2 year Boggaversary Giveaway!

First I would like to say congrats to Karen Tamir....2 years of constant blogging way to go...its an honor ot be a follower of your wonderful blog!

Now onto the goodies.....Karen is having an awesome Giveaway to celibate her 2 year Boggaversary.....Look whats shes giving away!

Now all you have to do is heard over to Expressing from my heart and soul to see how to enter!

(wow this took an hour...just to load...there is something wrong with my connection)

Sea Stacks

Good afternoon all...I wanted to share my latest page....I used another wonderful picture from my penpal,the picture just doesn't do the beauty justice....These ghostly formations are called "Sea Stacks" eroded from the shore on the pacific coast,its also a part of the Olympic National Park. I used the latest sketch from Keeping the best and am also linking up with S.W.A.T for their basic training-playing with mists.
I really love the idea of having script in the background,I know they make stamps but I haven't been able to get my hands on one just yet so I decided to try something a bit different.....if you know me at all I love my photo shop and have a ton of brushes,well one happens to have love letter,postcards and stuff like that ...I used one,made sure to reverse the lettering and printed it onto Parchment Paper(one side is parchment and the other is foil) then I just placed it where I wanted it and rubbed the back and ta da...it gave me just the effect I wanted..the misting was a whole other story LOL

Here is the sketch......

 I used a bit of Gesso because I wanted a bit of texture when I misted....

I knew what I wanted but wasn't quit sure how to achieve it...like I said  a bit of gesso,then I used a light metallic blue mist,I sprayed the same spot until there was plenty then just moved the paper so the mist would roll around...I wanted a marble like effect...its trial and error until I got what I wanted....but still ran into a problem....the metallic blue was a bit too shiny for me....I decided to use a golden yellow to tone it down a bit....I waters down the paint and just brushed a bit where I wanted it...it still shiny but not as much LOL

thank you for coming to take a peek,I appreciate all comments,they always bring a much needed smile to my face!

Oreo and Nova

These are my two Fur babies playing....Nova is the black Lab and Oreo is the kitty...Nova was chasing one of her toys and Oreo wanted in on the action....you would think I would video record them but I always forget...they are defiantly funny to watch,I swear the cat thinks shes a big bad dog the way she chases Nova around the house!

I combined three challenge blogs this time all for different reasons....
Scrap your story- theme is animals
Skissedilla- for their sketch challenge
Scrap for help- use burlap

Here is the sketch....

 they truly are best friends....I love to watch them play!

thanks for coming to take a peek...all comment are very much appreciated..they always make me smile! :D

Appreciation

I just wanted to share my latest page with all of you...I used another one of the photo's from my penpal,I really love this view...I wish I could wake up to something like this....

thanks for coming to take a peek....:D

Christmas 2003

Good morning.....I wanted to share a layout I did for Lets Get Sketchy wk1.....since they had a color combo this time I just kept the theme of Christmas which also went with snowflakes... which happen to be apart of the challenge over at The Paper Girls

I tried to match the colors the best I could with what I had..... I also had all of these lovely chipboard pieces that I just couldn't resist using...

 I had the hardest time trying to find snowflakes even back in December I just couldn't find any in the stores here....at the time I ended up buying this cute little mesh like bag that had these snowflakes on it...it cost like .50 cents.....so I just cut them out...LOL

thanks for coming to take a peek!

C'est Magnifique's Bits and Pieces Giveaway!

 Oh it's that time again......C'est Magnifique's Bits and Pieces Giveaway!

it's easy to enter the Bits & Pieces Giveaway.  Here's all you need to do:

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"Join this site" button on the left sidebar and you'll be all set.  The winner of this challenge must be a follower of our blog.

2.  Use the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of their post.

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The contest will close at midnight, March 12.  The winner, selected by a random draw, will be announced March 14.  

Please provide your first and last name to participate in this contest.  You are not required to enter an URL, but if you have a blog, we hope you'll enter it.
If you are entering for a second time, you will need to provide a link to the blog post where you have posted our giveaway.

You Color my world

Since today is a sucky day out and we are in the middle of a snow storm...I decided to do something I have never really done before.....I used tons of paint LOL I never new it could be so much fun..... I used the challenge over at Berry71blue 

You color my world
The challenge is to incorporate paint into your project.  You can use paint in many ways on your projects--to add texture to your backgrounds, to add random splatters of color, to color embellishments such as chipboard...let your creativity be your guide!

