Happy Birthday to Matthew!

My little Matthew turned 6 years old today. We had a fun filled day. He was exhausted by the time we got home.

~He brought cupcakes for his friends in his kindergarten class today.

~We went to lunch at Noodles and Company (one of his favorites) with daddy.

~We went to play at the park by daddy's work.

~Daddy met us at the park and then we headed to Como Zoo

~They saw the animals, rode some rides, and walked a lot. The gorillas were Matthew's favorite.

~Went to dinner with Auntie Sarah and Uncle Todd. Matthew had his name announced to the restaurant. He thought that was pretty cool.

~Ended the night with reading two books and off to bed. A big hug and kiss before bed for this big boy of mine.

It's hard to believe he is 6 years old. Seems like time just flies by. He is so very proud of being 6 though. So Happy Birthday bud! I had a great time with you today.

~Mommy

P.S. see post below for our prompt this week!

Challenge Post #5

First off, Happy Mother's Day to everyone out there! We hope your day is filled with joy and you celebrate with those you love.

The prompt for week 5 is

what do you have way too much of in your closet?

Sarah was a good girl and finished her layout. Hopefully I will be working on mine today.

Have fun!

~Jenn and Sarah

The winner is...

The winner of our NSD blog post is Jenny. email us at scraploft@gmail.com, Jenny, and we will get your package out to you. Congratulations!

And thanks to all of those who played along. I hope your weekend was full of scrapping time!

~Jenn and Sarah

National Scrapbooking Day give away...

National Scrapbooking Day is tomorrow. It's a day (or weekend) to celebrate this hobby that we are involved in. Scrapbooking has brought so much into my life. I have met wonderful friends, treasured many memories, and even opened a small business with one of my greatest friends.

In honor of this special weekend, we are going to give away a gift package. It will be a secret what the package will have in it, but I know it will have paper and embellishments. Hmmm, no surprise there!

My favorite subjects to scrapbook are of course my two boys. They have brought such joy to my life. I want them to see when they get older, what I saw as they were growing up. Who they are, what they mean to me, etc. I scrapbook because of them, for them. In honor of NSD, post what your favorite subject is to scrapbook.

Ok...post away. We will draw a name on Monday morning.

~Jenn
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p.s. sale at scraploft through May 10th. 30% off your entire purchase Just enter NSD in the box on the view cart page.

Challenge Post #4

The Just for Me prompt for week #4 is

Self Perception

How do you perceive yourself? Sarah and I each took a different approach with this prompt. I had a difficult time coming up with one word to describe myself. Therefore I used a list of words. Sarah chose one word and created her layout based on it. We love how they both turned out!

Have fun with this one...

~Jenn and Sarah

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Blackboard Albums

New to Scraploft are the Blackboard Albums by Cosmo Cricket. They are made of solid core chipboard and are black in color. We have three styles available. Abby, Jack, and Kate. Come check them out. Along with all the other fun stuff at Scraploft!

Have a great day! It's raining here, so we will have to find something fun to do indoors.

~Jenn

I love Animal Crackers!

The new Animal Crackers collections by Making Memories are so adorable! They come in two collections-Jack and Ella.

These papers and embellishments are perfect for creating "New Baby" pages or big kid pages. I am excited to use the Jack collection and my two boys are 4 and 5 years old! So many options with these.

Remember, Scraploft has your scrapbooking supplies available cheaper than the suggested retail!

~Jenn

These words...

These Are The Days
~Sugarland~

It's written on our palms and
It's written on our hearts
It's written in our songs and
It's written in the stars
Sometimes all we can do
Is stand up tall
When they're standing in line
Just to watch us fall

Whoa
We can't forget, these are the days
Whoa, don't be afraid
We can't forget, these are the days

Well, we got each other and that's
all we need
From here on out it's just you and me
Two hometown hearts up against the world
That don't stand a chance against
this boy and girl
We faced 'em down, fought bigger fights
And I know babe we're gonna be alright

Whoa
We can't forget, these are the days
Whoa, don't be afraid
We can't forget, these are the days

Well, it feels like we're living from
pay check to check
And we wake up wondering what might
happen next
Yeah, sometimes it feels like we won't
make it through
But the hard times pass
Like the good ones do
Baby wrap your fingers and
Hold on tight
I'll be right here beside you tonight
Baby climb up here
Watch the city glow
Let's make a wish on the fireworks below
We're making moments that we won't forget
And feeling ones that haven't happened yet.

