National Scrapbook Day - Hip Hop Hangover

Wow there sure is a lot going on this weekend -- leave me a comment telling me what you are doing this weekend.....

First off Hip Hop Hangover...Unity Stamp Company has been celebrating their 1st Birthday all week long. Wow they have sure come a long way in one short year.

I cannot say enough good things about the quality of the stamps, customer service, talented design team & fun environment they have created for all of their customers. Once you try a Unity Stamp you will want lots more.

Here's a couple cards & a layout I made with their great stamps.

Everything Scrapp'n is having a huge sale for National Scrapbook Day on Saturday.

• Everything in the store is 20% off & all Hambly products are 40% off. Heather (owner) said "Ok so I know I told you that you will be getting a free gift with your purchase, and I know I told you that the gift gets bigger and better for every $10 above $25 you spend. Now I can't show you all the in between gifts because they will vary but I can show you what you will get packed with goodies if you spend $100 or more."

• See the store blog for photos & more details. There's lots of inspiration from the designers with supply links to make it quick & easy to add to your carts.
• Saturday all the designers & I will be having giveaways on our blogs. I have links on the left sidebar. I will be offering a $10 gift certificate to the store. So make sure you check in for a moment on NSD for your chance to win.

Here are a couple of sneak peaks of what I did with the new Fancy Pants lines. They are so fun & whimsical. I love the trees (can you tell which ones are the Unity Stamp ones? they're a great match aren't they.... I love the rainbow paper -- it made such a cute layout so quickly.

I also made a budget friendly mixed media album using Hambly transparency & felt ....

I hope you will join in the fun over at the Paperclipping forum. There will be challenges, prizes & lots of fun starting Friday & going thru Sunday. Terri Bradford is organizing it & has a lot of great things lined up.

If you've been visiting my blog the past month you know I've been having a month of RAKs. I've already given away quite a few prizes. Please check the prior posts to see if you were a winner. I've only heard from a few of you.... my email is sgray110 at gmail dot com. I will be drawing the rest of the prizes tomorrow when I get home from the doctors. Thankfully I'm feeling better (y'all were so sweet with your comments, encouragement & concerns). Make sure to check back Saturday or Sunday for the complete list of winners along with photos of the prizes....

Have a super creative weekend.... I know I will

Creative Frenzy

Wow there is so much going on this NSD week! I've got a list a mile long of challenges, crops, sales, & prizes galore....

Make sure you check yesterday's post if you didn't visit yesterday (forgot to put on 2peas thread that I updated) I picked several prize winners.

Everything Scrapp'n is having a GREAT SALE on National Scrapbooking Day (Sat May 2). Everything in the store is 20% off & all Hambly products are 40% off. In addition for every $25 you spend you will receive a free gift ($100 will be the cap but that will be a ES bag full of goodies.).

Here are some must have products in my book -- click on them for link to store.

Here are a couple of my design team layouts for Everything Scrapp'n

Live Out Loud Supplies:

Cardstock (Bazzill Kraft);

Paper: (MME Beauty Charmed, MME Chasses' Notebook, MME Uniquely You - Special Swirls Paper); Embellishments (MME Grow Accessory Sheet, MME Love Small Accessories, MME My Friend Die Cut, MME Title Live Out Loud); Buttons (Misc Stash); Stamps (Hero Arts); Ink (Versamark); Embossing Powder (Ranger); Bling (Hero Arts); Trim (May Arts)

Uniquely You Supplies: Cardstock (Bazzill Kraft); Paper (MME Uniquely You - Special Swirls Paper, MME My Friend - Leaves of Love Paper, MME Beauty Charmed, MME My Friend); Embellishments (MME Uniquesly You Title); Brads (Heidi Swapp)

I just loved the fun colors of the My Mind's Eye Penny Lane & Bloom Grow papers. The tags made quick work creating a title for my pages.

Tuesday Nights are Paperclipping fun nights. (Link on right sidebar) Join Noell for the free Paperclipping Live show on Ustream at 9:30 pm eastern time. We did a scrap swap & so that will be the topic of tonight's show.

I have to share a layout that Tracy (a.k.a. Traychic) did for the Everything Scrapp'n contest using the scraps that I sent her for the Paperclipping scrap swap. Isn't it too cute! I just love her car. My first car was a 1979 VW convertible bug triple white edition. LOVED that car.

Scrapperie is down to the final few for their April scrapbook kit & wow the May one is just awesome. The big one includes over 40 pieces of paper including some of my favorites Jennie Bowlin & Kaiser.

Also the Snail Mail Soiree April contest is winding down. There are some fantastic prizes You can win anywhere from $5-$25!! Make sure you load in your cards for your chance to win.

Unity Stamp Company is celebrating it's first anniversary with a huge week of prizes, challenges, sales & fun. Check out their blog for more details. Here's a couple cards I made for their challenge yesterday.

Well I'll end for now... much longer than I had planned.

Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry into my month long RAK contest for more details see this post If you haven't already done it sign up as a follower for more entries.

Walk for a Cure

My sister Karen (pictured on bench with a "friend") works at Northside Hospital. They are a very volutenteer oriented organization. Since she has watched me struggle with rheumatoid arthrits she has chosen to walk for an arthritis cure.

