Forever

TGIF!!!  I now can appreciate Fridays.  For 5 years being a SAHM it seemed like every day was Friday.  LOL!! But now that I work full time, I look forward to Fridays.  Even though I have to work all weekend and don't have a day off until Monday, my kids don't have school tomorrow and that is nice not to have to rush around getting them ready for school.  :-)  Do you have any crafty plans this weekend?  Well if not, our September sketch challenge will be posted tomorrow so you can get a jump start on that.  :-) 

Today is the last day of August so it is the last project we will be sharing with you using our August kit.  There are still some kits left, so if you would like to purchase one, click here. 

Our Delightful Designer, Karen, created these awesome CAS cards using our August card kit.  :-) 

KAREN

I just love Karen's style!!!  Alright, well that's all for today, be sure to stop by tomorrow to see our September sketch challenge, and our September kits will go on sale!!

Have a wonderful day!!

I'm One Lucky Momma

Hello my friends!! Today I have an awesome LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Debbie, created using our August scrapbook kit!!

I really love the Prima papers included in the kit.  The colors are fabulous!!

DEBBIE

Awesome LO!!  Alright, well I am off to work.  See you back here tomorrow!! :-) 

You Inspired Love

Good Morning! Super quick post today, I am running a bit late for work. :-( Today I have some super cute cards to share with you that our Delightful  Designer, Erin created using our August card kit!

ERIN

Beautiful and fun cards!!!  :-)  Well that's all for today.  I will have more fun projects to share with you tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Messy Eater

Good Morning my friends!  Yesterday I had the day off and it was wonderful.  Me, Tony, and the two lil ones went and ran some errands while Nicki and lil Tony were at school.  I also got to sit in my craft room and put some kits together while my kids played at the kitchen table, it was really nice.  

So I have two cool things to share with you today.  I don't know if any of you saw it yesterday but our very own Delightful Designer, Erin is a Moxie Fabber of the week!!  How cool is that!!  You can read the post here.  Congratulations Erin!!!

Next I have a super cool LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Missy created using our August scrapbook kit. 

MISSY

I really love the colors of this LO!!  The dark background and the pops of color.  Fabulous. 

Well that's it for today.  Oh also, I realized I have not announced the winner of my giveaway I had last week.  I will be choosing that winner later today or tomorrow and I will announce it very soon.  I have been going through all my stuff to get a nice box of goodies together.  :-) 

Freshman Formal

Happy Monday! It's the start of another week. I can't believe it is almost September and that we have been in our new house almost a month. Tony is finally settling in to his routine with school. Nicki has made some friends, one of which I made friends with her mom at a PTO meeting. And Max and Isabel and enjoying their days without being picked on by their older brother. LOL!!

Did you catch our September kit reveal the other day?  Click here if not. If you would like to purchase a September kit before the 1st of the month please send me an email.  leeanne@artfuldelight.com

But it's not the end of August yet so I still get to share with you projects from our DT showcasing our August kit.  There are still some left, click here if you would like to purchase one. 


 Marcia is sharing her LO with us today, she used our August scrapbook kit. 

MARCIA

WOW, this really is an awesome LO!!  All the detail, just fabulous!!! 

Alright well we will have a couple more projects to share this week, and then September 1st we will start the new sketch challenge.

Have a wonderful day!

September kit reveal and the sketch challenge winner!!

Hello my friends. It is probably my favorite day of the month, KIT REVEAL!!! Sorry for the late posting, this week has really been a blur. I really need to get my craft room in order so I can craft and work more efficiently. LOL!! So, so far I love my job and the people I work with. Can't wait to get out of training and actually be able to do more than observe. LOL!!

*sorry for the bad lighting on the pictures, it was a bit late when I took the pictures so I manually brightened them up*

 Anywho, let's not waste any time getting to the reason you stopped by. SEPTEMBER KIT!!!!

First up let's share with you our September scrapbook kit....

