Scrapbook Place Leap Day Blog Hop~Welcome!

Leap Day happens only once every FOUR years and, to celebrate this rare day, Your Scrapbook Place is having a BLOG HOP today!!  Our Theme is CHOCOLATE-White, Dark, Milk, Covering fruit, taking a bath in it--well, maybe not the bath part, but what a great theme to inspire your crafty sweet tooth!  I made a Triangle Tri-Fold card with my favorite swirl paper that reminds me of rich Chocolate and the Raspberry ribbon makes me think of the luscious fillings. It has cut out, crystal embossed pieces inserted under the front double matted hot cocoa image. The 2nd picture shows it untied and opening and the 3rd reveals the middle layer with another sentiment.  The final picture shows the card opened completely.
 I hope that you like this new card style and will leave a little love with your comments.  If you will notice on the right of my blog, there's a picture showing my BLOG CANDY which will be given out randomly using Mr. Random for those that choose to leave comments--There are 10 HMBM ATC cards with various themes that I will mail to the random winners after the Hop is over.  Please contact me within a week of me posting your name as a winner.
If you're hopping here from Karissa's blog, you're on the right path.  If not, start HERE so you don't miss out on any fun!  In order to get a chance for some SBP Blog candy , follow the Scrapbook Place Challenge Blog and leave a comment at every stop on the hop.
Next stop is Holley's Blog...Don't forget to leave some love before you hop away!

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Sweet Stop Sketch #SSS147 Challenge

I think I've had the Most fun working on this card!! First I started with the Sketch Challenge from Sweet Stop, Worked in the requirements for the Desert Island #25 Challenge featuring a "boy" and added Lots of Embellishments. I used the papers from Got Moxie Sweet ride, The Digi Image is from a wonderful new site for me, Darcys Diaries and I colored it with Copics..I've already been a good customer!  I tied the eclectic group of colored buttons with baker's twine in various colors and unraveled the ends.  Adding Monograms (I love them) and some stars for Bling, I think it sent a messsage:  U R A good friend.  The inside has a liner of the doublesided paper with an insert to write your own sentiments on.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop #SSS147-->use sketch Top 3 Winner

Desert Islands Crafts #25-->Recipe1,2,3,4,7,8

Patterned paper, stars,green,sparkle,twine,stitching

Sassy Cheryl Alger Blog-whatever you're working onWinner of Show me Thursday Challenge
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Masculine Featured Winner
Willow Sketchie Challenge-anything goes

Hope you all enjoy my efforts!

*B*L*I*N*G* Challenge

Well over at Dustin Pike http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/, they are looking for some *BLING* so that's what I'm giving them!  In honor of St. Pat's day coming up in March and using their Crazy Dragon Leprechaun, I've cut a Rainbow out of several pieces of glitter cardstock, grounded him with grass paper and them embellished the digi image, colored with Copic markers, with metallic paint on the gold coins.  He's all decked out with glittered Shamrock accents and a satin bow that says The Luck of the Irish.  Inside, I framed with Green glitter cardstock the sentiment also from Dustin Pike that says "You're My Pot of Gold".  Something new with DP challenges now is that with your entry you will get an advance free digi that hasn't yet been released just for playing along.  I love his images for kids of all ages! You'll have to join in the Fun!
I'm also entering this creation in the Desert Island Blog challenge, using the required item of (2) patterned papers (sky has white cloud puffs, grass has got sprigs of grass on it), the color Green, and Bling-which I have loads of! They are a great site for challenges-check them out! http://desertislandcraftschallenge.blogspot.com/

Leap Day Blog Hop--My Blog Candy

Here at SBP we're getting ready for a Super Duper Blog Hop starting on Leap Year Day, February 29th.  I thought it would be a good time to offer up some Blog Candy given for leaving comments when you visit my "Home away from Home" ...It just so happens that on ScrapBook Place's Blog http://yourscrapbookplace.blogspot.com/ , the DT has been working on the challenge of making ATC cards this month.  I think mine would make good "candy for the eye" and will be giving them away using the random no. generator.  Here's a look at a few of them~make sure you all come back and play along with us!

Always Time for Challenges...

Well, you would think that but sometimes life just gets in the way!  Please take a look at my latest 6x6 card that I will be entering in 4 challenges:

• Squiggle Fly  http://squigglefly.blogspot.com/, 
• Willow Sketchie (my first one there)  http://willowsketchiechallenge.blogspot.com/ 
• Just Us Girls at  http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/
• Ladybug Crafts Ink  http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 

Willow Sketch Challenge

 This sketch worked well for all of them~Squiggle Fly was thinking Spring this week with the use of YELLOW so I used a FUN FUN FUN Watering Can image from Cheryl Alger

• Gals you need to check out Willow Sketchie-great images but you don't have to use specific ones AND this sketch sure made my card making easy!!!
• On the JUGS blog, the only requirement was to use the colors teal, pink, yellow, and green--That just screams Spring right?
• And this great new site for me Ladybug Crafts has the requirement that it be spring colors, images etc.  With a name like that it's got to be alll goood

Some added features I tried on this was grunging up the mat with a small fingernail file and adding button loops under the accent buttons.

Trying to be smarter!

I don't know how you ladies keep the challenges straight in your mind but, I'm going to try from now on to make my entries for multiple blog blog sites.  I know, novel idea right?  This cute digi card is from Squiggle Fly where they are currently having a Heart Challenge http://squigglefly.blogspot.com/.  This stamp is call My Main Squeeze and I adore her! I even glazed her shoes so that they looked like patent leather!  Love the Spring colors-I'm so sick of Winter~ The inside of the card has a spring green liner with little daisies on it and a sentiment that says "I think I got my present!"  I'm also entering it in Celebrate the Occasion http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/ and Sundays with Crissy http://sundayswithcrissy.blogspot.com/ Wish me luck and check out these great blogs..I found them by following other peoples' entries in challenges~neat.  I was also able to add Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge also as they are a once a month challenge spot-http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-21-celebrations.html

Dustin Pike's new challenge

I love the newest challenge at Dustin Pike-to use some of the yummiest colors.  I chose Brown, Pink and white as the accent.  This little monkey from Dustin Pike floating away with his heart balloon just melts MY heart!  He and the balloon are shaded with copics and elevated with pop dots. The paper from Doodlebug Designs with all those neat swirls works great for when you need rich colors-would even look great with masculine cards!  I used various sized flossed buttons, a flourish from a favorite seller on Etsy and trimmed it with brown and pink heart ribbon from Hobby Lobby. The stamped image on the corner was filled in with pink copics!  Love what you do and Do what you love!  Thanks for looking~ http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/