Cookin' Up Creations DT Call

Do you love scrapbooking challenges? Do you enjoy chatting on forums and making new online friends? Then you may have what it takes to be a member of our Master Chef Challenge Team at Cookin' Up Scrapbook Creations! 

Cookin' Up Creations focuses on our Blue Plate Special Challenges, and we want YOU to be a part of it! We offer a NEW challenge each day except Monday (weekly make up day) on our forum, with a prize drawing at the end of the month. We are looking for five to six team members for a six-month term.

Your responsibilities will include:

-Presenting a “Blue Plate Special” challenge once a week 

-Posting regularly on the forum message board and initiating at least four new topics each week

-Posting comments regularly in our members' gallery

-Assisting with and participating in special events, such as crops, blog hops and special challenges

-Promoting Cookin' Up Creations on your personal blog, Facebook and wherever else allowed

We offer you the opportunity to showcase your work and a chance to expand your creativity through participation on our active, dynamic Challenge Team. Challenge Team members are eligible for the prize drawings. 

All past and present members are encouraged to reapply.

Submissions will be taken from today thru Sunday December the 18th, 2011 at 9:00 pm EST. Challenge Team members will be notified no later than December 23rd, 2011 via email. Your position will begin immediately after your acceptance. Your “official” term will begin on January 1, 2012 and end June 30, 2012.

To apply:

Send the following requirements to tammy@cookinupcreations.com. Please put "Design Team Entry" in the subject line.

-Your name, address, email address and contact information

- A paragraph or two about yourself and your experience in scrapbooking and paper crafting

-Four recently completed layouts and two cards or other paper crafting project 

-Links to your personal blog and online gallery

-A paragraph about why you wish to join our team 

Each applicant must have at least 25 posts on our forum. We would like to have the opportunity to get to know you before making our decision, and encourage you to share your work with us, and for you to become a part of our online Family here at Cookin' up Creations. 

We encourage each applicant/participant to check out our Blue Plate Special Challenge Forum, and familiarize yourself with it, and how it works. 

*If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. 

I look forward to seeing your submissions! Best of luck to you.

What's up with this crazy freakin' weather!!!

For the past three days I have been walking around in a pair of shorts and tank top!  Hello......it's November!!!  I feel sticky and I don't like feeling sticky.  I have the ceiling fans running and the only window in this old house that will open, is open!  I finally broke down yesterday and turned the a/c back on so I could get some housework done.  But alas, we had a rain shower last night and again this morning so hopefully that will cool things off a bit.

I've been doing some blog hopping lately and ran across a link to a photo editing software that you can download to your computer.  It's called Pixlr-o-matic and it adds a vintage, retro look to your photos.

Here's a before photo of the windmill just outside my office window.

And here's an after.

Here's a before photo of my son Kyle.

And and after using an effects layer and grunge frame.

I love it!

Saturday is World Card Making Day

I don't know about you but I always need a thank you or birthday card.  And even though I try to keep a stash of cards built up there are those times when I need a special card.   So grab your supplies and head on over to Citrus Tree Studio tomorrow for some fun card challenges brought to you by the CTS design team.

I hope to see ya there!

Mini Crop at CUC!

One of the DT members (Sandy Liles) is hosting a mini crop over at Cookin' Up Creations this weekend.  Challenges have already been posted and you have until Wednesday, Oct. 5th 11:59 CST to complete the challenges.  Wanna play along?  Grab your supplies and head on over.

I'll see ya there! 

Goodbye Long Hot Summer!

Am I sad to see you go.....hell no!  This has been one of the hottest summers on record.  We've had very little rain fall this summer, not to mention weeks of record breaking temps.  It's been one of those stay inside under the air conditioner type of summers.  But alas fall is approaching, and you know what that means.......brisk mornings and evenings spent on the front porch, crock pots of chili, jalapeno cornbread, flannel pj's and pumpkin spice candles......oh how I love this time of year!  

Here are a few layouts that I created over the summer months.

For the Record - Echo Park.

 
Basic Grey and Pink Paislee.

Origins - Basic Grey.

Urban Prairie - Basic Grey.

and Life of the Party - Basic Grey.

That's it for now.  I have a pork loin in the crock pot that is smelling pretty damn good right now and I want to get the boys fed, kitchen cleaned so I can settle down on the couch and watch me some NCIS!

Paper Smooches and EAD Designs Blog Hop

Paper Smooches has partnered up with EAD Designs to make rub ons and stickerz.  For a chance to win a prize pack from both of these companies all you have to do is visit the Paper Smooches blog and leave a comment by midnight pacific time July 24.  One lucky winner will be announced the following Monday, July 25th.  For an even greater chance at winning just Facebook, Tweet or post about the hop on your blog.  Well, what are you waiting for???

Kraft Core Cardstock!

Oh em gee! Coredinations has gone and did it again!!! They have come out with a kraft core cardstock!!! Some of you know how much I love using my kraft cardstock so imagine how excited I am right now!!!

Check it out!!!
http://www.coredinations.com/index.php/ ... raft-core/

Is this cool or what!!! I so want some of this!!!