Contests

Why I signed up to compete in 2 contests while I'm on vacation, I'm not sure. Except that they have great prizes! One of the contests I'm doing is at Brownie Scraps called "Minitopia." I bought a ticket, got 5 great mini kits, and now am awaiting the second challenge to be posted. The first challenge was to use all the pieces of the first mini and scrap using white space and clustering. We had to scrap a moment that changed our lives. Well, we were all given aliases so I'm not scrapping pictures of myself-people would probably recognize my kids. I can't post my LO because then people will know my alias! There will be voting in THIS forum here at some point. If you know me well enough, you might recognize my photos and then you can vote for me!

The other contest that I'm competing in is "This Scrappers Got Talent" at Stuff to Scrap. I do NOT have an alias so I can show you my layouts. Each week we're given instructions on what to scrap. So far they definitely have been challenges for me! The first week was to scrap a layout of ourselves with the words "I am" somewhere on the page and to journal but not using complete sentences. I never scrap layouts of myself. Here's what I came up with. The kit is A Passion for Paisley by Scraps N Pieces at Stuff to Scrap. (I just realized I broke the rules because I used an exclamation mark! Oops)

I made it to the second round. The second week we had to do a top 10 list that used 10 pictures and was a two page spread. I haven't made many two page layouts. I really love what I came up with. The kit is Ambience by Digi Designs by Nicole at Stuff to Scrap. The border came from Utski Designs.

I haven't found out if I made it to week 3 but hopefully I will! There's no voting for this contest so I can't even bribe you for votes!

Playground Pleasure

Digi Designs by Nicole has a new kit out today that is perfect for all those outdoor playing photos. It's called "Playground Pleasure" and it has fun, bright colors. Plus it has such cute playground elements like a ball, swing, kite, wagon and more. I had a lot of fun with this kit! Here's a look at it.

I made 2 layouts, one using a playground picture and one for a birthday picture. This kit really is versatile!

I made a freebie word art for you using the alpha from this kit as well as a few elements. Here's a look at it.

You can download this freebie word art HERE.

Daddy's Hands

Gettin Scrappy with Britt teamed up with SAHM Scrapper to make a great father's day kit called "Daddy's Hands." I just loved the colors in this one. Lately I've been a sucker for orange! This kit is full of fabulous male elements and not a flower in sight! Take a look at this kit. There are coordinating brag book pages for this kit too that you can pick up and whip together an album to give to someone on Father's Day!

I made 2 layouts. I made one of my husband with our kids on his first father's day. The second one was actually more of a challenge because I made a Mommy and Me layout! I hadn't scrapped pictures of my son and I (because I have very few) and what we were wearing matched perfectly with this kit. I wanted to use flowers but there were none so I had be creative with my elements!

Strawberries

My niece loves strawberries! Her mom does too. It has been a tradition to have strawberries at my sister's birthday for as long as I can remember. Her birthday is in March and that is when the first strawberries used to arrive in stores. Now we can get them all year round but they don't start being really good until March! So when I saw Catia Cunha's Strawberry Girl kit at Digital Scrap Cafe I knew I needed it to scrap some pictures. This kit is perfect for all those strawberry lovers! There are so many cute elements-both strawberry and neutral elements. Take a look at this kit.

I scrapped some pictures of my niece eating strawberries. For some reason my kids don't like strawberries that much. Then again, I'm not the one know as a strawberry girl in my family so I guess my kids don't HAVE to like strawberries. More strawberries for me then!

I made this LO into a freebie QP for you! I did take off the title but if you want the font it is called "Pea Summer Funkyness" from kevinandamanda.com

You can download this freebie QP HERE. Head over to Digital Scrap Cafe to pick up "Strawberry Girl" by Catia Cunha.

A New Kit!

It's almost Father's Day! Have any plans? So far we have none! I don't even know what my children are getting their dad for Father's Day. I better start thinking about that. What a great gift to put together a mini album of your kids with their dad and give him that for Father's Day! I've got a wonderful kit to show you that would work perfect for Dad pictures.

Marti Scraps and Jacabean Designs have teamed up to create a kit called "One Cool Dad." The colors are so fun and masculine and the patterns are very cool! I had a great time scrapping with this kit. Let me show you what the kit looks like.

Here are my layouts. I really like how well the papers show off the photos.

I made a freebie cluster frame for you. Here's a look at the preview. You can download it HERE from the Brownie Supremes blog. Then head over to Brownie Scraps to pick up "One Cool Dad."

Watermelons

Scraps by Andrea has a beautiful kit in her store that I have been drooling over. I just love pinks and greens together. So "Watermelon Crawl" was just up my alley! The papers are beautiful and the elements so fun with all the slices of watermelon! This kit is quite large too with 21 papers and 68 elements! Take a look at this kit, you'll be drooling over it too.

