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Soul Scrappers TC36 Technique Challenge Page!

As you know I am a member of the Soul -Scrappers Design Team and I am responsible once a month for a  Technique Page Challenge.

This month I created a fun page using our awesome Springtime Vintage Stampin Up! Fabrics (page 196 in the New Catalog) and coordinating Designer Paper!

Click here for the challenge details on how I made the page, and remember that joining Soul-Scrappers is FREE and there is plenty of inspiration for any of your crafting projects there!! When you join would you please add my name to who recommended you? I won't get anything when you do, but it's fun as design team members to see who joins when we suggest it! Thanks!!

Remember you can click on the photo and it will come up in a larger size. Detail photos are listed on the challenge link.

Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

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Sketch Day

Here are some sketches to help you with the layout of your scrapbook pages because I know you are going to be scrapbooking soon!

I would love to post the pages you create using these templates!

 

 

 

Customer Testimonial & Booth Photos

I received this in my Facebook messages!

Sandi wrote:
"loved your booth... best one in the show...didn't get anything, except what I got from you :-)

Thanks Sandi! I ALWAYS love seeing you at the craft fair and in my home!!

Kim wrote:
"Gwen, your booth was awesome, missed you, you were taking a break.  Hope your husband told you I said hello.  I have a friend that wants to talk to you about her stamps, I will hook you all up later.  Hope your sales have been stellar!!"

Thanks Kim!!

 Here are some photos taken Saturday during a lull....

Coming Soon! "Creative-Sketches" Website

My stamping contemporaries Connie Smith,  Sharon Fields and yours truly are putting together a sketch website complete with a design team. Please visit and sign up for the updates.

If you would like to be on the design team, email me a sample of your sketches, your completed cards or scrapbook pages for us to review. Please note that we are going to be using Stampin Up! for our projects.

We are working really hard to put together several projects, sketches etc for our grand opening/beginning!  We invite you to come utilize this new resource to enhance your creative inspiration!

  Click on this logo and it will take you to the website also!

 

Thanks for joining in the fun!

Journaling 101 Online Course begins soon!

My wonderful friend Erika Martin is the creator of this awesome class! Just click this link above for all details and when you register, tell her I sent you so I can win a prize, "please"!

Erika has asked me to be on her design team for this online course project! WOW! I will create brand new, never before seen scrapbooking pages to coordinate with her Journaling 101 course!  I am SO excited!

As a past student and friend of Erika's,  I can personally guarantee the quality of her work, the attention to detail of her courses and the fun you are going to have by signing up for them!

I was chosen for a "Beautiful Blogger" award!

OH my gosh! Shazza my soul scrapper design team contemporary, listed me on her blog for this award!

how fun is that!?

 

Thank you! This is awesome!

Now to join the fun and follow the rules and share a list of blogs I love!

Ok, so the rules for this award are:

1) Add a link and note of thanks to the person giving the award

2) Pass the award on to 15 bloggers whose blogs you have recently discovered that you love
I To include all the ladies, I passed this award to 16 ladies)

3) Share 7 things about yourself

15 blogs I love to visit each day and are listed in NO particular order:

1. Connie Smith  http://highdesertstamper.com
2. Cindy Gibson  http://www.cindyscreativecrafts.blogspot.com/
3. Erika Martin http://stampinmama.typepad.com/
4. Darla Roberts  http://www.stampinwithdarla.blogspot.com   
5. Sharon Field http://createdbyu.blogspot.com/
6. Diana Gibbs  http://dianagibbs.typepad.com/
7. Carrie Rhodes (my upline)  http://www.carriestamps.typepad.com/
8. Michelle Tech  http://www.2stampis2b.com/
9. Coupon Mom of 2  http://iheartcoupondeals.blogspot.com/
10. Memories by Brenda  http://memoriesbybrenda.com/
11. Kathie McGuire  http://www.kathiemcguire.blogspot.com/
12. Lorie Ames  http://live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com/
13. Amy Celona  http://ustamp4fun.com/
14. Dawn Griffith  http://www.dawnsstampingthoughts.net/
15. Denese  http://pawpawhollerhome.com/

 

7 things about me you may not know!

1. I LOVE to garden
2. I love horses and started riding at age 2
3. I raised butcher hogs and registered duroc hogs
4. I used to have goats to eat weeds in my fence lines
5. I was MVP and the Captain of my Highschool Varsity Volleyball team
6. I was PRCA Rodeo Queen at age 18
7. I have been sewing since I was 6 yrs old

 

8.5 x 11 crop night Page using My digital studio!

I love our Friday night Crops here at my house!  I created a page using My Digital Studio by Stampin Up! to celebrate the occasion:

 

I put whisper white cardstock in my HP printer and chose "borderless" printing, then printed it out!  I can now add this to a 12x12 page and add some more embellishements if I want to (not sure at this point) Thought it would be fun to put it in a frame and hang on my studio wall and see if the gals notice! roflol

 

I have been madly creating projects so check back tomorrow for something stinkin cute!

have a great day

 

 

Awesome news! I am a design team member!

Yes, you read right! I am a member

 of the Soul Scrappers Design Team!

 

Come join the scrapbooking fun!

I am so honored to be asked my Erika Martin to be on her design team! WOW~ thank you Erika!

This Thursday come join me for Technique Thursday!

See you at Soul Scrappers!

 

Traditional & Digital Scrapbooking pages and news from home

Over at Soul Scrappers we are having daily challenges and I entered 2 of them this week.  One was for limited supplies and the other for a digital page about "me"

Here is my traditional limited supply page  of my grandson Jack

our task was to use, ribbon, cardstock, journaling pen and rub ons

altho this is a very quick basic page, when I was going through my pile of Jack photos this one jumped out at me and said I MISS MY GRAMMIE!  (not at all what is going on in the photo but who cares right? lol)  and I just threw this page together in no time and it probably looks that way too lol sorry for that but this 6x6 page will be put on a 12x12 page with lots of other elements and more photos

Now you see why I use stamped sayings, journaling made from the computer etc lol my writing has turned into mush with so much time on the computer! lolol

Now for my digital page- I used My Digital Studio and created a page about me- the time frame for these photos is in about 1999  (do you ever hear that prince song when you say 1999- now I hope I can get it out of my head before class today! lol) remember you can click on the photos for a larger view-

 This is my mom and I one day while I was working in my 2 acre Organic Market garden- I dont remember who took it probably one of my sons.  My mom now has alzheimers and this week has been told to use a wheel chair.  I love my mom and it is so hard to see her go through this debilitating disease ( I hope I spelled that right).  We have always been very close, lived close to each other and worked on many many projects together.

Using my digital studio made creating this page so FAST!! WOW! I added photo frames for the 2 photos on the left put in - yes you got it JOURNALING because I have confessed before how much I HATE journaling!  Thanks to Erika and the gals at Soul Scrappers I am making time to journal more. My problem is I have to much to say! lol

Remember that each page you create regardless of the method is a "work of heart" and will be cherished for years to come!

I have 2 classes here today=  my Wednesday stamp group and a Birthday stamp a stack this afternoon- and lunch with Kris in between! woo hoooooooo!!!

On a somber note- My ex Father in law Frank Gamble, passed away this week, Altho he and I didnt always see eye to eye, I have a great respect for his work ethic and the help he gave to me during the years I knew him. May he rest in peace and our families find solace in knowing he no longer suffers.

have a great day everyone and thank you for sharing my life with me!