time for another giveaway!

Now that our school year is finally done - I'm so looking forward to being able to musing in the afternoons... Hee. This is one of my very favorite lines from Glitz Designs recent release, and I can't wait to give this set away to someone else who will love it just as much!

The giveaway will be open until Sunday, June 12, 11:59pm EST. To be entered, just post a comment with your favorite way to spend a summer afternoon! Good luck!!

like father, like sons

We don't always have a lot of occasions to get all dressed up for, so when we all went to a wedding last December, it was fun to see the boys dressed up like their daddy! They all look so handsome together - but I know I'm biased!

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Love Games Whatnots, Love Games PeekaBoos, Love Games Glitzers, Love Games Scorecard, Love Games Titles Cardstock stickers,  Stripes, Poppies, and Polka papers, Olive Green Teeny Alphas, Laced with Grace Title Cardstock stickers, Laced with Grace Glitzers, Afternoon Muse chipboard album page. Other: ribbon: craft supply, chipboard letters: American Crafts, Buttons: Jenni Bowlin, Lace: Prima.

And this past weekend, I was busy with MANY things - one of which was getting this cake put together for our nieces first birthday!

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Laced with Grace Polka, Floral, Stripe papers, Parchment Teeny Alphas, Afternoon Muse PeekaBoos, Afternoon Muse Journaling Cardstock Stickers, Laced with Grace Whatnots, Laced with Grace Journaling Cardstock Stickers, Love Games Journaling Cardstock Stickers. Other: Chipboard letters: American Crafts.

This is my final post as a Glitz Designs team member! I've so enjoyed my time there on the team - and the ladies have always been so generous! I'm going to be super busy in the upcoming months with some amazing ventures, so I needed to make some tough choices and unfortunately, that meant letting go of a few things... I'll definitely continue to keep an eye out for all the lovely upcoming products from this talented company!

love games giveaway winner!

Chosen by random number generator! The lucky winner will get this set of yummy goodies:

I so loved reading through all of your comments! Here's the randomly chosen one:

Katey said...

right now...the birdies are happy and chirping outside. and the green grass. love the soft green grass under my bare feet!

Please email me  your shipping info at chicscrapper at gmail dot com so that I can get your goodies out to you!

love games giveaway update

Many of you know that blogger went on the fritz a bit last week the day after I posted the lovegames glitz giveaway... well, unfortunately, it ate many of your comments on the post! I had really enjoyed reading them, too! It was really refreshing to see how many of you focused on family, friends, and nature. All free stuff. All good stuff. :) And an awesome reminder.

So, to remedy the situation, I guess I'll leave comments open until Friday to enter for a chance to win! And if you posted previously and are still interested, please, please take a moment to check to see if your comment is still there!

love games giveaway

It's a busy week around here, so I haven't had as much time to pull together blog posts! Instead I thought I'd share a giveaway! Yay! To be honest, I've been sifting through a lot of the supplies that I have and I'll be putting up about one of these per week until I get my stash down from "overwhelming" and "overflowing" to "manageable"!

Today's fabulous giveaway features these yummy, yummy goodies from the "love games" line from Glitz Designs!

Leave a comment in this post between now and midnight Sunday night telling me what you love right now to be entered for a chance to win this lovely collection! {It's fun to make a list and record it like I did in this post here for Noel's challenge.}On Monday, I'll choose the winner by random number generator.

***update: comments will remain open until Friday, May 20, due to blogger eating so many that were originally posted. Good luck!***

Good luck!! And happy hump day!!

dare to dream and mother, daughter

I have a few dreams that I'm working hard on behind the scenes, and I'm proud to say they're getting closer and closer to reality! It's awesome to see the way things are working out. There's something about conceiving an idea, daring to believe in it, and then taking steps to accomplish it...

Supplies: Glitz Designs Afternoon Muse Block paper, Whatnots, Glitzers, Peek a Boos, Parchment Teeny Alpha. Chipboard letters: American Crafts. Filter Flower: Fancy Pants Designs. Flowers: Sassafras and Prima. Button: Foofala


And has anyone else noticed how much more you seem like your own mother as you get older and have children of your own? Ha!

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Afternoon Muse Chipboard album, Laced with Grace Rose, Butterflies, Plaid papers. Laced with Grace Journaling stickers, Glitzers, Peek a Boos, Whatnots, Love Games Journaling cardstock stickers, Afternoon Muse stamps. Teeny alpha in aqua. Other supplies: Lace: Maya Road. Twine: The twinery. Ink: Ranger. Doily: Craft supply store.

life is sometimes a circus

I'll admit it. As a mom, there are a lot of things that I juggle sometimes. Every once in a while it starts to feel overwhelming...

