Blog Candy Winner!

And the winner is...

Corrie!!

Send your address to cgmcadams@hotmail.com and I'll get your goodies in the mail!!

Congrats!

Heres what I worked on over the weekend.I went to a crop and boy was it nice not being the one in charge!I actually got some pages done!

This paper is from the Splash collection by EP.

It's so bright and colourful,perfect for scrapping summer holidays!

 I still have to finish the journalling and print off a few more pics but this album is almost finished.Just a couple more pages and I'm done!

Focus Group Challenge.

I haven't done too much lately,been busy with rehearsals and painting sets but a while back I did finish this little beauty.I am so proud of it!I had no idea how to do an acrylic album so when the challenge popped up to be inspired by a Cropchocolate design team member ,I knew I had my project!.

I looked through the DT posts and found an acrylic album done by Jasmine aka Wildflower.Here's the link to her project.
I received two albums in a Hot Chocolate(sorta like a grab bag offered by CropChocolate) and I used my EP paper from my random paper pack.It was like it was meant to be!

products used:BoBunny Acrylic Albums-2
EP-Summer Days
May Arts Ribbon (I won this and I love it!!)
Random ribbon bits left over from other projects
Random bling from various packages
Stampin Up cardstock leftovers.

I personally don't have an actual use for this little darling but leave me a comment and on Monday I'll draw a name and send it off to you!!!

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!