A new door. . .

As they say, “When one door closes, another one opens.”

I have not announced it on my blog yet because I am so sad, but Rusty Pickle is closing.  I am sad that I was only able to be with them for six short months and even more sad because I love their paper.  They are looking into taking some of their designs digital so I will keep you updated on that!

But my other door opened!  I met Christie on the convention circuit about 2 years ago.  She has fabulous tshirts

and hats I can’t resist!!! (I couldn’t find a photo of my favorite!)

So back to the story, I met Christie, loved her stuff, then she starts a kit club.  Now about this time not only does she start a kit club but she expands from scrapbook appearal to scrapabook goodies!  Yep!  Goodies!!!!  Chick n’ Feed (buttons Yay!), Chick n’ Feathers (flowers) and Chick n’ Noodles (ribbon) are three of the new items Two Chicks Designs now offers.

What choice do I have?  I must apply!  I love all her stuff!

So I am honored to say I was accepted and am now on the Two Chicks Design Team!  YAY!!!! So look for some fabulous new layouts featuring all her new fabulous stuff!!!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Scrap Retreat Time!!!!!

(from a previous post: just a reminder!!)

WOW! Can you believe it time already???? It’s Retreat Time!!! Wahoo!!! I went to the retreat house site and was like Oh NO! All the dates but one was taken in my time frame, so I grabbed it up! So, the Spring Retreat will be April 8-11, 2010! Are you excited? I am! All the details are below! It is based on a first come, first serve. So get signed up!!!

Croppin Time

April 8-11, 2010 • Temple, GA

Retreat includes:
• 9 meals! Lunch and Dinner Thursday , Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Friday & Saturday and Brunch on Sunday.

• 3 nights of lodging! 2600 sq ft. split level home fully renovated for complete scrapbook fun. Each room is themed

• Goodies Bag! More goodies than you could hope and chances to win lots more!

• Classes! I do not want to overwhelm you with lots of classes since we came to crop our pants off, so I’m only offering two classes, but they are great classes! These classes can be paid for when you pay the remainder of your trip. And I’m sure we’ll be using some Rusty Pickle goodies!!!
• Non-stop cropping! You will get 4 feet of cropping space along with a black leather-rolling chair and Tag Along drink holder/trash bag.

• Games and Contests! Come prepared for bingo, scrabble words and much more on Saturday night!!!! The grand prize for Bingo is 1/2 off your next Retreat!

• Chocolate, Candy & oh did I mention Chocolate?!! Unlimited chocolate and candy all weekend.

All of this can be yours for $150! I do need a down payment of $50 by Feb. 1, 2009 (so due as soon as you can!) with the final payment due March 13, 2010!

Please feel free to pass this along to your friends as I have 7 spots left!

Also, scroll back up to the very top and look to the right. See the Email Subscription button. Please sign up for email subscription and get signed up for the scrapbook retreat!  If you have any more questions, please feel free to email me!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

My last Rusty Pickle project

I am so sad to say that Rusty Pickle is going out of business.  I was only designing for them for 6 months but it was fun!  This is my last project: a bow holder for my niece!  I used the Pirate Princess line, Rusty Pickle heart chipboard, a wooden L, a flat 8×10 canvas, misc. glitter chipboard letters from M’s, Misc. black ribbon from M’s.

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And I am so happy to announce that I was chosen for the design team for a great company’s new kit club: Two Chicks . I am so excited about that.

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

A bit of Valentine’s Day

I love to decorate for holidays.  Like seriously.  But usually I refrain it to my entry way table only.   Last year after Valentine’s Day I saw on someone’s blog or in a magazine (sorry for not remembering) a Vday tree.  I couldn’t wait to make one.  So today is the day.  Seriously guys this took like 30 minutes and 15 of those minutes was walking across the street looking for the perfect limbs on the neighbors trees.  I still don’t have trees thanks to Scott but that’s another rant!  LOL! 

I used a vase from my cousin-in-law’s wedding.  Thanks Amber! 
Limbs from my neighbor’s yard
Paint from Scott’s left over paints
Some red C’mas balls I held out just for this project
Conversation hearts left over from last year
and some red hearts I picked up at M’s in the $1 section.
Total cost for me: $1!  Isn’t that fab! 

But now that I look at it more, I may pick up some more ornaments at Michael’s tomorrow!  And I definetly need more conversation hearts!
We shall see!  But here ya go!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Why I Design (close up!)

Ok, so after several emails and a post on a message board (LOL) here are the close ups of the mini album!  Thank you!  I have another fabulous project in the works for a bow holder!  I’ll post it tomorrow!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Why do you design?

That is an easy question for me to answer but when asked to create a mini album surrounding that question I was baffled.  I thought, I know why I scrap: to preserve memories.  But why design?  Why do I have the desire to not just scrapbook but design?  The answer was very simple to me: the friends, the creativity and the stuff!  So I created a mini album that showcases those three points!  Then I couldn’t decide between acrylic or chipboard so went for a little of both and threw in some Heidi Swapp folders we rescued from the dumpster too!

I used We R Memory Keepers “White Out” that I had been saving for something special, My Mind’s Eye “All Star” and some Scenic Route papers. I also used a lot of misc. ribbons, button, felt and corner brads!

I still have several openings for the scrapbook retreat in April! Please email me for more information!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Happy Birthday Card

I needed a Happy Birthday card for a friend and wanted something upbeat and happy.  I hand-cut this using a piece of a box and a piece of paper from one of my favorite manufacturers: My Mind’s Eye, an embossing folder and my cuttlebug and lots of stickles!

Don’t forget about the retreat! There are more details in a post two below! I still have several openings!!!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Pink and Aqua and winners, oh my!

My kids are OBSESSED with the Wizard of Oz right now. Can you tell? I’m pretty thrilled with it actually as it was my favorite movie as a child. Well one of. I also loved Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins. Catching a theme here? I love musicals. LOL. What was your favorite?

Random.org chose a winner from the people who signed up to follow my blog and the winner is: Stephanie Feist!!! YAY! Keep a lookout for some Rusty Pickle goodies coming your way!

I have been organizing my scrap space so I’ve been looking at a lot of aqua and brown. I haven’t scrapped in quite a while so yesterday when I sat down to scrap I wanted to use some aqua. I turned to my favorite scrap line from one of my favorite manufacturers: My Mind’s Eye. I don’t know how much you can tell but its all sparkly! And yes, my buttons are naked, but I didn’t have the color string I needed.

I hope you enjoy it:

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

I dream of Epiphanie Bags

Have y’all seen the new Epiphanie bags??? One of my favorite people Kim introduced me to Relish Photography. She is awesome. The things that woman does with natural light is just. . .well. . .awesome! Then she goes and gets even better by inventing the Epiphanie bag! Check it out!

I want the aqua one. I think. Maybe the red. I just can’t chooooseeee!!!! I tried to show photo of them but it won’t let me. So go check it out yourself.

Also, spots are filling up FAST for the retreat. 6 filled, 5 more hopefully filled today so that doesn’t leave a lot left!!!! Sign up today!!!! (Details in the post below!)

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie

Scrapbook Retreat Time!!!!!

Check out all the details here!

And don’t forget to sign up to receive email notifications when a new blog entry is posted! Next Monday I will use random.org to select a new follower to recieve a goodie box!!!

Happy Scrappy,
Mandie