MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES

Scrappin' Mexico

2011-02-28T07:00:00.000-05:00

2009 pics, finally feeling liking I'm almost done!!!!!

A couple lo's...

2011-02-26T07:00:00.000-05:00

One of my cousin ~ grad 2010 :)

One of my nephew :)

More Goodies

2011-02-23T07:00:00.000-05:00

that I did this month :)

Some Stuff...

2011-02-20T07:00:00.000-05:00

I've done lately :) NO MORE NEGLECTING MY BLOG!!!!!!

Oh hey there...

2011-02-16T15:16:00.001-05:00

my poor neglected blog!!!!!

I have been so busy with everything that when I have time to update a blog, it is my challenge blog - CROP SUEY...so sadly, this one is very neglected!! I will have to start copying from there over to here just so my personal blog doesn't dump me!!! :(

Here are a couple lo's I've done. (one from November and one from December, so not exactly CURRENT, but I felt I needed to post SOMETHING here, anything!!!!!! *edited....the one won't post for me and I'm much too lazy to fix it, so I've deleted it....* BUT I am going to get some posts ready to go here, I feel awful that I've neglected this happy place of mine!!!

ScrapFit DT Call

2010-12-07T16:39:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone! I'm posting the dt call for Sara who is taking over ScrapFit for Kelly :)

ScrapFIT Design Team Call

February – July

Submission Deadline – December 30th

ScrapFIT (www.scrapfit.blogspot.com) is a growing scrapbook challenge blog that will give you a real workout! We have 2 workouts (challenges) per month and they are sure to push you out of your comfort zone and inspire you to try something new! We are looking for 10 fun and creative designers (aka -FITgirls!) for our February - July term! We are also looking to fill 6 Guest Designer spots, one for each month (Feb- July). If you would like to be considered for only Guest DT spot, please note in your submission.

FITgirl Requirements:
*You must have an active blog
*You must be commit to 2 layouts per month based on our challenges
*A person who enjoys inspiring others
*Someone who is committed and turns in projects on time
*Someone with enthusiasm for ScrapFIT and their challenges and the dedication to help promote ScrapFIT through their own blog and other site they participate in.

What To Expect From ScrapFIT
*Although this is not a paying gig we can help spread the word about your scrapbooking awesomeness!
*A special FITgirl blinki for your blog
*Your photo, name and link to your personal blog on the main ScrapFIT webpage!
*A great addition to your scrapbook resume
*All of the challenges will be giving to you at the start of your term so that you have plenty of time to work on them when you have the chance.
*A fun and relaxed group to work with.

To apply please send the following information to szenger@twcny.rr.com by December 30th:
Please put ScrapFIT DT Call in the subject line

1) Name
2) Address
3)Email Address
4) Link to your blog and/or online gallery
5)List of other Design Teams past and current
6)3 examples of your best work. Let us see your style!
7)Tell us why you would be a good fit for our team!
8)A little bio about your –if you are chosen this would be your introduction bio.

Winners will be announced on January 1st. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

Crop Suey ~ December Challenge

2010-12-05T06:00:00.001-05:00

Easy challenge at Crop Suey this month, ladies... so be sure to join in!!! All you have to do is use the word *family* on your lo somewhere, easy peasy, huh??

Here is the lo I came up with and I used the awesome banners and a couple other little yummy goodies from our December sponsor as well, Pretty Little Studio...be sure to check it out, her stuff is super, super fun!!!!!

ScrapFit Workout

2010-12-01T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hey ladies!!! Be sure to check out ScrapFIT for the challenge for the next couple weeks!! It's a great one! Here is the lo I did for the challenge, I used the ad basically as a sketch :)

Also, here is an announcement to share....by Kelly.

"It is bittersweet day for me because I am hanging up my workout shoes. That is right things have gotten so busy for me that I has decided to pass the torch to someone else. I started scrapFIT Workout Blog in July 2009 and have loved every minute of it and can't believe I am letting it go, but family must come first. With that being said I am very EXCITED to announce that Sara Zenger will be taking over on January 1, 2011. Starting December 1st Sara and I will begin working together to make it a very easy and smooth transition. I am looking forward to all the great things that Sara is going bring to scrapFIT!!

Thanks so much for making my time with scrapFIT so awesome! LOVE YALL!!! Kelly"

Peace, love, and rock 'n roll ;)

Blog HOP!!!!

2010-11-12T20:11:00.000-05:00

I am so excited for our blog hop!!! My blog, Crop Suey has teamed up with 4 other challenge blogs to bring you an awesome blog hop! Of course, Crop Suey is offering a RAK so make sure you become a follower and leave a comment :)

So, essentially, you will receive 1 piece of the recipe at each blog and then you will take the 5 ingredients and create your masterpiece :) :) :)

So, here is the hoppity hoppin' order! Be sure to stop at each blog, leave a comment and become a follower too!!

YOU ARE HERE!
Scraptiffany
Cuttlebug Spot
Sassy Lil' Sketches
ScrapFIT

Your ingredient from Crop Suey is to get a little messy and use some ink, paint or mist or any combination of the 3 :) Or really, anything messy, just go for it :)

Don't forget to link your creation up at the ScrapFit blog to be entered in the grand prize :) :)

Check out what Crop Suey's DT came up with! I am so amazed by the talent there!

Elizabeth

Mia

Norine

Mara

Crop Suey ~ November Challenge!

2010-11-05T06:00:00.000-04:00

Hey ladies!! The first challenge is up at CROP SUEY!!!!!and I'd love to see you come and play along!!! Check it out HERE!!!!!

Here is the lo I did for the challenge :) :) :)

2010-10-24T06:00:00.001-04:00

Hey, hey, hey!!!!!!! Welcome to another Sketch Sunday at The Everyday Scrapper!!!
Here is the sketch I created for this week for the DT to play with :) :) :)

AND here is my take on it :)

Can't wait to see what you do with the sketch too!!!

Check this out....

2010-10-22T22:52:00.003-04:00

Sketch Sunday :) :)

2010-10-10T07:00:00.001-04:00

HEY :) Welcome to another Sketch Sunday over at The Everyday Scrapper

So here is the sketch I created for this week:

and here is my lo based (kinda loosely) on the sketch :)

I hope you feel inspired to come and play along with us!!!
xoxoxoxoxo

Crop Suey & Scrapfit

2010-10-01T13:51:00.004-04:00

So, I'm super excited about CROP SUEY ~ an older and most fabulous challenge blog that has been handed over to yours truly. I'm sure excited to be 'running' it and have lots of fun ideas to keep it fun over there :) :) :)

Starting today, the dt member bios are going up, go check it out, such an awesome team lined up, I'm excited!!!!

And it was reveal day over at Scrapfit today as well :) Check it out, play along, Kelly has lined up another awesome sponsor this month again!!!

Here is the LO that I did for the challenge to "use a Halloween song title on your lo" ~ which I did, kinda.....I changed the title up a bit to work for my pics :)

WHATTA giveaway!!!!!!!!!

2010-09-24T19:01:00.001-04:00

Check out the giveaway over on Lydia's blog HERE!! It is awesome!!!

Blog Candy!!

2010-09-13T22:33:00.001-04:00

Check this out on my friend Cindy's blog!! WOW!!!!!!!!!

http://cre8ivecindy.blogspot.com/2010/08/blog-candy-from-me.html

Sketch Sunday!! :) :) :)

2010-09-12T00:36:00.002-04:00

Hey ladies!!!

Sorry I did not get the sketch posted last week!! I didn't mean to jam out on y'all like that! I am home and back and shall not abandon y'all again (til next summer of course) :)

Here is the sketch for this week:

and my lo based on the sketch too:

Don't forget that each time you show us your lo based on the sketch you will be entered to win the monthly sketch sunday prize graciously donated by Ann (Memory Works)!!!

So come join us @ THE EVERYDAY SCRAPPER to play along!!!!

Sketch Sunday! WOOT :)

2010-08-29T08:42:00.001-04:00

Sketch Sunday!!!! YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! Here is the sketch that I created for TES this month!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

2010-08-22T20:15:00.002-04:00

Please check THIS out!!!!!

and HERE too for a guest blog post I did. (includes some video tutorials I did so you can check out my really ugly shirt and misty fingers if nothing else...)

Please? Now? I'll pay you. (I lie)

TES on Sundays mean.....

2010-08-22T09:40:00.001-04:00

Sketch Sunday!!!! YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! LOVE this Sketch from Scrapmuse :)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Sundays mean Sketch Time!!! :) :)

2010-08-15T09:39:00.001-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! LOVE this Sketch from Scrapmuse :)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Sketchin' on Sundays!

