~Clearly Christmas Fun~

Good morning!!

It is frigid this morning, boy I can feel winter peeking around the corner

and it puts me in the mood to scrap the Christmas photos from last year.

Imaginisce has a special post today called "Out Of Shape",

and I am one of the designers they asked to make a shaped project.

They are also giving away an irock package this week

so head over and comment! :)

For this page I used the XL Acrylic Shape from Clear Scraps,

then I added some Imaginisce goodies, then some Christmas

ribbons, and some shiny gold metallic cardstock from Kanban.

and of course the whole thing is held together by my Glue Arts

Extreme glue because it rocks my acrylic!

Oh and I found glitter glue at Michaels for 1.00 from Studio G,

now it tales a few more minutes to dry but I added it to the edges

and set it aside while I made dinner.

I actually feel like decorating for Christmas now! LOL

Hey have you entered my CRICUT CARTRIDGE GIVEAWAY??

From last Friday??? HURRY it's the last day to enter! GO!

~Happy Surprise- Upcoming Blog Hop~

Good morning once again!!

I had a nice surprise in the mail this weekend, the brand new

October Issue of the Cricut Magazine.

And if you look on page 90.....

You might just see my face! :)

I have had cards published but it was very exciting to have my

first layout published. To be honest I don't submit very often

so this is very exciting! :)

This is a glimpse of the layout.

It is me and my girl Adrienne, I love these "facebook" picture shots LOL

So if you get to a Joann's or a store that carries the magazine

look me up! :) WOOHOOOOOOO!

Oh and tomorrow it is the Samantha Walker Blog Hop, so

be sure to come back! She is giving away a couple goodies,

plus all my digital scrap-booking friends, there is a special surprise

for you...you are going to LOVE IT!

Happy Tuesday everyone!

~Sharing My Clear Scraps/Imaginisce Scrap Class GIVEAWAY!~

Good morning my friends,

I am so blessed with an amazing and I do mean AMAZING local

scrapbook store called The Scrap Room.

I have been in many shops and never had the warm reception

like this shop and they encourage local teaching including me!

Yesterday I was in Mt. Juliet, Tn. teaching a Clear Scraps/ Imaginisce class

and I had some special students. I love it when young people get into crafting

and I had to share the adorable picture they sent me.

(Don't worry mom gave permission to make them famous!) hehe

We made those cute little head bands and they made them in school colors

to wear to the first day of school next week!

We also made the little hair clip Badge/Pin combo with similar flowers.

It was such a fun class and they loved embossing/heating up the acrylic to

make these fun flowers! Imaginisce was an amazing sponsor to the class!

What a blessed day it was! :) Thanks to the Scrap Room as well,

if you are ever in Middle TN it is worth stopping by and saying hello,

not only is it Jenni Bowlin's home store but it is MY home store too!

That says alot about a great local store!

If you would like to win a KIT to this class please leave a comment

and on Friday I will post a WINNER! This kit includes the Clear Scraps

pre-punched/embossed flowers, Imaginisce badge/pin combo and headband.

Happy Monday~

~New Class Goodies Acrylic Altered Projects~

Happy Birthday my dear friend Dolores!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning my wonderful friends♡♡♡

We had planned on going camping this weekend but the weather

is so awfully hot we decided to put it off. Man it is HOT....

I don't think I could pack enough water for all 5 of us for 3 days!

Instead I decided to spend the day preparing for my next class on the 24th.

I don't usually teach 2 classes in one month but it's a slow summer,

so we decided to break it up.

We are going to make acrylic hair clips/pins. You can

see this cool badge/pin combo from Imaginisce allow you

to have a hair clip OR a pin! :)

Plus we will make this fun headband!

I think that class will be a hoot, it's my first altered project class!

It's only 15.00 and it is July 24th at 2pm

Just call the Scrap Room in Mt Juliet TN to sign up....

Now back to creating, I am ALMOST done with everything for CHA

then I can focus on fun new goodies!

Happy Friday everyone...have a wonderful weekend!

~DOUBLE Tool GIVEAWAY & Feature~

Good morning my crafty friends!

You know I love my tools and today I am happy to share a new video

all about the i-rock. Imaginisce asked me to host the "Tool Time"

segment today on their blog, so in celebration of this, I will be

giving away an i-rock & Glam rocks on MY BLOG right now!

