Fireworks!

My layout for this week is all about fireworks!  As I thought throughout the week about what I wanted to create for my Week 2 layout for the 52 Week Challenge, I came across an e-mail from Soul Scrappers about a new Around the World challenge.  One of the inspiration photos in the ATW challenge for this month is of fireworks in the Sydney, Australia harbor.  I knew I had the PERFECT photos!

All three papers on this layout are from the We R Memory Keepers Yankee Doodle line, and they're my last ones!!!  I've absolutely loved this line, and the layouts I've created with it are some of my favorites.

This is my Week 2 layout for the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's 52 Week Challenge, and it also qualifies for the "One Word" January Challenge in the same group.  It's being entered at Soul Scrappers (Around the World challenge), Red Carpet Studio (Anything Goes Layout Challenge), and I followed Sketch #98 from Sketches In Thyme and am entering the layout over there as well.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!  Happy scrapping!

What's Your Dream?

Happy New Year, everyone!!!  I hope the new year is being good to you, and I hope this year is the best year yet for you.  If you follow my blog regularly, you will remember that we moved back to my hometown in June of last year and went through house-hunting and moving into our new home.  I was lucky enough for there to be an extra room upstairs for my craft room!  I finally got around to straightening the room up and organizing things over Christmas break, so now I be crafty again.

I'm participating in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's 52 Week Layout Challenge again this year.  I started this the past two years, but I haven't made it past halfway either year.  Obviously, my goal for this year is to make it to the end!  Our first week of the 2013 challenge was the week of December 29-January 4, and it felt SO GOOD to be back in my craft room to create this layout:

This is the first thing I've made in my new craft room, and I think it turned out GREAT!  I found this sketch (saved on my computer) to follow:

This was sketch 203 from Scrapbook Challenges.  Unfortunately, there is a problem with their blog right now, so I can't link to it.

This layout qualifies for the Four Photo challenge in January's Scrappin' Challenge at Scrappin' 'n' Chattin', and I'm also entering it at Scrap It Girl, as it qualifies for the bling challenge.

I hope you've been able to get in your craft room in the new year!  Happy scrapping, everyone!!!

  

Another FABULOUS giveaway!!

Check out this AWESOME giveaway from Northridge Publishing this week!  All you have to do is leave a comment, and they'll draw a winner next week.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

CreativeKuts2 300 Follower giveaway

Here's another AWESOME giveaway I came across today:

This one is at CreativeKuts2 and is a 300 Follower giveaway.  Hope on over there and check them out!  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Creations LaDiva blog candy!

As I was surfing through some blogs today, I came across this AWESOME blog candy from Creations LaDiva!

There are three ways to get your name in the pot to win and four different prizes available!  Good luck everyone, and happy scrapping!

Christmas Card Swap blog candy winner!

My apologies for taking so long to post the winner of my blog candy from the Christmas Card Swap blog hop!  After using random.org, the winner is SANDI!!!!!  Congratulations!  Please contact me no later Friday, December 28, or I will choose another winner.  Thanks to everyone who hopped along!

Christmas Card Swap Blog Hop

     The best way to brighten a person's day is to send them a card, and the holidays give everyone the perfect excuse to do that.  When you add talent to the mix, you have the perfect handmade holiday card to brighten any day.
     That is what this hop is about!  We have gathered some of the most talented card makers around to bring holiday joy to each other while showing off their talents.  Some of the crafters know each other, while others have met for the first time in the Christmas Card Swap group.  Today some of these wonderful ladies will be showing the cards they made.  We hope you will join us to see how talented these crafters are and to get inspiration and ideas for your own holiday cards.
     Please begin your hopping at Lorby's World, for she has a drawing with some special holiday bling and string to give one lucky winner.  All the details on how to get qualified are on her blog.  I'm also giving away some blog candy!  You'll find all the details at the bottom of this post.  Now, on with the cards and holiday cheer!
     Instead of making the same card for everyone in my group, I decided to send each lady a different card.  Last year (2011), my Yahoo scrap group Scrappin' -n- Chattin' had a Christmas in July card challenge.  I went straight to that stash for this hop and sent out these cards:

     Thank you for hopping through today!  Your next stop is Dana, but before you head over to her, you need to check out my blog candy!  I'll be giving away a Christmas stamp set of your choice from The {Stamps} of Life.  I'm a club member over there and absolutely LOVE their stamps!!!  I would love it if you became a new follower, as I'm trying to increase my followers so I can have another giveaway, and you also need to leave a comment below.  That's it!  I'll draw a winner on Monday evening and will post at that time, so please be sure to leave a way to contact you.  Thanks for stopping by, and happy scrapping!