More from me

I have been a busy girl this week - lots going on both personal and scrapbooking. But I did manage to get 3 layouts done - here they are.
This is my Entry this week into the Bad Girls Top Design Academy - this weeks Class was all about "White Space"

That is the page I submitted - but I actually did 2 pages for the contest this next one I chose NOT to enter (I like it - just not enough I guess)




And I also made this page this week for a couple of challenges, In Just Scrappin the challenge was to Layer High, In Treasured Scrapbooking we had to use a TV show as the Title to a LO, and in Scrapbook Heaven we had to sew on a LO and sew on an embellishment. I did all of the above with this LO - created for all 3 challenges.

So Girly and Dragonfly

ok here is my next entry for the Bad Girls Top Designer Contest



And these pictures were taken yesterday at my work - I just love Dragonflies and I found this poor deceased one on the sidewalk and was just amazed at the beauty - so I thought I would share - be sure to click on the picture to see the full details!



Hope you are all having a great weekend - and if you get a chance pop on into Fiskateers this weekend for the crop - lots of fun and prizes.

Happy Days & Flamingo Love

ok I interupt this scrappy blog for a brief pause of Happy Inspiration. I read on my Fiska-friend Annie's Blog ( http://littlewingscreates.blogspot.com/ )today about inspiration and how it could come from so many places. Well that got me thinking - I am inspired almost everyday by the overwhelming love and sharing going on each day in the crafting world - what an amazing thing this is. Here is some proof of that love...my dear friend Cristal/Pinky made this gorgeous mini acrylic card/album - I was so inspired by it - I absolutely loved the way it turned out (check it out http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2008/09/my-cherry-has-been-popped.html )
She knew I would love it - she made it with me in mind - it had one of my signature symbols all over it ~cherries. I cried when it arrived on my doorstep - she is so sweet and thoughtful! Then Today Karen B from Just Scrappin (my favorite place on the Net) makes me this adorable personalized blinkie for my siggy and now my blog

Holy Cow - is this perfect for me or what?? I am the Flamingo Queen!! My collection is growing and it makes me so happy - just look at all of this Flamingo Love I have acquired recently


So this is the view I have at my computer desk every day - and it represents such LOVE and sharing - it inspires me every single day!! Ok one more thing before I close this - I got another surprise in the mail today. I recieved a box of happy Scrappy mail (the best kind) I am now the proud owner of my first cropodile (now more hammering) and a whole bunch of other scrappy delights - you would think I was in scrappy overload - but the very best thing in that box today was this...
Oh My Goodness - is this not the most adorable little coin purse you ever have seen? I squealed with delight - yes little gifts filled with BIG LOVE - it is a Happy Day.
Thank you to all my scrapping friends out there in cyberworld - you inspire me, you enlighten me, you lift me up, and most of all you love me...my cup runneth over - THANK YOU!!

Scrapping again

After some much needed time off for a family ordeal I finally got back into some scrapping. The first Page is for a BIG contest over at Bad Girls Kits Forum ***see above*** The Challenge was to use their layering techniques.



Then this page was created for BOTH Just Scrapping & Creative Scrappers. In Just Scrapping we were to creat a Fall/Halloween Layout without using any orange and we had to use paint - in Creative Scrapping it was a Sketch challenge using a new technique (using punches).

Hope you enjoy them!

Been Away

I have been kinda absent for the last 4 days - and not really scrapping either. So I don't have any pretty pages to share - but I do have a couple pretty pictures to share. Just a little family time - hope you enjoy them.

Reminisce

Reminisce has a call for a new DT position on their site and call me crazy - I am entering it. I do not have a whole lot of faith in being chosen - but you never know if you don't try - right?? so here are the few pages I have created using Mostly Reminisce products. Thanks for looking!

Check This Out

My good friend Pinky has a great give-a-way on her Blog today and it is all about one of My favorite Sites - Treasured Scrapbooking. Just go to the TS blog http://treasuredscrapbookingblog.blogspot.com and leave a comment for Leslie over there and then go back to Pinky's blog http://www.blueyecicle.blogspot.com and let her know you visited Leslie at TS. You can win a gift certificate to the store over at Treasured Scrapbooking!!

Productive Time Off

ok so I was off work the last 2 days and I scrapped - I ended up completeing 3 layouts. 2 of them are for the second chance contest in TS - so I had to follow specific requirements - but I am happy with them. Here they are...
Round 5

Round 6

now I have NEVER scrapped anything to do with my Ex-husband...but the journaling prompts made me think of Broken FairyTales - so that is what I chose.

Then this page was created for a Guest Design Team entry over at Creative Scrappers (one of my new playgrounds) It is mostly a sketch site and we had to use a sketch for the contest - here is what I did...


I hope you enjoy looking!! It is my Monday - UGH - so back to work for me. I hope you all have a great weekend!!

TGIF

Yep thankgoodness it is Friday - for most of you it is Monday - but this is my Friday. Labor Day weekend was kind of a bust around here - too many Hurricanes around. So it was a long slow weekend - and I managed to get some scrapping challenges in. I still need to work on my 2nd chance contest entry for TS - yeah I was eliminated from the contest last week (BOO HOO). I am completely proud of my ability to make it as far as I did - there are so many Super Talents in that group - whew!! Ok - then onto the next pages...

