Let's Capture Our Memories DT Projects!

My first month of dt projects are finally up for reveal at LCOM!  For this month we were supplied with a fun box of vintage inspired goodies which included papers from the Tim Holtz collections.  Honestly, I was a bit unsure about how to begin... how to approach working with these papers.  I had the idea-ology Lost and Found collection, definitely more vintage in style, and not normally something I would use, but I believe I did a pretty good job of creating some well rounded projects in the end!  Sooo, here's a look at all my creations, and if you'd like to see more supply info..etc... you can check them all out over on the DT projects board at LCOM, HERE! 

This was my Anniversary card to DH for our 10th last month!  :)

 

 

 

Ohhh, and for the above card design, I must give credit to Calia Yang for her beautiful stamp embossed tags above!  I only attached them onto my card, but Calia created those beauties... thanks, Calia!  They sure did make for a fabulous looking card if I must say so myself!  :)

Get Picky!!

Have you heard there's a new challenge blog,
"Get Picky"? 
This one is all about creating with
multi-photos... something that I really enjoy in my scrapping! 
I'm very excited about their challenges and I hope to participate in them whenever I get the chance.

The first sketch went up on their blog on the 15th, which also happened to be Wave of Light, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.  We lit our special candle that night in observance of this day and in remembrance of our angels.   I took some great photos to commemorate what we do on this day every year, and they were a perfect fit for Get Picky's first sketch!  Here's my page...

(You may click on the pictures to view them larger)

and here's the sketch, Get Picky Sketch #1...

I tried to be a little creative by creating a large flame for my background image in place of the sketch's circle.  I also got to play with some of the new Tradition line from Fancy Pants.  I love the flocked red damask transparency... it's gorgeous! 

Tomorrow will be a fun day... spending the day in Lancaster!  We're going to a Britt Nicole, Revive and Hawk Nelson concert!  My niece loves Hawk Nelson, and her Birthday is coming up November 27th, so we are taking her and her boyfriend along with us for an early Birthday surprise!  I know she's going to be soo excited!  We're also going to do some outlet shopping and get dinner before the show.  Times to Remember, an awesome scrapbook store located at the Hershey Outlets just recently opened up their second Times to Remember location at the Rockvale Outlets in Lancaster... sooo you know where I'll be headed! :D Have yourselves a good one... I plan to!   

Not Feeling So Fancy!

So... the notifications for the new dt were to have gone out last night for the new Creative Team at Fancy Pants, and the list is to be posted sometime today.  I did not get a notification!  :(  Not real happy about it at all... just tired of putting myself out there and once more left feeling disappointed.  Blah!!! Anyway... thought for today I'd share the rest of my submission here, and then I can go back to my sulking for this bleak Monday afternoon, lol.  Hope you like them... I did! 

An October Sketch at Imaginisce...

I haven't participated or followed along in any sketch challenges lately and I was kind of craving one, lol, if ya can call it that... a sketch craving!  So I happened upon a great one over at the Imaginisce blog the other day and decided to dig into some of my Fall Papers from the Imaginisce Apple Cider collection. 
It's a one page sketch, however I decided to make mine a 2 page layout... but only my first page follows the sketch...

Here's the original sketch for October from Cindy Stevens at Imaginisce...

And again... here's the first page of my layout that goes with the sketch...

And some close-up detail...

Here's the second half of the layout and some detail as well...

I totally love this Apple Cider line as much as I loved these fun Fall pix from last year!  Look at the gorgeous colors in the leaves... I soo wish they were as brightly colored this year too, but so far they aren't anywhere near as colorful!  Check out that fun leaf doily I used on here... cool, huh?!  I bought  those leaf shaped doilies at the Dollar Tree store can you believe!  I thought they were totally perfect for scrapping with and for making some Fallish cards.  I spritzed on some Glimmer Mist for extra color and shimmer, and I also used them on the layout background here as masks... creating a really cool almost tie-dye like effect to the layout.  Anyway, thanks for checking out my layout and before I go I thought I'd also share a card that I made with a leaf doily and a left-over scrap of Imaginisce...

Hope everyone is enjoying their Fall as much as I am!  :)

And the Owner of Some Vintage Schtuff Goes To...

Hello and Happy Friday everyone! 