2010-08-08T09:37:00.001-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! Sketchy Thursdays never lets me down!! :) :)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Sketch Sunday!! :) :)

2010-08-01T09:35:00.001-04:00

AUGUST 1st!!!!!!!! YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! I ADORE THIS SKETCH!!!!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Sketch Sunday :) :) :)

2010-07-25T09:32:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! This sketch was created by ME...exclusively for TES :) What do you think, feeling inspired yet??!!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

WOOOHOOO, Sketch Sunday!!!! :)

2010-07-18T09:31:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! I think this sketch is FAB.U.LOUS!
Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

LAST Scrapfit Workout! :(

2010-07-15T07:57:00.002-04:00

Wow, that term went so quick, I'd like to say a big thanks to Kelly for an awesome time!! Thanks girl!!!! So to go out with a bang, we were challenged to scraplift one of our fellow DT! I knew immediately which lo I wanted to lift!!! I always love LJ's work :)

Here is her LO that I loved!!!!

And here is my (very feeble) attempt to lift it!!!!!

Check out Scrapfit to play along!!! :) :) :)

Sketch Sunday @ TES :) :)

2010-07-11T09:29:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! I totally love this sketch!!!
Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Sketch Sunday @ TES!

2010-07-04T09:24:00.003-04:00

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL MY *WONDERFUL* FRIENDS IN THE USA!!!!!!!

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! This sketch is totally different than what I'd usually use but I like to mix things up cuz our DT is so vast in their styles!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Scrapfit!!!! :) :)

2010-07-01T07:49:00.002-04:00

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Over at Scrapfit, we were sooo lucky to have Nikki Sivils send us some fun goodies to play with this month!! WOOOT, thank you Nikki!!!!!!!!! She is also the sponsor and is giving away some awesome fun goodies you could win!!!

So our challenge was to use those NS goodies AND to make our own embellie(s) :) Such a great challenge!

I've been scrappin'!!!!

2010-06-29T14:10:00.009-04:00

I have been almost psycho scrappin' ~ like, I can't stop!!!! (well I didn't do any today since I decided yesterday that I was redoing that entire space since it doubles as a spare room so mostly just looks like someone puked scrappy stuff all over the bed/table/storage/drawers ETC.) I want a neat, clean, crisp look that looks like a bedroom when I am not scrapping. The result = goodbye table, goodbye junk, goodbye goodbye goodbye and hello clean crisp simplicity.

This means I will have to clean up after myself once in a while in order to have room to do more scrapping. Although this idea totally sucks and even kinda pisses me off (even though it was my own idea to do it) ~ I think it is a good way to force me to quit being such a scrappy slob.

Okay, anyway, that's all about that ~ since I ripped that room apart, I decided to bring my stack of lo's out to photog. and post :) So here they are, in no particular order, or course. (except that one that has no order, cuz I hate him/her and it does not get a picture and will stay in my room for all eternity).

Oh ~ one good thing, I found a half finished canvas I started.....and it is painted red, it is totally going to match my 'new room' ~ so I'm totally inspired to finish it up! :) YAY!!

Okay, onto what I've been doing lately:
This LO "First Time Daddy" was done based on a sketch at CREATIVE SCRAPPERS! (#107)

And this one is based on sketch #108 also at CREATIVE SCRAPPERS! (they have awesome sketches!!!)

I did this LO for MELISSA'S challenge at LIITD to use at least 5 strips of paper and a circle! (I used scraps, scraps, scraps, I love that!!)

Mission to Create ~ such a fun challenge blog! I'm so happy I've had time to play along there again lately! So, I used an office supply (staples), scrapped about an ITEM (a book), and I used a butterfly punch :)

And last (but not least, of course) ~ I did this LO based on a SKETCHY THURSDAYS sketch :) They're sketches are fabulous! (I totally stuck right to the sketch, I hardly EVER do that!!!)

And that's all I've got for today :) :) :)
~xoxox

Summer Sizzlin' Challenge!!!

2010-06-28T17:19:00.003-04:00

and what a challenge it is....WOWZA!!!! Check out this challenge here from my friend Helen over at the Sisterhood of Scrap!!

Here it is: (this is copied and pasted, so essentially, these are Helen's words, not mine) {{lol}}

"Have I got the ultimate challenge for my sisters here! This challenge will run for one month, and trust me, it will take you that long to figure it all out!

You need to create a ONE PAGE LAYOUT using as many of these ABC’s as you can.
I got all 26 on my layout, so I am sure you can too!!

The Challenge starts now and the deadline is midnight (EST) on Wednesday July 30th.

When you have completed it, please email it to me @ hollys3401@rogers.com and I will post them all together on August 1st, and declare a winner! The one using the most letters will win!!

I will be posting this prize later, but I will tell you, it will be worth about $50.00!

I do want you to post here though when you are done and let everyone know what letters you did use! But DO NOT show your layout, only what you have used!

Here it is.....

THE ALPHABET

A- alphabet letters

B- Borders, Blue, and Buttons: Use a border, some blue and a button or two.

C- Color Challenge: Use WHITE and 1 other color scheme for your layout.

D- Distressing Duo: use only 2 distressing Techniques!! Use tearing, inking, your edge distresser, crumple up your paper, etc.!!

E- Event: Create a Layout about an event (birthdays, sporting events, concerts, anything!)

F- Four Flower: Use at least Four Flowers.

G- Glitter: Use GLITTER somewhere on the Layout!!

H- Happy Birthday!!: Use these words on theLayout!

I- INK!: That’s right! Show us some ink.

J- Jewels: Bling it up with some Jewels.

K- KISS!!: Use the word Kiss somewhere on the Layout.

L- Lime Green and Lace: Use LIME GREEN and some Lace!

M- Movie Title: Use a Movie Title somewhere on the Layout.

N- Numbers: Show a number(s) on the Layout.

O- OOOOOOOOHHH!!!! We want to see some CIRCLES!

P- Plenty of Pretty Patterned Paper, Please! Use at least 3 different pattern papers.

Q- is for Quiet! Use a photo(s) of someone doing something quiet such as sleeping or reading a book!

R- The 3 R's - Ribbon, Rubons and Red

S- Stitching: Use hand or machine stitching on a layout. (No stamped or doodled stitches for this one!)

T- Turquoise and Thank You. Use the word of Thanks and use the color of turquoise.

U- is for YOU!! That's right! Do a Layout about YOU!!!

V- Violet: Use the color Violet (Purple).

W- Water: Create a Layout that contains a Photo with water in it.

X- X-treme Shape: Use an unusual shape. Can't be a square, circle, or rectangle.

Y- YUMMY!! Show some YUMMY food on the layout!

Z- ZigZag

Have fun with this! Good Luck!!"

PHEW!!! Well ladies, if that is not a challenge, I don't know what is!!! I'm gonna start working on mine now cuz it's gonna take me a month to do it!!!! {{lol}}

Thanks for a great challenge Helen! YOU ROCK!!

~xoxoxo

TES Sketch Sunday :)

2010-06-27T09:22:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! I am loving this sketch, are you?!
Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Snobby Walrus!!!

2010-06-25T14:07:00.005-04:00

Wellll, I am super excited to have done my first challenges EVER for the Snobby Walrus :)

Challenge #1 ~~~ LO based on a Twilight character ~ as most people in MY world know, I am cougarifically in love with Jacob. (not Taylor Lautner cuz that would just be creepy, given the fact that he is just BARELY legal as of Feb 11/10, not like I have his birthday memorized or anything....again ~ totally creepy. Or something.) Okay, so phew *please don't institutionalize me* having said that, I totally love his character, I think he is so strong (no, his abs aren't the reason I am all over this kid...hello!!?? again, creepy) and super funny ~ I love his character, he's just kinda silly and fun. (wow, I don't think I've ever even written this much about a family member before...wow. what was that about creepy?) So, um, anyway, I tried to give this lo a manly/strong but fun feel to it :)

Challenge #2 ~ Buttons (check), handmade embellie...I just punched out a heart and put some glossy accents on it...I do this A LOT on my lo's!! (check), polka pp (check), journal (check), and colour pic (check).

Challenge #3 ~ a sketch challenge :) I know it doesn't really look like it, but I promise that I used the sketch to jump start this lo...sometimes I stay true to the sketch and sometimes I just really can't believe I even started with it! :)

Thank you to the girls @ Snobby Walrus, I had fun with the challenges!!!!

~xoxoxoxox~

My Mission(s)......

2010-06-25T13:49:00.004-04:00

I absolutely love the challenge blog ~ Mission to Create but I just don't get to 'play' there as much as I used to...but since I have some spare time lately (aka: husband and kid free for 2 weeks...yes I know, HEAVEN) I am doing all sorts of scrapping!!! WOOHOO!!!

