Halloween 1989 - your weekly Frosted Designs challenge!

Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee, My Mind's Eye //Cardstock: Bazzill // Ink: Close To My Heart // Stickers: EK Success // Border Punch: Fiskars

This week's challenge at Frosted Designs is to create a fall or Halloween themed project and is hosted by one of my favorite Lucky Girls, Kim!

Lately I've been digging through boxes of photos from when I was a kid, so when I came across these pictures it was perfect!This picture was of me and my brothers more than twenty years ago. I'm 9 in this pic, my brother Jordan is only 4 and Justin is 7. It's so funny to think that now all of us have kiddos that fall within these ages.

Get your hands on the fun & funky Basic Grey Sugar Rush card kit before they're gone!!!

Hi Friends,

AC Bailey is now offering the super-popular Basic Grey Sugar Rush card kit, containing everything you need to create beautiful, springy/Valentine's cards for just $15 plus shipping & tax! (See attached for a pic of this cute kit!) This kit contains enough patterned paper, die cuts, printed & scored cardstock bases, rub-ons, printed chipboard and envelopes for 8 cards - that's less than $2/card!

To guarantee that you get a kit, I will be accepting PRE-ORDERS through this Saturday, January 23. Kits should be delivered to me & available for pick up likely around Feb. 5-8. All orders must be pre-paid via PayPal by this Saturday to guarantee your kit.

I'd also highly recommend adding on a Mystery Box - for just $15, your mystery grab bag will be filled with a huge assortment of high quality products - from stickers, embellishments, brads, rub-ons and more, each kit is different and includes at least $25 worth of products, a deal you don't want to pass up!

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are wanting either the Sugar Rush kit or any other products from the store. I can order everything at once to save you money on shipping, and if I get enough orders, shipping will be free! I also have an "in" for BRAND SPANKIN' NEW MAYA ROAD products - direct from CHA, that can be put on this pre-order, too.

For those of you who signed up for my Bo Bunny Love Bandit Altered Album/Wall Hanging Workshop next Saturday, January 30th, we will be meeting at the New Castle Community Center from 12-4 p.m. I ordered one extra set - so if you or anyone you know might still be interested, please let me know ASAP. That class cost is $30.

The next Girl's Night Out crop is Friday, February 19th from 6-10 p.m. at the Silt Fire Station. $10 for two cute projects from myself and Candice from Stampin' Up, plus food, drink & plenty of space to spread out & craft! RSVP by Feb. 17th.

The following Sunday, February 21st is my Love Always 4-page scrapbooking workshop. I also have a few more spots for this, too, and may be offering a Sunday Special Crop - in addition to the workshop - to give everyone an little break before a crazy week to get some crafting done. More details to follow soon. In the mean time, if you would like to take one of the remaining spots for the Love Always class, the fee is $24 due no later than Feb. 5th.

Thanks again for all of your friendship & support!

Jessica Stott
Independent Consultant, AC Bailey Designs
970-319-6620
jasafrsa98@yahoo.com

New Kits for the New Year!

AC Bailey Designs is changing the way they do things this year and you're going to love it! It's going to bring you easier access to the lastes & greatest products from your favorite manufacturers as new lines are released at great prices, so there's no more waiting for fun new products!!!!

All purchases will still go towards earning your $25 Frequent Buyer Club certificate (get one point for every $10 spent, and when you reach $200 you get $25 in FREE PRODUCT). Since some of these products won't make it to the on-line store, the best way to earn your Frequent Buyer points and get your hands on these hot products is to get them in the pre-buys.

For myself as an AC Bailey consultant, I will be offering the fun new products into monthly kits priced around $20-$28 with ala carte add-on options of your choice! For some of the kits, I'll be offering local workshops to put them together, but this way, all "non-local" customers will have a chance to get their hands on these hot products!

All kit orders will be available on a pre-buy basis only. Details will be listed for about a week in advance and orders will typically ship to you within 3 weeks after the pre-buy closes. Shipping will be $6.00 for USPS priority + insurance.

For the first pre-buy, here are the class details & product listings.

Payment is due for these orders no later than Jan 7th - All prices listed are product cost only unless otherwise noted. Additional shipping & handling charges will apply.

