Blog Hop Coming Up!

Oh my! You just might want to come back tomorrow and check out what we have in store for you. I posted just some of my fave products coming out from Winter CHA below. But if you come back tomorrow and check out YSS Blog you might just get a chance of getting these babies at no cost to you. Hhhhhm, sound interested yet? I'm not gonna tell you what you will get yet, so you better come check us out tomorrow.

In the mean time check out some of these GORGEOUS products that I am ooogling over. I just cant wait to get my hands on all of these goodies. Aaaaah! I am sooo jealous to all the Manu DT that got to play with all these goodies before all of us SMALL people. :(

Oh yes! Come to MAMA!

Echo Park For the Record

I still want this even though it's already out! Little Girl!

This is one is soooo CUTE! I can think of sooo many pics for my daughter for this line.

It is just DARLING! Cosmo Cricket

Core Impressions Emboss Paper perfectly match Pattern Paper from Basic Grey to Jenny Bowlin. YUM!

Collage Press and PP collaboration. PERFECTION!

Pink Paislee

Crate

I would have posted more pics but I really didn't want to sit all night posting pics. Here are some other Manu's products I am dying to get my greedy little hands on.

Lily Bee

Maya Road

Prima

Tim Holtz

Studio Calico

Jenny Bowlin

Basic Grey

That's it for now! Hope you come back tomorrow for the Blog Hop. Have a great night!

Vintage Candy

Pictured below is this week's prize for a contest going on at Creative Charms Facebook page.

All you have to do is to go to their FB page and "SUGGEST" (right below the logo on FB) CC to your creative friends. Leave a comment on how many friends you suggested and then you will be entered to win a $20+ of products.

If CC hit 1,000 "LIKES" this week, they will give away two prizes. Woot. How sweet is that? And all you have to do is click on those little keyboards ladies and gentlemen.

Hope you guys play along cuz these are some really awesome products to play with.

Inspiration Board #176

Is posted at Color Combos Galore site and YSS blog.

See below.

I forgot to post this on my earlier post...oops!

Come over to the YSS blog and show us your take on this challenge for a chance to win some goodies. Also, dont forget to tag it when you post it on the Color Combo challenge site.

Color Combo Challenge #176

Is up and running you guys!

Go to Color Combos Galore to see their DT's take on the challenge as well as the YSS DT's work.

My LO below "My SWEET HANDSOME Little Boy" is my take on the challenge. Here is another LO using Echo Park Little Boy collection. I mean how perfect is that huge sticker as my tittle. Come on, that was a given that I will use it as a tittle.

How easy was that? REAL EASY! I love it when I don't have to do much to make a good impact on my page. I just added the SWEET and HANDSOME sticker and big alpha stickers for (MY) that came along the sticker page. Super easy, plus this collection is so awesome that I am addicted to it. I cant seem to stop creating pages and cards. So stay tune cuz I have tons coming up.

Supplies: Echo Park Little Boy paper & stickers, Martha Stewart bakers twine, Stampin Up scallop punch, Marvy Uchiva circle punch, EK Success scallop punch, Creative Charms blue vintage jewels and white pearls and using all Love my tapes roll on glue.

Here are some close up pics.

Don't forget to check out the YSS blog for all the DT's work and also your chance to get to play along with us. Have a great night!

Color Combos #175 Challenge

Is up and running! Here is Palette #175. I hope you play along with us.

You can see the Color Combos Galore Team and Your Scrapbook Stash Design Teams take on the CCG blog. We are so lucky to be the Guest Designers for this months challenge. The color's are perfect and fun.

When I received my box from YSS and saw that I get to play with Echo Park Little Boy line, I was so excited. It went perfectly with the CCG Palette and for my little boys pictures. Here is what I created below.

You COMFORT me!

I did a small tutorial using Faux Finish background stamps in the background white paper to create dimension on my page. It just added the perfect little something for the page. It's not a lot of work but worth the effort to give your pages that little special touch.

Here's a closer pic of the stamp background. As you can see it's not dark at all but in person you can see the effect it creates better. Supplies: Echo Park Little Boy line paper and journaling spot, Color Box Chalk ink in Chesnut roan, Stampendous Faux Finish quad stamps, Stampin Up orange ink pad and Creative Charms Orange bling.

Oh, and if you care to look...my pic and bio is up on YSS blog as they take the time to feature the new design team. Thanks so much YSS!

Got an email last night...

from Basic Grey accepting my double page LO of She's My Snow Angel to their gallery. Yay! I feel dumb though cuz I guess when I was filling out the information I typed in the wrong tittle so it says Sweetie Pie instead of She's My Snow Angel. But oh well, at least they liked my LO enough to post it in their gallery.

I love happy emails! heee Here's the LO below. Now can be seen at Basic Grey Gallery. Woot woot! Small wins my friends, small wins! hehehehehe

Oooh Oooh

So I have an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!

I had forgotten about a DT call I had tried out for. It's been a while and I turned in my app as soon as they posted it, hence the forgetting part. You know how it works, sometimes it takes a month even more for them to get the calls out. Anyway, I got an email when we got back from California that I had made the team....which was a SHOCK. I always think I wont make it anyway so why worry or think or stress about it. So it is always a surprise when they say YES!

I made the Design Team for Your Scrapbook Stash Kit Club. Wooo hoooo. Honestly, I was at the point where I was not going to try out for teams anymore. I never make it and there's way too many talented ladies out there. And sometimes it gets so competitive that it is no fun. So I was happy to just quietly scrap on my own. I had turned in a bunch of apps for teams and told my friends that's it. I wont try out anymore. Well what a surprise that one of my last apps for a team and I MAKE IT! Crazy right.

