Santa got here early this year!!

So I got a FedEx delivery from Hero Arts! In my last post I told you about the $50 shopping spree I won. I thought for sure I would have to pay for shipping myself but I got the shipping worth $32 too!! I placed my order and it turned out the stuff I wanted cost me a bit more than $50 but I figured, hey why not go for it when shipping is free! :) So the other day I got this awsome package with the stuff I ordered. But here's the mind blowing part...on top of the $50 and the $32 for shipping the good people at Hero Arts threw in not one, not two, not three....but six (!!!!) yes, six wood mounted stamps!! How generous is that?!!! They came in little bags with a red ribbon tied around them. Hero Arts ROCK!! Can't wait to start playing with my new goodies!

Took a couple of pictures of my goodies for you to see. Sorry about the bad pics but I took them inside with no flash.

A close up on the stamps:

and a picture of the stamps I got as a gift:

I've finally gotten some scrappin' done too!! Earlier this week I altered a clock from Kaiser Craft that I got at my LSS. The roman numbers (rubons) and the black gem stones are also from Kaiser Craft. The adorable pp is from Pink Paisley and so are the butterfly rubons. I just totally fell in love with the owl when I got that pp in my monthly kit from My Creative Scrapbook.

Last night I made a layout for a sketch challenge at My Creative Scrapbook. The talented Liz Qualman has made the sketch that you can see here: http://mycreativescrapbook.invisionzone.com/uploads/1220400902/med_gallery_4_2_93468.jpg

and here's my take on it:

The sweet girl in the pictures is my niece Evelina. Third time was the charm in getting her to smile when I took these pictures! The LO is called "At last I got a smile". The papers used here was also in my september kit from My Creative Scrapbook. The black and the turqouise pp's are from Vintage Moon. The overlay to the right in the picture is from Hambly.

That's all for now but I have a few more projects in progress so check back soon for a new post! :)

A lucky girl!!

I've had a great couple of scrapbooking weeks! It actually started about a month ago I think when I posted a comment in the Hero Arts blog and won an embellishment kit. My luck continued with one of the weekly drawings for the Sizzlin Summer Contest over at My Creative Scrapbook where I won a prize. (Don't know what the prize is yet, I will recieve it with my September Kit from My Creative Scrapbook). The next awsome thing was that I submitted a card for a birthday challenge at the Hero Arts blog and I was so suprised and so excited when I found out that I had won 1st place there among lots of great entries. The prize was a $50 shopping spree in the Hero Arts shop. Then tonight, the winners in the 6 categories in the Sizzlin Summer Contest at My Creative Scrapbook was announced and I won the "Family Time" category with my Summer Sweet / Sommar Fina LO. (you can see that LO in my previous post here in the blog) The prize for that will also be sent to me with my september kit!! I have some serious happy mail coming my way shortly!! :)

Another great scrapbook related thing that happened recently was that some of my work was published at http://www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com/ . 3 of my vintage ATC's, my necklace and my fridge magnets. Tonight I got another e-mail from them telling me they have accepted another one of my LO's for publication! Super exciting!!

When I started scrapping just over a year ago I would never have dreamed that would be so lucky and fortunate! Not only lucky in winning contest but the greatest part of it is that I have met some wonderful new friends through scrapbooking. Both IRL and online!!
Hugs to all of you!!

Here are a few more cards and a LO I've made recently:

First is a card for my brothers 40th birthday. My brother is a musician so the DCWV Rockstar paper was just perfect for this! The "hinges" that looks like little guitars are grungeboard that I painted with crackle paint. The title letters are also grungeboard painted with crackle paint. I've never made a card this big before. It's a 12x12 paper that I folded in half.





This next card I made for my niece Rebecca for her 7th birthday. I wanted to try the inchies technique that I saw a video tutorial for at the Hero Arts blog and this is how my card turned out.



Finally a LO I made for the August Sketch Challenge at My Creative Scrapbook. The very talented Liz Qualman (Q-Diggity) http://lizqualman.blogspot.com/ has made the sketch
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk12/MCS_designteam/AugustSketch.jpg
and here's my take on it:

Sizzlin' Summer Contest!

I've participated in a challenge at mycreativescrapbook.com that has been running for the past six weeka. It was all about summer and the things we do during the summer. It's been so much fun and last night I posted my 6th and last LO. Every week there has been a drawing among the people who have uploaded a LO that week and I was the lucky winner of week 5! Can't wait to get my scrappy goodies in the mail! Can't wait for the judges to make their decisions about the winners either! They've got a tough job ahead of them cause there's a LOT of great entries!

I thought I'd post the LO's I have made for the challenges.

First off is the Water Fun category. The pics are taken 2 years ago when we visited my step kids grandpa and step grandma. They loved cooling off in the little pool. The neighbors dog came over and wanted to jump in too! :) (the title is in swedish as usual and means Summer Bath).

The next challenge I completed was for the Outdoor Activities category. What's better on a nice hot summer day then to enjoy a popsicle! These pictures were taken this summer, again visiting the kids grandpa and step grandma. The kids are relaxing, eating their popsicles out on the patio. "Glasstajm" means Ice Cream Time.

Week 3 the category I picked was Summer Love and I decided to scrap an old picture from back in 1980 when I was a flower girl at a wedding! After listening to my brothers saying that they would never smile and let their teeth show in a picture again cause they looked stupid in their school photos, I decided that was the best way to go! No matter how hard the photographer tried saying the most hilarious things, I held my smile together and did now show my teeth! It's a cute story now but I wish I had just smiled big letting my teeth show! :) The title says "Flowergirl 1980"

Week 4 I went with the Family Time category and scrapped this really cute picture of my niece and nephews. (My oldest brothers kids). Aren't they adorable? I just love that picture of them! The title can't be translated directly to english but I choose to call it "Summer Sweet"

Week 5 I picked the Vacation category and scrapped some animal pictures from Borås Djurpark (Borås Zoo) that we visited this summer with the kids. Almost everything on this LO are papers and embellies from the monthly kit at My Creative Scrapbook. I loved the kit and had so much fun playing with it on this LO! The title would be translated to "Visitors from far away".

For the final week (number 6) I was really pressed for time! The category was Cookouts and I'm not entirely happy with this LO. However, I finished it at 2.30 AM and I was too tired to do it over. Food looks delish though right?! :)

I'm really proud to have gotten so many LO's done! Guess I like working under pressure. It's been fun making LO's and taking a little break in the card making!

I would also like to say thanks for the feedback on the new design of the blog and thanks for checking in! A new blog post will be up within the next few days! :)