More "GREEN" projects.....

So, if you've been by the WorldWin Papers blog this month, you know that we have been focusing on "Green" projects. Because as you probably know, at CHA in Feb. we made the BIG announcement that....
WorldWin Papers is a "GREEN" company.


Check this out....
Ok, so I thought that I needed a sign for the recycling bins in
our home! So, I broke out the Crafty Board and the "green" papers and got busy with my craft knife!
Trust me, that symbol looks simple, but in reality
it's much difficult than it looks to make.

(and, of course, the hanger is a recycled Walmart sack!!) :)


So, while I had the green out...I started playing with these green papers and some punches that I had out. Before I knew it, I had started layering and layering. Then, I added the Stickles.
Now, the color I chose was Lime, but I was not too happy with the large amount of gold which was in it when it dried. So, I also added some Eucalyptus Stickles, which was much better. The bottom photo is to show you the dimension and layers in this card. And I broke out the QuicKutz Squeeze to add the "Hi." I just love the QK Vixen font. It's so fun!

BIG NEWS to report!

When I returned home from Portland, I was met with some of the most exciting news! It seems that my WorldWin Papers Design Team has been asked to be
the new Design Team for:

Apparently, the owner of The Paper Mill Store.com , Brian Cowie, has been following the work of the 2008 WorldWin Design Team and he has liked what he has seen. So, he asked us to join forces with his company as his design team.
It's really an exciting opportunity!

The Paper Mill Store.com carries paper from 17 different paper mills, one of them being WorldWin Papers. And apparently, The Paper Mill Store.com website had over 1 million hits last month!! This is a BIG DEAL!!!!!

So, without further adieu, here is our
The Paper Mill Store.com Design Team page.

How exciting is that?!?!?!

But, I think the coolest thing about this company is it's commitment to protecting our environment. You can learn more about this here.

Heh....heh...heh....lookie what I found this morning:

It's my day at Scrapbooks 'n Stickers!!!!

(copied from the Scrapbooks 'n Stickers blog: )

January 28, 2008

And Our Next Member

For the next one (and these are not in any particular order), I am proud to introduce to you a very talented girl who I had the pleasure of meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Creating Keepsakes Convention. She had e-mailed wanting to help us in our booth and not only did we have a ball of fire kicking in the booth, but I also made a great new friend. Introducing to you Roxann Walker.

Roxann lives in Kansas with her husband and four children. She is going to do some traveling with us this year, so look for her at a few shows doing make & takes or keeping the booth exciting & happy! This is a photo of a booth display that Roxann made with Fancy Pants' Holly Jolly papers. We have all of the girls making display signs for the paper lines we are carrying and are going to have you vote on the best one throughout the year!! I love hers - all that ribbon is just yummy!

Aww.....that's so nice!! Wasn't expecting that on a Monday...so the week's off to a great start!!!! And Kim!!! You rock!! See ya in a few weeks!!!!!! :)

Some Scrappy Goodness to start the week....

These are my January projects for my Scrapbooks 'n Stickers Design Team (aka the SNS Entourage!) This LO is done for an example of what you could do with a kit we are giving out at one of the crops. So, Kim sent me one of the kits...papers and embellies and wanted us to do a 12x12 2pg LO and a card w/ the scraps. It's Imagination Project Center City Designs - Murray Hill. You can see it here. And based on my love of pink and black together, you know I love these papers.

I tried to use only what was in the kit. Although, I did add the small piece of pink cardstock (Bazzill) and the Making Memories rub-on letters. Everything else was in the kit. And I am really having a hard time keeping myself from breaking out the Stickles for the centers of these flowers! (and I may still end up doing it!!) But, again, I was trying to stick with the basics that were in the kit.


So, here's what I came up with:A 2-page spread and it includes 4-4x6 photos and 2- 3x5 photos of
the CUTEST BABY GIRL.....EVAH!!!!!!


