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Welcome to our Hop!

Chic Tags has teamed up with Media Butterflies to bring you a fantastic blog hop today.   There are many, MANY prizes and FREEBIES up for grabs along the way so be sure to visit each blog along the way.  It all ends at the Chic Tags blog, with  one amazing grand prize.  Veronica is so incredibly wonderful, and gracious, and she is extending that in a big way to one lucky hopper this week.  If you have arrived here from Corinne's blog then you're on the right track.  If this is your first stop on our hop, you'll want to go back to the Chic Tags blog to get your line up and follow along.

I have a layout using the recently released Road Trip Tags to share with you today.  The collection is perfect for all the photos I have of our recent trip to Calgary & Banff, Alberta for Spring Break.

I captured this shot while riding the gondola up Sunshine Mountain for the first time.  It's always so peaceful in the gondola.  There are barely any words spoken as everyone is always taking in the awe inspiring beauty of the magnificent snow capped mountains, the tall, full, beautiful spruce trees, and the glorious sunshine streaming all around. 

Despite the breath taking beauty there is a small bit of fear and anxiety as I anticipate the huge, steep hills that both terrify and electrify me at the top.  Journaling reads: I'm always a mix of excitement and anxiety as we go up the gondola.  So much beauty all around - but such big hills await."

To achieve that 3D effect on the Number Tag, I simply fussy cut out the arrow and used 3D foam adhesive to pop it up in the same spot it was cut from.

How about a giveaway?  One lucky winner from my blog will win themselves a package of Chic Tags recently released Birthday Cake collection.

Simply leave me a comment, along with your email address, and I will draw a winner on Thursday at 11:59PM EST.  All winners will be announced on the Social Media Butterflies blog on Friday, May 3rd.  Good luck!

Your next stop along our hop is Ellie.  Thanks for stopping by today, and playing along with us. Remember there are several prizes, and freebies along the hop, so be sure to stop at every blog along the way.  Happy Hopping friends!

Tags Used:

Road Trip Icons

Road Trip File ATCs

Road Trip Note Clips

Road Trip Number Tags

Road Trip Cards

Road Trip Snip'em Tags

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Winners

Hooray for the weekend!

It's an even sweeter one for a couple of my blog readers today.  I have two winners to post.

First up is the winner of my rak for the Let's Get Sketchy blog hop.  Receiving a bundle of hand selected flair is...

Congratulations Lisa!  

I will get your goodies in the mail to you as soon as we connect.  And a big thank you once again to Andrea Gomoll of Cre8tive Cre8tions for donating some of her fabulous flair especially for this event.

Second is my winner for the Creating With Sketches Vol 2 giveaway.  Receiving their very own copy of the newly released digital book is...

Congratulations Kelly!  

I will be sending your email address to Kristine today, and she will get your copy out to you asap.  Thank you once again to Kristine for the generous prize.

And a big thanks again to YOU, and everyone who takes the time to stop by my home on the web, especially those who leave behind a comment.  I love this hobby, and have been blessed to work with some really great people, and teams over the past few years.  It is a real pleasure to share that with all of you.

I'll leave you with a layout I created last week just for fun with the awesome new DYI collection by Create Paper.  

The photo is one of Eden and I taken under the mirrored ceiling outside of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.  I had the opportunity to join her class on a field trip a couple of weeks ago.  I loved watching her love of learning and creativity come alive as we toured the Inuit exhibit, and created screen prints in the Art Studio later.

Detail shots:

Thanks for stopping by today friends, and especially to those who take a moment to comment.  Your encouragement and friendship across the miles means so much to be.  Be blessed today!

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Kiwi Lane Designs Blog Hop

Good morning friends, and welcome to my first ever Kiwi Lane Designs blog hop.

If you've arrived here from Kristy's blog, then you're on the right track.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, and want to get in on the fun, then I suggest you maximize your daily does of scrapbooking inspiration and start here, at the Kiwi Lane blog.

As a scrapper who likes to use a lot of bits and pieces, and add a lot of dimension to my layouts I was unsure if Kiwi Lane Designer templates would be for me.  When I received my package of goodies, however, I knew these little gems would be easy to assimilate into my scrapbooking.

I worked with the Tiny Accent package for this hop.

I chose the star template to take centre stage on my layout.  I really wanted to give it a work out and chose to create my own patterned paper by tracing and cutting out the shape all over the bottom half of the page, and backing the holes with co-ordinating patterned papers.

