Crafty Girl

Ashley has a Giveaway!!!!

2012-01-27T13:32:00.000-06:00

My crafty friend and fellow Design Team member at Frosted Designs is having a Giveaway on her blog! She is trying to reach 150 followers which I know will be no problem at all for her! She is extremely talented and full of great ideas! Be sure to check out her blog HERE for more details on how you can be entered to win this fabulous giveaway!

Good luck!

Winter!

2012-01-27T00:01:00.008-06:00

It is Friday and that means that we have a new Fabulous Friday Challenge for you today at Frosted Designs! This week is a Recipe Challenge! I love these! For our challenge, you need to use: 3 Patterned Papers, 2 Buttons, 1 Word Title. It sounds pretty easy but I have to be honest... I really wanted to add in a few more patterned papers, couldn't find a spot where I liked the buttons and could not think of a one word title!! But... I guess that is why they call it a challenge!! :) Here is the layout I created....

When we were visiting our family in Indiana over Christmas, we took an afternoon to go ice-skating at one of the city parks. This has become an annual outing with Lauren but this year Matt decided to come along. I am so glad he did! We all had so much fun! And then a few weeks ago, I got a phone call from my mother that she has all of these crocheted snowflakes that she was getting rid of and wondered if I wanted them! Uhhh... Yah!! I can't believe she even needed to ask! I couldn't wait to use them and this LO was perfect! I loved layering them with the Me & My Big Ideas acetate snowflakes! I added a few brads to hold it all together! And as you can see, I do have two buttons on here. They are the blue circles in the bottom right corner by the snowflakes. I put a gem on top of them to hide the holes! I love the way everything turned out!

I found this sketch at Creative Scrappers that was perfect for my photos....

We would love to have you join in the fun at Frosted Designs! And since we have 3 challenges (Fabulous Friday Challenge, Layout Sketch Challenge and the Card Sketch Challenge) going all the time, there is something for everyone! Come join the fun! And did I mention that all of our challenges give away great prizes?!! :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Barb :)

I've got good news!!!

2012-01-24T10:35:00.004-06:00

Good morning everyone! I am so excited to share a secret that has finally been made public!

I am now on the

Quick Quotes Design Team!!

2012 Quick Quotes Design Team

Adora Concepcion

Barb Craft

Christine Meyer

Jan Hennings

Jennifer Sodowsky

Julie Walton

Karan Gerber

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Misty Willis

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Suzanne Spokus

Tanisha Long

There are some really talented ladies on this team! I was introduced to Quick Quotes at a conference and adored their products! Now I am part of their team!! If you want to check out the Quick Quotes blog and the dt announcement, click HERE! And if you want to check out the products they sell, click HERE!

And since I am in such a great mood, I thought I would share a layout that I created! Quick Quotes has a challenge going on right now.... Frame it! You can use a frame on anything! So... I framed my daughter and her friend on this layout!

This was seriously a blast to create! I grabbed a bunch of my Echo Park scraps and stickers and went to town! I was able to use the cute little flower that I made for my tutorial (post before this one) and added all kinds of little goodies that have been laying on my desk! Lauren and her friend Abby are such good buddies even though they live far apart! This LO truly reflects both of their personalities!

Well, that is all I have to share with you today! Have a great week!

barb :)

Fringe Flower Tutorial!

2012-01-22T00:01:00.004-06:00

Hello everyone! It's my turn to share a tutorial at Frosted Designs so I thought I would share it here too! I am going to show you how to make these darling Fringe Flowers!

Sometimes when I am creating a card or scrapbook layout, I want a big embellishment but can't find what I need in my stash of supplies and do not want to spend a long time making something! These flowers are quick and easy and look great!

Step 1: Start by gathering your supplies. You will need either a paper bag or crepe paper for the base and then you can use other flowers, brads and any other item you like for the center of the flower. You will also need a 1.5 inch circle piece of cardstock in a coordinating color.

Step 2: Measure a piece of crepe paper that is 12 inches long.

Step 3: Fold the crepe in half so you have one long skinny piece.

Step 4: On the folded side, start cutting from the bottom up. Be sure you don't cut it all the way. You want to leave about 1/4 inch uncut.

Step 5: I used a circle punch to cut a circle from a piece of cardstock for my base. If you don't have a circle punch, you can just cut out a circle. It doesn't need to be perfect because no one will see it. Cover the circle with glue. Any glue will work since crepe paper sticks pretty easily to any surface.

Step 6: Take your fringed piece of crepe paper and start to glue it down to the circle starting with the outside edges and working your way in.

Step 7: This is what it should look like once you have glued down all the crepe paper in a spiral manner.

Step 8: Add a flower and a brad to the center to complete!

Here are a few flowers that are complete. Notice how much dimension they give without making your page heavy and bulky.

Here is a flower made from a brown paper bag that I used in a layout. I was trying to keep this layout from being too girly since it is about my husband and daughter.

Here is a close-up of the flower on the layout.

I used the sketch from this months Stack-A-Holic Template challenge at DCWV!

The papers are all DCWV Garden Party stack!

I hope you enjoy making these flowers as much as I do!

You can find more tutorials and a lot of inspiration at Frosted Designs! And did I mention that we are having a Design Team call?! Be sure to check out all the details HERE!

Faith

2012-01-18T12:28:00.000-06:00

Hello! I have so much to share with you today! So, let's get started!

Did you know that Frosted Designs is having a Design Team call?! That's right! We would love to see you join our team! We are looking for people who make scrapbook layouts, cards, altered art items, home decor and mixed media! Pretty much if you like to create, you might be just what we are looking for! We are adding new designers to all three of our creative teams.... Fabulous Friday, Layout Sketch Team and Card Sketch Team. You have until February 10th to submit your application! You can find more information HERE!

There are many One Little Word challenges out there and this year I decided to join in on the fun! I am going to do my best to keep up with the OLW challenges at Club CK! The word I picked to be my one word this year is Faith. I think that this word encompasses so many things.... Faith in God, faith in my family, faith in myself.... you get the idea! Here is the layout I made to get me started....

I couldn't decide if I wanted to use the quote or the Bible verse so I used both! The quote became my title (perfect for my family this year!) and the Bible verse is one I strongly believe in and will keep me strong through the changes happening this year!

I had a lot of fun making the title. For the word Faith, I stamped the letters on kraft paper and after it dried, I outlined it with a black marker. I then cut all the letters out and pop dotted them before adding them to the layout!

My kids are all at times in their lives where the decisions they make will affect them forever. Courtney is turning 22 and has just gone back to college. Kristin is 21 and finishing her junior year. She will start her senior year this year and she is already making plans for life after graduation. Matt is graduating from high school and is looking at colleges and trying to figure out what he wants to be "when he grows up." Lauren is my baby and has spent the last year working really hard on acting. She has a passion for it and the determination to do great things! Since each of the kids are in such different spots, I wanted to write a little message to each of them. I started each one out with their name and "I have faith that...."

I am really trying to add more journaling to my layouts this year. I want my kids, grandkids and great grandkids to be able to look back one day and really know the story that goes with the photos!

Sorry for the long post! But thanks for stopping by and taking time to read all of this!

Barb :)

You are my Rock!

2012-01-16T15:38:00.000-06:00

As many of you know, my life has been crazy with changes lately. A little over a year ago we moved to Texas from Indiana. Well... it looks like we are on the move again! Arizona, here we come! I also have 4 kids who are growing up and parenting is not always easy. They are at the ages where they are making their own decisions and sometimes it is really difficult to sit back and watch some of the decisions they make! I try to share wisdom with them but at 20, they have all the answers! With all of the craziness, my husband is the person that keeps me sane! I am so thankful for him and his strength!

I have been spending some time over at Club CK. They have some really great challenges going on and one of them is the Thanks Living challenge. For this challenge, we are supposed to (at least try) journal about something we are thankful for each day and then use these notes to help us with our journaling on our scrapbook layouts. And to make it even better, Erika (who is hosting the challenge) also is giving lessons on scrapbook design! For the first month, we are being challenged to use the design concept of lines and the theme of love. Here is the layout I created for my first Thanks Living challenge...

Greg really is my rock and I am so thankful for him! Since I had so much journaling on this LO, I tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum. I used the white flower because it reminds me of the flowers Greg always gives me when we go for walks when we are in Maui. They smell so good! I also had fun with the journaling on this one by adding sticker letters to make certain words pop!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great week!

Barb :)

Exciting changes at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine!

2012-01-14T14:35:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I wanted to share some news with you! Scrapbook News and Review Magazine (SNR) is making some changes! We have a brand new look that will be revealed soon, but here is a sneak peek...

What do you think?! I love the new look and with that will come a new format and a few changes within the magazine! If you aren't a subscriber already, you really need to check out what you are missing! We have everything from scrapbooking inspiration to cards, stamping, mixed media, tutorials and so much more! You can click HERE for more information! The January issue is going to be released soon so don't miss out!

Have a great weekend!

Barb :)

Delight!

2012-01-13T00:01:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope all of you have had a great week! I have been busy doing some projects on our home so this week just flew by! Well, since it is Friday, you know what that means.... a new challenge at Frosted Designs! This week we want to you get messy and get out that paint! Here is my layout....

As you can tell from my post on Wednesday, it is nearly impossible to get a serious photo of Lauren right now! Back in December we were in California and spent the day at Universal Studios. We had a great day and snapped plenty of fun photos! I guess Lauren was getting hungry!

So, since the challenge was paint, I wanted to do something other than the obvious splatters or putting paint on my background. Instead, I stamped these cute little banners on paper bags. To make the stamp, I used a foam, rectangular make up applicator that I cut a little triangle out of. I liked using the paper bags because they are lightweight and don't look as stiff as cardstock. I added a few eyelets and twine and had this cute banner! I also used some of the leftover painted bag to wrap around the tag.

I had a lot of fun getting messy with this project! Now we would love to see what you can create with paint! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win a prize from Vintage Street Market! You can get to Frosted Designs by clicking HERE!

Have a great weekend!

It' all about respect!

2012-01-11T11:06:00.000-06:00

Hello! I was up playing in my studio last night and came across this photo that I just had to put in a layout!

When we were home visiting family in Indiana last October, we celebrated my grandmother's 95th birthday! I wanted to get a picture of each of my kids with their great grandmother and this is what I got from Lauren! The girl can never take a serious photo!! lol!! When I found this photo later, it made me laugh.... my grandma is completely clueless that Lauren is behind her messing around!! But it did make for a cute layout!

And since one of my goals this year is to use up supplies laying around my studio, I pulled out these papers. They are Lily Bee Designs papers. When I got them a few years ago, I loved them and created all kinds of layouts with them but still had these scraps laying around. They were the perfect size for the Sketchy Thursdays sketch this week! They had a twist this week... you had to add blue and silver in your layout. I added a few silver brads to cover the silver part of the challenge! :) It has been forever since I have played along with a challenge blog so I thought it would be fun!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

A New Year!

2012-01-03T23:16:00.001-06:00

I can't believe it is 2012 already! Where did 2011 go?! Last year was a wonderful year but I seemed to have so much going on in my personal life that keeping up on my "fun, scrappy life" became a little more difficult! But, I have decided that I am changing that for the new year! I am going to be spending a lot more time updating and adding to my blog and visiting all of my bloggy friends that I have neglected for the past year! So watch out... I am sure I will be stopping by your blog soon to say hello!!

We posted a new challenge last Friday on Frosted Designs and the challenge was all about trying new things and using new supplies!! How is that for a challenge to kick off the year?! I wanted to share a layout I created with you that was a new concept to me.... using pets only in a Layout!

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How cute are these little darlings?! Our two cats are Skit and Skat! They are brothers and the sweetest things ever! My daughter asked to keep them 13 years ago and some how we still have them with us here in Texas and she lives in Indiana! I am not quite sure how that happened!! Our little princess is Jasmine... our Cavashon! She thinks she should have had her own layout so maybe I need to work on one in the future!!

I also wanted to share with you that the new calls for Scrapbook News and Review magazine are up! You can find them by clicking HERE!

This is a great way to get published so we would love to see you submit your work! There are some exciting changes happening at Scrapbook News and Review so if you are not a subscriber already, you really should consider it!

Thank you to all the wonderful friends that have continued to stop by and leave me some blog love over the past year! I promise to return the favor! I can't wait to get out into blog world and see what all of you have been creating!! Have a great week and I will catch up with you soon!

Barb :)

The Perfect Routine!

