Prima ArtVenture Goodie Bag Haul

Hey everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Today I want to share with you a video of all the goodies (well, many of the goodies) we got in our bags from the Prima Art Venture.  Each of the classes we had had a class kit and there were tons more Prima product in those as well....much of it the new stuff.  I have completed all of my projects (I think, some of these items just keep needing just a little more.  lol) and will be sharing with you my "left overs" from these kits in another video.  I am telling you...we received a crazy amount of goodies from Prima.

OK, so here ya go.....

So, if you watched till the end, you saw that I am having a giveaway...what am I giving?  How about this

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Prima Lyric and a Giveaway

Hi everyone! Exciting things going on today so be sure to read the full post and check out the rafflecopter widget below.

As I am sure you know, every once in a while I get a box of goodies from Kristina, at Your Memories Here, full of some of the latest products available in the store. I have shown you many of the projects I made, but I thought you might be curious as to what comes in some of these boxes.

Products:
Prima 2013 Winter Flower Grab Bag
Wood Icons
Lyric Collection, Resist, Chipboard...coming soon.

Today I thought I would have a little giveaway.  As you know, with the upcoming end of Google Reader I have decided to move over to Bloglovin' and would love you to follow me there.

So...



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The Sampler - Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!  Sorry I have been MIA the last few days, but life just got in the way.  My darling littles had a swim meet this weekend which seemed to drag on forever.

Today I wanted to let you know that their is a new sketch and card challenge up over at The Sampler.  Here is the sketch

And my take

A photo of Mackenzie on her birthday, with her birthday cupcake.  She had just had her wisdom teeth out, so she is looking a little puffy.  And I am sure she would be horrified if she saw this on my blog, so shhhhh.

 I really love all the interesting little bits in this month's Sampler kit.  So many fun goodies to play with.

Be sure and hop over to the Sampler to check out the other girls work and see the card challenge and find out how you can win a great prize from the Sampler.

And I promise to try and be a better blogger this week.

Hugs.

Nancy

The Sampler - Dye It

Hi everyone!  Sorry I missed you yesterday, but it was crazy around here.  We got my scrap room painted on Mother's Day, but that meant yesterday I spent the day putting everything back in its place.  I think I may make too many things.  lol  Well, more about my scrap room in a bit.....

Today I wanted to share with you a project I made using this month's kit from the Sampler, Two Scoops.  I love, love, love the colors in this kit.  So bright and springy.  

The Hambly transparency was just perfect to add a bit of depth and texture to my layout.  And I used a bit of baker's twine left over from my April kit.

Wood buttons, gorgeous colors and cute decorated brads were just perfect for the sketch I received from my good friend Heather.  There is still time to enter the April sketch and card challenges at the Sampler.  And later this week we will have the May challenges up.

OK, so onto my scraproom and our winner.....

Last Thursday, I stopped at the Ace Hardware next to the pool because they carry my favorite Benjamin Moore Paint; and found a lovely, bright summery yellow called Sundance.  Well, the Ace next to my house has a different display unit, so I couldn't find the color I was looking for.  I picked up the phone and called Phil, who unfortunately remembered the name of the color as Sunburst.  Well, needless to say, the Sunburst was just a bit too bright, almost like a yellow highlighter....so we had to start over.  At least we had only painted one wall.  lol

So, now the room is a bright, but not too bright, sunny yellow and everything is back in place.  I think I need to open an etsy shop or something to share all the goodies (mini books and off the page projects) I have been making.

So, our winner of the 52 Challenges book is....

Heather.  So, Heather....send me your mailing information and I will get your book out to you.

Hugs.

Nancy

Genuine and a Giveaway

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great day.  Me?  not so sure as I am actually typing this up the night before it goes live.  Tomorrow I am getting canned lights put into the ceiling in my scrap/office/guest room. So, since I may not have a computer I thought I would jump ahead....just in case.  hee hee

Well, other than sharing that bit of information, I wanted to share with you a project I made at the Prima NSD crop.  Did I mention that we had access to tons of flowers and trims...well, and paper?  I am saving some of those for another day.

But for today....here is Brighton.  I have had the Genuine collection from Authentique sitting in my stash for quite a while and was really excited to get a chance to play with it.

I did quite a bit of distressing with my Prima distress tool and the Prima chalk inks.  I really like the chalks, but I think I may still be a Distress Ink girl.  And I am so digging the chevron pattern.

I found lots of gorgeous flowers in the bins available to us at Prima...and the lace trims...to dye for.  This time I used pan pastels.  Maybe I do need to invest in a set?  hmmmmm

Love the Prima bling I found, and the metal flowers.  Just yummy.

Well, time for bed.  I am going to be dreaming of what color to paint my room when it is done.  I have some toile pattern in the room and a denim futon.  I am thinking a bright, sunny yellow, but then I saw a beautiful Tiffany blue.  What do you think?  Maybe pink?  hmmmmm Leave me a comment on what color you think I should paint and become a follower.  I will pick a winner to receive this older, but brand new book.  (US and Canada please).

Hugs.

Nancy

Happy Birthday - Ideas for Scrapbookers

I can hardly believe it has been a year since Pam Callaghan started Ideas for Scrapbookers.  What started out as a place to have templates, tutorials, and ideas has grown and blossomed over the last year.  Many fabulous contributing artists have participated, and I am proud to be included as one of them.  (not that I am fabulous...but man...have you seen what some of these girls do? they are fabulous)

In order to celebrate we are having a little blog hop today.   You should have just arrived from Sara Zenger's blog, but if not...welcome!  Be sure and pop over to the Ideas for Scrapbookers blog to get the list of all the participants and a chance at winning some great prizes.