This is what I ended up with.

I love masking, and decided to give you a peek of what it would look like if I used the template to do that too.  I decided to keep my template clean (you'll see why later), so I traced out some shapes on scrap paper, and used them instead.

Here is what the masking looked like after adding the alphabet title.

Once I had everything all together I decided that the stars needed just a tad more definition.  To achieve the look I was after, I used my sewing machine to stitch around each star with dark grey thread.

My completed layout. Featuring our family Poodle Wilson, two of the Tiny Accent shapes, My Mind's Eye papers, and a variety of embellishments from my stash.

Here is your complete hop line up

Kiwi Lane 

Cathryn Hanson

Staci Jones

Rebecca Keppel

Melissa Dehne

Jessica Arrant

Charissa Miller

Sherri Thompson

Kristy MacKeen

Sherri Funk <--- You are here

Roselyn Riley

Lisa Anderson

Leslie Prinkki

Visiting, and commenting on each blog will leave you with loads of inspiration.  These ladies really knocked it out of the park for you this hop.  You may also find some great give aways along the way, and one lucky participant among all the blogs will win a $25 gift certificate to the Kiwi Lane store.  I also have a little something to offer one of my lucky readers today.  You could win yourself your very own Tiny Accessories set.  Simple become my newest follower, and leave a comment here telling me you've done so, and this great little set could be on it's way to you very soon.  In the spirit of "the month of love" I'll even throw in some brand new Chic Tags goodness for you.  The fabulous Love Notes collection boasts some super cute tags for all your Valentine's Day scrapbook needs.
You have until Sunday at 11:59 MST to leave your comments and be entered into the draw here and on the Kiwi Lane Designs blog.  The Kiwi Lane winner will be announced on their blog on Wednesday.  My winner will be announced right here on my blog the same day.  Good luck!

Thanks for hopping with me today.  Your next stop will be Roselyn.

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Chic Tags Winners

I have a couple of winners to announce today for last weekend's Chic Tags Blog Hop.

I used Random.org to help me select a winner.

Congratulations.  Please email me @ sherrifunkATgmailDOTcom with your mailing address so I can get it to Veronica, who will get your December Daily kit in the mail to you asap.

And here is the little grab bag I have to offer to one of you who were existing, or became a brand new follower of my blog.

25 Days Arrows, Spring Doilies, Photo Circles, and Journaling Tags

Once again Random Generator helped me choose a winner.

 

Congratulations Danielle!  Just send your snail mail address to the email I've provided above, and I'll get your goodies in the mail as soon as I hear from you.

Thank you once again everyone for hopping along with us at Chic Tags, and following along with me on this bloggy journey I call life!

Have a wonderful day!

♥ S.

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WINNER, WINNER, WINNER

Thank you to all of you who joined me on the Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop last week.  And a special thank you to my new followers.

Because those who became new followers and linked me up on any form of social media had more than on entry into the draw for my Sn@p rak, I had to do the draw old school style. 

Here are all your names in a bowl (everyone who commented was put into the draw at least once)

And here is the lucky winner as blindly selected by my youngest daughter Eden (can you see how happy she is to have been included in this little activity?!)

Congratulations you have won yourself these fabulous new Simple Stories Sn@p stickers. 

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!  You will have 7 days to contact me to claim your prize. Please email me at sherrifunkATgmailDOTcom, with your full name and snail mail address.  If I do not hear from you by Sunday November,25 I will redraw and post the new winner the following Monday.

Thank you all for playing along.  Be sure to check the Let's Get Sketchy Blog to see if you were also the winner of the Grand Prize, and/or Brenshevia's Grab Bag that was also up for grabs.

Check back here tomorrow for a new sketch challenge!

Happy Sunday friends,
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Chic Tags Blog Hop

Welcome to my very fist Chic Tags blog hop!  We are celebrating the arrival of all the new Christmas goodies in the shop, as well, as the addition of several Design Team members, yours truly included. If you've arrived here from Janna's blog  you are in the right place.  If you'd like to do the hop in order I would suggest heading back to the Chic Tags blog and letting our sweet Team Leader Veronica welcome you.

I will keep this short and sweet, as there are a few of us on the hop, and I don't want to hold you up.  I used several of the new tags to layer and embellish a page of my girls, and my hubby & me from last Christmas. 

