Lil Scrappin Mama

TGIF!!!!

2009-12-04T06:57:00.000-08:00

Hello to all our loyal followers!!! Even though the club has been put on hold, we still wanted to stay in touch.....Hope everyone is getting ready for the Holidays coming up and getting plenty of rest too!!!

We wanted to let you all know there are still October and November kits available for purchase....just post your request and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.....these are awesome kits and our DT did some really neat things with Novembers...

Have a great weekend!!!

BREAKING NEWS RE: LIL SCRAPPIN MAMA

2009-11-30T14:32:00.000-08:00

I am afraid that I have distressing news...It is with great regret that due to a recent tragedy in Krisitie's family the Lil Scrappin Mama kit club has been put on hold indefinitely. By request and for the privacy of the family, I am not at liberty to disclose what has happened.

We appreciate everyone's interest in the club and hope to be back sometime in the near future...we hope you all will rejoin us upon our return.

Sincerely,
Paula Randolph
Design Team Coordinator
Lil Scrappin Mama

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

2009-11-26T15:31:00.000-08:00

We want to wish all our followers and fellow scrappers a very Happy Thanksgiving Day!!! Hope you all get to spend the day with family and friends.

RECIPE TIME

2009-11-24T05:55:00.000-08:00

Happy Thursday all!! B HERE! haha No, I am not drinking on the job! It's a short week for me and today is my "Thursday"! How about you guys? Are you ready for the holidays?

On Sunday, I tried out a new homemade potato soup. OH. MY. GOSH. It was sooo good! I wanted to share the recipe with you. This would be so good this weekend on one of those lazy, relaxing days.

Baked Potato Soup

4 large baking potatoes

¾ tsp. salt

2/3 cup butter or marg.

½ tsp. pepper

2/3 cup flour

4 green onions, chopped

6 cups milk 12 slices bacon, cooked & crumbled

1 ¼ cups (5 oz) shredded cheddar cheese

1 8-oz. carton sour cream

1 heaping TBS chicken base (bouillon)

Wash potatoes & bake, 400° until done. Let cool. Cut into ½” cubes – leaving skin on. Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute – stirring constantly. Gradually add milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and bubbly. Add potato cubes, salt, pepper, green onions, crumbled bacon, cheddar cheese, and chicken base. Cook until thoroughly heated. Stir in sour cream. Add extra milk if necessary for desired thickness. Garnish with additional bacon and cheese.

And of course a photo of the finished product! :D

Let me know if you give this a go!

Do you have any fave recipes you would like to share? Leave a comment and it may be posted on the blog!

Happy Thanksgiving week all!

WEBSITE IS BACK ONLINE!!

2009-11-23T07:51:00.000-08:00

Just wanting to let everyone know that our website is back up and running....not sure what the problem was..just hope it doesn't happen again!!

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON WEBSITE

2009-11-20T11:48:00.000-08:00

We want our loyal followers to know that our Lil Scrappin Mama website is down temporarily due to technical difficulties....we hope to be back up real soon.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Kristie and Paula

AND THE WINNER IS..........

2009-11-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

We have our first Blog Challenge winner......Tessa Buys!!

Her winning layout--SISTERS--features a great handmade fabric flower with jewels and stick pins..great job Tessa!! Congratulations!!!

Tessa please email us your mailing information so we can get your kit out to you right away.

We want to thank everyone that submitted layouts for this challenge, it was a very difficult choice in choosing the winner as they were all winners in our book!! Great work ladies and we hope to see more of it in future challenges.

TU-TU-TUTORIAL!

2009-11-14T05:24:00.000-08:00

Hello my beautiful scrapbookers!! B here to show you a very easy and fun mini album I made from the November kit.

**Click on any of the photos below to view them larger**

Let's show the mini album first, shall we?

I loved this kit soooooo much!! Look at all the yummy papers and flowers! I used one of Bella Blvd star stickers to put in the big button that came in the kit.

You can see how the colors and the embellishments would be perfect for scrapping your kiddos, especially boys...but, I think I have shown how versatile it really can be! This is a bunch of us girls having fun at a scrapbook convention in TN during this summer.

Did some painting on the left side.

I added sewed two of the felt flowers together and added one of the bingo numbers as its center.

