Secret Santa

SSS had a couple Secret Santa Swaps. One being the traditional-spend-$20-and-send-off swap, and a handmade swap where we make things and send to 5 people. I signed up for both.

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I already shared one back in December, so here are the othe four handmade swaps.

This one is from scrapinmary-my sis-in-law. She didn't make anything, but included a lot of cute stuff!

This one is from Janet/espinola3. There are some Cricut cuts, some wired ribbon, and snowflake stickers/sticky notes.
Julie/scrappin{jewlz} made the cutest little tags! For me, she also included some foam paint brushes, rhinestones, and photo corners-because she is just cool like that! She sends me lots of stuff! Maybe I should think about returning the favor! lol I guess you could call her my "unofficial" Scrap Pal! The card was for the Christmas card swap. OH, like my wallpaper? I DO!! LOL

Got this stuff from Denise, for the handmade swap. She made these cute little layered flowers. They even have a little bit of a shimmer to them-and if you know me at all, you know how I like things that shimmer! ;) She sent me a couple extra little things, since she is my Scrap Pal.

Speaking of Scrap Pal...SSS has Scrap Pals. We get teamed up with one person to be pals with. Each pair is different, but the basic idea is you send each other Christmas gifts, Birthday gifts/cards, Anniversary cards, and misc little things throughout the year.

As I mentioned just before, Denise is my Scrap Pal. My wish list contained lots of things, but the biggest were Thickers and Stickles. I had asked for the newest release of the Distress Stickles, all she could find were the older ones-which I had. BUT, that is totally cool, because as I found out, the Distress Stickles don't last nearly as long, so now I have extras for when I run out! You know, I was The Stickles Queen at AMR, and now at Scrap Sisters Studio, I am Sister Stickles!! I love my Stickles! Don't forget the Thickers!!

My main Secret Santa was ScrapChef/Malena. She really did an awesome job on this! She even got me an 8x8 pad of BG Eskimo Kisses-Yeah Baby!! Look at that cute die cut/punced santa? Isn't he awesome!! Lots of goodies here, I love it all!

Get a close look at all this stuff, because you are about to see a lot of it tomorrow! There was quite a bit of it on the "It's Time" layout I posted yesterday!

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Tomorrow....If you don't want to see Rob Pattinson layouts, don't stop by, lol! If you want to see them, you better come!!! I promise you won't be disappointed. There will be an explaination as to why there are so many as well!!

More RAKs

I have had another lucky couple of weeks, as far as RAKs go! But first, you gotta see Rob!! Get used to it, I plan on sharing one with each post, lol! Sorry, I can't help it! :)

This makes me want to get into the Christmas Spirit!!

I got this birthday card a couple weeks ago from Julie, but not because it was my birthday, but just because she saw it and thought of me!! I LOVE it!! The blue end sticking off to the right side, is a detachable bookmark-which I intend on using next time I read the Twilight series!

I got these ribbons from Cindy, as a swap RAK.

This one is from Scrappy Girl, and was a prize from a challenge from the SSS November crop.

From Grammy-b at SSS, another swap RAK.

OH, and Julie sent me this with some swaps, again, just because she thought of me! They were yummy too!! I just want to let you all know, she is a Jacob fan, so buying this probably made her head spin, lol!!

I joined up in a Secret Santa swap at SSS, and one of them is a handmade swap, designed to help out during these tough financial times. I will be receiving 5 little handmade gifts in this swap.

This first one is from Jana, I really like them! PLUS, they are all decorated with Stickles!!

That is all for now, I have more projects I need to get done, so now that my computer is back up and running, hopefully I can get some stuff done!

A Heap of Scrappy Goodness

Yeah, so Rob Pattinson isn't scrappy, but he sure is nice to look at, don't ya think?
Over the last month, I have gotten quite a bit of goodies in the mail! I just wanted to share it all with you, so here is all in, in no particular order...
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Got this from Gay, just because!
This is from Grammy-b, as a swap RAK!
From Gay again, swap RAK. and no, the crackers weren't included, lol!
A prize from Gloria from a challenge.
Swap RAK from Scrappin{jewlz}, cute ribbons! There was another, which I found on the floor after taking the photo.
From Kelli. She bought this Edward stamp from The Greeting Farm, and thought of me! She made a card with one image, and sent me 7 more for me to use!! She even put Stickles all over his face and arms so they sparkle! How totally cool!!
Got these from Lisa/LBOregon.
Scrappy Girl sent these as a swap RAK.
She sent this too!
I got this a while ago, but don't know who it is from, it was postmarked in GA! If it was you, I would love to know so I can thank you!
That is it for now. I will try to get something done in the next few days, and share as soon as I have something!! I am trying very hard to keep up with the scrappiness, I want it to become part of my life again. My life has become a balancing act...Fan Fiction (Twilight) and scrapbooking. Toodles!

