It's finally here!!! Lucky Girl Crafts June Debut Kit & BLOG PARTY!

June 2010 Lucky Girl Crafts Kit - "Summer Lovin'"

Since I have such amazing friends and local support, the June kits are available in LIMITED QUANTITIES - so get yours while the gettin's good!!!

Full kit details and purchasing information is available by visiting our store at www.luckygirlcrafts.com

Lucky Girl kits will be jam-packed with a wide array of coordinating patterned papers, cardstock, stickers, rub-ons, ribbons & embellishments from your favorite manufacturers like Pink Paislee, My Mind's Eye, Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz, Prima and more...

Lucky Girl monthly kits are a great value at only $30/month + shipping. Annual subscriptions will be offered for $28/month + shipping. Shipping - at this time - is available to US residents only.

You can check out each new Lucky Girl kit beginning the 25th of each month. Our amazing design team will host monthly Blog Parties running the 1-3 of each month showcasing ideas for each kit - that way, both beginning and experienced scrappers will have plenty of fresh, new ideas with each kit.


Don't forget to check out our mid-week BLOG PARTY!

Start at the Lucky Girl Crafts blog by clicking here.

Also, each day, our incredibly talented, amazingly awesome design team will be posting a new project for you that was created with the June kits! Oh, and did I mention that each Lucky Girl has PRIZES to give away, with a GRAND PRIZE on the main blog?

Your next stop on our BLOG PARTY HOP is KIM

You can also find amazing artwork with the rest of our DT, here:

Raechelle

Sarabeth

Who wants some CANDY?!


How to win my Blog Party Candy:
1) Share the details of the Lucky Girl Crafts Debut Blog Party to your blog, Twitter, Facebook or MySpace account with a link back here.
2) Post a comment here with a link to your shared post.
3) Sign up as a follower - if you happen to be inspired by my work!) - for an extra entry.
4) Post a comment here with your top five reasons why you are a Lucky Girl!

The BLOG PARTY runs through this Thursday, June 3. Winners will be announced on Friday, June 4 with five days to claim your prize!

Visit us again tomorrow for more scrappy inspiration and more chances to WIN!

Lucky Girl Crafts Mid-Week Blog Party - Day 1!!!

Here's my very first creation from my very first Lucky Girl Crafts kit!

With each kit, I strive to include at least one die-cut paper, which admittedly can be a little intimidating. I love the versatality of die-cut papers, though, and the unique look they can give a project.

For this layout, I used the Pink Paislee diecut paper, along with Pink Paislee Flip Notes and Clear Borderlines Stickers. I also used my Jenni Bowlin embellished butterfly and Black Glitter Puffy Thickers, which I've decided might be my favorite font in Thickers (until next time!)

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the next stop on our Blog Party Hop -

Raechelle

Each of the Lucky Girl DT members will have a new project every day from the June kit - you're going to LOVE what they have in store for you!

Coming soon.... LUCKY GIRL CRAFTS MID-WEEK BLOG PARTY & KICK OFF!

I don't know about you, but I am sooo excited for the reveal of my first kit at Lucky Girl Crafts. I've created a pretty awesome, jam-packed kit of scrappy awesomeness, and gathered an amazing team of designers to help give you inspiration. You better hold on to your socks, because I think they're about to be knocked off!!!

Join us next Tuesday, June 1 through Thursday, June 3 for our first-ever Mid-Week Blog Party, featuring new projects every day from each of the four Lucky Girl designers (myself included)... plus a chance to win one of FIVE prizes!!!

The fun starts at 1 a.m. MST Tuesday, June 1 at the Lucky Girl Crafts blog.

June 1 is also the day that the kits go LIVE at the store.

The kits are extremely limited (I've already pre-sold out of nearly half of them!) so if you're wanting a kit of your very own, you can message me here or e-mail me at jasafras98@yahoo.com to pre-order your kit today!!!

