Turtle Soup Blog Hop - 4/3

Welcome to the Turtle Soup DT Spring Blog Hop. FRIDAY APRIL 3RD START TO THURSDAY APRIL 9 END

Lots of spring inspiration, some individual blog prizes and the overall main random blog hop prize.

Visit all the blogs over the course of a week ending Thursday April 9th 11:59 pm EST and leave a comment. Finish at the Turtle Soup blog where you'll please follow us and leave a comment for ballot to random draw prize to be announced Friday April 10th. 

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Thanks for stopping by!!! 

Now hop on over to Chris's blog!!

Turtle Soup Magazine - 3/27

The 4th issue of Turtle Soup's e-magazine is out!! There is some great inspiration and tips in it!!! Be sure to stop by and check it out!!!

Stop by here!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Snow Adorable - 3/4

I'm up at the Turtle for Wednesday Stash challenge. It's also Sketch-A-Thon month!

My challenge is to use 4 brads, 4 pattern papers, 4 die cuts, and some glitter paper.

I have been trying to use the leftover piece from last year's kits.

The Sketch:

My page:

This is definitely one of my fav pattern papers I've found!!!

The title was cut using this a silhouette file.

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Snowflake brads and die cut. 

I couldn't find a good silhouette file so I found a google image to trace.

My glitter paper was chevron so I cut strips out for accent pieces

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Dream Pretty - 2/20

It's time for another mini crop at the Turtle. My challenge is Flowers & Chocolates. Everyone gets either chocolates and/or flowers on Valentine's Day. Use flowers and brown somewhere on your project.

My Page:

Hip Kit club with various scraps

Come play along with us!

You & Me Card - 1/15

I have a challenge up at the Turtle today! It's a scraplift challenge. Instead of scraplifting from the gallery, I decided to scraplift from my Pinterest boards. There is tons of inspiration out there, and it is always helpful when we hit a stumbling block.

My Inspiration:

My Card:

I used some of my old Hip Kit club kits. 

I used a few Silhouette cut files.

Stop by and play along!!!

A Brave New Year - 1/8

I have a challenge up at the Turtle this week! Using up your stash is a perfect way to bring in the New Year. I created a fun vinyl art canvas for inspiration for this challenge. I love making these and hanging them in my entry way. 

The challenge is to use 2015, 5 different pattern papers from your stash, and pull out those die cut machines that are collecting dust.  

Come join in the fun at the Turtle!!!

Cupcake - 7/25

So we've been celebrating our 1st Birthday at the forum, but it is also the 10th birthday of the store! I can't believe I've been on this fabulous DT for the last year! So to celebrate today, I am offering a challenge at the forum today!!!

My Page:

Basic Grey RSVP papers and accents

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added some bling and pop-ups

used pink vellum as a photo mat

Pop-ups under the cupcake

Card from Elle's studio July '13 kit

Come play along with all our fun challenges!!

Discover Explore - 6/20

It's Mini Crop time over at the Turtle. I have a challenge up over there. Make sure to stop by and play along. I used some new MME papers I got at the crop.

My Page:

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chipboard pieces I covered in gold paint dabber

Stop by and play along at the Turtle!

Mother's Day - 6/3

Yesterday was reveal day over at the Turtle! It's the team reveal with a few Guest Designers as well. This was a great simple sketch by Bev. I used my new Hip Kit along with Elle's Studio April Kit.

The Sketch:

My Page:

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Star from Elle's Studio

Sequins and paper from Hip Kit Club

Banner from Elle's Studio

Come join us at the Turtle!

Oreo Face (Turtle Blog Hop) - 4/18

 Turtle Puzzle Piece Blog Hop!!!

You got here from Karen's blog. If not you need to start here: http://tracysscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/

Here is our amazing sponsored prize...... You must play along with the puzzle sketch blog hop in the Turtle forum. Sure hope you'll share your finished creation with us.

Since this is a spring blog hop, I needed to do a fun bright page. I don't have too many spring pics since it hasn't been warm enough to do much. It's finally starting to warm up here and getting to be beach weather! 

My Page:

Printshop Thickers, Trendy Twine, Hip Club kit

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gold stickers, sequins, twine, and chipboard stickers

I'm so in love with these Printshop Thickers!

My puzzle piece:

Now hop on over to Debbie's blog for your next piece of the puzzle!!!

