Pink Christmas!

Did you know that there are 29 sleeps, 15 hours until Christmas. I still can't believe this year has almost finished.....and I have done NO Christmas shopping yet. I am dreading hitting the toy stores but it has to be done right. Maybe next week if the urge grabs me...I head down town & get it done. Do you think I'll manage it in one day....hahaha! Nope, wishful thinking!

Well, today I hope I can help get you into the Christmas spirit, by sharing some cute Christmas projects. But first in honor of it being Tasty Tuesday yesterday (& the fact that I got my page themes mixed up :o) Here is frame I did as part of my Christmas home decor. I love that almost every store I go into right now, has these delish little candy canes for sale at the till points and I can never resist grabbing a couple every time I go shopping. I think the smell of peppermint candy will forever remind me of Christmas!!

I have loved the spread of the Mistletoe collection from Pink Paislee that has been all over my scrap table for the last while. The papers & embellishments have such a feel-good vibe about them, that they were calling to be loved into a scrap page for my parents. This is the result.

Before I get started, please enjoy this basic Tattered Angels spray mist tutorial I put together using Crafters Workshop decorative template. Notice the box I use to spray into? I kept one of my UPS 12″x12″ boxes to spray into. I find it easily catches all the extra mist & is portable, depending on where i am scrapping in the house :o)

Using a piece of Cupid-Love Potion patterned paper, I created a custom background with the help of my mist & templates . I chose star shapes to compliment my page theme, keeping them off center to the left leaving space for my other papers & embellishments. Then using the Mistletoe & Co collection, I layered press ons, punch-outs, border lines, post cards, expressions glitter alphas together with a collection of the patterned papers to put this page together.


The addition of a pretty ribbon tie, gathered cotton lace & paper flower finished the page off nicely as wall art for my parents who live in the UK & won’t get to spend Christmas with us this year.

My other project is another Christmas page focusing on why it is we actually celebrate Christmas, sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the hype & forget the reason why.

Again I sprayed my background with Tattered Angels mist, then cut some holly leaves, paired them up with some cute glitter chipboard from American crafts & some glass beads as the berries. Layered my main photo onto tulle added some Pink Paislee press-ons, border lines more glittery brads from American crafts. And finished off with a super bow using ribbon from Stampin' Up.

I hope these pages have inspired you to get ready for some of your fave Christmas shots too. Thanks for stopping by & make sure to upload your projects into the Live Pink community gallery for everyone to enjoy.

Have a super day!

Falling for these colors!

The November Cocoa Daisy kit is SO beautiful!!! The colors are rich & gorgeous...I can't get enough of them :o)










If you are looking for more beautiful & inspiring inspiration....head on over to the Diva gallery on the Cocoa Daisy web site.
Thanks for looking!
KJ

Love these products!

I know I have been a real shocker at blogging lately, but hopefully with the craziness in my scrappy life dying down a bit, I will be a more regular poster. Well today thought I'd catch up with some projects I have done over the last little while using American crafts.

Their product is always such fun, really versatile & easy to use. Take a look.


The blue skies range was perfect for this card.... get it 'pair & 'pear'.

And this page....how adorable does Cas look at 2yrs old??? Lovin' all the chipboard glitter shapes!!!

And this is Cas today...a fun loving sweetie with loads of spunk!!! How cool are those silver metallic alphas?
 
This page was put together using their halloween line....Max of course fell in love with the spider paper & insisted I use it.


This card is for their week of Glitter this week. I used the AC glitter paper line to create my hot-air balloon.....oh & if you are looking for more inspirations, there are more super ideas over at the Studio blog.

Well that's it for today folks.
Happy scrappin'!
KJ

It's happening right now.

The crop over at Cocoa Daisy is happening as we 'speak'. Here's the link to the forum where it is all happening! There is RAK's, prizes, tutorials, online classes, celeb chats all weekend. So if you have a gap & are looking for a bit of inspiration. Hop on over & say Hi! We are all around to shoot the breeze with ya!

BTW! Did you see this.....? Cocoa Daisy launched their new site last night....isn't it just beautiful! You have to see it for yourself to appreciate it properly.


Come & chat will ya!
KJ
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Whatcha doing this weekend?

....because you are not going to want to miss the Fall Crop 2009 at Cocoa Daisy

 - Friday Nov 13 - Sunday Nov 15..

There'll be Challenges, Classes, Projects, and of course.. giveaways.. and oh, let's not forget.. can anyone say B I N G O ??

Are you ready for it..?

