Bella Candles

Hello...hope everyone is having a GREAT Thursday! It's almost the weekend! Woo-Hoo! Today I got a little bit of craft time in! Thanks to Loreen who helped me with directions to make these wonderful candles...I just had to put Bellas on them...I used Lattebella and Kinibella (she's so cute!) These were so easy to make....but I have heard that if you light them the tissue paper can burn....so I took the candle wicks out and replaced them with ribbon turning them into great scented decorations! Can't wait to hear what you all think!

Disney Bookmarks

I finally finished my Disney Paperclip Bookmarks! These have been in the works for a little over a week now. I am so glad to be done with them (they take a LONG time to piece together), however, I think they turned out adorable....I guess it was well worth the time after I saw the final product! The Disney characters were made with my Cricut (Mickey and Friends cartridge which I got on clearance at Walmart). I am hoping these will be a big hit at the craft fair in November!

I hope everyone is having a GREAT week so far! Tomorrow I have to go to the airport to pick up my sister...she's flying back from Las Vegas (where she was at a Paul Mitchell Event for hairstylists)! I can't wait to hear what she learned!

2 Excitements In 1 Day!

Today was an AWESOME day! First I got to spend the morning with my friend Liz helping her put together a display board for her presentation she had to give in class this afternoon! We had so much fun playing with my Cricut and getting her board to be just perfect!

Also this morning I got an AWESOME package in the mail from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap...it was my Copics that I ordered! WOO-HOO! So this afternoon I ripped them open and started to color! I, of course, do not think I am good with them....but practice does make perfect.....so that means I will be coloring a lot!!! Here's a picture of my new babies....aren't they beautiful?:


Then I logged onto the Rockbottom Scrapbook Supplies yahoo group (which Loreen from Wish On a Scrap runs) and found out that I am the winner of the monthly contest kit! YAY! I am soooo excited! Each month Loreen hand picks a bunch of items and puts them into a kit for $25! You can see the kits here! She offers add ons (such as embellishments, papers, alters, inks, and stamps) which can be purchased also. This monthly kit is loaded with so many supplies it makes my head spin! You definitely get a GREAT deal with buying the kit....and the selection Loreen gets for us is HUGE! I love everything about it! Then after you get your monthly kit you just start creating and post your creations in the group.....and at the end of the month Loreen picks a winner to receive the next month's kit FREE! That means I AM GETTING AUGUST'S KIT FOR FREE!!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!! Thanks again Loreen for making the group so much fun....you are the best!

Here are my creations that I submitted with July's kit contents:

First I made this card oraganizer/holder....let's just say when you need hemp twine and you don't have any.....you can improvise with ANYTHING laying around! I got some of my hubby's string from his work!


Then my second entry was a coaster flip out album!

I have a few blog candy alerts for you too....stop over by Kathy and Vicki to say hi for your chance to win their PIF candy!

My day was terrific...I hope everyone else enjoyed their day as much as I did!

WI Scrappers Un-Circle Journal Swap Continued...

OK I finished my layouts just in the knick of time! Woo-Hoo....I was so worried I was going to be late with these.....but I think I work BETTER under pressure! I had so much fun with this swap...although next time I would start sooner...I am trying to break the procrastination habit! hee hee!

Here are the pages that I made for Amy. Her album was Causes For a Cure. I didn't have a specific topic so I did a spin off of the "Relay For Life" and decorated the pages in purple.
Same page as above just showing the hidden journaling tag:

Layout number 2 for Amy.....I thought Causeabella fit PERFECT in this layout and I gave her a sparkly ribbon with my stickles!

Same layout as above showing the hidden journaling tag:

The next layouts are the ones that I made for Dannelle. Dannelle's album was about her daughter's 2nd birthday party! Dannelle wanted bright (primary) colors used...so this one was a lot of fun! I had the topic of family.

Same as above showing the hidden journaling tag:
Layout number 2:
Same as above showing the hidden journaling tag:
I hope you all enjoyed these layouts! I had so much fun making them! It seems more fun to create layouts for others than making my own scrapbook pages! :)

My Un-Circle Journal Swap at WI Scrappers!

I signed up for a un-circle journal swap at the WI Scrappers board back in May/June! There are ten of us total who signed up and each person got to pick the size of their album, their criteria for pages, and topic! My topic was our friend's wedding (the ones who just got married in June)! Well go figure....miss procrastinator kept putting off her layouts and now they are due Aug. 1st to the swap leader! I started my pages Saturday....and as of right now I only have 4 layouts left to do! Woo-Hoo! AND I even LOVE how all of the layouts turned out! I hope the recipients all love their pages as much as I do! Without further a-do.....Here are the layouts I made:

First off is the layouts for Kathy R....her album is about her Dad....and I choose the topic of guiter b/c Kathy's Dad plays bass guitar! I had the perfect paper for this!
** I don't know why some pics are sideways....they weren't like that when I uploaded them...Weird blogger***

And here is the layout with the hidden journaling tab pulled out:

Next is Kathy A's layouts! Her album is "All About Me" and I had the topic of girly pages! Can you tell I love to use pink and brown! I thought these turned out GREAT! The layout says Sweet on one side and Sassy on the other.

Layout #2 for Kathy A:
And then with the hidden journaling tab pulled out:

These are for Diana. Her album is a tribute album to her Dad who passed away.

Layout #2 for Diana:

These layouts are for Sue. Sue is creating an album of her son throughout his education....from kindergarten through high school.....then someday when her son gets married Sue is going to give the album to her future-daughter-in-law. Isn't that an AWESOME idea? I love it! I had the topic of 9th Grade.
Here are the layouts with the hidden journaling tabs pulled out:

These Carribean Pages are for Connie....her album is on her Cruise! I got to use my micro beads on this layout and had sooooo much fun!

Layout #2 for Connie:
And here is layout #2 again with the hidden journaling tab pulled out:
And finally are the layouts I made for Kathy H......her album is about her camping trip and I had the topic of swimming! Seeing how much I loved the above layout for Connie....I had to use the same one for Kathy....again got to play with my micro beads! :)

Layout #2 for Kathy H

Dannelle and Amy's layouts will be created tomorrow! Thanks for looking at my latest creations!

My Awards!

I was so excited receive a blog award from my GREAT friends. The following people were wonderful and nominated me for this award:
Loreen at Loreen's Scrap Space
Kimmie at Crafting for Sanity
Jacqueline at Sparkles, Charms & Bows

There are some easy rules that go with the award and here they are:
1. Post the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate 7 other worthy bloggers.
4. Add links to their blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I have so many friends that I would love to nominate for this award because I have so many talented friends out here. In no particular order, here are my nominations:
Krystinah at Krystinah
Susan at Stamping Tink
Christine at Scrappin with a Porpoise
Courtney at Created by Courtney
Candy at I Love Chocolate
Heather at Heather's Coffee Break
Jacquie at Javabluestamper

Thanks again to those who nominated me! Hugs to you all!

Blog Candy Alert!

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that Janette over at Card and Chat is giving away some blog candy this week for her blog's 1 year anniversary! She got over 20,000 hits in the past year! What a major accomplishment! Congrats Janette!