I Triple Dog Dare You!

Today is my last design team post for Scrappy Chics.  This past month I have found myself saying goodbye to some really wonderful companies & people in the industry and keep hoping it means other just as wonderful doors will open.  

Last year, or the year before last, I told my sister we couldn't buy eachother Christmas gifts.  We had to make one another gifts instead.  Neither of us followed through, we still bought eachother a gift, but I also made Sandy the tongue-in-cheek altered frame you see in "I Triple Dog Dare You!".  The story of how, on a dare, Sandy stuck her tongue to a frozen slide, not once, but twice one winter is tucked in the envelope behind the Teresa Collins "Story" Bingo Card.  

To create "I Triple Dog Dare You," I used Scrappy Chic's December Main Kit.  It is a wonderful mix of holiday and every day papers and embellishments.  The only other supplies used were Tattered Angels Mist to color the fun snowflake chipboard from the kit and Helmar glues.  

I know that I have mentioned this before, but I struggle with doing layouts using the annual school portraits.  For a few years I didn't even buy them because I documented each school year in my own photography.  Upon Lily's request we started buying them again a few years ago.  Lucky for my scrapbooking she always takes a good photo. :)   To showcase this year's annual school portrait I again used the Scrappy Chic's December Main Kit.  

Pink!  Oh, I love this bold pink American Crafts cardstock that came in the kit!  It was the perfect background for the pretty pink patterened papers by Crate Paper and the photo of the kids from Easter.

Thank you to Melinda for having me as part of the Scrappy Chic's team for the past year!  I wish you the best of luck on all of your crafty endeavors!!!

Lovin' on Scrappy Chics!

I have to say that Scrappy Chic's October Kit is one of my favorites!

Lovin' the balance of muted, pretty colors of Teresa Collins Vintage Finds

and the bright, bold colors of the Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection.

"A Daughter" has to be one of my recent favorites. 

I just love the grey on grey with just a touch of peach.

Doesn't hurt that my beautiful daughter, Lily, is the focus.  

Can you tell by "Sweetie Pie" that I am loving green & yellow?

The cute photos of my daughter and grandson, Kass & Chase, definitely

pulled out the green and yellow from the Farmhouse Collection papers. 

I have been taking lots of pictures on Instagram (I am ktbomb15 on Instagram if you want to follow me) lately and just figured out how to print them on my new HP Photosmart printer.  

"My Time With Mimi & Gramps" has Instagram pics of Chase spending time with us while Kass recovers from her accident.  It is so fun to do the day to day toddler activities with him! 

Yes, drinking a milkshake is a normal activity in our house. 

Using both the Vintage Finds and Farmhouse Collection papers in this month's Scrappy Chics Kit I created this simple, yet pretty frame.  I really loved all the fun hexagon Teresa Collins stickers that came with the kit and wanted to highlight "Make Good Things Happen."  

The frame is a 4 x12 panoramic. I used the Sizzix 2" hexagon die to cut the hexagons.  

I am hoping to make some more frames to compliment this one to hang in my craft room.  

Don't foget to check out what the other design team members have created at Scrappy Chics!

They will certainly inspire you to use this month's kit. 

September Scrappy Chics Reveal

Happy September!

This month I got to play with Scrappy Chics' Add-On Kit.

I found inspiration in all the great quotes & sayings on many 

of the Simple Stories papers you will find in this kit.  

We had a big 1st birthday party for Chase the weekend before the big day.
On his official 1st birthday we had a quiet family dinner and cupcakes.
Boy did he enjoy that cupcake!

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This mini-album is actually a card for a co-worker who was leaving.
She is a pretty special lady who deserved a pretty special card.
I was totally inspired by the "journey" theme of many of the quotes
from this month's Scrappy Chics Add-On Kit.

I used some corragated cardboard to give the papers some more stiffness.
Behind the Simple Stories transparency overlays my co-workers wrote their
notes of encouragement and support.

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I just love the stamps that come with this kit!
So feminine and pretty, just like the card.

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I have really been into altering mini-composition books lately.
This one whipped up in no time flat with the kit.
Now what to use it for?  

A Winning Sneak Peak

Before I get to sharing some sneak peaks of my projects for

Scrappy Chics September Add-On Kit,

I want to announce the winner of our 

Building Friendships Blog Hop...

Jessica Moore 

Please e-mail me at ktbomb15 at gmail dot com

with your snail mail information and I will get 

your prize in the mail for you this week

Thank you for all who participated in the hop!

Now for my Scrappy Chics sneak peaks:

Be Happy....

I realized as I was gathering my projects for this months Scrappy Chics' 

DT reveal that a couple of my projects had a happy theme 

and the rest, well, they just made me happy.  

My favorite part of this layout, besides the great photo of Lily, is the 

fun ruffled tulle by Maya Road.  I used it as a border for one of the word strips

and to make the flower in the title spot.  To make the flower all I did was wind

the ruffled tulle around my finger and added a button.  

Scott really doesn't get all that much attention in my layouts.  I should probably

change that.  The different music papers in this month's Scrappy Chics Kit inspired

me to do something with him & his guitar.  The picture is from an open mic night

 at a local bar with his band, Rolling With Nixon.  

Nothing makes Kass happier than a good book.  She has been reading

avidly since early childhood.  She is a bit like me that way.

Have you seen the sheets of stitched ruffled papers by American Crafts?

They are the bomb and they are in this month's Scrappy Chics Kit, too.

I love the bold, fun, pretty colors on the sheet that I used for both of these cards.  

Happy is on the agenda for today, too!

I am in my craft room and inspired to create. 

What is on your happy agenda?