PLUS, Imaginisce is giving away an i-rock package!!

Just go check out the video and blog at Imaginisce

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

leave a comment on their blog, follow my blog and on Friday

I will announce a WINNER of the i-rock and Glam Rocks!

~WIN A PRIZE PACKAGE RIGHT HERE While HELPING Survivors!!!!~

Good morning my crafting friends!

As a crafter I know there are so many amazing people who craft

with HUGE hearts!

Last year so many of you donated clothing and money

to the Nashville flood victims**Thank you**

Also we were able to sew over 800 pillowcases for

Vanderbilt Children's Hospital **Thank YOU**

In that spirit, today I am asking you to step up

and hep out the crafting survivors of Joplin tornados.

PLEASE re-BLOG, TWEET, and Facebook this post!!!!!

I saw this when Nikki Sivils posted it.

And what an amazing idea!!!

Anyone who donates supplies and leaves a comment here

I am throwing your name in to WIN a Brand new Imaginisce D-stress tool!

And a 10.00 GiFT CARD to TallyScrapper.com (from me).

This is an amazing cause, let's band together and help!

I am sending in a box today, I have items set aside

to give away on my blog but I think this time I will just ship them

straight to Nikki and we can all do without extra prizes

for a couple weeks! :)

DUE DATE IS JUNE 22ND!

♡♡I love the crafting community♡♡

~Scrapbooking & Crafting IS Art!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

Don't forget about yesterday's GIVEAWAY!

I am always trying new things when I play with paper and craft.

When I was designing the April kit for Tally I ran across these book covers

I decided to add them to the kits and try one myself.

I am very happy with the results!

Almost everything here is from the April Kit from Tally Scrapper.

I sure am having fun designing these kits, it pushes me to create

in many ways and with many mediums.

I dyed the tulle with the smooch spritz in the kit too! :)

I covered the butterfly and boy let me tell you, the Imaginisce D-stress

is now MY BEST FRIEND when it comes to covering chipboard!

I am hoping to fill this Art Journal with my journaling for any and

all future layouts. Right now I just have them in piles of notebook

paper in my bedroom LOL Time to organize! :)

And it's true, scrapbooking, crafting and creating is ART!!

I treat it like art and love it like art! :)

Ok I am off to create today, I created yesterday all day and I am feeling it!

Have a beautiful day and THANK YOU for popping by!

~i-ROCK Cristal Clear BLOG HOP!!! (video tutorial)~

Good morning my crafty friends!!!!!

I am excited about the blog hop today!

If you are here it is because you just left Melinda's blog...

and here is my project today...a VIDEO tutorial!!

I work with acetate and acrylic all the time especially being the

DT for Clear Scraps acrylic. I was finding my i-rock gems were popping

off my acrylic pages and cards, so I came up with this technique to

make them last and stay on...check it out

Don't forget to watch the credits *wink*

Now did you hop to each blog and hit follow along the way?

If you did you could win a

BIG I-ROCK prize package!!!!

Hurry back to Imaginisce and leave a comment!!!!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

~♡♥Back From KY & New TUTORIAL...Chicks 2!!♥♡~

Good morning!!!! Did ya miss me???

I "thought" I would have full internet access and my laptop to

work with while I was gone, so I planned to blog from Kentucky, but as

we all know life is not very planned, so I ended up being MIA. LOL

I had a great and BUSY time! Thanks Mindy for letting me stay with ya.

I met some amazing people this weekend and while scrapping in Mindy's

basement I went ahead and made this and took pictures for a tutorial!

Mindy let me use her goodies, and she handed me a blank frame.

This is what I came up with and she was gracious enough to give it to me!

I wanted to share how I made the aging on this vintage frame.

Aged Vintage Frame Tutorial:

I wanted a crackled age look and we did not have

any crackle paint, after the frame was painted and dried overnight I took

Mod Podge and coated a small section at a time, then I used the PLAID paint

and coated over the wet Mod Podge. You can see it is fairly thick.

I worked with 2-3" sections and before working on the next section

I took out my heat gun and thoroughly DRIED each section, watching it

crack a little making a faux wood grain texture.

