A Sneak Peak...

Sept 1, 2008 marks an important announcement... but I'm not gonna tell you what it is until then! Well, I'm not going to tell you EVERYTHING about it until then. Buuuut...

I will tell you these things:
It's a challenge!
It includes a very cool prize package!
It includes a guest designer!
It's been submitted to be posted on PubCalls!
You'll have a whole month!
Open to all U.S. scrappers!

One last hint:

Check back on the first.... it's gonna be great!!

Toot Toot

I received a very cool email just now - I have a project that will be published in November's issue of the Scrapbooking.com Magazine! I am VERY excited!! Yay! More info when I get it. :o)

Addendum: I got more exciting news on 9/1 (I can't post it as a new topic bc I want the blog challenge to stay on top). Well, the first exciting (non scrappy news) is that I have been appointed (ie, I applied and was chosen) to be a senator on my school's student government. I guess that they want the perspective of a "returning adult" student. LOL. I guess I am getting old when I have to categorize myself as "returning adult". Oye. Anyway, tonight (9/2) I had my first Senate meeting and was "confirmed" (the whole senate voted, aye or nae) and the sworn in. Kinda nerve racking but also fun. I now have Student Government meetings every Wednesday night.

Now onto the scrappy news, I got an email yesterday (9/2) saying that I made it onto the design team at InaDink Designs! YAY! I am very excited and also nervous. But I am sure it will be great. I will let you know more about it (it is a new blog, i believe) as soon as I know (including the web address).

That's it for now. Yay for fun news!!

Sassafrass Sample and a Bday Card

So in one of my scrappy magazines this month there was a tear out card with a Sassafrass paper sample. It was in there to show a new line of papers that all have a die cut edge (scallops, ric rac, etc). I fell in love with it, it is so cute! So I made a card with it. It is still missing the quote or sentiment for the round journaling tabs so if anyone has any ideas, PLEASE let me know. :o)





I also made this card for my sister-in-laws 25th Birthday this last Friday:



wanna see why my card (and gift) got "shown up" by her boyfriends? And see a couple of quick shots of my girls, visit http://www.youtube.com/user/scrappyerin . (sorry the video is so shaky, I am not much of a movie-maker!).

Go Jump In A Creek!

I created this LO for a sketch contest over at http://www.gettinsketchy.blogspot.com/. Here are a few up-close pics:





I really like that in the bottom right picture it looks like kayla is purposefully looking at the frog. I did that totally (or should that be "toad-ally"??) by mistake but it ended up really cute.

Papa's Mask

Adrienne (ya know we love her!) has another sketch challenge going on through the 15th. Here i her sketch:


And my LO using it:







Adrienne, this was a great sketch and VERY inspiring. I love the way this turned out and I dont think I would have created it without you! Thanks again!!

(ps... check my blog Sept 1st as we will be have a VERY special announcement which regards Adrienne...)

Last but not least:

My last post for the evening...

I made this LO at Bella's (do you see a theme here, lol). It is about a group of pictures of Kayla that I have been waiting to use. I love the way it turned out. Here it is:







And the best part: check out what the two blue people (mommy and kayla dolls) are holding:

coffee cups!!! HA HA HA. LOoooOOOOooOOoooVE it!!

The start of something great...

I started this LO at a crop at Bella this last weekend. It is obviously going to be a Christmas LO. I have only ever done one other Christmas LO before so this is fun. I used Julie's stamps to turn the gardenias into poinsettias. I stamped the flower in a sort of wine color then colored it in with my ab fab favorite glitter pens. Then I used this new white marker that I got that night to line the edges. Awesome. Love that pen (thanks Julie!). I also used Bella's die cutting machine to make the dove. I then used my water pen and my blue ink pad to edge the dove. The buttons are from Creative Cafe and every single product on the LO is from Bella's. If you are in Yak - Bella's is the place to shop!! Anyway, here is the start of my LO. Will finish soon. No time now. LOL.





I am not sure how I am going to finish it yet but there WILL be white stitching involved. Stay tuned...

Princesses LO

These are horrible pictures of my LOs but I was in a rush. Loooong story. Will share someday.

This is a LO using pictures of my girls from Wal Mart (gotta love 1,494 pictures for $8!) last year. I know the right side is empty. That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it. :o)

Adrienne's Sketch for July

Check out Adrienne's Blog! She is doing a sketch contest every month. Sometimes there are prizes, sometimes not. But it's fun to play along! This months' sketch is:



And my LO (I am a bit tentative about it but I like the butterfly, especially how the wings stick up off of the page)

My last day...

Today was my last day at my new job... I know, crazy. I had such a wonderful time working there even if it wasn't for as long as I had hoped. The people there were so friendly and made me feel welcome. A truly nice change of pace from the "other place" (not to name names and all). If any of you from CF&CS read this... thank you. :o)

Sketch at 2S4U

Have you checked out "2 Sketches 4 You"? They post a new sketch every week. This week's sketch was:



I used a new picture of my daughters' as my inspiration. Here is my card using this sketch:



My favorite part are the 3D trees. I used pop dots to make them stand out from the page. I also used pop dots at the top of the picture to make it lean out slighty:


The card is actually white but I used ink to create the wood-toned border:



I also sewed around the outside edge of the patterned paper with a zig zag stitch, around the border with a straight stitch and used my machine (w/o thread) to create the paper pierced look around the photo:



I hope that you like it, wish me luck in the contest!!

Progess...

I finally have a few things to show you! I am so totally not used to working a 40 hour week and I have been EXHAUSTED lately. Poor me. lol.

This card is for my cousin Dawson. He is 6 and complained to his mom that he never gets cards that are "just for him". So how could I resist, he has his very own robot card in the mail (hope he likes it!).



