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Lucy
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Lot’s to share this week!
I’m so excited and want to share that I’m on the My Sketch World Design Team for another term. I’m honored to be working with so many talented ladies.
At My Sketch World Lucy has challenged everyone to participate in Project 12. The idea behind Project 12 is this: whether you take one photo, 100 photos, or no photos each month, you still have a life to document. Life happens and sometimes … we’ll you get busy! All those photo’s you want to scrap and all those memories you want to document. How do you keep up and not feel overwhelmed? Project 12! One layout a month. Check out Lucy’s post at My Sketch World here for more details and a chance to win a 12 X 12 album. You can check out Davinie Fiero’s Blog (the master mind behind Project 12) here.
I’m busy (aren’t we all) but I think this is something I can do. Instead of using an album for my project I’ve decided to use a 7 Gypsies Carousel.
This weeks challenge (#156) on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog was winter. Since I was working on my January documentation for Project 12 I decided to incorporate the winter theme into my cover page.
Be sure to link your card, layout or other “winter” project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, February3rd.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 8 images from Whoopsi Daisy.
Be sure to check out the Kaboodle Doodles Blog to see the other Design Team Members projects.
I’m so excited and want to share that I’m on the My Sketch World Design Team for another term. I’m honored to be working with so many talented ladies.
At My Sketch World Lucy has challenged everyone to participate in Project 12. The idea behind Project 12 is this: whether you take one photo, 100 photos, or no photos each month, you still have a life to document. Life happens and sometimes … we’ll you get busy! All those photo’s you want to scrap and all those memories you want to document. How do you keep up and not feel overwhelmed? Project 12! One layout a month. Check out Lucy’s post at My Sketch World here for more details and a chance to win a 12 X 12 album. You can check out Davinie Fiero’s Blog (the master mind behind Project 12) here.
I’m busy (aren’t we all) but I think this is something I can do. Instead of using an album for my project I’ve decided to use a 7 Gypsies Carousel.
This weeks challenge (#156) on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog was winter. Since I was working on my January documentation for Project 12 I decided to incorporate the winter theme into my cover page.
Be sure to link your card, layout or other “winter” project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, February3rd.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 8 images from Whoopsi Daisy.
Be sure to check out the Kaboodle Doodles Blog to see the other Design Team Members projects.
Inside Pages:
I just have to finish up and add the journaling (the hardest part for me).
Monday, January 21, 2013
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #155 - “Ribbon”
I had so many ideas for using ribbon it was hard to just pick one project.
There was a lamp in the living room that was screaming I’m to plain! So I gave the shade an easy update by wrapping ribbon vertically around the shade and knotting it at the bottom. What were the chances of finding the same color of ribbon as the stripes on the walls?!
I also made a few bookmarks. For some of them I just wove one end of a 12” length of ribbon through a ribbon charm. I then pulled about an 1 ½” of the ribbon back under and secured it with a brad.
For the other bookmarks I used ribbon clamps. They are the same width as the ribbon. I used a pair of flat nose jewelry pliers to affix the claps to both ends of the ribbon. I finished them off by adding a charm. I’m thinking these will make cute teacher gifts.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 28th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 5 digis from QKR Stampede.
Be sure to check out the Kaboodle Doodles Blog to see the other Design Team Members projects.
Challenge #155 - “Ribbon”
I had so many ideas for using ribbon it was hard to just pick one project.
There was a lamp in the living room that was screaming I’m to plain! So I gave the shade an easy update by wrapping ribbon vertically around the shade and knotting it at the bottom. What were the chances of finding the same color of ribbon as the stripes on the walls?!
I also made a few bookmarks. For some of them I just wove one end of a 12” length of ribbon through a ribbon charm. I then pulled about an 1 ½” of the ribbon back under and secured it with a brad.
For the other bookmarks I used ribbon clamps. They are the same width as the ribbon. I used a pair of flat nose jewelry pliers to affix the claps to both ends of the ribbon. I finished them off by adding a charm. I’m thinking these will make cute teacher gifts.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 28th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 5 digis from QKR Stampede.
