A Sale, an RAK, and some Christmas projects

First of all, Unity Stamp Company is having a wonderful 50% off sale from now until the end of the year. To help advertise the sale, Patter is having a give-away on her blog. Check out the details of the sale and the RAK on Patter's blog, Triple the Scraps.

Here are a couple Christmas projects I have to share with you. I was in two Christmas swaps. For each one I made an ornament. I'm not sure of where the paper for the snowman ornament came from. The snowmen were purchased at Michael's. I used lots of stickles on both ornaments. The snowmen ornament has frosted lace, green, & stardust. The tree ornament has Christmas red, green, golden rod, star dust and I think a little frosted lace.

I also made several cards & bookmarks from Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding paper set. Again, lots of stickles - Christmas red, green, golden rod, diamond, and maybe some frosted lace. For the Christmas card, I used the Dec. DT card sketch from AC Bailey Designs.

Calling all Cosmo Cricket Fans

Leah Killian is giving away of $150 of Cosmo Cricket goodies on her blog. Check it out here for all the details. All you need to do to enter her give-away is leave a comment on her blog.

I haven't given up scrapping. Adjusting to working fulltime and traveling is wearing me out. I have a few Christmas projects I'll post soon.

Digital Layouts

Thanks to the influence of some ladies over at AC Bailey, a month or so ago I decided to give digi-scrapping a try. I never thought I'd really like it because I love paper scrapping so much. I don't think I'll ever give up paper scrapping completely, but I do really enjoy digi-scrapping.

Here's my very first LO:

Friends from Camp

My next on was about my 5 siblings (BTW - I'm the youngest). They came to visit this past July to help us go thru our dad's belongings. The morning they left to go back home we all went to breakfast and took these pics.

The Siblings

At that breakfast I took this pic of my brothers. I really like the pic and have always admired the close relationship they share. So, using the October DT sketch from AC Bailey, I made this layout of them. You can attribute the alliteration in the journaling to the fact that I'm a preacher's daughter and a preacher's wife. At this point, it just comes naturally. LOL

Brothers

And the last one I've done, so far :), is this one of Kendra's first couple months of college. It uses the November DT Sketch and is the one that was chosen as Layout of the Week 11/15/08 on AC Bailey.

College Life

More exciting news

I've starting dabbling in digital scrapbooking the last few weeks. I'm really enjoying it. I'll post pics of my layouts soon. However, wanted to share some exciting news...my most recent digital layout was chosen as Layout of the Week over at AC Bailey Designs and will be featured on their blog all week. You can check it out here. For this layout I used the November DT Sketch of the month for my design idea and made a collage of Kendra's first couple months at college.

Exciting News

I received word this week that Scrapbook News and Review, an online magazine, has picked up my "Just In Case" layout for their October issue. Since this is my first layout to be published, needless to say, I'm extra excited! Ian said he could hear me cheering all the way upstairs even though his door was shut! lol

I Adore You Card

I wanted to make a card for Patter's Junk Mail Challenge over on the 2 Peas Board (see the details here). I also realized that I haven't made or even sent Tim a card in a long time. So, I did both with this card. :) On the inside of the card, I have a sheet of white paper matted on the teal paper. Before matting it I punched a row of hearts along the bottom of the white paper and backed it with the red paper from the set. I'll spare you a pic of that 'cause I took my pics after I wrote in it. ;) Yes, Tim liked the card.

Supplies: Love Blossom kit from Faithfully Yours. This kit uses the Love You line of papers from Daisy Bucket.

I also discovered a wonderful blog today. It's called Whiff of Joy. Camilla has so many beautiful cards. Wow! She's also offering blog candy over the next few days. You'll want to check out the details here.

Blog Candy

Janet is preparing to celebrate 1,000 hits on her blog has some very nice blog candy available. You can check out the details here.

Jennifer is celebrating 100,000 hits on her blog. Check out the details here.

During the month of October, the Melissa Frances blog is celebrating National Breast Cancer Awareness month. They will be having lots of inspiration, giveaways and more. You can get the details here.

World Card Making Day

Yep! There truly is such a "holiday." Tim just shakes his head and mutters something about there are too many World...holidays. LOL

Here's a tag I made for a challenge over at the Pink Paislee Blog using my favorite papers...Spring Fling. I love how it turned out and will be making more. They had several other cards & projects I want to try soon. Here's my tag:

Korin at Sweet & Sassy Stamps is having a card shower for a little girl who shares my niece's birthday (Happy Birthday, Courtney!!). Janessa will turn 2 next week and is sick with leukemia. Korin is also having a drawing for those who send Janessa a card. Check out the details on her blog. Here's my card for Janessa:

Here are a few other cards I made yesterday.

I made six more for a swap but I'll wait a day or two to post them so that I can get them in the mail first. We're trying not to spoil the surprise. :)

Have a good day and thanks for looking.

More blog candy

Jeanette is celebrating 10,000 hits on her blog, Happy Thoughts & Inkspots by giving away some blog candy. She's giving away some cute stamped images and a new release Magnolia stamp. See the details here.

Card with a purpose

Here are two cards I made last night for the Heart to Heart Challenge over on Cammie's Blog. The purpose of her challenge is to be an encouragement to those who are caregivers for Alzheimer's patients. She is giving away a blog candy prize that is absolutely amazing. Be sure to check out her blog for all the details.

The design for my card came from the September 2008 SheetLoad from SheetLoad of Cards. Each month they give you the cutting plans and sketch to make a set of cards from just a few sheets of paper. It was so fun & easy. Be sure to check them out for some inspiration.