March Collage- N*V*S

i was utterly inspired to come across the Nerdy*Victorious*Scrappers blog last month, what a creative concept! no particular rules or prompts, they simply post an awesome collage, chock full of pretties to pull inspiration from. WAY fun. and their design team knocks it outta the park every time!

the collage for march was gorgeous, an incredible color combo with lots of bling:

and from that i made this page, of myself and a treasure chest at the Denver aquarium.

the photo is dark, but the base is dark red Core'dinations carstock, with a black finish to the texture, with a thick strip of black layered on top. i love the over-all dark "pirate-y", bling-y feel of the page:)
i used:
- red Core'dinations carstock
- dark green American Crafts carstock
- Sassafras Lass journaling tag sticker
- gold Urban Bling glitter sticker letters
xoxo
Leigh

Priceless- The Pink Ninjas!

holy cow. THIS was fun! Prompt #33 over at The Pink Ninjas was AMAZING! the prompt itself was "priceless", the technique was distressed and the pink twist was paint.

i knew right off the bat i would scrap this photo of my BFF Heathers disaster yellow cupcakes. they came out looking like fried eggs. it was hysterical.
i used distress ink to ink the edge of the green cardstock, the painted it with a bit of pink acrylic paint. my title was made from the negative space of an old sheet of colorful KI memories punch-out alphas, that i trimed down. once i punched the alpahs out, i simply cut the negative portion out, and trimmed around the letter. voila!

products used :

- yellow heart PP is Sassafras Lass

- striped PP is older Dooodlebug

- orange cardstock is Cricut/Provo Craft

- distress ink is Tim Holtz "Vintage Photo"

- jornaling card is October Afternoon

- felt cupcakes are Jolee's
- glitter letters are Doodlebug "Shin Dig"

xoxo
Leigh

Bi-Scrapathon!

a few weeks ago, the lovely Miss Jamie posted a link at 2peas, about the "Bi-Scrapathon" scrapbook swap challenge over at Write Click Scrapbook. Essentially you find a buddy, form a team, swap some pics, work out the page size & other details, and set a deadline to send them to each other. adorable! so i emailed Jamie, we formed a pink-themed team, decided on 8x8 pink themed LOs, swapped and gave each other a week to finish and mail back.
holy cow it was a TON of fun. i dont scrap 8x8 (ever) so it was really out of my element and i really enjoyed it.
here is the page i made of Jamie, titled "Miss J"

and here is the INCREDIBLE page she made of yours truly, called "Shady Lady"HELLO! AMAZING! she used pink cocktail umbrellas ON the page! Jamie is amazing. check out her blog: paperheART project we have agreed this was a blast and that we will swap more pictures soon :)

xoxo
Leigh

Go Ask "Alice"..

if you know me, you know a few things. i love: pink, Hello Kitty, strawberries, and "Alice in Wonderland". ALL THINGS "ALICE". i collect anything & everything that tickles my fancy.

i have several copies of the book (my favorite being one illustrated by Ralph Steadman, the guy who illustrated "Fear & Loathing") i collect odds & ends merchandise.. i even have an ongoing 8x8 album of random "Alice" pages i've made out of quotes, imagery, etc. whatever inspires me about Wonderland.

of course i love the classic disney movie versionand as a girl, i LOVED the early morning kids show "Adventures in Wonderland" (way back when Disney was a pay cable channel like HBO)

and just this past December i was ESTATIC about Sy-Fy's reconceptualization miniseries "Alice". i really, really loved it.

a few years ago (2007) Heather and I threw a small "Alice in Wonderland" themed party. she was Queen of Hearts and i was The Mad Hatter (i made J dress as the March Hare, bunny ears and all!) she decorated her side of the room as the QOH's kingdom, i did mine as Wonderland- complete with a cheshire cat in the tree. these are some of my favorite scrapbook pages i've ever done. we intend to have another AIW party on a much grander scale (with Britty as our Alice) sooner than later.

so it should come as NO SURPRISE i am completely beside myself in anticipation for Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". you can ask Heather, i havnt shut up about this movie for the past couple years. excited about the announcement, excited about the casting, excited as promotional pictures were released, excited when the trailer went online, excited over ALL the merchanise beginning to appear. Hot Topic, Disney Store, Urban Decay, collector Barbies. i am a marketers dream, bc i want it all! thank goodness my bday is right around the release date! ;)


as you guys know, in a little less than two weeks we're talking a weekend trip to Amarillo, to meet up with Heather and Britty. the reason being? to watch "Alice" together :) the crazy thing is, we chose Amarillo simply because its the halfway point between us (5 hours each way) but come to find out, Amarillo has a completely "AIW" themed Amusement park, called "Wonderland"! what are the chances?! i love to "theme" everything i do to the max (for real. im over the top) so finding that out was amazing. we are going to have an amazing time the whole trip! and then about 3 weeks later i'm totally going to see it with Taylor AGAIN when she's back in town. hot damn!

xoxo
Leigh

Handmade- The Pink Ninjas!

yay! another fun prompt from the adorable ladies over at The Pink Ninjas! prompt #31 was to document handmade, use cardboard, and pink lace. i chose to document the madness that comes from my handiwork :) i cut cardboard circles with my Cricut from a cereal box (and placed epoxy stickers over them) and used pink lace paper. lots of fun to make :)

i used:
- Creative Imaginations pink lace paper

- Love Elsie "zoe" PP, epoxy stickers and flat stickers
- October Afternoon "peek-a-boo" PP
- white foam "Rootbeer Float" Thickers by American Crafts
xoxo

Leigh

Funniest. Thing. Ever.

i have no words for how funny this was. Heather was in town, we were having a huge group dinner at Elephant Bar (mmm) it was the BEST time. Heather and i decided we want to take EVEN more pictures of ourselves. we get all posey & cute and then Jim2 announces that Heather's Express necklace looked like "a Mr. T Starter Kit". AND I LOSE IT. J kept taking pictures but i could not get it together. so so so funny.
i was inspired to finally scrap these photos by the current challenge at the Handmade Love Challenge blog. Steph and Michele chose several gorgeous color swatches of browns and creams. i loved these colors!
i used:
- the red PP is Graphic 45
- the frame is Love, Elsie
- the quotes are olive foam"Cream Soda" Thickers by American Crafts
- the letters are puffy "Chit Chat" Thickers by American Crafts
- the "ever" letters are shiny metallic Sticko letters by EK Success

i've got alot of blog plans this entire week, so make sure to keep checking back!
xoxo
Leigh

Personal Motto- Pink Ninjas!

this was another super fun prompt from The Pink Ninjas. this time around the challenge was to use your personal motto, stamps, and transperancies.

i used:
- a KI memories "sheer delight"
- the striped PP is older american crafts- cannot remember the name
- black and carribean foam "daydream" thickers

- american crafts "friendshouse" chipboard shapes
- imaginisce skull stamp

xoxo
Leigh