Get out the air freshener – there’s a whole lots of TOOTIN’ going on! I just got  my copy of Canadian Scrapbooker featuring my layout ‘Hope’ in the mail. So exciting! And it even included a little blurb I wrote about desaturating the photos. Woot!

Canadian Scrapbooker – Spring 2009
Miss Mint

But I’m not alone in my tooting. It’s been a great month for the Mint Chicks. Congrats to Mary Jo, Trisha, Joscie and Kirstie who all recently had pages featuring Peppermint Creative products selected for publication. AWESOME work ladies!!!

CARDS – Vol. 3, Issue 9
Mary Jo Johnston

Scrapbook Trends – March 2009
Trisha Burton

Creating Keepsakes – April 2009
Joscie Cutchens

Scrapbooking Memories
Kirstie Ibrahim

Want to learn more about submitting your work for publication? It’s EASY – and I’m not just saying that. Check out our listing of ongoing publication calls and an article with tips to submitting from the Kirstie, the queen of publication:

LISTING: Upcoming Publication Calls
ARTICLE: Publication Tips from the Master – By Kirstie Ibrahim

Good luck! Don’t be shy, just submit and email me your TOOT!

Use Your Scraps!
By: Mary Jo Johnston

If you’re like me, you have a pile of paper scraps that you just can’t seem to part with! Yes, I save them all! Maybe it’s the thought of throwing away all the time I put into printing my digital papers, the expense or just my love for all of those gorgeous designs. Whatever your reason, here’s a great project that will justify keeping your stash!

Supplies Used:
Wooden Picket Fence (from craft store, i.e. Hobby Lobby, Michaels, etc.)
(3) Miniature Wooden Flower Pots (from craft store)
Small Chipboard Frame
Toothpicks
Decorative Scissors
Ribbon
Foam Squares
Glue
Scrap Papers:
Peppermint Creative Rainbow Joy Paper Pack
Peppermint Creative Party Pants Kit
Cutesy Doodle Doo Flowers

1. Trim a strip of Rainbow Joy Green Envy paper to fit the length of your fence. Make several cuts along the top of your paper to resemble the grass. Continue all the way from one end of the paper to the other.

2. Adhere the “grass” to the bottom of the fence.

3. Using the decorative scissors, trim two small strips of paper to fit the miniature flower pots.

4. Adhere the strips of paper to the flower pots.

5. Cut three flowers from the Cutesy Doodle Doo Embellishment Pack or cut three flowers from any Peppermint Creative patterned paper scraps in your stash.

6. Attach a foam square to the back of each flower.

7. Insert a toothpick into the foam square and set aside.

8. Place a small amount of shredded paper in two of the miniature flower pots. Apply a small amount of glue and insert the toothpick flowers into each pot.

9. Paint a small chipboard frame. Set aside to dry.

10. Print the quote “If Friends Were Flowers, I’d Pick You” onto your favorite Peppermint Creative Paper.

11. Adhere the quote to the frame.

12. Adhere a small piece of ribbon to the frame and hang it on the fence.

Hi All! Sorry about the extended down time on the site last/this week. I had to switch hosts with very little advance notice and although the transfer took a little longer than expected, it went pretty smoothly and all is well now and I’m happy to be back! The introductory offer on the new vector files was extended and tomorrow is the LAST DAY to save on them so be sure to check them all out. Lots of cool stuff to be had.

You can pick up the personal use versions (all under $4 reg. price) or the commercial (not-digital) use versions for professionals. And now due to OVERWHELMING demand, we are excited to bring you craft cutter sets with .GSD and .SVG files saved specifically for your personal use with your home craft cutting machines like the Silhouette, Wishblade, Cricuit and Robo Craft. Be sure to check your machine manual for file format compatibility.

Tay has graciously decided to offer a FREE COMMERCIAL USE word art graphic which includes ALL FILE TYPES for you to download and enjoy so that you can try it out and test the compatibility with your software and machines.

DOWNLOAD HERE:

Be sure to pick it up and give it a whirl! There are so many uses for fantastic word art – what will you create? Post your creations in the gallery. We love to see your creativity at work. Have a good one everyone!!

I think there is some official Project 365/Photo of the Day Challenge out there. I’m participating in my own ‘unofficial’ version – are you? The challenge is to take a photo every single day. I try to make mine of something that I did or that happened that day. It’s actually kind of fun! You end up with your own little photo diary. Here are select photos from February. Are you playing along? If not – join in!

You can share your photos with us in our forum. I’d love to see what you’ve been up to.

Did anyone watch The Bachelor last night? Ahhhhhh MAN that was some good stuff. They COMPLETELY over hyped the Deanna part which was a real disappointment. It felt like she was put up to to the whole thing. The REAL drama came ‘After the Rose’’. Holy moly – THAT, Chris Harrison – was dramatic. I’ll give you that. Truly excellent. I really hope the poor dude can make it work with Molly because to go through two seasons and not find someone (at least for a little while) would really suck. I’d love to know what happened between Jason and Melissa that made him change his mind so dramatically so quickly. There’s more on tonight – I figure perhaps he’s changed his mind again. Now he wants Deanna. LOL.

Enough about TV. Hope you’re all busy scrapping and crafting. Thanks for stopping by.
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Ciao for now!

Hello out there!!! Can anybody hear me?????
Happy MARCH! What’s everybody up to?

Don’t forget to stop by the forum to pick up this month’s Pimp My Page Challenge Template. What’s the Pimp My Page Challenge you ask? It’s only the most best thing ever. Just download the template. Pimpify it using most Peppermint Creative products, post it in the gallery and every month someone wins a store gift card. Fun!

So go on now, Pimp THAT Page!

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page by Ingrid Fasquelle

page by Sari Underwood

And don’t forget the season finale of The Bachelor is on tonight! Ohhh I can’t wait for the DRAMA to unfold. I don’t think either lady is the right fit for him, though they both seem like really nice girls. I wonder what will happen with Deanna. I’m still a little pissed that she let him get down on one knee before rejecting him last season. Not cool man, not cool.