Knock Knock....

Who's there?

The UPS guy

I'm not expecting anything. What is it?

I came to drop off this box of FREE Basic Grey Papers!!!!! One of each of their newly released papers, just in time for your crop this weekend!

If he wasn't gone by the time I realized what was in the package, I would have hugged him!

I was suppose to kit January's kits up starting a half hour ago, better get crack-a-lackin!

Mom Of The Year!

That's me, mom of the year.... I sent my 2 oldest off to school this morning. The school called 5 minutes before school started. This can not be good, I panicked! For sure one of them is sick and I had to teach Sculpt in an hour - no time to find a sub - oh no!!!! A million things were going through my head. Here's is what I heard on the other line "Hi there, we have Cassidy here in the office, there's no kindergarten class today" EEEK!!!!! Thank God no one was sick! So, I looked and sure enough "No kindergarten" was marked on the calendar for today! I really should read that first thing in the morning. Cass didn't mind though, she got to do puzzles. I had to ask to see if I was the only one and yep! The only one! They did say that they expected more - lol! I wonder if they have bets going on how many parents forget??? So, I award me for mom of the year today.... wait, is there something the opposite of that?

Here's my little pip squeek on her first day of school :)



I have 2 Design Team calls out right now! One for www.Scrap-Tastic.com that ends in a week. Better hurry on that one if you are interested! Details here :)

And the other is for my newest venture - Urban Swank! Urban Swank distributes Urban Lily products. So if you like Urban Lily products, get your submission in :) Details on the Urban Swank Blog. AND the chance to be featured on the blog - details here.

Just a typical Tuesday!

I was woken 20 minutes TOO early by Cassidy yelling for me for who knows what - grrr. Today was off to a great start ;)

Did Zumba in the AM and even walked on the treadmil for a few minutes, went to the consignment shop to drop off clothes, P.O. to drop off packages, FedEx dropoff - more packages, and back to the consignment shop, left with one cranky boy that cried for 45 minutes! Yes, 45 minutes! I was looking at halloween outfits for him when I saw him throw his sister to the ground. She was trying to sit on a chair and he didn't think that she was suppose to. So, I said, very nicely "Cullen, you need to let mommy handle baby"and he punched me twice. I told him that the coustume would not be bought today and he threw a fit! Meanwhile I was getting skipped by a lady that was complaining she was there too long and had to leave - really??? I was there before her and I have a screaming child and she skips me! Come on! I could have totally lost it since I was skipped by another lady before that. I kept it together even though it was a disaster. Then this lady was complaining because she had to come back since the owner doesn't put the items into the system immediately! really, COME ON! On with my day... onto Caytlynn's school for lunch (parent lunch week), drop Cullen at peeschool(that's what he calls it) and home for Cali to nap. I worked and took a cat nap - yea!!! pick Cullen up from peeschool, prepare dinner as much as possible so I can come home later to actually make it. Caytlynn and Cass get home, drive Caytlynn to 1st communion class, workout(again), pick Caytlynn up, make dinner, watch a bit of Die Hard and send the kiddos to bed - whew, what a day - lol!

Onto scrappy goodness :) :) :) The newest kit is in the store - Not Too Halloweenie - hehe.

Click on the image and scroll down to see all the fabulous LOs and cards created by the Design Team Girlies!

Last, but not least, here is my Cali bear!! Totally looking like she came straight from the 80s!!!
Scrap On!
Becky

New Kit, More LOs and ZUMBA!!

The newest kit is up in the store - Summer Heat! And it is hot, hot, HOT!!!! I loved creating with this kit because the colors are phenomenal!!! If you are not a Kit Member, I highly suggest checking into becoming one this month! For Kit Members Only: the add-on is 50% off, ALL Hambly is 30% off and 10% off anything else in the store besides workshops!!! Best of all, the membership is FREE!!! Contact me for more info - scrap-tastic@wi.rr.com :D Check out the kits here. LOTs of kits on clearance here :)

Alpha add-ons - 30% off with purchase of the Summer Heat Kit. Additional 10% off for Kit members!!!The Summer Heat Add-On that coordinates perfectly with the Summer Heat Kit!!!!

The Mother's Day present for my g-g-ma :)

Using the Summer Heat Kit - my first day of Kindergarden

A class I will be teaching soon using the Hello Sunshine Kit

Another one created using the Hello Sunshine Kit

More to come soon :)

For those of you that didn't know, I became a Zumba Certified Teacher back in May :) There is a Zumbathon out in Madison this weekend - August 1st from 12-3. I will be one of the instructors at this event - how exciting!!!! What more can a girl want on her birthday?!?!? 3 full hours of Zumba!!! This is also a fundraiser for Gilda's house, so I am hoping that a TON of money will be raised :) Contact me if you are interested!