Lucky Girl kits will be jam-packed with a wide array of coordinating patterned papers, cardstock, stickers, rub-ons, ribbons & embellishments from your favorite manufacturers like Pink Paislee, My Mind's Eye, Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz, Prima and more...

Lucky Girl monthly kits are a great value at only $30/month + shipping. Annual subscriptions will be offered for $28/month + shipping. Shipping - at this time - is available to US residents only.

Wonderful news from my blogging buddy!

One of my favorite friends in cyber-world has started her very own sketch challenge site, and I'm so excited for her!

You may recognize the super-talented Kim from her Memories in Thyme blog, or as one of my DT sisters at Practical Scrappers, Frosted Designs, and of course, Lucky Girl Crafts (because there's no way I'd pass on her talent!!!)

She's gathered quite a talented group of scrappers herself and will kick-off her first sketch at SKETCHES IN THYME next Friday, June 3. Visit her site & check out all the happenings! Knowing Kim, they are sure to be special!

Playing catch-up...

Between the end of school, a new position at work and starting a business, my life has been a little crazy-insane lately. I haven't had a chance to post my projects for Practical Scrappers the last few weeks, so I figured I should probably play catch up before the BIG REVEAL next week at Lucky Girl Crafts!!!

The top card is from our Patterned Paper challenge two weeks ago and features an adorable (pre-colored!) digi image from our awesome May sponsor, Wink Wink Ink!

The bottom layout is for our Fabric, Felt & Tulle challenge this past week. I created the flowers using rolled & wrapped tulle, Cosmo Cricket buttons, and bling.

Both projects use primarily My Mind's Eye papers. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rockin' rainbow fun!

Hello my friends!

This week's challenge from Frosted Designs brings you bright and sunny colors, er... I mean, bright and RAINBOW colors!

We were challenged to use embellishments in rainbow colors... though when I read it, I thought it said to just use rainbow colors, period. Here's to fully reading the directions! LOL!
After all of the rain and cold, crummy weather we've been experiencing in my little corner of Colorado, I was needing something bright to lift my spirits, so alas, here came the inspiration for this fun layout.

I used three sheets of patterned paper for this layout - Making Memories (the stars), Glitz Designs (for the blue distressed photo mat) and We R Memory Keepers for the swirls, yellow scalloped accents, orange distressed journaling block and striped accent to the journaling block (which were all from one sheet of double-sided patterned paper). I also used a Stampin' Up paper clip-thing, self-adhesive patterned metal dots from Heidi Swapp and ribbon and journaling pens from Close To My Heart.

Be sure to check out the rest of the talented crew at Frosted Designs... I love what they've come up with this week!

Oh, and today's the last day for my Lucky Girl DT call! Get your entries to me by tonight at midnight MST!!!

Gettin' a little punchy!

Practical Scrappers has a great challenge this week... Get your punches out and get ready to play along!

I don't know about you, but I really dig the fancy-pants layered flowers on the market out there. Problem is, I live in a small town and the nearest scrapbook store is nearly 2 hours away, and I feel so guilty for ordering just a package or two of the blossoms on-line that I don't get my hands on them nearly as often as I'd like.

For this layout, I created 3D flowers using my Stampin' Up Boho Blossoms punch. I punched the flowers out of several different patterned paper, distressed the edges and, once the ink was dry (this is a key hint, by the way! Otherwise your ink gets all over and ruins the pretty effect you're trying so hard to create...), simply crimp, crunch and crumple the blossoms up. Once that's done, either poke holes through the center of your buttons and attach with a brad, or use glue dots to secure each blossom and top with pretty gems.

Here's how they turned out:

Really, once I got the hang of it, I quickly became addicted to them and made more than I needed for this layout, which I'm sure will adorn some other project in the very near future.

All of the patterned papers were from My Mind's Eye, with some Zva bling, Kaiser Craft adhesive pearls, and vintage lace thrown in the mix. I also used a pearly flower from Prima, some cardstock from Stampin' Up, a strip of wide blue ribbon from Target's dollar spot and K&Co. letter stickers. Oh - and can you spot the other punches I used? The scallop circle journaling tag is from Stampin' Up, and the "Threading Water" border punch is from Fiskars.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget ... the deadline for my Lucky Girl DT call is this Friday. Check out this post here for more details on how to enter!

