Artsy Urban!

Have you seen the new GCD Studios Artsy Urban collection designed by Melody Ross? It's so beautiful and sparkly! I had the opportunity to work with this collection for a manufacturer spotlight at Scrapbook News and Review. Here are some peeks at the layouts I made. The full layouts will be shared at SNR on October 21 when we feature GCD Studios.

SNR Holiday Sampler tomorrow!

Join us at Scrapbook News & Review tomorrow for a good time at our holiday sampler! We will have challenges, games and prizes!

The following manufacturers sponsored the holiday sampler:

Bo Bunny
Fancy Pants
Glitz Designs
Graphic 45
May Arts
My Little Yellow Bicycle
Stewart Superior
Technique Tuesday

Tune in every hour to see some creative projects and classes from each manufacturer. The classes are for a variety of skill levels. Here are a few peeks of projects I made for this event:

Technique Tuesday's in the Spotlight!

This evening, Scrapbook News and Review is spotlighting Technique Tuesday. I created two layouts using their "Long Stemmed Sentiments" stamp set. Here's a peek at the layouts I created. To see the whole layouts and detailed instructions, come visit SNR.

Glitz on Wednesday

On Wednesday, October 28, at 6:00 p.m., Scrapbook News & Review will be spotlighting Glitz Design. Come check out what we did with Glitz's unique products. I received their cool distressing stamps to work with, and here's are some peeks at what I made:

Come See My Bo Bunny Layout Classes!

Tonight, Scrapbook News & Review is spotlighting Bo Bunny, and I'm teaching a couple of classes. There will be lots of Bo Bunny inspiration from the staff members of SNR. Here are some peeks at the two layouts I made using Bo Bunny's beautiful Kitchen Spice collection:

On Assignment

Back in April, I got the most wonderful e-mail from Jen Lessinger asking me if I would do an assignment for Scrapbooks Etc. Of course, I said yes! I made my page and mailed it in. Then, the next month, she asked me to do another assignment using New Year's Eve pictures. What fun!

I just got my Scrapbooks Etc. in the mail, and my page is in there! (My first page hasn't yet been published, so I'm still waiting on that one). My layout is on the bottom of page 26 of the November/December issue:

That scan isn't so great, so here's what my layout looks like:

My Secret Scrappy Wish

One of my secret scrappy wishes is to be on a design team for a monthly kit club. (Yeah, I know...it's not so secret any longer now that I've posted it on my blog!) I think it would be a really fun challenge to create layouts using materials someone else picks out for me. Anyone who knows me knows I love a challenge!

My secret scrappy wish sort of came true when I became part of Scrapbook News and Review's kit club review team. I got the opportunity to work with a kit by Scrap for a Cure called "Summer Sorbet." This kit had a whimsical, colorful, eclectic mix of products that made it really fun to work with. Here's what was in the kit:

It was definitely challenging to be limited to using items from a kit, but it was a really fun challenge! Here are the layouts I made. I was allowed to add letters from my stash. I also snuck in a stamp, a couple of brads, some things I saw in their add-on kit thatI had in my stash, and a photo corner where I messed up on something.