LUCKY ME

This is the layout I did from the March sketch over at Coordinates Collections. It's green because of their March GREEN contest. I made this for Meg's memory book. My adult daughter still loves bling so I used lots of glitter and rhinestones.

WooHoo! Today I'm removing TWO of my layouts for publication in the March issue of Scrapbook News & Review. It's an on-line magazine that you can read with a paid subscription.

3 FOR 3

This weekend I worked on 3 cards for 3 different challenges. Scrapbook News & Review (SNR) had a Spring Fling Crop on Saturday. I made a card for the challenge to use three different types of flowers. Queen Kat Designs released their vintage stamps this weekend and also had several challenges on their blog and SNR. I entered the black, white and red challenge. I am lovin' their new stamp line and have my eye on a few of those flappers. Finally, I made a spring card for the weekly Hero Arts Club challenge. I bought the HA clear stamp set of Heels. My girls love their heels so I plan to make lots of projects with this set. UPDATE: My black, white and red card scored me some QKD stamps. Can't wait to get them!!!!

Wall Art Collage

I belong to a club called Prairie Stampers. On February 21 we had our first annual art retreat. We created for 12 hours, from 9am to 9pm with two breaks for meals that we carried in. Tons of crafting and tons of yummy food. (It's all about the food.) This is a picture of the 12 x 12 wall art collage. We used watercolor crayons, manila tags, stencils, and rubber stamps. We crinkled, folded, and spritzed to our hearts' content. There was a lot going on in our allotted time so I had to finish at home, selecting the parts of the tags I wanted to used as 2.25 x 2.25 squares, mounting them onto the base we had made, and then embellishing with some bling, fiber, and metals. I really liked this project (even though I don't own any water color crayons---YET!)

carabecca chose me!

More good news for me..... I'm posting on the Coordinates Collections website. I submitted this layout for the Love it! challenge. Today I discovered it's the Fab Find for 2/9! (Actually she said she cheated and picked two of us today from the weekend's posts.) Check out my photo mat and flower made from my coffee filters! UPDATE: This layout was out for publication in the March 2009e-zine issue of Scrapbook News and Review. It returned to this spot in May 2009.

I'm Published!

Being a newbie of about two years to the scrapping, stamping, altered art world, I was thrilled today when I received in the mail the Spring 2009 issue Stampers' Sampler Take Ten magazine. Since I don't subscribe to this particular Stampington & Co magazine, I knew getting it meant only one thing ---could it be???? really???? dare I hope???? I held my breath flipping through the pages until I got to page 78 and saw my card IN PRINT, IN A MAGAZINE!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

39 Years

We celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary on January 24. I scrapped a picture of us taken in the backyard of our first apartment in San Francisco. I'm pretty sure it was taken in February so the layout works for both our anniversary and Valentine's Day. Our best man, my hubby's oldest brother, took the photo. We just observed the one year mark of his passing on January 15th. So this photo has great sentimental value for many reasons. UPDATE: This layout is back as of May 2009. It was out for publication at SNR e-zine for the month of March 2009.

First Post to My Own Blog Site

Whoa! I've been reading lots of blogs lately and thought I'd try one of my own. I'm in the process of setting it up. Check back later to see how it turned out.