Fay Forces Flamingos to Flock with Fiskateers! Film at Five!

Yep that was the Header for this crazy picture...



Ok it was a crazy week here...first there was "Fay" the Terrible Tropical Storm that hit Florida a Record Breaking 4 times!! We knew about the approaching storm days before it hit Fla. the 1st time - we prepared for it...



Yep the family was prepared for the Big storm...that was headed right for us...


Well Fay came into Florida way South of us and was headed out into the Atlantic ocean - it appeared that we would miss the storm all together - NOT!!! This storm hit the ocean - stalled (dumping TONS of rain)- and then came back into Florida. This time she passed just about an hour north of us - which means we had the the wicked south-end of the storms winds and rain - GREAT!! So schools were closed, our county was declared a State of Emergency for flooding, the weather took a total tun for the worse.

Now mind you I was counting on the big CFD (Certified Fiskars Demonstrator) training even in Orlando on Friday, with the fun Crop afterwards. I planned for this trip, I arranged to have the day off (which is no small task), I bought a new car 10 days before (this means I had a way to Orlando - my old car was unworthy). I was so excited about having the New To Me Ride for the trip...

I pre-registered for all the events, I invited my fellow Fiskateer and favorite scrapping buddy Denise to come along, I was ready!! Then when I woke up Friday morning - the weather was horrid - I spent hours looking at the news - talking to Denise and Cristal about whether we should cancel the trip. I did not want to cancel - this was a big deal for me - but I didn't want to kill myself trying to get there either. Well call me crazy - I decided I just had to go!!

So Denise and headed off to Orlando - through the storm, and the flooding. We arrived at AC Moore's safely, a little frazzled from the intense driving conditions - but safe. The training was fun - Rebecca is a hoot! Her and Megan (her trusty fiska-assistant were great - I learned a few things too - like how to do perfect corners with the Threading Water Punch!! We met some awesome ladies too - this was turning out to be a great day - wet - but great!!




We headed out to the next stop - a wonderful little Scrap store called Piktails. The owner was a super nice lady, and she had a great selection of scrappy goodness in her store. The crop was a huge success, Rebecca and Megan did a Great little mini album Make and Take with everyone and of course she shared the Fiskars Love...







Ok so we were all having a great time - so we just had to bring out our Mascot's from Just Scrapping....meet Thelma and Louise



Thelma and Louise were adopted into our Scrapbook forum last month, they are planning a trip around the country - meeting all of the girls and visiting many places. We were lucky enough that Denise had just finished off a couple of weeks of Girl Scout Camp with Thelma and Louise and they hadn't left Florida yet - so we brought them along to meet our Lead Fiskateer Rebecca. This isn't the first time we have had some Flamingo fun - another group that I was a part of came up with the idea of a traveling Flamingo "Ned", but unfortunately someone removed Ned from his travels and no one has ever heard from him again. We ended up with twins when I went to adopt our new Flamingo, as the owner only "released" them in pairs. We held a contest in Just Scrapping and everyone voted on names for our finely feathered flamingo friends - and Thelma and Louise were chosen to be out Forum Mascots. Ok so Rebecca thought we were crazy - in a good kind of way - but it was all in fun and Thelma and Lousie love being the center of attention...


So this is how we ended up with this crazy picture - and the Funny Heading.

We ended up closing the crop - it was supposed to end at midnight and we ended up chatting with our wonderful new fiska-friends, and the awesome store owner till after 1:30am - WHOA!! Denise and I still had a 2 hour drive home - in the rain again!! What a weekend!! It is one that I will remember fondly for a lifetime!!

Round 4 Treasured Hunt

Ok people - This is my entry into round 4 of the big contest at Treasured Scrapbooking. I made this page LATE Saturday night with the rembrants of a severe migraine headache. So I don't think of it as my very best work - but I am hopeful that it is good enough to get me through to the next round.

Wish me luck!!!

Round 3

well this is my entry for Round 3 of the Treasured Hunt... I am so nervous this time. It does not matter whether I am chosen to continue on to round 4 or not - at this point - I am just super thrilled to have come this far!! These girls participating in this contest are so flippin talented - I am just honored to be included amongst them. ok here it is - this weeks challenge had to include the words "If I ruled the world" somewhere...I made this

It was just announced...I made it - I am so thrilled to be moving on - WAHOO!!!!

Round #2 of the Treasured Hunt

Ok so the pressure is ON bigtime...I made into round #2 of this huge contest. I really do not expect to win the Grand Prize because the girls in this contest are just spectacularily talented - but I want to do my best and go as far as I can. So after many failed attempts, way too much thinking, and a few late nights, ......here is my entry for Round #2

I hope it is good enough to make it through the next round......now we play the intense waiting game....sigh!!

The Treasured Hunt

It is the biggest contest of the Year in Treasured Scrapbooking and the contest is going on now. We all had to submit a layout to be judged eligible to participate - this was my eligibility layout

Well I made it into the contest - woo hoo!! Now we will all have 1 challenge a week to complete, with elimination each week, until a winner is announced. Week #1 Challenge was to use scallops and felt on a page - oh and only one picture - here is mine

I am up against some EXTREMELY talented scrapbookers...it is a little out of my element (playing with the big leaugues) but I am so proud that I made it into the contest and I hope to advance into the next round - can't win if you don't try - right??

Wish me luck - and thanks for looking!