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April showers challenge at Scrap N' Chat.

Birthday card for 2 year old great nephew. I used the Tim Holtz gears masks, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Coffee Shop and Shimmerz Spritz Truffles on Stampin Up! Kraft. Truck stamp is also Stampin Up! pp is from Cosmo Cricket. The number 2 is a rub-on.

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innocent

Picture of me, brothers Larry and Dave holding baby chicks - note heat lamp behind me. 1957

supplies used:
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp and die-cuts - Cosmo Cricket
spiral clip - Stampin Up!
chipboard frame - Tattered Angels
rub-on - Basic Grey
wild things tag - Bella Blvd
rick rack - sewing stash

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celebrate you

Photos from 1984, Melissia's 6th birthday. I used sketch 121 at The Scrappiest.

Supplies used:
cardstock - Stamping Up!
pp - Love Elsie, Reminisce
alphas - American Craft thickers
bling - Queen & company
flowers - Prima and unknown
stickers - Reminisce
chipboard - unknown
mist - Tatterned Angels
stamp and ink - Stampin Up!

Hat vs Books

Here's my layout for the February contest at Scrap Attack Scrapbooking.

Supplies used:
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp - Little Yellow Bicycle "Pack your Bags"
alphas - American Crafts thickers and Basic Grey
stickers - Little Yellow Bicycle
filmstrip - Tim Holtz
spray - Tattered Angels "coffee Shop"
brad - unknown (from Scrap Attack Scrapbooking kit)
button - unknown

playing Dragon

This layout was done for the POTW #3 at Scrapbook Challenges.

Pictures of our DGD playing with my 2 teenage nephews when there were here for a visit in 2008.

Supplies used:
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp - DaisyD's
Rub-on - Stampin Up!
mini alphas - Stampin Up!
alpha stickers - Collage Press
chipboard - Deluxe Designs
sheer paisley - Maya Road
mediums - Shimmerz and Tattered Angels

Mamma Mia

Pictures using the first sketch of 2011 at Design Dollies.... which I flipped. This is a great sketch for using up your scraps.

Supplies used
cardstock - Stampin Up!
pp and die-cuts - My Mind's Eye
alphas - Glitz
buttons - Stampin Up! and unknown
chipboard circle - Stampin Up!
Rub-on - Bo Bunny
brads - Stampin Up!
inks - Stampin Up! and color Box
spray - Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Coffee Shop and Shimmerz Truffles

You should know...........

Supplies used:
paper: Creative Imaginations, Paper Pizazz and Reminisce
cardstock: Stampin Up!
journaling sticker: Creative Imaginations
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Pearl flourish: Zva Creative
Pink flower: Prima
Mini white flowers: Doodlebug
gold ink: Colorbox
Inspired by: Ana White

Candy Shoppe Designs is the December sponsor over on the XOXO Girls blog! If you are not familiar with their site, they are a scraplift blog! They have a large design team with an enormous range of scrapbooking styles to choose from. I think everyone get's scrappers block from time to time and scraplifting is a wonderful way to jump start your creating.

What exactly does scraplift mean?

Basically it means copying others' completed layouts in whole or in part, for your own personal use, by adopting design elements and ideas that you like and incorporating them into your own creations. Of course everyone likes to get credit for their ideas so remember it's proper etiquette to give credit to the person you are scraplifting ideas from whenever you borrow someone's ideas.

Deadline for entry will be December 31st. Please make sure you visit the XOXO Girls blog to upload your submission.

home at last

Supplies used:
DCWV mini scallop cardstock
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Silver Sugar"
SEI pp and die-cuts
Chatterbox Artsy.licious chocolate tinsel pp
AC Thickers
Paper Studio pearl brad
Stampin Up! cardstock, ink
MM stamps
lace from stash
unknown silver cardstock

Inspired by Cheryl Whitaker for the November lift challenge at XOXO Girls. The fabulous prize is offered by Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!

