An American Child

I've been participating in a contest over at one of my favorite sites, Memorable Seasons, called Last Scrapper Standing. I survived the first round of votes and now I'm on to the second. It feels just like American Idol! LOL!
The first challenge was to create a LO based on the theme "an American child" and to also incorporate stars and stripes somewhere on the LO. Here's what I came up with:

I wanted to steer clear of the traditional American colors so I added lots of colors and patterns. It may be alot but I love the way it turned out.

The next challenge is to use a black cardstock for the base and include all handmade flowers. The flowers are easy-peasy, the black is what worries me. We shall see what I come up with.

It's too late to officially join in the contest but you can still come play along for fun and I think door prizes. ;)

My California Vacation and Your Scrapbook Stash

This is my last month designing for Your Scrapbook Stash, **boohoo** and though I am sad to leave, I am excited about my new ventures. Your Scrapbook Stash recently introduced their new team and its fabulous!
Erica sent me the "Documentary" line from Studio Calico. It couldn't have been more perfect for my California vacation photos. I used this line with the "Homefront" collection from SC that I had in my stash. The 2 are the perfect combination.

...um, there's a lot to share.

California Vacation



Home Is Where You Are


Grandpa's Boys


Along The Coast


By The Sea


I wrote all of the journaling on the backs so I don't forget any moments or instances on our trip.

Have a happy hump day!(I hate that word) LOL!

Sketch 70

Today is the first day of summer! Woohoo for some! Its getting pretty toasty here in Arizona.
I hope you all had a wonderful Father's Day yesterday. My DH was spoiled rotten!
Today we are revealing this week's sketch and I've got some great examples from the design team. Here we go...

Sketch 70

Susan Bourgeois
Cast The Net


Pearl Liu
My Girl


Monique Liedtke
Summertime


Lisa Hidy
My Best Friend Forever


Kylie Symons
Lean On Me


Laurel Seabrook
I Scrap


Arlene Camacho
Her Cute face


Fabulous creations from the DT!
Try the sketch and add it to Mr. Linky below before the end of the month and you could be the winner from this month's sponsor Scrapbookdeals4u!

Happy scrapping!

Treasured Scrapbooking TOOT!

I'm tooting here!! I made the Treasured Scrapbooking design team! I am so excited, this is such a fun, hip site and the kits are AMAZING!! The new team is such a talented bunch. Here they are:

Noeleen Acosta
Liz Chidester
Pauline Dirrig (Polinka)
Mette Kallander
Sarah Mullanix
Mieke Nagtegaal

Treasured Scrapbooking recently had a spontaneous online crop over the weekend called "Splash Into Summer". This was perfect timing because I have a ton of photos from our trip to California. Here's a few that I made for the crop:

Carefree

Lily Bee's "Hello Sunshine" collection

Hopping Waves

Lily Bee's "Hello Sunchine" collection

Summer Lovin'

Studio Calico's "Documentary" and "Homefront" collection

I hope you will join me at the Treasured Scrapbooking site for lots of fun and inspiration.

Sketch 69

Happy Flag Day in the US!
I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. So school is out pretty much everywhere, right? Summer officially starts in 7 days, yes I have my calendar nearby. It's starting to show...so many of you are on vacation! Lucky dogs!

Sketch 69

We only a few examples from the DT today because like I said, so many o us are vacationing this week.

Kylie Symons
So Sweet


Pearl Liu
Stay Strong


Susan Bourgeois
In The Playhouse


I think I'll be making a sample myself today so stay tuned for that.

This sketch is full of layering and its really open to interpretation. Try the sketch, add it to Mr. Linky below and you could be this month's winner. Winner receives that fabulous kit from Scrapbookdeals4u! Woohoo!

QueenScraps WINNER!

I got over 20 emails from those playing along to win the K&Co. Poppy Seed kit from QueenScraps. You guys rock! I hope you got a chance to look around the QueenScraps site a little, its a great place to visit. And as you can see we have some fabulous weekly kits this month for a great price: less than $10 each!

Ok, I used Random.org to choose the winner this time. The winner is:

Teresa Fenstermacher!

Congrat, Teresa, you've won yourself the K&Co. kit! Email me with your addy and we'll get this out to you!

Your Scrapbook Stash WINNERS!

I owe you some winners...and lots of them! Thank you for all the wonderful comments this week. I opened up my comments and had my daughter scroll and point to 3 winners. How's that for random? Each of these lovely ladies have won $10 in Stash Cash. Here they are:

Scrappy Gifts

arlsmom aka Lynda

Brenda

Congrats ladies! Email me and I'll reply with the codes you need to get shopping right away!

The last day to apply for the YSS design team is Tuesady June 5th! It's coming up so get your apps in!