Simply Obsessed Got Talent Crop & DT call

Simply Obsessed is having a DT call. Check out all the info here. Term is for 8 months, starting in July. I have really enjoyed being on the DT here...you should give it a try. Also there is a crop starting tomorrow...I would recommend being active in the crop if you are interested in the DT. Here is the info about the crop:

Simply Obssessed's Got Talent Crop

May 19 - June 15

So, you think you've got scrapping talent? We do too! Come join Heather and the Design Team for a month long crop for a chance show off all your scrapping talents! From pattern paper to stamps there will be plenty of challenges to show off your skills and a couple of games to make it more interesting! There will be two exciting challenges each week! Earn points for each challenge completed. The top 3 winners of the crop will earn Guest Design Team spots! (which means a free kit!)

What do you need to do to participate?
1. Sign up on THIS thread so we know you will be playing along!
2. Check the SO's Got Talent Forum each Tuesday and Thursday for a new challenge!
3. Complete the challenges as they are posted; make sure you post the project in our fabulous gallery and then link it back to the Challenge post! You will have all month to complete as many challenges as you can. The deadline for posting will be June 15th at midnight!
4. The DT Member who issued the challenge will rate the layouts completed, issuing points from top to bottom (this will give you a chance to earn lots of points for the talents that really shine!!).
5. The participants with the top three totals at the end of the crop will receive a GDT spot for an upcoming month!

Are you all ready to play?
Watch for our first challenge coming on May 19th!

More layouts...

Heres my newest layouts I made using the Simply Obsessed Kit for May.

I got 9 photos on my first layout. These papers can also be purchased individually at One Single Seed.

For this card, I used a sheet of transparency to make the base of the card. I put the background paper on the inside of the card. The paper was printed from the April Mega kit in the digi store at One Single Seed.

I wanted to show another use for the pink paislee paper so I did a "boy" layout using the wood grain paper. The lettering here did not come in the kit. The "Derby" lettering is by Jenni Bowlin and can be purchased at One Single Seed.


Thanks for looking!

Birthday layout

This is from Tylers birthday last week. He decided he wanted cupcakes for his cake this year, so we put 10 cupcakes on a plate and put candles in them so he could blow out the candles on his cake.

I made this layout using products from One Single Seed...Bo Bunny Paper and Bazzill cardstock.

I made this sketch of my layout for the sketch challenge at Simply Obsessed this month. Check out the Simply Obsessed blog for this and other challenges. I would love to see your take on the sketch!

Hope youre having a wonderful day...More scrappy stuff coming soon.

Happy Birthday to me

Today is my birthday. Its just like any other day...I think that happens when we get older, doesnt it? LOL. Im not complaining. My family was good to me this morning and sang happy birthday to me and gave me some balloons and a card. Jeff has been asking what I wanted for my birthday for a few weeks now and I really have no clue. Im content I guess. Im subbing for my birthday and then my youngest son has pinewood derby tonight so that is how Im spending my birthday. Jeff and I will go out on Saturday.


In scrappy news, both Simply Obsessed and One Single Seed are hosting a crop for National Scrapbook Day on Saturday. Be sure to check them out. There will be some fun challenges and prizes!!

Have a great day!

Finally, a new layout

I have been in such a creative slump lately...no mojo to be found at my house. I have ideas but no motivation to do anything LOL. I finally got around to making a new layout today! Bo Bunny sponsored One Single Seed and I got the pet shop line. Its a fun line, and I love the papers. Heres a layout I made today with it. This also goes along with one of the "spring training" challenges over at Simply Obsessed.

Im headed to the scrapbook expo this weekend. Im hoping to be inspired and find my creativity again.

Spring Training crop

Simply Obsessed is having a month long Spring Training crop/game.

The Rules of the Game
Who is ready for a crop to get our mojo going?

This month long crop should be so much fun. The DT has put together great challenges!

Here are the Rules:

*There will be 3 challenges a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday. (Except for on the 16th there will be 4 challenges that day - Willow Traders is having an Anniversary Crop so we are hosting a day.)

*You are allowed 3 strikes - if you don't like one of the challenges that week you can swap it out for a bonus challenge. But you can only do that 3 times.

*Each challenge will be worth 1 point. Bonus challenges will be assigned points ranging from 3-5.

*All Lo's must be put in the gallery and then linked back to the correct challenge.

*There will be 1 grand prize winner - the one with the most points. ANd 2 random winners from a drawing. You must have completed at least 3 challenges to be in this drawing.

*All LO's will be due by March 31st midnight EST.

*Keep track of your own score in the scoreboard thread.

