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!

some new things

so this month i wanted to do something different, i wanted to shake things up a bit and all i can say is wow! these girls have really done a great job

so there task was to make an altered item or home decor item
so here we go!

renee:
I have a ton of 4x4 blank coasters around,so i decided to try to make something with them
and i did ornaments for a few friends
i found shapes i liked and cut the coasters out, the papers used were all cosmo cricket line

Kimmie:

Papers/Canvas:

Solid Beige, Brown, and Black Cardstock

Creative Imaginations Patterned Paper

8x10 Artists Canvas

Embellishments:

S.E.I. Oasis Rub-Ons

4 Brown Brads

Colorbok Notepad

Michaels Ribbon

Tools:

EK Success Corner Punch

Nestabilities Large Labels

Sizzix Big Kick

Tish:

I started with January using the Ace, then each month follows ... February is 2, March is 3 ... Nov is the Jack and December is the Queen (or King!)

Cut a piece of cardstock or printed paper for the background added the playing card, the mini-calendar printout and a decoration for each month. I've got photos of several months. There is a magnet on the back of the clipboard so it can be put on the fridge or you can hang it by the clip.

I think it's fun. And it uses stuff I have readily at home!

Supplies Used:

* mini clipboard

* playing cards

* cardstock & printed papers (various)

* mini calendar print-out

* various embellishments for each month

Lori:
The funny thing is that I ended up looking in the basement in our pile of garage sale stuff and found it there! My trash became my treasure! LOL It was a file that we used for mail and I turned into a place to put my pictures to be scrapped
Before:
After:
List of items used:
Brown cardstock
K&Company Designer paper
Green flowers
Brad
Jasmine Cricut Cartridge
Green ribbon
Bo Bunny Ornamental Acrylic Stamp
Brown Ink

Dawn:


also we also having some great challenges over at our ning group and would love to see more people playing!
and if you have recently done a altered item, i would love to post it on our blog so email me at poconomommy406@hotmail.com
name:
supply list:
before and after photos (if possible)

so what are you waiting for lets see them!

some great cards!

hello everyone! sorry for the delay but i am dealing with major sickness in my house, but everyone is on the mend now

this month our own dayna created a card sketch for the girls to use and our guest dt is one of our own LO girls!

here is dayna's sketch
and our guest dt!
I'm Kimberlee (known as Kimmie online). I'm a stay at home mom to two beautiful boys - Nicky who is 2 and Matty who is 9 months now! I'm an active member of my local Mom's Club Chapter, Kickbox, and love to cook and bake. I'm also a club volleyball coach. In my spare time I enjoy keeping my boy's scrapbooks up-to-date and making handmade cards to send to my friends. I've been a member of the Layout Design Team A for a few months now and am honored to be able to Guest DT with the card gals!

here is her take on the sketch:

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Sugar Nellie – Snowflake Sugar Nellie

Tools: Copic Markers

Copic Glitter Pens

Sizzix Big Kick

Nestabilities – Large Labels

Paper Piercing Tool

Cuttlebug Diamond Rough Embossing Plate

Papers: Solid Blue Cardstock

Solid Light Blue Cardstock

Solid Silver Cardstock

Decorative Silver Cardstock

Embellishments: Robin's Nest Baubles

thanks kimmie, love your card!

and the rest of our talented DT!

Amy:
Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Kaiser Craft Vagabound Collection; Nomad (cream), Traveller (blue), Gypsy (polka dot), stamp: TM Designs (Be My Valentine); glitter: Martha Stewart Carnelian Red; ink: Stampin Up Ruby Red

Card : Short Cuts frosted clear card; Making Memories berry snaps; and Kolette Hall Heart stamp

Heart Ornament/frame: Jo-Ann's wooden heart; hemp twine; and floss

Terry:
Supplies Used:

Cardstock and paper –Paperstudio

Ink-Whispers

Sentiment- Computer Generated- Tabitha font

Hearts- Cricut- George Cartridge

Ribbon-unknown

Deana:

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: The Paper Co.;
Patterned Paper:  Me & My Big Ideas, Pink Paislee;
Ribbon:  Dashes, Dots & Checks (Michaels);
Making Memories embroidery thread;
Stickers:  Dimensional Stickers; staples.

