Online crop at Love is in the Details

Another rockin online crop at LIITD. Here is what I accomplished. Ok, here is about half of what I accomplished. :) It was a good day. Some of the pictures are bad, sorry about that.






Hey, have you ever checked out Peachy Cheap? It's a deal a day website, and I have ordered from there. They have THICKERS sometimes, really really cheap. It's always fun to see what you are going to get.

Please drop me a line, check out my older posts if you've never been here before especially. Happy Scrapping!
Shanna

Yes, I'm still here

It's been quite a summer. I didn't do much scrapping, but I'll show you some of what I did do. And I'm working on something I think I'm gonna LOVE right now.....but that will be my next post. :)

This first layout I was trying to use my sewing machine. My sewing INexpertise came shining through when I ran out of thread and didn't realize it for a while. SO I had holes from the needle, but nothing in them. I did some small ripping pieces, and I LOVED the results! One of my fave LO's. :)



The rest of these are the Layouts I did at the crop in Miami in June. It was a Love is in the Details crop, and I met the ladies I talk to online every day IRL. I didn't expect to get much scrapping done, but I did and I liked what I did. :)





I am going to try to be more faithful to both of my blogs. Check back here next week, there is an online crop this weekend and I am hoping to get SOMETHING done. Come and crop with us at LIITD!!

NSD and LIITD online crop

Ok, I am behind, so here is the best of the work I did for NSD, and the LIITD online crops in May. There's a lot to look at. :)

This layout was done for one of Love is in the Details online crops in May. Lisa challenged us to use the negative part of a die cut. Fellow Magical Memories DT member Lillian had lent me her Cricut to use while she was a way for a month (I KNOW-isn't that kind??) so I used Accent Essentials, one of my favorite cartridges, to cut the blue square and used the negative at the bottom. Then I cut a black set and layered them on the page with the blue. These pictures were taken when Greg was here visiting, and of course I had to do family pictures. All was going good, the first few were good, then Jessa realized Sarah's hair was in reaching distance, and if you look closely at the pics, you can see that a bit of fun followed. Greg was laughing so hard at the end. It made me so happy. :)


This next one was totally staged, but I love how the LO turned out. Dave is such a good sport.


This layout was from a sketch provided by Chelsea at LIITD. As I was taking this picture, I heard Liam say to Sarah "Please don't splash me, I don't like to get wet". I had to chuckle, since he was up to his waist in water and had been swimming for an hour already.


Melissa over at LIITD challenged us to use something from the junk drawer. I have to admit I am never a fan of these challenges, since I like to be sure what I am using is Acid free (or at least came from the scrap store) but I opened the junk drawer and saw a tube of those little Silverette things for cake decorating and I thought "OOOH! Bling!"


I did this LO of Greg, with a picture from his 18th birthday, for the Spring Fling crop with Magical Memories. I used a sketch from Mix it Up, and challenged the croppers to use it. I gave my "something that is Pink" Layout (see a former post) that I did for that challenge, then I also flipped the sketch and did this layout.


Lisa challenged us to use three different border punches on our Layout. I don't have three different border punches, so I used one that I do have, a precut one from Bazzill and a scallop punch cut in half to create the border on this LO. Then I used the scallop punch to create a frame for the picture.


LIITD owner Lori challenged us to create a LO where the focal point was the centre. I used this picture of Sarah holding up her shoe, I can't remember what the problem was, but she was wearing a princess dress and crown and the picture reminds me so much of Cinderella losing her shoe. I had this picture for a long time and finally made it work.


One of my challenges at the Spring Fling crop was a Recipe challenge. I had a list of things commonly used on a LO and a "condition" for each. For example, the number of different manufacturers of pp you used depended on the length of your hair and whether it was in a ponytail that day. Others depended on if you were wearing a black bra, or if you had painted your bedroom this year, and how many pets you have. This is my Layout based on the requirements I met the day I did it. I really like how this one turned out.


This was my color inspiration layout for Mel's challenge at LIITD. I love the Rusty Pickle Pirate Princess line.


This layout was for the Spring Fling again. Annisa challenged us to use a large picture, 8x10 or bigger and make it the focal point. No journalling, let the picture tell the story. Here is my Handsome Greg, from Dave and I's wedding.


