A Fun Layout from Jodi Wilton And Challenge Winner

Ok, I am horrible, I admit it.  I just wanted to get that out there in the open.  My head is going in circles and I know I said I was going to post the challenge winner...and well, I didn't.  TOTALLY my fault, so please forgive me.  I have just been in a creating fog and it was one of those things that got put to the side.

So, without any further hesitation, let's see who our "Scrap Your Cell Phone Pics" challenge winner is..........

Lydia Siegel!  

And here is her page that she did!!!

So, Lydia, please email me at cardipaws@sbcglobal.net with your shipping address and your choice of the collection kit you would like from what we currently have available.  We will get your prize out to you ASAP. 

We are going to wait for the next challenge, as we have new Divas and we are lining things out on the schedule!  As soon as we know, you will know, so stay tuned.

And our "not so new" Diva Jodi Wilton emailed me this layout last week and I couldn't wait to show you her wonderful work!  We are so happy to have Jodi back on the team!

I love what she did with the We Are Family collection!  That sun is so FUN!  

Be sure to visit Jodi's blog to see all her other amazingly creative work that she does.  You might just get an idea or two!

Another new thing, for those of you on Pinterest, we have a PIN IT button on each post!!  So, you see something you like you can hit the Pin button and pin to your little heart is content!  Thanks to our blog coordinator, Julie Tucker-Wolek for figuring out how to add it to our posts!

And are you loving the new collections?  I am that's for sure!  I can't wait till all the Divas start creating and inspiring you with the new collections!

That is it from me today.  I will be crafting my little heart out until I leave for CHA on the 27th.  I am not sure what Nikki has up her sleeve for the blog, but I am sure it will be full of some fun sneaks of the new collections.  

Have a Scrappy Kinda Day!!~~Katrina

CHA COUNTDOWN:  11 DAYS!

(ekk...I need to get busy!)

CHA Sneak Peek "Exit Here"

I saved my favorite CHA 2012 release for last... 

Since we got our 5th Wheel this last summer I had to do a vacation collection. This isn't just camping though; “Exit Here” will have you covered for everything, from stay-cations to flying off to other countries! You'll love “Exit here”! 

Here is a peek at the entire collection! 

Here is a fabulous layout made my DT Diva, Deana Boston using "Exit Here"!

Hope you love it as much as I do!! 

Have a great Monday!!  -Nikki

CHA Count Down: 12 Days!

Snow Angel :)

Hi everyone :)

We wanted to share a layout today that one of our former DT members Liz Qualman made! :) This was recently published (Congrats Liz!), so we just got the go ahead to post it :) I just LOVE this! 

Thanks for stopping by! ~~Julie :)

CHA Winter Sneak Peek of "Noah"

How could I not have a paper line named and designed for this cute little thing!

I mean look at that face...

So here is my Noah line....

This is the collection kit cover that has a sample of all the papers in the collection.

This one may be hard to see but they are little pockets and one of the pockets has a little worm peeking out from it. So cute!

This paper is one of my favorite papers, because these are little neck ties that are in a shape of propellers. 

This paper is my "Cut-Ups", I love this one too, so many cute little images to cut out and put on your layouts and cards!

I hope you love Noah! I sure do! 

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks soon! 

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In case you missed my peeks of Audrey and Messages here they are again.

(In memory of my grandma, LaVera Audrey.)

and...

Have a great rest of the week and thanks for stopping by!! -Nikki

Introducing my New 2012 Design Team!

It has been a hard process to narrow down all the girls that applied but we did it! I looked them all over and  narrowed them down, then Katrina looked and narrowed down a list, then we compared our lists and kept the girls we both had on our lists. After that I went back through 2 more times and FINALLY made a decision! (But it was a hard one to make!)

So with out any further ado here are my new design team ladies...

1. Julie Tucker-Wolek (Blog Coordinator)

2. Sarah Eclavea (Social Media Coordinator)

3. Deana Boston (Retailer Program Coordinator)

4. Stacy Rodriguez

5. Jodi Wilton (who is re-joining us from my original team 3 years ago)

6. Jennie McGarvey
7. Laurel Seabrook

8. Melissa Pablo

9. Melanie Jarocki

10. Marielle LeBlanc

and Katrina Hunt is their Design Team Leader

Please help me in welcoming my new "Doghouse Diva's"!
I've linked each of the new DT ladies to their personal blogs so please take a look and welcome them to the team! 

Welcome ladies and I can not wait to see what you all create with the new collections! 

Have a great weekend! -Nikki

Here is a sneak project using one of my new collections...

Created by Katrina Hunt Using my new "Exit Here" collection.

Here is just a little peek of "Exit Here"! 

Wait until you see this collection! 

More to come on Monday!! 

Have a great weekend! -Nikki

I don't know about you....

... but I always struggle with scrapping my December photos actually IN DECEMBER! lol! 

I wanted to scrap my daughter Brookie's Santa picture, but never got around to it in December, so I decided to do it now.

I used Nikki's Gingerbread Land on my layout! I always love love love Nikki's Christmas lines! :) 

For those that are curious, my daughter has a skin condition that requires surgery - she just happened to have her latest surgery right before it was time for Santa photos 

Update on the Scrap Your Cell Phone Pictures challenge....We will announce the winner on Thursday, January 12th.  I (Katrina) have been so busy that I forgot and haven't picked out a winner yet!  So, if you want to get in on the challenge you still have time!!  Thank you for being patient, January is a crazy month here at Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker!!

And make sure you check out another one of Nikki's latest collections "Messages" that she posted yesterday! :)

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

Ready for some "Messages"....

With this collection I decided that I wanted to design something with a little different style and yet not lose my style either. 

Well, I think I did just that! I love the way this collection turned out! 

I hope you will love this line as much as I do....

This is the collection kit cover.

(With a sample of all the papers in the collection.)

Here are a few of my favorite papers in this collection...

I love this paper, with the library cards, you can cut them out for layouts and cards.

Remember these were just a few of the papers, wait until you see the entire line! 

In case you didn't see Audrey, on Friday, here it is again.

(In memory of my grandma, LaVera Audrey.)

Have a great day and I'll have more to show you later this week! 

-Nikki

Christmas Thank You cards :)

Hi everyone :)

I don't know about you, but every year I have Christmas thank you cards to send out to friends and family that sent us Christmas gifts :) Well, ,most years I buy a package of generic thank you cards from the store.  But this year I decided to make my thank you cards and I thought Nikki's Gingerbread Land were absolutely perfect for this task :)

And did you all see yesterday that Nikki gave a sneak peek at one of her newest collections "Audrey"????? It is GORGEOUS! :)

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

Let's take a closer look at my new collection...

Here are is a sampling of this paper line.

(The collection kit cover)

These are a few of my favorite papers in this line...

(Audrey's Dress)

(Audrey's Bedroom)

(Audrey's Pictures)

(Audrey's Planner)

So there you have a little bit more of a sneak peek of  my "Audery" collection! 

Wait until you see all the other papers, stickers and punch-outs that make this collection complete!

I have a big shout out to my Design Team Lead, Katrina Hunt, who made Creating Keepsakes 10 Favorite Guest Blog Posts From 2011 with Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker paper!
See the post here: CK Blog
CONGRATS Katrina!! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Happy Friday! -Nikki