National Scrapbook Day is almost here!!!

It's now less than a week to The Odd Show's National Scrapbook Day Extravaganza!!!! I am so excited for this upcoming event! We have amazing demonstrators, fun challenges, a ton of give-aways and downloads, and the best prize ever!! The opportunity to help Charity Wings and possibly win a  CRICUT EXPRESSIONS 2!!! We have contacted Elena Lai Etcheverry at Charity Wings to work with them to raise money for their philanthropic...

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Altered Spring File Folder with AlteredPages.com

Today I bring you one of my favorite altered projects. This is an altered file folder with lots of fun space to collage and nice big pockets in which to tuck notes or photos or lists. I often use altered file folders to exhibit some of my favorite seasonal photos--this one is for all the spring flora and flutters in my world. I love the beautiful collage sheets that you can purchase at alteredpages.com. Hop on over to the Altered Pages...

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Festive Friday #8 | Holiday Greetings

The Festive Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Terri's Blog Terri Sproul , then you are in the right spot--she is also the beginning of the blog! For this card: Paris Trunk Walnut Ink assorted punches for branches and berries embossing folder gold thread and wired ribbon Bazzill...

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Challenge #18 | Pink, Orange & Yellow

if you are looking for my weekly challenge post for Delightful Challenges, click here. This term's challenge at Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog is a color challenge--Pink, Orange & Yellow. I took this opportunity to use some of the yummy new ribbons that Ali and Tony sent us and do a little ribbon weaving to create a "fabric" to make into a amulet bag. The beaded fringe is also created with Crafty Ribbons beads! I love how it...

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Weekly Challenge | Paper Piecing

 It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges we are making paper piecing projects! Paper piecing is where I fell in love with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! Her images are so easy to create paper piecings with and her papers go together perfectly! I am SO EXCITED about the Delightful Oz Set and Rainbow Papers! I love how this turned out! Thank you for looking! for this...

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Sparkle with Mary Vogel Lozinak's new stamps at VLVS!

Today for Viva Las Vegastamps! I get to play with the artwork of one of my favorite contemporaries! Mary Vogel Lozinak has created a line of stamps with Viva Las Vegastamps! and they are very fun and steampunk-y! This darling peacock and "Don't let anyone ever dull your sparkle!" just really spoke to me! For my project today, I experimented with making hand-mixed embossing powder with Terri Sproul's Mixers and Ultra High Gloss Embossing...

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Nicolette's Mom's Day Blog Hop | Day 2

Welcome to Nicolette's Mom's Day Blog Hop! This is a two-day blog hop from Hostess Nicolette. You can start back at the top of the hop at Nicolette's blog Beyond Scrapin'. If you came from Cheryl's blog you are in the right place!  For today I worked with some papers and elements in the Hot Off The Press Spun Sugar Artful Card Kit (HOTP 7260) available through PaperWishes.com. This amazing card kit has 102 pieces...

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leslierahye's Earth Day Blog Hop 2♥12

Upcycled Craft Containers  Welcome to leslierahye's Earth Day Blog Hop 2♥12! This is the 1st blog hop that I've hosted that is entirely devoted to upcycled crafting. I feel that to protect our earth for generations to come it is important that we as crafters be able to renew, reuse and recycle--or upcycle as the crafty would say! Earth Day is today and my crafty friends and I are providing you with some inspiration! I LOVE upcycled crafting...

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Nicolette's Mother's Day Blog Hop | Day 1

Welcome to Nicolette's Mom's Day Blog Hop! This is a two-day blog hop from Hostess Nicolette. You can start back at the top of the hop at Nicolette's blog Beyond Scrapin'. If you came from Cheryl's blog you are in the right place!   For today I made a Hand Painted Hand Crafted Mini Book[2×2"]. Both the cover and the inside pages were hand painted using watercolor crayons. The flowers on the front were also hand painted using matching...

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Scrappy Challenge #4 | Make Mine a Mini!

Congrats to Raven!! She won the last challenge for using more photos on your pages!! She won a grab bag from CutNPasteMemories.com! The Rules Challenge runs 3rd Friday to 3rd Thursday of Next Month. Create layouts during that time--no linking to old layouts/posts. Link to the blogpost, image gallery or facebook photo of your layout...complete entry form for linkup.  You may enter as many items as you like but only the 1st 4 [1 per...

