A New Challenge at the Triple T blog!

It's Tuesday, time for a new challenge at Triplicate Trials Tuesday! This time around we;re challenged to incorporate the colors purple, silver and misty blue; a fun sketch with a banner across the top, and the theme of Magic, Fiction and Fairy Tales. Here's what i came up with:

I didn't have any magical-themed pics to scrap right now, but I did have this cute pic of my kiddos playing at the waters edge while on a hike last fall. I decided to use the title "The Magic of Nature"- because it really is so magical to see how entranced my children are with hikes, exploring and everything about the great outdoors. I had a very pale purple that I used as a photo mat, journal strips and the pennants for my banner. But before creating those elements, I misted the paper with silver Smooch Spray to give it a metallic look.

Be sure and visit the Triple T blog to see all the rest of the fabulous takes, and join in the challenge too! =) T

"Happy Punch Day" challenge

Did you know that today was "National Punch Day"??? Nope, I didn't either, but those creative DT coordinators did at ~Lets Blog, and challenged the DT members to create a project in honor of this *special* occasion! Here's the card that I created:

Want to celebrate National Puch Day for yourself? Create a project using 20+ eyelets and be sure to share it at ~Lets Blog! =) T

Guest Designing at Desert Island Craft Challenge!

The lovely and talented designers at Desert Island Craft Challenge have given me the chance to be a guest designer this month. What's especially cool about being the GD is that not only  do I get a chance to play along with them, but I get to come up with the itinerary that they use for the challenge. Now if you're not familiar with their fun challenge, they post a new Desert Island Itinerary every 2 weeks which includes 10 items/techniques/colors, and you have to use at least 3 in your project. For my itinerary, I decided to create a "Back to School" shopping list:

1. Lined Paper
2. Books
3. Chalk
4. Pencils
5. Tape
6. Ruler
7. Name Tag
8. Lunch Money
9. Plaid School Uniform
10. Apple for the Teacher

And here's the layout I created, can you find the 5 items I used from the itinerary?

Did you find Lined Paper (my title and journal strips), Chalk (chalk ink around the edges), Tape (masking tape border), Plaid (bottom strip of pattern paper) and of course the Apple? I had a ton of fun working on this challenge, and even pulled out a 2-page layout, which are hard to come by in my craft room! Please visit the Desert Island Craft Challenge blog to check out the rest of the takes on my itinerary, and link up your own take too! =) T

Challenges:

-Desert Island Craft Challenge itinerary

-Kraft Journal kraft+fall

-Got Sketch sketch #123

-Pile It On colors of fall

My Sketch at The Crafting Family!

I was given the chance to create this month's sketch for the Crafting Family DT to play with!! Here's the sketch I designed:

And here's my take on it:

Fun little tip to share with you about this layout...I used a piece of pattern paper- but it was double-sided and I liked BOTH SIDES! My solution to this is to cut the paper in half, flip over one piece and piece together with some good old scotch tape. I covered the seam with a pretty piece of scalloped CS and I was ready to go. This is my quick little trick for getting the most out of that double-sided PP! Be sure and visit the rest of the Crafting Family DT to see the rest of the fun takes on the sketch, and link up your own take too! =) T

Challenges:

-Crafting Family sketch

-Bird is the Word share

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***

Tuesday's Post at Crafting Family

It's Tuesday, and that means it's my turn to post at The Crafting Family!

For this week's project, I started with some great Pink Paislee pattern paper. I incorporated a title block from Fancy Pants, dressed up with a spiral punch and some adorable mini paper clips. Since I was following the SKETCH at Sketchy Thursdays that called for 3 photos, I decided to repeat the same photo 3 times, just for a little something interesting, and also be cause I have a TON of these wallet-sized family portrait pics from 2003!! For the CHIPBOARD challenge at Heart Songs, I used a jumbo chipboard bird I had in my stash, one page of a Crayola chipboard board book I found in the kids craft section at Michaels for just $1!! I dressed it up with a calendar stamp to mimic the days of the week listed on the pattern paper. 3 of my ribbons are fastened with miscellaneous brads, while the 4th ribbon is fastened with a row of criss-crossed staples. 

Be sure and stop on by The Crafting Family when you have a chance, there's a new DT project posted each day!! =) T