Her

I don't think I will ever tire of this Fancy Pants Me-ology line.I love the contrast with the bold colors and black.  Here is my baby girl on her 6th birthday. I wish I could spend my birthdays at the beach :)

The embellishments that come with the collection are so fun to work with.

Tracy

Sweet & Fresh

Hey there! Happy Wednesday!
Lisa here today to share a layout I created using Studio Calico South of the Market collection.
I used a photo of my daughter and hubby after they had picked blueberries from our garden:

 

Here are a few close ups:

 

 

I fussy cut the mason jar out of one of their patterned papers and added  some twine and a few stick pins. I also added the wood veneer "Grow". I used some old Tim Holtz Grunge alphas and painted them blue to mimic the color of blueberries:

 

The & sign is from is from Dear Lizzie. I also fussy cut the words sweet and fresh out of patterned paper:

 

 

This is such a fun collection and I have more ideas in mind for it.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

~~~Lisa~~~

My Girl.

Hello and good morning....

I was working on my project life 2012 album... yes I am still working on it!!! And I came across this photo of my lil one and pulled it out because I just couldn't resist scrapping it. I have totally and completely fallen in love with the Fancy Pants True Friend collection.... seriously, it makes me sooo happy to look at it!!! I love the color palette and pattern mix!! It screams fall, but works on anything!!! The second I received my package I opened it right up and dove into it...

The line actually has several cute lil critters on it, which makes me smile.

The Ephemera Packs have become my FAVE embellie packs lately, it's full of lots of bits and pieces to add to your projects!!

Make sure to head over to the forum to see the daily (Monday through Friday) challenges that all the DT's post to play along with. There is a monthly prize for playing along to one lucky winner. 

Also in the forums we have kit swap for our fun and games this month. You make a kit for another forum member and send it to them and they can make a page or two with your kit, and then you would receive one to work with too!! It's always fun to get involved with.

Thanks sooo much for stopping by and have a great day!!!!

Wendi

My other hobby....

I was so honored to be the guest designer for American Crafts last week for their "30 minutes or less theme".  It was a challenge, but I got er' done!

I created this page about my other obsession hobby....quilting.  The patterns and colors of modern fabrics remind me so much of the trends you see on scrapbook papers today!

I wanted to mimic a quilt design, so I chose a really simple quilt star pattern and recreated it with squares and triangle punched from papers from the Shimelle collection for AC.

The I machine stitched over the top with "free motion" stitching.  I love this stitching technique!  Then I just added a few stickers here and there!  Easy Peasy!

***********Monthly Raffle Winner**************

Since this is the first Monday of the month, I have chosen a winning ticket for the monthly raffle!  For every $10 you spend in the store, you get a raffle ticket with your order.  Each month, I choose one random ticket to win a $10 gift certificate to the store!

September's winning ticket is:

ORANGE TICKET

404971

************Store News***********

Bella Blvd "Hello Autumn" and "Tiny Tots" will be in the store TOMORROW!  Look for them later in the afternoon!

Simple Stories DIY Christmas and Sn@p Sets got pushed back to Thursday of this week.  Can't wait to make some cards with this DIY line!

**********Weekly Blog Winner**********

For a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store, please leave a comment on the blog posts throughout the week. At the end of the week, I choose a random day and a random commentor to win!! 

This weeks winner is:

Congrats!  Please email me at info@myscrapsandmore.com to claim your prize!

Have a great week everyone!

September Pass it On Reveal!

Happy Friday, scrappers!  Missy here.  I'm SO excited for today's blog post because it has been a month in the making.   I hosted our Pass It On Challenge this month over on our boards, which is where I chose a layout from our gallery to scraplift.  Then once I'm finished, I send my layout to someone, and then that person sends it to the next.  No one sees the original layout until the very end....which is NOW!

So without further delay....let's see them all!  Yay!

I chose this awesome layout by Michelle from our gallery.  I loved the photo strip and all of the fun embellishments.

Here is my lift.  I used the Shimelle collection and tried to mimic the same design as Michelle.

Here's where things get funny!  When I put up the sign up post, guess who was the first person to sign up?  Michelle!  Ha!  She lifted MY layout of a lift of HER layout!  She did a beautiful job....again!  And she didn't know it was her layout that I had chosen!

Celeste was next.  She based her layout on Michelle's lift.  The design is still the same, and I love how she incorporated a frame and that fun twine!

Julie received Celeste's layout and turned it on its side to create this beautiful page.  She also used a frame or two, and I love that she added a fun cluster at the bottom!

Karrie lifted Julie's page and did a great job.  She enlarged the design and kept the same horizontal aspect going.  I really love the circles she added in and that pretty striped paper!

