MOMENT

This is my word of the YEAR.

On SOC we choose a word for the year and I choose MOMENT. I choose it because I want to cherish every MOMENT because we never know when the last one will be. Life is not promised to us. We must LIVE, LOVE and LAUGH.

Ice Cream Sundae

This is a digi image on CDAC Progressive Freebie Challenge for this month. What I used was my copics to color an the whipped cream I used Sparkly fluff. The Digital image is provided by Lauretta's Digital Stamps.

Thanks for looking.

Another CDAC Progressive Challenge

This is a card I made using my second digi image from CDAC Progressive.
It is a Bugaboo Digi Stamps. I use my copics to color the image and the paper line is Lost & Found Union Square

Santa Ate too Many Cookie

The CDAC Progressive Challenge is a proactive freebie challenge. This mean as long as you are making and submitting cards you will be able to get the free images. But if you are just joining you have to pay a small fee ($1) to start getting the images. There are some wonderful designers. Go check it out This is a fun way to get and use fabulous images that will be offered during these challenges.

I made this card for my first entry to CDA Progressive Freebie Crafters - Crafters Digital Art Center. The image was a creation of Crafty Ann's. I sprayed the base with some perfect pearl. My paper is from the K& Company Christmas line , I colored with copics and stickles are studio g.

Thanks for looking. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year my blog friends. Hopefully I will be able to keep my blog going this year. I do enjoy go to other blogs and reading their post and seeing the projects made.

My Christmas was very nice DH, baby Yvonne and I went to Church and then we came back home and had a non traditional dinner and opened presents. We had some Louisiana gumbo and crackers. Man was it good.

Moving on to the start of Kwanza, the only thing I did was make a few cards. One design was from a clip art, the insides and back are stamps that I have.

Thank you for looking and leave a message if you choose.

12 Days of Christmas Day Tag #2

This is the second day of the Tim Holtz 12 Days of Christmas. Since I'm at a crop I did not have all my products at hand that Tim used. I improvised with the ribbon and tore some Claudine Hellmuth sticky back canvas and inked with distressed stain.

12 Days of Christmas

Tim Holtz and started again with his 12 Days of Christmas tags. I've been a follower of his tags and just wondered over them. Well this time I plan to take part and try to complete them. Well this one I had most of the items, well almost I did purchase the paper that looks like his snowflake embossing folder.

Well anyway this is what I came up with.

Gratitude Album

The lady with the turkey is ready for Thanksgiving dinner with the family. I used a digi stamp and copics. The sentiment is from a stamp set I found in my stash as I was trying to organize my studio g stamps and unmounted stamps. This is an according fold book that I will put pictures of our family dinner on Thursday.  This is also a fulfilled challenge on SOC Sisters of Color.  Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

An the Winner Is...........

I'm really grateful to everyone that stopped by and a special thanks to those that left a message. All of you are winners but the random pic chose Netta (craftynetta).

This is the blog candy Netta has won. I hope she enjoys it and doesn't have this one.

SOC Anniversary Blog Hop

Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop In honor of Scraps of Color's 7th Anniversary, myself along with some talented papercrafters, have teamed up to honor and celebrate sistahood and the wonderful women in our lives who make us laugh, cry, shout, scream, play, live.  We honor through our creativity and sharing our stories during this blog hop. Each sistah blogger will inspire you with her creativity and will also be offering up some blog candy! What is blog candy you ask?  It's a giveaway!  So sit back and get ready to be inspired with the Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop.  Just start here, check out what I've created, follow the rules for entry and then move on to the next blog hop participant for your chance to win again and again. Be sure to visit each blog between Friday, October 21 and Sunday, October 23 for more inspiration and chances to win.  This hop closes on October 23, 2011 11:59pm est.   Winners will be posted on each blog on or before October 28, 2011. So be sure to check back!  

These are the sisters I have met in my travels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did a layout of my Sisters that I have met in my journey across the US.  It is always a pleasure to met my dear Sistahs.

My layout is from my stash, I started with some craft paper 8 x 8 cut strips of pp with a travel them.  The letters are from the pack of K & Company Que Sera Sera, the flowers are Recollections Boutique fleur, 



So now if you haven't hop all over please do so.
Tiare: http://www.iclassygirl.com
Treva: www.scrappint.blogspot.com
Patricia: www.triciatreasure.blogspot.com
Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com
LaShawnda: http://lashawndawrice.wordpress.com
Margaret: http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com
Tina: http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/
Cyndi: http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/
Teniera: www.giftsgalorebyteniera.wordpress.com
Karen: http://www.in-the-spirit.blogspot.com/ 
Kate: http://www.kateblue.blogspot.com/
Yvonne: http://www.grantinfavors.blogspot.com/  (You are here)

 I have some blog candy that you have a chance of winning so if you are not a follower become one and leave me a comment about your favorite color.


