Dawn Inskip-I love this woman's talent!

I, seriously, am amazed at each kit.  Dawn hand draws most of her kits, so you aren't going to find the elements somewhere else.  Pickle Berry Pop is the place to pick it up! The colors just go together! I open the kits and just stare.  This one Summer Breeze was no exception:

I love all summer beachy feel kits.  We love the beach! One of the highlights of being in California!
Here is a layout of my hubby and boys as the sun is setting at Thanksgiving last year:

Tony loves to search the beach for awesome rocks, shells or sea glass...it was so beautiful!

I have actually been busy with lots of beach layouts lately.  Netta, my dear friend over a Creative Victorian has this absolutely beautiful kit called Beach Side out also:

I went nuts and made a ton of brags, stacked pages, prizes for the challenges over at Creative Victorian, and these two layouts:

The first was for a challenge at SBG, for the ladies of the chat:

 

This one was for Ripal over at Scrapper's Online (Body of ME challenge).  Heart was the part we had to use:

On the CT front, I am once again on the prowl! lol dropping applications to clutterable designers.  I let go of dear Sarah Barber and wrote Ruby to give my goodbyes and she retired on me!  I have found that the altered art and deviant scrap has to come from without kits..I do them different.
Being a CT helps me to scrap my memories and our family silly times!  I enjoy the ladies on the teams and am looking for a few good teams to join!

full size

It has come to my attention that some, well Alamama, (my dear friend and co-scrapper) would like to see the layouts larger for the full details.
they are all here in my gallery at Scrap Book Graphics: or you can go to the chat layout and see both sides

hot off the presses!

Kate Arrested? SHOCKING!!  

what is happening in the scrap world

I have the giggles! Very bad giggles!  I am in a strange little contest with just a few women...teams actually...eleven teams.  Now the teams have 2 scrappers in them, but each team (mine is Anne with an E) gets a different partner each week. The partners are either designers or crew members (CT for the store) for Scrap Book Graphics
My first week I was with Tangie Baxter...yeah...her, the famous one!  I got to do a scrap marathon, individually with Tangie!  See how I throw that name off so easily, like we are best friends now!  Well, I am not like having slumber parties with her, but she is so down to earth, kind and silly.  Although, we came to a horrible difference in our lives, you see...well Tangie love nuts MORE than chocolate.  GASP!

Then Courtney and I did Movie Posters, her life was full and crazy and I was not getting into how to be inspired by something, as I think do exactly like the poster...but Courtney was fun and we got 'er done!

The next week, IM of laughter from Rhonda...who is crazy and after we finished our bizarre layout.  It really was bizarre/bazaar.  ha ha... Rhonda called me quirky!  Quirky..that word makes me giggle.  I so hope to live up to that word. Quirky.

Due to our awesome layout, we won that week!! So I got to chose my partner, and Kate (the great list maker of SBG) became my partner!
We spent hours, I mean hours playing with blends, papers behind, reflections, glasses and getting a mannequin to wear glasses.  Do you realize that noses on mannequins are tough to manipulate?
Team Anne with an E...won again!!! that made me giggle even more.

I then was able to pick who I wanted AGAIN!! so Miss BEhaving (aka Melissa) the photo manipulator queen and woman who can do a tutorial this brain understands.  I am on her CT also (ha ha, she doesn't have one...but if she ever does, I have guilted her into me being on it). 
We rocked this meatloaf craziness layouts, me with knife and wild look...just insanity. 

We didn't win, I lost to my nemisis...the chengie...from Suriname.  That will have to be a post in itself..she is my arch enemy and best bud in chat land!!  I have socks that are older than her, but I still like her!
So this week, our inspiration: Album covers.  aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...and my partner is LIsa of Studio Gypsy...she has lost lots of weight and we have discussed this.  I immediatly thought of Queen, Fat Bottom Girls.  Lisa was ready to take pics in bathing suit and everything...and she got wicked sick...like bad sick..oh my gawd will you live sick (and I think she lost more weight).  so Kate was gonna be my partner, we were gonna do something easy...like the beatles...I started on the layout and Miss BEhaving emails me( she can't figure out IM, this woman can do anything with her Adobe, but can't get IM to work) and says, I'm your partner now...

I show her my layout, and she (she has complete permission to kick my butt when she knows I am weasleing out of work) says why am I going so vanilla on this challenge? Caught, I don't even like the Beatles (sorry to 1/2 the world).  Well, I got GSO for the Beatles layout, and that made me giggle!! Miss Be and my layout is up at SBG, if you want to see it.  I will update on the winner on Wednesday!  Plus you can look at the other sides of the layouts..they are toooooooooooo funny, I got lazy about uploading them! h aha

Gonna see how many fit!

well Netta made a nifty keen-o chat, and we aren't sure if 3 can fit or 100, so I am asking if you can come on in this Thursday, the 27th of May....
to help us find out...
this will be the beginning of a chat here at Creative Victorian with prizes, giggles and fun!

Please flock over to our new Chat room
We just want to see how many can fit in it!
Thursday 27th of May
6pm PST (California)
7pm MST
8pm CST
9pm EST
in the UK
7am? I think?
11am on Friday 28th Australian

I'm doing it!!

This now is on my fridge!! I am amazed!

the outreach Saturday was awesome!!

The church in Sacramento (Pastor Herb Rubi's) came and labored for us...and then had a concert in the parking lot at Starbucks. The Starbucks is on the property of WINCO, out major and busiest grocery store right on the corner of the highway and major intersection of town. Oh yeah it is busy. Starbucks was very excited to have us...they gave us permission. They had 1/2price frapachino's for their new "happy hour" that started that day!
***side note, I think we as a unit made that a success!**Well, WINCO did not appreciate us being on the property, and called the Yuba City Police. They came in full force (can you say 3 cars?). They were very polite and actually loved what we were doing and talked with StarBucks, found out we had permission, but alas, Starbucks rents from WINCO....so the police said we were gonna have to shut it down.
Tony prevailed upon them, that we were almost done (could we have 10 minutes or so)? They said yes, and another testimony, song and an altar call!
It was marvelous!