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Afternoon Muse Stripe, Polka, and Block papers, Afternoon Muse Glitzers Stickers, AFternoon Muse PeekaBoos and Whatnots. Love Games Stamps. Other supplies: Letters: American Crafts. Flowers: Prima.  Ink: Tattered Angels.


Thankfully, things have settled back down again... for a while!

We all need things in life that make us happy, right? Being so busy, sometimes I let those personal things slide even when I shouldn't! {shame on me!} It's amazing how much better you feel about yourself when you take the time to take care of you!

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Afternoon Muse Floral, Stripe, Polka, Postal and Banner 12x12 papers. Afternoon Muse Book Papers, Glitzer Stickers, and Whatnots. Love Games Stamps. Other: Ink: Tattered Angels, Tsukinecko, Letters: American Crafts.

feeling pretty and a faithful friend

We recently had a really big family occasion - it was exciting and lovely, and fun. But you know as a lady, you um, sometimes struggle with something to wear? As you know if you're a reader here, all of my guys were dec'd out in tuxes, and I didn't want to feel underdressed. So started the process of trying to find something suitable. And needless to say - it just couldn't be found. So what did I do? Not give up - that's for sure! I decided to make my outfit. Or I should say, I ended up just making the skirt. 30 yards of tulle, a zipper and lining fabric {but no pattern} later, this is what I had:

Supplies: Glitz Designs:Hoopla Zebra patterned paper, Scarlett Map, Floral, Bouquet, Polka patterned papers. Scarlett Glitzers, Rubons, Whatnots. Love Nest Whatnots. Pom poms, Black Yellow Aqua. Giant Rhinestones. Clear Red Aqua. Frosting, Pink Black Green. Teeny Alpha Aqua Block. Other: Foam letters from American Crafts

And my conclusion? Every woman needs a tulle skirt some time in her lifetime. I felt like a princess - in a very grown-up, awesome way.

The last time the boys got sick, I watched something cool. Our youngest definitely counts our oldest son to be  his best friend - and to me, he really showed it lately when the big guy was under the weather {and working on a loose tooth! lol}. Instead of heading off and doing his own thing, he cuddled up to big brother even though he wasn't sick at all. Of course as a mom, part of me shuddered - knowing he would go down quickly with the same, but I figured it was inevitable, so I just let it go. I love seeing the bond between them, even though I spend half of my time breaking up their fights.

Supplies: Glitz Designs: Hoopla Pipework patterned paper. Scarlett Floral, Map patterned papers. Scarlett Titles, Journaling, Rubons. Love Nest Whatnots, Glitzers, Peekaboo.  Hoopla Journaling. Teeny Alpha Yellow Block. Other: craft supply ribbon, button. Flower from Prima.

what you love

Honestly, I've learned the hard way by searching - it's best to do what you love, and be with the person you're happy with. Even if those things sometimes take sacrifice, it's so worth it!

Glitz Designs Love Nest Paper Sky
Glitz Designs Scarlett Paper Polka
Glitz Designs Scarlett Whatnots, Titles, Paper Layers, Peek-a-Boo
Glitz Designs Tulle
Glitz Designs Giant Rhinestones Clear, Red, Aqua
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Red
Other:
Ink: Tattered Angels
Handmade crochet flower: me
puffy letters: American Crafts

Gliz Designs Hoopla Paper Frames
Glitz Designs Hoopla Titles, Journaling, Glitzers, Whatnots, Rubons
Glitz Design Love Nest Whatnots, Rubons
Glitz Designs Giant Rhinestones Clear, Aqua, Red
Glitz Designs Teeny Pink Alpha
Glitz Designs Stamps Distressing Set 3
Other:
Doily: Wilton
Ink: Tattered Angels, Ranger
Ribbon: Crafts Supply

then and now

2002:

Supply list:
Glitz Designs Love Nest Paper: Damask
Glitz Designs Love Nest Paper: Sky
Glitz Designs Love Nest Titles
Glitz Designs Love Nest Glitzers
Glitz Designs Love Nest Whatnots
Glitz Designs Love Nest Paper Layers
Glitz Designs Hoopla Titles
Glitz Designs Tulle
Other supplies:
ribbon: Kaisercraft
lace: Webster's Pages
buttons: Jenni Bowlin Studios, foofala
flower: Prima Marketing

2010:

Things have changed, but they've stayed the same. :) Mostly for the better!
supplies:
Glitz Designs Hoopla Paper: Cake
Glitz Designs Hoopla Paper: Pipework
Glitz Designs Hoopla Cardstock Journaling stickers
Glitz Designs Hoopla Peeka Boo
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Aqua
Glitz Designs Love Nest Cardstock Journaling
other supplies:
brad and photo turns: Making Memories
chipboard letters: American Crafts

Hope you're enjoying a lovely week! I'm looking forward to things settling down a bit now that the holiday are over! Off to the dentist again today. Fingers crossed for a good outcome! ^_^

Leah

'tis the season

I know that Glitz Designs doesn't make any specifically holiday themed products, but I'd say this worked out pretty nicely! ^_^ I love how the vintage color combo totally reminds me of my grandma's house during Christmas.

