Defying Gravity

I'm back and with a month in review.....

Hello....out there....chirp, chip...tweet, tweet...I knw someone still has to be there. tee hee!
Thank you my pateint friends. October was such a crazy crazy month, as many of you know.
I must admit, a fabulous, marvelous month, but one that definitely goes down in the books as a challenge, time wise. Between family, school, professional obligations and friends....it flew by and let's not even mention a vacation!

I had tried to post, but every time I went to update, something else knocked on my door and I decided to do a re-cap of the month....yes, one of those silly type letters that tells all your family and friends what you have been up to the last year. People like quality, rather than just a tid bit...so that was what I did. I decided it was best to keep head above water and swim strong and explain later....I am sure many of you feel the same way at times. (At least I hope you all understand that crazy feeling I am explaining.)

Aladdin:We had out 5th grade Aladdin musical, the kick off performance of the year, Oct. 20th. It was fabulous and with the help of so many people, including wonderful children, it went off without a hitch. The kiddos were so talented and i am so proud of how Gavin did. He is such a talented kid and this show really was a great reflection of how artistic he is. I only wish I could have done those marvelous things as a child, but oh well...he did it himself. The proud teacher and mother, although all that talent is his.

Here is a layout of my cast for Aladdin. the children are a wonderful group of kids to work with and have very supportive parents! I used rusty Pickle's new Thriller line for this layout, which I am truly in love with. the rich colors are my favorite!!!!

Aladdin: Memories are the way.............

 
Supplies:
Rusty Pickle:Patterned paper, Buttons, Stickers, Tags, Titles, and Trim.
Adhesive: Helmar 450 Liquid Glue, Liquid Scrapdots, and Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner.

Magic Is In The Air: Aladdin....

 
Supplies:
Rusty Pickle:Patterned paper, Buttons, Stickers, Tags, Titles, and Trim.
Helmar Adhesive: 450 Liquid Glue, Liquid Scrap dots, and Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner.
Flower: Petaloo; Stamps: Technique Tuesday; Ink: Staz On.

Basketball
In addition to Aladdin, during the rehearsals for the musical, the basketball tryouts for Bluegrass middle School Basketball team were starting. Each day gav would practice at LTE and then head over to Bluegrass and tryout. His tryouts ended up lasting 3 days and he really had to buckle down and focus. So much going on for such a little being and gessh, he trucked through it better than us adults did. Here we are, all nervous, but he was having so much fun playing and working with the older kids, it was like recess for him. This is totally his thing....all for the love of that darn orange ball. Who would have ever thought??  Coach Mahone, at Bluegrass Middle School is such a motivating coach, we are super happy to have him playing with the guys at Bluegrass. This should be an awesome season for Gav! He made the 7th grade team and yes, you are not remembering wrong, he is a 5th grade. I am sure that will be a challenge for him in many ways, but hey...we are so proud of him and his efforts. We will all make it work!

OK, here is Dorkus McGorkus trying to be like Lebronne on his first day of Middle School Basketball practice...cracked me up!

I was fortunate enough to be asked to be th Guest designer over at Lynn's "I Am A Scrapaholic Kit Club" for October and she sent me the BESTEST kit evah!!!!  I created this sports layout of Gav and just love all the cool products. The layout "It Takes A Lot More Than Luck" is sort of a summery of everyhting you have put into this game....tough love pretty much sums it up! That and hours of practice and driving on the road by myself and Jason.

"It Takes A Lot More Than Luck" Layout
Kit from I Am A Scrapaholic Kit Club and Helmar Adhesive 

Another Layout using Lynn's IAAS Oct. Kit.  This is Issiah, one of Gav's friends and AAU Teammate. he just loves playing ball with Z. They are silly, serious, touch and fast on the floor! Adheisve: Helmar.

 

Vacation: We also had the fortune to have a FABULOUS Fall break on a cruise to the Caribbean!! Yippee!
All together, no computers or phones or cars!!!! Just Beautiful weather, luscious beaches and water, and family close by. What a wonderful trip.

And...if you were wondering, yes, there was a basketball court on that ship. Life is silly, isn't it?
Not to an 11 year old boy though.....not sure what he would have done without a court!
He made tons of friends on the court that week.

 
Adhesive: Helmar.
It comes down to this...Play......Play in the sub, snow, rain or shine!
As long as your dad or your mom is there beside you to help you out when you don't swim very well:0)
Another kit from I Am A Scrapaholic Kit Club for Oct.