2011-12-23T00:01:00.001-06:00

Before I get to today's post, let me just say..... MERRY CHRISTMAS!! I hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas together and a blessed new year!

Now, on to business!! We have a new challenge up at Frosted Designs and our Design Team has out done themselves again!! I love the variety of projects our team shares each week and I promise you will not be disappointed! This week we are asking you to use Fabric on your cards, layouts and projects! I know it sounds a little intimidating but really, it is not hard at all. Take a look at what the Frosted Designs Design Team did by clicking HERE!

Here is the layout I created....

I can't believe this is my little Lauren! She is growing up way too quickly!!

If you look closely, you can see that I used tulle on the flowers in this layout. See! It's that easy!! We would love to see what you can do! Hopefully all of you will get a break from the holiday celebrations for yourself and you can play along! We also have a link to an adorable scarf that Becky made.... you are going to want to make one too!! Have a great day and an fabulous weekend!

More projects to share!

2011-12-22T09:33:00.001-06:00

I am back with a few more projects that I created this year! I am still learning how to make cards so I don't always share them, but here are a few...

I had a lot of fun making these so I am sure I will make more in the future! I know the people who receive them always love the personal touch!

I will be back tomorrow with a new layout for our newest Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs!

Sharing some layouts!

2011-12-21T09:19:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! It is hard to believe that Christmas is just 4 days away! I lucked out this year... my parents came for a visit, helped me finish all my shopping, wrapped all my gifts for me AND took them back to Indiana where we will be celebrating Christmas this year!!! It is so nice going into the holidays and not being completely stressed out! We are going to have a little fun tonight... we are going to Christmas in the Park at Six Flags and then tomorrow we are going to hang out at the Arboretum!

Since I am relaxed and ready for Christmas, I thought I would share a few layouts I created this year that never got posted to my blog!

Looking back over some of my layouts this past year, I realized that my style really varies depending on who I am using in the layouts! I kind of like that! It keeps all my pages from looking the same! :)

I have some more projects to share with you tomorrow! See you then!

Miss You!

2011-12-16T00:36:00.002-06:00

Wow! I can't believe that we are half way through December! November and December were very busy travel months for me and if I wasn't out of town, I had company!! All of it has been fun but it has kept me very busy! I wanted to share our newest challenge at Frosted Designs! This week we would like to see how you use Ribbon on your cards, layouts and projects! I know I always say this, but this time I really mean it.... our design team has created some incredible projects with fabulous ideas!! You really do need to check them out!! Here is the card I made...

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If you link up your project, you have a chance to win some Graphic 45 papers!! Click HERE to go to Frosted Designs to get all the details!

The staff at Scrapbook News and Review has been very busy too! We just completed the 12 days of Christamas! Each day we made a tag or some other mixed media project with set by step directions so you can make them yourself! Here is the tag I created....

SNR sent out emails with the information on all of the projects but in case you are not on their email list, you can still find them on the SNR home page!

Guitar Wall Hanging

2011-12-02T00:01:00.001-06:00

Good Morning! Can you believe it is December already? Wow! Where did the year go? I wanted to share a project with you that I completed with the help of my dad! My daughter, Lauren, wanted a rocked theme bedroom so we thought it would be cool to have a giant guitar to hang on the wall! :) I used the Hannah Montana cartridge to cut a pattern and then used the pattern with an overhead projector to make it really large. I traced the pattern on a piece of wood and my wonderful father cut it out for me!! He even sanded down all the edges and put lights on the back of it! All I had to do was paint it and add a few flowers and gems! I love the way it turned out and it looks great on my daughter's wall... especially at night!

Seriously... how cool is that?! Thanks for stopping by to check it out! Have a great weekend!

Wrap it up!

2011-11-28T12:27:00.001-06:00

Hello! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! Mine was so busy with Thanksgiving, shopping and spending time with family and friends! But it was a good busy! Now I am directing my attention towards Christmas! It will be here before we know it! Today, on the Robert's Arts and Crafts Store blog, I am sharing how to make these cute little gift card holders....

If you would like to find out how to make one yourself, head on over to Robert's Arts and Crafts Store Blog! You can get there by clicking HERE!!

Have a great week! :)

Back from Vacation!

2011-11-18T00:01:00.003-06:00

This week has been wonderful but I am a little sad.... it is the end of my vacation! Tomorrow morning we pack up and head home! We have had so much fun in Cabo but it will be nice to get back and get into a normal routine again!

It's Friday so we have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs..... Die Cuts! Let's be honest.... the possibilities are endless on this one! You can use die cuts you made using a die cut machine or you can use the die cuts from your favorite manufacturer!! Here is a layout I did with my brother, Greg, and Lauren when she was just a little tyke! Boy do all the kids love their Uncle Greg! What a special man! We are so blessed to call him family!

I love how this layout captured the fun of summer! I know I should probably be working on layouts that have more of a fall theme, but I wanted something bright and cheery!

I am so glad you stopped by to visit today! I hope you get a chance to join us in this week's Die Cut challenge! You can get to Frosted Designs by clicking HERE!! Have a great weekend!

Toddler Trouble!

2011-11-11T00:11:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fabulous week! It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Where has this year gone?! :) Frosted Designs has posted the new Fabulous Friday challenge.... Embossing! The embossing can be dry embossing or heat embossing or both! I love the look of both techniques but sometimes I forget to use it! Here is a layout I created of Lauren when she was a toddler....

She thought it was great fun to go into the bathroom and unravel all the toilet paper! But with that cute little face, I couldn't possibly get mad! :)

Most of the supplies came from an American Crafts kit I had. I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder, some buttons and fibers, threw in a little rik rak and some flowers and finished it off with the darling little bird I made myself! I tried to make it look like the birds on the paper! Not an exact match but pretty close!

We would love to see what you can do with embossing! Be sure to link up your project for a chance to win a prize from Mold Muse! If you haven't heard of them, you need to head over to Frosted Designs to check them out.... cool products!!

Sisters!

2011-11-04T00:01:00.002-05:00

Hello! It is Friday which means we have a new challenge up at Frosted Designs! This week we are asking you to make a card, layout or project with Family as the theme! I chose to do a layout of me with my two sisters! My older sister is in Japan right now and my younger sister is in Indiana. I am really missing both of them!!

This picture was taken at my niece's wedding a little over a year ago! Once the storms moved out, it was a gorgeous outdoor wedding!!

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants, K&Co., Die Cuts with a View

Flowers: Prima

Brads: The Paper Studio

Letter Stickers: Adornit, Making Memories

Stamp: Tim Holtz

Ink: Quick Quotes

Punch: Marvy

Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels

Journal Tag: Colorbok

Spellbinders: Label Four

Other: Twine, brown paper bag, cheescloth, stamps, button, thread, kraft cardstock

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend! I am sneaking away for the weekend with my wonderful husband to Phoenix! Yay for a night away!! lol!!

It's all about the candy!

2011-10-28T00:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! I don't know about all of you but my house is going to have a VERY busy weekend! But, before I get to that, I want to share Frosted Designs new challenge with you! It's all about food and candy! We are asking you to use food and/or candy in your card, layout or project! You can use photos that include food, images/stamps of food or projects that include food! You choose!! Here is the layout that I created.....

We have the cutest little candy store here in McKinney that Lauren loves to go to. I couldn't resist snapping a few photos the last time we were in there!!

Now.... about my busy weekend! Tonight, Lauren is having a Halloween party at our house! We have been very busy getting things ready and I thought I would share a few photos with all of you!

This is our table in our foyer.

Lauren and I made these darling little coffins filled with candy and then Lauren and her friend made the mummy soda bottles!

Lauren and I had a great time adding webs to the inside of the house! And the good news is.... there really is no need to clean! The messier the better!!

It is not showing up well in the photo but I found this darling Haunted House.... the perfect decoration!

I hope you and your families enjoy the weekend!

barb :)

Halloween Treat Baskets

2011-10-17T10:00:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! I have been so busy this past week that I completely forgot to tell you about our challenge over at Frosted Designs! This week we are asking you to use Fancy Trim (fancy ribbon, ric rac, lace, etc) on your cards, layouts and projects! There is an amazing prize up for grabs so be sure to head over and check it out! Here is the layout I created for this challenge...

This is my precious Lauren at 9 months.... now she is 9 years old!! Where, oh where does the time go?!!!!

Today is also my turn to share a tutorial on the Robert's Arts and Crafts Blog. I created these darling little Halloween treat baskets for my daughter's upcoming Halloween party! Stop over at Robert's to see the tutorial! You can get there by clicking HERE!

I hope each and every one of you have a fabulous week! Thanks for stopping by today!

The Graduates!

2011-10-07T00:01:00.001-05:00

Wow! I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted something! I have been so busy with some of my design team responsibilities that I haven't taken the time to update my blog! I promise to do better!! lol!! Well, it is Friday and that means that we have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs! This week is a recipe challenge!! I love those kind of challenges! If you go to the Frosted Designs site, you can find out what the recipe is!! Here is the layout I created using the recipe....

This layout is of my daughter and two of her best friends on graduation day. I wanted to make something that didn't involve school colors or look like school type paper. I am pleased with the way this turned out! Now it is your turn! We would love to see what you can create for our recipe challenge! And the best part is, we have an amazing prize we are giving away! Be sure to join in on the fun for a chance to win!!

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by my blog!

A Father's Love

2011-09-09T09:51:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! I don't know about you but this was a busy week for me! I am ready for the weekend! And even better, we really don't have any plans so we can just relax and take it easy! My husband is in a pretty good mood since football is starting... I think Lauren and I may just have to take advantage of that and do a little shopping!! lol!!

We have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs! This week we are asking you to use tickets, postage stamps and envelopes on a card, layout or project! And since Graphic 45 is our sponsor, this challenge is perfect!! I love their papers! Here is the LO I created using the G45 Communique line....

This is one of my all time favorite photos! It is my mom with her dad. Actually, he was her step dad but you would never have known it. He was the only dad she knew and he treated her like a princess!! He was an amazing man!

Please stop by Frosted Designs and see what our design team did for you! We are introducing the rest of our Fabulous Friday Design Team members and you are going to love the creative ways they used tickets, stamps and envelopes!! There are also 2 prizes from G45 up for grabs! Play along with us!

Have a great weekend!

barb :)

Kids Give Back

2011-09-06T11:31:00.000-05:00

How was your weekend?! I had a wonderful time cooking out and swimming with friends this weekend! Now that Labor day has come and gone, I am starting to think about fall! It is also the theme this month at Robert's Arts and Crafts blog.... and today is my day to share a project! Here is the layout I created of my daughter and her friend raking leaves for an elderly lady who needed the help in her yard! They had so much fun raking and playing! It was a great day!

If you would like to see my tutorial on how to make these cute little pleated flowers, head on over to Robert's Blog. You can get to my post by clicking HERE!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a happy, creative week!

barb :)

Frosted Designs Challenge

2011-09-02T10:52:00.001-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! I bet you are looking as forward to the long weekend as I am! I have a busy weekend of parties and get togethers but I am hoping to get in a little scrapbooking time as well! We have been busy over at Scrapbook News and Review with all of our manufacturer events. I hope you have had a chance to go check them out. They can be found in the SNR forum. If you leave comments, you can win some fabulous prizes!! Definitely worth checking out! You can find the forum by clicking HERE! Click on the forum tab and you will find the events!

This is an exciting week for us at Frosted Designs! We are starting to introduce some of our new team members (you will meet 3 today) and welcome back some of your favorite designers! This week our challenge is to use flourishes on your cards, layouts or projects! Here is a layout I did using one big flourish!

I really had fun with this layout because I got out the paints and mists and perfect pearls and went to town!! It is not my usual style but I sure had fun creating it! Now we would love to see what you can create with flourishes! KaiserCraft is sponsoring us this week and has donated TWO incredible prize packages! Be sure to play along for your chance to win! Click HERE to find out more!!

I have been so busy starting homeschooling with my daughter that I completely forgot to post last week's Frosted Designs layout! Silly me! The challenge was to use school papers (notebook, ledger, etc) on your project! Here is the layout I created for that challenge:

My mother is the little girl in the photo with her sister and mother! I love this photo!!

Well, that is all I have for you today! Have a fabulous weekend and enjoy the extra day!

A Summer fun layout!

2011-08-12T09:43:00.001-05:00

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Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful week! I can't believe we are almost half way through August already! We have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs this week.... Animals! We would like to see animals in your card, layouts and projects! Since Nikki Sivils is our sponsor, I wanted to use some of her papers and I had the Summer line laying around. Here is my LO...

