April Hopper Winner!

Hi Everyone!
 

I know I mentioned showcasing ATC from a recent swap for today's post, unfortunately my mailbox did not contain the remaining on Friday. That was the "if all goes well" part from last Wednesday's post. I will prep the post and have it ready to go and will show you as soon as I get the last ones.

The Grand Prize Winner from the April Crop Circles Blog Hop will be announced on the 14th on In The Cat Cave by Cathy (see sidebar). 

My comment winner is LyndaKay.

 

She will receive some fancy envelopes, an assortment of 6x6 papers by Authentique, Webster's Pages, and My Minds Eye, and a Little Yellow Bicycle Chipboard slider.
 

 

Please comment or email contact information.

 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, I'm off to prep some garden beds.

Enjoy!

April crop circles blog hop

It's that time again!

 

The lovely and talented ladies of the Facebook group Crop Circles are having another blog hop.

 You should have come from Catherine Stockley's blog, if not, don't worry. I have a list at the bottom of this post to steer you in the right direction.

Don't forget to comment along the way to get in on PRIZES!


 For those of you who missed the last one (here's my post); Crop Circles is a Facebook group of Newfoundlander's, or those with ties to Newfoundland, who are scrap-illy inclined.  We challenge and inspire each other as often as we can. Wait until you see their entries for the ATC swap we hosted last month! I will post those on Saturday if all goes well.

This month we decided to go with a Spring theme.
Honestly, I haven't managed a page in a while.
 I was looking in my photos and came across a couple of layouts from last year.

 

I was lucky enough to win the "Hello Spring!" collection from the Little Yellow Bicycle blog. The colours were so bright and inspiring, I knew just what I wanted to do with them. I had printed a bunch of PageMaps sketches (I have no idea the link to the exact ones, sorry) and went for it.
 

Hope you've enjoyed my stop along the way.
Your next stop is Darlene Head Whalley. 
Dont forget to comment, prize entry for each comment, and the hop is open until end of day April 12th, 2013.

Blog Hop Order:

Cathy Caines

Sara Case Strickland

Michelle Marks

Kymberley Wragg-Machamer

Natasha Connolly

Cheryl Ashworth - with blog partners
Shar Strahan & Brande Strahan

Catherine Stockley

Rhea Skomorowski - That's me! 

Darlene Head Whalley

Lori Smith

Be sure to check back on Saturday to see the winner from my blog,
and the grand prize winner. 

The grand prize is a Maya Road bundle.
 

Feel free to follow me by email, or on Facebook. 

 

Enjoy!

"Same but Different" card inspiration

*Gasp* I didn't blog on Saturday!

 I spent Easter with Granny and the family, without wi-fi.
I hope you all had a great weekend. I know we did.

 

I've been really tired lately, and haven't been creative when it comes to paper.

I managed to make a few more aprons for a customer. I get lost browsing through the fabric stores, and I want it all. When I would get the time to use it all I'll never know.

 

Recently Cathy, from In The Cat Cave, sent me a lovely present.

It was just what I needed to perk me up and get me creating with paper again.

 

The scrapbooking group I belong to on facebook had a "Same but Different" challenge in March and I hosted this time. The challenge is simple enough, each particpant was sent the same (or similar) items and we all created something from it with items from our own stash.

 

 Originally, my plan was to create a layout using the divided page protectors and make an element from my supplies. As I went on a card came to mind using the new Little Yellow Bicycle stamps I won.

 

I kept going.

 

 Since I hosted I had the extras out nearby, I started making similar creations.

 

The Stampin' Up set Cathy sent me just pushed me on. The vintage feel to the colors and journalling tabs mixed with the images was so inspiring.
 

I made a whole stack before I knew it.

 

 

Like Pablo Picaso said "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working".

 

Enjoy!

Productivity

This weekend I certainly was not as productive as I would have liked.

 That said, I did try this pin and this one, while my dad and Warren worked on a new bed for Domonik based on this pin. 

I made Bella 4 pairs of leggings, 5 shorts (based on same idea), and 2 sweater skirts (1 for me). I fit in family time, got much needed sleep, read more from Lord of The Rings aloud to Domonik, worked on binding Granny's cards from her 85th, attached tattered floral card from this post to canvas, laid out card ideas, and stamped my name on a tag for an apron. 

 

 

I still felt unproductive. 
 

I am not bragging, or in competition with anyone other than myself. 

I expect a lot from myself. 
 

I want to do every pin on all my boards, as well as my own ideas, in one weekend. 

Deep down I know it's not realistic, that doesn't mean it stops the way I feel. I long for sunny Summer Sunday drives that will rejuvenate the soul, and give balance. 

For now I've got to go; it's time to get my knitting out.

Enjoy!

Where's my spark?

Hey Everyone!

 

Do you ever have one of those days where nothing you touch seems to look right? When you have really great plans of being productive, ideas swirling in your head, and then blah. You make an ugly card, and that's it. That's been me. ALL week long.

 

The only shiny pretty thing I have to show you was made at the beginning of last month. I was part of a Twinchie Swap at Crop Circles. A Twinchie is a 2" square decorated, and the completed pieces can be used for cards, scrapbook pages, banners, etc. I plan on using them for a wall art piece for my future office (don't get me started) showing of my crafty friends. I have all of the Twinchies at my house to sort and send a mixed set back to each participant, and they are all fabulous. I can only show mine, but Cathy posted hers this week. Click the link on the side bar to go to "In The Cat Cave" to see her sparkly creations.

 

Supplies: Bazzil cardstock; Ink, crackle paint, stains, Tim Holtz for Ranger; Tim Holtz Stamp;

Unity Stamp Co. phrase stamp; unknown canvas paper.

 

Upon receiving some of them I did make a quick set of embellished pieces, some twinchies, some just random scrap sizes. I try to stay productive even when I have no luck completing. I have a stack of embossed card fronts that I ink during theses lulls.

 

 

 

Hopefully your creative spark was bright, maybe I will be in a better crafty mood next week.

 

Enjoy!

P.S. On a happy note, look what hubby brought me back from his trip on Thursday!

I may have to do a week of Little Yellow Bicycle.