Fun in a can.

Yes, you heard it right! I can hardly wait for this! Be sure to pass the invite on to all your friends too!

It's going to be an awesome awesome time! There will be nearly 50 handmade giveaways from all of the design team members from all three companies and three large product packs from each company!!

On Friday, March 5^th be sure to visit Bella Blvd, Jillibean Soup and Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker for all the information on where to go next and how to win!

An Ippity Kind of Day!

Who's Ippity you ask? Well, let me just tell you.

Ippity is this fun new little division of Unity Stamps, which, if you haven't heard of them you really must emerge from the rock you've been living under. I did. And here's the deal - they are amazing! I have to start by saying that I am not a stamper. Now, I use stamps here and there, but I'm a scrapbooker and let's face it, there's a difference. Part of the reason I've never branched out and really invested in stamping is because I plain just didn't like what was out there. Cute, sure, but not designed to use on a page. BUT THESE ARE! The other thing I love - the quality! These are deeply etched red rubber stamps that come unmounted, pre-cut, and pre-foamed. All you gotta do is stick em on a block!

There will be a new release of these stamps every three months. They will not be available to retail stores - only through us Ippity Chicks! Listed below are the current release stamp sets. Email me at Brittny@PaisleyLane.net to submit your order!


IPK - 109 Fishy Philosophy $24


IPK - 110 Where You Should Be $18


IPK - 111 Regal Greetings $24


IPK - 112 Moon Beam & Heart Strings $24


IPK - 113 Music of my Heart $24


IPK - 114 Sweet Thoughts of Spring $24


IPK - 115 Love in Return $18


IPK - 116 What Matters Most $24

Now that you've chucked that rock you've been living under, get your party pants on and get ready for some fun!!

Origins, I love you!

Here's some more layouts using Basic Grey's Origins line - LOVE IT! So much fun to play with!

The four layouts posted below are part of a kit I designed for Scrapper's Depot in Napa. Four layouts, color photos and detailed instructions for just $25! Check it out if you're in the area or email me if you want a kit shipped to you!

Be sure to check out more awesome layouts over at My Scrapbook Nook's gallery!



Leah's youngest, Gabe. Her kids just keep coming to the rescue!





Gotta love those Ippity stamps! Let me know if you're interested in the line!



Sweet Baby James - another little lifesaver!











Yup - that's right. That kid with the fatty bulges - that's me. Soak it up, it's a rare site...





Be sure to check out the Nook's kits - lots of fun to be had!

Well, it's about bloody time.

I've been such a slacker this week. I got my Nook kit about two weeks ago, and since I was in Anaheim, I had to wait to get my grubby little hands on it until I got back. Enter migraine, followed by lungs on death row, then toilet bowl trauma. Bleh. But today I got busy. For an hour. And then I was toast. But that hour was fun!

I added an Anna Griffin doily and glitter chipboard alphas to the kit to create this layout of James. He's the most adorable baby boy ever! And I get to rent him for a couple of hours at a time, and then once there's a dirty diaper - bam! - time to go home! It's the perfect arrangement.









Be sure to check out more amazing layouts over at the Scrapbook Nook's gallery!

A bit more.

Here's a few more snapshots of CHA.

This is at the GCD booth. We made cute little necklaces using Melody Ross's new line of lovelies. I pretty much figure than any craft that involves hammering or intense metal of any kind is totally worth the time it takes. Hey, if you don't burn your fingers in the process, it's just not the kind of memory worth sticking around.




Can I just say that my mom did a way better job than me? I hate make-n-takes. HATE them. I get all nervous and impatient and totally convinced that I'm going to screw it up. And I did. Hence, no photo of my necklace. But my mom's totally turned out great - her make-n-takes always do.



And below is a shot of the new vintage jewelry line by Jill Schwartz for Making Memories. Looks sorta Anthropology-ish, doesn't it? Yeah, that's cuz Jill is the best designer ever. Can't even begin to tell you how much I love it. LOVE IT. I did their make-n-take, and am proud to say that it actually did turn out very well. Can't wait to see where this line is picked up.





Okay, now you're probably wondering who this guy is in the photo, huh?
Well, that's Dan Nelson, CEO of Making Memories. And boy, is he a cutie. Sweet, sparkle in his eye, loves his wife, and just plain adorable. Just look at all the half-crazed women buzzing around him! My mom certainly thought he was a doll. Mrs. Nelson, you are one lucky lady!!

Well that's all for now. More later.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Snippets

Okay, so I am severely delinquent in posting the rest of my CHA pics. Problem is looking at this screen and its migraine-inducing brightness. A week of being "on" has done me in! I'll post the rest as soon as I can muster some energy, but for now, here's some snapshots of the fun album we made at Donna Downey's class. I actually learned that I loooove iron-ons and love painting on canvas even more!













Be sure to check back Monday for more good stuff!

I could cry...

Guess who forgot her SD card today. Yeah. Responsible little me. Sorry, girls - Pink Paislee was cute! I want it all! I'll try my best to sneak back to get some good photos tomorrow night.

