I Just Might Explode

Winner!

I forgot to post the winner of the Hambly giveaway. The giftcard to their store goes to Becca!

Becca, email me at karahaupt(@)gmail.com and I'll forward to Allison.

Yay!

(tape from pugly pixel)

National Scrapbooking Day! :) Hambly giveaway!

Good morning! Happy NSD! I'm spending the next couple of hours working out some kinks for the new blog design(a few friends of mine showed up at 11:30, knocking on my window with peanut m'n'ms. we ended up talking about everything and it's grandma until they left at 3:30, so I am tiiiiired.)  Definitely check back for some Hambly, new layout and awesome blog sponsors! :)

Now. Hambly gift certificate giveaway time! YAY!

Here are the details-

Hambly will be giving away seven $25 gift certificates* to the online store.

Each one of the DT members will be giving away 1 certificate on their blog. On Sat May 1st - visit the blogs below and leave a comment under their Hambly NSD post!

You can visit 1 blog or all 7 to increase your chances!!

*only 1 gift certificate person, deadline to leave a comment is May 1st at 11:59pm PST.

Here are the links for the design team blogs......Check them out!

Hambly
Ania
Mandi
Dina
Celine
Kerry Lynn

Time to get some new Hambly so you can....

Try out for their new Design Team?

Do it! :)

(this post will be up on the top for all of Saturday. check below for new posts.)

and they know me

Well. Hello unexcused absence from blog world. ;)

I'm still pretty much on my layout-a-day challenge, just been lazy with posting... Here are Wednesday and Thursday's layouts. And I'll be sharing Friday and Saturday's layouts tomorrow. :)

Be sure to still comment or link me up if you completed a challenge this week. I'll pick a winner on Monday night.

Had a great day. Went out to breakfast, off to Grandma's, a cast party, dessert with Sara and Stephanie, and then some major catching up with Sara. Haven't seen her since Christmastime! She gets done with school on April 21st(lucky duck!), but I really wish it was now. Miss her so much...

Why can't weekends be like 5 days long? Sigh.

Anyhow. Be back soon.

Layout Challenge Day Threeish

Oh, oh, oh.

It makes me very happy to see all the comments on the last post. I was seriously expecting like... 11 comments. Not 60... Thanks! If you are wanting to start, it's only Tuesday and you still can! How are your challenges coming along? :)

Here are few from my Hambly daily layout challenge.

I've been scrapbooking for Hambly for almost twoish years now and, to be honest, their product still intimidates me. Their delicate papers, shiny transparencies, and sweetly scented rub-ons are almost too perfect to mangle with.

Here are a few tips for working with Hambly. And, yes, you are going to want all of the last CHA release...

products used: new release cupcake paper, doily rub-ons, new release heart paper, and kraft sticker packaging.

Dress up the paper

I painted on red nail polsih over random cupcakes on the paper to make them pop. I then added some Prima bling from the Pink Ninjas kit to add for some shiny cherries. And now you have a unique page!

 

Another thing I like to do with the transparencies is

Layer a transparency over neutral paper

This paper is a dancing diagram from a vinyl record.

 

products used: old lace transparency, kraft labels,new release cupcake transparency

AND. There is a 20% off sale in the Hambly online store until this Saturday. Oh, did I mention that orders over $50 get free shipping and stickers? Heck yeah!

All this scrapbooking is making me happy. And it's been a wonderful 65 degrees the last two days. Just what my soul needed.

 

"Hmmm. I'll make more layouts"

I've been in the process of deep cleaning my bedroom for the last few days. I realized I own a lot of junk. Papers. SO many papers. For instance, why do I have my Pre-Calc. notes from two years ago? Why would I EVER want those again? And printed patterns for fabric tissue holders? When did I ever think I could sew? And if I could sew, why would I sew a fabric case for tissues?  Or every dang piece of paper every college has sent me? WHY? WHYYY?

Anyhow. Late last night I was slipping some scrapbook layouts into some random page protectors that  I discovered and I realized that I don't scrapbook as much as I used to. I used to make like.... ten layouts a month. Now, I make two? Three? It's sad.

So. I thought, "Hmmm. I'll make more layouts".

So. My little challenge for myself this next week is make a layout a day. Actually, a layout a day with Hambly. I have a lot of that beautiful product that I haven't created with.

And I want you to join me. Create a challenge for yourself this week... Make something everyday. Go running everyday. Just do something everyday.

Comment or link back in the post with what you did or are you doing and I'll put your name in the running for a fun giveaway.

That fun giveaway being some Limited Edition Hambly of course. Lots of oranges, blues, and greys. Love, love.

<3

 

(made with hambly screen prints)

I wished for rain this morning and it rained. Beautiful rain. The sky erupted. A rainbow shone. The last few days have been rough for me. I think the sky was telling me something....

(there is a post on the hambly blog. merry christmas!)

Hello!!

I was completely and crazily inspired by CD Mucosky's Guest DT gallery on the Hambly blog. My mouth dropped when I first saw it. Oh man. I mean, hello?

(all images are cd's)

My layout--

I love this new vellum paper that some of the prints are coming on now. The texture and sheen are amazing. And it's fun to smear gesso on because it blends so well.

Another Hambly layout--

Listening to the Smiths right now.

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