Mayhem by Bits N Bobs

Bits N Bobs has a new kit out called Mayhem. I actually thought this was a fun mixture of themes. A little punk and a little music in there! :-) Here is a preview of the kit.

And here are my pages! The first one is of my DS with a bunch of other boys putting on a little concert for the dads at the Father/Son Campout in March.

I LOVED the word art that was in the kit "Mayhem on the Menu" and thought about these pictures that I took of the kids at dinner time one day when we were on vacation in Park City, Utah. I thought it fit perfectly. The kids were being silly, (not naughty at all, so don't think our children are bad or anything), but just pulling faces and chatting away with each other. It was quite funny. So anyway, I used this to make a two page spread for it.

So head on over to the Bits N Bobs blog to see how you can get this kit for yourself!

Memorial Day kit by Shel Belle Scraps

Shel Belle Scraps has a mini Memorial Day kit for free on her blog this weekend only! On Tuesday it will go into the store. So hurry over to get the kit for free now while you can! lol

Here is a preview of the mini kit.

I used this kit during the speed scrap this afternoon. Here are the directions:
Step 1: Choose 4 papers – 1 or 2 of them patterned
Step 2: Choose 1 large picture and a frame for it.
Step 3: Use 2 of your papers as your background, layering them however you’d like. Cut one of the remaining papers into a 4 x 12 strip and place it on your layout going either horizontally or vertically across your page. Use your last paper any way you wish
Step 4: Place your photo on your layout and frame it – but your frame must be off-set from the photo (tilted, etc.)
Step 5: Add 1 ribbon somewhere near or on your 4 x 12 paper strip. Add 2 round elements of your choice (can be the same one duplicated or 2 different ones…your choice) & 3 other elements of your choice.
Step 6: Add stitching to tie your layout all together ( I did mine all around the outside edges).
Step 7: Add a big one word title, attaching it with a fastener of your choice. Add any finishing touches

And here is the LO I created based on the instructions.

Don't forget you can get the kit for free this weekend only! So hurry over to Shel Belle's blog to get it now!!!

May Card Club Cards 05/11/10

We had card club on Tuesday May 11th. We had some more super cute cards!!! These ladies amaze me!

The first two cards, the one on the left is Karina's card, a thinking of you. I love the colors and the ribbon with the gems on the side! And the one on the right is Wendy's Father's Day card. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the ties on the bottom part of the card! Sooooo cute! I think I need to head to Joanns and find some more of this paper so I can make at least one more of these! lol

The top card is Kara's. Isn't it cute with the little bandaid on it?! And the bottom card is mine...yes you have seen this card before, but I changed the colors and think it is 100 times better.

And then this is Amanda's flower pot card! I LOVE the flowers she cut on the cricut and layered them soooooooooo amazing! We also cuttlebug embossed the flower pot and then inked it! I LOVE the texture it has with that!

Another great month of cards and my stash is growing. I need to start sending some more of them! lol :-)

At the Horse Races by Scraps N Pieces and other stuff

Scraps N Pieces has another awesome kit out called At the Horse Races. It was inspired by a STS forum member who had a friend with a horse that ran in the Kentucky Derby and won the Preakness horse races. While it is geared towards that it is great for all horse type photos/pages! I knew exactly what I wanted to use this kit for as soon as I saw the preview.

So here is the preview...
I completed this first page at a Speed Scrap. I actually like the black background with the different shaped papers. And then the whip inset with the title! :-)

The next is a two page LO. The first picture is of my grandmother's cousin George Woolf. He was one of the jockey's for Seabiscuit! The second one is of Tye when we took him riding. He hiked his knees and feet up just like a jockey does! He was so dang cute! So maybe jockeying is in the family! lol

So if you want this kit run on over to Stuff to Scrap to get this kit!

Also right now Scraps N Pieces has some other new products in the Stuff to Scrap Store. The first is some hot rod car doodles made by Heidi.

The second one is some cruise doodles! Aren't they so cute?!?!?!

And finally tomorrow is $2.00 Tuesday at Stuff to Scrap. Scraps N Pieces has their Let's Get Together kit and their Early Spring kit on sale. It is a sort of spring cleaning sale before summer gets here! :-)

Flower Pot Card #2 and Animal Shape Swap

Tonight during the chat, Denice showed us how to make these cute flower pot cards. I did not know how to cut them and all that, but I did kindof know how to make them since Amanda had made them at card club this month.

Here are the ones I came up with tonight! I really like them and love to have two more cards in my stash! :-) Thanks De!
The majority of today and last night I worked on my shapes for the Animal Shape Swap on the Cricuteers team at SparkPeople. I chose to make puppies. I had a problem at the end when I realized that I was short brown by two cuts. :-( So I was searching through some of my scrap paper and find some other brown that I had used for some cards previously. So yay! I got them all done and they are ready to ship off and get swapped out with other people's animal shapes! :-)

3 Speed Scraps 5/10-5/15

This week I participated in 3 speed scraps! Well the one yesterday I didn't participate IN, I did it AFTER! lol I had too much going on and kindof spaced it. But luckily the hostess Lori gave everyone until Midnight last night to complete it so I will still able to do it!

