Where Have I Been?!?

Wow!! I have been such a bad blogger!! With all of the back to school happenings and DT requirements, I have been slacking on my blog postings. bad blogger...bad, bad blogger. Anyway...I have BIG news!!! I am a new member of the Dianne Rigdon Design's hybrid team!! I am so excited!! Her stuff is fabulous...she designs for Prima Hybrid and her store at ScrapbookGraphics is just loaded with goodness!!! And...my friend, Leah, is on the team with me!! How fun is that?!?!
And there's some more big news!!! Here it is!!!

AC Bailey Designs is adding to its Design Team again!
We want 3, talented, motivated, enthusiastic Designers. We are looking for scrapbookers who are not afraid to use the latest products and techniques and are willing to share their expertise and knowledge in the craft.
What are we looking for?
- Talented, motivated, enthusiastic traditional or digital or hybrid scrapbookers
- Individuals who are willing to share new ideas and techniques with our customers and subscribers
- Positive and outgoing personalities
- Those who are willing to help promote and grow our online community and store and direct sales business
What will you do?
- You will be asked for a 6 month commitment to our store and community with your DT memberships limited to being on one other team during that time.
- You will be required to create two 12"x12" layouts and one other small project of your choice with instructions per month using supplies we provide and upload it to our online gallery, blog and forum (additional projects encouraged!)
- You will be required to promote AC Bailey Designs and include our DT membership and link information in your signature line of all the online communities and galleries you are active in.- You will be required participate daily in the forum and gallery, add a QOTD, SQOTD and Inspirational Tips on a rotating basis, host challenges and contests for the members and contribute to the monthly newsletter and company blog.
What you get! (The good stuff!)
- You will be provided $30 in supplies to create the required layout and projects each month during your DT term
- anything you don't use is yours to keep!
- You will get a 25% store discount that can be used anytime and as often as you like!
- You will get credit for all your designs, projects and work submitted to us!
- You work will be publicized in our newsletter, on our site, and in advertising for our company and community.
- Your photo and bio will be featured on our DT page of our site and you will have your own gallery in our online community.
How to Apply
Please upload 4-5 creations into our online Gallery at http://www.ACBaileyLtd.com/gallery. These must include 1 layout about yourself showcasing your personality and scrap style, 2 other layouts and at least 1 other project of your choice. You must also be a registered member of our forum with an average of 25 posts a week starting with the date you apply.
Also submit the following to erica@acbaileyltd.com and cc: lcarroll03@yahoo.com
- name and full contact information
- list of current DT memberships, links to any online galleries that you submit to and message boards or communities that you are active in (please include your board name)
- if you have an online gallery or blog, please provide the link.
- list of any or all publications (when and where)
- and answers to the following questions:
- How long have you been scrapping?
- How would you describe your scrap style?
- Are you afraid to step out of your box?
- What would you like to get out of this experience?
- What can you bring to our store, community and customers?
Call will run from August 27th thru Sept. 19th. Decisions will be made by Sept. 22nd and your first shipment of supplies being sent that week. Your first assignments will then be due Nov. 1st. (All dates are tentative based on response.)Thank you! Good Luck! And we look forward to hearing from you!Erica http://www.acbaileydesigns.com/

Isn't that fabulous?!? Don't be shy...it's a wonderful community and Erica is such a sweetheart!! And who doesn't want to play with fabulous new goodies from manufacturers like Sassafras Lass, October Afternoon, Pink Paislee, Making Memories and SO many more! I can't wait to see all of the fabulous submissions!! It's so exciting!!
So that's all for now...I'll be posting some sneak peeks of my DT stuff in a day or so...stay tuned. Get those applications in!! I can't wait to see who's going to be joining the ACB family!!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

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Exciting news from ACB!!!

Big news!! AC Bailey Designs is expanding!! Our fearless leader and fabulous owner, Erica, has decided to add some exclusive ACB digital kits to the store and she needs your help!! Are you a digital designer??? Maybe this call is for you!! (Let me just add that Erica is such a sweetheart and a dream to work with...you will love being part of the AC Bailey family.) I'm so excited about this and I really can't wait to see all of the wonderful designers that decide to apply!! So don't be shy!! Go for it!! We'd love to have you!!!

Quick post today...that's all...I'll be back later...thanks for stopping by!!

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I'm a McDude!!

{hehe!} It's true!! I'm a McDude and it has nothing to do with my love of McDonald's Cokes! I tried out for Jodie McNally's CT and....I made it!!! Woohoo!! She rawks the word art!!! If you haven't checked out her designs, I highly recommend giving them a look at Oscraps!! Technically my term doesn't start until September 1st but Jodie said we could start anytime so I'm going to fly over there tonight and grab some goodies to play with...weeeeee!!!

And...I just won a gorgeous quick page album from the awesome Queen of Quirk!!! It is so darn cute!! I can't wait to get that one finished so I can share it with you! Here's the preview of the album that I won...

Isn't it adorable!? And she included some extras goodies in the kit so that you can really make it your own. And...it's Shutterfly ready!! Woohoo!!

AND...in case you were all wondering about the "Pass the Torch" picture on the side of my blog, I posted it there for a chance to win a new CD from Digital Scrapbook Memories... and I did!! Woohoo! I won the "Family Ties" cd and it just arrived today! It looks like a really fun one and I can't wait to bust it out and play!!

