Scrappy Chics Kits: Sneaks! { Day 1 }

It's official!!

I am so excited about this!
Scrappy Chics Kits has a new Designer.
Me!!!
I LOVED these kits the minute I saw them.
Now I am thrilled to be designing for them!
What I love most about these kits?
The GREAT mix of papers and embellishments.
And there is A LOT to create with!
After working with my debut kit, I still have plenty left over!
Just take a look at their current kit HERE.
You will see that I am not kidding when I say it's FULL of scrappy wonderfullness!

Here is a peek at the April kit, Spring Fling:

This kit goes on sale April 1st.
Warning....
These kits sell out fast!

I will be back with more sneak peeks tomorrow!

Thanks for looking!
Have a fantabulous day!
xoxo

The Links:
Scrappy Chics Kits
Scrappy Chics Blog COMMENTS:
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OH OH OH!

Am I excited!
Beyond words.
I have been bursting at the seams.
Waiting for today.
Hard work.
All worth it.
And now I have relaunched Color Combos Galore.
The Redesign.
The Girls.
The Layouts.
The Reveal.
The Plans.
Nothing short of FABULOUS.

For over four years, this has been my goal.
To inspire others with a world of color.
And now, I am taking it further.
And it's so exciting!

It's challenges....with a twist.
Where imagination meets inspiration.
As scrapbookers, we know the importance creativity plays in designing our pages.
For a long time, I have been pushing your creativity through exploring new ways to use color.
And now....
We are going even further.

Creativity is more than just using your imagination to generate new ideas.
Creativity is a lifestyle, a way of looking at the world.
When creative ideas seem to be hiding,
we turn to outside sources for inspiration.

That's where Color Combos Galore comes in.
We invite you to delve deeper into creativity.
Through the challenes that will allow you to open new doors of inspiration.
Many returning features and a lot of exciting things to come.

The new Color Combos Galore strives to help you discover inspiration and color through new eyes.
Where color and imagination meet inspiration.

Our first challenge,
Color Combo #145
ARE YOU READY?
HERE WE GO!
LET'S PLAY!
....enjoy!!!!



So who's designing with Color Combos Galore?
A list of amazing, talented, wonderful, awe-inspiring ladies!

Let me announce the 2010 Design Team!

ANABELLE O'MALLEY
ANNE-MARIE TEO
DEBBI TEHRANI
DENINE ZIELINSKI
JAIME WARREN
JANA EUBANK
JANET PERAFAN-BABAR
JANIS MEDINA-MAGHINAY
JULES McKENNA - DE LUMEN
KIM MORENO
LADY GRACE BELARMINO
LILLY ROSE
MICHELLE LANNING
PIRADEE TALVANNA
RIA MOJICA
ROREE RUMPH
SARAH KLEMISH
SUSAN DUPRE
YUKA HINO

So what are you waiting for? Step outside your box... We dare you! COMMENTS:
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Are you here?

I haven't been. Since November. Almost 3 months. Ouch. I have neglected my little spot here. Hope your holidays went well and I still want to wish you all the best for 2009! I have not heard this song, Give it 2 Me by Madonna, on the radio yet. Last week I was watching Ellen, she was dancing to it - so FUN! I immediately added it on to my playlist. I love rockin' to this music, hope you do too!

Tiff Sawyer said... "Hi Janet, this is the first time I've visited your blog and your music had me rockin off my chair, way cool.."

Lain Ehmann said... "I have been totally rocking out to the music on your blog for the past half an hour -- great choices!!..."

thanks for commenting!! ;)



I have been in such a scrapping slump the past few months. That is too long without my mojo. Despite the fact I made a resolution to get more pages done this year, I only have two, which were made for Color Combos Galore.


Triple the Sketch #41, I scrapped 12x12 and I likey!!! I was always afraid of all that space but I am lovin' it. Only when I have to scan the layout four times, stitch and blend do I reconsider using this size.

From Color Combo #107 by Janet Perafan-Babar pointsettia angel white christmas green santa's boots

From Scarlet Lime's Dec kit: Making Memories, SEI, Narratives patterned paper; buttons. Other: Making Memories and American Crafts letter stickers; October Afternoon word sticker; American Crafts pen.



Two Peas in a Bucket Classes: Celebrate the Seasons - February 2009, these classes look like a lot of fun! You should definitely check them all out. All the classes are in their Education section. This class was to create a February themed layout. A sketch was provided, which I used and made into a one-pager.

From Color Combo #109 by Amanda McCain coconut strawberry creme raspberry swirl black licorice

Patterned paper: Rusty Pickle, Making Memories, American Crafts, KI Memories, Scenic Route; Other: Chatterbox chipboard letters, Making Memories journal page, Doodlebug frills, K&Co paper ribbon, American Crafts pen.



