SCRAP~TURES BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to Scrap~tures Birthday Celebration blog hop!!
Thanks so much for joining us and we hope that you gain lots of inspiration and continue to hop with us!!

Scrap~tures turned one this month so the theme for this hop is BIRTHDAYS!!!!!

If you just happened by this blog and didn't realize a blog hop was taking
place, please go back to Scrap~tures http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/ and start the Hop. You won't want to miss all the inspiration from our team....... or the chance to win a prize :-)

For my birthday related project is has 2 parts... 1 project and 1 yummy cake recipe

my project is a birthday/anniversary perpetual calendar (using scraptures December card kit which can be found here.... http://scraptures.ca/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=33&products_id=238 )

I love the idea of having all the important dates such as Birthday(s) and Anniversary(s) at a quick glance....
I made this perpetual desk calendar with very little supplies...
1) printable calendar
2) 5x7 clear picture frame
3) 5x7 piece of pattern paper and matching card stock (I used the December Card Kit as it went perfectly with the theme)
4) ribbon
5) Bull Dog Clip (office supply store)

the instructions are super easy, print and cut your perpetual calendar to size cut your pattern paper to fit the frame slide into the frame embellish with a little ribbon, and attached the months with a bull dog clip....this makes it easy to switch out the months....

These are just supplies that I have had on hand... you could use anything to attach your calendar too... Chip Board, make it into a mini album, Clip Board, you could even make a board book out of the calendar if you like....
Here is a picture of the finished calendar.....

And now onto the second part of my post.... what is a Birthday Party with out a yummy yummy Birthday cake or in the case of this post a rainbow cake...

I came across this blog that posted super easy instructions for a beautiful rainbow cake... and it is sooooo yummy.... I have made it and the oooohsss and the awwwssss where so worth it... for detailed instructions check out this blog....http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake

This blog hop will run from today, January 21st – January 23. We will be
drawing for winner February 1st, along with all the other draws.

Follow along in our blog hop! Your next stop is Ellen http://www.elcrafty.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by.... if you like what you see and would like to continue follow my blog... I am offering up a little prize that I will draw for any new followers and current followers that leave a comment...... (a new in package clear stamp set....)

enjoy the rest of the Birthday Blog Hop.....

Laurie.......

Scraptures ~ reveal (a little late)

Ok...so the Scrap~tures reveal is on the 10th...but with busy with work and snow storms I forgot to update my blog....
so this months kit was brought to you by...GLITZ HOOPLA... ohhhh such pretty paper...





it was such a fun paper line to create with.... and I have so many ideas to create with it...

here is my layout "Acceptance" which also ties in with the class One Little Word ~ that I am taking along with 2000+ other people over at Big Picture Classes ...




and here is the card that I created...





To see what the others on the creative team did with this kit and the card kit check out Scrap~tures here........ http://www.scraptures.ca/

Thanks for stopping by... I will be show casing more of what I created with this kit next weekend as it is the on line anniversary crop celebration through Scrap~tures...please join us for a weekend full of fun and creating and of course prizes....

Laurie

January 4th 2011 Scrap~tures Anniversary Challenge

It is my day to post an anniversary challenge over at Scrap~tures.... so in keeping with the theme....Of Anniversary Year Gifts....I chose electrical appliances over Linen....

The Fourth anniversary is celebrated by Linen(silk) or electrical appliances ....

Four is my favourite number ... so I got thinking about what is my favourite appliance is .... and of course it is my Keurig ... it is one of the best inventions in the world ... with a few simple steps ... I have fresh hot coffee, tea, hot chocolate, hot apple cider and of course even ice tea WOW... so I picked a sketch from Creative Scrappers ... not because of the number it is but because there are 4 little pictures and in keeping with the number 4 how could I not ... lol
My Challenge to you is to create a layout with using your favourite appliance and there has to be a spot where there is a collection of 4 photos ...

below is the sketch and my layout ...




head on over to Scrap~tures for this challenge and many others ...
http://www.scraptures.ca/

Laurie . . .

Acceptance

My one little word ... is Acceptance

I am not really sure how Acceptance came to be my word ... but when I first started to think about doing this ... it was the first thing that came to my mind and thought it was a perfect word so you can say that it just came to me or that I have been thinking about acceptance in my life for a while now but what ever the reason it is it does not matter ... so that is that ... my word is Acceptance ...


"One little word can make a big impact on your life" ... and that is so what I am counting on and by taking Ali's Class through Big Picture Classes http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/index.php I am sure I will be able to accomplish this ...


Part of our Album Ali wanted us to include a recent picture of ourselves ... so in keeping with my word I thought what a better photo then one of myself looking at in the mirror ... kind of a different type of Acceptance ... so I took this photo Yesterday ...





You can find more information on Ali Edwards One Little Word here on her blog ...
http://aliedwards.com/2010/12/one-little-word-2011.html

I am so super excited to be able to join Ali and so many others as we take this Journey through this year and investigate our own personal words... I am so inspired on where this one little word will lead me ... in 2011 ...