SCRAPBOOK KIT

 this kit will include

Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Milestone

Burst

Streamers

Pinwheel

Cheers

Bang

October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Confetti

Sugar Stix

Hula Hoop

Webster's Pages - Girl land collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Retail Therapy

Carefree

Fancy Pants  - Be You collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Marbles

Stips

Echo Park  - Everyday Eclectic collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Herringbone

Large Hexagon

Echo Park - Birthday Boy collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Journaling

Echo Park - Birthday Girl collection - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Journaling

Coordinating cardstock - Bazzill - 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Parakeet 

Apricot

Aqua

White

Embellishments - sizes and color may vary per kit

1 package - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Collectables

1 package - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - Little Flyers

1 - FabScraps chipboard shape - Celebrate

1 package - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Flag Stickers

20 - Flora Doodles - Jeweled Handmade flowers

2 - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - Tin Pins

22 - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - buttons

approx 10 yards - Pink Twine

approx 10 yards - Brown Twine

1 stamp set - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Save the Date

1 sheet - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Pennants Sticker Sheet

1 sheet - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - Alpha Sticker sheet 

CARD KIT

this kit will include

1 - Kaisercraft Save the Date - 6 1/2" Paper Pad

October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - 6x6 sheet (2 each)

Confetti

Sugar Stix

Hula Hoop

Webster's Pages - Girl land collection - 6x6 sheet (2 each)

Retail Therapy

Carefree

Fancy Pants  - Be You collection - 6x6 sheet (2 each)

Marbles

Stips

Echo Park  - Everyday Eclectic collection - 6x6 sheet (2 each)

Herringbone

Large Hexagon

Coordinating cardstock - Bazzill - 8 1/2x11 sheet (2 each)

Parakeet 

Apricot

Aqua

White

Cupcake

Embellishments - sizes and color may vary per kit

20 pieces - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Collectables

3 - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - Little Flyers

1 sheet - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Flag Stickers

20 - Flora Doodles - Jeweled Handmade flowers

2 - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - Tin Pins

22 - October Afternoon - Cakewalk collection - buttons

approx 10 yards - Pink Twine

approx 10 yards - Brown Twine

1 stamp set - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Save the Date

1 stamp set - Kaisercraft - Save the Date collection - Pennants

So there ya have it, what do you think???

Next I would like to announce the winner of our August sketch challenge. 

And the winner is.......June from Simply Elegant Paper Crafts  

YAY JUNE!!  Please email me with your choice of kit.   

Alright well I think that is it for today!  I love feedback so if you have any questions or comments about our kits please feel free to leave a comment or send me an email.  

leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Oh, also I will be posting our DT call in a couple days, be on the lookout. 

   

Thoughts of you....

TGIF my friends!!! I am finally excited about Fridays. Although today is going to be a bit tough. Well let's go back to yesterday. LOL, I am still working both jobs so I left my house around 7:30am yesterday and didn't get home until almost 10pm. I was EXHAUSTED. I watched a little TV to unwind and then off to bed to wake up this morning and head back to work. I do have to work all weekend but at least the kids don't have school. Today will be tough though because Tony and I both work long days. So the lil ones go to daycare ALL day which I think is going to be hard for them and then when I drop lil Tony and Nicki off at school I can't stay like one of us usually does so Nicki will be able to stay with lil Tony for a little bit but then she has to head to class. He will have to hang out on the playground with the other kids and teachers by himself for about 15 min. I am pretty nervous. I know there is going to be plenty of adult supervision, I worry about my lil man freaking out. :-( At least it is only 15 minutes.


Phew.......well anywho, today I have TWO fabulous cards to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Karen, created using our August card kit.

This month's kit was so much fun, so many awesome projects created with it!!  I hope you had a chance to pick one up for yourself, if not there are still a few kits left.  :-)

KAREN

Fabulous, the colors, the CAS, just fabulous!!!  Now, tomorrow I will be announcing the winner of this month's sketch challenge, I will have our September kit reveal, AND the official announcement for our DT call.  The term will be November - April!!  So get your creative thinking caps on and be ready for the announcement and all the details.