And finally, I can show it!!! MY FIRST PUBLICATION!!! I was lucky enough to have my layout included in Scrapbook Trends' Go Digital Idea Book. I cannot tell you how excited I was when I finally saw it! And the look on Rianna's face when I showed it to her? Priceless.





my layout on page 111



As always, thanks for stopping by!! Hope you are enjoying the music!

Have a super wonderful day!
~janet COMMENTS:
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They're Here!!!

The newest additions to our creative team at Color Combos Galore! These girls are amazing and I am thrilled to have them!

Nikala O Brien
Belinda Venables
Delphine Paslin

Visit the color challenge blog for more!


And the winner for the October Afternoon Hometown RAK is......

Arlene said...
ok...one last guess and I will leave you alone. Belinda Venables? Mel Nunn?

September 10, 2008 11:11 PM

Congrats Arlene! Please send me your address! COMMENTS:
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Trying to keep up .........

Crazy. Hectic. Too much happening at once.

I can't believe it has been a month since I updated here. Sometimes I feel I have to give myself a shake and say, snap out of it and get with it! I need a battery recharge or something. Between work, home, errands, the kids, work on the color combo blog, creative team work, Two Peas in a Bucket, friends' blogs, page calls, there something that gets neglected for a while. (Ha, ha. Except my kids of course!) I need to organize my time or something. How does everyone else fit it all in every day? Gosh, I really have to hand it to you. Those who have all this on their plates AND MORE!! Want to give me some pointers? :)

Well, exciting things have happened in the past month, really exciting, and you'd figure I would be here first to shout it out, but I haven't.

But my great news? WHOA!

One of my layouts was picked up by Scrapbook Trends for their new book, Go Digital! Seriously, I am ecstatic over that, it is my FIRST PUB!!!! Yeah I have been on the e-zines a few times, but never been pubbed in a magazine or idea book and I am just over the moon! Can't wait!!

I was asked by Two Peas in a Bucket for their July Pea Profile. I was one of three, the others were Davinie Fiero and Emily Pitts.

I won this month's Designing With 2008 Calendar contest at Two Peas!

Three things, but I am really happy about all of it! It's been a good month! So, starting with the most recent, here are some new pages I did:


Valerie Salmon's Got Sketch
I love getting Valerie's sketches in my inbox! They really are so fun and it's truly an honor to be on her team.
Here is my take on #67:



Two Peas' July Pea Profile
Two Peas is so FUN and GREAT! They asked me to create some projects for them with products they were going to send me. I said, GREAT! and YES!! They sent me KI Softies and Maya Road journaling sheers. Here are the projects I created with them, see the little flowers? I added Maya Road little chipboard frames, rub-on stitches and used the KI photo corners they sent me as well for the petals:


and a card:



Color Combos Galore
I haven't done the last two combos, but I will this week! We had two CK Hall of Famers back to back. For Combo #82, we had the wonderful Lea Lawson! She wanted red and aqua, and I made up this delicious combo!

persimmon - swimming pool - passionate pink - green tea

my page:


And for Combo #83, we had Karen Wilson-Bonnar! Her choices were red and orange and this is the combo she chose:

orange fire - granny smith - custard - mango

my page, also using Pencil Lines Sketch #96:



Sketch This!
Here are two that I did for the Sketch This! blog. Janelle's been cranking some really fun sketches!

#60, the winning layout for the Designing With Calendar contest at Two Peas! I LOVE this layout! Love the Elsie sports paper!


#61, I flipped this one on it's side:



An Oldie but Goodie...
I made this one a while back, I had made this page one night and had mind to post it the next morning at Two Peas. Then I saw a call for multi-photo layouts on the e-zine magazine, Scrapbook News & Review. So I submitted a bunch I had in my gallery and threw in this one. The next morning, after posting this layout to my Two Peas gallery, I saw the email requesting it. WOW, well I had to take it down right away.
So here is the page, using Anilu Magloire's Pencil Lines Sketch #70. the 24 means minutes, not seconds, oops!:



Well, thanks for the super long post!!! Hope you have a super great day!
~janet COMMENTS:
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The BIG news!

I am just THRILLED!

Pencil Lines has chosen my layout from the Readers Gallery for their April favorite!!!!!!!!

THRILLED, I tell you! This is the layout they chose:




I absolutely LOVE that layout, it was a great sketch to work with. Thanks so much! That made my day! COMMENTS:
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I am a Grand-Aunt again!!!!

My darling niece had another baby!!! Her second, a baby girl born on Friday, April 18 at 8:35pm.

And her name is Mikaela Grace. Beautiful.

So this is the crazy that happened.

