Leap Frog!

Tuesday is my day to post at Crafting Family, and I have a frog-tastic page for you today! I've been a fan off all-things frog since I was a toddler and picked out my first frog T-shirt at a beach souvenir shop. Since last week was leap day, and we're now in a leap year, I decided to scrap this crazy pic of me and my new Kermit hat (thanks to my kiddos for this fabulous Xmas gift!).  =) T

I am also linking this up with the latest Linking Party over at Paper Issues- this time around it's all about the green, so I think this fits perfectly! =) T

Challenges:

-Crafting Family weekly post

-Paper Issues Go Green or Go Home

-Paper Thrills leap

All We Need is Love at Paper Issues!

There's a new theme up and running at Paper Issues, Love is all we need. Love is all we need!! It's one of our most favorite times of year...Valentine's Day! We are celebrating for a full month! Link up your paper crafted projects, new or not-so-new. Leave some blog love, mingle and make new friends. You have until February 14 to link up! Here's what I've created just for this lovely linking party:

Used some super yummy papers from Crate Paper's "Paper Heart" collection, you can check it out at the Paper Issues shop! The circle is cut from the red heart paper, the green stripe is the flip side of this fun patter. I punched 3/4" circles from the blue heart paper, cut the circles in half and adhered around the edge of the circle to give it a scalloped look. Hop on over to Paper Issues and check out some more fabulous Love-themed layouts that will really get you in the mood....to craft! The link up your projects, we'd love to see what you're working on!! =) T

My Feb 12th Bday Girls

There's a new sketch up at Sketches in Thyme (another one of my designs, yahoo!) and here's my take on it:

Such a simple little LO- my daughter and sister last year on their shared birthday. Here's what my journaling says, "How nice of Auntie Sarah to share her birthday with you Eliza! 2 blondies, 2 lefties, 2 February 12th bdays!" I hope you'llhop on over to Sketches in Thyme to check out my sketch, the rest of the takes from the DT and link up your own take too!! =) T

Challenges:

-Sketches in Thyme sketch

-City Crafter Challenge Blog save the date

-Stamping Boutique the number 12

-Paper Issues we've got your number

-Critter Sketch Challenge celebration

January Challenge at The Craft Garden

A new year, a new month, and a new challenge at The Craft Garden. This month is all about monochrome projects, and Kerry has made some lovely book print flowers for this month's winner.

As you can see, I chose to pull the color green from the photo to use as my main color. I used green ink to stamp my background cardstock, layered scraps of green patterns and ribbons (great way to use up that stash), used green chipboard letters for the title and accented with a felt flower from Precocious Paper.

I hope you'll give the monochrome look a try, and be sure and link up your project with us at The Craft Garden by January 31st! =) T

Challenges:

-The Craft Garden monochorome

-Sir Stampalot monochorome

-Just us Girls felt

-If The Shoe Fits use your stash

-Paper Issues we've got your number

We've Got Your Number at Paper Issues!

There's a new theme up at Paper Issues- perfect for this time of year of list-making and organizing, "We've Got Your Number". For this theme I linked up a layout from 2010 that I created for Punky Scraps:

Do you ever have those days when it feels like you never leave the kitchen? Well, I do, ALL.THE.TIME. I snapped a pic of me in front of the microwave and made a *slightly* exaggerated timeline of my daily kitchen "duties".

So, what's your number? We would love to see what numerical projects you've been working on so go on over to Paper Issues and link up!!! =) T

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Right now there is some fabulous Christmas Carol inspiration going on over at Scrap It With a Song. The challenge over there right now is going on through December 31st; just create a layout, card or other paper project inspired by a Christmas carol of your choice. Here's my contribution:

Remember, you have until December 31st to join us & play along with our Christmas Carol challenge and be entered in the AMAZING December prize draw!!  I am also linking this up at the Holiday Madness linking party at Paper Issues. TON of great holiday ideas over there, go check it out!! =) T

Challenges:

-Scrap It With a Song christmas carol

-Dream Valley Challenges christmas

-Truly Madly Crafty christmas images and colors

-Scraptastic Club border punch

-Paper Issues holiday madness

Guess Who's a Guest Designer at Scrap Our Stash???

yup, little old me!! I'm thrilled for the chance to be a guest designer over at Scrap Our Stash this month, the challenge blog that encourages you to use that stash. Whether it be cartloads of cardstock, a bonanza of buttons, or ridiculous ribbons, we all have plenty!! As part of my introduction over there, I turned to my stash of ribbons and buttons to create this layout- gasp, a 2-pager!!

Sorry for the flash reflected off the photo, that's what happend when you try and take a pic in bad lighting late at night! For this layout I used 6 scraps of green ribbon, and 6 green buttons. All the greens are a bit different, but I think it adds to the whimsy of the page not being so matchy-matchy.