Have a WONDERFUL Friday!!!!!  :-) 

You Are My BFF

Good Morning and Happy Thursday!! So yesterday was my first day of work and so far I love it!! I only have to drive about 25 minutes to work and everyone is super nice. PLUS they said transferring to a location closer to me is totally an option as soon as I am trained if there is an opening. Then I would only have to drive 5 minutes to work. Yippeee...

 I would like to wish Debbie a very Happy Birthday. Debbie has been working with me for almost 2 years. She started as a DT member and when her term was up she stayed on to help me with everything. She is our kit coordinator as well as designing projects each month, and she helps out with the blog. She has been a HUGE help and I couldn't be continuing this without her. So let's all give a shout out and wish Debbie a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

And to top we have an awesome LO to share with you that Debbie created using our August kit. :-)

DEBBIE

I LOVE this LO.  Even though it has layers and awesome detail in my opinion it is not a typical Debbie LO and that is what I love about it.  She has the ability to fill a page with layer, dimension and tons of detail and make it all fit in the right spot and she is also able to make a LO more CAS but keep with the layers and detail that fit just so perfect.  :-) 

So, be sure to stop over and leave Debbie some birthday love!!  :-)  Oh and today is the last day to enter our sketch challenge.  Upload by this evening for your chance to win one of our September kits!!  :-) 

Gorgeous Love

Good morning everyone!  I thought I would go ahead and sneak in and post today's project for Leeanne since I know she is busy, being that today is her first day at her new job.  Good luck Leeanne!!!

I've got a beautiful card to share with you today designed by our delightful designer, Erin. 

For more details please visit Erin's blog here.

Don't forget there's still time to enter the sketch challenge.  Create a project using the layout sketch, card sketch sketch or both for a chance to win the September kit.

Be sure to check back tomorrow as we will have another project to share with you using the August kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

I Love This Beautiful Girl

Good Morning!! So I start my first day of work tomorrow. Plus I have another job interview today (*wink* Julie, I get another chance working where you work). So let's just say I am a b ball of nerves today.

 I do have a super cute LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Missy, created using our August kit.

MISSY

 Isn't this LO great!!  I really love the papers from Prima that are included in the kit.  The colors are fabulous.

Alright well that's it for today.  Going to prepare for my phone interview.  Have a great day!!  :-)

So Lucky

Happy Monday fellow crafters!! How was your weekend? Did you get any crafting done? My kids have been sick all week so I haven't been able to make it in to my craft room.  Have you been able to play along with our sketch challenge this month?  You have a couple more days left, upload by August 23rd for your chance to win your choice of our September card or scrapbook kit.  :-)


Today I have an AWESOME LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Marcia, created using our August scrapbook kit. 

 MARCIA

 I really like this LO!! That background paper included in the kit is so fun and all the layer, simply delightful!!

That's all for today, hope you all have a wonderful Monday!!

 

She Knows The Answer

Hello my friends!!! For those that have moved before, do you feel it takes you a bit of time to get back in the swing of things? I feel a bit out of place. I don't have a routine yet. I don't feel organized in life. I worry that once I start work on Wednesday that it will only get worse. I feel life it going in fast motion now that my kids are in school. Especially having Lil Tony in school. I just want my house to feel like home. I want to get in our groove like I felt we had at our old house. I feel very unsettled.


On to happy news, Tony started work on Friday. He has a pretty awesome schedule. It stinks that he works the weekends but he works Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That's it. They are super long days but then he has the weekdays off which is good for us. Since I will work during the week, during the day he will be able to be home with the kids.....NO DAYCARE!!! :-) He will be able to pick up and drop off the kids.


Ok, so on to the crafty fun!! Our Delightful Designer, Missy, created some extra LO's using our August kit.  :-) 

 MISSY

Fabulous!!! I love the b&w photos with the colorful paper!!! 

