Its here! The August Kit from the Chalet

Jump on over and snatch it up! You will love it especially if you have a girl! This months kit is French Twist from Autumn Leaves! You WONT be disapointed!

Here is one of my layouts I created with the kit! Be sure to stop by and grab one for yourself! Also be sure to stop by the gallery , there is a ton of inspiration from the other design team members too!

Port Aransas

We had the best time visiting Port Aransas in the summer. Usually we make that eight hour drive over the Thanksgiving break but this year we decided to try soemthing different!

Our first day there was filled with fun. Makayla was NOT afraid of the water in the least! She jumped right in and started having fun! She laid down and let the waves rush over her and had a blast playing in the sand.

The second day was spent shopping, flying kites, feeding sea gulls and playing on the beach some more. It rained off and on the entire week but that didnt stop us from having fun.

The 4th of July was POURING down rain and we werent able to take the boat ride to watch the fireworks like we wanted. We were bummed but still made the best of it. We crossed the ferry and parked in the ride share parking lot and had the best view of the fireworks! We couldnt have asked for a better time! We decided that the fireworks were just about over so we headed to the ferry. It was great luck that we happened to be the first on the ferry and got to watch the rest of the fireworks from it. Right as the ferry took off we were in the middle of the bay when the grand finally went off. It was really impressive.

Probably the best night we had there was the night we decided to take the dolphin tour! We went out on a boat for two hours and watched for dolphin and they didnt disapoint. They were right on the side of the boat spitting water up at us and looking for handouts. The highlight of the trip was the "petting zoo" they had set up in the center of the boat. T Joe the deckhand had all kinds of fun ocean critters for the kids to play with. He had puffer fish, sea stars, sea slime, hermit crabs, little fish of some sort, a live sand dollar and Makaylas favorite the seahorse. She had a ball playing with all of the animals and didnt want to leave. Its all she talked about for the rest of the trip.

The rest of the trip was so much fun! All day long on the beach soaking in the sun and watching Makayla have the time of her life. ahhhhhhhhhhh I wish we never had to leave!

Im on a DESIGN TEAM! woohooo!

I made it! I tried out for the design team at the Scrapbook Chalet and I MADE IT! HAPPY DAY!!!

I am joined by some very talented people! Charlee who has been my friend for many many yeard, Tammy Gray who is right now the guest design team member for Creative Imaginations, Jozzie, Dawn who makes some amazing digital kits, Suzanne and Becky T who is an amazing and well published designer!

I couldnt be more honored to be on this team! Be sure to come visit me there and be inspired by our work!

Guest DT for ScrapAddict.com

I was so excited to get the news in April that I was chosen to be the guest design team member for ScrapAddict.com. I have been a member there for many years so it was a true honor!

I received my Hog Wild kit and immediately went to town with it! I had so much fun creating two layouts of Misty's kids! Its an honor to be a part of an amazing team!

Let me know what you think of them and be sure to stop by http://www.scrapaddict.com/ to see the rest of the amazing design team!

I knew I was going to be bad at this!

Please forgive me for not updating this thing. I am going to spend the rest of the night posting several blog entries to catch everyone up on the last couple months! YIKES!

Be prepared for some news, vacation photos and layouts! I have a TON of catching up to do!

Check this out:

Join Creative Imaginations and their Artists for a once in a lifetime opportunity as a Guest Designer for the month of August 2007.

This weekend, Scrapbook Chalet will be hosting contests and chats in conjunction with Creative Imaginations.

Register on both websites; Creative Imaginations {www.creativeimaginations.us} and {www.Scrapbookchalet.com}.

Specific details regarding this contest will be announced during the chats at Scrapbook Chalet this weekend. Please join Marah Johnson { May 4th , 10pm est, } and Cheryl Mezzetti, DT Coordinator {May 5th, 10pm est } for more information.Upload your designs following the challenges presented sometime before Sunday, May 13th to both Creative Imaginations and Scrapbook Chalet {you must upload to both sites to enter} There will be specific folders represented on each website.All challenges must include at least 80% Creative Imaginations product.

With thousands of products to choose from, let your creative imaginations run wild.

The winner will receive:

1. $100.00 retail value in product of their choice from Creative Imaginations {product is subject to availability.}

2. Guest designer will have their work as well as a small bio and photo featured on the CI website.

3. All work uploaded will remain the property of CI for possible use in their newsletter or promotional material.Winner will be announced on Monday, May 14th.Good luck!

Sneak Peek of My Chalet Contest Entry

Ive mentioned before that I am involved with a contest at the Chalet. Each week we are given a challege that we have to complete and then the members of the board vote to see which layout they like best. WELL I have surprisingly made it to round FOUR! YAY

Last weeks challenge was hard... H-A-R-D... hard! It was a scraplift of one of the DT members there Jeanne. Super cute layout but I struggled with it all week. FINALLY, literally twenty minutes before it came due I had it finished and uploaded. shew! You can see it in the Chalet Gallery.

This weeks challenge was SOOOOOOO easy! It was a challenge to create a layout based on a super cute ad!

I took one look at that ad and knew this was going to be easy. The colors struck me, the layout struck me and it was all mapped out. I finished it in record time! NOW the hard part. I HATE being the first one to upload to the gallery so I am holding off for a bit. I CANNOT get a good picture of it to save my life! soooooooooo I am going to show you a sneaky peek of my latest layout. Please leave comments and let me know what you think!

It will be uploaded in the Chalet Gallery sometime on Friday or Saturday!