thursday...

I'm having crop withdrawal! LOL
I'm working on a wedding layout but I'm having a hard time with the double pager. Hopefully I'll finish it soon.

On another note, it's that time for Pages in Time to get new fresh faces in the design team! I've enjoyed being part of their design tem but it's time to see something new! The new Design Team call is going on right now at Pages in Time.
Here's a letter from Karen:

Are you interested in being a design team member here, I will be choosing a few new design team members to join my PIT(page in time)design team. Please only serious inquires.


Design Team Requirements and Benefits!We want to be able to inspire you through our Design Team so we are calling for interested people to submit their layouts to us so that we can pick some fantastic Design Team members and also put together a list of special Guest Designers to help inspire you through out the year.I am seeking members of a design team to create pages for challenge galleries and sketch challenges over the next year. Design Team members will be responsible for submitting a layout once per month. Most times it will be a layout, if your interested in mini albums,atc and other themes you can let me know your interests. It would be a six month commitment on your part to be a DT Member and you would have first chance to be it again if you want to after the six months.

What I would want from you:
* At least one layout(card)or any other scrap related item, a month using our packs that we send to you,so when you get your 3 month kit,please know that it will cover those 3 months
*Also post your lo's,work that you do for yourself in our gallery.
*You will be asked to host at least one challenge and at least one crop in the six month term.
* Participate in and promote special events that we might be hosting.
* You must have an active blog and the ability to take and post good quality photographs of your work. You must make a point to visit and join my blog site!
* To stop by our DT group at the site daily! This is a must if all possible!
*If you are on line you should be chatting on our site,so we can keep people interested in coming back.
*Actively promote the Pages in Time store on your blog and in other places you are a part of.
*Only be on one other dt besides ours!! If not please don't apply.
*Can not be in another kit of the month club,if all possible join our kit of the month,dt members will get extra stuff in there kits(sorry at this time I can not afford to give them free).

What you will get from us?
* One big kit to start with that will cover 3 months on team,then you will receive another kit that will cover the other 3 months (we are a small retail store so we can not mail out our kits monthly
* a discount of any purchases from our store, with free postage if ordered to coincide with the delivery of your Pages in Time fun pack!
*All layouts and projects created by members are theirs to keep after they submit a clear scan or digital photo via email.
** A cute design team button for your blog (and lots of gratitude for being such an awesome designer!)
*A design team group-where you will meet others and get to know each other,chat and just be a part of.
*A design team spot in the forum that yours to promote yourself as a dt member! Show off your work,pic of your family,any thing you like! (well almost anything)lol
*Hopefully you have a lot of fun being a design team member.
** The ability to brag that you are on a Design Team!!!

If this sounds like fun, please send the following information to pages_in_time@hotmail.com or pm me a message at the site by ,June 1st. I will need * Your Name, Email address and phone number.* *USA only or if you want to be a dt international you will have to pay for postage for your dt kit* Just a little about yourself. What are your favorite techniques or projects or products? Any particular likes or dislikes? Why would you like to be part of the design team? Are you currently on any design teams or have you been on any in the past (although past experience is not necessary).* A link to your blog and any galleries you maintain.* Please attach pictures of 3 projects.
We will be announcing the new DT members on approx June 9th!Please consider joining our little team – we can’t wait to see your creations!
Karen

More information:
Karen's blog.
The ning community.

monday...

Happy Monday!
The Beat the Rush Crop at Pages in Time was a huge success! We had so many GORGEOUS entries in the challenges and a lot of fun chatting and playing games. The winners have been announced, so if you played, check out the Winner's circle thread to see if you won! :)

I completed 8 layouts, counting my 2 samples, one altered item (the pencil holder), and one card (for Karen's grandson). I was very productive this weekend, probably because I haven't srapped in almost a month!
Below are the rest of the layouts that I finished.

This digi was done for Helene's Earthy colors layout Challenge.

I used a large picture of me biking through the Everglades. I just love the background in this picture! All the digi elements and papers were collected over time and I don't know who the belong to anymore. They were all freebies though.

