Happy New Year!

well its been a while since I have written or even signed on here. I think its time to become a bit more dedicated! I have been scrapping like crazy and want to upload a few to show. Some came out great.. others well thats what learning is all about. I decided not to do a "New Years resolution" but to change things one thing at a time. Small changes which will lead to big changes. More to come on that.

The first lay out I want to post comes from a challenge that I happened upon and it inspired me...




Welcome to our JANUARY challenge here at Crop Suey!! Hope you had an AWESOME Christmas and Happy Happy Happy New Year so far!

We challenge you to use the following ad to get your inspiration for your scrappy project/layout/card or whatever you choose to do!





Be sure to link your lo up in the comments section on THIS post to be eligible to win the prize from our fabulous sponsor! You have until midnight EST on January 20th to play along!


so here is what I came up with...





This is my niece Sarah and her son and boyfriend.. I thought it came out pretty good so I am getting out of my comfort zone and link it over to her blog!

Hey its a New Year Go and vist her blog!

Colorful Creations "I Get Around " Blog Hop


If you have arrived here from Karen’s blog welcome to the CC blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the Colorful Creations site to start at the beginning of the hop.

Colorful Creations has been created as a place where members can rally together as a crafting community, showcase their crafting talents, share their ideas, learn, and participate in exciting challenges. Our Design Team is here for you - to provide inspiration, to answer questions, or even just chat!!

Hello and welcome. I am Evelyn, one of the Design Team Members of Colorful Creations. I cannot wait to see your creations!

Blog Hop Challenge- The Ad Challenge
You will take the colors from this Ad to make your layout. You must use all the colors!



The winner will be chosen by random drawing and will receive the wonderful blog candy below!



here are 2 example I came up with...








Here are the rules for playing and winning:
1. You MUST be a follower of the Colorful Creations blog and;
2. You MUST also be a registered member at Colorful Creations. You can do that here

All entires must be uploaded to the Colorful Creations gallery, tagged CCBlogHop4 and linked here using Mr Linky by Wednesday, November 10th at 9:00 PM est

We hope that you will take part in all the challenges as well as continue on through the blog hop.
Please make sure you visit the entire team today: If you're joining us mid-hop, be sure to hop all the way around! Remember, you have to participate in each blog challenge to be eligible for the grand prize drawing.
Thank you for joining me on the hop today. Be sure to make your way to the end of the hop where you can be entered to win this Blog Hop Grand Prize Candy:







Entries must be tagged with bloghop4 and uploaded to this blog and the Colorful Creations gallery NLT November 10th 9:00 p.m., est. to be eligible for grand prize drawing.

Use Mr. Linky below to upload your entries.

To be eligible to win the grand prize, you MUST complete all 6 blog challenges. All entries must be tagged and uploaded to the individual blogs and the CC gallery no later than Wednesday, November 10th by 9:00 p.m., EST.
Please tag your entry for this challenge bloghop4

Your next stop is Olga CCBlogHop5 http://olgascrap.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

We are having a Blog Hop at colorful creations! Starts tomorrow at 9am EST... come join us for some fun! And by the way I peeked at the grand prize I am so jealous!

this is the give away over at Feline Playful for 200 followers! The link there is:

http://felineplayful.blogspot.com/2010/09/200-followers-blog-candy.html

very cool candy and congrats on your milestone!

and already I have found another site with very cool blog candy... over at

http://greengoddescreations.blogspot.com/2010/09/blogaversary-candy-time.

Here's the candy...

pretty cool stuff huh?

PaperInkColor

I found this very cool site while looking around! There is a link on the sidebar and they are having a very cool contest... so check it out!

here is one of favorite scrapin pages! I love the colors and they match the personalities of my nieces!