*There maybe more rules to come

Come join us!! http://simplyobsessed.com/

Home Sweet Home pages

Here are the pages I made for the 3 baby albums.

This first one is for Brandi, she is having a girl.

This one is for Jaime, she is not sure what she is having.

This was the first one I made for this round. This is for Kory. She is having a girl.

All paper for all 3 is SEI. Thanks for looking!

Valentine Bag

Tyler and I made this together last night. It was lots of fun. We got the idea in the Simply Obsessed newsletter from this month. Cute huh? In the newsletter she has a tag attached that says "Love always wins".

Simply Obsessed started up a blog. It will have the sneak peeks of the new kit coming out and articles and challenges...be sure to check it out. The word blog is a link and in the future, its linked in my side bar.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Kitty layout

This layout was made using the sketch in this months newsletter at Simply Obsessed. Theres some really cute valentine ideas in this months newsletter so be sure to check it out.

On this layout I used Bazzill cardstock, SEI Kittys Place paper, and Base Camp cricut cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!

The crops have begun!!!

The first challenge has been posted at Simply Obsessed. There will be new challenges posted every hour. Come check it out...there will be lots to keep you busy!! Prizes will be awarded. Check out their kits too...they rock!

A list of challenges has been posted at Treasures To Scrap for the crop. The crop starts off with a chat at 5:00 pm MST. Theres supposed to be a big announcement in the chat. Dont miss out. Also, Tracy has 50% off her entire store with 70% off all patterned paper through the weekend for the crop!!! Dont miss out!

Pre-game activities at Simply Obsessed

Pre-game activities have begun for the crop at Simply Obsessed. Be sure to sign in if you are going to participate. (and mention that I told you about it). You need to change your avatar (or if you're new, put in a avatar) to something football related. Also, add the crop blinkie to your siggie and you already have 4 points!!! Come join in...its going to be soooo much fun! Check out this section for all the crop activities!!

Christmas Cards

I made some quick cards last night. I still have a few things to hand out today and I wanted to have a card to go with them. These were quick and easy. I posted the Monday Mojo challenge at Simply Obsessed yesterday and this fits into my challenge. I showed other examples in my thread there. I now have all my neighbor/etc gifts done...Yay! Are you all done and ready for Christmas?

Baby album pages

I made these layouts as a baby gift for one of my "bosses" at Simply Obsessed. Shauna just had a darling baby boy. This was a surprize for her.

For the Christmas layout I used My Minds Eye paper. Cricut Christmas Cheer (reindeer), Doodlecharms (stars), and Printing Press (lettering) cartridges .

For this layout I used Crate paper. The house and tree paper piecing was made from a pattern by Windows of Time. The lettering was made with Sizzix Doodletag (Home) and Cuttlebug Harmony (Sweet) diecuts.

This layout was made using paper I got as a RAK. I cannot remember the name of the company. The turkey paper piecing is a free pattern from Kaylas Kreations. The lettering is Cricut base camp cartridge. The date stamp is by Catslife Press.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mini album

If this looks familiar, its because I made a similar album for myself not too long ago. My mom really liked it and Monday is her birthday, so I decided to make her one too. Last year we all had our pictures taken and I had everyones on a disk, so I thought it would be nice to have a mini album with my whole family. I have changed a few of the pages from mine and geared it for my mom. My sister has added a new member to her family (her son got married) so I had to do a different picture for her page. I used a Rusty Pickle acrylic album. The rest is Bazzill and Basic Grey. The fonts are Cricut, Cuttlebug, and Sizzix. The little alphabet stickers on my page are Making Memories. The rubons on the Our Kids page is Doodlebug All Mixed Up rubons.

Remember the crop is still going on at Simply Obsessed as well. Low key, but you could win a RAK for completing the challenges.

Thanks for stopping by!

Simply Obsessed November Kit, Mini Crop

Simply Obsessed has posted their November Kit. This will be the first kit I will be working with as a DT member. Isnt it a great kit?! I love the papers and am excited to get my kit.

Simply Obsessed will be having a mini crop this weekend in honor of Breast Cancer awareness. It will start on Friday and end on Sunday. Come join us! http://www.simplyobsessed.com/

Final Exam

This was the assignment for the final exam for the game at Simply Obsessed:

A good teacher creates exams that are comprehensive, that ensure that everyone's learned all their lessons. With that in mind, the assignment is this: Make a 5 pg mini album that incorporates three of the challenges. That translates to at least 1 cover, 1 back, and 3 inside pages that are front and back done. Got it? Then get going!When you complete it, link up here and let us know the three assignments you used. Good luck! You've got til Wed 10/8, midnight EST

Heres what I came up with...