Anyone interested in supporting this wonderful cause click here. No amount is too small -- it all adds up.

If you are here for the blog hop it's one post below.

Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry into my month long RAK contest for more details see this post If you haven't already done it sign up as a follower for more entries. I will be drawing some winners tomorrow & posting more photos of prizes. I appreciate each one of you & thank you for the comments/support.

Hip Hop Hangover

I just love my Unity Stamps. So when you add the fun Thursday Hip Hop Blog Hop & all day Chat & Prizes that's a combination the makes my heart sing.

This week is Unity Stamps First Birthday Celebration Lots of sales & fun. Even a brand new community.

My silly kidney problem didn't get the message to not schedule anything on Thursdays... so I had a doctor appointment in the afternoon. By the time I got home & back online I hear the TV beeping... those pesky thunderstorms were rolling on in so most of the evening I had the computers turned off & unplugged (you know how my luck has been going with trees falling this month)... Anyway at 11:45 pm I thought I would check before I went to bed who won the card contests. Well shock & nearly falling out of my chair I won a fantastic prize!


Jeanne posted this: The winner of the Unity Almost Birthday Challenge is IAMCraftysuz. (for some reason on splitcoast "craftysuz" was already taken so I had to add something to it) She wins Alpha G Just My Type!You can see her cutie owl card --> HERE

Yay! I couldn't sleep after that so I went in the scrap room & worked on some projects.

Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry into my month long RAK contest for more details see this post If you haven't already done it sign up as a follower for more entries.

Also check out the Everything Scrapp'n Blog -- Huge $90 My Mind's Eye RAK. There is still plenty of time to create a layout or 5 for entry into the contest.

While I have you here... one more "plug"... if you're looking for fantastic video scrapbooking tutorials & inspiration you have to visit Paperclipping.com. Noell & her hubby Izzy are amazing talents. There are some free videos but if you become a premium member you get access to all the videos in the archives. Trust me it's better than any online "class" you can take on design. Click on the link on my right sidebar just under my slideshow & join in the fun today.

Thanks so much for visiting today. Here are the cards I made for the challenges yesterday.

Everyone at Unity loves quotes... so here's my quote for the day (I give up trying to get rid of this funky cutoff text - grrrr guess that goes along with regret for wasting time lol)

"Regret for wasted time is more wasted time."
Mason Cooley

If you want to start the blog hop from the beginning (to see all the great eye candy & I spotted a couple of RAKS) go to the Unity Blog. Speaking of RAKS check out this one last blog for a huge one I found thru the hop today Passion for Crafts

Made My Day

Yesterday I was still feeling really sick but better than the weekend. I was online checking email & popping in on some of my favorite sites... I am now Fiskateer number 6135 (Thanks Debby & Sudie for encouraging me to join - it's not a click & you're in site but very worth joining)

I saw MY name on the 2peas pub board! Noell (from Paperclipping) is just too sweet she tooted me in this post. Apparently one of you clicked on the sidebar link & purchased a premium membership. Well I was their first member who earned a commission (they started that reward about a week or so ago). So whoever you are thank you so much. I promoted Noell before the commission because I have gotten so much out of watching the videos & the community/live show has blessed me with some wonderful creative friendships. So I just wanted to share the sweet words Noell wrote about me...

Hey, ladies, I gotta toot for my girl, CraftySuz because she's done so much over at Paperclipping.com recently. Here's the list of her recent toot-worthy successes: She was the first to make a commission from Paperclipping's new affiliate program, which we just started! Woo-hoo, that was fast! She won the monthly Paperclipping Challenge for the second time. She was asked to be one of our two coordinators/judges of our monthly challenges (and she accepted). Thanks for letting me toot for Susan--she's every community's dream because she's always active and involved and welcomes others. Plus, she's a very talented scrapbooker. Congrats, Suz!

I hope you saw my post over the weekend & checked out the blogs I nominated for the award Kim gave me last week. They are all really awesome. I've been such a good blogger lately making so many posts I didn't want it to get lost in the masses... me making too many posts ha - too funny.

I go back to the doctor later today for more tests. Hopefully the stone is out so I can get this behind me. Everyone in the ER was very nice & took great care of me but I sure don't want to go back again any time soon. I guess having nothing weird in the refrigerator or dishwasher is a good sign. (If you didn't read that post check it out here - I'm still shaking my head lol)

The weather here is nice. Later this week we will be sunny & in the high 70's! I know some of you are still having snow & cold weather waiting for spring to come for good. What's the weather like where you are?

I'm going to add all those who commented in the last couple days to my basket (I am having my hubby double check to make sure I have EVERY ONE of you) for another drawing tonight for some of my favorite Sizzix dies (if you win & don't have a die cutting machine let me know & I can sub a stamp set that's not worth as much but you at least it will be something you can use). Reading back what I wrote it sounds like the dies are used because they're my favorites but they aren't I bought extras of ones I like so they are NEW lol.

I really appreciate each one of you who has taken an interest in my blog & sent me such sweet comments. You really encourage me & I enjoy visiting your blogs too for inspiration.