Have scrappy good weekend.

A - Z Blog Tag

A. Age: 58

B. Bed size: Queen -room is not large enough for a King.

C. Chore that you hate: scrubbing the kitchen floor.

D. Dogs: no

E. Essential start to your day: Coffee, coffee, coffee. Maybe something like to eat, not essential.

F. Favorite color: Pink, I like purple also.

G. Gold or Silver: I have them both and love them both.

I. Instruments you play: I took piano lessons and can play chop sticks well.

J. Job title: HWIC (head women in charge) (lifted this title from Vee on Creative Blessing

K. Kids: Seven, 4 sons and 3 daughters

L. Live: East Coast

M. Mother’s name: Mae Belle

N. Nicknames: Von

O. Overnight hospital stays: 1 delivery

P. Pet peeves: people who eat and smack

Q. Quote from a movie: Took a hard hard violent fall, kinda pin-balled down hit a lot of railings, broke a lot of shit. I'm not gonna say i survived I'm gonna say I thrived.- bridesmaids

R. Right or left handed: righty

S. Siblings: one older brother and one older sister (deceased)

U. Underwear: yes

V. Vegetable you hate: I dislike green beans

W. What makes you run late: I try to prevent this but I guess a lack of planning

X. X-Rays you’ve had: teeth, foot,

Y. Yummy food that you make: Cabbage

Z. Zoo animal: elephants, lions

if you have done this tag, I would love to learn more about you too- link me uP!
Leave me a message and your blog.
xo

Feelin a little sick

My Granddaughter going to College was feeling a little under the weather a week ago so I decided to seen her a little pick her up. Something to put a smile on her face.
This image was a digi print from Fine Arts by Robert Jackson. This particular digi is under the tab of Lil folk, the title of this digi is Lil Sick. Digi stamps are easy to store and can be any size you desire.

The design of my card is called and easle card. I got the directions from Splitcoaststampers. There are written directions and a youtube.

I colored my card with chalks and the ribbon is Hug Snug seam binding that I colored with home made glitter spray.

A Stop on West Virginia

Bundle of Joy - Flip Album

This is the 'flip album' I did as a demo for the Stamp Addicts meeting we had on Tuesday. I used Winnie the Pooh as my theme. I like it and my Grand Daughter does too. She will be one in two weeks. How exciting. I think I will give this book to her parents. The flowers are from Recollection, with Prima leaves. Tiger and Pooh and their flowers and bees and dragon fly are from a sticker pack I got from Tuesday Morning. I used my cricut to cut title Pooh & Tiger. If you like leave me a comment. Thanks for stopping by.

A Sales Haul and Stamp Addicts Meet UP

This is a little haul I did today a week before going to the StampScrapArt Tour convention in Winston Salem. I have been trying to save my $$ to have to spend there. But I use a little today. All of what I got was on clearance and I had a coupon for 20% off total sale which included sales items but not clearance items. The items are a Martha Steward Holidays punch - cracks (edge punch)- I have the corner punch; EK Success punch 3/4" square, Scotch removable tape, Hero Arts clear stamps with the meaning of -Create, Simplicity, Kindness, Love and Memories; a ranger applicator and a package of ink blending foam.

In this photo are the ladies of my 'Stamp Addicts'.
I will not give out names for reasons that I will not disclose. Heheheheh! At our meeting the ladies were given directions to making 'The Flip Album'. I think they did a splendid job. The next photos show the finish products close up.

Day After The 4th

Today I've decided that I need to make my blog active again. It's been a minute since I've updated. Well yesterday two of my children decided to have a cookout. They didn't start until after 5pm any way it turned out nice. At around 9 pm we were able to see the fireworks going on down at the battleship. Hope everyone had a great time. I am hosting my stamp Addicts meeting tonight. Tomorrow I will post the results of my teaching.

Eating Kiwi

You should never shop with your grandchildren. My 6 year old -going on 18 granddaughter was with me when I had to go grocery shopping and she just looove kiwi. But she says my mother want buy them. I didn't think she really liked them because she is a picky eater. But much to my surprise she ate more than me. I only fix one at first thinking that I might have to eat it. As we ate she began counting what was left and saying which ones was hers. So funny.