GUESS WHAT?????

I kept getting phone calls from a number I did not recognize yesterday, so I did not answer it. So this morning, while still in bed I got another phone call from the same number and finally my husband answered it and handed me the phone. It was Suzy West from My Little Shoebox telling me I made the DT. AAAaaaaaahhhh! Thank God my hubby answered the phone! Anyway I am excited and SHOCKED! I am just humbled with the fact that out of 400 something submissions..... I made it! I seriously did not think I was gonna make it, so this is such a surprise. Thanks so much Suzy for this opportunity, I cannot wait to begin working and so excited to work with the new products for CHA! Congrats to all the girls that made it and also looking forward to getting to know the current DT girls too.

Here's what was posted at MLS blog today!

Meet our new team members!!

Hi there everyone!!! I would like to thank everyone for their beautiful submissions! Let me tell you, it was the hardest thing for me to do. I never expected 400 submissions!!!
Please help me welcome our wonderful new team members that will be working with the lovely Gretchen McElveen, Erin Yamabe, Danielle Holsapple, Emily Jones, Norma Kennedy, Jana Eubank, Molly Peckham, Michelle Lanning, Pattie Beltran, and Tanisha Long....

Robyn Weatherspoon

Melanie Stanczyk

Heidi Sonboul

Pamela Young

Michelle Magana

Bethany Kartchner

and our correspondents at the MLS newsdesk (they will be making fun videos)

Heather Brown

Erin Payne

Weekly Challenge #2 redo

Since my first try was disqualified (there was a bit of pink in it), which the challenge says no pink. So I decided to try it again. Hopefully this time it counts. LOL!

Journaling reads:

At 1 week old, daddy is madly and crazy in love with you!!

He showers you with hugs and kisses.

What a lucky girl to have a daddy that's totally wrapped around your tiny fingers.

You will forever be his little Princess.

Even as you grow, I hope that you can always see how much he loves you, by his tender loving kisses for you!

Isabella Rose @ 1 week old
I used Heidi Swapp masking on each corner with green Glimmer Mist, but a lil disappointed with the pic cuz it does not really show very well. Oh, well it looks good in person!
Pattern papers and coordinating letter stickers are from Crate Paper Prudence collection

CK flower bling

white ribbon from Scenic Route

flowers are from Michaels

Making Memories brown alpha stickers

Green Glimmer Mist

Heidi Swapp flower mask

Something Random!

Just a quick post about something my hubby and daughter.....loves to snack on right now.

Weekly CHallenge #2

Poem:

PERFECT LOVE is rare indeed

for to be a lover REQUIRES the you continually

have the SUBTLETY of very wise,

the FLEXIBILITY of a child,

the SENSITIVITY of the artist,

the UNDERSTANDING of the philosopher,

the ACCEPTANCE of the saint,

the TOLERANCE of the scholar

and the FORTITUDE of the certain

*Leo Buscaglia

Products used in this LO:

SEI Poppy PP

Scenic Route Blue and white grid PP

American Craft thickers red and lime green

Jenni Bowlin brown and cream alpha stickers

Basic Grey Off Beat letter stickers and die cut shape stickers

my own handwritting

K&Co Amy Butler die cut cardstock flower

Used Making Memories shape paper to trace and cut out my own shape paper

(This pic was taken on our 10 year anniversary a couple of years ago.)

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the Mother's I know and love. I hope you all have a great day! I hope you get pampered and spoiled throught out the day.

A poem for my MAMA!

"Mother" is such a simple word,But to me there’s meaning seldom heard.For everything I am today,My mother’s love showed me the way.
I’ll love my mother all my days,For enriching my life in so many ways.She set me straight and then set me free,And that’s what the word "mother" means to me.
Thanks for being a wonderful mother, Mom!

