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fashion fun & creatively pink

Ok, so I've been slacking lately in updating the blog, sorry about that.  Can't believe it's the 1st of December already!  Eeek!  24 days until Christmas & I haven't even done any of my Christmas shopping!  Hopefully I'll get the chance to this weekend since I've got Christmas parties coming up.  What are you all up to for this merry month?  Starting to feel in the holiday spirit?  I know I am.  Well, I have been since this Saturday when we took my dear friend's daughter to see Santa Claus at the local department store.  Total priceless moment.  I'll get some photos up of that soon.

On another note, I was busy in the scrappy department creating these fun SATC Carrie inspired headpieces.  The first one is made from some Prima Printed Canvas Sheets & the other one was formed out of paper from the Cosmo Cricket Earth Love line.  You can find instructions on how to make these on the A Million Memories blog.

 

 

Lastly, here's a layout I did for this week's sketch at Creative Scrappers.  Used more of my Pink stash, which is decreasing but I've still got a lot of this stuff since I love it that much.  Mixed in some Maya Road products into this page but everything else is Pink Paislee.

 

 

 

Hope you all are having a great 1st of December.  So excited for all the holiday fun, even though this holiday normally gets pretty stressful.  As they say, it's the most wonderful time of the year! 

a whole lotta pink

Anyone who knows me scrap wise knows that I have a love affair with the Pink stuff.  By Pink stuff, I'm talking about Pink Paislee.  Seriously, I don't think I've not liked anything they've done.  I decided to use up some of my Pink stash, & by stash I'm talking about 2 Cropper Hopper cases full of the stuff.  Yes, that much!  I think love is putting it lightly!  LOL!  Usually I mind having doubles of stuff but when it comes to the Pink, nuh uh!

The first page I did for this week's Creative Scrappers sketch.  I loved this picture of my dear friend's daughter & have been wanting to scrap it for a while now.  Everything on here is from my huge Pink Paislee stash save for the misting, some stitching & the ink I used on the stamps.  It's a mix from their first release up to the most recent ones.

This next layout was made for the challenge that I'm hosting over at A Million Memories. The challenge, called Right Here, Right Now, is to scrap a photo you've taken anytime between Nov. 15 - 28.  Any theme you want but it must be a recent picture taken between the dates specified.

I did mine on the fact that I finally found one of my favorite drink mixes here in Manila.  I haven't had any since I was in Washington DC back in '04 so I'm thrilled to be able to find it here.  Again, the layout uses a mix of products from several releases.  Added some mist, stitching & Stickles but the rest is all the Pink stuff!

Hope you all are having a great week.  Thanks for stopping by!  Should be back soon after getting to know a little cricket.  Hee! 

a bunny, fall & getting creative

So, you may be wondering what a Bunny, Fall & getting creative have in common.  Well, they're all things that have been up my sleeve as of late. 

First up, is the Bunny & Fall. The Bunny being Bo Bunny & Fall being a mini that I created with some of their stuff.  Bo Bunny sponsored the design team at A Million Memories this month & I got to play with their Kitchen Spice line.  I have to admit that when I saw the line online I wasn't a fan but that changed when I saw it in person.  The line is absolutely gorgeous.  It's full of rich oranges, blues & browns & if something lighter is up your alley just flip it over because the backsides are soft and feminine. Once I saw it in person, wheels started turning in my head for a Fall Faves mini.  Some of the pictures that I used were taken from the internet as I don't have any fall photos, which I'm kicking myself now for not taking more photos from my time in DC.  The covers are made from wood veneers that I bought online, a little fragile since they're thin but perfect for the fall theme.  The base is just kraft cardstock which I doubled for some thickness, plus to hide the sewing I did on my pages.  I broke out my Slice too & used it for some nifty fall die-cuts here.  Everything is from the Kitchen Spice line save for some alphas, book paper, mist, bling, lace & floss.  Oh and those little punched flowers are from Evalicious & there's a funny story behind those embellishments.  I had actually bought them from her store before I received the papers since I fell in love with the colors & upon closer inspection noticed that Eve had used the same line I was working with.  Totally cool!  You can find more detailed shots of the album in the Mini Album gallery in the right sidebar. 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, onto some Creative Scrapping.  Well, if you haven't noticed in the upper right sidebar, I made the team at Creative Scrappers sketch blog.  Didn't find out about it actually until it was announced since I was out of power at the time.  Here's my first sketch for them.

 

That's about it for now & I hope to be back soon with some more Bunny items & hopefully a Cricket too!  TFL!  Off to dinner w/ a good friend in a bit so I'll catch you all later!

amm fun stuff

A couple of fun AMM stuff for you.

The gorgeous November kit, Pretty Little Pieces, is now up & you can get yours here. 

Also, AMM is having a Guest Designer call for December 2009.  As a guest designer you would receive the monthly kit to design with. Your work would then be featured in the gallery, message boards, Facebook page, the AMM blog, and the bi-weekly newsletter, which reaches thousands of customers!

To apply all you need to do is:
1. register on our boards and become an active member; we want to get to know you
2. Post our A Million Memories blinkie on your blog and
3. In an email attach two layouts you think are your best work, a link to your blog and/or your gallery, and your contact information.

Please submit your application by November 15th to Jennifer.Findlay@yahoo.com.

If selected you will be notified via email. Good luck!

Lastly, AMM will be holding a free class in November to be taught by Larissa Albernaz.  In this 3-day free class, from November 9th-11th, AMM and instructor Larissa Albernaz bring to you some tips, techniques and examples on how to alter a book.  You're going to alter your own book using 3 different techniques (tags, niches and pockets) and learn that, in this art form, you can recycle or transform existing books into new works of art through words, memorabilia, paints, draws, gesso, glue, stamps, paper, thoughts and a lot of excitement!

Happy Friday & hope you all have a safe & spooky Halloween!