So Cal Scrap Sketch Challenge

If you are looking for some fun challenges to start out your year be sure to check out the So Cal Scrap site, they have a bunch of challenges and contests going on. I am currently participating in 15 week sketch challenge, here is my entry, and the sketch I had to work from. I really love this picture of my Abby, it was taken while she was watching the Beluga Whales in the Wild Arctic Exhibit at Sea World. This first challenge is not due until 1/2/08, so you still have time to get in on the fun here is the link:

So Cal Scrap Sketch Challenge

Happy Scrappin'

It's Almost 2008!!!

Wow, another year has come and gone, so before we say goodbye to 2007 I have a few fun little announcements:

1. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Newsletter contest, I have sent out quite a few Rak's and still have more to send out!! Be sure to check if you name us on the list of winners, if you are on there be sure to send me yoru address so I can send out your RAK!!

2. Originally we were giving out additional RAK's for every 5 people who you referred, guess what? We are giving a RAK to everyone who sent referrals over. The 5 referral RAK Winners are:

Laurie Rush (5 RAK's) and the following scrappers will each receive 1 referral RAK:

Ming Luong
Tina Mayo
Laura Casey
Kelli Tran
Carlee Murphy

Great job ladies, Thank you so much!!!

The prize pack winner that was drawn for everyone who registered for our newsletter is . . . Tricked you, I can't tell till tomorrow, you can read it in our Newsletter or here on our blog!!

3. Out Of Your Box Color Challenge, the colors selected and winner will be announced tomorrow!!

Well that's all the contest announcements I have for 2007, thank you for visiting and have a happy and safe New Year!! See you in 2008!!

2008 Desk Calendar

Newsletter Contest - More RAK Winners!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, I have listed all the names below - in no particular order. There were so many of you I didn't want anyone to feel left out so I picked an extra 5 people, I wish I could send one to EVERYONE! Thanks for your participation!!

A few names have different symbols by them if you have a (*) next to your name it means I have received your address and I will be shipping your RAK today. If you have a (+) sign next to your name it means someone has already entered your name as a referral and you are on your way to more RAK's!!.

We already have our first referral RAK winner actually this person is getting 4, that means 20 of her nearest and dearest friends entered her name as the referral and the first winner is . . .
Laurie Rush!!!!!!


If your name is on the list, just e-mail me you name and shipping information and I will send it out asap!!! E-mail me at rivpunk@aol.com!! Thanks everyone and good luck!!


Don't forget this contest isn't over, there are still easy ways to win, plus everyone will be entered into the grand prize drawing!!!

1. Rochelle Spears*
2. Susan McFarlane*
3. Nancy*
4. Robin Redd
5. Carrie Castro
6. Jill Brush*
7. Sheri Pugh
8. Christa Davidson
9. Kristi Forsythe
10. Renee Calcagno*

11.Laura Casey+
12.Thach Luong
13. Cynthia Steinbrecher
14. Carlee Murphy
15. Ellen Leverett
16. Sunshine Asuncion
17.Nancysara Waldner
18. Patty Williams
19.Stephanie Shreeve
20.Tina Mayo +
21.Celina Poole
22.Bethany Schultz
23.Robin Morgan
24.Jeannie Moler
25. Grace Rojo
26.Kristi Beisel
27.Laurie Rush +
28. Ming H. Luong+
29. Kelli Tran+
30.Beth Williams

Newsletter Contest - 25 RAK's winners!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners so far, as you can see there are only 10, so you know what that means there are still more RAK's to be given out, plus a bunch of other ways to win!!!!
If your name is on the list, just e-mail me you name and shipping information and I will send it out asap!!! E-mail me at rivpunk@aol.com!! Thanks everyone and good luck!!


1. Rochelle Spears*
2. Susan McFarlane*
3. Nancy*
4. Robin Redd
5. Carrie Castro
6. Jill Brush*
7. Sheri Pugh
8. Christa Davidson
9. Kristi Forsythe
10. Renee Calcagno*

Newsletter Sign-Up Contest

In honor of our first official Newsletter, we are having a fun contest with so many ways to win, check them out below:

Sign-up here

1. The first 25 people to sign up for our newsletter will
receive a RAK from Scrappin' Escapes - what an easy way
to win a prize!

2. The fun doesn't end there send this link with all the info
to all your friends, when they sign up all they have to do is
enter YOUR FIRST and LAST NAME in the referred by field
and you will be entered into a drawing!