This layout was done for Barbara's Thursday Sketch Challenge, using Alda's sketch for Karen's Thursday Sketch at her blog and Ning community.

The pictures are a little older, from 2008, but are very dear to me. They were taking at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens when Luis and I took my best friend Hanay and her husband Jochi there. Back then, Luis and I were thinking of getting married there and we wanted them to see it. They absolutely loved it! We walked around the park that's actually 83 acres and hung out there for a while. I even tried 'fishing' a turtle with my bare hands! We had a really good time together.

I tried to capture the beauty of this place by using nature embellies, like the butterflies around the circle and the flowers. I cut the white border on the right with my pazzles. I stickled the flowers and some of the butterflies.

This other layout was done for Jennifer's Monochromatic Challenge.


This is a picture that my husband took of me during our honeymoon. I was just in awe of the vast seas! I handmade the flourishes and cut the title, which I made very subtle, with my Pazzles. I followed Gabrielle's tutorial on how to weave the ribbon though a scalloped paper for that extra softness to the layout. Love how much this adds to the page! Oh, i forgot to mention that I used one of my sketches for this layout. The butterflies I printed and stickled them. They are such a great touch to the page too!

Finally, my last thing to show you today is a card that I made for Karen's grandson, Lennon. Like I said in an earlier post, this little boy is going through chemo right now (for the second time) to help with his brain cancer. Please pray for him and if you can, send him a card. He'll appreciate it!

I made this little monkey with my cricut back when I had it and was waiting for the perfect project to add it to and this was it! The little cap I cut with my pazzles. I also entered this card to Helene's Card/Tag Challenge. What a wonderful idea for a challenge Helene!

Thanks everyone for stopping by and taking a lot at my layouts. I appreciate it! :)

saturday...

We are halfway done with Pages in Time's Beat the Rush Crop and the challenges are awesome!
I'm hosting a Large Picture Challenge and a Sketch Challenge. Here are my samples and sketch:

Large Picture Challenge:


Sketch Challenge:




Here's a quick little summary of the sketches going on at the crop:
Barbara
The Letter is P Challenge
Thursday Sketch Challenge

Jennifer
Monochromatic Challenge
Alter your lace Challenge

Helene
Leave some gallery love Challenge
Earthy colors layout Challenge
Card/Tag Challenge

Maggi
Scrap your pet & use a quote Challenge
Vacation Places Challenge

Ann
Three tags Challenge
Earth Day Challenge

If any of these challenges sound like fun, stop by and play with us during this crop! Remember that it end on Sunday April 25 at midnight (EST).

wednesday...

YAY! Summer is officiallly here! I finished my exams today so I'm off till August. This means more vacation and more time to scrap! And what better way to start it off tha by attending an online crop this weekend!

As I've mentioned before, Pages in Time will be hosting another crop this upcoming weekend. We will have games, challenges and RAKs, as well as good chats using our unique chat feature! Remember that it starts this Friday at 7 PM (EST) and end on Sunday midnight.

Here's a sneak peek for one of the challenges that I'm hosting. Can you guess what the challenge will be?



Come and join us this Friday!

friday...again!

I felt like doing a digital layout today. I haven't done those in a while and I ended up making two in under an hour!

The first one is based on Pages in Time's Thursday Sketch. Here's the sketch for this week, April 8th:


and here's my take:


The other one is based on a sketch by Sketch Thursdays.
Here's their sketch:


and here's my take:


Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

friday...

Yup, it's that time of the year again!
Karen and the Design Team invite you to join us for a "Beat The Rush Crop", the weekend before National Scrapbooking Day. We know that there are many activities to try to choose from on National Scrapbooking Day, so The Design Team has decided to present you with a "Beat The Rush Crop".
Join us for fun challenges, games,tutorials and chat. Small RAKs also to be given away to lucky participants. This is not a point based crop where you have to collect points for RAKs. All RAKs will be given away by random draw for whichever challenge it is being offered in. You must complete that challenge in order to eligible. So mark your calendars and come join us for a weekend of fun.

http://pagesintimestoresite.ning.com/

Starts: Fri, Apr 23, 7 p.m. EST
Ends: Sun, Apr 25, 12 Midnight EST
You will have until midnight on Sunday to complete the challenges.
Winners of the RAKs will be chosen no later than Monday night.
International scrappers are always welcome

wednesday...