Here is the official schedule Crop Schedule!!


These are the classes I'll be hosting....but there are tons of others being taught by all of our lovely Divas.

We are looking forward to playing with you starting this Friday! Look out for Bingo Words coming to you midweek!
 We're all excited....! Hope you will join us!
KJ

Meet the team!

This is the new CK 2010 Dream Team.
I am so honored to be included in this group of talented designers, and am so looking forward to getting to know them all alot better!

Cindy Tobey
Deena Wuest
Jen Jockisch
Kim Watson
Laura Vegas
Maggie Holmes
Sara Winnick
Susan Weinroth
Suzy Plantamura
Wendy Sue Anderson

CK sent each of the Dream Team members a welcome gift provided by these wonderful sponsors:

Adornit – Carolee’s Creations, Advantus, American Art Clay Company, American Crafts, Anna Griffin, BasicGrey, Bazzill Basics Paper, Bella Blvd, Bisous, Bo-Bunny Press, Buttons Galore, C.R. Gibson, Clearsnap, Close To My Heart, Colorbök, Core’dinations, Cornish Heritage Farms, Cosmo Cricket, The Crafter’s Workshop, Creative Memories, Die Cuts With a View, Dimensions, Doodlebug Design, Dyno Merchandise, EK Success, Elmer’s, Eyelet Outlet, Fancy Pants Designs, Fiskars Americas, GlueArts, Glue Dots International, Graphic 45, Hambly Screen Prints, Helmar Adhesives, Hero Arts, iLoveToCreate, a Duncan Enterprises Company, Imaginisce, Inkadinkado , It Takes Two, Jenni Bowlin Studio, Jillibean Soup, K&Company, Karen Foster Design, Krylon, Little Yellow Bicycle, Maya Road, McGill, Mimi Collections, Pebbles Inc., Piggy Tales, Pink Paislee, Prima, QuicKutz, River City Rubber Works, Sakura, Sandylion, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L, ScrapGirls, Scrapper’s Guide, SEI, Singer, Sounds Easy, Spellbinders, Stampendous!, Stampin’ Up!, Technique Tuesday, Therm O Web, Unibind, We R Memory Keepers, Zva Creative

I am still waiting for my delivery but Laura took a photo of her boxes just after they were delivered....oh my HAT!! Just look at all that lovely loot~ hehehe!

Watch this space!!!
KJ

Have you heard....?

The new Creating Keepsakes 2010 Dream Team has been announced.....& guess what?

I'm on it!

Yup! I can hardly believe it. Me, a member of the Dream Team *gulp!*

Those of you who know me well will understand how huge this is for me. It has been a dream of mine since I first started scrapping. I must admit, I honestly never thought it would ever be possible. Well, today is the day....& I am so grateful & giddy at being part of this amazing experience called 'The Dream Team'.

OK, I am off to do my customary  *Happy dance* ....shimmy to the left...shimmy to the right...shimmy to the left....

Pink Paislee pubs!!

Morning guys!
I trust you are having a super week so far??? I know I am *evil laugh* because the weather here today was fabulous. I am happy to say that today I had my first swim of the season, and as a notoriously cold-water-ninny, it is a serious feat for me...seriously! It is times like this that I don't regret for one instant the money we spent on installing heating panels on the garage roof to warm the pool water. Our pool was as warm as a bath (well not quite as warm maybe :o) & heavenly. Oh don't get me wrong...the big day was mine alone because the kids have been swimming for weeks. I, on the other hand am one to avoid torture where ever possible hehe!

Anyway...today I thought I catch up on sharing some pubbed pages from some months back, they happen to be mostly with Pink Paislee products too :o).

This one was in the July SB Trends...how cute is that kid???? I had fun creating my own background paper for this one.

This one was in the Sept/Oct issue of Memory Makers. Many thanks to Michelle for the digi kit I used to create the skull paper & embellishment.

This page was also for Memory Makers....this Pink Paislee paper collection was perfect for Laurens wedding pics. I love how 3D the ribbon & flower looked.

Well that's it for today...I have some super news to share but not today!!!
So watch this space.
Have a goodie!!!
KJ

Fashion week at Cocoa Daisy!

Now that the big Nov reveal is over @ Cocoa Daisy, I thought I'd show you my Oct projects. For more details hop on over to the Diva gallery my folder is up there too  







I have a detailed tutorial I want to share with you, on how to make the photo wallet & flower but you'll have to wait for the Nov crop for details...so watch out for the dates.
TFL!!