Thank you all for playing along! I can't wait to check out some of the book recommendations you provided!

So...wanna know who won the Green Tangerines kit? #36, that's who!

And who, you ask, is #36? Wait...let me count...Sarah Hodgkinson!

Sarah, please email your address to kitclub@mygreentangerines.com to claim your prize!

Don't forget to check out the Green Tangerines Kit Club blog after 7 pm PST today for today's second winner!

Green Tangerines Has A New Kit Club!

Green Tangerines has an amazing new kit club and I've had a lot of fun creating with one of their kits! They are hosting a fun blog party from May 8th to July 1st and are giving away over $1000 worth of free scrapbooking products! The giveaways are taking place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday starting at 7:00 pm PST and tonight is my night to host! Keep reading, because there's a giveaway at the bottom!



The kit I worked with had tons of fun stuff in it and was full of fabulous bright colors - totally up my alley! There were three sets of alphas, lots of patterned paper and cardstock (including several brands and textures of cardstock - love that!), and countless fun embellishments. I've barely cracked the kit with the projects I've made and am looking forward to making even more with it!

Here's a 4th of July card I cooked up with flocked brads, patterned paper, and painted chipboard Thickers:

One more card, this one with some cool mesh and a fabric strip I gathered into a circle:


I also made a layout using the oh-so-cool Prima Clearly IOD alpha tape (thank you, Green Tangerines for introducing me to to this product!) and a fun little graphic smiley I made with a circle punch and bits of foam alphas:


So...here comes the fun part...wanna win a Green Tangerines kit? :) One with over $50.00 worth of scrapbooking goodies? :) Yes? Okay, then leave a comment here telling me the name of your favorite children's novel (gotta keep my reader supplied with fresh material!). Be sure to post by 5:00 PST (that's 6:00 Mountain Time for all you locals!) tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th, and I'll randomly draw a winner. Be sure to check back tomorrow night to see if you've won!

Want two chances to win? :) If so, be sure to visit the Green Tangerines Kit Club blog. :)

All My Ducks in a Row

I said I'd be back with more new October Afternoon, so here I am! :)


This layout uses two of the fun new Wild Cards from the Ducks in a Row line:


I paired them with pink polka dot paper and a stamp from the same line as well as the green floral paper from the Cherry Hill line.

I also made a card with Ducks in a Row paper and stamps and Cherry Hill paper:

Road Map

I was lucky enough to receive a box this week with the new October Afternoon lines :). While I love all three, I couldn't wait to get started with Road Map. I made this layout using five of the twelve patterns from the line:


Here are the five papers I used:



More to come soon...I can't stop playing with all my new stuff! :)

Today is a Holiday

Yup. National Scrapbooking Day. We're having friends over for dinner tonight so my whole day can't be about scrapbooking (cleaning and cooking must happen!) but I do have a couple of things to share today.

First, a card I made using the amazing new Howdy Doody paper from Basic Grey's Lime Rickey line. This paper just makes me smile! I cut out a bunch of the birds from the paper, stitched a line across my card, used pop dots to adhere the birds, and then drew legs with a pen. The greeting is stamped using October Afternoon's Plain Jane alpha stamps.



Next, I participated in one of the challenges over at Two Peas in a Bucket and did a layout inspired by Garden Girl Wendy Bretz's "Kindergarten" layout. This one uses Scenic Route grid paper, American Crafts mini brads and epoxy worm, a Jenni Bowlin chipboard button (covered in paper glaze), and Rusty Pickle letters.


Happy National Scrapbooking Day!