June already???

The year sure has flown by and even though I am counting down the days til Eclipse opens in theaters I can hardly believe it's June already! Hahaha! Well, a new month brings a New Groovy Challenge. This month Groovy Deb asked us to have some fun scrapping photo-booth pictures. I was so psyched to do this challenge that I actually got all dolled up one afternoon and went to my local mall only to find that they no longer had a photo-booth! Can you believe it? So I ended up using my own regular pics, changing them to black & white and matting them to look like photo-booth strips on my page.

These shots were taken on my mini-trip to Vegas last November. We had sooo much FUN & I can't wait to go back! Interested in playing along? This challenge runs all month long over at If It's Groovy. Stop on by and see what the rest of my groovy sisters came up with for this one! Happy Scrappin'! : ]

30 Days and Counting...

That's right people, according to my Eclipse countdown clock there's just 30 days left to go before Eclipse opens in theaters this June. I can't WAIT!!! I have read & re-read all the books in the Twilight Series and Eclipse is my FAVORITE by far. I am so excited to see how they're gonna bring this book to life on the big screen. The Eclipse Trailer I saw when I went to see the new Robin Hood movie was totally FIERCE! The last time I was this excited to see a movie was when the 3rd installment of the Star Wars Saga Prequel,  Revenge of the Sith opened in theaters in 2005.

On more of a scrappy note, guess what day it is? Monday did you say...? That's right and here is the first sketch for my monthly challenge over on sb.com. What do ya think?

Hello Sunshine!

It's been a couple weeks since my scrappy-friend Melissa from Alabama presented me with this happy little blog award...

and I didn't want to forget to spread the sunshine so I'm finally getting around to posting, lol! According to the rules of this blog award I get to choose 12 other bloggers who 'light up my online life' with their blogs to pass it on to. Here goes!

1. Darlene ~My fellow Groovy Sister. Your blog is inspirational in look and function. One thing I love the most is it's full of links to other cool blogs that have inspired me as well. Beautiful job! : ]

2. Jackie ~Your innovative scrappy style inspires me to think outside the scrappy-norm and challenge myself to try new things. Thanks! : ]

3. Cherry Blossom Studio ~You are my FAVORITE local place to shop for all my scrappy needs. I wish I could make it to a crop now and then, but thank you for being all that you are!

4.  Melissa ~ For being a consistent player in my monthly sketch challenge and producing layouts with your own hand made touches that inspire me to try new techniques, here's a little sunshine for ya! : ]

5. Delaina ~ For being you. Your scrappy style is one of my FAVOTIRES! The way you coordinate everything on a page from paper selection to embellies and how you put it all together truly inspires me! Love ya! : ]

6. Mandy ~ Your scrappy style is one I dabble in from time to time, but in my opinion, you create the most innovative distressed works of art I have ever seen. Thank you for being so inspiring and a mother of 5 to boot! Bless your heart! : ]

7. Julie ~ Your blog and design team truly inspire me to scrap more of my FAV things. Thanks for all you do and all that you are! : ]

8. Stephanie & Malinda ~ Good luck with your monthly kit club & thank you SOOO much for the give away. I still can't believe I won it and can't wait to get all those awesome goodies in my hands so I can play!!! : ]

9. Theresa ~ My former Groovy Sister who is a fellow FL girl living in Japan right now. I miss you but congrats you DIVA!  Good luck w/your Ning site. : ]

10. Sketchabilities ~ I LUV sketches and so do you guys. Thanks to you and your FABULOUS Design Teams for all the sketchy inspiration! : ]

11. Marci ~ This lady is an inspiration to me and one of my FAVORITE online scrappy people! Hugs : ]

12. Melina ~ I've been a fan of this ladies work for years. Congrats on the upcoming nuptuals! I wish you nothing but happiness. : ]

Now for those of you who want to spread the sunshine, here's what to do...

1. Put the Sunshine Award on your blog and/or within your post.
2.Pass the award to 12 other Bloggers.
3.Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they recieved this award by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you recieved the award.

Guess What???

Remember that post last week I added about an awesome scrappy kit givaway from Vintage Chic? Well guess who won it...ME!!! I can hardly believe it either cuz I usually never win anything like that, but it's true! The winning comment was posted on their blog and I saw this morning that it was mine! Can't wait to get my hands on that incredible assortment of scrappy goodness! Whoo-hoo!! : ]

On another scrappy note, here's the new sketch for this week over on my monthly sketch challenge @ sb.com.

Thanks to my friend Darlene who pointed me in the direction of Sassy Sketches for this little bit of inspiration! Happy Monday all & happy scrappin'!

Happy Monday!!

Time for a NEW sketch & the start of week 2 of my monthly sketch challenge over at scrapbook.com!

The twist this week is to make your own embellies for your layout and tell me how you did it/what you used, etc. I love creating my own personal embellishments whenever I can so I am excited to see what all my girls come up with!

This week's sketch comes from Scrapbook Challenges! If you haven't checked them out I highly recommend you do! They have an ENORMOUS amount of sketches to choose from and they post a new one each week! You can visit them at www.scrapbookchallenges.ning.com