Thought I'd stop by and make a super quickie post before my hubby gets home from work and we go to get a bite to eat this evening.  I had my yardsale today and the scrapbook table of course was the very first to dwindle... and dwindle FAST!  Scrap stuff always flies out like crazy mad when I have it... I did really well, so I'm glad about that.  But, I'm not glad about not hearing back from a job that I applied for on Monday! :(  Very disappointing and discouraging... this job-hunting process).  I even had the second interview on Monday and took that as a good sign, but they did say that if I didn't here back by Friday (today) that I won't have the job.  :(  Yes... here I go again... frustrating!!

And of course, I am also anxiously awaiting the big announcement for Fancy Pants Creative Team call, and keeping my fingers, toes, and everything else tightly crossed for me!  Ahhh, I sooo dearly want to be a Fancy Pants designer, really, really bad!  I just adore that company!  They were supposed to have made their selections last week, but it was just posted on their blog today that they are delayed because of the amount of wonderful entries they have received!  Makes me happy for them that they are such a fabulous company that everyone else would love to represent with their product, but then again it doesn't make ME happy to know that there is so much wonderful talent and competition out there going against me! :(  So I will  continue to wait... but it's not easy!  lol! 

Okay... this was supposed to be a quickie, lol! 
So anyway, I am off but before I go, I have selected the winner of my first giveaway for the vintage goodies! 
And the winner is...

Yay, Wendy!!  I will have your package shipped out to you as soon as I can and as soon as I get your addy!  :)

Ohh, yea, one more thingy... today is one of my favorite days, October 1st!  It's the beginning of my favorite month of the year and also my angel Ava Noel's 4 year Angelversary in Heaven!  Just wanted to share will you all that Heaven is celebrating today with one of it's most beautiful little girls!  XOXO! 

Fabulous, Fun Finds!

I've been trying to get to my blog posting nearly all week long, and the days... they keep getting away from me!  I seriously do not know where the week has gone, but that's okay, cuz it means a new weekend is right around the corner, right?!  And for today, well... it's a GREAT day because the calendar marks this day as the official start to the Fall season, WHOOT-WOOT!!  Now only if it starts to feel and look more like Fall, I'll be ever so much happier! Speaking of which, I finally got all the glorious Fall decor up and around at our house, and I have my pumpkin spice candles a burnin'... I just love this time of the year!  So here's some pix of my decorations to share.  First, this lil' tree is new!  My mom and I went to one of our favorite local country/primitive shops called Kern Run. I saw this tree and thought it was so cute, and my sweet mom ended up buying it for me... I love my mommy!! :D 

Pretty much all the rest of my decor I'm sure you've seen before on the blog if you've been following along the past couple years, but if you haven't, now's your chance...

This mantle garland I did as a CreativeXpress assignment last year using the Cricut "Speaking of Fall" cartridge, but now that I have it back, I can use it and enjoy it this year!

The above Willow Tree angel box is in remembrance of our girls, Ava and Amelia.  We used to keep Ava's ashes in a different Willow Tree keepsake box, but then after we lost Amelia too, I found this adorable box called "Two Together".  It is a box that is to be representational of twins, however when I saw it, I immediately saw our Ava and Amelia!  :)  We now keep both of their ashes in this box... Ava's ashes in a tiny silver pouch, and Amelia's in a golden pouch.  And it's my favorite time of the year, and I could only believe it would've been theirs' too, so I gave them each their own wee lil' punkin' to enjoy! 

Also over the weekend my mom and I did some yard sale browsing and I lucked out and found some pretty fabulous finds!  A got a  few really great pieces for my scrap room renovation!  Look at this wheely cart that I picked up for just $5.00... yes, the price of a foot-long sub got me this handy dandy cart that's PERFECT for storing my Cricut cartridges!

I also found this 3 tiered iron plate stand for $1.00!!  I was like... get outta town!  I gave it a fresh coat of Heritage red paint already, which is my new accent color for my scrap room! 

Now I'm on the hunt for 3 vintage red and white plates to complete it!

Also... found this OLD dictionary dating back to 1914, for .50!  I was going to tear up the pages to make dictionary flowers and such, but now I dunno!  It has a lot of character to it, lol! 

And, I totally lucked out on Friday when my mom and I went to a public auction!  My grandmother's friend has moved into an assisted living facility and the rest of her estate was being auctioned off so we went for the afternoon and just get a load of what all I scored in the lines of vintage buttons and trims!! Holy Moley!! We are talkig OLD vintage carded buttons by the bucket! 

And there was another full container of assorted buttons, plus a box full of old steel pins, and trims, edge binding and lace and wood threaded spools! 