Jenessa created a gorgeous page based on Karrie's layout.  She kept the circle element going and added in lots of layering.  I love her stitching and how she backed her Thickers!

Leslie received Jenessa's page and came up with this pretty creation!  She also kept the circles going and added in some gorgeous flowers.  I love how much the photo pops in this...very elegant!

Here's Heather's take on Leslie's layout.  You can see how the design is shifting to the side at this point, which I love.  GREAT photo here, and I love those little sprigs on the right side of the photo!  Amazing dog page....and there are still circle elements in this page!

Carol lifted Heather and created this beautiful layout.  I love the inking on this...everything really pops.  I love all of the embellishments here, which is prevalent in the original layout.  Beautiful!

Joanie took on Carols's page and flipped her design to the right side.  This one is so fun and bright, and I love that she used such a cute picture!  I also love how she used tiny and large alphas for her title.

Tammy is up next with her take on Joanie's page.  Who doesn't love summer fun pages?!  This one is awesome, and I love that she added in some mixed media...my fave!  Love her embellishments, too.

Tracy played along and lifted Tammy's layout.  From summer to winter...haha!  Love this snowy layout.  It's crazy how colors can really make you "feel" the page...yellow makes you feel hot and white makes you feel cold.  I really love the snowflakes and mist here...now I have chill bumps!

Brenda lifted Tracy's design and came up with this gorgeous page!  LOVE the color combo here and that fun cluster at the top.  Those buttons at the bottom are awesome!  Love the layers, too.

Wendi was our final player.  She moved her focus back to the left but kept all the layering and embellishments.  I love her color scheme and that fun stitched banner on the side!  Such a great photo, too!

And back to the original layout one more time....

Isn't it amazing how things change?  Every one of these layouts are beautiful, and they were all based on this page.  This is a really fun game, and we will do it again in a few months.  I'm so thrilled we had 13 players!  That's fabulous!

I hope you're inspired by these wonderful designs!  Make sure you check the boards for Wendi's Kit Swap this month!

Have a great weekend, and don't forget to check out the store for all the new arrivals!

Missy :)

Come on out all you card makers!!

It is almost time to celebrate World Card Making Day!!!  I hope you are planning on joining us for the blog hop we are having this weekend over on  the sketch blog. It's all about the cards!  I really need to replenish my stash so I'm not rushing to make them at the last minute.  In honor of the upcoming holiday I thought I would share a few cards with you.

This first card is a card I made for my secret pal at work.  She isn't a scrapper so hopefully she won't see this and figure out I'm her secret pal.  It was a just card to say hi and offer encouragement.  I thought what better way than to have her two adorable boys on the card.  I actually got lucky and happened to be in the lounge when she found it in her box, so I got to hear her say how cute it was and wonder how in the world someone got the picture of her boys. I printed it off her facebook :)

This second card is an unusual shape for a reason.  It was a goodbye card for someone I work with who decided to resign and is now looking for a new job.  The shape was made so it would fit in the envelope that came with a gift certificate for a pedicure.

For both of these cards I used the Heidi Swapp Dreamy collection. Hope you will come play along with us in the blog hop.

***Tracy***

October MOTM

Hey there scrappy friends!
Lisa here today.
We are starting up our member of the month again and this month I chose Tami, aka momawhite99, on the message board.

I am a huge fan of Tami's work. She rocks the boys pages and the sports pages!
I asked Tami a few questions and this is what she had to say:

Tell us a bit about yourself? Where you live, married?, kids?, work?
I am a married mom of 2 teen boys, Bo 17 and Tucker 13. My husband and I both work fulltime at a Ford dealership...and you wonder why I am crazy-HAHAHA
How long have you been scrapping?
I have been scrapping since 2008.

What got you into scrapping?
I had seen some friends who had gotten into it-saw their work and thought OH how I would love that and could do a much better job. I think I was thinking that ugly thought because they didnt invite me to join. Besides I used to somewhat scrap in High School--I saved every single piece of emphemera I could and added it to my photos for my album. Thats scrapping right? Besides, when my Mom passed away-I had boxes of photos with no information of who some of the people were, where we were, and how old we were. I realized I dont want my kids to ever experience that. Or me if I get Alzheimer's?
Do you have a blog?
I have a blog...Life in the White House ...but I dont use it very much here lately.
Five things you don't know about me...
My left leg is 1/4 inch shorter than my right one
I scrap at my dinner table even though we live in an 1800 sq foot home--CRAZY huh?
I wanted to be a hairdresser but I realized I couldnt take someones $$ to give them an
ugly haircut that would look stupid no matter what they thought---LOL
I love to go fishing but wont eat it
I have an obession with tennis shoes--if I ever win the lottery I will have a pair in every
color of the rainbow

Here are a few of my favorite pieces of Tami's work:








Thanks Tami for inspiring us here at My Scraps & More!

~~~Lisa~~~