Whoa
We can't forget, these are the days
Whoa, don't be afraid
We can't forget, these are the days


This song has been a favorite of mine lately. I've decided to make changes in my life. I can only control this life of mine. Reduce some of the stress to make myself happy. We are up against the world on a daily basis, but we are strong people. Therefore, I am sending these words to those I know who are going through changes in THEIR lives. May they find peace and strength.

Love,
Jenn

Challenge Post #3

Our "Just for Me" prompt for week three is:

Guilty Pleasures

Show us your work on our flickr group.

Have fun!

~Jenn and Sarah

Get Happy and Cogsmo

The Get Happy and Cogsmo lines are in the store!

Love the colors used in these two lines. They look like they are going to be fun to use!

~Jenn and Sarah

A sneak peek...

I won the lottery and I'm moving into a huge castle in Ireland...

April Fools! A girl can dream, can't she.

Seriously though, we are finally getting the new Cosmo Cricket into our store. It should be arriving sometime this week.

Let us see those Challenge projects!

~Jenn

Challenge Post #2

Our "Just for Me" prompt for this week is:

Mind, Body, and Soul-what does that mean to you?

This was a good prompt for both of us. Made us step back and look at our lives.

Upload your photos to flickr, so we can see them too!

~Jenn and Sarah

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Reminder...

Reminder that there will be new challenge prompt posted on Sunday!

Come join in the fun...

~Jenn and Sarah

New Maya Road!

We received some of the new maya road stuff at the store! This company never ceases to amaze me. I love it all!

Sheers, Chipboard albums, Sheer albums. Come check them all out!

~Jenn and Sarah

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Happy Easter!

It is now 1:05 am, just returned from my evening at work, and I need to assemble the baskets for my boys. Oh, wait, the Easter Bunny will be doing that for me. :) Off to bed...soon...

Happy Easter to everyone! May it be a day full of fun and blessings!

~Jenn and Sarah
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Lot's of new stuff... and our 201st post

Okay, so Jenn and I know we don't blog as much as we should, but we've managed to do it 200 times. :-)
We've gotten lot's of new products in. Jenn has been entered product like a mad women. Go Jenn!

We've got Pink Paislee (yay!). It came today. It's all entered. We also received Bo Bunny, Organic. Check out the pics below:

Bo Bunny Organic (above)

Pink Paislee Patterned Paper and Cardstock Stickers (above).

Jenn is entering Thickers (we love these) and some new Maya Road sheers and albums. So be on the lookout for a bunch of new stuff.

Challenge Post #1

Not sure how the day got away from me! But here is the info...

We are excited to start a challenge via our blog. Our goal is to stimulate your creative mind and encourage you to create outside your comfort zone.

We would love to see your work so we have set up a Flickr group. This will give you the opportunity to share your creations with other artsy folk as well!

To post your layouts on Flickr:

1.Take a picture of what you created.

2.Go to http://www.flickr.comlogin/. If you don't have an account,create one - it's free!

3.Click on Groups on the navigation bar at the top of the screen.

4.Type "Scraploft" into search box, and join our group.

5.Upload your photos.

6.Click on home.

7.Click on the photo that you want to add to the group.

8.Click on the "Send to Group" button (second icon from the top).

9.Choose the Scraploft group and you are all set!

**The prompt for this first week is: "Who are you today" Career, relationships that you treasure, your home, etc. ***

You can take this prompt and create a project. It may be a layout, a mini book, a painting, etc. Whatever it is, share it with us!

Have fun...I know I did!

If there are any questions, email us at scraploft@gmail.com.

~Jenn and Sarah

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A challenge

A new challenge will be featured on this blog every other Sunday. Stay tuned for more information. We are planning to post the first prompt on March 16th!

Jenn and Sarah

Finished... Finally

So I finally finished a little mini-album that I have been working on since mid-January. When I first started it I got *most* of it done - all about 2 pages.

It's taken me a six weeks to finish the last two pages. Pathetic I know. Anyway - the pics are from 2005 when the Weierke's and the Niemi's went to the state fair. So much fun! Is summer here yet?

The paper in the album is the My Minds Eye, Front Porch. It is an older line by MME, but the colors fit perfectly.

So be on the lookout for a blog announcment next week - Jenn and I hope you will like it.

Happy Friday everyone!

Starting to come in...

We have some of our new products starting to come in for the store.

Bazzill Cardstock With an Edge in new colors and shapes. Grungeboard by Tim Holtz.

And Glitter Thickers in Black, White, and Tangerine.

Stay tuned for more new products coming soon!

~Jenn and Sarah