Vacation.......last one for IAAS. I adore this picture from our first day in Florida.
This is my boy, no matter how tough he gets, he will always be my baby.

 
Adhesive: Helmar.

I know, I always say it, but I promise that this time, it won't be so long!

I'll even try to update later this week.

I have been busy at work, with pebbles, Rusty Pickle, helmar and Scrapbook news & Review, so I do have lots more to share! But, basketball practice is calling and so is the boy....bwaaaa!
See you on the flip side......party like a scrap star girls!
Enjoy!

Hugs,
Beth

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Drop and run excitement.......

Wowza...what fun news!!!!!
2 Great comapnies merge to become stronger!!!

So excited to part of the progress!

 

American Crafts purchases Pebbles!

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Pebbles, an amazing scrapbooking brand that we’re certain will be a great compliment to the American Crafts product lines. Pebbles will remain a separate brand under the American Crafts umbrella. We will continue to offer their current products and plan to introduce new products over time. And the core of Pebbles design team will join us to ensure a continuation of their fun, fresh style.

Pebbles was created in 2001 as an extension of the Pebbles in my Pocket retail stores that are located in Utah. They make simple, cute, and easy-to-use products, including patterned paper, craft chalk and stencils, decorative Chips chipboard shapes, self-adhesive Candy Dots, themed die cuts, ribbon and more.

We’re so excited to welcome the Pebbles brand! If you aren’t familiar with them, check out their products featured on their web site. And make sure to visit their blog for regular ideas, inspiration, challenges and giveaways.

 

We’re excited to announce the acquisition of Pebbles, an amazing scrapbooking brand that we’re certain will be a great compliment to the American Crafts product lines. Pebbles will remain a separate brand under the American Crafts umbrella. We will continue to offer their current products and plan to introduce new products over time. And the core of Pebbles design team will join us to ensure a continuation of their fun, fresh style.

Pebbles was created in 2001 as an extension of the Pebbles in my Pocket retail stores that are located in Utah. They make simple, cute, and easy-to-use products, including patterned paper, craft chalk and stencils, decorative Chips chipboard shapes, self-adhesive Candy Dots, themed die cuts, ribbon and more.

We’re so excited to welcome the Pebbles brand! If you aren’t familiar with them, check out their products featured on their web site. And make sure to visit their blog for regular ideas, inspiration, challenges and giveaways.

 

Super mega Free Magazine Weekend starts Saturday!!!!!

Double-header, double issue FREE weekend at Scrapbook News and Review Magazine. Come check out all the fun and excitement at www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com. From Saturday, September 26, 2009 until Sunday, September 27, 2009, we're celebrating the Grand Opening of our brand new website. Come get a gander at the site, chat on the forum, join in a challenge, play a game or two and the best part of all, see the inside of the magazine for FREE.

Our Special Double Issue -- our largest issue of the year -- debuts on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EST and from the moment of debut until 8:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, you'll have complete access to the world's largest online scrapbooking magazine. With over 400 layouts (scrapbooking and digital), cards, stamping and altered art projects, product reviews, manufacturer spotlights and more, you'll be amazed at the incredible inspiration, fabulous tips, tricks and techniques, amazing tutorials and exciting eye candy. Don't delay -- register on our site today. You must be a registered user to play.

Busy, busy and a crasher of a technical issue with my typepad!!

Welcome to the delayed Rusty Pickle Bog Hop day...woo hooo....1 week late!!!!! Oh My!
Finally got the darn thing to let me in without crashing my computer..almost two weeks!

OK, enough of the grumblings! Things on this end are going just fabulous, just busy busy with everything going on with school and my family. Lots to share but some peeks will just have to wait a little while longer. Tee hee! Scrapbook News and Review magazine is due out later this week. I am also finishing up some of my submission work for them, so it is keeping me busy!

Here is a fun peek.....

I received a huge box from Rusty Pickle a few weeks ago, so I pulled out a few fun pieces using the new Panama Jack line and a twist on an oldie, but goodie! Fun stuff in there!!! I started a layout yesterday and am hoping to share it with you today or tomorrow. These were suppsoed to be for my blog hop and the fun feature this month at the Pickle, but since being locked out of my computer, i am getting them posted just a bit late. Sorry about that one friends.

New Panama Jack!!!!! This is such a fun line of products, I love it for that fresh, yet vintage feel.

Loving this Halloween Costume Party paper line for basketball!!!! Yum Yum!!! 

Here are a few peeks that I finished these last few weeks..... been a busy girl!

Just a fun one using some zany Crate Paper papers..gotta' love the monsters!