I completed lo's for Mission 18 (I made my own stamp (I think, does bunching up kleenex count? {{lol}} ~ that is the purple paint blob), white space & 3 circles)

and Mission 19 too! ('hug' in title, bling on pic, die cuts (if punch outs count) & 2ribbon (1 ribbon and 1 floss tied on the button) :)

~~~xoxo~~~
mia

Sketch Sunday for June 20/10!

2010-06-20T09:20:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! This week there is another fabulous sketch for the DT to work with!!!
Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

(my son's new shoes, I think they look like Ronald McDonald barfed them out of 1980!!)

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

SCRAPFIT! :) :)

2010-06-15T07:52:00.001-04:00

Fans, Fans, everywhere are Fans!!!!! HAHA!!! Over at Scrapfit, the challenge was to show us your FANS!!! So at least 5 pics on one layout!! So not my norm but it sure feels great to get all those pics on one page!!! :)

I had some fun with this...and scrapped some of the NOT SO CLASSY pics taken at our wedding :) Such a great challenge!

Sketch Sunday!

2010-06-13T09:17:00.002-04:00

YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! This week the sketch was created by ME exclusively for TES! :)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Paintin' @ Crop Suey!

2010-06-11T09:45:00.001-04:00

Oh I had so much funnnn!!!!!!!!!!!! Our challenge was to use as much paint as we could on our LO! FUN, FUN, FUN!!!! I loved it!!! Go over to Crop Suey to check it out!

Here is my LO for the challenge! :) :) How cute was my boy?!

Sketch Sunday!!!!!!!!

2010-06-06T06:08:00.001-04:00

This is one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! It is an awesome one, as always!!!!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Beliefs...

2010-06-01T07:00:00.003-04:00

Wowza, my last challenge at Crop Suey was definitely a challenge for me....we had to scrap about our beliefs/faith...i struggled with this and actually did a second lo for it, since the first one, i wasn't ready to share yet, it was an entire page of journalling pretty much.

anyway, i don't want to get all heavy and sad, but the short version is that it took us 7 years to conceive our 2nd baby, and i miscarried. that broke my heart so bad that i just decided that i was done with God...i wasn't really able to 'understand' or really, just flat out, care anymore about this 'plan' and his 'reasons' so i made a decision to walk away from my faith. i never said it would be forever but it was for now, 'til i'm ready. that was in november 2008. i'm certainly not ready to 'go back.' i think i'm done. anyway, like i said, kinda heavy..but it's the story behind my lo. to make this lo, i actually, literally, just took scraps out of my garbage can. it just seemed like the thing to do at the time. *shrug*

alright, that is it for that, i think i've shared more than enough for one day. *sigh* please don't hate me cuz i'm all 'dark and twisty' (as meredith would say).
~xoxoxoxox

OKAY.....also want to share this LO for 52x52 this week :)

And this one for my Scrapfit DT too!!! Use your 'machines' ~ I used my Distrezz it all and a border punch!

Sketch Sunday! :) :) :)

2010-05-30T09:00:00.000-04:00

Sketch Sunday!!!! YAY! Time for one of my favourite scrappy days!!! Over at The Everyday Scrapper, our Sunday Sketch is up, check it out!!! Here is the last sketch for May!!!

And here is my LO based on the sketch!!

Are you inspired to give this sketch a try? Remember to add it to the forum if you do it!!! There are prizes to be won!!!!

Lame is me.

2010-05-29T20:31:00.002-04:00

Sorry. *hangs head in shame* I have been extremely blog lame. I am going to sit down here right now (well that part is done) and do blog posts for the entire summer...I am almost done all my dt assignments thru the end of August cuz I don't know how much I'll be home to get them done, so I will do blog posts for each and every one because I've been thoroughly awful at updating this here blog of mine. You're welcome. ;) {{LOL}} And just since I can post this cuz it's one of the only things I can actually show you right now, I will share this. I just did it tonight for a 1 hour challenge at Sisterhood of Scrap. It took me 10 minutes, so don't laugh!!! HAHHAA, okay, laugh. Fine.

WINNER

2010-05-09T13:19:00.002-04:00

ACK!! I totally had my winner to announce and forgot!!!! Sorry!!! Anyway, the winner from the Blog Hop was Evinta (Bryar)!!

Bryar, I have sent you ONE package, containing BOTH prizes!! Enjoy girl!!!

Thanks to everyone who 'hopped on by!!!' LOL, so cheesy!
~xoxoxo

Where my name came from.....!!!?

2010-05-02T18:59:00.007-04:00

If you are here for TES Blog Hop, click HERE!!!

AND, here is a LO I completed for the "Me Myself and I" challenge at Noel Mignon! A challenge about why we are named what we are named!!! Here is what I came up with...it took me about 5 minutes (not including drying time...LOL, but I'm in quick, lots of journalling mode lately!)

(journalling reads: Why Mia? ...because when my Mom was carrying me, she decided my name was going to be *Mia Janelle*. I was going to be a girl because she only had a girl name picked out! I'm so glad I wasn't a boy...the name just would have sucked!!! *giggle* ~May 2, 2010~)

Also, just wanted to share a few other lo's I have done lately since I've been such a lame poster lately!

NSD HOP!!!!!

2010-05-01T02:00:00.010-04:00

Wahoo!!! It's a National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop over at The Everyday Scrapper!!! How fun and exciting!!!

The blog hop order is as follows, so make sure you stop at every place along the way! Don't forget to comment and play along where applicable as well!! :)

YOU ARE HERE!

Monique

Catherine

Anneliese

Lisa

Tabitha

Sharon

Ann

Christine

Juliann

Joan

Jennifer P

The Everyday Scrapper

So, what I would like for you to do for me......I will enter you in a random draw for a RAK if you leave me a comment with your FAVOURITE sketch site!! My new position as SKETCH TEAM COORDINATOR officially starts today so I would love to find all the sketch sites out on the www that are so very fabulous! I'd love your help finding the great ones, and will give a RAK, hmm, maybe even 2 to a wonderful person (or two...) who leave me a sketch site in their comment.....and of course, I'd sure love for the rak's to go to a follower of my blog.. *hint* {{lol}}

AND of course, don't forget about our DT CALL, click HERE for details!!

Since no National Scrapbooking Day is complete without some SALES.... we are also hosting our very first TES Scrapbooking Online Party through Ann's MemoryWorks website, where you can pick up LOADS of awesome supplies at great prices!

Here's the best part: if you buy anything through MemoryWorks during our party, which will run May 1st-12th, leave a comment on your MemoryWorks order saying it's for TES party, and you'll earn extra entries towards the grand prize drawing! Want to see the prize?!!

Spend:

$1- $10: Earn 1 extra entry

$11-$20: Earn 3 extra entries

$21-$30: Earn 5 extra entries

$31-$40: Earn 7 extra entries

$50 & up: Earn 10 extra entries into the draw!

Sounds good?! I think so!!! The prize is just too yummy to pass up!

Click to get shopping!

Sketchy Sunday

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Over at The Everyday Scrapper! I love Sketchy Sundays, each week it is so much fun to see everyone's interpretation of the same sketch turn out so differently!!

Here is the sketch for this week....(from Page Maps ~ they have AWESOME sketches!)

and here is my LO based on the sketch. (that cute belly, NOT mine, it is one of my bff's)

Come join us, always a super fun time over there! Don't forget about our DT call going on right now....looking for some more members for our sketch team!! HERE

DT CALL.......

2010-04-18T23:17:00.002-04:00

Okee dokeeee, so the other day I mentioned a DT call going on over at The Everday Scrapper...we are looking to add a couple peeps to our sketch team ~ so basically how it works is every Sunday the weekly sketch is posted and the DT posts their interpretation. So you will have to have your LO done for each Sunday BUT you get the lo's a month in advance. (for example, I will be sending out June's sketches in the next week or so...so you get lots of time to work on them!!) I am the Sketch Team Coordinator soooo you would be working closely with me, and seriously, how much fun is that?!!! {{lol}}

Click HERE to see the DT call and find out how to apply!

Hope to get your application soon!! :)

Some stuff

2010-04-18T11:09:00.003-04:00

This is going to be a quick post cuz I just want to stop neglecting my blog so badly!! Anyway, here is some stuff I've been working on lately! :)

DT Call....

2010-04-14T19:47:00.003-04:00

Hey ladies!! I thought I would post here about a dt call for over at The Everyday Scrapper! We are looking to add to our team, we need 2 'forum contributors' ~ basically people who get the conversation going and keep the boards hoppin' and also 2 people to add to the sketch team!!! The official dt call will be posted in the next couple days so stay tuned for all the details!! I'm excited to add to our team! Woohoo!!!

Get your Scrap on!!!!

2010-04-10T02:00:00.005-04:00

SCRAPPY SPRING CLEAN UP TIME!!!!!!! Over at the Sisterhood of Scrap, we are trying something a little new ~ a blog hop of sorts, over 8 days...each day, one of the dt will have a new challenge posted!! You have one week to complete each challenge...so that means ~ I'm giving you til April 17th at midnight (EST) to get your creations done and uploaded. Please leave me a link in the comments to where I can find your wonderful creation!! Okay to clarify ~ the hop starts on April 9th and each day (for 8 days) a new challenge will be posted on a new dt member's blog ~ check the Sisterhood of Scrap blog each day to see where you need to hop off to!!!

Alright ladies, here is my little challenge for you!!!!! ALTER a product and use it in your scrapping...ie: misting, distressing, stamping etc..!!!! Whatever you can think of to alter it a bit....I am addicted to misting and inking so of course that is what I did! Here is an example to get you inspired I hope, I did this a couple weeks ago.

Remember to link your creations in my comments section and I will have a lil RAK for one lucky *random.org chosen* winner!! YAY!

Also, there will be a GRAND PRIZE for one lucky winner so don't forget to link your creation on the Sisterhood of Scrap Blog as well!!! Time to get that 'creative' on!!! :)
~xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

I've been bad, very, very bad!!!!!

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...at blogging!!! man, i actually am quite embarrassed about it all. i'd give you many, many great excuses but since i'd be lying, i'll just tell you this ~ i'm lazy. honestly, i won't lie.

but today i decided it was time to post a little something, so i thought 'self, get your lazy ars to your blog since clicking and typing isn't all that strenuous really.' so then i moaned and groaned that i was giving myself heck. seriously, i'm usually way too lazy for that!!!

okay okay......enough about that. here is a lo i did the other day. it is of one of my besties and her very current, due very soon, baby bump. i thought it turned out kinda cute, and i love the pic so much :)

I did this based on the sketch for our Sketch Sunday over at The Everyday Scrapper . You should check it out, and join us. I'm quite excited to be the new "Sketch Team Coordinator" over there as well. The best part? I get to pick all the sketches we do :) Gotta love when you LOVE every sketch you work on!!!!!