25 Days Mini Tags, 25 Days Stamp Numbers, Crate Paper buttons

Delightful Paper Tags, 25 Days Mini Tags, 25 Days Journaling Cards

25 Days Jouranling Tags, 25 Days Journaling Cards, 25 Days Icons

lots of layering, and dimension on this layout

I love taking photos in front of the tree on Christmas morning, it's always a great reference point when looking back to really see how much the girls have grown and changed from year to year.  Journaling reads: "Of all the gifts given and received on Christmas morning.  None are as precious as this.  Our little family of five."

Now for Veronica's wonderful prize.  You have a chance to win one of these December Daily Kits along with some fabulous new, hot off the press Christmas themed flair buttons.

Not only do I have a set to give away, but each of the Design Team members will be giving away a set also.  That's 12 chances to win folks.  The giveaway is open to readers worldwide.  But you only have until Sunday, November 18th at 8 pm PST to leave a comment, and enter for your chance at making these babies yours.  I will sweeten the deal for you here on my blog by giving away my own little assortment of Chic Tag goodness.  All you need to do to get in on the extra grab bag is become a follower, and leave me a comment telling me you've done so.

Also because Veronica wants to bless as many readers as possible through this hop, she is offering all my readers 25% off everything in the store until the end of the hop.  Simply use code:DEC25 at check out.  This code will expire the same time as the hop Sunday, November 18th at 8 pm PST.  Run, don't walk, to take advantage of this code asap.

Thanks for popping in today.  Your next stop on the hop is my scrappy friend Jennie.  I just know she's going to have something great in store for you!

♥ S.

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LGS Blog Hop

Welcome to the very first Let’s Get Sketchy blog hop!! We at Let's Get Sketchy are so very excited about our first blog hop!

If you have arrived here from Michelle's blog welcome to the LGS blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Let’s Get Sketchy site to start at the beginning and to start collecting your Fall challenge words. These words should be bolded on each DT member’s pages.  Once you have gathered all the words they will form a quote related to Fall. Tell us that quote by emailing it to letsgetsketchy@gmail.com for an extra rak of scrap goodies!

Fall is such a beautiful time of the year, its when the leaves start changing colors and everything around us is beautiful.  It is also the season of Thanksgiving, which reminds us to take a moment to reflect on all the things we are most thankful for.

So in celebration of Fall we are hosting a Fall Color Combo challenge.  You are to use the colors below and create ANY project related to Fall.  It can be a layout, card, mixed media project or altered item.  The sky is the limit!  Once your project is completed, please return to LGS an upload your project using Mr. Linky.

Please use the color combo below:

You MUST use all of the colors in the picture (light blue, autumn red, yellow, brown, green)

Here is my little piece of Fall Inspiration to share with you using all the colours above.  Simple Stories Harvest Lane with the perfect collection to work with for this colour challenge, no birds or butterflies, but still super cute.  Not only did the colours match perfectly, but the simple design I chose took me a mere 15 minutes to create from start to finish. 

This layout was made using the scraps I had left from working with this line for some layouts I created for my LSS.  Proof that you don't need mountains of paper to create lovely pages.

Here are the rules for playing and winning:
1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog
2. You MUST also be a follower of the LGS blog.
Please make sure you visit the entire team today as some members are hosting additional blog challenges during the hop and offering their own extra goodies for you so the more you play the more chances for you to win!

The winner of the hop will be randomly selected and will win the beautiful Prima collection below. 

**NB:embellishments may vary

All blog hop entries must be linked up to the LGS blog by midnight CST, Thursday November 15, 2012.   

As a bonus for my blog readers (anywhere in the world) I have a little rak of my own to offer.  The fabulous new Sn@p Collection by Simple Stories is bursting with colour, and fun fresh designs for any level of scrapper/card maker.  I managed to snag a package of sticker sheets from my LSS before they were all gone, to give away right here on my blog. 

There are 8 sheets in total

Here are a few ways for you to get in on this giveaway.

1. become a follower of my blog, thank you in advance for doing so :)
2. share about my giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.  Each method used will earn you an extra ticket into the drawing
3. linking up a Fall themed project to the LGS blog by the deadline will earn you yet another ticket.

That's up to five chances to win!  Just leave me a link for each time you've shared and I'll throw your name into the proverbial hat.  You have until November 15th at midnight CST to enter.  I will post the winner of my rak, right here on my blog on Saturday November 17.  Good luck to each of you!

Now hop on over to our fearless leader Brenshevia's blog to see what kind of inspiration she has in store for you!