3. WAIT we are still not done, for every 5 people who enter
your name in the referred by field will receive an additional RAK from me.
There is no limit to the number of RAK's you can receive!

4. Bet you thought we were done - nope 1 more, we will
also select 1 grand prize winner from everyone who
registers for our newsletter, this individual will receive a cool
prize pack and will be announced in our Jan. 1st issue!!

All winners will be announced here on our blog.

Contest ends December 31st.

Contest Link:

http://www.scrappin-escapes.com/newslettersignup.html

Out of Your Box 2-part Challenge

Join me in this fun Out of Your Box Color Challenge!

Part 1 – Due Dec. 31^st.

Select 3 – 5 colors that you would normally not consider complimentary, you can choose colors that YOU would not work with or you can choose the 5 most hideous colors you can come up with. For this part of the challenge all you have to do is send me an e-mail with your color choices. Please send an e-mail to jessica@scrappin-escapes.com with the subject line “OYB Challenge” include the following in your e-mail:

Name

Color choices

The person whose color scheme we select will be the winner of part 1 and will have their color scheme used in part 2 of the challenge, this individual will also receive a fun prize! Part 2 of the challenge will be announced here on our blog on Jan 2, 2008.

Part 2 – Due Jan. 15th

You will create a card, layout, tag, altered item whatever you like the only requirement is that you use the colors selected from part 1 of the challenge. That’s it, the point of this challenge is to step out of your comfort zone and get creative!

E-mail your entry to Jessica@scrappin-escapes.com with the subject line “OYB Challenge – Part 2”

The winner will be announced on Jan. 20, 2008 here on our blog

Thanks to everyone who participates and have fun with it!

SCS New Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone this is a fun challenge being sponsored by So Cal Scrap, be sure to check out the website, they have a great online store and a great group of scrappers! Here is the challenge info and a link to the site below, good luck and have fun!

To visit the So Cal Scrap Website, just click on this link So Cal Scrap


New Sketch Challenge Contest
January is almost here...so let's get busy! Woo-Hoo!
The Rules:
*all of your layouts must be created specifically for this challenge. (layouts can not be posted for additional SCS challenges)
*each week a new sketch will be posted for 15 weeks. Those completing all 15 layouts within 1 week of the sketch posting, will get a RAK from me. You will have 1 week at the end of the 15 weeks to catch up & be sure all your layouts are posted to the gallery (gallery location to be announced. I may ask you to create a FLIKR album or similar so that voting can take place via our Blog ro I may create the albums using your photos loaded to your SCS gallery.) Everyone who has all 15 sketches completed will be entered to win. The gallery who gets the most votes will win a $20 gift card for the SoCalScrap.us store.
*This round will also be offered to non-members too! Very Happy (which is why we will most likely need to do voting via our blog)
in the meantime, you can post your completed layouts to your SCS gallery each week.

Happy Monday!!

I hope everyone had a great weekend I had 3 yes 3 sick kids at home, everyone had runny noses and a cough, although this is not the worst they have been. Everyone is back at school now except for my small fry Abby - she gets to hang with mom at home and nanny Ness. On a scrappy note I have been working at coming up with some fun weekly challenges for 2008, so be sure to check back often.

Ebay layout

Hello, so it has been 11 days since my last post and I have been busy working on my upcoming February retreat, layouts to list on eBay, and handmade Christmas presents. I will post those at a later date. I thought I would share this cute little eBay layout I made , I have said it before my personal style and eBay style vary so differently, yet I love them both! Enjoy the layout and I will stop and check in later.

CONTROLLED CHAOS!!

So here is one of my latest layouts, I had fun making this it screams controlled chaos, I love it!! This is my Maddy Bear, I took this photo of her at Sea World, I beleive it was either in May or mid summer. See how quickly we forget . . .

Nothing but Cardstock!

Happy Tuesday everyone, I created this layout for the So Cal Scrappers November Challenge, I used a 12 x 12 picture from Costco as my base and then from there added the rest, I used cardstock on the chipboard letters as well as for the giraffe design on the side of the page. I also used the best marker in the world - the Galaxy Maker! I am happy with this layout, as i said before I am really enjoying the simpler layouts I have been doing recenlty!

Cruise Pics!!

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving!! Are you all still worn out from shopping? I decided to stay in and relax, I am still recovering from my cruise, I started relaxing and found it difficult to get back in the swing of things, too many baby free days I suppose. lol Well here are some cruise photos enjoy!

