please welcome our newest dt members!

this is always a hard choice, i appreciate everyone who applied
please meet and welcome our newest dt members for the next 6 months!

Jess-card team
her bio:
I'm a 21 year old college student studying to become a preschool teacher. At school I volunteer with local kids, study in preschools, work as a writing tutor, and run the craft club with my friend. I’ve been scrapping for about 5 years since I went on a trip to Italy and wanted to document it. I love everything with papercrafting from altered objects to LOs to cards. But I very passionate about cards because to me they are mini works of art.

and her blog:
http://basicjess.blogspot.com/

karan-team b

her bio:

I am a savvy scrapbooker and I love playing with texture and embellishments, paints, stamps, metals and fabric. I embrace change in the scrapbooking world and am always on the lookout for new and unique products and new techniques to try. The majority of my work is done in a 12x12 format although, I also enjoy making unique mini books, tag books, cards and albums, and just about any other paper arts projects I stumble upon.

I believe scrapbooking is an outlet to share our creativity and our individualities, as well as our love for our families; a way to meet wonderful new friends; share our joys and sorrows; to simply be the person we were created to be and express ourselves with paper and altered art.

her blog:
http://karangerber.blogspot.com/

Fia-team b
her bio:
I am 48 years young,married almost 12 years and we have a son Jaimie,he is 8 years old.
We live in the Netherlands,my passion is scrapbook,and since my visit to the USA a few
years ago I really got into it and bought more stuff...

My favorit brand is Basic Grey and American crafts and my favorite to make are
mini-albums from Maya Road. I got into cardmaking recently and I hope to make something
more out of that.

her blog:
http://scrapandme-scrap4fun.blogspot.com/

Please welcome our new dt girls

sadly we had 2 dt members step down, i am sad to see them go:( but i understand life gets busy and people must move on.
this was a hard decision, we have so many talented ladies on our ning group

first i want to introduce melissa, she has been a member since we were on cafemom and she is a great person and a great scrapper!

I am married to my hubby Dean, for almost 10 years. We have beautiful, sassy, blue eyed, blond haired, 2 year old ray of sunshine whom we call Mistie Rose. And as you can read I am very proud of her! I work at a local community bank. And I love crafts of all kind but fell head over heels in love with scrapbooking back when I wanted to make our wedding album. I have a large family and love hanging out with them. I also love Nascar--go Jimmie Johnson #48! And love my church, camping, boating, and hosting our annual Luau party every May.

http://missymessythoughts.blogspot.com/

and next we have angie, she is joining our card team! her stuff is stunning and i cant wait to get to work with both these ladies!
Hi! My name is Angie Worthington, I live near Greenville, North Carolina, and just a
short drive away from my favorite place, the beach. I have been married to my
high school sweetheart for almost 20 years!!! We are blessed to have a wonderful
daughter who is almost 13! We also have the cutest little Cockapoo, Jersey.
I was introduced to scrapbooking back in 1997 at a friends’ “scrapbooking party.”
There have been a few “dry spells” over the years, but for the past 5 years I have made time to “create” several days a week.
About 5 years ago, I was introduced to card-making and it quickly become something I “have” to do at least once a week!
I love that cards are quick and simple, and the fact that a handmade card always puts a big smile on someones face.

http://sunsandsurfandscrapit.blogspot.com/
welcome aboard ladies

our new dt members

just wanted to make a post with our new great dt girls!
i am so excited to have them on board and they are really awesome girls!

Amanda:

I am married to my husband, Jason for almost five years [where does the time go?!] and we have two beautiful children, Trenton 3 years old and Jocelyn 8 months. I have been scrapbooking for about 10 years and stamping for almost 6 years. I am completely addicted to this hobby. I love it so much I decided to make it a job for me. I have started my own scrapbooking/paper crafting company. I scrapbook for other people. I also have my own etsy store which I try to keep updated as much as I can.