How lucky have I been?!?!? I'm a lucky girl. Thanks for letting me ramble!!! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

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I Dared!!

Olay...I admit it...I've been a lurker over at the digi dares but I've never actually played along...until now! I finally did it...I made a layout for the current dare!! And I actually really like the way it turned out! The focus was on water, had to use greens and blues, pick a corner and focus your attention there, and use a border around the page. Sooo...this is what I came up with...

I had a lot of fun with that one! For all you digi fans, I highly recommend checking that site out and playing along!!

And...I have to thank my friend and fellow AC Bailey design team gal, Jess for giving me the BFF Gold Card award!!

Thank you, Jess!! And seriously...I adore Jess' blog!! She always has such wonderful creations and finds and it's always so well written!! It makes me feel like I'm actually sitting there talking to her about her day...love that!! The rules for the “Blogging Friends Forever” award are:

* Only five people allowed

* Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog

* One has to be someone new or recently new to your blog or lives in another part of the world.
You must link back to whoever gave you the award. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.

I don't have too many regular visitors so forgive me for duplicating the award to some people but you all are very deserving!! :-)

So here are my picks:

Leah

April

Jess

Becky

And Margo

Some seriously talented and super nice ladies!! Check them out when you get the chance!!

That's all for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

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Some DT projects

I had some fabulous Prima Harmony papers to work with this month and the super fun "In the Mood" cd from Digital Scrapbook Memories....fun stuff!! I had a ball putting this one together! I just sort of went with what I was feeling and tried not to overthink anything! That’s so unusual for me. The wings, heart with wings, and “love” words are all printed from the Digital Scrapbook Memories "In the Mood" cd. The wings are white on the cd and I colored them with a marker but you could color them on your computer before you print them if you want. And then I added some yummy copper Stickles glitter to top them off. I love the way they turned out!! And that bubble wrap is the piece that I used to stamp on my other hybrid layout! (A little recycling…hehe!) That’s my messy, sporadic, but fun little hybrid layout.

And those Prima Harmony papers are so yummy...I couldn't just stop at one hybrid...I had to do another!! For this one, I printed the circle word stamp (“just can’t get enough you”) from the cd and then adhered it to a piece of a box (a pop-tart box, actually…more recycling..hehe!) and cut that out for a little extra dimension. Then I put that on top of a cute little chipboard shape from Bo Bunny. So simple but it adds some nice dimension to the page. And the border strip was printed from the cd as well.

Okay...how about some digi projects??? How could you go wrong with a category called “silly???” All of the elements for this page are from the “silly” folder/category on the cd except for the doodley frame. It’s actually a border piece from the “festive” folder and I just duplicated it and resized it and made a frame out of it. I didn’t add any shadowing to it because I wanted it to look like it was drawn right on the paper. I reworked the title a little, too. It is one long sentence on the cd but I did a little editing and stacked it instead.

And finally...I have to admit…I don’t usually say this but…I love this layout! I did some editing to Syd’s picture…I wanted a really high contrast kind of look. This was simple to do…I made a duplicate layer of my picture, turned that layer black and white and made the contrast levels very high (bright white highlights and very dark shadows), and then I made that black and white layer an overlay. I know it’s not a look that’s for everyone but I liked it. But here’s my favorite part…the circles and bubble wrap-type paint were from a patterned paper on the cd called “celebrate.” I just cleared out the parts I didn’t like and did a little cloning to add more of the blue dots (they were in a very perfect pattern and I wanted them to be more sporadic) and ta-da! It looks like I had an overlay and did some stamping/painting. And I adjusted the opacity of the journaling and some of the elements to soften them a bit and blend them into the background. I don’t really know why but this turned out to be one of my favorite layouts so far.

So there they are...my projects for August. I have some yummy goodies to play with for next month...can't wait to be able to share those!!

*whew!* That was a long post!! Thanks for letting me ramble on and thanks for stopping by!!

Have a great day!!

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The Best Email Day Ever!!

Oh my...yesterday was quite a day!!! I got an email from Scrapbook Trends requesting two of my layouts for their upcoming Go Digital idea book!!! And...while I was bouncing around trying to call my sister or husband or Mom or anyone that would listen to tell them the news...another email came in. From MEMORY MAKERS magazine!! They requested a layout of mine for their Jan/Feb Reader's Idea Gallery!! I have only ever been published online so getting the news that I was going to have three layouts published was just staggering! And I have to thank my friend, Leah for all of the advice and help on getting my page accepted at Memory Makers. She the one that sent me the link to the call and told me to go submit my page. So THANK YOU, LEAH!! And...guess what else??? Leah is having a layout published in the Go Digital idea book, too! I think that is so cool that we're going to be in the same book. What a day!! I'm just so excited!! Oh and since my digital layouts were in my gallery, I finally got to make and use one of these...

Yay!! (Everything that I used to make my "out for pub" little picture is from Weeds & Wildflower Designs Doodly Patterns by Gina Marie Huff...cute, cute!!) And finally, I have a little peek of one of my hybrid layouts for this month.

So that's my big news. Thanks for letting me babble!! I'm off to mail my layout to Memory Makers!! (That sounds so cool!!!) Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!

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