I love K & Co. Wild Saffron Line!!

Can I just tell you that the best kind of scrapbooking paper is the type that inspires you, It is soo much fun to see patterned paper that make you want to dig out all your scrapping supplies and create. Well this adorable line from K & Co. (Wild Saffron) is totally inspiring me to create, design, cut, stick, and crop!!! I love it!! I think after I do a layout I have in mind I will a create a mini book, this paper is screaming CREATE!!!!!!

Wild Saffron Paper

Back from cruising!

Hi Everyone I am officially back from my cruise, I had a great time with my friend Kathi, and enjoyed the maddening relaxation. Yes maddening, I am not use to relaxing much less relaxing without my children. I thought I was going to lose my mind more than once. I was able to wake up everyday and take a relaxing shower without having someone yelling at me from the other side of the door lol. None the less I am happy to resume my scrap addicted life. I don't think I could have done anything less on my cruise lol.
Well I am off to create!!

Cruising next week!!

I can't believe it has been an entire week since my last post, it feels like just yesterday that it was Halloween, oh well C'est la vie (That's Life)! I have been hard at work preparing for my San Diego Scrapbooking Retreat Weekend in Feb., it is still awhile away but there is a ton to do to make this event ROCK!! I am also trying to get as much as possible done prior to next week, why you ask??? I am going on a 5 day cruise to Mexico, YEAHHHHHHH! I am totally excited, mind you I am also completely anxious about leaving my kids for 5 days, I have not been away from my baby that long. As any mother knows there is a mixture of excitement and anxiety at the thought of getting away for some "ME" time. So I will be taking lots of pics to share with you all, and I think I am going to go scrap, after all I need to create or I will go totally insane. Happy Scrappin'!!

Sweet Boy Layout!

I completed this layout of my Matthew last night, I had been wanting to do a layout of him for some time, since I tend to focus on my girls a bit. I loved how this turned out, I used black acrylic paint, Close to My Heart White Daisy cardstock, Heidi Swapp Chipboard, red felt and less than half a piece of patterned paper, oh yes and 3 silver brads.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! I just got back from the Halloween Parade at my kids school, very cute I saw some adorable costumes, a ton of princesses of course, and some scary costumes - you know the type blood and gore, usually the 5th and 6th grade boys. My son (Matthew) was fussing all last night because he had misplaced his white makeup - he was going to be some type of evil warlock thing. Well guess what I get to school and he is just wearing the gown, no makeup or mask, GRRRRR, I wanted to strangle him lol. My daughter Maddy was content to go as a skater, yup she put on jeans, t-shirt, hat and walked around with a skateboard, oddly this isn't that different than her usual choice of attire - she was as happy as a little clam. I guess I should be thankful that they picked easy costumes this year. My little one (Abby) is going to be a giraffe, not my first choice, but my aunt brought the costume over (A big Thanks to her) and why not at 1 year and 2 months I don't think she really cares lol. Well shortly it will be time to go Tricker Treating, although I got off easy this year, both my kids begged me to go with friends, since I know both sets of parents I said sure. Yippy , I get to be the chauffeur to each location . . . Well for all you lucky parents who will be hitting the town with your darlings, have a great time, be Safe and don't forget to take tons and tons of pictures.

Happy Monday to me and all of you! i have been scrapping all morning, not my personal pages, pages for ebay. The hardest thing I am finding about scrapbooking and selling my work on ebay and personal scrapbooking is that the styles are totally different. As you can see from the layout I did this past weekend, I am going to a more simplified style, with total emphasis on the pic. I wanted to do the title in big chipboard letters, but it felt like it was overpowering the pictures. Then on the other hand you have my ebay layouts they are totally overblown, here is the picture of one I am currently selling. See what i mean, I have to say the one of Abby I posted above has to be my personal favorite to date.

The time has come to start blogging . . .

Hello to all my scrap addicted friends, the time has come for me to start blogging, it has been slowly building up - Should I? Shouldn't I? Well I did. So if you have read this far then you are still interested in my ramblings. Well today has been a fairly mellow day, I finished a fall layout for my darling little Abby, my cute sweet, adorable, darling, a bit temperamental 1 year old. Yes for being such an avid scrapper I don't have nearly as much done as I would like, but who among us does? If you are one of those intrepid scrappers that is completely up to date, then you are absolutely never allowed to read this blog again. I am just kidding everyone is welcome even if you are a scrapbook over achiever! So here is today's layout, my little Abby strolling along.