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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!!!

2010-05-31

Some cards for today!! More coming...

...tomorrow! It's pretty gloomy and dreary today and not good for getting pics of my cards.

I managed to get pics of these but they're not the best pics. Will probably get new pics tomorrow and change the pics.

YOU WANNA MAKE A MEMORY

I based this card on my own sketch from my Just My Sketches blog.



MISSING YOU
Digital image from The Digi Shack

Hope you all had a super wonderful crafty Monday!!!!

2010-05-27

It's Thursday...TWISTED Thursday!!!

at Shirley's 2 Girls!!!

The twist is to make a card for a SPECIAL MAN in your life! Check out the challenge deets and the other ladies awesome creations!!!
Here's my card:
DAD..WHATEVER WE DO...
IT'S ALWAYS FUN WITH YOU!

Other challenges :
~Creative Inspirations (distressing)
~Digital Tuesday (cute people)
~Tuesday Taggers (man's world)
~Sundays with Crissy (layers)
~I Love Digi (card for dad)
~Crafty Catz (boyz are back)

2010-05-26

Wednesday cards for ya!

This card was done for the Delightful Inspiration freebie image challenge this week.

Digital image by Designed 2 Delight
Other Challenge:
~Alphabet Challenge (d is for dragonflies)

This card was done for The Digi Shack sketch challenge this week.
Digital by The Digi Shack
Other challenges:
~La-La-Land (nestabilities shaped card)
~Saturday Challenge (no patterned paper)
~The Pink Elephant (orange)
~CAS-tastic Challenges (touch of green)

Some FREEBIES!!!

~Bee 
~Bear 

2010-05-24

I was inspired to do a layout today!

It's for our Sisterhood of Scrap challenge blog!!

The challenge this week is:

Create a layout or card with lots of NUMBERS!
Could be journaling, title or other embellishments.

Here's mine:
TXT ME!


Hope you all are having a wonderful Monday!!!

2010-05-23

Let's PILE IT ON again today!!!

Here's my project for this week's challenge at Pile It On! It's a photo album.

CELEBRATE YOU
Digital image from Some Odd Girl

Challenges:
~Pile It On (out of the box)
~Corrosive Challenge (clean and simple)
~The Crafty Pad (something hanging over the edge)
~Challenge Up Your Life (recycle-twill from a gift bag)
~Allsorts (tag or label)
~Crafty Catz (stars and stripes)
~Dare You To Digi Stamp (one for the boys)
~Daring Cardmakers (boyzone)
~Charisma Cardz (something 3D)
~La-La-Land (birthday)
~Inky Impressions (distressing, sparkles)
~Crafty Creations (celebration)


2010-05-21

Friday is a great time for some TCC!

The FRED SHE SAID blog hop post is HERE!

The Character Cafe's blog challenge this week is to create a card using a tag, ribbon and 2 buttons. I created a card for the challenge.

HUGS AND KISSES

Challenges:
~Stampin' for the Weekend (card to cheer someone up)
~Stamp Something (2 of something-2 patterned papers)
~Sew Many Challenges (anything goes)
~Die Cut Dreams (lace)

HAPPY SUMMER!!!!!!!

Welcome to our "Here Comes Summer FRED SHE SAID" blog hop!!! If you just happened to drop by my blog and you are not aware of this wonderful event taking place, please go back to the "FRED SHE SAID" blog here and start your hop!


Please, we would love it if you commented on our posts.


Along the way, you will see a special CODE WORD. Collect them all up! Once you reach the end of the blog hop (which will be the "Fred She Said" Challenge blog), follow the instructions to make your entry and your name will go in for a draw for a $20 Gift Certificate for the Fred She Said Store!


Here is my "Fred She Said" creation:


4 U
 

My special code word is:
FRIENDS

Here is a list of the blog hoppers in case you lose your way:

*FRED SHE SAID blog  
*SONYA
*MARIA 
*SHELLY 
*MICHELLE  
*CAROL L.  
*DARSIE B.  
*JUDY
*CAROL H. 
*LORA 
*DEANNE   YOU ARE HERE! ALMOST DONE!
*FRED SHE SAID CHALLENGE BLOG

This blog hop will run from today, MAY 21st until MAY 27. On the 28th, the winner will be announced on the "Fred She Said" blog  .

Thank-you for taking the time to play along.  Now, to continue the blog hop, please visit FRED SHE SAID CHALLENGE BLOG which is your last hop!

When you are finished hopping, why not check out the Fred She Said Store

Other challenge:
~Crafty Angels (ripping,tearing)

2010-05-20

Thursday's Card for Shirley's 2 Girls!!!


We are continuing with the HOME SWEET HOME theme!!!
The challenge this week is to use your FAV color!!! Mine's ORANGE!!!

Ain't she a cute kitty!!!
Check out the deets about the challenge HERE!

Other challenge:
~Spoon Full of Sugar (cute and girly)

FREEBIES!!!

~Puppy Love (word art) 
~ 2 images BBQ Apron and BBQ 


2010-05-18

I'm on a new DESIGN TEAM!!!

I've joined The Everyday Scrapper design team!!!! Woohoo!!!

So, I'm new, along with: MICHELLE ROYCROFT
APRIL HUMMERT
and the current current team members are:
Julie
Ann
Lisa
Linda
Mia

Lot of names there I know ! Isn't that AWESOME!!! I'm very excited about this!!!

Here's the link to The Everyday Scrapper FORUM. Come join me!!!

