A B C's of Love layout

It's Friday and I am back at work after two day of being shut up due to strep! I hate being sick.  Not back to 100% but I have to get back to work!

I have a fun single page layout to share with you today.

The letters are from K&Company as are the papers used along the side.

As I arranged the letters I wanted to hide a message of sorts--so I used pop dots on the I, Love, U so that it stood out .

I used a distressing tool on the paper edges to give the pink and red papers a bit more of an edge.  I like how these papers with the rough edge and a black and white photo will tie together!  The photo could be holding hands, a kiss, the back of to heads a hug in shadow--the possibilities are endless.

So I used the Art Philosophy cartridge and the stamp set I gave away last week for the tickets.  The February ticket was heat embossed with ruby embossing powder and edged in black.  The journal ticket I used my own hand writing  and it says, "26 letter is all I have to tell you how much I love you!"

Leave the comments to ensure you get the best chance to win this weeks stamp giveaway.  Today there were two posts here on ScrapGuy and my post over at Pink By Design and those comments count as well!  Winner will be announced on Sunday along with a guide for the week.

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sneak peek!

OK so here is a sneak peek of my project for Pink by Design.  Head on over to check it out by clicking the link--Pink By Design Stamps. 
I used one of the brand new sets just released!

Make sure to leave comments both places for a double entry into this weeks stamp give away.

Time is running out to send you Design Team entry in--Pink by Design is a great company and Sarah and Kyle are amazing--I have been part of the team for almost two years and I love it! So send you entries in!!!!
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Mustache-ulations card with Pink by Design

So here is a project for today and I have another for Thursday and Friday!!  so make sure to comment on each post for your chance to win this weeks CTMH stamp set Jubilation (D1457)

This was a super simple card and out of my comfort zone.  I have never just stamped a card but when I say the Mustaches set from Pink By Design I knew this was going to be one of the first cards I made.

I used the old standard Roy G Biv to get my color order, and I simply stamped on a white A2 card.
On the inside I used a punch from Fiskers (which I think I use way more than any other punch I own) and stamped the sentiment in blue.  Super Simple!!!

Come back on Thursday for another project!
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2012 Sketch Calendar

Morning everyone--as you can see the blog got a face lift over night.  With help from The Cutest Blog On The Block I now have a brighter  fun blog backdrop that is easy to read and have a few of my fav things.
Orange and Grey are two of my most worn and purchased colors, and a great top note header and blog button.  Make sure you pick up the new button to the right--this will get you extra entries in the BIG February give aways.
Now TCBOTB (the cutest blog on the block) has back grounds you can get for free but they also offer a full service design and install.  I did the second as I am not computer savvy and the whole code thing I get lost on!
Let me know what you think.
I am home sick today with strep so I will be posting a project in a few hours so you can get even more chances to win the stamp set--I will also let you know which stamp set it is!

I also want you to check out the 2012 Sketch Calendar from Scrapbook & Cards Today.  It is a great way to get at least 12 layouts done in a year.  It has 26 NEW sketches so you could get one layout every two weeks! This is perfect or the beginner to the advanced scrapbooker!

(photo from Scrapbook& Cards Today Blog)

You can check it out here.  I bought mine at my LSS right after Christmas.

Make it a great one.

Blog Candy Winner.............

Hello everyone--so a funny thing happened last week.  I was in NYC for market and had done all the posts and pictures, planned them to go live, and was all set to have videos and projects for you all last week.  Well when I am in Market, I have little to no time to check my personal email let alone blog so it was brough to my attention that no posts had gone live.  So I looked into this and being the smart one I am, I did the posts last year over the christmas holidays and the year was 2011 not 2012.  Really, sometimes I amaze myself with how daft I can be! 

So here is the winner of the Blog Candy

Hey, glad you are back after a few weeks off. Love the thought of more layouts, but if you want another idea. I think a lot of us would like a male perspective on male cards they are so hard to come up with. Please help us out:)


Roxanna
roxxscott at g mail dot com

Roxanna you have 10 days to email me your info at scrapguyblog@yahoo.com.  In the subject  line please put Blog Candy Winner

So we will have blog candy this week as well--so leave those comments--next week I will do a double blog candy to make up for last week! 