5/10 Speed Scrap Instructions:
Step 1: Pick one picture, duplicate it, turn the top layer black and white and then erase one item on the black and white picture so that the color from the bottom picture show. (Selective Coloring)
Step 2: Pick 7 papers. Use 2 for your background. Use three of papers to make cirlces and put them in an uneven line on your layout. Put a circle frame around ONE of the circles of paper. Then make strips out of the last two papers and place them on top of cirlces.
Step 3: Place your picture on top of only TWO of the circles.
Step 4: Put a frame BEHIND your picture but make it uneven so that they don't line up.
Step 5: Use each of the following items: ric rac, string, flowers/leaves, and then 2 other embellishments of your choice to cluster around your picture and papers.
Step 6: Stitch your two background papers together.
Step 7: Add drop shadows, a title, any finishing touches you want

And here is my page:

Eat Your Veggies by Stacey's Scraps
Stitching from Doodle Bug by Stacey's Scraps

5/12 Speed Scrap Instructions:
STEP 1: Choose 4 Pictures - they should be a sequence of pictures or from the same event
STEP 2: Choose 1 Paper - yep that's it - just ONE! Place that Paper as your background.
STEP 3: Crop your pictures to the same size - then frame or mat them
STEP 4: Attach the pictures in a row on one side of your layout - they should be lined up on the side.
STEP 5: Make a cluster around the side of your pictures (the side not on the edge!) Use at least on splatter - at least 2 ribbons and whatever else you want.
STEP 6: make a 1 -2 word title with an alpha and tuck it into the cluster
STEP 7: Add finishing touches and journaling (if you want)

And my page:

My Super Hero by Digi Designs by Nicole

5/15 Speed Scrap Instructions:
STEP 1 – PICK 3 PHOTOS, 1 NEEDS TO BE HORIZONTAL
STEP 2 - PICK 4 PLAINISH PAPERS, 2 CAN HAVE A SLIGHT PATTERN
STEP 3 – PUT ONE OF THE PLAIN PAPERS AS YOUR BACKGROUND AND MAKE YOUR 2ND PLAIN PAPER SLIGHTLY SMALLER AND PUT ON TOP OF THE BACKGROUND. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE CLOSE TO AN INCH OF THE BACKGROUND PAPER SHOWING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE 2ND PAPER
STEP 4 – DESATURATE AND THEN OVERLAY/BLEND YOUR HORIZONTAL PHOTO ON ½ OF THE 2ND PAPER, EITHER THE TOP ½ OR THE BOTTOM 1/2. CROP YOUR OTHER 2 PHOTOS SO THEY ARE THE SAME HEIGHT AS EACH OTHER BUT DIFFERENT WIDTHS
STEP 5 – CROP YOUR OTHER 2 PAPERS SO THEY ARE THE SAME HEIGHT AS YOUR 2 PHOTOS BUT DIFFERENT WIDTHS AND ARRANGE THE 2 PIECES OF PAPER AND THE 2 PHOTOS SPANNING ACROSS THE LAYOUT EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW THE PHOTO YOU OVERLAYED. THERE CAN BE SLIGHT SPACES INBETWEEN AND YOU CAN STROKE THEM IF YOU WANT.
STEP 6 – ADD A 2 WORD TITLE WITH 1 WORD A FONT AND THE OTHER AN ALPHA. PUT ONE WORD ABOVE YOUR ROW OF PICS AND PAPER AND ONE BELOW. JOURNAL AROUND THE EDGE OF THE GRUNGY PAPER ON THE ONE INCH OF SPACE YOU LEFT ON THE BACKGROUND PAPER
STEP 7 – ADD ANY EMBELLISHMENTS YOU WANT BUT MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST 1 BUTTON AND AT LEAST 1 STITCHING. ADD DROP SHADOWS.

And my page:

Potty Like A Rock Star by Spinky Dink Scraps and simply.scraps
Potty Training boy by KiwiScrapper

Let's Get Together by Scraps N Pieces and other STS stuff

Scraps N Pieces has teamed up with the Scrapping Sisters to create a new collab called Let's Get Together. This is based on families coming together. The colors are great because they work for both guys and girls! :-) You can get the kit for free on their blogs starting today.

Monday is the papers, Tuesday is the elements, Wednesday is the alphas, Thursday is the quickpages and Friday is the cardstocks. Here is a preview of the entire kit.

And my layout. This is my DS and my nephews having a great time playing at the farm over the 4th of July weekend last year.

Also at Stuff to Scrap this week there are 3 speed scraps! You know I will be there!! lol One on Tuesday May 18th at 9pm EST, Thursday May 20th at 9pm EST, and Sat May 22nd at 9am (wonder how I can swing that one with DS's birthday party starting at the park at 11am! lol)

And tomorrow is $2.00 at Stuff to Scrap. Scraps N Pieces has their Hippity Hoppity and Quickpages on sale this week. Click on the flyer to go to the store.