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons......

My daily feature on the Helmar Blog...check it out!!!!!

Here we are on this 3rd of September and what do I want to play with.....pink, lime green, and turquoise.  I know, it should be Fall colors of beautiful rich leaves and golden sunsets. But, that is not what calls to me at the moment, so buttons and bright colors, it is.

 

Close up of my stamped buttons, using Stampendous May Flower stamps.
I decided to try a little twist on my regular button use and went with a stamped version design. Stamping on buttons is very easy and alot of fun. I always find that it adds a pretty textured look, in a quick and easy fashion.

Process:
1)Gather individual patterned Stamps.
2)Stamp on button top and let dry.
3) Add random lacing through buttons.
4) When adding to layout, add Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots or Helmar's Clear Liquid Adhesive.

 

The lift of the button and ribbons is using Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots.
The fluffy ribbon is actually stiff, being solidified in Fabric Stiffner & Draping Liquid.
(Just run the ribbon through the stiffner and let dry. )

This is my little niece Katie, from a few summers ago. I really thought the pretty new Dreamstreet papers would highlight the fresh look of summer and her pretty eyes and little lips. 

Products:
Patterned Paper & Rub Ons: Dreamstreet
Buttons: Autumn Leaves
Stamps: Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamps
Ribbon: Karen Foster & Rusty Pickle
Letters: American Crafts
Chipboard: Rusty Pickle
Pins: Maya Road & Making Memories
Bling: Prima
Helmar Adhesive:
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Helmar Scrapdots

Another product highlight.......Stampendous Stamps has graciously donated a stamping prize package for a stamp raffle at the helmat Blog for the month of September!! Go check it out....Helmar! We will be sharing the details in the next week or so, but until then...check out these fun cuties from Stampendous Clearly Stamps:
 

So come back and take a SWEET PEEK in the next week.....lotsa' fun things a comin!

Have a great week!

Beth Root
http://bethroot.typepad.com/my_weblog/

With the start of school.................

..............Comes the shift in time!
Yep, back to not being able to sleep, but needing more sleep. how many of us find that that happens when the regular schedule changes in your life? Me, for sure!!!

I have been busy with Aladdin auditions and rehearsals at school, which are going great. The kids all work so hard to learn their parts. They always impress me. Bingo, still doing very well for the school. We have been training the new group of volunteers, so a sense a bit of time relief in the near future, which will be very nice.

Creativity wise, things have been on the go, as usual. Here is what I have been up to!

I am currently the Design team host over at the Pebbles Inc. Blog. There are alot of fun things happening with Pebbles Inc. I recommend checking their blog out, for not only my sharing, but the other gals have really done some amazing features.

Baby No More
Pebbles Inc.: Ribbon, candy Dots, Chipboard Accents
Helmar Liquid Scrapdots behind Chipboard
Making Memories little Stickers

 

 

My favorite On-line Magazine, Scrapbook News and Review, debuted their new Website and the July magazine. I just love the new web site look, talk about a beautiful looking website. I really enjoy being involved with the gang over there.

 

More from Rusty Pickle......

Eeeeekkkkksssss.....they are all up now at Rusty Pickle!

New Seasons release lines and oh my, I can't wait to get my hand's on these!!!
And then, the fantastic update on the Shazaam line! Yippppeeee!
Come on UPS, bring my some Rusty Pickle freshness!!!

Jungle Love

 

Disco Christmas

 

Family Cuisine

 

Shaaaazzaaammmmm!

 

Back to school...week 2!

Great school year for me so far!  Teaching young children can just bring a smile to your face, especially when you teach them music and drama. The smiles and cheery attitudes just abound. I really do love my job. I am also teaching with my crazy friend Jill, the one who got me into all this scrappy mess, years ago. We have two new teachers that have been added to our team also, Ace Adcock and Allison Hahn. Both of them are such a breath of fresh air and alot of fun. They make me laugh and bring back all the fun memories of what it was like when I first started teaching. I really enjoy working with them both.

I finished a fun layout of Gav's 1st week back and he too is loving school this year. He really adores his teacher, Ms. Simpson. Yes, he is in the 5th grade and I just can't believe it. Alot of you have known me for years, so you have seen him grow up into this pre-teen child that is just so special. I am very proud of him and his efforts and accomplishments.  Here is the fun layout, sharing the 1st morning highlights.

Back 2 School:
Supplies: Rusty Pickle PP, Chipboard, Tags, and stickers.
Bazzill: Cardstock
SEI: Flower, buttons
Making Memories: Stickers

She's here.............................