Here are my layouts. I made the first one during a speed scrap. The second one I just made for the Template Challenge at Stuff to Scrap. The template is by Mommy Me Time Scrapper.

June Build a Kits and Other STS news

I had the chance to work with two Stuff to Scrap June Build a Kits this month. June's colors are purple with cream and black. You can mix and match mini kits for just $1.99 each to create a big kit full of what you like! I worked with The Scrappy Kat's and Gettin Scrappy with Britt's kits. Take a look at them.

Here are my layouts that I made. I did use a couple pieces of each kit in each layout. That shows you how well they can mix and match! The first layout uses primarily The Scrappy Kat's kit called Daisy Girls. The second layout uses primarily Gettin' Scrappy with Britt's kit called Dolls and Daisies.

Here's the information about the BAKs. The Scrappy Kat also made QPs from her kit that you can also pick up for $1.99.

The Stuff to Scrap Quarterly newsletter will be sent out tomorrow. It is full of various tutorials, coupons, freebies, LOs for inspiration and so much more. You can sign up for the newsletter on the Stuff to Scrap blog.

The designers at Stuff to Scrap get together each month to make a mega collab kit. This month's collab is called "Summer Days." You can pick it up here. There are also QPs that you can get here. Here's a look at the collab.

Summer Romance

It's blog train time again. I liked the color palette for the June Stuff to Scrap blog train but didn't get inspired by it. I decided to make an alpha for you all. And I included the paper that I made as the background for the alpha! I really like how my alpha turned out and I think alphas are nice to have! Here's a preview of my alpha.

You can download it HERE.

Here are the rest of the stops on the blog train.

Manda's Scrappin' Creations
JeNaSis DeSiGn
Let Me Scrapbook!
Bonnie Allen Designs
Digi-designs by Nicole
Becky aka SAHM Scrapper
Jen C Designs
Scraps N Pieces - Lori
Jensen Motley Crew Designs
Scrappin Serenity
Luna Rosa's Scraps
Always Be Neighbors Designs
The Scrapping Sisters
A Fish Design
Designs by Christi
Dewdrop Scraps
Sheri's Scraps
Eva Marina Scraps
Saphira's Scrapdesign
Melissa's Scraps & More
Scrapalicious Cereal
B2N2 Scraps YOU ARE HERE
Adriana's Cafe
Ányi + a digitális scrapbooking
Becky Young Designs
Scrappin' Memories To Last
The Scrappy Kat
Grandma's Templates
Just For Fun
J4 Scraps
Milly Dee
Shel Belle Scraps
Helena's creative maven
Mommy Me Time Scrapper
Craft With Me
Samantha Scraps
Tricia's Treasures
Circle Of Life Scraps
Pretty Pixel Designs

Two Newbies

JW DigiScraps has a brand new full size kit out today and you can get it FREE! The kit is called "The One that Got Away" and it's a fishing kit but you don't have to just use this kit for fishing photos-you'll see that my layout doesn't have anything to do with fish! This kit is a collab with Seal Scraps and you can get her portion free too. All you have to do is visit JW DigiScraps' blog each day to get portions of this kit. Here's what the kit looks like.


Here's my layout. See no fish! This kit works so well for masculine photos, it would be perfect for father's day pictures. My layout uses portions from both JW DigiScraps' and Seal Scraps' kits, so you might as well pick both of them up!


Becky Young Designs has a beautiful new kit out today called "Fresh." I just love how fresh these colors are! LOL The patterns are a lot of fun too. Take a look at this kit.

Here is a layout that I made with this kit. I made it for the motto challenge at Stuff to Scrap. I had already made one for my daughter and I thought I should make one for my son. It's a two page spread. I posted the individual sides too so that you can see things closer up even though the journaling and the pictures get cut off!

Becky Young Designs' CT has put together a little gift for you. We've made freebie QPs for you and made them into a mini blog train. Here's my portion of the blog train. You can download this freebie HERE.

Here are the rest of the stops on the blog train.

Becky - Becky Young Designs
Becky - B2N2 Scraps
Brandy - Super Scrappin' Mom
Lori - Scraps N' Pieces
Nicole - Ja Jue's Scraps

Stuff to Scrap News

I just finished another layout using The Scrappy Kat's kit "Country Cottage." My niece's second birthday is coming up but I still had 1st birthday pictures to scrap! Luckily most of the challenges at Stuff to Scrap this month because Stuff to Scrap has just turned 1. I scrapped this layout for the Scrap What? Challenge. Before I show you the layout, take a peek at this mega kit.

And now here's my layout. I was experimenting with my lasso tool and managed to make all the edges of the paper strips angled. Cool, huh?

There's a lot going on at Stuff to Scrap right now. They are doing a call for their Creative Team and thier Gallery Girls. Here's the information.

The Scrappy Kat is hosting a speed scrap on June 2nd at Stuff to Scrap. Here are the details.