These are just a couple of quick bday cards I threw together:





And lastly, I got my RAK in the mail from Adrienne's sketch challenge. THANK YOU ADRIENNE! I love it all!! Here is what she sent me:




She is having a new challenge due by the end of the month. Check out her blog using the link on the right side of the screen. I will post a pic of my LO when I get it finished.

Yakima Bears Baseball Buddy

Emily's name was drawn to be a "yakima bears baseball buddy" tonight at the home game. She got a t-shirt, a baseball (signed by Boomer the Bear and the 1st baseman who was her "buddy) and got to run out onto the field with the players before the game started. I was really worried that she would wimp out (she is not all that outgoing, to say the least!) but she did great! Well, once I explained to her that she was not going to be responsible for hitting a home run (which she really thought she was going to have to!!). Here are a couple of pics of her tonight:

Kelly's Desk Set

Besides the cupcakes for Kelly's Birthday I also made her an entire altered desk set. Love it! Her fave color is black and she is pretty much addicted to stars so here is what kelly would look like, if she were a desk set:



up close:

8x10 pic frame/wipe board


Pen holder, K pen, goodie box, giant paper clip/ photo holder:

Adrienne's 2nd Sketch

Adrienne has done it again! She has created another great sketch and is having a challenge on her blog (you can jump over to her blog by using the link to the far right under "my scrappy friends").



This sketch was much more challenging for me because of the circles and because of the paper I wanted to use and (as if I needed more of a reason to be stumped) because I wanted to use 3 pictures. But, I am very happy with the outcome!

Here it is, titled "Down at the Funny Farm" and features Kayla at West Valley Farm Days last month:



The picture I took does not do it justice. I will try to re-take the pic (I need a 12x12 scanner, someone tell my husband that's what I want for my Birthday Monday) and re-post. But I know Adrienne is anxious to see everyone's stuff so I wanted to get it posted asap. Hope I win this time!

I dream of you...

This is a LO i created for my LOVE of coffee! I know it is unusual to scrap without pictures... or journaling... or patterned paper... But I love it. The rub ons are by Bo Bunny and I made the pieced coffee cup myself. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!

Crop at Bella

There is going to be a crop at Bella Scrapbooking next Saturday (July 19th) from 6p - midnight. It costs $10 or free with a $20 purchase (which is definately easy to do!!). I went to the crop last month and it was a lot of fun!! Julie (the owner of Bella Scrapbooking) is a very generous hostess and a lot of fun to talk to!

Are you interested in going? Let me know!! :o)

An update

Wow we have been busy! We spent a week at Lake Wenatchee camping, swimming, playing, getting eaten by mosquitos, reading, hanging out. No scrapping, though. I am in withdrawal! We had a great time, though. I took lots of pics that I can't wait to scrap! We went into Leavenworth Friday afternoon for the 4th of July but it wasn't quite what we planned. It was ridiculously crowded and lacked the patriotic rush I love on our Independence day. So we left after just a little while and spent a few hours in Pashastin at a really cool Fruit Stand/Mercantile/Petting Zoo/Playground/Maze complete with a cow train. Yep. A cow train. LOL. I could never really describe it so I will get a pick up for you sometime relatively soon. Maybe. I am really bad. (hey, at least I'm honest!)

We got back into Yakima just before 8pm and the girls were still wound up and wanted to watch fireworks (who wouldn't??) so we went down to the Yakima Fairgrounds to the big festival thing they have there every year. My whole family (mom, sister, nephew, aunts, cousins, etc, etc, etc) were all there so it was really fun. The fireworks were great and they had a few shaped like hearts and stars. Very cool.

Saturday we crashed. SO EXHAUSTED! Then the girls went to my mom's for a few days (they were home sick for Grammy) and Jared and I had a date night. He bought me some new clothes in honor of my birthday/my new job. Then we had dinner at Outback Steakhouse (holy $65 dinner batman!) and watched a movie at home. "Fools Gold". Pretty good, funny enough to watch but not enough to buy.

Sunday we went to church and it was a really great message by Marah Jean Traub. It was exactly what I needed to hear. THANK YOU, LORD! It is amazing how He does that, isn't it?? Then we spent the afternoon together since we still didn't have any kids. I worked on my sister's birthday present. Her birthday is this friday. she will be 29. which means we will be the same ago until I turn 30 - gulp - on Monday the 14th. I can't tell you what I am making just in case she sees this (even though she prob won't). I'll put pics (for sure this time) when I get it done.

Today I started a new job at Catholic Family Services. So far it is great. I am really happy with it. I am going to be a "Records & Registration Specialist". I'll keep you posted as I go.

Well, that was a LONG post (in lue of scrappy pics). Enough for now, I say. TTYS!

see ya on saturday!

It is as hot as hell in Yakima!! We tipped over 100 degrees today! I am a melted puddle of misery right now!! Tomorrow we are leaving on our final vacation of the summer, seeing as I am starting a new job on the 7th. We are camping at Wenatchee Lake through the 4th. Then we are spending the 4th of July in Leavenworth, Wa. Then back home to the sweltering heat on the 5th. I am not taking any scrappy things with me (eek) and no computer (double eek). Just some good old fashioned camping fun with my hubby, kids and nephew.

Hope you have a great 4th of July, see you when I get back!

Coffee Board

I saw this galvanized board at Craft Warehouse yesterday and just had to play with it. I took their suggestion and made it into a message board (as it is magnetic). I really like the way it turned out. I especially like the chipboard girl on the bottom right. It is now hanging proudly by my front door.



The chipboard figure that I created using a blank figure, pp, inked the edges, magic coat and added the heart brad. I love her! I shall name her Sally Starbucks!



A closer view of the tags. I used rub ons and beads to embellish them.



what do you think?