Back from CHA!!

Wow! What a great trip we had. Spending time with Jess and Cindy is always wonderful. We bought lots of new goodies for Emma's Paperie and spent lots of girl time together. Oh, and we ate a TON!! It's going to take me a few days to get back into the swing of things, but in the meantime I wanted to pop on and share a few projects and pictures.

First up, are some cards I made for the Crate booth. I used the two new lines - Pretty Party and Storyteller.






I used the papers, stickers, chipboard and new tags. The colors are so fun and I love the patterns. I have so many ideas for what I want to do with these lines.
While I was at CHA, I got to meet the creative force behind Crate, Lisa. I was so excited to see my projects in the booth. Here I am posing with my cards. Yeah, I'm a dork!



Here is one of my favorite photos from the trip. We went to the Cheesecake Factory with the Webster's girls on Monday night. We laughed so much and ate some fabulous food. I love this shot, even though the lighting was horrible.



Here I am with Brandin in the Webster's Booth. It looked amazing, as always!



And, standing outside of the booth...


We ran into the Paper Crafts girls a few times. Sadly, Cath wasn't there. But, Flat Cath WAS!!




I was so glad the show was back in Anaheim. We went to Disneyland and California Adventure in the evenings. I love this picture of the three of us.



You might not be able to tell from my pics, but, we did spend a lot of time in the booths, too. I have some pics from there and I'll try and get another post up this weekend. Of course, Crate and Webster's were among my faves, but I also adored My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Studio Calico and the new Heidi Swapp! GCD had some really cute lines and so did October Afternoon. We bought lots of goodies and I can't wait until they come into the store.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Popping In!

My poor little blog has been neglected this week. That's because I've been hunkering down and finishing some CHA projects. I'm so excited to be heading to Anaheim on Saturday. Of course, I'll miss my guys, but getting to spend time with my girls Cindy and Jessica is awesome. I can't wait!

I only have a couple of things that I can share today. These two projects were done with the new Webster's 'Game On' line. I love that it is more of a masculine line and that there are reds and blues in it.

This first page is about my little ball player. I never do sports pages (alright, that's probably because he doesn't play sports that much...) but, these papers are perfect for them!




I love the paper with the little hexagons best. Mixing up the clean and simple with the traditional papers is so much fun. And see that banner? I cut it with my Silhouette! (love that thing!)

This next page shows Ryan more in his element - hanging with a friend and playing with Pokemon cards. :)




I used lots of the new gems on here, along with the Game On papers. To add some extra dimension, I cut the words out and added them with foam adhesive.

That's it for today. I'll be back with more, soon. I made some cards with the new Crate lines and I can't wait to share them with you.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

CHA Crunch and a Webster's Giveaway!

It's that time of year. And I love it! CHA! The craziness has begun. :) I love seeing what is being released. There are tons of gorgeous lines and I'm already drooling. Another fun part of CHA is getting new goodies on my doorstep. I got my first box from Crate yesterday! And let me tell you, the new lines are even more gorgeous in person.

Take a peek at some of my favorites. This is from the Pretty Party line:





And these are from the Storyteller line:





And then there are all of the gorgeous Webster's goodies. WOW!!!
Check out Everyday Poetry. Here are a couple of my favorites of the new traditional papers.




And these are the new clean and simple papers that coordinate with them. I love the subtle patterns on them.


This next line is called Palm Beach. Here are a couple of my favorites from this line:




And the CAS papers:



Be sure to head over to the Webster's blog to see the gorgeous embellishments and trims that go with these lines. AND there is a huge giveaway going on!
I'm going to be hiding in my scraproom for the next couple of days working on projects, so if you don't hear from me, you'll know why.

Thought I'd leave you with a couple of things I've done recently. First up is this card that I made for Emma's


Everything on it is Prima. I love those little tiles. I hadn't used them before and they were fun to embellish. I used the little Prima resin flowers and painted the aqua one to give it a shabbier look.
My next card was also for Emma's. Our challenge was to create something with ribbon. I made the ribbon flowers - a first for me.



