Queen of the Crop

Good Monday morning! Please find below my post from The Everyday Scrapper website. Go on over there & check it out, & leave some love if you should feel so inclined. ;o) --------------------------------------------------------------------- I have mentioned before that I am on a card kick. With it being the end of the school year, it gave me the perfect opportunity to make some for the girls teachers. I’m not sure if you have seen the owls that are out there. There certainly is a trend & a lot of different ones to chose from. I actually found some in my stash, in my scrap paper to be honest, & came up with these three cards for the girls teachers: Do you have any layouts or cards where you used owls? if not a lo or card, how about an altered item, or another project? Do you make cards or gifts for your kiddos teachers? If so, please head on over to the The Everyday Scrapper forum & share with us your creations. We would love to see your work

Yesterday I posted my weekly Funday Monday post on The Everyday Scrapper , & here is what I posted. I recently hooked, & reeled in, a good friend to the scrapbooking world (you know who you are…). Now granted, she is an avid crafter to begin with. She makes jewelry, paints, makes cards, but she never scrapbooked before. I took her with me to a page design class, & also to a crop, & well, let’s just say that I have created a monster! One of the first pages that she did, she did like a pro! She did a “corset” effect on her layout. I have seen this done before, but never tried it myself. (her page is gorgeous, btw!!). She inspired me to give it a whirl, & I created this layout, for the From Here 2 Scrapternity design team call: Have you ever done a corset, or similar look, on one of your pages or projects? If so, please share with us in the forum your creations. We love to oohh & aahh over everyone’s work. Thanks for looking! Have a fabulous week!

I told you that I am waaaayyyy behind on my blogging! Well, I am very very very happy to say that I was selected to be on the Design Team for Scraptacular ! This is my lss & such a fun place to be! She has crops & fund raisers, & classes, & a wonderful store. If you are not in my area, you can always check her out online at http://www.itsscraptacular.com/ . Tell her that I sent you. ;o) Anyway, my first month on the Design Team was May, & everything in this post is what I created with her May kit: The below lo was created using a sketch by the new sketch artist for Scraptacular, Liz Chidester. You can find her beautiful sketches at http://www.blogger.com/www.thescrappiest.blogspot.com . This lo was created using a sketch by the very talented sketch designer Mia Clarke . You can find it at The Everyday Scrapper in the Sketchy Sunday forum.

I am so far behind on my blogging!  It always seems this time of year just whizzes on by, & I am left standing back in February!  But, we are in May, school is winding down, Easter is past us, many of the birthdays that we celebrate have been celebrated, & we are coming into the summer months.   So, let’s see if I can keep up w/ my posts moving forward.  To start me back on the right track, here is a post that I did last Monday on The Everyday Scrapper : For some reason, Mother’s day totally snuck up on me!  We have been so busy, that I kind of forgot.  Ooops.  So, we scrambled on Saturday for a last minute gift.  We went to Lowes for something else, so while there, I got a white pot, & a marigold, which is my mother-in-laws favorite plant.  I didn’t have much time, but wanted to spruce it up a little.  So, I pulled the tag out of the pot & decided that I would alter it!  Quick thinking, right? I covered it with patterned paper, front & back, & added a

And the time has come to announce the winners of the blog hops! I am so happy that you all found your way to my blog, & hope that you continue to come back. Now onto the good stuff!! For The Everyday Scrapper, random.org picked #11. Congratulations: Sarah A - a RAK from me and for the Cropstop hop, the lucky winner chosen by random.org, #3: Nicole - a slew of ribbon from me! Congratulations Sarah & Nicole. Please email me your address & I will try to have them out to you pronto! Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to hop on through! I look forward to seeing you again soon! Have a fabulous week!!!

Good Monday morning!!! I just wanted to make a quick post to let you know that I have not forgotten about the blog hops & the winners! I will be making a post a little later on today, with some new projects, exciting news, & the winners of TES & CS blog hops! Sorry to keep you hanging, but at least I know you will be back, right? ;o) Have a wonderful day! See you soon!

Something that you may not know about me, besides my love of scraping & crafting, is getting free stuff. Or saving boat loads of money with coupons/rebates/sales, or a combo of all three. My friend Tiffany turned me onto this site called Mom's Need to Know . It is a fabulous money saving site that has everything I love (non-craft related). Free things, money saving ideas, links for coupons, awesome sales, etc. Along with this stuff, she has a few giveaways. One of them is for a bundle of Sun & Earth cleaning products . One lucky winner will be drawn to win a whole lot of cleaning supplies that also help w/ saving the earth. Please go check it out! Who knows, maybe you will be a winner. Even if you don't check out the giveaway, just check out the site for coupons alone! What a fabulous site!!! --------------------------------------------------------------- Just a reminder that the 2 blog hops are still going on until Saturday! If you haven't hopped your way through

It is your lucky day! There are two fabulous blog hops going on right now, & I am so blessed to be a part of both of them. So, which ever you are here for, please check out the other for some fun & great prizes. Please click either link below to take you to the appropriate post, or just page down: The Everyday Scrapper Blog Hop The Cropstop Blog Hop Thanks for stopping!

Today is the day that we celebrate National Scrapbook Day!! And The Everyday Scrapper couldn’t be more excited about it. We are glad that you are taking a little time out of your busy schedule 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, Saturday, May 1st and will end Saturday, May 8th 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 all of the stops: 1. The Everyday Scrapper 2. Catherine 3. Anneliese <<== You are Here 4. Lisa 5. Tabitha 6. Sharon 7. Ann

Yes, we are doing it again! In honor of National Scrapbook Day, we are hosting a week long, progressive blog hop! Starting with the Cropstop Blog , you will visit each of the Cropstop Crew Member Blogs listed below to grab the items for your creative project. Then you will have one week to complete your project and link it back to the reply box at the Cropstop Blog . Deadline for linking is midnight, Saturday, May 8, 2010 DST. A great prize is being offered by the Cropstop store ! Prize will be awarded by random draw from the projects linked to the Cropstop blog by the deadline above. I am the 5th stop on the way, so if you happened here first, please make sure to start at the Cropstop blog then visit every blog and gather all of the items you will need for you layout or card creation! Cropstop Crew memebers may be offering RAKs for stopping by their blog, so be sure to read the entire post in each blog! You will find your first creative element at the Cropstop Blog …t