Smile for the Day :o)

Just wanted to spread some cheer today... these mugs made me happy this morning.

How CUTE are these??? I think I need all four of them!!

You can find them at
LTD Commodities, or just click on the picture. Have a GREAT day!!!!

Altered Rolodex Cards ~ SO FUN!!

So I participate in a monthly Altered Rolodex Card Swap over at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking and am REALLY enjoying these little cards!!

Such fun, quick little projects. And my FAVE part... is getting the other participants cards and seeing their work in person. Such inspiration these little cards are...

Here are my April cards, the theme was "Girlie"... I personalized each one with the first initial of the participants.

... and here are my March cards, the theme was "Love"...

Here are a few other Rolodex Cards I've altered recently...




Thanks for looking and have a SCRAP-FABULOUS day!!!!!

Impromptu Blog Challenge #2 ~ Journaling Prompt

For this challenge... I would like you to use the following quote somewhere on your layout!!

"Take time every day to do something silly!"

Here is my example page...

If you would like to play along, please post a LINK to your layout in a comment to this blog post!!!

Deadline for entry is Thursday, May 15th, midnight CST!!!

The lucky winner will receive a fun RAK prize from me!! Gotta love fun mail!!

Arte y Pico Blogger Award

I am so excited to have received my first official blogger award!!

My scrappy friend Chris from over at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking has awarded me the Arte y Pico award, which is given to people who share their art and creativity through contributions to the blogging world.

Here are the rules for the award:

1. You pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. List the names of the people you chose to receive the award on your blog and link to their blogs. Then go comment on one of their posts to notify them that you have given them this award and link to the post on your blog.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name of the person who gave them the award and link to their blog.

4. The Award-winner and the one who has given the award have to show the link to the Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award (it's in Spanish, but you can translate it).

Following are the five blogs I'm passing this award along:

1. Wendi

2. Leah

3. Nathalia

4. Kelly

5. Wendy

Thanks so much Chris!!!

Impromptu Blog Challenge #1 WINNER!!!

Ok ladies, it's time for a winner!!! Thanks so much to those of you who participated in my first ever blog challenge. I hope you enjoyed it!!!

We had 7 total players for this, WOO-HOO!!

I have chosen a random winner from all of the entries. This winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to the awesome Scrap Attack Scrapbooking store!!!


The lucky winner is........... ANGELE!!!!! CONGRATS GIRL!!!! Please email me so that I can arrange to have the gift certificate sent to you!!!

Here is Angele's card... SO CUTE!!!

Keep yours eyes peeled for another challenge REAL soon!!!

Random Organization Tools & Ideas ~ Do You Have Lots of Paint???

If you are like me, then you LOVE paint!! I'm just now getting back into using it in my scrapbooking, and am finding myself with lots of the little 2 ounce bottles of craft paint!!

What to do with them all?? My shoebox is no longer working!!

Well, lookie at what I came across at, yet again, one of my fave sites, Collections, Etc. And, it holds 108 BOTTLES of paint (two-sided)!!!!

Just wanted to share... have a good one!!!

Hell's Kitchen ~ Who's Hooked???

Me and hubby are FOR SURE... we LOVE this show. It's one of the only shows we actually watch together, LOL!!

Although, not sure if I could actually take all that Chef Ramsey dishes out, ya know?? YIKES!!

It's on tonight... can't wait!! Maybe I should scrap while I watch...?? Hmmmm...

I won a T-Shirt @ Yellow Fence!!!

Thanks so much to Shannon over at the Yellow Fence blog!!!

I stumbled across this blog last Friday and found that they were having a giveaway if you answered a question in a comment.

Anyway, I commented... and I won... and I never win anything, WOO-HOO!!

Here's the blog if you want to check it out... fun place!!!

Impromptu Blog Challenge #1 ~ with RAK!!! :o)

I thought it would be fun to post a challenge here and there and offer up a RAK to one lucky participant... sound fun??? I just hope I get some players, LOL!!

