Best Creation Collection Winner!!

We have a winner!!! Thanks so much for your comments!! I love hearing your thoughts on the collections!!
The willer of this prize pack is....

TANYA!!!

Tanya, please email me at tinamcdonald(at)xplornet(dot)ca and I will get your prize out to you!!

Thanks again for dropping by!!
Until Next Time...
Happy Scrapping!
~Tina~

Best Creation Design Team Call and RAK

Best Creation is having a DESIGN TEAM CALL!!! Check it out!! Then check out the end of this post for a chance to WIN some Best Creations Goodies!!!!

Taken directly from the Best Creation Blog...

Ladies! It’s that time of the year again and Best Creation is searching for the next design team! We are looking for enthusiastic and talented crafters who would like to work with the best of the best in glitter paper!

The new team will last from August 2011 through January 2012. As a team member, you must be willing to:

· Promote Best Creation
· Create 5 projects per month (with description of products used and brief tutorial)

To apply for a spot on the team, send us the following:

· Contact Information (Name/ address/ phone/ email)
· Headshot or Photo
· Short Bio

· List design teams you are/have been on
· Resume including any publications
· Link to your blog
· jpegs of 3 projects (layout, projects, and/or cards) incorporating any Best Creation paper

You will be compensated with the latest in Best Creation papers, products from our cross-promotion companies, and promotion from Best Creation on all of our sites!

Submissions will be accepted now through July 24^th, 2011 at 11:59 PST.

Email your application to joyce@bestcreation.us!

The New Team will be announced on July 29^th, 2011.

Happy crafting and good luck!
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Are you new to Best Creation's products? Would you LOVE to try out for this call, but don't have any of their papers? Want to WIN SOME??? Well here's your lucky day!!! I am giving away a stash of BC's NEWEST lines!!! Here is how you can win!! Each of the following will give you one ballot in the draw!! Please leave a separate comment for each!

*Leave a comment in this post saying that you want to try BC's stuff, or that you love their stuff!! Tell me which of the collections below you like best! ;)
*Become a follower, if you already are, tell me so!
*Post a link to this blog post on Facebook.
*Post a link to this blog post on your blog.
*Send your friends over! Tell them to say you sent them!! For each one who becomes a follower because of you, you get an extra chance to win!!

So you could get 5 chances to win and MORE for each person who drops by!!
Check out some of BC's newest lines...

Splash Fun

Loops and Scoops

Rock StarI look forward to hearing from you!! You have until July 10th... not a ton of time but I want to get the winner their package sent REAL soon!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Until Next Time...
Happy Scrapping!!
~Tina~

Best Creation SUMMER FUN Blog hop!

Hi and WELCOME to the Best Creation SUMMER FUN blog hop!!

Grab your suntan lotion and a towel and

get ready for a fun Summertime Hop to get some great ideas
to get caught up with old summer photos and lots of ideas
for inspiring you for this summer too!!

Our first stop on this weekend hop is to Liz's blog and then

off to a idea packed hop with the rest of the team

and our Guest Designer for this month Shannon Morgan...

And of course we have lots of chances to win some of

our New June releases and 6x6 mini packs too. Be sure

and leave a comment on either Facebook or the blog

or sign up as a new Follower!!!
And of course our DT loves, loves, loves to hear from you
so leave them comments too!!

Liz Chidester

Katarina Damm

Alicia Barry

Kim Holmes

Brittny Kilvaug

Petra Offrell

Karen Taylor

Sandy Ang

Karen Thind

Jona Panessa

Sarah Mullanix

Tina McDonald <---you are here

Julie Walton<----GO HERE NEXT

Jodi Wilton

Debbie Sherman

Kim Arledge

Irit Shalom

Nicole Wise

Emily Branch

Shannon Morgan

Contest ends Sunday May 29th at Midnight. Check out the Best Creation blog for details on the prizes that can be won!! NICE new collections!!

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For my SUMMER FUN project, I created a Mini book using Best Creation's I LOVE AMERICA line... and no, I'm not American! LOL! But the red, white and blue color combo is just so much fun to play with!!
By using the 6x6 papers, it made for very little waste! And the patterns on the papers were small and suit the size of the project perfectly! In creating my album, I used Spellbinder's NESTED PENNANTS # S5-028 and LACEY NESTED PENNANT # S5-029 die templates. I cut out each page in my Spellbinder's GRAND CALIBUR #GC-001 die cutting machine. This makes it SO EASY to create a unique mini!!
Check it out!!
Here are the inside pages...
The entire album was adhered using my absolute favorite adhesive... Helmar's Premium Craft Glue! On the cover, I used some of the Helmar 1/4 inch square Zapdots to give the banner and star some pop!
I hope that this project has inspired you to create something or at least helped you look forward to the lazy hazy days of summer which have to be coming soon! :)
Thanks for stopping by! Until Next Time...
HAPPY SCRAPPING!
~Tina~

Best Creation Border Punch Blog Hop

It is Hip Hop time again ladies so grab your Bunny Ears and come on a fun hop with us to learn lots of incredible techniques to use all those fun border punches that you have.