Joan:
Supplies Used:
Cardstock:      The Paper Company
Sentiment:      Image from friend
Rub-ons:American Crafts Mini Marks (Book Three)
Paper Flower:     stash
Plastic flower brad:  JoAnns

thanks girls for the great cards
so u wanna play along? come and join our ning group and when uploading to the gallery use LSDT1
and you could win a prize!

so what are u waiting for?

just wanted to share!

first i wanted to say this year was great! we opened lets scrap and i have met wonderful ladies along the way and some very good friends!

we also have had some people go and i wish them all the best and i hope 2009 we can grow! so please be safe in whatever you do tonight!

i also wanted to share some things from our ladies over at our forum
each week i put up a new sketch and i love seeing all the different things!
kimmy:
Deana:
amy also did a sketch for another week:
and last is a LO sketch
celina:
Kimmie:
have a great new year! and thanks for reading:0)

some of our ning groups creation

i love sharing the girls with with everyone and i know i am behind, so please give some love to these ladies, they rock it all the time on our ning group!

here was a sketch challenge(we do these weekly) and i love how some girls create cards and others LO, we have such talented ladies!

sketch was by julie bonner:
here is her site please go and check her out:
52 sketches...52 weeks
we used sketch #49

Kimmie's Card:
Celina's LO:
thanks girls, i will be back with more of our ladies awesome LOs and cards!

a new design team member

hi everyone! just wanted to announce our newest design team member tish! we are so happy to have her, she does awesome work and we cant wait for you to see her work! she just happens to be a guest designer this month so check back tomorrow for her work and bio!

congrads tish and i am so happy you are on board with us. also you can check out her blog on the right by clicking her name!

so go over and show her some love!

whats going on in lets scrap

just wanted to give everyone an update of things going on in our ning group

dawn is hosting a mini LO challenge-very cute and cool entries due by the 17th so come and join us there is also a prize!

scrapping league kinda like bowling but with scrapping you have till the end of the month to show us everything you have done since the 1st of the month, each item has a point value and person with the most points wins a cool prize from sweet spuds one of our awesome sponsors (pic to follow later)

also me and kathy are hosting a christmas spectacular starting monday 11/16. this is lasting 6 weeks and each will we will have something new

and dalis has a christmas card challenge it has a great sketch for us to use

so if not already come to the ning group and join us:0)
http://letsscrapdivas.ning.com/
you do have to sign up but you wont be disappointed

just some news & novembers kit

so i wanted to share some news we now have a ning network, we will no longer be keeping the cafemom group active so please if you want to join us we would love to have you!
http://letsscrapdivas.ning.com/
it is public and i will have to approve you first so please come over and join us, there is sketch challenges weekly and right now one of our dt's is doing a mini LO challenge also another member is doing a christmas card challenge.

My apologies to melissa this month she has a kit planned and i have been meaning to post it earlier. here is the kit if interested please come over to our ning group and let her know you want to purchase one.

Hi there, my name is Melissa and I have permission from Renee to offer November's kit which is a Chipboard Calendar. The kit will include everything to make a cute calendar that would look great on any desk or shelf. I am making some for my coworkers for Christmas and thought I would share the idea with you. If you are interested please let me know. The cost is $8.00 per kit. I take money orders, cash, and will let you know when I am able to accept paypal (still setting that up). However please include extra to cover the paypal fee. I have attached some pics of what is included. Please let me know if you have any questions. Please also note that I work 4 long days. I do check messages everyday but just later in the evening. So I will get back to you. Thank you and happy scrapping!

PS. One of the pictures shows some stamps, these are not included in the kit, they are some of the images that will be stamped on the calandar part.

here is what is included in the kit
and here is an example of the finished product:
dont forget to check back on the 15th for team a november reveal!
also me and kathy have some tricks up our sleeve for some cool christmas ideas so come over and check it out

sketch challenge

so over at our ning group each week i provide a sketch challenge and this week the girls rocked it! i also threw in a challenge to use bling, something red and something 3d so here are the ladies work!
the sketch was provided by the awesome julie bonner

tish:
celina:
kimmie:
thanks ladies for playing, i will be drawling a winner tomorrow!

so here is my challenge for you use this sketch, leave a comment where we can find your LO at and you will be entered into a drawling
deadline is 1 week 11/14 by 6pm eastern time!