School's Out For Summer

Hello Bloggers!

It's another ScrapFit Challenge Day!!

Today's challenge is called "School's Out For Summer".  

The challenge is to scrap school-related photos and use some lined paper.

(Click the link above to see the official challenge)

Ok, so ya'll know that I don't have kids, much less school-age kids. 

But I did quit my job last summer to go back to school, so that's what I scrapped.

Supplies: PP: DCWV High School Stack, Ruled Paper Stamp: Plaid, Letter & Number Stamps: Inkadinkadoo, Bling: Unknown, Red & Green Pens Zig, Other: Glimmer Gel Pen, Diamond Glaze: CTMH

This is one of my first layouts for my 2010 album. 

Yikes!

Time to start working on that one!  

All, in all very fun.  

The background paper is from DCWV's High School Stack.  

Everything was already printed on the paper, so all I did was jazz it up.

I added a glimmer gel pen & some red bling to the swirly bits down the side.

Then traced over "laugh" and "Girls Rock" with green pen and over the butterfly & swirl with red to make them stand out a little.

I added some Diamond Glaze over the heart after doodling my & Steve's initials in it.

(Very high-school for someone in her 30's!)

I stamped & cut out the letters for my title, adding pop dots under the word "school" to make it stand out.

Finally, I stamped the ruled paper for my journaling block and added my thoughts (and a little more bling!).

The whole layout took less than an hour, including drying time!

I LOVE it when they go quick and still come out the way I wanted them to!

Make sure you check out the ScrapFit site (linked above) and share your project for a chance to win some great prizes!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

The Other Man

Ok, so it's been an interesting week here.

I haven't been able to log into my blogger account for the last several days, so I apologize that this post is a little late.  

Better late than never, right?

On to business!

Today's post is  ScrapFit WorkOut #44.  

The challenge is to do a page about the man in your life.  

Well, the obvious subjects would be Steve, Dad, my nephew Chase, my brother Chad, my Grandfathers or one of my many Uncles.

But that would be entirely too predictable.

I did my project about The Other Man.

The one I've been in love with for years....

Supplies: PP: My Mind's Eye, Rings: Steve's Mom, Brown Floss: DMC, Cricut Cartridge: Printing 101

Anyone who's ever met Jamie would totally understand.....

Only You

Hello Bloggers!  

It's a ScrapFit challenge kind of day!  

This week's challenge is to use "Only You" as your title.

I don't know about you, but any time I hear those words a song pops into my head.

Not necessarily the same song, but always a song.

I thought about that while I was deciding how to approach this project.

Did you know that when you Google those 2 little words as song lyrics, in a short .21 seconds  (yeah- that's .21.  Not 2.1 or 21, but .21 seconds) you will receive 27,100,000 results?

Well now you do.

And now you know why it's not always the same song that pops into my head.

Needless to say, I couldn't pick a song- there are to many choices, so I had to approach my layout tune-less.

Now, given that there are 27,100,000 songs featuring those lyrics, most of which are above love & heartache & love and other sentimental crap, I had a choice to go the Super-Mushy-Gushy route or the Slightly-Less-Mushy-Gushy route.

I chose not to go Mushy or Gushy.

Instead, I chose do do a layout about a friend.

This layout is a few of the reasons that Sarah and I have been friends for 20-mumble-mumble years.

Supplies: Cardstock: DCWV, Chipboard Letters: Making Memories, Paint: Making Memories, Plaid,  Ink: Cotton White StazOn Accents:Ribbon FX

If you read the journaling, you'll know that there is nothing Mushy or Gushy about spray-painting someone's butt with fake tanner.

I recently picked up a copy of  We Dare You from Memory Makers Books.

It's a nice book of challenges.  The layouts are a little more "artsy" than I typically scrap, so it was a nice change of pace to pull inspiration from those whose style is so very different than mine.  

It was from the "Almost Too Much" layout on page 40 that inspired me to paint my background instead of using PP.

I used a plain white cardstock and 2 shades of watered-down blue paint, and a few little streaks of Twinkling H20's (that I bought more than 2 years ago and had never even opened!) for shimmer.  

I LOVE the way it turned out. 

I added some stitching to the corners for definition

and then added individual beads cut from some beaded ribbon to bullet-point each journaling strip

easy-peasy and very outside my comfort-zone!

But I seriously love the way it came out.  

I'm going to keep those paints- AND the Twinkling H20's out & accessible from now on.

Make sure you check out the other Fit Girl's creations (linked above) and link your own for a chance to win  a great prize package from Chelle's Creations.

Since it's raining & windy & stormy here in Dallas again today, I'm gonna be spending the day in my studio.

I'd love to see what you're working on today!

Back In The Day

Hello out there in Blogland!

Holy Stormy-ness Batman!

We had quite the windy, gusty, hailing mess here last night.