And finally, my Men. Again, this picture is from our family photo session. I love it for it's casual fun. This was a scraplift challenge from the LIITD gallery, and I knew I needed a manly LO, so I went straight to Angele's gallery. I LOVE how this one turned out, and it's a straight scraplift. Thanks Angele!!!!


Since then I've mostly been working on Sarah's chrono album, trying to get caught up so I can start Jessa's, since she turned one this month. It's been a crazy busy month, but things should slow down in July. I am super excited because I am flying out of here next Thursday all by myself for a weekend in Winnipeg. The purpose of the trip is to go to a crop in Miami with a bunch of the LIITD girls, most of whom I haven't met. Really, I can't tell you how excited I am. Next post will be to show my layout for the MM DT, using one of the new BG lines! Can't wait to get to work on it!
Keep scrappin, see you soon!


Shanna

FINALLY

I get to see my layout in print. That's right, if you check out Canadian Scrapbooker's summer magazine, available in stores June 1, you could turn to page 120and see a LO by Moi!
All of my scrappy friends who are also in there got their copies a week ago! I still haven't got mine, but Jan was nice enough to give me one at out Design Team meeting tonight! (She also put a couple of signs up in the store, which I ahve to say I'm pretty excited about)
Ok, I'll admit, it's not the most elaborate LO I've ever done. But the journalling is from the heart, in one of those moments when what you really want to say actually comes out on the paper. It's a true to my heart layout, and I'm so excited for the person who it's about to see it. I haven't shown it to HIM, he can see it at the store. But I am happy my very first published LO was genuine and true to my heart. :)

Check back soon for some Layouts, I have a LOT to show you from NSD and the LIITD online crop.

Shanna

National Scrapbook Day

Are you ready? This Saturday, May 2 is National Scrapbooking Day. I'll be Spring Flinging over at the Rec Centre with Magical Memories, it's gonna be great! I am also planning to try to get a few challenges done over at Love is in the Details. They are actually having a two-weekend (May 2 and May 9) crop to celebrate NSD and LIITD'S anniversary, so I am hoping to get some done for both.

The only thing holding me back? My whole family is sick. Me included. :( Nasty colds, but they are knocking us all on our @sses. Sarah especially. My poor little girls can't lose much more weight before wasting away. :( Now I could stand to lose a few punds, but it doesn't seem to be affecting me that way. Ah, well, something to scrap about I guess.

Check back next week to see what I get done this weekend!

LIITD Spring Fling Crop

Here's what I got done for the Love is in the Details online crop I was telling ya about. Nothing incredible, and I didn't get nearly as many as I wanted done, and I haven't had a chance to get back to the ol' scrapping board, but I do really like the Jessa baby one and the Wild Thing ones. And that picture of the dragonfly on my cousins hand was perfect for Chelsea's challenge to use white space. I haven't scrapped since then because my kids have been sick (ie Jessa and Dave). I'm hoping to get back at it this weekend!
I'd like to send a YAY! out to Lisa and Melissa from LIITD, who have joined the LIITD Creative Team! Lisa, I've been waiting for this! And Melissa, I can't wait to get to know you better thru your scrapping!
I have discovered this new scrap "store" online called Peachy Cheap. They have only one item available per day, but it's an amazing deal every day! I missed the Thickers one!!!!! (it was 9 packages of Thickers for really cheap). The shipping to Canada is $5.99 US, which is usually more than the product price. Yesterday was a package each of Fancy Pants Sassy pins, crocheted flowers, and buttons, for $2.99!! I ordered one, see how it goes. It came to $8.98 US. I'll let you know the outcome. But I check every day. You should too!
We're busy getting ready for the crop at Magical Memories. It's on the same weekend as National Scrapbook Day (yes, there is such a thing Samantha LOL) and it's going to be great! Jan and I did up one of the pages last Thursday night. I love it when she starts pulling out stuff she has stashed! I'd show it to you, but you may want to sign up for the crop, so you'll have to see it then! ;)

That's all for now, Happy Scrapping! Leave me a message to tell me you were here!

Online Crop

Hey, head on over to Love is in the Details today for an online crop with Lori and her amazing Design Team. From what I understand, there is going to be a lot of inspiration, gorgeous work, and maybe a few surprises! Those girls at LIITD are pretty sneaky and I have a feeling that whatever is going down is going to be GREAT! I'm looking forward to it.
I'll be heading home from Snow Lake as early as I can on Sunday to try to make up for lost time! I have until Wednesday to catch up! Hope to see you there!