that's all for now :) thanks for the visit!!!
~xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

WINNER!

2010-03-28T15:06:00.002-04:00

Helllllo my darling peeps!!!!!! Man oh man have I ever been 'absent' lately!!!! I've had a very busy few days since we took our 'random, last minute vacay..." seems like I have not had time to think since we got back!!!!

So I am slowly getting caught up online and wanted to get my winner posted for the Blog Hope!!! Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by and commented and checked us all out! :) :)

Alright, so random.org says the winner is #6 so that is Kelly!!! (meluvs2scrap) Email your addy gf and I will send you some fun goodies :) :) :)

~xoxoxoxoxoxo~

Happy Birthday

2010-03-20T07:00:00.004-04:00

to The Everyday Scrapper!!! They turned 3 this month so we are celebrating with a super fun birthday crop!!! Join us March 20th til March 27th (midnight EST) and join in the fun challenges and games! I am hosting one of each and I'd love for you to play along!!!!!!

If you are here for the ScrapFIT blog hop, just scroll down to my last post so you can join in on that awesome fun time too!!! :) :)

BLOG HOP!!!!

2010-03-19T05:00:00.000-04:00

It is CROP SUEY's reveal day, and I'm excited cuz our challenge was to "embrace the white space!!!" I love white space, but y'all know that already!! I had so much fun with this challenge.....the pic is of me after the Our Lady Peace concert this past summer with my new cd. (I am very excited about the new cd and hello!! It rocks, so I should be!) Ummmm, yeah, more happiness = that lil record behind the pic....49 cents at Value Village. *bliss* *love* *joy*

SPRING IS IN THE AIR!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo!!!!! ScrapFIT is having their very first blog hop ~ "Spring is in the Air" ~ and I am super excited to be a part of it! Feels like I am making history here..... {{LOL}}

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....................................................

Here is how it will work. The hop will start at scrapFIT and than move to each FITgirl. Each one will add an element to the LO Challenge. So as everyone hop's from blog to blog they will write down what they need to have on the LO -- once you complete it, go back to scrapFIT and link it up to get entered in for the MAIN PRIZE! Also, don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to be eligible for the MAIN PRIZE!!

So the blog order is as folllllllows:::

scrapFIT
Jodi
Katie
Kelly
Laura Jean
YOU ARE HERE
Rhonda

Here is the LO I completed for this challenge!

Okay so how it works is this ~ you hop to each FITgirl's blog to get an "element" or a "prompt" on what you have to use on your LO ~ my prompt is to USE SOME PINK!!!!

And just to add to the fun and excitement around this joint... each FITgirl will be giving away something handmade....I am giving away this set of 3 cards I made to one lucky person who leaves a comment and becomes a follower!!!!! (if you are already a follower awesome and thanks!!!!! Just let me know in the comments)

Alright ladies, grab some water and start hopping!!!!!!!

ScrapFIT Reveal day.....

2010-03-15T07:00:00.004-04:00

Join us, join us, join us!!!!!!!!!!! HERE is where you can see the challenge and here is the LO I did for this challenge!!!!

We'd love for you to come and play along!! It's a great challenge this time!!

SNEAKIE PEEKIE

2010-03-12T06:00:00.003-05:00

Are you ready to play along with us at ScrapFIT??? The workout challenge will be up on Monday.....here is a little sneakie to get those wheels turning... :D

Just some stuff...

2010-03-10T11:24:00.004-05:00

I did this LO, based on THIS sketch (#177) over at Pencil Lines.....fab.u.lous sketch!

I used pics I took of the flowers that hubby sent me for Valentine's Day, even though he was at work 30 hours away! (insert *awwwwwwwww* here)

This next LO I did based on a sketch that Helen at Scrap~a~Little made...I love her sketches and her blog, she always has super fun and wonderful tut's up too for those who want to learn how to make every kind of flower in the world :) :)

Thanks for stopping by!!! More fun stuff coming up this week :)

Challenge 8

2010-03-05T09:38:00.004-05:00

Alright...up at 52x52, challenge 8 is posted today!! I was very challenged to use pink, blue and stripes...I really had no idea what to do and kept putting it off, then my little Michael came home from school, he'd experienced his first heartbreak...then we headed out the door to swimming and I just kept thinking about the whole "boys and girls" thing..then I got my idea for my LO. (the stripes are on a brad)

I could not get a good pic of this LO no matter what I tried, but if you click on it to make it bigger you can read the journalling :) :)

Thanks for stopping by!!!

~xoxoxoxo~

Amazing Contest!!!!!!!!!

2010-03-02T22:39:00.002-05:00

You have to check out this amazing giveaway by Epiphanie HERE!!! WOW!!!!!!

ScrapFIT funnnn :) :)

2010-03-01T07:00:00.000-05:00

Here is my LO that I did for ScrapFIT over the last week. Reveal day today so check it out!!! :) Super fun, and great prize too if you play along!! We had to make a LO all about ourselves this time and the title had to begin with "A Day in the Life of....." or a slight variation of it worked too....So anyway, here is what I came up with and I journalled some but hid it cuz I really hate my writing/printing but at the same time I understand the importance of having it on there too.

"There is sun all day. I see smiles and hear manners and only words of kindness. All my words are positive and uplifiting. I feel respected, appreciated, pretty, generous, funny & sexy. Nothing and nobody can bring me down! HA! Yeah right...."

Spreading the Love and Sunshine!!!

2010-02-28T13:39:00.001-05:00

So sometimes I will get these "awards" and things like that and usually I don't do them cuz I'm lazy mostly...and they take time to fill out and then you have to let everyone know you did it and blah blah....wayyyy too much work for me. Okay that is slightly embarrassing but true. So I might as well just admit it right?

Anyway, I got this lovely award today and it is called the "Sunshine Award" and I just thought it was a super fun idea...basically ~ the person who gave you the award...in my case ANAZELIA ~ will post your blog and a lil diddy about you on their blog to help others find you/lead others to your blog...and since I was flattered and happy to see it and read the sweet words about me...I decided this was a great award and I'd love to also "award" 6 others in this way I decided to play along. I don't expect you to do it if you don't want to or anything...I just think it's a super fun idea to post about fabulous bloggers that I have grown to love so much over the past weeks or months!!!!! I'm going to start with 3 today cuz of aforementioned laziness and also because I think this would be something super fun to do on a regular basis....so I can't share all my fabulous friends just yet...I'm kinda greedy like that ya know!!!!

So, here goes!!!!!....

First of all I want to mention my online scrappy friend, Melissa ~ I absolutely love her style of scrapping, she is a very talented gal. OH, plus, she is super fun, sassy, cute, sweet, gorgeous and she has a really beautiful infectious smile. And her kids are completely adorable too :) :) (she kind of reminds me of myself come to think of it!!! {{lol}} Okay that part isn't true)

Second, I have to mention Kimberly ~ she is such a great Mom....she never ceases to amaze me with her insight and her ability to see the best in every situation. Then there is the fact that she is SERIOUSLY, UBER talented. Serious. Check her out. You won't regret it.

Of course I must mention Lanie ~ she is very quickly becoming one of my favorite people/blogs to stalk. She's a crafter...always coming up with the best new ideas. Go see, super fabulous stuff going on over there!!!!!

Bloggity Hop Winner :)

2010-02-28T13:38:00.000-05:00

True Random Number Generator

Min:
Max:
Result:
5
Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Sooooooooooooo that is...hang on, I have to go open up another window to open up my blogger to find out! {{lol}} BRB!

Okay, so here it is!!!

Julie said...
ok i think that is my fave page of yours!!! love it!!!

February 17, 2010 12:50 PM

Thanks for the SWEET comment Julie!!! Email me your addy so I can send you something FUN to play with! :)

Sketch Sunday!

2010-02-21T11:17:00.002-05:00

today is sketch sunday at THE EVERYDAY SCRAPPER! here is my take on the sketch this week! the dt did an awesome job with this sketch, come try it out for yourself, it's a good one! :D

Hmm, I wonder if your country....

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is proud of you?

"I was positive I had won. But I suppose Evan needs a gold medal more than I do because I already have one."

"I think we need to change the judging system because quad is quad. If [the] Olympic champion doesn't know how to jump a quad, it isn't men's figure skating, it's men's ice dancing."

*shakes head*

Some of this, some of that....

2010-02-19T13:50:00.003-05:00

Happy Happy FRIDAY!!! (why do I love Fridays so much..???)

So I had soooo much fun creating this LO!!! Our challenge at Crop Suey was to scrap about our "collection" ~ I am thoroughly addicted to Silver jeans...weird I know, but when I got the 'assignment' I knew what had to be done. This.

Check us out HERE to play along for a chance to win a fabulous prize!!!!!!

Also revealed today ~ the prompts at 52X52! We had to use polka dots, ribbon and hand journalling! (I never hand journal cuz I hate my writing, but once it was all said and done (although I hate my writing) what I said almost needed to be handwritten or it may have lost that personal edge. This is one of my besties Rachelle. I *heart* this picture of her and her baby bump sooooo much :) :) :)

Check us out right HERE to play along!!!!

Also, don't forget about THIS or THIS! More fun stuff AND chances to win prizes too!!!!!!!

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!!!!!

~xoxoxoxo

Blogggity Hopppity Hoppin'!!!

2010-02-16T23:59:00.003-05:00

This is the very first blog hop for The Everyday Scrapper! We couldn't be more excited about it!! We are glad that you are taking a little time out of your busy schedules to hop along with us!!!

You will be visiting the following Contributors and Sketch team members! We
are so excited to have everyone join in on the fun! Of course there will be
lots of prizes and RAK's along the way.

The hop officially begins today, Wednesday, Feb. 17 and will end Wednesday,
Feb. 24th at midnight EST. Hopefully you will get a lot of inspiration
along the hop!

There will be 1 main prize and a few RAK's along the hop as well. You will
need to comment on each blog to be in for the prizes!

Now you will hop over to Rachael's blog to get started on your way.

Here is the hop order just in case you get lost along the way.

YOU ARE HERE!!!
Rachael
Jennifer P
Sharon
Ana
The Everyday Scrapper
Catherine
Anneliese
Jewels
Karen
Jennifer L

We hope you have a great little hop and get a little inspiration along the
way. Leave a comment here to be entered to win a RAK from me!!! :) :)

AND a fun LO to share too! ;)

ScrapFIT is sporting ONE COLOR!!!!!

2010-02-15T21:28:00.004-05:00

I did this LO for the challenge at ScrapFIT posted today!!!! Do a monochromatic LO, using either black, pink OR red! I chose black cuz I just felt I had the best chance of working with it, I am so terrible at mono LO's!!!!!!

Click HERE to check us out!!!!!!

