Leaves & Change

Hey y'all & happy Saturday!
It's another hot one here, so I enjoyed walking the dogs early this morning & staying inside the rest of the day! We are headed to a friend's 40th birthday party tonight. Hope it doesn't storm!!

So the newest challenge is up at Southern Girl Challenges & this time we want to see leaves on your project! Here is the layout I made:

I used my Martha Stewart punch to create the leaves & vines along the edges of the chevron paper.

The other leaves are fussycut from an OLD piece of paper that I had in my scraps box.

I also played along with the MOTM challenge at Memorable Seasons. Sally is the member of the month & I lifted her layout "Awesome Buddies".

We hope you get the chance to play along with us! Link up to enter for a chance at the many prizes!!

I also wanted to let you all know (in case you don't already) that Google is discontinuing their Google Reader feature on July 1st. This is also known as Google Friends Connect. You know, where you click on the blue box to follow a blog you love? (I hope you'll continue following me! I LOVE having you all here!!) This means if you want to continue to follow my blog (along with any others on Blogger), you will now have to use another reader.
Here is how to export your current blogs to Bloglovin':
   

 The first step is to Export Your Feeds. First, log in to your Google account. Then, by using this link, it will immediately download your RSS Feeds. If you’re not sure which reader you’ll be using, it’s nice to have a copy of those feeds on your hard drive.
If you’ve decided to use BlogLovin’ to follow your favorite blogs, there’s a simple step to export your feeds right into Bloglovin‘. Super easy and you won’t miss any of your favorite blogs!
Good Luck!

Thanks to my friend Christine for sharing this news!
I hope to see you all after July 1 too!
~Stephanie

Let's Play Tic Tac Toe!

Hey friends & happy Monday!
We are counting down the days til the end of school. Now it's officially 8 1/2!! Where has this year gone?!!!

Well, the latest challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenge. It is called "Tic Tac Toe"! You have to use three things in a row from the following tic tac toe board on your project:


You can choose a line top to bottom, left to right or diagonally. I chose ink or paint; stars & chevrons. Here is my layout:

I kept it simple here as the chevron paper makes a huge statement in & of itself. I inked & distressed the edge of my photo mat, added some star sequins & misted the stars from Pink Paislee. The "I love you" ribbon is so old that I cannot even remember where I got it! Of course I had to add some washi tape (here in black w/ white dots from K&Co.). The alphas are from AC Thickers. The date sticker is from Jenni Bowlin & the "December" tag is from a kit by Theresa Collins.

I chose my title based on this picture taken on Christmas day, 2009. Our poor (now deceased) dog looks like he is beyond humiliated! I think Ty was trying to remove the Santa hat! And Leah looks so utterly disgusted with the taking of photos! Hence my title-HA! 

Make sure you play along with this fun challenge & be sure to link up here for a chance at the prize!!

Thanks for swinging by my blog today!

~Stephanie

  

You Can Say That Again

Hey friends! Today a new challenge went up at Southern Girls Challenge. This time we want to see your projects with a sentiment or quote.
Here is the layout I made:

I have been a huge fan of the Counting Crows since "Mr. Jones" was so popular in the early 90's. Their song "Long December" has been a favorite of mine, & the quote I used here is from that song. "Hold on to these moments as they pass....."

  This was a great way to use up scrap papers! I cut them all different sizes & used border punches on some.
I hope you get a chance to play along with us at SGC! Link up here for a chance at a prize!!
Good night & keep scrapping!
~Stephanie

Stripes!

Hey all!
So a new challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenge & this time it's to use stripes on your project. Easy as pie!
Here is a layout I made of Ty going to pre-school when he was only two! What a bitty-baby! He even still had his binky!!! Love this photo of him.

I used a mix of  patterned paper, including some with wide stripes. I stamped the circles around the page with a cream paint.

Thanks for stopping by & I really hope to see some of your creations at SGC!
~Stephanie

Tag-You're It!!

Hey friends! Happy Friday!!!
It's been a crazy week here. I was sick with a cold that I caught from Tyler; we had snow on Wednesday & the kids were home from school and Drew & I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary!! WOW! It doesn't seem possible that we have been married that long ago! I still remember the day we met like it was last year. Time sure has flown by, but I also can't remember my life without Drew in it! (We began dating when I was 19.)

The kids really enjoyed their snowday! We only got about 3 inches but it was enough for them to play outside in it with friends & build snowmen. Now I am ready to move onto Spring!!