The black polka ribbon is the only thing I used not in the kit. It was just a strip left over from Halloween that I wanted to use up.

Yes, that is my friend and I pretending to sniff our cement glue. Only, I accidently did it...not fun! Why do people sniff glue? lol

These two pages (the center) are my favorite!

Journaling: Friends don't leave friends alone with their thickers. Oh yeah, another one of our friends went outside for a while. We violated her thickers! haha

All I did for this easy misting technique was flip some of my Bella Blvd stickers (journaling spots) over. (place a small piece of adhesive on the fronts to hold down the stickers) and spray the backside of them. Then, you can still use them.

Then, I used a black Glaze pen and a white Souffle pen to messily outline the misting!

On the right page, I laid out all my little chipboard letters and misted over them. Not only did it make a fun misted page, but it put color on my letters. :D Two birds, one stone, people.

I am waiting on just a few more photos from Snapfish to finish up the last couple of pages.

Here's how I did it.

1 Cut your kit paper down to 6x12" strips. (I had a total of 4 strips or 8 pages in my album, but you will need a couple of extra solid, colored cardstock to cover the white backs of some of the printed paper)

look at all that yummy printed paper!

2. tape together any sides that have a back white to another patterned paper or (how I have done) to colored cardstock.

3. optional:distress your edges

4. Fold each strip and using a bone folder (lost mine, but have a new one ordered and on the way!) to create hard creases in your folds. I used the wooden end of my sponge brush.

5. Put all your pages together in the order you want them. After I figured out what page I wanted as the cover and back. I cut about 1-1.5" more off, long ways. See how the second page is now peeping out. (*make sure to center the more narrow cover, so there is a strip of second page showing along the top and bottom) Make two hole punches along the crease

6. Insert some rings and you are ready to start adding all the fun stuff and photos!

Here is how I created that glittery crepe flower on the cover!

**Crepe Flower Tutorial**
1. You will only need about 14" of the crepe paper that comes in the kit.
2. Apply glue/glitter along one edge and let dry fully.

3. Sew a running stitch all the way down the other, non-glittered edge.
4. Pull both ends of the strings together, gathering up your crepe into a flower!

Now, put your needle up!!!!! (yes, from experience: foot + needle = pain!)

I hope you guys have enjoyed this, I know I sure have! If you try any of the above, please link us up...we would love to see your creations!

Happy Creating!

OUR FIRST FRIDAY CHALLENGE...11/13/2009

2009-11-12T06:08:00.000-08:00

Introducing our first Friday challenge and we hope that you all will play along with us and have a chance to win our new November Main Kit....here's what you have to do to participate:

1. Make a layout based on the above sketch.
2. The layout must have at least one embellishment that you have created yourself.
3. Email your layout to kristie@lilscrappinmama.com to be judged...we will post our favorites and the winner will be announced next week.

4. Deadline for submissions is next Tuesday, November 17th, midnight CST.
We know there are alot of talented scrappers out there, so we look forward to seeing what you all do with the sketch and what neat embellishments you come up with.

2009-11-09T06:41:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Have you visited the new Design Team Gallery? I picked out a few of my favorites to show you today...

Jennifer Ingle (AKA Jingle)

Heather Bares

Kristie Soice

Diana Fisher

2009-11-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

Our Design Team girls have some great creations in the works!! Since we picked our Design Team so close to the 1st of November we wanted to give them time to work with this month's kit. Next week we will be showcasing their work here on the blog and in our DT Gallery!!!

2009-11-02T16:52:00.000-08:00

The grand opening of our mini store was a complete success and since many of our one of a kind mini kits sold out I will be adding quite a few more. I adore vintage items and enjoy sharing these things with you!

2009-11-02T08:51:00.000-08:00

I have lots of updates for everyone beginning with the opening of our new store, which opened last night at midnight!!! It's not your typical scrapbook website store we have filled it with unique scrap and embellishment packs, some for only a $1.00!!! Most of these items are in very limited quantities and some items are one of a kind. Stop by our new store to see of the neat things in it!!!

We are going to begin posting biweekly blog challenges this month!!! They will be posted on Fridays and are open to everyone. The challenges will vary from scrapbook layouts to altered objects. All those who wish to participate are eligible to win an awesome prize!!! We will announce our winner the following Thursday. Our first challenge will be posted Friday, November 13th!!!