Every summer we go to Myrtle Beach for a week and we have gotten to know a few of the families that go the same week we do. My daughter, Lauren, absolutely LOVES to get smoothies down by the pool... or in this case, IN the pool!! lol!! One day while swimming, Lauren talked her dad into getting her and her friend Lexi a smoothie! What a life! Laying in the pool on a hot summer day slurping down a cold fruity drink! Does life get anybetter at 9 years old?! lol!!

We would love to see what you can create! You can use animals as the main theme or just make sure there is an animal on it somewhere (like I did - see the cute little birds?!)

We are also on our last few days of our Design Team call! We would love to see you apply!! Click HERE to go to Frosted Designs to find out more!

Robert's Blog Hop!

2011-08-11T08:00:00.002-05:00

Hello! I am so excited to be part of the brand new Robert's Arts & Crafts Design Team! Welcome to our Blog Hop!

We have a pretty impressive line up and I am honored to be part of this Design team! You should have arrived here from Yolie's blog. If you did not start at Robert's, click HERE so you can start from the beginning. I would love to tell you a little about myself....

I have been crafting my entire life! I grew up with a mother who always had some kind of creative project going at all times. We did everything from knitting, to cross-stitching, to sewing, to every kind of paper craft you could imagine! My mom was the person who took me to my first Creative Memories class nearly 20 years ago and I was hooked! I must admit, I am glad to see all the changes that have come to scrapbooking since the beginning!

I have an amazing husband (we just celebrated our anniversary yesterday!) and 4 wonderful kids! I have three girls (ages 21, 20 & 9) and a son (age 18). Right now we only have our youngest living at home so she is the one you will see in most of my scrapbooking layouts! I was a classroom teacher before my husband took a job in Texas last year. Since our move, I have been a stay at home mom. I am so blessed!

I thought I would share a couple of layouts with you that I completed recently...

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Feel free to look around! When you are ready, here is the next stop on your hop.... Gaby!

Here is the order of the hop in case you get lost along the way...

Robert's
Celeste
Theresa
Faith
Jenny
Brooke
Zoe
Kari
Yolie
Barb - You are here!
Gaby
Katie
Nancy
Michelle
Gina

It's all about the circles!

2011-07-29T10:24:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! We have a new challenge posted at Frosted Designs that everyone should be able to play along with! We are asking you to use circles on your cards, layouts or projects! Seriously! It's that easy!

I am a little bummed right now. My 18 year old son has decided to go back to Indiana and live with his grandparents for his senior year of high school. I can't blame him... all of his friends are there and he has a great social life in Indiana (not so much here in Texas!) But I am going to miss him so much! He took off this morning with his truck all loaded! He is such a big boy now!

So I thought I would share a LO with you of when he was little, and cute, and wanted to hang out with mom all the time!

Seriously... isn't he just the cutest little guy?! I wish the photo of the LO would have turned out better but sometimes you just get what you get!! I did manage to get a lot of circles on this LO for the Frosted Designs circle challenge!! heehee!!

If you play along, you have a chance to win this wonderful prize from our very own Andrea....

So what are you waiting for? Create something with a circle and link it up at Frosted Designs! Have a great weekend!

Fabulous News!

2011-07-27T12:26:00.000-05:00

I couldn't be more excited to share that I am now part of the

Robert's Arts and Craft Store Design Team!!

I am so honored to be part of this team and can't wait to start sharing my posts with all of you and all of Robert's fans and customers!! Starting in September, I will be sharing some of my newest creations over on the Robert's Arts and Craft's blog! But be ready.... we have a blog hop coming your way in August so you can meet the entire team!

If you don't live near a Robert's store, no worries! They sell everything you would possibly want and need online! Be sure to sign up for their emails and follow them on Facebook to get discount codes!!

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On a different note... the July issue of Scrapbook News and Review has been released! Personally, I think it is one of their best!

And for a limited time, they are running a special deal for those of you who want to subscribe to the magazine! Your pretty much get 2 years for less than the price of one full year!! How is that for a deal?! If you want to find out more, check it out HERE! But hurry.... this deal ends at the end of the month! (July 31st!)

Giveaway time!

2011-07-21T08:41:00.001-05:00

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to check out my post for Robert's Craft store! As promised, I have the Crop-A-Dile II to give away to one lucky winner! And that winner is....

Kasey!

Congratulations Kasey! You have 48 hours to email me your address at barb.craft@att.net. Have a great day!

Children Wall Hanging

2011-07-15T09:58:00.000-05:00

***SCROLL DOWN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTER MY GIVE AWAY FROM ROBERT'S CRAFT STORE!!***

It is Friday and that means that we have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs! We would like for you to use a quote on a card, layout or project! This quote can be a famous quote or something your child said! Anything goes! Here is a project that I completed...

A while back, I took a Quick Quotes Class and this is what we made! I love all the vellum and quotes and the layering of the canvas pieces!

And some close ups for you! This picture was taken when Courtney (orange dress) was a senior and Kristin (green dress) was a Junior. Lauren (munchkin in the middle) wanted to get dressed up and glammed up so badly! She was more than willing to pose for some pictures with her sisters!

And I just couldn't help myself from putting the Sweet Sunny Smile tag on Matt's picture! This is the age where he was too cool to smile for any of my photos!! Gotta love him!

Thanks for stopping by today! I would love to see what you can do with quotes. Be sure to link up your project at Frosted Designs for a chance to win the prize from Little Red Cottage! Have a great weekend!

Guest Designing and I have a Give Away!!

2011-07-13T14:50:00.003-05:00

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Hello! I am so excited to be guest designing for Robert's Craft's again! If you don't know about Robert's Crafts, you are missing out! They have a large variety of every crafting product you can imagine! I don't live near a Robert's but I can still shop online with them!

When Brie contacted me, she asked that I do something with a Summer theme. Well, that is easy enough! I just got back from vacation with my family (and when I say family I mean parents, sisters, brother, brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews and of course my own children!) We had so much fun and between me and my sisters, we took over 1000 pictures!! How crazy is that?! But, it is not entirely my fault! I have a 9 year old who is constantly yelling, "Mom! Take a picture of me!" So, I do! Here is a layout I made from some of the pictures I took in the state park.....

Most of the supplies for this LO came from the American Crafts Dear Lizzy Kit which can be purchased at Robert's Crafts. I also did a tutorial on the cute little pinwheel which you can find on Robert's Crafts Blog. You can get there by clicking HERE!

One of the tools I used to make the Pinwheel and add eyelets to the banner is the Crop-A-Dile II so Brie thought it would be fun if I gave one away to a lucky winner!

Robert's is also going to throw in some Patterned Paper! So, would you like to know what you have to do to win?

1. Leave a comment here for one entry

2. Become a follower of my blog (if you already are, just let me know) for an entry

3. Leave a comment on my post on Robert's blog for an entry. You can get to the post by clicking HERE!Make sure you leave a comment here letting me know that you did!

4. Become (if you aren't already) a follower of Robert's Blog for an entry

That is four different ways you can be put in the drawing for the Crop-A-Dile and Patterned Paper! Be sure to leave a seperate comment for each thing you did right here on my blog!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you take some time to browse around here at Crafty Girl and see some of the other projects I have created! You have until noon (Central Time) on Wednesday, July 20th to leave your comments to be entered into the drawing! That gives you exactly one week!

Blog Hop winner!

2011-07-12T10:22:00.000-05:00

Thank you to everyone who participated in Frosted Designs Blog Hop this past weekend! I hope you enjoyed learning a little more about our design team and were inspired along the way! And as promised... I have a prize to give away!

The winner is......

Connie!

Congratulations Connie! Please send your mailing address to barb.craft@att.net and I will get your prize mailed out to you right away! You have 7 days to claim your prize!

Be sure to check out Frosted Designs... we have a new sketch challenge posted and our design team totally rocked it!!

Frosted Designs Blog Hop!

2011-07-08T00:01:00.003-05:00

Welcome to the Frosted Designs First Birthday - Ice Cream on the Beach Blog Hop!! We are so excited to be celebrating our first birthday and what better way than with a blog hop!?! You should have started at the Frosted Designs site where you will find a list of questions and answers. Copy and paste those questions and all you have to do is figure out who answered which question! Once you visit all the Design Team members blogs, email you answers to Diana at danica4us@yahoo.com!

Here is what you can win by figuring out who answered each of those 18 questions and hopping along with us...

Blog Hop Prize

The kit includes 10 Little Yellow Bicycle papers along with several flowers, ribbons, brads, and so much more! Be sure to take notes and email your answer to Diana at danica4us@yahoo.com!

Now for this weeks Fabulous Friday Challenge for you!

This week will be a Recipe Challenge! You need to use:

ribbon or trim
a charm
rhinestones or pearls

And since we are celebrating summer on our blog hop, I created this fun summer layout...

This is a LO of my daughter and her cousin! I included ribbon, bling and a charm! I also used the current Frosted Designs sketch for my inspiration!

And what would a blog hop be without prizes along the way?! If you leave a comment on this post, you will be entered into a random drawing for this prize....

If you get lost along the way, head over to Frosted Designs..... you will find the complete line up there! Happy hopping!!

You could win this Me & My Big Ideas Summer kit! It has 12 12x12 papers, stickers and rhinestone gems!

Leave a comment for one entry. Leave a seperate comment to let me know you are a follower for a second entry!

Oh... I almost forgot! You are looking for my question... Do you like to scrapbook alone or with a friend? I like to scrapbook with friends (Especially my sisters!)

Your next stop is....

Diana!

Going Vintage!

2011-07-01T22:31:00.000-05:00

Silly me! I have been so busy vacationing that I forgot to schedule my post yesterday!! We have a new challenge at Frosted Designs... Vintage! We would like to see you use a vintage photo or picture on your card, layout or project! Here is the layout I created....

I would love to stay and chat but I have another week of vacation to enjoy! I will be back next Friday for our Frosted Designs blog hop! Be sure to come check it out... we will have a lot of inspiration and plenty of prizes to be won!!

Sisters Mini Album

2011-06-17T00:10:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! I don't know about all of you but the weeks seem to be flying by! My kids have been out of school for 2 weeks already! This summer is going to fly by! I have been busy with family so I have not had a lot to post lately but today, I have a mini album I created of me and my sisters! Our challenge at Frosted Designs this week is to use a journaling tag on your card, layout or project! Easy, right?! Well, this week at Frosted Designs we have a wonderful sponsor... Amy, from My Monster Creations! She sent some of her mini albums to several of the ladies on our design team and you will be blown away by the gorgeous, creative ways they decorated them! Here is mine....

The front of the album had a flower cut out that I turned into a cute little shaker box! I filled it with seed beads and outlined it with twine.

That's me with my two sisters. Cindy, on the left is the oldest and Jennifer, on the right is the youngest! And of course I am in the middle!

I love creating pockets in this mini. On the right side, I created two pockets where I could place several tags. Each tag contains a story about me and my sisters from childhood!

I wanted an extra page in my mini so I took a paper sack, sewed the sides and added it to the mini. It also gives me an extra pocket to store extra photos.

I had so much fun putting this mini together! Be sure to stop over at Frosted Designs to see all the minis our team created! Also be sure to stop back throughout the week.... we will be posting more pictures of each mini this week! If you want to make a mini of your own, be sure to check the Frosted Designs site for a special deal that Amy is offering for our followers! At her special price, you are going to want to order several!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and spoil all the wonderful dads in your life!

barb :)

You're Simply the Best!

2011-06-03T00:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Friday everyone! I am really excited because today I am headed to a scrapbook convention with a friend and I know it is going to be a great day! I can't wait to buy some new products and learn some new things!

We have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs! June 8th is Best Friends Day so we are celebrating our friends this week! We would like to see a card, layout or project using Friends as the theme! Here is a card I made for one of my friends...

Supplies:

Cardstock: Core'dinations

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Flowers: Prima

Ink: Ranger, Quick Quotes

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Punch: Fiskars

Other: Embossing Powder

I also wanted to let you know that Scrapbook News and Review, the online magazine is looking for some Clean and Simple card makers and scrapbookers! If you are a Clean and Simple kind of person and would like to have your work published and possibly even become part of the staff, go to SNR for more information! Click on the calls tab, then submit your work, and then go to Special Calls! We would love to see what you create!

Have a great weekend!

Barb :)

Out of Control!