If you are interested in any of the following products, please e-mail me with your order details, including product description, price & your mailing address. Payment must be received at time of order, no later than January 7th. PayPal preferred, or locals can catch up with me with a check or cash.

Bo Bunny Love Bandit Altered Album/Card & Photo Holder Workshop Kit

Kit Only Price: $20 + s/h

Local Workshop Details: Saturday, Jan. 30th from 1-4 p.m., $30 includes all supplies, s/h & lunch

Kit Includes: 6x6 insert pages, Love Bandit collection papers, Double Dot papers, exclusive transparency, assorted coordinating ribbon & embellishments, full page color instruction sheet

Bo Bunny Ala Carte Options:

Love Bandit Paper Collection #1 (6 Double-Sided Cardstock Weight Papers) - $6

Cuckoo for U iCandy Brads - $4

Love Bandit Paper Collection #2 (includes 2 die cut papers & 2 double sided cardstock weight papers) - $4

You Stole My Heart Rub-ons - $3.50

Love Bandit Combo Stickers - $3

Love Bandit Buttons & Bling - $4

Pink Paislee Love Always 4-page Scrapbook Workshop Kit

Create 4 fully embellished 12x12 layouts featuring Pink Paislee's Cupid collection papers, punch-outs & brads, American Crafts Salutations fabric Thickers in Chestnut and coordinating Bazzill cardstock, ribbon & flowers (not shown above)

Kit Only: $20

Local Workshop Details: Sunday, Feb. 21st from 1-4 p.m. $24 includes all supplies + s/h, embellishment buffet and lunch.

Pink Paislee Ala Carte Add-On Options:

Shown from left to right in the "kit" above:

Pink Paislee Cupid Paper Collection - $6

Pink Paislee Cupid Punch Outs - $3

Pink Paislee Cupid Brads - $4

American Crafts Salutations Fabric Thickers - Chestnut - $5

Pink Paislee Press-Ons: $4

Pink Paislee Borderline (12" Clear Border Stickers): $3.00

American Crafts Letterbox Line

American Crafts Letterbox Collection Papers: $6

American Crafts Letterbox Minimarks Phrases - Mail - Rub-Ons: $3.50

American Crafts Letterbox - House - Polite Fleece Flowers: $3.50

American Crafts Letterbox Pearl Brads: $4.00

American Crafts Letterbox Ribbon - Welcoming: $6

American Crafts Chipboard Thickers - Regards / Geyeser: $5

American Crafts Chipboard Thickers - Regards / Honey: $5

American Crafts Fabric Thickers - Salutations / Carnation - $5

P.S. We will still be offering our "core" products in store, like adhesives, Bazzill cardstock, inks, and standard embellishemnts like Bazzill flowers, chipboard, etc. Shop on-line by clicking here.

Merry Little Christmas Mini-Album (Post #2 for today!)

This Christmas our family is going to do something a little different - instead of the kiddos getting masses of toys under the tree from Santa, we'll be celebrating the 12 days of Christmas and each day, we'll honor a different person or family that has touched our lives. I wanted to create something special to document our first go at this type of celebration, and here's what I came up with:

This altered Maya Road binder with envelopes with Cosmo Cricket papers

This chipboard album was awesome - it had four tabbed dividers and four adorable, old-fashioned little envelopes (though I only used one for this album). It was really easy to make and I just loved the vintage charm of the Cosmo Cricket papers.

This page also uses the Making Memories Apron Lace border punch

I also used a little Bazzill cardstock, Tim Hotlz Distress Ink, Pink Paislee papers, Making Memories charms and ribbon, Close To My Heart hardware, stamps and brads, and some Stampin' Up ribbon and hat pin.

To clean up the holes for the chipboard inserts and any rough edges, I used my Crop-o-Dile and Basic Grey Precision Files and Tim Hotlz sanding block.

Almost everything from this album can be purchased at my online shop at AC Bailey Designs, where we have FREE SHIPPING next Tuesday, December 1st (and the first of every month) with orders over $35! If you have more questions or would like dimensions for this album, please feel free to email me at jasafras98@yahoo.com.

Free Shipping TODAY!

The first day of every month always brings free shipping over at AC Bailey Designs with all orders over $35 or more!