The blog revamp is almost compete so the look of the blog may be changing very soon. Feburary is a big month with some GREAT blog candy.  Tell your friends--if I hit 1600 followers there will be a very good blog candy--I will leave it up to you IMAGINATION!
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Calendar Stamp Sets

We have made it to the first Friday.  I am in NYC today and looking forward to a weekend in the city--this first weekend of the year is always a slow one here in the city so it should be enjoyable.
I want to share some great stamp sets that will come in handy as you track your year.

This set is from PINK BY DESIGN and is called It's a Date--I used this on the card from Tuesday.  If you have not tried PBD stamps you need to--I love them and bought many sets before I was on the design team--they stamp great from the moment you open the package.

This set is a CTMH stamp of the month set from last November and this weeks give away--each month has its own stamp and can be easily cut out or you can use the ticket cut from the Art Philosophy Cartridge and get a very cool look for your layouts and cards.

This CTMH set is called Month by Month (C1425) and is available in the current idea book and can be found on line by clicking my store link to the right--while you are there check out another set called Save the Date.  That set has 80 stamps and comes in English, French, and Spanish!

This set I love--it is an older set from CTMH and is called Happy Holidays (D1431) Each holiday has a fun image and there are curved sentiments that go to each holiday.  You can find this set on ebay or ask you CTMH rep to see if they can get a hold of one for you.

This Festivities (D1321) set is also from CTMH.  I found this on on line from another rep.  I had never seen this one and loved the line drawings--I have a project next week to share using this set, my day timer, and light brown ink--you can make stamping part of every aspect of life if you try hard enough. LOL

CTMH also did a long term calendar set called Moments in Time (D1339) this one has all the months borders, symbols as well as the years from 2000-2015 so you can actually go back in time and use this stamp over and over and over. This one is not to old and your rep might be able to get their hands on this one pretty quick--this one you will get a lot of use out of.

This set is an out of the box way of tracking the date--each stamp has a different shape and way of displaying the date.  CTMH did it again with this On this Day (D1468) It is not in the current idea book but was in the last one so there might still be a few floating around.  I use this one a lot!!
Last but not least---
January's stamp of the month is another great way to track the date--with a purchase of $50 you can get this set for $5 or alone it is $17.95












This set is ONLY available this month!  It has so many uses and can not wait to add this set to my collection. 


Remember to leave those comments for your chance to win.  There will be a weekly give away so spread the word and I am giving fair warning--Feb is going to be a good month for a number of you all--the blog candy is good!!!!
Have a great weekend and we will see you back next week!
Make it a great one-

Calendar Pages

It's Thursday of a short week but boy has it been busy!  I am off to NYC this afternoon for a week on business and can't believe my travel has already started for 2012.
Today I want to share some great scrapbook papers that make building calendar layouts quick and easy.  These were all purchased in the last few weeks in stores in KC and Dallas so you should be able to find some of these if you have an Achievers near.  You can also find them on line at a number of different sights.

This page is from Simple Stories Year-o-graphy collection (red/mini calendar item #1919)

This one is from Simple Stores Year-o-graphy collections as well (Bingo Cards/Chevron  Item #1922)
I love this one!

This one is from Crate Paper (one of my fav paper companies)  Portrait Collection (JUNE PT903)

This one I am planning to use in an ongoing project that I will launch in February that will track the year.   It comes in Kraft and White paper from Canvas Corp this Kraft on is CCP1452.

Make sure to leave those comments as every comment counts for an entry for the weekly stamp set giveaway.  This week it is the Cherish the Day Stamp of the Month from Last November.  It works back to the Art Philosophy Cartridge and have everything you need to track you events for the year.




Winner will be announced on Sunday.  So make sure to leave those comments!.
Come back on Friday for a review of some AWESOME stamp sets that will really make tracking your calendar easy as pie! (there will be 4 posts on this blog and one (Tuesday) over on the PBD team blog= 5 chances to win)
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