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0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">A new year brings a new start to things.<span style=""> </span>Originally, I wanted to start this blog to create my own pages and sketches… Hence the name of the blog “Sketch this”.<span style=""> </span>But I have come to realize…I am no good at sketching.<span style=""> </span>And I find that when I do come up with a sketch, I overthink it so my page either comes out looking nothing like the sketch, or too literal.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So I have decided to change the name to something that is more accurate to what I want to blog about.<span style=""> </span>Mainly, I want to share what I learn from others, promote sites that inspire my pages, and…well…have fun doing it!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Currently I am cleaning my scrap area so that I can start anew in the next few weeks!<span style=""> </span>I hate to admit that I have not scraped a page in over three months.<span style=""> </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="">L</span></span><span style=""> </span>boo..<span style=""> </span>I didn’t even make cards for Christmas <gasp>!<span style=""> </span>I am slacking…and in truth, scrapping relaxes me, so there really is no reason NOT to be scrapping!!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On another note, my camera went Klapoowii.<span style=""> </span>It now only works in the upside down position and the controls won’t function.<span style=""> </span>The back story:<span style=""> </span>During cheer this past season, I had the camera on a tripod and some of the girls got squirrely and knocked it over.<span style=""> </span>When I picked it up, something inside had come loose and you could hear it sliding inside.<span style=""> </span>It takes orange pictures…blah…so currently, I am without camera.<span style=""> </span>But alas, I have a plan!<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>I am looking at new cameras and <cross><span style=""> </span>will be getting one in February!<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">And to get back into the swing of things, I created a small bucket list of things that I would like to accomplish and an amount of time that I would like to get them done.<span style=""> </span>A very good friend of mine would then call them ‘goals’…I will list them in the next few days!!</p>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-8895443351870898512010-09-06T20:37:00.000-07:002010-09-06T20:40:30.130-07:00Finally!!!!<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:180%;">I scrapped!!!<br /></span></div><br />Got 6 pages done today and a few yesterday! I will take pictures this week and post them! And update my links on the side...and start talking on some of my favorite forums...and scrap more!!!<br /><br />:)Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-57541746548659638272010-06-17T11:04:00.000-07:002010-06-17T11:05:38.149-07:00WowzaWay to long....WAY to long.... I need to take pictures, and share them....<br /><br />Mary...I hear ya!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-55022238643857050422009-09-15T21:11:00.000-07:002009-09-15T21:15:22.196-07:00Get your CRAFT on!<div style="text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://todayscreativeblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee298/oldrallychick/get-your-craft-on.gif" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I added my link over at "Today's Creative Blog"!!! Go take a look and see what some of the other creative guys and gals have been doing!!!<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3VxtBgSf7fTVVBxR3cbp0srlR1OrWk2V48S_nLDnp20ZVPjF8mvL_AQ6TieeA2uUKRMgveN6jr-KiLbHRu5SqrbIr9xxFq3ewuv_tlqJx38fJ6gR7g4pyW53mC0kPYvDz0zatCeBXJnL/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3VxtBgSf7fTVVBxR3cbp0srlR1OrWk2V48S_nLDnp20ZVPjF8mvL_AQ6TieeA2uUKRMgveN6jr-KiLbHRu5SqrbIr9xxFq3ewuv_tlqJx38fJ6gR7g4pyW53mC0kPYvDz0zatCeBXJnL/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381913810558876450" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Looking!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-7409550378990401142009-09-15T11:30:00.000-07:002009-09-15T12:57:19.732-07:00A new project!<div style="text-align: center;">This weekend, Taylor and I spent almost 8 hours finishing this up! And it turned out soo amazing!! So here it is... A weekly poster board for her room!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9Hv6mmzVeEMTYSBb4Qc_AWRTqe87fAN7Xoj0mpCj0yxj0netxOQ4Z5E2HpU-tdXhKvuT-Ys-mpx3Dm2D0hDOXYsLtFaGLpj7WedXjPnOS6LIgf2H3ghI-ObDODjyxSwm3kctnqLWgN8T/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9Hv6mmzVeEMTYSBb4Qc_AWRTqe87fAN7Xoj0mpCj0yxj0netxOQ4Z5E2HpU-tdXhKvuT-Ys-mpx3Dm2D0hDOXYsLtFaGLpj7WedXjPnOS6LIgf2H3ghI-ObDODjyxSwm3kctnqLWgN8T/s320/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381784338645319922" border="0" /></a><br />I opened all of my drawers and boxes of scrap stuff and showed her some scrapbooks and we went to work!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfJZIbuOBAzPAw8MkGUiI3FkJcVzl5A4B8HUQQWzyz2v_MTozzTBW58Casf1ZlzvvkbrlcNXlBYT5lkA8I5v9ngXIm8V0X2J8y9XUKtDzSkSfrAmAELlb4PL9m1uFHEn-BlU0wZ8wnJF7/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfJZIbuOBAzPAw8MkGUiI3FkJcVzl5A4B8HUQQWzyz2v_MTozzTBW58Casf1ZlzvvkbrlcNXlBYT5lkA8I5v9ngXIm8V0X2J8y9XUKtDzSkSfrAmAELlb4PL9m1uFHEn-BlU0wZ8wnJF7/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381772090353893682" border="0" /></a>First, we took posterboard and painted it our background color and then took a contrasting color and added 'spots' on the edges. Taylor is a girly girl so she of course chose pink with a darker pink background.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMdsotF6OZNf9ueqX5H1PuEGz31w3azNmUyqGx39Hjh2D_wgJ0QACI6LVW9ep7H_WyWrNcbmyOiDN9S-LR62EpnLxOvYhv1x_MNu8yYrl79sZ-vkFvYpxbGcYpM3zUR0-FUxeSr4UPdaT/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMdsotF6OZNf9ueqX5H1PuEGz31w3azNmUyqGx39Hjh2D_wgJ0QACI6LVW9ep7H_WyWrNcbmyOiDN9S-LR62EpnLxOvYhv1x_MNu8yYrl79sZ-vkFvYpxbGcYpM3zUR0-FUxeSr4UPdaT/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381772098090803218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZKBurcOmJ5s_fIa70jl6magwFNskyfCLzienwi9goN1jcI03LOFE6vUvhVOMdgUydnuogpYgOUyIzyKEGjvUBSfca1blAJLDKJ0BRRnPylHMAa1asJgb1MjifbZJyqwWvlzWQpWBFJdT/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZKBurcOmJ5s_fIa70jl6magwFNskyfCLzienwi9goN1jcI03LOFE6vUvhVOMdgUydnuogpYgOUyIzyKEGjvUBSfca1blAJLDKJ0BRRnPylHMAa1asJgb1MjifbZJyqwWvlzWQpWBFJdT/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381772105104885938" border="0" /></a><br />We then took corkboard and cut into 7 even squares and then a bunch of little ones. We painted the squares' edges in our contrasting color. The littler ones are going to be mostly hidden in the end with papers..(or whatever she chooses to put up there)..so I just painted the fronts sparingly.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_zsE2TXX-9fLfZLBarX9NksSoufJW_B0KXTkRXk_yf38a26JsLeohQotsCU8vNvpym8C5phP-hPVMD758BtlbyUhIR9udCYb9Muas1G9uLQrE3bWNBq5fu7ah3eFzb7ijx_NSD3wrZMF/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_zsE2TXX-9fLfZLBarX9NksSoufJW_B0KXTkRXk_yf38a26JsLeohQotsCU8vNvpym8C5phP-hPVMD758BtlbyUhIR9udCYb9Muas1G9uLQrE3bWNBq5fu7ah3eFzb7ijx_NSD3wrZMF/s200/022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381775654643509746" border="0" /></a>She decided where she wanted the squares to go and then we hot glued them down along with the littler pieces. She wanted to make decorations to fill in the space around them. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmya-yYvk6smsp4tpGR-v5gV0eN_9YSPR7C8vcz2jXiKCX56lvmzsUJl3pqtx0wnq3FyJX1Vb1QWIBEjzw0tx3tLyn9W7oWScCD3po0o_XCZkKlc6GmwyMmFT2oGWPBwMD3twU2C55Fcf/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmya-yYvk6smsp4tpGR-v5gV0eN_9YSPR7C8vcz2jXiKCX56lvmzsUJl3pqtx0wnq3FyJX1Vb1QWIBEjzw0tx3tLyn9W7oWScCD3po0o_XCZkKlc6GmwyMmFT2oGWPBwMD3twU2C55Fcf/s200/023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381775664027405778" border="0" /></a>She wanted her weekdays to be apart from the weekend days and wanted them to have a different look. She took some black and white ribbon and outlined the weekend squares.