You have arrived here from the blog of the talented Tracey Taylor. Don't forget to pick up the mystery letters on each ladies blog as you go to spell our mystery word. Send this to teresa@bestcreation.us for a chance to win our grand prize and leave comments on our facebook and all of the design team for 2 more chances to win your choice of a pack of glittery goodness.
Here is the blog list again... if you have arrived here by chance and want to start at the beginning, please stop by the Best Creation blog here...

Jodi Wilton
Irit Shalom
Karen Taylor
Liz Chidester
Mireille Divjak
Jona Panessa
Sandy Ang
Kim Arledge
Alicia Barry
Kim Holmes
Petra Offrell
Katarina Damm
Sarah Mullanix
Julie Walton
Brittny LeJeune
Debbie Sherman
Karen Thind
Tracey Taylor
Tina McDonald <----------- YOU ARE HERE!!
Emily Branch <--------------------YOU GO HERE NEXT!!
Nicole Wise
Best Creation Blog
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Alright, let me share my project and my tips with you for making the most of your border punches!!
I dug into the brand new Graduation collection that Best Creation just released! I didn't do a grad themed project, but I loved the grey and cream color combo going on, so I used it to scrap a layout of my sister's engagement! Worked perfectly!! And since all of the cardstock stickers and chipboard elements that come with the collection are grad themed, I dug into my stash and found some elegant embellies to top off the page.

Soulmates

In creating this page, I wanted to share with you a tip that I used... which often can help me to get double the use out of just one border stamp!
See the beautiful lace border below the photo? It's one of my favorite punches that Fiskar's has out. But now look down the left and right sides of the page... see that cream strip? That is the piece that is cut off when I punch my border! Normally we would toss that in the trash... but not me! Especially with this punch! I love the subtle look it gives! To create this look, I added a strip of black cardstock (the reverse of the black Glitter Dots paper from Best Creation) to the left and right sides. I then added the leftover (or negative) from my border punched strip. To finish it off, I added a small drop of liquid pearls to help define the look!

So there you have it!! Next time you are playing with your punches, give a second look at what you are about to toss in the trash! You just might be pleasantly surprised!! :) This happens to be the last time I'll be using my punches for a while... as I'll be doing a lot of playing with my Spellbinders die templates in the days and weeks to come! ;) But I'll save those tips and ideas for other posts! ;)
Thanks for stopping by! Now don't forget to take your letter with you...
"S"
Now go stop by the fabulous Emily Branch's blog!

Until next time... Happy Scrapping!!
~TINA~

Best Creation Mini Book Blog Hop!!

Hi and Welcome to the Best Creation Mini Book Blog Hop!!
How would you like to learn how to create a fun Mini Book out of one 12x12 and be inspired to make 20 different versions of it?

Well get ready to hop- because today on each of our blogs we will share with you some fun and creative ideas to make the simple book we made at the CHA Winter Show.
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At the Best Creation blog, you learned the basics of the book. You have hopped to many amazing blogs and seen some fabulous takes on this simple design. I have one final take to share with you before you hop on back to the Best Creation blog!
My minibook is a little brag book for my purse! I have been meaning to make one for quite a while, and this was the perfect opportunity! I kept it pretty simple, so that there is not a lot to fall off or get caught on things in my bag!
Here are some pics of the cover and a couple of the pages. I won't bore you with showing you them all! :) I have 5 children, and there are 5 double page spreads in my mini. So each child has a double spread. I rotated my book so that it opens on the top, to give it a bit of a different look, and to incorporate my 4x3 photo's perfectly!

I kept my inside design super simple. This is a photo album... It will be seen by lots of people who are not into paper crafting, so I want the focus to be on the photo's... not all the fancy stuff... just this once! ;)


I used the Glitter Basics paper for my basic album. Then I incorporated the Bella paper collection to add some fun color.
To create the binding, I hand stitched the pages together. Then i added the strip of striped paper using Helmar's Premium Craft Glue. After punching 2 holes I tied some ribbon and then scored the pages to fold. Simple as can be! :)
The entire album is held to gether using Helmar's Premium Craft glue and Quick Fix Adhesive runner.

Be sure and leave a comment at the bottom of this post and then hop over to our Best Creation Blog for a chance to win a huge prize pack of goodies and 3 more chances to win if you sign up to be follower or join us on facebook!