Pictured, you'll see our unconventional tree from last year with feathers. It looked so cool with the lights - like snow, really! And some of the homemade rum truffles that I make and give away every year.

Closer peek at the title:

Supplies:
Glitz Design Love  Nest paper: Block
Glitz Design Scarlett paper: Map
Glitz Designs Love Nest Glitzers
Glitz Designs Scarlett Glitzers
Glitz Designs Hoopla Whatnots
Glitz Designs Scarlett Whatnots and Peek-A-Boo
Glitz Designs Giant Rhinestones Clear, Red, Aqua
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Aqua
Other:
ink: Tattered Angels
chipboard: American Crafts
diecut: Tim Holtz Tattered Florals for Sizzix
fabric scrap from my stash

I also wanted to share a couple of cards... 'Tis the Season for those as well! I feel like I can never have enough thank you cards this time of year especially. I always appreciate so much everything that everyone does to make the holidays special - and want to be able to give them a little something to show that...

{I love how wrapping the trim around the journal spot created a little wreath...}
Supplies:

Thank you card:
Glitz Designs Scarlett Paper: Map
Glitz Designs Scarlett Whatnots
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Red
Other:
cardstock: Bazzill
ribbon: Madori

Merry Christmas card:
Glitz Design Love Notes Whatnots and Journaling stickers
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha  Ivory
Other:
cardstock: Bazzill
Trim: Webster's Pages

Hope you all are enjoying your holidays so far!!

Leah

oh my Glitz...

I recently received a package of their latest lines, and can I just say... I kept going from one thing to another... It all works together so fabulously that I wanted to use it ALL.

But I didn't. I just used some of it to put together these two layouts. :)

With all the talk this year about having an "attitude of gratitude" in the month of November {sort of like an advent idea, but Thanksgiving themed}, it really got me thinking. I want to live a life of gratitude. I live in one of the wealthiest nations in the world. I never go to bed at night hungry {except by my choosing! lol}, or want for shelter, or suffer oppression for having my own opinion. I have a family that loves me, and clean drinking water. I can worship freely without any oppression. I have access to medical and dental care. There is nothing that I need that I can't get. Nothing. I don't need designer clothes and bags. Fancy cars or shoes. Trips all over the globe. {though they might be nice!} I want to remember that I have what I need. And I should be grateful. All year round.
Supply List:
Glitz Designs "Scarlett" Papers: Polka, Map, Stripe
Glitz Designs "Scarlett" Glitzer stickers
Glitz Designs Love Nest Peek-A-Boo
Glitz Designs "Scarlett" Journaling Cardstock Stickers
Glitz Designs "Love Nest" Rubons
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Round
Other:
Trims: Wester's Pages, May Arts, Madori
Foam Letters: American Crafts

And how could I resist the birthday photos when the new "Hoopla" line is so perfect for scrapping them? I had actually run across these photos the other day while looking for something else and was thinking that I needed to find some way to scrapbook them, since they're so irresistible.

One quick trick: instead of peeling the "celebrate" letter off - I decided to keep them on the sheet! The white background worked in perfectly with what I was doing and I didn't have to worry about placing the letters evenly.

Supplies:
Glitz Designs "Love Nest" paper: Stripe
Glitz Designs "Hoopla" Papers: Pipework, Polka and Frames
Glitz Designs "Hoopla" Cardstock Titles, Glitzers, Rubons
Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Aqua
Glitz Designs Frosting Giant Pink, Black, Green
Glitz Designs Stamps: Distressing Set 3
Other:
Tim Holz Distress Ink from Ranger in Pumace

Have a fabulous day!

spooky sweet

We love Halloween around here. There are so many fun things to do as a family around this holiday time of the year! The year we added to our holiday decor with this fun and spooky haunted house. The boys had sooo much fun putting it together one Saturday!

I love going with that distressed look for the autumn holidays. It just feels right. So the distressed couture and vintage love lines were a perfect fit!

I love, love how cheesecloth is a really simple way to add to that distressed feel of a layout. It's super easy to work with, too. I happen to buy this at Whole Foods while shopping one day, so it's unbleached - which gives it more of an aged look as well!