I made this one with some My Mind's Eye papers and stickers. The leaf cluster is Prima.

Well, that's it for today. I'm going to sequester myself in my scraproom and crank out my CHA projects. Can't wait to be able to share them with you.
Thanks so much for stopping by!

2011 Favorite Photos

Thanks for all of your sweet words the other day. I'm still on Cloud 9 and can't wait to start playing with all of the new Crate goodies!

Today's post will be short and sweet. Just have a couple of things to share. I have been working on some CHA stuff and trying to get projects done for Emma's ahead of time since I'm leaving for California on the 28th. (I. Can't. Wait!)

Here is a mini I did for my AC GDT. I chose photos I loved from each month and created an album from the Chap journaling cards. I used lots of Chap goodies on here, too.









Since I'm doing Project 365, I think I'll have more photos to choose from at the end of this year.

Speaking of photos, here are a couple from the past couple of weeks:

This is my favorite one so far. I was playing around with aperture and took some photos of the bush out front. I love how it turned out.



Here we are looking for Skylanders. These things are NOwhere to be found!! It's so frustrating. Yesterday, I called 8 stores when they opened and no one had them in. It's worse than the Cabbage Patch craze from the 80s! Poor Ryan wants to spend some of his Christmas money on them and he can't.


We went to a mexican store nearby and this was parked out front. Ryan was so embarassed that I was standing in the parking lot taking pictures of it!



That's about it for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

So Excited!!!

I have a couple of new projects to share with you today and some really exciting news!! Here is a card that I made with Crate's new Paper Heart line. I created it for a challenge over at the Nook.




I cut that heart with my Silhouette. (I'm totally addicted to it now, after having it sit in my scraproom for longer than I am embarassed to admit.) I backed it with the floral paper, added the Stickles and topped it off with the chipboard heart.

The new Paper Heart line is just gorgeous. I think that yellow horizontal stripe paper is one of my favorites of ALL time!! My bedroom as a child (and the 70s formica furniture I had) were the same bright yellow, so I definitely have a fondness for it. :)

Next up is a page using the same line. We took this photo on Christmas Eve and I love it.



I added a bunch of little chipboard doo-dads to the top of the page and stitched over them. I was inspired by the Sunday Sketch at Studio Calico a couple of weeks ago.



Then, I added the banner, chipboard and Pink Paislee letters.



So, now for the GREAT news!! I am absolutely thrilled, honored and totally excited that I am going to be a part of Crate's Winter/Spring 2012 Design Team!!!!! You will definitely be seeing more CP proejects in the upcoming months. I can't wait to get started! Here's the ANNOUNCEMENT. Huge congrats to all of my new teammates!! And a big thank you to Crate!

That's it for today. Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

TGIF!

It's been a nice week! Things have been rather slow at work, so I've been knocking stuff off my To Do list here at home. That's always a good thing!

I have a couple of things to share today. First up is this card.



I made it for Stamp It 3 Ways, a new Paper Crafts special issue that just came out. I used a stamp by My Cute Stamps to build the background. Then, I added some Crate Portrait goodies. I love that chipboard flower, don't you?

Next up is a layout I did for my recent American Crafts Guest DT spot. Ryan is totally into Pokemon right now, as are his closest little buddies. Here they are playing on their DSs. Listening to them talk about the characters cracks me up. I'm amazed that I actually know who Hydregon, Reshram and Kairem are...Scary...



I used papers and embellishments from the Chap line, which I absolutely adore!! The colors are so perfect for my boy pages and the designs are so fun!





I don't know if you can see, but I added some fun little paper 'shavings' to this. It happened quite accidentally. I was trimming the edges of the paper and they fell onto my page. Well, I loved how they looked when they were all curled up like that and I love how they matched the paper. So, I arranged them under the photos. They kind of remind me of thread or twine.

My final project for today is a card I made using the Amy Tangerine line. I adore the colors in this line sooooo much! I decided to create the background by cutting a bunch of strips and laying them on the card, diagonally.



Then, I added half of a doily, a cut paper frame and flowers made from fabric paper strips.

Well, that's all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day. :)