Rockin Rollercoaster

This was another Design Team layout. Melissa sent us a sketch and when we met last week, we all worked on a layout using the sketch. I am actually pleased with how my layout came out this time. The only thing I want to change is the "o" in rollercoaster, I think it is too low and I plan to move it up a little bit.

It is a little hard to see on this picture, but on the bottom right corner is a bling guitar. Originally it was pink and didn't match a thing on my layout. I really wanted to use it and remembered a trick that Melissa taught me last year at the Megacrop, so I pulled out the alcohol inks and voila!!! I put red alcohol ink over the pink rhinestones and colored them red to match my layout. You can pretty much change any rhinestone have you to the perfect color using alcohol inks.


Products used: Bazzill Cardstock, Hambly overlays, pattern paper (can't remember the name on the dots or the stars), Technique Tuesday chipboard circles, Bazill chipboard music notes, bling, lable maker, Cloud Nine chipboard letters

A couple of one pagers....

here are a couple of one pagers that I have done recently.......

I covered the Tim Holtz grungeboard with paper since I could get the right color using paint. You can really do just about anything with this stuff...

Products used: KI Memories paper, lace cardstock, Urban Lily rubons, misc. ribbon, Tim Holtz grungeboard, Doodlebug sugarcoated paper, Making Memories tiny alphabet stickers, Making Memories Defined stickers, Versamagic ink


For the flowers, I used and exacto knife to cut out the pattern of the paper and then adhered it with Scrappy glue, added some bling and there ya go.....


Products used: KI Memories paper and epoxy stickers, Kaiser bling, Doodlebug frills, Doodlebug sticker letters and flock,

Cricut cards with Peachy Keen stamps

I have been reading about Peachy Keen stamps for awhile now on the various message boards that I read on a daily basis and decided to finally break down and get some a couple of weeks ago during her sale. She shipped super fast and can I tell you how much I love these stamps!!!! They are very well made!!!! For those of you that don't have a clue what I am talking about go here: PeachyKeen and take a look at what she has. Because of the Hurricane Ike causing power outages when she had her sale the last time, she is having another one Saturday, Sept. 27th. See her website for details!!! I might pick up a couple of more sets!!!! Here are a couple of projects that I did with the New Arrival cart and her stamps that match that particular cart......


Products used: Reminisce paper, Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts letters, Making Memories glitter, New Arrival Cricut cartridge, Ranger Ink Essentials white pen, chalk, Peachy Keen stamps


Products used: Making Memories paper, KI Memories paper, Prima flowers, Bazzill cardstock, Doodlebug stickers and flock, misc. rhinestones, New Arrival Cricut cartridge, Ranger Ink Essentials white pen, Peachy Keen stamps, chalk

TM Design Team Submission: My Faves

Ok, here we go........... This month was another "we get to pick our own" stuff and I know that Janet wants us to use some of the newer stuff so that customers can see what to do with all of it, so I was on the hunt for the newest, latest and greatest for my layout. For some reason, I had a little trouble getting this layout to come together. It didn't end up looking anything like what I had pictured in my head, not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, lol. Anyways, here is what I came up with for my submission for this month............


Products used: SEI Eva papers, Glitz paper, Prima flowers, misc. Rhinestones, Anita's acrylic paint, Tattered Angels Glimmer mist, Buzz and Bloom chipboard, Prima felt borders and frame, Momento inkpad, Creative Imaginations letters

First of all, I painted the Buzz and Bloom chipboard very lightly with light pink pink. Once the paint was dry, I sprayed Pink Bubblegum glimmer mist over the whole thing several times to get a good shimmer effect. After all of that was dry, I used different patterns from SEI's Eva collection and glue to the back of the chipboard so that the patterns would show through the cut-out flowers. I then added Prima flowers on top of the chipboard to give it a little more dimension.
The felt border was actually a "photo strip" type border that I cut in half and trimmed up a bit. This is probably the best way to make the most of some of your products. Lots of the felt borders and Prima bling can be cut up and stretched over many layouts. The girl was hand cut from a Glitz paper and didn't really go with any of the other papers that I had used, but I do love her, so I decided to trim her down as much as I could so that the pinks didn't clash with each other. Again, added some little primas and some bling and voila!