Anyway here is the announcement on the YSS Blog showing all the girls that made it. They announced the team a while back and I am just now getting to posting. Ooops!

Oh! CONGRATS to all the girls that made it. I am sooo excited to get to work with all of you. I finally got my package today...well it's 4:08 am Saturday so I should say yesterday so I will be working on my projects tomorrow. To start off the year right here is a challenge below for you to try out.

YSS is sponsoring Color Combos Galore for January so check it out! Here is the first color combo you can play with. I really wanted to do this color but I didn't get my kit in time. I got Echo Park Little Boy line and October Afternoon Campfire line for January, so the colors wont work for this. I might still find something from my own stash so I can play along. Check out Color Combos Galore site also cuz you just might win the challenge. Two chances to win people!

Palette #174

Here's a Sketch Erica created to along for this combo. FUN huh?

You can check out some of the DT's interpretation of the sketch and color combos at YSS Blog. Hope you guys play along with us. Two random winners will be chosen 1/15/11. You also have a chance to win if you upload and tag your LO at CCG.

Good luck everyone!

Creative Charms Kits

Kits are up folks!

Make sure to check Creative Charms if you want to pick up the kits!

Kit of the Month

My Hearts Desire (60 Pieces)

* Red Fancy Polka Dot Brads and Ribbon (5 pieces)

* Red Polka Dot Hearts (4 pieces)

* Red Vintage Brads (9 pieces)

* Pink Vintage Pearl Brads (9 pieces)

* Pink Vintage Jewels (12 pieces)

* Red and Clear Vintage Jewels (12 pieces)

* Red Vintage Poppies (8 pieces)

* 18' Red vintage velvet ricrac

All this for only $14.99

Deal of the Month Be Mine (340 pieces)

* Assorted Felt Hearts (4 pieces)
* Red Gem Garden (12 pieces)
* Pink Gem Stickers (76 pieces)

* Red Gem Stickers (76 pieces)

* Pink Pearl Stickers (76 pieces)

* Antique White Pearl Stickers (76 pieces)

* Pink Bead Hearts (2 pieces)

* Epoxy Sweet Tooth stickers (18 pieces)

Everything for $6.99

I will be back to post my assignments soon!

Eeeek!

I apologize folks for being such a bad but mostly lazy blogger lately. I think the whole holiday season really got to me. It's hard to get back into swing of things when you get used to just focusing on family and friends. And I wont apologize for wanting to enjoy my time with family but I will apologize for not posting my work. I should have made time for it. And this year I am making it one of my resolution to be better at it. I said I will try, don't hate...I'm human. ;)

So anyway, here are my Dec. assignments for Creative Charms that I didn't get to post here on my blog. It was up on CC blog though, so YAY for me on that one! Ha! I got to play with the Deal of the Month again and it was a lot of fun and it had tons of goodies.

There's a mini tutorial in the bottom if you care to see how I did my background for the LO.

She's my SNOW angel

Some close up pics of the details.

Here's the mini tutorial on the background. Using Stamping Up snowflake stamps and Basic Grey Fruitcake line for the LO.

And here is the final LO again.
I was able to create 2 cards also. I could have done more if I had more time. But due to the holiday stuff going tons, school activities and planning a drive to Cali. I just couldn't squeeze any more projects.

Peace*Joy*Love card

Merry & Bright card

Wanted to use the jewel flowers to create a tree and I think it turned out really cute. I wanted this card to be simple. Well that's if for now. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! It's 3:37 here in Washington and I really need to get to bed. The one good thing about insomnia is I get to catch up on my blogging. Sheesh!

Is everyone ready?

We have exactly 10 days till Christmas and I am getting really excited. Specially since I started buying the presents since October. Geesh, I really cant wait for my kiddos to open their presents. This year I went with quality instead of quantity. I am hoping they wont mind since they are getting what they or I think they would enjoy the most.

What about you? Are you getting anything for yourself? I always end up just getting what I want during birthdays or holidays. It's easier for my husband and end up being much better for me. Since we don't play the game...did I get it right game. My hubby is not too good when it comes to buying me gifts and really LOVE'S it when I tell him exactly or better yet I GET IT MYSELF! NO kidding! This is the truth. That is why I asked. Did you guys see the Creative Charms Deal of the month and KIT of the month. Well if you are looking for something for yourself and don't want to splurge but get a ton in return. Then I suggest you look below.

Nouveaux Vintage 125 Piece

Kit of the month

This months kit is all vintage. It features some of our newest colors and products. This kit is so versatile you can create just about anything for anyone or for any projects in mind. Details below.

*Ivory Vintage Velvet Poppies (8 pieces)
*Classic Grey Vintage Velvet Poppies (8 pieces)

*Vintage Brown Velvet Poppies (8 pieces)

*Amber Vintage Marble Brads (9 pieces)

*Light Green vintage Jewels (12 pieces)

*Amber Vintage Flower buttons (3 pieces)

*Antique White Gradient Pearl Stickers (76 pieces)

* 18" brown vintage velvet Ric Rac

All this for $14.99 (Regular $21.00)

Winter Wonderland 142 Pieces

Deal of the Month

This months deal is perfect for those cold, blustery, fun and beautiful winter projects. Details below.

*Winter Seasonal Sparklers (25 pieces)

*Blue pure blossoms (9 pieces)

*Blue Gradient Gem Stickers (76 pieces)

*White Flared Flowers (2 pieces)

*Blue Flared Flowers (2 pieces)

*Blue Bells (2 pieces)

*18" Blue Vintage Velvet Ric Rac
*18" Snowflake Ribbon

All this for only $6.99 (60% saving)

I hope you guys get some for yourself and if you are really good some for your friends or family. It is the season of giving after all.