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKY7xhLHGK1y06iuNm9y2GAAMTzNCY525FmU_37PMoo91Oui3V2D3Go9R16YJm4R3u3GDVNFGgd8aLEL5ptW0URQl6zfa-5C-8jptEmyt_FHsdEXN4jhCgRNAotKBEnUvpBJqLSwBzyx4/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKY7xhLHGK1y06iuNm9y2GAAMTzNCY525FmU_37PMoo91Oui3V2D3Go9R16YJm4R3u3GDVNFGgd8aLEL5ptW0URQl6zfa-5C-8jptEmyt_FHsdEXN4jhCgRNAotKBEnUvpBJqLSwBzyx4/s200/025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381775671267827890" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And to give them a bit of sparkle, she added dots of the pink glitter to the star pattern.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqgveOjcCWz6f7s6ttw2EewHGQxqRTyJKQ2Ve6PXEZsZWkwhoJpYxrc1j7h8QgGjqpYQCotzlrb2a1ID8KbkfeQu9a4qtYTZWDjb9rYPvXiuVZlJoiFmCLD5rQdK16pP8Twj31aEKF1vE/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqgveOjcCWz6f7s6ttw2EewHGQxqRTyJKQ2Ve6PXEZsZWkwhoJpYxrc1j7h8QgGjqpYQCotzlrb2a1ID8KbkfeQu9a4qtYTZWDjb9rYPvXiuVZlJoiFmCLD5rQdK16pP8Twj31aEKF1vE/s200/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381780481927723154" border="0" /></a><br />We finished the weekend days by adding embossed titles of the days. (She did them all!!) She embossed on white and then took a pink ink pad and briefly touched the edges. Then added it to a sparkley background paper and pinned them onto the cork board with brads. She cut out a dino from the Cricut and added him with a sparkley eye and a bow using the remaining ribbon. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPCaMZ5UPWUCNIpBMu_Aav__hKrB9olhtzKSCEVzmejAWMtO4xkMMvKHg40SzaYSBP9_8WTdOj4T7VYBjstl2g1vQcqvyl1E1dRbm8AN1ywIVtRi5giJ_WZtM7Si1Ink-bGtqLFVVAVA9/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPCaMZ5UPWUCNIpBMu_Aav__hKrB9olhtzKSCEVzmejAWMtO4xkMMvKHg40SzaYSBP9_8WTdOj4T7VYBjstl2g1vQcqvyl1E1dRbm8AN1ywIVtRi5giJ_WZtM7Si1Ink-bGtqLFVVAVA9/s200/005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381780498372559874" border="0" /></a><br />For the weekdays, she wanted a more easy-going look. She made the titles the same way using different embossing powder and background paper. In between a few of the days, she wanted to add color with some flowers and buttons. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73XWkgfdbO78oCzq2Lem9MV9QrnTF6-8jQQa8Hp8ZRwtDJGUqHeXfldavIZAI9HVcLnP96W6SiG6ZzhFjj1Om4f6-yubcMbMLZLv7zl6KsoWY2QmePWYK_xrSQDoYVJx53Pm3JVtLyn3x/s1600-h/003+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73XWkgfdbO78oCzq2Lem9MV9QrnTF6-8jQQa8Hp8ZRwtDJGUqHeXfldavIZAI9HVcLnP96W6SiG6ZzhFjj1Om4f6-yubcMbMLZLv7zl6KsoWY2QmePWYK_xrSQDoYVJx53Pm3JVtLyn3x/s200/003+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381780491992524754" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To the right, she found a sticker sheet with different words and wanted to use them somehow. So we cut the sheet to size and she took a white pen and outlined words that ment something to her in one way or another. She found a pink square and the charms and wanted to tie them together, so we found some pink ribbon and added the ME chipboard. She had to paint the letters black and then add the Stickles so that they would 'go' with her theme. On the left, are two pockets that she wanted to put sheets of note paper in. So we found some rubons and plopped them on and edged the sides with pink, and sewed a little bit on the bottom.<br /><br />All together, she did most of the work, but it helped me get back into things as well!!!<br />I will get a picture up soon of the after...lol<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOnfF0_ri3QSt1FMbhSY4EYEkqB2-E-vdFz-16h1YsbdSzINqX62ntRWVKIh7WIMFml_YvIwVt_qyTFGDyc42dVoOBgbjdt5pGbOex5MfQ3T4vH4QhQcVvscahUga-uo-LX-cfYzaEgR-/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOnfF0_ri3QSt1FMbhSY4EYEkqB2-E-vdFz-16h1YsbdSzINqX62ntRWVKIh7WIMFml_YvIwVt_qyTFGDyc42dVoOBgbjdt5pGbOex5MfQ3T4vH4QhQcVvscahUga-uo-LX-cfYzaEgR-/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381785329572932066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Scrapping!!<br /></div><br /></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-32288348220070514872009-08-26T08:02:00.000-07:002009-08-26T08:17:18.486-07:00Missing mojo...<div style="text-align: center;">Have you ever been on a roll...looking up new techniques and trying new things...whipping out some pages that you are very proud of<br />...and then all of a sudden... gone... <br /><br />No inspiration, no desire to sit and scrap... just nothing ..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">That has been me these last two months. I walk by my scrap table and the urge pulling me towards it is not there. I still take pictures, but instead of creating pages in my head for later, the pictures wait still sit in the computer to be printed. My mojo took a summer vacation. But I am insistent that I will get it back. <br /><br />I am starting a new project hat I have seen twice now and it might be just the thing I need to get get back into the swing! **cross fingers**<br /><br />So in the words of some really strong guy... "I'll be back!!!" *snicker*<br /><br /></div></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-41017494732336640022009-06-10T09:20:00.000-07:002009-06-10T10:00:19.411-07:00"1 moment"The first page that I want to share with you is from a sketch that I found on <a href="http://52sketches52weeks.ning.com/">52 sketches...52 weeks</a>. It is her sketch 16 and it was one of the 'possibilities' for the DT submission. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC2gzsNf9UuWh45A3-hGpOraoRyLzIABm1jqvJvBuOm0101MBUsv8USGRQC87A84vWf0O6JCcbdGqQioD0t4uv_0ugOK3JoEOjJ0TzZoRlUIPdViRR6PNpxx5VQRHf6M5m9NsKTEqgWw8/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDC2gzsNf9UuWh45A3-hGpOraoRyLzIABm1jqvJvBuOm0101MBUsv8USGRQC87A84vWf0O6JCcbdGqQioD0t4uv_0ugOK3JoEOjJ0TzZoRlUIPdViRR6PNpxx5VQRHf6M5m9NsKTEqgWw8/s320/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345735085538088626" border="0" /></a>I am really trying to pop out of my bubble and try more techniques. For instance, the grey paper behind the picture, I did not have the actual paper in this shape, so I had to come up with a way to create it. And if you know my style, I cannot free hand. I have no artistic ability that can magicly draw out shapes and have them turn out looking like anything recognizable... :)) I took my cricut and cut two of the shapes that I needed at 11 inches and then traced the shape by piecing them side by side to get the shape I wanted!<br /><br />For the journaling, I stamped three separate journal pieces and ripped the edges. This is something that I am really trying to get better with. I have not been very good with journaling in the past, and it is a resolution....so far so good!!!<br /><br />The journaling reads... This is but one moment when time stands still, and I can reflect on how perfect you are. How much my heart has grown every moment spent loving you. And looking forward to every moment to come. I am Blessed!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB1vRYFeWiZHo6w9Wma2neCG-gV5L2oI-vQiAfQvnpKcgnIlkCFSf8PwzkmVyxOaVfX0LXEgqQYXci4bahpskW4YN_6UoQ3Wd05vpw2XyW0iekkXkNbg3lnh6NFdRviwLfY0ddEhyphenhyphen97SQ/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbB1vRYFeWiZHo6w9Wma2neCG-gV5L2oI-vQiAfQvnpKcgnIlkCFSf8PwzkmVyxOaVfX0LXEgqQYXci4bahpskW4YN_6UoQ3Wd05vpw2XyW0iekkXkNbg3lnh6NFdRviwLfY0ddEhyphenhyphen97SQ/s320/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345735084026561506" border="0" /></a>This was another possible submission for the DT. It was sketch 12, and in this one, I played with a little paper cutting and colors. Like the blue flower...I would have put on a green, white, or pinkish to go with the colors of the page...but I saw this blue and it just kind of worked...still not sure why, but I like it!! :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC03BVM-3-NkhnPSMzwZihutuooJf8sbDJfV09b6W9Cl5H4OedlyaXY-I-TFa8KOwatbZHRQY1RzYCVS0mT-h05-fdIxdEpoOKVoVML7Xb5gNyHXY8roGLKFXsh79Oc7yPKw5SIZpjY-T6/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC03BVM-3-NkhnPSMzwZihutuooJf8sbDJfV09b6W9Cl5H4OedlyaXY-I-TFa8KOwatbZHRQY1RzYCVS0mT-h05-fdIxdEpoOKVoVML7Xb5gNyHXY8roGLKFXsh79Oc7yPKw5SIZpjY-T6/s320/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345735073659392834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">More tomorrow!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFwpr_lXmNwjuph5EIiRlyLgU-PlC21_njogqr_oi9B3PD8kulvFcMmlPg4E3PkbB07WUhmUYYWbKW2DAxQo_op9Rj9z4UGzdB7pOgB7L3iBHsZQI84LAgjOzvkxTXE848iA1mnxVHWPR/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFwpr_lXmNwjuph5EIiRlyLgU-PlC21_njogqr_oi9B3PD8kulvFcMmlPg4E3PkbB07WUhmUYYWbKW2DAxQo_op9Rj9z4UGzdB7pOgB7L3iBHsZQI84LAgjOzvkxTXE848iA1mnxVHWPR/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345735228869241186" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Happy Scrappin'Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-16352867439054388732009-06-09T11:22:00.000-07:002009-06-09T12:37:48.503-07:00New stuff a happenin!!