Pretty Little Studio Welcomes...Me!!!

PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO has been announcing the new Design Team members on its blog all week.  Have you been following along and entering to win free Pretty Little Studio Products?  You have GOT to stop by today for a couple of reasons!  Why?  Well, first, because today's blog is all about m-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!!!!!!!  Yippee!  And, if you need a good laugh, I am pretty sure I have somehow managed to turn in the absolutely, positively geekiest design team member picture ever in the history of design team member pictures!  But, you know what?  I have decided I am okay with that - because I am a big geek AND because, for the next six months, this geeky girl gets to play with fantastically wonderful PLS products and make fun layouts like this one - using papers from the Hopscotch Collection and a few goodies from the new Birthday Cake Collection.

 

(I totally stole borrowed the bunny button tail idea from the wonderfully talented Izzy Anderson, whose cardmaking and scrapbooking style I adore!)

For those of you who know me, MY favorite product that you can win is...wait for it...BANNERS!  Actually, technically, these are called (super adorable) bunting flags from the brand new Birthday Cake Collection, but guess what you can make with them?  You got it - banners!!!

And even better, there are also two coupon codes so you can go ahead and grab all the vintage die cuts, and mini-calendars, and journaling cards that you want! They expire March 1, so don't wait!

Oh!  Real quick, before you head over to Pretty Little Studio to laugh at my picture, enter to win those suh-weet bunting flags, and indulge in a little on-line shopping with these coupons, here are a few close-ups of my layout:

 

(Seriously, how cute are these clouds?!!!)

 

(Most adorable animal die-cuts E.V.E.R.)

 

(Here is how I used one of the bunting flags.)

 

That's it for me.  Try not to hurt yourself laughing too hard at my picture.  And have fun shopping and loading up on Pretty Little Studio goodies! 

My Girl (My Minds Eye)

Have you heard the news?  My Minds Eye and Gossamer Blue have teamed up to host a fun little contest for a Guest Designer.  As soon as I read that, I felt like a little kid in a classroom, jumping up and down with my hand raised in the air, yelling, "Pick me! Pick me!"  And this is when I haven't even come down from my high of winning the My Mind's Eye Groundhog Day Challenge (found HERE)! But I can't help it *major whining here* It's My Mind's Eye *pouting and whining at the same time now* and it's a GUEST DESIGNER *whining, pouting, and a tic has started in my left eye*

 

Anyway, it just so happens that the week before I toddled out of my friendly neighborhood Archivers with a whole lotta MME goodied from the new My Girl Collection.  So, this layout would have been made anyway, maybe not today - but soon.

 

I started with a fun sketch by Liz Chidester that I found HERE.  Her sketch style just happens to fit my scrapbooking style, so her blog is definitely saved on my Favorites Bar.

 

I L.O.V.E. the sticker sheet that came with this collection.  The "my girl" arrow is actually the bottom strip of the sticker page.  I thought it was cute and would look good on my layout, so I cut it out and shaped it into an arrow.  The only thing that is not part of the My Girl Collection is the "take note" tab which is part of a journaling card from a different MME collection.  I cut it into strips and used the lined part of the paper as part of my title/journaling.

 

 

See, here's the title/journaling.  The title was part of a small journal card that I just cut up and outlined in black marker.

 

I love all the subtle layers this layout has.  You don't really realize how intricate it is until you hold the layout at an angle - like this...

 

 

That's it for me tonight.  Tomorrow is a new day and, with it, a new box of fabulous goodies for some projects that will be coming soon to a blog near you!