Mountain Mommy Scrapper

Lucky Girl Crafts is closing...

2011-09-23T04:15:00.000-06:00

Dear fans and friends of Lucky Girl Crafts,

I write you today with a very heavy heart. Nearly 18 months after first deciding to take a leap of faith, I have decided to close Lucky Girl Crafts. Our tough economic times and saturated market have proven too much for my little company to conquer.

Over the past year and half, I have been so blessed by Lucky Girl fans and friends who have made their way into my life. I tried to bring a kit club to the scene that provided inspiration to beginners and experienced crafters, and due to the help of an amazing design team, I feel like I met that purpose. I wanted to provide a kit that had a wide variety of beautiful items for every crafter, and I feel like that was also accomplished.

I hope that you continue to join us throughout the month for more inspiration from Natalie, as well as a quick posting of my favorite Lucky Girl projects from you, our fans, from the past year.

I hope that you've enjoyed the ride as much as I have. I have been so humbled by your responses to the kits and by the friends that I've made. Thank you for staying with us. Thank you for being there. Thank you for being you.

I have quite a bit of stock on hand that needs to go - much of it has already been marked down 25-35% off. My loss is your gain, however. Head on over to the store and you'll receive an EXTRA 25% off any purchase (making your total savings 50-65% off!!!) by using code LUCKYME at check out.

For those with prepaid subscriptions, please watch your emails for details.

Thank you all for such a wonderful time.

Many blessings and happy wishes for you and yours.

Much love,

Jessica Stott

owner, Lucky Girl Crafts

Honor & Memory Blog Hop

2011-09-09T00:00:00.001-06:00

Lucky Girl Crafts "Honor & Memory" Blog Hop
Friday, Sept. 9 starting at 12 a.m. MST through Sunday, Sept. 11 at 11:59 p.m.

As crafters, we have the ability to express our emotions through our art. As scrapbookers, our words flow onto the page to tell our story, or in this case, our perspective of a story or event, to future generations.

This weekend, the Lucky Girls have dedicated their projects to those who we want to honor, those whose lives have touched us and we want to remember, or a favorite memory we have of a special person.

If you're just joining us, head on over to the Lucky Girl Crafts store blog to check out everybody's interpretation of the challenge.

Otherwise, I'll leave you with my project:

Angi is up next for the blog hop

Thank you for joining us this weekend. You are loved.

Lucky deals just for you :)

2011-09-08T23:31:00.001-06:00

As a special incentive to our Lucky Girl friends, every one who places an order in our store through Monday will receive a free gift!

The larger the purchase, the larger your gift!

PLUS - one lucky, random person who places an order will receive $50 worth of goodies when their order ships!

There are still tons of AMAZING deals left in the store - www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com - so hurry over and get your favorite crafty supplies before they're gone!

Sweet September Deals at Lucky Girl Crafts!

2011-09-03T23:20:00.003-06:00

Hi friends!

We've got a beautiful new kit and some CRAZY AWESOME DEALS in the store over at www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com this weekend, and you definitely don't want to miss out!

First, check out our beautiful September kit, "The Little Things That Count"...

filled with brand-spanking new Jillibean Soup (their Sweet & Sour Soup line) and tons of sweet, vintage-y embellies and {my all time favorite} Thickers. ***Swoon*** I've got a bit of a paper crush.

Plus, you've got a chance through Tuesday to score some AMAZING DEALS on all of your favorite products. Head on over to the sale section at www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com and find bargains like....

Retired kits from $14.99

Thickers starting at just $2.99

Great deals on our Crate Paper Toy Box collection "extras"

Tim Holtz goodies from just $1.49

Heidi Swapp Glimmer Mist sets from only $14.59

a HUGE MYSTERY PACK of 60 papers (including 50 patterend papers and 10 sheets of cardstock - all 12x12, plus a sweet dose of die cut and specialty papers for good measure.) This pack retails at over $50, but you can get it for just $16.99

PLUS - we've got a huge amount of smaller paper packs, alphas & embellies for every whim and fancy. Supplies are VERY limited so hurry & tell your friends, then head on over to the store at www.LuckyGirlCrafts.com before all the good stuff is gone!!!! ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Denim Delight (Crate Paper Color Challenge!)