Check her out friends!

New beautiful look!

Scrapbook News & Review
Online Magazine

Another fun layout using Rusty Pickle products:
My Fabulous Family
Products:
Rusty Pickle: PP, Tags, Trim
Chipboard: Scenic Route
Pin: Making Memories
Mini Card: Octobr Afternoon
Button: SEI
Clip: 7Gypsies
Heart: Heidi Swapp

New Pink Paisley.................

The New Pink Paisley is super cute!
Helmar Adhesives and Pink Paislee have teamed up to provide me with some wonderful new products to play with!  Enjoy the neye candy!  Thanks guys!!!!!

1st day of school for gav and his new teacher, Ms. Simpson. He loves her already.

5th grade already, I just can't believe it.

3 lil words.....

School starts today!

(I may be an adult, but I still can't sleep on the night before school starts!)

Back from a lil' break.....

Lots of things going on in the Root household; family vacation to San Diego, Nation Basketball tournament in Lexington (recovery), Lebrone James basketball camp for the Gavman, cleaning of my house and do I mean deep cleaning, along with a re-do of my scrap room. (Just to name a few)

Just a busy end of the summer, but....I am back!
With lots of fun things to share!

1st - Rusty Pickle just posted their August sketch challenge on their blog.
Here is the sketch, my take on it and the details below,
please join us in the challenge and have fun!
 

We challenge you to use action shots taken down the beach or at the park if there is no beach! We also want you to mix and match the Pickle, so use at least two different collections!

For your info:

• use your choice of at least two different collections of Rusty Pickle patterned paper
• project must contain 80% of Rusty Pickle product
• One entry per person
• please post a link in the comments and email your entry to rustypickleblog@gmail.com putting August Sketch as your subject
• entries are due by 25 August 2009 12:00 midnight PST
• The RP chefs will vote on the winner and they will receive a fantastic prize pack from Rusty Pickle - Come on a prize even!!!

Here are the chefs layouts to inspire you!

Have Fun!

Also...new Pickaliscious reveals for the season!!!!!

Rusty Pickle also revealed some of their new relases for the Fall!
Fun Stuff!!!!!
Here are the first 3: Birthday Bash, Shgazaam, and Thriller!
Yummaliscious and right up my ally!

 

 

 
Do they not scream pout the need for boys in particular?
I sure think sooooo!!!!
Just Awesome!

Alrighty, more on the homefront for this upcoming week...but the big announcement...
School starts Monday!!!!!
I am doing seating assignments as we speak.
I type some, arrange a class ands then re-visit.
Summers get shorter, the older I get....YUCK!
I do love my job thpuigh, no complaining there, just love the pretty days of summer, too!
Here is to a wondrful summer and an eventful new year!
Hugs!
Beth

Scrappin Sports N' More NEW CHA Su' Release

Here they are...the first peeks of my creations for Scrappin' Sports N' More's newest CHA releases and they are so much fun to work with! You know me, I love sports and family pages, so what could be better! SSM have really outdone themselves this time, with their newest releases, so colorful and easy to use. Lots to choose from: Scrappin Sports N More.

Here is the Family line, Generations.


My 2nd and 3rd layouts feature the new cardstock stickers and patterned papers.

Basketball: Duke University

On Fire @ Camp

Treasured Scrapbooking's Treasure Hunt Contest!!!!

Here it is, THE BIG announcement over at Treasured Scrapbooking!!!!!

It's here - our biggest contest of the year - The Treasured Hunt!
This will be a six week contest. To enter, upload your very best layout into the Treasured Hunt gallery-Eligibility Entries category by 9pm (EST) Friday July 31st. The Design Team will vote and the top 25 entries will move on to compete in the contest. Following is the timeline of the contest:

Eligibility Round - deadline Friday, July 31th - 9pm (EST)
Sun Aug 2 - 25 contestants announced

1st round
Tues Aug 4- 1st challenge announced
Mon Aug 10 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

2nd round
Tue Aug 11 - announcement of 20 contestants moving on/2nd challenge posted
Mon Aug 17 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

3rd round
Tue Aug 18 - announcement of 15 contestants moving on/3rd challenge posted
Mon Aug 24 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

4th round
Tue Aug 25 - announcement of 10 contestants moving on/4th challenge posted
Mon Aug 31 - deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

5th round
Tue Sep 1 - announcement of 5 contestants moving on/5th challenge posted
Mon Sep 7- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

6th round
Tue Sep 8 - announcement of 3 contestants moving on/6th and final challenge posted
Mon Sep 14- deadline to upload entries (9pm EST)

WINNER ANNOUNCED - on or before September 17

After the 25 contestants are chosen, weekly challenges will be posted on Tuesdays and entries must be posted in the appropriate challenge gallery by the following Monday at 9pm (EST).

