Circus Layout for Gecko Galz

My layout for the month-long National Scrapbook Day Festivities over at Gecko Galz is gracing the front page of their website today! Yea! Of course I had to go with a circus theme! Head over to Gecko Galz to find out more about how I put it together and the supplies used!

Happy Scrappy Savings!

Jess

Spring Fling at Gecko Galz

Head over to Gecko Galz this month and check out the Spring Fling projects created by the Design Team!  Every other day there will be a new one so be sure to check often! At the end of the month, you can vote for your favorite project to win a $25 gift certificate!

For my project, I decided to use the March products from Gecko Galz to create an 8x10 scrapbook page that can be framed.  I plan on giving this to my mom for Mother's Day.  I loved all the shabby chic roses this month and I knew I had to make a soft girly page.

To see what I used and how I created this page, head over to Gecko Galz for the details!

Enjoy!

Happy Scrappy Savings!

Jess

ScrapFIT Step Class #7 - Pinwheels!

Wow! Another great challenge from ScrapFIT, involving pinwheels! This paper from My Mind's Eye already had pinwheels in the patterns so it was easy to make a few of my own to make them pop! I used my new Scor-Buddy, which I bought from Really Reasonable Ribbon during a blog hop featuring their ribbon and the Scor products. It is awesome and much easier than using my trimmer. Definitely worth looking into!

Supplies:
My Mind's Eye papers (bought from Crafty Steals)
Scor-Buddy
Jenni Bowlin calender block
Jenni Bowlin pattern paper
Buttons
Heidi Swapp chipboard letters
Stampin' Up marker

Never Ever

It has been hard finding my mojo when it comes to layouts, spending my time working on altered items and cards.  But since the Tallyscrapper Sweet Summertime Crop is ending tonight, I just had to get a couple more layouts added to the challenges. 

The challenge, "What's in a Word," is as follows:

You know I love words - so this is a nice simple challenge - a page about your (or someone in your family) favorite slang, weird, trendy or stupid - word or saying
My step daughters favorites are "like" and "ya know whatta I mean" both drive me crazy !!!
I want to see all bright colors on a white background and a BIG title

My daughter has a thing about saying "Never Ever" when she is mad.  It drives me insane!  It was hard finding a picture that captured that, but this one from our Christmas photo shoot was perfect. She is such a little Grinch!

The pink circles are made from those non-stick drawer liners you can get at Dollar Tree.  I loved stamping JOY on it because it is anything but when dealing with her tantrums.

After I took the picture I did add a bit of glitter glue to the top trees and as dots under the long strips of paper.  I like how this turned out.  And no new products were used in the making of this layout! Yea! I have more pictures from this photo shoot that I will use these KI Memories paper with.  So fun!

I also used a sketch from Pencil Lines, from before they closed up their blog.  It worked so well with what I had in mind. Sketches help find mojo, so yep, I use them.

Happy Scrappy Savings!

Jess

Getting my Scrap on!!

I have been busy this past month creating things for Gecko Galz, which I will post later, and for Tallyscrapper.  I am loving all the scrappy time I am getting!

Tallyscrapper has a month long crop going on, Sweet Summertime Crop, with a ton of challenges, games, prizes, and if you participate in every challenge, you could win a super prize.  Here are some of my creations that I have entered:

 This layout, "Look I'm 3," is for the "Punch It" challenge, where you have to use a punch to create a background.  I used a ticket punch, adding in a few real tickets for fun, to make this birthday layout of my daughter.  I love how it turned out, so bright and colorful.  I love the balloons too, an idea I found on Pinterest.

 This layout, "Sibling Love," also a birthday party picture, is for the "Sketch Some Summer Fun" challenge.  As you can see, I am trying to get the birthday party pics scrapped.  So if I can do it, I will make every challenge about this! lol!

This one is the funniest, and most fun so far.  You know those ecards floating around, the sarcastic ones with victorian people, etc., on them?  Well, this challenge collected 4 friendship quotes from those and you had to make a card using one as the sentiment.  The first quote was probably made because of the Hunger Games, and being a librarian, I just had to use it.  I know exactly who I plan on sending this to.  They will love it.  I used Perfect Pearls on the edge of the card, on the clock, and on the gold parts of the Mockingjay symbol.  Then I used a cheap-o Studio G letter stamp set to do the sentiment, which was the most perfect set for this, giving a ransom feel to it.  I love it!

So head over to Tallyscrapper and check out the challenges, the crop will be going on all month!  And stay tuned for my next post with my Gecko Galz work!

Happy Scrappy Savings!

Jess

Holy Cow!! I have won so much!!

So, in the past 24 hours, I have won 4 different challenges and/or giveaways!!  I cannot believe it! I never win anything, so this came as quite a shock!  Check out what I won!

