The Crop was a blast!!!

I had so much fun at the LPS Dare To Be Inspired Crop this past weekend! We had a fabulous playlist, with a ton of fun Halloween tunes! The challenges and games were so fun and inspiring, as well! Sadly, I got no scrapping done during the crop. I think I was a little tired preparing for it. I do plan on getting as many of the challenges done this week as I can. We have until November 1st to get our layouts uploaded to the gallery!

Here are a few of the projects I did for my challenges.

Ghosts of Halloween Past Challenge:

Spray Ink and Leaf Masking Challenge:

Coffee Sleeve Make and Take:

Sandra's Early Bird Sketch Challenge:


Sandra's Color Inspiration Challenge:

Laura-Lee's Recipe Challenge:

Melissa's Interview Challenge:

October LPS Kit Designs

I had the opportunity to work with a really fun kit this month! The Alternate kit featured papers and products from My Minds Eye Abbey Road Line. The Kit Addition was mostly items from MME Stomp! This line is perfect for little boys! I was able to scrap some older photos I've been holding onto.

New Design Team at Life Preserver's Club!

This month at LPS, our new Design Team is strutting their stuff! Von picked four new DT members! Welcome Rhonda, Sharon, Jodi, and Krista! We now have eight members all together, including returning designers Laura-Lee, Melissa, myself, and our fabulous DT coordinator Sandra. DT gallery is packed full of gorgeous projects! Come check it out here Life Preservers Scrapbook Club!

Catching Up

I have so many beautiful papers that I need to use!! I got a chance to do some scrapping before my LPS kits arrived. I decided to use some of the Scrap Within Reach Industrial Park paper I've had for a month or so. For some strange reason, I did not take advantage of this kit while it was available at LPS, and had to order it later. The papers are so fun to work with!

The Next LPS Crop "Dare to be Inspired"!!!

The Design Team at Life Preservers Club is already hard at work coming up with some awesome challenges and games for the upcoming fall crop! Save the dates October 23 - 25th! There will be many fun fall surprises and spooky goodness! Don't miss it!

Copy Cat Challenge of the Week!

Is there another scrapper whose style you love? This weeks challenge is for the copy cat in all of us! I'm not telling you to go out and scraplift another person's layout. Instead, try to emulate the style or signature element of one of your favorite scrappers!

At LPS, one of my favorites is Sharon S! I just love her vintage style, and use of embellishments on her pages. I took inspiration from a few of her recent layouts to do this one of my parents as newlyweds.

I'm in love with this kit!!!

For the past few days, I've been wallowing in scrappy goodness, playing with the LPS Featured kit, which features papers from both Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and October Afternoon Cherry Hill lines. Each of them is amazing in their own right, but together, they are almost more than I can bear!

Von describes the kits as appealing the the "Domestic Goddess" in all of us! The kit is kitschy and nostalgic, without being corny. I'm loving it! Here are a few things I've made, so far.