Better late than never??

My dear blogging friends,
I have a laundry list 3 pages long of excuses as to why I have been missing from my blog for almost a month, but none of them are worth a hoot! I apologize for my absence and promise to keep up better! LOL

First things first!!! I started my second term on the Design Team at Let's Scrap April 1 and with me are these wonderful, fun and talented ladies! Please be a doll, and check out their blogs! Every one is inspiring and entertaining!

Asmah Zainal Abidin     
http://www.qinaahanaartsandcrafts.blogspot.com/

Laura Alberts
http://lauraspeaceofmind.blogspot.com/

Shirley Bergsma
http://chillyscakesandscraps.blogspot.com/

Cathy van de Bruinhorst
http://www.cathysobsessions.blogspot.com/

Enikö DeLisle
http://enikodelisle.typepad.com/enikos-playhouse/

Denise van Deventer
http://www.strawbspatch.blogspot.com/

Susanna Granroth
http://suscu.blogspot.com/

Elizna Parsons
http://www.eliznaparsons.blogspot.com/

Kristine Ponte
http://kponte.blogspot.com/

Judy Rakes
http://judyrakes.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Russell
http://scrapinexpecttheunexpected.blogspot.com/

Valerie Ann Thorpe
http://valbellesramblings.blogspot.com/

Michelle van Wyk
http://www.homespunscrap.blogspot.com

Yes, I have been scrapping, but not nearly as much as I would like to have! Here are a few of my latest creations, all inspired with sketches from Let's Scrap

This is our 4-11-12 weekly sketch


and my take on it. I took photos of the wall signs, banners and players chairs and used them as embellishments for my page. The basketball backboard is a slide mount with some stiff floral wire and a piece of veil netting I didn't use from the wedding LOL




This was the weekly sketch for 4-4-12, and was also the layout used for the DT applications



I splatter painted some white shimmer cardstock using red acrylic paint. The squares on the middle strip are small mirrors :) Very tricky to photograph without seeing me peeking down with the camera in the reflection!!


I am excited to share this with you all. My fellow DT Elizna (her blog is listed above in the list *winkwink*) hosted a month long challenge for March. She even supplied an awesome sketch of her creating! I was a  monochromatic challenge, along with other bits and pieces. I love the way my page turned out!!


I hosted the Design Team challenge131. It is over now, but if you would like to check it out, you can find it here http://letsscrap.ning.com/forum/topics/design-team-challenge-131?xg_source=activity



This is the 3-28-12 sketch. These photos were taken 9-22-08. Mike and I had only been together for 1 month, Brian and Susie had been together over a year. They are getting married this June!! We beat them to the punch on that one, as we have now been married for over a year now LOL



I will be posting again tomorrow. I am going to start a blog series with the progress on my store. More deets tomorrow =)

Cheers!
~Mindi