Round 3 with Practical Scrappers...and ME!

Wow! What a week, but I think I am finally starting to feel better. I have been working non stop to catch up. I can't believe how far behind I got in just 3 days, although sometimes I feel I work a little bit better with more pressure. Well, if you have been following, I recently entered into a contest over at Practical Scrappers. A 6 round elimination contest. I can't believe it but....I have made it through to round 3! For this round we were given 3 photos of quilts. We were to use one of them for our inspiration....wait, it doesn't stop there...we were also given a list of "requirements" where we had to use at least 4 of the elements on our page. You can read more and see the inspirational pieces we got to choose from here. This is what I have come up with...oh and don't forget to head on over there and give my layout a vote! For this layout again, I used lots of Momenta products....

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a great weekend!

Playing catch up...

Wow, it is amazing how behind you can get just from being sick for 3 days. I have so much to catch up on so I will just get to it...
This week at Ruby Rock-It we were challenged again to use the Vintedge line, we needed to use it for something other than "travel". We were also challenged to use the sneak peek ad for inspiration on one of our projects.
My first layout I wanted to use these cute photos of my daughter playing around with her new hat she got at Christmas. The grungy white and black background paper which is the backside of the Tokens paper was just perfect. I also really wanted these photos to "pop" off the page so I used the Vintedge Glam paper. You really can't see it in my post here but this paper is nice and shiny and slightly embossed really giving my photos that extra "pop" I was looking for.I added some Vintedge borders and word stickers and my layout was complete!
For my second layout, I used the keyhole on the ad for my inspiration. I created a "hollow" heart in the background and put the picture inside as if looking through a keyhole.
Remember to win this line....you must complete the challenge and post to any one of the posts on the Ruby Rock-It blog for this week. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Also, I have been lucky enough to be chosen to be on a new team over at Momenta! I am very excited about this. Can't wait to get started....

On to round 2 with Practical Scrappers!

Good morning everyone! Wow, what a weekend we had here in Chicago. Friday started it all with about 12 straight hours of snow, when all was said and done we had about 9-10 inches. Saturday started out with lake effect snow, wind and some icy rain, and then Sunday the temps climbed all the way up into the 50's and to end the night we had major downpours of rain, thunder and lightning! Can you believe this...a THUNDER and LIGHTNING storm at the end of January. Now today, the 9-10 inches of snow is completely gone and you can see the still green grass. Oh, and to top off all the weird weather...I am sick...yuck! On a better note, I recently stumbled across the blog Practical Scrappers. They were having a contest and so I entered. There are rounds that you advance to by votes and blog member picks. Yep, you guessed it, I made it through to round 2! The second round you had to do a layout with one of the provided sketch. Below is the sketch I used and my layout. You can hop on over to the blog and vote for me if you like....voting is going on until Wednesday night....


For my sketch I used all Momenta products...I mixed and matched a couple of different lines. Just one of the many things I like about Momenta, their products mix and match so easily.

Ruby Rock-It and Sketches....

Okay everyone...I hope you are all enjoying the new Ruby Rock-It previews as much as I am. The girls over at the blog have been working hard to show you all of these wonderful new lines I hope you stop by and take a look at all we have to show you. Every week there will be challenges for you to take part in...and guess what...there are PRIZES! Yes, prizes. Each week you will have the opportunity to win one of these gorgeous lines all you have to do is partake in the challenge offered up for that week. This week Amanda gave us the challenge of working with sketches. I love sketches. They really come in handy when you are in a rut and the best part of them is there are NO rules. You can take one element, two elements, you can copy it completely or you can turn it on it's side....the possibilities are almost endless. For these sketches I got to work with the Nostalgia line...let's take a peek and see what I did...








Okay, you seen what I did now hop on over to the Ruby Rock-It blog and show me what you did!

Come party with Ruby Rock-It!

Okay everyone....I promised you a party...so let's get to a party! An English Tea Party is where you are invited to today over at the Ruby Rock-It blog. Sandy has put together all the fixings and boy did she put it together! Make sure you stop by the Ruby Rock-It blog and make sure you RSVP.....