Happy Hopping friends!

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Winner, winner chicken dinner

A quick post to announce the winner of my RAK from the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog hop.  I used Random Generator to help me choose a winner among the 22 comments left on my post.

Congratulations Faith Hope Cherrytea, all this and a few extra goodies I am going to throw in, will be on it's way to you soon.

I will send you an email requesting your snail mail.  You will have the weekend to get back to me.  If I don't hear from you I will draw another winner.

I'll be back tomorrow with a few shares for World Card Making Day.

Have a wonderful weekend friends!

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LCTS Reveal

Let's Capture These Sketches sketch #151 boasts patterns, blocks, and flourishes.  Here is what Kimberly created for us to play with this week.

For whatever reason, this gorgeous sketch was giving me a hard time.  I just couldn't seem  to get it to translate onto paper the way the sketch intended.  Has that ever happened to you?  I began by flipping the sketch to suit the photos that I wanted to scrap.  I think perhaps that's where my dissatisfaction came.  I was stuck on what photos I wanted to scrap, and couldn't quite make them work as well with the sketch as I would have liked.  But, still I forged ahead, and came out with a layout that to document the moment in a way that is fun, and playful, and has my fingerprints all over it. 

Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer collection

Can you see the sketch in there?  It's flipped on it's side, and mirror imaged.  I encourage you to hop over to the Let's Capture These Sketches blog to see what the rest of the DT created, there are some really great takes to be seen.

And don't  forget about the blog up happening this weekend over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  You have the remainder of the weekend to get it on the fun, and qualify for some great prizes.  You can see what I have up for grabs here.  Have fun, and happy hopping.  You can see my layout and rak here.

Be blessed this weekend!

♥ S.



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You're Invited

We have some new additions to our design team, and we'd love for you to pop over to the SEM blog and say hello.  You'll get a peek at their style, learn a little more about them, and find out more about this....

You can see the introduction to the new ladies joining the team here.

Speaking of prizes I will be offering up a little something for one of my lucky readers also.  You'll have to come back on Friday to see what goodies I have set aside for you.  You'll also see a new project I created especially for the event.

Hope to see you on Friday!


 



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I've Got A Winner

Happy Friday friends,

The Scrapping Everyday Miracles Facebook Group and blog were hopping this past weekend in celebration of our 1 year birthday party.  A lot of fun was had by everyone, lots of chit-chat, lots of challenges, and lots, and lots of prizes to be won.  We had a ton of winners.  You can see the complete list on the SEM blog here.   A huge congratulations to all  the winners.

I was giving away a RAK also.  Mine is a $10 gift certificate to Two Peas for a little scrap therapy.  I used Random Number Generator to help me choose a winner.

The winner of that little shopping spree is......

Congrats my girl.  Contact me here: sherrifunk@gmail.com and we'll get you and Two Peas hooked up.

I'm on Day One of Five of single parenting today, and off to a running start.  First up a walk with my girlfriend to start off the day (as long as it's not raining).  Then home to shower and change.  Then off to the school to help out in Eden's class.  After getting the girls all set up with supper, I'm off to a crop - yay.  I'm both nervous and excited about this crop.  My sweet friend Tara who usually is my side kick, won't be there this time  (insert sad face).  But...my new friend Nic will be there, along with some of her scrappy friends.  I'm stoked to be hanging out with her for the first time, but nervous about being the 'third wheel' in her group of friends. I'm sure it will be fun, but you know what I mean right?!  Saturday, I work, and then things settle down a bit for Sunday.  What about you, what's on the schedule for this weekend?

I'll leave you with a layout I completed at last month's crop.    

Using the Graceful line by Echo Park, that was featured in the last My Scrapbook Nook Kit

It's a little difficult to tell, but I misted the cardstock background by using a die cut paper from Studio Calico and some white Mr. Huey's.  I love how it turned out.  The photo is of Eden the morning after we had been at Dance Competition for 12.5 hours straight.  She was spent.  Both the girls were, so we let them sleep in, and took them to school after lunch.  Eden had asked to sleep in my bed, so I was able to get this sleepy shot of her first thing in the morning.

If you're looking for some scrappy deals, I highly suggest you go and check out the sales over at Let's Capture our Memories.  Tanya is throwing a really great birthday bash, lots of sales, and once again a bunch of prizes up for grabs.  Sales are here, and challenges can be found on the FB page here.

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