friday .

Sorry to be so late with this post - this has been quite a crazy, busy week and my little man has been sick - today marked my 3rd trip to the doctor's in a week - ahhhhh!!  Anyways - I was also hoping to be able to share some DT work as well but it is not yet up on the kit club site so I will pop back in tomorrow to show you all :) I randomly drew a winner for the FANTASTIC lot of Halloweeny goodies & it was Aimee (owner of blog "Naptime + Bedtime = Scrap Time) -  CONGRATS!!! Please email me your address at dailyscrap@gmail.com & I will get out your goodies to you!!!  Thanks to everyone for all the really sweet comments within the contest post - I appreciate all your kind words!!  Please check back throughout the weekend & next week - I will be posting a bunch of sketches & sample layouts as well as links to challenges using them :) Oh and I am thinking . . . I might have some yummy Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg to be giving away the end of November . . . anyone interested??????

ttyl - julie 

sunday.

Made it through the weekend - Justin has been out of town so I have been single mommy all weekend :)  Today we went to Michael's & Ryan made the cutest little Halloween T-shirt.  We covered his hands with black paint - 2 overlapping handprints to the left & right & some googley eyes & voila - you have a spider. I would show you a pic but my hubby took the camera with him - he's in the Bahamas - lucky duck :)  Anyways - in honor of this upcoming spooky holiday on Saturday I am holding a fabulous SPOOKTACULAR blog giveaway - that's right - TONS of Halloweeny goodness to get all those awesome holiday pics scrapped.  How do you enter - just become a reader of the blog - I will draw one lucky winner on the 30th :)  Check out what could be coming your way . . . 

Contents:

All 12 papers from the Making Memories Spook Alley Collection (these are single sided although shown double-sided in the pic)

All 6 papers from the Pink Paislee Twilight Collection

All 7 papers from the Pink Paislee Vintage Moon Collection

1 Making Memories Diecut Newsprint Spellbound  

2 Sheets of Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

2 Sheets of BoBunny DoubleDot Rust 

Cosmo Cricket Haunted Blackboard

Pink Paislee Vintage Moon Icons Silver Press-Ons

Pink Paislee Alphabet Black Press-Ons

Doodlebug Paper Frills

DCWV Black Rub-On Stitching

Pink Paislee Fashion Script Yellow Alphas

Jenni Bowlin Sketched Alpha Rub-Ons

Pink Paislee Trick or Treat Stamps

Jenni Bowlin Vintage Black Alpha Stickers

7 Gypsies Tag Album

Kaisercraft Black Adhesive Rhinestones

And if you don't get picked - stay around - I post all the sketches & samples for the kit clubs I am designing for - as well as links to the challenges the sites are hosting with the sketches. These are above & beyond what you find at 52 Sketches 52 Weeks - just a little more inspiration to get those layouts done :)  

ttyl - julie

wednesday.

Today I stopped to watch the moments - totally inspired by a quote I found on Jen Davis' blog -

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. - Mary Jean Iron

It is so hard sometimes to appreciate the day for what it is - especially when your son has been sick for two days & home from preschool & very fussy :)  But I caught daddy & him having one of those sweet moments over dinner, fully engaged in conversation.  Always funny to hear what comes out of an almost 3 year-olds mouth :) Also - nothing like hearing my little one talking & singing away while "trying" to go potty by himself - no mommies allowed (his rule).  Anyways - just stopping to say I am appreciating the everyday moments of today :)

On to some scrappy goodness!! I've been doing alot of creating these days - first up is a layout I am in love with - me playing with some texture here on the concentric circles & using some fabulous hues of green from the Sweet Shoppe line by Collage Press.  Just lovin' the distressed look to these papers & this is such a favorite pic of my little one the first week home from the hospital - almost 3 years ago:) How time flies . . .

I also had a chance to play with the new Carnival Ride collection by Scrap Within Reach - I was tempted to stitch on this but instead held back, just a little paper tearing & inking instead - love the color combo here - just gorgeous papers & love this sweet pic of Ryan from last month:)

I also have a sketch & layout to share from my work with Color Me Daisy - such a fun fall kit for October & loved the Crate Paper chipboard accents they included. They are running a contest right now with this within their Fall into Fall 2 week online crop - check it out here.

Have a fabulous Wednesday . . .

ttyl - julie

sunday.

I'm here, I'm here!!  I have been doing lots of scrapping & plan to do even more today :)  My hubby took my son to the beach for the weekend so it has been a weekend of scrappin' - yeah!! First up is a cute card for Ryan's teacher - a little note of thanks - full of Imaginisce goodies (papers & chipboard) and some new Thickers :)

While at my LSS I saw these new cute lines by Imaginisce called Perfectly Posh & Let's Roll.