Pages will be judged on photography, creativity, originality, relativity to challenge theme and overall design. Winners for each round will be determined by the Design Team and myself.

Please pay close attention to the requirements of each challenge! Ask questions if you need clarification! Any deviation from the challenge requirements listed will result in disqualification. This is only to be fair to those who follow all of the requirements. We ask that all entries be posted only to the Treasured Scrapbooking gallery until the end of the contest or elimination.

PRIZES!! (Now to the good part!)
GRAND PRIZE: Prize Package worth over $250 of scrapbooking supplies and a $50 gift certificate to the Treasured Scrapbooking store!!

2nd prize: $40 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

3rd prize: $25 Treasured Scrapbooking Gift Certificate

All submissions must be original designs. Layouts submitted for any round of the contest (except the original eligibility entries) must be posted only in the TS gallery until the end of the contest or elimination and must not be published, posted or entered in any contest, in any magazine or on any website until the end of the contestant's participation in the contest.
Exception: layouts may be posted on your personal blog.

You must be an active member of TS to participate in the contest. Don't worry newbies...this doesn't eliminate you...as long as you actively participate in the forum/gallery once you join, you're good to go!!

I am very excited about this contest and can't wait to see all the awesome entries! Good Luck everyone!

*note: number of entrants moving on in any round may be adjusted due to number of entries.

Come and join in the fun!!!!!

God Luck!
Beth

July kit Designs at I Am A Scrapaholic Kit Club..................

I love this bright, cheery and fun kit from I Am A Scrapaholic!  This month has been such a crazy crazy month between basketball, scrapping like a mad woman and traveling between Louisville, Lexington and leaving for California next week. School starting in 2 weeks, oh my!!!!! gav's team won their game today at Nationals, so they feel better than last night.

I have been busy though, on the creative end, with my favorite kit clubs, so i want to drop in a share a few today and the rest this weekend. Here are my pieces using the Wonderful kit from I Am A Scrapaholic's July kit:

Coolness: Fun Basic Grey and Lots of Pebbles Inc. Products ranging from pebbles to ribbon, to glittered chipboard! Fun and easy to use!

 
My Lil' Ducking...how appropriate, hugh? Crazy kid! I used a Bazzill Scalloped edge and cut the inner circle and then added some sewing. Lots of easy dimension with Helmar products: 450 liquid Glue and Scrap-dots. Add the bunched Pebbles Inc. ribbon and cute lil' fancy Pants ribbon and this was just pre fun to create.

 

These Things Are Fun! Love the 2 sided paper in this kit, but this special black color was from my friend AnneB...cool colors!!! The quilted piece is actually a pre-designed page accent from prima. Wish i could claim it, but no, you can buy one also:0) I just stapled the corner down, which adds to the dimension.  Yummy ice creme and 2 good friends, what a fun day! Simple layout, once again....bot sure where these simple one's are coming from i my brain, but they sure are nice to get done quickly. Tee hee...you all know, I usually can't lave well enough alone and spend much more time foo fooing them u. Maybe it is the products that just do it this time for me...hmmm...imagine that!!! tee hee!

Splash -One of my favorites, quick and easy. Scalloped bazzill, quick trim, lots of Pebbles Inc. accents and cool thickers. easy to do and fun to look at! Cool ride, hugh?

 

Like isad, a fabululous and bright kit from I Am A Scrapaholic Kit Club. Don't miss out on this special kit this month! Stop by and give us a try!

Feelin' Good Kinda' Day..............

Funny post today, that kind of covers yesterday also.
Ever have one of those days that is a really good day, but never really seems to end. It just seems to continue into the next day, but the next day is not a good, so you want the original day to come back?

Well, that was yesterday and today, for me. I think I will call today, the continuous day from yesterday and go from there:0)

Fun things that have happened:

I got an exciting email from my good friend Julie telling me that she and I had made the Rusty Pickle Design team...woot woot!!!!!  I had been crossing my fingers for that wonderful companies team and the wish came true. Rusty Pickle has been so generous, with their Amazing Race event and it is such an honor to have been asked to join their team. That was my news mid day, very excited, set the beautiful Monday in fun motion.

