Christmas Workshops

if you're up for some awesome FREE classes/workshops (there's 22 in all!), challenges, fun and games, drop by the Bad Girls message boards between the 14th and 23rd of November. I'm sure there'll be lots to learn!

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.

Scraperie's October Kit

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

Autumn Afternoon

This Past weekend we took the kids on a day trip to the Oregon Caves. We had such a blast, even got a ranger to give us a mini cave tour with out having to pay for the full one. And, of course, I brought along my camera! Just couldn't pass up the chance to take some beautiful Fall pictures

{you can click on the pics to make them bigger}

Wild & Wacky Wednesday Crop

Are you tired of the same old, same old every week? How about joining in on a fun little mid-week crop to boost your spirits and perk up your scrapping? Scrapperie is having a Wild & Wacky Wednesday Crop this Wednesday, October 29th from 12:01 am until late into the night! And don't worry about having to have crop projects in right away- they won't be due until 11:59pm on Sunday, November 2nd! This way, you can fully enjoy the games and activities we have scheduled without having to rush to finish all the challenges we have planned! Prizes range anywhere from a Scrapperie gift certificate, to one of many RAKs. You could even win an October kit!So, come relax and enjoy a little mid-week scrappy getaway with the Wild & Wacky Wednesday Crop at Scrapperie- you'll be glad you did!

http://scrapperie.com/forums

sneaky peak

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

No boys Allowed

Altered project for the Scrapperie kit "battle of the Sexes"

I found this picture at a garage sale for 50 cents, & thought it would make a great base for a sign for the girls room.

The September Scrapperie kit was used {paint, stickles & thickers were added}

Battle of the Sexes

The Scrapperie September kit "Battle of the Sexes"

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!

life gets in the way

wow, I can't believe how long its been since I sat down and blogged! Life just seems to get in the way some times! Right after my last entry we found a new home to move into....... and I had two weeks to pack the whole house. It was totally a gift from God! We went from 7 people in 1000 sq feet and two bedrooms to 3000 sq feet 6 bedrooms {and a schoolroom, 2nd family room, and a great-room.....} We had some amazing help getting moved, and got most of it done in one day and were sleeping in our new rooms on the first night. One of the only things that wasn't moved that day was our phone service, so our phones and pc stayed behind. Um.......BIG mistake! Although we live in the middle of no where, down a long dirt road, in a valley not visible from any other road........... someone who knew we were moving came and stole all our computer equipment and our electric piano. I am mostly sad about the 6 years of pictures that I had on the hard drive, UGH!!!
Well, we are much happier in all this space. I was even able to paint {with hubby's help!} before we moved in , and I LOVE the new colors. I can't wait to finish painting the hallway and maybe my bedroom. Right after we moved in my parents came and stayed for a few days so Bubba and I could go up north to a conference. The conference was so-so, but the time away was nice. And, after driving around lost for about an hour...we got to visit with my best friend and her family for a while.
Things are slowly getting back to normal. I am behind on getting my design team stuff done. But my new craft-room is currently storing all the un-opened boxes, so I need to dig out my scrappy stuff.

I *heart your Blog

I received the sweetest surprise today! My fellow Tres Chic Girl, Keelyyowler , chose me as one of her fav blogs and gave me this COOL blinkie.

Here are the rules:

1. Pick 7 of your favorite blogs (that's hard there are tons!)

2. Winners can put the logo on their blog.

3. Link the person who gave your award to your blog.

4. Name the 7 that you are giving the award to with their links.

5. Leave a message on their blogs so that they know they've won!

Here are the blogs that I *heart* (in no particular order):

My fellow Review DT at Serendipity

Ellen

Kim

Tessa

Serendipity Blog

family and friends

my sisters blog

Rebecca's blog

Jennifer's Blog

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

changing Seasons

I just spent all day washing every piece of clothing my 5 kids own...... that's a lot of loads! We dumped out drawers, folded, sorted, packed away for winter and passed down sizes. I still need to get all of the boxed up winter clothes out of storage, but maybe later this week. I always dread this chore, but it feels so good when its all done, the drawers all neat and the hampers are empty {well for a few minutes anyways} The kids are so funny when its time to pass down clothes. The kid growing out of the item, is sad because they are all their favorites, and the new owner is so overjoyed to get their older siblings greatest treasure. Funny, isn't..... How kids don't make fun of hand me downs. My kids Love it, they also love finding one of a kind treasures at second hand shops

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/

Hair Cuts

My Daughters and I decided to get some new hair cuts. The youngest {third pic} got her 1st ever hair cut and gave a huge pony tail to Locks of Love

*WARNGING*

This Horrible picture of me will self-destruct in 5...4....3.......{I wish}

August DT for Scrapperie

These Projects are all with the Scrapperie "Summer Camp" kit

I still have tons of product to work with, Just short on time to create......