~~~mia~~~

Check it out :)

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It's my very first "for someone else" blog post :)

CLICK HERE!

Soooooo.....

2010-02-06T22:52:00.002-05:00

the big announcement was made tonight, I got a phone call and had to keep my lips sealed for like half an hour!!! LOL, almost couldn't do it!!!

So, first place in the contest went to #24 ~ and I absolutely loved her project and think she deserves first for sure, right from my heart I really do!! Fabulous! :)

Then there were 4 runners up, and I was one of them! WoooHooo!!! Sooooo,thanks to all my fabulous family (well my Mom anyway.....{{lol}}) and friends, you guys are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!

So in case you aren't sure what that means.....*giggle*....It means that I will be receiving $1000 in Purple Cows products...pretty incredible huh?!! Yep, super exciting!!!!

I love how haters never win :) I also love how I have made new online friends because of the contest and because I kinda got raked across the coals. Always works out in the end!!! G'night to all my AMAZING friends. I *heart* each and every one of you! Truly, I do!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Takin' a Deep Breath....

2010-02-06T15:18:00.006-05:00

and focussing on scrappin' ~ with papers and thickers and embellies etc cuz THAT is what I love to do! I am above the nasty behaviour and words that are being spewed at me cuz I am BIGGER and I am BETTER than that. Yay me! :) Onto some fun scrappin' that I've been working on. (I have had a bit of a mojo issue lately, so some of these are kinda forced, so forgive me...they never turn out as well when that happens!!)
I completed this LO for my DT spot at 52X52 (to use the whole alphabet) but ALSO used the requirements from Mission 9 @ Mission to Create cuz I love their site! I used the following on my LO for the mission: book print, raw chipboard and fabric!

This next LO was done for a challenge over at The Sisterhood of Scrap ~ it's a 'blind scrapping' challenge, which proved to be pretty fun....kinda CHALLENGING I must admit, so this is what I came up with, not even sure if I did it right! You'll have to go there to check out the instructions!! :) :)

I then created this LO for Sketchy Thursdays sketch 2.4 and it is such a great sketch, love the white space!!!!!

Last but of course not least, I created this LO for sketch #50 at The Scrappiest!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Been Scrappin'.....

2010-02-04T10:51:00.005-05:00

Alright, the first LO I want to share is one I did based on the January 28th sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays. I love it and since it contained my favorite ~white space ~ I was able to add my other favorite ~ Smooch Spritz ~ and come up with this AND submit it for the February *use white space* challenge at The Everyday Scrapper. I totally encourage you to join us and play along too!!!

The next LO I want to share is for MY February challenge over at ScrapFIT ~ to use this sketch (created by moi) AND use a minimum of one stamp :) So I stamped a pretty little flower, with my new stamp set by Ippity (courtesy of my friend, Stephanie Zito) and just cut it out and added it to the page with a couple pop dots. Also, used the latest and greatest kit by Noel. Come join us at ScrapFIT for our Feb challenges on the forum, for Workout #13, to make a BRA CARD, for our weekly 1 hour sketch contest and/or for some visiting, chatting and hanging out!

ScrapFIT

2010-02-03T10:42:00.002-05:00

So now that I am able to stop with the shameless begging ~ back to my DT ASSIGNMENTS that I've been neglecting!!!!! Soooooooooooooooo, at ScrapFIT right now, there is a fabby challenge going on to "Show UR Support" to a loved one, a friend, a hubby, a bf, whatever..........by creating a BRA CARD! (the template is there too!!) They are sooo cute (even though mine turned out like a AA cup, flat chested woman!!!) EEEEK!!! So I probably won't share it here, you'll have to follow the link if you really wanna see it! ;)

There is a great prize up for grabs if you do play along though!! Great goodies from TallyScrapper to be won!!!!

Join in some fun with us, k?!!!

WINNER TIME!!!!!!!!

2010-02-02T16:56:00.002-05:00

So as I said this morning, I am completely and totally honoured to call each and every one of you 'friend.' Truly, how blessed I am! Completely and totally blessed!!

At the end of the voting today...I was in a *humble* first place. Seriously?! You guys are sooo amazing!! Wow!!! I was able to vote for my own self a total of 5 times (between dh and I)....so that means that I suck badly but YOU all rock tremendously. So ROCK, totally.

