Day Two of Elmer's Craft and Tell Challenge! Come on in... prizes to be won! :)

Hi everyone! :)

Julie here with you today to give you some more inspiration from our DT using Nikki's papers during the Elmer's Craft and Tell Challenge!!!  :)  Make sure to visit all the girls that are featured today and yesterday and then comment on here to let us know you visited everyone to get a chance to WIN some FABULOUS Elmer's goodies!! We are going to have two winners, one from yesterday's post, and one from today! WOOO HOOOOOO! Thanks to Elmer's for sponsoring our prizes! :):)

Today's inspiration is coming from...

Leah Farquharson

Mimi Leinbach

Rae Barthel

Liz Qualman

Julie Tucker-Wolek (that's ME!)

First today we have Leah :)  

Here is what Leah has to say about her project! :)  "I loved working with the products that they sent - it's always great to be able to try different types of adhesives, and see how you feel about them! They also sent great stuff from X-acto! I love, loved using the scissors {I think my old fiskars just got trumped}, and the fun pink mat they sent as well! This was me curled up on the floor crafting in front of the tv the other night until my eye lids were just toooo heavy"

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE what Leah created! :)  Leah used Summer on her layout! :):):)

Next we have Mimi and an ADORABLE sign she made for her garden! :) 
Here are the products that Mimi used: 
Elmer's Bi-Fold Foam Board
X-acto Scissors
X-acto Cutting Mat
X-acto Gripster Cutting Knife
Elmer's Craft Bond Glue Spots
Elmer's Craft Glue
And Mimi also used Nikki's  It's Raining, It's Pouring collection! :):):)

I love love love this Ice Cream Truck Money Tin that Rae made using Summer!  How STINKIN' adorable is this!?!?! Rae will have full details on how she made this on her blog :):):):) 

Next from Liz we have two GORGEOUS layouts! Liz has this to say about her layouts: "I added fabric to Nikki's crown chipboard album with the Elmer's fabric glue.  I also used the glue dots and the tape runner.  I use Elmer's all the time!" :):)

 

Liz used We are Family on this layout! :)  Isn't it just BEAUTIFUL!?!!? :):):)

 And here is Liz's second layout using Beatrice ! I just loveeeeeee this! :)

And lastly today, we have three projects from ME! :):):) 

These are the products I used on my projects :)

My first project I made using several of Elmer's adhesives and Elmer's gel pens and the Summer line! :)

I used this cool tool to make some circles! :):):)

And here is how the whole layout turned out! :):):):):):)

And here is a layout I made with Elmer's glue and We Are Family! :):):):)

And last but not least, I want to share a projects I made using Elmer's Craft Foam Board! My daughter Brookie just recently graduated from Pre-School and they gave her a little diploma...and I knew it would get 'crushed' in a scrapbook page... so this was perfect for it!! :) Again, I used We Are Family on this plus lots  Elmer's glue dots :)

I made the owls using my Cricut Expression, Want2Scrap.com's bling for their eyes and Elmer's Painter Markers for their noses and wings! :)

Elmer's glue was PERFECT for holding her diploma on here! :)

So, I bet you are wondering what YOU need to do to win some fun Elmer's products?  Well, just visit EACH of the Diva's projects on their blogs and leave a comment.  All of their blog links are at the beginning of this post.  After that come back here and tell me.  You will have until June 12th at midnight CST to leave comments (this applies to Katrina's post and her team also).  Come back on this post for a chance to win the prize that I am giving out and then you will need to post on Katrina's for a chance to win hers!    We will announce both winners on the evening of June 13th. 

Also here are some fun links for you!  Go to their Facebook pages and tell them that the Divas from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker sent you over!!!!

Elmer's Website 

www.elmers.com

 

Elmer's on Facebook

www.facebook.com/elmers

Elmer's on Twitter

www.twitter.com/elmers

 

X-ACTO Facebook Page

www.facebook.com/xacto

Have fun and good luck! :):):)

~~Julie~~

Divas vs. Elmer's Craft and Tell Challenge!

Hey there!!  It's Katrina and today is the day for our reveal of the results of the Elmer's Craft and Tell Challenge that some of us at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker took!  There are TWO teams of us!  Julie Tucker-Wolek and I headed up separate teams.

There are also TWO prizes from Elmer's to be won!  One winner will come from this posting and one winner will come from Julie's posting!  For the details on how to win, see at the end of this post.

And by the way, my team is the most wonderful and the BEST.  (just sayin' Julie!)

Katrina's Team:

Delaina Burns

Linda Beeson

Jennifer Yates

Sarah Eclavea

Katrina Hunt

(my post will be on my blog on Saturday to leave a comment)

First Diva up is Delaina Burns.  This girl can rock some layouts and this one is no exception.  Delaina used the We Are Family collection.  The Elmer's products that helped her get the job done were the
Xacto Craft Knife, Elmer's Glue Stick and Elmer's Craft Bond Glue Spots.  

