Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Titles

Have you even been completely stuck on a cool title for your layout? Let me tell you, I have! I discovered this site that can help you. Check it out!
The Perfect Title

Monday, March 30, 2009

Sketch 6

Today was my girls' first day back to school after a week of Spring Break. They had to walk to the bus stop in the snow!! Go figure! How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Despite the crazy weather I've got a new sketch for you.

And here it is:


Here's what the design team created using this sketch:

Melita Chow


Grace Lauer


Darlene D'Eon


Melissa Ferguson


Renee Griffith


Liz Chidester


Pure awesomeness! Thanks ladies!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Get your sketch on!

Happy Sunday! Just a friendly reminder to get your LOs in for the March Sketch Challenge. You can use any of the 4 sketches posted. Deadline is Wednesday ~ midnight. A close friend of mine will choose her favorite and the winner will be announced Thursday. So lets see 'em!
Email your entires to joshorliz@frontiernet.net

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sketch 5

First off, I am so sorry this is a day late. We got home late last night. A good friend of ours passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday so we headed up to Utah for the funeral. Well aren't all deaths usually unexpected? She was way too young to die. She left behind 10 kids and many many friends. Be sure to tell your loved how much you love them.
Ok, on to the sketch.

Sketch 5


Here's what the fab design team did with the sketch:

Melissa Ferguson


Melita Chow


Darlene D'Eon


Grace Lauer


Wonderful job ladies!!

Lets see if you try the sketch!
I've received some wonderful submissions for our March challenge. Keep 'em coming!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

March Sketch Challenge

There's another way you can win a Pink Paislee "Spring Fling" kit. All you have to do is complete a layout from one of the previous sketches posted here on the blog. You can either email it to me or add a comment to this post with a link to where we can see it. Be sure to tell us which sketch you used.
Submissions are due April 1st. (no foolin')
joshorliz@frontiernet.net

Monday, March 16, 2009

Get Your Green On!


St. Patrick's Day honors St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17. Americans march in parades, dance the Irish jig and gather to sing Irish songs. People wear green in memory of Ireland, the Emerald Isle and wear shamrocks, clover with three leaves.

March 17 was not the day St. Patrick was born but the day he died. Even though we don't know the date of his birth, most scholars believe the year was 385 AD and the year of his death was 461 AD.

St. Patrick was born in Wales, studied religion to become a priest and then went to Ireland to teach the people about God. There are many wonderful stories about St. Patrick, some true and some not true. The most famous legend is that he drove the snakes out of Ireland. This did not happen but the Irish will tell you that you cannot find a snake throughout the whole country of Ireland.

Sketch 4

Hiya! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. The weather is feeling more and more like Spring here in Arizona. I'm loving it! I've got another sketch for you:

Sketch 4



Here's what this wonderful design team came up with:

Darlene D'Eon


Melissa Ferguson



Renee Griffith


Grace Lauer


Melita Chow


Liz Chidester


Hope you try the sketch.
REMINDER: Wear your green tomorrow!

Friday, March 13, 2009

A New Discovery

Thank goodness its Friday, right? Man, I'm happy about it! And I'm happy to tell you about a new maufacturer I recently discovered. They're called GCD Studios. They have the cutest collections and the cutest products. I love their rub ons and self adhesive ribbon. So cute! Very affordable too. They're also having a design team call! So go check them out!
GCD Studios

Monday, March 9, 2009

Sketch 3

Hello out there! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend.
Here's Sketch 3


Design Team Members' Creations:

Melita Chow



Melissa Ferguson


Grace Lauer


Darlene D'Eon


Liz Chidester


Love the variety that this sketch can bring. Lets see you create a LO using this sketch!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Forbidden Pleasure

I entered this LO into the Serendipity Scrapbooks "Guilty Pleasures" contest and I won the grand prize! When I think of a guilty pleasure I naturally think of Coke, though now, thanks to my dentist, it is my forbidden pleasure.



As you can tell, I had so much fun making this wild and crazy LO.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Springy

Hello scrappy gals! Hope you are all having spring-like weather where you are. Its around 75 degrees all week. I just wish the wind would stop blowing. I found a corner of the house where the wind is blocked so I was able to take some sunny pics of my most recent LOs. Here they are:

"Giddy Up" is from a sketch by Pamela over at Scrapbook Challenges. Do you recognize the paper? It's from our Pink Paislee March give away.


"So Lucky" is from a sketch by Lucy Chesna at My Sketch World.


And then these two are for my own scrappy self!



I'm noticing how bright all of these LOs are. It must be this Spring Fever that's going around.

Lets see what you've been working on this week!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

March "Folllow my Blog" prize

Are you ready for spring?? Maybe this will get you in the mood. I'm sure a lot of you recognize it. It's Pink Paislee!! My favorite manufacturer!! I love this "Spring Fling" collection. Surprisingly I used it for winter layouts as well as spring, so its very versital. One lucky follower will be randomly drawn for this kit near the end of March. Good luck!



"Spring fling" kit includes 6 12x12 papers and a die cut sheet

Monday, March 2, 2009

Sketch 2

All right ladies, here's Sketch 2.




And here's what this wonderful team did with the sketch:

Grace Lauer



Melita Chow


Darlene D'Eon


Melissa Ferguson


If you do the sketch, please let us know. We'd love to see it!