Friday, December 31, 2010

January Give Away!

January is going to be a busy month for me while I prepare for CHA.

I hope to create new projects in my spare time :o) and maybe even scrap a little, but it might be quiet around here. I'll try to post at least once a week.

MEANWHILE....................... I love to give stuff away! It's great for my Karma.

I hope you'll be busy creating, so here's the GIVE AWAY DETAILS!

Post your first layout or project of the year at your preferred gallery then come here to leave a comment ON THIS POST with a link so you can share it.

I haven't decided if it will be another random drawing, or given to someone who's layout/project knocks my socks off! But, someone will win ALL EIGHT (8) Frances Meyer kits that include 12x12 papers and 1 sheet (8.5 x 11) chipboard shapes pictured. Quality cardstock and papers in fabulously delicious and trendy colors and patterns.

The drawing will be held on Jan 25th, to be shipped on 26th, as I will be flying to CHA on Jan 27th.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!



Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Old Fashioned Gaming Fun!






CREATED WITH JEANINE'S ELEANOR KIT!

Wood game blank painted w/ acrylic lt. green paint then decoupaged with papers printed from the Eleanor kit. There is a carved spacer between each section. The outer edge is embellished with Spellbinders embossed die cuts (flourishes) from an Eleanor kit paper; inked with green. The entire project is sealed with glossy clear coat (Krylon). Game pieces are really old poker chips in cream/bone and slate. I say "really old" because they look antique but I'm not sure, got a box at a thrift store not too long ago! SCORE!

TIP: when decoupaging, sometimes tragedy occurs and your paper may get smudged, peel or stick to the table and peel (voice of experience here!) A quick fixer up, instead of trying to remove all the adhesive and paper and start again.................. Tear a section of the same paper that is similar in shade and tone. Tear it "down" all the way around so that no white shows but the edges are "thinned" for easy patching! Decoupage the patch over your boo boo!



A BIG THANK YOU TO TED from tteddo.com for helping me get my WebCam operational.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

A White Christmas!!


Last night, before dinner we had a snowflake making session to decorate the windows :o) We lost a few this year because of our beloved feline, AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN! It snowed last night, about 3 inches.......... so these will definitely help make it a White Christmas.

Monday, December 20, 2010

AND THE WINNER IS...............................................



CONGRATULATIONS!!

Will the winner please email me on Facebook with your shipping address, looks like it won't get shipped until tomorrow morning though.

Thanks to all that entered for stopping by and visiting the blog.

I will be attending Winter CHA in January and will most likely be having another give away after the show. I will share all of the yummy new releases I see there!!

Meanwhile, I'll be uploading a couple new projects this week.

Cheers!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND TODAY.................

PRIZE WINNER COMING SOON, TAKING A LUNCH BREAK FIRST!

:O)

Monday, December 13, 2010

CT: Hybrid layout and Tag Ornament

Two hybrid projects created with Jeanine DeOre's Twilight Snowfall bundle.

This kit has fabulous background papers, if you know me, you'll know I'm a paper addict.
I really enjoyed using the papers along with the tags and snowflake elements.




JOY LAYOUT: There is some silver embossed flourishes and some grunge around a photo matte, fabric flowers, some rhinestone brads, a large oval rhinestone, snowflake punches created from the rest of that digital "paint chip" near the center of the photos, chipboard letters in shiny silver. I cut out a large snowflake from one of the other background papers to accent the top left corner, silver ribbon (offray) on the right tag.

TAG ORNAMENT: I really liked the tags in this kit! I printed them oversized on 4x6 photo paper and layered two of them for the ornament with fabric flowers in white and red (to compliment her Patriots jersey!) layered and folded between the two tags, large vintage button has a loop in the back that worked great for the thin ribbon hanger accented with two punch holly leaves and the same chipboard alpha "R" for Ryan (she's my grandbaby#1).

Chipboard: DCWV Chip Chatter Foil
ALL DIGI ELEMENTS: by Jeanine DeOre which can be found at Scrapmatters.com, this kit is called Twilight Snowfall.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Fabric Wall Art Canvas

Sharing a project I created for C&T Publishing's book
"Color your world" with Princess Mirah Batiks

Thursday, December 2, 2010

MY 2ND CHANCE: BLOG GIVE-A-WAY!

After 2 years of personal turmoil, self-discovery and growth........

I'm BACK! With a new name and a new BLOG!
My previous blog (Becky Chabot) had 200+ followers but I need to INTRODUCE MY NEW BLOG!

PLEASE FOLLOW MY NEW BLOG (+Plus other requirements) to be entered into the give-a-way.

ONLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN:
Art, Scrapbooking, Card Making, Crafting, Green Crafting, Trash to Treasure projects and / or anything CREATIVE!


TO ENTER:
- Share my blog on your blog

- Share my blog with your friends on your Facebook page
(either from FaceBook event or directly from blog)
- Leave a comment on the contest post on my blog

Drumroll please....................

..........

PRIZE: Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutting Machine BUNDLE! $280 value
INCLUDES:
One Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutting Machine , White*
12X12 cutting mat
Tool kit
1 Limeade alpha cartridge

WINNER WILL BE DRAWN MONDAY, DEC 20 BETWEEN NOON AND 1PM VIA VIDEO AND POSTED TO THE BLOG, THEN SHARED ON FB.





DETAILS: I'm sorry but this give-a-way is only open to the USA residents, or someone w/ an address in the USA. I can't ship this overseas.

DECEMBER COUPONS IN MY ETSY SHOP



50% OFF CARDS ONLY: CARDS50

20% OFF EVERYTHING ELSE: BCDESIGNS20

FREE SHIPPING ON PHOTO ART!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

SO EXCITED!

I have some GREAT news to share and as soon as it's official, I'll let you know!

Later today....................... give-a-way details!