Be sure to visit Delaina's blog today!!

 Second Diva that took the challenge is  Linda Beeson.  Linda creates such beautiful cards and occassional layouts for us, but look at what she did here!!!  An altered frame!  Linda used the It's Raining, It's Pouring Collection and some of those wonderful Cute as a Button Burlap Buttons.  She also used her Cricut Expression with the Home Accents and Doodlecharms cartridges!

 

Here are the fun products that Linda worked with, she took a picture of them before hand! 

To see the COMPLETE step by step tutorial on how Linda created this wonderful frame (including the sizes she cut her Cricut pieces at), please visit her at her blog!

Challenger number three..Diva Sarah Eclavea!!  She used the We Are Family Collection on her project. AND this was perfect, because it really was a FAMILY crafting affair!  Her 2 year old daughter helped her make this!  Here's a quote from Sarah:

This is not exactly what I imagined, but it was fun to make! I decorated the front and my daughter (2 years old) decorated the inside. So the story behind this is.... My daughter is addicted to a show called Go Diego Go. Diego rescues animals and has an animal rescue center. She calls this her animal rescue center and puts all her little toy animals that she rescues in it. She picked the paper and stickers to decorate the inside. That's why there's a bunch of animal stickers in there. 

Be sure to visit Sarah's blog for additional pictures and info!!!  Sarah used the Elmer's Craft Bond Glue, Glue Stick, Foam Board, Paint Markers, X-Acto Mat, Craft Knife and Scissors on her project!

Next Diva up for the challenge is Jennifer Yates!  She created and adorable layout with the Beatrice collection and she also used those Cute as a Button Burlap Buttons!  Be sure to visit Jennifer's blog!

And then there is me!  I created a wall hanging out of the We Are Family collection, with some Cute as a Button Buttons and Warm Cord Brads!

The fun Elmer's products I used were the Elmer's Glue Stick, Craft Bond Glue Spots, X-Acto Mat, X-Acto Craft Knife, Decorative Scissors and the Paint Markers!

I used the Decorative Scissors to craft my flowers!

Then the neatest thing I tried was the Paint Markers on the chipboard!  OMG....they worked wonderfully and made the chipboard almost look like suede!!!

So, I bet you are wondering what YOU need to do to win some fun Elmer's products?  Well, just visit EACH of the Diva's projects on their blogs and leave a comment.  All of their blog links are at the beginning of this post.  After that come back here and tell me.  You will have until June 12th at midnight CST to leave comments (this applies to Julie's post and her team also).  Come back on this post for a chance to win the prize that I am giving out and then you will need to post on Julie's for a chance to win hers!    We will announce both winners on the evening of June 13th. 

Also here are some fun links for you!  Go to their Facebook pages and tell them that the Divas from Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker sent you over!!!!

Elmer's Website 

www.elmers.com

 

Elmer's on Facebook

www.facebook.com/elmers

Elmer's on Twitter

www.twitter.com/elmers

 

X-ACTO Facebook Page

www.facebook.com/xacto

Some yummy eye candy from Mahlin and Mette! :)

Good Sunday morning everyone!! :)

I am excited to share some gorgeous creations from Mette and Mahlin today! :)

First from Mahlin :)  She used Summer and Beatrice on her layout and card...and she used Nikki's wonderful burlap buttons too! :)

I love all the AMAZING misting Mahlin did on these! :) 

 

And I love love love this layout from Mette, using It's Raining, It's Pouring :)

And did you see Nikki's BIG news that she shared on here on Friday?? :) Make sure to check it out HERE and also, thanks to all that is sending Nikki scrapbook supplies for her Joplin, Missouri scrapbook drive! It is very much appreciated from all of us here at Nikki Sivils! :)

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Julie~~ :)

Showcasing the Practical Scrappers! :)

Hi everyone! 

I am super excited to share today the Practical Scrappers DT as recently I saw that they were sharing creations they made using Nikki's papers! :)  I had left them a comment on their blog post showing their Nikki creations, and Christine Meyer, Practical Scrappers owner sent me an email saying that she would love to have her DT's work shared on Nikki's blog! YAY! :)

Here is what her amazing DT had to share :)

Practical Scrapper Jodi used It's Raining, It's Pouring! I love it! :)

Practical Scrapper Jodi also made this gorgeous 2 page layout  and a CUTE one page layout using It's Your Day! :)

Practical Scrapper Fern used Sugar Cookie! Beautiful! :)

Practical Scrapper Christine used Summer! I love that she also used some Creative Charms on here which is also a company that Nikki has a cross promo with! :) This is just beautiful! :)

Practical Scrapper Brenda B made these ADORABLE layouts using Summer! :)

Practical Scrapper Pia made this amazing layout using Summer! So love it! :)

Wow!! I seriously love what the Practical Scrappers did with Nikki's papers and I want to thank them for letting me Showcase them on here! :) 

And if you didn't get a chance yesterday to see Nikki's BIG ANNOUNCEMENT... make sure to check it out HERE! :):):)

~~Julie~~

Guess who has some great news today???