Get Well Wishes, RAKs, and ATCs

I have gotten lost of scrappy mail in the last week or so, and if you are a regular reader, you know that I love to share what I get, no matter big or small!
I got this card and RAK from Paulette/parknslide on SCS with a swap.

Jana/mn-jana-oh from AMR sent me this as a prize from a challenge.
A couple RAKs from Julie/scrappin{jewlz}.
Got this one yesterday from Anne Marie as a prize from the AMR crop.
While in the hospital, Lisa/LBOregon from AMR brought me this! Her 7 yr old daughter made the card, and Lisa made the crocheted flowers.
I have been getting get well cards from my AMR gals!
Bren/Grammy-b
Scrappy Girl
Karen/KMG
Deb/Haapyhrt
Thanks to all the ladies who have sent me cards, they really helped brighten my day!
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I spent this past weekend, working on ATCs, I had fallen behind.
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AMR Scrap Pink, with Breast Cancer Theme
I used DCWV cs, October Afternoon pp, Studio G Stamp, "skittles" and ribbon.
AMR October Crop, Pop Culture ATC swap
I used my new Twilight rubber stamps, Bazzill cs, October Afternoon pp, Glaze Pen, Kaiser Crafts rhinestones, and Stardust pen.
AMR Twlight Swap
SU Dusty Durango cs, Pink Paislee Vintage Moon pp, Twilight stamps, cream cs, buttons, embroidery floss.
AMR Christmas swap
BG Mistletoe and Pear pp, BG Figgy Pudding stamp, Mike's Christmas ribbon, Studio G stamp, Christmas Red Stickles, rhinestones.
AMR Thanksgiving Swap
Plain cs, Cosmo Cricket Souvenir pp, Inkadinkado stamps, brads, misc ribbon, cut turkey with Silhouette.
SCS Other Christmas Carols swap
Bazzill cs, BG Wassail pp, SU Season of Simple Grace stamp, Satin Pearl embossing powder, SU Always Artichoke ink, Fired Brick Distress Stickles, Champagne Glitz Stickles, and rhinestones.
I have one more day of blogging planned, and hopefully by Thursday, I will have more to share with you!!! Tomorrow, a 12 card challenge!

Blog Hop Winner

It is Monday, which for all you new people to my blog, means a new sketch at Scrapbook Challenges! I really liked this one, Pamela did another fantastic job!!
Sketch 163 (link coming soon)
My take...
I used Basic Grey Mistletoe and Pear pp, My Little Shoebox mini letters, and Thickers.
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I want to thank all of you for participating in Scrapbook Challenges 2nd Blog Hop! I had tons of fun reading everyone's comments and seeing your layouts! Thanks for following me, and for joining at SC! I hope to get to know you a lot better in the near future! Thanks also to my already loyal followers and readers, you know I love ya!!
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I took all the qualifying comments, and put them in Random.org.....
Congrats Silvia! Email me your mailing info, and I will get something out to you very soon!
climarwig at msn dot com

