Life goes on

So, it is clear that I am not going to be winning the Ultimate Summer Challenge.  They are having voting issues...or at least I am.  Two days I wasn't able to vote for myself, it would tell me that I already voted.  I have also received messages from people telling me that it is still not working for them.  I'm sorry, don't know what else to do.  But thank you so much for voting (or trying)...you guys are awesome!  :)

So I haven't been posting because I wanted the Ultimate Summer Challenge stuff to be what people saw when they came to the blog.  (If you don't know what I am talking about, then scroll down).  But I figure it is about time for me to get some new stuff up.  

So here is what I did with the September kit from Coconut ScrapShop.  

Under this one, I tucked an email that I had printed off under the photo:

Since I was fresh off making a couple mini albums, I just didn't have it in me to make another.  So the cute mini album that came in the kit, got taken apart by me.  I put one page on the LO above, and then I put two together with a brad to make a card:

And here is something you won't want to miss...

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Ultimate Summer Challenge: FINAL CHALLENGE!

Yeah!  The time has finally come for the Final Challenge for BHG Scrapbooks, Etc's "Ultimate Summer Challenge."  My album is up, and the voting has started!  :)  The assignment was to make an 8 page mini album about myself.    I approached this challenge by not thinking of what others would want to see, but by doing what I wanted and making it personal to me...after all, it is a book of me. :) So I am pleased with the way it turned out. It is an 8 x 8 acrylic album with two smaller pages thrown in to mix it up a bit. I like doing this (adding smaller pages in a book) because it makes it easily expandable...I don't have to have more of the acrylic pages to keep adding to the book.

There are lots of pictures to come.  :)  Click on any of them to make them even bigger.  First I will show you the pages by themselves, and then you will see them in the book.   

This one has a spelling error in it.  I did fix it, I just didn't take a new picture.  :)

So there are the 8 pages.  Here's what it looks like all together:

I hope you like it as much as I do.  I am a little worried about this.  Usually I think a lot about what I am going to do and then spend a lot of time on it, making sure it is perfect.  This book came together SO fast for me.  I just threw elements on a page and moved to the next one.  :)  That worries me a little.  

So, if you like the album, PLEASE GO VOTE FOR ME!  I need the votes, the prize is $2500!  You can find the voting here.   And pass the word along!  :)  At least, let's get people on there voting for what they like best.  VOTING CAN BE DONE DAILY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20TH.  So come back and vote again tomorrow.  

And thanks to everyone who previously voted for me and who is voting for me now.  You rock!  :)

Pink Paislee Papers

How awesome are the new Pink Paislee papers...you just can't go wrong with them.  ScrapLovers included lots of fun stuff in our DT kit this month....among the stuff was the "Vintage Moon" collection from Pink Paislee and these fun black labels from Luxe Designs.

  

I also got that cool Vintage sequin ribbon, it is from Maya Road.  So this is my second ScrapLovers reveal.

And coming tomorrow....my Final Challenge project!  :)

SC Sketch

Here's the new SC sketch I did:

And here is what the SC girls did:

Annie Collins:

Brynn Dukes:

Brynn also made a card based on the sketch:

Marilyn Wiggins (she made two!):

Rachelle Hineline:

Sookie Francisco:

Telah Wrenn:

Want to do the sketch for a prize, go here.  

New LO

Sorry I haven't posted anything in the past few days, but it is not because of lack of scrapping activity.  :)  I have been working on the final challenge for Scrapbooks Etc.'s Ultimate Summer Challenge.  Almost got that done.  I also have been working on DT stuff.  This layout I am about to post is my first ScrapLover's reveal for this month.  I got some awesome new glimmer mist screens, among my favorites is this tree.  And I also got to play with the new Dream Street Papers (Amy Teets line "Simply Stated").  So here is my LO...

I really love the whole black, white, cream, and brown color scheme...who'd have thunk?  :)  

Christmas Card

This is the card I did for Scrap Addict's Sept. 2 sketch.  Check out the sketch and what others did here.

SC Sketch

Here's the new SC sketch I posted today:

And here is what the DT has done with sketch:  

Alyssa McGrew

Andrea Davenport

Andrea Tuttle

Annie Collins

Marilyn Wiggins

Pinky Hobbs

Sookie Francisco

Telah Wrenn

To play along for a prize, go here.  Otherwise, if you do the sketch, link it here in a comment so we can all check it out!!