2011-05-27T00:01:00.010-05:00

Hello everyone! Sorry it has been a few weeks since I posted anything... all of the end of the year activities are keeping me very busy!! But I am excited to share Frosted Designs new challenge with you! In honor of National Backyard Games Week, we are challenging you to make a card, layout or project with a BBQ, Picnic or Outdoor Games theme! Doesn't that just make you want summer to be here even quicker?! With all of the parties, picnics and outings that happen over Memorial Day weekend, this should be an easy challenge! Here is the layout I created....

These pictures were taken of my daughter when her school earned "THE BEST RECESS EVER!" by meeting their fundraising goals! Lauren was like a little wild woman in the bounce house!! heehee!! Her expressions were cracking me up in each picture so I wanted to use them all so this one became a two pager!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Die Cuts with a View
Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Pink Paislee, Echo Park
Letter Stickers: Echo Park, Making Memories
Tickets: My Minds Eye
Stickers: Recollections
Bee Button, Doily: Purple Pumpkin
Gem: Martha Stewart
Flower: Prima
Brad: K&Co.
Journal Spot: Jillibean Soup
Punch: Fiskars
Other: Bird, felt flower, gel pen

I also wanted to let you know that Scrapbook News and Review (SNR) has posted the July calls. If you ever wanted to be published, now is your chance! Check out the calls and submit your work by June 14th... there is plenty of time!! You can get there by clicking HERE!

Thank you to all of the men and women who so proudly serve our country! Have a safe and happy Memorial Day Weekend!

barb :)

My Little Angel

2011-05-08T19:57:00.000-05:00

I simply adore this photo of Lauren. She was about 9 months old and so sweet. The whole angel theme cracks me up since her bottom lip is split from where she fell! She was just starting to stand and move around objects and lost her balance the day before these were taken. I thought about rescheduling the photos but decided that this showed Lauren at this age! Sometimes split lips happen! It kind of adds to the charm of the photo!!

I used the sketch from Sketchy Thursdays this week and took on Fern's challenge of doing a girly layout this week at Frosted Designs!

Taking Flight

2011-05-08T19:47:00.001-05:00

I pulled out some really old photos for this one! This is from 2003 and Matt was sooooo young! But such a cutie!!

I am entering this into the shapes challenge at Frosted Designs that Erin gave us this weekend! We had to use 3 shapes so I used: rectangle, star and circle!

Move In Day

2011-05-08T19:25:00.000-05:00

I had these pictures laying on my desk for a while now and this sketch was perfect for it! These are pictures on the day we moved into our new house in Texas. Matt was pretty good at helping organize things and Lauren spent a large portion of the day dressing up in various costumes... total entertainment for all of us!

The sketch was from the Creative Crop NSD challenges and I also added a hidden journal tag so I could play along with Lori's challenge at Frosted Designs this week!

A Walk In The Park

2011-05-08T19:07:00.000-05:00

I did take some time for myself this weekend and got a few LOs done and have a few more I will be posting early this week. This LO has pictures of when my daughter's club, Kids Give Back, did the JDRF. It was a rainy day but it didn't keep everyone from having a lot of fun! I still need to do the journaling but wanted to go back and look up the details like date, how much they raised, etc.

I used the sketch at Stuck On U Sketches for this one and this also quailifies for the challenge that Debbie B. gave us at Frosted Designs this weekend... to use birds and/or butterflies. I think that ducks qualify as birds and I did add a butterfly on the title!! lol!!

Another Quick Scrap!

2011-05-08T14:14:00.000-05:00

Jessica put up this great challenge on the Frosted Designs blog.... a scraplift challenge! I had the perfect photos on my desk already, grabbed a stack and went to town on it! Here is what I did...

Sorry... didn't have time to crop it down! I am starting to really enjoy these quick scraps... it really forces me to just start placing things without second guessing it all!! I love the way they turn out too!! Starting with a sketch or a scraplift makes it even easier!

Tag Art

2011-05-08T10:09:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I would love to sit and talk to you about the process of making this but since it is a quick scrap, I have to get this posted quickly! Here is the Tag Art I made from the challenge that Barb issued this morning at Frosted Designs!

I love the way this turned out and was surprised at how quickly it went together! I can't wait to see what everyone else made!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers today!
barb :)

Quick Scrap!

2011-05-07T17:00:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your National Scrapbook Day! I have to admit, my day isn't exactly going the way I had it planned! About a month ago, I warned my family that I was taking the weekend off.. that I was locking myself in my office for the entire weekend to scrapbook and play along with all the fun challenges! Seriously? What was I thinking?! Like everyone would actually leave me alone if I am in town and at the house! Well, one of our best friends had his grand opening of his restraurant so we had to go to that. Then this morning my daughter's best friend was in a play and this was the only showing we could make it to and to top it off, my daughter had rehearsal for nearly 4 hours today. Of course, the rehearsals are about 40 minutes from our house so going back to my house to do some scrapbooking was out of the question! So, I did what any normal scrapbooker would do and I packed up all my supplies and computer and went to Panera!! You should see the funny looks I have gotten from people with my scrapbooking supplies all spread out on the table!! Oh well.. I actually got a page done! I played along with Karin's quick scrap challenge! (At least the best I could with limited supplies!! lol!) So here it is...

I realize that it is missing the photo and title, but I didn't bring those things with me so I will need to add them when I get home! But I was pretty happy with how this turned out in such a short time with limited supplies!! Sorry that the photos are so washed out... the LO is so much more vibrant in real life. I will take a new photo when I get home to replace this one! I hope all of you had a chance to play along too! Be sure to stop by Frosted Designs and check out the other challenges we have issued throughout the weekend... there are several that you have until Wednesday at midnight to complete! With all the prizes up for grabs, you are going to want to play along!

The Online Crop has started!

2011-05-06T17:33:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is as excited as I am about our First Annual Online Crop!! I am hosting the first challenge which is a quick scrap! That means that you have one hour to create and another 20 minutes to get that creation posted!! I would like to see you use RIBBON on your project!! You can make a card, layout or any other crafty item but it has to be something that you start NOW!! Here is what I created in an hour (and yes... I did time myself!! lol!!)

Be sure to link up your project over at Frosted Designs before 6:50 CST for a chance to win the prize!! Happy creating!!

barb :)

First Annual Online Crop!

2011-05-06T08:37:00.000-05:00

Hi there blog friends! This is just a friendly reminder that we are hosting our first ever Online Crop starting tonight over at Frosted Designs! We have plenty of prizes to give away for our fun games and challenges! And guess what?! I am hosting the first challenge! It is a quick scrap so be sure to check it out at 5:30 (CST) tonight... you only have an hour to play along!! I will be back later to give you more details!! See you tonight!!

April Magazine is Up!

2011-04-24T22:49:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter with family and friends! I just wanted to let you know that the April issue at Scrapbook News and Review is published and ready to inspire! For those of you who don't know, Scrapbook News and Review is an online magazine that provides inspiration for scrapbooking, card making and mixed media. You will find inspirational examples as well as tutorials, product reviews and sketches! This is my first big month to contribute to the magazine! I have 7 layouts and 3 cards scattered throughout! I would love it if you went and checked it out!

No matter what your style is, there is something for you at SNR!

Enjoy Life!

2011-04-22T00:01:00.007-05:00

Good morning everyone!! Today is going to be a GREAT day!! Can you tell I am excited?! My daughter Kristin came home from college last night for Easter weekend and my oldest daughter, Courtney is flying in early this morning! This is the first time Courtney has visited us here in Texas (we have been here almost 8 months now!) and it is the first time I will have all 4 of my kids staying in the house together for nearly 2 years!! We have a lot of great things planned for this weekend starting with the Ranger's game tonight!

But, now on to business!! It is Friday which means we have another challenge for you at Frosted Designs! Our challenge this week is to include a bird and/or butterfly on your card, layout or project! How perfect is that this time of year?! I love all things spring and I really love listening to the birds sing!

Here is the layout I created....

This picture was taken at Myra's 40th birthday party. That is Myra and her husband Scott with me and my husband. I know that they are hard to see in the photo but there are birds all over that patterned background paper and there is another bird sitting in the tree on the right side of the layout. And of course, the layout would not be complete with a butterfly added!

Supplies used:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Die Cuts with a View

Transparency: My Mind's Eye

Border: GCD Studio

Flowers: Prima

Brads: The Paper Studio

Ink: Quick Quotes

Crackle Accents: Ranger

Other: Envelope, buttons, twine, felt

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to link up your project at Frosted Designs for a chance to win this prize....

It is filled with Lily Bee papers and embellishments!! Our very own Debbie hand picked and donated this kit! So... you know it is full of yummy goodness!!

Oh... before I forget, I wanted to let all of you know that Frosted Designs is having it's very first Online Crop May 6-8 in honor of National Scrapbook Day! Be sure to join us for fun, games, challenges and quick scraps! There will be all kinds of prizes you can win!! Feel free to grab the button and share the news! The more we have playing along, the more fun we will have!

I hope all of you have a blessed Easter holiday with your families and friends!

barb :)

Spring!

2011-04-08T00:01:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope where you live you are enjoying some nice spring weather! I know we are here in Texas! And since I was in a Spring mood, I decided to make a Spring LO! Our new challenge is up at Frosted Designs and we are asking you to add brads to your cards, layouts and projects! Our design team has done an amazing job... you are going to want to check their work out! You can get there by clicking HERE!

Here is my LO....

This picture was taken during a family outing at the zoo. It is hard to believe that my oldest is now 21 and the baby (Lauren) just turned 9!! Where does the time go?!!

Our sponsor this week is Imaginisce and we are giving away an i-top tool. I love mine and wanted to show you what you can do with it. In this LO I used it to make the brads for the centers on my flowers! I love that I can put the cute little fox or bitty bee on the brads by using my coordinating paper!!

I also want to say thanks to the lovely ladies at Stuck On U Sketches for giving me a great sketch to use! It has been a long time since I have had time to play along so I was pretty excited when I saw that their sketch was just what I needed for this LO! And after visiting my friend Leah's blog, I found a new challenge site... Whimsical Wednesdays! Their challenge is to do a spring LO with a bug or critter! I hope the butterfly qualifies but if it doesn't I am sure the bee does!! And... Paper Issues wants to see our Spring projects so I am submitting this to Paper Issues as well!

I hope you have time to stop by Frosted Designs to see what our gals did for you. Even better, I hope you have time to play along and submit a project! You could win an i-top!

Now... I need to get the house ready! We are celebrating Lauren's 9th birthday tonight! She is having some friends over and then we are going to the American Girl Doll Store. After that we are coming back here for some crafts and then we will call it a night!! Have a happy, creative weekend!

barb :)

White River Gardens

2011-04-01T00:01:00.001-05:00

Wow... it has been so long since I have posted! Sorry about that! And I won't be back this weekend because I am getting ready to take off for Las Vegas to go to the Country Music Awards! So... this post will be short! BUT... I know you all would like to see my important purchase this week that will be going with me.....

How fun are those boots?! My husband really spoiled me with those! But now... on to business! Frosted Designs has a new challenge up and you are sure to love it! I know I did!! heehee!! We are asking you to add BLING to your card, layout or project! Seriously, could we make it any easier to play along?! Here is my layout....

Sorry for the glare on the photos. Our sponsor this week is Imaginisce! I used the Enchanted papers from their collection and I used the i-rock for the blinging flourish behind my butterfly! Soooo... guess what our prize is this week.... You guessed it!! The i-rock!! Now that is a prize worth playing for! Be sure to link up your prize at Frosted Designs for a chance to win!!

Have a great weekend!!

Memories

2011-03-19T03:57:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week! We are enjoying our time at the beach but it is quickly coming to an end! I thought I would share a couple vacation photos with you along with a project I was working on before I left!

Matt is my surfer dude!

Lauren got the Kanani American Girl Doll for an early birthday gift! Aren't they too cute in their matching outfits?!

My husband and I snuck out to a date night! I love sunsets over the ocean!

Yes... that is a rooster! And Jocelyn... this picture is for you! I thought only you could appreciate this one! There are roosters all over the island of Kaua'i! Apparently, several years ago there was a hurricane that knocked over a hen house.... the result was wild roosters running everywhere!! They are cute until about 5 in the morning when they clearly are awake and want to make sure everyone else is awake too!! :)

So.... on to my photo album....

I had this photo album sitting in my office. I had completed the pages on the inside but had not given the cover much attention. I finally decided it was time to do something about it! I got out all of my very messy supplies and this is what I created!

I love the shabby chic look of it and it looks great in my office!

Don't you just love the flower?!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit! I will be back on Sunday and will be putting the house back together on Monday so by Tuesday I might just be able to get out there and visit of few of you! As always, thank you for all the super sweet comments you leave me! They always make my day! :)

barb :)

Spring!