Peace out peeps!! Love you all :)
Bec

New stuff! :) :) :)

HI ALL!! Just catchin' up! Ok, I have been holding out on all of you! I created this mini for CHA :) :) :) :) and a few other things too!!! I hope you like :) Have a fabulous day!!!

Summer is here!

Yep, summer is here! Caytlynn is out of school and I am so excited to spend more time with her! At the same time I just don't know what to do about her and Cassidy fighting ALL the time! I have only gotten through one weekend (barely). And I feel more like a referee than a mom. I just can't stand the constant "I have to be better than you" attitude from the 2 of them. Both are type A personality. We will get by, I know that, but at what cost? Now that I am typing this it rings a bell. I do believe that I posted a similar entry at the exact same time last year - lol.

One exciting thing has happened since I last blogged... so sad, just one - lol! Anyways, I will FINALLY be published in Memory Makers!!! Too bad it will be their last issue. Still exciting none the less.

Here are a few LOs I created with the Playtime Fun Kit at my last crop. This first one is very special to me since this picture is of the last Thanksgiving my mom and dad shared together. He passed away a few weeks later. They really were soul mates. I did use a few items from past kits on this one. You can check out the LO here with all the products listed.
And here we have my mother's day gift for my MIL :) Check it out here with all the products listed.

And my not-so-little-girl-anymore's first year of school! Click here for product info.

I hope everyone has a FABTABULOUS summer! I have more LOs to share soon :)

becbeck out.

My Cuppie Cake! Helmar Adhesive giveaway too!!!

One of my newest creations using Helmar Adhesive! I also used Helmar's Preferred Products! Check out my post at the Helmar DT Blog to see how I created this and to learn about some fun techniques using Helmar's Adhesive! Also, leave me a comment at the Helmar Blog to win awesome adhesive! You can leave a comment here too ;)

I have been so busy that my head is spinning! Caytlynn and Cassidy's dance recital is this weekend. And there's only 13 days left of school! Yea!!! I can't wait for summer to be here and no more running around for dance, swim, preschool and other misc stuff!!! Just to the gym and back :) oh, and a few playdates too! Last Saturday was jam packed with fun! I'll write more and post pictures soon. It was SO much fun that I was sleeping by 8PM!!! Yes! 8pm - I was exhausted!!!! And I can't remember the last time I went to bed so early - lol!

I will leave you with 2 LOs that I created using the Rendezvous kit:

Scrap on! Becbeck out

Rendezvous Kit & Funny Cali Bear!

Check out the AWESOME Rendezvous Kit from www.Scrap-Tastic.com! Click on the image to see a larger image and click here to purchase or view all the goodies that you will get in the kit. I have had so much fun playing with this kit! I'll post my LOs later :)

My little Cali Bear is just so darn cute and starting to talk now too!!! Caytlynn taped this earlier this week:

Easter Pics, Sneak Peek and New LO!

Here is one of my latest that I created at my last crop using The Velvet Room Kit. For the top part of the background I used the lace cardstock as a mask and sprayed Helmar's V2 spray adhesive over it. I let it sit for 5 minutes, sprinkled with glitter and gently swiped Black Soot Distress Ink over it.
Next month's kit - Rendezvous! Here's a sneak peek :) More sneak peeks to come soon!

And a couple fun pics of Easter!!!! Cullen scored some Marvel Comic Flippers (flip flops). "What?" That is his word. He says it all the time and it's so cute how he enunciates it too, making sure that 't' is on the end. He says it over and over! Even more so when he doesn't understand a word you are using or an explaination you have. He's so cute!

Cali got some hippo crocs! The Easter bunny is hoping that the chunkiness of the hippos will slow her down a bit. She is a fast runner!

Cass has fun coloring Easter eggs! Cass will be 5 in less than a month. Where the heck did the time go? She was the master of the egg coloring.And Caytlynn had fun being a model to show off the fabulous eggs they colored! Caytlynn lost her second tooth two weeks ago :)

I hope you all had a fabulous Easter!

New Basic Grey's Lime Rickey will be in on Tuesday and is already in the store! This is my fav line from this past CHA. I am also getting in MORE goodies from Prima - yummy!

I am hosting another crop on May 9th from 10am - 10pm and anyone that lives in Southern WI or Northern IL is invited! Let me know if you are interested. We have such a good time, you don't want to miss it!