Laurie
XO

Welcome to a brand new year! Happy Birthday Scraptures...

January 2011 is a special month here at Scrap~tures – we’re one year old! Thanks to your support and participation we’ve had a great first year and want to show our gratitude by celebrating all month long with games, prizes, a blog hop, AVATAR challenges and lots of inspiration and fun!

We have been working hard behind the scenes to provide inspirational challenges, based on “traditional” anniversary gift lists, that will run all month long. For every challenge that you complete (and post in the particular challenge thread AND note in your “birthday book” (master challenge list thread) you can count a candle! Yes, that’s right, for every challenge you complete, you can take the little candle blinkie to put in your siggie line! How fun (and cute) is that?(and that's the answer to "why all the candles?")

AND!! if that isn’t enough, we’re going to have an ANNIVERSARY CROP the weekend of January 21, 22 and 23 so mark your calendars and invite your friends! The crop challenges will start with an early bird challenge (you’ll love it, I guarantee it ;-) ) on Friday at noon and go all weekend long.

The crop will give you many opportunities to gather more candles for your birthday book. Not to worry though, at the end of the month, we’ll give you some time to “catch your breath” and catch up with more candles if you want!!

Why all the candles??? Because, February 1, we will announce our Anniversary Prize Winners! Yes plural!! There will be a grand prize and two runner-up prizes. Denise will be announcing how you can be eligible for the prizes so stay tuned and in the meantime, collect those candles!

Come to the party and be ready to meet some “old” friends of ours who are celebrating with us this month and some of you will be surprised I'm sure by "who" you see....

Questions? Fire away or get out your adhesive and be ready to play the winter blahs away!! Let’s get going! Your first inspirational challenge is already posted in the team member forum! Go for it and let’s see what you’ve got.

Your first January AVATAR challenge is to change up from Christmas to fireworks and other celebratory images! Let's see you get your PARTY ON!! :-)

NOTE: We realize that we’ve used the words ANNIVERSARY and BIRTHDAY inter-changeably, but just know that whatever you call it, it’s all going to be FUN!

****Check out all the fun stuff here... http://www.scraptures.ca/ you have to log in to the forum but it does not take anytime so jump on in and lets get this party started....

Laurie via Scraptures....

Scrapbook & Cards Today Calendar.....

I recently received my shipment from Scrap~tures and in addition to my kit I ordered the Calendar from Scrapbook & Cards today... I am super excited to have an inspirational calendar hung up in my scrapbook room and yes it is hung up...here are the picture to prove it....

so when I am sitting at my computer desk all I have to do is look up and there it is... I used big photo corners to adhere it to my cabinet...and the best part about this calendar is that it has the project 12 date stamped right on the calendar so I wont miss the revel this year...
Also... I have posted a monthly challenge over at Scrap~tures using the sketches from the calendar come over and join in the fun... can't wait to start creating with these great monthly sketches....Ahhhh and December is almost over....
Laurie

Scrap~tures December 2010 kit reveal.....

Oh wow.....like I have said....this has been a crazy few months...but I still have been able to get in a little...and I mean a little scrappin time...and that has helped me cope and manage a few unexpected life turns....I was so excited to have this kit in my hot little hands and I knew right away what I was going to do.... and that was prepare for Christmas 2010 with layouts that all I have to do is insert the photos and my layouts would be done... because unlike Creative Keepsakes Magazine...Christmas 2010 has not happened for us yet....lol...

so with this fabulous kit that Scrap~tures put together...I wont make you wait any more... this kit is.....Making Memories Noel line....and a alot of fun extras....

This is the first layout I created with this kit... My intentions with this layout is to insert a family photo of the 4 of us on Christmas Morning......

This next layout.... I created with the idea of having a picture of each of the boys by the Christmas tree and then a picture of them together....lets hope it works out...

And my third and final layout I used sketch number 132 from Creative Scrappers (check out their blog for more great sketches.... http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/ ) as soon as I saw this sketch I knew that this product line would be perfect for it...and it was...my plan for this layout is to have family photos inserted into them...my older brother and his wife are coming here for Christmas...so it will be exciting to have far away family close for the holidays....and the layout all finished to print the photos and capture the moments....forever...

I still have tons and tons of paper and ideas left...but again life has gotten in the way...Tis the season I am sure...but with the New Year fast approaching I am looking forward to some me time and time to scrapbook again.....YEAH!!! oh look out for the Graphic 24 mini envelope challenge I have almost completed.....the possibilities that this album has is endless... but I do have to say that the Glitter American Crafts paper will go untouched for a little while longer...it is just tooo pretty to cut....

Happy Scrappin and Happy Christmas to everyone and their families... I wish nothing but the best for all of my scrappin buddies and other family and friends for 2011.....

Don't forget to stop by Scrap~tures at http://www.scraptures.ca/ to see what the other members of the creative team and you can also purchase this scrapbooking kit and of course the card kit (it is great too...can't wait to dig my scissors into it...)

Laurie