Well that's all for today.  Don't forget to enter my giveaway.  We reached 500 followers (currently 503).  I am giving away a random box of goodies.  Click here to enter.  

Also there are still a couple days left to enter our sketch challenge.  You have two chances to enter with two sketches to play along with.  Enter you project by August 23rd for your chance to win your choice of either our September card or scrapbook kit.  :-) 

Rub-on Tutorial

TGIF!!!! Happy Friday my friends!! Do you have anything fun planned? Well I have to work tonight and Sunday but I also have another job interview today.  It is way closer to home than the other job I got and that I am supposed to start next week, so as long as the hours are right and they don't pay less than I think it will be a good thing. 

Today I have an awesome tutorial to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Karen, put together for us using the rub-ons included in our August kit.  

Karen

Rub-ons can be such a great assest to your scrapbook or card making arsenal! The ones included in Artful Delight's August Kits, from Kaiser Scrapbook, are really bold and beautiful and can make a statement when used effectively on a clean and simple creation. Sometimes rub-ons can be a bit tricky to work with, but I'm here today to show you just a few tips and tricks to make the process of applying rub-ons just a bit easier.

Since the rub-on sheet is clear and the tissue safe backing is only a bit cloudy, position your rub-on over your working place to get a general idea of placement.

 Cut the image apart from the rest of the rub-on images, making sure to include the backing as well. This way you won't have to worry about any stray parts of other images getting onto your project. Remove the backing and apply the rub-on to the paper. I don't use the stick included in the packaging, rather I use the stylys from my scoreboard. This makes the application more smooth, and doesn't impair the texture of your card stock when applying. After you've rubbed the entire image, you should no longer see any of the image on the transparent portion. Remove this transparency slowly, and lay it back down and continue to rub if there is a portion of the image you've missed.

Don't throw away the backing just yet! After the entire image has been applied, lay the backing back down over the image and burnish your image with the stylus and the cloudy tissue like paper. This step helps to ensure that all rub-on is applied firmly to your card stock.

You should end up with a clean, crisp image on your paper. 

I finished my card project with a sticker from the Prima Alphabet sticker pack included in this month's Artful Delight Kit and a tiny staple.
These rub-ons can make for wonderful clean and simple cards that are easy for mailing and pack a punch with their stylish design.

And there you have it a wonderful tutorial!!



 Don't forget to play along with our sketch challenge this month, you are playing for your chance to win your choice of our September card or scrapbook kit.  :-) 

Cherish the moments and a giveaway

Good Morning my friends!! Things are going great here in the desert. We love it!!! Oooh, did you see that we hit 500 followers? Oh yeah!! So it looks like we should have a giveaway to celebrate. What do you think? Well I am making my way through my craft boxes but I think we will have a random box of goodies to giveaway.

 So just leave me a comment to be entered.  The giveaway will end in one week - August 22 at 11:59pm.

So today I have a super cute (love the colors) card, wine tag, and glass tag to share that our Delightful Designer, Erin, created using our August card kit.

ERIN

Isn't this little set delightful?  I love it and the colors.  :-) 

Alright well that's it.  Have a wonderful day all!!!   Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered for the giveaway.

She Is Almost 4

Good morning everyone!  Leeanne is busy at work this morning so I'm filling in today for her.  I've got a fabulous layout to share with you created by our Delightful Designer Missy using the August kit.

 I love the bright colorful papers by Bo Bunny that Misty used on her layout along with her signature style of using a little paint on her layout!  Fabulous job of  clustering around the bottom of her layout!  For more details you can visit Missy's blog here.

Don't forget our sketch challenge.  

Create a layout or card using one or both of our sketches for a chance to win the September kit.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie

We Had Our Seasons In The Sun

Good Morning and Happy Monday!! Oh what a week and weekend. On Sunday our furniture finally arrived, oh how nice it is to have couches and our kitchen table and ALL MY CRAFT STUFF!!!! WahoooooO!!!! Oh and our other vehicle should be arriving later today. Oh yeah baby!! Oh OH OH, guess what else I did this weekend?  Oh yeah I went to my first crop. And I met Julie from Life with the Tucker Wolek clan.  hehehe!!! 