The newest challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenges. It is to use a tag(s) on your project. Easy-peasy, right?! Head over to see the design teams' creations & link up! We love to see what you all create! There are also some fabulous prizes up for grabs!
Here is the layout I made:

I used Tim Holtz distress ink to color the tag then added small alpha stickers from Cosmo Cricket to create my title. 
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a great, crafty weekend!!
~Stephanie

Bling It On!

Hey y'all! Just got home from the kids' teacher conferences & got great reports on both of them! Leah got all A's last 9 weeks-we are all so proud of her! Ty's teacher raved about how awesome he is doing, how smart he is & what a nice, polite, kind child he is. There is no better feeling in the world to me than to be told how great of a job you are doing as a parent. It makes all the hard times & the up-hill battles all worth while! And it the most important job I will ever have & one I do not take lightly. I think long & hard about how we are raising our children & the people we want them to turn out to be. (So far, so GOOD!)

In other news here, the new challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenges. This one is a fun one-we want to see BLING on your project! Here is the layout I made:

There is bling on the "Memories" title.

And aslo on the butterflies, flower centers & the doily.

I added Stickles to the chipboard balloon above.
We hope you get a chance to play along with this awesome challenge & link up here. We love seeing everyone's creations!
Good night!
~Stephanie

  

SGC Thank You Challenge

Hey y'all! A new challenge is up at Southern Girls Challenges. It is called "thank you kindly". We want to see a project that reflects thanks. Here is my layout:

 I used the January kit from Flying Unicorn and started with this sketch from ScrapFriends.

What a great sketch! I love the eclectic feel to it! And I have had a blast playing with this month's kit from FUL. I think it has been my favorite!! It is definitely the one that has best fit my style.

I am hoping to scrap some more with it over the weekend. Right after I take down all the Christmas decorations, clean the house, remove the outside Christmas decorations and go to Ty's first basketball game! HA!! We'll see what I can squeeze in!

Have a good night!

~Stephanie 

Pink and Brown

Hey ya'll! Happy Black Friday! Did you do lots of shopping today? I did none! I fought the crowds last year & decided it was not my cup of tea! I'll gladly pay a little more to avoid that chaos!!!

Today the new challenge went live at Southern Girls Challenges. It is a color challenge-we want to see pink & brown on your project! Here is my layout:

We hope you get a chance to play along & link up your creations here!
I will be back later with more but for now I am off to clean & decorate the house some for Christmas!!!
Yippee!
~Stephanie

Animal Crackers

That is the challenge over at Southern Girls Challenges (not my favorite snack)!! Check it out and play along! We'd love to see what you create with an animal on it!
Here is my layout for this challenge:

I started with the Prima Craftsman paper line & then cut the zigzag pattern from the Scrap Cake paper (all from the Flying Unicorn October kit). The airplane is fussy cut from Kaiser Craft paper, also from the fabulous kit!

The vine is my latest punch purchase. It's from Martha Stewart. I love it!! The flowers are all from Petaloo. Letter stickers are from Prima.

This fabulous wooden birdcage is from KaiserCraft. I wish I had a hundred more!! I misted it with red ink then used a black paint pen to give it some distressing.

This cute wooden bird is also from Prima.
Ty was Superman for Halloween in 2009. (Yep, the date on my layout is wrong! Gotta fix that!) I am just getting around to scrapping some of those photos!!

  I hope you all have a great Thursday & that you get a chance to play along at SGC! Make sure  to link up your creations here!!
HugS!
Stephanie

Spots & Stripes

Hey y'all! Today my first challenge at Southern Girls Challenges went up! Woo hoo! And I even made a card!! Not my fortay, but I conquered a Halloween card. The challenge is to use spots &/or stripes on your project. You can check it out & play along here .
Here is my project:

The image is from DTS Art. Check them out. They have some really fun digital images!
I hope you get a chance to play along at SGC!
Happy Wednesday!
~Stephanie

New Design Team!

So I have been waiting anxiously for awhile to share my exciting news.....I made the DT for Southern Girls Challenges!! I am so excited! It is a challenge site that accepts all types of papercraft projects. So much fun!
Here are the names of the new designers:

Christine

Carolyn

Kathleen

----------------->Stephanie <------That's me!

Valerie

 

If you haven't had a chance to check out all the fun, please head over there now! We'd love for you to play along if you can! 

~Stephanie