2010-05-17

Well, it's MONDAY again

and I am getting soooooo depressed about all the crappy weather we've been getting... rain,rain,rain,rain and more rain!!!
I just wanna get in my pjs and stay in bed til the sun comes out again!
But I can't...
So here's a card I made this afternoon for our SISTERHOOD OF SCRAP Monday challenge.

WHAT THE HECK!
digital by The Digi Shack

Other challenges:
~Cupcake Craft Challenge (blooms,charms)
~Pollycraft (summer blooms)
~Alphabet Challenge (C is for chocolate)
~I Love Digi (charm)
~Digital Tuesday (make me laugh)

Hope the weather in your area is a lot better than mine!!! I try to keep telling myself that there's always SUNSHINE in my heart!!!

2010-05-16

Merry Christmas...in May

I finally have some cards done for my Christmas Cards All Year 'Round!!! FINALLY!! The challenge this month is create a Christmas card with flowers,ribbons,and buttons on them!

Here are mine:
JOY

Other challenge:
~Magical Crafts (black,white and 1 other color)


MERRY CHRISTMAS
Other challenges:
~Just Us Girls (blue,red,white,kraft)

And here's another one I made today.
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Challenges:
~Corrosive Challenge (easel card)
~Stamptacular Sunday (lovely as a tree)
~Basic Grey Challenges (punch it-border and snowflake punches)
~Saturday Challenge (metal-brads)
~Winter Wonderland (snow)
~Sew Many Challenges (easel card)
~Polka Doodles(dimension and texture)
~Fab 'n' Funky (metal-brads)
~Creative Belli (hole punches-I used the snowflakes punched from the border and used them on the card)
~Scrap Creations (basic grey and animal)
~Incy Wincy Designs (photo inspiration)

Happy Sunday!!!!

2010-05-15

A layout and card today, so far!

These were made for my Create It GREEN sketch challenges.

JUST 4 U

Digital image from Designed 2 Delight

Other challenges: 
~Delightful Inspiration (freebie image)
~My Time to Craft (too cute)
~Design Dollies (yellow,turquoise,black)
~The Crazy Challenge (cute and cuddly)

NEW DO
Other challenge:
~The Crafty Pad (tear it up)

 


Annabelle Stamps challenge

for this week is "Say it in WHITE". Here's my card:

TIME SHARED...FRIENDSHIP CHERISHED
The flowers, pearls and sentiment stamp are all from the Annabelle Stamps.

Challenges:
~ScrapFit (just cardstock)
~Crafty Catz (petals and pearls)
~For Fun Challenges (older fav stamps-my sentiment stamps from Annabelle Stamps are wonderful!)

2010-05-14

The Character Cafe Friday Challenge is

is to use a RECYCLED item on your card. Here's mine:

PICKED JUST FOR YOU...
I used ~an index card
~tissue paper from a shoe box to make the flower
~recolored brads to match the card colors

Other challenges:
~Quixotic Challenges (make your own flowers)
~Little Red Wagon (brads)
~Practical Scrappers (punches)

2010-05-13

How's Your Thursday?

Hope it's going just GREAT!!!
Here's a card I made this evening.

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
 Digital image by Designed 2 Delight

Challenges:
~Delightful Inspiration (freebie)
~Shelly's Images (anything goes)
~Design Dollies (Mother Goose)
~A Spoon Full of Sugar (3 patterned paper,3 buttons)
~The Pink Elephant (yellow,patterned paper,buttons)
~Die Cut Dreams (shabby chic)

Soooooo happy tomorrow's Friday!!! Woohoo!!!!!

Twisted Thursday at Shirley's 2 Girls

Check out the new challenge at Shirley's 2 Girls today!

Here's mine.

MAY YOUR CUP NEVER BE EMPTY
...May your Heart Always Be Full
Other challenges:
~Cute Card Thursday (someone special)
~ABC Challenge (U is for unused stash-the paper is very old Foof-a-La)
~Stampavie (pink)
~Crafty Angels (one for the girls)
~Cupcake Craft (buttons)
~Charisma Cardz (sweet treats)

2010-05-09

Let's Pile It On again today!

ENJOY YOUR DAY
Digital image from Meljen's Designs

Challenges:
~Pile It On (cute and cuddly)
~Meljen's DT Challenge (sea creatures...I know frogs don't live in the sea but they are water creatures?? Don't know if it'll qualify or not, but I'm gonna try)
~CAS-tastic (CAS birthday)
~Sassy Cheryl's (photo inspiration)
~Simon Says (birthday)
~Stamp Something (birthday)
~Crafty Calendar (great outdoors)
~Frosted Designs (sanding)
~Crazy 4 Challenges ("What are Little Boys Made of?" inspiration)
~Crafty Catz (card and tag)
~Stampin' for the Weekend (card for male)
~C.R.A.F.T. (birthday)
~Cute Card Thursday (boys to men)
~A Spoon Full of Sugar (furry friends)

Let's Celebrate Mother's Day!

At Just My Sketches we are having a blog hop today!
At JMS the DT and I love our moms and to show our appreciation for everything mothers do, we are celebrating mothers in our blog hop this week. The hop officially kicks off at 9 am this morning (NL time), and ends at Midnight May 14th (NL time). There are 18 stops along the way. In your travels don't forget to collect the words to complete the quote and take it back to Just My Sketches & the Blend to enter the major prize drawing worth $30! If you have only just found the blog hop, go back to JMS to the start.

The first set of words you need to collect for the quote is "My mom"

I used the card sketch:


MOM MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU
I used a line from I'll Always Love My Mama by The Intruders on my card.

Other challenges:
~The Crafty Pad (punches-butterflies)
~Alphabet Challenge Blog (B is for butterflies)

Now, head over to the next stop, which is Monique's blog!

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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