Hi Everyone, I’m Vanessa, this is my first blog post for Lauren and I’m a little late.
I thought I’d share a sketch template based off of one of my layouts using Itsy Bitsy Spider by Lauren.
This Page is by AmyH using Lauren’s Area Codes.
Jennilyn also used Lauren’s new kit Area Codes for her layout.
Enjoy! Oh, please link your layouts up, so I can check them out.
This is Jennifer (Jennilyn) comin’ at ya with my first La Team Blog post! I’m posting to give you a free desktop using La & Shawna’s Fall Into Me kit and it doesn’t have the month or dates on it so you can use it as long as you’d like! Click the preview to get it!
Oh isn’t that just one of your all time favorite sayings EVER!?!?! It is mine and I especially love to use it on my four kiddos!!! **lol**
Hey fellow La’s lovers…it’s me Elizabeth….one of La’s little worker bees and I am here to share with you all one of La’s “newer” kits!!! It’s a fabulous Shauren Original an it’s such a fun little kit!!! You can find My Way or the Highway right ::HERE:: in the shoppe and the good news is it’s 25% off till Friday the 7th……WOO HOO…love me some bargain shopping!!!!
Checkout what some of La’s creative team members did with this sweet kit!!! The possibilities are endless…you don’t just have to scrap cars with it!!!
Oh that eye candy is so sweet it almost hurts the eyes!!! **lol** And for being such great sports and reading my little gush-fest about La’s beautiful wares I have a little giftie for you!!! It’s a sweet little cluster frames using some pieces from the kit!! It’s just for personal use and please no sharing…send here to pick it up themselves!! Thanks lovies!!!
**SORRY LINK HAS EXPIRED!!!**
Check back soon for a new little gift!!!!
Hey y’all! Deb here w/my very first La challenge! Okay, I know some of you might not be too thrilled w/me at the end of this post, but we are gonna do an all about me page! I know that these can be some of the hardest LOs to scrap, but they are some of my faves too. But, I don’t want you to do just any AAM page. This week we are focusing on the positive in our lives! I want you to scrap your favorite thing about yourself! It can be a physical attribute, something spiritual, or a character trait you have. We may not always feel like we are important, pretty, or like the best parent/spouse in the world. But, I want you to forget about that! I want you to focus on the good in you! So, scrap your LO & link us back to it in the comments so you can have the chance to win some yummy La goodies! I’ll leave you w/my LO so you can get to scrappin!
Credits: “Fall Into Me” By Lauren Grier & Shawna Clingerman. Font is CK_Ali’s_Writing
Until next time,
digideb
Guess what?! I’m back! lol I forgot to post the winner of Tania’s journaling challenge! The winner is…. SUZY!!! Suzy, if you could please PM La at Sweet Shoppe, she’ll get you your prize! Congrats!
Hey scrappers 
This is Tania, driving my first blog post here at La’s site. But before I get into this week’s challenge, let’s give a shout out to this week’s winner!
Congrats meganmecrazy! You’re layout We Go Together is this week’s winner! Go and give her some love!!
Send a private message to Lauren at SSD with a product of your choice from her store to claim your prize
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Okay, so onto this week’s challenge. I often find that people either love or hate journaling. I used to hate it, but I resolved to use more words on my pages, and one way I’ve found that I can get it done, is by writing as if I’m writing letter to someone. It gets my thoughts out and I’ve even used this technique as a form of scrap therapy, knowing that person would never see it, I just needed to get it out.
So that’s your challenge, let’s do a page with a focus on journaling, Write a Letter to a Loved One, it can be something they will read someday, or something you never intend for them to read at all, just give a good shot at the journaling. Picture not required.
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Here’s mine.
Journaling, in case you can’t see it.
I have been amazed by your growth this last year. I am overwhelmed with my pride. I went to your first parent- teachers conference two weeks before your birthday, and Mrs. Z told me you are every teachers’ dream student! You show true leadership, kindness, enthusiasm, interest, and intelligence. I’ve known this all along, but now that you are grown, everyone else gets to know it also! These are crazy times JT, the economy is as bad as it has ever been in my lifetime, our country has grown divided and a little scary. But there is HOPE and that hope is in you and your generation. When you show compassion and intelligence and dedication, I know inside I am doing something right and that is what keeps me going. You me going…
I used La’s brand new Stormy Weather kit.
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Elizabeth got me all choked up with this one, gorgeous!
Her journaling: Mom and Dad,
I know this will be a very hard day for us all, probably the hardest since Jeff’s been gone. But just because Jeff’s gone it’s no reason to stop celebrating his “BIRTH” day. He may never get another year older and he’ll always live in our hearts as the lean rugged 44 year old that he was, October 21st was still the day that he graced this world (and our hearts) with his presence and that day needs to be remembered and celebrated!
