BUTTONS AND BOWS WEEK

Here are some cards with the same bow technique sent to me by my SIL. She is a cardmaker, but thought we could use the same concept on our layouts. I was thinking I'd try this on my next page on the inside layer instead of brads next time.

WELCOME

Welcome JD. Thanks so much for coming by. We'll be sure to visit you over at JD's Adventures in Cricuteering too. You've got a great blog, one of my fav cards was the one with the adironack chair on front..it's look so relaxing...ahhhh.. Hope to see you around soon!

BUTTONS AND BOWS WEEK CHALLENGE

Okkee Dokke folkee's.. This week is buttons and bows week. It's going to be a prize challenge. Here's the rules:

1. Make a 12x12 layout using buttons and bows as a theme

2. Email it to me at Achildinmind@aol.com

3. Have fun!

A winner will be picked at random this Sat. 8/5/10 a.m. and win: 8 pc. Black paper, 8 pc. orange velum, 8 pc. 8x8 halloween patterned paper and 2 sticker embellies!

WE HIT 35..PRIZE TIME! and other fun stuff!

<-- cards and stickers for participating followers, see below

<----8x8 for ownhomedog

CONGRATS TO OUR 35 follower ?scraps by ownhomedog? We are so excited we hit 35 followers.. Ya, it doesn't take much to excite me and Laurie..LOL. We really do have fun with the blog. It keeps our "unblog-realworld" life a little more bearable when stress hits.. I'm sure ya'll can relate. We love to create, laugh, share and just melt away in the scrapworld when we can. We thank you all for visiting, commenting and sharing! Now on to the goods...LOL.. lucky #35 has won the 8x8 photoalbum with coordinating papers shown above.. CONGRATS.

AND......

for every follower! that makes a comment between 7-10pm. est. tonight 8/29/10 under this , mentioning 2 things they like about this blog and mentions another persons blog they like, will get the 6 blank cards made with SU cardstock and a pack of coordinating stickers shown above Thank you Susan for the donation of SU papers!

BTW.. SWAPS ARE OUT TODAY..WOO HOO. SO sorry for the snags on this one ladies ! THANKS SOOOO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE!!!

Oh, and BTW, WE WILL BE POSTING YET ANOTHER PRIZE CHALLENGE TOMORROW 8/30/10...OOOOH THIS IS A GOODIE!! hint: prize is halloweeeeeenish!

POLKA DOTS AND PASTELS WEEK, Day 6

Here is a gorgeous card from Carri over at a Abusy bee. Click on her badge to the right to go visit. This is what she had to say about this little guy. "I used create a critter for the bird, swiss dots to emboss her wing, my scallop punch, some bling for her eye. This paper is from a swap that I did with a friend, the ribbon and flowers are from my stash, stamp is from punny-licious! I think it is so cute! " Thanks for scrapping it forward Carri!

KICKING UP POLKA DOTS AND PASTELS

Good morning all! Here is an Easter Card that I did, and it has both polka dots and pastels all in one. I was so happy when I found this.

The polka dot pastel paper is Heidi Grace Design, Shimmer Flocked Paper Baby/Dots. The polka dots are flocked, so cute.
For the bunny and the Easter Basket, I used Stretch Your Imagaination Cricut Cartridge, page 37. The ribbon is stamping up ribbon.


The sentiment stamp is one of those clear stamps.

The blue card stock is of course StampinUP! I think brocade blue.

POLKA DOTS AND PASTELS WEEK, Day 4

Here is an adorable Easter pastel layout by Dawn. I'm loving the torn patterned paper color combination, it's just so soft. Fantab layout Dawn, thanks for scrapping it forward to us!

POLKA DOTS AND PASTELS WEEK, Day 3

Here is a GREAT polka dot page from Dawn. Fantab colors, aweseome layout...Thanks for sharing Dawn!

POLKA DOT AND PASTEL WEEK - Day 2

Look at this adorable card done by Dawn. She cut this out using her Silhoutte! I absolutely love this card. Dawn can give us the details! Thanks, Dawn!!

