Defying Gravity

Feelin' Good Kinda' Day..............

Funny post today, that kind of covers yesterday also.
Ever have one of those days that is a really good day, but never really seems to end. It just seems to continue into the next day, but the next day is not a good, so you want the original day to come back?

Well, that was yesterday and today, for me. I think I will call today, the continuous day from yesterday and go from there:0)

Fun things that have happened:

I got an exciting email from my good friend Julie telling me that she and I had made the Rusty Pickle Design team...woot woot!!!!!  I had been crossing my fingers for that wonderful companies team and the wish came true. Rusty Pickle has been so generous, with their Amazing Race event and it is such an honor to have been asked to join their team. That was my news mid day, very excited, set the beautiful Monday in fun motion.

Gav got checked in at his national Tournament in Lexington, Ky. Oh My.......now, there sure were some TALL boys. I mean, I see alot of tall boys with the amount of basketball that Gav plays, but people...we are talking tall ands BIG boys. One of the boys stats says he is 5'11"...and he is only 11 and in the 5th grade? The average players there are all tall than gav's teammates. Just a fact, one that will prove to be a bit tough for today's not so good day for him.

Jump back to the Awesome day..tee hee......got this fun email that told me to go peek at the Pebbles Inc Blog and sure enough, there was my ugly mug! It was funny, I was one of the featured designers yesterday, so my face popped up when I hit enter. Click and bwaaa......it was fun though. Pebbles Inc. is going to be a fabulous company to work for also. Great products and very fun people. Totally looking forward to that gig, along with the pickle.

Back to basketball, went to the opening ceremonies, not to exciting, which was kind of a let down for the boys. Too many people in a too small of a place, without enough air conditioning. That and imagine all the children at the tournament are all in the 10U age division. there are more boys, all the same age, from all over the country, than i have ever seen. Stressful, crowded and crazy...with people yelling out and all sorts of hubbub. You get the idea. We decided to spend the night and avoid the traffic, so there we are, buying clothes, new underwear..tee hee, and hair supplies, to spend the night. Totally fun and Gav thought it was pretty cool. Turn the negative into the positive right? Right:0)

Good night sleep, but way to short. Up and at em' for the 9:00a.m. rise and shine game day today. Long story short, our boys looked even shorter this morning than they did last night. They couldn't have shrunk, right? Well, the other team, was tall and really a good ball club. I was impressed at their skill level and they played well. Well and fair, which is a good thing nowadays and you wish it happened more. gav got to play alot and actually scored 8 points, which helped their final score of 15 out in the end. They are not used to losing, so that part was rough, but they will pick themselves up tomorrow and try again. A parent behind me made a really good comment though, that stuck with me. He said "The scoreboard is never a reflection of how really gfood a team here is. Every team here is good or they wouldn't even be here." I thought that was a good summary and what I shared with Gav in the car. Kind of a life lesson, I guess. Not a fun one when you lose by 20+ points, but it does help a bit.

So, like I said, this was a really fun and cool win for me on Monday, but then a disheartening loss for my little one today. So, I am going to combine the days, so we come out even if that is OK?

Thanks to Pebbles and Rusty Pickle for believing in me  and making my day.
To my Gav, keep it going man, I will keep pulling for you, also.
Hugs!

 

Fun week for the boy......

This is pretty much where my life is going to be the next 7 day...wish gavin Luck!
I'll do my best checking in and have some fun pieces to share, but he is #1 this week.

TH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL

DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

JULY 13– JULY 19 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
A Fun shot from this past week at the Rhondo camp......
Gav placed in the finals in 7 out of 8 of the individual competitions for 9-10 year olds and won 2 of the final competitions.
His team placed 2nd place in the chapmpionship games, losing only 2 games all week.
We are very proud of his effort!

Congrats to the new Pebbles Inc. Design Team!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Pebbles Design Team 2009!

I am so excited to *finally* announce all the members of the first Pebbles Design Team! In no particular order:

• Debbie Standard
• Pam Callaghan
• Maureen Blanc
• Samantha Sibbet
• Amy Sorro
• Kim Moreno
• Christa Paustenbaugh
• Celeste Smith
• Emeline Seet
• Suzanne Sergi
• Michele Beck
• Mireille Divjak
• Deanna Kroll
• Sophia Allison
• Lisa Warren
• Susan Dupre
• Akiko Kuroki (Akilia)
• Ginnifer Maloney
• Mimi Leinbach
• Cherie Nymeyer
• Marielle LeBlanc
• Beth Root
• Lynn Ghahary
• Gaëlle Fauglas
• Liz Qualman

Rusty Pickle Leg 7...."Kabooooom Party Set" is completed!