Valentine - 2/14

Today marks the start of February's mini crop over at the Turtle. I have a challenge up over there! Be sure to stop by and check out my Scraplift challenge. It's fun and easy. There are also several other challenges and they aren't just about layouts. You can also use cards, ATCs, mixed media, and anything else you would like to create that fits the challenge.

Come play along with us!!!

Super Gub to the Rescue - 2/3

It's the first Monday of the month which means it's reveal day over at the Turtle! It's Sketch Monday and we got to use this fun sketch from Bev! This sketch is so versatile. Yes it has a place for 2 possible pics, but the team has shown different ways to use this fun sketch! Hop on over the message board and check out what the team did!

The Sketch:

My Page:

Come join in on the fun!!!

Decorating the Tree - 1/1

I am up to host a challenge over at the Turtle again!!! This time it was a crash your stash challenge! This is pretty much a recipe challenge. The challenge is to use stuff from your stash to complete a card, layout, or altered project. 

Use 3 different twines

wood veneer or chipboard

3 different pattern papers

4 different color cardstock

Journal card or tag

My Page:

Thanks for stopping by!!!

No Snow Day - 12/20

This weekend is our monthly mini crop over at the Turtle! Since it doesn't snow down here, I have a fun challenge for all the "Snow birds." We get nasty slush if and when it gets cold enough which isn't often.

My challenge is to NOT use snow of any kind on your project. No flakes, no fluffy white stuff, none of it in the pictures or papers or embellies.

My Page:

Simple Stories handmade holiday paper pad

Stickles, trendy twine totally kraft

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trendy Twine and stickles

cut this out of a journal card and added pop-ups

Come play along with us!

Sharing the Magic - 12/10

Well it's day 10 of the 12 days of Christmas over at the Turtle. We are celebrating with tags, cards, ATCs, and more! Well today is my reveal and I have a card for y'all. I do more scrapbooking than anything, but occasionally I will make a card or 2. I made this card for a friend and filled it with scrappy goodies.

My challenge at the Turtle is to use heat embossing on a stamped greeting. I chose to use a holiday neutral since we all have friends that may not celebrate Christmas.

My Card:

Join us in the fun over at the Turtle!!!

Angeline Canvas - 11/9

So a few days ago I posted a page I did for LGS. I loved the page so much that I decided to turn it into an art canvas to hang in her room.

I took a black 12x12 art canvas and started creating a similar background to what I had before. I took my 12x12 Heidi Swapp hexagon mask and began tracing with my silver pen.

I then took some pink metallic paper and punched it with my Creative Memories hexagon punch. The 1 1/4" fit almost perfectly into the hexagons I drew. 

Here is my finished product:

Stop by the Turtle and play along with my challenge! you have all month long!

Frabel Reimagined - 10/8

Yesterday was the first Monday of the month. So over at the Turtle the DT does a reveal! There were some pretty awesome projects for the reveal this month. Bev always manages to come up with some great sketches! I decided to use this sketch for some of my pics our last vacation when we visited with Bev. Frabel does some awesome blown glass sculptures. It was beautiful to see in the garden. Here are some of the ones on display inside a building at the garden. I ended up using a total of 12 pics on this 2 page spread! The great thing about sketches is you can make them your own.

The Sketch:

My Pages:

Hope y'all come play along!

This is Love Inspiration - 9/13

Over at the Scrapping Turtle, I am doing today's Friday Inspiration. I have always loved Winnie the Pooh. There is always a lesson behind the stories along with wonderful quotes from him. This one definitely caught my eye.

Inspiration:

The Sketch:

I also used this week's sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy for my page as well. They definitely help get the inspiration going along with having something to work with.

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Amy Tangerine embroidery stencil

Paper Bakery sequin arrow

Studio Calico Wood veneer shapes and canvas butterflies

White distress paint dabber

Paper Bakery anchor washi tape

Come play along with my challenge!!!

Water Balloon Fight - 7/5

Today's challenge on the Scrapping Turtle is a scraplift challenge hosted by yours truly!!! So I had a hard time picking thru all of the pages in the gallery. There was one that stuck out to me. It's a fun and easy challenge as well! There are 2 options with this challenge as well. So hop on over to the forum and check it out! Come play along as well.

My Page:

EP July 4th Mini Theme Kit

Paper Issues July 4th kit

Close-ups:

Chic tag from Paper Issues

Stickles & Thickers!!! My 2 favorite things!!!

Punchinella and Chic tag.

Sequins from Paper issues

Trendy Twine Totally White

Come join in the fun all month long!!!