And for tomorrow
Soy 9 of 20:
What New Outfit?!

8 of 20

SoY Unloved:

CraSh!

And then there was this

7 of 20 SoY Unloved:
Pieces of Her

(memory photo project)

A week off...so very sorry about my slackerishness. So...lots of great things to post for your patience.

So there is of course this:

6 of 20
SoY unloved:
Do Something Amazing!

Friday: 5 of 20:

Don't Hide in the Shadows

Thanks for looking! Just uploaded my Round 3 entries at Croppin' Paradise. nothing like some genuine "made me cry" praise to ease the sting of rejection (smile). And to imagine that I finished way before deadline...like a week early. That's what I get for being clueless lately.

KI album--so very loving it. Just need to let go of the fear of my handwriting and finish that out this week. Whoa now the journaling on that one promises to be intense. Been very free flowing and open and honest lately. I like it lots!

And Thursday:

Soy 4 of 20:

[seen layout]

Shopping? What New Outfit...

For Wednesday:

SOY 3 of 20:

Nap Time

Enjoy!

And, in honor of not hater-ating, I have to post another SOY entry:

Here is 2 of 20 (smile).

Trust: The Gift

They posted the list on CK's site so you should check it out. Lots of really REALLY great folks on that list and I'm honored to have even gotten it together to enter. Been doing a lot of reading, self reflection and the like and finally came to see two things:

1. If you want it like that, you have to do it like that Madame revolutionaryist

2. You are you and only you, be true to hold truth.

I've been email debating with the BF this morning. LOVE this life!

Well...as I'm no SoY...you benefit.

I get to post layouts! I think maybe I'll do one a day.

Starting with my fave:

What are you afraid of: Out There

Materials:

Basic Grey pp, Bazzill Cardstock

Heidi Swapp ghost letters

Fancy Pants & Making Memories chipboard (doddle thingy and hearts)

Hero Arts stamp

Colorbox Liquid chalk

staples

trusty sharpie (brown this time...go figure)

acrylic paint

Think you can read the journaling.

1 down...19 more to go.

Wow...something to post about daily and pics to go with it!

Maybe we'll make it through August yet!

Well...when one door closes, another opens. No SoY...(really...REALLY...truly) but did get that other opportunity. I get to be on the DT for As the World Scraps. Totally psyched because it is ALL about scrapping other people's pictures through your own lens. This is exactly what I do more times than not. When I'm scrapping for "myself" I am scrapping other people. This will be so absolutely amazingly cool.

And for being good kidos, I have to post a layout:

You can read the journaling and be sure to check out the amazing

Beyond Appearances Challenge Blog!

Sigh. Grin! Can't wait to get home and get back to that other project!

EGADS!!!

Wow. WOW! Gotta a really GREAT opportunity come my way. Creating the way I create for a cause I care for. This blows me over that I get to do this. I'm so excited I need to back away from the computer before I say something I'm not supposed. Promise that soon as I get the okay...I'll spill it!

**ETA...sob...not till tomorrow. If I had not checked that thread over there, I wouldn't have known and could just go about my life already. But I would have so stupidly posted my LO's online. So it's a good thing.**

***And I just saw something way cool pop into my email...another post becons...***

Soy...whatcha waiting for? Calls of course. End of today, we should know who made finalists. Dream come true. That would SO be a dream come true. And then some.

But in equally eventful news...made it to the next round for all of the obnoxious links I left you to browse in the last post. And now I have to get up the nerve to show BF said winning los. Winning because so many folks have been touched by it. I was touched by it (smile). Anyhow...check it out from the last post. I'll check in tomorrow to whine the heartbroken dream but in the meantime...

Till tomorrow.

Phew...just been scrappin' away.

No...not for that pretties...for just basic deadlines. Doing stuff I love for folks I love and inspiring a soul or two along the way. I just did an interview (stay tuned!) that really got me thinking about why I do what I do and how I do it. Just plain goodness.

So... I did realize that I have not gotten to share a whole bunch of stuff lately because of various reasons.

So...how about I link you over to them instead? Okay. Now...on this place here: {ScrappinTrends} I made it to the final round and get to play with some really fun Urban Lily goodies such as this:

You can check out my sketch layouts from assignment 2
{Life Is Unscripted} and {Chatty Gal}.

In other contests, I just finished my upload to Round 2 of the Queen of Paradise contest. You can check out the Contest Rules for Round Two

and then peep my A-Z layout and my 10 Things layout.

Phew...lots of linking there...