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1. silvia said...I am a follower of your blog September 27, 2009 11:36 PM
2. Melissa said...What a great interpretation of the sketch! September 25, 2009 4:46 PM
3. Terria said...Awesome take on the sketch I love that DP for the background!! September 27, 2009 3:14 PM
4. Melissa said...I am now a follower of your blog! September 25, 2009 4:47 PM
5. Carole Stirrat said...Hi Marilyn,Your fur babies are soooo cute!! Thanks for being part of this blog hop =] September 27, 2009 5:19 PM
6. djp said...and i follow you :) September 27, 2009 2:19 PM
7. djp said...just joined SC!! waiting for mod. approval! September 27, 2009 2:19 PM
8. CraftyRia said...I love the way you rotated the sketch. Great job! September 27, 2009 6:24 PM
9. scrapbookmom79 said...I'm a lifetime member of SC!!! September 25, 2009 2:43 PM
10. Beth Warren said...Great blog and layouts! September 26, 2009 8:07 PM
11. djp said...as always, great stuff!!! i always enjoy checking out your layouts! September 27, 2009 1:49 PM
12. bessie said...Cool LO with the pumpkins! September 25, 2009 7:02 PM
13. Heather McDaniel said...I'm a follower! September 26, 2009 9:10 AM
14. Ann said...Hello, just stopping in for the blog hop. September 25, 2009 7:11 PM
15. Jingle said...Your layout is great! I wish I could join, but I am SO not comfortable opening a MySpace account. I wish it was all on a blog or Facebook, instead! :-( September 25, 2009 8:13 PM
16. Celeste said...HII finally hopped to your blog - gosh I am tired!!lolGreat layout - this is kind of fun!! September 25, 2009 6:02 PM
17. Mary said...Love your LO. September 25, 2009 3:53 PM
18. Bree and Reilly said...you ladies have some of the coolest blogs, you are the 5th one I have visted and I am so impressed with all of your work September 25, 2009 3:58 PM
19. Lydia Siegel said...Im a memeber of SC. September 26, 2009 4:03 PM
20. liliput said...Lovely layout Marilyn! i'm already a follower :).Thank you for the chance. Blog hopping is really fun! hopping off now.. hop hop hop September 25, 2009 6:05 PM
21. Rosalee said...I am now a follower of your great Blog September 25, 2009 3:40 PM
22. Charisma3103 said...Awesome Blog love it... Excellent take on the sketch!! Janie September 26, 2009 5:36 AM
23. kee kee said...I love that BG Ambrosia pp. Great take on the sketch. September 26, 2009 9:32 AM
24. scrappin{jewlz} said...Fabulous layout!!I am already a follower :) September 25, 2009 9:06 PM
25. Anneliese said...& I am now one of your many followers! September 27, 2009 4:47 PM
26. latte_grande said...Oh, and I'm totally following your blog, too! ;) September 25, 2009 6:00 PM
27. Reija said...What a great bloghop and giveaways! I love your scrapbooking! September 26, 2009 5:26 AM
28. Angie's Scrappin Spot said...great layout, love your take on the sketch. September 25, 2009 5:01 PM
29. Jingle said...Of course I follow your blog! September 25, 2009 8:13 PM
30. sollie said...Lovely creations! September 26, 2009 4:51 AM
31. Genevieve Rodriguez said...Cute take on the sketch! Great blog hop. September 26, 2009 9:40 PM
32. junqueandroses said...Love your layout. September 25, 2009 10:37 PM
33. Breann said...Just joined SC...waiting for my approval from admin. September 26, 2009 4:38 PM
34. Benga said...Hi! I like the way you flipped the sketch, nice! September 26, 2009 2:56 AM
35. Issa Virtucio-Lucido said...you have cute little pets here... so nice to hop in your blog! September 25, 2009 8:07 PM
36. Kristi B. said...I am a member of SC already. :) September 25, 2009 4:58 PM
37. latte_grande said...Wow, really love your take on the sketch...those papers go perfect with your pics!Thanks so much for the chance to win! :) September 25, 2009 5:59 PM
38. Kristi B. said...Great use of the sketch Marilyn! Those are some cute photos you used. :) September 25, 2009 4:57 PM
39. RachelM said...Sweet layout! September 26, 2009 11:50 AM
40. silvia said...Here is my LO:http://sillyscrap.blogspot.com/2009/09/scrapbook-challenges-blog-hop-sketch.html September 27, 2009 11:36 PM
41. Mary said...I'm a follower September 25, 2009 3:53 PM
42. krista said...great blog and layouts! thanks for sharing your work :) September 26, 2009 4:52 PM
43. ytet said...Hi Marilyn, Nice to be here in your blog. This blog hopping is really fun. September 25, 2009 11:52 PM
44. Scrappy Girl said...I find it hard not to do a sketch exactly too! September 25, 2009 5:04 PM
45. RachelM said...I'm now a follower! :) Thanks for the chance to win. September 26, 2009 11:51 AM
46. CraftyRia said...I am also a follower of your blog! September 27, 2009 6:27 PM
47. CraftyRia said...You did it. You talked me into joining Scrapbook Challenges! September 27, 2009 6:26 PM
48. stampkjs said...I joined SC also! :) September 26, 2009 3:21 PM
49. Scrappy Girl said...I follow September 25, 2009 5:04 PM
50. stampkjs said...I really enjoyed your blog so I now am a follower! September 26, 2009 3:20 PM
51. JPScraps said...Love how you turned the sketch...The layout looks great. September 25, 2009 3:30 PM
52. Breann said...Now following your blog...i don't like cats generally, but i am liking toby in that tunnel! September 26, 2009 4:39 PM
53. stampkjs said...Love your LO, especially doing the pictures down instead of across. September 26, 2009 3:19 PM
54. kee kee said...I just became a member of the SC MySpace group!Thanks for another chance to win! September 26, 2009 9:33 AM
55. sarah said...love all of the inspo on this blog hop! i'm about to become a follower.hugs,sarah. September 26, 2009 7:40 PM
56. Anneliese said...Great take on the lo!! September 27, 2009 4:47 PM
57. Tara Powell said...Great blog, LOVE what you did with the sketch! :)Tara September 25, 2009 2:56 PM
58. Benga said...Here's my take on the sketch:http://scrappalific.blogspot.com/2009/09/joining-in-fun.html.Thanks! September 26, 2009 2:56 AM
59. Issa Virtucio-Lucido said...Hi Marilyn... I am now your follower! I am still new here and still finding my way in the hop. September 25, 2009 8:04 PM
60. scrappin{jewlz} said...and I see in your previous post that you used the little cupcake I was going to use for the birthday inchie, so I'm going to have to come up with something else now! LOL September 25, 2009 9:12 PM
61. Heather McDaniel said...GREAT LO. Makes me want to go and scrap my pumpkin patch pictures! September 26, 2009 9:09 AM
62. jeanie nieva said...great job on the sketch. thanks for sharing. :) September 25, 2009 6:07 PM
63. scrapbookmom79 said...I am already a follower of your fab blog! September 25, 2009 2:42 PM
64. Rosalee said...Here is my LO for the sketch:http://rosaleescrap.blogspot.com/2009/09/scrapbook-challenge-blog-hop-entry-here.html#comments September 25, 2009 6:30 PM
65. Rosalee said...Love your LO, the colors look good together. September 25, 2009 3:40 PM
66. scrappin{jewlz} said...And I am already in the Scrapbook challenges group (not that I get to Myspace all that often...) September 25, 2009 9:10 PM
67. silvia said...Fantastic LO!!! September 27, 2009 8:42 PM
68. Anneliese said...I am going to join sc as soon as I am done w/ this fabulous bloghop! September 27, 2009 4:47 PM
69. Issa Virtucio-Lucido said...I just signed in at my space but its still subject to the owner's approval... i think I'm gonna enjoy it here! September 25, 2009 8:06 PM
70. Benga said...Hi there! I just followed you, having trouble with blogger yesterday. Thanks! September 27, 2009 3:25 AM
71. Kristi B. said...I am following your blog. :) September 25, 2009 4:59 PM
72. Jamie Harder said...Love your blog!! I am now following:-) September 27, 2009 6:01 PM
73. scrapbookmom79 said...great take on the sketch girly! September 25, 2009 2:42 PM

