Crop Addict GDT Contest!

Crop Addict is having a contest for a Guest Design Team member for September. They have teamed up with Scrapdragons for this and they have a kit you must use to create a layout based on the following challenge - to scrap a layout about your life right now but the photos you use cannot have any people in them. So my take is the layout titled "Our Fridge." I also created the other three layouts using the kit.

Next sketch is up at Sketchabilities - enter to win!

Sketch #6 is up at Sketchabilities and this month's contest is still running through July 31st! If you complete this sketch or sketch #5 (either will make you eligible), you are entered to win a prize pack donated by Create My Keepsake. I hope you'll consider entering and I am looking forward to seeing your creations! All you have to do is post a comment on the sketch blog linking to your layout. Oh, the sketches are really cool!

I've been busy working on cards.

I have been getting my scrappin' mojo back slowly but surely after my very long break by making some long overdue cards. Here are just a few of my favorites:

An anniversary card for my parents:

(Circular stamp is from the "Remember This" My Acrylix stamp set from Close To My Heart.)

A birthday card for my mom:

(The paper is Making Memories and Scenic Route.)

A thank you card for my brother:

(The paper is Scenic Route.)

Sketchabilities Contest!

Sketch #5 is up at Sketchabilities and we are having a contest this month! If you complete the sketch, you are entered to win a prize pack donated by Create My Keepsake. I hope you'll consider entering and I am looking forward to seeing your creations! All you have to do is post a comment on the blog linking to your layout. Oh, the sketch is really cool!

My new scraproom!

So we are finally settled. We made it to Portland after one major hiccup halfway through Idaho - our car's transmission died. Check out our family blog for the complete story. We are unpacked and the apartment is put together - including my scraproom.

The desk is actually the 68" Melltrop dining table from Ikea. It works fabulous as a scrap desk because it is so long and spacious (and relatively cheap)! The plastic shelving unit next to the window is one of those piece together units that we had in the basement at the house in Ohio. It now holds one of my embellishment hardware drawer chests, all my photo boxes (which contain photos, paint supplies, flowers, fibers and ribbon), my printer and letter size paper and all my patterned paper is in vertical Crop Hoppers along the bottom shelf. I have a mobile plastic chest of drawers underneath the table that houses all my stamps and most used supplies that can't fit in the turn about that sits on my desk. Between the chest of drawers and window on the floor (you can't see it) I have 10 stacked acrylic paper trays that hold my cardstock. The Cubicals unit holds my other hardware drawer chest, the fax, all my scrapping books and magazines and more tools and embellishments. The two stacks of plastic drawers to the right hold more tools and embellishments and the four photo shelves above neatly display all my paints. The white basket to the far right holds Crop Hopper pockets container all my flat stickers and rub-ons organized by theme. The wall across from the windows contains a huge closet that runs the length of the room, but there's no scrapping stuff in there - that's where all my clothes are! (Andrew's got the closet in the bedroom.)

On the other side of the room, right next to the door sits my file box for all my Close To My Heart stuff and on top of that is my tote bag with all my research files for the heritage albums I am working on. The three craft cubes also double as a stand for the TiVo and DVD player. The stands hold (from top to bottom) embellishments, extra commonly used colors of cardstock bought in bulk, and chipboard. The bureau the TV sits upon is sans-scrapping too - it holds more of my clothes. On the shelf above the heating/cooling unit and under the window sit two small chest of drawers. The brown one is for general office supplies and the green one holds all my ribbon. The pasta jars on the ledge hold flowers and buttons.