 

Needless to say, Ed Dog was less than thrilled...

Even at 8am this morning, there was still piles of little round hail a couple of inches deep all over the place!

and my poor Impatiens did not weather the storm very well...

Hopefully, they will perk back up and next time, I will get enough warning to bring them inside!

On to business!!

It's workout day again! 

Today's workout from ScrapFit is called Back In The Day.

Our challenge was to put aside the current pictures that are stacked on your table and pull out a few from your own childhood.

(Hmmm... maybe Sara has been reading about my BOM plans??)

Today's layout is from my very first day of school.

I actually remember this day.  

 

I remember how much I LOVED that skirt & vest with the red plaid trim and how I couldn't wait to wear them.

 

I remember how excited I was to be getting on that big school bus.  

 

I don't remember being afraid at all, just really excited.  

I loved school at that age. 

Supplies: Storytellers Club, Denim Paper: DCWV, Letter Stickers: Making Memories, Cricut Cartridge: Makin' The Grade

Most of my supplies for this page are from one of those fun Storytellers Club Kits.

I'm still using things up!

(Shh... Don't tell Steve, but I've promised myself that when I've made 100 layouts without buying any new supplies (except adhesive) I'm going to buy myself a Letter Press!)

Make sure you hop on over to ScrapFit to check out the other fabulous projects that the ladies have designed to inspire you.

And don't forget to link up your project for an opportunity to win a great prize package from The Sweet Peach Crop Shop.

All right, off to finish cleaning for tonight's Pea Crop!

Have a great & crafty weekend!

Glitter & Glam

Phew......

Am I ever glad that's over!

It's done! 

Everything is moved, house is set up, studio is finished!

(This is the point where all of my Facebook friends & family breathe a sigh of relief, cuz man, are they ever sick of listening to me talk about moving!)

Finally- it's time to create something in my beautiful new studio.

My first-ever new-studio project is today's new challenge from ScrapFit.

It's called Glitter & Glam and it's all about all things girly.

LOVE IT!

There are some gorgeous, gorgeous projects HERE for you to check out, and here's mine:

I un-earthed this tin in my unpacking process and decided that I needed to do something with it.  

It kinda reminded me of my Grandad's lunch box, so I took it as a personal challenge to girl-ify it.

Some pink paper, ribbon, tulle, marabou & glitter, and a manly-looking lunch box is now a purse!

And as every girl knows, when you have a purse, you must have something to put in it.

Since I don't have any money to go inside, a mini accordion album is the next best thing.

I just love this velvet flower ribbon.  I know I got it at an LSS, but have had it a while & have no idea who makes it.  

(If you know, please please email me & let me know.  I'd love to get my hands on some more of it!) 

I added some mini-bling for some sparkle, which totally convinced me that an I-Rock is going to be my next tool purchase.

The flower centers are buttons from Coats & Clark.  

They look all metal & sparkly & formal, but really, they're plastic & super light weight.  

Perfect for a project like this.

I had to get the tulle in there on at least 1 page.

A girl can never have enough tulle!

Supplies: PP: DCWV All Dressed Up Stack, Cardstock: Core'dinations, Flowers: Prima, Shimmer Spray-homemade, trims-various, Other: Stickles

Fun, fun project.  

My layouts lately tend to be super-simple, clean line styled, so it was fun to do something frilly & girly. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Check back tomorrow.  I'm going to post photos of the new studio.

Have a happy March1!

Kick The Winter Blues

Hello Friends!

I'm sorry that I have been AWOL for the past few days.

This moving thing is not for wimps.

And I'm pretty sure that every single possible thing has gone wrong.

Broken toilet, leaking dishwasher,  unhooked outlets (why?why?why? would you do that??)

broken drill bits, lights that fall down, cable guys who don't show up.. ACK!

But  we're almost done and tomorrow should be the last hurdle.

The plumber comes to fix the leaking dishwasher, and the fence guy should be here to start on the new fence.

And if all goes as planned, I'll probably kiss them both.

Speaking of almost done, my new studio is THIS close to being finished!

And it's FABULOUS! 

I can't wait to show it to you!

Hopefully I will get it finished this weekend & be able to show you pictures next week!

In the meantime, I have a fun new layout to share.

This one is my take on ScrapFit's new color challenge:

Supplies: Cardstock: American Crafts, PP: DCWV Nana's Kitchen Stack, Chipboard Letters: Making Memories, Cuttlebug Folder: Swiss Dots, Cricut Cartridge: From My Kitchen, Paint & Glitter Paint: Making Memories 

 

This project was fun.  

It gave me a chance to get some older photos scrapped and use some of my stash 

that I haven't touched in a while.

You can see the rest of the FitGirl's projects HERE .  

Didn't they do a great job?

I'll be back to regular posts soon.  

I promise!  

Until then, keep scrapping!