Alicia Barry
Sandy Ang
Tracey Taylor
Petra Offrell
Irit Shalom
Kim Holmes
Debbie Sherman
Emily Branch
Sarah Mullanix
Karen Thind
Katarina Damm
Jona Saavedra
Kim Arledge
Nicole Wise
Jodi Wilton
Julie Walton
Liz Chidester
Karen Taylor
Tina McDonald <-------------- You're Here!!
BEST CREATION BLOG <--------------- YOU GO HERE NOW

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Hopping!
Tina

FINALLY... I can blog!

Man oh man!! What a stretch! Sick kids, sick me... it feels like it's never going to end! This morning I have n kids with a fever, and no kids sounding like they are going to caugh up a lung... so it's looking like a good day! 2 are still on antibiotics and one is still home from school... but it's still a better day!!
It gets so overwhelming when the little ones are sick! The baby was even sick... and was up a LOT at night. Needless to say, if Mamma isn't sleeping... things fall apart here!
However... i slept last night! (we won't mention DH's snoring... ;) So I feel decent today! Decent is much better than horrible! So here I am... blogging away! :)

First order of business... i have 2 raks to give away!!

#1... Best Creation Blog Hop RAK:

mommyof5kidz said...

ABSOLUTELY ADORE your layout! GORGEOUS! Your ribbon flowers are super cute, too...and they look GREAT with your overall layout!

#2... ONE LITTLE WORD Rak:

EstherT said...

My word for the year is follow-through. I'm forever promising myself that I'm going to start inviting people over to lunch, take the time to call an old friend, or I'm going to start some new program and then life gets busy ... This year I'm going to make an effort to do these little things within a reasonable amount of time from when I think about them.

CONGRATS girls!!! I'll be in touch to get your mailing addresses to get your goodies out to you!!

I also have a couple of toots to share...

*I have a LO requested for Canadian Scrapbooker summer 2011!
*I have another LO requested for Scrap Street Ezine for April 2011! I think it's my first time in there! It's a Best Creation layout too! :) And of course, it uses Helmar Adhesives! :)

Now I suppose I should share a page with you... since you've been so patient with me these last couple of weeks! :) This page was done using the Travel Forever collection from Best Creation! I honestly struggled with this line. Not because it is not GORGEOUS! But because I don't travel very much... so that's what I decided to scrap about!

A GIRL CAN DREAM

The fun thing about the new collections from Best Creation is that they have die cut papers, die cut sticker sheets, mini alpha's AND Chipboard!! Yeah!! LOT'S of fun coordinating embellies!! Most of this page is BC goodies. I added some Jute, "DREAM" is Pink Paislee alpha, a couple of random eyelets, a Jenni Bowlin die cut and some card stock! The rest is all BC goodness! Of course I used my Helmar Premium craft glue to hold most of it together! Some liquid scrap dots was used for the flowers.I loved this die cut paper! What die cut paper you ask? The one that I cut the top and bottom off and added together in the middle of my page! I hid the seam using a die cut sticker border!! Such fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! There is so much scrappy stuff going on... some fabulous design teams to apply for... waiting for word on Spellbinders... (EEK!) Some creating that I can't share yet... and this week I've committed to making nothing but cards! EGADS! Can you believe it? Me neither, but I want to get better at them... and that takes a bit of work, right?
So, off I go to tackle some cards! :)
have a fabulous day!!
Until Next time... Happy Scrapping!!
Tina

Best Creation Sneak Peeks

Hey everyone! Bracing ourselves for another snow storm here today! Wow... that pile of snow is getting bigger and bigger! Kids are loving it though!! :) I'll have to get some pics! :)
I have been doing lots of scrapping lately, but I am not able to share it all with you yet! Spellbinders competition pieces are not allowed to be seen until the team is announced, and all of my creations for Best Creation using their new lines have to wait until they appear on the blog! however... I'm sure it's ok to share some sneak peeks with you! So shhhh... it'll be our secret! :)

Using the TRAVEL FOREVER collection from Best Creation...
And this is a sneak from a layout using the SAFARI BOY Collection...

Since that is all I can share with you for now, I'll let you be with that. I'll be back later today with a project I did for Simply Renee! I LOVE it... :)
So until then... Happy Scrapping!!
Tina

Beginning my year off with Best Creations

I am so thrilled to share that I have been asked to join the Best Creations design team for 2011!!! If you are not familiar with Best Creations, here is a peek at some of the new lines they have coming out for CHA Winter!! They have papers, stickers, cutouts and chipboard!!
Their papers are DIVINE!!! They are embossed, glittered... double sided and GORGEOUS! Check out these peeks for the Travel Forever line...
Check out the glitter and embossing! It's gorgeous! Can't wait to get my hands on it!!!
Want a chance to win this collection? Check out how right here on the Best Creation blog!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Scrapping!
Tina