So here is what I came up with .....

yes I know it looks like an Easter egg....but I love it!I think I did just a bit of everything...ink paint,stencil....lots and lots of texture there is ribbon under the Gesso for added texture I also used old torn book pages and an old instruction manual haha I think it was for a blender but I like the numbers on it...when I first started it was way to bright ...I wanted like spring pastels so I just kept working it until I liked what I saw!

 Love this flower and I was so happy it went well.....been dying to use it...the other two were handmade...

 since there were so many different colors I was able to mix and match the chippy pieces for the title :D

thank you so much for coming to take a peek....make sure you stop by Berry71Blue and enter their challenge this month!

Here is their inspiration photo:

LGS Birthday bash challenge

Over at Lets Get Sketchy they are celebrating their 1st Birthday plus they have an awesome challenge going on...besides their normal one....

Birthday Bash Challenge- To create any birthday inspired project from examples you see on the DT pages, and upload here at LGS.  If their project is a layout, then do a lift of that page. If it’s a project of sorts, then do that project.  You can pick from ANY DT member’s blog project for the hop.  Go back to Lets get sketchy and upload it .

 
the blog Hop was awesome...there are some really fabulous projects, it was so hard for me to choice who's project I wanted to try...I ended up picking Sherri because she did this really cute mini album to add to her layout, I had all these pictures from one of Stephanie's Birthdays (2003 she just turned 5) and I really liked the idea of the mini...so not only did I do a scrap lift but also did the mini too...

sorry the colors are off my camera battery is dying!

 I followed Sherri's instruction for the mini but some how messed up on the placement of the ribbon,I didn't put it down before I attached the paper and I didn't like how it looked over so I improvised...I used a hole punch and ran the ribbon under the cover.

 I had all these really cute stickers that I added....and there is plenty of room for me to write some added journaling which I love!

It's funny...I remember this day like it was yesterday,I can tell you each and every gift because she was so happy with everything she had gotten...and that cat....geez she carried it around everywhere...it even when to school with her for the first two years! The battery operated car was a huge hit....you know the ones they can ride in...yeah well normally I put all the toys together,I read the instructions but for some reason this time her father and uncle decided they could do it....she wait ...Not so patiently I might add for almost three hours for them to finish while everyone else just laughed at them...we tried to help but it must be a guy thing. Finally they announce its ready...battery is fully charged (because MOM thought ahead two days before) she gets in...hits the gas....its moves but she has no control....hahahaha they didn't hook up the steering wheel right...I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life! to say the least I fixed it...lol like I said lots of memories here and I am sure I'll fill out every bit of space I have left :)
Btw Debbie I did take your advice and write on the back of the other layouts the stories I shared on the blog, I do write a lot on all my layouts but just don't share all I've written,sometimes I remember later and go back and write even more!

thank you so much for coming to take a peek.....I hope I did Sherri justice :D

I am in awe..

I have known these boys forever and not once have they ever been quiet or gotten along...maybe its a boy thing or just a brother thing....so to see them all getting along and playing a board game while being quiet....now that's a day I want to remember..lol....and I bet their mother does too

I did this lo for Creative Craft world using their sketch and an also linking up with Frosted designs for their chevron challenge

Little paint a little ink.....just a splash of color with the chevron paper in the back..I tried to keep it boyish since they consider themselves manly men LOL and its for their moms (my bestest friend :D) album

Here is the sketch I used...

thanks for coming to take a peek! have a wonderful day!

Once Upon A Time

I am so excited to scrap this picture, my daughter Samantha made these awesome costumes for  Anime Milwaukee Snow white and her prince. She hand made each and every piece of both outfits. I kind of felt bad that she wasn't able to do a proper fitting on snow white as Emily is in College and wasn't around until the day before....and of course didn't the little snot loose weight...haha they had to scramble last minute...the top of snow whites dress is like a corset so it was suppose to be really fitted,Sam ended up cutting the back and re stitching and added new eyelets so it worked out pretty good..Here are the refference pictures she used to base her design....

I was so happy to stumble upon the Archi-scraps their challenge this month is Fairytales....so I combined that challenge with the Scrap Africa sketch challenge. I tried to keep it pretty simple so the picture would stand out...so very little in the embellishment department lol

 I used a bit of Gesso for the background...Oh I love the texture of this paper and it really popped with the gesso.I fussy cut the cute castle and a couple other things..added a bit of lace....

 I tore tons of paper LOL and distressed all of them added a small journal tag out of the left over with all the small details(date,names,times event)

added a small piece of flower trim inside the tear in the paper...I thought it fit just right...Okay so now here is the sketch and the inspirational picture from Scrap Africa and Archi-scraps

I know that was a whole lot of picture....thank you so much for coming to take a peek!