Scrapper Molly’s Scraptastic Scrappablog

I got a fabulous opportunity to write a feature article for Scrapbooking.com, and it’s in the October issue right now! CHECK IT OUT!!

It’s all about how I got my start in scrapbooking, and also the attributes that make for a GREAT scrubby! It’s a must read!

Well I’m excited to say that I’ve released three new sets over at Molly Stamps! Click here to visit my store and see the scraptastic goodies.

With all the work that’s been going on getting these stamps released, I haven’t been able to get all my scrap pages from my head to the actual page. But now that I’ve got a few moments to relax, I think I’m gonna cozy on in to my scrap center (dining room table) and get to some hard core, after hours scrappin’! It’s past midnight here, and I can hear Steven snoring…..there’s definitely a scrap page that I could do about that. I just need to get a picture of him sleeping. Hopefully the flash won’t wake him up. Last time I took pictures of him in the middle of the night, he got so startled by the flash that he jumped out of bed and and knocked his head on the corner of the nightstand. He bled for a good hour! I ended up changing my theme that night to a more gruesome, bloody theme. This time, I’d really like to keep it as a snoring theme. Cross your fingers that he doesn’t get startled!

They are about to announce something scraptastically fun over at Scrapbooking.com! A wonderful woman named Jami Peterson got in touch with the fellows over at mockutv to invite them to be a part of their upcoming contest! They are gonna have a funny scrapbooking video contest! I will let them give you the details, and all the info. I’ve been told it will take place in Oct-Nov, which is plenty of time to get something funny and scrappy on film!

TOO MUCH FUN! It has got my wheels turning! This is nice because I’ve been pretty scrap-dry over the past month. Not too many outtings, so I haven’t had many inspirations for scrap pages. My most recent work has been scrap pages about dirt dishes, weeds in my garden, the thing in my eye the other day, how I hate my cable company, and a page about why sugar free pudding just doesn’t taste the same. As you can see, I’ve been hurting for something new and exciting.

I can’t wait to see what funny things people submit!

My stamp store is OPEN! Normally at this time of night, I would be scrapping a page about the Dick Van Dyke show on Nick at Nite, but, because of this amazing occassion, I’ve had nothing on my brain but the crazy excitement of opening an online stamping business! I’m selling stamp sets that I’ve created!!! OMG!!! Well, I only have one set as of right now, but I’m currently working on an alphabet set and another 4×6 set! I have to say, I’m having a LOT of fun coming up with fun ideas about stamp sets, and also scrapping layouts about coming up with fun ideas about stamp sets! I scrap what I stamp, and stamp what I scrap! I’m in HEAVEN!!!

If you want to see my new site:
CLICK HERE!

If you want to see my stamp set for sale:
CLICK HERE!

If you want to see the gallery of stampspirations using my set:
CLICK HERE!

Click away! I would write more, but I’ve got another layout burning a hole in my brain….I must scrap!

They are SOOOOO stamptastic! I’m actually creating a scrapbook page, right now, about the feelings of bliss that were created in me when I checked out the new sets at Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Steven is going to LOVE the new layouts I’m gonna create with her 3 step Baseball set. He adores baseball, and I adore making scrap pages about his adoration of baseball.

Time for me to go ink up!

Have you guys been following Kitchen Sink Stamps 8 days of Peeks and Giveaway? She’s about to unleash a stamptastic amount of greatness upon us!! I believe the giveaway is on Monday….so you best be getting over there and leave a comment! Those stamps look like they are gonna be AMAZING!

Well, there’s a new tutorializer in town. Her name is Susanna Boyd.
Check out the sidebar over to the right! She’ll show you how to make an origami necktie and shirt card that is PERFECT for Father’s Day!

Well I haven’t been writing, because I’ve been so extremely busy this past month. Not only have I been maintaining my 15 layouts per day (usually takes me about 2 hours), but I’ve also created my very first stamp set, and I’ve been preparing to open up my very own stamping store!! That’s right! Molly Stamps is almost here! And I MUST take a moment to thank Maria Colosimo of Kitchen Sink Stamps. Not only does Kitchen Sink Stamps have some of the coolest stamps out there (Have you seen her 3-step sets? They are stamperrificly creative and FUN TO USE!), but she is also one of the nicest, most helpful people I’ve met. She has helped me incredibly, answering all kinds of ridiculous questions on how to start up a stamping business. She has been most patient and most kind! THANKS MARIA!!!

Right now, I only have a placeholder at mollystamps.com, but check back soon because…

THE STORE WILL BE LAUNCHING ON MONDAY, JUNE 9!!!
Initially, I have one stamp set available, along with a clear acrylic block and some ink pads, but I have plans to release TWO MORE SETS in the coming months, and will also be releasing cool new products as well! How will I be able to do all of this? Well I also have the help of my scraptastic design team. Erika Martin and Susanna Boyd…two of the greatest scrappers and stampers to hit the scene have already been stamping with the set, and you’ll be able to get some ongoing inspirations from them. The work I’ve seen so far is SCRAPTABULOUS!

i found a neat little web page that has CERTAINLY helped me in creating my scrapbook layouts. As many of my friends know, I am a HUGE fan of yellow. I use this color in a majority of my layouts. It is the color of wisdom (me), energy (me), and according to a 3rd chakra site I just ran into on accident, it helps you feel expressive and creative (me also)!!

But my dilemna is this: sometimes I need to create a layout without using the color yellow. And I am utterly weak in the areas of color coordination. Normally my scrubby is FANTASTIC at color coordination. I could ask him, what color goes with brown, he’ll immediately tell me a couple of colors (the only issue is that his mind works in the hexidecimal code chart, so he’ll say something like “FFF380″, and I have to translate it.

So long story short, here is my saving grace when my scrubby is off at work, and I’m alone with my layouts: It’s a color coordination charty thingy! Very fun to mess around with and get scrapspirations!

Well yesterday was a big day over at the house of Russ Jones (co-creator of the Inside Scrapbooking movie and mockutv.com site)
His beautiful baby boy turned TWO!!!

Steven and I HAD to stop by, and we dropped off our gift (a toddler bed!).

Here’s the bed we purchased! I’ve already made a scrap page using the instruction manual for assembly, and journaling about seeing Steven, for the first time in my life, in an all out rage….very scary. He assembled it all the way, then realized he forgot the slats that go underneath the mattress. He then proceeded to call the bed a “Demon Crib”….I had to calmly inform him that it was a toddler bed, not a crib. I probably shouldn’t have said anything.

And here is young TWO YEAR OLD NOBLE JONES!! The sweetest, funnest, liveliest little tot I know! Leave it to Noble to find a “new” way to ‘get into bed’ LOL! Russ and Gayle have themselves a beauty!