2011-03-11T00:01:00.001-06:00

Well spring is officially here for us here in Texas. The trees and grass are turning green, the flowers are growing and the temps have been wonderful! At Frosted Designs we thought we would bring a little spring your way... so this week we have a photo/color inspiration!

Isn't that picture beautiful?! So..... this week we are asking you to use the picture and colors highlighted to inspire you when you make a card, layout or any other project you would like!

Here is my LO....

This is a picture of my parents with Lauren and her cousin Brayden when they were barely one year old! It was taken at a spring soccer game!

Funny story... I really did start with the right papers that fit perfectly for this challenge. However, as I was working with them, I like the designs on the opposite side and ended up using them instead... which is why there is so much blue in my LO!! I look at it this way.. the picture was a spring board and it allowed me to make this LO that I really like! So I guess it was successful even if it isn't an exact color match to the starting photo!! lol!!

How cute is this darling little tree?! I was inspired by some BasicGrey stickers I had laying around but were the wrong colors! I love the dimension and the touch of bling!

You can't tell in this picture but the kite is actually raised on one side so it looks as though it is flying in the air! And check it out.... I did a little hand stitching for the string and those cute little bows on the tail!

Please make sure you stop over at Frosted Designs to see what the amazing design team has done with this challenge. We are introducing the remainder of our Fabulous Friday Design Team members and they rocked this challenge!!

I am heading off to spring break today so I will not be visiting blogs this week. I promise to catch up when I return! Have a great week!

barb :)

My Friends Mini Album!

2011-03-04T09:46:00.001-06:00

It's Friday and we have an extra special post over at Frosted Designs today! We are getting to know some of the new girls on our design team a little better! Be sure to stop over and give them a warm welcome!

We have a new challenge today.... and it is a recipe!! I love these challenges! This one is as easy as 1, 2, 3... or should I say 3, 2, 1?! We are asking you to use....

3 patterned papers
2 fonts
1 journaling tag

My daughter wanted to make a mini album of her friends so we created this together! We decided to use up some supplies I had laying around which included an old cereal box! First let me show you what we made....

This cute little mini album is for my 8 year old daugther to show off all of her pictures with her friends. The colors look great for her bedroom too! As you can see they are a pretty silly group and we have plenty of pictures to fill this album with!

We started with a cereal box. I was able to cut it up and get all four pages from one box. The pages are 6 x 7.5. I measured and cut the tabs on three of the pages then covered both sides with patterned papers. The last page does not have any tabs. Once all the pages were covered, it was just a matter of embellishing it the way we liked (and there are plenty of flowers and bling on it because Lauren wanted to decorate the cover herself!! lol!!)

Here is one of the inside pages that we completed. Lauren still needs to go back and add a little journaling to each page! (I will add some journaling tags for this!)

And there you have it! A very inexpensive mini that you can put together in an evening! I love quick and cheap!! Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to stop over at Frosted Designs to see what our team of ladies did with this challenge! You are sure to find some inspiration there!

And a quick side note to my blogging buddies who think I have come up missing... I am so sorry I haven't been visiting but I promise to make it up to you! Between bringing on the new team at FD and starting my new position at SNR things have been crazy busy for me! Top that off with company coming non stop, getting the house ready, and getting ready to leave for spring break... I barely have time to sleep! lol!! I have been so busy! So please forgive me if I am a little slow visiting! I will get back into the groove of things soon!

barb :)

Music Makes My Heart Sing!

2011-03-03T10:35:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great week! Thank you for all the nice comments and emails I received about my watering can tutorial.... I really had a great time making them! For those of you who requested patterns, I would love to see what you make!

Today I have a quick post for you... this is a LO of my darling little girl practicing her guitar. She has a balcony out her bedroom and likes to go out there to read and play her guitar!

I wanted to make it girly and feminine but still "rough it up" a bit! I inked almost everything I could get my hands on including the white flower ribbon border! My sewing machine was acting up so I decided I would do a little faux stitching around the pink layers.

I wish I could get a better photo of the music notes for you. I heat embossed the chipboard notes with black embossing powder. I repeated the embossing process about 4 times so it was nice and thick and then while it was still hot, I stamped some designs on them. In real life it looks really neat but I just couldn't get it to pick up on the camera! And do you like those cute little roses?! I made those with a cute little quilling tool!! :)

I printed the pictures in black and white and then added a Prima gem frame around Lauren. To make it stand out a bit more, I decided to take my piercing tool to scratch a design in around the frame. I love how it added a distressed look to the layout! Overall, I am pretty happy with the layout.... it is so Lauren!!

Thank you for stopping by today! I will be back tomorrow with a new post so be sure to come back to see what I created! As always, thank you for all your kind comments! I love reading them!

barb :)

Flowering Can Tutorial

2011-03-01T11:26:00.000-06:00

With Spring around the corner, and the weather warming up, I have been thinking about everything spring! And it has inspired me to make this darling little water can!

If this doesn't make you want to get out in the yard and plant some flowers I don't know what will! Here are the directions so you can make one, or two of your own!

Let's start by collecting our supplies:

Supply List:

Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac

Patterned Paper: Die Cuts With a View

Flowers: Prima, Memory Makers, Imaginisce

Ribbon: American Crafts

Punch: Martha Stewart

Crystal/Pearl Flourish: Prima

Brads: Memory Makers

Other: Watering Can Pattern

1. Print the pattern out on cardstock.

2. Cut out the pattern.

3. Trace the pattern on the back side of your patterned paper.

4. Cut out the pattern.

5. Use a Score board to make the folds for the tabs and the bottom of the watering can.

6. Apply adhesive to each of the tabs on the side of the paper with the pattern.

7. Adhere the tabs to the inside of the front and back sections of the watering can.

8. Add a little adhesive to the tabs that are sticking out and tuck them in to the sides of the watering can.

9. Glue the "spout" together by placing adhesive between the two ends. Adhere the spout to the front of the watering can.

10. Use brads to hold the handles of the watering can in place.

11. Fold the handle 1.25" from each end. Put adhesive on the two folded tabs on the patterned paper side of the paper.

12. Adhere handle to the watering can as shown.

13. This is what the finished watering can will look like.

14. Decorate the watering can with your favorite embellishments.

By changing the paper and the types of embellishments you use, you can create a completely different look. Here is an example of a watering can made for spring along with a watering can made for fall.

If you would like the pattern for the watering can, send me an email at barb.craft@att.net and I will send it to you! Have a great week and thank you for stopping by!

barb :)

Welcome!

2011-02-28T09:03:00.000-06:00

Happy Monday morning to everyone! Today is a good day and I have some welcomes I would like to share!

First of all... welcome to everyone who is visiting me from the Modern Nana Blog! I was so flattered when they asked if they could feature me! So... take your time, look around and I will be back tomorrow with a fun spring time tutorial!

Next... we have some exciting news at Frosted Designs! We are welcoming a new team of designers!! 14 new designers will be joining the 10 very talented designers we already have!! Please stop by Frosted Designs to welcome everyone!

Have a wonderful Monday and I will see all of you tomorrow!

Barb :)

Body Guard

2011-02-25T00:01:00.002-06:00

We have a great challenge for you this week at Frosted Designs.... Metal! That's right! We would like you to use metal on your card, layout or project! I have to tell you... I had so much fun with this one!! Here is my layout.....

I started out with black cardstock that I distressed the edges of with my Tim Holtz distresser. Then I sprayed it with glimmer mist to give it a little shimmer! After that I took white acrylic paint and put random circles on the page. While the paint was still wet, I sprayed it with water so that the paint would drip. I love that look!

I used Body Guard for the title because when Lauren had her last party, it was a Rock Star theme. We had my son dress as a body guard and check the guest off the official list as they came in! The girls loved it! I cut the title out using my Cricut and pop dotted part of it. I added the Tim Holtz film strip and loved the way it looked!! A few stars polished off the look!

This was the best part!! I took a piece of aluminum foil, cut it to the size I needed and then ran it through my Cuttlebug. Then I used alcohol inks to add some color to it and finished it off with some black ink. I loved the way some of the thinner parts tore away... perfect for the look I was going for! The metal wire and clips were left over from some curtains that I had hung in my teenage daughter's room a few years back. The wire is being held on by a tab from a soda can and a giant brad!

I hope you have time to take on this challenge this week and join us! You could win the Cricut Campin' Critters Cartidge for playing along! Head on over to Frosted Designs to see what my design team sisters made for this challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!

barb :)

Exciting News to Share!

2011-02-21T11:08:00.001-06:00

Good Monday morning to everyone! I hope your weekend was wonderful! I am looking forward to today... my kids have school but my husband is off work so we are going to spend the day playing... a little shopping, a little lunch... who knows?! But I am looking forward to it! :)

I have a few changes happening in my scrappy life that I wanted to share with all of you. I have stepped down from two of my design teams.... Sketches in Thyme and She's a Sassy Lady. I have truly enjoyed my time on both teams but with everything, there are seasons and for now it is time for me to try something new. I still love both blogs and will support them as much as I can. Both provide a ton of inspiration!

That leads me to my exciting news.... I have joined the staff at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine!!!! I am so excited about this new opportunity and look forward to the direction it is taking me!! I think this new position is going to stretch me creatively and I am looking foward to the challenge!!

If you do not know what Scrapbook News and Review is, let me fill you in.... It is an online magazine that offers something for every kind of crafter! You will find scrapbooking tips and ideas, along with sketches and tutorials. There is a section for you card makers and stampers and for those of you who like to do mixed media projects.. there is something for you too! Some of the features on the site everyone can access. The magazine part you need to have a subscription to enjoy. I personally think it is worth every penny!! After all... you will be getting some of my work in it now!! lol!!

As part of the application process, we had to make a LO about ourselves. This is something I have never done before... never!!!! I couldn't believe how hard it was for me to put myself at the center of my LO.. and how hard it was to find a photo of just me!! I guess I now know that I need to make sure I have a few more photo ops so the kids will indeed know that I was on some of the vacations and at certain events!! lol!!

This is the LO I finally came up with.....

The picture is blurry but it was the only one I had that I remotely liked!! Putting the page itself together was a lot of fun! I started with my good buddy, Fern's fabulous sketch!! Thanks Fern! It was perfect for what I was trying to do!! If you have not been to Fern's blog, you need to check it out!! Click HERE! She is starting to create her own sketches and we have used a few of them at Frosted Designs for our Sketch Along Tuesday challenges!!

I have had this peacock feather forever and could never figure out how I wanted to use it... but I really like how it looks on this LO!

I wish I would have taken a better photo but the border around the circle is a row of butterlies that I fussy cut one by one!! Wow!

I totally adore this beautiful butterfly!

Well... that is my big news! Be sure to stop over at SNR and check out the new staff! You can get there by clicking HERE! And while you are there, check out this month's magazine that was just released a few days ago!

Lauren @ 8 and A Magical Vacation

2011-02-18T09:10:00.003-06:00

Yay! It's Friday!! And that means we have a new challenge for you at Frosted Designs! This week we are challenging you to do a card, layout or project with NO PATTERNED PAPER!

I have to be honest with you... this was a real challenge for me because I LOVE patterned paper! So to not be able to use any I was a little concerned I could pull it off! It forced me to look through my scrapbooking supplies to see what I could add to build texture and interest in new ways! And... it was so much fun!! I embossed, misted, distressed, layered... I did it all on this LO!!

Here is a cluster of flowers. I placed the 8 in there because I wanted to include Lauren's age.

I used a felt border and crepe paper to add texutre.... LOVE them both!

I thought it would be fun to include Lauren's name without making it the focal point of the LO! So, I placed it on the lace and embossed cardstock!

You need to stop by Frosted Designs to see all the creative ways the design team took on this challenge! You can get there by clicking HERE!

Paper Issues is asking for birds, bees and butterflies so I am entering this there too!

I also had a little free scrapping time this week and created this LO for the Scrappiest Sketch Challenge.

I have so many pictures to still get scrapped from our Disney Vacation. I don't want the entire album to be created with Mickey Ears so I am try to mix in a few other papers. Lauren was having so much fun and these pictures show her pesonality. I just wish the picture of the balloons would have turned out better... all the ballooons had lights in them that were lighting up different colors! It was so pretty!

Here is the sketch I used....

Also... Becky is celebrating her one year anniversary of her blog by offering up this yummy candy...

