MCS BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook October Kit Reveal and Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!

My Creative Scrapbook is celebrating its 9th year in business!

and We have BIRTHDAY GIFTS, lots of them, to give to YOU!

*** The Grand Prize winner will receive a complete My Creative Scrapbook October Main Kit featuring Echo Park and Carta Bella! ***

This kit is filled with beautiful Echo Park and Carta Bella goodies (and more!) that are just perfect for your Fall/Autumn projects.

That's not all.

Yes! They have been super generous to provide not just one, not just two, but THREE beautiful gifts to give to YOU!

*** Three of you will win the gift below! ***

 Here is how you can win...

Complete our blog hop. It begins on the My Creative Scrapbook blog and takes you on an inspiration-filled journey through several MCS designers' blogs. You won't want to miss any of it!  You’ll find the links to the participating blogs at the end of this post.

Be sure to leave some comment love on each blog... the gift winners will be drawn from the comments!

and now...

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook October kits:

October Album Kit

October Creative Kit

October Limited Edition Kit

October Main Kit

Are you a My Creative Scrapbook kit club member?

If not, now is a great time to join!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

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Here is one of my projects created with the October CREATIVE kit: 

This kit features the super adorable Forest Friends collection from Doodlebug!

the fun twine in the kit adds great texture to your projects!

these large die cut leaves are awesome! They are double sided so they would work perfectly for your scrapbooking or home decor projects.

aren't these little critters to die for!!! The racoon was printed on the tag but I fussy cut the Fox, and Owls from on of the patterned papers.

The colours are so bright, fresh and fun in this kit!

There is a fun sheet of letter stickers in the kit too with 3 different fonts on it!

Before you go, remember to leave a comment to be entered into the prize drawings!

We would love it if you would follow us on Facebook, too.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Creative-Scrapbook/130352440344752

The blog hop ends on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog on Monday, October 13th.

The next stop on the blog hop is Heather Binnie's blog.

http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

In case you get lost, or if you just stumbled across our hop, here is the complete blog hop lineup:

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/

Echo Park Paper Co.: http://www.echoparkpaperblog.com

Angel Rodrigue: http://scrappalace.blogspot.com/

Alicia Giess: http://inspiredandblessed.blogspot.com/

Kris Berc: http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/

Izzy Anderson: http://www.izzyanderson.com/

Marilyn Rivera: http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Yuko Tanaka: http://wihtcolors.blogspot.com/

Kristin Greenwood: http://kmgreenwood.blogspot.com/

Nicole Doiron: http://www.scrap-utopia.blogspot.com/

Joan Bronson: http://scrappyjoan.blogspot.com/

Lydell Quin: http://lydellquin.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson: http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Jodi Wilton: http://luvalotland.blogspot.com/

Becky Litz: http://www.scrapcircus.blogspot.com/

Heather Binnie: http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth Hellum: http://www.elizabethmhellum.com/

Marta Lapkowska: http://artistycrafty.blogspot.com/

Lynn Shaffer: http://linnie79.blogspot.com/

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/

the last post at PLS

Today I am sharing my last project as part of the Pretty Little Studio design team. I have really enjoyed my time on this team and I just love the adorable products that Melissa designs.

I hope you'll stop by the PLS blog to see all the details.

~Becky

PLS Sketch Challenge

I made this card to play along with the Pretty Little Studio sketch challenge. There is a layout sketch as well. Check out all the details on the blog and play along for your chance to win!

The Last Post

Two last posts today!

The layout I am sharing on the Fancy Pants Designs blog today is my last project as part of their Design Team and also the very last project post on the old Fancy Pants Designs blog.

 

Stop by to see my post and to find out where you can find the new Fancy Pants Designs blog.

 

I have loved my time on this team. I am definitely going to miss it, but I look forward to seeing what the new team has in store on the new blog.

 

Here's a sneak peek of my layout using the As You Wish collection...It is the part 2 of my Golden Birthday post that you can find here.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Have a great day

~Becky

Minute to Win It

I know that not every project will be  masterpiece, but I still hate it when a project doesn't come together like you had planned...That is what happened with this layout.

 

I mean, it's all right, it's just not....what I wanted...you know what I mean?

 

Anyways, we played Minute to Win It games at my daughter's 11th birthday party so I knew right away that the clock paper from the Collecting Moments collection would be perfect!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

I love to read your kind comments.

 

~Becky

Golden Birthday

This past weekend my son celebrated his Golden Birthday...meaning he turned 3 on the 3rd! So of course I just HAD to go with a gold theme!

 

I used the new GOLD FOIL paper from Fancy Pants Designs to make him a super special party hat!

 

 

And of course we had gold wrapped presents and gold cupcake wrappers too.

 

I can't wait to use the As You Wish collection to scrapbook these photos with it's great gold and navy blue colors...stay tuned for that!

 

Happy Birthday Buddy

 

~Becky

My Creative Sketches: December Sketch Challenge

There is a fun new sketch challenge at My Creative Sketches this month! Just follow the link for all the details.

 

I am usually scrapping older photos but I just had to get these ones from my Daughter's past birthday done right away! SO FUN! She had a rainbow theme as you can probably tell :)

 

 

Here is the sketch we are playing along with...

