Welcome Virginia Wong, Guest Designer for January

We skipped our Guest Designer posting in December, but we are back with another guest designer today.  I would like to welcome Virginia Wong as our Guest Designer this month.  So, let's find out a little more about her!

Hello! My name is Virginia Wong. I am thrilled to bits to be a Guest Designer for Nikki Sivils! Originally from Saskatchewan, I am proud to call Calgary my home. I am a full-time Mom and recently rejoined the workforce as an Information Technology consultant.

Scrapbooking is a part of my daily life and a part of who I am - it gives me a creative outlet and allows me to pay tribute to what is most important to me:  family, friends, memories and my life journey.  My layouts often capture the escapades of my energetic and curious girls, Madison and Danielle.

In my remaining time (!!), I run Destination ImagiNation at my daughters’ school quilt and continue to hone my photography skills. I have been fortunate to be featured in Scrapbooks etc, Memory Makers and Canadian Scrapbooker magazines.

Nikki Sivils products are so versatile and absolutely adorable! My mind races will all the projects I can make with each collection. My favorite elements are the alphas and die cut stickers; they are the piece de resistance for all my projects! Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity with Nikki Sivils.

Virginia worked with the Get Well Soon and the Gingerbread Land collection.  So, let's get to her projects, shall we?!

From Get Well Soon

She did a couple of great layouts!

And then I love the little cards she made!

Now, let's see what she came up with for Gingerbread Land!

Such a sweet layout.....

Then she made a mini December Daily, to fill with fun memories from the holiday.

 And then a cute little gift bag with some fun "crackers" in it for the holidays!

We want to thank Virginia for guest designing for us!  Please visit Virginia's blog to see more of her fabulous work and crafty creations.....

Virginia Wong

That is all from us today!  I will be back later in the week to announce the winner of the our latest monthly challenge.  You can find all the details below...you still have a couple of days to play!  

Scrap Your Cell Phone Pics

Things are gearing up with the CHA madness starting in FULL SWING!  And I know everyone is on pins and needles waiting for the Design Team announcement.  We will be announcing the new team soon!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

It's Challenge Time Again!

Oh my GOODNESS!!!!  Everyone that played along with the challenge did an AMAZING job.  I loved every single layout that I saw and not one of them looked like the others.  THAT right there is the best thing about scrapbooking, all the talent and inspiration that is out there....it just blows me away.

Well, I guess you are probably waiting on me to announce the winner for last month's challenge, Scrap Black and White Pictures.

So our winner for the challenge is.....drumroll please................

Corlann!!

And here is her layout, I just LOVED the little touches that she did with the embossing powder!

So, Corlann, please email me at cardipaws@sbcglobal.net with your shipping address and your choice of the collection kit you would like.  We will get your prize out to you this week!!

So that brings us to the next challenge that I gave the design team, which you can play along with this month!!!

 Scrap Those Cell Phone Photos

Let's see just what everyone did with those pictures that we snap with the only camera we might have handy at the moment!

First up is Sarah Eclavea, with this adorable two page layout using My Lil Monster!

Next up, Nikki played along with us this time!  (confession, she was the FIRST one to turn something in!) She used the My Lil Monster collection along with You're a Hoot also.

Next up is Linda Beeson, I love it when she does layouts!!  She used My Lil' Monster too.  (I am seeing a trend so far!)

Now here is a layout using the Get Well Soon collection from Julie Tucker Wolek.  Most of you probably know that Brookie has to have surgery for her Port Wine stains frequently.  She is a brave little trooper and Julie used the words from a song for this layout about how beautiful she is!

And then we have Deana Boston's layout using Gingerbread Land!  I love this picture of her daughter peeking from the tree!!

And I jumped in this month and played also.  I used Gingerbread Land for my layout to document last Christmas morning.  The snow was beautiful that fell overnight.

So your  challenge for this month is to get those photos off of your cell phones and get them scrapped!  Sometimes it is the only camera available to capture that moment, so let's get those moments on paper! 

Card girls, if you are not comfortable making layouts  and you want to play...make a card using some of the stickers and cut ups/punch outs that come with the collections....if you have Nikki Sivils stamps you can use those also....old or new...doesn't matter. 

Just make a layout following the guidelines above for "Scrap Those Cell Phone Photos" and use at least 75% Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker products.  It does not matter if it is an older or newer collection, we just want to see them!