If you have never been to Becky's blog, you need to go. Not only does she do great tutorials for all of her crafty creations but she has the most amazing recipes!! I am talking seriously delicious!! Yumm! You can get there by clicking HERE!

I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend! Thanks for stopping by and leaving such nice comments for me!

Barb :)

ATV Adventure

2011-02-17T08:42:00.000-06:00

Thursday already?! Where has this week gone?! Well, since it is Thurday, we have a new challenge for you at Sketches in Thyme! Here is the LO I made about our ATV adventure while we were in Cabo!

This is the sketch we were working with this week. It is from Sketchabilities and I loved it! As you can tell, I had to flip it so it worked better with my photos. When I first saw the sketch I thought it looked girly but I had no problems grunging this one up!

Here is the title... appropriately named since it was an adventure! A lot of dust, a few cows, and a few stories go along with this adventure! I used Tim Holtz grungeboard letters that I sprayed with Glimmer Mist to match my LO. The other letters are from Making Memories. I put some white paint under the rub ons so that they would show up better!

I had fun with this tag... it is canvas so I took my Tim Holtz distresser on the edges. I inked it, added brads, a little lace and flowers and couldn't help but adding a little bling too! The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

A little detail from the top of the LO! I added a little lace so it would be a little feminine! After all, I was on one of thos ATVs!! ;)

I am really trying hard to use my scraps when I am done with LOs to make a card. I figure even if I only do this 50% of the time, I am still ahead in the card department when I need one fast!! (Isn't it amazing what lighting can do when taken photos?! The LO photos were taken inside and the card outside... they don't even look like they were made with the same papers!!)

Thanks for stopping by today and be sure to stop by Sketches in Thyme to see what the other Mavens have done with this sketch! All of the LOs are pretty amazing! Enjoy your day!

Barb :)

Some Fast Scrapping!

2011-02-15T11:53:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I had a great scrapping day yesterday and got a lot accomplished! I can't share everything with you right now, but I can show you 2 layouts that I challenged myself to do. I found 2 sketches online that I thought would be fun to work with. Then I challenged myself to complete the LOs in less than an hour each. (Of course the time started once the papers were picked... that alone takes me forever!! lol!! )

The first LO is of me and my momma shopping in Cabo.....

We have so much fun walking around and buying jewelry from the local people who are selling it. My mom is a master at this! She gets them talking and laughing and before you know it, they will sell her anything she wants at the price she picks! It's amazing!

The sketch is from Scraptacular

For this LO I used papers from Me and My Big Ideas. I knew I would be able to get it done faster if I used papers all from the same stack... no need to go searching that way! I also knew I would not have time to make my own embellishments. Since I didn't already have flowers that I liked, I decided to go with one of the papers from the stack. I fussy cut the flowers out, inked the edges and pop dotted the layers to create the embellishments for the page....

I thought they added a nice bright embellishment that perfectly coordinated with the paper!!

I also completed this LO of my sweet little girl when she was in kindergarten!

I also used the pleating technique that Ruth taught us at Frosted Designs this week! You can find the tutorial HERE!

The sketch is from the lovely ladies at Stuck On U Sketches! I haven't had a chance to play along for a few weeks so I was happy to get one done for their challenge this week!

Once again, I used a lot of premade embellies. The flowers are Prima and Flora Doodle (I love that these already have the gems in the centers for me! Saves me even more time!) The butterfly is a Martha Stewart Punch and the brads are from Sassafras! I also did the writing myself instead of printing and cutting things from the computer or using rub ons.... saved more time!

The banner was quick and easy. The stickers are from Echo Park and the triangles only took a minute to cut from a scrap piece of paper!

I just couldn't resist including this close up of my little darling! I am not sure what I like better, her big baby blues or the freckles!! Boy do they grow up quickly!

Thanks for stopping by to visit today! Hopefully I have inspired you to try a few quick LOs! Personally, I like the way they turned out and it was really nice for me to just glue something down and commit to it instead of rearranging over and over!! Have a great week and I will be back Thursday with a new LO and challenge!

Barb :)

Our Love Story

2011-02-11T00:01:00.003-06:00

Happy Friday! I am excited because it finally looks like we might get some warmer weather here in Texas this weekend! All I can say is it's about time!! I think all my friends are blaming me for bringing the Indiana winter here!

We have a new challenge for you this week at Frosted Designs!! With Valentine's around the corner, we thought it would be a good idea to share the love... so the challenge this week is to use the word LOVE on your card, layout or project!

As many of you know, I just returned from a long weekend in Cabo and while we were there, we took a sunset cruise (me and hubby with mom and dad!) Of course, this was just the perfect opportunity to take photos and this photo is from that cruise...

I titled it Our Love Story because both us had a lot happen in our lives before we ever even met and those events finally brought us together. (This is a long story... maybe someday I will share all the details!) Sometime you know it's a "God thing" when it all works out! We are an example of that!

I thought I would share a few close ups... I really am trying to add journaling to my LOs... not an easy task for me!

I loved the way I was able to use different fonts and colors for the title! (In real life the word love looks more red and less orange!)

I also entered this into the Sisterhood of Crafters Valentine Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by Frosted Designs to see what the rest of the team did with this challenge! And don't forget, we are currently having a Design Team call at Frosted Designs... I hope you will consider applying!

barb :)

A Valentine's Bouquet!

2011-02-10T06:00:00.002-06:00

Today is my day to do a tutorial on She's a Sassy Lady.

I decided to show you a project me and my darling daughter created for her teacher this year for Valentine's Day! A flower sucker bouquet! This project cost me a total of $4 to make + supplies I already had. (Red pail $1, Suckers $2.99) The best part about this project is that me and my daughter (8 years old) could make it together! I really wish I could show it to all of you in real life because it is so much cuter than the photo shows!

Now for the directions.....

You will need a metal pail, cardstock both plain and printed, ribbon, suckers, styrofoam, and adhesives.

I used my Gypsy with my Bloom cartridge and cut the flowers anywhere from 2.5 in. to 4.0 inches.

I had more flowers than what I needed for this project but my daughter is using the ones we didn't use on this on her class Valentines!

We picked out 3 - 4 different sizes and colors for each flower. Using a skewer, we were able to roll the leaves back.

Once the leaves are curled back, layer them one on top of another from smallest to largest. We just used plain old glue to hold the layers together. This is also a good time to tie ribbon around the sucker.

We used a glue dot to hold the flower onto the back of the sucker.

I dug through my stash of supplies and found this block of styrofoam to place in the bottom of the pail to hold the "flowers" in place.

We added a punched border to the inside of the pail to help hold in the "grass" (shredded paper). We also added some extra trim I had laying around to dress up the pail. (Sorry for the blurry picture here!)

Here are what the flowers looked like before we added them to the pail.

And this is what the bouquet looked like when it was finished! I thought my daughter did a fairly good job of layering the flowers by height... not an easy task with the styrofoam!

We finished it off with a tag that she can write a personal little note to her teacher on!

And there you have it.... an inexpensive gift that my daughter feels good about giving because she had an active role in creating it! If you have not checked out She's a Sassy Lady yet you really need to. Sassy has a different designer each day sharing a new tutorial. I have learned so many new tricks and gotten so many ideas from her team! What are you waiting for? Go check it out!

Barb :)

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

2011-02-07T12:31:00.001-06:00

I am overwhelmed with the fabulous response to the Robert's Arts and Craft's Imaginsce Give Away! I would like to welcome everyone who is new to my blog! I love seeing all the new faces and I will be around to visit each of you over the next few weeks on your own blogs! It is Monday and as I promised, I am ready to announce the winner of this amazing prize package...

The winner is.....

Savannah O'Gwynn!!

Congrats Savannah! I know you are going to love all these yummy goodies that will be sent to you!

Thank you Roberts for such a generous give away!

Barb :)

Another Day in Paradise!

2011-02-03T00:04:00.000-06:00

If you are here for the Robert's Imaginisce Giveaway... click HERE!

I hope everyone is staying in and warm from this nasty winter storm that has hit many states! We even got nailed with it here in Dallas! It has been an icy mess! So.... my husband and I decided to get out and go somewhere warm! I will be gone for the weekend but I will be back Monday to announce the winner of the Robert's give away... be sure to come back to see if you are the winner!!

Before I get to my LO, I have to do a Happy Birthday shout out to my daughter Courtney!! She is 21 years old today!!

Today is Thursday which means that we have a new challenge for you at Sketches in Thyme! I pulled out some pictures from our vacation in Maui a few years ago to make this LO...

I really liked the photos and since the papers are already so busy, I decided to keep the embellishments to a minimum! Here is the sketch we are working with this week. It is from Sketchabilities. I liked the clean lines of this sketch so this time I didn't wander too far from it! Jump on over to the Sketches in Thyme blog to see all the amazing projects my dt sisters created!

I have been lucky enough to receive a few awards that I thought I would share with you!
My Cheer Camp LO was selected at Club CK to be highlighted this week!

So now I get this cute little blinkie!!

I also have received two blog awards. The first one is from Janice at Cricutology. She as passed on the Stylish Blogger award to me!

If you have not been to Cricutology, you need to check it out! She does the best tutorial videos! I have learned a lot of nice tips from her!

Apparently I also have Attitude because my good friend, Sandy passed this award on to me!

Sandy has a blog called Details by Sandy and the title of her blog could not be more perfect! She is the queen of details and embellishments! She has this amazing ability to layer embellishments and her LOs are absolutely stunning!! You need to stop by Sandy's blog and check out her work!! Thank you Sandy for passing this Attitude award on to me!

Since I have received both of these awards before, I am going to make up my own rules!! heehee!! I am passing this award on to all my wonderful followers who have not received them yet! Feel free to pick them up and take them home!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I will be back Monday to catch up on all the blogs and announce the winner of my big giveaway!!
Barb :)

Check out this Giveaway!!!

2011-01-31T10:20:00.002-06:00

Happy Monday everyone! I am about to make your Monday a lot better.... I have a fabulous GIVEAWAY today!! But first.... look at this LO I did of my precious little girl who is embracing her move to Texas!!

This Cowgirl at Heart layout was made for Roberts Arts and Crafts Store who is sponsoring the giveaway here on my blog! I picked some of my favorite scrapbooking tools to share with the Roberts blog readers. You can find out about the tools and the details of this LO on Roberts blog by clicking HERE! While you are there, check out all the wonderful creative things Roberts offers. Roberts always has sales and discount coupons so you can get some of your favorite things at a great price!!

(I have to tell you.... Lauren got this hat as a Christmas gift and did not take it off for days. Since we were in Indiana at the time, everyone found it pretty cute and teased her a bit about truly being a Texas girl now!!)

Now for the giveaway....

This giveaway includes:
1. The ENTIRE Enchanted line from Imaginisce. (Including paper, stamps, stickers, rub ons, ribbon and embellishments.)
2. An I•Rock
3. Gems for the I•Rock
4. I•Top
5. Two sets of Gimme Clips
6. And cupcake flowers, also from Imaginisce

How seriously great is this giveaway!?! Would you like to know what you need to do to win?! It's pretty simple....

Go to Roberts blog and become a follower and then come back here and let me know you did that! Simple! Be sure to leave your email address with your entry. You can find Roberts blog HERE!

Would you like a few extra entries? Completing each of the following will get you an additional entry. Be sure to leave a seperate comment for each thing you do along with your email address....

1. Become a follower of my blog.
2. Post about this giveaway on your blog.
3. Go to Roberts facebook page and "like" them.
4. Become a follower of Roberts on Twitter.
5. Become a follower on Roberts YouTube Channel.
6. Sign up to receive emails on Roberts website.

That's it! You have up to 7 chances to be entered to win this prize! BE SURE TO LEAVE A SEPERATE COMMENT FOR EACH THING YOU COMPLETE!

You have until Midnight Thursday to be entered to win this giveaway! I will announce the winner next Monday! Have a creative week!!

Barb :)

A Little Good News Today!

2011-01-20T19:33:00.001-06:00

I am so excited! Would you like to know why?! Cricut had a card contest they announced last week and I thought... what the heck.. why not give it a try! We all know that I am card challenged and I thought it would be a great way to challenge myself! Well... today I found out that they selected my card as one of the winners!! Whooo Hooo!! Here is the card I made....

We had our choice of 3 carts we were to use... I used Don Juan for this one. We also were to use something from Anna Griffith. The only thing I had was one stack of her paper so that is what I used!! I even got a little crazy and tried out my Cricut Gel Pens for the first time for the sentiment! They worked great and I now know that I should have tried them a long time ago!

