Blog Hop Winner!

It's past 8:00 pm MDT and my kids have (finally!) gone to sleep, so...drumroll please...the winner is... 

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10 

Timestamp: 2011-05-16 03:25:15 UTC

That means you, Laura C., my tenth commenter, with this comment: "OA does such a wonderful job with their product. The charms are great!" Laura, please email me your address to claim your prize!

If you missed the blog hop earlier this week, we were highlighting October Afternoon Rubber Charms:

 

October Afternoon Rubber Charms Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop in the October Afternoon Blog Hop! I'm assuming most of you have arrived via the last stop, Wilna's blog, but if you've landed here first please be sure to head to the October Afternoon blog so that you don't miss out on anything!

I was so excited to finally get my hands on the new rubber charms for Rocket Age and 5 & Dime. It's been a while since October Afternoon has released rubber charm embellishments (I will freely admit that I am still hanging on to some from the Daydream and Detours release three years ago!) and I'm so glad they are back! Rubber charms add a pop of color and dimension with a softer edge than chipboard embellishments, and the October Afternoon designs are so much fun!

For today's hop, I decided to do something I never ever do...use up product. I created four cards that use all six of the rubber charms from the Rocket Age set. 

Please leave a comment below by 8:00 pm MDT on Sunday, May 15th, for a chance to win a Rubber Charms Prize Pack from October Afternoon. Then hop on over to Jaime's blog for the next stop.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

In honor of today's holiday I decided to share some things I've created recently but haven't had time to post anywhere yet:

American Crafts (letters), Crate Paper (hopscotch paper), October Afternoon (everything else)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studio Calico (green patterned paper), October Afternoon (grid paper, phrase stickers), Cosmo Cricket (yellow and aqua paper), Crate Paper (label stickers), American Crafts (letter stickers)

 

 

 

Studio Calico (yellow patterned paper, gray letter stickers, orange label sticker, light bulb sticker), October Afternoon (grid paper, text paper, grid label sticker, phrase sticker, tin pin), American Crafts (orange letters)

Crate Paper (patterned papers, tab sticker), Maya Road (chipboard silhouettes), Studio Calico (mist), Basic Grey (letter stickers)

If you're scrapbooking today, have fun creating!

Ah...Paradise...

This week in Denver:

Monday: Snow
Tuesday: Below Freezing Temperatures
Wednesday: Even Lower Below Freezing Temperatures
Thursday: Snow
Friday: Brief Reprieve
Saturday: Snow

A good day to remember vacation:

(Studio Calico Mister Huey's mist and wood veneer stars and alphas; October Afternoon patterned paper)

(Echo Park and October Afternoon patterned papers, October Afternoon label sticker, American Crafts alphas)

Since I'm Not At CHA

This was the first year in four years that I haven't attended the Winter CHA show (that's Craft and Hobby Association for all you non-scrapbooker/crafters out there). I am recovering from a tonsillectomy (don't ask me how many times I got strep between March and December, just don't) and my son's birthday was also this past weekend, so the stars just didn't align for me to go this year. However, I have been following the sneak peeks, and thus far, here are my must haves (besides October Afternoon, of course!):

Hometown Summer (Pink Paislee/Collage Press Studio)

Seriously amazing. Perfect mix of colors, clean lines, classic patterns, and a whole lot of fun. I'm so glad to see Collage Press designs are back...and even better than before!


Emma's Shoppe and Toy Box (Crate Paper)

I haven't jumped on the Crate bandwagon...until now. I love both of these lines so much, especially the book papers from each. 


Countryside and State Fair (Studio Calico)

 
They had me at the die cuts. As for the lines as a whole, I love the mix of clean lined patterns, vintage patterns, and whimsical patterns. 


Social Club (Cosmo Cricket)

 
This made me think of "Mad Men" and I instantly loved it.

I am sure that if I were actually at CHA I'd have found lots more products and lines to add to this list (especially a ton of American Crafts Thickers!) - but this is what I've gleaned from sneaks.  How about you? What lines are catching your eye from this CHA release? Help me add to my shopping list! :)

October Afternoon Sneaks!

October Afternoon is releasing three new lines. For the official peek at the new lines, head to the October Afternoon blog. I had the chance to work with two of the new lines: Rocket Age and 5 & Dime.

Rocket Age is a great mix of basic patterns and fun retro-themed space papers, both kid-friendly and more grown-up. While Rocket Age lends itself well to layouts about space, there's lots more that can be done with it, from using it for the 4th of July to Halloween to Valentine's Day to politics (and everyday projects as well!). Here are five projects I made using Rocket Age:

5 & Dime is another fun line - lots of basics (polka dots, ledger, grid, etc.) with some fun florals and retro patterns. My favorite piece of paper from this line is called Root Beer Barrels and has 49 circles on it. You will see some of those 49 circles punched out and included on almost every single project I made with this line. :) 5 & Dime is really versatile as you'll see below. I used it for Easter, birthday, a bakery-themed everyday layout, and a non-occasion-specific gift tag.
 

 

As soon as I can I'll post more projects!

Top Ten 2010

I know, I know, it's way past January 1st, but I'm keeping up the annual tradition anyway. So, with no further ado here are my ten favorite layouts from 2010, in no particular order: