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WELCOME TO THE ORANGE BLOG HOP!

~~~~~~~September 4 New!  Christopher picked #45 from a bucket!  And the owner Post #45 and winner is.......Sylvia, Fiskateer #5019! Congratulations! 

Thanks to everyone for al of the great comments!  Hope you had a fun time on the Hop!

WELCOME TO THE FISKARS ORANGE BLOG HOP!!

 
If you've come here from Betsy's blog Aim Happy, you're in the right place.  This is your next stop in THE FISKATEERS ORANGE BLOG HOP where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, are sharing their passion for crafting.

So I thought about making a scrapbook page, or card with some of my Fiskars tools.  And then I remembered what I had done just a short while ago.  My very favorite Fiskars "Apron Lace" border punch made it's way from my Scrapbook Room ......into... my Laundry Room!  Who says the laundry shelves have to be boring.  I punched the patterned paper with the border punch and then backed it with solid card stock. Never one to not be scrapbook-y, the border is actually attached to the shelves with glue dots! Hey, whatever is handy right?  Also used the same border punch on the little tags for the fabric bins. Fiskars cirlce punch for the flower centers too!I love using my scrapbooking/papercrafting tools and supplies for home decor projects. This little border punch, it just says pretty and neat to me and it's a little retro.  Not! Love it!!!

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIVEAWAY

----Okay, well now that you've encountered photos of my Laundry Room, I feel I should do something fun in exchange. Sooooo, comment on this post and you'll have a chance to win. First comment =#1, second =#2 and so on. I'll toss a tag with each number in a bucket and let my "very fair and impartial 7-year-old son" draw one out! The winning commentor will receive a lovely goodie bag from me! I'll wait to do this until Monday at midnight to cover you international girls.  Now, lately I've been all about girly scrapbooking supplies so the goodie bag is sure to be orange-y and pink-y and sparkle-y and flower-y.  It may even have a wand in it to help you perform scrapbooking magic!  The goodies will also arrive in a pretty fabric gift bag I use prizes at my crops. Cool? Great. Leave your comments!

 

Your next stop is Sheena at Sheena's Adventures in Scrapbooking.  Rumor has it she is doing an awesome orange card! If you get lost along the way, here's  is the first blog post on The Fiskateers Blog with a full list of participants.  Happy Hoppin'! 

Oh and if you're not a Fiskateer? You should be. It's a great community sharing lots of ideas tutorials, projects, swaps and fun.  Seriously, check it out!  (whe you're finished hoppin' of course!)

TOMORROW...

tomorrow, we'll start the day tomorrow with a smile,for you! 

 
Yes, I just shamelessly stole that from Mr. Rogers, but tomorrow I will have a smile for you because it's the day of the Fiskateers Orange Blog Hop!  Yeah!  I'll have a project idea and a giveaway!

 

I 've seen the list of Fiskateerr bloggers participating and you are going to have some fun!  Some are doing tutorials, some are doing giveaways and all will be doing something spectacularly orange!   Fiskateers are members of a community sponsored by Fiskars- the makers of our favorite orange-handled scissors and so many more crafting tools.

You don't have to be a Fiskateer to participate in the blog hop, but it's a fun crafting community.check it out.

Also, I will be hosting the South Carolina crop for US of Fiskateers on October 15, in Aiken, SC.  There will be food, fun and a seriously fantastic goodie bag.  Oh, and did I mention it's FREE?????  Check the details here.

See you tomorrow...with a smile!!

Just Create!

Seriously, the date on my last post was in JUNE????  Really.  Wow, there is one for the new resolution list.

I'm so excited to have a new round of classes available - digi-scrapbooking, PhotoshopTMand of course,  traditonal scrapbooking, mini albums and cards.  If you're out there and interested check the website for schedules and class descriptions.

Can I just say how much I love sharing scrapbooking skills with new students?  It is so fantastic to see the light bulb blink as they learn something new.  It's such an honor to help them learn to preserve their own photos and memories. 

Speaking of teaching...Christopher has been asking me to teach him Photoshop. I've been a bit hesitant to because I (of course incorrectly) assumed that at 7 he may not grasp all of the concepts with layering, brushes and such.  WRONG! After explaining just a few basics in what I thought, but was not needed, pretty simple terms, he is now sitting at his computer "creating".  Last time I checked on him he had something like 7 layers of graphics and was very proud to tell me he had just discovered the "Gradient Tool" and "look what it does". I may be a victim of proud mother status, but don't you think this is cool?  At 7, his mind is just a big sponge.  He loves paper scrapbooking too - the more glue the better!  I love that he loves to create...anything.  I love that his mind is free of the "what ifs" and "will that works" - he just does it.  I think this is a good lesson for my own creativity.  To just let it go and do! 

 

Words for the day....

 
Finally (!) cleaning off my scrapbook table just now and these two little die-cut words just happed (really!) to scatter together.  "Happy" and "Delight".  I think I'll make these words for the day today.  It's been a happy day and the ice-cream Christopher and I had for lunch was delightful!  There... I've used them both.  Wishing you a hapy and delightful rest of Monday!