Scrapbook Blessings Club

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 For some Americans, Memorial Day is just a day off work. A day of picnics, parades, and barbecues. But I do ask that you think about the reason for this day....the reason that so many have seemingly forgotten. Memorial Day is a day to remember the fallen. For so many Americans right now, it's filled with fresh grief. Mothers missing their sons, fathers thinking of daughters they'll never walk down an aisle, children who don't understand why daddies never came home as promised. Take a moment today to remember these families. Tell them that their hero's sacrifice is remembered. For those reading this who have lost a loved one in war. . . please accept my condolences. Our nation is what she is because of people like your dear one, and we owe you a debt of gratitude that is impossible to repay. Please visit Operation Write Home

Fantabulous Cricut  Challenge #12 Shower the Baby:  Create a project that has something to do with a baby shower. Example; invitation, card, gift, baby album etc... I just made 10 invites for a friend at church.  I'm giving her a small diaper shower. This is her third, she has two boys, and we just found out we can Go Pink! Wild Card cart-  diaper pin (The poem) A pack of diapers for lil "ol" me, would really help my mommy to be. So please bring a pack of any size, and you could win a realy great prize.

Getting ready for Memorial Day around here. I found some cute printables from Posh Pixel Design Studio . You have to check out this site!!! Awesome!  Here is a scut2 for the day too! Download HERE Don't forget to head over to the free svg/scut page at the top of the blog.  I have a whole mat of cuts for Memorial Day to download!

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #11 Beautiful Flowers for May: Create a project using at least 3 flowers on your project. I liked this card but something seemed to be missing and then I came across... Jitterbuggin' Challenge , a weekly sketch challenge. So I decided to add to this card!  Here's what I came up with!  It kinda finished it off.

Make it Crafty is giving us a chance to win copics, prima flowers, stamps, lace, rub ons, stickers and much more!!! Entries must be in by midnight 31st May (Australian EST) She has some of the most ingenious crafts!!! Once of My favorites is this one. Her turtle pop up card. All I can say is WOW! The colors are just perfect. I almost can't believe that she actually made this. You can find the link HERE . Fingers crossed here in Ohio, lol!

I'm not one to run out to get the newest thing on the market. Usually, I wait and with this Gypsy, I'm glad I did. Reading the message boards and such, there seemed to be bugs with it and such. But because I waited, bugs have been addressed,  there is a wealth of site with great info and You Tube rocks on how-to videos!!! I am so excited!!! I finally got my Gypsy! The start up was very easy. I had no problems which I am very grateful for!  A great site to check out is Gypsy Tech at the Provocraft message boards.  They have one section "Step by step instructions", it was like my own person tutor.  Now, I'm just waiting for Mr Postman to deliver my Gypsy A to Z dvd! One thing that kinda suprise me when I took it out of the box, was how thin and lightweight it is!  It always looked a little chuncky to me in pictures and on HSN.  Anyway, Me and Gypsy Rose (my pet name for her, lol) are fast becoming great friends!

Challenge #10 Bags, Boxes Bonanza include the color Black: Create a 3-D project using the color black anywhere on your project....  I don't have a lot of cartridges to makes boxes and such, and what I did have, wasn't what I wanted so I decided another route, lol.  Here are the treat bags that I made for my son, Sam's B-Day party.  (It's also my first Gypsy project!!!) Platin, Everyday Paperdolls, Zooballoo, Gypsy Font  Black 4x4 cardstock folded in half over cellophane bag and stapled.  Football, grass and letters all sized with the Gypsy to fit on the black.  I didn't pay attention to the sizes but luckily, I saved the file on the Gypsy so I can make more for later birthdays, just change the football and grass to something else. I also want to thank Angi @ Cokie Pop Paper !  I won the Robotz cart during The Fantabulous Cricut Crawl!

I know from the past that I do better when I set goals so I'm going to do a Memorial Day Challenge for myself. If you want to join along: 1. Copy and paste the following weeks 2. Pick your weigh in day and adjust your dates 3. Grap the button and post on your blog 4. Leave a comment so I can come by and we can support each other! Weigh In Day: Saturday Starting Weight: 320 Challenge Goal: 16lbs (and to exercise a min. of 3x/week ***.) Week 1: April 10- 320 **** Week 2: April 17- 318 ***** Week 3: April 24- 316 *** Week 4: May 1-  311 **** Week 5: May 8-  310 *** Week 6: May 15- 309 *** ( 5 more to go!!!)  Week 7: May 22- 310 ** (+1- that stinks) Week 8: May 29 - 310  (10 lb lost this challenge) This weeks scripture:  Proverbs 3:6, In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Debbie at Passion for Crafts is having an AWESOME!!!!!  Birthday blog candy  giveaway! My goodness, I don't think I have seen one a big as this in a long time! A set of 72 Copic Ciao Markers?!?!? That along makes me giddy, lol. Good Luck!

