My blog is Almost 1

I have had my blog for almost a year! I started my blog the day Addison (she is the cutie in the top layout below) was born. She is just about one. So that means my blog is just about 1 and I have managed to keep it up. This is blog post No. 102. Go me. Happy almost Birthday Blog. I posted some recent layouts I have made. Enjoy!

Pre Crop Challenges are up!

The pre crop challenges went up today for the Serendipity Show Crop over at Serendipity Scrapbooks. I came up with one of the pre crop challenges and it was to decorate your TV set (a frame) with a Gilligan's Island theme. I had so much fun making this frame that I think I may make another one! The Crop starts next Friday the 22nd but the pre crop challenges went up today. There is another awesome "TV tag" pre crop going on as well.

This is my example of my Gilligan's Island "TV Set"

Some Stuff

Today is the starting of my week for Daily Challenges over at Serendipity Scrapbooks. Today's Challenge was a fairly easy one, just use your newest pattern papers, for me that can be hard sometimes I get the new papers and want to dig into them but there are other things that I need to make first. This month I bought the May IDIA kit and loved it I wanted to use it right away. I think there are a few more left in the store here.

I used sketch 5.6 from the Sketchy Thursday's blog for this layout, their site is pretty neat they put a new sketch up every Thursday and they have a great prize each week, this weeks is some stamps, this is also the first week I played along, I will be keeping my fingers crossed.

Also there is a fantastic Crop coming up on May 21-23 at Serendipity Scrapbooks. I will have a retro t.v. show theme and there will be lots of fun challenges, games and prizes. There will also be awesome blue light specials all weekend long in the store. This one is going to be a fun one. The pre-crop challenges will be going up on the May 14th so stop by over there then.

Puzzle Swap.

I don't think I shared this little project with you guys, my online friend Julie hosted a puzzle swap for us over in the Serendipity forum. These are my finished pieces, that I recently sent back to her. My puzzle theme was crafts/anything goes. I cannot wait to see the fantastic puzzle I get back, I'll post a picture when I get it back.

Happy Birthday Brother!

Today is my little brother's birthday he is 26 today, happy birthday Nathan!!!

Monochromatic Card

I made this card for a challenge on the Caardvarks blog and I needed a URL so I'm posting it on my blog, enjoy. Happy Sunday everyone! I used a sketch from the CPS blog.

Serendipity May Altered Kit

This months Serendipity Scrapbooks altered kit had this cool mini that was so much fun to make. The kit had 4 magnets that I used as clasp to close, love the way it turned out. It was loaded with Pink Paislee and Serendipity Scrapbook papers, there was new Pink Paislee Artisian Elements that were fun to ink and mist. There was Jenni Bowlin Butterflies. There was also a package of Cuttlebug embossing plates. This is the book I made with the kit. You can check out the kit here. The I Deserve it All Kit is also jam packed with fantastic products also so make sure you check out that one too.

Serendipity May Kit

This month I got to work with Serendipity Scrapbooks Altered kit. It was loaded full of Pink Paislee's Bayberry Cottage collection and exclusive Serendipity Scrapbooks Delightful Daliance papers and tons of sweet embellishments, there was even a cat eye ink pad and a complete set of Cuttlebug embossing templates. Here is the cover of my "My First Tri" album I made with the kit. Check back later to see the inside. Go check out the kits for May here. The I deserve it all kit is also fantastic this month, I sprung for one this morning.
The closure of the cover is made with 4 magnets that come with the kit. I love the way my Triathlon mini album turned out. The kit was very fun to work with.

There was so much goodness in the kit that I was able to make a couple of layouts and a card. This layout is of Leanna and Bobby's baby girl Addison, what a doll she is! I used the Cuttlebug embossing templates that came in the kit and sanded the images to make the "core" show through the Core'dinations cardstock.

I did the same thing with this layout of my nieces in Lake Chelan last summer. Loved the way this layout turned out.

I made this card also with the kit, the picture doesn't do it justice, it is gorgeous, I'm not sure if I'm going to give this one away, LOL.

Check back later to see the inside of my mini!