May be moving over to Blogspot…….

I’m moving my blog over to blogspot.  Seems like I can do more with a blog over there and I really like some of the features they have that you can’t find here.  It’ll be easy to maintain both, all I have to do is copy and paste so I may do that for a while until I can figure out which I really like better.

So if you have my saved in your favorites (I would be sooo thrilled to know if I am listed in someones favs), please save the blogspot link too, http://thisscrapperslife.blogspot.com/ and come visit me over there.  Leave me a message and let me know which site you like best.

Twitter……what????

Thanks to some friends of mine I have delved into Twitter World!!!  OMG, I know!  It’s one of those things I said I’d never do.  Just like Facebook.  Just like Farm Town on Facebook.  And Farmville on Facebook.  And a few other applications on Facebook.  I guess I can at least be grateful there are no game applications or any other applications on Twitter.  So, if any of the few that are reading this blog are on Twitter you can ‘follow’ me.

My friend Heather over at Everything Scrapp’n also signed up on Twitter.  Please follow the Everything Scrappn Twitter too.  And if you haven’t seen her on Facebook yet, look her up and become a fan, you’ll get a head’s up on all the newest products hitting the store.

While you’re at it, go ahead and take a look at Everything Scrapp’n store and look at the fabulous items that have hit the store in the past week.  Have a look at Pink Paislee’s Amber Road and Twilight, so awesome!  Jenny Bowlin, Graphic 45′s Domestic Goddess, Little Yellow Bicycle’s Autumn Bliss and Rusty Pickle’s Panama Jack is in as well, and if you love Maya Road you’ll see some new stuff in from them too.  Please don’t forget about the Glimmer Mist, Heather received the whole new line of limited edition colors, amazing colors I tell ya, and some are close to being sold out already.  Keep your eyes peeled for some more new items arriving soon and remember that the first week new items in the store are always 15% off, what a deal!!!!!

Altered Star: Graphic 45 has done it again! They’ve come out with a new line called Domestic Goddess and it is soooo FABULOUS!!!! I had too many ideas in mind for this paper line but once I found this star to alter I knew I had to use this amazing paper to do it. Please let me know what you think. Products used: Graphic 45 Domestic Goddess: My Pretty Garden, Lady of the House, Yours Truly, Happy Homemaker and Domestic Goddess Tags.

Pizza Box with Card Set:  I found this tutorial to make a mini pizza box, so I decided to make some small cards to match. I like the simplicity of this set, it looks great just sitting on your desk and would also make a great gift. Product used: SEI Madera Island Palmas, Pink Paislee Enchanting Petal, Cloud 9 Cocoa Mint Quote Cards, Prima Flowers, Studio8 Rhinestones, Savvy-n-Sassy ribbon, Bazzill cardstock.

Congrats Kimberly!! You Won…..

After writing all the names down, putting them in a bowl, I let my kitty Gucci play and the first slip of paper he pull out was the winner, and it had Kimberly’s name on it.

Kimberly won the 5 packs of American Crafts Thickers from the giveaway.  Congrats Kimberly and I will get your Thickers to you ASAP.

Thickers Giveaway UPDATE!!!!!

So, we started off with 2 packs of  Thickers to giveaway and we are now close to 4 packs of  Thickers up for the giveaway.  Come on ladies, I know you’re out there and I know you LOVE  Thickers, we all do, don’t we?  Spread the word, lets get more  Thickers added!!!!!  Go to the  Thickers Giveaway blog post for all the details and to leave your comments.

Blog Hop Update…..

The Blog Hop Contest has been extended through end of day on July 1st.  If you tried to leave a comment and could not, please try again, Heather has fixed the comments problem and extended the contest deadline.  We really want to know what you are hoping to see in the store after CHA-Orlando.  So please leave a comment for my blog contest herefor your chance to win some AC Thicker’s and also for the Everything Scrappn Blog Hop Contest for a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate.

Everything Scrappn’ Design Team Blog Hop!!!!

