It's all about the circles!

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!

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!

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

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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!!

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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!

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!

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!

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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!!