Thank you Jinger Adams and Cricut for picking my card as one of the winners from over 150 entries!!

Mele Kalikimaka

2011-01-20T00:20:00.002-06:00

Happy Thursday everyone! I have a LO I created for you using the new sketch at Sketches In Thyme!

One of my New Years Resolutions is to finish up some projects in my scrap room before starting any new ones! These pictures are of Lauren when we were in Hawaii in December of '07!! Boy, I am sooo behind! This trip was so much fun because it was Lauren's first trip to Maui and she was the only child we took with us! (The older 3 had been there before and were involved in winter sports that they couldn't leave for.) Lauren loved all the attention she got from Greg and I and this was the start of her posing stage... ykwim? Everytime I had the camera out, she was striking a pose! And even if I didn't have it out, she would strike a pose and insist I get it out!! I have SOOOO many photos of her from this trip!

Here is this week's sketch. It comes from Sketchabilities and was super easy to work with!

I think part of the reason I didn't scrap these photos sooner was because I was having a hard time combining the Christmas theme with the Hawaiian theme. But, while I was putting away some of my Christmas papers, I found these and thought the pink in them were perfect for these photos! It brings out the pink in Lauren's dress! And I remembered this darling little song they kept playing while we were there which became the title of the LO! It means Merry Christmas in Hawaii!

Supplies Used:
Papers and most embellies: SEI
Red Flowers, gem brads and letters: Making Memories
Punches: Martha Stewart
Cricut: Ashlyn's Alphabet
Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by to visit today! I love all the kind comments my wonderful bloggy friends leave for me! Be sure to stop over at the Sketches in Thyme blog to see what the other DT Mavens have done! And then be sure to play along... you could win a prize! Have a great weekend!

School Picture

2011-01-18T13:12:00.000-06:00

I have another LO to share with you this week and I even made a card! Whoo Hoo! So... here is my LO for my sweet daughters 3rd grade photo....

I used the sketch from one of my favorite blogs... Stuck On U Sketches! Thanks Ladies for another great sketch and DT inspiration! I am kind of proud of the fact that I actually journaled on this one... something I don't do nearly enough of!

And.. I had a package to send to my sister who recently moved to Japan so I thought it would be appropriate to break out my Pagoda cartridge for her card! It was simple but I think she will like it!

I used the current sketch we have right now at Frosted Designs. Even though it was meant to be a scrapbook page, I thought it was perfect for a card!!

Thanks for stopping by today and thanks for all of your sweet comments!

Barb :)

Forever Love!

2011-01-14T00:01:00.014-06:00

Good morning! Are you up for a new challenge?! Well, it is Friday and we all know what that means... a new challenge at Frosted Designs! This week we are asking you to get a little messy and use paint!!

Are you asking... where then is the paint on your layout?! Well that is easy! It is on the cardstock behind the main photo! How about a close up....

You see... I painted my embossing folder before placing the cardstock in it and running it through the Cuttlebug! I love the way it turned out! I will definitely be doing more of this in the future!

And I can't go without saying... How cute are my parent's on their wedding day?! I think they are just adorable! I wanted a romantic looking LO for these sweet pictures and the papers from my Lucky Girl January kit were just perfect! Most of the embellishments were from my stash except for the gorgeous white flower ribbon that came in the kit. I misted it with some glimmer mist that I made on my own!

I used the sketch from over at Sketchy Thursdays for this LO... loved it as soon as I saw it!

Be sure to stop by the Frosted Designs blog to see all the creative ways our team used paint this week! And... be sure to check out Frosted Designs on Sunday, Joni is going to share a tutorial on how to do that very cool background on her LO!

Valentine's Cards

2011-01-13T09:58:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday everyone! It has been a pretty good week here and now it is time for a new challenge at Frosted Designs! This week we are asking you to use acrylic, vellum or transparencies on your cards, layouts and projects! Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps and they were nice enough to provide our team with a few digis to work with. I am very new to digis and have not made the investment in Copics just yet. And... I am on a scrapbooking spending freeze soooo I don't have many Valentine's papers and my selections were limited!! With that said... here are 2 Valentine's Cards I made this week....

This card was made using the sketch at Cardabilities. I used a vellum heart that I ran through the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and added some stickles! You know I love to bling up my projects!! The Stitchy Bear Stamps digi I used on this card is called Valentine's Scruffles!

This card was made using the sketch at Mojo Monday! I used pink vellum on this one that I also ran through the Cuttlebug to get the heart pattern on it! The Stitchy Bear Stamps digi is called Bunnyblu!

I will be sending these cards out to my 2 oldest daughters with some fun Valentine's treats! I hope you get a chance to stop by Frosted Designs to see what the rest of our team did and better yet... I would love to see you play along!! Have a great weekend!

Barb :)

Valentine Treat Bags!

2011-01-13T00:01:00.004-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope you are all staying warm and out of the snow! Today I am sharing this project over at She's A Sassy Lady blog... be sure to stop by and check the blog out! Sheila has a large team of guest designers that offer up a new tutorial every day! I have learned so much already from the other ladies on the team.... I'm sure you will too!!

Now... on to my project! My daughter likes to take treats to every person she knows for every holiday. This year for Valentine's Day, we thought we would make these cute little treat bags!

These are simple to do and something you can do with your kids!

Supplies Needed:

Patterned paper

Solid Color Cardstock

Ribbon

Satin Fabric

Brads

Clear Bags

Lighter

And of course, your adhesives of choice!

I used the one of tags from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge. The tag on the left is the one I started with. I altered the height and width so it would fit my clear bags. My bags were 4 inches wide so I went almost 4.5 inches so that I had a little room on each side of the bag. The height was set around 3 inches. This is the one I cut on the patterned paper. I took the same shape and made it slightly larger and cut it again using the red cardstock so that I could layer them.

Here is what it looks like when they are cut. I was careful to fold these so that when they were layered they lined up correctly. I used my Martha Stewart scoring tool for this. I also went ahead a placed a piece of ribbon around the top layer and taped it on the back before adhering the layers together.

I needed a little embellishment for this darling little treat bag so I raided my daughters fabric stash and found this beautiful pink satin fabric. I cut 3 circles... each one slightly larger than the one before. These do not need to be perfect circles... in fact they look better if they aren't!

If you remember my post from a few months ago, you may remember my fondness for flames!! I used the lighter to singe the edge of each circle. You do not want the flame to touch the fabric, just get it close enough that it melts the edges.

When the edges start to melt, the circles curl up a little which makes it perfect for flowers! Here are the circles stacked and ready for a brad.

I added a brad to the center and used a glue dot to adhere it to the paper.

And for those of you who are afraid you are going to burn down your house, I have another option for you! Instead of melting the edges (you can tell from this picture that melting this fabric didn't work so well.. I actually started to burn it!! Ooops!!) you can add a little glue and these Martha Stewart microbeads. I added 3 brads to this one just to make it a little different!

And here is the final project! I'm sure we will be making some cards to deliver with these! I hope you enjoyed this project and got some new ideas! You can find sassy's blog HERE! Thank you stopping by! I will be back tomorrow with a new Frosted Designs challenge!

Two more cards!

2011-01-12T00:01:00.000-06:00

I have to admit... I am completely surprising myself with all the cards I have made lately!! It was one of my goals this year so I think I am off to a great start!

We have a new Fabulous Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs. This week we are asking you to pick a color and stick to it! Yep... it's all about monochromatic this week!! I don't know about all of you, but I have NEVER made a single thing that was monochromatic so this was really a challenge for me! Our sponsor this week is Craft Your Passion and the sweet Sammibug was a darling and sent us some fabulous digis to work with! Here is the card I made with the Chasing the Butterfly digi....

I wasn't so sure about this when I started but I love the way it turned out! I even impressed myself (not hard to do) when I paper pieced together the little girls outfit!! I know I was supposed to stick to one color but I couldn't resist letting her chase a pink butterfly!!

I used the card sketch from Sketches in Thyme for this card! I am part of the layout team but don't usually mess with the cards.... I leave that for the pros! :) I do like how this card turned out!

And now for my second card this week....

This one is for our Sketch Along Tuesday Sketch at Frosted Designs. (Sorry it has taken me all week to get it posted!) The sketch was created by our very own Libeeti and is meant to be for a LO but I think it worked just fine for the card!! I just flipped the sketch and straightened it out a bit! :)

We would love to have you play along with our monochromatic challenge and our sketch challenge. If you do a monochromatic LO with this sketch you can enter it into both categories for a chance to win each of the prizes!

Ohhh... I don't want to forget.... I have a MAJOR giveaway coming your way on Monday!!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! Be sure to check back Monday morning for the LO I made with my precious daughter and news on how you can win this amazing prize!!! Do I have you wanting to race back?!! I hope so!! Have a great weekend and be sure to stop over at Frosted Designs to see what our design team did with this week's challenge!!

Scrapping for fun!

2011-01-09T23:18:00.002-06:00

Thursday was a great day for me... I finally had time to do some scrapping that was just for fun! I didn't have any deadlines to meet for design teams so I picked a few challenge blogs and decided to play along!

This first LO is of my sweet little girl 2 years ago at her cheer camp. She was so cute doing her little cheer!

I used the sketch from Sketchabilities #38...

This also works for Scrapfit because they want us to use our scraps! Boy did I use scraps on this one! The papers are from 2 different stacks that I have had for ages!!

And because Frosted Design's challenge this week is to use 3 or more photos, I was able to use this for that challenge too! (It was my week off but I decided to do a LO anyway!!)

This next LO is from the cruise we took last April Greg (my hubby) and Matt (my son) were going through this play fight stage soooo... what else was I to do but to scrap it!! heehee!

I had a lot of fun distressing, stapling, inking and misting all the pieces on this LO!

This LO was made using the Sketchy Thursdays sketch...

We thought when we moved to Texas we would escape the winter weather... but we were wrong! We got dumped on with snow on Sunday! When we went into church it was doing a sleeting rain thing but when we came out, there was already 2-3 inches of snow on the ground! Here are a few pictures of our day....

This is our backyard... my poor, poor palm trees!!

This is Lauren with two of her buddies that live on our street!

I can't wait to scrap this picture of Lauren! She was having so much fun!

Greg and I had to get a picture in the snow!

My son needed to clean his truck off!

These are all the neighborhood ladies that were brave enough to get out and play with the kids!

We had so much fun! Now it can all melt and get up to 60 degrees again!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Barb :)

Girls Day Out!

2011-01-06T08:22:00.003-06:00

Good morning! I hope your day is off to a great start! I just dropped my daughter off at school and am enjoying a quiet cup of coffee! The days since I have been back from Indiana have been very busy but now that all the Christmas decorations are put away, the house is clean and errands have been completed, I am finally able to sit back, spend the day scrapping and catching up on some blogs! It is going to be a great day!

We have a new sketch challenge going on at Sketches in Thyme. Here is my LO....

I really wish I could have gotten a better photo of this LO... the colors look so much better in person! Oh well... we all have days like that, don't we?! :) These pictures were taken during our visit to Indiana over the holidays. Prior to moving, my sister and I would take our kids to the local outdoor skating rink for an afternoon of fun. So of course, we had to fit this activity in while we were home! This year, Courtney, my oldest daughter decided to join us!! (It's amazing what your children will do for you when they go 4 months without seeing you!! lol!!)

The sketch this week is a beautiful one by Jana Eubank. I, of course, flipped the sketch to make it work better with my photos. I also left off the oval around the picture... it just wasn't working on my LO! Other than that.... I pretty much stuck to it! :)

I loved the way this ribbon border across the bottom of the page turned out. I wanted to pleat the ribbon and decided to use these yummy brads to hold the pleats.... I love the way it made the ribbon fan out at the top!

I thought the letters needed a little bling so I added a little glue to the top of the letters and then sprinkled with glitter! I also hand stitched across the bottom of the red paper and under each of the mini letters that I used.... I thought it "grounded" those pieces a little more!

Supplies used:
Papers: SEI
Flourish: Prima
Letters: Thickers and Making Memories
Ribbons, brads and tree tag: SEI
Snowflakes: K & Company
Punches: Martha Stewart

This LO is also being entered in the Creative Belli Blog Challenge #108 - Snow!

Thanks for stopping by to visit today! I hope you have a chance to play along with us at Sketches in Thyme. Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the design team did with this sketch! We also have 2 very talented guest designers you are going to want to meet! Have a great day and hopefully I will get a few projects done today that I will be able to share! There are a few challenges out there I would love to play along with!

Barb :)

Find Joy!