Nikki:

I'm Nik from South Cackalack (South Carolina, USA).   I am married to the most wonderful man, Victor, and we have six terrific children  ages 19, 17, 15, 8, 5 and 4.  I work third shift as a  Detention Officer at a large city jail and I am the owner of Touched By  Love Florist and La Pasadita Seafood Restaurant.   I have been scrapping for 19 years but devotely for almost 10 years.   My style is linear with a touch of freestyle.   My favorite products/techniques are paint, stitching and ribbon.   I believe there is no right or wrong way to scrap as  long as the story of your life is being told.   I look forward to contributing and being inspired  here at Let's Scrap and can't wait to get to know y'all better :)

Deb:

Hi! I am Deborah, wife to Kevin of almost 15 years and mom to my two girls 4 and 13. I am also the mo to three adopted ktties and one lab mix. I am a "retired" Private Investigator and Payroll Specialist who decided to stay home with her kids. It has allowed me the opportunity to spend quite a bit of time paper crafting, which I love.I would love to help in any way possible :) I live in VA and can be reached at htt://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com. I write, teach in my local community, and hostess monthly crops in my area and breathe scrapbooking :)

ladies i love all of your work and so glad your aboard with us!

onto other news we are holding a cupcake crop over on our ning group
march 10-11th please come over and join us! our dt girls have some great challenges,games,how to's and other things!
http://letsscrapdivas.ning.com/

our new dt member is.........

just wanted to say i did get alot of good applications! this was a very tough choice, i also went by forum activity. so ladies who didnt make it,please dont get discouraged cause all of your work is great and if i could have picked all of you i would have.

but our dt members terms are up in may, and who knows we may have a few openings in may so i might be doing another dt call! thanks to everyone who applied

so without further ado!

congrads amanda!

and we are always looking for guest designers so if you interested come join our forum and then email me!

i also wanted to share some of our members wonderful creations! i love our members!

sketch #9
we used sketch #1 from julie bonner
Lori:
celina:
misty:
for the next sketch we used sketch #3 by julie bonner
(can you tell i love her stuff?)
celina:
kathy:
misty:

then we did julie's #2 sketch:
misty:
thanks everyone for stopping by,hope you have a great weekend!

another new design team member

please help me welcome celina! she has been with us for awhile and she always participates! since we added tish i wanted to make things even! so we are so happy to have celina and we are excited to have her!

Hello everyone, my name is Celina and I love to Scrap!! I live in Florida and have 3 teenage boys. Yes they are all at the age that they are eating me out of house and home. They are great kids. One is in college, one is in high school and the youngest is in middle school. I have a wonderful Hubby that loves me enough to help me feed my obsession with scrapbooking and card making.

I began scrapbooking about 12 years ago. I really just wanted to put the photos of my babies in books. Then it evolved from there. I already loved to take pictures. That is my second passion. I take my camera everywhere with me. Sometimes my kids are embarassed by that. But they enjoy looking at the photos later. I also love the fact that there is a camera on my cell phone. I use it often when I don't have time to get my digital camera out.

My favorite embellishments are brads and eyelets. I use them on almost everything. I also love my Cricut. I have had it for almost 2 years and it was well worth it. I could not live with out it.

Scrapbooking has really become a way for me to express myself and a way for me to relax. Often my hubby will ask me if I need some time to scrap when he sees me overwhelmed. He knows that I really enjoy it. The best part about it is seeing my kids look through the books and remember all the things they did as a kid. That makes it all worth the effort!!

please go visit her blog and give her some love!
http://www.celinascraps.blogspot.com/

congrads and a sad goodbye

we had a design member leave, so i am upset to see melissa go, i hope she comes back soon:o(
but i did have to pick another design team member and i choose lori aka mohusker from cafemom. here is her blog:http://lorislifetoday.blogspot.com/
she is a part of our group on cafemom and has been a great supporter and a member who gets involved in alot of things so i am excited to have her apart of the team!

congrads lori and cant wait to see your design team work!

the new design team for cards

I am so sorry i wanted to post this last night but we lost our internet again. This was a super hard choice we had alot of applications and all of you are talented. i would like a guest designer each month so please let me know if you interested. and i hope you all come back to visit our blog and play with us!

so here they are in no certain order

Terry Gerrior

I am married to my best friend for 25 years. We don’t have any children except for 2 very spoiled dogs and 3 demanding cats. At the moment I am unemployed but looking for work…I love to do all kinds of crafts but enjoy working with paper the most. I love to make cards and alter things. I also enjoy cooking, camping and watching old movies.