Close up- left side.
Close up - right side. Lots of hand-cutting on this LO. Time consuming, but so worth it!!! And, it makes use of busy (but beautiful) patterned paper, which can so easily overpower the photos when used in full-sheets.

And here's the card I made with the scraps from the kit. (fyi...I still plenty of other scraps to use on other projects, as well.) I just love that Junkitz Twillz with the eyelets in it! You can just tie ribbons in it and it makes the cutest borders, don't ya think?!


And I broke out my favorite white Signo Uni-ball pen from Stampin' Up! for my doodling and writing on this card. Man I love those pens!!!! Yummy!! (if you need one....contact Sherry...SU! demonstrator extraordinaire...and you can order one!) After hand-cutting this flower, I also used the American Crafts Glitter Gels for outlining of the papers and the flower accents (center and around the petals) to add some sparkle to it. Just wanted it to stand out a little more.

And the last project was a booth display plaque for the Fancy Pants lines we carry in the booth! I was assigned the Holly Jolly line! Highlights of what I did were the hand made snowman and all the trimmings.... and the movable "snow." I took a page protector and sewed it to the Fancy Pants paper. Then, I left a small opening, added the snow and continued to sew it shut. Then, I adhered the snow strip to the bottom of the plaque. It adds some great sparkle and interest to the plaque. I really love how it turned out!!!

It's a miracle!!

I can't believe it, but not only did I get this email from my *sweet* design team coordinator, Yvonne.....

Yvonne Busdeker to me

1:29 PM (9 minutes ago)

It was a good mail day - I have the card. How stinking cute!!! Great job.

No stressing now!

y



But, she warranted it important enough to give me a phone call to let me know, too! (with a super sweet message about how much she loved it!)

I'm sending the USPS my therapy bill!! :D


PS....It's been 10 days since I mailed it. Priority. (no, I'm not sure how many times I'm going to point that out!)

post office, update....

Well, it appears they have lost it.

Completely and totally lost it!

I talked to my DT coordinator tonight and it did not show up today.

So, guess what I'm gonna be doing in a day or two.
Yep, re-doing it.

That's ok, though,
BECAUSE IT'S STINKIN' CUTE &
I want people to see it!


Darn post office.

ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! I AM M.A.D. at the post office!!!!!

THIS is how I am feeling right now!!!!

So, guess what happened!?!?

Remember last week when I was bustin' my booty working on my "Secret Assignment" for CHA!?!?!

Well, I mailed it to my Design Team coordinator LAST FRIDAY and mailed it PRIORITY MAIL.

IT'S THURSDAY AND IT's STILL NOT THERE!!!!!!

PRIORITY MAIL is supposed to be 2-3 days delivery, versus as many as 4-5 days for regular First Class Mail. Priority Mail costs more than First Class Mail.

They have given me a false sense of security, allowing me to feel that they make my mail their "Priority." Yea, right. At this point, it's taken 5 days and it's still not been delivered. I am just sick about it. I worked hard on that. Blood, sweat and tears. Seriously. My assignment was hard for me, because I was not in love with the papers I was assigned to use. (turns out after working with them, now I love them!!) But, my point is, completing the assignment was a challenge for me and I rose to the occasion and created something adorable, something I was really proud of. And now, it's lost, I guess. There is no way to know, really.

So now, I am left to be disappointed, disgusted and angry. (and adding more stress to my life, because my design was hand sketched, and hand-cut...meaning it's one of a kind.

What else is there to say?

MAYBE it will show up today.

Thanks for NOTHING, US POSTAL SERVICE!!! :(

FINALLY, some scrappin' I can share with you!!

Are you going to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Houston, TX next week?!
THEN, hop right over to the Scrapbooks 'N Stickers booth and make this
super-cute Make-n-Take!!!!

This design features selected papers/embellishments from the Imagination Project Rawhide Collection. IT IS SUPER-CUTE!!!! This line is perfect for your any "Western" themed photo's. (I'm thinking....pony rides, cowboy boots/hats and those pictures I took of
my son's horsey-themed bedroom!)