There's tons of new stuff in the store including great products for Christmas (and awesome stocking stuffers, too!!!)

Orders are usually shipped pretty quickly - you'll likely get them in 7-10 days, at most.

Just enter code "FREE" at check out!

Plus, you'll be entered into my great contest for a chance to win some awesome scrap goodies, too!

Happy shopping!

Midnight Madness at AC Bailey Designs Forum

The AC Bailey Design Team has been busy stirring the caulderon and cooking up some treats for All Hallow's Eve!

Games, Challenges and Sales await!

Be sure to sign into the Forum on Friday, October 30th at 5pm EST to take part in the festivities!

Treats will be awarded as usual....but work needs to be uploaded to the Gallery before the stroke of midnight Sunday, November 1st to be eligible.

And if you'd like to "treat" yourself...ALL products in the "While Supplies Last" section are an additional 40% off today and tomorrow!

Use coupon code "madness" to get your discount!

One coupon per customer - limited quanitites - valid 10/30 and 10/31 only!

Happy Halloween!

P.S. You'll want to check back here later today for a special contest and holiday shopping goodness, too!

My little punkin' head!

First off, let's just point out the glaringly obvious:

1) I can't seem to take a clear picture of my projects lately to save my life. Seriously. I don't know what the problem is!!!

2) Don't you just love all the fingerprints? Awesome, I know. You can tell my kiddos have been looking through the photo boxes again!

LOL! Good thing I'm not a perfectionist!!! =p

Anywho, this layout is for the most recent Freaky Friday challenge over t the AC Bailey Designs forum. The challenge this week was to create a layout using fall colors - orange, yellow, green and brown and somehow incorporate a leaf or pumpkin. I used all of my pumpkin patch pics last year - though I guess I haven't posted them yet so I could have cheated a little bit had I actually remembered that before now. (just kidding!)

This uses Stampin' Up cardstock, Close To My Heart cardstock, brad and chipboard, American Crafts patterned paper and Making Memories twill and letter stickers.

Thanks for stopping by!

2 Cute 2 Spook - ACB Freaky Friday Challenge

What a weekend! After enjoying a night out with my friend on Friday for dinner and Zombieland - which, surprisingly I really liked, my son fell ill with a really high fever and nasty, hacking cough. He was a little better yesterday afternoon, so we had family date day with Chinese food for lunch and costume shopping. After 6 months of Sophia telling me she wants to be a witch for Halloween, we got to Target and she changed her mind. Now she's going as Daphne from Scooby Doo, and Andrew's going as a wizard.
Later that night, Andrew's fever and cough were back in full force. Now Sophia's complaining of a sore throat and she's a little warm to boot. Bummer... it looks like it's going to be a long week! I did get lots of house work and laundry done, plus this stinkin' cute layout.
This was done for the Freaky Friday Challenge at AC Bailey Designs forum. Did you know that if you win one of the Freaky Friday Challenges that you get a $10 gift certificate to the store? Pretty awesome, in my opinion. We've got lots of great deals over there right now too! Check it out.
The challenge this week was to create a layout using punches to create a background design. On this, I used my old CM circle punch to create a faux-scalloped circle background and the Fiskars apron lace punch for the purple Bazzill cardstock. Almost everything here was from my October Goodies of the Month kit, including the Bazzill cardstock, Pink Paislee patterned paper for the small circles and Making Memories Halloween pins. I also used a little My Mind's Eye Nightlight paper for the big circle, Bo Bunny ribbon and Sizzix swirly stamps, plus some Close To My heart letter stamps & inks. Minus the CTMH products, everything else I used can be found at the ACB store.

Kickin' it old school - bust out those decorative scissors!

When my step-mom first got me into scrapbooking a million years ago, I got several pairs of decorative scissors. I kept them and used them often through Andrew's first baby album, but I can't say as I've done much with them since. When our challenge came up this week at Practical Scrappers, I had to dig through the kiddo's art box to find a pair!

I totally wimped out and used the most non-threatening decorative scissors I had in stash - which luckily was my only pair, so I was safe! The edge on the purple & green strips were made using my scallop scissors - these were the inverted (upside down) pieces to create a wavy look instead of the girly scallops.

