Welcome to the Party...November RAK's

*Box designed by Sandee Allen of Tn.*

Well, there is so much to report, and I have had so much on my plate and with life's curve balls, I haven't been the best blogger. So I am starting fresh, today with some fun news, and of course this months RAK's yes I said it, RAK's plural.

So let's get started!!!

First off, did I mention that I am celebrating my birthday this month??? Yup, the #30 is right around the corner and rather than to run from it, I am embracing it and choosing to CELEBRATE! So of course all of my loyal buds will reap the benefits. So because I love November so much, I have decided to celebrate ALL MONTH LONG with various tips, techniques, challenges and of course, GIVEAWAYS! ( I feel like a scrap Oprah!)

RAK #1:

Support Your LSS!

Yup we are doing this again this month, because we really need to stick by the retailers and keep their stores hoppin'. Especially here in Southern California where the real estate is outrageous (even with the market drops, retailers are still hit hard with paying for their facility). So the terms are the same as last month.

• Subscribe to my blog via feedblitz or blogger follower
• Make a purchase at your LSS (this includes independent owned stores, non-chain)
• email me the receipt dated any time in November 2008.
• I will randomly choose a winner.

So let's do our part, even if it is just a tiny purchase, it still counts!

RAK #2

Refer a friend

I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the fun friends I have made through my subscribers list. At first I was unsure about having one, being that I really didn't want to be intrusive on peoples visits to the blog, but as I have made friends and started to post RAK's and stuff, I couldn't imagine an easier way to tell all of my friends. So this RAK is simple, link back to my site from your site and I will track back and randomly pic a winner from all of those who I receive any traffic from. Also if you don't have a site, just tell your buds about what we are doing here this month and if they email me and let me know that you referred them I will add you to the drawing. There are no minimums with this drawing, so the more traffic you send here to the blog party, the more chances you have to win. I will randomly pic a winner on December 1st out of the list of people who participated.

RAK #3

Post-a-holic

This is open to EVERYONE, even non subscribers! With this RAK I really just wanted to have fun and keep the party going ALL MONTH LONG! This is simple.

Just Post.

That's it! I will randomly choose a winner from those who post. so the more you post the better your chances are to win!

On top of the RAK's I will be doing random RAK's through out the month, doing 3 new tutorial videos:

• Aged Copper Chipboard
• Basket Weaving Photo Tape
• Prima Build a Book tips, (working with acrylic)
• and anything else I have up my sleeve!

So keep up with the fun this month. Subscribe to get email alerts of when I post stuff. The prizes will be from my stash and can be just about ANYTHING!

We are going to PARTY this Month!

XOXO ~Liz

thank you to Sandee for sending me a pic of her gorgeous box!

Pics from CHA post one~

Ok, I was able to take some pics of our booth at CHA but not a whole lot, I was inteh hybrid booth so I only popped into the main booth here and there. Here are the new build a book items that I took pics of, I will try and post other pics daily of the rest of the items. But of course, you can always check out the Prima blog for pics too!

New Build a Book items

Window books, chipboard with a transparent film window

transparent colored album pages: available in red and black
New 6x12 with inverted cut out tab down the right side and new pages
My "US" album using the new ornate frame build a book page

So keep peeking each day as I upload the rest of my CHA pics!

Who ME????

Guess who is the featured designer over at Fire and Ice?


It's ME!

Yup. little ol' me and I had to type it up myself! The girls asked if I could do it a few weeks ago, and I had been working on two projects for some stores, and well who am I to pass up a couple of minutes in the the hot spot? Read all about it here!

I LOVE this album, it came out great considering I just finished it in the nick of time!


thanks for all the rooting you do for me!

I don't have a whole lot of friends around that have time to scrap, so it is nice to have you all to turn to!

~Liz

Up to something....

As always, I am up to something, usually family stuff but this time I have a little scrappy news to share too!


First off, how do you like my tunes? Yes once again, I decided to beautify my blog, but this time with my most favorite thing in the world...music. I absolutely LOVE music, it was my life before I had my kids and found scrapbooking. I have been singing since I was in grade school, and my high school had the most AMAZING choir department. I know this now as I have been in various other groups and have realized just what a blessing my music education has been.


Most likely you may not make it past the first tune, but the rest are just as wonderful, well to me at least! I started my playlist out with Another Hallelujah by Lincoln Brewster, whom I always assumed was from Hillsong in Australia, but he is actually a states boy, and not just that from Modesto California!!! Well, I love the song and most people will notice it from Shrek, but it actually is a REALLY beautiful worship song, Huh who'd a thought on Shrek? The Next is a song from I think She's having a baby, (one of my favorite 80's movies) although the original sounds a bit different, this was the only one I could find on playlist and well, the words are so pretty and the music just rocks. Third, WORLD by Five for Fighting. I heard this song so many times last year and yet it still brings me to tears. Five for fighting started a charity where everyday people could use this song and add it to their own music video for a cause. Being that I was dealing with Autism with Sawyer last year, I received different links to different peoples videos from many of my friends. I watched them, as much as I could but from there I gained strength, knowing that God had a bigger plan for my boy, and in him I was helping to create the world that I want. I am tearing up just thinking about it.


The rest of the songs are a hodge podge of this and that that reflect what I like and well, what I have to listen to all the time ( hence the veggietales, but who doesn't like the cheeseburger song?) A little folk, a little 80's, a little alternative, jazz, show tunes, worship, and classical, new age, have I missed anything?



Besides that I am up to something on the Fire and Ice blog. Each week I will be posting a new Primadonna that we will be featuring on there. We will be sharing the tricks of the trade and some pretty nifty ideas that we have come up with for these clear albums. This week, straight from Hamburg, Germany is Nathalie Kalbach. A totally cool chick that you can check out here.

Every Wednesday we will be changing the Primadonna so be sure to check out the blog for some cool and fun tricks and techniques.


Thanks for peeking!


~Liz