krista hanna
I am a stay at home mom to my two children Lucas and Katelynne- and I also am a registered daycare provider! During the day I care for four children besides my own, and I have a home preschool program to keep them busy! Scrapbooking has been a hobby of mine for over 4 years now, and I have enjoyed every minute of it! Some of my other hobbies include cooking, reading (usually I am reading a cookbook!), and dabbling in other crafts including sewing and making boutique bows/baby items. I am excited to be a part of the Let's Scrap design team and to share my own designs and tips with you!
her blog:http://www.decorativememories.blogspot.com/

Ann Seleshanko

her blog:http://adayinthelifetoo.blogspot.com/
Hi my name is Ann and I'm very pleased to be a part of the Let's Scrap team. I've been married for 10 years and I'm a stay at home mom of two boys almost 6 and 8. They are the subject of most of my layouts. I live in Calgary, Alberta and there is no where else I'd rather be. I love being so close the the mountains. I'm a big history buff and have a degree in History. I've been scrapbooking almost 10 years and making cards for about 5 years. I'm totally addicted. I love sketches as a starting point for creating. I love how one sketch can take on so many different forms. I'm on the design team at Savvy 'n' Sassy (http://www.savvynsassy.com/index.html) and I also sketch/design for SheetLoad of cards (http://sheetload.blogspot.com/). I'm starting to dabble in photography and I'm hoping to take some courses now that the kids are back to school. I started a writting on a blog this spring and you can find me here http://adayinthelifetoo.blogspot.com/.

Deana Boston
I love fashion... & have too many clothes, handbags & shoes
I love travel... anywhere, but especially to our home-away-from home in Scottsdale
I love working-out... & am training for my 2nd 1/2 marathon
I love music... all kinds, but especially stuff from the 80's
I love creating... addicted to scrapbooking & making cards
I love interior design shows... & am constantly changing the decor of our house
I love dancing... my favorite classes at the YMCA are Hip Hop & Zumba
I love chocolate... & probably need to eat less of it
I love my family & friends... & they can make me laugh until my stomach hurts

But most of all, I love being married to Bob & being a mom to Bryn. They are the loves of my life & I'm the happiest girl in the world when the 3 of us are together.

her blog:http://deanaboston.typepad.com/divalogues/

Joan
Pic to come soon
her blog:http://raisingalexis.blogspot.com/
joan is battling hurricane ike so we hope her and her family are safe and hope to hear from her soon. say some good prayers for her and her family!


so thank you everyone! we have some more stuff to post but i will do that tomorrow, so look for these awesome ladies work starting in October!

big announcement tomorrow

so we have a big announcement tomorrow! we are going to be announcing our card members design team! we hope you come back tomorrow and check it out. also please dont forget our challenge i posted, come and get some blog candy! 3 birds products yummy!
happy scrapping

Sept design team creations with a challenge:)

hi everyone! without further ado here are the sept design team creations! Here are the sketches the girls had to work with this month:


suzanne is our guest designer for the month so here is her pic and a short bio, also you can find her blog on the right hand side under guest designers
I have been happily married to my hubby, Mike, for 9 years and I am currently a SAHM of 3 gorgeous redheads! My hobbies are reading and scrapbooking and hanging with friends.

Paper is from a Scrapbooking Valentine's 12x12 package from Target's Dollar Aisle

Gerogia Pacific White Cardstock

Black Cardstaock - unknown

Used a cricut to cut the letters and a sizzix diecut to cut the hearts

Colorblok date stamp with Memories Ink

DCWV Summer Stack Paper

K&Company Recycled Green Cardstock

Good Ole Values Chipboard flowers & "Fun" (dollar store stuff)

Paperbilities gold cardstock

Paper is from Best Occassions Mixed Media Pack

Buttons are Favorite Findings

The Beadery Craft Wire

Design team girls!