I DO!!

I've been awaiting to announce this for so long its been killing me... hee hee! 

Unity Stamps and Nikki Sivils are going to partner up for some awesome stamps!

Unity will co-brand stamps for all 5 of my new Fall/Winter paper collections!! Woo Hoo!

Wait until you see what we've created, hopefully you'll

fall in love as I have with all my new characters!

You might see some characters in the above announcement that will grace my new paper collections!

(And will be stamps too!)

Here is a little sneak of my new back to school line!

"School is Cool"

I'm also introducing brand new collection kits this release! 

Everything in the paper line all in one bag!

Wait until you see the coordinating stamps for this collection that Unity will be releasing!

They are sooooooo cute!! 

I announced my big drive a couple of day's ago for the victims of Joplin and the results are

already amazing! Truly Amazing! 

Here are the companies that said they are sending product to help out the ladies of Joplin:

Jillibean Soup (thanks so much Jill)

Helmar Adhesive (thanks Tracy)

My Little Shoebox (thanks Helen)

Spellbinders

Provo Craft

Maya Road

Graphic 45 (thanks Aimee and Diane)

Elmer's

Creating Keepsakes Magazine (thanks Megan & Jennafer)

Scrapbook Generation (My LSS, Thanks Debbie)

Unity Stamps (Thanks Angela)

Scrapbook Etc Magazine

Along with about 30 blog & facebook friends and some of my Design Team girls.

Companies are still emailing me and so are some awesome scrapbookers! 

We still need more though so we can get these ladies set up! 

Here is the flyer with the info:

I'll need all donations by June 22! 

Thanks to all of you!! 

Paying it forward...

One thing I love about my country is that we as a nation come together to help people we don't know or will ever meet.  A little over a week ago an EF5 tornado hit our sister city, Joplin.  (Joplin is a little over an hour west of us.)  I can't believe the people that have come to help the people of Joplin from all over the country, I've heard of a group of people from Wisconsin that have collected thousands of children's books to send to Joplin so the children in the shelters can have a few minutes of getting lost in a book. There are hundreds of stories just like that... of people coming together for strangers. It warms my heart and I've teared up more than once over the stories of recovery and the stories of strangers helping strangers. I'm amazed at the kindness and generosity shown to the people of Joplin from everyone across the country. 

Photo Credit to Julie Denesha/Getty Images

Photo Credit to Julie Denesha/Getty Images
With that said my company is hosting a Scrapbooking drive! 

I recently found out that the displaced children that are living in shelters are very bored with no books, games, etc. So Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker sent 13 boxes of older inventory of scrapbook papers and stickers.  The kids were really excited to receive these items. These kids have been through so much. Few have homes that weren’t completely destroyed and many have lost family members, friends and pets to the EF5 tornado.

I personally have some friends that live in Joplin that are scrapbookers and have lost everything! All their supplies, paper, cardstock and albums have been destroyed by the tornado.  We crafters know how much this hobby means to us and how we feel while we are creating a scrapbook layout or card. Imagine, in what seems like the blink of an eye, losing everything except the clothes on your back.

Well, lets help them out! 

The deadline is June 22, that should give me enough time to sort and organize before getting it to Joplin to pass out to the local scrapbookers! 

Thanks ahead of time for anything you can do! 

Now on a lighter note, The Craft it Forward blog hop is all about creating a card for soldiers to say thank you for your service, patriotic thank you cards. Here is my take of this project:

I used my

 

 paper line and my "Pocket of Treats Cardstock Stickers"

(The full collection)

Have a great day! -Nikki  

The Winner of the "Guest Designer" spot goes tooooo....

Stacy Rodriguez! Congrats Stacy, you did a great job on your take of the sketch card! 

Stacy used the Max & Mollie paper line on this card.

Stacy used the It's Your Day paper line on this card. 

The card sketch is by Anam Stubbington, Thanks Anam!

We had so many wonderful entries this was such a hard decision! I had to get help from of some of my design team diva's to make the decision! 

If you'd like to visit Stacy's Blog go here.

Stacy please contact me through email and I'll get you in contact with Susan Dupre our design team lead who will get you all set up! 

Thanks again to all of you who entered! There's some great talent out there! 

I wasn't going to give a sneak peek of one of my NEW Fall/Winter paper collections until mid-June

but.............

well I just can't stand it anymore! I've been working on these collections for months, getting all the ads, badges and email blasts designed to start the advertising campaigns for CHA and everything is just so darn cute that I can't stand it one more minute! 

It's a small peek, but a peek none the less! 

Here is the badge for "School is Cool"...

Post this badge on your blogs and FB profiles and I'll be picking some lucky peeps to win the collection before it hits the selves of retail stores! 

Good Luck! -Nikki