Thursday, March 6, 2014

Julies Blogoversary Blog Hop

If you just stopped by for a visit head on over to
Julies
Blog and join us on our blog hop of friendship.
If you came for the hop then keep on reading....

Well my friends this has been an exceptionally hard year for me.

So many things have happened and it has rocked my world.

Not in a good way either.

So when my internet friend and fellow CCer Julie Odil posted about doing her blogoversary hop again I knew it was time to get out of my funk and get back to crafting.

What a better way to do so than to celebrate friendship.

If it wasn't for the support of my BFF and my four legged furry friends that just seem to know when I needed a cuddle...

I think I would have wandered out into the forest and joined a merry band of gypsies....

but alas since we don't have any of those..I stayed put and took a big breath..and carried on with life.

So today we celebrate our friends.

The ones that we have had our whole lives,just parts of our lives...the ones we have never met but reach out to us through emails and facebook chats..online forums and chat groups to the four legged ones that can be so moody yet seem to know exactly when we need some love.

We all need friends to lift us up,to laugh with,cry with,get crazy with or to just be there when we need them.

Thank you to all my friends far and wide.

I hope this year is the best year of your lives and I love each and every one of you.

I received a smash book from an online friend a while back and I never really understood what to do with it since I am a more organized scrapper and messy stuff can drive me nuts but I decided to pull it out along with my markers and play while watching The Walking Dead.

(oh ya baby!)

So this is what I came up with while playing..I love this quote because I am lucky enough to have a friend like this.

It's ok..just having fun colouring really so I thought I would TRY to do an actual page...

This is the baby of our cat family.
We were told a few years ago that he had feline leukemia and were advised to have him put down.

Well after crying for a week I chose to treat his fever and let him live as long as possible.

I think it's been 4 years now and he hasn't been sick since.
I am so glad I listened to my inner voice.
He really is the best cuddler and knows just when I need him.

And of course like a good friend..he was helping me take my pictures..making sure I got his good side...

Another online friend encouraged me this year to get crafting again. She told me I needed to join the next ATC group so I took a deep breath and said..ok.

Here is a sneak peek of my ATC's I sent out this week ..

I really had fun with these.

Be sure to keep hopping,there are prizes along the way and many great friendship stories and projects to share!

Your next stop is

Regina

Monday, May 27, 2013

Cocoa Creators Challenge #2

This week is DeeDee's week.

She has provided us with an amazing sketch for this weeks challenege.

She is also hosting a challenge on UmWow Studios blog.

Check out the details here UmWow Studios

Now for Cocoa Creations's challenge.

Here is the sketch provided by UmWow Studios

I did a layout and a card.

I took this sketch quite literally.I tried using some Dylusions inks but that failed.
Here I used white paint
( still haven't figured out how DeeDee dribbles her paint)
UmWow studios layered clouds,take note arrow,misc arrows and a little hexagon.
I used Everyday Eclectic paper and some new washi I bought.

It was my DD's first day of school and last first day of school at ZPS...sniff.

Here I used some more arrows from UmWow Studios
(I'm all out now..time to reorder..)
A couple VLVS stamps.
Liveloud stamp from CC
more Washi from...umm..Peachy cheap I think.
The card base is from Stella and Rose card set.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

They're Back Baby!!

So with the retail side of CC closing we were all wondering what was goingto happen to the rest of the site.

Well the current design Team got together and decided to restart the weekly challenges.

YAY!!

Thanks to Jon and Amber we are currently running on the same site the same way we all love!!

So each of us have signed up for a week to offer the challenge and the winnings!

This is my week to offer up a little goody package.

This past week my husband celebrated his birthday and I thought it would be a great challenge to make a birthday related project.

There are already some great projects!

Here is my birthday card.

I used Well Travelled 6x6 pad

Christmas Day CS

UmWow Studios Hexagons

I love this paper and hexagons seem to be my new favourite shape!

Be sure to head over to CropChocolate and join in the fun!

Friday, May 10, 2013

Farewell my Friend

Well today is the last day that Cropchocolate will be selling product.

Very sad day indeed.

We all love this family and will continue to support Jon and McCall anyway we can!

That also means my time on the design team has come to an end.I was really looking forward to seeing what the next team could cookup for us.

Our last theme was Family.

How appropriate.

All the ladies I have shared this great adventure with have truly become extended family for me.

I wanted to show a project that would help to remind me of these great ladies everyday.

I came up with a canvas that I think you might like.

I covered my canvas with wrinkly paper and used ink to highlight the wrinkles.

I printed out maps of the US and Canada and the cut pieces for each state and province.America,you have a lot of tiny states.

I next made flags with everyone on the DT's names and hometowns.

The heart is for CC and Amber.I used some of UmWow Studios arrows to point the way.

I used up a bunch of my 6x6 paper pads for this project.I tried to make sure that every single state and province was a different paper.

I have this hanging on my wall as a reminder of a wonderful group of ladies I will likely never get to meet but I can call them

Family

Monday, May 6, 2013

National Scrapbook Day!!!

So as you all know..or should know..Saturday was NSD

Over on Cropchocolate it is a bittersweet week for us.

We are celebrating NSD all week long !!Yay!!

Yet we are losing the retail portion of Cropchocolate..boo.

What does that mean?Well Jon will be letting us know exactly whats going to happen but basically,they just won't be selling product anymore.

The rest of the site and the blog will continue.

It is a great big family over there and as sad as we are for losing the best deals in the world!!

At least we still have the site to chitchat and share.

All week long the Design Team has offered up some challenges for us.

There are prizes along the way and lots of great projects to see.

I have most of the challenges complete,check back to see if I get them all done!

NSD 2013 Challenge #8: The Scrap & New Sketch Challenge

I used fine and dandy paper
UmWow Studios chipboard frame
some glossy accents
The rubber cafe butterfly stamp

NSD 2013 Challenge #7: This is the card that never ends...

                                                                Paradise Beach CS
                                                                  Beach Babe CS
                                                                  VLVS stamps
                                                             Magnetic stamp kit
                                                                    TH Inks