Summertime...and the living is easy! (Colorful Creations Blog Challenge)

Hey all! :) I am so excited because I finally sat down and did a digi layout for the first time in a long time. :) I was kind of at a loss for a paper and a glue layout, so I opened up my PSE and sat down and really had a BLAST! :)

Colorful Creations, one of my design teams I am on, is an online group for scrapbookers and paper crafters. We are all pretty tight knit. We share our lives and our happiness and downfalls too with life. :) I like keeping in touch with the members and love all of my "sisters" on the DT. :)

We have a TON of challenges throughout the month and one of those challenges is a Blog Challenge. :) For our blog click: HERE!

For our group site click: HERE!

The blog challenge for this month is HERE and it was the reason why I did this layout. I have been wanting to scrap this picture and still may do a couple of other projects with it. :)

And being that the prompt for this month was "Summertime and the living is easy (we needed to use this on our layout)..I felt that this was the best picture for it. We also had to use flowers and stripes. :) So, this is what I came up with. :)

What I used: Rachel Dickson (Sassy Elements (4 petal flowers, brads, joy, brads), Paper Pack one and two, and Alpha), Kitschy Digitals (Fresh Blooms Kit-Fabric flowers (fuchsia and blue with pearl), and Mom 2 Moo ("lovely" and pink shiny flower.) Done in Photoshop Elements 7.

Thanks for looking! :)

Colorful Creations has some BLOG CANDY! :)

Hey all!!! :) OMG! A month or so has gone by??? That is so unacceptable! :( I am so sorry! Summer is supposed to be S-L-O-W, right? NOT! Well, at least not for me. :) I will talk more about that in a couple days, but.........as you all know....I am on the DT for Colorful Creations! :) I love these girls....they are quickly becoming like my on-line family. :) We even have some international sisters too now! :) And I thought Canada was as "International" as I would ever meet! ;) HA! ;) Hey, being from Montana, you almost always will have a Canadian friend. I have a Canadian best friend....I will talk about her later though. :)

Onto the BLOG CANDY from Colorful Creations and their blog! :)

They are giving away this:

Awesome, right???? And all you have to do is leave a comment over on THE COLORFUL CREATIONS BLOG (NOT HERE!!!!) and become a follower over there too. :)

Thanks and I will see you here in a couple days. :)

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY COLORFUL CREATIONS! BLOG HOP

Hey all! Welcome to the Colorful Creations Blog Hop! If you have arrived here from Karen's Blog you are on Kathy's blog- The Beautiful Life. 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. You should see the event banner that looks like this:

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 Kathy Floen, one of the Design Team Members of Colorful Creations. For my part in all of these wonderful blog challenges I am doing an Altered Canvas. I LOVE altered projects. They are fun and I really can step out of the box and just be creative. :) I truly love them! :)

I love butterflies! They represent so much for me. :) Beauty, love, nature, growing, so much! :) So here is my canvas:

It really is self explanatory! :) I tried to capture the essence of how I feel as a person and how the butterfly represents me.

So, those of you who know me and follow/read my blog...you know I can't do a BLOG HOP without some BLOG CANDY! :) Colorful Creations is also giving away some FUN goodies also so that's a BONUS!! To get into the drawing for the grand prize (and other prizes) being given away by the group make sure you join the fun! All entries will receive (2) points towards the COLORFUL CREATIONS ANNIVERSARY GRAND PRIZE PACKET. For details on winning the Grand Prize, go HERE.  BUT....here is my candy:



Two canvases (1) 6x8 and (1)smaller one, 10 Tim Holtz Adage Tix, yellow pearl bling, pack of pinned roses

To be eligible for my prize drawing you must leave a comment on this post. For two chances to win: be a follower of my blog! Your entry using Mr.Linky must be new as of May 1, 2011 and cannot be combined with any other Colorful Creations Challenges. ALSO-YOU NEED TO LEAVE ME A WAY TO GET A HOLD OF YOU!! I HAVE HAD TO REPICK WINNERS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO FIND THE ORIGINAL WINNER! THAT IS SAD FOR ME!