July Scrappy Chics

These last few weeks have been full of family events.

Finding time to create has been at a minimum.

When I finally slowed down to design using this month's

Scrappy Chics Add-On Kit, I was thrilled with all the great 

colors and patterns of the Echo Park papers that this kit is comprised.

"Stinkin' Cute"

My grandson always has a big smile for everyone. 

Getting pictures of him at six months was a charm.

If you look closely you will see the cool Ramones tee that his is sporting.

"Where Did the Time Go?"

I found these old pictures of Kass just floating around.

They reminded me of what a carefree and happy little girl she was.

She was always game for a new adventure. 

"Maple Cotton Candy"

This year we joined our friends in making cotton candy for Maple Syrup Sunday.

 Their farm participates in this very cool Maine event every year. 

Making cotton candy is a sticky mess! 

"Amazing Things Will Happen"

"Cupcakes Make Everything Better"

The cards came together quickly with such great papers and embellishments.

I really do believe a good cupcake can make a day better. 

Don't you?

All supplies are from Scrappy Chics July Add-On Kit except:

~ Helmar Adhesive Runner & ScrapDots

~ the ? in "Where Did the Time Go?" is by American Crafts

~ cardstock in both cards is by Bazzill

Scrappy Chics June Reveal

I just love Scrappy Chics' June Main Kit!

So many great papers and embellishments.

I wanted the focus of this layout to be Chase and his wonderfully expressive eyes.

The blues in the cardstock and patterened paper really complimented his eyes.

Talk about expressive!  Lily is a girl with 100 facial expressions.  Most of the meant to make you smile. It is just awesome that she continues to be a ham for me even as she gets into her teen years.

I am thoroughly loving the grey based papers.  They allow for other colors to pop of them, yet they are not the traditional black or white. 

This wonderful photo of Kass was taken by Elizabeth Beaudoin of Elizabeth Beaudion Photography. I can not say enough about how well Elizabeth captured Kass' personality and the beauty of the pregancy. 

I left the journaling spot open for Kass to write something herself. 

This chipboard piece by Cosmo Cricket is just spectacular. 

I felt it just stood on its own so I made a simple card showcasing just that.  

All of these papers and embellishments can be found in this month's Scrappy Chics' Kit. 

 It is bound to sell out fast!  

Scrap Happy with Scrappy Chics

I had a field day with this month's add-on kit from Scrappy Chics!

It is filled with Teresa Collin's Spring Fling line.  

Here are my Design Team projects using this kit...

A layout filled with wallet sized photos of the girls

being silly at Lily's 13th birthday party.

Everything is a little crooked, on purpose.  

I wanted the focus of "You Are My Sunshine" to be on the pretty picture of Lily

so I kept the design simple.  A little Tattered Angels Champagne Glam was 

added to the flowers and butterflies to make them shimmer.  

You can see the motion in the photos in "Happiness Is This."
Syd (and her brother) had a lot of fun playing on this seat at
the playground.

This little notebook is from The Kraft Outlet.
I just added a little paper and die cut embellishment to
make it pretty.  Now it is perfect for my purse!

I used scraps from my other projects to whip up this card.

I love the quote, which comes from Alice In Wonderland.

Scrappy Chics also has a pretty fabulous Main Kit this month as well as

a brand new monthly "Addicted to Paper" kit that is worth checking out! 

Scrappy Chics April Reveal

I am so excited to be sharing my design team projects

using Scrap Chics April Kit.  This kit is full of pretty colors,

fantastic paper and yummy embellishments.  

Lily is so full of sass and personality.  The photo in "luv ur sass!" captures that perfectly.

The pastels in this month's kit worked as a perfect compliment to the photo.

This year we ventured to the Acton Fair on a very hot August day.  

Lily went off galavanting with her friends (teens!).  Scott and I 

took this opportunity to take photos of our little friends. We have known Maddie

since before she was born. She is a pip!  She loved

the Super Slide.  Each time she went down her face lit up.

The papers in Scrappy Chics April kit couldn't have been more perfect for the

 photos in "Once More Please."  The green and yellow is just so striking. 

 Scott and I celebrated our 20th anniversary last month.

Instead of making him a typical card I made him a mini chipboard

album full of quotes of love from Beatles songs. 

He loved it!  

Everything in this mini is from the Scrappy Chics April Kit.

Chipboard, papers, embellishments.  All that goodness! 

April Scrappy Chics Sneaks

Next week is the release of Scrappy Chics April Kit.

Lots of color, lots of pretty, all packed in one fantastic kit!

Here are some sneaks of the projects I created using the April kit...

Have a lovely day!

Scrappy Chics' March Reveal

March is full of goodness at Scrappy Chics! 

The main kit is filled with lots of Webster's Pages.

The Add-On Kit, which I got to play with, is filled with one of 

my favorite manufacturers, Authentique Paper.  

This layout just makes me smile...

Nothing is quite straight on this layout, but it works!  

In the photo is Lily & two of her best girlfriends (twins), Bai & Bri. 

They were having fun showing some little friends of mine how to be silly

while getting their picture taken.  They did a great job.

The photo in "You And Me" is a rare moment.  Not often are there 

pictures of Scott & I because one of us is usually behind the camera.

The tag stickers from "Geniune" by Authentique are so fun!  

They add color and dimension to any border, cluster or chevron.  

Beach pictures and Authentique Paper just seem to go together like yin and yang.

For "Cousins" I used some more beach photos of Lily and her cousins, Syd & 

Mitch, on our October beach day.  

Pretty sure this month's Scrappy Chics Kits are going to sell out fast. 

Be sure to get yours before they do!