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Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

~Joseph Campbell~

Join CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR 'ROUND and get your Christmas cards done before Christmas 2010!

SISTERHOOD of SCRAP has a FORUM!!! We'd love to see you there!

Check out my "green" blog! It's called Create It-GREEN. The design team, contributors and I have lots of fun there!

On the 1st of every month I post a layout and card sketch challenge at Just My Sketches! Go see!

These are "SCRAP ADDICTS" too!!!

2010-04-30

Freebies!!!




Hope you're having a SUPER Friday evening!!!!!!

Hey do you know tomorrow's National Scrapbooking Day!!! Wahoo!!!

I got my hair cut yesterday.Here's a pic of my new style.

Say it with...

PEARLS! That's the challenge this week at Annabelle Stamps!
Here's my card:

THINKING OF YOU

Other challenges:
~Gingersnap Creations (kraft)
~Design Dollies (kraft and bright colors)

2010-04-29

It's Twisted Thursday again!

Where does the time go??? Wha????
Check out the new Twisted Thursday challenge at Shirley's 2 Girls challenge blog!



Here's my card. 

MOM I {HEART} YOU

Other challenges:
~Cooking It Up with Kate (mother, brads, punch)
~Tellen's Place (flowers)
~Creative Inspirations (easel card)
~Creative Craft Challenges (flowers)
~Creative Card Crew (flowers)
~ColorQ (color inspiration)
~Die Cut Dreams (make own flowers)
~Cupcake Craft (no square card)
~Pollycraft (make your own flowers)
~Our Creative Corner (blooming blossoms)

Just remember that...

STORMS NEVER LAST


Challenges:
~Delightful Inspiration (freebie image from Designed 2 Delight)
~Your Next Stamp (going dotty)
~Quixotic (how distressing)
~Stampavie (distressing)
~Simon Says (buttons, bows,bling)
~The Pink Elephant (aqua)

2010-04-28

Sketch Challenge Day at The Digi Shack!

SWEET

Check out the sketch and the details of the challenge at The Digi Shack blog!

Other challenges:
~Everybody Art (song title)
~Practical Scrapper (buttons)
~C.R.A.F.T.(pink.brown)

2010-04-26

FWEEBIES!!!




Have a great week!!!
Keep crafting!

A New "Fred She Said" Challenge Today!

The challenge this month is to create a 3D gift for a loved one. I recycled a chocolate treat box!



 Check out the other awesome 3D gifts the team made HERE!

Other challenges:
~AI Factory (anything but a card)
~One Stitch At a Time (flowers)
~Dare You to Digi Stamp (flowers)

2010-04-25

Sunday Creations

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Digital image by Nina May
Challenges:
~Stamptacular Sunday (stitching)
~Aly's Sunday Challenge (animal)
~Alphabet Challenge (Z is for zebra)
~Pixie Dust Studio (tag)
~Incy Wincy Designs (black,white,one other color)

CONGRATULATIONS


LOVIN' IT

Digital image by Bugaboo

Challenges:
~Dutch Dare (easel card and repeat something)
~If the Shoe Fits (chocolate/teal)
~Crazy Challenge (brads, buttons, eyelets)
~Scrappy Frogs (glossy)
~Pile It On (make it sweet)

Earth Day Blog Hop


Welcome to Michelle Perkett's Earth Day blog hop. To celebrate Earth Day all of the blog hop participants created something using only recycled material (other than ink and markers/paint)and to get creative with their recycled plastic, paper, cardboard and whatever they liked, as long as its recycled!!:)

Also, there must be some green in each design as well! I used distressing ink as well as a green stamping ink to ink the edges.

Here is my "recycled" card.

THANK YOU


EVERY SINGLE ITEM on this card is a recycled item. Even the cardstock is from a company called Green Field Paper Company which makes paper from junkmail!! The butterflies are all cut from magazine or packaging inserts and tissue paper. They are tied using an old bracelet I had. The "thank you" sentiment was torn from some junkmail I had lying around!


Other challenges:
~Frosted Designs (masking)
~The Crafty Pad (recycle something)
~Allsorts (photo inspiration-butterflies)

Thanks for looking!

Please hop over to Sammi's blog to continue the hop! Enjoy!

*If you lose your way, please hop back HERE to see where your next stop is.

2010-04-24

This is one orange-y cupcake-y filled post!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY


Digital image from Shirley's 2 Girls

Challenges:
~Inky Impressions (3 layers, 2 patterned papers, 1 ribbon, 3 embellishments-button, border punch, Stickles)
~Challenge up Your Life (pink/orange/mother)
~Paper Cutz (mother's day)
~Stamp, Scrap and Doodle (bow, button, bling)
~Stampavie (lace,button)

SAVE THE EARTH...
Digital image from Whimsie Doodles

Challenges:
~Simple Doodles (something old-digital image)
~Saturday Challenge (distressing)
~Some Odd Girl (no patterned paper)
~Play Date Cafe (color inspiration)
~Charisma Cardz (quote)
~Fab 'n' Funky (neglected stamp)
~My Time to Craft (quote)


4U!
Digital image from Phindy's Place

Challenges:
~Oh, Alice! (sweet food)
~Fussy and Fancy Friday (birthday,sweet treat)
~Something Completely Different (H  is for happy!!)
~Design Dollies (color inspiration)
~Crazy Challenge (cupcake)

Let's Hear it for the BOYS!

I've made some cards for the BOYS today!

DISCOVER PLAY EXPLORE



Digital image from Pollycraft

Challenges:
~Totally Paper Crafts (4 embellishments-Stickles, charm, rubons, brad, 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 1 image)
~Raise the Bar (fav color-ORANGE!)
~Polka Doodles (monochromatic)
~Crafty Catz (stitching)
~Quixotic (make a splash)

PARTY TIME


FREE Digital image from Pollycraft

Challenges:
~One Stop Craft (metallic)
~Fun with Shapes (charm, corner punch)
~Wild Flower Patch (paper piecing)


WINNER of the Sisterhood of Scrap...

Blog Hop and Crop prize is....................




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STACIE!!!


Stacie, please EMAIL me so I can get your prize packaged up and ready to mail to you!

Thanks to EVERYONE who played along. It was FUNNNNN!!!

2010-04-23

Just ONE card! hehe

FEEL BETTER SOON
Paper piercing pattern from Fred She Said

Challenges:
~Sew Many Challenges (anything goes)
~Daring Cardmakers (die cut crazy)
~La-La-Land (shabby chic)
~Creative Belli (die cut shapes)
~Corrosive Challenge (paper piercing)

Have a great Friday night everyone!!! Are ya gonna get creative??

Another award!


for this card:

I'm so happy!

Friday Freebies!


 SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE EARTH DAY Blog Hop at CREATE IT GREEN or click HERE!

2010-04-22

Annabelle Stamps has a Sketch

for you today! Go check out the details. This is PRIZE week too!
Here's my card:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I used petals and pearls that are also available at Annabelle Stamps. I colored the petals with a purple Copic to match my card. It WAS a cream colored flower. Isn't it cool that you can color them in to match your card exactly!!!

Other challenges:
~A Spoon Full of Sugar (happy birthday)
~Critter Sketch Challenge (10 items-cardstock, 3 patterned paper, 2 flowers, 2 pearls, border punch, stamped image)
~Lexi's Creations (3 papers, 2 embellishments-flowers, 1 stamped image-sentiment)
~Just Us Girls (color inspiration (pink, lavender, green, yellow)


A reminder to me:

My Scrappy Goals for 2010:

150 Layouts

60 Christmas cards

120 Other Occasion cards

60 Altered items

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