Hello Everyone!

Kabooooooom! is my Holiday Party Theme for this leg of The Rusty Pickle Amazing race. 

We could choose the line we wanted to use, so of course, I chose the Red, White and Blue. Gotta' go with the patriotic theme in this house!

 

We just had 4th of July and we are getting ready to celebrate Memorial Day, in what is not to far away. I just love the Red, White, and Blue theme of the Rockin' America Collection from Rusty Pickle. You can ink it for a vintage look or leave it more of a bright white for a pop line. Very cool and versatile product line.

 

I hope you enjoy what I created with her!

Thank you to Scrapping Outback for hosting us for this celebration of a challenge on our last leg of the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race!!! What a friendly place to visit! Check them out!!!

 

Products used:

RP Rockin America Patterned Paper

RP Chipboards

RP Stickers

RP Tags

RP Ribbon

RP Twine

Smokey Quartz Glitter

Frost Glimmer Mist

Glitter Spray Mist

Ranger Fired Brick Embossing Power (Chipboard)

Clearsnap Vintage photo Ink

Ranger Inks

White gel Pen

Helmar Quick Dry 450

Staples

Stitching

Entire Kaboooom Party Set

 

 

Poster/Sign/Banner...however you would like to call her, she is the focal piece that will actually hang on my door starting today. I just love her!

  

 

These cuties are centerpiece firecrackers! Each tube is a rolled piece of paper, with a topper of either a plastic covered lid and twine or balled RP ribbon.  Paper ruffles adorn each topper.

  

 

My Invite and thank You cards coordinate with each other. I used the tag holder for one of the cards and the template for the Thank You. Each of the sets have tags that slide into the pocket, with the stamped message and notation on the rear of each tag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what I call a garter set. The chipboard star is painted, stained, and glittered ands then tied with twine on the handle of the basket. The garter is a paper ribbon ruffle and adhered to the basket using temporary adhesive. Great silverware accent piece.

 

Each guest will receive a little treat box  in a takeout chinese box shape. The base is cradstock and then the mini banner is stitched and has the glitter stars, inked stars and sticker topper.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by girls!

This is the last leg of the race, so I am hoping we will find out soon the outcomes of the contest.

The final entires are not due until Friday afternoon and then they said the results would be posted soon. Crossing my fingers on this one. Wishing the other girls good luck also though, thy have all been wonderful to work with. I just wish they would choose all of the gals, they are all truly gems!

Hugs and have a great day!!!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race Leg 6 and what a busy day!

Phew.....when your day starts out uploading 14 pictures through photobucket and then driving two boys to a Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics) camp in Louisville, you know you have a long day ahead of you. That was my day today. Great day, but a long one. The boys had a terrific time at camp and I actually went outside, laid on the grass and caught some beautiful rays and well.......caught a few little black ants also! LOL!

I finished my Leg 6 of the Rusty Pickle Race, over at the Scrapbook Doodle shoppe. What fun gals and they gave us a great challenge of creating a recipe album.....cough, cough....yes, alot of you know....I don't cook. (As in not at all) Si, I did a twist on the challenge and called my album the "Recipe of Life" album. I just loved these beautiful products from their French Market Collection. 

Here is my take on the challenge:
 

Lots of chipboard, embellished with gold embossing. each chipboard is decorated using one of the Rusty Pickle journaling stamps. Lots of Ranger ink, Clearsnap Chalks, and the new Clearsnap Smooches.

 

Each recipe tab card is stapled together to make a pocket. Inside each pocket is a 2 sided "recipe card" that features a photo or sticker phrase. These cards slide inside the pocket.

 

The ribbon inside the a,bum has ribbon stiffener from Helmar, what a fabulous product!!! Just dip it in the stiffener and it works like glue, creating a thick piece of ribbon that is bendable.

 

Each of the flowers are actually gather and stapled. I must admit, i went and bought new needles to make the flowers, but when i went to use them.....poof...those darn fairies came and moved them again! That or the pirates...who knows. they are the same one that steals my Cropodile...you know the one's....they probably visit your house every once in a while. So, I actually folded the flowers and stapled them, covering each one with a RP Button.

 
I missed the large sticker letters on top of each of the major highlighted words.

 

Nip, tuck, glue, and poof...that is the method behind this project.
Oh, and you can't forget the inking and embossing, but you get the idea.

 

 

Close up of the embossing and tearing.

 

Card groupings, 4 sets.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to peek into my life.
Projects like this remind me how lucky I am.
My family is wonderful, we are all doing well health wise and fortunately, I have found a way that relieves my stress in a creative and functional way.
Hugs for a new day tomorrow....headed to bed in a few!