We all love you both so much and we all hurt daily for the missing piece of our family, but know that we are always thinking of Jeff and missing him dearly and even though he was taken from us so quickly in body: his heart, his spirit and his memories will stay with us a life time!!
We Love You!!
The Kids
**CREDITS**
Stormy Weather Kit by Lauren Grier (SSD).
Love Notes Elements Pack by Lauren Grier (SSD).
Red heart from “A Girl Like You” Kit by Lauren Grier and Shawna Clinger man (SSD).
Pink and Yellow Hearts from “Sweet Darling Sara” Kit by Lauren Grier, Shawna Clingerman and Sara Amarie (SSD).
Alpha from I See London I See France by Robin Carlton and MandaBean (SSD).
Note paper and envelope by Gina Miller (GMD).
Staple from Fit It by Bohemian Art (SA).
Pressed Flowers by Weeds and Wildflowers.
Blue Flower from Fancy Frayed Flowers by Natalie Braxton.
Fonts: CK Cursive and Pea Gretchie.
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And Lauren rocked this page, beautiful!!
credits zoe pearn Hawaiian sunset & font ss whimsy
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So I can’t wait to see what you come up with! And don’t be intimidated by the journaling, just think about the letter! Leave your layout in the comment section to be entered into a prize to La’s store! One winner next week
Afternoon scrappers! Amy here, bringing you this week’s challenge. There’s so much awesome talent around the SSD gallery and this week we’re going to scraplift one of our very own. The fabulous LizzyFizzy is not only a fellow CT member for Lauren Grier, she’s also a sugar babe! Check out the Fizzster’s gallery right here and grab some inspiration. Lift one of her pages and link us up here in the comments to your layouts. One lucky winner will choose a product from Lauren’s store. Deadline is midnight on Saturday, October 18th. Here’s a few pages we came up with:
By Junebug:
Credits- And I Love You by Lauren Grier
Messed up stitching by Traci Reed, MissMatch alpha by Holly Designs
inspired by Lizzy’s “grown up. almost.”
By Alinalitas
Credits-
All papers and elements from Sweet Darling Sara by Lauren, Shawna, and Sara, except
cross stitches from Still one of the Gang by Lauren, Shawna, and Micheline Martin
notebook paper from Ana by Lauren Grier (retired)
inspired by Lizzy’s “Imagination”
From Vodoo_Bryn
Credits-
Absolute Cherry Crush by Lauren, Shawna, and Penny
Border-Line and Funktified Swirls by Lauren Grier
Inspired by LIzzy’s “skater girl.”
By MLewis
Credits-
Absolute Cherry Crush by Lauren, Shawna, and Penny
photo overlays by Something Blue Studios, white button by Gina Miller, font is CK Ali
inspired by Lizzy’s “but you’re my weirdo”
I also loved Lizzy’s your my weirdo page, so I lifted it too.
Credits- Lauren Grier
Corner Me, Julieolioli cardboard solids,
stitches from 321 blast off with Traci Reed,
Dino-Riffic! with Christy Lyle, Don’t Go Baby,
and Mark it Up. Worn Overlays by Meryl Bartho
and DJB Cindy S font by Darcy Baldwin
Last but not least, our winner from last week is Brooke W with her fabulous page “3 Little Kittens”
Congratulations Brooke! Please send Lauren a private message over at SSD with the item of your choice from her store.
Have fun lifting Lizzy!
Hello, all! Joan here with another weekly challenge for you. First things first, though. Congratulations to our winners from last week’s yummy challenge, HeatherKS and scrappychic! Make sure you PM La for your prize!
Ze winners’ wonderful layouts!…
We Love Fair Food by HeatherKS
Stuffed Chicken by scrappychic
Now, on to this week’s challenge! Blocking is hot these days, and I have a blocking template for you to play with. I made this layout for Shannon’s (ZaCola3) Recipe Challenge @ Sweet Shoppe Designs last month, as well as for Alina’s food layout challenge here on the blog.
CREDITS: Everything from And I Love You by La @ Sweet Shoppe Designs, EXCEPT: felt cupcake from Let Them Eat Cupcakes by Angela Powers & Kate Hadfield @ We Are Storytellers, FONTS: LDJ Socialite & LDJ Flirty @ scrapNfonts.com
Shannon’s recipe called for blocking and scallops to be included, and once I knew what I wanted to scrap I had a good idea of how I wanted those two things to look. So I made a template for them to get them just how I wanted. I don’t know about you guys, but I do that a lot when I get a set idea for certain aspects of a page. I thought they turned out kind of fun, so I decided to carry on and make my first complete page template and use it for my turn here on La’s blog challenge. I hope you like it and have fun playing with it!
