and the winner is........

...Alyssa from Feelin Scrappy Designs...yay!!!

Since I have so much stuff from my last crop I thought maybe I would pull another name.......


Scrappy Canuck you win too!!!

Please email me @ cgmcadams@hotmail.com with your address and information and I'll get some goodies out to you right away!!
Please contact me by Saturday or I will have to draw a new name.

Thanks to everyone that hopped and all the bloggers.It was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again.Special thanks to centralnyscrapper for putting it all together .Extra special thanks to the great amazing team at Cropchocolate.com for all their support and to Echo Park for their donation!!

See ya next time!!

2nd Unofficial Crop CHocolate Blog Hop starts...NOW!

Welcome !!To the 2nd Unofficial Crop Chocolate Blog Hop.

This hop starts at mommyx2's blog.
So if this is your first stop,head back to mommyx2's blog to begin.

Everyone will have until 8am MDT on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 to comment.

We have two confirmed giveaways. One is a 12×12 Hello Spring Mini Theme Kit by Echo Park and another is a 12×12 Fourth Of July Mini Theme Kit by Echo Park ,generously donated by Echo Park Paper Co.
We will post updates if we are able to secure additional giveaways.

To be eligible to win on the 2nd Unofficial Crop Chocolate Blog Hop, you need to comment on each blog along the hop and be able to receive packages (no post office boxes).

The winners will be selected via random.org and announced at Centralnyscrapper on Wednesday, March 28.

Be sure to look for extra blog candy being offered,
and follow the steps they would like you to do to be eligible for those prizes.

Ok,with all that official business out of the way here's my entry in the blog hop.

Bountiful Borders is the theme today

1.Lost and Found paper from MME .


2. Heart border was cut with my Cricut Expression~
Reminisce Accents from Creative Memories



3. Scalloped border was cut with my Cricut also`
Accent Essentials

4.The next two borders were cut with a pair of scissors I've had FOREVER and just decided I actually like...Love really.

5. My last border I just misted with water and rolled back and forth.

All were distressed with brown ink and I added some bling,a few buttons from the collection and Emma is glitter alphas from MM.


Leave a comment below to be entered to win some blog candy from me too!
I'll be drawing to win the Freestyle kit from Teresa Colins and some other goodies too.

Good luck to you all!!

Here's a list of all the hop stops

1.mommyx2
2.Christina~you are here
3.Lisa (RnoAngel0712)
4.pollyzas
5.Amber
6.Heather L.
7.bethd488
8.Paula Irvine
9.Corrie
10.Kathy

These are Saturdays blog hop stops be sure to check them out and leave a comment on each to win!!

11.by belle
12.Wildflower (Jasmine)
13.NanCDru:-Char
14.NinaN
15.Steph
16.scrap happy
17.Scrappy Canuck
18.Haf2scrap( Lucy)
19.centralnyscrapper

Have fun!!!

This and That..

Spring is on it's way!!It's put me in the cleaning mood so after tidying up my crafty space a bit I decided to get creative
CropChocolate has been posting a new challenge each week and boy some of them have been hard!
Since I have a really bad habit of not updating my blog I thought I would post all of them here in one post...
Here is the latest.
The challenge was to upcycle a flower...duh my favourite thing to do is upcycle!!

I used the bottom of a pop bottle as my flower and stained it with Tim Holtz Raspberry ,Citrus and Espresso alcohol stains.
This paper is ep Life is Good.
I didn't think I would ever use this paper but I did and I really like it.






This is a card I made for a swap and it also worked for the next challenge..3 die cuts, 3 brads, and something that sparkles.

my sparkles are on the first heart but they are hard to see....

I skipped Challenge # 5...I was stumped...

I did make this other stuff....

primary colour challenge




New shape out of simple shapes....








Non traditional colours, Valentines card




So that's it that's all...join me next time when I participate in my first ever blog hop...I might just have some blog candy to go along with it...

Unbirthday Party!

Alice:Oh excuse me,I didn't mean to crash your birthday party.

March Hare: It's not a birthday party, it's an unbirthday party.

Alice: An unbirthday party?

Mad Hatter: well you only have one birthday party each year, but you have 364 unbirthdays!

Happy Unbirthday!

So it's been work work work!!

I've been working hard to get some props done for Alice In Wonderland Jr and be at all the rehearsals too.It's going to be great! GREAT I tell you!