2010-12-31T12:34:00.000-06:00

Happy New's Year everyone! I hope this year is filled with many blessings for all of you! I am wrapping up the holidays here in Indiana and will be back home Sunday. So... next week I plan on catching up on all the posts and blogging I have missed!Thank you to everyone who has stopped by and left some blog love! I always love reading your comments!

We have a new Friday challenge for you at Frosted Designs! This week we would like for you to use a Quote on your card, layout or project! Here is the LO I made for this week's challenge....

My quote is... Find Joy in the Little Things! These are pictures of Lauren running through the sprinklers in our front yard when she was two! The cute little frog digi stamp came from this week's sponsor... Lia Stampz! Lia has the most adorable and unique stamps and were so much fun to play with!

I added stickles over the water in the photo so that it showed up better and continued the spray of water on to the umbrella that Froggy was holding!

I did some paper piecing with this digi and was able to make the umbrella look a little more dimensional. I added Clear Accents to the umbrella to give it a clear shiny look!

Supplies used:

Paper: Imaginisce & Bazzill

Flowers: Misc. from my stash

Gems: iRock tool

Colored Pencils: Prisma

Letters: Thickers and Making Memories

Sketch: Liz Qualman

Digi Stamp: Lia Stampz

Punch: Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you get a chance to check out what our design team did for you on the Frosted Designs blog! We have some great ideas!

HAVE A FABULOUS AND CREATIVE NEW YEAR!!

Cherish the Memories!

2010-12-23T01:12:00.001-06:00

I don't know about all of you, but I am pretty busy celebrating Christmas with my family. I am glad to be back in Indiana spending time with them! A few weeks ago, I was going through some old photos and found these Christmas pictures of me with my sisters and brother from years ago....

My brother is especially sentimental with me and my older sister (who now lives in Japan) not being so close to home. I decided to frame this for him so he can have it.... I am sure he will treasure it!

This week at Sketches in Thyme, we have an open challenge. That means that you can use any sketch at all! I used the current sketch from Practical Scrappers for this LO...

We would love to have you play along... so be sure to link up your LO at Sketches in Thyme!

I hope you and your families have a blessed Christmas! I am taking a break from visiting blogs this week because I want to spend the time with my family and friends that I only see a few times a year. I promise when I return to Texas I will take some time and get all caught up again!

Barb :)

Families Are Forever

2010-12-17T07:06:00.000-06:00

Good morning everyone! Happy Friday to you! Today, we have a new challenge over at Frosted Designs.... we are challenging you to use the word "Family" on your card, layout or project! Here is my LO...

This is the last time we had my entire family together for a vacation. Since then, we have always had one or two that couldn't come along on the family vacation... boo!

I love the way the flowers turned out... I used a combination of chipboard accents with some Prima flowers, a few brads and metallic studs with my i-rock tool!! (I love this thing... if you don't have one, you need to add it to your Christmas list!!

I used Frosted Designs current sketch for this LO....

Our very own Diana created this sketch and I love it! Did you know that if you create a layout using this sketch AND using the word family in it, you can enter BOTH of our current challenges?! That means that you have a chance to win TWO prizes!!

Supplies used:

Papers - Lucky Girl Kit

Flowers - Prima

Bling - i-top

Trim - my stash

Letters - Thickers

Punch - Martha Stewart

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a fabulous, creative weekend!

Barb :)

I made some cards!

2010-12-14T20:49:00.000-06:00

For those of you who really know me, you know that I am not much of a card maker. However, I needed a few cards this past week, so I decided to make a few! Yay for me!! Here is what I made....

My husband and I attended a fabulous Christmas party on Saturday night and I wanted to send a thank you to the couple who hosted the party.

Back in Indiana, one of my best friends is having a birthday this week so I made her a card! She isn't really big on frilly and blingy so I kept it pretty simple. I did manage to add a little bling with my i-top on the flowers and for the bird's eye!

For some reason I prefer to make easel cards... I think it is because they seem like mini scrapbook pages for me!! lol!! Both of these cards were made using the sketch from the Cricut Circle Blog. This is the sketch....

And then, because I was on a roll, and needed one more card, I made this little cutie! The best part about this one is that I made it out of all the scraps I already had out on my desk! Gotta love that!

I used the sketch from Our Creative Corner for this card. The digital stamp and patterned papers are from The Cutting Cafe... our sponsor at Frosted Designs right now!

Thanks for checking out my cards! I really did have fun making them! Have a great week!

Barb :)

Oh Christmas Tree & Blog Hop Winner

2010-12-10T09:12:00.000-06:00

Happy Friday everyone! I don't know about all of you, but December is just flying by way too quick! I know many of you would like to know who won my prize for the Frosted Designs blog hop.... well, I will tell you just as soon as I share this LO and our new challenge at Frosted Designs!

This week we would like to see you use ribbon! Easy! You can make a card, layout or project, it just has to have ribbon on it somewhere!

I do have a funny story about this LO.... we have a new sponsor over at Frosted Designs... The Cutting Cafe! I don't know if you have ever worked with their digis, but they are amazing!! You get several digis in a set including patterned papers in some. Well... the one I was working with had the cutest papers included and I got so busy playing with all the great stuff in the set... so busy that when I finished the LO and went back to look at it, I realized that I forgot to add the ribbon!! I am seriously having way too many blonde moments these days! (I am calling them blonde moments because I am still in denial that I am getting old!!) So... after realizing my mistake, I went back and added some ribbon! Here is the LO...

The plain cardstock is paper from my stash and all the patterned papers came from the digi set! Even that cute little Santa owl in the bottom corner is from the same set!! You need to head over to Frosted Designs and see what the design team did with the ribbon challenge, and most of them used the digis from the cutting cafe.... there are some great gift ideas to check out!!

Supplies used:
Pink and Blue cardstock - from my stash
Patterned papers and digi stamps - The Cutting Cafe
Flower - Making Memories
Font - Gypsy Font
Glitter - Stickles in various colors

And now.... what you have all waited so patiently for.... the winner of the blog hop prize!! After going through all the entries (there were 104 qualifying entries) the winner, picked by random, is......

Denise!!

Congrats Denise! Email me (barb.craft@att.net) your address and I will get your prize in the mail!!

Thank you to everyone who was able to participate in our Blog Hop! We had a lot of fun with it and we hope all of you enjoyed it as well! Be sure to check out all the dt blogs that participated in the hop to see if you won. Prize winners will be announced all weekend!

Lauren's Christmas card

2010-12-09T10:49:00.001-06:00

This is my second post today... If you would like to see my posts for She's a Sassy Lady and Sketches in Thyme..... click HERE!

I was busy in my office the other day (working on Christmas cards that should have been done weeks ago) when Lauren walked in and decided she wanted to make some cards for her friends too. She got busy right away... cutting, sewing, glueing, writing.... and here is one of the cards she made....

She hand cut all the candy canes from patterned paper and then layered them on the green to create her own background. She made sure she had plenty of glitter because she wanted to post it on my blog so she could enter her card into the Frosted Designs glitter challenge!! How cute is that?! I love that she sewed the ribbon all the way around her card! And I thought her sentiment was very clever! (But I'm a mom... what else am I going to say?! I think she is brilliant!! heehee!!)

So... If you get a chance, please leave her a little blog love! I'm sure a little encouragement from all of you would totally make her day!! Thanks for stopping by!

barb :)

Christmas Mini Book and Layout!

2010-12-09T00:01:00.003-06:00

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Frosted Designs blog hop this past week. You still have until noon today to submit a project for the prize and to get the phrase you collected emailed to Diana! If you want to go to the blog hop post, click HERE!

Today is my day to share a project over at She's a Sassy Lady blog... Here is what I shared....

With the holidays fast approaching, I wanted to make a quick yet meaningful gift to give my parents when I head home for the holidays. Here is what I came up with.....

I decided to make a mini out of tags! I am going to fill this book with pictures of my parents with all the grandkids during Chrismas the past few years. I know my parents will love it and so will the grandkids... a gift that will give for years to come!

Now for the details... I started with an empty cereal box.

I used my Gypsy to design the tags I was going to use. There are many choices out there but I used the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge and made all the tags 4 in. x 7.5 in. I wanted to keep this as a mini but wanted it big enough to add photos to!

I cut the tags with my deep cut blade set at 6 on max. pressure. I cut them 2 times and they cut perfectly....

After the tags were cut, I changed my blade on my Cricut back to the regular blade and cut out several coordinating papers. I used DCWV Tis the Season stack. I liked that they had fun, non-traditional colors and the papers are thick.

Once the papers were cut, I brushed some glue onto the tags I had cut and lined up the patterned paper and pressed down. I was careful not to let it wrinkle or get air bubbles... which is pretty easy to do with these thicker papers!

Here is a tag that has been glued together. I covered both sides of the tag. By the time you get both papers glued on, the cardboard becomes pretty sturdy.

I decided the order I wanted the tags to be in...and then I started to decorate! That's always the fun part!

Here is my cover! I used some Martha Stewart border punches on the white background paper that I sprayed with Perfect Pearls (along with the white Prima flowers!) The Merry Christmas title is from Celebrate with Flourish cartridge. I used various ribbons to hold the book together and added a charm just for fun!

Here are a few of the pages... all ready for the photos to be added!

I have kept the inside of the book pretty simple because I want to be able to add the photos and still have some room to journal. My parents have 10 grandkids and I need to have room to add pictures of all of them! I also want to include some of our family traditions!

It is also time for a new sketch challenge at Sketches in Thyme! This week we are using a sketch from our very own Diana!

How great is this?! I decided to do a LO from Christmas last year! I wish I could say that now I am caught up on my Christmas photos but that would not be true at all!!! I do like this photo though... it was the last year my whole family was together in Indiana. (Now 4 of us live in Texas, one in Missouri and one in Indiana) I am getting excited to go back to Indiana over the holidays to see everyone!

This month we are being sponsored by Charlenes Button Box and she was so sweet to send all of us some of her buttons to work with!

I used these darling reindeer buttons and layered them on top of some crocheted flowers that I made! Yep... I am learning how to crochet!! (There is a reason why those flowers are hidden behind the buttons!!) lol!!

Be sure to stop over at Sketches In Thyme to see what the rest of the Design Team did with this challenge! Have a great weekend! God Bless!

Barb :)

It's a BLOG HOP!!

2010-12-03T00:01:00.003-06:00

I am so excited! Today is the first day of the Frosted Designs blog hop! Yep you heard correctly... we are having a blog hop!! And I am your first stop!

Let's start with this week's challenge at Frosted Designs.... the challenge this week is to use GLITTER! Seriously... this is a challenge I can really get into! Here is the LO I made.....

And I used the current sketch at Frosted Designs that our very own Debbie created!

Isn't it fabulous?!

There are many ways you can win prizes with our blog hop. The first way is to collect a word at each of the design teams blogs. Once you have collected all the words in the correct order, you will have a phrase. Email that phrase to Diana (danica4us@yahoo.com) and you will be entered to win one of the prizes! Here is the word you are looking for on my blog....

How cute is that?! The next way you can win a prize on the Frosted Designs blog is by completing a project that has bling on it and linking it up over at Frosted Designs! Easy Peasy!!

Here is the order of the blog hop. If you get lost along the way, head back to Frosted Designs, we have everyone listed in order with links to each of the blogs!

Next you are headed to DIANA's blog!!

Now, I couldn't participate in a blog hop and not offer a prize of my own! Here is what you can win from me...

You could win the Cricut Designers Calendar cartridge along with paper and embellishments with themes for the entire year!! (Sorry for the glare on that first photo!) Would you like to know what you have to do to win?

1. Become a follower if you aren't already. Leave me a comment stating that you have done this.
2. Tell me the top gift on YOUR list this year!
3. Complete a "Glitter" project and submit it at Frosted Designs. Come back here and leave me a comment telling me that you have done this.
4. Share the news that we are having a blog hop on your own blog and then come back here and leave me a comment saying you have done this.
5. The final way to enter is to complete a card or LO using this weeks sketch at Frosted Designs. (The same sketch I used at the beginning of my post) Once you have linked up your project, come back here and tell me that you did!

So.. you have a total of 5 ways to be entered into the drawing for my prize. You have until noon (central time) on Thursday, Dec. 9th to complete these things. Isn't it great that you can do a bling project using the sketch and it gets you two chances for my drawing not to mention that you will also be entered into the Frosted Designs drawings for those prizes!?! So many ways to win!! You better get hopping along!! Have a great weekend and happy scrapping!! Your next stop is Diana's blog... you can get there by clicking HERE!