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Calling all crafters

My friends at Scrap-Mart are having a design team call and I want to help get the word out. If you or anyone you know is interested, you can find the details here. The call ends November 5, so get your application ready!

I've had the opportunity to work with Scrap-Mart for the past two years and know that others will enjoy the opportunity as well. Here's a look at a few of my favorite projects that I've shared via Scrap-Mart and created with the great products they sell.

 
  

I'll be kicking off the Scrap-Mart holiday blog hop on December 5, so mark your calendar. There will be lots of great prizes up for grabs again this year. Plus, the hop will feature new holiday ideas every day (December 5 through December 10) and you'll get a first look at projects from the new design team members.

Is it just me or is anyone else getting excited for the holidays?

Mindy

Love

According to the Urban Dictionary, you are only to use the word "awesomesacue" to describe things that are extremely, beyond all other words, awesome. And be forewarned, Urban Dictionary goes on to say that if you use the term incorrectly, you will be labeled as a square and public ridicule will ensue. (However, I think that warning is a bit lackluster when they don't spell ridicule correctly.)

Well, these are awesomesauce.

Ballet flats from Tom's coming in Spring 2011. I want them now.

And the fall nail polish collection from Essie. I picked up mine at Target.

Awesomesauce, right?

Have a great weekend!

Mindy

In the style of Jenni

This month on the Jenni Bowlin Inspiration blog we're sharing projects inspired by Jenni Bowlin herself. I'm hosting the blog today with a new Halloween project and hope you'll stop by. Here's a little sneak.

In addition, there's still plenty of time to play along with the ScrapFest challenges. I'm hosting an odds + ends challenge and would love to see your creations. Here's a couple of cards that I created this weekend with some odds and ends from my JB Mercantile kits.

Don't forget that there's a $10 gift card to JB Mercantile up for grabs for the winner of my challenge. The winner will be selected at 3 p.m. CST Sunday, October 30, so get your challenge projects posted on the challenge page.

Plus, a December guest designer will be selected from participants in the ScrapFest challenges. Wouldn't it be fun to be a guest designer? This is your chance!

Mindy

JB Mercantile Scrapfest 2011

There's a party going on over at Jenni Bowlin Mercantile! Scrapfest 2011, an online blog party, gets started yesterday and runs through the weekend. Check out all of the details here.

Tonight (Friday) I'll be helping host the chat at 9 p.m. CST. I'd love to visit with you! Crafting is one of my favorite things to talk about so I hope you'll stop by.

Mindy

Crafts + tailgating

Honestly I'm not the biggest football fan, but I can really get into the tailgating. Much more fun than actually going to the game if you ask me. :)

Over at Fiskars, I have some easy ideas as to how you can dress up your next tailgate party. Hopefully you'll find them to be creative, yet easy and practical ideas. 

My favorite college team is KU, hence the crimson and blue theme. Admittedly, they are not a football school. We can just leave it at that. But, I did take this Hipstamatic pic at a game a couple of weeks ago and love how it turned out.

Very old school looking, right? 

You can check out my Fiskars project right here.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Mindy

The Journaling Junction

Do you get the Jenni Bowlin Mercantile Gazette? It's a free monthly newsletter that features all sorts of paper crafting goodness.

This month I wrote The Journaling Junction article for the newsletter and used this new layout (created with the October JB Mercantile kits) as an inspiration piece. 

The article explores how you can associate an emotion with an experience and use it as a starting point for journaling. 

You can sign up for the newsletter right here.

Mindy

JBS Mercantile October update

This month is flying by! It's already time for the mid-month update at JBS Mercantile. That's the time of month when the design team shares more projects using the latest and greatest kits. You can check it all out right here.

This month I made a set of cards with the Project Kit. I absolutely love the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found products that are in this kit.

The colors are so interesting and some of the pieces have glittery accents. Plus you can play the vintage vibe up or down depending on what products you combine.

I used the chipboard pieces from the kit as the base for my sentiments. The sentiments were stamped directly on the chipboard and then layered on top of a pinwheel made from patterned paper.

On this card I added a lace flower and Studio Calico kraft butterflies from the main kit. I could use about a million of those butterflies!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Mindy

A new opportunity

This just in...I've joined The Scrap Review as a reporter! I love crafting products, shopping for new products and giving my opinion, so it seems to be a great match.

If you're so inclined, stop by The Scrap Review today for my first review. I'm reviewing fun new lace tapes from Love My Tapes.

Lace tape is basically real lace with a self-adhesive backing. Genius, right? I used the tape to make the flower embellishments on this new layout.

Cardstock: Bazzill; Patterned paper: October Afternoon, Sassafras; Tags: Elle's Studio; Buttons: Studio Calico; Pen: American Crafts; Lace tape: Love My Tapes; Floss: Karen Foster; Other: vintage typewriter, sewing machine

 

Don't forget to stop by The Scrap Review to learn more about the product and for a chance to win some of your very own lace tape.

Mindy

And the winner is...

Happy Monday! The winner of my stash giveaway is...

fun fun..I should take time and clear out some of my stash too....but usually my 4 year old takes thing before I get them moved on. ha!
randomacts101@hotmail.com

Posted by: Sarah | October 07, 2011 at 09:27 PM

Congratulations, Sarah! Send me your address and I'll get the package in the mail.

Chasing butterflies

I love traveling, but every time I go somewhere I am happy to come home. Happy to live in Kansas.

If I could change anything about Kansas, it would be the weather. It is moody and unpredictable. But this is one of those rare, but perfect times of year. Days when you actually want to go outside and enjoy the weather.

How fantastic are these butterflies I saw today? I now know what the term "chasing butterflies" means. They are very photogenic, but not cooperative subjects.

I hope you're having a great weekend. Don't forget that you can still enter my scrapbooking stash giveaway by leaving a comment on the previous post. It's open until 11:59 p.m. CST tonight. I'll announce the winner tomorrow, plus I'll be back with new projects.

Mindy