My final ScrapFIT post + Giveaway Winner!!

Good morning :). It's hard to believe that this post will wrap up my six month term with ScrapFIT...time really does fly! Sara has been great to work for and I've really enjoyed my term there :). I wish the new design team the best of luck and you're sure to be provided with a ton of incredible inspiration!!

So today I share with you a card I created using the beautiful color palette featured in Workout #72:

"2nd Birthday Celebration"

Workout #72 color inspiration! Use this palette to inspire your layout/card/OTP project!!:

Sponsor for this challenge is Paper Issues, offering up a $15.00 gift certificate to the Paper Issues Store!

You have until the end of the month to submit your project and be in the running for the challenge prize :)! I'm excited to see how everyone interprets the palette!!

And before I go, I wanted to make sure I announced the WINNER of my Scrap FX "Stained Glass Quarter" stencil...

Congrats....Heather Robertson!! Please contact me with your mailing info so that I can get your stencil mailed off to you right away!

And thanks to all of you who expressed an interest in my little giveaway :). I hope you all have a beautiful Sunday (or Monday)...take care of yourself!

ScrapFIT Workout #71

Good morning everyone! It's been one busy weekend here- my husband's mom and her boyfriend have been up visiting to we've been running around, grilling, swimming, 4-wheeling, and staying out late! But they leave this morning after breakfast- so I wanted to get this post up before we had to take off for that!

Workout #71 @ ScrapFIT is titled "Home Sweet Home"- and it's a bit of a different assignment from ScrapFIT; the challenge is to create a paper craft to be displayed in your own home! It can be a banner, a unique way to display a photo, etc...

Here's what I came up with:

"Altered Mason Jar"

I've had this antique mason jar (one with the wire enclosures) sitting up on my shelf above my TV with a Christmas spray poking out the top and a penny laying at its bottom, lol- for the last year and a half- and I was so sick of looking at it! So I decided that this was going to be my altered project. For some reason, I was feeling the autumn colors and so I dug into my box of Fall Decor and found some pumpkin spice potpourri to go inside. It could also hold a candle too!

The sponsor for Workout #71 is Paper Issues:

They are offering a $15 gift certificate to their store!!

I hope you can join us for this "outside the box" challenge @ ScrapFIT! And I hope you've all had a great weekend- will be back a little later with my very first reveal for OUAS!!!

ScrapFIT Reveal: Workout #70!!

** If you're here for my Housewarming GIVEAWAYS, please go--->HERE!**

Good morning and happy Friday! I'm super excited because early this afternoon I get to head down to my sister Kelly's house for my niece Lilah's 2nd Birthday!! But first I need to take care of a few orders of business :). First of all, I'm writing this post Thursday night and as of right now, I'm quite close to reaching 200 followers, which means ANOTHER giveaway!! So if I happen to wake up in the morning and have reached that mark, I will be updating this post to let you all know to check out Giveaway #4 :D!! If not, I'll be keeping an eye out for that number to be reached and post as soon as I can. This has been a busy and amazing week- so positive- so fun- I'm reminded of why I so much enjoy the online scrappy world. So thank-you all for that!

Secondly, I'm here to share with you Workout #70 for ScrapFIT:  Develop Your Own Polaroid! Do you remember when Polaroid photos were the hot new way to take photos?  Well this workout is a tribute to the Polaroid!  We want to see a layout with a Polaroid photo. Dont have a Polaroid photo, don't worry- you can create a fake Polaroid- ScrapFIT has some fab examples for you to check out if you're wondering how! 

Here is what I came up with:

"Seize the Day"

I actually created a Polaroid photo using my photo editing software, but then I remembered that Scrap FX just came out with these really cute chipboard Polaroid frames, and decided to layer that over my photo. In between the layers on my layout I added some Manor House Creations and Prima packaging, along with some book pages (another of my obsessions!). I also used some of the same packaging behind my photo. I love re-purposing, and how could you not with such pretty packaging?

Here's a closer look at my layout...

I've used the 6x6 brick template from The Crafter's Workshop, along with some Martha Stewart Texture Effect. After drying with my heat gun, I dabbed on the sandy-colored ink.

I've used a combination of Prima flowers, leaves, doilies, and chipboard in my cluster.

 I LOVE this Prima butterfly- I really love that the wings are flexible so I was able to bend them however I wanted them :).

This fab title is from Scrap FX, simply dabbed with a bit of gesso.

Supplies Used:

~Prima Marketing "Sun Kiss" papers

~Prima Marketing flowers

~Prima Marketing Aglow "Mica" leaves

~Prima Marketing butterfly

~Prima Marketing "Nature Garden" chipboard

~Scrap FX Polaroid frame & wordlet title

~The Crafter's Workshop "Bricks" 6x6 template

~Martha Stewart Texture Effect

~Prima Chalk Fluid Edger Pad "Shabby Tote"

~Prima Marketing & Manor House Creations packaging

~doilies, book pages, ribbon, gesso

The winner of this workout will receive a $25 gift certificate from My Favorite Things:

So how about you have a go at it? Can't wait to stop by and see what you come up with!!

I hope you have a great Friday and a great weekend! I'll be back here on Sunday to share with you another DT project. But I'll still be checking in, reading your sweet comments and responding when I can.

Take care of you :)...