Gav got checked in at his national Tournament in Lexington, Ky. Oh My.......now, there sure were some TALL boys. I mean, I see alot of tall boys with the amount of basketball that Gav plays, but people...we are talking tall ands BIG boys. One of the boys stats says he is 5'11"...and he is only 11 and in the 5th grade? The average players there are all tall than gav's teammates. Just a fact, one that will prove to be a bit tough for today's not so good day for him.

Jump back to the Awesome day..tee hee......got this fun email that told me to go peek at the Pebbles Inc Blog and sure enough, there was my ugly mug! It was funny, I was one of the featured designers yesterday, so my face popped up when I hit enter. Click and bwaaa......it was fun though. Pebbles Inc. is going to be a fabulous company to work for also. Great products and very fun people. Totally looking forward to that gig, along with the pickle.

Back to basketball, went to the opening ceremonies, not to exciting, which was kind of a let down for the boys. Too many people in a too small of a place, without enough air conditioning. That and imagine all the children at the tournament are all in the 10U age division. there are more boys, all the same age, from all over the country, than i have ever seen. Stressful, crowded and crazy...with people yelling out and all sorts of hubbub. You get the idea. We decided to spend the night and avoid the traffic, so there we are, buying clothes, new underwear..tee hee, and hair supplies, to spend the night. Totally fun and Gav thought it was pretty cool. Turn the negative into the positive right? Right:0)

Good night sleep, but way to short. Up and at em' for the 9:00a.m. rise and shine game day today. Long story short, our boys looked even shorter this morning than they did last night. They couldn't have shrunk, right? Well, the other team, was tall and really a good ball club. I was impressed at their skill level and they played well. Well and fair, which is a good thing nowadays and you wish it happened more. gav got to play alot and actually scored 8 points, which helped their final score of 15 out in the end. They are not used to losing, so that part was rough, but they will pick themselves up tomorrow and try again. A parent behind me made a really good comment though, that stuck with me. He said "The scoreboard is never a reflection of how really gfood a team here is. Every team here is good or they wouldn't even be here." I thought that was a good summary and what I shared with Gav in the car. Kind of a life lesson, I guess. Not a fun one when you lose by 20+ points, but it does help a bit.

So, like I said, this was a really fun and cool win for me on Monday, but then a disheartening loss for my little one today. So, I am going to combine the days, so we come out even if that is OK?

Thanks to Pebbles and Rusty Pickle for believing in me  and making my day.
To my Gav, keep it going man, I will keep pulling for you, also.
Hugs!

 

Fun week for the boy......

This is pretty much where my life is going to be the next 7 day...wish gavin Luck!
I'll do my best checking in and have some fun pieces to share, but he is #1 this week.

TH GRADE BOYS’ BASKETBALL

DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

JULY 13– JULY 19 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
A Fun shot from this past week at the Rhondo camp......
Gav placed in the finals in 7 out of 8 of the individual competitions for 9-10 year olds and won 2 of the final competitions.
His team placed 2nd place in the chapmpionship games, losing only 2 games all week.
We are very proud of his effort!

Congrats to the new Pebbles Inc. Design Team!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Pebbles Design Team 2009!

I am so excited to *finally* announce all the members of the first Pebbles Design Team! In no particular order:

• Debbie Standard
• Pam Callaghan
• Maureen Blanc
• Samantha Sibbet
• Amy Sorro
• Kim Moreno
• Christa Paustenbaugh
• Celeste Smith
• Emeline Seet
• Suzanne Sergi
• Michele Beck
• Mireille Divjak
• Deanna Kroll
• Sophia Allison
• Lisa Warren
• Susan Dupre
• Akiko Kuroki (Akilia)
• Ginnifer Maloney
• Mimi Leinbach
• Cherie Nymeyer
• Marielle LeBlanc
• Beth Root
• Lynn Ghahary
• Gaëlle Fauglas
• Liz Qualman

Rusty Pickle Leg 7...."Kabooooom Party Set" is completed!

Hello Everyone!

Kabooooooom! is my Holiday Party Theme for this leg of The Rusty Pickle Amazing race. 

We could choose the line we wanted to use, so of course, I chose the Red, White and Blue. Gotta' go with the patriotic theme in this house!

 

We just had 4th of July and we are getting ready to celebrate Memorial Day, in what is not to far away. I just love the Red, White, and Blue theme of the Rockin' America Collection from Rusty Pickle. You can ink it for a vintage look or leave it more of a bright white for a pop line. Very cool and versatile product line.

 

I hope you enjoy what I created with her!