We had a great response to the November kit reveal and want to thank everyone again for posting such nice comments about our new kit!!! And now for the winner of our Scrap Pack...

Congratulations...Dana Tatar

Please email me at kristie@lilscrappinmama.com with your shipping information, thanks!!!

2009-11-01T13:31:00.000-08:00

THANK YOU to everyone who commented on the reveal of November's kit!! We will be annoucing the winner of the scrap pack here on Monday morning at 10:00 am PST!!!

2009-10-31T10:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween everyone!! Are all of you ready for a sneeky peeky??!!! November's kit is packed with a ton of bright colored goodies for you!! Are you ready to get creative? I know I couldn't wait to get my hands on all of those embellies!!! Don't forget to leave a comment you could win a fabulous scrap pack!!

November Sneek Peek...

Scrap Pack Prize...

SNEEK PEEK PARTY.....

2009-10-27T11:32:00.001-07:00

We will be having a Sneek Peek of our November kit on October 31, 2009....don't miss out on the intro of this new kit, it is a keeper!!!! And there will be a cool prize give away....so be sure to leave a comment to be eligible!!! Also be watching our website for some unique creations by our new Design Team---they are all awesome artists---and will be using the new November kit.

OUR NEW DESIGN TEAM......

2009-10-23T09:11:00.000-07:00

It's here...the moment everyone has been waiting for!! This was a very difficult decision for us as we received applications from alot of very talented ladies, and now we have picked our new Design Team.

Without further ado here is Lil Scrappin Mama's first Design Team:

Heather Bares

Diana Fisher

Jennifer Ingle (AKA Jingle)

Beth Perry

Tracey Taylor

2009-10-20T12:50:00.001-07:00

Wow I cannot believe the deadline is here already for the DT, remember if you are planning to submit your stuff please do so by tonight at 12:00am PST.

2009-10-19T20:42:00.000-07:00

I have had emails stating that users are having trouble uploading pictures into the member gallery. In order to upload pictures you must first have a registered account and verified email address, meaning that you sign up here on the site and an email is sent to you with a link to access your account the first time. When you want to upload (the download button does not upload pictures) your pictures you must first select a category to upload to (the only category currently available is Scrapbook Layouts) and click go, then an upload button should appear and you may then select your photos and begin uploading.

I hope this post helps everyone who wants to upload photos onto our site! If anyone has anymore questions please email me and I will help you get your photos loaded.

2009-10-18T20:19:00.000-07:00

I am very excited to annouce that we will be adding a store to our website!! This page is currently under construction and we hope to have it up and running by Mid. November. I will make an official announce when it is up and running!!

2009-10-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

We are sponsoring Sketch Thursdays second chance challenge this weekend!! Visit their blog to find out how you could win our October kit!

Sketchy Thursdays DT did a wonderful job creating with our October kits...Thank you ladies!!

Diana Fisher

Tessa Buys

Heidi Myers

2009-10-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's thurdsay already this week is flying by for me! Today I have some more beautiful creations from the girls of the Sketchy Thursdays DT and a subscriber of ours, Angie Gutshall, sent me some of her adorable projects too!!

Diana Fisher

Jennifer Cupp

Angie Gutshall

2009-10-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

We have some big news--mark your calendars--we have teamed up with Sketchy Thursdays and we will be sponsoring a weekend challenge in October! Head on over to their blog and find out how you could take part in the challenge and win our October's kit!

We challenged Sketchy Thursdays DT to create fabulous designs with our October kit:

Diana Fisher

Jennifer Cupp

Latest News

2009-10-09T16:46:00.000-07:00

The Design Team call out is getting great response and we have been receiving quite a few applications from some very talented scrappers...remember the deadline is midnight October 20, 2009, so don't delay apply now.

Our October kits are selling quickly so if you want to order one, better hurry before they are all gone..also a reminder that we still have a few of the September kits available and our Halloween mini kits. Don't wait or you'll miss out on some really cute stuff.

We are currently working on the kits that will come out November 1st...we are excited to see all the interest in our kit club and look forward to introducing more fabulous products in the future.

Only 15 more days ........

2009-10-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

Yes that's right, only 15 more days are left to sign up for our new Design Team...the call out will end at midnight October 20th, so don't wait get your submissions in today.