Really, soo much stuff... and all of this loot came to a total of $9.00...  I could never buy that much if it were from a scrapbook manufacturer today... maybe 2 cards of vintage inspired buttons from Jenni Bowlin! 

I guess I need to start scrapping a ton of vintage looking projects now... or perhaps you may too enjoy a little vintage blog candy give-a-way!!  I have never done a give-a-way of my own here on the blog, so I think it's a good time to start one!  If you would like a sampling of some of this yummy vintage goodness to come to your home, just leave me a comment here on this post and you will be in the running for a nice package!  I may also throw in some other trinkets too!  I will pick a winner in one week, so you have until next Wednesday to leave me a comment and I will announce who gets it here on my blog next Thursday, Sept. 30th! 

Well, tonight is the season premier of Grey's Anatomy!! Who here is excited??? I know I am... supper tonight is going to be super easy... soup and sammies!  The countdown to Grey's is on!! Have a great night, everyone!  ;)

Bring on the Nerves!

Yep, that's what happens after the "SEND" button is pushed!  The nerves kick into over-drive!  I officially sent off my submission for the Fancy Pants Creative Team this afternoon and now that's ALL I can think of!  I keep second guessing myself on what pages I submitted for the call, but I guess I really shouldn't because no matter what I send off, they are all representations of me and how I scrap and craft.  I enjoy my work, so now I just have to believe and hope that Fancy Pants Designs will too!  So I thought you may like to get a peek of one of the pages I submitted for the FP call.  You may have already seen this one floating in my gallery before because it is an older layout that I had previously done, but it is also one of my very favorites using Fancy product!

I still love the Summer Soiree line!  Such great colors! 

And here's one more page that I finished up, but this didn't get included in my submission...

Are you ready for some snow?  Heck NO!!! Lol!

Love powder blue for winter pages though!

And while I'm at it, here's a card I put together as well,

 using up scraps of Summer Soiree and my Cricut...

For this one I layered together both a large green button with a smaller red button to look like an olive in the martini glass and then I spritzed it with a bit of pearl Glimmer Mist to make it appear wet and glistening.  I had a close up picture of it, which I seem to have lost, so sorry!

In other great scrap news for me, I was thrilled to have 4 of my projects requested for the upcoming special issue of ST's Create: Cricut Idea Book!  I was really hoping to have at least one thing picked up for this issue because I love creating with my Cricut whenever I can!  I will have 3 cards and 1 page in it, so I am very happy!  Well, I guess I'll be on my way for now, but I hope everyone is having a great week and as always,  thanks for stopping by!  :)

OMG!!!!

Can I just say that I have been waiting a long, long while for one such manufacturer to announce their latest creative design team call, but it seems as of today, I need not wait anymore!  For those of you who really know me, then you know that it has been a dream, but most of all a goal for me to one day design with Fancy Pants Designs!!  Can I just stress how over the moon I am with FP products?!  I just love everything and anything that they put out, and yes, I really, really want to be a part of their creative team so badly!  So, if you too are interested in joining the Fancy Pants team, you can check out their call HERE!  Now that the call is actually on the doorstep, I admit that I'm scared to submit, but I won't chicken out!  Having tried two other other previous calls of theirs and having received two honorable mention spots from them, I am hoping, as the saying goes, that three times is the charm!  Please, please think happy positive thoughts for me as I make the decisions on what exactly to submit now! 

Onto other things for the week... it was fun to see my card featured over at the create: blog this past week!  The weekly card challenge was to create a star shaped card.  I love stars so I had fun playing around with this one.

I started this one by wrapping a Magistical Memories star shaped chipboard frame with some green dotted sheer ribbon and went from there. 

 AND, I just found out that I won the "Bring Your Friends" contest at For The Luv of Art.com!! Sooo fun... I recruited many of my friends, 15 of them in total I believe, to the site!  I will be getting a free kit of Norma's at FTLOA, so I am looking forward to checking out the Sept. kit when she debuts it on the 10th! Ohh, and I was even given a crown and named "Queen of Recruitment"!  Lol!   To all my friends that have joined me over at FTLOA now, thanks for coming on over!   I've enjoyed seeing you all there with us and I do hope you'll stick around! 

OK, I'm off and on my way to Lowe's.  I've decided to do some re-decorating of my scrap room and I'm starting on some of the accents so I need to make a run for some Colonial Red spray paint.  Hope they have some!  :)  Enjoy the rest of the week... tomorrow is the weekend already!