2011-08-06T12:36:00.004-06:00

Hi lovelies! In my search for crafty inspiration, I often find myself on the Crate Paper blog. They just announced their August Crate Color Challenge, and luckily the colors matched the Crate I have on hand - their Toy Box collection that I have left over from my April Lucky Girl Crafts kit, A Boy & His Toys. Woohoo! I love when things get serendipitous!

The color palette this month is: Sand - Khaki - and Denim Blue

Even though this color palette makes me think more of boys, I decided to take a girly approach to the challenge.

You're allowed to use any color of Denim, so I ink distressed the Build blue pattern to make it darker - like well worn jeans. I added a strip of ruffled & scalloped Playdate paper, and elements from the Toy Box Accent Cuts.

Being a short girl, I also had some extra denim fabric from the cuff of my very own jeans that I made into a sweet shabby chic flower element. The center of the flower is a chipboard checkers piece that I epoxied and added a few pearls and glitter to. I adore how it turned out!
A few vintage-looking brads from American Crafts, CTMH and Making Memories, along with a mulberry Petaloo flower add delicate detailing to a masculine color scheme.

I also added some of the coordinating chipboard and stickers (and a bit of CTMH Liquid Glass epoxy accent) to finish it off. I made the metal charm using scraps from the Build and Accent Cuts papers, layered in to a K&Co. charm from last November's LGC kit.

The final product was laid out on a Core'dinations Core Essentials - Cream of Wheat dry embossed paper that was dry brushed with a pearly acrylic paint.

If you're looking for the Practical Scrappers Anniversary Blog Hop, please check out this link here. Thanks so much for stopping by!

It's an Anniversary Blog Hop!

2011-08-04T22:14:00.001-06:00

Hello friends! I'm so glad you're joining us in celebrating the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY of Practical Scrappers with our weekend Blog Hop! All of our designers have created some amazing projects relating to the number two since it's our second anniversary, and here's my take:

We have an extremely talented group of designers, I know you'll enjoy checking out their blogs.

Practical Scrappers

Christine

Kerri

Erin
Jessica YOU ARE HERE!

Now, how about a chance to win? Two of you will be very Lucky Girls when you play along!

Tell me your TOP TWO favorite things about this week's anniversary celebration at Practical Scrappers for a chance to win one of two RAKs from Lucky Girl Crafts!

I'll draw a winner on Monday, August 8th.

Thanks for joining us in the big celebration! Please head on over to the lovely Pia next!

First Day / First Grade

2011-08-04T22:00:00.001-06:00

:00Hi friends & happy weekend! I had some down time last night, so I popped in Grease and took over my kitchen table to get some crafting done. Not before I spent an hour or so browsing for new inspiration, though! My cyber travels took me to Got Sketch?, Page Maps and Scrapbook & Cards Today blogs, and combined inspiration from the colors, layouts and embellies to create this fun layout to enter for the American Crafts 5 Photos Facebook challenge:

This layout combines three paper lines from American Crafts: Letterbox, Botanique, and Dear Lizzy Enchanted. I added my all-time favorite Thickers along with some altered Dear Lizzy Enchanted ribbons from this month's Lucky Girl Crafts kit.

I took the seafoam green and white velvet ribbon and cut it down the middle, then gathered it for a ruffled look. I also took one of the blossoms from the coral rose ribbon and added some bling and vintage buttons in the center, and a ribbon "leaf" for my central flower.

My layout was inspired off of this sketch from Scrapbook & Cards Today. I took my favorite elements from the two page spread and altered it to fit my needs on a single page layout:

Thanks for stopping by!