Today, I have some bad news and a few requests.

Karen (the owner of Pages in Time)'s 3 1/2 year old Grandson Lennon has been battling cancerous brain tumors. His first tumor was removed and he went into remission for about 6 months. This week he went for his monthly MRI check and they found 3 tumors. The doctors have given Lennon a 20% chance of survival.

Please join the Design Team at Pages in Time in lifting Lennon's and his family's spirits with Project "Cards For Lennon".

Cards are an amazing way to lift someone's spirit and to let them know that you care about them. Let us show Lennon that we are praying for him! That people do care! And let him have the joy of opening each envelope like it is a present at Christmas time. Imagine the joy, amazement and smile you will bring to a child when he opens each card.

Please send your cards to:

Pages In Time
5221 South 48 Street Suite 8
Lincoln NE 68516

If you can't send a card, pray for this little boy!!! Prayers can move mountains!

sunday...Happy Easter!

May you have a wonderful time with family and friends remembering what Easter is all about. Happy Easter everyone!

Here's a poem that I want to share with you today.

The Easter Story

Jesus came to compensate
For all the wrongs we do.
He came to earth to die for us,
So we’d be born anew.

"This bitter cup, let it pass from me,"
He cried, in a plaintive voice;
"Yet not My will, but Thine be done;"
He said, in His faithful choice.

The Judas kiss would seal his fate;
He faced a hostile crowd;
The governor, Pilate, saw through it all;
Jesus’ guilt he disavowed.

"I wash my hands of all of this,"
Said Pilate, "Let Him be."
But the crowd yelled "Crucify him now,
And set Barabbas free!"

Pilate yielded to their wish;
And Jesus was led away.
The soldiers beat him, and mocked Him, too,
Yet He continued to obey.

A crown of thorns lay on His head,
As His sentence was carried out;
His hands and feet were pierced with nails,
But He did not scream or shout.

"Father, forgive them for this crime;
They know not what they do."
He said this despite His torment, because,
He was thinking of me and you.

"It is finished," he sighed in His anguish and pain,
As His body gave up to death.
The curtain tore, and darkness fell,
After He took His last breath.

The best of the story is the very last part;
It’s why on Easter we’re filled with pleasure:
Death could not our Savior hold;
His power is beyond all measure.

He rose from the grave, and was seen all around;
Ever since, He’s inspired devotion,
And we’ll be with Him for eternity,
When we get our heavenly promotion.

That’s why Easter is a major event:
He suffered and died in our place.
He rose and forgave us and loves us still,
Our Savior of matchless grace.

By Joanna Fuchs

May you have a blessed Easter!

friday...

Happy Friday everyone!
Well, let me start with saying that Pages in Time's April Kit is up for sale and it looks yummy! take a look for yourself!


There are also more add on kits on the site. Click on the picture to check them out!

Ok, moving on, this week's sketch by Alda is great! Even though it has been posted for only one day I already finished a layout based on the sketch!

Here's this week's sketch (remember, play along for a chance to win a RAK!)


and here's my take"


and some close ups:


I've been meaning to do a layout like this for a while now and this sketch was great for it. The picture is of my husband, my dog and my shadow as we were going for a walk a few days ago. I titled this layout Shadows of the Future and I have hidden journaling behind the picture. Pulling on the date reveals hidden journaling about my husband and I's current struggles (not marital but debt-wise) which of course, I want to keep hidden.

I distressed ever pattern paper that I used. I used two border punch in this layout, both by Martha Stewart. I handmade the white flourishes, butterflies, and flowers. I used Gabrielle's tutorial to make the paper flowers and I love how they came out. These might be my newest favorite handmade flowers. I cut the title with the Pazzles and used Photoshop to make the hidden tag as well as to alter the picture.