Fall has Arrived

                                           

Frosted Petunias is hosting their Second Annual "Practical Magic Blog Hop"
With Fall now upon us, this Hop will certainly help to get one in the spirit of the season.

Also, fall is known for the season of football.
The Sisters of the "Sisterhood of Scrap" are hosting a Football Online Crop this weekend.
A perfect way to get gear up for the season.

                       There are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can

Sally Owens~ "Practical Magic"

It's a Pajama Party !

You haven't been to a Pajama Party that's been as FUN as this one promises to be :-) Colleen and Helen have been BUSY preparing for this weekend's festivities. Come in your pajamas -- don't forget to post a pic! LOL!


We're scrappin', sharing techniques, watching a movie, and having a ton of fun! We're finishing up the crop with our One-Hour challenge -- you don't wanna miss this one! Lots of prizes to be won!

Join us in the forum, and bring along a friend!

http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.com/

Starts Friday, October 15th at 3pm EST and will end Saturday October 16th at 10pm EST.

Card Holder and a Little Extra.

Hope you all had fun this past weekend celebrating World Card Making Day!

I was able to fit in a few Card Color Challenges.

 For the Mini Crop over at the "Sisterhood of Scrap"  Forum.

 I posted a Card Holder Tutorial. If you would like to try it, out the instructions may be found here.

Here is the Holder I created for this tutorial.

As I mentioned in my last post, I am now on the Design Team at the "Sisterhood of Scrap".

This past Monday I posted my first Monday Challenge.

Here is the layout created for this challenge...you can see what the challenge consisted of here.

Here are a few cards I was able to fit in over the past weekend for the WCD Challenges.

Just to let you know, the Sisters have a "Spook-tacular"  Challenge up for the month of October.

Stop on by and check it out!

Also, there are some fun plans in the works for the Weekend of October 15th and 16th!!

Hope you all have a creative and happy weekend! Thanks for stopping by :)

World Card Making Day Crop

Today is World Card Making Day!

All around the Web you will find many Crops and challenges to help get you started on those Holiday Cards or just any type of card making that you need to get finished.

The Sisterhood of Scrap is one of those stops you should add to your list.
There will be challenges , tutorials and RAK prizes to be found there!

You have until Monday to create and post your different cards and projects!
Plenty of inspiration to get you started.

Hope to see you there!
PS. just a little Toot from me, I am now part of the Design Team! WOOOOHOOO!!

Crop & Hop

Hello Scrapbookers!
Are you looking for some Scrappy fun? Would you like to get caught up on some of those pages you have been wanting to Scrap?

Well .....the Sisters at the "Sisterhood of Scrap" Blog will be hosting a combination Crop & Blog Hop!! In celebration of their 3 year Anniversary!!
Starting tomorrow April 9Th through the 16Th you will find many Challenges to get you motivated! Plus there will be RAK prizes to boot!

If you would like to find out more about the details you may read all about it here!
While you are visiting check out the weekly challenges that are posted every day.
This months sponsor is a new Online store "Timeless Daydreams" they have donated a lovely prize for this months giveaway.

Hope to see you at the Sisterhood! A fun & friendly place to share ideas & creations!

Recipe and Crop Challenges

Ever have one of those weeks where it blends right into the next?
That's how it has been going for me.
Chasing myself all over the place : )

A little late posting last weeks "Recipe Card Challenge" ....but, better late than never!
The recipe challenge,
a recipe for a Sack lunch.
My take on this challenge is Snack Mix. Yum ...Yum ...don't leave home without it !
This weeks Challenge has been posted, if you would like to give it a go.




Okay, so you know that the Sisterhood of Scrap hosted a weekend Crop , the theme "Back to School".
You still have plenty of time to get some of those photos Scrapped and posted .
Here are a couple that I have finished so far.
Need to get in gear and see if I can get started on another today!

Without giving to many details on the challenges ( You'll just have to stop by and see for yourself all the Great Challenges posted).

This first layout is a Reduce Challenge ....My Great Grandmother.


This one is a Title Challenge.
My 2 Grand Daughters...singing the Lolly pop song.



Back to the drawing board for me....working on a Halloween project next...for Creatively- Green.

Thanks for stopping by : ) .