Supply list:

Glitz Designs Distressed Couture Papers: Block, Scroll

Glitz Designs Vintage Love Papers: Polka, Damask

Glitz Designs Black Flour di Lis Rubon

Glitz Designs Metallic Damask Rubon

Glitz Designs Frosting Strips - Red and Black

Glitz Designs Teeny Alpha Black Round

Other:

making memories trim

chipboard letters and shapes, orange cardstock: American Crafts

cheesecloth: Whole Foods grocery

My other fave thing about holiday time? Sweets and treats of course! What could possibly say "autumn" better than a carmel apple?

Glitz Designs Vintage Love Papers Damask, Polka, Floral, Velvet

Glitz Designs Vintage Love What-nots

Glitz Designs Kismet Accent Stickers

Glitz Designs Frosting Strips - Red and Black

Other:

making memories fabric trim

Prima flowers

American Crafts chipboard pieces, foam letters, tan button

Fabric shop vinyl flower

Jenni Bowlin orange button

Grocery supply: cheesecloth

Have a fabulous Monday!

keeping things simple

Oh my week, batman!

For some reason this has been one of those weeks that feels like it's flying past right before my eyes... so busy. :P

I put together this really simple layout featuring that obvious favorite photo of mine...

Yum for the glitz date stamps and american crafts goodies!

Don't forget that my digi shop is on sale through Friday along with a bunch of the other great designers at SugarHillCo!

The discount doesn't come off until checkout., so don't be alarmed! ^_^ Hope you're having a lovely week so far! I can not believe that at the end of this week, we'll have done a MONTH of school already. ACK!

a taste of autumn with glitz designs and fab friday

I love how the distressing on these papers lends to the nuance of the passing of time - something that we associate so closely with the coming of autumn. I  used papers and ephemera from the Vintage Love collection, and then added a navy blue paper from the Maya Collection {I'm loving the comeback of navy blue lately!}

Living where we do, we don't experience autumn, and when we visited my family in November last year, it was so great to stalk around with my camera capturing some of those images that you may take for granted if you live further north of us! It was also great to see the boys experience the cooler weather, pumpkins and leaves!

For this one, I used the background paper from the Distressed Couture line, and accented with things from the Vintage Love line. The tag at the top contains my journaling. We made pumpkin muffins after coming back from the pool one day {that explains the missing shirt! lol}

I loved adding touches of orange and green to subtly hint at the pumpkin flaver of the muffins. :)

And yes, it's Friday! Woot!

Just a tiny peek at what's been up here this week! Hope you have a lovely Friday!

a lovely, lovely line of papers

Everything about these papers screams, "Scrapbook how much you love someone!" So that's what I did!

On our recent vacation trip, I set up a shot that my sister snapped away on... I'm  always thankful to get new shots of us, since I'm usually the one holding the camera!

I just loooove the black, white, and gray with the pop of red. And the textures on the paper add so much to your page...

I'm really taking to my new purchase of a slice - I cut the fun flourishes around the heart out of one of the patterned papers I used!

And another two page layout. For some reason, they've just been working for me lately...

I love that they allow me more room to incorporate more of the things I love while leaving the whitespace that I'm so drawn to. :)

Details:

The lace trim I used is just a common millinery trim that you can find at your local fabric store. 

Everything is from the fabulous Distressed Couture line by Glitz Designs! {With the exception of the lovely foam letters from American Crafts...)

Hope you've gotten inspired to scrap the one you love!

Leah

{http://amusing-to-create.blogspot.com}

time... is on our side.

I wanna grow old with you...

There are actually a lot of details in this layout... I chose to stamp the numbers up to "8" because we were celebrating our 8th anniversary...

I loved working with these papers, stickers, bling, rubons an stamps from Glitz! ^_^

summer bliss

a photo from our little beach trip in may. we haven't taken the time to drive over lately - and we need to. ^_^

a closer look:

This is one of my favorite photos... everything is from Glitz Designs Maya collection. ^_^

Getting Glitzy!

Yes, it's my very first layout for Glitz Designs! I am absolutely loving working with their products! ^_^


I got a little silly with inks and stamps for this one - and loved it. I used the frame stamps on transparency and then cut them out to layer underneath my photos. The heart is stamped with the music background stamp, and the grid is layered underneath.

This is such a sweet memory! We're cutting our cake at our little family anniversary celebration. I really can't believe it's been so many years already!

Here are a few detail shots:

Raising the photos up on foam adhesive dots was a great way to give a little more dimension to the project - especially since I had other items on the page that stood out more - I didn't want the embellishments to steal the spotlight!

Have a fabulous, creative day!