The challenges that I completed this month on this particular layout are:
- Create a layout with circles (technically there are only two circles)
- Hand cut a large design (the girl)
- Use 3-5 different textures on your layout (paper, chipboard, felt, bling, paper flowers)

Mickey's Toontown Fair

Yep, another Disney layout. I was on a roll for awhile, so I just went with it. This layout is VERY simple. I love using big pictures and this one is actually 12x18!!! I made the Mickey using the Cricut and the Mickey and Friends cartridge.

***For you local ladies, the design team is meeting this Wednesday, so don't forget to check out all of our blogs for our latest submission. Mine will be posted first thing on Wednesday morning.


Products used: American Crafts Thickers, Bazzill cardstock, Doodlebug pattern paper, misc. ribbon, Cricut Mickey and Friends cartridge

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

I know, it isn't really that close to Christmas, but hey, all of the craft stores already have the Christmas merchandise out, so I can pretend too. Actually, that was the song that McKenzie danced to for her ballet number this past dance recital. I am not real big into the Christmas music at a dance recital in June, but it was really a cute number and the costume was adorable, so it's all good.

I just realized that even though I live in south Louisiana and only see a few snowflakes every 10 years or so, I have definately had a use for snowflakes on my layouts lately. I will probably add more to this layout, especially to the swirls, maybe some big Prima bling swirls to give it a little more ooomph. I used the Cuttlebug to get the texture on the gifts.


Products used: Basic Grey Two Scoops paper, Fancy Pants chipboard swirls, American Crafts thickers, Cricut Accent Essentials and Celebrations cartridges, Stickles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, misc. ribbon

While I should be ashamed to post this picture after the horrible display of what seemed to be a football game yesterday, I still love the Saints (and so do my girls). Every game day we all wear our shirts in support of the New Orleans Saints and whether they win or lose, we still support them.

I was never a big football fan until a few years ago. I started really getting into the game and Lee took me to my first NFL game at the Superdome and I was HOOKED!!!! Now, the girls hate Sundays because it is nothing but football games all day long because of me. I love to watch any NFL game now!

Those Fabulous Short Shorts

ok, not really, but figured it woul get your attention. I have been working on dance pictures for the last few days. With my girls being in a total of 12 numbers, I have plenty of pictures to scrap. I usually end up doing an entire book just of dancing. Here we go........

McKenzie's jazz number was Fabulous by Ashley Tisdale from the High School Muscial 2 soundtrack. This is a fun little song and the girls loved dancing to it. Not to mention, the costumes were adorable. I cut the title out using the new Graphically Speaking cartridge and then flocked the whole thing. I love using that fun flock. The stars and the strip across the bottom are cut using silver mirror paper, but it was a little hard to photograph.

Products used: Little Yellow Bicycle papers, Bazzill Cardstock, Versamagic ink, silver mirror paper, Stickles. Doodlebug Fun Flock, Paper Studio bling, Glitz letter stickers, Cricut Graphically Speaking cartridge

For this one, the girls danced to We wear Short Shorts, but not the traditional version. The teacher found a version that was actually a hip hop/rap version. It was so cute!!!! This layout is a little on the plain side, I might add some stars or something else to jazz it up a little bit. For the title, I used American Crafts Thickers (chipboard) and covered them with glitter.

Products used: Bazzill cardstock, Fancy Pants stamps, Versamagic ink, Prima bling, American Crafts thickers, glitter

another TM class.....Pirates

So TM has this cool little photo op thingie going on where every few months, they decorate a different theme and members can bring their children (or themselves) to take pictures. This go around it was the ever popular pirate theme. Along with this, there is usually a class doing a layout to match the theme and that is the class that I took yesterday. Wendy was the teacher of this really cute layout. During the class we were talking about how many different events the pirate theme was working for, it was really weird how many different types of pictures everyone had. I was working on Disney Pirates of the Carribean, some were working on Vegas pictures and others were working on Halloween pictures. Anyway, here is my completed layout...