We had a baby shower already planned. I made the invitations and it was scheduled for the next day. My niece called me on Thursday asking whether I dressed my children in their own clothes or did they wear the what the hospital provided. I told her I always dressed them with their gown, cap, mitts and booties after their first bath and were wrapped in their own blanket as well. Everything matched. She decided to do that and needed to buy that and bottles. She didn't know what she was having or that there was a party planned for her in two days. So I told her to hold off, we would go together the following week. Then we started talking about water breaking and that I never experienced that moment of puddle or leakage. It was always popped for me. She said she hadn't either but would never want her water to break in public and I should be grateful mine never did.

So what happened?

For medical reasons, she was scheduled for a C-section on the 30th.

Well her water broke in her office in the afternoon in NYC.

They had no car.

They borrowed one from a friend, drove from the city to Long Island and admitted her.

She arrived 9cm dilated.

Her husband had a 'Ricky' moment and left the keys in the car.

She pushed for over an hour.

And brought Mikaela Grace into the world.



We still partied the next day, mostly on speaker phone! COMMENTS:
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Sketch This! DT !!!

So Janelle Richmond decided to combine her Sketch This! layouts and Sketch This! Cards sites. She had a new Design Team call and sent out this sketch to the applicants, team members had to reapply as well.


So this is what I created for the call and was THRILLED when she asked me to stay on the team! YAY! HUGS, Janelle! mwah!

Patterned paper: Scenic Route, BoBunny, KI Memories; Lettering: Jenni Bowlin, Collage Press, K&Co; Journal die-cut: Scenic Route; Sticker trim: KI Memories; Chipboard flowers: American Crafts COMMENTS:
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They loved it! Scrapjacked, OLW and HMITM

So I created this layout for OLW (BEST) and Scrapjacked! (LAURA KURZ). I have played OLW before but not Scrapjacked! and it was fun to play! I was super happy that my layout was chosen as a FAVE for both sites! YAY! I was so happy and honored! COOL!

Patterned paper: Pink Paislee; Lettering: Imagination Project (chipboard); American Crafts (rub-ons); Die-cuts: Making Memories; Chipboard heart: Heidi Swapp; Stamp: Technique Tuesday; Pen: American Crafts Slick Writer

Another layout that caught someone's attention this week was this one for How Much Is Too Much #75. Paula's challenge was 5 for 5: 5 patterned papers, 5 stamps, 5 brads/eyelets, 5 rub-ons and 5 other embellishments. This was a bit challenging for the stamping, but I did and it won. She sent me a Scenic Route paper pack which I loved! Thank you so much Paula!!!!!

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye, Creative Imaginations; Cardstock: Bazzill Kraft; Brads: Making Memories, Queen&Co; Rub-ons: American Crafts, K&Co; Stamps: Autumn Leaves (flourishes), Art Impressions (dots), Savvy Stamps (flowers on chipboard) ; Letter stickers: American Crafts; Chipboard circle: Maya Road; Button: Foof-a-la; Tab sticker: Creative Imaginations; Paper ribbon: K&Co COMMENTS:
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Woo-hoo!!!!

I am so excited to tell you that Scrapbooker Online has chosen my Color Combos Galore challenge blog for their challenge this month! YAY!! That is so cool! I have been working on these challenges for so long and love it dearly. My main goal was to open up a world of color for you and experiment new colors. There are so many ways to creatively work the combo into your layout. It's easier than you think! And when you use it right, you get something pretty amazing! So I am pretty happy I have inspired so many of you. So when Carolyn Lontin asked me, I have to tell ya, I was pretty thrilled. Well they chose their favorites from the archives and are starting with Combo #61 for their first week and will post a new one every Monday in April. Check it out and hope you play along with them! And go over to the blog and try this week's colors!

Week #1:

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper: Fancy Pants, October Afternoon; Lettering: American Crafts (chipboard), K&CO (tiny letters); Journaling sheet: Making Memories; Arrow die-cut: October Afternoon; Buttons: Foof-a-la

Week #2:

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper: Imagination Project (background); Basic Grey (circles); Phrase sticker: Scenic Route; Journaling die-cut: Scenic Route; Large brad: Creative Imaginations; Tree eyelet: Treasured Memories

Week #3

SUPPLIES: Patterned paper: SEI, October Afternoon, Basic Grey, 7 Gypsies; Lettering: American Crafts, Scrapworks, Mustard Moon; Phrase sticker: 7 Gypsies; Pebble clip: Making Memories; Flower, heart sticker: Bazzill Basics; Buttons: Foof-a-La; Rub-ons: Die Cuts With a View; Tag template: Deluxe Cuts; Other:Chalk COMMENTS:
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I WON!!

I got the email just before dinner from Karen at Creative Therapy.


I won the first catalyst for my Gone layout (see my original blog post HERE). It totally made my day!!! How cute is that picture? It's such a cool challenge, go play if you haven't already!

This is the winning layout:

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