The Trailer Park Girl

Sunday mornin' Pannycakes

 Used up quite a bit of my "older" stash on this one.  I've had these pictures of the Tinyman and his hungry fist for nearly a year, and it feels good to finally get them scrapped.

 

Also, I'd like to take a minute to announce a super cool Sketch Contest going on over at Your Scrapbook Stash! All you have to do is choose a sketch from the Sketch Gallery, create a layout based on one of the sketches, and link it back up to this post on the YSS blog by 11/3/2011.  Pretty simple, eh?  Winners will could receive Authentique or Studio Calico Paper Packs!!

Hope to see your projects there!

Lily Bee Lovelies

I seriously do not know where October has gone.

Earlier this month I received a fabulous kit from Your Scrapbook Stash chuck full of three of Lily Bee Designs new lines.  That's right. Harvest Market, Memorandum and Jingle....all mine :)

I thought I would post a couple of layouts I created with all my goodies.  This first one used papers from the Harvest Market collection - my personal favorite.

I figured I could stand to do a nice layout about my sister since yesterday was her birthday, and last weekend she got engaged! Anyhow, I love these pictures of her and the Tinyman on the swing.  Hims was very tired, and he only wanted his Auntie Katie (which of course irritates the hell out of me)  Naturally, my sister would never dream of rubbing it in my face...or of giving me a smug grin.

She eats it up.

I finally got my hands on the new Jeni Bowlin doily flowers, and I've used them on every layout since (I have only one left...sniff sniff).  These flowers are awesome!  I love how flat they are, and how easily they lend themselves to layered embellishments.

Also really digging these tickets from October Afternoon's Sidewalks collection.  They came out of the miscellany package....cuteness!

This second layout uses the new holiday line Jingle, from Lily Bee Designs.  This line is not your traditional holiday line, as it consists mostly of a muted aqua and burgundy.

I love these photos of the Tinyman from Christmas Eve last year.  It was that night that he received his most favoritest gift: the BOOM.  Without a moment's hesitation he picked up that tiny plastic rifle, looked through a pretend scope, and shot a stuffed buck on the wall.

    He also pointed the barrel at his Auntie, but that's another story.

I hope you enjoyed my layouts, and I will try to get back here soon to post some more from the gigantor stack currently occupying my scrap table!

October Freehand Scraps Reveal!

 

Yay! It's the day that you've all been waiting for:

October Freehand Scraps Reveal Day!!

I can finally show you the projects I created with my October Kit, and hopefully inspire you to create some of your own :)

Brooklyn

Read

One Classy Bird

Be Still My Heart

 

 

Be sure to check out the gallery over at Freehand Scraps, as it is chuck full of inspiration....including the surpise guest designer Amy Tan!

 

A Little Sneak...

 

I'm not sure if y'all remember, but a few months ago I discovered that I had been selected as a guest designer for Freehand Scraps!

(yes, I'm all about tooting my own horn)

Anywhoo, I received the October Kit to work with, and let me tell you,

It's Wicked Fab!

I thought I'd give you a little somethin' somethin' to tide you over until the full kit reveal in October.

If you have a free moment, go check out Freehand Scraps. Elaine puts together multiple kits to choose from each month, and you better believe that a lot of them sell out (that's what happens when your off the chain yo).

Hope you enjoyed my sneaks, and I'll see you October 1st with the whole shebang!

 

Craft Cave Weekend

It seems that most folks are celebrating  Labor Day Weekend in the great outdoors.

You know, soaking up the sunshine, BBQ'ing and (shudder) being one with nature.

I, on the other hand, have holed myself up in my craft cave.

That's right.

Almost 72 hours of pure crafting bliss...if you don't count those Weight Watchers TV Dinners (they don't microwave themselves), urinating, and the occasional three hour trip to the Craft Warehouse.

Admittedly, the craft cave can be a little overwhelming.

It is chuck full of crafty vittles, completely unorganized  and recently home to a mentally delayed moth that will not stop loitering on my desk.

Needless to say, my space is limited and I recently had to make way for this Ginormous beauty of a Kit that arrived from Your Scrapbook Stash.

Erica is too good to me!

I received the entire Halloween line Apothecary Emporium from Echo Park, pieces of Pink Paislee's mistables line, Simple stories 100 Days of Summer, and a bunch of other goodies.

 

I'm in love with the American Crafts houndstooth thickers (swoon), and those buttons from Crate Paper's new line Peppermint.

As you can see, I have plenty of new scrap fuel to last me for several weeks to come.

If you're running low, be sure to head over to the YSS store and grab some of the fabulous deals!!

Use the code FALL20 to get 20% of your entire order!

Also, (for the month of September) Shipping is FREE with a $30 purchase, and purchases less than $30 will have a flat rate shipping charge of $5.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

A Quick Hello

 

Is anyone out there?

I've been pretty scarce this month (ok, a better term might be completely MIA), and I thought I'd get my blog up to speed before September....so here we go.

This month, I received the fabulous kit below from Your Scrapbook Stash, and created several projects that I will be sharing in the next few days.

Here's what the kit looked like before I got all cut & paste-y with it:

Craziness, right?

These are a few of the layouts I made with the Splash line from Echo Park

Pool Attitude

Tiny's got more 'tude than that little speedo can hold.

 

Googly Eyes

Tiny with his googly-eyed shirt I got him.  I wasn't sure if he was entertained, or creeped out.

I know this was quick, but it's all I could muster after a day of work plus overtime. 

(Queue world's tiniest violin)

Thank you to all my loyal readers, and I promise to be back real soon!

The Winners!!

I'm a little late posting my winners (Thank you unreliable hotel internet service), but better late than never, right?

The Winners of $10 in Stash Cash are:

Faye Marie who said:

I am a follower!! I love the layout!!! Great color!!! p.s. love the gnomes on your blog!!!!!!

and Sylv who said:

I am now a follower. I love how you used the Daily Junque numbered paper....terrific layout!

Ladies, please e-mail me ASAP with your email addresses, so I can make sure you get your stash cash!!

The winner of my (yet to be photographed) giveaway is:

Candace S. in Colorado!!

She said: You are soooo creative!!! And you crack me up, too! xx, Candice candice1973(at)comcast(dot)net I am also a follower of your blog :)

Candace, please email me ASAP with your contact info so I may mail your prize....also be sure to check back soon, as I will be posting a photo of your mystery prize as soon as I get back home :)

 

Thank you to all that participated in Your Scrapbook Stash'
Bloghop!!