Tweet Tweet......Pebbles Inc.!

Tweet Tweet....I think I can finally share my fun news. I was asked to join the Pebbles Inc. Design team. Pebbles Inc. is a super fun papercrafts manufacturer, specializing in what I like to think of as whimsical and colorful products. Like I said, a fun company to be involved with. I am super excited and honored. Thanks Pebbles! I can't wait to see the entire list of who else made the team, good luck to  everyone!

Here is one of my favorite layouts using Pebbles inc.'s products...Gav and I, coming home from our cruise, a few years ago. Now, back to work on project 5 for the race.....and off we go! I am hoping to be done this evening.

Rusty Pickle Leg 5...and then another......

Phew........this one was a HUGE project, HUGE!
But I really love how it turned out.

Grrrrr....this was an large winged album for the Rusty Pickle product line called Princess Pirate! I dedicated this grungy foo foo album to my helpful teenage neighbor, who totally fell in love with the product line, the minute she helped me pull it out of my RP box. I promised her ahead of time, that is selected for a project, I would use her favorite photos of herself and her friends.

You will notice, there are some blank places, especially in the journal areas, that I left for her to add her own words and her own small photos. Everyone wants to make their teenage book their own:0) All of the writing is done in silver sharpie, which looks really cool in person, not so bright in photos. Sorry about that...but they were messages and sayings to her. I did write on some of the photos and lots of the little tags, but mostly in silver, highlighted in black.

So, here she is the teenage version, of what being a pirate princess is all about!
I hope you enjoy her as much as I did....now she needs to set sail for a new teenage girl's home!
Thank you Rusty Pickle, this will make her day, which in turn, makes mine!

Products used:
Rusty Pickle Pirate line: Patterned Papers, chipboards, Trims, stickers, tags, buttons and coupons.
Rusty Pickle Large Winged Chipboard Album

Others:
Krylon Spray Glitter
Tulip Puffy Paint
Krylon Crackle Paint
DecoArt Twinkle Paint
Nicole's Foil Glitter
Helmar Quickdry 450, Spray adhesive and Premium Craft Glue
Silver Sharpie
American Crafts Pen
Staples
Sewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More fun news still coming.....I think i can share it later on today and I can't wait...tweet tweet!!!

Happy 4th Girlies!!!!!
Back to the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race!

Look what is on it's way to me...................

I Am A Scrapaholic's Main July Kit.......yumminess in full color!
Go check it out before they are gone!
I am stalking the mailman daily, for i think someone someone in a mail truck has picked up a scrapping hobby in their free time! Are the colors not the coolest??

Main Kit includes: $27.99

• 7 sheets, 12 x 12",  of Basic Grey Lime Rickey:  [1 each] Blue Moon, Boston Cooler, Fruit Fizz, Hoboken, Howdy Doody, Sarsaparilla, Tart & Tiny.

• 4 sheets, 12 x 12" Core'dinations White Wash Cardstock: [2 each] Butter Churn, Screen Door

• American Crafts Umbrella Thickers-Cricket ~Not shown in photo

• Bo Bunny Grease Monkey Buttons & Bling

• Bo Bunny Pet Shop Flowers

• Flair Designs Summer Time Fantastic Plastic w/Flair shapes

• Daisy Bucket Fun Quotes Rub-ons Elements

• 6 Jenni Bowlin Designs 4" Die-cut Mini Papers

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 3/8" Clover Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 3/8" Burnt Orange Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 5/8" Buttercup Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Making Memories Yellow Crochet Trim

• 1 yard May Arts Orange Grossgrain with White Stitched Edge Ribbon

The Rusty Pickle's Amazing Race leg 4 and more......

Leg 4 of the Rusty Pickle Amazing race is done and today we are off to Indiana, 4 teenage boys and me! Hmmm....not sure which one is crazier, the race or volunteering to take those boys on that trip. LOL! (Definately the latter)

I loved this last project, using the Rusty Pickle Cherry Line, way to precious!
Rustic, yet fresh products!
Hope you enjoy!
Have a great day, I'll check in later this evening, with some of the other fun pieces I have been working on! Hugs!
Beth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beth's version of Alice In Wonderland.......

Ok, what does that little rabbit sing all the time..."I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodby...I'm late, I'm late, I'm late." Well, when i directed this porgram w years ago, the rabbit really did miss his entrance every single time, but today.....I am going to do a quick post and run. The 4th leg of the race just kicked off and I have 2 days to make another 10 page..yeah 10 page, mini labum!  Wouldn't be a problem, accept that i broke the sewing machine...cough, cough.....yes again! This time, I am goig to buy me real one, not a child's toy.....so...need to take a quick break to get the machine and then head off to the chiropractor   and massage thearpist...tee hee!!!!! Life is good! HUGS!