#1 ~ Over the next few days, I need to update the blog links as some no longer work...very sorry about that!<br /><br />#2 ~ tanjascraps ~ The blog winner from a few weeks ago...my apologies...but the package came back in the mail and my husband told me what I did wrong on the address (going to Germany I did not think it would be that different..but a little is I guess...) Soo sorry.<br /><br />#3 ~ Today is the last day to enter your application over at <a href="http://52sketches52weeks.ning.com/">52 sketches...52 weeks</a>. And if you haven't had a chance to take a gander at her site...take a look! She has weekly prizes and some wonderful sketches!! And new this year is a forum for you to share ideas and such!<br /><br />#4 ~ I GOT PAGES DONE THIS WEEKEND!!!! The last month has been crazy around our homestead. We took spring pictures of the kiddos...packing for the move, still looking at houses...blah blah blah...but I scrapped!!!! It felt soo great to get some pages done!!<br /><br />This is one of the few from this weekend. This picture is of all 4 kids piled onto the couch to give Tyler a hug. And if you look really close, you can see all four!! lol<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbKfChzcUl9-zv2luY-KJytYDl1Nl6GHzrPoAm8rnJaufGm4rHbYTWv0M3-6lzkxegQiJbRq3pGLDq3yal92pckyliVS22e5qCghcvnwTluhBLjFg1hSt3K0r5_dHOso8OY3mGa5aJoFG/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbKfChzcUl9-zv2luY-KJytYDl1Nl6GHzrPoAm8rnJaufGm4rHbYTWv0M3-6lzkxegQiJbRq3pGLDq3yal92pckyliVS22e5qCghcvnwTluhBLjFg1hSt3K0r5_dHOso8OY3mGa5aJoFG/s320/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345412279145938338" border="0" /></a>The wings are from Tim Holtz grundge board pack. I used chalk to color the wings and then covered with a clear coating of Glossy Accents topped with a pearl dot.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmSezmDcPZYAedOa7oWN4Z8emg4pv7ulBSKCLTaz1JGymvKfNdgD__frv-0HHiQ2YfdJDwrRks57wCOEw38MCcJqizYu5kiQoL9vlnrPQdHYcbgHa_YN8aJgZMskXOz4HnN2ufly3AXGp/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmSezmDcPZYAedOa7oWN4Z8emg4pv7ulBSKCLTaz1JGymvKfNdgD__frv-0HHiQ2YfdJDwrRks57wCOEw38MCcJqizYu5kiQoL9vlnrPQdHYcbgHa_YN8aJgZMskXOz4HnN2ufly3AXGp/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345412281134822994" border="0" /></a><br />I did the same for the letters although I did not coat them completely with the chalk...giving it that broken up look that the paper has. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjPy24ltPPs7q1wMjTZD3k2XLQqhhQN3Ol-1nHj4rRyBVANwCpPTbJi46cT1PWon8OK7ycdCGJm0VnaNl-4Jibqu1wEEK5HMn0U2UUPkCunhGrbPU2WhXDGSRjlBW829-jbrXAGMpX826/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjPy24ltPPs7q1wMjTZD3k2XLQqhhQN3Ol-1nHj4rRyBVANwCpPTbJi46cT1PWon8OK7ycdCGJm0VnaNl-4Jibqu1wEEK5HMn0U2UUPkCunhGrbPU2WhXDGSRjlBW829-jbrXAGMpX826/s320/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345412287170322882" border="0" /></a><br />More pages tomorrow!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF75fbFf5N9EIYQyUzAo3DUXZk-leJvdu_Wxa-0k4Si2nrY2rafetd9s2vXM65prpd64uAD4THhS8XqoiP_UTiF1jxerh0sbGdshXYmG5DAKswNX_-dMgtk-9JvpLN9WLQI-jQ-F-kOkL0/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF75fbFf5N9EIYQyUzAo3DUXZk-leJvdu_Wxa-0k4Si2nrY2rafetd9s2vXM65prpd64uAD4THhS8XqoiP_UTiF1jxerh0sbGdshXYmG5DAKswNX_-dMgtk-9JvpLN9WLQI-jQ-F-kOkL0/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345414237303420178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-50506911127565817162009-06-01T13:44:00.000-07:002009-06-01T13:50:57.461-07:00Hi-de-hi-de-hoCouple of things today...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/">BBTB </a>is hosting another Blog hop starting <a href="http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/">here</a>. Make sure that you can visit with every hop and leave a comment! They are giving away some great blog candy!!<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/">Sisterhood of Scrap</a> now has a <a href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.com/">Forum</a>!! Yeah!!! And they are celebrating June 1-15 with RAK's, challenges, and inspiration!!! Love to see you there!!<br /></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-16355853244345213622009-05-27T11:33:00.000-07:002009-05-27T11:39:24.436-07:00A little givawayAnyone out there facebook?? I was on there last week and found "The Girls Loft"!! A super cute site linked to this blog (<a href="http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/">I'm just a girl</a>) Anyway, they are giving away their kit for 6 months to 3 lucky ladies!! So make sure that you go take a look before Sunday to have your name in the hat!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5Xx5yHktIvN-8dXX9N0cAyMEom3wKQTo5a22CARfziuVoVHNUCzTyAh-CVsxRIzUUWYX7LrlBKywhUNwgtdcA7rWbAFGh4_GPcfJDaAtLjpwPPdYP1OKkYZf9cAG8aCVW__DQ9LCnFBY/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5Xx5yHktIvN-8dXX9N0cAyMEom3wKQTo5a22CARfziuVoVHNUCzTyAh-CVsxRIzUUWYX7LrlBKywhUNwgtdcA7rWbAFGh4_GPcfJDaAtLjpwPPdYP1OKkYZf9cAG8aCVW__DQ9LCnFBY/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340574885200294482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Good luck!!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-67013736233242879262009-05-22T12:56:00.001-07:002009-05-22T13:09:25.264-07:00Things going on!!<div style="text-align: center;">This is a busy weekend for scrappy inspiration!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />First ~ there is a blog hop and they are giving away some great stuff!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://groups.myspace.com/Scrapbookchallenges"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pu-9Oh8R8neKBR4mkjSnXfjso-Q7IorVeYzzfEoeZOXdeZ1EcXLF5Uo2WJCD8XFAFc9lGwgSDJbz69RyqKBR-Lye8nFBImGfcvdnQQwj8EKVqZVOskhEUJKFphxNt5s1nKVCovLksm0J/s320/DT-Blog-Hop-header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338740706672881090" border="0" /></a> It starts at Pamela's blog! So go jump and have fun...meet some new gals and be sure to finish the sketch!<br /><br />Second ~<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.scraplovers.com/forum/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZBwukDIjVW62QIzGUsZsKnq3DPJTDOl4GwP-OXPLSYODtx8sSvCauUi0yGxXTpA_IO3f4mE_KJ5-Z-ZwfU9rcHSzi7-7sHWdFxcd5Pdcf59kGLCVy5hzvAh3YZ7qSEDQkj-YnV64Zitk/s320/Farewell-crop-announcement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338741540539952402" border="0" /></a>Be sure to stop by the Farewell crop over at Scrap Lovers and wish them well!!!<br /><br />Third ~<br />Crud...there was a 3rd...hmmm... I will find it and update this post. <br />But for now, be sure to stop by the other two and get some scrappy inspiration!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJhpemaJYMWnLNOD-5kL7iLBxYthDJ4_EPN0aturwFH0j4WbvPCqfOj5yvlvGdDTxLQt_Srw5e3xCIJ8h5HeV23mrHBoLtY3FMg8gM63nSRmtEkTzIPLbpgOKgofZR6h5upCqBFknZiQL/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifJhpemaJYMWnLNOD-5kL7iLBxYthDJ4_EPN0aturwFH0j4WbvPCqfOj5yvlvGdDTxLQt_Srw5e3xCIJ8h5HeV23mrHBoLtY3FMg8gM63nSRmtEkTzIPLbpgOKgofZR6h5upCqBFknZiQL/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338742687911790642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Cropping!<br /></div></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-6404608843287963182009-05-18T09:28:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:45:38.809-07:00A little update..I have been soo sick this past week...and still am. Blah... But I was able to get a few pages done this weekend. Although I am trying out for a DT position at 52 Sketches...52 Days, I am not sure I can share it yet...but if anyone else is interested, check out the notice <a href="http://52sketches52weeks.ning.com/forum/topics/design-team-call-1">here</a>! She has some amazing sketches an her current DT is WOW!<br /><br />BBTB is also having a blog hop with some blog candy!!! The start of the hop is <a href="http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/05/storybookframe-challenge-blog-hop.html">here</a>, and each will have the link to the next!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL6Si91fSXo42hJOD8xFTGlXfM5ova4f-wJM58-OfXp_c5u7um6IP-cKTKAb4luvm7brrdtHPUAQcp8WevoNE6Wzu-ci47V8wTMlLsUcFhUBTzUOe-2QeLETP4uyX19UTvXGM0PimY8Jt/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzL6Si91fSXo42hJOD8xFTGlXfM5ova4f-wJM58-OfXp_c5u7um6IP-cKTKAb4luvm7brrdtHPUAQcp8WevoNE6Wzu-ci47V8wTMlLsUcFhUBTzUOe-2QeLETP4uyX19UTvXGM0PimY8Jt/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337205306871027938" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Hopping!