We had such a great time with our previous Blog Hop we thought we’d do another one.  Take a look around and if you see something you like please post a comment on the Everything Scrappn Blog.  Also, while you are there, take a look around the store and leave us a comment on what you love about the store and what manufacturer’s and/or products you’d love to see in the store. Heather, Suz and I will be making a list of your wishes and looking for those items at CHA-Orlando July 2009.  And don’t forget, while you are leaving your comments, your are also being entered into a drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate to the Everything Scrappn store.  As an extra bonus, Heather has decided to have a pre-CHA sale to help clear out stock for all the goodies we will be selecting for you at CHA.  Take advantage of this time to get some great products for 30% off.

 

Here’s a little project I made using the Graphic 45 paper line.  I found this mini backpack tutorial and just knew I HAD to make it.  Let me know what you think.

 

Products used: Graphic 45 Classy Correspondence, Graphic 45 Photogenic, Savvy n Sassy ribbon, Paper Studio black cardstock, various eyelets.

 

Don’t forget about the contest I have for a chance to win some AC Thickers, going on here on my blog.

Thickers Giveaway!!!!!

Everyone loves American Crafts Thickers!  Well, maybe not EVERYONE, but if you’re a scrapbooker you definitely LOVE Thickers.  Also, if you’re a scrapbooker and you’ve heard about CHA you know that it’s coming to Orlando in July.  I’ll be going to CHA-Orlando with Heather from Everything Scrappn, along with another design Team member Suz.  We will be looking at all the newest products, deciding what to order, trying to figure out what you’d love to see in Heather’s online store.  What products are you impatiently waiting for, what would you like to see that you haven’t seen yet.  Then the idea hit me……….

So how about an EASY as pie contest?  And yes, you guessed it, the prize will be AC Thickers!!!!  Here’s the easy part, all you have to do to have your name entered into the drawing is leave a comment telling me what you’d to see, what you’d like to get your hands on from CHA-Orlando.  Easy enough!  But it gets a little better.  We will start off with 2 packs of  Thickers to giveaway.  Then for every 10 comments (one comment per person) I will add another pack of  Thickers to the prize package, but there will be a maximum of 10 packs of Thickers.  Gotta stop somewhere, right?!!!!

If you’d like another chance to get your name into the drawing, just head over to Heather’s online store at Everything Scrappn, place any size order and leave a message in the comments section that you came from here and gave me your CHA wishlist.

So get to making those wishlists and shopping and lets see how many packs of Thickers we can give away.  Contest runs through July 25th.  On the 26th I will draw a winner.

Everything Scrappn Design Team Projects

Graphic 45

I love working with the Graphic 45 Communique scrap paper line.  The look is wonderful, the feel of this paper is amazing.  I’ve been doing a lot of old black and white family photos and this paper just goes perfectly.

Folded card with tags:

Products used: Graphic 45 Shutter Speed, Graphic 45 Communique Tags, HL cardstock, ribbon, chipboard.

Exploding Box:

Products used: Graphic 45 – A Fine Specimen, Classy Correspondence, Communique, On The Dot, Pen In Hand, Photogenic, Shutter Speed, & Society Page, HL black cardstock, Prima flowers, lace ribbon, various brads.

Doodlebug:

This new paper from Doodlebug Designs is so incredibly cute, you really just have to see it in person.  I have 3 nieces that are sisters and each of them has a daughter of their own, so I needed this paper for a layout of my three great nieces.

Products used: Doodlebug Designs – Cherry Amore Pattern Paper, Cherry Chocolate Dot, Cherry Pie Plaid Pattern Paper, Cherries Jubilee Fancy Frills Sugar Coated, Doodlebug Brads, Prima flowers, AC Thickers, HL cardstock, paint

Pink Paislee and Fancy Pants:

Who doesn’t like Pink Paislee and Fancy Pants!  The Pink Paislee specialty papers are so cute and fun to work with, I love the edges and colors.  Then you have the die cuts from Fancy Pants, so stinkin’ cute they are!!  I needed a few baby cards and they couldn’t have been more perfect.

Products used: Pink Paislee Delicious – Enchanting, Pink Paislee Stunning – Captivating, Fancy Pants Kraft Kuts 1 Die Cuts, Prima Burlap flowers, MM Chloe’s Closet buttons, AC Thickers, AC alphas, AC cardstock

New Thickers are in stock!!!!!

Head over to Everything Scrappnand stock up on some of the newest American Crafts Thickers that just came in yesterday.  And as an extra bonus, they are 20% off through June 10th.  So get over there and stock up before they are all gone.