Renee:

All paper is 3birds
handcut heart
chipboard accents 3birds
smile title- chipchatter
Bazzill cardstock
PP-carolee's creations Adorn it
hand stitching
handcut title, epoxy boy letters
reindeer chipboard oriental trading co
my other project this month was a wall hanging for my neice
coasters
chipchatter
various flowers
ribbon & buttons

Kathy:

You're the Star: Fathers day 2008

The Paper company Card stock in White, Black, blueand yellow

Patterened paper: Karen Foster Design, Tiesand father collage; reminisce; father,

Letters from Die cut letter stack

Doodling done with a Gelly Roll silver stardust pen

Fun Times with Aunti Jenny: Alex's first train ride 2008

Patterened Paper Used: fancy pants paper: about a boy; vivid, Sandylion: school stars, Archivers exclusive, Endless summer in Canopy

Card staock used: Bazzill in Marigold; Paper Company in white

Chip Chatter by pressed petals:style HIP in colors lime and yellow

Journaling done in ZIG marker color pure orange

Paper Bag Calendar:

Items Used: Paint: Plaid Craft smart Paint in colors: turquois, apple tart, mediterranean blue, bright magenta, and orange Apple Barrel Colors in: pool blue, concord grape, laguna,aquamarine Folk art Paint in: lipstick red.

All letters from a die cut letter stack

Embelishments used through out: K and Company Berry Sweet line, Sandylion stickers, flowers from Prima and imaginisce, stickers from creative memories,

Binder rings from office max

stiching done using a zig zag stich in a white thread

Beka:

Patterned Paper ~

DCWV All Dressed Up Stack

Lipstick Dots Glitter CS

Sparkle Stripes Glitter CS

Cardstock ~

Colorbok Dark purple and pink

Paperbilities Basic Black CS

Walmart Color Place Paint Chip Harlequin, Purple Majesty, Radiant Orchid, Ilalian Aster

Alpha Punch - outs Colorbok

Patterned Paper ~

DCWV Rockstar Stack

Stars Silver Foll CS

Crystal Skull Silver Foll CS

DCWV All Dressed Up Stack

Sparkle Stripe Glitter CS

Cardstock ~

Paperbilities (red)

Alpha punch - outs Colorbok

TLC chipboard stars

Random flower from stash

Patterned Paper ~

All Dressed Up Stack DCWV

Sparkle Stripe Glitter CS

At the Rage CS

Lipstick Stripe Glitter CS

Lipstick Dots Glitter CS

Lipstick Sparkle Glitter CS

Daisy Doodles Purple flowers

Green house flowers red and green

Spare parts brads (purple flower and green circle)

Stickles adhesive embellishments (button, bottle and teddy bear stickers)

2 white buttons

flower eyelets K & Company (pink and green)

Pink Sheer Ribbon The Robert Stanley Collection

Mrs. Grossman's Letter stickers (gold)

6 square corrugated coasters by Devrian Global

Jenn:

Colorbok cardstock, American Crafts Ribbon, Calypso flowers, Making Memories Paint, Daisy D's decoritave tape runner, Marcella K word stickers,unkown pattern paper, chipboard, and glitter. Fiskars scissors and paper trimmer.

DCWV pattern paper (Everyday Stack), Cricket (Base Camp), Coffee Zig Pen, Coffee Stamp Craft Ink, Unknown chipboard,stickers, glitter. Fiskars paper trimmer.

Dayna:

Patterned paper: Making Memories, Hiedi Grace Cardstock: Bazzill, StarDream; Flowers: Prima; Brads Hiedi Grace

Pattern Paper and Latice: KI Memories; Cardstock: Bazzill, Worldwin, StarDream; Flower: Hiedi Swapp; Chipboard Letters: Cloud 9; Grouge Board: Tim Holts; Rinestones: Around the Blocks Coloring done with Copic Markers and Color Box Cats Eye Chalk

Patterned Paper is Moxxie, Masterpeice Studios, It takes two CS is Bazzills Ribbon is bobunny. Paper clip and Rubon is Masterpeice Studios. I used the Zutter to make the two notebooks

Melissa:

3-D Embellishments, Alphabet & Pattern Paper: K & Co

Cardstock: Bazzill

Pattern Paper: Prima

Carstock: Prism

Journal Strips: Creative Imaginations

Chipboard: Maya Road

Paint: Making Memories

Cardstock, Lable and Pattern Paper: SEI

Alphabet: Scrap Works

Phew ok what a post right? we are missing dawn but i should have her's soon! i love everyone's work this month! next month we are breaking into teams so it will be shorter posts.