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Coming to a Blog Near You...Earth Day Blog Hop

This Sunday join me and my favorite hoppers as we explore upcycled projects for Earth Day 2♥12!! See you Sunday!!! The creativity starts HERE!!! ._inlinkzLinkDiv{overflow:hidden; text-align:center;}._inlinkzI{}._inlinkzA{text-align:center;}leslierahye ~hostessMichelle Frae CummingsLinda KittmerSusan BrownSalon D'ArteSMB DesignAlteredPages.comRegena FlorentiAJs Arts and DesignsLyneen JesseEdie CournoyerFabDawn TaylorLove Scrap ReflectGet...

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Weekly Challenge | Sketch

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges we are making projects with a sketch! This sketch is awesome and versatile! I love the little card I made but I also view this as a fun scrapbook page as well! ! I am SO EXCITED about the Delightful Oz Set and Rainbow Papers! I love how this turned out! Thank you for looking!  for this card you need: Digital Stamps: The Oz Value Set &...

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Scrappy Challenge #3 | More Photos!

I apologize for not having this posted up before now! I appreciate my followers being patient with me!! Please spread the word!! The Rules Challenge runs 3rd Friday to 3rd Thursday of Next Month. Create layouts during that time--no linking to old layouts/posts. Link to the blogpost, image gallery or facebook photo of your layout...complete entry form for linkup.  You may enter as many items as you like but only the 1st 4 [1 per week...

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Altered Spring Trinket Box with Altered Pages

Today is my first official post as a proud new member of the Altered Pages Design Team. For my post I created this fun Spring Trinket Box! I love the beautiful collage sheets that you can purchase at alteredpages.com. There are so many to choose from and the flowers and butterflies are my favorite images to depict spring. Hop on over to the Altered Pages blog and find out the products I used and how I created this fun box! I hope you...

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Festive Friday #7 2♥12 | Visits with Santa

The Festive Friday Blog Hop is hosted by Terri Sproul. This bi-monthly blog hop features Holiday cards from many talented card crafters as we get our Christmas cards ready early this year. If you reached this stop from Terri's Blog Terri Sproul , then you are in the right spot--she is also the beginning of the blog! For this card: Stampin Up A Merry Little Christmas Paris Trunk Walnut Ink Stewart Superior India Ink Chalk Staedtler Triplus...

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Challenge #17 | Things with Wings

if you are looking for my weekly challenge post for Delightful Challenges, click here. This term's challenge at Crafty Ribbons Challenge Blog is all about things with wings! How Springy! When I came home this evening, my husband said come with me I wamt to show you something. We went around the side of our house where it's lined with trees and wild flowers and the area was covered with butterflies--hundreds of them! It was awesome! I love this...

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Weekly Challenge | Delightful Stitches

It's time for a new challenge with Digital Delights by Louby Loo! This week at Delightful Challenges we are making projects with stitching--faux or real. I broke out the sewing machine and stitched around my cards! I am SO EXCITED about the Delightful Oz Set and Rainbow Papers! I decided to make inspirational ATCs this week with the Rainbow Digital Papers and the Oz Value set! I hope you enjoy my set of four ATCs! This will not be...

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And the winner is...

I just wanted to take a minute to announce the winner of my gift certificate to cutnpastememories.com from my leslierahye's Hippity Steampunk Easter Blog Hop!! The winner is #33 VIDETTE!!! Congratulations Vidette!! I will get with you on the details of how to redeem you $15 gift certficate from Cut n Paste Memories!! Thank you for you wonderful comment! I hope you join me for more bloggi...

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Ten on Ten Challenge | April 2♥12

This 10th day was a busy day but had moments of beauty and grandeur. I love capturing photos of our spring flowers in my neighborhood and tonight was the first preseason baseball game! Go Cubs! I LOVE this time of year! Ten on Ten Challenge is a challenge that Rebekah runs on her blog A bit of Sunshine. Challenge yourself to take 1 day a month to document your day in photographs. leslierahye--Ten on Ten--April 2012 Thank...

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