Alter It

That is the challenge this week at Charisma Cardz where I get to make my debut as a stand in designer while Leanne is moving to Dubai! I'm very excited for the opportunity to work with these girls as they are quite the group of talented ladies over there - not to mention they are friendly as heck! So, stop by the blog and check out our designs and then alter something of your own for a chance to win some stamps donated by our generous sponsor, DRS Designs - I bought my first DRS stamps this past January at a stamping show in Grapevine, TX and I just love them!


My altered item:












This was a "plain & simple" chipboard flower kit from Doodlebug Designs. I bought this over a year ago and it has sat on my desk in 3 different houses in its container just waiting to be altered. When I saw my debut challenge for Charisma Cardz I knew it was time to bring it to life! I used an old paper stack on it by DCWV called Blossoms & Butterflies, Prima flowers, Prima butterfly, gems, buttons and ribbon from my stash. The original set has the flowers standing straight up but I used my embossing gun to heat the "stems" just slightly so I could bend them a little for a more "realistic" feel - well as real as chipboard and plastic stemmed flowers can be! I had a blast with this challenge and am grateful to the girls at Charisma Cardz for letting me play with them while Leanne gets moved. I wish her a safe and happy move!

Thanks for stoppin' by and happy scrappin'!

April 13, 2008 - Part Uno - The Journal

Well, today was pretty uneventful. I managed to finish up some more Post It Note Keychains and a journal. I have a couple other things on my plate for tonite and hope to get them done so I can show them off!!!

Here are the rest of the Post It Note keychains:



And here is the journal I made for my friend Julie - hopefully she won't look here for a few days so I can get it in the mail to her!!! LOL



That is about it for today so far........more to come I hope!!!

Over and out ya'll!!!

March 8, 2008

Another gorgeous day here in Austin, TX!!!! I'm glad to be feeling a bit better - I've been really fighting a heck of a want to be cold and spent more time in bed sleeping than anything else. I still have an off and on cough and some silly intermittent congestion but nothing a squirt up the nose of Zicam doesn't help!!!

On another note, it's been a rough couple weeks emotion wise and I think I might actually be getting past all the turmoil in my life and finding my happy spot again!!! I scrapped today so that was a good start!!!

Woke up this morning and made a quick card to take over to Felicia's Scrapbooks for a Marvy Uchida punch contest she was having.

This is the card:


I also submitted a card I made in the MMFY Survivor contest that I just loved, this one:



While at Felicia's she asked if I would be interested in teaching some classes - I thought that was pretty cool. I'm weighing my options with my schedule of work and the kids to see what I can do. I'd love to get out and teach a class a week and mingle with other scrappy ladies!!!

Cait and I stopped at Hobby Lobby to pick up a couple albums for books I have to custom make (they were 50% off through today) and then stopped at Archiver's - I swear that place is EVIL!!! We picked up some of the new Heidi Grace papers - OMG they are so yummy. Cait got some of the new K&Co. papers too - I started to get them but want to see what she does with them, they are just darling!!! I've bought so much girly themed stuff lately I'm trying to go with darker or more jewel toned colors in the stuff I buy for a little while.

I did get another Baby boardbook finished. This one is for a family member who had a baby on Christmas Day.



So, I got two scrappy things done today, some shopping that didn't need to be done and some quality time with Cait. She's growing so fast so I treasure every chance we get to go out and do girl things!!!

Over and out ya'll - I lose an hour of sleep tonite so I best catch up on it by going to bed early.........LOL..........nah, I'm just getting old and sleep comes earlier!!!! LOL

Happy Scrappin!!!

March 5, 2008

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!!!

OK, they have finally announced so I can spill the beans!!!

A friend of mine here in Austin told us about the Adornit Teen Chix talent search. So, Cait and I talked and a friend of ours sent down some Adornit product she had in her stash and Cait got to creating!!!

The deadline for the entry was 2/14 and Cait had her stuff in WELL before that - like a week or so after the contest was announced!!! LOL We've not been able to share any of her work until after the winners announced and we found out Monday and had to keep quiet until the podcast today.

So, HERE is the podcast. It is short and sweet and doesn't say last names but Caitlin is her!!!! This is the Adornit Chix website with the podcast posted on the site.

