Winner Announcement!!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday!!!

If It's Groovy's Birthday Hop has ended so it is time to announce the winner of my blog prize!!!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my blog, left all the awesome comments and for those who became new followers!

If It's Groovy is celebrating their birthday the entire month, so make sure you take time to check their blog out daily or at least a couple of days each week!!!

The randomly drawn winner of my blog prize is:

Sandy 

from 

Letting My Feet Touch Bottom

Congratulations Sandy!!!

Please email me at: msbrags@gmail.com with your mailing addy so that I can get your prize mailed out to you!

If It's Groovy 4th Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to If It’s Groovy 4th Birthday Blog Hop! 

So glad your are joining the IIG Design Team through an inspiring journey of calendar pages. We also have some friends of IIG from the True XOXO Design Team joining us on this journey! 

I hope that you will find inspiration along the way and want to create a calendar page or pages of your own.

I created a layout for June using a calendar page and patterned papers from the Canvas Corp Black & Kraft Collection and a photo of my awesome brother-in-law Bill, to document his 53rd birthday:

Other products used:

MME Kraft Funday Chipboard

Thickers

If you are a follower or become a new follower of my blog, and leave a comment below, by January 13, 2012 11:59 PM (PST) I will enter your name in a random drawing for the following prize: 

Bo Bunny "Little Miss" 6 x 6 Pad

Below is the hop lineup. If you get lost along the way, head back to If It’s Groovy and start from the beginning. Remember to leave a comment on each blog and also on the IIG blog after you have visited all of the blogs for a chance to win a RAK from Groovy Deb! 

Thank you for stopping by...Enjoy the hop!

Khristen (YOUR NEXT STOP)

Representing January: 

Wendy 

Christa

Representing February: 

Michelle 

Michelle H

Representing March: 

Wendy 

Miae

Representing April: 

Heather

Jaclyn

Representing May: 

Lindsey

Deborah

Representing June 

Brenda (YOU ARE HERE) 

Khristen (YOUR NEXT STOP)

Representing July 

Jean

Tess

Representing August 

Rochelle 

Faye

Representing September 

Kelly 

Tiffany

Representing October 

Kelly

Alaina

Representing November 

Heather 

Kimmy

Representing December 

Deborah

Queen Kat

This layout is also being entered into the following challenges:
Chipboard Challenge @ My Sketch World
(Tag cut from raw chipboard and covered using patterned paper)
Step Class #12 ~ Layered Embellishments @ ScrapFit
(Tag is layered with Thickers, MME Chipboard ticket, Maya Road wooden arrow and small #'s)

2012 Wish List...

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Just a short post to share a layout I created using one of my favorite collections right now, 

Simple Stories "Handmade Holidays" 

I created the layout below for the the 

Scrap Snob Challenge at If It's Groovy  where you are challenged to use patterned papers, embellies and alphas from one manufacturer.  This page was further inspired by the 

January Sketch at Sketchbook 365 

and the "Christmas" layout challenge at My Sketch World

Here's the Sketchbook 365 Sketch

Thanks for stopping by...enjoy the rest of your day!

Fun with a Pot of Water!

This months challenge at If It's Groovy is to create your own background!

Creating a background page was totally out of the box for me!  

 I struggle with “getting messy” so as you can see, 

I kept my technique simple. 

So here’s what I did:

1.  Punched all around a piece of 12 x 12 karft cardstock using a Recollections punch
2. Using Crafter’s Workshop 12 x 12 Reverse Chicken Wire template, I applied Gesso using a sponge paint brush.   And once it dried…
3. With the template still in place, I lightly misted the cardstock with Mister Huey’s “Passport” Coloring Mist.   I was going to add a few drops of red paint, but chickened out!

Then it was time for a page design and I chose the sketch below by Em at PageDrafts.  AND…. I was able to use up some old scraps from Echo Park and Jillibean Soup

Here is my layout:

PageDrafts Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!
17  more days to Christmas!

Happy Holidays!!!

Ship Ahoy It's A Boy!!!

There is nothing more precious than a new baby boy!  

I love creating pages that announce the arrival of the new babies in our family...although the children are several years old before I get to the layout!  LOL  

For my November DT assignment at If It's Groovy, I created this layout of my youngest great-nephew Isaiah,  which was inspired by the Heather Leopard sketch below:

Heather's Sketch

I am also entering this layout in the following challenge:

Sketches4All ~ Corner's Challenge

All Star...

Hello and Happy Monday!!!!

Today I am sharing a CLEAN and SIMPLE layout with a HAND CUT WORD.   I created my layout using Jillibean Soup's Macho Nacho collection from the Paper Secret's Shop and the sketch below from Scrapbook Steals  

Create a layout this month with a handwritten word or words and join the 

If it's Groovy DT in our Hand Cut Words Challenge.  

I am also entering this layout in the 

Red Carpet Studio's Clean and Simple Challenge
Seriously Creative Challenge's Wonderful Wood Challenge
and
Craft Your Passion ~ Hexagon Challenge

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful
scrap filled week!

Bad to the Bone!!!

This week at If It's Groovy we are celebrating Halloween.   Stop by daily to see all of the 'SPOOKY" projects the design team has created.   

For my project I created the layout below using a card sketch (#149 ) by Valarie Salmon at Got Sketch, Echo Park's "Apothecary" Collection, Pebbles Corrugated Alphas and a few Recollection embellies.   

Also entering this layout in the following challenges:
Little Scrap Pieces ~ Halloween Challenge
Childs Play ~ Googly Eyes Challenge (Bat Eyes)
Southern Girls ~ Animal Crackers (Bat)
Frosted Designs ~ Paints/Inks/Mist Challenge 
(Inked corrugated matting, alphas, and journaling strips)

Thanks for stopping by and 

Happy Halloween!!!

Yet Another...Self Portrait!!!

Happy Thursday!!!

Got Ribbons?   It's Ribbon Palooza at If It's Groovy this month!
The challenge is to create a layout using ribbon and here is my take on the challenge using the sketch below as my inspiration:

Sketch by Liz Chidester ~ The Scrappiest

Supplies:
Scenic Route Graph Paper
Amy Tangerine Sketchbook Patterned Paper & Embellies
Bo Bunny Lime Green Double Dot Ribbon
Thickers
Echo Park "For The Record" Cardstock Sticker (Bee)
Twinery Twine

Also entering this layout in the following challenges:
Child's Play "Green Slime" Challenge

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out  more creations using "ribbon" by the If It's Groovy  Design Team this month!!!