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-74652966893434450602009-05-01T07:37:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:04:45.698-07:00SOS Crop Winner<div style="text-align: center;">Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the challenges!!! There were soo many cute layouts and even a few cards! <br /><br />Jeanie Nieva x2 (card and LO)<br />VColbourne<br />Glenda<br />jeanie nieva<br />Groovy Deborah<br />Ali<br />Joann<br />Vanilla Carmel<br />Scrapperjen<br />tanjascraps<br /><br />But there can only be one winner...and that winner is....<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwJtI1xblsEnsn3dwnbxuGjyzW5w4S7RVh3BDmxfgtjCG6298GmIvoCqLfQwHUAap-ZPzv7XBwD4JPZO4DAKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Congrats tanjascraps!!! Send me your home addy to mynina32@q.com so I can get a prize out to you!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYN2KPxyzuu2hcfPX-wGSwNlW-OlXht8ow8IReJNCerdEA4VCQYpUzZsEA7-XUgAV1N08apyJleYVidRE0Zi-1Zq2h2Fuf2fWThWpGySi3iW3iGXZCrV4ALVLXJTArcT8b0I4FB1m9B0g-/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYN2KPxyzuu2hcfPX-wGSwNlW-OlXht8ow8IReJNCerdEA4VCQYpUzZsEA7-XUgAV1N08apyJleYVidRE0Zi-1Zq2h2Fuf2fWThWpGySi3iW3iGXZCrV4ALVLXJTArcT8b0I4FB1m9B0g-/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330870257528207970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-50907937415158517812009-04-30T16:51:00.000-07:002009-04-30T16:59:42.963-07:00Scrapbooking and Card Making Online Crop!!Hey Gals and Guys!!! The DT has been hard at work planning some new exciting things coming up. And to kick off National Scrapbooking Day (May 2nd) we will be holding our first ever Online Crop!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm25/mynina3203/?action=view&current=NSD_22-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm25/mynina3203/NSD_22-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Each day we will be posting a sketch and a new challenge! And even a few fun games to get us searching!! Everything starts on Saturday morning, so be sure to stop by and help us celebrate this very Merry Merry Month of May!!!!<br /><br />Be on the lookout for more details...and feel free to grab the banner and post it on your blogs. Help us get the word out! The more the merrier!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLmEj2Q2jW_kQUirf_VPfsNDaMwVu2pNhe-tF4j12Z1_tUsoVEH95KyulbkgzkgMPwtjPJ0P7y4gLPIhio1UIhkfk7DWrBMw0fyA2QkdW3JUA_c7xCFHXPpGNF1hFK5cLdn-_cwaAZ2g0/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLmEj2Q2jW_kQUirf_VPfsNDaMwVu2pNhe-tF4j12Z1_tUsoVEH95KyulbkgzkgMPwtjPJ0P7y4gLPIhio1UIhkfk7DWrBMw0fyA2QkdW3JUA_c7xCFHXPpGNF1hFK5cLdn-_cwaAZ2g0/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330638243980242258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Nina/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-59464486745478047572009-04-30T09:21:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:04:22.297-07:00Chellenges completed!!!I was finally able to get a few moments to scrap some of the challenges from the <a href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/">Sisterhood of Scrap</a> online crop!! Yeah...and they were soo much fun! If you haven't had a chance to get to any of them...today is the last day! Tonight I will be drawing a winner for my challenge ~ so check back tomorrow for the winner!!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This first one was for <a href="http://a-scrapaddict.blogspot.com/2009/04/sock-hop-challenge-1.html">Deanne's challenge #1.</a> She wanted us to use a picture of a fashionable 50's skirt as inspiration for a card or layout!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBKCtVBAX8RC3fjBWWo-HTwPzskjK-L5khx9gHEUFjYj9kfcUkJHqFgMsc2ALwwZ-U68Zmtu7IAIAoB6fWrKhNM58LqOwns-NNysVn3gcaAbmDll6fnB6snIlKNPNebAJxSktiK_vB9MM/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBKCtVBAX8RC3fjBWWo-HTwPzskjK-L5khx9gHEUFjYj9kfcUkJHqFgMsc2ALwwZ-U68Zmtu7IAIAoB6fWrKhNM58LqOwns-NNysVn3gcaAbmDll6fnB6snIlKNPNebAJxSktiK_vB9MM/s320/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522588968147522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This page was also a <a href="http://a-scrapaddict.blogspot.com/2009/04/sock-hop-challenge-10-for-sos.html">Deanne Challenge #10</a>. She gave us an old Pepsi ad to take inspiration from...and she got me to pull out my wedding photos and start the album! So thanks Deanne!!!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D-2iU81ep1ib_9n2qjRFUr_dZqtRpmlYGgnc7osq7819znxwF0f459GS33dj_nM4Ty6ctmRPuSHi_sNOLWl7E4aARgvSdbMA5DhGxfrS5A-5NUYsbguK1wB4SrwQvejt9TYqFdE4pdsx/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-D-2iU81ep1ib_9n2qjRFUr_dZqtRpmlYGgnc7osq7819znxwF0f459GS33dj_nM4Ty6ctmRPuSHi_sNOLWl7E4aARgvSdbMA5DhGxfrS5A-5NUYsbguK1wB4SrwQvejt9TYqFdE4pdsx/s320/009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522585524749778" border="0" /></a><br />This challenge came to us from <a href="http://bindingmemories.blogspot.com/">Jenn </a>who also happens to be the sister for May!!! <a href="http://bindingmemories.blogspot.com/2009/04/sisterhood-of-scrap-sock-hop-challenge.html">Challenge #4</a> was to take the title of a famous 50's song and use it as a title on your layout. She also wanted to see 5 round elements reminiscent of records and roller skates!! These pictures are of my daughter at 18 months, 6 years, and 12 years.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt7sumnmk_AUXS3X2jHlAXfz7QECav_5M-af-LRXJOvvH71663OjQc3FHo0GnUatJXi2wPZujtjaiimwc0hfXqn84BKZ8OEU58S2mSh-4or0XTibpprSHAXrZ-KP_EOA9c_ym-fGzyGx6/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFt7sumnmk_AUXS3X2jHlAXfz7QECav_5M-af-LRXJOvvH71663OjQc3FHo0GnUatJXi2wPZujtjaiimwc0hfXqn84BKZ8OEU58S2mSh-4or0XTibpprSHAXrZ-KP_EOA9c_ym-fGzyGx6/s320/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522446642724098" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://myscrappyness.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-6-sisterhood-of-scrap-sock.html">Challenge #6</a> came from Carla and I knew when the challenge was given that this is one one I would be doing!!! I LOVE this look and the pop that the all white gives. I have done it before with a black/white picture, and it looks just as good with a colored picture!!! This picture was taken in Oklahoma City in Bricktown.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTaYwgTVQvA10Pn3wrAvNM70ViyhGe4Wli0hM4J7IXzlafKkaEPMJPZbUW6AMg7gaE1ssUIHYQ7sA1fbT-XpTmKdRJoghJeNFjVQw6Vf6wR0DCa4kseGp_WXOuu2_5TjfvpNKUDjRJGiK/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTaYwgTVQvA10Pn3wrAvNM70ViyhGe4Wli0hM4J7IXzlafKkaEPMJPZbUW6AMg7gaE1ssUIHYQ7sA1fbT-XpTmKdRJoghJeNFjVQw6Vf6wR0DCa4kseGp_WXOuu2_5TjfvpNKUDjRJGiK/s320/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522443051235010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://myscrappyness.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-9-sisterhood-of-scrap-sock.html">Challenge #9</a> also came from Carla. She wanted to see a 12 inch or 7 inch circle, with black somewhere, ooo and lots of bling!!! These are pictures of my daughter in her performance for dance class at school.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbmrvak4zt8O1tks7_cQHM2TCZGZYyXdJgxZxeFa44Z88see3GAgTCpiosB3GFHhrngVSvnvENmBSbO77z3TqbKElzCDyFYmyWBEo34iWbc5GqQvTHpSoNBlHQkVBWub-whon0O3yiOFH/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbmrvak4zt8O1tks7_cQHM2TCZGZYyXdJgxZxeFa44Z88see3GAgTCpiosB3GFHhrngVSvnvENmBSbO77z3TqbKElzCDyFYmyWBEo34iWbc5GqQvTHpSoNBlHQkVBWub-whon0O3yiOFH/s320/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522437165945218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://colormehappy1979.blogspot.com/2009/04/sisterhood-of-scrap-online-crop.html">Challenge #3</a> came to us from Candace!!! Take a look and listen to the YouTube link that she has!! Too cute!! Anyway, she wanted us to use the song Lollipop as inspiration. So I decided to look up the lyrics and found this one that went perfect with this picture!! This was taken on a day when my son was not feeling very well, so he stayed home from school. He ate lunch and then went into my room to watch cartoons. I was only a few minutes behind him, but he had already fallen fast asleep.