The M-n-T will only be $7.00! (or just buy the kit for $7)
Seriously, $7.00 is such a fabulous deal!!! (I thought she was insane when she told me how cheap the M-n-T was going to be! :P Sorry, Kim!) Anyway, the IP accordion album itself retails for $5. (although, Kim...the deal maker she is....will be selling the blank IP accordion albums in the booth for $4!!!) So, for $7.00 you get the nice, sturdy IP accordion album and all the pre-cut papers, embellishments and ribbons, along with the step-by-step directions to complete the album!! What a deal!!!

And if you are dying to get this kit...email Kim here and you guys can work something out!

Without further adieu....here's the project.
When the Fed-Ex guy got here yesterday afternoon...I sat down around 5pm and worked off and on until 1:30am to design it. (I broke for dinner, cleaning of m's eyes and taking l's temperature and general soothing of him.) Busy, busy, busy.


(sorry for washed out pics...but I had to take them indoors and it's cloudy today.....
IRL the colors are more vivid!)


Front of Album:

front detail:

closure:
Junkitz Twillz tied w/ ribbon.
Can be untied to open album or slid off to open the album.

back cover:

detail:

"lucky me"
this is one of the first things I noticed in the "lucky shoes" paper...
...a gentle reminder to be thankful for those we have in our lives!

full view of front side of accordion album:center double-page spread:
...featuring button coasters. So cute!

full view of back side of accordion album:

panel 5: featuring Junkitz Twillz and coordinating ribbons.

detail:

panel 6:
pull-out tags tied w/ twine

panel: 7
Isn't this Junkitz Buckelz awesome?!?
(tied w/ grosgrain - these are so, so fun!)

panel 8:
featuring a circle collage of IP Coaster rings!!
(simple and impressive looking!)

details:

My Design Team *ROCKS*!!!!

So....imagine my surprise when the FedEx guy showed up at my house....
I wasn't expecting any packages......


But, I was filled with pure joy when I read this mailing label!!!!
It was from FISKARS!!! You see.....about a week ago my Design Team Coordinator asked us to make a "wish list" of things we'd like from Fiskars. (they are one of our partner companies)

Well, I didn't want to seem greedy, so I only asked for a new trimmer (mine was recently accidentally broken by kid#2) and some replacement blades. Not this this was anything to sneeze at......a very generous gift. Well, then she wrote me an email asking if that was really all I wanted.... So, I sent a list of 3 more punches that I'd like to have. Well....she said, ask for what you want, but you may or may not get it.

Well, I certainly didn't think I'd get it this soon.....but opening the box was like an early Christmas.....

What was inside???? EVERYTHING I ASKED FOR!!!!


How lucky am I?!?!?!

Check THIS out!!!!!

So....

...go to the WorldWin Papers Blog and check out the totally cool comments my DT boss wrote about my work, then check my work out!!!
Complete supply lists will be available there.


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Here are some clickable pictures of the template and the 3 cards.(this one is actually a purse-size shopping list -- see the paper inside for your gift lists)

Let me know if you "scraplift" any of the designs....
and I'll post your versions on my blog!

It's the INTRODUCE ME DAY

On the WorldWin Papers Blog!!!


So....come check it out and leave a comment there
so I know you were there!!!!!!!


And click on my gallery to see the BIG PROJECT
that has kept me so busy over the past 2 weeks!!!!!!

I love it...and I hope you do, too!

Wanna see something COOL?!!

There it is in all it's glory.......

My box from WorldWin Papers.
I felt so excited when the FedEx guy gave it to me....
...I even forgot to check out if he was hot or not.
(see....I really was excited!!! :)



I barely made it thru the door before I was ripping that sucker open!!!


And behold all the beauty inside........oh yeah, baby!!! Look at all this delicious paper and goodies!!


I mean seriously...check out this huge stack of cardstock, chipboard, vellum and all kinds of specialty papers!!!!! YUMMY!!!! And you can bet I've been playing with all this!!!!!