WELCOME

Maria! So glad you came by for a visit... hang out.. have fun...get inspired and we will be sure to come visit you soon at your blog Dollie's Scrapper!

POLKA DOT OR PASTEL WEEK, Day 1

This was fun.. I used my cuttlebug to cut out the lil scalloped hole,, I had the owl and boo stickers. I ran the orange card through cuttlebug to emboss the polka dots, I added some coordinating polka dot paper, I used the MS drippy goo punch on glitter DCWV paper.. and done! I did use the glitter pen here and there on dots, but it's hard to see!

WELCOME NEW FOLLOWER

Good Saturday afternoon to all those scrappers out there.

We wanted to give a warm welcome to Ann Lee! Well to Serenity Scrappers. You have come to the right place if you want to share ideas and have fun!! Our motto is scrap it forward!! Welcome!!

Also we wanted to let those that have signed up for the swap know that we did receive a few emails from some ladies, they are running a bit behind. As soon as we receive the ALL the swaps (we have received a good amount already and we LOVE what we have) we will get them out right away!!

Make it a scrapping good weekend!!


Kel and Laurie

TAGS AND BAGS WEEK, day 5

A cute tag I did for my daughter Amanda's friend. She is always looking over my scrap stuff when she visits and told Amanda that she was "dying for me to make her something Twilight" So, here it is.. Yes, it's a character from Twilight... LOL. However, I thought it was such a cute idea to do for a boy for a bday bag tag and put the childs/teen/adults name up the side or across top. This stamp is from Greetings Farm, they have lots and lots of cute cute stamps. I colored it in using sparkly gel pens. In the story, this character actually sparkles, lol so I thought it would be cute. I have two other tags to post later, so stop by :) Twilight fans can check my other blog at CraftyTwilightMom.blogspot.com.

UPDATE AND WELCOME

Good afternoon all!!

Just wanted to remind all those that participated in the Holiday swap, deadline is tomorrow. We can't wait see what everyone has done!!

We would also like to take the time and welcome two new followers. So here is a BIG welcome to Debbie and Janet! Welcome to Serenity Scrappers a fun blog where we LOVE to scrap it forward! We love sharing ideas and seeing your creations as well!! Have fun!!!!

Thanks!

Kel and Laurie

TAGS AND BAGS WEEK, day 4

Here is a matching bag and tag from Rhonda over at BUMBLEBEECREATIONS.blogspot.com. Fantastic job Rhonda, lovin the halloween inspiration. Thanks so much for scrapping it forward on over to us!

TAGS AND BAGS WEEK, Day 3

IS THIS NOT TOO CUTE! :) Tara sent this over to us. She says

" Thought you might like to see this, it is with Stampin Up's Big Shot...Top Note Die and Scallop Envelope Die, and the First Day Stamp Set!" Please visit Tara Here.....A Stamping Good Time

TAGS AND BAGS, Day 2

This was fun. I just kind of pulled stuff from here and there from different drawers of

"scraplies" I have and went with it! The clock and butterflies are stickers and I added the red ink, stamping around edges of the black and white paper I put on tag and added the bling to the butterflies. Simple and quick :)

TAGS AND BAGS WEEK - DAY ONE

Here is a tag I did for a challenge that Kel and I particpated in. I love the pinks! This paper is from a stack I got a long time ago that I found again! Ribbons and some chipboard and it was done!!

GOINGS ON AT SERENITY SCRAPPERS

Good morning Serenity Scrappers!!!

We hope you had a fantastic weekend!! We thought we would start of this week with some of the goings on here.

1) A big CONGRATS goes to Bumblee Creations for winning the 8x8 challenge! She did amazing job on her layouts. Thanks to all of those who participated!! Please email Kel at achildinmind@aol.com with your address so she can mail out your prize.