Hope you love this layout as much as I do...one of my best days ever!

 

 

Rusty Pickle Leg 2 finished.................

Phew.............what a wonderous  undertaking! Not completing this lil' pretty, but trying to do it so quickly! I love how it turned out, so it was so worth it! I can't wait to share it with my family......they only saw it in the beginning stages, now she looks alot different. It is a boys weekend at the annual squirt gun war weekend. (I know, now that is a boyz weekend)

This really was such a fabulous project to complete. Honestly, it turned out more like an art journal for me, than a mini album, because of my reasons for wanting to be a Rusty Pickle Chef. I just found that as I used some of my favorite products, it inspired me to think outside the box and try new creative things, which pretty much is a synopsis of my love for Rusty Pickle.

I hope you enjoy my book, I wrote out my journaling, since most of it is hidden inside of RP folders. Alot of my personal feeling is reflected in the stickers sentiments that I chose.

Beth's Rusty Pickle Inspired Album:

 

Page 1 & 2:

Page 1 inside folder:
Journaling says: When I first started this crazy craft journey, I foudn that artistic and chic vintagy items were my favorite. I didn't really know how to use them. Then, I learned about CKU's and the wonderful Rusty Pickle classes. So, just as with everything I do, I went hog wild and took every class I could, from Rusty Pickle. Tearing, Inking, Layering...I learned to create and explore and to find my own style. I would love to share my love of crafting with others and the place where it all started....Thank you. Me.

Page 2: Inspiration is found & shared in many different places....

 

 

Page 3 & 4:

 
Journaling: Listen to these words, follow your dreams...

Page 4 Inside Mini Envelope Journaling: There are times in life that things that have no voice call to you.....these things that call to you in silence are called dreams. If there is something that calls to you and inspires you to be your best - to do your best....you need to follow your dream.

 

Page 5 & 6:

 

 

 

 

 

Page 7 & 8

 

Page 9:
Journaling reads: Emotions are inspired in many ways and by many things.

Page 10: Choose wisely who will inspire you.

I hope you enjoyed this fun album....come on out and support us in the race!
Today and tomorrow, we are at TallyScrappers...come and leave us some love!

A new project will come tomorrow.....woo hooo!

A slight delay in the Scappy Day at Scrapbook News & Review.

This is the announecement from our editor guys..... we will be back on, with lots of fun!
Off to finish my Rusty Pickle Album!

Hugs!
Beth

SNR Site Unavailable Until Monday Morning

As you can see by the present state of our site, we’re no longer online. Our site is completely inaccessible and will not be available until Monday morning, at the very earliest and the June issue as well as the Spring into Summer Event are now being rescheduled due to this unfortunate turn of events.

In our desire to be proactive and ensure nothing went wrong on the event date, it all spiraled out of control. Ever since our site was hacked a few months ago, it has experienced minor problems here and there. Since anytime we experience traffic of more than 40,000 unique daily visitors to the site, we experience “blips” or “surges” which essentially kicks off people who are 40,000 + 1 in line, and knowing our last event garnered roughly 46,000 visitors we decided it was best to switch to a larger server. Our hosting service advised it would take no longer than 8 hours to transfer all content and then another 4 for the DNS switch. I laugh at that because it was about as far from the truth as you can get. 16 hours later the transfer was still hobbling along. With unforeseen problems leftover from the hacker, the over 12,000 images and 1,300 articles we had to transfer moved at a ridiculously low speed and then eventually just stopped.

At this point, our site is completely shut down and displays a not-so-attractive “down for scheduled maintenance” sign that was certainly not scheduled. To say we’re disappointed would be putting it mildly. With countless man hours and above and beyond efforts made by staff members, the hardest part was telling them we were unable to hold the event as scheduled, but, as we’ve always believed, there’s always a silver lining in every cloud.To that end, we have some major announcements and incredible stuff headed your way.

Over the next two weeks you'll discover and fall in love with all of the amazing changes we're putting into effect and now that we'll soon be on a server with almost unlimited capabilities, we'll now be able to ensure you never have a problem getting to all the scrappy goodness on our site.

We're deeply sorry for any confusion or trouble this may have caused and please know we do not take any of this lightly. As a whole, SNR magazine stands together as a family and we stand by our word and our commitment to the scrapbooking community and this weighs heavily on our hearts, but there's always a silver lining in every cloud and we refuse to see this as anything but a positive. All good things come to those who wait and for your patience, we assure you, it will be worth the wait.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail us. Fortunately, our e-mail accounts are on a different server so we still have access to you. Thank you for your patience and understanding and have an amazing weekend.