PS. I need to get a larger picture printed for the first page since I thought I had a 5x7 and I didn't, so that is the only thing that will change. We used lots of products including ribbon, netting, Theresa Collins little chipboard squares, heat embossing, stamping, sanding, distressing and more. The title was cut with the Cricut using glossy photo paper then applying alcohol ink.

Ice Cream Sandwiches and Chipboard?!?!?!?!!?

Well, I braved the rainy weather, power outages all through Scott and the crazy people on the road to get the new Buzz and Bloom chipboard from Treasured Memories yesterday. I wanted to buy one of everything, but was able to hold strong. At first I was a little skeptical, while I love Buzz and Bloom designs, I hate the black "dust" that comes off of the edges so Janet suggested spraying it with a sealer. After inspecting the newer designs, there is no black "dust" on the edges!!!! These will for sure sell out.



ok, now for those ice cream sandwiches.......... Every time that we have gone to Disney, McKenzie has a hard time passing up any cart that has those HUGE Mickey ice cream sandwiches. She loves them. Of course, she loves just about anything that is chocolate, but these treats I think are her favorite. I had a couple of different pictures from different days, so I decided to just do one page. I have noticed that doing this has been a big thing according to most of the recent magazines, so I decided to give it a try.

I also used the Sassafrass Lass paper, which normally isn't my style, while I love it, I have trouble using it. I am really starting to like this line and will probably pick up some more of it when Janet gets more in since it sold out so fast. This was also my first time using American Crafts Thickers. I am HOOKED!!!!!

Products used: Sassafrass Lass papers, Fancy Pants stamps, American Crafts Thickers, Versamagic ink, EK Success mickey punch

Family Tradition

Last Wednesday the Design Team met for a couple of hours. Our meeting was for us to each have a theme (that we pulled out of hat) and make a layout to display in the store for that particular section. I pulled Christmas, which isn't really a favorite of mine to scrap, but I took it like a trooper, lol. Janet got the new Bo Bunny Christmas line is that is really REALLY pretty, so I decided to use that. I painted the chipboard with Versamagic inkpads and then sprayed Glimmer Mist over them for a little something more. After that I weaved two ribbons together and the ran them in and out of the chipboard swirls. This is an easy way to make a big impact using texture on your pages. Finally I added some of the gorgeous Prima bling and and flowers. The flowers were the white Bazzill flowers that I used Glimmer Mist on to make them the color I wanted.

I do think I am going to add the word "family" right above the Tradition rubon and possible the year. I wanted to add them that night, but needed either some small gold letters or my gold leafing pen, neither of which I had that night.


Products used: Bo Bunny pattern papers, velvet ribbon, Carolee's rubons, Prima bling, K & Co. bling, Bazzill flowers, Glimmer Mist, Rusty Pickle chipboard, Versamagic inks, misc. ribbons

Hurricane Gustav

Ok, so we woke up on Labor Day morning anticipating the arrival of Hurricane Gustav. The morning actually started out very calm, but things did get a little rough. I can honestly say that this was the easiest hurricane that we have gone through. Lily and Rita both were worse than this in our opnions. I will take an easy hurricane any time though, hee hee. We did end up losing electricity about 2pm, but had it back on this morning around 10am, so it's all good.

Lee and I actually stayed outside underneath our carport for the majority of the day watching the wind and rain howl across our backyard. It was kind of weird hearing the wind coming. We could always tell when a big gust was coming. While we were outside, I was videotaping some of the winds just because when Lee spotted a squirrel hunkered down in the "v" of one of our trees. I couldn't believe that the squirrel was there and actually ended up staying there almost the whole day. I did take some video of him and I am trying to upload them for you to see. (If I get video on this blog the correct way, I have to say, I will impress myself, lol since I really have no clue what I am doing with video. Please excuse the poorly taken video, lol, I am not the best cameraman out there.

After this was taken, we realized that this squirrel was a momma squirrel and had a baby with her. She ended up losing the baby during the storm because we kept hearing him crying. After the storm let up a little bit, the momma ran down the tree, picked up the baby and ran back up the tree!!!! We were amazed!!!

From what we can tell the squirrels are fine. They stayed up in the trees all day yesterday as we cleaned up and we did hear the baby a couple of times yesterday.