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WELCOME TO THE ORANGE BLOG HOP!

~~~~~~~September 4 New!  Christopher picked #45 from a bucket!  And the owner Post #45 and winner is.......Sylvia, Fiskateer #5019! Congratulations! 

Thanks to everyone for al of the great comments!  Hope you had a fun time on the Hop!

WELCOME TO THE FISKARS ORANGE BLOG HOP!!

 
If you've come here from Betsy's blog Aim Happy, you're in the right place.  This is your next stop in THE FISKATEERS ORANGE BLOG HOP where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, are sharing their passion for crafting.

So I thought about making a scrapbook page, or card with some of my Fiskars tools.  And then I remembered what I had done just a short while ago.  My very favorite Fiskars "Apron Lace" border punch made it's way from my Scrapbook Room ......into... my Laundry Room!  Who says the laundry shelves have to be boring.  I punched the patterned paper with the border punch and then backed it with solid card stock. Never one to not be scrapbook-y, the border is actually attached to the shelves with glue dots! Hey, whatever is handy right?  Also used the same border punch on the little tags for the fabric bins. Fiskars cirlce punch for the flower centers too!I love using my scrapbooking/papercrafting tools and supplies for home decor projects. This little border punch, it just says pretty and neat to me and it's a little retro.  Not! Love it!!!

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIVEAWAY

----Okay, well now that you've encountered photos of my Laundry Room, I feel I should do something fun in exchange. Sooooo, comment on this post and you'll have a chance to win. First comment =#1, second =#2 and so on. I'll toss a tag with each number in a bucket and let my "very fair and impartial 7-year-old son" draw one out! The winning commentor will receive a lovely goodie bag from me! I'll wait to do this until Monday at midnight to cover you international girls.  Now, lately I've been all about girly scrapbooking supplies so the goodie bag is sure to be orange-y and pink-y and sparkle-y and flower-y.  It may even have a wand in it to help you perform scrapbooking magic!  The goodies will also arrive in a pretty fabric gift bag I use prizes at my crops. Cool? Great. Leave your comments!

 

Your next stop is Sheena at Sheena's Adventures in Scrapbooking.  Rumor has it she is doing an awesome orange card! If you get lost along the way, here's  is the first blog post on The Fiskateers Blog with a full list of participants.  Happy Hoppin'! 

Oh and if you're not a Fiskateer? You should be. It's a great community sharing lots of ideas tutorials, projects, swaps and fun.  Seriously, check it out!  (whe you're finished hoppin' of course!)

Words for the day....

 
Finally (!) cleaning off my scrapbook table just now and these two little die-cut words just happed (really!) to scatter together.  "Happy" and "Delight".  I think I'll make these words for the day today.  It's been a happy day and the ice-cream Christopher and I had for lunch was delightful!  There... I've used them both.  Wishing you a hapy and delightful rest of Monday!

Things that make me happy right now

Well, I suppose that the week 2 post is kinda moot right now since it should have been months ago, so how about a happy thing right now. This...

Yes, I know...horrible web cam photo, but this little tag of paper has been on my computer for a long time.  It was on a printed on a gift bag I received from a friend at the Komen 3-day walk and I love, love, love this quote.  A good reminder for all of us I think! This will end up on a scrapbook page one of these day, I just know it!

Pantone, the official gods of universal color, have announced their annual Color of the Year and it's Honeysuckle. It is, in Pantone's words " a captivating, stimulating color that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues”.  If you're not familiar with Pantone, they are the go-to company for all things color - paint, fashion, interior design and printing. They actually create  color combinations and color codes we all use. It's pretty amazing how their color of the year begins to shop up all around.  Anyway, I love it...pink-y, but not too...red-ish but not too much. 

Speaking of color, ever get stuck creating a page and you just can't get the color scheme right? We all do.  Often I use the Adobe Kuler site. Very cool place to hang out.  You can view color combinations that others have created, search combinations by theme, main color or other inspiration. You can even create your own color schemes and save them. If you're a digi-scrapper this site is amazing resource-you can create swatches that match your photos! Check out my Kuler schemes! 

If you want to play around with colors schemes even more Color Schemer is great as well.  Lots of schemes created by others and a nifty tool you can download (free!) to creat your own.

If you've been scrapbooking a while, you've probably seen the Bazzill Color Matchmaker.  Oh how I love this - it will help you match Bazzill cardstock to other brands of patterned paper.  Genius! I love it when someone does the work for me!

Scrapbook.com video

Just a shorty post this morning.  Have you seen this?

Seriously, I watched it several times and my cheeks hurt from laughing and smiling.  The Scrapbook.com people are adorable!