Rusty Pickle 1st Entry is done!!! Wooo Hoooo!

What a fun challenge for me.....I was lucky, this is one of my favorite Rusty Pickle lines we received!
Grungy Sports, what could be better, right?  I can't wait to see today challenge!

Yipppeee......what fun!

Here is a peek, but if you have a moment, please go leave me some love on the site. It only take a minute to register to leave comments. Embellish-Online Gallery

This is a layout, using our photos from camp last week. My son is an extremly dedicated and intense little ball player. He dreams of going to Duke University, so I thought this would be appropropriate.

Journaling Reads:
The desire to be the best.
The dedication of an All-Star.
You will go places.
Yes.
(Coordinates with the themed stickers)

 

 

Products Used:
Rusty Pickle: Game Time
Patterned papers,
Letter Stickers,
Phrase Stickers
Ccoupon Sheet,
Tag Sheet
Jottin' It Down Stamps,
Small Tags,
Cardstock

Ink: Clearsnap Vintage Photo and Smooches
Helmar Adhesives: Liquid 450, Crackle Paint
Pen: Gold Uniball
Sewing  

Thanks for peeking~!
Another assignement will come today and remember, they are having raffls following the postings, for comments being left! Go for it! Rusty Pickle Blog Contest Post

Hugs!

Beth 

The Race & The Event.......Lotsa' going on!

OK.....the Rusty pickle Amazing Race kicked off, with me left clueless!!!

Here is the riddle that was left or should I say left me in the dust:

With a scrapbook page nearly finished, how do I embellish it?
Do I grab some bling maybe a button or two?
But wait a minute this page is on the computer
And the screen is oh so flat
What I would really like to know is
How do you embellish-online?

Thank goodness the girls helped me out, i went to some site that had a sexy cat on it...woo wee!
Not that one! tee hee!

Here is where we were suppsoed to be:
Embellish-Online: http://www.embellish-online.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1314
Very nice of them to host us.

Here is our challenge for the day, almost done with mine at this point:
Embellish It Scrapbooking will have the 1st leg of the Race (of 7 legs total) … starting at noon, June 24th and ending at noon, June 25th (Mountain Standard Time)
Your assignment is…
Use the Gametime line to create a double 12 x 12 layout based on the attached sketch:
 
Great sketch for this fun line!!!!!
Rusty Pickle: http://www.rustypickle.com/
Game Time!
Absolutely perfect for what I love to scrap! My boy being himself!

Now, for more fun news...here it is...the details for Saturday!

Lots of classes and challenges to be shard with everyone!
There will be lots of Manufacturer's featured during the day.
Come check out all the free classes for you to enjoy and enter some fun raffles.
See you there!

I'll be back tomorrow with my Rusty Pickle Layout!
Don't forget to go check out there blog above, for fun prizes during the race!
They are sharing with those that support us through our jaunt!
Thanks girls!

Hugs!

 

 

 

 

Rusty Pickle Pre-game...................

The race kick off on Wed. at 12noon MST!
Goodness gracious, it is here....finally. I am so super excited about this fun event, I can barely stand it!  Yummy products sent in a huge box, bagged by productline....can you imagine? I didn't even have to sort it.....it was like Christmas, better than Christmas because I didn't know what i was getting and someone else picked it out for me AND.....I liked it all!!!!! bwaaa!

I hear there will be prizes along the way for race fans, so come and cheer us along, my friends! I know you love their products too!!! Here is the link: www.rustypickle.com, but it is also linked on the side of my blog page.

I am also done with my online class for Scrapbook News & Review this weekend, more details coming.
Her is a sneek peek, i think some of my "cleaner scrapper" friends will be impressed...i kept it under control on this one:0) This is a sneek of the last page of the album, the rest of the pages are double page spreads in a 12x12 format. Like i said, I think alot of you would really enjoy this!

I'll be back late this week to share, but pencil in saturday at 3p.m. FREE.
 

Off to finish a couple cards and clean up my scrappy space for tomorrow!

Hugs!

The world traveler is back with lots to share!

Yes, it has been a while for me to share on the blog. I apologize, I have been to my mom and dad's house and then at basketball camp with Gavin for the last week. Both involved tons of travel and coordinating getting him everywhere he needed to be, along with seeing his games. Phew....long 10 days!

I have been busy creating though and have lots to share! This is just a few, keep checking back this week and weekend, for more updates!

1st, I have the mid month Kit premiere for Treasured Scrapbooking. Fun kit this month and I finished them up at mom's house, so it was fun to raid her photos.

Sweetheart Katie, a layout of my neice this year in Kindergarten. This is using kit #2 from Treasured Scrapbooking's June Kit.
 