Back to School Crop

The Sisters are having a Crop this weekend !

If your looking for some inspiration , fun and games ...check out the Sisterhood of Scrap Forum, they would love for you to join them.

The theme for this Crop is back to school and the 6R's ! Reading, 'Riting 'Rithmetic, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

You can find more details about the crop here.

thanks for stopping by ...enjoy your weekend : )

Party Time !

50,000 hits and a Birthday to boot !

Deanne Burke, is celebrating fifty -thousand hits on her blog "Am I A Scrap Addict" and her Birthday with a week long crop !

Happy Birthday to you , Deanne !

Deanne is true to her Blog name "Am I a Scrap Addict"

her love for Scrap booking and paper show in all her layouts and creations.

Not only, is Dea generous sharing tips and inspiration, she also creates sketches and offers 4 Sketches a month hosted on her Am I a Scrap Addicts " Just my Sketches "blog.

Stop by and see all the wonderful Cards and Layouts that her Design team has put together to inspire us along.

For those of us that need a little motivation to get those special Holiday Christmas cards completed.

Deanne offers you inspiration , sketches , challenges and tips to help you along on her blog " Christmas Cards All Year Long".

Christmas whenever the mood strikes...can't get any better than that!

Deanne is also one of three sisters of the "Sisterhood of Scrap" Blog.

If you have never happened upon the Sisters , I suggest you should take a little time , when you get the chance to see what the Sisters bring to the Scrapbook Community .

Truly the Sisters hold the concept of Sisterhood to heart.

Nice and friendly atmosphere to begin your journey in the world of Internet Scrap booking.

Dea is celebrating her birthday with a week of fun challenges , and has invited everyone to join in her celebration.

She has a offered a chance to win a lovely gift for those who participate in this weeks challenges and fun.

Stop by " Am I Scrap Addict" and join in the fun !

Today's challenge has been posted and may be seen here :)

Put on your party hats ...hope to see you there !

Happy Birthday ,Deanne !!

My Wish

One more down for the Crop Challenges.

Using a transparency...another one of those elements that hardly ever make it's way to my layouts.

The flower transparency came from a pack of embellishments I received from an RAK.
I like the added touch that it brings to a page.

Will have to start paying attention to this product a little more when I am out shopping for supplies.

My 2 little sweeties on the day they each entered into my world.


Side journal lyrics are from a song, "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts.
If you would like to read the lyrics and listen to the music just click on the video below.

Crop Challenge

For this Crop Challenge on the Sisterhood of Scrap we are to use an Arrow somewhere on our page.

Not an element that I use that often.. think this may just be my third page that I have used one on.
Not really sure why,but believe it is because I am just thrown off by the placement.
So, took the easy way out and used an arrow, where I was comfortable with where it would go to embellish on my page.

That is one of the reasons I like challenges so much.
It gives you that little extra push you may need to try something different on a layout.

My little Grandniece and her Daddy.
What a sweetheart she is.
And a very smart little one at that, 15 months old and is able to sign language, I'm impressed!!!

Football Fun

Mondays Crop Challenge on the Sisterhood of Scrap is a combined challenge.
Not only does this put you in for a chance at a Crop RAK,it also puts you in for the wonderful RAK that is posted for Novembers Monthly draw on the Sisterhood.

Better yet, your submission will also give you a go at becoming a Sister !!
Now hows that for odds !! Pretty darn good !!

I did manage to squeeze in another challenge today before heading off to Doctor appointments and baking Sweet breads for our Thanksgiving feast.

This is my take on Mondays Challenge.

My lovely granddaughter Sophia with her Papa my eldest.




Now from what I understand, this was her first taste of a professional Football game.

New York Giants vs. Arizona Cardinals...Whats up with the gear ???
Where is the the Giants emblems ....have you jumped ship !!!
From what I saw on the tube Giants kicked butt !!!

LOL... now I know what to get my little sweetie for Christmas... :) XO

Wicked Halloween Crop

I joined in the fun this past weekend on WeScrap.com, they hosted a Halloween crop.

I was only able to fit in 3 of the challenges and a couple of games.
Real Life has been pretty hectic here.

But,it is a good start to motivate me to get done some of my fall celebration photos and I hope to continue in this mode.