I hope you'll have a chance to stop on over at Scrap Our Stash, say hello and maybe dig into your own stash for a bit of creating! I'm also linking this up at Paper Issues "Holiday Madness" Linking party- if you're looking for creative holiday crafting ideas, this is the place to go! =) T

Xmas Treats for Crafting Family

While I did enjoy my Thanksgiving vacation to Tennessee, I missed my craft room terribly! I've been back in there non-stop since my return, and have the first of many projects to share with you!

Today's LO is one I made for Crafting Family- Tuesday is my day to post. I've created this LO with the help of a few challenges- the color scheme is from Lasting Memories, Karen has posted a fabulous quilt with vibrant pinks, purples and reds as inspiration. I also used a great sketch from The Scrappiest and will be linking this up at the Holiday Madness linking party at Paper Issues! =) T

Fabulous Fall

There's a new theme up at Paper Issues, "Thankful for Fall". A few weeks ago we had an absolutely gorgeous warm fall day, and my niece and I spent the afernoon raking leaves. Well, I was raking, she was jumping! Snapped a few great pictures and created a "Fabulous Fall" layout to remember the day:

This was one of those ridiculously quick pages to put together, don't you love those? Started with this gorgous pattern paper from Close to my Heart- I trimmed a 3" strip from the center and flipped it over and taped it in place to reveal the orange pattern on the reverse. I added a 1/2" strip of blue that was also trimmed from the same piece of paper- it's the flip side of the barcode, cool huh? The I just lined up my photos along the blue stip, leaving my focal photo slightly larger and matting it in a scrap of pale orange to help the photo stand out. Added 3 brads, a tab for the date, stamped "Fabulous" and covered it with glitter, and wrote in "fall". Simple layout done in under 20 minutes!

Are you working on any "Thankful for Fall" projects? Link it up over at Paper Issues, anything goes as long as you use paper!! =) T

"Fabulous Fall" Challenges:

-Paper Issues Thankful for Fall

-Make It Monday anything goes

-Just Some Lines orange and light blue

-Crafty Purple Frog orange

-ScrapFIT stamping

Pie Eating Contest!

The challenge this week at 2 Sisters is a sketch+Halloween. Having just been to our town's pumpkin fest the week before, I had the perfect photo to scrap:

and here's the sketch:

Yup, that's my son with a big old mess of pumpkin pie on his face! He didn't win the contest, but he sure did have fun trying!! The digital pumpkin stamp is from Robyn's Fetish and the fabulous posie is from Precocious Paper. Want to give this sketch a try? Be sure and link up with us over at 2 Sisters! =) T

Challenges:

-2 Sisters sketch+Halloween

-Paper Issues Halloween Linking Party

-Pile It On fall is fun

-Fresh Brewed Designs pumpkins

-Divas By Design buttons

Halloween Linky Party at Paper Issues

It's time for a new link party over at Paper Issues, and the theme this time is "Halloween"...haven't made any new spooky projects lately, but I do have a few "Oldies but Goodies" to share with you:

First up is my "Silly Mummy" layout I made for a challenge at Punky Scraps a while back; a scrap of fabric, some lovely crocheted flowers and a bit of mist made for a very punky LO!

Next I have a paper mache Witch Hat I made for a swap, lots of torn scraps of fun papers decoupaged on the hat base, some fancy boa trim along the brim of the hat, and a fabulous wooden star wand poking out of the top...

Be sure to check out the fabulous Halloween projects posted by the Paper Issues DT , and link up your own spooky creations too! =) T

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!

Wow- I just finished up 2 fabulous blog hops I was part of and now I get to choose two lucky commenters to get a little bit of goodies from My Etsy Shop! First off, I'd like to thank the wonderful talented paper crafters at Triplicate Trials Tuesday and Paper Issues for organizing such wonderful hops. It's always so much fun to gop from blog to blog oohing and awwing over the talent that is out there in blogland!! Secondly I'd like to thank my many frequent visitors and my new ones too- so glad to have you all here checking out the fruits of my craft room! And now on to the winners.....

Congrats to Tenia Wilson and Peggie! Send me an email at frogscrapgirl@yahoo.com with your info and I'll get some lovely little fabric butterflies in the mail for you!! Oh and don't forget, you can link up your tree hugger projects over at Paper Issues, we'd love to see what you come up with using this fun theme!! Thanks so much for hopping with me! =) T

Woo Hoo- It's a Paper Issues Blog Hop!!!