Memory Makers is going to publish a LO of mine :) Seriously, how has it taken 7 years for them to realize what they were missing - LOL!!!! I am pretty excited! My LO will be in the Sept/Oct issue. Seems like it is so far away, but summer will come and go so fast like it always does. So it will be here before I know it!

becbeck out!

The Velvet Room Kit

The April Kit is up in the store already! The Velvet Room - yum yum yum yum YUM!
Here is a close up of the embellishments:
And here is what I created with it:If you click on the image it will take you to the page that has a list of links to the products.

Also, starting this month- Specials for Kit Members (SKM). Every month there will be different items on discount for the people that have a yearly Kit Membership. This month you will receive a 30% discount on the Prima trays and all KI Memories Lace Cardstock! Woot woot!

Instructions for the tray:
First, I painted the Prima tray with Kaiser Paint and sprayed the heck out of it with Riptide Glimmer Mist - I LOVE this color!!!! Then I applied the paper using the Acid Free Glue by Helmar. I applied the Acid Free Glue directly onto the tray and spread it out using a foam brush. I made sure I didn't spread the glue to close to the edges so I could roll/distress the edges. Make sure you wash out your brush when you are done applying the paper ;) The Acid Free Glue does not dry immediately which gave me play time to make sure that my paper was centered... well, centered enough. I did have to pull the paper up a few times to readjust and it's still not perfect, but close enough. I continued to work on it even though the glue didn't dry completely.

So while the glue was drying I placed the alphabet add-on to the kit on, spelling "Becky's", to use as a mask. I sprayed Cherry Limeade Glimmer Mist over the letters and then took the letters off. By now the glue is set enough for me to distress the papers with Ink and paint and roll the edges.

Now, to embellish - Love this part! I added the alphabet first and even though they are adhesive backed I ALWAYS glue my alphas down with Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

All the flowers are adhered with Liquid Scrap Dots to make them pop right off the tray. TIP: when working on something like this tray I would suggest that you stand it up so your work surface is horizontally flat. Before adhering the flowers I glittered 2 of them using the Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive - I sprayed the V2 on the flowers, let them sit for 5 minutes and then sprinkled on Stampendous glitter. Easy peasy! I also sprayed a few flowers with Pearl and Riptide Glimmer Mist - gosh, not like I didn't have enough sparkle already - lol

The Butterfly was also adhered using Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots. And the really cool thing about using the scrap dots is that I could tilt the butterfly.... now try pulling that one off using pop dots ;) haha, yep, take THAT pop dots!!!!!
I will be posting more scrappy stuff soon :)

It was beautiful outside today and I only had one kid! It was very refreshing to spend quality time with just one. I took Cali Bear outside for a bit to play and she had so much fun! It took her a few minutes to get used to walking on grass which was fun to watch ;)
This is her "Cali give me a smile" pose - she tilts her head, smiles and closes her eyes :)
She got dirty. She even tried to eat grass that she spit out, that's what is on her face - lolbecbeck out.

Prima's giving out free bling!

Make sure you get your Prima goodies from www.Scrap-Tastic.com ;)
Here's a link to make it just a little easier on you - PRIMA

Letter from Prima:
Free Bling!

We know that times are tough and every dollar counts. So, to thank you for spending your hard earned dollars on Prima products, we are going to send you a free gift.

How can you participate?

It's easy!

Just send us your original receipt for $25 (or more) plus the UPC barcodes from your Prima purchases. Include a self addressed envelope (we'll pay for the postage to get your prize to you) and we will send you a package of our Say It In Studs frame pictured on the right ($3.00 retail value). Please include your e-mail address so that we can let you know of upcoming specials like this in the future.

The fine print:

• Your receipt needs to be dated anytime between March 15th and April 15th.
• Product as pictured while supply lasts
• Prima reserves the right to substitute an item of equal value
• All receipts and UPC barcodes must be original - no mechanical copies permitted
• Prima is not responsible for missing/undelivered entries
• There is no limit to the number of times you can participate!
• Please allow 3-4 weeks processing time

Don't forget the UPC barcodes:

Send your entries to:

Customer Service

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Teichs!

I hope your day was as wonderful as ours!

I hope you are all free next weekend to join the Cyber Crop at Scrap-Tastic! We are going to kick off the American Idol contest with the CC on February 20th-22nd. Over $100 will be given away and you are guaranteed to have fun!! Click here for details.

All of you have to check out the YUMMY Prima that will be here on Wednesday! I will need to give my oldest a quick CPR lesson and keep an oxygen tank nearby as I open the box - LOL!!