Flowers, my 2nd layout for the mid month release. I rolled the stems of the flowers, for added dimension. I used my Helmar Craft Glue on the edges and pinched them together for a moment, to get this fun look.
 

My last little piece from the kit, for the month of June was this strawberry card, just a cute lil'  quickie!
 

I have also been hosting a Use your stash challenge at TS and it seems to have gotten a really great response. Girls like to use what they have, so thy can buy more, right? Here is one of the layouts I created, using some older edition prima and my NEW MAGISTICAL MEMORIES SCROLL Chipboard's! I love these NEW SCROLLS!  Just love them and when I got my new October Afternoon papers, I found that they looked very nice with the Tinkering Ink Line from a while ago. Nice, bright colors! I also used the I sprayed the chipboard with Helmar's Vellum Adhesive and sprinkled on the glitter! Perfect light layer, ready to go!
 

Alright, I'll be back tomorrow with some more to share, more new items from Magistical Memories and other fun things. Lots of photos to share from the last week. Gav even got to meet Coach K. from Duke, the icon in basketball!!!!!

I also have a winner to announce from the Free Kit challenge! Yippee!

Have a good one girls!

Win the free Basic Grey Wisteria June Kit from The Scrap'n Supply Shack

Remember girls...June 16th is the date to get your sketch posted from the below sketch challenge from The Scrap'n Supply Shack. As their Guest Design team member for June, they have sponsored me one of their fabulous ktis for a challenge raffle. The beautiful sketch is posted in my blog below....use it as inspiration, post it in the stopre gallery and then link it back to here in the sketch post or this post and I will choose a random winner on June 16th for the free kit. (Either post is fine - I'll check both)

What a fun way to receive a beautiful kit and get a wonderful layout done at the same time.

Here is my next piece for the month....although I am hoping to do some more with this awesome kit. The products are so beautiful. I just love this Basic Grey Wisteria line

Summer: This photo is from our vacation last summer. It always brings me joy to remember that fabulous week of exploration. Now get going on the sketch...these products could be yours!

Alrighty...enjoy the day!~

Sharing more of "The Scoop" on Rusty Pickle's Amazing Race........

Alright, several have emailed me asking me to post all of my entry, so here she goes!
I am so darn excited about this contest right now...can not wait until the Rusty Pickle Products arrive this week...yum yum!!!  EeEks, lots of fun goodness!

Isn't this a fun little sign that Rusty Pickle made for all of us....just had to share!
Here is my 2 page layout:

The collection photo of my Mini Album:

and My Acrylic stamped wall hanging:
 
I have appreciated all of the Sweett comments I have received this week on the blog and to me at home. Really, friends support and love with fun things like this means so much to me. I really treasure each of you!  Now, please remember to come and cheer me on when this race actually starts. I'll need it, the competition is tough! I promise to come and share the details with ya' and to let you know where my work will be posted. I am really excited about the amount of energy this will bring out. You all know me pretty well, i do some of my best work with time crunches and challenges like this, so I am excited to see the final product. Whether I make their team or not, it will be a really fun experience and I'll walk away with some really creative work completed. That is thrilling for me. I know, I am silly like that. I just love Rusty Pickle products, so I am thrilled to get to work with some new things!

We  also have some very very cool happenings coming up at Scrapbook News & Review. I can't let the cat out of the bag as of yet, but do know that as soon as I have a date, you all will be the first to know!!!!! Tons of creativity with TONS of Manuf. YOU LOVE!  LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!   I found out my section of the event today and am just thrilled! 

Alrighty.....2 more days of L.C.C. basketball camp for Gavin and then we head back to Kentucky for the evening. We fly out sat. morning for his basketball camp at Duke University. This is a huge highlight of the summer for him. he wants to be a Dukey! For us Ohio State and Kentucky people...that's a hard hit, ain't it? Oh well, whatever keeps him getting straight A's works for me! Go Duke!

Here is a fun photo that I still need to scrap!  Just had to share...my life, in a nutshell, right here!

Hugs and have a great week, friends!
Beth

Another Peek at The Scrapaholic Kit for June!!!

OK, this is such a fun kit this month....beautiful summer colors and fun fresh embellishments. I also had lost of fun stuff in my stash to add that really coordinated well. You all know how I am about using my stash. I have been claiming all year, i am cleaning house ths summer and well...here we are...summer is here! Gotta' use this stuff, before I get in trouble!  (EEKS!)

Here is a photo of the kit for ya, so you can drool over it's Chatterbox goodness....Yum Yum!
Main I Am A Scrapaholic Kit
 

6 sheets of Double-sided 12x12 Chatterbox Fabulous: [1 each] Arrows, Big Star, Blooms, Buttons, Petite Vintage, Vintage.

