Poof! Where'd my post go? And a contest...

Well, I thought I updated last week, but my post isn't here! So let's see...

I've had 2 sick little girls over the past couple of weeks. Both ended up with ear infections. We just had Kinsey's first birthday party this weekend. I'll get pictures up sometime!

I've really just been busy with the retreat house, and the girls. I made a new website for the retreat house which you can check out here---------------> The Hamburg Hideaway

Make sure you book mark the new site and sign up for the newsletter!

And now, I'm having a little contest. I ran one of these when I opened my retreat house and it was a great success! I just have to add more because the wall is huge!

Here are the details:
*Create a 12 x 12 layout with inspiration as the theme (the winning layouts will be chosen to hang at my retreat house in the crop room) (create, dream, inspire, wish, etc.)
*Your layouts can have photos if you want, but they don't have too.
*You must be willing to mail me your layout to hang up!
*Winners will receive a scrapbooking kit, or some scrappy supplies with a retail value of $18.00!
*Contest ends Jan. 31st!
*Email your entries to me at thehamburghideaway@yahoo.com with Layout Contest in the subject line.

Scrapbook Sussies November Layouts!

This kit was AWESOME! I got right to work as soon as I received the kit. This first layout is from the Sussies sketch. Be sure to check out the site for more designs with the kit. There is some great inspiration there!

Addicted Scrappers Family Tree Projects!

Here are some projects I created with the Addicted Scrappers November Family Tree kit.

Addicted Scrappers November Sneak Peeks!

Here are the GORGEOUS sneak peeks for Addicted Scrappers November kits! I am so honored, and lucky to be a guest designer for them. I will be creating with the Family Tree kit, but also purchased the Mia kit cause it's so darn cute! I can never have enough purple, and it's a rare color in kits.

Some sneak peeks from Scrapbook Sussies!

I am so excited to be guest designing for Scrapbook Sussies for the month of November!
Here are some sneak peeks that Lara just put up today:






And here is the add on to go with the kit:

November Add-On Includes:

One Sheet Rusty Pickle Pop Star Flower Sheet

One Package Midwest Designs Butterflies

One Yard Cosmo Cricket Velvet Ribbon

One Package Glitz Bling - Flowers PARTIAL (may vary from picture) package

Fancy Pants Daily Grind Chipboard

One Package K&Co Glitter Word Stickers

Some info about the club straight from the website:

Scrapbook Sussies is now an auto-ship / no-commitment club!
This means that, once you sign up, your kits will be automatically shipped to you each month until you tell us to stop sending them. You can skip whatever months you would like to skip. There will be deadlines - you will have to tell me by the end of the previous month if you want to skip, but you'll have control over which kits you get!
The add-ons will work the same way. You will be able to sign up for them as autoship as well. There will most likely be leftovers for you to purchase separately, too, but if you want them to come every month automatically, you got it! (And it will be at a set price no matter how much the add-on - obviously cheaper than the add-on purchased separately...)

A few little toots!

I have a few exciting things coming up!

First, I have been chosen as a guest designer for the month of November for a kit club. (I haven't seen it posted anywhere, so I dont' know if I can say yet who it is!) Let me say though, that I am very excited about this, as I've had my eye on this club! I also have met the owner in person and she's a hoot!

Next, I have been chosen as a guest designer for the month of November for another kit club! ADDICTED SCRAPPERS!!! I am so psyched about this! I am a subber at this club and just love the kits Susannah puts together. I can't wait to see what goodies I will be getting to work with!

And finally, I am finally a friend of Pagemaps! I have an 8 x 8 layout in her minimaps section for the month of October. Of course I don't have the layout on this computer, but will post it later. It's of my darling little Kinsey! I just love Becky's sketches, and it's usually the first place I go when I need some inspiration.

Inspiration Crop Layouts

I know these are WAY overdue, and I don't really have a good excuse! These layouts were all completed during Scrapdango's Inspiration Crop.

They are all scraplifts or completed from sketches provided from the design team there. I used a lot of stash!

This first one was completed using a Transparent Touches and Tags kit. I just love this Prima paper!
This next one was also done using a Transparent Touches and Tags kit!
This bright and fun one was completed using an Addicted Scrappers kit. It was the perfect colors for these pictures!

Another bright and fun one done using another Addicted Scrappers kit!

Love that I was able to finally scrap this HUGE photo I had of my girl!

Another one completed using a Transparent Touches and Tags kit! (I love Monica's kits, as you can see, I have no problem actually USING them!)

I used a Scrapdango kit for this layout. Love these colors!