National Scrapbook Weekend!!

I know, it is supposed to be National Scrapbook Day but alot of the stores here are going all out and turned it into a WEEKEND!

Last night I was at It's About Time--they are doing a 3 day crop!! We did my "Scrap" banner make n take and had a blast! And we helped to raise money for Scrapbook Royalty and the charities we support!


Today I will be at The Scrappin' Table scrapping all day and doing this "Dream" banner make n take (a portion of fee will be donated to Scrapbook Royalty):


A I'm gonna have to make a side trip over to Scrapping Lounge to pick up my Quickutz Platform and the new Quickutz Alphabet Die Gift Sets!!! WOOOHOO!! I can't wait to play! I want Exotic Island and Fiesta! Hope I can get my hands on them!

Then tomorrow I will be scrapping with my WhoGAS gals in Redlands but before that, I'll be stopping over at Scrapbook Blvd to check out their awesome Quickutz event in the morning! And hopefully in the afternoon I can go check the sale at Collective Journey. Wow--what a lot of fun!!

To be a part of the fun, I could not resist doing another GIVEAWAY!

Just post a comment here telling me what you did on National Scrapbook Day.

I'll do a drawing to pick 10% of the comments as winners! If 10 people comment, one wins, if 20 people comment, 2 win, and so on. So please share what you're doing, where you're cropping, and links to your blog with pics of your NSD fun!

Happy cropping!

MOTED!

Get ready cuz here is my vent! Don't you just hate it when someone is Miss Goody TwoShoes and has to be right all the time? I sure do! Okay, I admit, I myself do like to be right all the time, but we aren't talking about me here, are we? Right? LOL

Anyways someone who bugs me alot was pointing out today that I must be wrong about something. So I checked up on my end and on my documents and Lo and Behold...Me, Myself, and I are RIGHT!! Ha! Take that! MOTED!

Ahhh that was fun! I love to be right! LOL

Anyways I just got back from It's About Time--I had a total blast!! The day started off a bit poopy (involves a CHP and a yellow piece of paper) BUT after getting my car out of the shop after the accident (WOOHOO) and getting to eat some yummy tacos, life was good. I have been craving these tacos from this places called Tacos Tijuana next to It's About Time for TWO WHOLE MONTHS since WhoGAS scrapped there in early March. MMmmmmMMMmmM!

I met some super nice ladies and I am sure we raised a pretty penny for Scrapbook Royalty!! Everyone who made the banner mini class donated at least $5 --some donated even more!! That was just awesome. I don't know for sure how much raised (I can't do math at this hour) but I am sure it reached near $100 and just from about 25 croppers--so awesome! Even better, Scrapbook Adhesives supplied all the adhesives for us tonight!! Their photo tape is awesome and those foam squares are SOOOO easy to use! Thanks Lissa for supporting us!

We did have a little bit of a mishap--I was sure that my Fiskars Threading Water punch was a gonner after it choked on some paper. When I got home, Xaver resurrected it from the dead so it is all nice and ready for action at tomorrow's make n take at The Scrappin' Table. Woohoo! I was about to die--I was totally talking to PJ on the phone on the way home and she was like, "I'm not gonna let you borrow mine!"---waaaaaahhh!! But I am glad mine is okay now--whew!! I even treated it with my special blade sharpener good stuff from Inspired Crafts--that stuff is AWESOME! So hopefully the punch will make it. Yeah, it only cost $14 but I had to go to 8 Targets to find it and no one has it and I was just pretty bent out of shape about it. Not that anyone "broke" it on purpose but you know how it is--I was feeling like a kid with a Barbie doll whose head won't stay on! Guess I should have had a latte or something before I went in the store! LOL

Anyways I had a total blast and left after sharing a few laughs with some really fun ladies. Off to bed--gotta get up EARLY tomorrow to be at The Scrappin' Table bright and early.!

Wooohoo! Scrap N Art picked up 3 of my Layouts!

Yeah!! I am getting pubbed in my first online 'zine! So cool! I can't share the pics of the layouts of course but as soon as the issue is available, I will link it here. You can check out Scrap N Art by going to:

http://www.scrapnart.com/news.php

I had to create this "out for publication" sign to put in my gallery--finally!! I'm so excited!!

A Little More Done

An Organized Space...



Lots of Layouts and Projects Done...












Finally our No Spending Challenge for Who Gives A Scrap? is OVER!! WOOHOOO!!! I figured I'd post all my points and see all the things I accomplished this month. Above is a recap of some of the layouts I got done during our challenge. I was chatting with Cindy, the clever one who organized this amazingly in-depth purge-save $ - scrap - no shopping challenge and was saying we should do this again. It was a really productive month!

