November Blog Challenge at Kellybell Designs

The end of the year is fast approaching. With all the holiday festivities coming up, things can get pretty crazy! This November Blog Challenge will be the last one for the year. Kelly is skipping December since it's such a busy month. With this challenge you get to be creative and select your own theme. Kelly's calling it a 'Surprise Me' challenge.

As a special treat, you'll be receiving 2 participation prizes for playing along. CT member Lisa and Jennifer have amazing treats for you. Everyone who submits a layout will receive these 2 participation prizes. And the most outstanding layout will receive a gift certificate to Kelly's store.

Here are the rules and instructions to participation in the Monthly Blog Challenge:

• Scrap a page where you select the theme from a Disney park or cruise. Surprise Kelly with your creativity in how you use her products. Make sure this is a new layout and not one you've already created.
• You can use as many photos as you want and include as many elements and papers that you choose. We want to see your creativity sparkle!
• Layouts should be made with 100% Kellybell products or freebies (you are allowed to use a template from another designer). You are welcome to submit more than 1 layout.
• Post your layout into the Challenges Gallery at Kellybell Designs by midnight EST Nov 30th. Participation prizes will be sent to the email address you have listed with Kelly's gallery.

The most outstanding layout will be announced the first week of December. That's also when the participation prizes will be sent out.

Check your stash to see what Kellybell Designs kits you already own or take some time to browse through Kelly's store to see if you want to pick up a new collection to scrap with. Here are a few of Kelly's kits to use.

These are great for scrapping Fab Five character photos.

You might like these for your princess layouts.

Here's a few for Pooh and his Hundred Acre Friends.

Or maybe you might scrap something in Epcot's World Showcase.

You can find lots of inspiration at Kelly's Blog to give you some ideas of what to scrap for this challenge. Here's my page for the 'Surprise Me' challenge.

Happy Scrappin'!!

Every Story can be a Fairy Tale!

Once Upon A Time...

Every good fairy tale story begins this way. And of course it always has a happy ending where they lived happily ever after. What's between 'Once Upon A Time' and 'They Lived Happily Ever After' is an adventure filled drama for each princess. For Cinderella, she's held captive by an evil stepmother and 2 rotten step sisters, only later to be magically transformed into a princess attending a royal ball and marrying a handsome prince. In today's world, this only happens on reality TV, but for those of us with a dream filled heart, it happens every day in a magical fairy tale story at Disney.

Honoring the magic of Cinderella, Kelly's got a brand new collection that is fit for a princess. It's called...

Inside this gorgeous kit you'll find royally rich patterns and colors with over 50 elements including castle, castle wall, ribbons, carriage, glass slipper, blue bird, crests, scrolls, clock face, pumpkins, flairs, frames, flowers, greenery, banners, strings, sprays and much more. There's a full alpha that's white with a blue outline.

Check out these 5 word art titles. So pretty for your castle or Cinderella layouts.

Don't forget to add the page starters and paper stacks to your shopping cart. These are so brightly colored and beautifully clustered.

When you're scrapping a princess page, you always need some glitter. These glitter papers make a great addition to your princess scrapping stash.

All of Kelly's creations can be found at www.KellybellDesigns.com. This newest collection will be 25% of this weekend only so hurry over to the store and grab it while it's on sale. While you are at the store, check out all of Kelly's princess kits too.

'Fairytale Story' is a beautiful princess collection that can be used for scrapping photos in front of Cinderella's castle as well as meeting any of the princesses. I loved having breakfast prior to park opening at Cinderella's Royal Table! We were sat at the Engagement table and had a magical view of the New Fantasyland section! Can't wait to go back in February! Here's a page that I scrapped.

Now we're at the end where everyone lives happily ever after.... because they get 3 amazing freebies!
Here's one from me! Hope you like it! I do a lot of word art freebies and this has to be my favorite one!!

Image linked to 4Share for download

You can find a fabulous goodies from other team members here: 

Kelly - http://kellybelldesigns.com/blog/
Roxana - http://scrapscardsandmore.blogspot.com/

Have a magical weekend!

Tomorrow is Coming!!

You are gonna be amazed with this one! Can you guess what it is? 

Check over at Kelly's blog for a chance to win it!

Good luck!

New Blog Challenge!

July is finally here and it's time for a new Kellybell Designs Blog Challenge. This month's theme is called "My Favorite". You'll need to think about what is your favorite Kellybell kit and scrap a page with only that kit. Boy, that's going to hard to do!!

