Playing in Paradise #75

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is Summer Vacation by Nina. 

Masculine card for you today!! 

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, July 19th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC75 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #74

Happy Friday my Paradise Friends!  I hope you're enjoying your summer... we are still waiting for ours to come.  Weather forecast is always good a week before, but it gets worst as we get closer.

We went camping last weekend at Boulton Creek (Kananaskis) with a warning of Bears being around the area.... 

Mama bear and her cub strolling on the bike path Friday evening.  I didn't see them cause my oldest and I didn't want to see the play at the other camp site.  A little disappointed........it would of been nice to see them from far and inside a vehicle where you're safe.

Then Sunday afternoon our group went for a hike, but we stayed behind because of the grizzly bears being around.   The bears then decided to go through "B loop", which is our loop and went through our friends camp site which is 2 sites from us.  We were outside at that time and we gathered our girls to our trailer then decided to go in the truck instead.... forgetting about our dog!  But hey.... at least I didn't forget about my girls instead.  Drove around for a bit, looking for the bears at the other loops.  Phew.... that was a close call!

But wait...... two hours later we spotted the same bears again, BEHIND our trailer about 20 feet away!  I was freaking out cause my oldest favorite spot to gather her walking sticks and we thought she was back there, but she was actually in the trailer using the bathroom.  They're beautiful and all.... but I think I would rather I see them up close when we visit them at the zoo.
I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog.  It's my turn to host this week's challenge!  The challenge is to create a Wedding or Anniversary card.

I had fun creating this one... can you believe I actually used my copic compressor? 

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, July 12th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC74 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #73

Welcome back my Paradise friends!!  Are you glad school is over?  I know I am.... we get to sleep in and wake up whenever we wake up.  That sounds great!!  Although I have one kid that I watch three times a week and he gets here about 7:30, so that's not so bad.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is brought to you by Angela.

I am so impressed how this one turned out!!! I have always wanted to water color but  can never get the hang of it.

What you didn't know...... is that I did three before I figured out to go lighter.  It took a while but the end result is so worth it. 

And I have been coloring ever since!!!  Just wanted to show you how I store my Distress Inks.  I used an old water color case  to hold all of my Distress Ink refills (just a drop or two) and it doesn't dry out.  When ever I need to use it.... it's ready and no waste.  You just have to make sure your brush is clean before moving to a different color.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, July 5th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC73 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

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Playing in Paradise #72

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  Isn't it exciting?  Only one more week of school and we are off!! I'm excited.... but I know it will only last a week before I'm wishing they are back to school again. I'm just hoping it will be a hot summer.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Allison and it's a sketch challenge.

I only did 90% of the sketch..... there's no more room for the yellow strip across.  I started this about 2 weeks ago and I just couldn't get my mojo going.  I'm very pleased with the end result though.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, June 28th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC72 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #71

TGIF!!! Happy Friday my Paradise friends, I hope it will be a good day for you and Thank You for stopping by to see what we have for you this week. 

Tuesday was the girls Dance Recital and we are done... till the fall again.  Only 9 more days left of school and I'm hoping there will be a lot of crating after that.  Still have to finish our bathroom though.... Are you kidding me? is probably what you're thinking.  Nope!!! it's still not done! But hey.... we've done 3 weekends of camping already.  LOL...don't even get me going....

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Jessi and it's all about "Under the Sea"

Busy enough for yah?  Didn't have a clue what I wanted to do and so I just kept adding till I ran out of room and voila! A very busy card.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, June 21st to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC71 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #70

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  My gosh.... June is just flyin' by! My girls are counting down... 14 days left! 

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Nina and it's super easy. 

Love this die cut image by Lily of the Valley.... it's colored, but only some areas.  I was gonna use my copics to color the rest but decided to leave it.... kind a different I thought.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, June 14th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC70 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #69

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by me!!  With the amount of Birthday Parties between my two girls, I'm always in need of kids Birthday cards.  I'm pretty sure you do too.  So... the challenge for this week is something playfull, fun and colorfull.

My stick girl is just perfect for this challenge!  I colored her with copics and my sentiments from a DP.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, June 7th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC69 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  Thank You for taking a minute out of your busy schedule to come and check out what we have for you this week.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog.  For this week.... we have a color challenge for you. 