 

If you link up your layout here by January 14th you have a chance to be featured on the My Creative Sketches blog and win this fabulous prize!!!

 

I look forward to seeing your creations...

 

~Becky

Birthdy Blog Hop WINNER!

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for Sara's Birthday Blog Hop, it was a great success!!!

 

I loved reading all of the kind comments left by the hoppers, and welcome to my new blog followers!

 

Without further ado, the winner of my blog candy is........

 

Congrats Melinda!!! Please send me an email to rebol at shaw dot ca to talk about getting your prize shipped off to you :)

 

~Becky

 

Happy Birthday Sara!!!

If you are looking for the Stuck on U Sketches 100th Sketch Blog Hop click HERE

I was so excited to be asked by my friend and fellow Scrapy Land DT member Sara Zenger to be a part of her Birthday Blog Hop!

 

You should have come here from Shannon's blog but if you just stumbled across this post and would like to follow the entire hop just head over to Sara's blog and start there.

 

We have a sketch that was created just for this occasion by Sara's friend Diana Fisher. And all of us gals created a layout to share with you based on this sketch.

 

The best part of this hop is that Sara has 2 gifts up for grabs!

 

#1. A $30 Gift Certificate to Paper Issues – to one lucky winner who links up their layout based on Diana’s Birthday Sketch to the linky on Sara's blog by midnight on February 9th. (You must be a follower of Sara's blog to be eligible)

 

 #2. Creative Scrappers will be giving away 2 copies of the Creating with Sketches e-book to two birthday hoppers that leave a comment on each post throughout the hop.

 

Many of the ladies participating in this hop have also got some blog candy to give away so make sure you visit all of the blogs and leave them some love.

 

Anywho, here is the layout I made with this sketch...

 

 

I just LOVE the look of large photos on layouts so I was so excited to see that Diana incorporated that element! This photo of my son is one of my all time favorites! He has the sweetest little swirl of hair when his hair is short. His dad has the same swirl, but on the other side of his head. I think it makes him look like Superman (hence the theme of this layout)

 

 

The title and the white arrows were cut out using my new Silhouette Cameo that I got for Christmas. This is the first layout I've made using it.

 

 

I had some fun along the base of the photo and clustered a bunch of different embellies, I used buttons, rhinestones, brads, chipboard stars, die-cuts, badges, and the arrows of course!

 

 

I've had that little 'Superboy' Sticker for YEARS and I've held on to it waiting for just the right project and I finally found it! I guess sometimes my hording of product comes in handy! LOL

 

 

And to finish off, here is a close up of the title. I switched it to the opposite side from what the sketch shows, but it worked best with my photo to do it this way.

 

To show my appreciation for you hopping by today I have a little blog candy to give away! My prize is a set of stamps by Unity Stamp Co. and a selection of 6x6 papers. For your chance to win you must become a follower of my blog (if you aren't already) and leave me a comment.

 

I am the last stop on this hop, I hope you enjoyed it and were able to find some inspiration! I hope you were able to leave a comment on each of the blogs for your chance to win some fabulous prizes! Remember you have until midnight on February 9th to complete the hop.

 

Thanks for hopping by

Have a great day

~Becky

SOUS Sketch Challenge Nov 7-19

Happy Wednesday friends! It's card sketch reveal day at SOUS. 

 

Here is the card that I created for the sketch...

 

 

and here is the sketch it is based on. This fun inspiration was created by Sandi Clarkson.

 

 

Here are a few closeups...

 

 

I used this cute little sticker from the October Afternoon Cakewalk collection for the focal point in the center and layered some more little stickers from the same collection on top.

 

 

I put my stick pins on the right side of the card instead of the left like in the sketch.

 

 

For the ribbon going vertical around the card, I used some fun green bakers twine.

 

I'd love to see what you come up with using this sketch. Play along with our challenge and upload your card HERE before Nov 19th for your chance to be featured on the SOUS blog!

 

Have a great day!
~Becky

Elle's Studio: November Gallery

The November DT Gallery is up at Elle's Studio and there is a whole bunch of fabulous inspiration for you to check out. You can find it all HERE.

 

My first two projects I have to share with you I created using the Spooky Tales collection.

 

I just LOVE fall! I love the warm, sunny days, crisp leaves, pumpkins, Halloween, and the pics on this layout just make me smile.

 

 

here are a few close ups of the details...

 

I clustered a bunch of pennants together to make this embellishment feature in the corner.

 

This large circle tag worked perfectly for this layout. It created a space to journal and it gave me my title.

 

 

Next is a layout of my son on his first Halloween. He was the cutest little dragon and definitely too cute to spook! I used the new Witch Hazel line from October Afternoon for the papers, and the background paper is from Woodland Park by OA.

 

and some close ups...

 

I clustered at little circle tag and a pennant together

 

 

Below the title I used this Lil Snippits tag to add the date and a quick note.

 

 

My last project is a fun little card and I used the digital Everyday Greetings to create the sentiment.

 

 

I just love these digital printables! You can print them any size you want to suit your project! The ones I used worked so well with the Cakewalk papers from October Afternoon.

 

Well that is all I have to share from Elle's Studio this month. Make sure you stop by the DT Gallery and see what my fellow team members have created.

 

Have a great day!

~Becky