This post is a day late.  I am sooo sorry.  We are busy cleaning the outside up, laying mulch, paint the fence, etc, for my son's birthday party that I forgot to post.  I did weigh in Saturday morning and then the weekend just flew by.  With no further ado... I know from the past that I do better when I set goals so I'm going to do a Memorial Day Challenge for myself. If you want to join along: 1. Copy and paste the following weeks 2. Pick your weigh in day and adjust your dates 3. Grap the button and post on your blog 4. Leave a comment so I can come by and we can support each other! Weigh In Day: Saturday Starting Weight: 320 Challenge Goal: 16lbs (and to exercise a min. of 3x/week ***.) Week 1: April 10- 320 **** Week 2: April 17- 318 ***** Week 3: April 24- 316 *** Week 4: May 1-  311 **** Week 5: May 8-  310 *** Week 6: May 15- 309 *** ( 5 more to go!!!)  Week 7: May 22 Week 8: May 29 This weeks scripture: Philippians 4:13 For I can do e...

Here is a great NING site to be a part of... Creative Scrapbooking Divas!    You can participate in the forum discussions, groups, challenges, etc and get some great, use ful ideas, inspiration and too much fun!  They are hosting a great online crop coming up in a couple of weeks... PAMPERING DIVAS - ONLINE CROP!!! This event is all about pampering yourselves - Be Good to yourself, you deserve it! June 4-6, 2010

Project with multiple techniques: -  Angi gave detailed instructions on how to make an accordion flower.  For this LO, I did them little different, but they were still folded accordian style. - Brenda challenged us to create a journal box with our Cricut.  I used my cut outs a jornal boxes. Everyone at the crop thought that was a "sweet" idea, lol. - Candace wanted some embossing on a Cricut cut. I used the flower folder and swirl folder. Here is a closer picture... - Lori wanted us to use a die cut negative.  I used the insde of a cut from a frame, sliced off the edge and used it as part of the border piece. - Nana challenged us to use a Gypsy. I don’t have Gypsy, it's on route (my mother's day present).  However, Nana she said that if we didn’t have a Gypsy we could incorporate a swirl into our project.  I chose to use the swirl heart from Hannah Montana Cartridge. - Penny wanted us to use a shadow.  I did that with the cupcake and he...

Jen at Pieces of Me is celebrating 250,000 hits. Can we say WOW? WTG, Jen!!!  To celebrate, Jen is offering some awesome blog candy!!!  Now, I know we have some crafty mamas out there, so hop over to Jen and check out her blog.  Maybe we can get her to 500k, lol!!! She split her "candy" into 5 give-a-ways.  All you have to do is play her five mini photo challenges!. 1-Take A Picture of Something Pink (in your house or work area) Here is a picture of my little girls play table and chairs. 2- Take A Picture of Round (in your house or work area) Here is a picture that I "inherited: from my mom when we bought the house and since I never do laundry (now, don't hate me ladies, lol) I forget it's there. 3- Take A Picture of Something You Ate Today (in your house or work area) Sad to say but fast food was dinner today.  Hubby had to go to his son's B-ball game tonight.  Don't worry though, I had Arby's junior (plain), one potato cake and a di...

Jen at Pieces of Me is celebrating 250,000 hits. Can we say WOW? WTG, Jen!!!  To celebrate, Jen is offering some awesome blog candy!!!  Now, I know we have some crafty mamas out there, so hop over to Jen and check out her blog.  Maybe we can get her to 500k, lol!!! She split her "candy" into 5 give-a-ways.  All you have to do is play her five mini photo challenges!. 1-Take A Picture of Something Pink (in your house or work area) Here is a picture of my little girls play table and chairs. 2- Take A Picture of Round (in your house or work area) Here is a picture that I "inherited: from my mom when we bought the house and since I never do laundry (now, don't hate me ladies, lol) I forget it's there. 3- Take A Picture of Something You Ate Today (in your house or work area) Sad to say but fast food was dinner today.  Hubby had to go to his son's B-ball game tonight.  Don't worry though, I had Arby's junior (plain), one potato cake and a diet pepsi......

8. SAMMYE JO: http://62cards.blogspot.com/ For this project, I used PaperDolls to make my mermaid

6. PENNY: http://lightwhimsy.blogspot.com/ Next crawl project is using shadows... I used the shower on the baby and highchair.