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Scrapbook Daisies blog challenge #5 is up and running!

Here's my layout for the challenge:

Those beautiful papers, die cuts, cardstock sticker, and letter stickers are all from the gorgeous Heartfelt collection by My Little Shoebox (speaking of MLS, I will be posting some sneaks of my June creations later this week...)!

Here's the PageMaps sketch that's being used for the challenge:

To be eligible for the monthly prize:
Complete a new layout using the above sketch as inspiration.
You may use any products you wish to use.
Link your layout to the Challenge #5 post on the Scrapbook Daisies blog by June 30th.

P.S. You have today and tomorrow left to link up your entries for challenges 1, 2, 3, and 4!

Scrapbook Daisies News and Blog Challenge #1

In case you haven't heard yet, Scrapbook Daisies has moved its challenges from the message board to the blog.  You can find more information about this and the rest of the changes to Scrapbook Daisies here.

Now that the housekeeping is out of the way....

Scrapbook Daisies blog challenge #1 has been posted!  Here's my layout for the challenge:

Those beautiful papers, die cuts, and letter stickers are all from the City by the Bay collection by My Little Shoebox (speaking of MLS, I will be posting some sneaks of my first set of assignments this week...)!

The challenge is to create a new layout based on the following Creative Scrappers sketch:

The deadline to submit entries for this challenge on the Scrapbook Daisies blog is Tuesday, May 31st.  You can find all the details here.

Scrapbook Daisies Blop Hop, Reveal, and Challenge

Welcome to the next stop on the Scrapbook Daisies April blog hop :)

(If you happened to have arrived here first, please consider starting at the beginning of the hop at the Scrapbook Daisies blog so that you don't miss out on any of the fun.)

I got to work with the gorgeous "Mabel" kit this month.  The papers and embellishments included in the kit are absolutely beautiful.

My first layout, "Friends" is my daughter Allison and her sweet friend, Ashlyn.  They're about 2 months apart in age and it's a lot of fun to get them together.

Tip:  Use your punches to make your own coordinating flowers.

I used this awesome sketch by Liz Qualman:

My next layout, "Books" is Allison at the library.  We've been going to story time there for the past several months and she totally enjoys it.  She loves to read, and her attention span for books is amazing.  We read nearly a dozen board books together every night before bed.

Tip: Keep on using those flower punches!  Add drops of mist to your background for added interest.

Here's the sketch that I used for it from the My Mind's Eye blog:

 

Hopefully you've noticed the fun "scraplift" activity that the design team took part in this month... I was so thrilled to have the opportunity to "lift" my fellow dt member and friend, Jenny.  When I found out that I got to lift her, I immediately knew I wanted to lift my favorite layout of hers, "Merry Holidays".  Here it is, "Merry Holidays", created by Jenny Stockard:

My third layout, "I Love to Play", is my "lift" of Jenny's beautiful layout.  This photo of Allison was also taken at the library.  After story time, the kids get to do a craft.  Well, in our case, Mommy usually does the craft while Allison holds the paint brushes and such :)  She loves to hang out and play there.

Tip: Use a white border around your photo to help it to really stand out against your patterned paper.  (I learned that wonderful tip from one of my favorite inspirational scrappers, Camilla Ekman.)  To balance out the white, I used a white pen to draw faux stitches near the outside edges of the layout.

Next is this "So Sweet" card.

Tip: Create faux pearl accents using pearl fabric paint.

I used the following sketch from the My Mind's Eye blog:

Here's another card using the same sketch:

Tip: Use foam tape or pop dots between your layers to build some fun dimension.

I couldn't bear to leave any of this beautiful Mabel paper unused, so here are the remaining scraps in the form of 18 punched 1-inch circles, some of which are raised with pop dots:

Tip: You can probably find a whole roll of this wonderful jute twine at your local superstore for fairly cheap, and it adds a lot of fun texture to your project.

Did you enjoy seeing the design team's "lifts"?

Ready to get YOUR scrap on?

Want a chance at a prize?

You're invited to create a lifted project of your own!

Here are the deets:

* Choose one of the Scrapbook Daisies design team members that participated in this hop and lift one of her projects.  It can be any of her projects that you find on her blog or in her Scrapbook Daisies gallery.

* Upload your completed lift to the Scrapbook Daisies Facebook page and include a pic or link to the person or project that you lifted (if you do not use Facebook, you can link your lift to the blog hop post on the Scrapbook Daisies blog).

* Deadline is Sunday, April 24th at midnight your time.

Your next stop on the hop is... Jenny!

Happy Hopping!

