Sweet Summer

Summer is finally here and we've been enjoying the hot days playing in the water and eating ice cream. I've been working on my first article for the ScrapStreet.com magazine. I will be the writer of the Tool Time section. It will make its debut in the July issue. I'm still in disbelief that I made the team! The excitement still hasn't worn off. Speaking of which here is a preview of a layout I did for the article. Can you guess which tool I'll be featuring in July? Here's a hint, it's not something that you normally use on a layout. Have a good one!

2 Sketches 4 You

It's the 1st anniversary of 2 Sketches 4 You. I have to admit, I've lurked around on their site for quite a bit but I haven't had a chance to play with their sketches yet. See I'm more of a layout type of chick. I made cards every so often but they definately are not my strong suit. This time around, I decided to join in on the fun. For their 1st anniversary, 2 Sketches 4 You is having a little card contest. I decided to throw my hat in the ring as well. Here is the sketch that you had to base your card off of...



And here is my take on the sketch...

I Caved

Yep. I've been eyeing the Studio Calico kit for months now and I just couldn't get myself to commit to a 6 month sub. Well, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I subscribed yesturday and my first kit, Playground, will be here tomorrow!!! I can't wait to play with it! And to top it off, the sneak peek for the June kit was last night...O.M.G!!!! I'm in heaven! I have no regrets now for subbing! Now I just need to scrounge up some loose change and hope to get my hands on add on #3. Love that one! You guys should go to the Studio Calico site and check it out. :)

Good News!

I played along again this year with ScrapStreet's Star Contest. This is my third year playing along and I had just as much fun this go around as I did the first time around. I didn't win the contest but I did get an awesome surprise! I was asked to be one of the ScrapStreet magazine writers!!! I still can't believe that I made the team! *swoons* The ladies are awesome and so spunky. I love it! Here are some of the layouts that I made for the contest...

Getting Started

I have been super inspired to scrap lately. I've staeted working on Jaina's scrapbook. Here are afew of the pages I've made so far...







I've also been keeping myself busy with the Star contest over at ScrapStreet. The challenges have been very inspiring and loads of fun! It's in the final round now. Although I was eliminated this last round, I can't wait to see what awesome work the ladies are going to do!

Very Bad Blogger...

Ok. I've been such a bad blogger again...but I have an excuse this time around. *giggle* Lots of things have been happening around here lately. For those of you that didn't know, I was due to have our new baby girl on March 18th. On March 3rd, I went in for a regular doctor's appointment and lo and behold, the doctor decided to go ahead and take her that day due to some problems that I was having. Nothing major. He just wanted to play it safe. Needless to say, at 2:24pm that day, Jaina was born.



We are now a happy family of 4. We are still getting adjusted to having a new schedule but everything is going well so far. And not only was this month Jaina's birthday, we also celebrated another birthday...



Yep. Aryanna turned 4 the following week. We brought cupcakes to her school and her teacher brought little ice cream cups. :)

Create My Keepsake DT Tryout

I saw that CMK is having a really cool DT tryout and I just had to give it a shot! They want you to put together a kit from your own stash and make 2-3 layouts from it. I think it's the neatest way to try out for a DT! I ended up making 4 layouts. First up is the kit I assembled...



My kit included...
2 Bazzil Basics Cardstock in black and white
1 Prism Pink Cardstock
1 Sassafras Lass Gum Drop Garden
1 Making Memories DieCut Scalloped Circle
1 Pink Paislee Vintage Moon (Moon Pie)
1 Fancy Pants About a Boy (Chillin)
2 Dream Street Papers (Alexis Hardy & Kelly Shults)
1 s.e.i Black Orchid rub-ons
1 Stickles Star Dust
1 Kaisercraft Pearls
1 Making Memories Puffy Alpha in brown
1 Carolee's Creations Adornit letters
2 chipboard squares and 3 chipboard circles
a mixture of Basic Grey buttons
blue ribbon

Layout #1 - Jump



Layout #2 - Little Artist



Layout #3 - Cups



Layout #4 - Aryanna



I had a blast creating layouts just from a kit! I'm so going to have to do this more often.