Hope you have a wonderful day. I'll have photos tomorrow I promise. I owe you photos of RAK prizes & I have a couple new layouts to show off. Thanks for putting up with the spazzy sicko lately.

Don't forget to leave a comment for another entry into my month long RAK contest for more details see this post If you haven't already done it sign up as a follower for more entries.

Thursday Fun

I had a busy Wednesday but had a chance sneaking into my favorite LSS after a doctor appointment. It's always so much fun hanging out with other scrapbookers & Susan is one of my favorities. Lots of fun new products & inspiration from her designers/teachers... if you're ever in Atlanta you must visit EMI Scrapbooking.

It's such a beautiful day outside & the garden is calling me... flowers to photograph, weeds to pull, limbs to trim, pond needs tending & even a tree that didn't get planted screaming for me to find it a REAL home somewhere in the yard - it's tired of that old pot... There's always work to do but being out in nature really rejuvinates me. The down side is that here in Atlanta EVERYTHING is covered in green powder - pollen count is already in the extreme range... oh well I guess that's the price we pay for such beautiful green spaces.

Make sure you check out Michelle's challenge over at the Everything Scrapp'n Blog! She shows off a great layout & a photo of her with Ali Edwards!!! Remember you have until April 30th to finish the challenges & link a photo on the store blog for entry into the huge My Mind's Eye Prize. So Get Scrapping.

While out yesterday got some more prizes for my month long giveaway too... Prima Flowers, Stickles, Sizzix Dies, & more so make sure you enter to win by leaving a comment & if you haven't already done so sign up as a follower since that gives you an automatic 5 entries for the month. I'll draw names from all the entries on random days thru the month with one starting this week so keep checking back & enter every day to see if you're a winner!

I sure enjoy reading all of your comments & thanks so much for making my blog a stop during your day.

Don't forget the Unity Stamp Blog Hop today. It's always a fun filled day of giveaways. I've won great prizes 2 weeks in a row. Angela at Unity is so generous & gives away tons of stamps all day long so HOP on over today for your chance to win some too on the Splitcoast Stampers forum.

Here's My Prize

My Mind’s Eye Wild Asparagus “Adorable” Card Kit:

Includes:
4 polka dot cards
4 stripe cards
8 envelopes
3 “Baby” die-cuts
3 “thinking of you” tags
3 “thank You” tags
3 “sweet boy” borders
3 “congratulations” die-cuts
3 accent swirls
9 stars

These kits are great to have on hand & make quick work of handmade cards.

What do you have to do to win?

I'm making it super easy for you here & saving my hard stuff for the big prize... I already have that challenge worked out & even that is more fun that tuff. (my challenge will post on April 11 on the Everything Scrapp'n Blog)

So to be entered to win the card kit just post a comment.

Make a comment - All comments on April blog posts made before April 30th at Midnight eastern time will get one entry. So you can get a lot of entries.... (max 1 per day)

Become a Follower - 5 bonus entries if you become a follower of my blog (on the right sidebar under slideshow)

Blog about it - Blog about the big contest in the post below (here's the link

http://craftysuz.blogspot.com/2009/04/let-games-begin.html ) & you'll get 5 additional entries. Make sure you post a link to your blog

So you can get up to 40 entries for the month. It's up to you how much you want to enter.

In addition I will be doing other RAKs thru the month so keep checking back for some Tim Holtz & Prima products. I will pull the winners of these prizes from all the comment entries for the month.

So Do You Like the New Look?

It's not quite finished but much better I think...

I'm learning a lot about HTML in the process - I know I'm way behind all you know it alls out there... what takes me a while you can do in minutes. There's still some tweaks to make but I like the 3 columns & clean design. Who would think a pile it on layering scrapbooker like me would like clean lines on her blog.


Just wanted to remind you

The My Mind's Eye month long extravaganza at Everything Scrapp'n Starts tomorrow. I hope you got your orders in so you're ready for all the creating & prizes.

There's still time to get your order in as the sale ends midnight (eastern time) TONIGHT.
15% off all My Mind's Eye

AND

Free Shipping for all orders over $30 (discount code SPRING)

I know I've said it before but I'm saying it again...

My Mind's Eye has outdone itself this season
Sure the paper is the exceptional quality we all expect with texture, color, depth...
But now we have die cut 12x12 papers. I love the shape of this one... MME hasn't forgotten the bird & owl lovers either - they have some super cute papers/embellishments with that theme in mind.



If you who love the elegant look of Webster's Pages paper My Mind's Eye Bellezo doesn't disappoint. The colors are beautiful & designs so elegant. They make quick work of designing those special pages. For us heritage scrappers it's PERFECT without looking dated.

A little girly but we all need a bit of that every once in a while. Pretty soft spring colors that compliment any photo - showing it off with perfection.

More Enabling...

Other products in stock that are must haves
that I picked up with my order....

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
Cosmo Cricket Spinners
Jenni Bowlin Bingo Cards
Jenni Bowlin Flowers
Prima Stitches Paper
Pink Paislee Fetching Line including those stinking cute flowers