Overall I really enjoyed how my layout turned out. This uses supplies from the AC Bailey Goodies Kit of the Month for October - stinkin' cute! Including Pink Paislee patterned papers (from which also came the tag) & glittery brad. The glittery swirls are from Marcella by K and the flower is an ink-distressed daisy from Wal-Mart's faux floral section.

Thanks for looking!

Getting Edgy With It! Freaky Friday Challenge @ ACB

The Freaky Friday challenge over at the AC Bailey forum this week was to use two different edges in a layout or card - neither could be a scallop. Aggh! That killed me, because scallops are my favorite shape to play with. But - I just recently got an order from AC Bailey that had two packages of Bazzill Just the Edges Die Cut Strips - something I didn't think I'd use all that often, but now I use all the time.

I got the strips in brown and white - so I used the brown one as it was and just ink-distressed it slightly to match the paper - Elliott by Scrap within Reach. The green ric-rack started out as white, but I direct-to-paper inked it to the green to coordinate with the rest of the layout. I love how it turned out and wish I had made some big dinosaur or something - it would have been perfect for a stegosaurus. This green ric-rack also got the once over with dark cocoa ink. I also trimmed out a heart from one of my edge strips and tied a ribbon around the funky thin edge to hide the distortion. =)

The layout was topped off with American Crafts Thickers.

All supplies minus the buttons can be purchased here.

How edgy can you be? Be sure to enter your layout or creation in the AC Bailey Forum and Gallery by Thursday night for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate to ACB!

Celebrate World Card Making Day this weekend with AC Bailey Designs for your chance to win!

Did you know that THIS Saturday October 3rd is World Card Making Day???

World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family as well as to kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season.

How many of YOU have already started your Christmas cards??? (I know I haven't yet!)

Join the fun this weekend at AC Bailey with another weekend contest at the AC Bailey forum to celebrate the art of card making!

Join the ACB Design Team and special guests for challenges, a contest, and some learning...as only they can do! And of course, there will be PRIZES!!!

All official posts & challenges will be launched tomorrow (Friday!) so get ready to get creative!

By the way, I participated in last weekend's Fall into Scrapping On-Line crop at ACB and WON! for my "Smile" layout and, just by being an active forum member, received 5% off my order today!

My crop prize should be coming in the mail any day (I'm so excited to see what it is!) and I saved over $30 with my order after my discount and enjoying FREE SHIPPING today since it's the first and my order was (way) over $35. Let's just say that shopping with AC Bailey has definite perks!

Oh, and Juanita & Andrea, the girls who have already booked their holiday Christmas card workshops with me, are in for some pretty special treats!

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

ACB Card Challenge #10

The only other challenge last night was the card sketch challenge (challenge #10 in the ACB Fall On-line Crop Forum). Here is the sketch:


And here's my take:

This clear card was made with a transparency sheet, Imaginesce Twitterpated papers & brads, Stampin' Up rub-on & stamp sentiment and random ribbon & flowers. Thanks for stopping by!

ACB On-Line Fall Crop Challenge #6

Here's my first project for the AC Bailey Designs Fall On-Line crop, going on now! I had big plans to get a lot done last night, but Michael & I were watching last season's Grey's Anatomy - what a tear jerker! So, needless to say, not a whole lot of scrapping happened!

Challenge #6 over at ACB forum is to create a layout following this sketch to the T! It's supposed to be about an everyday moment, which mine is not. That's what happens when I read the directions on the fly!



And here's my take on it:


My layout uses Close To My Heart papers, cardstock, stickers, flower & button, a strip of Jenni Bowlin paper, Stampin' Up rubon and Thickers for the title.

Fall Into Scrapping Online Crop this weekend!

Join us this weekend over at the AC Bailey Designs Forum starting Friday night to join us for our weekend long online crop! There will tons of games, prizes and challenges to keep you busy all weekend! PLUS - there are two very special guests... I am not going to tell you who yet, but one's initials are JB... Log on to sign up TODAY!! If you're new to the forum, just follow these simple steps for creating a new account: - Click on "Register" in the top tool bar to create your account - After your account is created, click on "Board Index" in the upper(ish) left corner of the screen - Click on "Online Crop Info" (under Store News) - Click on the top topic - "Sign Up for the Fall Into Scrapping Crop" and post a reply to the thread to enter into the crop and be entered to win prizes! I'll see you there!

