Before I make any announcements today, I want to take this opportunity to say

Congratulations Chelsea and family!!!!!

Chelsea, our Creative Team leader, and her family welcomed ….. Brayden Jacob ….. into the world April 29, 2010.  Congratulations to you and all of your family Chelsea, we can’t wait to see pictures of Brayden!!!

It’s National Scrapbooking Day, and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the day than with a blog hop from our Creative Team ….. Melissa, Cindy, Amber and Lisa ….. highlighting our May Kit “Honey and Broom Grass.” The kit is now available on the shopping page here along with the matching cardstock kit right here (only $3.00 if you purchase this kit).

This “Blop Hop” is only a sneak peek of their designs - which will ALL be uploaded to the LIITD gallery - Mother’s Day - Sunday, May 9, 2010.  What a super way to start off Mother’s Day - I can’t wait to see what you design and create gals - SO looking forward to this!!!  Pink Paislee’s “Queen Bee” line was one of the *hottest* new products at CHA Spring 2010.

Fronts of papers

Backs of papers

Some closeups …..

For National Scrapbooking Day, the Creative Team is having a little “Mini Sketch Crop” to celebrate.  The sketch challenges are open, and you have until Wednesday May 5th at 12:00pm CST to complete the challenges.  All information can be found right here and the sketch challenges are here.  We hope you can join in and celebrate the day with us.

For National Scrapbooking Day at LIITD, please watch the shopping page to see if your name appears at ANY TIME from now until Monday, May 3 at 11:59 pm CST.  If you see your name listed on the shopping page, please email loveisinthedetails@mts.net and write “NSD Prize Claim” in the subject line of your email.

It’s been a busy week for me - at home and at LIITD - but it’s been a good week.  If you haven’t already, please check out all of the new goodies that have been listed in the store - right here - awesome - seriously awesome!

And now ….. let’s get hopping ….. here is the order of the hop …..

LIITD Blog <—– you are here
Melissa
Cindy
Amber
Lisa

Have fun and Happy National Scrapbooking Day!!!!!

Posted under Monthly Kit Blog Hops, News

Jared from “Fancy Pants Designs”

While taking Jared’s (Jodi’s) class, instead of giving us step by step instructions (no need for that as his wife - Jodi - had very carefully printed out full written instructions along with photos), he told us the story of “Fancy Pants” ….. how it started, how it has grown, and little things about his family along the way.  Very cool to hear all of this.

It was awesome to hear that “About a Girl” was made to copy “About a Boy” from 2008.  I remember About a Boy - it was featured in our Love is in the Details May 2008 monthly kit.

I LOVE that the awesome people at Fancy Pants have listened to our requests.  The journal books now have one page of each design instead of two - much more cost efficient.  Also, the glitter cuts - now available all on one sheet - AWESOME stuff.

Fancy Pants has arrived to Love is in the Details - My Family, Rusted Sun, About a Girl, and Roadshow - along with a few other cool new Artist Edition items.  Check out the “Fancy Pants Blog” for some fantastic ideas using the new Fancy Pants lines.

I love mini albums, and I couldn’t wait to try out the new Artist Edition Multi Media album.  Below is what I have done with it - but, I have kept out a felt sheet and a chipboard sheet - as I have different plans for them.  I loved working with this album - the size and all the different textures - so cool.  Look at how many pages this made and I still have the two full pages I haven’t used yet.  Also, I only used one ring - but the kit comes with 3 - so I have to 2 spare rings to use on another project.

Cover - I used the printed acrylic sheet.

Page 2 - Back of acrylic sheet.

Page 3 - Mirrored sheet - picture is not so great - whole page is mirrored.

Page 4 - Back of mirrored sheet - again, my apologies for a not so great photo.

Page 5 - Canvas sheet - I *smooched* it with "Cherry Ice" Smooch Spritz.

Page 6 - Back of canvas sheet (it is not the same texture on the back) I had this Prima canvas around for a long time and added it for extra texture.

Page 7 - LOVE the corrugated cardboard.

Page 8 - Back of corrugated cardboard page - I did not add anything to the cardboard as I love the "raw" look of it.

Page 9 - The one brown felt page I used - it's awesome - nice and thick - I have one brown felt page set aside to use for a different project.

Page 10 - Back of brown felt sheet - I used regular tombow tape runner and glue dots to stick - and they both worked perfectly.

Page 11 - One of the chipboard sheets (the other I have saved for a different project). I pounded this one with the Tim Holtz texture hammer, and then *smooched* it with limolicious and gingersnap Smooch Spritz. It now has a very cool texture.

Back cover -I had so much fun with the Tim Holtz hammer and the Smooch Spritz that I repeated the effect for the back page.

Jared and Jodi - Fancy pants ROCKS, and I am so glad you followed your dream and built such an amazing successful business filled with products that we all love.  Kudos to you on your success!

Posted under Monthly Kit Blog Hops, News, Products, Recipes

Happy Happy New Year everyone!  All the best to you and your loved ones in 2010 - I hope that 2010 is the BEST year ever for everyone!

I can’t think of a better way to start the New Year off than will a Monthly Kit Reveal Blog Hop from our fabulous Creative Team.  The first kit of the year for LIITD is - “CLOUD 9″ - designed by Melanie and her kits ROCK - this one is no exception.

At Love is in the Details, our January kit is our Valentine’s/Love kit.  We hope that by having it for sale in January that it will to give you time to get your “love” creations ready for Valentine’s Day.  I can’t think of a better way to do this than with this awesome kit - it’s now available for sale right here.

Before we start this blog hop, I want to mention “Mrs. Claus’s Contest” posted here.  Looks like lots of fun and she has given you lots of time to complete this project.  Please join in if you can!

And one final thing before the hopping begins, I want to let you know to watch your emails (for those of you who are customers and receive our newsletter) and/or watch the shopping page for updates on our HUGE upcoming sale.  As soon as we are finished counting stock, the SALE will start and we are getting very close to being done - so it won’t be too much longer.

And now, let the hopping begin ….. I can’t wait to see what the gals have created.  First stop is over at Melissa’s blog ~ Scrapz N Stuff.  Enjoy and Happy Hopping!

LIITD blog  <—You are here
Melissa
Lisa
Mel
Chelsea
Amber
Cindy
LIITD reveal (gallery) <— Last stop - the whole reveal of the kit.

Posted under Monthly Kit Blog Hops