I'm a Lipstick Chick!!!! Check out my first challenge layout!

I was recently invited to become a part of the xOxO Girls Design Team - The Lipstick Chicks - and today is our big reveal!

The xOxO Girls blog is all about the art of scraplifting! I don't know about you, but some of my best layouts are inspired by the artists whose blogs I regularly peruse - whether it's the layout, color combo, title or artistic elements, you all are some awesome artists.

At xOxO we celebrate the scraplift! The huge DT posts their layouts towards the beginning of the month, then you have a whole month to scraplift from one of the 25 layouts for a chance to win some scrappy awesomeness! The May challenge is sponsored by Color Me Miki - enter the challenge for a chance to win one of their fantastic kits.

For our DT pic, we had to don bright lipstick....

I never wear lipstick, especially in such bright colors, but it inspired me to create this:


For our May challenge, our layout had to use at least 5 of the following journal prompts:

1. Floral Print
2. Script
3. Teal
4. Burnt Orange
5. Black Alphas
6. Bird
7. Butterfly
8. Teal Flowers
9. Twigs/Branches/Trees
10. Pinkish/Red Flowers

I used them all except for the bird, because really, I think birds are kind of creepy. But that's just me.

Now go and scraplift from one of these amazing creations here and enter for your chance to win!!!

Baby, get your groove on...

This week's challenge at Frosted Designs is sanding!

For my layout, I created a faux-linen look by sanding first horizontally, then vertically on the white-core cardstock. All products on this layout are old-school Close To My Heart.

Thanks for popping in! Be sure to check out my first-ever Lucky Girl DT Call by clicking here.

Stuck on stickers!

Hi all!
Welcome to my Tuesday posting for Practical Scrappers - new day, new projects! Yeah! This week our challenge is stickers. I got some new Basic Grey stickers to use on my layout:

The layered fabric and button flowers, chipboard and even the striped ribbon in the corner are all stickers... OK, self-adhesive embellies, same thing! All products are from Basic Grey's Green at Heart line, except for the vinyl Thickers and cardstock - both American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to check out the details for my new Lucky Girls DT Call!

CALLING ALL LUCKY GIRLS / DT call for my new store!

Are you a Lucky Girl?!

I'm hosting a Design Team call to kick off my new scrapbook kit of the month club in style!

Lucky Girl DT members will receive FREE PRODUCT each month and publication on the Lucky Girl Craft Kits blog and Lucky Girl Crafts store site!

I'm currently seeking Lucky Girl DT members who are:

* Fun & easy going!

* Can follow deadlines and submit 3-5 projects a month. For all but the first (June) challenge, you'll have a full month to get them done!

* Is willing to promote Lucky Girl Crafts blog & store through word of mouth and links on their personal blog

Previous Design Team experience is not necessary!

To apply, please:

*Send me pics of 5 of your most recent, favorite projects

* Tell me what your favorite product to use in creating and why

* Give me 10 random facts about you

* Become a follower of the Lucky Girl Craft Kits blog

*Send me a link to your blog and/or on-line gallery

At this time, the call is open to US and Canadian residents

Please e-mail your entry to jasafras98@yahoo.com with Lucky Girl DT Call in your subject line.

This call is open through Friday, May 14, with the new DT being announced the following week.

Please note: The store goes live towards the end of May, with June being the first month that I'll *officially* have kits for sale. Accepted DT members will receive products by May 21. Your first two projects will be due on May 28 - if you cannot commit to this deadline, please let me know in your application.

Help spread the word about this DT call for a chance to win a RAK of scrappy goodness! Just comment here with a link to your blog post, Facebook update, Tweet or whatever and you're in the hat for the drawing!

Good luck to you all!!!