Because y'all rock so hard, I had to draw some names ASAP so that you didn't have to wait to see if you won...I really hope you did cuz I appreciated each vote sooo much! (I ended up with over 1400 though so I really can't send a RAK for every vote....I swear if I had millions of dollars I would though!! HONEST!!!)

So I went thru all the comments/posts/emails etc that everyone sent me to let me know they voted/facebooked/tweeted etc etc etc (seriously, overwhelmed by your awesomeness...) and after all was said and done, here is the list of WINNERS!

Blessed Necklace (The Rusted Chain) ~ Jenn Harder
Thickers ~ Elisha
Mini Alphas ~ Paloma
Arsty Urban PP Collection ~ Jenn Engel
Edward stamp ~ Jessica Prosp... etc etc etc {{LOL}}
Flowers ~ Lanie
RAK ~ Sherry
RAK ~ Jackie L
RAK ~ Jenn Engel (seriously, out of all those votes to have one winner twice, WOW!)
RAK ~ Melissa

Please email me your addies ladies!!!! miaclarke@persona.ca and I will get your goodies sent to you :) Some things I have here, some things I will be ordering to have shipped straight to you!

Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. And to everyone NOT on the list ~ THANK YOU too. Thank you all SO much!

LAST DAY!

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to get your vote on!!!! And to be eligible to win the greatness posted below!!!!

I have started going thru my emails (not my blog or facebook or anything yet....and I am overwhelmed, TRULY, overwhelmed by the awesomeness of you all. Seriously.....I am well over 1000 votes....I was able to vote for myself 3 times on my computer and 2 times on dh's laptop....the rest were YOU.....WOW, how amazing and believe me when I say, that it does not escape me how truly lucky I am, how blessed and how honoured I am to call so many 'online' people my FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much, I am honoured and completely humbled. Truly. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Don't forget!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-31T10:58:00.000-05:00

To vote EVERYDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the deets:

The voting that is........has started!!! Click on PURPLE COWS and it will take you to their blog....along the right hand side, it asks you what number you want to win....you want to pick #16!!!!!!!

As promised, there will be some great stuff to be given away so make sure you let me know:

1) if you vote for me
2) if you got others to vote for me
3) if you blogged or facebooked to get peeps to vote for me

Come back often to let me know what you're doing and comment!!! Let me know EVERY person you get to vote for me, I will make it worth it for you to send lots of peeps!!!! :) :)Some of the yumminess to be up for grabs will be:

1) "Blessed" necklace by The Rusted Chain
2) Thickers
3) Mini Alphas ( we all love them!!!!!)
4) New Artsy Urban (by GCD) papers! (one of each pp in the collection!)
5) Edward stamp!
6) FLOWERS!!!!!!! (may vary from picture)
7) Other random greatness that I will put together!!!!!

So a little recap......THIS link and vote for #16!!!!

2010-01-30T18:20:00.001-05:00

Ladies!!!!!! You can vote every day!!! Please DO!!!! And let me know, more chances to win!! ;) ;)

Here's the deets from yesterday:

The voting that is........has started!!! Click on PURPLE COWS and it will take you to their blog....along the right hand side, it asks you what number you want to win....you want to pick #16!!!!!!!

As promised, there will be some great stuff to be given away so make sure you let me know:

1) if you vote for me
2) if you got others to vote for me
3) if you blogged or facebooked to get peeps to vote for me

Come back often to let me know what you're doing and comment!!! Let me know EVERY person you get to vote for me, I will make it worth it for you to send lots of peeps!!!! :) :)Some of the yumminess to be up for grabs will be:

1) "Blessed" necklace by The Rusted Chain
2) Thickers
3) Mini Alphas ( we all love them!!!!!)
4) New Artsy Urban (by GCD) papers! (one of each pp in the collection!)
5) Edward stamp!
6) FLOWERS!!!!!!! (may vary from picture)
7) Other random greatness that I will put together!!!!!

So a little recap......THIS link and vote for #16!!!!

And it BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-29T11:27:00.009-05:00

The voting that is........has started!!! Click on PURPLE COWS and it will take you to their blog....along the right hand side, it asks you what number you want to win....you want to pick #16!!!!!!!

As promised, there will be some great stuff to be given away so make sure you let me know:

1) if you vote for me

2) if you got others to vote for me

3) if you blogged or facebooked to get peeps to vote for me

Come back often to let me know what you're doing and comment!!! Let me know EVERY person you get to vote for me, I will make it worth it for you to send lots of peeps!!!! :) :)

Some of the yumminess to be up for grabs will be:

1) "Blessed" necklace by The Rusted Chain

2) Thickers

3) Mini Alphas ( we all love them!!!!!)

4) New Artsy Urban (by GCD) papers! (one of each pp in the collection!)

5) Edward stamp!

6) FLOWERS!!!!!!! (may vary from picture)

7) Other random greatness that I will put together!!!!!

So a little recap......THIS link and vote for #16!!!!

To begin soon.....

2010-01-29T09:18:00.003-05:00

Okay all you party people.....

Voting is to start soon but I will not be here at the start as I am heading to hockey right shortly here! Here is the Purple Cows blog http://sadiepurplecow.blogspot.com/ but I'm not entirely sure yet how it will be set up........or what number I will be! (I was 16, but my LO is the blue and brown one, it is untitled with birds on the pp and homemade flowers along the bottom right)
As promised, there will be some great stuff to be given away so make sure you let me know:
1) if you vote for me
2) if you got others to vote for me
3) if you blogged or facebooked to get peeps to vote for me
Come back often to let me know what you're doing and comment!!! Let me know EVERY person you get to vote for me, I will make it worth it for you to send lots of peeps!!!! :) :)
Some of the yumminess to be up for grabs will be:
1) "Blessed" necklace by The Rusted Chain
2) Thickers
3) Mini Alphas ( we all love those!!!!!)
4) New Artsy Urban (by GCD) papers!
5) Edward stamp!
6) Prima yummies
7) Other random greatness that I'm still deciding on!!!!!!!

So many great things to win and so many chances soooo VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!! And tell all your friends too!!!! Hey, I'm shameless, if I'm going to bribe I might as well beg too right!!!!???

Thanks everyone!!!
~xoxoxoxoxoxo

Sneak and FYI giveaway

2010-01-28T09:36:00.011-05:00

Hey!! And happy Thursday!!! No school tomorrow here so it is like my Friday today :)

Sneakie Peekie!!!!!!!!! Here is a little sneakie for WO#13 at ScrapFIT, it will be posted Feb 1st @ midnight so be sure to check it out!!!!! It is a super fun 'workout' and one you will want to do, not to mention that there is one fabulous prize up for grabs as well!!!!!

And one last thing I wanted to mention before I go today.....I have been busy scouring the internet (read ETSY and some great scrappy stores) so that I can offer up some fabulous RAK's tomorrow for all those who VOTE for me in the Purple Cows contest to be eligible to win (voting starts tomorrow and will run for 5 days so DO expect me to do a lot of harrassing in that time!!!).....Does this sound like bribery to you? Well yes, yes it is! I am shameless!!! OH WELL.......and I know y'all love to win goodies too :) :) Sooo the more times you vote, the more chances to win, the more friends/others you get to vote for me the more chances to win...etc etc and there will be LOTS of goodness to win too!!!!!

Here's a lil sampling.....

LOVERLY this chain by "The Rusted Chain" on ETSY by Beki.......I mentioned it in an earlier post this week.....$10 from the sale of every one goes to Haiti disaster relief...so I'm more than happy to buy you one :)

I also fell in love with this little "Edward Cullen" stamp by The Greeting Farm...as if he's not sooo cute!!!!

There will be more, but that's just a lil peeksie for today :)

One more thing before I go ~ for another fabulous giveaway...please go check out my 'very quickly becoming my best online friend ever' Lanie's blog!!!!!!!!
~xoxoxoxo

Today is a great day.......EEEEEK!!!!!!

2010-01-27T20:52:00.001-05:00

So first I had the happiest mail day EVER!! THREE boxes of scrappy goodies that I WON!!! Seriously, I won all of them, including the BRAND NEW not yet released "Chicken Noodle Soup" line by Jillibean Soup, the entire "polar expressions" line by Imaginisce AND a wonderful scrappy kit too!!!! (all fall pp's by Reminisce that I don't even have yet which is shocking and all the matching cardstock and embellies a girl could ever want..........and then I just found this out.........

Sooooooooooooooooooo I entered the big Purple Cows contest...where the final prize is over $2500 in scrappy product!!!!! (OMGOSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!) and I have made it to the 25 semi finalists!!!!! I am so insanely excited about this it's not even funny....Here is where you come in ~ it will be narrowed down to the top 5 (to then be voted by the DT) by POPULAR vote!!!!! That means I need YOU to vote for ME!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Voting has not started yet but I will link you up as soon as it does and I would appreciate so much if you voted!!!!!Thanks ladies!!!!!My LO is #16 right here :) http://networkedblogs.com/p25311948

"Blessed"

2010-01-26T00:06:00.002-05:00

Soooooooooooo, I have something to share with y'all.............