Thank you to Scrapping Outback for hosting us for this celebration of a challenge on our last leg of the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race!!! What a friendly place to visit! Check them out!!!

 

Products used:

RP Rockin America Patterned Paper

RP Chipboards

RP Stickers

RP Tags

RP Ribbon

RP Twine

Smokey Quartz Glitter

Frost Glimmer Mist

Glitter Spray Mist

Ranger Fired Brick Embossing Power (Chipboard)

Clearsnap Vintage photo Ink

Ranger Inks

White gel Pen

Helmar Quick Dry 450

Staples

Stitching

Entire Kaboooom Party Set

 

 

Poster/Sign/Banner...however you would like to call her, she is the focal piece that will actually hang on my door starting today. I just love her!

  

 

These cuties are centerpiece firecrackers! Each tube is a rolled piece of paper, with a topper of either a plastic covered lid and twine or balled RP ribbon.  Paper ruffles adorn each topper.

  

 

My Invite and thank You cards coordinate with each other. I used the tag holder for one of the cards and the template for the Thank You. Each of the sets have tags that slide into the pocket, with the stamped message and notation on the rear of each tag.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is what I call a garter set. The chipboard star is painted, stained, and glittered ands then tied with twine on the handle of the basket. The garter is a paper ribbon ruffle and adhered to the basket using temporary adhesive. Great silverware accent piece.

 

Each guest will receive a little treat box  in a takeout chinese box shape. The base is cradstock and then the mini banner is stitched and has the glitter stars, inked stars and sticker topper.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by girls!

This is the last leg of the race, so I am hoping we will find out soon the outcomes of the contest.

The final entires are not due until Friday afternoon and then they said the results would be posted soon. Crossing my fingers on this one. Wishing the other girls good luck also though, thy have all been wonderful to work with. I just wish they would choose all of the gals, they are all truly gems!

Hugs and have a great day!!!

Rusty Pickle Amazing Race Leg 6 and what a busy day!

Phew.....when your day starts out uploading 14 pictures through photobucket and then driving two boys to a Rajon Rondo (Boston Celtics) camp in Louisville, you know you have a long day ahead of you. That was my day today. Great day, but a long one. The boys had a terrific time at camp and I actually went outside, laid on the grass and caught some beautiful rays and well.......caught a few little black ants also! LOL!

I finished my Leg 6 of the Rusty Pickle Race, over at the Scrapbook Doodle shoppe. What fun gals and they gave us a great challenge of creating a recipe album.....cough, cough....yes, alot of you know....I don't cook. (As in not at all) Si, I did a twist on the challenge and called my album the "Recipe of Life" album. I just loved these beautiful products from their French Market Collection. 

Here is my take on the challenge:
 

Lots of chipboard, embellished with gold embossing. each chipboard is decorated using one of the Rusty Pickle journaling stamps. Lots of Ranger ink, Clearsnap Chalks, and the new Clearsnap Smooches.

 

Each recipe tab card is stapled together to make a pocket. Inside each pocket is a 2 sided "recipe card" that features a photo or sticker phrase. These cards slide inside the pocket.

 

The ribbon inside the a,bum has ribbon stiffener from Helmar, what a fabulous product!!! Just dip it in the stiffener and it works like glue, creating a thick piece of ribbon that is bendable.

 

Each of the flowers are actually gather and stapled. I must admit, i went and bought new needles to make the flowers, but when i went to use them.....poof...those darn fairies came and moved them again! That or the pirates...who knows. they are the same one that steals my Cropodile...you know the one's....they probably visit your house every once in a while. So, I actually folded the flowers and stapled them, covering each one with a RP Button.

 
I missed the large sticker letters on top of each of the major highlighted words.

 

Nip, tuck, glue, and poof...that is the method behind this project.
Oh, and you can't forget the inking and embossing, but you get the idea.

 

 

Close up of the embossing and tearing.

 

Card groupings, 4 sets.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to peek into my life.
Projects like this remind me how lucky I am.
My family is wonderful, we are all doing well health wise and fortunately, I have found a way that relieves my stress in a creative and functional way.
Hugs for a new day tomorrow....headed to bed in a few!

Tweet Tweet......Pebbles Inc.!

Tweet Tweet....I think I can finally share my fun news. I was asked to join the Pebbles Inc. Design team. Pebbles Inc. is a super fun papercrafts manufacturer, specializing in what I like to think of as whimsical and colorful products. Like I said, a fun company to be involved with. I am super excited and honored. Thanks Pebbles! I can't wait to see the entire list of who else made the team, good luck to  everyone!