*By Karl Fuchs

*About Me Mini Challenge*

This is not my typical subject to scrap but, I enjoyed it very much this time around. I really took my time creating my page. I spent my whole morning painting and crackling my background pages. I don't know if you can tell but my back ground papers are from Que Sera Sera from K&Co. I then finish my page slowly through out the day when I could. A lil here and a lil there and tonight at 11: something pm I finally got it done. I am proud of my page. I used the vintage book pages to symbolize the book of me type thing. It's my story, so I think it if fitting to use the vintage book pages.
The tittle is something that I truly feel describes me.
A close up pic of the crackling I did with my background papers. That was really fun and I have 2 or 3 more pages with that technique coming up. And I cant wait to finish them up.A close up of the layering of the vintage book pages.
The flower cut out on top of my page is really a tag, disguise as part of the back ground cut out flowers. Worked out really good. Yay!
And here is my tag up close. Journal reads:

Memo

I love w/ a passion

I wear my heart on my sleeve's

I always give 100% of myself

I will act a fool to make you laugh

I don't take myself too seriously

I hate saying "NO" or don't know how

I cry over everything

I don't take anything for granted

from the desk of Michelle M. May 7th 2009

Products used in this LO:

K&Co. Que Sera Sera (green, cream with pink)

Daisy D's Lullaby (Rose and mini roses)

Vintage book pages

Heidi Swapp pink chipboard

Making Memories Paint (Manila)

Delta Cramcoat (Crackle)

Plaid Craft Paint (Rose Chaud)

ColorBox Chalk ink (Chestnut Roan)

Ribbon unknown

Nook Scrap Off Week Challenge #1

Oh man, I had so much fun creating this LO! This is a picture of my daughter when she was only 7 months old. I love this picture of her, it's one of my fave.
Products use in this LO:

Forest Friend blue polka dot PP

Heidi Swapp carefree heart PP

Vintage white Lace from AMM kit

Crate Paper glitter mia collection die cuts

Making Memories paperie poolside

October Afternoon PP

Daisy D's rub ons

Daisy D's Vine Passion Multi PP

Pink bling brad Creative Memories

pink brad and white flower HL

Butterfly cut outs Paper Studio

Adornit Carolees Creation Tiny Etched Natural Alpha

Nook Scrap Off Mini Challenge

So Scrapbook Nook is having this 5 week contest and soooo I thought, WHY NOT? I WILL DO IT! They have some amazing prizes:

Grand Prize: 6 month DT spot

1st runner up: 2 month Guess DT spot

2nd runner up: 1 month Guess DT spot

And every week of the challenges there will be some random RAK. How cool is that right?

I am not done with the first challenge yet (using 2 or more pics in a LO without changing color) so I cant post it yet, but there is the 5 pt. mini challenge that I was able to do. I chose to scraplift

DT member Susan Lui and this is her LO:

Here is take:

I used clear pages (12x12) cut to shape, an old BG paper, lots of bling (zva), flowers(HL), inking (stampin up/black), painting (MM cream), stamps (stampin up) and heat embossing. Tittle letters are from a pack I bought from Big Lots a long time ago so I am not really sure what manu its from. This LO is dedicated to our first ever house in Georgia, at the time we were selling it and wanted to remember it. I will post my other LO when I am done.

SC NSD Self Portrait Challenge

Here's a self portrait of me using candle light as my light source. I know it seems kinda dark but I kinda like it like that. LOL! Hope to finish a LO with it as well to add another chance at winning for Emily's challenge.

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING WEEKEND!

Woo hooo! Is anyone else out there excited or what? I am playing along with a couple of hand full of blogs out there and my mind is going CRAAAZY! I'm loving all the challenges by far. I have so much to do and really need to get in gear if I want to have any kind of chance of winning anything. With so many of them going on I hope to at least win one thing.

Here are some of the place's I will be at online:
Studio Calico
Vintage Plum
My Scrapbook Nook
Magestical Memories
A Million Memories
Two Peas in a bucket

Don't really know how much I will be able to do, but I will sure try and if there are more out there that you think is fun please let me know. My whole weekend is dedicated to scrapping and playing along. Woot woot! Hope you all have fun too. I will be posting everything I am doing since I will have to post on the corresponding blog anyway. Now I just hope my computer wont die on me. It's been a real pain in the butt-ocks!