Big BIG news!!!

I've been keeping a little secret for the past week and today I finally get to share it...

 

I have been chosen to be on the 2013 Fancy Pants Design Team!!!!

 

 

 

To say I'm excited would be a major understatement! I still can't even really believe that this is happening!

 

You should head on over to the Fancy Pants blog to see all the other amazingly talented ladies who I get to work with.

 

Here is a layout I submitted for the call. I used the line called Country Boutique ...

 

I can't wait to get started playing with the new FP collections: Parkbench, Swagger, Etcetera, Down by the Shore, and Trend Setter.

 

Check back soon for some Fancy Pants Inspiration!

 

Have a great week!

~Becky

Life is Sweet at Elle's Studio

It's a new month and that means that the new Design Team Gallery is up at Elle's Studio. Check out what my fellow DT members have created this month HERE. I have used the just released Sweet Life collection for my projects this month.

 

For my first layout I scrapped a few photos from the month of July that tell a story about what we did that month. I have wanted to do the polaroid look for awhile, and I think it worked out pretty well on this layout. The polaroid designs from the American Crafts Neapolitan line matched perfectly. The background paper is from Echo Park and is actually a pale teal color, although it looks a bit grey in my photos.

 

 

 

 

My second layout is really fun and bright. I used the Sugar Chic line from Heidi Swapp.  My daughter had a friend over to play and they put on a crazy dress-up fashion show. The colors and the patterns in this paper line go perfectly with these photos.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, I made a card for my friends who looked after our dog while we were away on holidays. It came together really quick. I used one of the 4x6 journaling cards from Elle's Studio as the base for the card. I placed letter stickers over the large circle tag and then just cut out a few random circles with my Spellbinders and added some buttons as embellishments. Easy peazy.

 

 

 

Well, that's it for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by

I love to read your kind comments

~Becky

SURPRISE MELIN!!!!

Hello Friends!

Welcome to a very special SURPRISE "Thank You" Blog Hop at Cooking with Cricut. Why is it so special? There are a couple of reasons! The first reason is it is our 100th Cooking With Cricut challenge and the second (and most important) is to thank our wonderful leader and "Executive Chef" Melinda Beltran!!

Melin started the Cooking With Cricut challenges in October 2010 to encourage crafters to find new and different ways to use their Cricut cartridges. And she has accomplished that and so much more! She has given scores of crafters a place on her Design Teams which quickly turned into a sisterhood of women, who care for each other; who encourage each other; who lift each other and their families up in prayer; and who have shared their hearts and their art through many outreach projects.

So this is our SURPRISE "Thank You" tribute to our beloved Melin! If you came from Jamie's blog Scrappin 2 Baby Girls, you’re in the right place! If you’ve joined us in mid-hop and would like to start at the beginning, please head back to Cooking With Cricut– you won’t want to miss any of these awesome cards!!

Check out my card for Melin..she IS the bee's knees! I cut the little bee from Create A Critter at 3". I cut the wings out of velum for a realistic 'wing' look. The hexagons are cut from Once Upon a Princess at various sizes. I embossed the white cardstock with a swirly Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Melin was so kind to give me my very first opportunity to be on a design team. I am so thankful to her for having faith in me and giving me a chance. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the team and since this is my last post as part of the CWC team I am glad to have the opportunity to thank Melin (and Jen and the rest of the girls) for an amazing 6 months!!!

Thanks so much for hopping with us. We hope you’ll join us and leave your own "thank you" in the comment section for Melin at CWC! Now it’s time to head on over to see Hattie at Hattie's Haven– she’s the next stop on this party train!

Have a great day!
~Becky

My first sketch with My Creative Sketches

I am excited to share my first layout for my design team at My Creative Sketches.  This month's fun layout was designed by the lovely Kim Keane. Here is what we're working with...

So here is what I came up with. I used the fabulous Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line from American Crafts to create this layout of my daughter and her cousins all dressed up in their pretty party dresses for their aunty's wedding.

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

the stitched flowers are from Basic Grey.

I hope you will play along and link up your layout based on this sketch! Check out the amazing prize that could be YOURS at My Creative Sketches.

Have a great day!
I love to read your kind comments

~Becky

I've got some good news,

to share with you today. I have been accepted as one of the new Design Team member at Sketchabilities!!!

I love scrapping from sketches and use their's often, so it is so fun to have been chosen! Head on over and check out the rest of the newly announced team HERE. Our first sketch release will be on September 15th so I hope your check back!

Have a great day!
~Becky

SOUS card sketch Aug 1-13

Our first card sketch challenge at SOUS was a great success! We had 10 lovely and talented ladies who played along with us...not to shabby I think! We are on to sketch #2 and here it is designed by  the oh so talented Debbie Burns...

And here is my take on the sketch...

with a few close ups...

Products used: Patterned Papers, Tag, Diecut Flowers,Wood button, Letter stickers: Pink Paislee; Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart; Twine: Devine Twine; Tag sticker: Simple Stories; Lace ribbon, wht button: Misc.

This challenge runs until Aug 13th so there is lots of time to play along! Join us by linking your card HERE and you just might be in our TOP 3!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

reading your kind comments makes my day!

~Becky

WHAT A WEEK!!!

Hey, did you see that new little icon over there on the right? That's right, today I get to announce ANOTHER design team! I am thrilled to be a member of the first ever CARD team at Stuck On U Sketches! My first post will be next Wednesday July 18th! I hope you'll stop by and check it out. In the meantime why not stop over to SOUS and see today's DT announcement and meet the other fabulously talented ladies I get the opportunity to work with.

Have a great day!

~Becky

more exciting news!

What a big week for me! Today I am excited to announce that I have been selected to be one of the Fab Four at Scrapy Land!

Please stop by the Scrapy Land blog to see my DT introduction! Sully is so excited to be famous again! He loves it when he sees his layouts online ;) I have already had the chance to get to know my fellow DT members a bit and I am so excited to get started!

exciting news!

I have been keeping a little secret for a while now and today I am excited to get to share it with you...I have been selected to be a DT member at Elle's Studio!

You can see the DT announcement HERE. I am beyond thrilled to have been selected and can't wait to get started. To be honest I am a little overwhelmed by being grouped with such talented ladies and I just hope I can do them and most especially Elle proud :)