Jennifer’s Points

Tuesday Apr 1

0 – out of town

Wednesday Apr 2

+15 Three pages completed (“Family at Knott’s”, “Easter Eggs 07”)

+5 Mini book (“A Little Bird’s Tale”)

+4 Hours (2) spent organizing

+2 Mini 3” Thanks card for Cookies to Krista (no pic, sorry)

TOTAL +24

Thursday Apr 3

+6 Hours (3) spent organizing

+2 Baby Shower Card for Lisa S. (no pic, sorry)

TOTAL +8

Friday Apr 4

-3 spent $8 for stickers at Target to complete minibook

+5 Mini book “Aloha Baby” (used those stickers on this)

+8 Hours (4) spent organizing

+1 Checked in to YG

+0 Cropped at SB Blvd $10

TOTAL +11

Sat Apr 5

+12 Hours (6) spent organizing

+1 Checked in to YG

+5 Posted “Before Pic” For One Small Step

+6 Made 6 page kits

TOTAL +24

Sun Apr 6

+20 Four pages completed (“Hot Rods”, “Born to be Wild”)

+2 Thirty mins spent on altered project – “Dream” banner

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +23

Mon Apr 7

+5 One page completed (“Father’s Day”)

+10 Two pages completed (“Top Cookie”, “A Big Pile”)—used scraps for whole thing!!

+1 Checked in to YG

+2 Thirty mins spent on altered project – “Dream” banner

+6 Hours (1.5) spent purging for Yard Sale

TOTAL +26

TOTAL Week One Points -- 99 Points

Tues Apr 8

+5 comments in Trisha and Melissa’s Galleries

+4 Linked pages to YG (“Top Cookie”, “A Big Pile”)

+2 Linked pages to YG (“Father’s Day”)

+8 Linked pages to YG (“Hot Rods”, “Born to be Wild”)

+4 Linked pages to YG (“Family at Knott’s”)

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +24

Wed Apr 9

+5 comments in Crystal’s Gallery

+4 Two hours spent organizing, cleaning scrap room

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +10

Thurs Apr 10

+1 Checked in to YG

+60 Soccer 6x12 layouts (12) completed

+5 Gallery comments for Chrystal and Trisha

+3 Hours spent organizing (1.5) did the Brown and 2^nd green drawers

TOTAL +69

Fri Apr 11

+1 Checked in to YG

+3 Gallery comments for Trisha

+1 Blog comment for Cindy

+1 Blog comment for Trisha

+5 One page completed (“Happy Birthday”)

+2 Linked page on Yahoo Group (“Happy Birthday”)

+5 One page completed (“So You”)

+2 Linked page on Yahoo Group (“So You”)

TOTAL +20

Sat Apr 12

+1 Checked in to YG

+1 Gallery comments for Chrystal

+1 Blog comment for Cindy

+10 Two pages completed (“Matt is Totally Wild” and “Love My Lion”)

+4 Linked to pages on Yahoo Group (“Matt is Totally Wild” and “Love My Lion”)

+5 Entered Layout in Crop Addict Fast & Furious Challenge (“Matt is Totally Wild”)

+4 Two hours spent organizing – brown and bream drawers—combined them

TOTAL +26

Sun Apr 13

+1 Checked in to YG

+2 One hours spent organizing in the AM

+ 10 Hours (5) Spent organizing

TOTAL +13

Mon Apr 14

+1 Checked in to YG

+1 Gallery comment for Crystal

+2 Gallery comments for Janice

+2 Gallery comments for Melissa

+25 Weekly Challenge Points—Wishlist Posted, Drawers (goal for Week Two) are organized!

+5 Bonus for doing Week 1 and Week 2 challenges

+60 Soccer 6x12 layouts (12) completed

+2 Hours (1) Spent organizing

TOTAL +98

TOTAL Week Two Points -- 260 Points

Tues Apr 15

+1 Comment SGT/Cindy’s blog

+4 Gallery Comments for Chrystal

+1 Checked in to YG

+5 Bonus for taking “After” pic

+2 Thirty Mins spent on altered project “Dream” banner-COMPLETED

TOTAL +13

Wed Apr 16 – DOUBLE POINTS DAY

+1 Checked in to YG

+1 Thirty mins spent organizing

TOTAL DOUBLED = +4

Thurs Apr 17

+1 Gallery comment for Cindy

+4 Gallery comments for Trisha

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +6

Fri Apr 18

+15 Completed 3 Layouts (“You Glow You Shine”, “Girl Scout PJ Party”, “Be Happy”)

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +16

Sat Apr 19

+2 Thirty mins spent on Altered Project (“Sweet” wooden word art)

+4 Hour spent on altered project (mini people for swap)

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL + 7

Sun Apr 20

+5 Left Gallery comments for Chrystal

+16 Four Hours spent on altered project (little altered people)

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +21

Mon Apr 21

+1 Checked in to YG

+8 Two Hours spent on altered project (little altered people)

+30 Six pages completed

TOTAL +39

TOTAL Week Three Points -- 106 Points

Tues Apr 22

+1 Checked in to YG, posted points from Week 3

+14 Linked Projects to Yahoo Group (7 projects)

