Author: cristina

And It Keeps Getting Better!!

| cristina

OK, you know the drill: Amy Sumrall is guesting at ScrapOrchard this month, so in addition to her regular products at the LilyPad, she’s working on some exclusive kits for ScrapOrchard.. But this week she completely outdid herself! I seriously cannot pick the favorite out of the three new products she has out today!
First, let me show you, this amazing collab with mle Card:

Here’s a fun page I made with it:

Credits:
You Da Man by Amy Sumrall and mle Card

Next, check out this adorable Valentine/perfect for any love page kit:

Here’s a lil’ page I made with it. Amy is the best doodler ever!

Credits:
All by Amy Sumrall:
Ribbon (recolored) from Funny Flowers
Font: Traveling Typewriter

Finally, isn’t this the prettiest kit ever?? Makes me long for spring even though it’s still months away! 🙂

As all The LilyPad new releases, it’s 20% off all weekend!

Credits:
Just the Basics: Stamped Alpha Vol. 3 and 4 by Mari Koegelenberg Creations
Font: SociaLAnimaL

Yuck, the week is over already, and I haven’t had time to scrap anything except this last page! :-/ I had to work a lot for a paper deadline next week.. I hope to catch up during the weekend! 🙂

Want to Get Organized?

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If you feel you should organize your time better, (and who doesn’t, huh? 😉 ) then you really have to check out the new products in Mari Koegelenberg’s store. She has a great set of creative page planners, weekly planners, monthly planners, and designer planners. There’s also a collection pack with all of the planners:

Check out all these products in her store.. they’re 20% off now and Thursday!

Ready for Valentine’s Day?

| cristina

I’m almost ready for Valentine’s Day. 🙂 I made a pretty box to hold my Valentine coupons, so I only need to write the coupons (will do that tonight while DH’s not home! 😉 ) and I’ll be all set. 🙂

Credits:
Gift Card Box template by Simply J Studio
Chocolate Kisses by GG Designs

Here’s some more shots:

It’s sooo pretty! Hope DH likes it! 🙂 I even rounded the corners of the coupons now (I bought a gorgeous corner rounder on my latest online shopping spree!!) but I don’t have pics of that.

Now, on a personal note: I bought a laptop on Sunday because I need it for work (so I can bring work home more easily too.. lucky me, huh.. :-P), but since I alread have my fancy Mac desktop at home for scrapping and everything else, I couldn’t afford getting a Mac laptop too. It also wouldn’t have made any sense, because all of the programs I run for work only work on Windows.. So, I bought a cheap but powerful Windows laptop… and I’m loving it! I didn’t expect to like it so much, after being a converted Mac girl.. but I do! I hope it doesn’t disappoint me! 😉

Hybrid Projects

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I have a couple of hybrid projects from last month to share. I am so proud of how these turned out! 😉
The first two were for my Secret Santa gifts (ugh.. my first gift got lost in the mail.. so I had to make new gifts.. :-/). I made a photography frame since the recipient is a photographer:

Credits:
Capture the moment by Kate Hadfield and Designs by Lili

and a personalized scratch pad holder:

Credits:
Template by Connie Stewart
Snow Much Fun by Mari Koegelenberg Creations

I sent her the penguin card too:

Credits:
Template by LuAnn (wildblueeyez)
Day by Day : January mini-kit by Chelle’s Creations

Then, I made some gifts for a Secret Valentine! 🙂 (this time the gifts arrived safely the first time.. phew!)

I made a matching card + candy dispenser 😉

Lemme show you some details:

Credits:
Sketch by SylviaB
Love Birds by Connie Prince

Credits:
Template by Kelleigh Ratzlaff
Love Birds by Connie Prince

And then I made her a frame!

All by Mari Koegelenberg Creations:

Here’s some details:

I loooove my glossy accents!

Glitter stickles are pretty neat too!

I inked the prima flower since the color was too bright and it turned out just perfect for this project!

I have rapidly become a fan of distressing ink. A fan?? Let’s admit it: I cannot live without it!