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yNnzMFL4YH3sogzPKmhHKJezqYjUkAvxLu0k5CvOMJ8XWZm5x-GZ7QoC-avsgxTKWLpLV1U8qqezYfMe2u2yJErmmzUeFsbwfCgUefG7fQJYzidFpzvFTK60RT0nVkZkdUurXwoF9bkS/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yNnzMFL4YH3sogzPKmhHKJezqYjUkAvxLu0k5CvOMJ8XWZm5x-GZ7QoC-avsgxTKWLpLV1U8qqezYfMe2u2yJErmmzUeFsbwfCgUefG7fQJYzidFpzvFTK60RT0nVkZkdUurXwoF9bkS/s320/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522434305206258" border="0" /></a><br />This <a href="http://lovinglycreatedbyali.blogspot.com/2009/04/sisterhod-of-scrap-sock-hop-crop.html">challenge #7 </a>came to us from Ali! She wanted us to play with numbers...and to have a clock on the page! I thought of this picture and have had this paper forever!! It's of my step son during our Fall Pictures outing. Thanks Ali!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbG9jnsQ03t1dIEikuUUR3SObD8t4haOPyLrbhuaiTnqUqKJTNjmdqEcLE4cZUcFPXDT4Qv9Y2Q5R55xD1Rc7BJCosLbDkfDRQicCkZCDwknvTM1abiPeA39WlKB-D3jPCaBDkfomilyg/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbG9jnsQ03t1dIEikuUUR3SObD8t4haOPyLrbhuaiTnqUqKJTNjmdqEcLE4cZUcFPXDT4Qv9Y2Q5R55xD1Rc7BJCosLbDkfDRQicCkZCDwknvTM1abiPeA39WlKB-D3jPCaBDkfomilyg/s320/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522430092559266" border="0" /></a><br />Wow!!! Seven out of ten challenges done!!! How many did you'all get done!!??<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1v6G-gcf1Q7hToz61SzO9LUIzm_1ugJdRC0THpzKTBBcsR0v03iHucbuvcpquK49UImrqmovonKQNASYn0qQhftjMIPOOS5phQKT_zEYbDkadYFv3Bhfdkv7DkFhbU_zQ3pxMHrCIWAPM/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1v6G-gcf1Q7hToz61SzO9LUIzm_1ugJdRC0THpzKTBBcsR0v03iHucbuvcpquK49UImrqmovonKQNASYn0qQhftjMIPOOS5phQKT_zEYbDkadYFv3Bhfdkv7DkFhbU_zQ3pxMHrCIWAPM/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330522752321075138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Happy Scrapping!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-23689955583836117542009-04-20T05:00:00.000-07:002009-04-20T05:00:13.973-07:00Sisterhood Online Crop Challenge 2<div style="text-align: center;">First...Congrats to the Sister's to an amazing 2 years of inspiration!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Now, onto my challenge!!<br /><br />We have a restaurant here in Colorado that prides itself on it's 50's inspired interior and atmosphere! The guys slick back their hair and the gals wear the poodle skirts! You can have your burger and shake while listening to Buddy Holly and the Drifters on the jukebox!<br /><br />I took my son there this last week and took pictures of everything, but I settled on one for today's challenge. This is the front of their menu and it depicts the Diners part of our crop!! I want to see your pages or cards using the colors on the menu!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkd_nQTgvgcDQ7hWDg50AoCKTpibwPRisOUv61dJYLMkw8yRKyxoTMJhUaILjqFxuLSzEMnrYgz9BGC1494a7VP2_sSahkDeR0coHN_8awu8wTqVPJW0dfN-5bCRLAoUxJHZyuzuH4__B/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkd_nQTgvgcDQ7hWDg50AoCKTpibwPRisOUv61dJYLMkw8yRKyxoTMJhUaILjqFxuLSzEMnrYgz9BGC1494a7VP2_sSahkDeR0coHN_8awu8wTqVPJW0dfN-5bCRLAoUxJHZyuzuH4__B/s320/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326632351920760818" border="0" /></a>Red<br />White<br />Blue<br />Yellow<br />(feel free to use other colors as well...but these four must be there somewhere!!)<br /><br /><br />That's it....it's that easy!!! And here is my layout !<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB5WN7C3-fIMd5fuE5ytE4DO4jqAoTtfnqyz_NTQ5F22KyqTti9vZMKi2RXuuGBTdpQx9_CmlAnlWX1xESlAtdSx1Zp1Ytjltp-AKEoRLlGTDs4mzn8Z96C57XgBZolPVbVT2sIRgIdQv/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB5WN7C3-fIMd5fuE5ytE4DO4jqAoTtfnqyz_NTQ5F22KyqTti9vZMKi2RXuuGBTdpQx9_CmlAnlWX1xESlAtdSx1Zp1Ytjltp-AKEoRLlGTDs4mzn8Z96C57XgBZolPVbVT2sIRgIdQv/s320/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326628484539209506" border="0" /></a><br />If you try this challenge, please link your blog or gallery in the comments for everyone to see!!! All challenges are due by April 30th and I will be holding a drawing with a prize for those that complete this challenge!! What is that prize you ask???<br /><br />Well my son went shopping with me the other day and we picked out a few things that 'every scrapper could use'!<br /><br />And I am going to follow in Deanne's footsteps *wink* If you choose to do both a layout and a card, you will get your name in the hat twice for the prize!!!<br /><br />Cannot wait to see what you come up with!!!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPNxYjLTFKetKOvctDFC1t1d3dKQr_TN18XMCShnW0gdTNdjAG6gZRqsrqVyaalK0EPc60WBqei8yDycHwvwB3ibfrVSlnJSNywWpqcALl9A-lPMlp3eScsD0umjq51SQM-sPZs8cuUD7/s1600-h/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPNxYjLTFKetKOvctDFC1t1d3dKQr_TN18XMCShnW0gdTNdjAG6gZRqsrqVyaalK0EPc60WBqei8yDycHwvwB3ibfrVSlnJSNywWpqcALl9A-lPMlp3eScsD0umjq51SQM-sPZs8cuUD7/s200/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326632991359999890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Happy Scrapping!!<br /></div></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-82443035845299519432009-04-19T20:43:00.000-07:002009-04-19T21:06:16.695-07:00Another Sunday down!Phew...I was able to sit down for a few hours today and scrap!!! I think it's been about 2 weeks since I could get anything done. It seems that my mojo comes and goes. When it's with me, I can just pop pages out, but when it's visiting someone else..aka Suzi...I go weeks just looking at my stuff with no inspiration. :(<br /><br />Anyway, here are a few pages that I got done today. And be sure to check back tomorrow...<a href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/">Sisterhood of Scrap</a> is having their 2nd Anniversary Online Crop this week, and my challenge goes up tomorrow!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> We got these Nerf Tommy 20's for all of the boys for Christmas last year. And this is my hubby reenacting the famous 'Scarface' scene. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUFFa3gFPLkmfJtN9NX-bPNb037Z9p4NxvwrDGqp8ePT6Bhrni_uy7nsV31X9B22t54laj4YpxBUYuFdYF9y1uJylov5Jzm1mnLG1RIh1bLsOmI0skPF_vecpESMzYGqHeLVIEoxuragi/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUFFa3gFPLkmfJtN9NX-bPNb037Z9p4NxvwrDGqp8ePT6Bhrni_uy7nsV31X9B22t54laj4YpxBUYuFdYF9y1uJylov5Jzm1mnLG1RIh1bLsOmI0skPF_vecpESMzYGqHeLVIEoxuragi/s320/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326615986111800146" border="0" /></a><br />This page is for my daughter's 13th birthday. It was the hubby's turn to 'coach' the party, so I took the boys to see Santa, but took the camera with me. So he used his phone camera and all of the pictures came out with a yellow tint. I tried to fix them before I printed, but this was the best that I could do. So I used it and had a yellow background with green. ~And I don't know why they all have their mouths open in <span style="font-style: italic;">every </span>picture~<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG6y7AtnndeOuWVo4k2G4u1zNIwFSDCh9mn-oHj-eATPDilwVxxyZGDv4N3HcDSG9eSqreQ28qwU5LDIxCfH8vOdWuEHvDKqCOgrNhruy3L2FxM5bIpie6WFjyD8YC9Oz1Ktvy6lRJQvM/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPG6y7AtnndeOuWVo4k2G4u1zNIwFSDCh9mn-oHj-eATPDilwVxxyZGDv4N3HcDSG9eSqreQ28qwU5LDIxCfH8vOdWuEHvDKqCOgrNhruy3L2FxM5bIpie6WFjyD8YC9Oz1Ktvy6lRJQvM/s320/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326615993789180370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1RGIEMDlc13tsZerZ7s0_DDJLc7trQK5CWQyAHiVPe2EqRPTF0j5aOCTwFivWX1SUHNbpqq4dRRMnUf51zgWVOPz5QjA_spl8GU2O_EN0nHyqKdQPYfThB73Vhom4uyu6P2JAeZ03D4D/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ1RGIEMDlc13tsZerZ7s0_DDJLc7trQK5CWQyAHiVPe2EqRPTF0j5aOCTwFivWX1SUHNbpqq4dRRMnUf51zgWVOPz5QjA_spl8GU2O_EN0nHyqKdQPYfThB73Vhom4uyu6P2JAeZ03D4D/s320/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326615989623971858" border="0" /></a><br />Now here is a question for anyone who embosses. I used grunge board numbers and covered them with Color Box Pigment Inkpad. I then put clear embossing powder on and embossed. It should have come out clear, but it started to bubble and show these white speckles. My heater was pretty far away, so it was not burning it, and I love the outcome. But I am not sure why it did this. Any ideas would be appriciated!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGbmNpXzyasJ8TZRP7r-oAY4S4qZyZxUsOhAzr8tdOospatcYiBiWt-cj04XDI_fmecQXUdx3NwlSWqMCEi6FUtBWNmM1bos6_A72zLkVexb6Ap42sc2YqutNFZ0H-3iq06yIFhZ-2Y26/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGbmNpXzyasJ8TZRP7r-oAY4S4qZyZxUsOhAzr8tdOospatcYiBiWt-cj04XDI_fmecQXUdx3NwlSWqMCEi6FUtBWNmM1bos6_A72zLkVexb6Ap42sc2YqutNFZ0H-3iq06yIFhZ-2Y26/s320/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326615997536876930" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6CpgvyNNupMdjRCjuMOc-OJXlc9W9ebqortYACcLibtpjrpdxZN6lZPfrC3hYt8QzKErA-8hfTPbY6GHkaRKzIOIwawzm6ZnRRH4iHBsaLVRgfyuXhky9txKKCsiFPb13_I4Z-CZ776o/s1600-h/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6CpgvyNNupMdjRCjuMOc-OJXlc9W9ebqortYACcLibtpjrpdxZN6lZPfrC3hYt8QzKErA-8hfTPbY6GHkaRKzIOIwawzm6ZnRRH4iHBsaLVRgfyuXhky9txKKCsiFPb13_I4Z-CZ776o/s200/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326614392280502114" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Scrapping!!