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Scrappy Mail-Woo HOO!!

Disney Villain swap from Split Coast.
AMR August Crop ATC swap-Free Choice
Got this from Whitney, from a mini swap on AMR.
This is my sign on bonus for doing another term at Scrapbook Challenges. Pamela knows I adore paper, so I got tons of it! Thanks Pamela....YOU ROCK!
I won a prize with the Disney Villains swap, so Celeste sent me this little package of ribbon! Thanks Celeste!
And I finally got my prize from Quickutz!! I need to get another A and C plate for my Cuttlebug, so I can use that long die! I am thinking those file folders would be neat on an ATC!! And the dots embossing folder....LOVE IT!
That is all for now, but like I said yesterday, I am working on some other stuff, so hopefully I will have more to share really soon!!
Happy Scrappin' Friends!

Scrappy Mail

I have gotten lots of swaps back recently and I really want to share them!

I have been saving these up for a few days, so bear with me.

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This is a RAK I got from Stacy from the AMR July crop! I totally forgot about it, lol! She also sent me the ATC for the Summer Theme ATC swap for the July Crop.

The AMR Technique Swap.

SCS A-Z Animals Swap.

AMR Cupcake Swap.

AMR Butterfly Swap.

SCS Fairytale Swap. (sorry the photo is blurry, batteries were just about dead)

And Toby, the trouble maker. I was punching out chipboard that I got from Inara. I knew he was in there, but I wasn't paying attention. Cliff came in and thought I was torturing him, lol! Honestly, as much as I love to torture him by sticking things to him for a laugh (safe and harmless I promise), I did not do this to him!!! He got his head through one spot, and his leg in another, lol!!! It was really funny, especially when he doesn't know what to do and just turns in circles. It was funny, seriously!!!

That is all for now. I hope to have more to share tomorrow.