+2 Linked Layout to Yahoo Group (“Girl Scouts”)

TOTAL +26

Wed Apr 23

+1 Checked in to YG

+10 Two page layout (“Two Little Pumpkins”)

+4 Linked Layout to Yahoo Group (“Two Little Pumpkins”)

-50 Used Free Shopping Day

+2 Thirty mins spent on altered project “Sweet” word

+4 Hour spent on Thank You cards box altered project

+1 Blog comment for Cindy

+1 Blog comment for Trisha

+1 Gallery comment for Crystal (Scramez)

+2 Gallery comments for Melissa

+5 Layout completed (“Me and My Brother”)

+2 Layout Linked to Yahoo Group (“Me and My Brother”)

+18 Layouts/Cards Submitted to Mags and contests

TOTAL +1

Thurs Apr 24

+1 Checked in to YG

+1 Gallery comments for Melissa

+30 Six pages completed (baby book sample)

TOTAL +34

Fri Apr 25

+1 Checked in to YG

+2 Completed 1 Card

+6 For 1.5 hours spent on altered projects (box of cards, “Sweet” wall hanging)

+10 Linked 5 Pages and Items to YG (Crate Paper stuff CropAddict CT)

TOTAL +19

Sat Apr 26

Camping….

TOTAL + 0

Sun Apr 27

+1 Checked in to YG

+10 Made 5 cards

TOTAL +11

Mon Apr 28

+1 Checked in to YG

+1 Posted blog comment for Trisha

+1 Gallery comment for Trisha

+3 Gallery comments for Chrystal

+8 Made 4 Cards

+18 Posted 9 cards to YG

TOTAL +32

+30 Recycling Points

"Two Little Pumpkins"2 Page Layout (6 points)
used old half used pack of epoxy stickers (brackets) +2
used SEI kit I've had for over 6 months +2
used Rest of pack of Glitz Frosting I've had for 8 months +2

"Just Me & My Brother" Layout (10 points)
used old ephemera pack I've had for a year +2
used rest of the red Creative Cafe flowers from last year +2
used Crate Paper Button I got from CHA Winter 2007 January +2
used red vellum MM metal rimmed tag from 2004?? +2
used Heidi Swapp photo corners from last summer (Shop Hop purchase) +2

"Thank You" Card Box
I was only required to make one project for my Crop Addict Creative Team Assignment this month--this project was a second one. I used scraps from the 3 pages adn "sweet" sign I made to make these cards and decorate the box.
Box from DCWV is like 3 or 4 years old +2
Scraps for all 10 cards--I did not cut into a new pieces of paper +20
MME Diecuts from 2006 or older (four of them) +2
Old wood butterfly, maybe 4 or 5 years old? +2

+5 Bonus Points RAKS – sent to Trisha &Melissa

TOTAL Week Four Points – 158 Points

Tues Apr 29

+1 Checked in to YG

TOTAL +1

Wed Apr 30

+1 Checked in to YG

+50 Made 10 pages

+12 Spent 6 Hours finishing Disney Album and “Thank You” Cards Set – willpost pics when totally done.

TOTAL +63

TOTAL Week Five Points – 64 Points

TOTAL OVERALL POINTS 687!!

Burnt Embossing Powder Technique

I kind of stumbled along on this technique while playing around with some Tim Holtz Grungeboard. You can do this with any chipboard, not just Grungeboard. This works best with lighter colors of colored embossing powder—not so much with black or dark brown powders.

Supplies you’ll need:
Heat Embossing Gun
Acrylic Paint
Colored embossing powder that matches the paint
Tweezers or needlenose pliers to hold the item
Chipboard or Grungeboard item
Tray or scrap of paper to catch any excess embossing powder
Mat to protect work surface from heat gun



1. Paint the Chipboard or Grungeboard item until completely covered. Do not allow to dry! If painting more than one piece, do them one at a time so they don’t dry.



2. Lightly sprinkle the colored embossing powder on the painted piece. It will stick since the paint is wet. If you want A LOT of embossing powder you can dump it on (like I did in this pic) but you will have to heat it longer to get it to burn.



3. Holding the item with tweezers or pliers, heat the item with a heat embossing gun. Hold the embossing gun about 1” from the item. Heat the entire item until it has the texture of Rice Krispies. It will look a little crystallized and burnt (and even makes sizzling sounds). Just do this until the whole item is “burnt” and “crispy” looking. Make sure the paint is still wet when you do this. The item will be really hot so set it aside to cool before applying to your layout.





Here’s a page I did using this technique (see the “1” on the bottom):





I painted a "1" from a set of Tim Holtz Grungeboard with Wagon Red Making Memories paint. While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled the "1" with red embossing powder and heated it right away. I let the powder burn just a bit and it turned out to be really sparkly--I love the effect so much I've used it several times since! It's not too girly so I can use the technique on "boy" pages but it still has that glittery effect we women love!