Happy Holidays

Supplies used:
DCWV mini scallop cardstock
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Silver Sugar"
SEI pp and tab
Fancy Pants felt star
Prima pearls and crystals
Daisy D's tree
Queen and Co red Christmas felt
unknown crocheted snowflake, pearl brad, tree, ribbon, silver, green cardstock

Inspired by Katherine Blue for the November lift challenge at XOXO Girls. The fabulous prize is offered by Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!

You and me

Supplies used:
Love Elsie pp
Stampin Up! felt flowers, mask, rhinestone brad and rub-on flowers
Tatterned Angels Glimmer Mist "Olive Vine"
Basic Grey chipboard circle
Fancy Pants felt (pink) flower
American Crafts felt (purple) flowers
Scenic Route twill tape
misc. buttons, brads and eyelets
charm from Michael's
DMC thread
unknown rub-on title, cardstock, tab

Inspired by Sharon Bertolino for the November lift challenge at XOXO Girls. The fabulous prize is offered by Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!

Night Owls

Supplies used:
Stampin Up! cardstock
Basic Grey Origins pp and felties
SEI Moravia foiled pp
Basic Grey Mellow alphas
Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips "nature" chipboard owl
Tattered Angels Glimmer mist "coffee shop"
Chatterbox journaling spot
Glitz rub-on
unknown ribbon, twine and journaling piece (RAK from Nadine)

A lift from Faye Perata on XOXO Girls.

The November prize is offered by Scrap Attack Scrapbooking.

Scraplifting with the XOXO Girls

Supplies used:
paper: Dream Street, Love Elsie and unknown
Title stickers: Glitz Teeny Alpha
Title Rub-on: Basic Grey
chipboard flower - Pink Paislee
Distress stickles - Ranger
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Olive Vine"
flowers, butterfly rub-ons and stickers - Stampin Up!
DMC thread
journaling spot, ribbon and crown - unknown

Inspired by Andrea MacDonald

Scrap Attack Scrapbooking is the November sponsor over on the XOXO Girls blog! If you are not familiar with their site, they are a scraplift blog! They have a large design team with an enormous range of scrapbooking styles to choose from. I think everyone get's scrappers block from time to time and scraplifting is a wonderful way to jump start your creating.

What exactly does scraplift mean?

Basically it means copying others' completed layouts in whole or in part, for your own personal use, by adopting design elements and ideas that you like and incorporating them into your own creations. Of course everyone likes to get credit for their ideas so remember it's proper etiquette to give credit to the person you are scraplifting ideas from whenever you borrow someone's ideas.

Deadline for entry will be November 30th. Please make sure you visit the XOXO Girls blog to upload your submission. This contest is open to residents with a US or Canadian address and the lucky winner of this contest will win this fabulous prize valued at over $40 donated by...Scrap Attack Scrapbooking!


It's the complete Crate Paper Snow Day collection + some extras! How's that for an awesome prize!!

all - American girl

Dixie Pieces music challenge for week 5 was Country Pop. The titles listed were from Carrie Underwood's songs.

Pictures from our trip this summer when we stopped at Mount Rushmore, SD and Katie wanted her picture taken by the flag post for Florida - she is proud to be a Florida girl.

Supplies used:
Stampin Up! cardstock and star brad
Pink Paislee pp, alphas and element stickers. Powdered the back of the banners so the tips would be loose.
Sprayed the cardstock with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Black Magic"
Bo Bunny chipboard flourishes
Glitz "frosting" black bling
DMC thread for stitching border
clear embossing power around the edge of the die-cut
Prima flowers, except I'm unsure about the white one.

The 2nd week at Dixie Pieces music theme was "alternative". This one was harder for me as I wasn't familiar with the music.

I used the Album "The Beekeeper" by Tori Amos as my inspiration. The titles were from the group "Train".

Supplies used:
Stampin Up! cardstock, KI Memories Lace Cardstock, Jenni Bowlin pp, SEI Border die-cut, Pink Paislee flip note, Pink Paislee alpha stickers, Stampin Up! alpha stamps, Rusty Pickle chipboard swirl - painted then sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Patina", bling Zva and Prima, buttons Stampin Up! and unknown from my stash, gems unknown. Patterned paper sprayed with Clearsnap Smooch "Vanilla Shimmer"