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I just wanted to share with you guys this Halloween birthday card I made this week. I used patterned papers from my stash from a fall stack I think from DCWV. The 3D stickers I used to embellish it have been in my stash from this time last year & were leftover RAKs from a challenge I was hosting. I love how the black & white doodling looks & it gives the letters a great finishing touch.

50 Cards in 50 Days

So I wanted to share with you guys how the challenge is coming along & please do feel free to stop on by & play too. http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1544451

Well we are onto day 4 of 50 & the participants are turning out some beautiful cards using the chosen sketches for inspiration. Here are my cards I hope you like them as much as I do.

DAY 2/50

DAY 3/50

DAY 4/50

Scrapbooking or Card Making?

I'm curious what others prefer I haven't scraped for months apart from the last few projects posted here which were done one weekend in August. My mojo never left I just can't seem to make time for these things. I decided to ease my self back in gently when a friend asked me if I could make a birthday card for her sister. I ended up getting carried away & making a card & my first ever chipboard album. I will share those with you guys later in the week. Now I have found my USB cable I can finally upload & share with you what I have been working on.

So it turns out I quite enjoy a spot of card making & I can accomplish more in a smaller space of time & have decided to squeeze in a card a day from now until the end of November which will result in 50 cards in 50 days. To help keep me motivated I have started this as a sketch based challenge over at Scrapbook.com & hope the fabulous ladies there can keep me going the theme of my cards will be Christmas because I haven't even started this years batch & my card list just keeps on growing.

So here is what I accomplished today.

DAY 1/50

Also I had a couple of card requests from a friend, so I managed to get those finished too. Here they are just for sharing.

Sketchy Thursdays ~ Now Looking For Etsy Sponsors

I saw this over at the Sketchy Thursday blog & thought i'd post in here too. I know some of my followers do have Etsy stores.

Beginning Sept. 9., Sketchy Thursdays wants to help you show off YOUR Etsy shop! Do you have a crafty store? Do you know someone who does?We're looking to help promote Etsy sellers with a month of Etsy prizes!! Each Etsy shop sponsor will get this badge for their blog. If you're interested in being a part of our Etsy sponsorship month, send an e-mail to dianadesigns [at] rochester.rr.com with a link to your Etsy shop, a short bio about you/your shop, and the prize you'd like to offer up for Sketchy Thursday players.

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Just For Sharing.

After finally delving back into my scrap goodies I have had a fairly productive weekend. Again using patterned papers & co-ordinating embellishments from my June kit, here are another couple of pages for sharing.

Just a couple of the many pictures I took on days out over the last easter holidays. I have more I want to scrap of the boys which time permitting might get my attention before the weeks out.

Sarah's Cards July Sketch Challenge.

After a 2 month break from all things scrap related I saw this sketch over on the Sarah's Cards blog. {http://sarahscardsltd.blogspot.com/} It inspired me to get back to my scrap table & unpack my things.

Inspired by the monthly progressive challenge over at scrapbook.com I knew this sketch was perfect. I have talked about the progressive challenge before, it is one of my favourites. A group of friends & I get together at the end of each month to play. It is a fast paced way to finish a page a little like a game of Simon Says.

These photos of my youngest son were taken at the Portsmouth Big Picnic on bank holiday monday. We had so much fun with so much to do & learn all about getting outside & enjoying the benefits of exercise & healthy eating. In these pictures Noa is attempting to hula hoop. The hoops & demonstrations were provided by HappyHula Monkeys.com hence the title of my page. Did you know you can burn 100 calories in 10mins with a hula hoop?! I didn't until I met these guys. I now have my very own HappyHulaMonkey Hoop to use at home which I love. It is so much fun & takes a little time to get the hang of but practise makes perfect.

I made this page using my June kit from Sarah'scardsltd.com I just love this line of papers & all of the co-ordinating embellishments. I have lots of photos to scrap & these papers are perfect. They can be used for both masculine & feminine pages too.

Patterned Papers ~ Pebbles Treehouse Collection

Alphas ~ Bella Boulevard

Alpha Brads ~ The £ Shop

Cardstock ~ American Crafts

Die Cut Swirl ~ Bazzill

Stickers ~ Pebbles

Feeling Groovy?!

June is upon us & that means the start of new challenges across the forums, blogs, etc.... So I just wanted to share a couple of things with you friends.

The 1st of June brought us this beautiful sketch from Karan over at http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/

Also for those of you who like a challenge, Groovy Deborah from http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com challenged us to have some photo booth fun. This is what I came up with. Here are my 2 boys doing thier thing in the photobooth. (Not sure why my picture looks blue gotta work on those camera skills.)

When trying to get a nice happy photo from my boys, my oldest was reading the instructions on the screen. I told him to smile to which he replied "It says on the screen don't smile!" He is a stickler for following rules & it was hard for him to ignore this instruction. Although I did explain that those instruction were for people taking official photos for passports & drivers licenses.