This first lo was created for the Batty Bingo Challenge.
Based on the same principle as Bingo only Scrapbook supplies to be used instead of Letters and numbers.
2 different ribbon,13 of the same embellishment and the use of something Black was my choice.

My son and his little family at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair.
We had a fun family outing last Sunday.
Lot's of spooky fun to be had there.
The three layouts I completed are from that outing.

Halloword Challenge,pick eight Halloween words from the list provided before the day of the crop,supplies announced at the beginning of the crop.

Here was my supply list
3 Patterned Papers,3 Ribbons,the word believe,six brads or eyelets,3 circles,stamp,doodles and rub ons.

(Edited to give credit to Sketches R Us for the great sketch)

This is the end result.My beautiful Granddaughter Addison.



Now this was a fun Challenge !! Simply to make a face for your layout!

There were many more challenges that I would like to have tried ,but time would not allow me,
I hope to be able to go back and use some of the other fun Challenges to help motivate me to complete the rest of the photos that I have in mind to do.

Hope all is well in your World !! Thanks for stopping by :)

Completed Challenges for Sisterhood Week Long Crop

To keep it simple for me and easier for you to find Monday's game challenge (See next post down).
I will post all my completed Challenges for the week long Crop at the "Sisterhood of Scrap"in one post as I complete them.See you around the playground ;-) !

Day Four Game Challenges:

Spring Challenge by Janet
my favorite tree in my yard..was planted by my husband's Grandfather many,many years ago.

Tag Game by Carla
This was the perfect motivation I needed to create a mini album,to take with me on my trip out west this coming Sat.!! :)
Have been tossing around the idea for a couple of weeks but seemed to think there just was not enough time.
Here is the tutorial for this project if you would like to give it ago.
I also added a thin layer of Mod Podge to give it some strength..I have it set up to hold 9 photos.
added three "Seven Gypsy's"Journal tags and 3 of my own photo tags...pockets may hold miscellaneous items.

Day Three Game Challenges:

Taboo Game Challenge by Deanne
Template Gift Post by Fryske
Shabby Princess "Promise Collection"
Elegant Word Art by Bethany
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Wonderful blessings in my life,two of my daughter in laws.

Hopscotch by Lois
My Granddaughter Sophia with her Grandmother Ninos

Day Two Game Challenges:

Jump Rope Challenge by JeanMarie

Connect Four by Lisa

Combined with ScrapDigiStyle April Template Challenge template by Fryske

All digital products used "Weeds & Wildflower Kits"

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Day One Game Challenges:

Paintball Challenge by Sara
Bad Scan...paint goes all around the edges..My Sister and her new Birthday chair with cousin Michael.
Layout Sketch by Sketches-R-Us

Scrabble Challenge by Susan
My Scrabble Word "ART"
Youngest niece Gwyn,she designs Book Covers for Telos Publications in the UK
So very proud of you Gwyn!
Digital Kit "Weeds & Wildflowers"

"Sisterhood of Scrap" Blog Party Challenge Day 2

Hi Party Gamers !
Hope you are all having a fun time with the game challenges hosted by the "Sisterhood of Scrap's" Anniversary Blog Party.
Congratulations Sisters on your first Anniversary looking forward to the coming year !!

One of my favorite childhood games to play,was jump rope.
The fun involved 2 twirlers and one jumper.
The jumper would sing a skipping song, as she sang,the twirlers would speed up the pace as the song progressed.
The object,to be able to skip steady till the song was complete,if unable,next up would be a twirler.
The one with the most jumps would have the honors of taking the skipping rope home till the next challenge.

Here is my game challenge for you in honor of skipping rope
jump Rope/must use fiber
3 Players/must use three photos
Skipping song/must use a Song Title for lo or a verse from a song.

The little cutie in my layout example is my Grandniece Hannah.

I also combined this weeks sketch challenge at the sisterhood with my crop challenge.Don't you just love mixing challenges!

Sketch creator Sally Saenz.

Song Title Credit/Simply Irresistible by Robert Palmer

Product credits:

fiber/misc. brown embroidery thread

Rhinestone Brads/Seven Gypseys

Zig Black Ball Pen

Flying Colors/Brite Write/Green glitter Gel Roll Pen

StampinUp markers and Card stock

All other products:

K & Company/Chocolate Neapolitan Scrap Pad to Go/Brenda Walton

Look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations during this celebration !