ok so here is my challenge to you, create a LO using one of the sketches leave us a comment about where we can see your work. and in 1 week i will use a random generator and give away some 3 birds product! so cant wait to see what you come up with!

did everyone have a good labor day? oh yeah our new dt member!

hi everyone! I hope everyone had a safe holiday weekend! be on the lookout tomorrow for our dt's reveals! and a challenge with some blog candy-yummy! we have restructured a little and are dividing into teams so every 2 weeks our blog will have new sketches plus some cool tips, tricks and things! I am so excited that our design team is growing and having so much fun, we have some awesome sponsors and its getting better. so thank you to the ladies who have helped us along the way and for our future scrappers who will be with us!

we have had a design member leave so i went through the applications from before and found this awesome lady jackie! go and check out her blog, she is a great artist and i cant wait for her to be apart of our team!
http://www.memoriesartwork.com/

so have a great night and see you all tomorrow!
happy scrapping

Our last day of our crop:(

so today is our final day of our crop over at cafemom and Let's Scrap group! we had alot of fun and alot of challenges and games! everyone who participates will be getting a birthday goodie bag from us.

so soon we will be posting our sept LO's and other things, i have to say these girls have worked there butts off and have some great things to show you! so be on the lookout the 1st of sept! also we are going to have a challenge for you:)

also I am thinking of revamping the group a little adding more things-shh dont tell! i will be making a official announcement soon.

so i hope you all have a safe and happy labor day weekend and happy scrapping!

Congrads to our new design team members!

i just want to take the time to say thank you to everyone who applied. this was really a hard decision we had so many talented ladies apply! please everyone check your emails cause each month we still need a guest dt member.

so we have 2 ladies joining our team, so here are the introductions!

dawn Scruggs

Hello , My name is Dawn , also known as vannasmom. I am happily married to a wonderful supportive husband for almost 6 years , We have one daughter " savanna" justed turned "2" in june!! I have been scrapping since about three months before she came along . I wanted some memories that she can cherish forever!! My blog is : http://vannasmom.blogspot.com , I try to keep it updated as much as possible!! I am addicted to supplies , I scrap at night . I am a full-time college student studying in phlebotomy, This is my last semester , so fingers crossed !! :) I look forward to meeting and getting to know each and everyone of you :)

Melissa Priest

My name is Melissa Priest and I live in Amarillo, Texas. I am married to my best friend, Alex and together we have two boys. Benjamin is 9 and John is 7. I have always been creative but found my love for scrapbooking 4 years ago. I tend to have a clean and simple style - but love to try new techniques and explore all the new products out. My family says I am "Scrapbook Possessed" - and I tend to agree. I absolutely love patterned paper, and I usually have a camera around my neck. I mainly create 12x12 layouts, but love making mini albums and cards as well. There have been many nights, long after my family has gone to bed, that I am still up trying to finish a layout while the creativity is still flowing. I am so excieted to be on the Let's Scrap Design Team!

congrads girls and its great to have you with us!

25 ways to dress up chipboard challenge & some cool other things!

hello everyone! first off i want to say congrads to jenn(ilovemykids616) for being the newest member of our design team! also we are still looking for 1-2 more people so please see our previous posts on how to apply. and we always welcome guest designers! we do have sponsors so we are very excited!

over in my group on cafemom i put up a challenge on how to dress up that chipboard you have sitting around. scrapbooks etc has some cool things. so head on over to check it out!

and our blog candy giveaway is still going on! thanks for reading and happy scrapping :0)

a little more about us

i just wanted to officially introduce ourselves! we met over at cafemom through a group i run called let's scrap. we have challenges, daily chats and monthly crops. so i decided to start my own design team and each month we have guest designers. so if you are interested please email us! also there are a few requirements, send us 2 or 3 photos of your recent work, also you will have to use your own supplies, you have to promote our blog on cafemom or your blog for that month. also you must let us know all the supplies you used. in return i will be sending our guest designer some homemade goodies! you will be required to make 2 LO's and something else, could be altered or tag something along those lines! so if you are interested give us a shout!

renee-head designer
kathy
beka
dayna
jenn