Sneak Peek

You may remember the big Birthday Bash that is coming up over at If It's Groovy (if not, scroll down a few posts for full detail.) Well, I wanted to share a sneak peek of just a small part of the prize that I personally am offering up. You need to understand how cute this is...if I didn't have two of them this seriously would not be leaving my house!

Another Groovy Contest

As If It's Groovy heads into year two we really want to hear from you what you are looking for in blogging land :) Leave a comment over there and check back in with them because you will find yourself possibly being the next winner this month :)

And one more quick note regarding If It's Groovy:

If It's Groovy is in search of a Card Team Artist! Would you like to join the team? Send your online gallery link to groovydeb@yahoo.com and tell her what makes you a Groovy Chick! ;)

I realize I haven't posted a challenge this month but we all know how busy December is for families! So instead I'm just going to direct you to If It's Groovy where they have posted the perfect challenge for this month! I'll let you go there to read the details but I'll share here the layout that I did for the challenge just to give you a little tease and see if you can guess what the challenge is!


(By the way, this little cutie is my oldest daughter who is about to become a Mommy herself in the next several weeks!)

If you head over and haven't already done so be sure to click the button to become a follower of the blog and then send Deb a quick email to her know that Marci N. sent you!

I was challenged today to share a scrapbooking tip here on my blog...it is hard to choose just one because there are so many directions I could go. Should I be technical? Creative? Inspiring? Eenie meenie miney moe. How about one of each?

1. Technical - Use a visual triangle. Triangles are aesthetically pleasing to the human eye and can also serve to frame your focal point. Using three similar elements (especially similarly-colored) in three different spots on your page will draw the eye to the are in between them and create a resting place for the eye there.

2. Creative - Don't overthink! There are no mistakes and you won't stumble upon something amazing if you don't go out on a limb. Don't worry about perfection, just have fun with it.

3. Inspiring - Keep all or some of your supplies in a spot where you will see them frequently. This allows you to take advantage of those few minutes between other tasks to do even a little something, just to keep you in the zone.

Do YOU have a favorite tip you'd like to share? Leave a comment!

And while we wait for the birthday party...

...be sure to hop on over to IF IT'S GROOVY NOW to check out THIS month's challenge! I won't give away the surprise here, you will have to go there to check it out. But I will give you a couple of hints. #1 - this one REALLY challenged me, but I loved the result! #2 - here is the layout I did for the challenge.

Any ideas?

Birthday Party and YOU get the gift!

IF IT'S GROOVY turns 1 in January and just like all babies, a birthday party is right around the corner !!! Myself and other members of the team will be hosting challenges, complete with PRIZES, on our blogs.

Mark your calendars and start spreading the word, the crop will be January 4th-10th.