Today, I am sharing some of my favorite "reader's pages" from the past year.  Pam is always so generous in featuring scrapbookers on the blog that use her techniques, tutorials, and templates.  If you have had a chance to use any of these, be sure and submit them to her...we would all love to see your work!

Let's start at the beginning.....

This gorgeous page was done by Pam's good friend Heidi and was featured on November 6.  I love the gorgeous colors, the beautiful star.  I was instantly drawn to it.  You can learn more about Heidi here.

Next up....

This page by Kayla DuPont was featured on December 5, 2009.  It was based on a flower tutorial done a few weeks earlier.  The photos, the colors, the...well...everything really caught my eye.  You can learn more about Kayla here.  

January 16 of this year brought Anna and this beautiful page....

As you probably know, I don't really do digi...but this makes me want to start.  I love the use of the template and the fun colors and photos.  Check out more of Anna's work here.

Shelby had this beautiful layout featured on April 30.  

I love the fun, festive feel with the pieced sun and the fun torn/gathered papers.  The photo is just adorable.   If you would like to know more about Shelby, check out her blog here.

And finally, 2 pages from the September 11 post, because...well... I loved them!!!

The first is from Amanda.  You can find her blog here. 

And this one from Laurie.  Who you can find more of here.

I hope you enjoyed this look back on the past year's reader submissions.  From here you can hop over to my friend Heather's blog.  

But first...a little RAK?  Be or become a follower and leave me a comment answering this riddle....

"What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?"

I will pick from the comments on Friday and send one person some surprise goodies from my stash.

If you are looking for menus...check yesterday's post.

Hugs.

Nancy

Because ,,,

Because I love all my followers...

Because I love getting comments.....

Because I love scrappy goodies....

Because it took me 4 hours to clean and put away said scrappy goodies yesterday...

Because I need to declutter my life....

Because I can never use all the scrappy goodies I have...

On Friday of this week (Sept 17) I will give away one scrapbook kit, embellie set or mini album for every 5 comments I get on this post.  One comment per visitor please.

Tell your friends!!!  Become a follower!!!  And leave me a comment!!!!!

Hugs.

Nancy

August 7 Sassy Lil' Sketch

Today is reveal day over at Sassy Lil' Sketches.  Not only is there a great sketch, there are two new fabulous sponsors this month.

How much do I love Cherie Averill's sketch...

Super fun!  Great layers.  Lots of possibilities.  Be sure and hop over to the blog to check out some Sassy inspiration.

And there are two great sponsors this month, both digi and paper.  The paper sponsor is Scrap Freak.  One lucky winner will win a beautiful embellishment kit. (US Only please)

And our digi sponsor is The Cutting Cafe.  Someone will win three digi files from this site.

Remember, your name is entered for each layout/card you create throughout the month! Make sure you use Mister Linky at Sassy Lil' Sketches to link your creation by September 5th at 11:59 p.m.!


Hugs.

Nancy

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Well, seems that with the holiday, and the inlaws, and the full on beginning of cabana swim; yesterday just got away from me.

We are having a bit of a morning around here, so, Mackenzie is not ready to pick a winner for the altered album.

random.org to the rescue.  hee hee

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:27Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Which makes the winner.........Kelli Calli

Kelli, email me your addy, nkeslin@yahoo.com, and I will get your prize package out.

I have a few things to share later today, but for now....way too much going on.

Hugs

Nancy

Feeling Altered

Today, over on the Ideas for Scrapbooker's blog many of the contributing artists shared altered items they had made.  I shared this photo frame I made to highlight my children on the beach here in Northern California.  The beaches here are not the bright and sunny ones that you see in most photos, that you think of when you picture a beach, but I think they are beautiful nonetheless.

I started with a simple photo frame from Michaels.  The Type you find in the dollar bin.  

I painted the sides with a crackle medium and some white paint.   I stamped some simple patterned paper I had from Teresa Collins with glimmer mist and a script acrylic stamp.  I then attached the paper and added lots of inky goodness.

I had seen this video over on You Tube.  How to do a transfer onto sticky back canvas.  And had to try making flowers to match.

All in all, I had a ton of fun making this frame.  I had so much fun in fact that I decided to share in it.

If you are not already a follower, become one, and you will be in a drawing for this....

You can try some of these fun techniques on the frame I found.  This time, Mackenzie will pick a winner on Wednesday, June 2.  Can you believe it is almost June?  Eeeeek  June is already next week.

Have a fabulous Wednesday.

Hugs.

Nancy

Winner, Winner

Chicken Dinner!!!!!

Hee hee...my children have so many sayings about chickens I just couldn't resist.  lol  And we are actually having chicken tonight.

think I might have to scrap this one soon

I can't believe how many of you are now following me!  You really don't know how happy that has made me. All of your love and support totally rocks!

So, without further ado.....

Sandy?  Can you hear me?  You are the winner!!!!!!!!

Please send me your address (nkeslin@yahoo.com) and I will get your goodies in the mail.

Hugs

Nancy

Goodbye......

Well, it is official.  I know that some of you knew, but now...for sure...official.

I am no longer designing for Flamingo Scraps.  It was fun while it lasted, but I feel that it is time for me to move on.  Not to worry tho...I will still be doing lots of reviews, tutorials and techniques right here for you...and who knows...maybe something else will come along.  Anyone looking for a new DT member?  lol

Well, while I wait for the next great thing to come along....How about a little blog candy?  I have been trying to clean and organize lately.  And in honor of my moving on....

Leave me a comment here or become a follower, and on Monday I will have Ainsley pick a winner from all entries.  (if you are already a follower, you of course are already entered...although I love comments.  lol)

Hugs.

Nancy