Life Preserver's August Featured Kit!!

I've had the pleasure of making some things with the fabulous August Featured Kit at Life Preserver's this month! The papers are very youthful and fun, and are perfect with some of the kid's photos I took over the summer.

More challenges!!

Last Friday was my turn to post a challenge for Life Preservers! The new flair given for completing the challenges are so fun, and we decided to make it even easier for you to earn your monthly flair! At the end of the month, the challenge will be a Keep It Simple card challenge. My challenge was to use a pre-made element on your card! What could be easier? I used a little wreath and leaves by Jolee's Boutique to embellish my fall card. I hope you give one of these challenges a try!

August Challenges at LPSC!

Are you in a rut? Try one of the weekly challenges at Life Preservers Scrapbook Club to give your creativity a boost!

August weekly challenge #2 - Make a positive from a negative:

This is one my favorite photos I took during a recent family reunion! I just love the faces of the two girls, who look so much alike when they are side by side. Using the #2 August weekly challenge from Life Preservers, I was able to scrap it! Lisa's challenge was to use make a positive out of a negative, or use something unusual as a "mask" on your page with spray mists. I used some heart shaped doilies I have to create the lacy background for this page.

The French title was inspired by a past month's challenge to use a title in a language other than your own. I thought it was perfect because the girls are so pretty, and the only girls on that side of the family.

August Week #3 Challenge - LPS in the House!

Sharon's challenge was to use one of the LPS kits to make a decorative item for your home. I have coveted these pretty paper garlands I've seen around, and decided to give one a shot. I used papers from 5 different October Afternoon kits, punched circles from the paper, and sewd them together using a straight stitch on a sewing machine. It was so easy, and very pretty!

Fly A Kite!

The kits at Life Preservers Scrapbook Club are always adorable, but I especially love the Alternate kit this month, which features products from the October Afternoon "Fly a Kite" line! Here are a few of the projects I've done so far.


A little mini book made with tags.


Here is a card I made for my sister's birthday.

The Race Goes on!

The Amazing Scrap Race continues at Life Preservers Scrapbook Club! This week, each of the players had to choose one of three rooms. Each room has a percentage of points you can win if you guess either an odd or even number correctly in a game of roulette! Von and Frank thought of everything for this contest! Then, each of us had to do a layout about a time in our lives when we took a chance on something. I decided to do this layout about getting married and having four kids at a late age and in a short amount of time. My journaling describes how we stress out at times, but feel very fortunate.

Challenge of the Week 7/9/10

I've posted a new challenge of the week over at Life Preservers Club! There is always something exciting going on to help get you motivated. This week's challenge is to use your spray mists on a layout! It's easy to do, but sometimes we forget to use this awesome supply! Spray mists are perfect for personalizing your background paper, spicing up plain cardstock, jazzing up your flowers and other embellishments, and is amazing for quickly covering plain chipboard! Have fun with it.

Man of Mystery

One of my favorite June kits at Life Preserver's Scrapbook Club was the awesome mini kit, which features papers by Graphic 45 (A Proper Gentleman)! Browsing through G 45's fantastic blog, I saw this idea to alter a book as a base for a project. Here is what I did with it.