Be sure to check out the Kaboodle Doodles Blog to see the other Design Team Members projects.
Monday, January 14, 2013
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #154 - “Buttons”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 20th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10 voucher from Di's Digis.
Be sure to check out the fabulous work by the other Design Team Members.
I did this layout using a photo of 2 of our grandsons (Samuel and Elisha) from our visit to FL in October. Samuel with his thumb and Elisha with his animated expression … priceless! To meet the challenge criteria I used buttons on the banner.
Challenge #154 - “Buttons”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 20th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10 voucher from Di's Digis.
Be sure to check out the fabulous work by the other Design Team Members.
I did this layout using a photo of 2 of our grandsons (Samuel and Elisha) from our visit to FL in October. Samuel with his thumb and Elisha with his animated expression … priceless! To meet the challenge criteria I used buttons on the banner.
Monday, January 7, 2013
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #153 - “Vintage”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 13th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 5 digi stamps from Eureka.
A few years ago the agency that I work for had new windows put in our school building. I’m the one who had to deal with the contractor on a daily basis, setting up dates and times when he could get his crew in to complete the job. One day (and I have no idea how this conversation started) we started talking old windows. I told the guy I would love to have some old windows to alter (and he had no idea what that was, so I had to explain lol!). To my surprise a few days later he brought me 4 old windows that they had taken out of a house and he thought I could use them for my altering projects. The windows have sat in the corner of the garage all this time. Randy has threatened to throw them out on several occasions but I kept telling him that I wanted them for some special projects.
When I saw that the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge for this week was “Vintage” I knew it was time to alter one of those windows. Randy was a big help with this project and painted the window black and added the hardware needed for hanging it. I made the banner, distressed the edges, inked it and added the vintage photos. I think it’s the perfect accent for our little vintage corner in the living room.
Challenge #153 - “Vintage”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 13th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 5 digi stamps from Eureka.
A few years ago the agency that I work for had new windows put in our school building. I’m the one who had to deal with the contractor on a daily basis, setting up dates and times when he could get his crew in to complete the job. One day (and I have no idea how this conversation started) we started talking old windows. I told the guy I would love to have some old windows to alter (and he had no idea what that was, so I had to explain lol!). To my surprise a few days later he brought me 4 old windows that they had taken out of a house and he thought I could use them for my altering projects. The windows have sat in the corner of the garage all this time. Randy has threatened to throw them out on several occasions but I kept telling him that I wanted them for some special projects.
When I saw that the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge for this week was “Vintage” I knew it was time to alter one of those windows. Randy was a big help with this project and painted the window black and added the hardware needed for hanging it. I made the banner, distressed the edges, inked it and added the vintage photos. I think it’s the perfect accent for our little vintage corner in the living room.
Monday, December 31, 2012
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #152 -” Anything Goes”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 6th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $12.00 voucher to Just Some Lines.
When I saw the Jenni Bowlin reproduction “Hotel Key Holder” my first thought was … Oh the possibilities! When I received this product the wheels started turning. I had so many ideas in my head I didn’t know what to do. My only regret is that I didn’t order 3 or 4 of them lol!
This little treasure measures 11 X 14 and is detailed with gold numbers with a little brass hook above each number. The hooks remove easily for placement of embellishments.
I just happened to have some old keys and all the other embellishments are from my scrappy stash.
Challenge #152 -” Anything Goes”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday, January 6th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $12.00 voucher to Just Some Lines.
When I saw the Jenni Bowlin reproduction “Hotel Key Holder” my first thought was … Oh the possibilities! When I received this product the wheels started turning. I had so many ideas in my head I didn’t know what to do. My only regret is that I didn’t order 3 or 4 of them lol!
This little treasure measures 11 X 14 and is detailed with gold numbers with a little brass hook above each number. The hooks remove easily for placement of embellishments.
I just happened to have some old keys and all the other embellishments are from my scrappy stash.
Monday, December 24, 2012
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #151 is Christmas/Holiday/New Year’s.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 30th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Crop Stop.
Warmest Wishes: I card I made for a Christmas card swap. Lots of layering and inking on this one.
Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas!
Challenge #151 is Christmas/Holiday/New Year’s.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 30th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Crop Stop.
Warmest Wishes: I card I made for a Christmas card swap. Lots of layering and inking on this one.
Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 17, 2012
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #150 is Christmas/Holiday “anything goes”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 23rd.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Di’s Digi Downloads.
I actually found this idea on Pinterest and thought it was so cute. I cut my tags with my Cricut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. I went through my scrappy stash and found a ton of Christmas embellishments to use. So far I’ve made 16 of these tags for family and friends.
Challenge #150 is Christmas/Holiday “anything goes”
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 23rd.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to Di’s Digi Downloads.
I actually found this idea on Pinterest and thought it was so cute. I cut my tags with my Cricut using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge. I went through my scrappy stash and found a ton of Christmas embellishments to use. So far I’ve made 16 of these tags for family and friends.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Using the facts you read here may lead you to impress your friends with your knowledge about Reindeer this holiday season.
Did you know:
Reindeer are a species of deer whose natural habitat is the far northern areas of arctic Europe, Asia, and North America extending onto the tundra above the tree-line . The name for these deer found native to North America (including Greenland) is "Caribou", while in Europe it is known as the "Reindeer". They are the same species. The reindeer is thought to have first been domesticated by humans at least 3,000 years ago (and perhaps as long as 7,000 years ago) in northern Eurasia (Lapland), and still remains the only deer to be widely domesticated. Used as beasts of burden and farmed for milk, meat and their hides, reindeer have been the economic basis of the Lapp culture for centuries. However, because of their popularity, today they are raised in many areas of the world outside of their native arctic.
Reindeer are the only type of deer in which both male and female reindeer have antlers. Female reindeer retain their antlers until they give birth to their young in the spring. Keeping their antlers throughout the winter ensures they are able to compete for food while pregnant. Male reindeer shed their antlers each winter.
Male reindeer have much louder calls than females, especially during rutting season. When bellowing is necessary, they inflate a small pouch just under the skin of their throats.
Reindeer have a strong sense of smell, and it's that sense of smell that assist them in finding the lichen under the snow. They can sniff out the plant material easily, even through snow that is 60 centimeters deep.
Reindeer were built for the snow and cold. Their bodies react to changes in temperatures by making adjustments. When temperatures become frigid, they have the uncanny ability to lower the temperature in their legs to near freezing levels. This keeps their core body heat even.
For winter grazing they grow their facial hair long enough to cover their mouths, protecting their muzzles from the snow.
… and we all know Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but he actually wasn't in the original list of Santa's reindeer names in "Twas The Night Before Christmas". The classic Christmas poem, first published in 1823, calls out the following reindeer names:
1. Dasher
2. Dancer
3. Prancer
4. Vixen
5. Comet
6. Cupid
7. Dunder
8. Blixem
And I thought this idea was adorable “Reindeer Food”! There are several variations to this in cyber land. I mixed 1 large container of oatmeal with an 8oz jar of red glitter. I then filled recycled Starbucks Coffee bottles and decorated them.
The poem on the tag reads:
Be sure to take this
magic food and sprinkle
on the lawn,
On Christmas, Santa's
reindeer travel miles
before the dawn.
The smell of oats
and the glitter
path will guide them
on their way,
And you'll wake
up to Santa's
gifts next morn on
Christmas Day!
Be sure to check out this site:
Reindeer Cam “Santa’s Official Reindeer Live Feed”
Did you know:
Reindeer are a species of deer whose natural habitat is the far northern areas of arctic Europe, Asia, and North America extending onto the tundra above the tree-line . The name for these deer found native to North America (including Greenland) is "Caribou", while in Europe it is known as the "Reindeer". They are the same species. The reindeer is thought to have first been domesticated by humans at least 3,000 years ago (and perhaps as long as 7,000 years ago) in northern Eurasia (Lapland), and still remains the only deer to be widely domesticated. Used as beasts of burden and farmed for milk, meat and their hides, reindeer have been the economic basis of the Lapp culture for centuries. However, because of their popularity, today they are raised in many areas of the world outside of their native arctic.