Leave a link to your blog post or gallery with a picture of your completed challenge entry on this post by December 31.  We will pick one winner and announce them on January 4th, 2012 (did I just type 2012?!) I am going to give you a little extra time with all the holiday festivities going on.  We will not have a challenge in December, so you will have plenty of time to work on this one!  

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

September Challenge Time!

Well, the month of September has FLOWN by!  I couldn't actually believe when I went to write this post that it was challenge time again! And there were a few of you that played along with our Divas in August to "Scrap an Object".  Which means we need to announce a winner.

Mary Pat Shiel, YOU are the challenge winner!!!

We loved the fact that we got you to scrap something that you had been putting off!  And the We Are Family collection was a perfect choice for your beautiful house picture!  

Please email me at cardipaws@sbcglobal.net with your choice of one of the new collection kits and your mailing information and we will get your prize in the mail to you!

Which brings us to September's challenge!  

"Scrap a Size You Don't Normally Scrap"

So, if you usually scrap 12 x 12 well, mix it up...scrap 8x8, 6x6, 12x6....you get the idea.  And card girls, if you usually make cards in standard sizes, change it up...make a shaped card, a long skinny rectangle card...you get the picture!!!

So, let's see what everyone has come up with!

First is Jill Hildebrand, who WOWED me when I got these!  

She used School is Cool and the Cute as a Button Burlap Buttons!

Next up we have Deana Boston, who scrapped the 8.5 x 11 size!

She used the My Lil Monster and School is Cool collections!

And then Julie Tucker-Woleck scrapped this wall hanging that she is giving away on her blog to teacher.  Here's the link!

She used the School is Cool collection!

Then Ria Mojica created this adorable layout with Get Well Soon!

And then I scrapped an 8.5 x 12 size!

I used You're A Hoot for my layout, along with the Cute as a Button buttons and the Warm and Cool Corduroy Brads.

And that's it from the Divas!

So, we want YOU to play along!!  Just make a layout following the guidelines above for "Scrap a Size You Do Not Normally Scrap" and use at least 75% Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker products.  It does not matter if it is an older or newer collection, we just want to see them!

Leave a link to your blog post or gallery with a picture of your completed challenge entry on this post by October 29th.  We will pick one winner and announce them on October 30th, when we announce the next challenge. The winner will get to pick one of the new collections kits of their choosing!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

It's Challenge Time!!!

It's Katrina and our monthly challenge is back this month.  We took last month off with all the CHA madness going on, but we are back at it and the Diva's rocked it this month!

I issued the following challenge to the Divas:

Scrap an Object

For this months challenge you can use any collection or combination of collections you like.  The challenge is to scrap something that you normally do not scrap. No kids, no pets, no events, etc.  Scrap your favorite book, drink, phone, etc.  As long as it is not a live object you are good! 

So, remember when I posted there was a hint in the one of the blog posts

about the challenge?  

Well, here is the layout that was the hint!

 Mette scrapped her sick computer with the Get Well Soon collection!!

School is in everyone's minds right now and a couple of our Divas scrapped school supplies!

They both used the School is Cool collection for their layouts.  

Julie Tucker-Wolek scrapped her son's school books!

And then Leah Farquharson scrapped her kids new school supplies!

Next up we have Jill Hildebrand with a layout featuring her kids art work!

Jill used the My Lil Monster collection to showcase her "Art Monster"!

Then a couple of Divas scrapped food, which I think is always fun to do!

Lea Albers used the School is Cool collection to create a layout about taking

a cake decorating workshop!  

Then Ria Mojica scrapped some of her family's favorite food...Spam!  Which is probably strange to us Americans, but it's a very popular item where she lives!


She used School is Cool also!

And then there are a few of us Divas (this is including Mette above!) that might 

be a just little attached to the technology in our lives!

Deana Boston created this layout about her iPad!  

She used the My Lil Monster's collection.

I laughed when I got Deana's layout in my email, because my layout is 

about my iPad and new computer!  I used School is Cool on mine.

So now you know what your challenge is!  Scrap an object using the guidelines above using at least 75% Nikki Sivils papers and products.  It doesn't matter if it's an old collection or a new one, we want to see them all!!

Leave a link to your blog post or gallery with a picture of your completed challenge entry on this post by September 29th.  We will pick one winner and announce them on September 30th, when we announce the next challenge. The winner will get to pick one of the new collections kits of their choosing!

Get to playing, we can't wait to see what you create and scrap about!

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina


Don't forget our card drive for the sweet little girl, Olivia.  You can read all about that card drive
DETAILS HERE