Well, fall is officially here and the new October kit has some awesome fall inspired embellishments and beautiful papers for all those wonderful layouts you'll want to do. They are going fast so don't miss out, order now...and don't forget the add ons too. Oh, and , when you've finished your pages, please share them in our member's gallery..we look forward to seeing everyone's creations and ideas.

2009-10-02T09:45:00.000-07:00

The design team has been cooking up some really neat things, be sure to stop by the gallery today. It's October 2nd and I know everyone is waiting to see who won the fall mini kit...and the winner is...Jennifer!!!!! Jennifer please email me with your full name and address and you will recieve your kit!! Have a great day everyone!!

2009-09-30T20:33:00.000-07:00

Our website is getting what I call a facelift!! As many of you may have noticed on some pages the navigation bar is different. Tomorrow with the change of our new kit we will be formatting our navigation bar in an easier to read style!! Thanks for your patience during our changes!!

October's Sneeky Peekies

2009-09-30T15:35:00.000-07:00

It's beginning to feel a lot like fall...well not here in Arizona...but I know in other places it is starting to cool off. I am so excited to show you our October sneek peekies. This month's kit is jam packed with fun fall goodies!!! I couldn't wait to play with those Prima felties, they are so neat and have endless possibilities...don't forget to leave a comment for a chance win the mini kit!!

2009-09-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

Hey Ladies, October is coming soon...on the 30th of September we will be posting sneak peeks of October's kit!! Visit our blog between 5pm-8pm pst. and leave a comment and you could win a rockin' Fall mini kit! Winners will be announced on our blog October 2nd.

DESIGN TEAM CALL OUT

2009-09-25T11:53:00.000-07:00

Do you love to scrapbook? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are currently taking applications for a new design team from today through 12:00 a.m. October 20, 2009.

Here's how to apply to be one of our designers:

Submit the following to our email address: kristie@lilscrappinmama.com:

A) Pictures of 3 projects you created -- layouts, cards, and altered items

B) A brief paragraph about yourself and why you want to be part of the Lil Scrappin Mama design team

C) A link to any online galleries, blogs, etc. that displays more of your work--we want to see it.

D) List of any current or previous design team experience (Note: previous experience is not required)

E) Your contact information. Please include name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.

Requirements of Designers:

1.) Be able to commit for 6 months and contribute at least 3 projects a month using supplies provided---layouts, cards, and altered items.

2.) Be willing to promote Lil Scrappin Mama kits on your blog and other places on the web.

3.) Have a great LOVE for scrapbooking.

As a Design Team memeber you will receive:

1.) A free monthly kit and add-on kit

2.) A 20% discount on all other purchases from our site

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON!!!

Halloween Mini Kit Layouts

2009-09-21T18:13:00.000-07:00

These are some layouts made using our Halloween Mini Kit!!

Bazzill Giveaway

2009-09-20T15:17:00.000-07:00

As a celebration of our first month's kit we will be giving away 25 sheets of assorted colors of Bazzill cardstock with your first purchase of any of our kits.

Halloween Mini Kits

2009-09-20T10:42:00.000-07:00

Our Halloween Mini Kits have arrived!! This kit features paper's and embellishments from Pink Paislee's Twilight line.

Design Team

2009-09-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

Next month Lil Scrappin Mama will be choosing a design team to create amazing layouts and altered art pieces. Details of how you can be a part of our design team will be posted next week on our blog. Check back soon!!

Inspirational Layouts

2009-09-19T11:11:00.000-07:00

We are working hard to give you good inspirational layouts for this month's kit!! Here are a few to spark your creativity. More layouts will be in the gallery soon so check back often!!

WELCOME!!!

2009-09-18T13:58:00.001-07:00

WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO FINALLY LAUNCH OUR FIRST KIT "SECRET BUTTERFLY GARDEN". WE HAVE FILLED THIS KIT WITH ALOT OF "VINTAGE" LOOKING PAPERS AND EMBELLISHMENTS SO YOU,OUR CUSTOMERS, CAN CREATE BEAUTIFUL AND MEMORABLE PAGES. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE ADD-ON KIT ALSO, AS IT COMES WITH EVEN MORE PAPERS AND SOME REALLY NEAT EMBELLISHMENTS--ONE WE EVEN HANDMADE OURSELVES.

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