my first acrylic mini album!

holy moly, was i scared to start this! once i did, though, i got SO into it... so much so that my kid is lucky she got dinner. lol i used an acrylic mini from clearscraps, some acrylic paint, and assorted rubons and bling. at first, i was considering adding chipboard pages to this, because i had a lot of pictures i wanted to include. the more i thought about it, though, it just wasn't how i wanted it to be - acrylic is supposed to be CLEAR. so i thought, and thought some more, and finally came up with using flaps after browsing through old classes at scrapfreak. cathy taught a great class on acrylic minis, and bree was the one who taught a class on flaps, but i just kind of did my own thing and made it work for my pictures. turned out FUN! thanks for looking!

left some empty areas for journaling by the actual teenager...

aren't they cute?!

that's sam's friend, getting her makeup done by her momma.

thought that was sooo sweet!

more space for actual teen writing... ;)

close up of some blingy swirls...

i ended the book with a fun quote about dancing.

i put a pc of yellow cardstock under the pages just for photographing the book. shows detail better... :)

sassy lil' sketch for sept. 21st

time to reveal the sketch for september 21st over at sassy lil' sketches!!!

first, though, a big thank you to sassy lil' sketches' september sponsors... our paper sponsor is memory miser and they are giving away a cricut cartridge!


our digital sponsor is looby loo, and they are giving away a $10 gift certificate...

make sure you take the time to visit our sponsors! great prizes...

okay - here's the sketch - isn't it cool? i knew right away what pictures i wanted to use for this...

my two girls - one furry, and one not-so-furry.

thanks for looking!

time to get schooled...

so the prompt for who's that girl #17 was as follows:

When we are children, we can't wait for school to end! But as adults, education can take on a new importance or interest. Think about what you would like to learn if you had the time and money to go "back to school". This can range from traditional subjects to more fun or unusual subjects... perhaps you dream of being trained as a chef, want to touch up your foreign language skills, or just want to learn to knit! Whatever it is, put it to paper!

i wrote about my desire for more knowledge, and eventually more camera. :) someday, somehow, i'll get a really cool DSLR and take a class.

you can see the other design team members' layouts here... funny how so many of us want to learn more about photography. ;)

4teen one of my layouts was featured over at the papermaze blog!!! so exciting! wendy sent me a sketch to work with and this is what i came up with... go check out their blog - it's packed with inspiration!

oh, the places you'll go... found a sketch on the net while i was trolling for sketches - i think her name is rachel ricks... i based this layout on a sketch by her.

paradise 8.20 - Just Create Challenge at the freak - we got to scraplift the person who posted after we did, and i got kari, one of my all time favorite scrappers... you can click the link above to find the layout that inspired me...

faithfully for who's that girl #16... the prompt was to scrap about a song that means something to you. i chose faithfully, by journey. probably one of my all time favorite songs...

hope everyone's having a great weekend! long one here, so i'm taking advantage of it to blog and scrap!

my friend bree...

is giving away a scrapfreak kit!!! go check it out - you have until the 8th of september to enter, so it's not too late to get in there. scrapfreak's kits are AMAZING. :) i've been lucky enough to get my paws on a few of the kits...

bree's giveaway

prizes! fun! it's a blog hop!

what: Sassy Lil’ Sketches “Hidden” Treasures Blog Hop
when: August 23rd through August 30th, 9 PM. EST.

We are having a Blog Hop… Sassy Lil’ Sketches style!

We want you to get to know our new Sassies.

There are some pretty fabulous prizes to win, too!

The "Hidden" Treasure Blog Hop starts at

Sassy Lil’ Sketches where there are

two of our sassy sketches and rules for the blog hop.

After visiting Sassy Lil' Sketches you can choose

which Sassy you would like to visit next.

We recommend visiting every Sassy

because we have "hidden" treasure

at four of our Sassies' blogs.

The Sassies:

Aimee (you're here now!)
Amanda
Amy
Brenda B.
Brenda R.

Carla
Cherie
Cheryl
Christine
Deanna

Debbie
Denise
Isabelle (Zabou)
Jessica Bree

Katie
Kelly
Laura
Martine

Nancy

Rebecca
Sandra
Shana

Our awesome, amazing, and completely generous sponsors

for Sassy Lil’ Sketches “Hidden” Treasure Blog Hop:

Xyron
Thoughts 2 Paper
Scrappy Jo
Crop Stop
Apron Strings
Crop Chocolate
BoBunny

now, for the layouts...

there were two sketches the dt members could choose from for the blog hop...

i chose to do both - this first one is my favorite!

this is a picture of my daughter at 12 years of age

(one of my favorite pictures)

and i altered it at this cool site called befunky.

this sketch was perfect for all the different effects i used on this one photo...

i used a ton of different manufacturers for this layout

the most prominent one is american crafts - teen...

this other sketch was perfect for some fun pictures of my daughter

being stalked by the mama-razzi (me! poor kid...).

i used close to my heart and a die-cut paper from DCWV for this one

thanks for visiting my blog, and make sure you stop by all the other sassies' spots!
you will be inspired and you could win cool prizes... a good deal all around!

8.21.10 sassy lil sketches reveal

my first layout for sassy lil sketches went up yesterday!

sorry mine is late getting posted - i was working on my lawn which had grown to jungle proportions... seriously - we just ended a record setting streak of weather - 31 straight days of measurable precipitation. great for scrapping, and obviously great for the grass. hard on the mower. :) my whole body's sore after spending over 4 hours and three tanks of gas out there!

here's the august 21 sassy lil sketch...

and here's what i did with it...

that's what our dog LIVES for, right there... to go in and wake her girl up.

sassy lil sketches has two generous sponsors for August;

one paper sponsor and one digital sponsor.

our SLS paper sponsor is ScrapFreak.

monica is giving us a great embellishment kit to give away to a monthly winner. i've gotten a few of her kits and they are awesome! love me some scrapfreak!

our digital sponsor is the cutting cafe.

regina has generously supplied our DT with some fun digital stamps (different banners and some sweet treats/sentiments digi stamps).

i haven't dabbled in digital yet, but her stuff looks amazing! makes me want to try digital...