60th Wedding Anniverary Mini Scrapbook Album

I have to tell you that this has been the most ambitious project that I have ever undertaken! I am more than thrilled with how it turned out and hope, hope, hope that Piet's Mum and Dad love it too!

I managed to put a little video of it on Face book here, so head on over and have a little peek! Make sure while you are there to "Like" my page too!
I had a fair bit of interest in this album and so I am considering making it into a club. We would meet once a month to work on it. I would need at least 6 of you to commit to it - so if this is something that you are interested in, shoot me an email here, and we'll see about starting it in January.
Thanks for looking - and leave me some love about the album (I wont hear back from my in-laws about the album for a while - and I like a little positive reinforcement now and then!!)
Make sure you go and create something fun today - and make sure you get inky!!
Hugs
Megan

Scrapbooking Starbucks!

Scrapbooks are NOT just for your family and what you did with them! I wanted to show you a scrapbook that I have been in the process of making for a couple of years. Yes - you did read that right - years!
It all started when I began collecting Starbucks cards. I made a 12x12 page about it - but knew that I needed somewhere fun to keep them. I have collected every coffee related stamp SU has produced since I came to the States, and so I just knew that I was going to use them.

This is the final product - I have just stuck down the final cards in it this week. (They tend to get collected in my purse for a while before they find their home in this book!)

Here is some of the inside pages - they all pretty much look similar to this.
I just wanted you to take a look outside of what you have traditionally thought that 'scrapbooks' were.This is still a 'scrapbook' - but it holds a collection of Starbucks cards.
How fun is THAT????
So I want for you to think outside of your box with scrapbooking. What do you have a collection of? Think about taking a photo of every item and then putting them into of these cheapo little brag books,(I wait for them to go on sale at either Target or Walgreens and then I stock up!)
These little brag books make fantastic little books for baby showers too! Just slide a piece of cardstock into every slot and add a little stamped image onto it - and you have a stinking cute present - which is both personal and practical!!!
Want to learn more of these fantastic tips about scrapbooking? Make sure that you sign up for email notifications right here on that left hand side and then wander over to my SU blog here and ask to get added to mailing list. I know that you are not going to want to miss any of my scrapbooking classes. In fact you might join my club - and that way you will get your year scrapbook done AND receive hostess benefits once a year! Email me now to get in on the action!
So I hope that I have inspired you to go and get creative today - and make sure those fingers get a little inky!!!!
Hugs
Megan

"Sparkle"

Scrapbooking doesn't get any easier than this!!!!!
This is simply a story about what God did with my daughter last night and a group of her friends at the Youth Group Worship event. I love the way God shows up in unexpected ways, and Lauren is just starting to learn about it!
Anyway - this is one of those pages that is all about the words... God told Lauren that He has given her a "sparkle" - and anyone who has met her would have a hard time disagreeing with that!!!
So...this is just paper, a Big Shot and a marker!! Sometimes you just have to let the photo and words so their thing!!!!

So here is my "Sparkle"!
The sparkly paper is the new glimmer paper from the occasions mini that is out right now. It ROCKS!!! You can kind of tell in the photo that it has a nice sparkly quality, but IRL (in real life) ti is really really sparkly and shiny and just gorgeous. So get some! Order #124005
Did you know that SU!'s 12" papers are TRUE 12"x12"? Fabulous news for those of you who are a little sick of cutting off title strips and cutting elements like titles to find that they don't actually fit????  Love, love love that I don't need to worry about that with SU!'s paper!
This was the case with that piece of lined paper that I wrote on. It's one of the sheets from the Beau Chateaux DSP collection. This is some of the most beautiful paper I have ever seen - you need some of that too!!! So while you are buying that, make sure you grab some of the matching card stock to make creating pages a snap!
I'll give you a shopping list - you ca create a whole scrapbook full of gorgeous pages with just a few simple supplies.
But of course you will NEED a Big Shot machine to create the letters, wont you? What was I thinking??? Well - I was thinking that you should get one for FREE!!!! And until the end of this month when you join Stampin' Up! they will give you one! Aren't they amazing??? I just LOVE this company! And I know that you will too!!
So go here - and click on "Join the Fun" button on the right there. Everything in the starter kit is pretty much customizable, so you can get what you need. And THEN you can choose either a Big Shot for FREE (worth $100) OR get $100 in FREE product. The kit has well over $300 and it just costs you $175 +tax - why would you NOT??? I can't wait for you to become part of the Orange-inal Inkers!!!!How fun!!!
Now if you just want to shop - then go here- and hit the shop 24 hours button and put in these codes - you'll get what you need to create this wonderful page - plus some extra to make some other fabulous pages!
Silver glimmer paper - #124005
Beau Chateaux DSP - #122357
Neutrals 12"x12" cardstock - #119711
Black Stampin' Write marker - #100082
Dotto adhesive - #103305 (refill - #100902)
Big Shot - #113439
Serif Essentials Alphabet - #113464

So what are you waiting for? Get on to my site and sign up - or go shopping! Or BOTH!!!!!
But make sure that you get creative today - get inky and have fun!
Hugs
Megan

Stop feeling behind with your scrapbooking! Join my club now!

It's time to stop feeling behind in your scrapbooking and to do something about it!!

My Scrapbook Club - "Club Scrap" (I know - not so original, but at least it's catchy!!!)- meets once a month and we make 2 full 12"x12" double paged layouts. I hit every major holiday and event so that if you stay with me for the entire year, you will have a great skeleton look at what your year was like. Even if you do nothing else, you will feel accomplished and that guilt will have magically left. AND you will have had a great night out once a month!