Soooo excited to be a part of the fabulous Paper Issues Blog Hop!! There are some AMAZING projects out there on the hop, in 3 different categories: Scrapbook/Art Journal, Altered Projects and Cards, all with the "Tree Hugger" theme. If you've been hopping along on the scrapbooking hop, you should have arrived here from Joan Liddle's fabulous blog. If you just happen to come by here by chance, you can start the from the very beginning at Paper Issues! Since I'm on the Scrapbook/Art Journal hop I have a sweet little layout to share with you:

Aren't my little tree huggers the cutest? This pic was taken while on vacation in South Carolina a few years ago, we took a hike in a great state park and my two little goofballs were having a blast hanging from all these low branches! I was inspired by the fabulous sketch at Once Upon a Sketch as well as the prompt to include journaling on the photo. I also incorporated the bright color scheme challenge at Color Q, I just love the grey/teal/poppy/celery combo! I'm so glad you made it me, the final stop on the Scrapbooking portion of the blog hop. As a thanks, I'll be giving away a few of my fabric butterflies from my Etsy shop. To be entered, please leave a comment here. You don't have to be a follower but I would love it if you were!! I will choose one lucky commenter at random on Monday September 19th! And the more blogs you hop around to and comment, the more prizes you could win!! Thanks for hopping by! =) T

PS: The Paper Issues Etsy store has a discount code for ya! Now you can snatch up all the lovely new paper goodies you've been dying to get! Enter the code HOP25 for a 25% discount!

Paper Issues Scrapbook Blog Hop line up:
Crystal Beshear
Michelle Hernandez
Joanna Bandelin
Jodi Baune 
Holly Humbert
Monika Wright
Jennie McGarvey
Melissa Priest
Joan Liddle
Tiffany Call ***you are here***

The Learning Curve

Time for a new theme at Paper Issues, this time we're looking for links to your "Learning Curve" projects. I've linked up a bunch of my older posts over there (old or new, you can link it all!!) but here's something new that I created:

Oh my sweet little girl on her first day of preschool- and now she's getting ready to head off to 4th grade- YIKES!! This one is going in my school album- I organize my scrapbooks by year, but I have separate albums for Christmas, School and I'm thinking of maybe doing a Halloween scrapbook too. It's always fun to pull out the "School Days" album every September and leave out for friends and family to flip through. Crazy to see how the kiddos have changed when you see all their "1st Day of School" pages together in succession like that! =) T

Challenges:
-Paper Issues learning curve
-Lollipop Crafts recycle it, I used my losing tickets from a fair
-Pile It On girls just wanna have fun
-Crafting for All Seasons bingo, i used buttons, diecuts and tags
-Allsorts Challenge back to school

Let's Ride

There's a new theme to link up to at Paper Issues, we want to see your "Let's Ride" projects! Here's a layout I made of my daughter last spring, FINALLY making the leap from training wheels to a two-wheeler!!

Now it's your turn! Link up your "Lets Ride" projects at Paper Issues; cards, layouts, altered items...anything! If you used paper, you are in. You can link as many projects as you want. You have until August 27 to link up! Oh, and don't forget I have a bit of blog candy to give away when I reach 200 followers...go here to find out more! =) T

I'm almost at 200 followers- time for some BLOG CANDY!!!

That's right, I'm almost at 200...so i thought it time for a little giveaway! Read on for more info....

Time for a new sketch with a twist over at Twisted Sketches, it's a good one, so you'll have to go over there to check it out!! Here's the LO I created for the challenge:

Few fun things to note about my layout: First up, check out my crazy husband on the tiny bike!! When I found out the twist for the Twisted Sketches challenge was TINY, I decided these pics just had to be scrapped... See my crazy messy scallops along the border? These of course were DOODLED for the challenge at City Crafter. I kinda like the scallops, but I have a feeling my son (who always asks, "why do you have to make your projects so messy") will NOT agree.

The border across the top of my title is made with JOURNAL SPOTS chopped in half- makes a fun kinda uneven border, and a great way to use up that stash (for the Scrapbookers Anonymous challenge). Now do you see that jumbo flower? Well, first it's for the FLOWER challenge at Scrap Fit. Secondly, I upcycled that sweet little flower from kraft packing materials, and enjoyed making it so much, I made bunches and bunches of them in all sorts of sizes!! I posted them for sale on my Etsy Shop (beware, I am in the middle of creating a ton of goodies, so it is VERY slim pickings there, more to come soon, I promise!!) and I have a set to give away too!!

So...would you like a chance to win a package of my Paper Posies? Just be a follower and leave a comment for me. I will select one commenter at random once I reach 200 followers, bonus entry for you if you post the pic of my Paper Posies on your blog and tell about my little teeny tiny blog candy!! Thanks for stopping by today! =) T

Challenges:
-Twisted Sketches sketch +tiny
-Scrapbookers Anonymous journal spots
-ScrapFIT flowers
-City Crafter doodle
-Tater Tots and Jello linking party
-Paper Issues let's ride