And that’s it for my Secret Santa and Valentine! 😉 I do have some more hybrid goodness to show you, but I’ll leave that for a later post. In the meantime, if you aren’t signed up for the ScrapMatters newsletter, make sure you sign up, because I have a very neat project for the February newsletter, which is going out soon. 🙂

A Few Pages from Last Week

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I still have a few pages to show from last week. Last week was a good, productive week! 🙂 I love all the pages I did! 😉

Credits:
In Review: Modern by Sahlin Studio
My Heart Soars by Jennifer Barrette
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell, Artistamp, Type-ra

I have more pictures of these puppies to be scrapped! Sooo cute!

Credits:
So Grateful by Sahlin Studio and Sugarplum Paperie
In Review: Modern by Sahlin Studio
Est. Date by Sahlin Studio
Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell, Artistamp, CK Academia

I had so much fun making this interview to DH! And as much as he complained at first, I bet he loved it too! 😉

Credits:
Enjoy Solid Papers and Enjoy Dates by GG Digital Designs

More macro fun! 🙂
I have some hybrid goodness to show you, but I’ll save that for the next post. 😉

Love Love Love

| cristina

Awwww.. have you seen Gina Marie Huff’s new Sweet & Simple kit for February?? It’s soooo sweet!

I seriously cannot wait to use this kit for my February P365 pages! In the meantime, here’s two love filled pages I made with it! 😉

Credits:

Sweet & Simple Kit #2 papers and elements by Gina Marie Huff

Font: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewel


Yeah.. I know I’ve been rounding corners a lot lately.. but I’m not tired of it yet! 😉

Credits:

Sweet & Simple Kit #2 papers and elements by Gina Marie Huff

Photo action by my four hens photography

Yeah… guess what? DH wasn’t much in the mood for our monthly photo shoot.. Well, at least I got a half decent shot anyway. And before that, I convinced him to pose for a fun shot with his Snuggie. 😉 I already scrapped that, but I’ll have to wait till Friday to show you that, though. 🙂

I Told Ya!

| cristina

Well, well, I told you we’d be seeing lots of yummy products from Amy Sumrall this month.. but I wasn’t expecting this much myself!! 😉 She’s really been busy and look all the new products she has out today!

First off, this adorable, adorable kit at Scrap Orchard (where she’s guesting this month):

I haven’t had a chance to scrap with this kit yet, but I really can’t wait. Aren’t the colors just… adorable?!! 😉

Next off, since it’s a new month, it means there’s a whole new load of BYOC products at the LilyPad. Check them out!!

I managed to use them all in this crazy, fun LO – Amy’s products are so much FUN to use!

Credits:

From the Feb ’10 BYOC:
Wordart and a couple of flowers (all recolored) from Fun Wow by Amy Sumrall
JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell

OK… I hope I manage to find lots of scrapping time this weekend.. I already know what I’ll be playing with! 😉 All the BYOC products are 20% off for the weekend, so don’t miss out!

Grab Bag Time!

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It’s grab bag time and Mari Koegelenberg completely outdid herself. This grab bag is huge, packed with bright colors and adorable papers and elements. You don’t want to miss this!!

I used it to make 2 pages for my P365 – the colors were just perfect!

Credits:
From Mari Koegelenberg’s Feb. ’10 Grab bag: Studio 365 grungy solids, date brushes vol. 1, tiny alphas vol. 2, flower market vol.1, ribbon spool vol. 1
Just the Basics: Stamped Alpha Vol. 4 by Mari Koegelenberg Creations

Fonts: JH Kari font – Designs by Jeni Hopewell, Stam-pete

The grab bag is for sale for the whole month of February, but grab it quick, because it’s totally worth it!

Tagged!

| cristina

Amy Sumrall has a new product out today, and it’s for sale for just one buck for Tadpole Tuesday!!

I used it in combination with her adorable collab Count S.W.A.L.-ula to make a card:

Credits:


Tagged by Amy Sumrall
Count S.W.A.L.-ula by Amy Sumrall and Ziggle Designs

These tags are so versatile and pretty!
She also has this great basic paper pack for sale for $1 today: