This is BIG...It's almost time!!!

I am so EXCITED!!!! It is almost time!! Are you ready? It is almost time to join Tallyscrapper and....
What does that mean?  It means we are going to have a fundraising crop at Tallyscrapper and light it up Blue For Autism Awareness month.  This is the first of my fundraisers for my walk on November 12th :0)  There will be a big grand prize and a lot of games and other prizes too.  You can read all about it here.  Raffle tickets are only $5.45  What a deal!  Want to see the grand prize?  Here it is.................


                   

and this

So what do you have to do?  Well first you need to join the friendliest message board around at http://www.tallyscrapper.com/   Second you need to join in the fun.  Third just come and play along. There will be other games and challenges as well. Come and support Team We CAN!1 The crop begins on April 1st! You don't want to miss it!   Oh and by the way..my sweet Adam did the editing on the Video and I didn't have the heart to tell him that he made a boo boo on the Light it up blue part... He wrote "lighted".  No biggie..you get the idea. The fact that he can make videos and upload them to you tube is good enough for me ;0)

Now you can watch our "award winning..show stopping video...yawn

;0)  Much Love..Christine!

A great week for me!

This was a good week for me. First off I received an email from Miss Amy Mattes. She is an up and coming digital designer who has asked me to be part of her new design team ;0) And of course I said. YES!! She creates many wonderful digital designs that can be downloaded onto your computer and  crafty people like YOU can make fun stuff like this card that I just made last night! Isn't that fun!?? You can check out some of her great designs at these two etsy shops: http://www.etsy.com/shop/chocolatesundae and http://www.aboyslife.etsy.com/. The best part is, once you buy and download these designs you can manipulate them anyway that you want...size, color, shape..etc.

I made this card for my school staff who just happened to send me flowers since I have been out sick for awhile. I thought it was suitable for the occassion ;0)

The second most fabulous thing that happened to me this week is that I won a gigantuan spool of ribbon from May Arts this week! It isn't just a yard or two is about 30 yards of ribbon! HELLO! Cute stuff. Here it is!

Lastly, I received a big box of goodies from my Tallyscrapper sis Pam!  She sent me the most awesome bunch of love. Thank you so much for all the fun. I should have taken a picture of it,but of course I already started digging into it all!  Thanks!

Oh and p.s. here is my layout for a cool new challenge blog called "Hello Cutie Challenges".  Go check it out..

ooh and a giveaway at PURPLE PUMPKIN here!
http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com/2011/03/its-giveaway-time.html?showComment=1301460817390#c7830020077602523835

A tally Oops and a Nerdy Girl?

So I got Scrappy Last night and came up with two layuts wihich I lurve! Yes I do.
Here is my first. It was for a challenge on the Survivor Challenge on Tallyscrapper.  The prompt called for us to use a GREEN DAY song in our Title ..YAY! and 2 pics...easy enough since I heart Green day.  Problem is that I left out 2 other key ingredients..it had to be monocromatic and needed something plucked from nature on the layout...whoops. I remember that now..back to the drawing board.  At least I got a good layout out of it!

And then there is a call for a guest Designer for the Nerdy Victorious girls on The Envious Blog...Lots of fun. I have visited their blog many times for inspiration and I like their style.  THEN I SAW THE CALL and thought..why not?  So here is the layout I made.

So now I must help the kids with homework and then I am off to more scrapping.  A new layout for my survivor challenge. And just more scrappy fun because today I feel inspired!

2 BIG Giveaways today...lookie Lookie!

Oh my, never under estimate the thoughtfulness of others!  Today 2 great companies are giving away loads of goodies!  First off Imaginisce  is giving away a big ol' box of yummy goodies to 4 lucky winners...yes 4 and I am crossing my fingers on that one! Here is the link you should try your luck too! http://www.facebook.com/Imaginisce

And next a fantastic Kit club called We Scrap Kits is giving away...are you ready.....12 months worth of kits.  Yes you read me correctly. 12 months!!!!!!!!!!  And uh huh. I am going to share that link too.  Can't keep all this good news to myself.  So here ya go wescrapkits.blogspot.com

Now, if I were you, I would get my bootay...over to these fantastic companies and first off thank them for this amazing chance to win such a wonderful bounty of scrapbook goodness...and then I would enter and cross my fingers...avoid the cracks in the sidewalk, spread fairy dust or whatever it is you do for good luck.

(((Okay big scrappy hugs)))
         Christine

Checking in :0)

Hello Friends,
Well wish I could say that I feel all better but I am still under the weather ;0(.
I have made a few layouts that I can share with ya though.. so here they are.

Both of these were made for challenges on Tallyscrapper.  The second one happens to be my favorite because it is of my grandparents, my mother and her brother back in 1953 in New York.  I just love that picure of them on the slide.  I also love the picture because it reminds me of how my grandfather was such a pleasant man. He wasn't just smiling for the picture. He was always that happy, that pleasant.  I never saw a stern look on his face.  Everything was always just "fine fine". What a beautiful man he was.



Lastly friends you must know that there is some great blog candy on Scrap it Forward for one lucky reader.  Could it be you? Look how yummy it is!

If you want to learn how to win it.  Just go on over and take a look. It is easy and worth it!

Much Love!

Christine

Just a quick little note :0)

Some of you know that I have been feeling a bit under the weather lately, so I will make this quick.  Wishing all you a happy upcoming Valentine's day AND....
I just wanted to let you know that there is a fun little challenge over at Scrap it Forward worth knowing about. Go Check it out because the prize is yummy and all you have to do is make a card for an unsuspecting Valentine!

Here's mine!  Now go on over there and do the same!

Design Star, Goodies to share and Good peeps!

Well so much... a lot lately to post these days, for me.  I know..kooky huh?  I am liking it!  First off, Tallyscrapper has a challenge up to be the next DESIGN STAR!  So I thought, what they hey, Let's give that bugger a try!  So yep I did!  Here are my layouts.  Do you want to give it a whirl too?  Go on?  Give it a shot!

Also GOOD NEWS!  If you haven't heard already Scrap it forward  is running full speed ahead with a challenge ready to go!  A prize is waiting..JUST FOR YOU! Check it out...perhaps you may win. :0)

Speaking of Challenges I decided to participate in yet another challenge on a blog that I discovered just the other day. It is called Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog .  There Melly, one of the DT members, posted what she called a "wee sketch", which could be interpreted in any way, I suppose. So here is my take on it.  Wish me luck ;0)

  

Now on to the Goodies and good Peeps. The goodies and the good peeps go together you see. At CHA we met dozens of good people and as you can see got a lot of goodies for my crop to benefit Autism Speaks which will happen in April.  This is only a fraction of what we were able to get our hands on and the best part is we had great people and companies willing to send us more!  People like Miss Jenni Bowlin :0) even showed interest!  I have to say that the most beautiful person inside and out that I met is a woman, an artist, an inspiration, named Doveen Schecter. the founder of  Dove of the East.  She has lived the most extraordinary life, her artwork is amazing and her heart is of pure GOLD.  Within 5 minutes of meeting me she was handing me over a beautiful scrapbook collection to giveaway during my fundraising crop. No questions asked. She just listened to my story, and had faith.  Thank you Doveen. You are beautiful. Here is a pic of Doveen, Illyse and I.  Please go and take a look at her site.  I will also be linking her to our challenge blog!

I feel blessed to know that there are still people who can have faith in others and be willing to lend a helping hand.  We all need to reach out to one another. Big or small gestures always make a difference.  Much love.

Thanks to everyone who make a difference in my life

What a ball and so much to see!

CHA was so much fun as it always is. As a tradition. We have to take our..we are here pic and I have to take some goofy pics because, that is how I am. So let me get those out of the way...

The gang is all here!

  

GCD provided this for me!

Another Cosmo please! Oh I really shouldn't ;0)





In disguise for a top secret scrappy mission!

Okay So we saw a ton of wonderful beautiful fantastic goodies at CHA.  Yes we did!  Here is a bit of the goods! 

 Here is my Sassafras

  This I completely adore!  I love their new Foldies. They are a lot of fun!  I didn't get a pic of them because there were a lot of peeps around their booth at the time,but you can get a good glimpse on their blog at http://sassafras.typepad.com/sassafras/ .  It is a cool new way to get that layered flowers look without a whole lot of effort! and let me tell you something...It looks darn good!

So I also made my way around a lot of other booths and found a few new companies and also saw a lot of friends new and old. It is so nice to see friends that you usually only see online.  Hey you Julie by the way!  Yes I am talking to you!  I had the best time catching up on the silly stuff. ;0)

Okay back to the scrappy...there was a lot to see and too many pics to take so I will just show you a few more that really either made me smile, inspired me or made me realize that I will be going to the scrappy IOU poor house soon ;0)

Oh my, this Cosmo Cricket just about  killed me the upcycle line was my favorite for sure.  It was all fun but this was my fave!  And of course their old time display was so much fun that I had to go an take the picture with the Cosmo glass. I did ask permission first.

 

okay let's see...hmm what more ooh what I found truly AMAZING was the DIE CUTS with a VIEW booth. They must have had some astounding designers at hand.  The design work was beyond breath taking it was..jaw dropping. Just look at these dresses and table settings made out of paper!

And finally only because this is such a loooonnnng blog post I will put up some October Afternoon ;0)

There are so many more things to just share. People I met and the good things that happened,but I think that will have to be saved for another day. For now I think that this will do.  Thanks for stopping by!  Much love!

Me ;0)

Just a few days away...woohoo! I just can't wait!

Hey friends Long time no blog I know,but here I am.  I can't believe that CHA is here already! I am so excited to get on over to LA and see the fun new goodies that CHA has to share.  I also am looking forward to connecting with online crafty friends that I only see during this time of year!

So many good things have been going on lately.  Tallyscrapper is rolling full steam ahead and I love that! So much fun! They have a Design Star coming up. I just might bite!  And I also have been having a lot of fun at Dixie pieces with some challenges! Here are a few of the  Layouts that I have done with some of the sketches that they have posted this month :0)

I have also decided to give it a whirl and try out for Sassafras' DT.  Why not?  I never thought I would make it on Kiki Art's DT and She surprised me.  Sassafras Lass is one of my Ultimate Faves!  They are so wild and FUN!  However, I just don't want to reveal my submissions as of yet. Bad luck?  Superstitious?  I don't know.  Maybe after Feb. 1st. The deadline is the deadline, then, what is done is done!  Wish me luck!  BY THE WAY...Have you seen their new lines?  Hello?  Yummy!! Go see for yourself!  http://sassafras.typepad.com/sassafras/ I can't wait to touch them and see them in person.  They will probably have to remove me from their booth for loitering or touching the paper for just 'too' long ( I'm tactile that way).

Anyway life has been great. I can't complain . My father just had his 70th birthday. And.. he is healthier than ever. I love that stubborn Italian man! Here he is in front of his birhtday cake. He always brags that he will live till 100. So I took a pic of his birthday cake..take a look...

So what do you think?  He believes it and I think that I do too!  Well for now I am off to bed!  Thanks for coming to visit me!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
There is a great challenge up at Scrap it Forward and it is an EASY ONE too.  NO project involved! All you have to do is share a few links on your blog and/or facebook and you will be entered into a prize drawing for some fun scrappy goodies!  It is really easy and it is all about honoring those who choose to serve our country.  So go on over to SIF and take a look!

Wouldn't you like to win these goodies for only about 5 minutes of your time and effort.  Too easy!