Little Yellow Bicycle

Jillibean Soup

One of my FAVORITE things about scrapping at the Hamburg Hideaway is the access to Taryn's scrapbook store, Top Shelf Memories

She has also created a monthly kit club, and the older kits are stocked in her store for an amazing discount! I LOVE these kits and the last 2 layouts are from April's kit (which included Maya Mist, thickers, and TONS of fun stuff!)...

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

2010-07-05T06:50:00.000-07:00

Oops!!! I think I've been neglecting my blog again.

Last weekend I went to the Hamburg Hideaway and completed 20 (Yup....TWENTY) layouts! Then I proceeded to leave them behind and didn't realize it until I was almost home. Thankfully, one of my buddies grabbed them for me (You Rock, Beth!) and I am now ready to SHARE SHARE SHARE. Here are the layouts I created using Its Scraptacular's July kit (packed with Pink Paislee, Webster's Pages, and sprinkled with a little Jenni Bowlin:

Here are is what I came up with using one side of the July kit for Scrapbook Sussies that was made up of My Family from Fancy Pants and lots of fun embellishments...

Memorial Day!!!

2010-05-31T03:53:00.000-07:00

Happy Memorial Day! I'm LOVING my extra day off from work. Last week was so hectic, busy, and FUN! I was lucky enough to go out several nights last week, therefore missing out on my precious sleep. So, I've spent this weekend resting up and scrapping with my kits from Its Scraptacular and Scrapbook Sussies.

I created a Welcome Home banner using one half of the Scrapbook Sussies kit for when my new niece arrives. Check out the blog to see the step-by-step process I undertook to create my very first banner (it was a lot of work but I love the way it turned out)! I also decorated a gift bag for my best friend's birthday this past week....

and I used my leftover scraps for a layout of her adorable daughter...

The other half of the Sussies kit featured the Scooter's Vacation collection. I thought the theme went well with these snowmobile pictures of my brother and nephew playing in the snow.

I created another layout of my nephew, Aiden, and his mommy sharing moments together.

In the packages of page protectors I've been getting for my 12x12 albums, they have been included samples of their 4x6 picture pocket protectors. I use these when I have a bunch of pictures I want to scrapbook, but too many for a regular layout. It also gives me a chance to include a little bit of embellishing to go along with the pics.

You can also check out all the layouts I created using the Its Scraptacular June kit over on their blog.

Some stash and some new stuff!

2010-05-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

More layouts from the Hamburg Hideaway this weekend...

Hamburg Hideaway layouts....

2010-05-10T11:36:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful weekend getaway at the scrap-a-licious Hamburg Hideaway. I came home and realized that almost half of my layouts were with Basic Grey. I dipped into some old-school Archaic, JuneBug, and I finally used up some of my Eskimo Kisses Collection.

I also got some of Scraptacular's "special" kit for June that is chocked full of the new Max & Whiskers. Can't wait to share those layouts soon!

May kit from Its Scraptacular!!!

2010-05-01T05:10:00.000-07:00

I've only dug into half of the kit for this month, but it is JAM-PACKED with yummy paper, stickers, and chipboard. Half of the kit is from Crate Paper (Brook Collection) and the other half is from Bella Blvd. They both complement each other and I'm having fun mixing the two collections together. Here's what I've created so far...

Since today is National Scrapbooking Day and I will be busy scrapping, I'm sure I will post more layouts later.

Driveby....

2010-04-17T07:44:00.000-07:00

A Scrapbooker Bad at Photography????

2010-04-04T10:44:00.000-07:00

Yup...that's me. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to scrapbook, but HATE taking pictures. However, it needs to be done in order for me to upload my layouts. These first two layouts you can barely see because the pictures are so awful. Can I just hire someone to take care of this for me??? It's my least favorite part of this whole process!

Anyway...it's Easter Sunday and I just wanted to quickly share some of the layouts I created over my (abbreviated, thanks to all our snow days) Spring Break. Can't wait to go over to my brother and SIL's house for dinner, since she will be announcing whether she's pregnant with a boy or girl (can't wait to start shopping for cute little clothes)!

Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions for taking better pictures of my layouts:

Supplies: Patterned Paper, stickers, flair - American Crafts; Journaling Tag - Love, Elsie;

Title - hand stitched using Bazzil stitching templates

Supplies: Patterned Paper - GCD Studios; Eyelets/Snaps - WeRMemoryKeepers;

Letter Stickers - Cosmo Cricket

Supplies (from Scrapbook Sussies March kit): Patterned Paper, tags, stickers - Cosmo Cricket;

Brads - Basic Grey and K&Co.; Border Punch - Fiskars; Letter stickers - Cosmo Cricket (mini)

and Doodlebug Designs (red)

Supplies: Patterned Paper, hand-cut fish, journaling tag - Bella Blvd.;

Die-cut Paper - WeRMemoryKeepers; Letter stickers - Pink Paislee (yellow)

and American Crafts (thickers); Other - Robin's Nest Dew Drops

Scrapbook Sussies April kit

2010-03-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

I'm SUPER excited that I am now officially a member of the Scrapbook Sussies Design Team. The first kit I got to design with is for April and it is packed with such PRETTY stuff from the My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary" line and the new Dear Lizzy line from American Crafts. The papers were so pretty and girly that I just HAD to scrap pictures of my best friend's daughter (who is just the cutest and sweetest little girl)! Check out my creations below!

A Blog Snob????

2010-03-29T15:06:00.000-07:00

It's kind-of funny that during the past year or two that I've been checking out other people's blogs, I've always been very alarmed when I find one that hasn't been updated in several weeks, or even MONTHS!!! I wonder "what's wrong with this person? they made a commitment to blog and now they can't keep up with it? How can they be sooooo busy that they can't get on even ONCE A WEEK to keep it going?"

WELL....unfortunately I think my blog has slipped into the background for the past few weeks and I feel REALLY guilty for being so judgmental towards others. My friend informed me that I've been a 'Blog Snob'. I tried not to get offended. AND I decided that I would IMMEDIATELY update my blog and try to get back on track.

I had a wonderful weekend at a crop in Morgantown to raise money for Autism organized by Beth at Its Scraptacular. I got a ton of layouts done, won a raffle prize, got a bunch of goodies, and the food was great! It always blows my mind how friendly and nice most scrapbookers are. I barely knew anyone there but felt right at home with the ladies that I met.

Here are some layouts I created....

(Supplies: Patterned Paper, ribbon, letter stickers - Webster's Pages; Flowers - Prima; Stickles)

(Supplies: Patterned Paper, chipboard, quote tag - Fancy Pants 'All Fall'; Alpha stickers - American Crafts; Journaling Tag - K&Co.)

(old, old stash from Cloud 9 Designs and the rub-on is My Mind's Eye)

(Supplies: Patterned Paper, stickers, diecuts - Bella Blvd.; Chipboard Alphas - American Crafts; Buttons - Nikki Sivvils; mini alphas - My Little Shoebox)

I was in 7th heaven stitching on my layouts since I don't have a sewing machine at home and Beth brought one for us to use. LOVE IT!

Lots of Layouts...

2010-03-10T15:21:00.000-08:00

This layout I creating using some older My Mind's Eye Holiday paper, Making Memories paper, and a sketch from Imaginisce :

Another holiday layout using scraps I had leftover from SEI's Glitzmas paper and I scraplifted from a layout I found on Two Peas entitled "Weekend Farm" (it's an amazing layout):

Here's a layout I created for the contest over on the Page Maps blog. I used my stash of Halloween papers/embellies from Pink Paislee, Making Memories, and Cosmo Cricket:

For this layout of my new nephew, Aiden, and my SIL, Tabatha, I used Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love and Nutmeg and scraplifted Debbie Olsen's layout on the Cosmo Cricket blog:

And last, but not least, this layout I actually created ALL BY MYSELF without scraplifting from ANYONE! and...I used up some older product that I've had sitting around forEVER (I love when I use up old stuff)...

Are YOU a Scrapbook Sussie???

2010-03-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

Ever heard of Scrapbook Sussies? They are an AMAZING kit club that I've subscribed to for over 2 years now. The kits have two different sets of papers and embellishments, so it's like getting 2 kits in one. There are ALWAYS cardstock papers, patterned papers, and TONS of embellies!!! In December, half of the kit was fun Holiday goodies. Here are 4 layouts I created, and I STILL have stuff left!!! LOVE Scrapbook Sussies!

2010-03-07T13:55:00.000-08:00

Check out the layouts I created from the March kit at Its Scraptacular!!! There's so much fun stuff from Nikki Sivvils and embellishments that were added to the kit that worked perfectly with the patterned paper! One of my favorite parts of the kit were the thickers...a font that I've never seen before!!! I used them in the title "Kerby...Meet Aiden" and the word "Spoon". The butterflies in the paper were fun to hand-cut and use to add dimension to the first layout. Check out the Scraptacular website to get your hands on this amazing kit!

Uh Oh...Freedom's Almost Over!!!