The kids are having fun and so are we.
This weekend I managed to finish up a few of the props.
Well almost.I decided at the last minute that since the Dormouse from Alice isn't actually in this version,I would add him to his favourite spot.

The teapot.

So I began carving him out of clay but that darn.."doesn't shrink" crap did.
So I have to do a little repair work before I can paint him.Then I need to make him his own little teapot.

here's my inspiration


And so far this is what I have.


Once this little guy is dry and nestled in his teapot I will add him to the tea cart.












I made all the teacups out of paper mache,and after dropping one off the top ...onto my head,
I can say from experience,they are very heavy.



Wanna see my lump?

All in all I am pleased with the way it turned out and should be easy for the kids to bring on stage.

The other project I completed this weekend was the rose bushes.Remember those?

Well now they are done.




The white roses are removable so the cardsmen can replace them with red roses during the song.

Well that's all I have done for now,some of our costumes came in this week too and I'm so excited to see them!!
I am truly a dork.

Scrappy Challenges

While things have been busy and I haven't been scrapping much lately I decided to take some time to finish off a couple challenges this weekend.
First is a challenge posted over at Cropchocolate
I had a plan and it actually worked the way I wanted it to!!Yay!!


Paper is from the Be Mine and Yours Truly collections.
I used clear nail polish and sparkles for the hearts and I used a brad from my Wedding collection.

My next project is the monthly challenge over at Authentique I can't submit it to win because it isn't Authentique paper but I don't actually have any of their paper so I had to make do.I needed to get my "scrap on" so I did it anyway.


These papers are my favourite!.This is the Lost and Found Christmas collection from MME.
Hope you enjoy this weeks projects!

See ya next time!

Curiouser and curiouser

So things seem to be extremely busy these days.I have been working like crazy on some Alice in Wonderland props so I thought I would share my progress so far.




I've been making giant mushrooms with paper mache.I started by using an umbrella as the base and covered that in plastic.Then I used strips of paper and my paste (flour and water) and layered them on.

It was looking pretty good I thought and then during the drying process...someone knocked it over. I won't point any fingers but I do have three kids,two dogs and three cats so anyone could be guilty.
It dried kinda wonky so I had to add a few more layers then I thought.



So after adding a few more layers,I also added some real paper mache clay to help strengthen it,fill in some LARGE dents and texture it in a much more pleasant way.
As you can see it's rather large,6 feet-ish to be exact-ish.I used a sonotube (those things they pour cement in for deck posts and such) as my stem.
I plan to wire some lights up inside and add the gills with an old sheer curtain.Not sure what colour to paint it yet though.

Did I mention how very heavy this sucker is?

The next thing I have been working on are the red rose bushes for the Queen.I started by cutting out two large hearts from cardboard.I used 2 inch strips of cardboard and hot glued them around the outside.Then I inserted some strips inside for strength,put in my pole,spray foamed and waited for them to dry.I then glued the top heart on with carpenters glue.Then I placed heavy books on top until it dried.




Next I covered it in the paper mache clay,textured it ,painted it,used my glimmer mist to add dimension(I can't get it to spray without dripping so here it worked great!) and voila!





Next step is to make a flower box,put it on casters and add my roses.I have been playing around with whether to use silk from the dollar store or make paper flowers.I even thought about trying this method using plastic spoons.





I plan to make this next....

Giant crockery stack.


Until next time....

OMG!Has it Really Been that LonG!!!

Wow I guess I need to update my blog more often....Ok here goes...

I have been really busy(ya that's why I've been neglecting my blog)
I'm just beginning to embark on a trip through Wonderland. We're doing Alice in Wonderland Jr as our school play this year and my mind has been conjuring up giant mushrooms and teacups.My house smells unpleasantly like paper mache.....but I'm having fun.

I'll try to keep you all posted on the progress but for now maybe I'll show you a picture or two of some of the scrappy things I've been up to.



Here's an advent calender I did,I got the idea from my CC friend Jasmine Ford...thanks Jas.




This is my layout for the 2nd focus group tryouts challenge on CC.
Most of this is from Mischievous by MME my Halloween favourite-ist paper.


and.....

This is an altered Pringles can I filled with cookies for the neighbours.
I used my favourite new line.. Lost and Found Christmas from MME...
LOVE!

Did I mention that all these papers come from my most favourite online store...
Crop Chocolate...Check them out,they rock.



Ok that's it for now.My computer died a few months back and this one is SOOO slow ....
I'll work on updating more often...I promise.