2 sheets of 12 x 12 Chatterbox Fabulous Specialty Paper: [1 each] Glitter Gingham, Glossy Vintage

4 sheets of 12 x 12 Bazzill Cardstock: [2 each] Pollen, Java

American Crafts Powder Rainboots Thickers

Prima Embroidered Fabric Birds

Prima Fluttering Butterflies

Kaiser Crafts Experience Rub-ons (black)

Karen Foster Designs "Father" License Plate

Prima Yellow Dandies

Prima Brown Devines Stems

 

Addicts Kit

 

Chatterbox Fabulous Stitched Felt

Chatterbox Fabulous Chipboard Tags

Crafty Secrets "Bless Our Family" Heartwarming Vintage Cuts

Prima Wall Clear Collage Stamp [size @ 2.5x3"]

1 oz of Robin's Nest Metallic Teal Dew Drops

1 Single Slide Mailer

1 Double Slide Mailer

 

Therapy Kit

 

• Tattered Angels Fancy Flight Glimmer Screens
• Tattered Angels Midnight Blue Glimmer Mist
• 7 Gypsies Word Paperclips
• Basic Grey Sky Bling It Frame

 

Here is another piece I created for this month, of gavman a few season ago. He is growing up way to fast!
 
Check back tomorrow for some more cool Rusty Pickle Amazing Race details...lots of fun projects to share with you that the girls created. What talented gals!

Have agreat evening!

Yippppeeeeee......Rusty Pickle's Amazing Race has begun........

........and I am still in the race! I saw the post this morning of all the talented gals that made the final round and was lucky enough to be on the list. I participated in this contest before and it was alot of creative fun! Made honorable mention, so this time.....got my runnin' shoes on!

Special yell out for my talented friend Julie Walton, who is also in the race! I have always loved Julie and admired her mad scrappin' skills......so get ready girfriend, this will be alot of fun!!

Congrats to all the other very talented girls and it will be fun getting to know you too!
Rusty Pickle Blog

Check back soon to cheer us on!!! We should have details soon!

Here is my latest "Keepin It Real Layout" from the Nook Challenge. I love how it turned out and i really don't like Me layouts...but this one was fun! The papers are GCD and lots of prima foof! The journaling is highlighted below..it prety much sums me up right now! Hugs!

 

OMG....I told you I was updating....."BWAAAAAA!" Pebbles, Inc. Blog!

I have been so busy with this update on the computer, I havn't been checking my regular blog hops since Tuesday....and look...I am so honored!!!  Thanks you Pebbles, Inc.  You knew I loved your products, but now....not only did you feature my little pretties, but you were kind enough to think about my son!
You rock!!!!

Thank You!
Check them out! :  Pebbles Inc. Rocks!

OK...off to call my mom! tee he...Mama has to see her baby boy!
Hugs!

I got a face lift.......yipppppeeeeee!

Yep...finally did it!

Jumped out and just re-did the whole thing and geesh does it feel good!!!

Thank you to Michelle at Shabby Creations, for her professionalism and patience with this non techie girl. Check out her site, my friends, very creative, very easy to navagate and I personally feel very reasonable for what needs to be done. I am really happy with the way it turned out in the end.  

This has been a super crazy week for us, here atthe Root household. Gav has had basketball camp all week, which he loves. It has also been the first week out of school, so you know what that means...Dr. Appt., hair appt., paying bills, making phone calls for appt.'s...you all know the drill.

I have been wokring on lots of creations, some which i can post, others which must wait.  The Nook gals have kept me busy busy with thir challenges, but what inspirational fun that has been. I think them for this early summer kck off to get my butt in gear to create about 40 pieces in 10 days! LOL!  I am usually pretty fast with my work, but they really challenged me to think outside of the box and it really got my MoJo going for all the other work I needed to complete also.

On that note, here are some of my favorites for the week.

My Ranger project is my favorite.....lots of stuff going on with this one. I am really loving the final look, so I had to share.....but only for a few...she has other plkaces to visit and will have to be taken down. I finished her up last night and thankfully th rain let up this morning. 

 

Father's Love, featuring the June kit for I Am A Scrapaholic Kit club.....This is such a beautiful kit this month. I'll have a nice big write up in a few days, when I can share some other fun news about Lynn's fabulous club!  Just had to give you this sneeak though...couldn't wait. (My baby isn't  baby anymore....look at those lil' hands)



American Pride, usinglots of my favorite Rusty Pickle line, Mayflower. This line just has my name all over it. I even save the scraps and I am not a scrap saver! LOL!

