Yaaaayyyyy......again!!!

So, I again won the week's best traditional layout for

Week #10 (Birthday) at the Examiner.com!!! I'm super

thrilled and honored to have my layouts chosen two

weeks in a row! You can check out the article here.

Happy Monday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Echo Park Cards for Thought 2 Paper

Good morning all!

I am such a lucky girl because Liz
from Thoughts 2 Paper sent me the

gorgeous Echo Park 'Sweet Summertime'

line from her store to work with this month.

Needless to say, I was soooo thrilled

to get to play with the fun and bright

papers and stickers from this line and

here's a couple of cards that I came up with.

Supplies:
cardstock
pattern paper: Echo Park from T2P
flowers: from T2P store
buttons: stock
ribbon: T2P stock
eyelets: American Crafts
border punch: Martha Stewart from T2P store
pearls: Basic Grey from T2P store

On another note, my sisters are flying in this
weekend for a friend's wedding and I'm so excited
to get to see them....they live in California and
only fly in once or twice per year so this will
definitely be a fun weekend!

Have a great Monday,
LOVES :) -Sarah

I WON!!

Woooohoooooo!!

My layout "Smalltown USA"

that I created using the

Treasured Scrapbooking July kit

won the Week #9, 4th of July, contest

for the Examiner and is being featured

in their scrapbooking section today!

You can check it out here later today.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend,

LOVES :) -Sarah

I have really been wanting to share this

layout that I recently created using my favorite

new punches from Just Imagine Kreaxion Punches!!

One of my favorite LO accents right now are

paper doilies and with the Kreaxion Punches

I can make them myself!! How cool is that!

I simply trace and cut out the star template

and then use my favorite punch on each point

of the star....there you have, easy as that,

a fabulous paper doilie that you just made all

on your very own!! The possibilities with these

punches are endless and I'm having a fantastic

time playing with all of them! Make sure you

check out their blog for more awesome ideas

by the other fantastic design team members.

Have a great Friday and weekend,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Lots of Reveals Today!!

Alrighty,

to start things off today is the second

reveal day of the month for

Treasured Scrapbooking.

Check out the store because now through

July 15 almost everything in the store

is 40% off!!!

Treasured Scrapbooking July 2010 Kit

I had a blast using the amazing

products in the TS July Kit and even

after creating two layouts and an

altered project I still have tons left.

I've even used some of it on a third

layout that I will be sharing with you

later in the week. So, without any more

gabbing, here is my second LO and an
altered basket I picked up at a yard sale of

course that I now use to hold all of my

handmade cards.

Secondly, today is also reveal day for

Prompt #41 SWAP for Pink Ninjas.

Our challenge was to create a layout

using a photo from one of the other

DT members and I scrapped a photo

of Emily's "New 'Do". The pic was very

sassy and fun to work with so I used

the very sassy and fun pattern papers

from Momenta's Black Tie and Flutter lines.

Make sure to check out Emily's Blog and

Pink Ninja Addicts to see the layout that

Emily scrapped with my photos!

Have a wonderful Wednesday,

LOVES :) -Sarah

1st Trip To The Zoo!!

We had so much fun taking Carter (and the girls)

to the Indianapolis Zoo this past Friday!!

The weather was just perfect...in the low 80's...

and we knew that if we were doing this it

had better be soon before the temperature

headed back up to the mid 90's again

(which it has been already for the past 2 days).

This was Carter's first trip to the zoo and

he is at that perfect age where he knows

what most animals are called and can make

their sounds so it was so amazing to watch

him as he saw and experienced all of them

in real life!! We all had a blast, even Becca

and Emmy who hadn't been there in the past

few years, loved watching Carter learn and

explore. Steve and I decided to have a fun

picture drawn of the 3 kids and figured the

ridiculous price was worth it since it's will be

something that will be kept and treasured 4ever.

It was a great day and a great weekend

celebrating the 4th of July swimming and

cooking out with family and friends!!

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend as well,

LOVES :) -Sarah

Treasured Scrapbooking Post Day!!

Yaaayyyyy!

Today is my first reveal day for

Treasured Scrapbooking!

I had such an awesome time creating

with July's amazing kit!

It's full of vintage style papers, buttons,

flowers, lace, and too many embellies,

journaling spots, and rub-ons to mention!

Here is my sketch for July and also the

layout I made from the sketch...

make sure you check out the TS gallery

to see the rest of the DT's sketches and

creations and also play along with the

current challenges! Lots of fun and

inspiration, so don't miss out!!

Have an amazing Thursday!

LOVES :) -Sarah