Adventure

My Son, the adventurer!

these whimsical nature papers are perfect for my Son's huge imagination!

The deer and the tree are, made with October Afternoon stamps, chalk ink and tinkling inks

BG Milk chocolate

Basic Grey Milk Chocolate Mini album product review:

{any product named after chocolate gets my vote for awesomeness...}

I altered the mini album to make a wall hanging. I had to take a pic of it hanging on the wall because it was really hard to photograph, being 3 feet long and only 6 inches wide :)

all the paper and embellies are from the Scrapperie apple orchard kit

oh boy

Well, I am not sure were I was during the month of January... but I must not have been around a computer.....

My product reviews of the Heidi Swapp "Street Smarts" collection

January Sneak Peeks

I can't wait to share these layouts from my Serendipity Scrapbooks January review. I had so much fun making "boy" pages, something I haven't done in a while! I also got to try out my new distress stickles, a gift from my awesome secret santa.

An altered Forest

Last month I reviewed this tree coaster book for Serendipity Scrapbooks. Here's the how-to for all of the altered trees :)

{they were used as pages in the "tree full of monkeys" minibook}

An Altered Forest by Teresa Matz

*supplies*

Maya Road Tree Coaster Album,buttons, glitter, rickrack, loose pompoms, ink {all in varying sizes and shades of green}ribbons, felt flowers , paper scraps, ink {all in varying sizes and shades of brown}staples, liquid glue, red stickles, 3 small pink buttons, Glassy accents glaze

*tree #1 {embossed cover of the album}

1. Using liquid glue, cover the embossed leaves with glue. Glitter with light green mirco glitter. Allow to dry and shake off extra glitter

2. Rub brown ink into the embossed trunk of the tree, highlighting the wood grain. Allow to dry

3. Draw a small heart on the tree trunk with red stickles, allow to dry.

*tree #2

1. Cover base of tree with ink, mostly green with brown on trunk

2. Staple 3 strips of brown ribbon to coaster, creating a trunk

3. Randomly cover the remaining coaster with green button, allowing green ink to peek through between buttons

*tree #3

1. Create tree trunk by gluing down strips of brown pattern paper

2. Spread the rest of the tree with liquid glue, fairly thick

3. Cover the glue with varying sizes of small green pompoms. Press them well into the glue and allow to dry

*tree #4

1. Cover base of tree with ink, mostly green with brown on trunk

2. Staple strips of ruffled brown ribbon or lace to coaster, creating a trunk

3. Using at least 1 yard of rickrack, {staple end to back of coaster, to stabilize it} wrap randomly around tree top, crossing back and forth..... covering most but not all of the coaster face.

4. Tuck in loose end or staple down on back

*tree #5

1. Thickly cover the front of the coaster with liquid glue {avoiding trunk area}. Cover with dark green micro glitter. Allow to dry, shake off extra glitter

2. Cover glittered area with a layer Glassy accents glaze. Press three small pink buttons into glaze, top right corner} to create a blossom. Allow to completely dry!

3. Create a trunk {in space left open} by stapling down a layer of brown felt flowers.

Holiday Bazaar Crop

Now's the time for us to help you get ready for the approaching Holidays. So the Serendipity Scrapbooks Design Team has come up with a wonderful Holiday Bazaar Crop to help you get started. There will be wonderful cards, layouts, and crafts to be made. We will have games and Raks for all of our challenges. Oh and don't forget about the Queen of the Bazaar. They will receive a kit of their choice!

We hope you will join us November 21st with pre crop assignments starting on Nov 14th.

{that's today folks!!!}

Oh and don't forget about our awesome blue light specials that will be there for you to enjoy and get all of the scrappy supplies that you need to continue creating holiday gifts.

www.serendipityscrapbooks.com

Serendipity November Review

sneaky peak

November's Review Items will be here soon...........

October Review for Serendipity

I reviewed the Kringle line from Glitz Designs

http://shop.serendipityscrapbooks.com/scrapbook-supplies/glitzdesignkringlecollectionset.html

Looking for paper that is fun, funky, colorful, but still a touch traditional for your Holiday LOs? Well the Glitz Design Kringle line is it! This heavy weight, double-side paper takes a fun and colorful twist on traditional Christmas icons. You get Christmas trees, Santas and ornaments but with a edgy feel. The backs of the papers are just as fun as the fronts, there are great grids and distressed solids and. The papers all coordinate beautifully and are great for holiday or winter layouts, cards and making holiday decorations.

