New Divalicious Site and Design Team Search!

We are celebrating the pre-launch of our new divalicious site Creative Scrapbooking Divas!
Come join our Pre-launch party and let your creative juices flow...

PRE-LAUNCH PARTY - Tuesday January 12, 2010, 7pm EST)

- Join Creative Scrapbooking Divas, introduce yourself and add CSD Badge to your blog Challenge.

- Invite a friend to join Challenge.

- Valentine Card Challenge

 - Diva Layout Challenge

- A GREAT Tutorial

- a FUN Make and Take

- A great announcement...

Save the date and prepare yourself for lots of fun and chatting...
Be sure to watch here for our DT search too!

I'm a Sketchy Thursdays Fav!

I love working with Sketchy Thursdays sketches and am so excited to be chosen as a Fav this week! Each week the sketches are so wonderful to work with. Check them out and get inspired. There is always a great prize up for grabs with links to their sponsors. Here is the sketch for next week - i can't wait to see all the different interpretations!

Happy 1st Birthday to If It's Groovy!

If It's Groovy is celebrating our first birthday in a big way!

Each Design Team Member is hosting their own challenge and giveaway and we are inviting you to hop through and play along. We are each offering a wonderful RAK, so there is plenty of chances to win. As you complete each challenge, go back to If It's Groovy to see where to go next and play along in the Bingo challenge there.

For my challenge I would like you to create a scrabpook page that includes a Birthday Card on it.

My inspiration comes from a few years back. It was my hubby's 50th birthday and I had all his friends and family send the cards to me. I took each card and created a scrapbook page that included the card and photos or messages from the sender. The book was a great way to show my husband how blessed he is with friends and is a great keepsake that he looks at to this day. Once you glue your card to the page, simply slip your LO into the page protector then trim around three sides of the card so that the card can be opened and read. I also made a pocket page for extra cards that came in later. If you want to make a pocket page, that will count towards my challenge also!

I've got a few samples shown below to inspire you.

Once you create your page, use the Mr. Linky tool (in the sidebar on the right) to submit your completed challenge projects to me. I want to be able to come look at your LO and ooh and ahh!! and enter you into the drawing for a great prize packet of Japanese scrapbook goodies.


Make sure your include the URL for the LO and your name. Or, simply email a picture of your page to me at okispice@hotmail.com

Once you are done, hop on back to If It's Groovy to see what else inspires you.
Our challenge runs Jan 4 - 30.

It's a Birthday Party and YOU get the gift!

IF IT'S GROOVY turns 1 this January and what would a birthday girl do but celebrate with a party? Myself and other members of the If It’s Groovy Design Team will be hosting challenges, complete with PRIZES, on our blogs.


Mark your calendars and start spreading the word, the crop will be January 4th-10th.

Stop by If It's Groovy for lots of inspiration, games, and challenges and don't forget to come back here to check out my challenge for the hop. You'll want to drop by each of If It's Groovy Design Team Members' blogs to see their challenges too! There will be lots of fun, crafting, and prizes all week long, so join us in celebrating and wishing If It's Groovy a very happy birthday.

Time for a Spunky Sketch and a Nerdy Prompt

 Check out this great new sketch from Spunky Scrappers! Putting together a page for this sketch went so easy for me and I know you will find it easy too!

My little grandson was born in the tropics and moved to a cooler climate last year. He saw snow for the first time in January and he looks like he really enjoyed it! The sketch challenge runs through Dec 15, so give it a go and be sure to upload your finished project to Spunky Scrappers!

And if you are looking for inspiration for something to scrap about, try this week's prompt at Spunky Scrappers - Nerds! We all know one ... and sometimes we are all one! As soon as I heard the prompt I knew I had a reason to scrap these silly photos of my husband and I trying on goofy hats and glasses in the store in Japan. I just wish I had bought those Christmas Tree glasses for my upcoming office party!

Show me your nerdy side- upload your Nerdy LO to the Spunky Scrappers gallery and tag it sc16. See you there!

Quick- you can do it!

This time of year we are all pressed for time. There's the shopping, wrapping, decorating, baking, and the volunteer work - not to mention the boss still wants us to show up for work! But we scrappers still have the need to get in that scrapping time. And if you are like me, you are making many of your gifts and time is running short!

That is where the prompt at this month's If It's Groovy came in handy for me. Groovy Deb recognized the need to do some scrapbook pages in 30 minutes or less and I jumped at the chance to get a page done with this in mind.

 I'm making a scrapbook for my Daughter-in-Law with her photos from throughout the year and still had some pages to fill. I loved the photos she sent me of my grandson trying to belly-ride his skateboard. I took some SEI Play Day patterened paper, cut some of the animal shapes out of it and pop-dotted them for a quick and easy embellishment. The DCWV cardstock was run through my Fiskars crimper to give it some dimension. Add a few sticker alphas and the page is done is less than 30 minutes!

Check out If It's Groovy to see what other folks have created in 30 minutes and you will find lots of inspiration to keep scrapping during this busy time of year.

And once the holidays are over and you are ready to let more of your creativity show, join us at If It's Groovy for our online crop Jan 4 - 10. We'll have challenges, games, prizes and fun!fun!fun! See you there and be sure to tell Groovy Deb that Theresa sent you.

One Page - Two Chances to Win!

Do you want two chances to win a prize with just one LO? Come and join our Slice of Life challenge at Memories Always - Forever and If It's Groovy! All you have to do is slice up a photo or chop it up into bits if you want. In my sample above, I used just one large photo and sliced it up. I love how the slices add more motion to the ocean!

Check out Groovy Deb's page! She chopped up her photos and arranged them into small blocks for a stunning look.

And here is my sister Kathy's page. She chopped her photos into one-inch squares and arranged them on Mosaic Moments Grid Paper. This look is so gorgeous!

So what are you waiting for? We all love to win and the odds are in your favor. Enter the Slice of Life Challenge at Memories Always - Forever and If It's Groovy for two great chances to win!