Over at Tallyscrapper, I got 2nd place in a recent challenge, Stimulate Your Mojo, where you had to use a sketch to create a page.  Here is the page that I submited:

It has been a while since I have done a layout, so this was a good start.  To make it simple I used a paper and embellies kit from Colorbok, called Everything Nice.  I do this when I need a jumpstart to my creativity, as well as when my room is a mess and I can't find anything.  Using up those kits I bought years ago helps me to rediscover what I have in my stash. There was a prize for 2nd place too, a piece of paper that I can put into my cart the next time I make an order.  I want to order soon, when I earn enough Scrap Savings bucks, because I loved the May kit and I want one before they are out of stock!

Over at Gecko Galz, my Father's Day card was randomly selected as the winner!  Here is the original post from when I uploaded it. I won 5 collage sets, a Digi Stamp Pack, and a Digi Paper Pack of my choice! What a better way to scrap on a budget than to win free supplies!  True, I have to use my printer and ink, but I already have those.

Then, a really awesome thing from this weekend...I won 2 prizes in the Alpha Stamps Meet the Design Team Blog Hop!!  You had to visit 9 different blogs, where each designer was giving away a piece of their art!  Here is the list of the Design Team blogs, because they are awesome and you just have to go look!

junk&stuff - Kristin Batsel
Pixie Hill - Nichola Battilana
Artfully Musing - Laura Carson
starrgazer creates - Rhea Freitag
Theresa Martin
Amy's Blam - Amy Mayfield
Glitter Tart Designs - Caroline Ouzts-Hay
Rhonda Mum - Rhonda Secrist Thomas
Alaskan SapphireRose - Shannon Tuttle

I won artwork from Laura Carson, over at Artfully Musing.  I just love the Notorious Magpie Brothers piece that she made!  I can't wait to see it up close!

 Click here to see side 1.
 Click here to see side 2.

I also won Marie, a piece from Theresa Martin.  I just love it!

Thanks Ladies so much!  I cannot wait to display them!  I am thinking of sharing my new artwork with a friend that didn't win during the blog hop.  But I have to decide which one!!

So, as you can see, Sunday was a very lucky day for me.  Let's just hope that the rest of the week brings just as much.

Happy Scrappy Savings!

Jess

Rockin' the 6x12 layouts!!

Wanna make your scrap supplies last longer?  Make your layouts 6"x12"!!  I decided that I will use this size for everything non-daughter related, unless 12x12 feels better.

I searched on the web and found some places with great 6x12 layouts.  Check them out for inspiration!!

Halfway There Scrappin' (hasn't been updated in a long time but has some great 6x12 pages)

Two Peas In a Bucket search for 6x12 layouts

Little Sketches 6x12 page sketches

Scrapbooker Online (Great sketches and page ideas)

Also check out Kris' Tallyscrapper page!  She is the queen of 6x12! She told me it started out of necessity...to stretch her supplies out.  

Here are two pages that I did today.  I love the cake one best!!

More layouts from the Tally Cyber Crop!!

Here are more layouts from the crop.  It was so fun!

I am loving the mini pics right now!  Thanks Kris for getting me hooked on them!!

Cropping with Kris

Kris and I got together today to crop.  This weekend is Tallyscrapper's Cyber Crop.  Lots of challenges, prizes, and a cool contest going on.  Head over to check it out!

Here are the pages that I created today.  I've made 11 pages since March 30th.  Woot, Woot!!

Here are the pages that Kris created using the April Tallyscrapper Kit:

It was a lot of fun today.  I just wish we could scrap together more often.  But life gets in the way.  Dirty dishes too.  Blah!

Kris - recent layouts

$2 baby!

Racking up the Savings!!

Okay, it's only one page today, but that is another dollar for my soon-to-be created jar!!  Woot Woot!!

The page is called "Sweet Baby Girl."  It is for the April LEO contest over at Tallyscrapper.  LEO stands for Layout Every Other Day.  You had to use 2 pics, 2 pp, 2 buttons or staples.

The next LEO challenge is due on Tuesday, and you have to scraplift one of the new Design Team members.  Should be fun!!



















New total:  $4.00

Let the savings begin!!

Okay, I know I don't have my jar done yet, but I did work on some pages!!  So far I have saved $3!!!  Yea!!  Not enough for adhesive, yet, but am getting there.  This will force me to use all that other adhesive that I don't prefer but can't throw away.  Necessity is the mother of invention!!

(Sorry about the blurriness of the top layout, will get a new pic up ASAP)  So, I used my Tallyscrapper Design Team kit for all three of the layouts, along with some other supplies of mine and those of Kris.  Check out the next post for how I saved money by changing the font to fit my needs.

So far that is $3 saved!!  What have you got?