Summer fun project!

Hi all! Even though today is the official start of summer, ours  offically started last Friday, with the last day of school!! We have been enjoying time spent together. Today we played the endless game of Monopoly. I swear it took over three hours to complete with me losing, of course. lol!! It was fun!!

I am determined to take a ton of pictures of all the things we do this summer. I got a great idea of a memory file system here and thought this would be a great place to chronicle all of our fun times! I  used the "Hello Summer" collection to decorate the outside of the box and for the inside will just be bits and pieces of whatever as I go along! So far I have been good about taking and printing the photos to place in the box. We will see if I keep up this pace or not but I sure hope so! In the end I think it is going to be awesome!!

On another, non-scrappy note, I finally finished the book that I was reading, "The Escape" by Barbara Delinsky. If you like present day fiction, this is one to pick up! It was an easy read...just took me awhile! My next book is going to be "11th Hour" by James Patterson. This is part of the Women's Murder Club series. Love these books so I am sure this one will not disappoint! If any of you have a  good book suggestion, I would love to hear it!

Have a great night!

so NOT a card maker

It was my turn to host the 1st mini-challenge of the My Scraps Got Talent II contest. I chose to make a card for my Dad for Father's Day this coming weekend. Let me just say...they don't call it a challenge for nothing! haha! I NEVER make cards and I think for good reason. Doing so is just too stressful for me and I feel like they never look "giveaway" worthy.  To my surprise...I kind of like how this one turned out! It is the first card I have made and actually sent to someone!! I sure hope he likes it!!

If you haven't signed up for the Got Talent contest over at My Scraps, there is still plenty of time! All of the challenges will feature an exclusive sketch from either Kristine Davidson of Creative Scrappers, Julie Bonnor or Jana Eubank. You can read all the information about the contest here. Sign yourself up and join in the fun!! A new sketch will be posted tomorrow!!

Don't forget about the great sale... code  SUMMER612 will get you 40% off your order and all orders over $25 receives free shipping!! Here is a link to the shop! While you are at it, jump on over to the store blog and get yourself in on Giveaway Monday here! You could win the EP Paradise Beach collection kit!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Summer Celebration Sale at My Scraps!!

My Scraps & More is celebrating Summer's arrival with HUGE savings for you! Now through June 17th, use promo code  SUMMER612  and save 40% off your entire order! You will also receive FREE SHIPPING if your order total reaches over $25. With new arrivals such as Fancy Pants "Time for Spring", Authentique's "Fresh" collection  and the re-stock of Echo Park's popular collections "Paradise Beach" , "Hello Summer" and the mini them kits there is much to celebrate!!! Visit here for your chance to win the Paradise Beach collection!!

Enjoy!!

Scrappy Time!!

Happy Monday! This past Saturday I hosted an all day crop and we all just had so much fun! Even though I did not get many layouts completed, it was nice to spend time with friends sharing this hobby that we all love!! Here is one of the layouts I created...

This son of mine can just crack me up with all of his silly ways and this was one of the times I actually got it on camera!! Nothing really special about the layout but just looking at this picture makes me smile!!

I also want to share the winner of the October Afternoon brads from last week...

 Lisa J. said...
I would have to say the soft colors are what entices me the most.
June 8, 2012 10:29 AM

 Congratulations Lisa!! Please e-mail me with your mailing address and I will get this fun prize out to you!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to become one of my followers and leave a comment. It is much appreciated!

Have a great day!! (Bachelorette is on tonight...whoo hoo!!)

OA Cakewalk!!!

I am soooo excited that these papers have arrived at the My Scraps & More store! These are just a couple of my favorites but I love them all. Can't wait to play!! I am really wanting to do a little giveaway too! Leave a comment here by midnight June 10th, letting me know what you like most about this line. (you can see all of it here) I will give one random winner a pack of the designer brads above!!! You can also get 20% off your order with code  NEWOA612 !! Enjoy!!

** Bo Bunny giveaway still going on here**

Oh happy day!!

Just a quick post to share a recent layout I created that just makes me happy...

the papers (so bright and cheerful), the picture (a rare one of me & my husband)... everything!!

Happy hump day!

scrap{lift} Monday!

Today I got some time to work on our scrap{lift} challenge on the My Scraps & More's message board. In case you are not familiar, there are challenges posted daily and Monday's are our scrap lift day! Here is the link to check out Anna's page, which is our inspiration for today! I have had these October Afternoon paper's sitting here just waiting to be played with so I found the perfect picture of Connor from a couple of Christmas' ago and did just that!!

I can't believe that I have actually gotten two layouts done in the last couple of days! Whoo hoo!! Sometimes it feels like I go days without being able to scrap or having the mojo to do it! Let me just say that this felt good!! Now off to finish up dinner so I can get all comfy in my chair to watch The Bachelorette! Any of you hooked on the show like I am??

Have a great night!

(giveaway is still going on two posts down!!)

Creative Scrappers sketch #1

It was so fun to scrap just because! No deadline, no assignments...just whatever! Fun!! I am a big fan of Kristine Davidson's sketches from Creative Scrappers and joined in on her little online crop this weekend. Here is her sketch...

and here is what I came up with featuring my dog Delilah...

Please link up your projects in this post if you play along! I love to see how everyone's take on a sketch can be so different!

Enjoy your day!

Blog Makeover!!

Good Morning! I am so excited to get my personal blog up and running again! How do you like the design? Special shout out to Allison of Green Tangerine Designs who did an awesome, awesome job...thank you!!

My plan for this blog is to share my life, mostly through scrapbooking,! One of my favorite things to do on my store blog is Monday Giveaways, so you know that I have to do a version of that here too!! I am going to start that off right now in fact!! Simply leave a comment in this post letting me know what you think of my blog by midnight June 17th AND become a follower  for your chance to win the papers from the new summer line from Bo Bunny "Hello Sunshine"!

Do you have any fun, scrappy plans for the weekend? My friend from Creative Scrapper, Kristine Davidson, is having a little online crop featuring a couple of sketches and prizes to win...one being from My Scraps & More!! You can check out the Facebook page for it here. I am hoping to play along!! Speaking of her sketches, don't miss out on the great sketch she made for the My Scraps Got Talent II contest. I posted the first challenge yesterday which you can check out here on the message boards!

Family wise it is soccer tournament weekend for my 10 year old son! He has a 4pm and 6pm game today. Hopefully they will still go on after all of the crazy weather we had last night!!

Have a great weekend!!