After I finished the entire frame making sure it was really dry, I

took this Tattered Rose (You could use any color) Distress Ink and I rubbed

it all over the frame making the aging and distressing pop out.

Now I felt it looked great that way but I wanted it slightly more subtle,

so after I dried it again with the heat gun I added a very THIN coat of

the Plaid Paint over the top and I used my Imaginisce D-stress tool to go

over the edges and top, then I added my paper and embellishments.

I also used my Glue Arts FABRIC glue for the ribbon, and 3D UCUT to

pop up the metal LIVE. I am really pleased with the final project! :)

Oh and look at what I came home to!!

8 brand new baby chicks! We had planned on getting 5 more in April

but hubby fell in love and got 8 instead.

He even got me 3 new baby Rhode Island Reds.

I am so happy. It was a sweet day, I will post more pictures this week

I have a few stories too. For now I am off to pack orders for Tally and rest.

Have a wonderful Monday!

~Happy to Scrap Saturday~

Happy Saturday my crafty friends!

I am so excited, I found out yesterday that yes..I will be teaching in Cave City, KY

again this year! I loved it last year....I had 200 students and it was a blast!

If you are anywhere near Cave City, go sign up! An ENTIRE day of scrapbook classes

4 full classes and lunch too! See the Upcoming Classes tab above for info.

Ok on to scrapbooking right? LOL

Once again I used the Tally March Kit "Lucy you got alot of scrappin' to do!"

It will be up on March 1st at 8am central time.

I sure had fun with this kit. I often speak about my family and I love

waking up early and cooking fresh eggs for the boys for breakfast.

It's such a small thing but I wanted to scrap it anyways.

If nothing else, when I pass on the boys can show this to their kids :)

Or maybe I will be able to share with them if I am still here.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE October Afternoon and this kit was full of it!

I also used my Glue Arts *of course* LOL

And I even found an old Maya Road mini album page (the house)

to paint and use rub-ons with.

I wish I was this creative all the time LOL

DON'T FORGET about yesterdays D-stress GIVEAWAY! :)

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2011/02/creatively-scrapping-d-stress-giveaway.html

Oh and I added a BUNCH of new product to the Tally Scrapper Store!

The box came in and I was so excited, like Christmas!!

http://www.tallyscrapper.com/cat/whats-new/1.php

♡I am off to spend the weekend with my boys♡

~Have a beautiful day, thank you for popping by~

~Creatively Scrapping & D-STRESS GIVEAWAY RIGHT HERE!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I am so excited and feeling very creative this week.

I made this layout for the Tally Scrapper Survivor Challenge,

using the March Kit from Tally Scrapper.

I added the Banner and card stock but the rest is the Tally Kit.

The journaling says:
I wish I had known I am Really STRONG and a little crazy when my ex husband

was beating me up. I wonder how my life would have been different if

I knew then what I know now? Hindsight really is 20/20.

Of course I used my Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro and the 3D Combo Pack.

I am pretty much addicted to that stuff!

Did I mention the kit name? "Lucy you got alot of scrappin' to do!" hehe

Makes me smile every time I type it out or say it outloud!

I really love how the challenges on Tally can be as serious or as light as

you want and I am always challenged to create.

My best layouts come from the Survivor challenges! ♡♡♡♡

Ok on to the GIVEAWAY!!!!

How about a brand new D-Stress from Imaginisce?! MY FAVORITE TOOL!

Seriously my most favorite tool of all time!

I am on a couple Design Teams and sometimes I get doubles, well

this is one of those times!

I just did a class with this tool and plan another one in March.

This tool works like a charm and is so easy to use. If you make

mini albums or distress at all....this is the tool for you!!

You don't have to do anything but share

the GIVEAWAY! Or just share my blog.... I love my blog friends.

FOLLOW my blog and leave a comment!

Basically you know how it works, the more followers, the more

companies contact me to giveaway goodies. You make it happen and

I give away everything I get! ♡♡♡♡♡

Next week I will randomly draw a winner!!!!

Also I wanted to remind you that Clear Scraps is just

5 followers away from 250!~

AND they are hosting a giveaway today!!!!!!!! GO LOOK!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/

~THANK YOU for stopping by and commenting,

I read EVERY comment!!!~