I am speechless.

I was making my daily trip to Facebook at lunch today and noticed that one of my friends had posted this on my wall.  I am incredibly humbled and absolutely speechless.  I *love* October Afternoon's products and was so excited to see some of my favorites in Midnight Rooster's June kit!  And, I am so happy that a couple of my Midnight Rooster projects have been noticed recently on the OA blog -- great press for us!

On a side note, I know how incredibly discouraging it can be to submit over-and-over-and-over and not even receive a "Thanks for your submission."  To be honest, I had pretty much given up and decided that, if some of my favorite companies had galleries, I would post my work there and then forget about it.  So, I want to encourage all of my fellow scrappers to continue to "put yourself out there."  You never know where or when your work might catch someone's eye.  :)

*hugs*
Michelle     

June Midnight Rooster projects - part 1

Hi, All!  I can't believe that it's that time again - time to reveal Midnight Rooster's next kit!  The June 2011 kit, Calico Days, is super cute!  And, the handmade items are SO unique!  (Okay, I just realized that those first three sentences are all punctuated with exclamation points.  But, it really IS awesome!! ;)

  

So, without any further ado, here are the first two projects that I created with this incredible kit.

 

Be sure to stay tuned this weekend to see my other three projects!

*hugs*

Michelle

What a surprise!

It's amazing what you find when you're not looking for it!  One of my friends contacted me today about making a small album for her as a gift for a friend.  So, I started surfing some of my favorite blogs to find a few examples of altered albums, just to give her some ideas of what we could to.  Well, long story short, I went to October Afternoon's blog and found this.  What a surprise!!  :)

Have a great day!

*hugs*
Michelle

some more Midnight Rooster yumminess

As promised, here are a couple more of my May projects for Midnight Rooster.  The first two pictures are of the outside and inside of card #2.  It folds like a matchbook.  Card #3 has lots of fun layers.

 

 

I'll be posting my two layouts within the next couple of days.  One just needs to have the picture added, and the other one needs to have the journaling strips added.  I hope to post at least one of them tomorrow night after I get home from teaching my card class at Pages In Time Forever.  I have had *so* much fun with this kit.  I'm sure that you will, too!  :) 

*hugs*

Michelle 

Midnight Rooster partial reveal!

Well, I'm still plugging away on this month's Midnight Rooster projects.  The best-laid plans, right?  Here is the first of my projects for this month.  I absolutely LOVE all of the goodies that come in the Miscellany packet from October Afternoon's 5 & DIME line - just a little bit of the yumminess in this month's kit!  Here is a card that I created using just a few of those items.

I will continue to post my projects as I complete them, so stay tuned!

*hugs*

Michelle

October Afternoon project #5

Below is the last of my October Afternoon projects.  It was a true joy and pleasure to be their guest designer this month.  Thanks, October Afternoon! =)

You probably recognize these pictures from a blog post a couple of months ago.  Well, Miss "E" is going to be a big sister later this year!  Congrats Cris & Bryce!  I can't wait to meet your new little bundle! =)

*hugs*

Michelle

Another project for October Afternoon

Here is another one of my projects that I created for October Afternoon as their guest designer for May.  TFL!

*hugs*

Michelle

Here are some better pics =)

The pictures that I took of my layouts weren't the best, so here are some better scans of them. TGIF!

These first two were created using Midnight Rooster's May kits.  I hadn't scrapped with a kit before; and, let me tell you, I'm in love!!

These are two of the layouts that I created for October Afternoon as May's guest designer.

*hugs*

Michelle

{breathe}

It has been an insanely busy, crazy, chaotic week and weekend!  Scrap. Photo. Scrap. Computer work. Sleep - a little. Edit. Drive 3 hours to parents'. Niece's birthday party. Go see Grandma. Mother's Day lunch with parents. Go see Grandma. Drive 3 hours home. Goddaughter's birthday party. Spend time with my wonderful friend. Go home... Breathe.

I'm sure that you've already read that we've had a little snag in the launch of Midnight Rooster's website.  The website looks wonderful and works great - until you try to purchase a kit.  The payment button doesn't seem to want to work.  Why is it that a seemingly small thing can cause such a big problem?  The boys are working on it, we promise.  They aren't sure why it isn't working properly, because everything worked fine when they tested it out.  It's as frustrating for them as it is for us, I'm sure.  Makes me glad that I'm not the computer tech. ;)

On a more pleasant note, here is my third project for October Afternoon.  If you follow my blog, you probably recognize the photos and that there is a bit of a glare on them in this picture.

And here are 2 of my projects for Midnight Rooster using the May kits.

*hugs*

Michelle