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-25753218171212197552009-04-13T12:20:00.000-07:002009-04-13T11:20:47.897-07:00Online Anniversary Crop for the Sisters!!!<div align="center"><strong>Sock Hops, Drive-ins and Soda Shops</strong></div><div align="center">Join us April 19th-April 26th as we <em>Rock Around the Clock</em>!</div><br /><div align="center">Sisterhood of Scrap is TWO years old, and we are celebrating with an online crop. From April 19th-26th we'll post a challenge (or two!) each day . Drop by every morning and we'll direct you to one of the sisters' blogs and the scrapping challenge(s) for the day. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">Of course we have some prizes to give away, including a Crate Paper <em>Mia</em> kit, a Basic Grey <em>Porcelain</em> card kit, a Stampin' Up stamp set and MUCH more! </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1uV_AFiqLEkedCQFLj5Xbs0RqaD1OVu9FBJw9UipYF1HWcA9uiAMTIp1hYnmnp9lp5qz38U31x6xH8oWvRLFdYQ5JAp4udZHnh9NCfI803exD39Dt4AD4jHcziV8CXiqESVw7sB-8MoM/s320/sock+hop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323460412665447138" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">So, kick off your shoes and get your poodle skirts on! Let's TWIST!</span></div><br /><div align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Feel free to grab the banner above and add it to your blog with a link to our site. Thanks!<br /><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAJ4lmdPdxOdC8qa6-juPEFDz8fggh1yOshSs_YWj1JVpK1bJxMoPyzRK7SJrpJa1t79qZd01vuto3qUrmvoed980PXEPK9DFJsr7w1AOZo5hPATELMpFewz0Cs1_s6CjFS-LJrwrdaaQ/s1600-h/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAJ4lmdPdxOdC8qa6-juPEFDz8fggh1yOshSs_YWj1JVpK1bJxMoPyzRK7SJrpJa1t79qZd01vuto3qUrmvoed980PXEPK9DFJsr7w1AOZo5hPATELMpFewz0Cs1_s6CjFS-LJrwrdaaQ/s200/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324242000832801266" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Scrapping!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-76233263715443420552009-04-13T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-13T10:41:30.098-07:00Easter 'Tie Dyed' EggsThe other day, I was looking over at <a href="http://todayscreativeblog.blogspot.com/">Today's Creative Blog</a> and found a post for Easter Eggs and a way cool way to color them over at <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/03/silk-dyed-eggs.html">Our Best Bites</a>! Take a look at the site for a tutorial on how to make these amazing creations!!! But I thought that I would post my pictures here of the end results.<br /><br />Here are the ties.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2DXkAc_utyMZ-_aZBCMHDGnRC31628sCEF4gUhWhkeTBFvOqlb4MkZURvULeSkOMVza1xTcB3YaPaLrzy8d0T0GVisMKjeL98NtwMBxkgthxkzDp_ZbTBoB92zNlJuhlRWIaoxK6jNJV/s1600-h/Untitled-1_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2DXkAc_utyMZ-_aZBCMHDGnRC31628sCEF4gUhWhkeTBFvOqlb4MkZURvULeSkOMVza1xTcB3YaPaLrzy8d0T0GVisMKjeL98NtwMBxkgthxkzDp_ZbTBoB92zNlJuhlRWIaoxK6jNJV/s320/Untitled-1_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324227764723069106" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">And here they are all bound up in the ties....don't they look cute!!!<br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcB3nT6dTbJmEhgrMcONm4TAexYOrKIyFTN-sov8YZow39ToYGSW-HMRmthYE5NRsMdbOwz9Xw1bHVnGR-S3tC1zILJiiLEpQcMRD-iKwwFo-cXe_Wi7ZJnTEM-dvfQJNb4YoMkoT8Np0/s1600-h/017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcB3nT6dTbJmEhgrMcONm4TAexYOrKIyFTN-sov8YZow39ToYGSW-HMRmthYE5NRsMdbOwz9Xw1bHVnGR-S3tC1zILJiiLEpQcMRD-iKwwFo-cXe_Wi7ZJnTEM-dvfQJNb4YoMkoT8Np0/s320/017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324227745701828514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">And here are the way cool results!!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SVotio0sIHZNss8is6-kLmRbFlM5GV6_f2_nM_Sc-QAC6q6GB9-I1nR3oRgj9tFtUiB2hvcFtveved3PTma5tcEBQKEoEkl8cm-kwCF9ly9ZXosezBqTmJmtbt5aIE1z4UWtjGmdODJo/s1600-h/Final+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SVotio0sIHZNss8is6-kLmRbFlM5GV6_f2_nM_Sc-QAC6q6GB9-I1nR3oRgj9tFtUiB2hvcFtveved3PTma5tcEBQKEoEkl8cm-kwCF9ly9ZXosezBqTmJmtbt5aIE1z4UWtjGmdODJo/s320/Final+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324226923343028002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CU0zrNzSLizViyzA_R2aKqa9yB8y6LJPYtl5_SE9eIx_9HClwabt0XB_9wjgAqGcVBhluG3wcwnnWX4BPrZ7yJZTI-SwdaBrrwsEbeJAJTvSbi4ziwgy_E5iT97yB-abbilzRSsIyI8p/s1600-h/Final+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CU0zrNzSLizViyzA_R2aKqa9yB8y6LJPYtl5_SE9eIx_9HClwabt0XB_9wjgAqGcVBhluG3wcwnnWX4BPrZ7yJZTI-SwdaBrrwsEbeJAJTvSbi4ziwgy_E5iT97yB-abbilzRSsIyI8p/s320/Final+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324226924258560834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C9jDirF-3KajFwRyYojDw1j73BUopdZNbqibXsfFBG8-lulaeEZ_rXuVZiv4ZGH2lov2sjyIVNPLdnLxhJFe9xnvZNF9t4IwkgMH57_BRKQwI4tQzFeaFSIlQMhC_ocfBdq_Nx1VbpYB/s1600-h/Final+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C9jDirF-3KajFwRyYojDw1j73BUopdZNbqibXsfFBG8-lulaeEZ_rXuVZiv4ZGH2lov2sjyIVNPLdnLxhJFe9xnvZNF9t4IwkgMH57_BRKQwI4tQzFeaFSIlQMhC_ocfBdq_Nx1VbpYB/s320/Final+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324226917715263106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqaXm4-RgvF2wLNQz86snXodqeE0PECQP7Lw3vqR_VdkOovrqTWynx9__6sK3UZj9L_gYTE-PvUYSQ6kNWTvaUsVJBWaQgufXadZLkpa8AQYkpo_EmCFrfZspsHaAkSHgERzbtt-3tH7-/s1600-h/final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqaXm4-RgvF2wLNQz86snXodqeE0PECQP7Lw3vqR_VdkOovrqTWynx9__6sK3UZj9L_gYTE-PvUYSQ6kNWTvaUsVJBWaQgufXadZLkpa8AQYkpo_EmCFrfZspsHaAkSHgERzbtt-3tH7-/s320/final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324226914438091362" border="0" /></a>Now, one thing that I did, and not sure that I will do again, was boil them all together. My water in the end was a purple color and I think that it did bleed into some of the other eggs, so they did not turn out as brilliant. But I will definitely do this again next year, I will just buy the hubby some new ties!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV5Y7Mzrd5xeKrRNLnImdK9S4u5nZYdXeCOG2-hXN-dEYHzoJB0vrQg5RYBcojWSaEfz5WErD7NYWZyC-KoUeQlGO4Cevm_mrFEvV3gjcRCzXqA4gvmY_64ce-_0DH5AWJA2PbbXufER2/s1600-h/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV5Y7Mzrd5xeKrRNLnImdK9S4u5nZYdXeCOG2-hXN-dEYHzoJB0vrQg5RYBcojWSaEfz5WErD7NYWZyC-KoUeQlGO4Cevm_mrFEvV3gjcRCzXqA4gvmY_64ce-_0DH5AWJA2PbbXufER2/s200/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324232017163496722" border="0" /></a>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-66926510887330468782009-04-06T13:19:00.000-07:002009-04-06T14:11:41.086-07:00New Look...New Layout!A lot has been going on here at the homestead. I will be blogging about it on my personal blog in a little bit...but that is why I have not been on with an other pages from camp...<br /><br />During camp, there is a secret envelope challenge. Our hostess and a few helpers put together 10 bags of assorted paper and embellishments for 10 wanting scrappers. Out of these bags, we are to make a layout. I was one of the lucky 'grabbers' along with a wonderful new friend Suzi, and fellow table mate Kim. We took before and after pictures of our supplies and what we created from them! (I did get permission to post their LO's on this site) :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This first one is from Kim. <br />She used the before picture in her layout<br />and added some ribbon along the bottom.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_FU8pw9lLpkH8EBMeHXKCaWliM0A9LnVmVLVZqG25J298vuGBMfQpKxAGfJ1hcXI9dKoVohg23NiJ8rWSo4uKh_Zw8Qp0IhvOT7yuURasZE2bgagjCfrlZsmgv6NZo1VLUOQyayTgHBU/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_FU8pw9lLpkH8EBMeHXKCaWliM0A9LnVmVLVZqG25J298vuGBMfQpKxAGfJ1hcXI9dKoVohg23NiJ8rWSo4uKh_Zw8Qp0IhvOT7yuURasZE2bgagjCfrlZsmgv6NZo1VLUOQyayTgHBU/s200/004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321678153546091922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7Lt6yKsaylJv7PHEMrwBqNNubge6j4k6cEEZC5rJPqHOeqbtKYkk2f4qF1g46NUa5UpxouhfHblF-JESVy9NTOsbGg280Mu6RDJ6d7cphl7UdhwgiXwcE0_W-i67GvCGjAo3Pnc3L94T/s1600-h/014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7Lt6yKsaylJv7PHEMrwBqNNubge6j4k6cEEZC5rJPqHOeqbtKYkk2f4qF1g46NUa5UpxouhfHblF-JESVy9NTOsbGg280Mu6RDJ6d7cphl7UdhwgiXwcE0_W-i67GvCGjAo3Pnc3L94T/s320/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321683007141111170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This next one is from Suzi who made a two<br />page layout with her pages. Isn't her daughter<br />the cutest!!!