The email notification she got was this:

Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 19:53:46 -0800 (PST)
From: teen@adornit.com
Subject: You're a Winner!
To: "Caitlin Brooks"

Congratulations! You have are one of our TOP 5 winners for the Adornit Chix Contest. We're so happy for you and would like to do a spotlight on you. We will be doing a podcast on Wednesday to announce the winners - please keep this quiet until the podcast is posted. We will send more information after we receive your information below.

Please email us a photo of yourself and answer the questions below.
First Name
Nickname
Age
Eye Color
Hair Color
Your Weakness
Your Fears
Thoughts When First Waking Up
Favorite Candy
Do You Sing
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up
Diamonds Or Pearls
Favorite Movie
Favorite Actor
Favorite Band
Random Side Notes


And we waited.........and waited...........and waited........and refreshed all day long today until finally, 8:40 pm they posted the podcast!!!

And here is her work:



Harley Girl Daisy Supplies:
Cardstock by Bazzill
Patterned Paper – EK Success Harley Davidson Pink Vines
Ribbon by EK Success
Jewels from my Mom’s Stash
Black Flower by Bazzill
Pink Flower by Heidi Swapp
Alphas are misc cardstock but with the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge



Happy Birthday Card Supplies:
Cardstock by Bazzill
Patterned Papers – Adornit – New Year’s & Birthday Collections
Flowers by Prima
Jewels from my Mom’s stash
Happy Birthday is misc cardstock cut with the Cricut Beyond Celebrations cartridge.




Altered Frame Supplies:
Misc Frame
Patterned Papers – Adornit – Girls Will be Girls Collection
Ribbon from Maya Road .
Flowers by Prima
Jewels from my Mom’s stash



Altered Clipboard Supplies:
Clipboard from Wal-Mart
Patterned Papers – Adornit – Mother Collection
Flowers by Prima
Ribbons & Jewels from my Mom’s stash


Congrats Cait - I am so so so so proud of you!!!

Over and out ya'll!!!

February 22, 2008

Well, I'm done with the Survivor Contest!!!! I withdrew my name as of this morning due to personal reasons where I can not be confident I can upload in time. I've also decided that the competitive scrapbooking really brings out the mean and ugly in women and I just don't like it. So, with that said, you can now see all my work with no repercussions to me!!!


All items below were created in the MMFY Survivor contest:

Round 4's challenge - A LO any style using at least one picture of you with NO other living thing(s) in the picture. My LO is titled : To Thine Own Self Be True - and guess what, what better way to leave the contest than on a statement like that right???




Round 3's challenge - An altered item using transparency that was clearly visible. We were requested to show the item before altering and after:

This is the before and after, I have to tell you I totally love the after. I loved it so much that I put it on my nightstand beside my new bed....LOL.



Round 2's challenge - A LO using NO pictures of any kind. Really came at a fitting time as our daughter's 16th birthday was the weekend before and I had these awesome papers sitting waiting for me to do something with. I love, love, love how this came out!!!



Here is a pic of inside the journaling folder. The journaling says:

2/9/08

Happy Sweet Sixteen my baby girl!!!

How time flies when you are having fun!!! It seems like only yesterday that you came into my life and really shook things up!!! I was so happy you were here, you were beautiful and just perfect but I was so scared to be a Mom – I just didn’t think I was good enough!!!

I look back over the last 16 years to realize that I’ve not been the perfect Mom. Mistakes have been made. But the one thing that I never slacked on has been my undying love for you!!!

I am so proud of the young woman you have become. You are beautiful, intelligent, quirky, fun and most important of all.............YOU!!!

Please don't change a thing about yourself for anyone!!! Be who you are. Be confident and strong. You can do and be anything you want in life!!!

I love you. I am proud of you. I may not say it enough but don't ever forget it!!! You are my life, my pride and joy and nothing will ever change that!!!

Happy Sweet 16 Cait!!!

Love Mom



Round 1's challenge - 3 greeting cards using plastic that was not a flower and a flower that was not a plastic. In addition the greeting on each had to be different.



In other news the Baby books we've been making are starting to roll out - we've had 3 sell so far and a request for a special order one again as of yesterday!!! Love doing those books!!!

Well, Over and out for now.........I need to veg, maybe have a drink tonite, cry a little more, sleep a little and just hang out with my kids and no expectations from me other than being Mom and wife!!!