For now I am crashing as I have to be up at 5:30am for Donna Downey's Canvas Creations class at 7. Can't wait!! And to be honest, I am totally intimidated.

Wish me luck!

Day 2 was no fun, so how about Day 3 instead?

By the time I made it back to my room last night, all I had energy for was sleeping. And even that was exhausting. Not that I'm complaining - it was so much fun to get a little sneak peek of all my favorite lines pre-show messiness. Sort of like seeing someone's studio when it's a trashy dirty disaster - candy bar wrappers and nasal spray and deeply disorganized stacks all strewn about... I might have a few little voyeuristic tendencies....

I'm just gonna post a few pics of my favorite booths so far. It's so pathetic - we spent all day in one of the four rooms. ONE. As in it took us eight hours to look at maybe 20 booths. It was intense... I can't tell you the look on the newbie's faces when they realized how big the actual show floor was. "You mean this isn't it?" "There's more?" "And we only have two and a half more days?!?"

One of my favorite booths today was, of course, American Crafts. And no, your screen is not distorted - it's like a 40 mile long booth. And it was filled with new, gorgeous, gotta-have-it product! Like the stitched albums, and everyone's new fave, Dear Lizzy.





Now seriously, I have to be honest. I'm a pretty down to earth girl. I like heels, cute flouncy blouses, pencil skirts, bangle earrings and frills just as much as the next girl, but honey, I am not wearing no stinkin' 3" heels at CHA. I mean come on! Hi, my name is Lizzy and I am gorgeous and crafty and fully endorsed. And oh yeah, I can wear these shoes for hours on end and not fall over. I mean, what is that!?!?! It almost makes me sick (not jealous, no never). I didn't take a picture with her because, well, I think that's a little tacky to take a picture with someone you have no shared memories with. And it must be so awkward to be that person with your arm around some creeper you've never met carting around 25 free Making Memories bags filled with every possible make 'n' take on the planet. Okay, that's just a whole other rant. Notice I said "whole other" because that's how you say it. "Nother" is not a word, people. But that's just yet another rant. I'm feeling ranty tonight. Oh crap, it's officially tomorrow morning now. Maybe that explains it...

MOVING ON

Here's the Bella Booth. I got almost nothing but crappy pics today, and the booth was constantly filled with people, so I got a pretty darned crappy pic of Bella Blvd. I'll go back tomorrow night after the retailers leave and snap some better photos of my favorite booths. Like G45 - oh baby oh baby - that is a sexy beast of a booth. It's like being in a French boutique - I gushed.



Here are a couple of the projects that I have in the Bella Booth. I couldn't get photos of them all because there were just to many crazy chicks in there, and apparently my "get the fu&K out of my way" vibes were neither strong nor intimidating enough to get them to skedaddle. Is that spelled right?

That's my DF up there. I texted him a photo and I think he's now officially mortified. It'll be the first scrapbooking event he's attended... And PS - buy this line! It's called Man of the House and it is amazing! Such an awesome line for the guys and still so versatile, I dare say even pretty.



This is a layout I did using the Estate Sale Line - so vintage, so pretty!


This is how packed full the entire booth was - so many amazing projects to see! Be sure to check out the blog and take a look at the new display frames they've got, too.

And now for my very favorite booth in the world. Not much to it, but that's what was so cool. You saw everything you needed to, including Julie, Eric, Lindsay and Natasha, and every single project on display was the very best quality you could ever expect. Simple and straightforward.



Material Girl was the only good shot out of the bunch - my camera is seriously acting up.



Here's a fun (well maybe not for the little cherub) layout displayed in the booth using Material Girl. Love it!

And seriously, check out these flowers on this little box of heaven... Are those the cutest things you've ever seen!?



And now for the one you've been waiting for...



Trouble is, you'll be waiting for a little while longer. The lighting over the October Afternoon was not exactly conducive for fantastic photo-taking, and combined with my crappy cam, you get some not so amazing photos. I'll do my best to get some more!

How cute is this display? Seriously, though, that kid is like the Mona Lisa - I couldn't escape it's little gaze.





See?! He's totally give us the "eye" and quite frankly, he's a little creeper...Play with your dog, kid, jeez!

Oh, by the way you Nook peeps, that's Charity. What a sweetie! And we made the cutest little make 'n' take pin! I just look weird...



Here's some of the paper from the Fly A Kite line. I am in looove!



Here's a few cute little projects at the booth.



Here are some of the papers from the new Thrift Shop line. Again, I have the crappiest pics ever of the whole display, so this is whatcha get! Hard to see all the detail, but let me just say, YUM!

Okay, that's all for now. Tomorrow is more of a work day for me, so I'll do my best to get as many new photos up as I can. Let me know if there's anything specific you want to see and I'll try to deliver!

Oh, I put in an order at Maya Road... MR + Cosmo + Ranger = A YUMMY NEW MINI BOOK KIT FOR SALE SOON! Can't wait to show you!!