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxui6CCJF-VVt4eeGoiqVAhhHJ7VACzHR1Sxi1iVRGV7W6C9G2NHgCEvlbcNx7C5mvzqOJlvI12uFFPPkPCJcp0G-_8MCV5ajCB6JH7RS36nd0gopqgRy6zmIpnfN2lindDu1KctTTH4Ar/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxui6CCJF-VVt4eeGoiqVAhhHJ7VACzHR1Sxi1iVRGV7W6C9G2NHgCEvlbcNx7C5mvzqOJlvI12uFFPPkPCJcp0G-_8MCV5ajCB6JH7RS36nd0gopqgRy6zmIpnfN2lindDu1KctTTH4Ar/s200/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321678143811139826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIT1JICzAXB-D1mjnmXynxGKzlRUgINzhdZmVdMYaru02x1gfygcEDUe7yLwirM1TcyX7QulPqUZ0EoMrvUw99EOQi-GR8WpmhtYiqNq7ZWXa5C4nyEXf8fx4zJNUa99kXajoiSzokc9f/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIT1JICzAXB-D1mjnmXynxGKzlRUgINzhdZmVdMYaru02x1gfygcEDUe7yLwirM1TcyX7QulPqUZ0EoMrvUw99EOQi-GR8WpmhtYiqNq7ZWXa5C4nyEXf8fx4zJNUa99kXajoiSzokc9f/s320/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321683015915862130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH844kJoOf0R-p-hG6xJSN-pCStERuGERY3Scvv2IE-JhH33SsnDkWeTPNWIknO4XtiwIMywqp7L0WVMgKdEc-O6aTg5-jWH3FTQm2yWWEYttLcPny6kRT-QXeJmX98MLtyLucUQHnmc1O/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH844kJoOf0R-p-hG6xJSN-pCStERuGERY3Scvv2IE-JhH33SsnDkWeTPNWIknO4XtiwIMywqp7L0WVMgKdEc-O6aTg5-jWH3FTQm2yWWEYttLcPny6kRT-QXeJmX98MLtyLucUQHnmc1O/s320/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321683018211178434" border="0" /></a><br />And lastly is mine. I tried to use everything in the bag along with a<br />new technique that I had read about in a recent magazine. I will be<br />writing out a tutorial on how I did this...but here it is!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8N6GHNzd-LrOEjOWg8BWrv_vDbeGupWVg9sxG7l-q4nVSioHs9MUP1tz96MAQLQb6KSHjSp0zOIFH_ktJikm8FlKR_c_uNRkTUtqzcf8M21cQj-ITC_qeIQed-SwLuQY5wHofMRFG1os/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8N6GHNzd-LrOEjOWg8BWrv_vDbeGupWVg9sxG7l-q4nVSioHs9MUP1tz96MAQLQb6KSHjSp0zOIFH_ktJikm8FlKR_c_uNRkTUtqzcf8M21cQj-ITC_qeIQed-SwLuQY5wHofMRFG1os/s200/002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321678147156732802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhgSt3zMeCx06OJRQNuXyrhm8hJSKljycBi-mv9SskSENGj1u6rq4cqkUl4n2fljnZfA9PIRBO6An4KdzlmE3lTFv27e7y-WOFxJDEATVtwQoiwEuQMcEoaMocmdkzd4mhefyZSpNUv8x/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhgSt3zMeCx06OJRQNuXyrhm8hJSKljycBi-mv9SskSENGj1u6rq4cqkUl4n2fljnZfA9PIRBO6An4KdzlmE3lTFv27e7y-WOFxJDEATVtwQoiwEuQMcEoaMocmdkzd4mhefyZSpNUv8x/s320/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321683033283714194" border="0" /></a>After the voting by the other gals at camp, Suzi, I believe came in 2nd!!!!<br /><br />Woohoo!!! So off now to blog on the other site. I will be back tomorrow for challenges and sketches...I have not done that in a few weeks :(<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvKvwERf64waU2QcXm9T9x8pZfAUpGsX5YET2DLcXdbL1ZHbl2z4elCu4Ua8VbkzcB31wUeeZNuKE3uTVnMDEf_BTHqBmQeKmQDfwsV0eaWSy_3h4I2dMybNedMi7MSkOnL0Msn-4jInw/s1600-h/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvKvwERf64waU2QcXm9T9x8pZfAUpGsX5YET2DLcXdbL1ZHbl2z4elCu4Ua8VbkzcB31wUeeZNuKE3uTVnMDEf_BTHqBmQeKmQDfwsV0eaWSy_3h4I2dMybNedMi7MSkOnL0Msn-4jInw/s200/Sketch-Me-April-Signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321676263001105650" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Scrapping!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-44019115152932371072009-04-02T08:12:00.000-07:002009-04-02T09:51:01.412-07:00Good weather and a little camp talk!Whew...finally the sun has come out and I was able to get some good pictures of my pages!!! (Long post....sorry about the upload time... :) )<br /><br /><a href="http://www.maranathacamp.org/programs/events/scrapbook.html">Maranatha </a>is such an amazing place! Camp starts at 4pm on Friday afternoon and closes on Sunday at 5pm. So you can go and scrap for 49 hours straight or plan for a few hours sleep in between. (My roomy and I usually go down about 4am and up again for breakfast at 9) And it seems that I turn into a 12 little girl every time I step foot into the main hall. This is my 4 year going, so I am getting to know many of the gals that attend. And we spend that first night mostly catching up!<br /><br />Previously we have stayed in the dorms (12 rooms with bunkbeds and a comunal bathroom) but after this last time, my roomy and I have decided to fork up the extra $20 and stay in the motel style. Case in point, we go to bed at 4am, and are super quite so not to wake anyone who is already sleeping. (And you hear <span style="font-style: italic;">everything </span>in the dorms) So we do expect the same curtiousy in the morning from those early risers. So my roomy, I'll call her Mary, she and I awoke and she asked me, "do you want me to go yell at them. 'People are still sleeping!!'". I said a very quick and sleepy yes. So Mary gets up, walks to the door, opens it, pauses and then shuts it quickly and says "I can't say that to her" and runs back to the bed like a little girl sneaking to the cookie jar at night and hears her parents walking down the hall. LOL Maybe it's one of those 'had to be there moments' but we laughed soo hard.<br /><br />One of the best parts of camp is that we do not have to cook. We have breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared for us and this year the food was yummy!!!! (Not always the case) They put out a salad bar every meal, and bacon for breakfast!!! Mmmmm.............<br /><br />Anyway, camp was a blast. I wish that we could do it more often though. Most of the ladies reside in Nebraska, so this is the only time that I get to see them and visit, except on Facebook!! :)<br /><br />Okay...now onto some pages!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This first one is Amanda right after her surgery last year. She could not make a complete sentence and just had the sappy silly smile! She was definitely <span style="font-style: italic;">feeling good</span>!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B8eBRAKCk246xSJdi39ewPLjDtPRImMWXt9l5cfDJFaxcGMKbZOtJkOPQuf2WAirQoaLp_sbfsUwLXitVLEjZV6B-pnMZ8ZaB6aF2ADKd2qRPD_8u5DtUghMFliEw2HW0V4RHNuf0HmA/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B8eBRAKCk246xSJdi39ewPLjDtPRImMWXt9l5cfDJFaxcGMKbZOtJkOPQuf2WAirQoaLp_sbfsUwLXitVLEjZV6B-pnMZ8ZaB6aF2ADKd2qRPD_8u5DtUghMFliEw2HW0V4RHNuf0HmA/s320/012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113697537162866" border="0" /></a><br />This was a simple page with journaling...which I do not do enough of, but this was my attempt at changing that!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_O9NtHUoKy4KwL8NXUF6CAWBi5NwfnBNWaaLRFevbtuLS52V2TOnnhlvBp4E2fKkBqIQpwX2DbeWldsnRNwbefvVKeepxniHXPT_p300xfS-3WaI5U7xXLfvRNrdW4B6wuCfOGSeS2KS/s1600-h/011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv_O9NtHUoKy4KwL8NXUF6CAWBi5NwfnBNWaaLRFevbtuLS52V2TOnnhlvBp4E2fKkBqIQpwX2DbeWldsnRNwbefvVKeepxniHXPT_p300xfS-3WaI5U7xXLfvRNrdW4B6wuCfOGSeS2KS/s320/011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113691370754290" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This page I did for one of the challenges: Make a one page LO with 3 or more pictures. I used a borrowed cricut cartridge 'camping out' to get the branches and pine cones. This is just another cartridge on my long list of wants!!! I took the pine cones and used the stencil on the wrong side, put in some defining lines and then distress them on the right side. And I really like the way they came out! Oh...and I did win!!! 2nd place!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-mg-QI_2d1p-vbwYnfY2xXgIQZFWphW5-JY6S1rhia7dWZ79BcMqdA8ei35V1cxgXRV74T99-COQ2_HpJNlFXofCKsXvJSYkOKcK7rH9oGfG8xjZ55IU0k1q4WPEHan9VkZBqgcEsttR/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-mg-QI_2d1p-vbwYnfY2xXgIQZFWphW5-JY6S1rhia7dWZ79BcMqdA8ei35V1cxgXRV74T99-COQ2_HpJNlFXofCKsXvJSYkOKcK7rH9oGfG8xjZ55IU0k1q4WPEHan9VkZBqgcEsttR/s320/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113711227007026" border="0" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;">This page of Taylor and Meko was also one of the daily challenges: A LO using Die Cuts. I used the cricut to cut the background scallop and then embossed it with a glittery white. And for this page, I won 1st place!