2) Don't forget the Holiday (any holiday) swap is due to Laurie by August 20th. I have already received some, and so far I LOVE what I have seen. This is going to be a good one.

3) Kelly and I are giving out a prize to our 35th follower. So get those friends on over to follow and we will do the rest to keep them coming back for more!!!

4) This week our theme will be Tags and Bags (I will post a tag a little bit later today). So if you have anything you want to contribute, please email Kel or Laurie (lbaires@comcast.net) and we will get that up on the blog.

Make it a scrappy week and always remember to scrap it forward!!

Kel and Laurie

AND THE WINNER IS........

Rhonda at Bumbleebee Creations! She says about her layout: "I went with my daughter to Mackinaw Island, with the Daisy group. One of the places we visited while there was the Butterfly House--I took lots of pics, so decided it would be a grand idea to make a butterfly layout. Here it is-Hope you don't think it is too busy!" Nope, not too busy at all.. I'ts Gorgeous.. Congrats.. Email me ur addy, and I"ll get that prize off too you!

WELCOME NEW FOLLOWER

Welcome to Fiona!! We are a fun crowd and hopefully you come back an visit often. We love to as Kel would say "scrap it forward" so feel free to send some of your work our way and we will be happy to post!!

TIP FROM THE CRICUT CHIRP NEWSLETTER

I gave it a shot.. cute

WELCOME OUR NEWEST BLOGGER!

Hello Patti, thanks for coming by..we hope you come back and visit often :) If you have something to scrap forward, or want something in particular for us to scrap forward to you, let us know!

OLD SCHOOL LAYOUT by Marianne

Here is a "pre-cricut" layout by Marianne over at Paper or Fabric She says " It is about 8x10 and I put it in a frame. It is one of my favorites still today."

OLD SCHOOL WEEK

Good morning bloggers!! Here is an adorable page that Dawn sent to me. I love this page. I am loving the metal tags at the bottom of the page. Dawn put a sticker on each one, very clever, gives them a finished look!! I love the flow of this page, so soft and elegant. Thanks, Dawn for sharing, Old School Style!! Have a great weekend everyone!!!

SIMPLE SWEET 16 CARD

This is was easy peasy. I grabbed a sheet of stickers I got from Creative Memories. They are clear-ish...real pretty. I grabbed some off -white paper, inked the edges (I am addicted to inking edges..lol). I glued on some colorful ribbon, (It needs a bit more glue) I added stickers and added Crytal Stickles (Yikes, not a big fan.. I need a stickles class..lol) I think the entire card took me about 10 minutes. Stickles took me all night.. LOL.

SIMPLE THANK YOU CARD

Here is a cute and simple card. The blue, dots and green are SU papers. My friend Susan gave me the card already done with the papers . I added the dimentional sticker and some paper ribbon from Creative Memories, three bling dots to hide a mistake. LOL and thats that. Simple, easy. Having a stack of cards already with the foundation papers on it is great! You can file them by color themes and just pull out a "template" when u need a card. Works for me. I'm not a huge card maker, lots of you gals prob. already do this and I'm not as brilliant as I think.. I think? lol.

SIMPLE BUT CUTE CARD

This is from my sis in law. She just freehanded some cirlces, added some texture, ink and glued them on some rickrack and poof.. easy peasy.. nothing to plug in.. LOL

OLD SCHOOL WEEK

Good morning bloggers!!

We hope you had an awesome weekend. I am finally on the mend and feel like a human again!!

Kelly and I were brainstorming on what this week's theme should be and we decided to kick it up old school "style" and step back in time. We thought we would show some pre-Cricut creations. What was the scrapbook life like before we had the Cricut? Since we here at Serenity Scrappers are fairly new the Cricut we have a lot of pages/cards that do not have anything Cricut on them (gasp, we know)!!

