Haunted Halloween by Shel Belle Scraps

Shel Belle Scraps has redone her Halloween kit that she did last year and included all new elements and SIX (yes SIX) alpha sets! They are glitter sets and in purple, green, orange, black, yellow and white! SOOOOO cool!

Here is the preview of the kit. It can be purchased at Stuff to Scrap for $3.99!

My LO

Now hurry and go get the kit!!

I WON!!!!

So remember the contest I told you about yesterday??? Well guess what?! Oh wait, I told you already in the title! YEP I won! She used a random number picker and my number was picked!!! WOOHOO!!!! Sooooo now the problem is picking which kit I want!!! lol I know one for sure already, but there are a couple others I am considering so we'll see what I decide when it comes down to it! lol :-)

Contest at Digi-Designs by Nicole

Nicole at Digi-Designs by Nicole is having a contest where you can enter 4 different times if you do 4 different things. (Sorry this is more for digi scrappers.) Anyway, if you would like to get 2 of her kits for free, go to her blog and see the rules for entering her contest.

Nicole is a fabulous digi-designer! And an awesome person! I met Nicole when I went to Utah this summer and we took our kids geocaching. We had a great time together and Tye had a ball with her kids and "treasure hunting". He still asks me when we are going to see my friend and go geocaching again! lol

Anyway, run on over to her blog and check out her contest!

STS SS#63

This afternoon there was a speed scrap. I was so looking forward to participating in it and then totally spaced it. It was 4:44 when I realized it started at 3pm! UGH!! I decided to give it a whirl and at 5:17 I posted the LO. So it took me just over 30 mins to complete this LO! lol I am sure I was too late for the particiation prize (I hope not, but I think I was) and that really stinks cause it was a cute one!

Step 1: Pick 1 picture and alter it any way you want. Sepia, Black White, Vintage, Change color, etc. Then download the following template shape: Link expired
Step 2: Choose 3 papers: 2 patterned and 1 solid
Step 3: Use 1 of your patterned papers for your main background, the 2nd patterned paper clip it to the template shape you downloaded, and your solid paper, use it to mat your picture.
Step 4: The clipped pattern paper, arrange it on top of your main patterned background paper any way you want. Tuck your matted picture into the clipped paper.
Step 5: Add mesh, wire or other similar textured element behind your matted picture.
Step 6: Find and use 1 heart, 1 flower, 4 buttons and 1 other element of your choice (I used an owl) and arrange them on or around your matted picture.
Step 7: Using alpha, make a 1 word title. Date your layout and add your drop shadows.

So here is my 30 min LO! lol Pretty good considering I think it took me at least 5-10 mins just to find those dang buttons! lol

Purple Passion kit by Stacey Towers

Round white button from Fairy Tale weddings by Digi Designs By Nicole

Chicken Wire is from Outdoor Adventures by Digi Designs by Nicole

Other three buttons from the Scrappin' Cop

Indian Summer by Bits N Bobs

Bits N Bobs has several new kits out. Here are my layouts from the first fabulous new kit! It is called Indian Summer. I love all the sparkle and glitter and bubbles. Too many cool elements! Here is a preview of the kit.
My first LO, another one for our anniversary album!!

This is of my niece. Isn't she lovely??

And my final LO with the kit. Another planting/tending flowers one!! lol Yes we like to photograph all the stages of our plant life! lol Isn't this a fun LO! I am really getting into these life like scene LOs and extracting the subject out of the photo. It is hard when there are little pieces like the plants, but I think it looks pretty awesome! So what do you think?

The second page to this LO is in the post below using another kit (so don't forget to go check it out too)!

Now, don't you want to have this kit?! Look how many different ways it can be used!! lol Hurry go check out Bits N Bobs blog to see how to get this for yourself! :-)

What I got done at the crop yesterday 091809

Today was quite the productive day. In addition to the three pages I completed above I completed two pages in our weight loss albums (and if you read my blog regularly you know I don't show those! lol)

This is page two to compliment the flower garden page above.

Lily's Garden by Vicki at A Work in Progress

Lily's Garden Add-on by Sara at Sweet Blossom Designs

And this is my calendar page for next years calendar that we give our grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc for Christmas each year. This was just a small part of our 4th of July celebration in Idaho this past year.

Fun on the 4th kit by Wild Dandelions
Fourth of July word art from Veteran's Day 2008 kit by ShelBelleScraps

So that's it. 7 pages completed today! YAY me!!! lol

Today's Crop Accomplishments and another SS

Today I wasn't feeling so great. I have been sick for several days, but I really wanted to get SOME pages done. So here is what I ended up completing.

Wish Big by Jeanette Bollinger

Ice Cream Sundae from Sherbert Kit by Barbara (Just Passing Through)

Magic Garden by Starlight Designs

This is my submission to the scraplift challenge at Stuff to Scrap

Hippity Hoppity by Scraps by Andrea

Here is the speed scrap instructions:

STEP 1: Choose 1 picture. It should be one that has memories of some sort attached to it (event, vacation, party, etc.).

STEP 2: Choose four papers--2 patterned, 2 solid. Place one solid paper as the background.

STEP 3: Create 3 shapes of any type (squares, rectangles, circles, stars, etc.) and any size using your three other papers. Overlap them on your page as much or as little as you wish.

STEP 4: Place your photo toward the center of your layout. Add a photomask or frame if you wish.

STEP 5: Choose 3 elements and add them to your layout as many times as you wish. Layer at least one element behind your photo.

STEP 6: Add journaling--but don't use complete sentences. (Think lists or of the "priceless" credit card commercials.) Make sure you have at least three lines of journaling.

STEP 7: Add a two word title. Place one word vertically and the other horizontally.

Little Men by NitWit

Airplane from Boys On the Go by TDesigns