Need some more motivation? Becoming a member of Megan's Club Scrap means YOU will be hostess one of the 10 months that you commit to. So just by placing a minimum $25 order (before taxes and shipping!) every month - one month YOU will get another $40 FREE! And they are not just any old dollars - No Sir! They are Hostess Dollars - good for all of those fabulous Hostess only products in the front of the catalog!
I know, I know - you are already there, aren't you? But wait - THERE'S MORE!!!!

Yep -  we also have super cool raffles that are specific for and geared towards my scrappers. I love my scrappy girls, so you get HEAPS of ways to get raffle tickets - bring a friend to have a look see, complete some or ALL of the monthly challenges, place a $50 order.... And sometimes just because I'm feeling generous!

SO now that I've convinced you that you just cannot not be part of this - what can you do???? Easy - sign up now!!!! Shot me an email here - tell me that you want o be part of Club Scrap, and I'l send you a form to fill out so we can make you 'official'!!!

We meet on the third Tuesday of every month - but if you can't make it, I have fairies that will make the pages for you and I'll just place your order from your 'just in case' order. Simple huh???

But what if you are not local? I know I have a lot of girlies taking a peek here that are from long ways away! You can have all the benefits of this amazing club too! I will get everything ready for you and post it all out to you along with emailed detailed photos. You just need to commit to a $40 a month order that I will have shipped directly to your house. And one of your months you will still get to have all the added bonuses of being hostess!!! Why WOULDN'T you do this????

So now - the fabulous October pages!!!! You get the page protectors as well - oh and I forgot that if you decide to recommit to the club for another 10 months, I will give you an album FREE after your first year anniversary (second, third and forth if you hang around that long!!!)

Are these owls just the cutest things ever???

 SO what are you waiting for???? Email me now so that I have you down for next moth's Club Scrap!!!

Here is the right hand page - my fave this month!

Faithbooking with Stampin' Up!

Who knew that God would use Stampin' Up! to lead me on such a faith journey??

It's been coming on for quite a while, but yesterday and today God has really shown me what I believe to be the direction of my life from here on. And I am so pleased that Stampin' Up! will be such a huge part of that.

Here's the page that I made about it:

(I think that I may have to re-do the printing of the verse. I hit the 'crumples' with soft  suede ink and I think it might be too dark)

The verse at the top is Joshua 1:6-9 "Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

 ⁷ “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. ⁸ Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

I had a great quiet time with God this morning and I was led to these verses and it just resonated within me. Yesterday the whole process started - I had a great prayer time with my good friends Marcy and Kim, and we did a lot of work on some of the things that had been holding me back from being all that God had created me to be.

So this morning when I was working through what all of that meant, I really felt that God was saying that He wanted me to use SU! as a way to reach out to other women who might need Him. At the beginning of the year when we were still studying Isaiah at BSF, He had given me the verse  Isaiah 54:2 1 Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back, lengthen your cords, strengthen your cords."

I still felt that there was something holding me back (which is what led to the prayer time with the girls) and then 2 verses down He had these gems for me: "Do not be afraid, you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated."  How precious is our God?

So am I enlarging me tent with this blog. Have you ever noticed that the little sub title of this blog is "Meaningful Creativity"?  I really feel that that is not a mistake - and now is the time to make thi joy of paper crafting become more meaningful. So I'm asking you to join this journey with me and see what God has to teach us and to show us.

the journalling on my page says, "This morning began a new and very exciting chapter in my life. Well - I guess it began yesterday with a prayer time with Marcy & Kim - but today God gave me these verses, and a bit of a vision for my life. Who knew that Stampin' Up! would be more than just a great hobby, & a way to make money? God has shown me (again & again actually!) that this will be His instrument for me to reach the people He has called me to. I'm so excited - & overwhelmed by His love. =)


I can't wait to add more and more pages to this album as a way to travel along this journey. I would LOVE it if you would join me. Add a link to your pages so I can see hat God is doing in YOUR life too!!!

 Th paper on this page is the new Pumpkin Spice in the holiday mini - it's gorgeous and my new favorite. Remember you can by things directly from my SU! site (meganv.stampinup.org) and don't forget to pick up some Pool Party cardstock (the blue on the page) - it's just delicious and you will be sooooo sad if you don't start using it straight away. It's one of our In Colors and so it will only be around for 2 years.

I can't wait to see what God is going to do girlies - so I hope I have inspired you to go and get inky!!!

Hugs

Megan

Get your FREE Big Shot NOW!

I cannot tell you how exciting this offer is! Not only do you get the fabulous stater kit worth $340 for only $175 - but now Stampin' Up! is giving you a FREE Big Shot as well!!! AMAZING! (Of course if you already have a Big Shot - they will give you a $100 shopping spree!!!) Love it!
AND then you get all the benefits of joining Stampin' Up! AND be part of my amazing group. It really doesn't get any better than this so give me a call right now - or just hit this link and sign up right NOW online!

I cannot wait for you to join my group of stampers and a great group of supportive women.

Hugs
Megan

Yes - I think I am still alive!

I know that I have been MIA from this blog for quite a while! But you know - life and stuff!!
So what we are going to do is just pretend every time I do this (you and I both know that this may happen again even though I will promise that it wont!!!) that it didn't really and just proceed as though I had been psting every day. Deal? Deal!!!!!

Thanks for being so great about this!

So - what Have I got to show you? September Shoppe cards is what!!! If you haven't been coming along and creating these masterpieces, you have been missing out!

So - without further ado - here they are!

I know - aren't they super cute? AND super easy!!! ANY of you could create these in your own home! SO come on out the net time I have a shoppe and learn how to use your supplies to make super quick and easy-peasy, Japan-easy cards like these!!

I'll let you know when the next one is so you can plan on being there!

Tomorrow I'll give you a look at the scrapbook pages we have been creating....tune in peeps!

Hugs
Megan