I don't have a little girl - but I couldn't resist the Perfectly Posh -  used it for some pics of Ryan & his good friend Anna Kate - it was impossible to get a shot of the two of them - kids :)

The Let's Roll line was perfect for my pics of our "Day Out With Thomas" - love the bright, cheery colors!!  Unfortunately, my LSS did not have the trims to go with this line but I got my creative juices flowing.  I found some white twill ribbon in my stash & rubbed on the railroad tracks - did a little pleating & voila - railroad track ribbon :)

I also played with my Magpie Club kit a bit more - just a fun mix of goodies in here. The background paper was a bit daunting for me at first but then I added a bunch of hand-stitching to pull the brown in & in the end I think it turned out pretty cute :) The pic itself is a bit overexposed but I liked that you could tell the sun was shining on him & he was smiling :)

By the way - sneaks on the November kit are tomorrow - check it out here!!

Also, if your are looking for another sketch challenge of mine out there on the web - head on over to The Scrap Room - their design team did an awesome job with the sketch & there is a fabulous prize up for grabs - get all the info here!!

ttyl - julie

thursday.

I am one of those people that sit in Barnes & Noble on my laptop - and I love it :) My son began preschool this year & goes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning.  It is only for a couple hours each day - too short to really drive all the way home & then come back.  So, I am a regular at B & N - they have wireless here so I have been using the time to catch up on the net, emails & my sketches.  Did I tell you I love it???  Anyways - some more scrappy goodies to share today.  I worked with My Creative Scrapbook's main kit this month - gorgeous Webster's Pages & 2 packs of Prima flowers - WOWZERS!!!  So many more goodies in there too - check it out here. Below is my sketch & sample - I will be posting the challenge for this in the MCS forum on Saturday.  Make sure to register & join in - any supplies can be used & you do not have to be a kit club member to play along (although you may be tempted after you see the kit). BTW - this is a pic of me & my sister when we were little - I am on the right :)

Aren't these papers just gorgeous????

I have some more scrappy goodness to share from working with Mimi's kit over at That Scrappy Girl!!!  FULL of Jillibean Soup goodies - this kit was so fun to work with :) Love the bright, fun colors & patterns.  Below is the sketch & sample I created:

That Scrappy Girl is running a monthly sketch challenge so head on over to the blog to find out all the details.  Look at the JB goodies you could win:

Have a fab day!!

ttyl - julie

saturday.

Alright everyone - I want to share with you some scrappy goodness.  I began working with Cecile's fabulous kits over at Scrapbook Studio.  Her October kit "Flutterby" is full of beautiful Prima, My Mind's Eye, and Scribble Scrabble.  Also included are a GORGEOUS mix of embellies & 2 alphas!!!  Seriously jam-packed of so many fabulous things - oh & her shipping - $4.00 flat-rate in the United States - that's a deal for sure :)  If you order anything additional from the store it ships free along with the kit - AWESOME, right??  Below are my sketch & sample. 

She will be running a challenge in her online community soon using this sketch - check it out here!!

I will be announcing throughout the beginning of next week a few other sites I will be doing sketches for so keep checking back for more :)  Have a fab weekend!!

ttyl - julie

thursday - again.

Just had to share - check out the 5th layout down from the top  on Two Peas in a Bucket Top 10 list right now - I am ecstatic!!!  Thanks everyone!!

Cast a Spell {Pink Paislee Twilight} 
LOVE this PP Twilight Collection! Used the patterned papers, postcards, chipboard alp ...

Husband Card 
I recently saw this image on a t-shirt and told my husband "Oh, I need that"...making ...

Woof 
Here are the two little loves in my life....my dd and my dixie :D TFL!

Paper Christmas Tree **GS Christmas Challenge** 
Hi, I got this idea from somewhere on the net. I tried to find it again to give the o ...

Pumpkin Love 
This layout showcases the FABULOUS new October Main kit over at Magpie Club. Amidst ...

Our 2009 family picture 
I had my brother in law do our family pictures last night. I just had a chance to go ...

my new scraproom 
just last week, i moved my scrap room from the upstairs loft, to the downstairs bedro ...

Newborns are oh so hard!!! {But so worth it!} 
This is my very first newborn. I was so nervous. I didn't know how to position him ...

Happy Holidays *Jillibean Soup* 
I did this card for the JustRite Font hop recently.. JustRite stamps and Jillibean So ...

You Monsters *Studio Calico October* 
I thought it'd be fun to document my kids' inner monsters with this cute paper. :) ...

ttyl - julie

thursday.

I'm back - 2 days in a row - this might be a record for me :)  I just wanted to pop in to share some fabulous news - I made the design team at Jen's House of Scrap - a brand new kit club!!  The site isn't quite up yet, but you can check out the recent updates on her Facebook page.  The October kit - "Monsters In My Closet" will be revealed tonight - make sure to check it out here later tonight!!