Queen of the Crop

The Everyday Scrapper Blog Hop "Grand Prize" Winner has been announced! Now, I also had a RAK ... and I am pleased to give it away to.... Michele! (picked by random.org) Michele said... I love sketches too! Your mailboxes are great! Congrats Michele! E-mail me at amgrassi@verizon.net to claim your prize! Please note winner has 7 days to claim their prize before a new winner is chosen.Thanks again for joining us for the hop!

I have always been told that when one door closes, another one opens. Well, I am sad to say that this week was my last week on the Design Team for Nuts About Sketches . It was a great run, Shawn has wonderful sketches, that I will continue to use each week, but my time is up. Thank you, Shawn, for the fabulous opportunity to be on the dt. {door closes} {door opens} I am very happy to tell you that I have been selected to be on the Crop Stop's Design Team! I will be working with them from March through August! I am so excited, & cannot wait to see what they have in store for me! They have a fabulous store, & the talent, whew! it is certainly amazing! I am really looking forward to working with the ladies over there! If you have the chance, head on over & take a look. The forum is just hoppin w/ ideas & creativity! Hope to see you there. ------------------------------------------------------------ With that being said, here are my last two posts for Nuts About Sketc...

Todays the day that our first ever blog hop starts, for The Everyday Scrapper ! We couldn't be more excited a bout it. We are glad that you are taking a little time out of your busy schedules to hop along with us!!! You will be visiting the Contributors and Sketch team members! We are so excited to have everyone join in on the fun! Of course there will be lots of prizes and RAK's along the way. The hop officially begins today, Wednesday, Feb. 17 and will end Wednesday, Feb. 24th at midnight EST. Hopefully you will get a lot of inspiration along the hop! There will be 1 main prize and a few RAK's along the way. You will need to comment on each blog to be eligible for the prizes! I am the 3rd stop, so if you just happened upon this, please make sure you go back to the beginning and hit all the other blogs. Here is the list of stops: 1. The Everyday Scrapper http://www.theeverydayscrapper.com/?p=2828 2. Catherine http://www.dance-the-tide.blogspot.com/ 3. Anneliese http://www....

New Valentine's Day Contest Posted at Timeless Daydreams ! Chance to win $30.00 Worth of Scrapbook goodies!! Check thier forum for full details!!!

This lo is of our visit to Christmas Village. It is this crazy place near where we live, that is all decorated for Christmas. Lights, decorations, characters, figures, shops, trains....you name it, if it is Christmas affiliated, or even if it is not, it is there! The kids love it! It was so cold, but it was a fun family outing. This lo was created for the Nuts About Sketches dt.

Catherine, at The Everyday Scrapper , has asked me to take over the Monday spot on the website! There are some wonderful contributors that share fabulous ideas from money saving tips, to card making, to sketches, to altered projects, etc. It is just a very talented group of ladies! I am now blessed to have the opportunity to contribute regularly. So, check out the site when you get the chance, not just to see what I post on Mondays, but what everyone has to share, everyday! Here is my very first Monday post: Can you believe that we are in February? And Valentine's day is right around the corner. This week my girls are celebrating Valentine's day at preschool, so with the help of Emma, we made the Valentine's for their classes. First we cut out heart layers with the Cricut, using the Doodlecharms cartridge. (A money saving tip: I used all paper that was in my scrap bin! A great way to use it up, & save money at the same time!). Once that was done, I inked the wh...

This week, Shawn had a bonus sketch over at Nuts About Sketches . And here is my lo for the DT. It is of my daughters, on the first nice spring day, after a long winter being indoors, playing outside on their bikes. It is so weird scrapping these pics, because they look so young! they are just growing up so stinkin fast!

Hey! Go take a look at the sneak peaks from CHA on Scraptaculars blog! There are a lot of amazing new products coming out. Promote the give-away somewhere, & leave a comment on her blog for a chance to win a spectacular prize!! Go ....what are you waiting for???

I could not wait to scrap these pics & they have been sitting here since Christmas 2008! Just look at Emma's face! We have a yearly holiday party with my mom's side of the family, a kind of reunion, if you will. And every year we take family photos. I usually try to get the pic that I will put in my Christmas cards at this time. Well, as you can tell, Emma wanted no parts of it. Finally, she stomped over to the chair, crossed her arms, crossed her legs, & gave the meanest face she knew how to give! It made the entire place roar with laughter! Which made her madder. But then she knew the attention was on her, so then she pretended to be mad to get more laughter. What a goof. She is going to be my actress/performer....mark my words. This lo was created as part of my dt work with Nuts About Sketches . Week 94.

As you know, I was Guest Designer for From Here 2 Scrapternity for the month of January. Well, they sent me some wonderful scrappy supplies to work with (Cloud 9 Design Cocoa Mint & cardstock stickers, World Win Treasures card stock, Heidi Grace Designs rub-ons, as well as some tags & ribbon, & buttons & flowers), & yesterday was my big reveal. I am sad to say that my term is over, but the very talented Lisa starts today, as Guest Designer for February. I can't wait to see what she has in store for us. While I'm at it, the From Here 2 Scrapternity crop is coming up February 12 - 14! Come join us for some wonderful challenges, games, & prizes! This lo was created from a sketch at Creative Scrapbooking Divas :