 
My Cherry Pie Card for the Nook Yummy Card Challenge.

 

OK...here is the big shocker.....big breath here.....NO FLOWERS...OR.....BLING! OMG...is that really your layout, Beth? No Way!  LOL!  I love the way it turned out, th cut photo and all. gav thought it was cool also. So glad I tried this style. Although, i finally just had to walk away before I added anyhting else. 

Alrighty chicklets, here is to a beautiful day...even though it is raining here in kentucky...yuck!
But, it is Thursday, the laundry is done, the dishes are washed and it is the 1st game of the NBA basketball finals, so life is good at the Root household. 

That and I am notin school, so I have lots o' time to scrap!

Hugs and thanks for visiting, girls!

Beth

June Guest DT @ The Scrap N' Supply Shack

Hey girls...here is to hoping my computer cooperates this evening...big storms coming our way!

I have the pleasure of being asked to be the Guest Designer over at The Scrap N' Supply Shack! I was honored when debbie asked me and of course, thrilled when this beautiful kit arrived on my doorsteps last week. Yummy Yummy.....check it out!
 
Cool and beautiful, all that color!  basic Grey Wisteria is so pretty in person. The hues are rich and deep and quite honestly, luscious!  Mix that with Prima flowers, Crystal Bling and other fun goodies and you have a beautiful kit for June!!!!

Here is my 1st piece I created: Handsome.
 
I punched the little flowers with a Fiskars Scallop Punch and added stitching. My Helmar Scrapdots added the lift to make them pop, including all the additional layering. I rolled the paper around a pencil, while wet...to create the long thin rolls....a new and fun dimensional technique.

My 2nd layout, well it needs a little explanation through the journaling.
The journaling reads: Princesses may have their tiaras, but princes wear crowns too. Now Kings, they wear a "swoosh!"   On the side: Your idol, Lebrone James, has the nickname "King Lebrone." I just giggle when people call you King Gavin.

Now the girls at The Shack have sponsored me a June kit...yes a JUNE KIT, for a Sketch Challenge.  Anyone who participates in the sketch challenge will have their name put into a basket for a random drawing. Everyone has a chance to win the June kit...how cool is that!!! Lots of Basic Grey...Yummy!Create your piece, post it in the Scrap N' Supply Shack's gallery and provide a link back to my blog through your blog post.  Easy and fun!

Here is the beautiful sketch:
 

Beautiful sketch, beautiful kit.....have at it my friends!  Due: June 16th! Midnight

Check out the Scrap N' Shack's Blog @  Scrapnsupplyshack.

Check back later this month for some more fun creations!

Hot kits at Treasured Scrapbooking & More from Pebbles, Inc.!

 
Inspiration from Pebbles Inc.

June's kits are up at Treasured Scrapbooking!!!
Come and check them out!

Here is my 1st creation with this month's kit! Enjoy!
Lots o' my Mind's Eye in this sweetie!

 

I also have a sketch for you to use, if you want to create one of your own...here you go!
 

I'll have to come back later and upload some more...the computer is really giving me some challenges!

 Later girlies!  Beth

 

 

Scrapbook News & Review June/July Layout Call

Scrapbook News & Review June/July Layout Call

Want to get involved in being published in the industry?
Think you havew what it takes to have your designs in print?
Take a challenge and do it, my friends.
What is the worst thing that can happen? 
No cost...so do it, my friends...just do it!

June 2009 Calls:

All about the Man in Your Life
Brackets
Cardstock Only
Home Sweet Home
Journaling Spots
Proud to be an American and/or Military Wife
Monochromatic Predominant Color: Yellow or Orange

Deadline: June 12, 2009


July 2009 Calls

10 Things about Me/Favorite Things
Good Times
Blended Families
Picnics & BBQ?s
Playing Ball/Sports
Dancing
Monochromatic or Predominant Color: Blue or Red

Deadline: July 7, 2009

Send submissions to subs@scrapbooknewsandreview.com

Call Guidelines
Please submit your pages with the following guidelines:

Pages only -- no altered projects, home decor or mini albums, unless specified
Of any size, i.e. 12"x12", 8"x8", 6"x6"
Can be traditional, hybrid or digital (please specify)
Please send image(s) as large as possible and we?ll scale down to size
Please NAME your image with the title of the layout or project
Call name must be specified in subject line
No restrictions on whether it has been posted to an online gallery, blog or other site, but we respectfully request that you take them down when requested for publication.

Important Note: Please register on our site before sending in your submissions. This will ensure that we're able to properly contact you as well as authorize you to view the magazine should your artwork be accepted for publication. All submissions must include a SNR username.


Send submissions to subs@scrapbooknewsandreview.com

Good Luck girls!