Reindeer are the only type of deer in which both male and female reindeer have antlers. Female reindeer retain their antlers until they give birth to their young in the spring. Keeping their antlers throughout the winter ensures they are able to compete for food while pregnant. Male reindeer shed their antlers each winter.
Male reindeer have much louder calls than females, especially during rutting season. When bellowing is necessary, they inflate a small pouch just under the skin of their throats.
Reindeer have a strong sense of smell, and it's that sense of smell that assist them in finding the lichen under the snow. They can sniff out the plant material easily, even through snow that is 60 centimeters deep.
Reindeer were built for the snow and cold. Their bodies react to changes in temperatures by making adjustments. When temperatures become frigid, they have the uncanny ability to lower the temperature in their legs to near freezing levels. This keeps their core body heat even.
For winter grazing they grow their facial hair long enough to cover their mouths, protecting their muzzles from the snow.
… and we all know Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but he actually wasn't in the original list of Santa's reindeer names in "Twas The Night Before Christmas". The classic Christmas poem, first published in 1823, calls out the following reindeer names:
1. Dasher
2. Dancer
3. Prancer
4. Vixen
5. Comet
6. Cupid
7. Dunder
8. Blixem
And I thought this idea was adorable “Reindeer Food”! There are several variations to this in cyber land. I mixed 1 large container of oatmeal with an 8oz jar of red glitter. I then filled recycled Starbucks Coffee bottles and decorated them.
The poem on the tag reads:
Be sure to take this
magic food and sprinkle
on the lawn,
On Christmas, Santa's
reindeer travel miles
before the dawn.
The smell of oats
and the glitter
path will guide them
on their way,
And you'll wake
up to Santa's
gifts next morn on
Christmas Day!
Be sure to check out this site:
Reindeer Cam “Santa’s Official Reindeer Live Feed”
Monday, December 10, 2012
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #149 is to use the color “RED”. How easy is this challenge?!
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 16th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $5.00 voucher to Digital Delights.
Happy Holidays Card:
Challenge #149 is to use the color “RED”. How easy is this challenge?!
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 16th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive a $5.00 voucher to Digital Delights.
Happy Holidays Card:
Monday, December 3, 2012
The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!
And I think these little Christmas trees will make perfect teacher gifts.
They measure 7 inches tall and I made them out of scalloped circles cut with my Cricut using the Winter Woodland cartridge (image found on page 32).
The 17 scalloped circles range in size from 3 ½ inches to 1 ¼ inches. After cutting the circles out I made a base out of corrugated cardboard. I used a wooden skewer as the trunk of the tree and then punched a hole in the middle of each circle and threaded them onto the skewer from biggest to smallest gluing them in place.
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #148 is to use “circles” in any way.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 9th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 3 images from The Stamping Boutique.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with J
And I think these little Christmas trees will make perfect teacher gifts.
They measure 7 inches tall and I made them out of scalloped circles cut with my Cricut using the Winter Woodland cartridge (image found on page 32).
The 17 scalloped circles range in size from 3 ½ inches to 1 ¼ inches. After cutting the circles out I made a base out of corrugated cardboard. I used a wooden skewer as the trunk of the tree and then punched a hole in the middle of each circle and threaded them onto the skewer from biggest to smallest gluing them in place.
It’s Monday and time for another challenge on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
Challenge #148 is to use “circles” in any way.
Be sure to link your project to the inlinkz tool on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog. To be eligible for the prize draw you need to be linked by Sunday December 9th.
One random drawn prize winner will receive 3 images from The Stamping Boutique.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with J
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Since Gracelynn arrived (October 21st..) I have been creating a fair number of girly scrapbook layouts. Believe me I'm having no trouble finding (way to many) cute products to inspire my creativity. In fact, my scrap room is overflowing with embellishments that fit the bill.
I'm hosting a challenge this month at My Sketch World and this is the layout I did for an example.
The challenge is to use a doily/doilies on a layout. Hope you can find some time to check out the challenges by the other DT Members and participate. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
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