All entries must be TAGGED: ABH5 and uploaded to the Colorful Creations Gallery and linked back here using Mr Linky below by Tuesday, May 10th at 11:45 PM CST






BONUS: All entries will receive (2) points towards the COLORFUL CREATIONS ANNIVERSARY GRAND PRIZE PACKET. For details on winning the Grand Prize, go HERE. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Now, hop on down the blog road and visit Rochelle. Try to get to all our blogs! The more you play...the better your chances! :)

And don’t forget, we will be celebrating the entire month of May. So check the celebration schedule HERE for a list of all the activities.

My Challenge at The Colorful Creations Blog...JOIN US!!

Hey all! :) I was asked by Brenda (aka. Paper Diva) at Colorful Creations to do their Blog Challenge #7 in January. I thought it would be fun and I had never done it before, so I figured,  "WHY THE HECK NOT?!" LOL! Well, Brenda said I could go to the blog and check out the past blog challenges and I did. The last one happened to be a sketch so I figured, "Hey, I have never done a sketch (either worked with one or designed one) and that may be kinda fun." I also thought that since I have been stepping out of my comfort zone lately that maybe I should  try it. So I did! :) You can got to The Colorful Creations Blog HERE and see my sketches. BUT....here are my projects. :) I did a card and a layout sketch.

Layout

Card



What I used on my Beauty Layout: Bazzil CS (12x12 teal, black used for matting) , American Crafts (Thickers Alpha Stickers), Bo Bunny (Patterned Paper), Queen and Co (Felt border), Petaloo (flowers), My Mind's Eye (Chipboard Journaling Tag, Today's The Day,  Believe in Yourself), Jenni Bowlin Studios (butterflies), Making Memories (metal "perfect" tag).

What I used on my card: Recollections CS (Kraft), Graphic 45 (Patterned paper), My Mind's Eye (how many? how much? chipboard embellie), Tim Holtz Idea-o-logy (clock face and spinners), Michael's (ribbon).

Thanks for stopping and drop by the Colorful Creations Blog and join us in this challenge! :) 

BE YOURSELF Card

Hello Blog Buddies!!! Well, I was pretty positive that Colorful Creations was gonna keep me busy...and I was proven right! HA! I am so enjoying every bit of it. They are so supportive of everyone who is in the group.....not just the design team. I can't say enough good about them. :)

Well, new DT member, Tess (love her work), is in charge of a challenge called: "Inspired By". This time around it was CAKE..that inspired us. :) Well, maybe not cake, but this picture of a cake! :)

Ok, usually I am SO not an orange girl. But, the orange on this cake, just GRABBED me and shook me! :) And you all know how much I LOVE butterflies. :) Well, We had to use ribbon, stamps, and doodling (which for me, was a stretch...I am SO not a doodler!) But, I came up with this:

I was a little impressed by the card, although I do have a VERY HARD time looking at the doodles. :) Oh well, c'est la vie! ;) Right?! LOL!

What I used: CTMH stamp set (Be Yourself), Stampin' Up CS (Pink), Bazzil CS (dotted swiss pink and brown), Ranger Distress Ink (Aged Mahogany), Michael's (ribbon), Martha Stewart's Punch (butterfly)/

You all should join us! :) Go to Colorful Creations, click HERE.
Thanks so much for stopping! :)

SO MUCH NEWS!!!!!!!

Hey everyone! I am so sorry for being MIA for a couple of weeks. I am hoping all of you had THE BEST holidays! :) I know I did! :) Mine was spent with my little family and we just kinda chilled and enjoyed each others' company. We did get to my mom and dad's and Garth's mom's for a little bit too.

I also have some BIG NEWS that I wasn't able to release right away, but after Christmas, it was fair game. :) I tried out for the Design Team at Colorful Creations which is a an awesome Scrapbooking and Papercrafting community. :) Well, I got the good news before Christmas and was so happy. Things are going so good for me right now, creatively and I am just so stoked to be able to share something that is so close to my heart and soul with others. :)

At Colorful Creations I am responsible for Digital Challenges twice a month and I am so happy with my part of the design team. I am becoming a better digi scrapper and really am beginning to love it. :) If any of you would like to join me there...please do. :)

Here is my example I did for my challenge for the first part of January. :) I wanted my friends to use frames on their layout. :)

I know a lot of what I used was from Katie Pertiet, but I did use other elements I got at a free site. :)
Well, that is my news and I will be blogging a lot more. :)
Thanks for reading!