I was lost the minute I saw the challenge for this week (been busy with camping and waited till the very last minute to do my card)...  I had all the colors, but couldn't quite figure out how I was gonna do my layout.  Top that off with.... which color will go with what.  The colors are beautiful, but I think my problem was that, mine are not the same shade.  Instead... I used my Alcohol Inks with Alcohol Blending Solution on photo paper, then cut my butterflies with Spellbinders die cut.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, May 31st to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC68 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #67

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  I hope your weather will be much better than ours.... Snow?  Realy?  I guess we're not done with that stuff yet. 

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Allison! Simple and Easy Sketch Challenge for you.

I just love images like this.... it is just too cute!  It's cute cause it's not mine acting up.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, May 24th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC67 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #66

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  It's gonna be hot for us this weekend... perfect for Mother's Day.  Hope you'll enjoy your special day.... I know I will!  My girls usually have a breakfast menu for me and scheduled events for us to do.  Since they know I love crafting..... they make sure we have crafting time together.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Jessi!

And here's my graduation card.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, May 17th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC66 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

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Playing in Paradise #65

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  I can't believe it's May.... pretty soon we'll be busy with camping.  My girls are sooo excited that camping season is finally here.  Lots of work for me though.... the first initial set up is always a bummer, but after that will be a breeze.  I'm actually looking forward to it.... there's about 8 families that we camp with and it is never dull.  It will be nice to see them again.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Nina with this beautiful spring picture.  Lots of possibilities... so put on your crafty hat and create with us!

Here's my spring card!  Just love my new yummy DP by First Edition Paper "Daydream" perfect with my Lily of the Valley "Friends and Flowers" die cut.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, May 10th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC65 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #64

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  Not that great here in Calgary.... cold and rain!  And we will be enjoying all of that while we are at the zoo field trip. I can't believe I'm saying this....but I would rather have the snow than the rain.  At least with the snow you have a higher chance of seeing the sun. Rain is just gloomy and depressing. Wow! How's that for a Happy Friday?

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by me!  I hope you'll have no excuse not to join us because my challenge is very versatile... you can use an image or sentiment.

I used Penny Black's Bubbly clear stamp and PTI Mixed Messages.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday,May 3rd to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC64 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playin in Paradise #63

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  I'm hoping it will be as hot as they said it would be for us Calgarian... not holding my breath though, but it will sure be nice to see some sunshine.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Angela and she's thinking of spring flowers.

I used Rose Creations and Foliage Spellbinders for my flowers and Martha Stewart corner punch.  My glitter cardstock is by Best Creation Inc. from Scrapbooker's Paradise.   A bit expensive, but so worth it.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, April 25th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC63 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #62

I hope it's Happy Friday for you!!  Not so much here in Calgary.... we got some snow!   Been very busy with our reno... we've been tiling our bathroom (hubby the cutter and I'm the tiler) we've done around the shower and tub, hoping to do the floor tomorrow.

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is sketch challenge by Allison!

I just love how my card turned out!  I didn't have time to do it earlier and had to wait till we were done tiling to do some crafting.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, April 19th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC62 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!

Playing in Paradise #61

Happy Friday my Paradise friends!!  Yeah!! Spring Break for us.... hubby is also taking a week off to finish our bathroom reno that's been on hold for a very long, long. loooooong time.  I can't wait!

I hope you will find time to join us with this week's Playing in Paradise Challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog. This week's challenge is by Jessi! Our newest designer.  Welcome to the team Jessi!

My favorite technique of all.... Alcohol ink with alcohol blending solution.

 Hope you will check out the rest of my team mates for some ideas.

Allison
Angela F.

Jessi

Nina F.

How to Play:

1.  Everyone is invited to play! There are no requirements or restrictions on what products you can use to create your  challenge entry.

2.  You have until noon on Thursday, April 12th to link your entries for this challenge below.

3.  Please link directly to your entry photo or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the keyword PPC61 so we can find you!

4.  Please fill in your name (not the name of your card or the name of the challenge) as the caption/label within the linky tool.

Good Luck and Thanks for bloggin' by!