Fit, Sassy and A Little Dirty!

Are you ready for a fun blog hop and a challenge?  Well come on then, get Sassy with the Dirty FITgirl's Blog Hop!!  ScrapFIT is teaming up with Dirty Scraps and Sassy Lil' Sketches for a weekend blog hop!  So if you want to hop along with us start here!

• When you get your layout done post it on ScrapFit, Dirty Scraps and Sassy Lil' Sketches!!
• You have a chance to win a prize at each blog! 
• Deadline is Midnight CST on Sunday to post your layout. 
• To increase your chances at scrapFIT leave a comment and follow our blog and your name will in added to the drawing--so two chances are possible!

Here is what I created using the criteria.  I used my February Mega Kit from Life Preservers for this: 

I can't wait to see yours!

Sunday Musings

It's been a fun five weeks and lots of twists and turns as usual over at Life Preservers!  Today marks the end of my participation in the Scrap Bachelor, the Red Team was eliminated from the contest.  It was a lot of fun and to the remaining members of the Blue Team - best wishes, I think you may need it!! he he!!

Intrigued?  You should go on over and check it out.  Oh, but I must warn you, these gals get feisty and competitive when a contest is going on, so enjoy the feist-ivities!  It's all wonderful friendly fun!!!

I had the most amazing week!  I received my February kit and have just enjoyed every morsel of it!!  It is full of yummy Basic Grey Sugar Rush goodies!  I couldn't wait to work with it, here is my first creation, an easel card:

















Stay tuned for more!  Thanks for popping by!!

Scrap Bachelor Update Time!

We are into week five of Scrap Bachelor and the pressure is really mounting this week!  The producers over at Life Preservers decided to split the participants into two teams, blue and red.  As such, each team needs to determine a point value that they are working toward as a goal from 1-30.  I am on the RED hot team! 

There is a catch this week, one entire team will be eliminated!  That is correct, 7 or 8 ladies will be signing off this Sunday.  That being said, each team is determining their goal amount and their strategy.  Layouts count as 1 point, a pair of cards will count as 1 point.  All work must be newly created and never posted!

Here is a card that I created using the January project kit featuring the 7 Gypsies Venice line, along with the coordinating stamps.  I was extremely lucky and won the stamps from the 7 Gypsies blog!  I sent this over as my project submission to them.

I am still working on my album as well, so stay tuned for it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a super scrappity dappity day!!!

ScrapFit Workout Reveal

It's time for a new workout over at ScrapFit!  Are you ready for "The Power of One"? 

This next challenge is all about creating a monochromatic layout, but there is a catch!  You may only select pink, red, white or black.  Since I have boys and seem to gravitate and scrap blues and browns a whole lot, I decided to push myself to a complete other extreme.

I decided to choose pink, something that I rarely do.  These papers are from DCWV, Luxury Stack.  They have a very pearly finish on them and are thick and substantial to work with. 

Here is a close-up:

I'd love to see your beautiful take on "The Power of One" workout! 
Thanks for stopping by!!

Sneaky Peek Time!

All right ladies, it's Valentine's Day Eve...  wait, is that really a holiday?  No!  It is February 13th however, just one more sleep to get your ScrapFit entries in for our current brassiere card challenge. 

If you haven't gotten the chance to look, go take a peek.  There are some gorgeous cards from the Design Team and beautiful entries!  The prize for this workout is a fabulous kit too!

Who wants a little sneak peek of my next workout?  Stay tuned for the full reveal on the 15th!   

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Some Latte Crop Creations

The January project kit from Life Preservers is full of the beautiful 7 Gypsies line "Venice".  It includes a bound index album that I am also working on.  I decided to take a break from the album and work on a few small projects during our "Latte Love" crop over the weekend. 

The first layout is based upon a sketch provided by Pagemaps that Jodi used for a one hour challenge.  I could not participate in that challenge, but I loved the sketch and thought it would be fun to use it and see where it would take me.  Here is the result:

I thought it would be fun to use these papers to create a masculine birthday card for my brother.

Thanks for stopping by!!

A Whole Latte Fun!

Wow has this been an amazing crop weekend so far!  There are so many beautiful and inspirational projects going on over at Life Preservers that you really need to stop by and see for yourself. 

** There is a 1 hour sketch challenge tomorrow at 1pm Central, hosted by Jodi! **

For this crop, I concentrated on cards.  That is actually ironic because I would not consider myself to be a "card maker".  Here are the rest of my creations for the crop.  These were done using the December Card Kit that featured Collage Press "Joyride" collection.  How fun are these papers?!

The first card is a challenge to use "no hearts" for your Valentine's card.

This Sweetheart card evolved because I am stamp challenged!  I did not have a sentiment for this card.  I remembered that I had this candy, so I used them.  I love how fun and whimsical this card turned out!

This last curvey flip/figure 8 card was inspired by a Marion Smith youtube tutorial that I found. Isn't it fun?!

Thanks so much for stopping on by!  Catch you over at Life Preserver's!!

Ready for the Weekend? Want to Crop?

The much anticipated, long awaited Life Preservers "Latte Love" crop is here!!

Our official kickoff was Friday night but we will be offering all kinds of fun and games throughout the weekend.  Their is a whole "Latte" of Make N Takes, Games and Challenges galore! Oh, and have I mentioned some sure to be fabulous opportunities to win some little prizes along the way?

Oh yes, in case you haven't heard...   Life Preservers Club has the all time best ladies on this planet for members!  Trust me, you will not want to miss it!!!

I will leave you with one of my Make N Takes from Friday night.  If you would like to make one of these cute little purse cards* too, come on over and visit us on the message board! 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As always, thank you so much for stopping by!
Thanks!
*Purse card inspiration from Kelly Pannacci. 

Five Chances Out of 100... 7 Gypsies Style!!!

How on earth could I get this lucky?  I surely do not know, but I can tell you this, I am so excited!!!

Out of 100 entries on the 7 Gypsies Blog to win the new Venice stamp set, my post was chosen!! WOO HOO!!!  These stamps are beautiful -- want to see?

I'm actually working on a project that I will hope to use them on right now.

Thanks for doing a little happy dance along with me today!!

A Little Toot - Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade Style!!

I'm so thrilled I just had to share! 

Do you recall the sketch challenge that Bo Bunny posted for January?  Well I can not believe it, but my entry WON!!!!  I'm so excited about this because I love that Snowy Serenade line so much!! 

There were so, so many beautiful entries and interpretations of this sketch it was fun to look at each one of them.  Here is their blog post, scroll to the bottom to see the announcement. 



































Thank you for stopping by!  Have a super scrappity day!

ScrapFit Workout #13

Today is a super exciting day for me!  This is my first ever reveal for ScrapFit!  This month the sponsor is Tally Scrapper. 

This workout challenge is to create a bra card.  Please see the link below for the .pdf template to create this.  I think this is just the cutest little card to give your hubby/boyfriend for Valentines Day or for a friend to "show them you support them" or "thank them for their support"!

Lingerie Cards
Here is my version of this fun card using the My Mind's Eye Laundry paper.  I hand gathered the lace on this and included some pink embroidery floss stitching for fun.  The necklace charm was left over from another project.  I thought it was just the right amount of "gaudy" for this!  Ha!!

Here is Pinky's beautiful and inspirational design:

Here are Kelly's two creations:

Here is Mia's creation:

Here is Jodi's creation:

Here is Katie's creation:

Here is Laura-Jean's creation:

Here are Danielle's creations:

Pop on over to ScrapFit and play along for fun!  You could win the prize pack shown below:

I can't wait to see what YOU create!!!  Thanks for stopping on by!