I ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE!

 

My awesome friend Tina and I challenged ourselves to do something crafty every day, preferably layouts, because we both have stacks of photos and scrapbook supplies that we need to use up.

I was able to get 6 projects done this week.  three of them are posted here.

Here are the other…

This layout I was determined to use stuff from my old stash.  I think everything (except for the Tim Holtz stamp) is over a year old.  That goes for the photo too!

This layout is also using some of my old stash.  the Green, pink and yellow patterned papers are from a company that no longer exists, Leaving Prints.  The big round circle and the flowers and butterflies are My Little Shoebox.   The tiny letters (UCSF) I believe are also MLS and the pink glitter letters are Thickers.

Yesterday I took some time to try all of the techniques in the April edition of Scrapbooks etc… It was fun and some of them were not as easy as they looked.  I think with a little practice I should be able to get it though.  I do like how this one came out. 

This is the layout I made with the flowers.  I used all scraps for this layout.  The patterned paper is Dear Lizzy’s Enchanted, the Stamp is from Michael’s the ink is from Stampin’ Up, the letter stickers are October Afternoon.  The Happy cut out is left over from the Minnie Mouse Layout I did the other day.  I had originally planned to use three of the happy cut outs but didn’t like the look.  The two extra cut outs were just laying on my desk so I stuck it on this page.  I think it looks good. 

Ok, to all my scrapbook friends in blog land.  Are you up for the challenge?  Let’s keep each other motivated to scrap those photos and use up our stash. 

I can’t wait to see what Tina came up with this week.  Lets check in on her over at her blog.   Our friend Diana accepted the challenge as well so lets make sure to check in over at her blog as well.

I want to see what you all come up with you leave me a comment with a link to you post! :) 

Hugs,

Jackie

Meeting Mr. Hambly

Mr. Hambly of Hambly Studios is helping Dave on a creative project.  They had a meeting the other day and Grace and I got to tag along.  Mr. Hambly was so kind, he gave us a tour of the factory and showed us how they make everything.  Very interesting.  He and Grace were best friends by the time we left.  He even sat and did a little craft with Grace.  Such a great day.
- hugs Jackie
Ps- My friend Tina wants to post to her blog from her phone.  I told her I would try to figure it out so I could teach her.  If you are reading this, I guess it worked.  =)

My Core’dinations Creative Frenzy

I am so Excited!!!!

My favorite scrapbooker Stacy Julian and my favorite cardstock company Core’dinations have  joined to create a line of cardstock and I LOVE IT! You can check it out here.

Core’dinations cardstock is so cool.  It has a different color core so when you sand it or tear it you will see the other color come through.  It is so fun!  My craft desk needs a good dusting though because I just keep sanding away.  I can’t help myself!

I made this layout celebrating my daughter Gracie being hospital and surgery free for a whole year.  This was the first time in her life  that we have gone a whole year with no procedures!  So we decided to go to Disneyland to celebrate!  She was able to squeeze into that Minnie Mouse dress one more time!  We bought it in 2009 when she received a Make A Wish trip to DisneyWorld.  She wanted to wear it so bad and I really didn’t want to buy a new one so I am glad it still fit. 

For this layout all of the cardstock is Core’dinations, the ribbon is from Michaels, the Disney accents are EK success, the glitter letters are Thickers from American Crafts and the acrylic words are Creative Imaginations.

 

I made this card for a teacher at my kid’s school.  It will accompany a plate of chocolate covered strawberries.  (Forget you saw this Ms. Newton) 

For this card I used more of the Core’dinations cardstock, patterned paper from Crate Paper and October Afternoon.  The chipboard strawberry is Maya Road and the chipboard embellishment is also from Crate Paper.

 

This last layout has photos from the day Gracie’s cardiologist took all of his patients to a Giants Game.  It’s was also the day Grace decided that Buster Posy is her boyfriend.  We got to go on the field and were lucky enough to meet former player Will Clark.  Fun, Fun, Fun. 

 

For this layout I used more of my favorite Core’dinations cardstock, the Letters are Thickers, the patterned paper and baseball stickers are from my stash.  I am not sure who manufactures them but I will do a little research and get back to you on that. 

 

So that’s what I did last night…

blah, blah, blah!

I sound like a broken record.  

So I am not even going to say it…

Rather than give you some excuses and a lame summery of the last 5 months, I figured I would just post some photos. 

I know you NC and SD Truhes/Pederson’s enjoy that more anyway :)

Hugs,

Jackie

PS~ Stay tuned though… I will have a very exciting post coming up soon!  (well, my kind of soon anyway)

         Miranda cheering in the local Holiday Parade. The most handsome boy scout ever!

Coco (on the right) and her friend Bella enjoying Coco’s favorite winter activity, Ice Staking.

This was so funny!  Grace was telling Santa that she and AJ were nice but that “the sisters” belong on the naughty list because they fight too much.  Dave and I were cracking up!  

  Grandma and Grandpa came for what ended up being M’s last game of the season.  It was a tough one to loose.

  Pops (my dad) and Rita came for a visit too.

  Look who is 4! 

Since Grace is our heart baby, we were going to wait until Valentines day to celebrate her birthday.  She can’t read the calendar so we thought no big deal…. Well, I forgot to tell the MOPS teachers and they gave her a little birthday in class.  When I picked her up she was so excited to tell me that it was her birthday week!   LOL OOps!  Nice Mom!  So we quickly called some friends and had a last minute party at the pizza place.  Thanks to are friends who came and made it such a fun day for her.