New Basic Grey is in!!! Although, my favorite line, Lime Ricky, isn't released yet.

I'll have some fun, scrappy stuff to share soon!!! Have a happy day :) Becbeck

American Idol Scrappy Style!

Yep, I have been a bad blogger! So many things to do and so little time! BUT, I have to tell you all about Scrap-Tastic's next BIG contest! Here are the details:

Do you have what it takes to be the next American Idol? Of course we're talking American Idol scrappy style! Stretch your creative horizions and join us in some Scrap-Tastic fun! Auditions start now and you have until Sunday, February 22th to audition. Simply upload your best LO into the gallery under the "AI Auditions" section by 5:00 pm CST February 22th. No late auditions will be accepted. This LO does not have to be new, but recently made within the last month. Make sure you link your LO in the "audition" thread - http://scrap-tastic.com/scrapforum/viewtopic.php?t=4208 Make sure you join us for the AI Kickoff cyber crop that weekend, Feb 20-22 for challenges, games, prizes and more! Although we can't offer you a fancy shmancy contract like FOX does, we CAN send the winner a SAH-WEET prize! The winner will be a GOTM(Girlie of the month)!!! You will receive a full kit with the alpha add-ons! What are you waiting for, audition now!

International scrappers are welcome to play! I ask that you pay for part of the shipping charges though.

So there it is! I hope you can all play along :) If you are not a member of Scrap-Tastic go here to register - http://www.scrap-tastic.com/scrapforum/profile.php?mode=register


I am SO excited about this!!!


On another note, here is my adhesive holder that I created for Helmar Adhesives for their booth at CHA. You can also check it out on the Helmar Blog with instructions on how to use some of the FABULOUS Helmar Adhesives! AND you can purchase Helmar Adhesives from Scrap-Tastic now!

Not only did I use fabulous Helmar adhesives, but I also used all Bella Blvd papers and alphas!

If anyone is local (Southern WI), make sure you let me know and I will send you info about the next crop :)

Free Adhesive! BIG Sale!

Who in their right mind would pass up a chance to win free adhesive??? Not anyone that reads my blog, that's for sure ;) So run, don't walk to the US Helmar Blog -http://www.helmarusa.typepad.com/ Even if you don't want free adhesive, go anyways! you can always send it to me if you don't want it - lol

Want lots of scrappy stuff at a BIG discount? You can save 40% on all products when you purchase the Beauty and My Boy workshops at full price. Kits and additional workshops are not included. That is 40% of scrapbooking products, can life get much better???? Discounted products are included in this sale too - YEA! Although flat rate shipping does not apply. You will be charged exact shipping charges. Check out the workshops here. Sale is good through January 10th, 2009.

Check out the video I made for the Beauty Workshop:

And here's a peek of the My Boy LO:

Frosted Elegance Kit - January's Kit at Scrap-Tastic - YUM! Get the alpha add-ons for only $3

Start on your Valentine's Day cards now! Or just buy the kit to make any occassion cards ;) THe Cupcake Cutie Card Kit is available now.

After seeing these kits don't you just have to check out what the Design Team did with them? Go here to see! I promise you won't be disappointed!

I am going to rearrange my scraproom on Monday so I will be prepping for the next 2 days, wish me luck cause I WILL need it!

Happy New Year!

There are a few things that I will be doing differently in 2009. These are not resolutions, just small goals that I need to strive for throughout the new year ;) The first is to make more time for ME! I need to scrap more. Not just because I want to, but I need to.

Little by little I will become more organized too. I will start with a major move in my scrap room. It will be very interesting to say the least - lol.

And like most people I want to lose weight. This is an ongoing thing for me and has been ever since Caytlynn was born... not counting during each pregnancy since, rather in between. Just 5 pounds. Hopefully more will come (off), but just 5 to begin with!

Anyone doing resolutions?

I'm not hoping for miracles, so I can do this! At least that is what I have to keep telling myself ;)

And I leave you with my latest... I created these trees for Helmar using ALL Helmar products. You can check out all the cool techniques I used at the Helmar Blog. I spent so much time with the little one that I had to name her and since she is so sassy and displays such attitude I call her "Tude"

As always, thanks for visiting me and Have a fabulous New Year!

Becky

What I have been up to...

Well, it's the usual fast pace for me here.... working, caring for the kiddos, cleaning (UGH!) and creating! Yes, I have squeezed in some time for me. I have to otherwise I will go crazy! So, I made my grandma's Christmas present:

You can see a write up of all the really cool techniques that I used with the Helmar adhesives at the Helmar Blog. Be sure to check back in 2 days for another project! Scrap On!