I had soooo much fun and I can't wait until the next crop.  Julie is even more awesome in person!!!  :-)

Today I have an awesome LO to share with you from our Delightful Designer, Marcia, created using our August scrapbook kit.  :-)

MARCIA

I LOVE it!!!  Alright well that's it for today.  One last thing, be on the look out for our next Design Team call.  The term is November-April.  I will probably give about 3-4 weeks to get in your submission, then I will need a week or two to make the decision and the new team will be announced October 1.  :-) 

Have a wonderful day!!

A little note

TGIF my friends!!! I wanted to say a quick thank you to Debbie for keeping up with the blog while I was in route to my new home. It was a big weight lifted off my shoulders not having to worry each morning whether I got my post uploaded. I sure did miss my blog though and I am super happy to be back.

 I got a new desk yesterday for my craft room and I am super excited about it. Tony also has a job interview today and that is awesome.

 Today I two AWESOME cards to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Karen, created using our August card kit. Today she is featuring the stamp set and wooden buttons that are included in the kit.

KAREN

Aren' t they awesome????!!!  I love the second card!!  Well that's it for today.  Have a wonderful day!!  :-)

Cherish The Moments

Good morning my friends!!!  It feels like forever since I last typed a post.  Ahhhh, it feels so great to have internet.  Still don't have our furniture but we did get a bed for my daughter last night and she was nice enough to let us use it.  I think she felt bad for me since I sprained my ankle the other night and sleeping on the floor getting up from the floor with a sprained ankle is really painful.  LOL!!

So much to talk about, so little time.  In a nut shell it was a long week of driving.  We had to stop for rest breaks so many times it didn't leave us much time once arriving at the next hotel to do anything but check in and go to dinner.

My son started kindergarten on Monday and it has really been a rough week for him.  He is not happy to go at all.  Thankfully I didn't get to take him to school this morning (strict orders from my boyfriend, Dr. Tony, to stay off my foot, lol) because he was a wreck going to school.  Tony said he almost saw him cry when he had to walk in with his class.  He didn't even want to play on the playground before school.  He has serious meltdowns when he gets home from school; crying about EVERYTHING!!!  I hope it gets better soon because it breaks my heart to send him to school.

I have a few pictures to share from the week, not much though since all we did was drive but I will share them in another post.  I am just so happy to be in our house and as of Sunday we will be settled in.  OOOhh, oh AND I get to meet Julie from Life with the Tucker-Wolek clan on Saturday. 

Ok, so today I have a super awesome LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Debbie, created using our August scrapbook kit. 

DEBBIE

I love this collection!! I am actually going to (hopefully) craft with it this weekend. I had to put my craft stuff on the truck against what I had originally hoped but it just wouldn't fit in the truck with us. So I have an August scrapbook kit and an Echo Park Eclectic collection pack to play with. I am a little rusty on crafting so not sure how much I will accomplish but I do have my mini (Smash book) to finish.

Alight well off to take my son to school and have to pick up a desk for my NEW craft room.  I will post pictures when I have it all set.  My take a bit because I got rid of all my stuff, have to buy all new storage, furniture, etc.

Have a wonderful day and don't forget to play along with this month's sketch challenge.  :-)
 

I Love You

Good morning!  Sorry for the delay in posting.  My internet went down last night and didn't come back up until this morning.  I have an update on Leeanne.  They arrived safely and are awaiting the arrival of their furniture, which unfortunately won't arrive until Sunday.  Yikes, no beds, only what they had in their car.  Talk about roughing it.  Good luck Leeanne!

I have a card to share with you today created by our Delight Designer Erin based on our August card sketch.

Beautiful card Erin!  Love the pop of color with the yellow flower.  For more details please visit Erin's blog.

Either I'll be back tomorrow or Leeanne will be back with a layout to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by!

. . . Debbie