 

  

Coco participating in the Girl Scout Cookie Walk About. 

A girls weekend in Murphy’s to celebrate Dee’s 40th birthday.

  Me, Chaunie and Alison wine tasting. 

Ok, that about catches us up.  We went to Disneyland over Spring Break.  I will post about it as soon as I upload the photos.

HUGS!

Jackie

Love this skirt!

It has Coco’s name written all over it!  I can’t wait to try to make one.  It looks easy!  Check out the tutorial here

My Top 10 Moments at CHA

CHA OR BUST…. We are about to head out of town for a few days of crafty bliss at CHA!  Whoo Hoo!
Art Inspired Studios owners Patti and Diana with DT members Denell, Tina, Me and Robyn (Kelly, Amanda and Nidia are flying and meeting us down there)

Here are my top 10 moments of CHA 2011  (in no particular order)

TEN:

Hanging out and having fun with my Design Team pals =)

  Me, Denell and Tina having lunch at ESPN Zone

Robin, Denell, Tina, Amanda, Kelly & Me at Teresa Collins Booth

Kelly and I at Jenni Bowlin’s Booth. 

Kelly, Ricardo and the Guy from October Afternoon :)

Tina, Me, Robin, & Denell having Cocktails our last night at CHA

NINE:

Being at the right place at the right time… Tina and just happened to be passing by House of Three booth just as a Make & Take class was about to start.  The class was invitation only but if there were any “no shows” the empty seats were first come first serve.  It was just lucky there were two seats and Tina and I were the only two standing there =)

 EIGHT:

The Maya Road Booth

I just thought this booth was so cute!  I love their new Jumbo Bottle caps!  I hope the ladies at AIS ordered some.  I can’t wait to get some and play!

SEVEN:

Fancy Pants Designs

 

Another super cute booth.  I am excited to get my hands on some of the new products.  The Brag Book was really cool.  A spiral bound notebook with 80 pages including 50 journal pages 15 (2-up) photo sleeve pages and 15 pocket pages.  you have to get this album!  They have also added chipboard banners and filter flowers to there line.  Really cute!

SIX:

Meeting Claudine Hellmuth. 

She was so sweet and does beautiful collage work.  She has a cute line of products you can check out at her website

And

This Guy…

Ranger Tim

FIVE:

Girls Paperie

Love the booth my photos don’t do it justice. 

did this cute little make & take

FOUR:

Taking Classes

Here are some pics from the Little Yellow Bicycle class I took.

Tina and I with LYB Design Team member Greta.  Who designed the projects we made in class.  She is so talented.

Layout using the Elizabeth Park line

Notebook with a small book inside using the Twig line. 

THREE:

Meeting Cynthia Sandoval from Doodlebug designs. 

This lady is just too cute for words!  Love her!  I did a little research on her and learned that she draws all of the design for her company!  How cool is that.   Not to mention she really hooked me up!  (Read on.. You’ll see) and be sure to check out doodlebug designs here to see their new stuff.  Super cute!

TWO:

Meeting

 Dear Lizzy

She is just the sweetest thing!  She saw the album I made to document my trip to CHA and asked to look through it.  I was a little embarrassed because it wasn’t finished but she said she loves it.  (well, what else would she say… She is so sweet)  I used all papers from her Dear Lizzy line.  She posed for a photo with me and signed my album.  Um, did I mention that she is super sweet?

and

Teresa Collins

She is also super sweet!  I just love her products and was so happy to discover that she is just as sweet in person that I thought she would be.  She was also kind enough to pose for a photo and sign my book.

and now…

MY #ONE MOMENT AT

Winter CHA 2011

MEETING

THE ONE AND ONLY

STACY JULIAN!

Take it from me.  This lady is the frosting on the cupcake!  I just love her. She was the founding editor of Simple Scrapbooks, she founded Big Picture Scrapbooking now Big Picture Classes and is the author of Stacy Julian blog.  She has such a fresh colorful outlook on life and is so inspiring! 

I have two of her books.  Last year at CHA my friends Diana and Patti borrowed my books to read on the airplane and had the idea to try to find Stacy and ask her to sign my books to surprise me.  My understanding is that tracking her down became comical.  Every time time they asked about her they got the reply “she just left” or “ she went that way”  

This year was my first opportunity to attend CHA and I heard Stacy was there so I kept checking FB to see if I was ever anywhere near where she was.  (yes, I guess you could say I was stalking her.) Anyway my stalking led me to the Doodlebug Designs booth where I met Cynthia Sandoval.  Who happens to be friends with Stacy Julian.  I guess she felt I was a friendly stalker and told Stacy about me… Guess What???? The next day I got a call from Stacy on my cell phone asking me to come back to the booth and meet her.  WoW!  So of course I dropped what I was doing and rushed over.  I felt like an eleven year old girl about to meet Justin Bieber!  LOL

Stacy was so kind.  She chatted with me, signed my book, took some photos with me and even invited me to play in the doodlebug photo booth!  You can get to know Stacy at her blog

Stacy, if you ever see this… Thank you for the great memories of my first CHA!

So there you go, The Top 10 Moments of my first CHA! 

Looking forward to next year :)