Here is one of my favorite layouts using Pebbles inc.'s products...Gav and I, coming home from our cruise, a few years ago. Now, back to work on project 5 for the race.....and off we go! I am hoping to be done this evening.

Rusty Pickle Leg 5...and then another......

Phew........this one was a HUGE project, HUGE!
But I really love how it turned out.

Grrrrr....this was an large winged album for the Rusty Pickle product line called Princess Pirate! I dedicated this grungy foo foo album to my helpful teenage neighbor, who totally fell in love with the product line, the minute she helped me pull it out of my RP box. I promised her ahead of time, that is selected for a project, I would use her favorite photos of herself and her friends.

You will notice, there are some blank places, especially in the journal areas, that I left for her to add her own words and her own small photos. Everyone wants to make their teenage book their own:0) All of the writing is done in silver sharpie, which looks really cool in person, not so bright in photos. Sorry about that...but they were messages and sayings to her. I did write on some of the photos and lots of the little tags, but mostly in silver, highlighted in black.

So, here she is the teenage version, of what being a pirate princess is all about!
I hope you enjoy her as much as I did....now she needs to set sail for a new teenage girl's home!
Thank you Rusty Pickle, this will make her day, which in turn, makes mine!

Products used:
Rusty Pickle Pirate line: Patterned Papers, chipboards, Trims, stickers, tags, buttons and coupons.
Rusty Pickle Large Winged Chipboard Album

Others:
Krylon Spray Glitter
Tulip Puffy Paint
Krylon Crackle Paint
DecoArt Twinkle Paint
Nicole's Foil Glitter
Helmar Quickdry 450, Spray adhesive and Premium Craft Glue
Silver Sharpie
American Crafts Pen
Staples
Sewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More fun news still coming.....I think i can share it later on today and I can't wait...tweet tweet!!!

Happy 4th Girlies!!!!!
Back to the Rusty Pickle Amazing Race!

Look what is on it's way to me...................

I Am A Scrapaholic's Main July Kit.......yumminess in full color!
Go check it out before they are gone!
I am stalking the mailman daily, for i think someone someone in a mail truck has picked up a scrapping hobby in their free time! Are the colors not the coolest??

Main Kit includes: $27.99

• 7 sheets, 12 x 12",  of Basic Grey Lime Rickey:  [1 each] Blue Moon, Boston Cooler, Fruit Fizz, Hoboken, Howdy Doody, Sarsaparilla, Tart & Tiny.

• 4 sheets, 12 x 12" Core'dinations White Wash Cardstock: [2 each] Butter Churn, Screen Door

• American Crafts Umbrella Thickers-Cricket ~Not shown in photo

• Bo Bunny Grease Monkey Buttons & Bling

• Bo Bunny Pet Shop Flowers

• Flair Designs Summer Time Fantastic Plastic w/Flair shapes

• Daisy Bucket Fun Quotes Rub-ons Elements

• 6 Jenni Bowlin Designs 4" Die-cut Mini Papers

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 3/8" Clover Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 3/8" Burnt Orange Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Bo Bunny 5/8" Buttercup Double Dot Ribbon

• 1 yard Making Memories Yellow Crochet Trim

• 1 yard May Arts Orange Grossgrain with White Stitched Edge Ribbon

The Rusty Pickle's Amazing Race leg 4 and more......

Leg 4 of the Rusty Pickle Amazing race is done and today we are off to Indiana, 4 teenage boys and me! Hmmm....not sure which one is crazier, the race or volunteering to take those boys on that trip. LOL! (Definately the latter)

I loved this last project, using the Rusty Pickle Cherry Line, way to precious!
Rustic, yet fresh products!
Hope you enjoy!
Have a great day, I'll check in later this evening, with some of the other fun pieces I have been working on! Hugs!
Beth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beth's version of Alice In Wonderland.......

Ok, what does that little rabbit sing all the time..."I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodby...I'm late, I'm late, I'm late." Well, when i directed this porgram w years ago, the rabbit really did miss his entrance every single time, but today.....I am going to do a quick post and run. The 4th leg of the race just kicked off and I have 2 days to make another 10 page..yeah 10 page, mini labum!  Wouldn't be a problem, accept that i broke the sewing machine...cough, cough.....yes again! This time, I am goig to buy me real one, not a child's toy.....so...need to take a quick break to get the machine and then head off to the chiropractor   and massage thearpist...tee hee!!!!! Life is good! HUGS!

Hope you love this layout as much as I do...one of my best days ever!