As those of you who know me well will already know ~ dh and I can't have babies. Nope, we had our son and didn't realize at the time he was the miracle that wasn't supposed to be possible. Unfortunately after 8 years of pure "fertlity specialist etc etc etc" hell we have learned that to conceive naturally just is not in the cards for us. *cries*

The good news is this....we just looked at eachother one day cuz we knew what we needed to do....more what we were MEANT to do...why we've been thru this, why this horrible journey has made us so strong. What it has all prepared us for......

It was all to prepare us for this: We have started proceedings to adopt one of (or more as we are willing to take siblings to keep them together) those amazing children from Haiti who have been left without parents or any family.

We are so excited and so frustrated by the process, but you know what? WE have been molded and shaped and prepared for this for the last 8 years... to work our way thru the process as frustrating and grueling as it may be....we are soooooo able to handle this because the reward at the end of the tunnel is sooo worth every single frustration and annoyance along the way!
We've known for a long long long time that we had looooots and looooots of room in our hearts for more kids, we just haven't known for a really long time how that child or those children were going to come to us.

We appreciate t's and p's like crazy and of course if you have any connections, we welcome those too...anything to make this easier (read: faster!!!) for us!!!

So yeah that's what I wanted to share. I also want to encourage all my wonderful girls to order one of these "Blessed Necklaces" as $10 from each sale will go to Haiti disaster relief and as an added bonus they are super cute and inexpensive AND we will all be matching!!! *two thumbs up*

Please remember to keep us in your hearts and to send us lots of good vibes for a smooth process!!

Thanks for listening and for being excited for us. (I know you are cuz really, how could you not be!!! Kids are sooo fabulous!!)

AND my friend said this to me today and I truly love it so much it makes me just smile and smile!!!! (thanks Shanna girl!!!!) "Just think ~ halfway around the world there is a child praying to find you just as hard as you are praying to find them."

Hugs and loves...

Some LO's to share.....

2010-01-24T20:06:00.007-05:00

Okay!!! I didn't realize I hadn't updated in a few days so here goes with some recent stufffffs :)

I did this LO for a countdown challenge over at The Everyday Scrapper for the 2 week online crop that is going on RIGHT NOW! We had to use 4 pics, 3 flowers, 2 pp's and 1 brad. Check, check, check and check :) (GCD Artsy Urban...oh how I love theeeeeeee...)

I also did this LO as part of the 2 week online crop at The Everyday Scrapper. This was a recipe challenge, and I will try to remember it off the top of my head ~ cardstock, 8 flowers, 1 word title and 4 buttons. (that may be it, or that may be close at least...so hard to remember with this brain of mine, oh yes I also remember ~ black and white picture...I used this one that had a pop of color cuz it was the only one I had....pic is from our wedding ~ August 17, 2002!)

This LO was for MY challenge at The Everyday Scrapper....the idea behind my LO and challenge was that I used MANY ideas/elements on my LO and it was up to the scrapper to "lift" as many elements, techniques, ideas etc from my LO......and I had a yummy lil RAK for the person who wins! (so each element you use of my LO, you get your name in the draw 1 time...) HURRY there is still time to play!!!!

This is my DT LO for 52X52. Our prompt was to use a bird on our LO...there is a little birdy in the Prima Pebble I used in the top right corner. (close up below in case you don't believe me) You have til Friday to complete this challenge!! (I used a CREATIVE SCRAPPERS *#87* sketch!!)

And this final LO was for my sketch (Basic Grey's December sketch) reveal today at The Everyday Scrapper. Love me some Lime Rickey :)

Some FABULOUS sketches.......

2010-01-19T15:44:00.007-05:00

Ah, bliss :) I had some time to scrap for "ME!!" yesterday and it sure was great so I worked on 2 sketches from The Scrappiest... The first one I used the special edition Valentine's kit from Art Freckles. Shannon is my girl, she knows how to ROCK a kit! *hearts PP Cupid*

(sketch #48)

And the second one was using some random goodies I've picked up over the last few months.....all from 3 Scrappy Boys, LOVE this Studio Calico line "Homefront" and had to actually order it AGAIN so that I could cut into the stuff I had. (does that make my crazy???!!? Be honest...actually nevermind about the honest part. Lying is okay in this case.)

(sketch #47)________________________________________________________________

NOW onto another fabulous place that I love to check out the sketches! (I LOVE ME SOME SKETCHES!!!!!) So the next 3 LO's I did based on sketches from Creative Scrappers. (ohhhh, make that 2.....one of them I can't show you QUITE yet!) :) So more SC "Homefront" ~ once I started with it I could not stop! It's fabulous!(sketch #86) (sketch #85)

That's all I got for today peeps!!!

~xoxox~

2010-01-18T09:46:00.002-05:00

Welllllllllllllll ~ this week @ 52X52 the prompt was to use at least 7 stickers!! I have a hard time using stickers, I never do.....how about you?? Do you use stickers? Wanna play along...come check it out right HERE!!!!!

All About Me Fridays......................

2010-01-15T18:25:00.002-05:00

at Noel Mignon.......Michelle has challenged us to blog about OURSELVES on Fridays ~ today the "subject" to blog about is "OUR PURSE................" So let me tell you first of all that I have the cutest purse ever!!!! :) It is a Guess (read knock off....that I bought in Montreal in Chinatown) and it is so fabulous that I can't even describe it cuz it would just sound stupid....but I will say this, I get compliments on it all the time and it is actually starting to fall apart and I still literally, get stopped on the street to get complimented :) My purse is da bomb....so sad that it is dying a slow (at least it's slowwwww) death!!!!!

Anyway, inside my purse....I am pretty easy as far as maintenance....here are the things I do not leave my house without...the things that are in my purse at all times!!!

~Wallet
~Cheque Book
~Kindle
~Cell Phone
~Lip Gloss
~Gum

Other than that......whatever makes its way in there is just random depending on the day and my mood!!!! :)

So, what's in your purse??????

Hey, Hey, Hey...

2010-01-12T17:30:00.003-05:00

party people!!!!!!!!!!!! I am in the middle of making supper, I forget what they are called now, but some kind of green pepper/chilies chicken fajitas.....they smell amazing!!!!!!!!! MMMMMMM, but just wanted to post a lil sneakie peekie of the next challenge over at 52x52, I hope you will join us on Friday for the next 'prompt.....' Here is a lil sneakie for ya.....

2010-01-11T13:15:00.002-05:00

I completed this LO (Challenge Monday was to use a BIG flourish @ The Sisterhood of Scrap) Come join us ladies, I'd love to see what you create!!!!!!

I'd also like to share some exciting news with y'all ~ regarding my 5th DT...the cat is out of the bag so I can share here now as well ~ I will be designing for ScrapFIT and I am super excited to join Kelly and her FITgirls for the next 6 months!!!!!! YIPPEE!!

Sketch Sunday Reveal....

2010-01-10T10:58:00.005-05:00

over at The Everyday Scrapper, today was my first post over there on the sketch team! :) This is the sketch we were given to use found over at Pencil Lines.

And here is the LO I completed, using the sketch! :)

Come join us for some fun, super fabulous MB and a great group of ladies to hang out with!!!!

OH, Lookie Here............

2010-01-10T01:30:00.002-05:00

Soooooo excited about this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE!

Week 1 Challenge......

2010-01-08T13:31:00.004-05:00

is up! Go check it out over at 52x52....I'm waiting for ya! :)

Sneakin' and Peekin'.......

2010-01-07T19:29:00.006-05:00

Alright fabulous friends............Tomorrow is the DT reveal over at 52 Weeks 52 Layouts and you are going to want to play along!! Super fun (AND EASY) prompt to get you started!!!!! Here's a lil peeksie......

Hmmmmmmmmmmm........can you guess what the prompt is?? (*hint* You can NOT tell from this pic!) {{lol}} Please join us tomorrow!!!!

Would you Believe it if...........

2010-01-06T21:18:00.001-05:00

I told you that in the last week and between yesterday and today that I have been accepted onto FIVE design teams? Um, yeah I don't believe it either. Someone pinch me.....

Here it is.....