Thickers Silver Tinsel, Shiny.....Silver......Thickers, what a great combo! These thickers are so fun and pretty. I just love the flirty, curvy shape of the letters. They are foiled Chipboard, so great for adding dimension to a project. Perfect for winter or girly LOs/Cards. The adhesive holds well, no falling off letters!

Glitz Icing Strips.......How cool are these strips! Glitz has brought us 12 inch long strips of "icing" . These strips are so pretty, and easy to use. Add a whole strip for a big flash, or the strips easily pop apart so you can place individual jewels on a project. The adhesive works great, so no worries about losing your "icing".

Glitz Doodle Roller.....Doodling made easy. Need something extra on a page, but don't want to hand doodle? These doodle rollers are the solution. Just ink up the roller, and go. You can doodle in straight lines, or all over a page. The white stamp surface makes it easy to see how well inked you have the roller, and the roller head pops off for easy cleaning. And you can never go wrong with a tool that is pink!

a RAK. a Crop. a Birthday

Well, I thought it was about time that I did a blog RAK! Since the up coming crop at Serendipity Scrapbooks is on my birthday, I decided to link the rak to both~

How to win:
1 post on your blog about the up coming crop {you can copy and paste the below message if you wish}
2 post the crop blinkie on your blog {just right click and save it to your pc}
3 Link back here so I can get you in the drawing >:o)

** I will draw a winner and post the winning link on my Birthday, Sunday September 21**


It's a Serendipity Scrapbooks Sketch-a-pa-looza Crop Fest Mark your calendars ladies and gentlemen for our first ever Sketch-a-pa-looza starting Sept 19th-Sept 21st Since we have Back to School and the holiday fast approaching, the Design Team thought it would be fun to provide you with fun filled and easy sketches for you to create from. But of course you know us at Serendipity Scrapbooks, there will be amazing twist and turns to every sketch challenge that is provided. We have some great artist creating sketches exclusively for this Crop. Some of them are Becky Fleck, Alicia Berry, Kazaan, Sketches by Tamara, and many many more. Oh you can't forget our wonderful design team that is working hard at creating some really fabulous sketches for you. We will be providing over 20 prizes, games, and wonderful sketches to get your creativity flowing. And we can't forget our oh so awesome Blue Light Specials. They are famous in this neck of the woods. They will be thrown out at you through out the weekend so don't forget to take advantage of the wonderful sales. Loads of them at 50% off!!!
Where: Serendipity Scrapbooks www.serendipityscrapbooks.com
when: Sept 19th-21st (pre crop challenges starting Sept 12)
Time: Most challenges will be loaded by 12pm PST 3pm EST Friday 19th

Don't forget, precrop challenges start TODAY

Wowsers, it get even better

I am featured on Scrap Scene, along with all the new Designers at Serendipity Scrapbooks.
Check it out http://www.scrapscene.com/2008/09/new-scrapbook-designers-18.html
How cool to see your name in "lights"

Top 10

How cool is this............. http://www.scrapbookingtop50.com.au/top50kits/

Scrapbooking's top 50 kit clubs, this is the top kits clubs/stores out of all of the kit clubs out there in cyberspace {not just the USA}

Serendipity Scrapbooks is number 10!!!!!!! How awesome is it to be on the Design team for a kit club in the top 10!!!

GO SERENDIPITY!!!!!!

If you scrap and you haven't checked them out yet, do so! Their kits rock!

http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com/

Serendipity Scrapbooks September Review

Yay! here is my first month on the Serendipity Scrapbooks Review DT

the items I reviewed:

Crate Paper Sweet Branch papers : This beautiful, double sized paper has a wonderful almost linen like quality to it. The solids have a slight distressing, but not overbearing and the prints are bright and clear. This line is very versatile and lends itself well to both girl and boy layouts. The paper holds up well to inking, bending/crumpling and distressing. Several of the prints also work very well for fussy cutting. All of the solids and prints coordinate perfectly for layering.

Heidi Swapp Frame Circles Clementine:Everyone loves some bling, and these are great bling. The stones are almost a golden color, and look great with a bright or subdued colors and prints. The circles hold there shape well and are easily placed on a project. Try using them to highlight a picture, or create your own bling rimmed journaling block, the possibilities are endless.