2010-02-28T10:10:00.000-08:00

OH NO!!! It's Sunday and I see a FULL WEEK of school looming ahead of me! Maybe it will snow at the end of the week again??? I'm getting stressed out already, thinking of all the things that have to get accomplished this week. So, in celebration of my last day of freedom (I'm sure those scrapbook supplies won't get touched all week) I'm posting the last few layouts that I've created this weekend.

I used the ever-reliable Page Maps for this layout and some bright and sunny American Crafts Backyard paper.

"Time for the Stocking" is probably my favorite layout from this weekend. I totally scraplifted this layout from a blog I found this morning. She's got some amazing projects!!!

Drive by....

2010-02-27T06:40:00.000-08:00

My creativity from yesterday....

Snow Day #7

2010-02-26T06:16:00.000-08:00

I'm LOVING all of these snow days!!!! I may be HATING them later on during the school year when we're making them up, but there's nothing I can do about it so I'm enjoying it!

I was pretty productive yesterday. I went through all of my scrapbooking supplies, cleaned up my work area, and got rid of A LOT! I also have a HUGE bag full of stuff I'm ready to give away. There may be some blog candy in the near future. Not only did I purge...but I created four layouts that I'm really happy with!

For this layout I used my Little Yellow Bicycle papers/stickers/transparencies. I hand cut the pumpkins and pop-dotted one of them for some dimension.

I used some of my stuff from Scrapbook Sussies halloween kit for this layout, with my Making Memories stash of buttons and felt embellishments from their Spook Alley line. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chipboard alphas and American Crafts' Flair!

I'm still using BoBunny's Pet Shop line for the pics of Evan dressed as a puppy for Halloween. HE'S SO CUTE!!!!

The last layout I created last night is with some OLD OLD OLD stash I found while I was purging. It's Deja' Views (did I spell that right) and it's perfect summertime/beach paper.

Getting rid of some books and some Scrapbook Sussies LAYOUTS!!!!

2010-02-25T06:52:00.000-08:00

Yes. It's a Thursday morning and I'm home. Why? you ask....I think this is officially storm #4 in the Philly area and it's our 6th snow day. I'm not complaining. The School District has already taken some days away from Spring Break and added on an extra day in June. But there's nothing we can do about, I hadn't finalized any travel plans for Spring Break, and I'm going to ENJOY IT!!!!!

This past weekend I went away scrapping with 9 other WONDERFUL ladies who I get together with twice a year. We spend the weekend together in July during the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Valley Forge, and then we get together again in February. We've been doing this for about 4 years and I LOVE IT!!! One of the girls, Jen, introduced me to a book-swapping website that I've now gotten hooked on. I've posted 7 books I've had laying around and within days they've all been requested and I've mailed them out to various parts of the country. In return, I get to request 7 books that I would like to receive. As of now, I have 2 books on their way to me! LOVING IT!!!

Over the weekend, I wasn't as productive scrapbooking-wise as I usually am. I'm not even too crazy about some of the pages that I did. However, they're done and I'm moving on. Here's some of the layouts I created using Scrapbook Sussies February kit. In the first layout I tried to be creative and I used some Heidi Swapp masks with my Tattered Angels glimmer mists that I never know what to do with. I think it turned out alright, but after adding the black hand-written journaling I really like it.

Newly Discovered....

2010-02-19T07:24:00.000-08:00

Okay...I know they've been around for awhile and I've walked past them a million times at my LSS, but I've just recently discovered and fallen in love with BoBunny's Pet Shop and Fancy Pants' Little Sprout. Perfect for Evan's doggy pictures from Halloween and Aiden's newborn pictures! Here's what I whipped up last week during the snow storm (I know...I scrapped A LOT during that week)!!!

What do you do during 2 Back-to-Back snow storms????

2010-02-15T06:12:00.000-08:00

Scrap with Basic Grey!!!

Ambrosia with a layout inspired from A Little Dotty!

Mellow with some Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist and a layout from Page Maps

Lime Rickey with a layout using a Cosmo Cricket sketch

Eskimo Kisses and a layout scrap-lifted from Meg's "Melon Delight" layout on Cosmo Cricket's blog

What?!?! It was that EASY?!?!

2010-02-15T03:30:00.000-08:00

Wow...setting up a blog has been a goal of mine for a long time. Want to keep up with all the amazing scrapbookers out there, share some of my everyday trials and tribulations, and display my Design Team work. All I did was click on one button..."start your own blog"...follow a few directions, and here I am. Now...will anyone be checking it out? Guess that remains to be seen.