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZtpRmWNYguL7P-ezrtE0YSIoIEJ3y7ePCxpQ3VFr4EXj56ziEJOo-Ygh25e4-lKilnJ1hHjsmfYEGu0_7WrUzNUVksrMkgy5d4WR0BIOHRohk5QQ_plWhzyMnGk6gkJEB66qsmWONRSZ/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZtpRmWNYguL7P-ezrtE0YSIoIEJ3y7ePCxpQ3VFr4EXj56ziEJOo-Ygh25e4-lKilnJ1hHjsmfYEGu0_7WrUzNUVksrMkgy5d4WR0BIOHRohk5QQ_plWhzyMnGk6gkJEB66qsmWONRSZ/s320/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113704674112146" border="0" /></a>I LOVE the way this page turned out. It was actually a lift from 'Mary' who had printed out some of her favorite pages found online. Below is the lift.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudoirpa0Jiya70E_K_1oFgOR19JjIx0GUlrDDRXDksoWrQ_sVulqzwE8y6Qv2OCJ87vk6MHO0G-fbFrYsEVyIbqFqPGszZUWGncpfoiEZ6D7sDahaGZiGLReX-bGE4i_R-BQ-3BTpcKWO/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudoirpa0Jiya70E_K_1oFgOR19JjIx0GUlrDDRXDksoWrQ_sVulqzwE8y6Qv2OCJ87vk6MHO0G-fbFrYsEVyIbqFqPGszZUWGncpfoiEZ6D7sDahaGZiGLReX-bGE4i_R-BQ-3BTpcKWO/s320/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113415089843218" border="0" /></a><br />So if this is your page...thanks so much!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmhvgcewyYo_Amyyvsr2BOouYJI9m70OwkUNMcpBSxsveJPNl8fMG_mnZtutN2s4hKh-FOty4NcNnKcb6T9_yePOz68uLQfRdVcamEWP2OM6sDFBCH1tc2rfzVS5HW5zA2L08gW0wAl-Q/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmhvgcewyYo_Amyyvsr2BOouYJI9m70OwkUNMcpBSxsveJPNl8fMG_mnZtutN2s4hKh-FOty4NcNnKcb6T9_yePOz68uLQfRdVcamEWP2OM6sDFBCH1tc2rfzVS5HW5zA2L08gW0wAl-Q/s200/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320133729232086914" border="0" /></a>These next two pages will go in Bayle and Amanda's personal books. These two have an amazing relationship. And I have soo many pictures of them like this!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIxem6pEjHJmX_hRtnN94bGXjv0cmgOgkENcn0ymCwMWZZxcQG6vwweRVzylNh75eSlHNLjFTmM-_7bm7blWDMQWTsoCJZdHELRZPvgxfKZyD4wGhVTa8plv9ezEeetonwWaMrhEYMfTv/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrIxem6pEjHJmX_hRtnN94bGXjv0cmgOgkENcn0ymCwMWZZxcQG6vwweRVzylNh75eSlHNLjFTmM-_7bm7blWDMQWTsoCJZdHELRZPvgxfKZyD4wGhVTa8plv9ezEeetonwWaMrhEYMfTv/s320/008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113410332300066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR-01SahcVwNCvH4_kJBUmFtzFnO4F5Ne4XV3xWcze2obnsBDXg0AkFuB7cqFTACxzGL5OWwDBGdNYcuCv8-ov39sH4MO_MA0gR0iIw0XXX8DTquxWChNbkAcBIaqXWRbvcqA6aRd2uMz/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR-01SahcVwNCvH4_kJBUmFtzFnO4F5Ne4XV3xWcze2obnsBDXg0AkFuB7cqFTACxzGL5OWwDBGdNYcuCv8-ov39sH4MO_MA0gR0iIw0XXX8DTquxWChNbkAcBIaqXWRbvcqA6aRd2uMz/s320/007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113403801154722" border="0" /></a><br />This was also done for one of the daily challenges: No embelishments, which means that there cannot be anything more than 2-D on the page. I won 2nd again!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xbGbwX7ABy_NKJ7JDDRFCAMP-McuVBuShS3AaOZR-6b0P6POeXmtW_Ts6t-EE04OJe3reXTV-yKeZVAambYj9Ej2qcjeih4ZH1VnAAnMddkPsZtJBMsVq976wEPLPiCRIthin2K_GKjt/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xbGbwX7ABy_NKJ7JDDRFCAMP-McuVBuShS3AaOZR-6b0P6POeXmtW_Ts6t-EE04OJe3reXTV-yKeZVAambYj9Ej2qcjeih4ZH1VnAAnMddkPsZtJBMsVq976wEPLPiCRIthin2K_GKjt/s320/006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113403229031986" border="0" /></a><br />A very quick page that I got done on Sunday afternoon. The silver sheet is a reflective paper and I am not really sure where I got it. But it worked!! I liked the end result!!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fRJdye2P1XT0kt0O9bcRoMJixxUqZBFfgOtoVjEekheYR4JqTcipo4AOiLeaOWGb5rR8cr8Uy2fdp7Wl-46J15Q5PCWR0ZLkhVJEfW6K-Gr8ngZuQgEtBr_-9PN6nN3glGuuaGpcDDEW/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fRJdye2P1XT0kt0O9bcRoMJixxUqZBFfgOtoVjEekheYR4JqTcipo4AOiLeaOWGb5rR8cr8Uy2fdp7Wl-46J15Q5PCWR0ZLkhVJEfW6K-Gr8ngZuQgEtBr_-9PN6nN3glGuuaGpcDDEW/s320/003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320113395861143122" border="0" /></a>There were a few more pages and challenges, but I will post them tomorrow! This post is getting pretty long! Have an amazing Thursday!!!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-58399943350181035352009-03-31T12:53:00.000-07:002009-03-31T14:32:56.606-07:00Sleep is underrated!!I'm back!!! And with so many new stories and friends that are amazing! But I now have piles of laundry from the weekend...grocery shopping...sleep...and life to catch up on. I will post all of my weekend joys tomorrow...and maybe a few pages too!! :)Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-81518007162125590962009-03-25T13:04:00.000-07:002009-03-25T13:16:31.712-07:00On the road againI have the car rented...the pictures printed...supplies are almost packed...it is that time of year again...<a href="http://www.maranathacamp.org/programs/events/scrapbook.html">Maranatha</a>!!!! It is my bi-yearly vacation to Nebraska for a scrap weekend with the gals! I am leaving early Friday morning and won't be back 'till Sunday night! Woohooo!!!<br /><br />I am hoping for nice weather, although the forecast is calling for snow today and tomorrow. So far, nothing, but it is Colorado and the mountains makes it difficult to gage. But the fingers are crossed!! I will have lots of goodies to show next Monday!!<br /><br />And Mary, if you are reading this...save me a seat!!! I'm on my way!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmXfhhDoMn3far3wnaMm6q_wrmUPaJt4t_1aun7X9oEGsvNd0mVEOBFulljQhXOJivJMlp_VJYsaO661UmiyFuhVs9L7HM69wua2JE_JTn5U1pd91t0OapXsQDgrWAQFAE-d9r13IzUBE/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmXfhhDoMn3far3wnaMm6q_wrmUPaJt4t_1aun7X9oEGsvNd0mVEOBFulljQhXOJivJMlp_VJYsaO661UmiyFuhVs9L7HM69wua2JE_JTn5U1pd91t0OapXsQDgrWAQFAE-d9r13IzUBE/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317221129573725058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See you then!Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-78386108144562045922009-03-24T13:08:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:15:38.575-07:00Sisterhood Monday ChallengeYesterday, I had the chance to put up a challenge on the <a href="http://www.sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/">Sisterhood of Scrap </a>Website!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sisterhoodofscrap.blogspot.com/2009/03/challenge-monday-march-23.html">It's Your Choice!</a><br /><br />And here is my submission!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLKg69LFBj8D6I9rdExFQLat6u0JylxbvJZPaRKo7-frqx0u_XxcA1Q_cUaNTsJXSOARPmg47GK4BJAtjursz-G4vnd0xNT8-3GeZ7Qx8TFaE3jT3Vkosr8BKw8ykmpGB-TtzRCRGlKIy/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLKg69LFBj8D6I9rdExFQLat6u0JylxbvJZPaRKo7-frqx0u_XxcA1Q_cUaNTsJXSOARPmg47GK4BJAtjursz-G4vnd0xNT8-3GeZ7Qx8TFaE3jT3Vkosr8BKw8ykmpGB-TtzRCRGlKIy/s320/001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316849721936692082" border="0" /></a><br />My picks were:<br /><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">orange/green/purple </span><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">-2 pp/1 plain</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">-buttons</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">-fabric</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">-chipboard</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; font-size: 85%;">-handwriting</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8582423904723733638.post-14141320413446656082009-03-18T13:37:00.001-07:002009-03-18T13:38:37.853-07:00Wowzers!!!My friend Danielle is having ANOTHER giveaway!!!<br />This time you can win one of 2 SLICES!!<br />Can you say WOW?<br />You can leave 5 comments per day at <a href="http://lifeonelayoutatatime.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-about-some-new-big-giveaways.html">THIS POST</a>.<br /><br />The deadline is March 25th, and she wants 2000 comments by that date for the giveaway to happen.<br /><br />GOOD LUCK!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWBX0abYMRtu6ta_fmGSh8OEK_eO0RMN_VrPTVgOxBGFnVC_2lqO_-hYy6ZsFTLXJFY09XpkF6f9mDPM_61D1VJ7eBseKECzyV69qag6pNTvPRIKFaf0kFRyGpbOcJwo5ORv6v1T6keHh/s1600-h/signature.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWBX0abYMRtu6ta_fmGSh8OEK_eO0RMN_VrPTVgOxBGFnVC_2lqO_-hYy6ZsFTLXJFY09XpkF6f9mDPM_61D1VJ7eBseKECzyV69qag6pNTvPRIKFaf0kFRyGpbOcJwo5ORv6v1T6keHh/s200/signature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314629866569132898" border="0" /></a>Christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673025552144416902noreply@blogger.com0