So sit back and enjoy the pre-Cricut selection we have. Also, we would LOVE to see yours as well. If you want to share, please send it either Kelly or myself at the following email addresses:

achildinmind@aol.com - Kelly
lbaires@comast.net - Laurie

HOLIDAY SWAP INFO

It looks like the total will be 11. ! Here are the details

1. 3 Holiday items per baggie. Make 11 baggies. The items can be anything you want as long as they have to do with any holiday.

2. When you are ready to mail out, please contact mailto:Lbaires@cisco.com to get the address of where to mail your package.

3. Please include a self addressed stamped envelope for your return goodies.

4. Please have your swaps to Laurie in two weeks from today - 8/22/10 so we can have them out to everyone by the end of the month.

5. Have fun!

Did we leave anybody out? Here are the persons who asked to participate: Laurie, Kel, Dawn, Tara, Jenny B, BumbleBee, BusyBee, Scrapqueen, Marianne,Susan and Lovemusic

WELCOME NEW FOLLOWER

Nice to have you come by. Come back and visit us soon. We will be sure to see you over at The Scrapbooking Queen to see what's happening in your side of the blog world! :)

POT LUCK WEEK 2, Day 5

I got this great card in the mail yesterday from Dawn! Me, Laurie, Dawn and Susan live within a mile of each other so we get together and talk a lot. (We are from Boston, that might be an understatment.. LOL). One of the things I/we say a lot is "I'm Just Sayin" . I happened to be having "one of those weeks" LOL, so Dawn dropped me a line in this adorable card totally suited for me done up in my favorite color purple! Thanks Dawn

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST FOLLOWER!

Thanks for coming by! We hope you visit often and peek around at what we have going on. We'll be sure to stop by your place too! at >>>> Love Music Designs

POT LUCK, Week 2, Day 4

Here's an adorable card from Dawn to laurie... Too cute! Cartridge used was Create a Critter, embossing is swiss dots and Bloom plates.

B Sure to Check SWAP NEWS to right

to make sure you get in on it!

FEEL BETTER

Hello bloggers.. just to letcha know, our friend Laurie has felt a bit under the weather lately and although she'll prob kill me for this, or just simply pull this post, LOL. I thought it would be nice if you ladies stopped by to leave a quick get well for her.

POT LUCK WEEK 2

This was always a favorite of mine. This is my daughter just kind of being herself. She took all the pictures herself. They are plain and simple, but I had seen the idea of cutting them in a triangle-ish type of shape and thought it was a really good idea to take kind of everyday "fun" pics and make them even more fun by putting them down in an out of the norm way. I only tossed on a few embellys because the pictures did all the work! Try punching out your pics with a large punch, tearing your pics or taking a bunch of pics and taping them down in a fun pattern!

HEY GANG

I'd love to say I haven't posted lately because I'm at CHA, but I'm not Shucks! Anyway, I'll be back later with something, my schedule has been crazy crazy lately. See you in a bit!

NEW SWAP

1.To participate, please email Laurie at LABAIRES@cisco.com to let her know.

2. We will cap the swap at 12 people.

3. It is a holiday swap, any holiday item goes.

4. To participate, you would get together 3 holiday "items" of ur choice, per baggie, per participant. Example: I'd do 12 of the above baggies.
5. Then you would send your 12 baggies of 3 items ea. in it to Laurie, with a self addressed stamped envelope. A lil extra postage if you can, just in case whats coming back is a bit heavier than what you sent.

And thats it! Laurie & I will do all the separating and mail out. In the end, everybody would get 12 packets of "surprises" each with 3 fun and different items in it. Buttons, bows, brads, punch outs, diet cuts, bling, cut outs, stickers, a card, lace, a border, rub-ons, etc. Whatever, as long as it has to do with a holiday! Have fun, use your imagination! If you participate, you'll need to get ur items to Laurie by 8/20.

BUMBLEE BEE 8x8 challenge

"Last week I went with my daughter to Mackinaw Island, with the Daisy group. One of the places we visited while there was the Butterfly House--I took lots of pics, so decided it would be a grand idea to make a butterfly layout. Here it is-Hope you don't think it is too busy!"