ACB Kick Off Crop Projects

In between dinner and getting the kiddos into bed, I managed to get everything cut and the examples prepped for tomorrow night's ACB Kick Off Crop in Silt. Those drop by will have a choice between a scrapbook layout and a card project.

Both were created with Pink Paislee's Captivating papers, Bazzill Cardstock, October Afternoon Stamps and creamy-dreamy Powder Puffs ink in Mocha Mama. The layout features puffy Thickers (chit chat) from American Crafts and Flora Doodle flowers.
The butterfly on this card was trimmed from an edge strip from Bazzill's Just the Edge die cut strip pack. It also uses Bazzill Dotted Swiss cardstock and Close To My Heart Ribbon, plus miscellaneous button and twine.

I'm pretty jazzed with how these both turned out. I can't wait to share thes projects in person tomorrow with all of my crafty friends - plus a few new ones who are joining me too. Now I'm off to create more fun-ness.

I think I'm in scrap love! Falling into fun with ACB!

Look what I got today!

It's my new consultant kit goodies from AC Bailey Designs. I'm in love! I'm so excited to get to play with all this greatness - and excited to share it with my friends! I'm getting ready for my ACB Kick Off Party tomorrow night at the Silt Fire Station, so this is just a quicky post but I had to share!

AC Bailey has so many amazing product lines and 24/7 shopping, free shipping with orders over $35 on the first of every month, plus AWESOME deals (be sure to check out their While Supplies Last section!) and a great "Goodies Kit of the Month" club for under $30 ($28 for 6 months or $25 for 1 year plus free shipping - woohoo!!!)

They also have a HUGE customer incentive program. EARN $25 in FREE PRODUCTS OF YOUR CHOICE when you spend $200 (pre tax/shipping). It's super easy to do and there's no need to keep track of numbers or frequent buyer cards. Just check yes in the FBC box at check out and everything is automatically kept track of for you!

Here are a few close-up pics of what I got today. Careful - don't drool too much on the keyboard. LOL!

The new Jenni Bowlin Front Porch line - don't you just love those diecut papers?!



The super-stinkin'-cute Twitterpated line with teal glitter Lullaby Thickers:

The super fun Lime Rickey line from Basic Grey with lime vinyl Poolside Thickers, plus the fun Bo Bunny album, Maya Road Chipboard and October Afternoon stamps:

And finally, here's what we'll be creating with at my Kick-Off Party tomorrow, the fun and chic
Pink Paislee Captivating papers with October Afternoon stamps:

Want to join the fun tomorrow night? There's still room! Visit my AC Bailey consultant page for further details and your chance to win! I hope to see you there!

Love the fun products shown above? Click on the hot links to get to the AC Bailey store and shop from home. Make sure you put my name - Jessica Stott - in as your consultant and I'll send a little goody your way!

My First Tri-Fold Card

I don't know about you, but I'm horrible at following written directions! I'm a visual learner and usually have to see how something is done before I can do it myself. When I couldn't find the tutorial I had saved for this card from Splitcoast Stampers, I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to make it. I had to revert to my memory (an even scarier thought!) and after a few tries at the folding, I decided that the finished project didn't turn out too shabby.

I created this card for the Freaky Friday challenge over at AC Bailey Designs. They challenged you to use multiple folds in a card project so I created this tri-fold card.

(And yes, I know it's {technically} Tuesday, but since Friday, I've had to leave town for a memorial service, come back for my son's baptism, go out of town to deal with our rental property, and come back to town for birthday festivities. And this was just this weekend!)

After all was said and done, this was a pretty easy card to make. I'd tell you how, but you'd probably get confused, so instead I'm going to refer you to where I saw it originally - at Splitcoast Stampers. Their step-by-step tutorials are great!

The end product is a 4"x6" little bundle of love created primarily with Close To My Heart products, including the new FaLaLa paper packet and glitter(!) rub-ons.

In fact, the only things that aren't Close To My heart is the stitched ribbon (Stampin' Up), the blue glitter for the snow swirls on the front (Martha Stewart). and the orange for the carrot nose (courtesy of Crayola)

As always, thanks for looking!