Im doing this as a date reminder book, like for birthdays. Each month is represented in a paper piecing, then I could write the birthdays for Jan on the side of the tag next to Jan, and then the birthdays for Feb on the other side of the tag...make sense? For the challenges I used Homemaking (march), Science...all through the book, and Math (sept). The equations are part of the background paper.

This is what the book looks like open with the tags in it.

I scanned the pages without the tags so you could see them better. The book is made of envelopes and scraps.

I figured that paper piecing is something that I do, so this book is so true to me. It took me forever, but I like my end result.

Exciting News!

I've been very excited to share my excitement, and it was announced on the site today so I can share now...I made the new DT at Simply Obsessed!!! Im am so excited! I love the community at Simply Obsessed and the kits are gorgeous. I am working with some very talented ladies...here's the list.

We will be having back:

MichelleL

Brandi Pitts

Brandy Cumberland

And for our new ones:

Suzanne Wikstrom (twinsand2boys)

Abbie Torroll (AbbieT)

Ronda Simpson (Ronda)

Jennifer French (JenniferF)

Trish Harwick (TLHarwick)

and there were 4 GDT's selected as well

Elizabeth Bailey (elizbailey)

Anna Buis (artgirl)

Julie Walton (juliesaddiction)

Ashley Harris (AshleyJane)

Today is the first I knew who else was on the team! Congrats to all!

Recess assignment

The next assignment was posted by Jenni...

ALright ladies...time for a little "break"...get the wiggles out and get moving!!! Today's layout challenge is all about being active! Choose a picure(s) where someone is being active and having fun!!!

This is what I came up with.

Weve also been getting points for everything we do. The goal was to get 15 points and then we would be valedictorian...I made it to 15 points with this layout! yay!!! Ive done more scrapping in a month than I have done in the last 8 months! Homework should be posted tomorrow. Cant wait to see what it is.

Music lesson layout

Heres my next layout:

This challenge was posted by Deanna at Simply Obsessed.

Alright ladies, your 1st class this week is music. And the assignment for this class is to use a song from the year you were born to inspire a LO. This could be the title, the lyrics, whatever, but you have to tell us which song you chose.

I chose the song "Color My World" by Chicago. Its from 1971. I dont know that I love this layout, but this challenge was harder for me because lots of the songs were about losing love and I didnt have a use for that type of song LOL. I finally decided this one fit the best and went with it.

Have a great day!

Tag, Im it and a layout

Ive been tagged twice this weekend. I had such a busy weekend that Im just getting around to posting. My first tag came from Sarah , and my 2nd tag came from Angie ...so Im going to combine the two tags...I hope thats ok.

Here are the rules for Sarahs tag:
1.) Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2.) Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3.) Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4.) Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 Facts About Me:
1. I get more scrapping done if I have a deadline
2. I am really strict on my kids about school
3. I am a night owl and Im more productive late at night
4. I make wood crafts and have sold them for 12 years
5. I learned how to crochet when I was young and still know how
6. I have been known to buy certain products because of the way they smell
7. I would rather be comfortable so I often wear sweat pants or lounge wear

Here are the rules for Angie's tag:
Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

THE FIVE TAG
10 years ago I:
1. Was barely pregnant with my youngest son
2. Was 27
3. Had 3 boys ages 3 and younger
4. Was thinner than I am now (I want those days back)
5. Was working at a local grocery store

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. Do some laundry
2. Make dinner
3. Clean the house
4. Go to Bradys school
5. fix lunch for dh

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Parmesan gold fish
2. chocolate
3. Popcorn
4. cookie dough ice cream
5. gardettos

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Build a new house
2. Pay off all our debts
3. College tuition for our kids
4. Help family members that need it
5. Go on a real vacation

5 places I have lived:
1. Utah
2. Utah
3. Utah
4. Utah
5. Utah

5 jobs I have had:
1. Retail kids clothing
2. Retail Womens clothing
3. Retail Mens clothing
4. Bank Teller
5. Substitute teacher

Ok, I tag Mimi, Natalie, Ellen, Trish, Erika, Heather, Allette

Now to the Simply Obsessed game...this was the assignment for homework.

So here's your homework assignment for the weekend...you're gonna have to remember what kinds of office supplies used to sit on your teacher's desks at school for this one!Challenge: Use office supplies of some sort on your layout. And by the way, since I'm playing the teacher, let me give you an outline of how I would like your homework to look:

This is the layout I came up with. I dont know that I love it, but its really late at night and Im tired after my long weekend. I just wanted to be sure I got credit since it had to be posted before 6 am Monday morning.

Thanks for stopping by!