2010-01-04T12:27:00.003-05:00

the post you've been waiting for!!! {{LOL}} I was pretty surprised by how many "congrats" I received when I shared my exciting news about making 2 DT's!!!! But more surprising was the number of emails I received telling me how excited you were to hear about the NEXT DT!! That makes me so happy and ever more excited!!!! Without further ado, please check it out ~ it is going to be such a rockin' good time!!!!! 52 Layouts, 52 Weeks :) :) I'm also very excited to say that I have completed 2 lo's that I will eventually share but I can't yet because (oh I have been dying to say this..........) THEY ARE DT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {{LOL}} I have read that so many times but now I get to say it myself and yes, I did enjoy that as much as I'd envisioned!!!!! *giggles* Hope everyone is loving 2010! I know I am, this is going to be a great year, baby!!!!!

Exciting News to Share.......

2009-12-29T11:50:00.002-05:00

so I made a couple scrappy goals for 2010 and I am soooo excited to tell you that I have achieved one of them already and it's not quite 2010 yet!!!

I am totally thrilled beyond belief to be quite honest!!! So one of my goals was to use more, buy less (I really, really need to do this) and the second one was to get on at least TWO design teams! (I've never been on one before, but decided 2010 is MY year baby!!!) AND so far that is proving to be true :)

I have been asked to join TWO design teams!!! Oh boy I am excited!!!! So one I can not share quite yet....BUT I can share this one over here ~~~Sisterhood of Scrap~~~ please come and check it out over there, it is so fabulous.....there is a new challenge/tutorial/inspiration etc for every day of the week from Monday to Saturday. I have jumped in and the ladies are wonderful!! My months are March and June so you will for sure have to play along!!! Come and see, come and see!!!!! :)

Sketchy Thursdays!!!

2009-12-21T11:23:00.003-05:00

I did this LO based on the latest sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays. LOVED this sketch, so simple and fun :) Here is what I came up with for the challenge: Have a really, really Merry Christmas my dear friends!!!!!

Sketchy Thursdays & a Challenge by Tara!

2009-12-15T11:40:00.003-05:00

So just one LO to share today! This LO is based on sketch 12.10 over at Sketchy Thursdays (I just discovered this site and I love a good sketch!!!) so, of course, I did the sketch! Helps that it is such an awesome one!!! Check it out HERE if you want to play along!

Then I played along my "online friend" Tara over at her blog!!! She is posting 1 Christmas quote per day for The 12 Quotes of Christmas, starting yesterday :) Check her out HERE if you'd like to play along over there too! The quote from yesterday was "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." ~Norman Vincent Peale. I thought the quote was perfect for this picture of my little guy concentrating on make his "perfect" gingerbread house! I actually did a companion lo to go with this one and it is titled "It is Perfect." Thanks for checking me out today! Hope you are all having a wonderful week!!!

Mission 006 AND LCOM ~ 2 sketches

2009-12-14T10:22:00.004-05:00

Happy Monday! *yeah right!* I have a couple of LO's to share, they are both based on sketches from Let's Capture These Sketches. They have a fun new sketch to play along with every week!! Check them out! So my first lo is based on their latest sketch (#21). I am having so much fun using all the new holiday pp's that are out this year!! *heaven* The pic is of my Dad with 2 of his sisters and 1 of his brothers and 2 other "relatives" that I can't say I remember who they are. *OOPS......* You know how you meet somebody once and it was a few years ago, well umm, yeah ~ this pic is from December 2003 :) This second LO that I did is based on sketch #20. The pic is of my oldest little sister Janaye (left) and our cousin, Nicole (they are 2 weeks apart to the DAY). This pic was also taken Christmas 2003.

So the above LO is actually doing double duty today! Not only did I base it on a LCOM sketch but I also used the elements required over at Mission Create to do this LO! As always we are given a list of 5 "requirements" and we can choose as little as 3 of them or as many as 5. They were:

~3 label stickers (I didn't use label stickers, but I used word stickers instead, not sure if this counts or not, but I have enough other elements that I'm okay anyway *wink*)

~felt (the red colored piece in the bottom left corner of the pic is felt)

~pink, yellow, teal (I used lotsa pink and teal and to add some more yellow to the LO, I added yellow bling to the background pp)

~polka dots (see background pp *lol*)

~black pen for outlining (I did not use this element on my LO)

That about sums up my *sharefulness* today! ;) Thanks for stopping by and have a really awesome week, k?!!!

Noel Mignon Challenge

2009-12-13T12:02:00.003-05:00

Layout done for the challenge over at Noel Mignon......

The challenge ~ BLING OUT your layout!!! LOVE that idea!!! {{lol}} This pic is from Christmas 2003, apparently I thought that an ugly hair cut was in order that year. *rolls eyes* Thanks for stopping by! :D

I love a good Challenge...!!!!!

2009-11-30T11:38:00.005-05:00

Noel Mignon ~ need I say more? LOVE IT, LOVE NOEL! So I did this Lo for the NM challenge blog and I thought it would be simple since I love NEW MOON TO DEATH and all...but it was kinda hard cuz I had to scrap about a change and I scrapped this pic of an old shed on my grandparents property because 3 years ago I had to move 30 hours away from them...I miss them and "this place" everyday. Honest I do....leaving them was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. But change is good and moving here was a good decision, I know it was. So besides scrapping about change we also had to *use black, white, red* *flowers ~ like on the cover of the book!!* *book paper/text* *a charm of some sort* *bling/sparkle* I think mine is pretty self explanatory ~ except maybe the charm which instead of hanging, I glued onto the flower :)

I dunno how many times I've said that I love this site, but here I go again ~ Mission Create is such a great site with super fun challenges! What I love about it is that they give you 5 items and you get to choose to use as little as 3 of them on your LO or as many as all 5! Fabulous! Here is the lo I just did for Mission #5 ~ I used KRAFT, 10 BRADS, STICK PINS & a HOMEMADE FLOWER. (I did not use journalling cards). This pic was taken in June 2003 of my niece and my sister.

2009-11-25T09:43:00.002-05:00

I have been unhealthily addicted to misting lately, I did the following layout with Maya Mist....and I just finally received my Smooch Spritz I've been waiting so patiently for and let me tell you ~ that stuff is amazing!! I can def admit that the MM and the SS are my faves for misting!!! I can't get enough, I am starting with a cs base and misting it probably about 99% of the time lately! :) Anyway, here's a lo to share :)

MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES

Scrappin' Mexico

A couple lo's...

More Goodies

Some Stuff...

Oh hey there...

ScrapFit DT Call

Crop Suey ~ December Challenge

ScrapFit Workout

Blog HOP!!!!

Crop Suey ~ November Challenge!

Check this out....

Sketch Sunday :) :)

Crop Suey & Scrapfit

WHATTA giveaway!!!!!!!!!

Blog Candy!!

Sketch Sunday!! :) :) :)

Sketch Sunday! WOOT :)

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

TES on Sundays mean.....

Sundays mean Sketch Time!!! :) :)

Sketchin' on Sundays!

Sketch Sunday!! :) :)

Sketch Sunday :) :) :)

WOOOHOOO, Sketch Sunday!!!! :)

LAST Scrapfit Workout! :(

Sketch Sunday @ TES :) :)

Sketch Sunday @ TES!

Scrapfit!!!! :) :)

I've been scrappin'!!!!

Summer Sizzlin' Challenge!!!

TES Sketch Sunday :)

Snobby Walrus!!!

My Mission(s)......

Sketch Sunday for June 20/10!

SCRAPFIT! :) :)

Sketch Sunday!

Paintin' @ Crop Suey!

Sketch Sunday!!!!!!!!

Beliefs...

Sketch Sunday! :) :) :)

Lame is me.

WINNER

Where my name came from.....!!!?

NSD HOP!!!!!

Sketchy Sunday

DT CALL.......

Some stuff

DT Call....

Get your Scrap on!!!!

I've been bad, very, very bad!!!!!

WINNER!

Happy Birthday

BLOG HOP!!!!

ScrapFIT Reveal day.....

SNEAKIE PEEKIE

Just some stuff...

Challenge 8

Amazing Contest!!!!!!!!!

ScrapFIT funnnn :) :)

Spreading the Love and Sunshine!!!

Bloggity Hop Winner :)

Sketch Sunday!

Hmm, I wonder if your country....

Some of this, some of that....

Blogggity Hopppity Hoppin'!!!

ScrapFIT is sporting ONE COLOR!!!!!

Check it out :)

Soooooo.....

Takin' a Deep Breath....

Been Scrappin'.....

ScrapFIT

WINNER TIME!!!!!!!!

LAST DAY!

Don't forget!!!!!!!!!

And it BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!!

To begin soon.....

Sneak and FYI *giveaway*

Today is a great day.......EEEEEK!!!!!!

"Blessed"

Sneak and FYI giveaway

Mission 006 AND LCOM ~ 2 sketches