Here's the participation prize you'll receive this month for playing along. CT member JessicaP has made a border cluster and cluster frame for you. Everyone who submits a layout will receive a participation prize. And the most outstanding layout will receive a gift certificate to Kelly's store.

Here are the rules and instruction to participation in the Monthly Blog Challenge:

• Scrap a page using your favorite Kellybell Designs kit. You can only use items from that 1 collection (kit with matching word art, page starters and paper stacks) so make sure you choose wisely.
• While the instructions are written for Walt Disneyworld, please adapt them for any of the other Disney parks around the world.
• You can use as many photos as you want and include as many elements and papers that you choose. We want to see your creativity sparkle!
• Layouts should be made with 100% Kellybell products or freebies (you are allowed to use a template from another designer). You are welcome to submit more than 1 layout.
• Post your layout into the Challenges Gallery at Kellybell Designs by midnight EST July 31st. Participation prizes will be sent to the email address you have listed with Kelly's gallery.

The most outstanding layout will be announced the first week of August. That's also when the participation prizes will be sent out. Check your stash to see what Kellybell Designs kits you already own or take some time to browse through Kelly's store to see if you want to pick up a new collection to scrap with.

You can find lots of inspiration at Kelly's Blog to give you some ideas of what to scrap for this challenge. Take a look at my layout using my favorite Kellybell kit. One of my favorite kits is A Brave Fate which showcases Merida, the spunky Irish princess from the movie, Brave. With all the excitment of the recent induction of Merida as an official Disney Princes, I though it was fitting to create a LO for her to celebrate this event. I have never met her in person so I can't wait until our next trip to finally meet her. Here's my LO...

Images borrowed from Google search.

Here are the pieces of Kellybell Designs' kits that I used to create my LO. Wouldn't they go great with the participation prize for this month. Go and grab them today!

 

 Enjoy your July! Keep cool and have a magical month!
Jessica

Well It's Official!!

Well...I did it!! I am officially a PRINCESS!! 

Anyone who knows me are probably thinking, "Jess, I thought you always said you were a princess." LOL! True!! HOWEVER...today, all my princess dreams have almost come true...

I REGISTERED FOR MY FIRST HALF MARATHON!!

AT DISNEY!!!

THE DISNEY PRINCESS HALF MARATHON!!

OMG!!! I am so "OVER THE MOON" EXCITED about this!  

(Yes, I will be wearing a tu-tu...just trying to decide on which one...hehe)

I never thought in my wildest dreams I would ever want to do this...but I am so motivated for this. And this overwhelming feeling is amazing!  Yes, this scares me a lot...but I know f I can accomplish this, then I know I can finally overcome all my fears for the rest of my life!!!!

So on my way home, it started to rain crazy tonight...Ugh!! Day 2 of running training...Thank goodness that we live literally across the street from our gym...No rain was going to ruin this high!! I stepped on the treadmill and knew it was time to Git 'R DONE!! (Don't you just love Mater???)

I was feeling good...until...

my arch and ankle started killing!! Seriously?!?! But I persevered!! Nothing gonna stop me!!

Well, I made it through my second day...but this first week of putting into high gear is taking its toll on me! So after a mortin and a shower, I sat on the couch and did a little recuperating.

Yes folks that 2 bags of peas! LOL!

I have always heard that it works as awesome ice packs...They are absolutly right!! I now LOVE peas! However, I still refuse to eat them! Just can't handling the popping feeling and sound they make when you bite into them...Ick!! (Apologize if you like peas..:) )

Of course before I started icing my shins and ankles, I had to wrap my feet in the best product ever!!

Fair Trade Foot Lotion from Lush Handmade Cosmetics.

OMG!! Dream in a container!!! Cocoa butter, peppermint and spearamint all in one!! Holy cow! And it totally works! It's specifically for sore and tired feet, but I have actually put it on other sore muscles and it really helps...A LOT!!! 

It has the same soothing warming, cooling effect that BenGay has...but smells so much better!!

Everything is hand made and not tested on animals. I probably should take stock since I purchase something every time I walk past their store.  

If you don't have a Lush store near you, never fear...their products are ONLINE!! YAY!!!

I have only used a small portion of what they sell, but I can tell you what I have used to far is totally worth every penny I paid! 

well...it is about that time!! All this excitement has really wore me out...time for a good night's sleep! 

If you are enjoying my journey, please let me know...I have the light at the end of the tunnel but any encouragement will definitely help me with my motivation!!

Til next time...Have a magical evening!!
Jessica