I love to make cards!!! And I love sketches!!! And PageMaps ROCKS TOO...

... so why not post a card sketch challenge using one of Becky Fleck's AWESOME CardMaps?!?!?!

I chose this way cool sketch from the March 2008 CardMaps archive!!

And here's my example card...

If you would like to play along, please post a LINK to your card in a comment to this blog post!!!

Deadline for entry is Friday, April 25th, midnight CST!!!

The lucky winner will receive a $10.00 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Attack Scrapbooking store from me!!! WOO-HOO!!!

Card Share ~ Sketch

I am having fun with sketches and sketch blogs lately. There are SO MANY out there with tons and tons of FABULOUS sketches on them!!!

One of my other fave sketch sites is My Sketch World, run by a very cool chick named Lucy!!


I made this quick card using the 4/12/08 Card Sketch, it was a fun one!!

Here's my take on the card sketch... the card is between the tag set. Thanks for looking!!!

Layout Share & Fun Sketch Site

I came across a WAY fun sketch blog about a week ago, an am just LOVING their sketches!!

Click on the blinkie to check it out... Stuck?! Sketches Blog...

Here is my layout using Sketch #35. LOVED this sketch!!!

Thanks for looking!!

Random Organization Tools & Ideas ~ Fun Colored Storage

If you know me, then you know I LOVE me some color!!! When I saw these fun colored storage boxes and magazine holders, I just HAD to have them!!!

I found these COOL magazine holders at one of my fave "catalog" sites, Collections, Etc. PERFECT for my scrappy mags!!!



And CHECK IT OUT... I found the matching storage boxes at another fave "catalog" site, LTD Commodities. SO FUN!!!

Two Spotted Dogs April DT Projects ~ Techno Toys Kit

SUPER FUN is all I can say about this kit and these papers!!! Boy oh boy, I am having LOTS of fun with this kit!!

I just HAD to share what I've made so far... hope to get lots more done this coming weekend. Thanks for looking!!!

Do you LOVE to Scrapbook???

Well May 3rd is National Scrapbook Day and we'll be celebrating with a fun little cyber crop at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!!!!

Challenges will be posted on mid morning on Friday May 2nd so you will have almost 2 full days to complete the challenges. We will also have some games, chit-chat, of course a fun sale...but most of all, great PRIZES!!

Scrap Attack has the best prizes around, seriously!!!!

More details will be posted on the message board as the crop gets closer. I hope to see you all there!!!!

Fun & Easy Home Decor from Scraps

I made some curtains for my entryway windows last week and had scraps of the fabric left over. I decided to use the scraps and make a fun heart wall hanging to match for the living room.

I cut 4 individual hearts out, 2 for each heart. Hand sewed the edges, inserted stuffing, sewed on some jute ribbon for the hangers, added a couple scrap flowers, ribbon bows and a couple of buttons from my scrap stash... instant wall decor!!!

Just wanted to share... thanks for looking!!

Random Organization Tools & Ideas ~ Circle Drawer Tower

I am constantly on the lookout for fun, unique and most importantly, inexpensive organization tools and ideas!! I get tons of fun catalogs, and I'm always coming across something that I just have to have!!

I thought it would be fun to post my finds from time to time and share them with you all!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for more random organization ideas, coming soon!!!

I just LOVE this storage tower I got from Collections, Etc. and ended up buying TWO!!

One sits on my scrap table and I use the other in my bathroom for jewelry. FUN!!

April 2008 Design Team Projects for Scrap Attack Scrapbooking

Hope everyone is having a GREAT day!! Just HAD to share what I made using my April Design Team supplies from Lauri over at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!!!

By the way, if you haven't had a chance to check out the site, YOU SHOULD!! The Message Board is SO FUN and the Gallery is LOADED with inspiration!!!

This month, I got to work with the new Cosmo Cricket Get Happy and Fancy Pants About a Boy lines... can you say OMG!!! LOVE these new lines, the colors and patterns are SO FUN!!!

Here we go... and thanks so much for looking!!!