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Happy Birthday Ideas!

angie — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:24:52 +0000

I was very lucky to be able to play with Moxxie’s newest Birthday collection “It’s Your Day”! I wanted to create something that coordinated and was fun to give! I love making these cute favor bags they are so easy to make and thought a complimenting gift bag would make the perfect Birthday duo! These projects were actually showcased at the July CHA show in Chicago! The collection has such a wide variety of patterns on the double sided paper it made creating a piece of cake! What I love even more about these projects is you can recycle items you have already; take an old gift bag and recover it with fun scrappy papers and give it a facelift, for the favor bag I used packaging from my Thickers for the clear bag! I need to whip up a few more of the bags for upcoming birthdays! Happy Scrappin!

A pleasant surprise!

angie — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:51:46 +0000

So just prior to having Makenah I entered a contest at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us. I have been checking out their blog posts for some time and enjoy all the inspiration they post. I love all the projects they post but not to mention the give-aways and contests! Now that is a motivation to keep scrapping ! They had issued a conntest on how to use your alpha’s I decided I would give it a whirl and to my surprise I took first place! The prize you ask? A $50 gift certificate to the store! How fun is that? With having my girl I need to stock up on some fun girly papers! If your looking for some great inspiration and motivation to scrap check out Scrapbooking Supplier R Us.

Here is the layout I entered for Alpha Contest. I mixed up my chipboard alphas and used negative an positive outlines of the letters.

Lots to update – LOTs!

angie — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:08:52 +0000

Okay so I’m not sure if I should start with the really exciting family news or scrappy news…. Lots of good stuff!

Well lets get to the scrappy stuff first…. SCRAP PLAY IS BACK! Need a bit of inspiration, how about a challenge to get you motivated? Do you have a favorite summer tradition? A trip or outing you really loved this year? If so then start scrapping! E-mail your layout to scrapplay@gmail.com by Friday, August 13, 2010, 3pm EST and you could win some great products for your summer pages. Posted below is a page I created for the challenge using Moxxie’s “Off to the Parks” collection. My layout is from our Summer Vacation to Disney World last August! You can check more of what the DT did at the following link.

Now….. on to some BIG news for me! My daughter Makenah was born on July 29th! We are so very blessed to have her! Of course Brayden is very excited to be a big brother. I’m very happy that she decided to come 2 weeks early and at 9 lbs 7 oz I could not imagine how much more she would have grown. So of course I have been clicking away now I just need to print some pics and get scrappin! Life changing events like this is what makes you appreciate so many things!

ABC…123…

angie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:30:14 +0000

My hubby took this picture of Brayden painting in fall. I had been waiting to find the right papers to scrap this! Don’t you just love the drill in the background. We were in the middle of remodeling the kitchen the time the pic was taken. I had fun working with WE R Memory Makers Show and Tell Collection. I thought the crayons were just adorable! I picked up more of this line for Bray’s first school pics coming up soon in Fall! Happy Scrappin!

Crazy for Pebbles

angie — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:23:05 +0000

I have always adored this company since I saw them at a SB convention several years ago. Tools, chalks,stencils, papers, stickers… now the only problem is so many local SB stores have closed that not many in this area left carry any of the newer stuff. So as soon as I saw the call I started scavenging through my supplies for any and all Pebbles materials and calling friends to see what they had. I created a fun girl themed Birthday card and favor bag, 2 layouts and one of my favorite projects created was a mini zoo book that I made for my son using the zoo collection papers and stickers along with the Cricut!

New Challenge up at Scrap Play

angie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:02:05 +0000

How many of you buy the fun shaped cardstock or overlays and then don’t use them because your just not sure how to incorporate them into you layout. Well…..this weeks challenge is one for you then.

Design a layout using an 8×8″ or 12×12″ piece of shaped cardstock or create a layout using an acetate overlay. Go crazy and show us your style! E-mail the layout to scrapplay@gmail.com by Saturday, July 24th, 12pm EST for your choice to win a fabulous kit of scrapbook papers and embellishments. This week Scrap Play is giving away TWO prizes !

To get you started the DT has posted a few samples that should help motivate you to work outside the comfort zone. You can check them out here:

Icreated a layout using an overlay. Now to add a bit of dimension to my page I applies stickles to the top as well as layered my title and diecut bird over the top!

Stretching your supplies on a budget!

angie — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:24:16 +0000

This week on Scrap Play’s blog the DT was asked to create a layout by stretching your supplies. Now I’m a supply hoarder, for the longest time I would even keep the tiniest scraps! So this was fun for me! Since it’s summer and I love going “up north” I wanted to create a layout featuring my favorite things about “up north”. Since my local photo processor has coupons from time to time for free collage prints I knew that would be a perfect fit for my frugal layout. It’s so easy that my local photo processor even has the program on line to create your own collage. Of course you know I’m a fan of MOXXIE and I wanted to use some of the paper I had from the camping collection. To save product and $ I removed a large chunk of the paper behind my collage to use on a card or other project. The die cuts I had left over from another layout and costed about .40. I used a Rub On title and scrap paper for my journal block! Total cost of the layout was about $2.54. Now how about this weeks give a way on Scrap Play’s Blog…. All you have to do is follow the link and leave a message on your money saving tips for scrapping! Easy right? The prize… CK’s Tips and Tricks Magazine. Hop on over.

Busy, busy, BUSY with CHA work!

angie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:06:24 +0000

Oh my word I was so excited the other week when the UPS man showed up at my door… Why you ask? Well he happened to have a LARGE box filled with Moxxie Goodness! The funny thing is we were actually in the car at the end of the road on our way for vacation when I saw the UPS man pull down our street. My dear husband was sweet enough to turn around so I could grab my package. I have been busy creating with the latest releases. I can’t show you my work just yet…. however I can show you the released collections. Moxxie of course has a few new lines they will be releasing for the show as well. Keep your eyes open for that post coming soon! Here is a sampling of what I have been creating with.

Red, White and Blue

angie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:57:11 +0000

It’s the month of July and what comes to mind? Grilling out, pool parties, 4th of July, popsicles and ice cream….ect. Different ways of beating the summer heat right? I’m sure you took a bunch of photos from last weekend’s holiday festivities! We were quite busy here…. with having friends over for a bonfire, the parade, another picnic to a pool party I’m ready to go back to work. Now just what do you do with all those photos….well you SCRAP them! Scrap Play has just the challenge for you!

The team over at Scrap Play is challenging you to create a layout using these three colors. (Red, White or Off White, Blue) It can be patriotic, or completely different, but the color palette must include some shade of red, white, and blue! Send it in by July 9, 2010 for a chance to win a set of patriotic letter stickers from Making Memories and a couple other red, white, and blue surprise embellishments. You can check out more details here.

I know I took tons of photos over the weekend that I need to upload and print off. Here is a layout I created using the basic color scheme. Bray was having way too much fun with his 49 cent ice cream cone from McDonalds!

New Challenge is up at Scrap Play

angie — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:03:06 +0000

Do you like creating with sketches? I know when I need a bit of scrapping inspiration I get out my folder filled with sketches. This week at Scrap Play the challenge is to use the following posted sketch. Now as if that is not enough fun, Scrap Play is offering up a prize! Yep I said a PRIZE! Okay the minute you heard that you should be already grabbing for your paper, pics and adhesive right? Make the sketch work for you; flip it, spin it however you like. Submit your layout to scrapplay@gmail.com by Friday, July 2nd and you could win a set of Autumn Leaves alphabet stamps! (Open to US residents only) We can’t wait to see what you do with the sketch. To check out what the DT has done with the sketch be sure to check out the blog posting here.