Scrapbook Daisies April Project Sneaks

I've been working on several different projects and although I can't show them to you yet, I do have a couple sneak peeks to share of some of my work using the April "Mabel" kit from Scrapbook Daisies kit club.

Those My Mind's Eye papers are just gorgeous!  I knew they were beautiful from the photos that I saw online but they're even more stunning in person.  Have you seen them?

Come back here on Wednesday the 20th to see my full reveal of layouts and cards using that beautiful kit.  Be ready to "hop" that day because the design team will be hosting another fun blog hop filled with inspiration and prizes.

I hope everyone's having a nice weekend!  Allison and I had ourselves a little pizza party on Friday night.  Yummy!  Then on Saturday morning we went to the Kiwanis' Books and Breakfast where we got to hang out with friends, meet the Cat in the Hat, and pick out a new board book to take home.  Allison loves books.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Scrapbook Daisies April Kits

Check out the beautiful kits featuring My Mind's Eye - Stella & Rose that Scrapbook Daisies is offering this month!

Kit #1: Hattie...

and Kit #2: Mabel...

I think these kits are equally beautiful and I would love to play with them both.  But alas, I can only have one... on the bright side, I received notice that mine was shipped today... let the mail carrier stalking begin!

P.S. Several of Scrapbook Daisies' April challenges are up and running on the message board.  I'd love to see you jump in.  You have the entire month to get your entries finished and linked up.  Hope to see you there.

Use Your Stash!

Several of us over on the Scrapbook Daisies forums have been doing a lot of chatting about hoarding our goodies... buying papers because we love them but then not ever using them... or, actually using some of them but hoarding the scraps because we just cannot bear to throw them away...

We've also been mentioning quite a bit about not making enough cards.

When I saw that my challenge assignment for Scrapbook Daisies this month was to host the "stash" challenge, I thought, what a perfect time to use up some scraps from some of my favorite older papers... while also getting caught up on making some cards.

Here is the set of cards that I made with scraps of some favorite older paper and some embellies from partially used packages:

In my travels through blogland lately I have seen several cards with the same or similar design to the above card.  It's such a simple concept that produces such a cute result (and uses up some of those little scraps that we've been hoarding in our stashes)!

I'd love it if you played along with this challenge.  You can find all the details on the Scrapbook Daisies message board.  This challenge, as well as the handful of other April challenges, runs through the end of the month, so you've got plenty of time to play along and have a chance at winning a scrappy prize.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bumble Bee

Here's another layout created with the Scrapbook Daisies "Hello Sunshine" March kit.

When I saw that adorable bumble bee embellishment in the kit, I just knew I had to use it for photos of Allison in her bumble bee onesie!

Here is the PageMaps sketch that I used.  It's the sketch selected for the March PageMaps sketch challenge at Scrapbook Daisies:

Want a chance to win an entire Scrapbook Daisies kit?  All you need to do is complete any of the Scrapbook Daisies March challenges (there are SEVEN challenges to choose from!) and upload it to the specified areas of the message board by midnight PST on March 31st.  One lucky participant will win one of the fantastic kits that Scrapbook Daisies has to offer!  How awesome is that?!

You can find the color challenge, journaling challenge, lift challenge, and stash challenge in the "Monthly Design Team Challenges" section of the message board.

The Sketchy Thursdays, Kristine Davidson, and PageMaps sketch challenges are located in the "Sketch Challenges" section.

What are you waiting for?  Seriously... how many other kit clubs give away an entire kit each and every month just for participating in a challenge?

Hope to see you on the fun and friendly message board real soon :) 

Scrapbook Daisies Blog Hop *Giveaways*

Welcome to the next stop on the Scrapbook Daisies Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here first, then please start in the beginning at the Scrapbook Daisies home blog and do the hop in order... you will be glad you did!  http://scrapbookdaisies.blogspot.com/

Scrapbook Daisies offers multiple kits each month that are filled with the latest and greatest products available.  Each kit provides enough paper and embellishments to create several projects.

I designed with the super adorable "Hello Sunshine" kit this month.

Here are some of the projects that I created with the kit :)

 

 

 

The tenderly soft pastel blues and pinks in this kit were just screaming to be combined with the lovely brown and with that gorgeous white doily.  I thought they were a perfect match for this sweet photo of my little Allison.  This pink flower was made using a scalloped circle punch, scissors, misted water, heat gun, 5-petal flower punch, puffy paint, and one of the tiny blooms from the kit.  Don't you just love that gorgeous blue trim?  Thanks for the wonderful sketch, Kristine :)

 

I pulled some of the brighter colors in the kit for this one to go with this bright happy photo of my happy little girl.  I love all the dimension that the kit's embellishments added to my page.  I assembled a couple of journaling spots in green and white (which I ended up not journaling on LOL), a handful of punched butterflies, a few sprays of pink Glimmer Mist, and some faux stitching with my white pen... and the page was finished in no time.