What else have I been up to? Oh...I suppose I could link you to my Round 1 layouts from both contests too:

Scrapping Trends, Round 1 of Summer Bash:
{What are You Afraid Of?}

Croppin Paradise, Round 1 of Queen of Paradise:
{Famous Last Words}

{If I could Turn Back Time Left}

{If I could Turn Back Time Right}

Okay! The rest is DT and whatnot

Life is:

Wonderful. Of course!

I got so much great news this past week I can barely STAND it! One piece that I can share...remember these:

Well they were in the Innovator Showcase at CHA: Chicago AND she displayed one of them in her booth. How cool is that? Some folks are saying they got nibles and hits off of their cards and the like. And that a certain manufacturer actually asked to see someone's shoe up close! How cool is that for the designer? I'm just so happy to have had the opportunity to do the work and to have done a good enough job on it to get it showcased. Totally ROCKS!

Then...something I don't think I can so much share but I can say be on the lookout for the December Making Memories Magazine. Awesome! A toot I never knew how to pursue, but less been pursued to do. What an awesome email to wake up to and such a fantastic individual to work with. Okay...saying so much and nothing at all...December MM mag.

The chatter is heating up for the KI contest (just about done with that album) since the DL is August 15 and of course there is less than a week before we find out the 10 finalists for the SOY contest. What an honor it would be but really...really.

Got quite a few deadlines to hit this week so...off I go.

Oh yeah...some of the best news of all? You have to check out www.diversitydesigns.net. Check out that chica on the "cover" (smile).

Diversity Designs peek:

What do I do over there?

Well I design things like this:
and this:
and most recently, this:

That last one is a sneak peek of what's to come on the 15th my pretties! Okay. I promise. No More "my pretties".

It cannot have been like 10 days since I have posted. Nope...that would be blogger acting a fool. No need to worry my pretties...massive update for ya.

Okay...so what have you been up to missy? Well, for one, I created these:

Happy 4th of July!!

Catch them live and in living color at CHA in Chicago! Holey Soles booth...or who knows...maybe they'll make the Innovator's showcase. A gal can dream... oh and yeah. Likely wouldn't want to set them upon your feet...unless you like acupuncture.

Surely, you cannot have JUST decorated up a pair of shoes you note. Well...of course I did more than that. The pictures are not the hottest, but for the happening, crisp pictures, you should take your pretty little self over to www.diversitydesigns.com (yeah, I could give you a cool link with just the name instead of the ugly url, but really. They'll be up on the 15th ish. Find them on the board in the many places our layouts hide. Oh yeah...the pics. That would be in the next post dears...

There

It got "there"

All for this:

Priceless.

How much did it cost me? Do you really want to know? Keep in mind that the materials costs pretty much include my scrap budget for the last two months since everything I bought (but not everything was used) was with SOY in mind. That said:

CK SBOTY contest.
materials for 20 layouts: $197.00
Kinkos color copies on 10 pt glossy cover stock 67.00
Patent Leather Portfolio for said color copies 11.00
2 Day Fed Ex to Bluffdale, UT 19.00

Finally coming up off it and entering this amazing contest Priceless!!

Stay tuned for the KI Memories tally. That album is coming out AMAZINGLY. I had to tie myself down to focus on SBOTY instead of tinkering on that one. I had half a thought to finish it and enter it as one of my 20 projects but then I woke up and realized I wanted to give it the time it deserved. All in the details my pretties.

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Track it with me now. FedEx. Two day. Be there by Thursday afternoon. I am so happy with the way it turned out it moved me to tears. I cannot believe I actually pulled it off. I want to jump up and down and scream. Now, I won't say the whole "I don't have a shot in hell" because, well, everyone has a shot right? Well, everyone who enters and the like.

I love my essay. Love my portfolio. Love my work, but...

This is such a huge dream. To be able to travel the world telling and hearing stories and getting creative in how we document our legacies. I would fall out my chair and hit the floor if I made even an honorable mention. Heck, if my portfolio even made enough of an impact to make it into a "table shot" of all the neat things they received. But if...check that WHEN (positive thinking...that's the only way I'll make it through this) I make Top 10!

Whoa...hold on sista!

I'll post photos of said entry later this week. Well, pieces of it that is (smile).

I'm such a tease...I know, I know...

Guess who...

Just finished up a fantastically smashing portfolio for about 20 items? (hint, hint)
Has one last Kinko's run to pick up said essay and title strips to finish the portfolio?
Has only to stick it in the box, address it and ship it on off already?

Know what I'm talking about? I love soybeans...pictures on the next update...