Olympic Madness

I'm really excited that the Olympics are starting. I have fond memories of two Olympics ago when my daughter was a baby. I had it on 24/7 and enjoyed every minute. I even have some video of DD with the Olympics on the television behind her.

So to celebrate, I'm going to join an Olympic Challenge over at Digital Scrapbook Memories. Here is my portion of the torch relay :). I can't wait until the challenges are announced!

We have a winner!

DD & I went to the library for the Summer Reading Program party. She won the photography contest! I'm so proud :). Here's a picture of her with her winning picture and prize.



And here's her winning entry:

Oh Wow!

Graphic 45 was awarded "Best in Show" at CHA 2008-Summer! Here's the text from the Graphic 45 Blog and a picture of the award winning booth. I'm so proud to have been a very small part of this!

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Graphic 45 – the best of the best!
We were thrilled to be awarded "Best in Show" at Summer CHA!!!!!

The Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) celebrated the best of the best in original product design and creative communication tactics at competitions held June 18-20 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. Judged by CHA Staff, consultants and members of the press, exhibiting companies were recognized for their outstanding efforts during special show awards presentation ceremonies.

"At CHA, we're continually encouraging our members to use their creativity and talents to enhance the industry and develop new initiatives," explained CHA CEO Steve Berger. "The quality and skill demonstrated by the innovative new products, incredibly designed and professionally staffed booths, and creative press materials submitted by our members helps set a high standard that motivates and spurs the industry toward excellence."

Special thanks to our incredible design team we appreciate your creativity and all the time and effort displaying in your amazing projects!
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SBE Ultimate Summer Challenge

I'm in a simple mood this week. The challenge was to interview a family member and use the answers on a layout. So here's my favorite subject answering questions about her favorites. Thanks for stopping by for a look!



Credits: Background patterned paper: Pillowgirl; Green Patterned Paper: Shabby Princess; Ribbon: TaniaJPS Designs ; Sparkle Flower Circle: Trish H. Designs; Red Tag: Jen Reed; Green Gingham Bow: Traci Sims; Flower background behind title: Shalae Tippetts; Stitches: Gunhild Storeide.

Weeds and Wildflowers

Just playing around some more. Thanks for stopping by!



Title: Sweet Summer SwimSize: 12 x 12
Supplies:Computer software: Photoshop Elements 5; Photo corner: me with WW pp; Rhonna Farrer's Roughed up kit border setting on overlay; Ribbons: Jessica Sprague & Shauna Burke-Smith; Flowers, Cardstock & Patterned Papers: Weeds & Wildflowers; Font: Century Gothic & Courtney Dorkling; Sketch: Becky Fleck.

Just for fun :).

I was just playing around with some of the free stuff I've downloaded from the internet lately. Downloading cool stuff seems to come in waves. This was a lot of fun to put together. Thanks for stopping by!



Credits: Digital template: Kristin Aagard; Patriotic quote: Scrapnfonts.com; Blue Glitter spray: Michelle Coleman; USA Digital Patterned Paper: Sande Krieger; Yellow Digital Patterned Paper: Franziska Altmann; Chipboard Action: Atomic Cupcake; Red Dots Digital Patterned Paper: Sande Krieger; Striped Digital Patterned Paper: Sande Krieger; Blue Dots Digital Patterned Paper: LorieM Designs; Blue Digital Patterned Paper & Typewriter Keys Alpha: Michelle Coleman; "The:" Shabby Princess; Glitter swirls: Kim Broedelet; Glitter circles: Trish H. Designs

Out in left field.

Seriously. Here's my entry for the SBE contest this week. Looking at the rest of the entries, I'm not sure what I was thinking, LOL! I used the sketch as inspiration. This is definitely not a literal translation of it. At all!

You can go here and see all the entries. Should be an interesting week :).

My hopes were well-founded!

This is my entry for the SBE Ultimate Summer Contest - Week 4. Photo-tastic. The challenge was to use 8 or more pictures on a layout. Mine has 15 :).





Remember to click them to make them a little larger. I really love the way this turned out! Thanks for stopping by :).

ETA: Yes! I am in the top 10!!! There were over 100 entries this week. Wow. Here's a link to vote if you feel so inclined :).

SBE Ultimate Summer Contest Vote for Week 4

Credits:
Viewer: Adriana Lunette Designs. I simply added my pictures of my daughter with the characters at Disney, flattened it and printed. I cut it out and adhered it to my layout.
Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill & Wausau; Digital Patterned Paper: Pillowgirl, Dahlia Co Designs, & Miss Vivi; Fonts: Bloodgutter & Century Schoolbook; Mickey head created with three circles and the bevel filter in PSE5; Mickey Eyelets: Unknown .

Better Photo

Just a quick note to let you know I've de-activated my Better Photo Gallery. I'm looking into a different option for displaying my photos on the web. If anyone has any ideas, please leave me a note :). I think I'll look into Flickr.

Three weeks in a row!

They liked my fishy page over at SBE :). The challenge was to alter an embellishment. I took a chipboard leaf element and made my three fish from it. It was a lot of fun. Although I'll admit it took a while for the glitter glue to dry. Here's a link. Vote if you feel so inclined :). SBE Ultimate Summer Challenge Week 3 Voting.



Credits: Patterned Paper: Autumn Leaves, Scenic Route, MME; Chipboard Letters: BasicGrey; Paint: Ranger Dabber (orange); Swirl Stamp: Stampabilities; Light Blue Gems: Swarovski; Dark Blue Gems: Unknown; Letter Stamps: PSX; Glitter Glue: Ranger; Fluid Chalk: Colorbox; Cardstock: Wausau; Pen: Sharpie (black); Brads: HOTP; Chipboard Leaves: Cherry Arte; Distress Ink: Ranger; Vintage Ribbon: Unknown; Other Ribbon: Offray.

Summer Days Drifting Away

And this weekend we'll have a chance to enjoy long summer nights and fireworks. Should be lots and lots of fun!

Here's a digital page I did to commemorate the passing of the summer so far. You should be able to click on it to make it a little bigger.

Thanks for stopping by!



Credits: "Drifting" alpha by Seebee; "away" by Shabby Princess; Papers and Flowers by Weeds and Wildflower Designs; Font is Century Schoolbook.