Don't toss those kit leftovers!  Look what a few scraps of paper, a scrap of trim, and one of the cute little embellishments can do for some kraft cardstock and twine from your stash!

Same thing here... a quick but cute card using kit leftovers with a piece of my kraft cardstock, some foam tape, and some machine stitching... simple but sure to brighten someone's day, I hope!

This is not all... I have another layout to share using some more of the yellows and that adorable bumble bee embellishment that you may have noticed in the photo of the kit... but I cannot reveal it just yet as it's my sample for our March 20th sketch challenge, and, well, it's not March 20th yet :)

Now, if you are playing along with the blog hop's trivia questions for a chance at a yummy prize from Scrapbook Daisies, here's the question from my blog:

How many design team members does Scrapbook Daisies have?
(hint: You can probably find out by visiting the website) 

Don't forget to comment as well as become a follower of all the blog posts in the hop this month.  One lucky winner will be drawn from all of the comments to receive a yummy prize from Scrapbook Daisies.

Also...Scrapbook Daisies is on FACEBOOK!!! Take a minute to head over there and become a follower and leave a note on the wall!

The company page is here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapbookdeals4ucom/331128883107

and the group page is here:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=58322850850

Then you have one last step: email Misty at mistyw@nctv.com with your answers to the "Trivia Questions" that you found at each blog, putting Scrapbook Daisies Hop in the Subject line. You will then be entered to win 1 of the great kits Scrapbook Daisies has to offer!

Okay, I have a little giveaway of my own to send to someone.  Spring is coming (soon for some of you but not so soon for the rest of us) and Spring makes me think of flowers.

If you would like to be included in my random drawing for this assortment of loose flowers (mostly Prima) then please mention these flowers in your comment on my post (the flowers will be sent loose in a package and not in a heart-shape hehe).

Back to the hop... here is a list of all of the participating blogs:

Seppa - http://guiseppagubler.blogspot.com/
Kris - http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/
Michelle - http://www.momma-paparazzi.blogspot.com/
Taj - http://artistheimitationoflife.blogspot.com/
Tanya - http://scraplikecrazee.blogspot.com/
Mary Ann - http://www.maryannjenkins.com/
Misty - http://mommyof5kidz.blogspot.com/
Martha - http://itsallaboutthememories.blogspot.com/

Your next stop will be the very sweet and talented Michelle at http://www.momma-paparazzi.blogspot.com

In case you get lost, you can find a complete list of participating blogs at the Scrapbook Daisies home blog at http://scrapbookdaisies.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping!

Get Ready for a Daisies Blog Hop!

Scrapbook Daisies March Blog Hop

When: Friday, March 11 - Sunday, March 13, 2011

Get ready! Scrapbook Daisies is hosting another super fun weekend of blog hopping filled with inspiration and prizes! 

You'll start at the Scrapbook Daisies company blog and from there you'll be directed to visit the blogs of each of the design team daisies. As you hop along, you'll find lots and lots of inspiration as the designers reveal their March creations.

Be sure to become a follower and leave a comment on each blog because a prize winner will be drawn from the comments! Each blog will also have bits of information about Scrapbook Daisies for you to gather which you can then submit at the end for a chance at another prize! And, you never know... some of the design team daisies may have their own prizes to give away on their blogs!

Full details for the hop will be provided at Scrapbook Daisies on Friday, March 11. See you there!

http://scrapbookdaisies.blogspot.com

Raspberries

This is my fourth layout using the February "Be Mine" kit from Scrapbook Daisies.

Even a princess will blow a raspberry now & then! LOL!

LOL! She got into that habit when she started teething, and whenever a new tooth is coming, she goes at it again. It's pretty darn obnoxious but sometimes I cannot help but laugh. I imagine she must find some comfort from the sensation that the raspberries cause. 

This is the sketch that I used, created by Julie Bonner:

There are several fun challenges going on right now at Scrapbook Daisies!  There are sketch challenges, journaling challenges, stash challenges, color challenges, and lift challenges... and you have until the end of the month to get them completed.  Come join the fun... and have a chance to win a free Scrapbook Daisies kit!!!

You make my heart all a flutter!

The February "Be Mine" kit from Scrapbook Daisies is so adorable and perfect in my opinion for photos of my daughter.  Here's another layout made with the kit:

Those hearts from the heart-themed paper were just begging to be cut out and layered with pop dots :)