Crate Paper Sweet Branch Chip board alphas:What a fun lettering to use on your Layouts and crafts. These chip board letters are adhesive backed, and they stay put on the page. The set comes with 2 fonts, which range in size from 1 to 2 inches and are in 2 colors, so you can mix and match a title or make a monochromatic one. The letters coordinate beautifully with all of the sweet branch papers

Crate Paper Sweet Branch rub-ons:Mmmmm, like butter! Yep, that's how these rub-ons go on! They don't slip or twist while being placed, nor are they difficult to rub on. The set of rub-ons comes with a great assortment of sentiments, happy birthday to fast friends, as well as great flowers, butterflies and other graphics. The rub-ons are dark brown, so the work well with lots of colors with out being harsh

sneaky peek

Just a quick little peek of my September Review Items for Serendipity Scrapbooks. Come back on the 1st to see the rest.......

updating blog

Well, I can't put my Serendipity DT blinkie on my blog until September 1st, but I got all of my fellow dt members linked up on the side bar. Check them out, awesome ladies!

ALI EDWARDS

We are so excited to be able to announce our upcoming chat with ALI EDWARDS.

She has graciously agreed to come and chat with YOU.
Where: Serendipity Scrapbooks chat room (under general chat) www.serendipityscrapbooks.com
When: August 19, 2008 Time: 9 pm EST, 8 pm CST, 7 pm Mtn, 6 pm PST

This is the perfect timing to chat with Ali Edwards and learn more about her new book that will be coming out in August. Sharing Your Story: Recording Life's Details with Mini Books by Ali Edwards Discover the fun, fast and easy way to capture and document the everyday moments of your life. With CK lifestyle editor Ali Edwards’ expertise, you’ll learn how to record the important stories of your life, store the memorabilia that matters, track the special events, make memorable gifts and more—all in the beautiful and doable format of mini books. You’ll love the dozens of practical and meaningful book ideas for every occasion. 164 pages. Available August 2008.
If you are new or unfamiliar with Ali, here is a little bit about her and her accomplishments.
An advocate for not making things more complicated than they need to be & embracing imperfection, Ali shares cool concepts, design, and project ideas in her idea books: A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking, A Designer’s Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper, Life Artist, and Sharing Your Story: Recording Life's Details with Mini Books (available August 2008). You can also find Ali's monthly column in Creating Keepsakes magazine: Studio A "I started scrapbooking in 2002 as a way to organize all the stuff I collected after the birth of my son. It has become so much more than an organizational process for me - it has let me find my own personal passion and voice. It has become all about the process of capturing life and creating art." Well known for her signature style of everyday-life scrapbooking, Ali is a highly sought-after workshop instructor. She travels the US and internationally conducting classes and inspiring students to tell their stories fearlessly. Ali lives in Eugene, Oregon. She enjoys travel, reading, politics, and spending time with her husband and son. You can read more about Ali on her blog http://aliedwards.typepad.com/ We are so excited and can't wait to see you there!!!

some one PINCH me!!!!!

OMGosh!!!! I can't believe it............

but guess what.........................

I made it!!!!........... I made the Serendipity Design team {insert happy dance here}

I am so excited, there were so many amazing ladies that tried out. Congrats to everyone who made it

jgj27 (Jenni Smith)
Jadadog (Tracy Polacheck)
KarenR (Karen Reichel)
Scrapmama (Gina Fensterer)
Mdblond (Michelle Babcock)
Simplyamom3 (Jennifer Hitchcock)
Marcibun (Marcia Knecht)


Sillygirl (Ellen Sosnoski) returning
Croppycatter (Kim Hackworth) returning
Teresamatz (Teresa Matz)
NWmoscrapper (Tessa Miller-Schweder)

I was placed on the review team. So instead of working with the monthly kits, I will be working with new product for the store, and well.....reviewing it.

Can't wait to get started

http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com

current fave technique

this weeks blog challenge on Serendipity is to share your fave trick/technique....... so here it is!

I take a piece of chipboard or grungeboard, color it with ink or paint, in the first pic I applied dimensional glaze and then sprinkled glitter on the edges of the glaze. On the second pic I want a smoother look, so I glittered the wet paint and then added the dimensional glaze to the top.

Serendipity Scrapbooks

The DT call for Serendipity Scrapbooks just ended Yesterday.

here are few of the pages I made for the call

If you haven't checked out this board, its great!

http://serendipityscrapbooks.com/

Its going to be such a hard choice to pick this DT, so many amazing ladies tried out. I do hope that my friend Jennifer { http://simplywonderful-jennifer.blogspot.com/ } makes the team! Her entries were beautiful!

woohoo for kits

Just had to share the yumminess I got in the mail from Serendipity http://www.serendipityscrapbooks.com/ scrapbooks!! I can't wait to play!

I also got my first DT kit from Scrapperie

I am so excited about this kit! I will get a picture taken to post before I tear in to the goodness