La and the team played and here are the fabo pages they came up with:
by Elizabeth (mummytothree)
CREDITS: Everything from Pasha by La & Libby Wiefenbach @ Sweet Shoppe Designs, FONT: Pea Gretchie
by La
CREDITS: Pasha by La & Libby Wiefenbach, Funktified Swirls & Border-Line by La, all at Sweet Shoppe Designs
by Amy
CREDITS: 5th Avenue Sunrise by La & Robin Carlton @ Sweet Shoppe Designs
by Vanessa (nesser1981)
CREDITS: Everything from Pasha by La & Libby Wiefenbach, EXCEPT: Funktified Swirls & Border-Line by La, and the alpha, which I’m not sure on… I’ll have to find out from Vanessa, lol
As you can see, there’s lots of different ways you can use the template, and I’m sure you will think up even more. I used to freeze up when I first started using templates, and I hated them because I felt like they were forcing me to scrap a page a specific way. Then I realized I could just use them as a jumping off point, and it was more than okay to make the resulting page very much my own. Now I love ‘em, because sometimes our mojo needs a big ol’ kick in the butt, and they can be just the thing. I’ll use one to get me started, and let the page flow from there in whatever direction feels right. Sometimes they look very close to the template, with a few tweaks on my part, other times the page develops its own personality that completely takes over.
So..
get scrapping, get creative and, most importantly, have fun!
(EDIT: Sorry for the bum link, folks, but it should be fixed now. Let me know if there are any other problems!)
I can’t wait to see what you all come up with! DON’T FORGET! Be sure to link us up to your finished page in the comments so you have a chance to win some yummy La goodness! There will be one prize awarded for the challenge this week.
Have fun scrapping and have a fabulous week!
Hello faithful La readers! Alina here, getting all ready for today’s yummy challenge. But before I do that, allow me to announce the winners of last week’s template. Congratulations to all who participated, I can tell you personally that it was a hard one for me!
Take a look at these beauties:
Beep Boop hello? by breakinbrie
Elephant ride by tlcaudle
Dear winners: please PM Lauren for your prize!
This weeks challenge obeys my hungry stomach. At the moment I took on the date, I happened to be very hungry. Mind you, I’m a food lover, so that’s no strange. That is why today I ask you to
SCRAP ABOUT FOOD!
you can
* scrap a recipe
* scrap something inspired by a dish you like
* use “food” elements
* scrap a pic of a messy eating kid
or basically, anything you want to do, even just use food colours… surprise us! Have fun doing this, you may win something great from our dear La
delicious recipe by Elizabeth (I really need to try it!)
Cute instructions on feeding a baby sis, by Jamie. Gotta love big bros!
And how to make a snake cake by me (this was my kids 3rd birthday cake).
Have fun! I can’t wait to see what you have to show us.
Hi everyone! Jamie (newfiemountiewife) here with a blog challenge freebie! I am loving all the different challenges our Punky Girls have done so far, so mine is a little different. But first, I want to congratulate the winners of last week’s blog challenge by Anna, Scrap Your Cause
This super sweet LO by Shelly:
And this bright LO by Tracy:
PM La for your prize! Congratulations to you both!!!
I have a template for everyone today, based on this LO that I completed with everything from Mark It Up by La.
I asked my fellow Punky Girls to help me out, and I got some awesome LO’s, including one from our fearless leader La LOL. Here is what they came up with for you!
Now, I want you to grab the template, decorate it, and link your LOs up for us here! We’ll pick at random two winners for a sweet prize!
DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE HERE!!!
I can’t wait to see what you create!
Hi everyone! Anna (mommy2aria06) here with my first blog challenge! Woohoo! Everyday we hear about causes that touch our hearts and make us look beyond our point-of-view. For this challenge I want you to pick a cause that is important to you- it could be anything from health issues like breast cancer or heart disease to global warming and other social issues- and scrap about the issue or scrap with the colors associated with the cause (like pink for breast cancer or red for heart disease). As long as a cause is your inspiration feel free to interpret it as you wish. When you are done link us up in the comment section by Sunday, September 21st so we can leave you love and two winners will be picked to receive a prize. Below are some layouts by my fellow CT members and our hottie lovin’, QT rockin’ leader, La.
Now find your cause…and scrap it!
:hugs:
Anna
Layouts:
Me (Anna)
Credits:
In this important election year, my cause is to make sure people are registered, educated and ready to vote.
For this LO I used Penny Springmann’s “Politics as Usual” kit. The red and blue papers are from Libby Weifenbach’s “Tattered Cardstock”.
La
Credits:
beep boop & font ss whimsy
Sheana
Credits:
Lauren Grier’s All The Sweet Flavors, Doodle My Snips & Toxic Rainbow (with Christy Lyle)
Emily Merritt’s Paper Block Templates 3
Jenn Patrick’s Stapled The Wrong Way- Really Bad Paint Job
Alina
Credits:
Lauren Grier & Christy Lyle ~ toxic rainbow
Lauren Grier ~ Falalaflowers
Lizzy
Credits:
2Scoops Beep Boop
tape from Teenage Wasteland
staples from Julie Billingsley
worn overlays from SBS
Thanks for playing!