Don't forget to check back with the Sisters...Bingo will begin today! Good luck!

Have fun and Happy Scrapping!

Sisterhood of Scrap Anniversary Crop Party

Hard to believe it has been one year since the "Sisterhood of Scrap" was created.

Three cheers to the Sisters!! what an amazing job they have done with this blog!

One of my favorite spots for information and inspiration,having this blog to go to has helped to make the Scrapbook community a smaller and friendlier place.

The wealth of information that is available every week is amazing,you can tell that a lot of time and effort is put into this blog always fresh and new.

If you are new to the Scrapbook online world I would recommend that you bookmark and check back often with the sisters..there are always fun challenges happening there..and a new sister every week.

Now on to the news...they are hosting a week long party in celebration of their first year.

there will be challenges and prizes for all.

The party will begin today Sun. April 6th with the first challenge and will continue everyday thru the week.All the rules and information will be available for your viewing also.

Stop by today and get your words picked out for the Bingo game that will be played during the Crop Party....but hurry you need to have your words emailed out today!Bingo will be begin to be called on Monday.

Hope to see you all there for all the fun the Sisters have in store for you!

iScrap Crop

Goodie Bag Challenge

Digital Challenge

Sketch Challenge

Progressive Page Challenge

Monochromatic Challenge

Poem for Mono challenge

iScrap had a fun crop this weekend.So many inspiring challenges,but of course there was no way I would be able to do them all.

I believe I must be a very slow scrapper.

Have to to give it up to some of the women,they were able to do almost all the challenges,if not all !! Three cheers ladies I am in awe!

I usually average between 5 & 6 of the challenges and am content with that..I have my limits :)

There was also some make & takes that are on my to do list..one in particular is a flower box posted by Cami...so cute for the Easter table..Have my project prepped and am moving slowly on this...my camera is broke ...so no way was I able to have it ready for the crop (no photo to post).

here is a link to the project if you would like to give it a try!

Thanks Cami!! that was a fun project!

Crop Challenge at iScrap

All weekend long till 5pm Monday night iScrap is holding there first online crop of the year(formally known as the National Scrapbook Association).Plenty of inspiring challenges and some fantastic prizes can be found.If you have some free time why not stop by and play :).

okay on to the challenge

The Power of 5

1. Five things I can’t scrapbook without: Fiskars cutter,ad-tech dbl sided tape,markers,Ink,StampinUp scissors

2. Five places I have traveled to most recently:Phoenix,Arizona..Adirondack Mountains..Longwood Gardens,PA...Jerome Arizona....Sedonia Az

3. Five things I watch on TV: Survivors,House,Carol Duval,Discovery,Channel and American Movie Channel

4. Five foods I can’t stand:asparagus,mashed potatoes,ginger snap cookies,Salmon,Red Meat

5. Five reasons to visit iScrap! inspiration,challenges,the people,contests and resource Section.

Birthday Scrap~a~bration

Oh Boy...it's a Birthday Bash at Scrapbook Heaven

they will be hosting an all weekend crop on their message board.

"Scrapbook Heaven" was my first online experience in shopping online for supplies.

The need grew from such a limited amount of supply stores in my area.

I was very pleased with the products and prices...my order was at my door

before the week was out.

All arriving in excellent condition ..they also threw in an extra goodie..as a thank you.

How nice was that!

Since that time I have branched out to many other stores and my first online store

went to the back of the line....why I have no idea.

In my adventures of online shopping,Scrapbook Heaven

is one that has stood at the top of my list for Customer Service.

Still keep their business card taped to my desk as a reminder.

Revisiting their site again this morning,

I discovered that I recognised some of the DTMs who will be hosting the crop.

Have participated in some online crops with some of these talented ladies

on other sites and they were always so much fun!

They have a timeline and project list posted already.

Check it out and see if you might have time to fit some of this

into your downtime this weekend.

Lots of fun filled inspiration to get some of those pages completed.

Thanks Deanne for the heads up on this weekend online Party!

Shout out to Jacqueline....maybe we can get in on the fun this time :) !!