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Friday, January 30, 2015

FFC #73 "Use a tool you've been neglecting" Plus a special Guest Designer~




Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:
"Use a tool that you have been neglecting"
Create a card, layout or project 
of your choice!


Our Sponsor this week is 
Fitztown
  The winner will win 3 digital stamps of their choice!!!!

 So make sure to play along this week~

  Starts: Friday, January 30th  12:00AM
Ends: Friday, February 6th  6:00PM
(Eastern time)
We have a special guest designer with us today, Ana  
that is from the Fitztown Team and she made this gorgeous project! Please make sure to visit her blog to learn how she put this gorgeous project together and to thank them for sponsoring us this week!


Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:

  Joyce





 
What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until February 6th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of February 9th.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!


Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Talk Time Tuesday~ Ask Jo!



Hello my sweet friends!
Welcome back to another Talk time Tuesday with yours truly! Boy is it cold!! BRRR! Have you been watching the news and hearing about the blizzard Juno? I am in the path of it but as of the looks of it this morning, there was a shift in the storm and some places may not see nowhere near as much as they were predicting.

I remember living in Texas and praying for snow. I had missed it because in Texas, the only snow you see are flurries if the temps get too cold. When I moved back home to NJ, I said I was looking forward to seeing the four seasons again and having some snow. Well the Man upstairs heard me and He is giving me some of the pretty white stuff!
The news said last night that my area could see up to 3 feet of it but it doesn't look like that will happen, thankfully. We do have a ton of snow falling down but it should be over by 4pm today and now they are saying we will have about 4-6 inches when it's over!! That is a HUGE difference from 3 feet! LOL The only thing that makes this scary for me is the fact that I live at the beach and the coast is getting hit the hardest with 50mph winds with hurricane strength and we are in severe flood warnings. I have the ocean 4 blocks up from me and the bay literally in my back yard. So if you could, please keep my family and I in your prayers from the flooding. :)

Well I am kind of confused my dear friends. I had so many of you email me often to ask me to please bring this segment back to the blog, but nobody is writing in, well except for one sweet gal who wrote in on Jan. 22nd. :) 

Aussie Girl wants to know, "what is your favorite art medium and how do you use it?"
 Hi Aussie Girl! Hmmm.. I have a couple of mediums that I like to play with generally speaking but if I can only choose one, I would have to say my favorite medium is texture paste. There are two that I like to use, Ranger Ink texture paste and Wendy Vecchi crackled texture paste

I love creating texture on canvas backgrounds with this medium. I use a crafting spatula knife and spread the paste all over my canvas leaving little peeks to give the look of stucco when it drys. It's so cool looking and so much fun! But this medium allows you to achieve all types of looks and fun textures. Mix a little bit of alcohol inks, paint or stain with a small amount of it for a colored texture. Add it over a stencil to create a raised look. Use a fine paint brush to lightly brush the edges of your project for a little distressed look or shabby chic feel. In this photo, I used the Ranger Ink texture paste on the gray/white circle on this canvas. The "white" portion is the texture paste. It was applied over the top of that circle stencil and now that it has dried, it is raised. You cannot see the raised effect as much in this photo but I promise, it is raised up. 


The possibilities are literally endless. So thanks for writing in Aussie girl and I hope you give this medium a try! If you do, please share what you create! 

Well friends, that is it for today. Please write in with questions you want answered or topics you would like to see talked about during our Tuesdays together :) 

  
 Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~


Monday, January 26, 2015

Winners FFC# 71 Announced~


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winner from Fun~day Friday
challenge #71! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #71 "Anything Goes":


        #28-----> Bonnie T.
              #54-----> Kathleen MC
                 #130-----> Annie's Style  

 And now our winner of the 7 pack of digis from:

Bugaboo Stamps


------> #114 Ginny B.



All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Friday, January 23, 2015

FFC #72 "It's Sketch Time"~




Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:
"It's Sketch Time"
Create a card, layout or project 
using this week's sketch!


Our Sponsor this week is 
  The winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice!!!!

 So make sure to play along this week~

  Starts: Friday, January 23rd  12:00AM
Ends: Friday, January 30th  6:00PM
(Eastern time)


Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:






 
What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until January 30th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of February 2nd.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Talk Time Tuesday with Ask Jo~



Hello my sweet friends!
Where oh where did the weekend go? Do you feel like it was rushed? Time sure feels like it is moving so fast that if you blink, even for a second; you will indeed miss something important. Well I am happy to say that I had a great and productive weekend! I was able to get into my craft room and get through a few totes and put more things away. Little by little the room is becoming one step closer to functional. YAY!! :)

I want to say thank you for all the beautiful comments and emails that came pouring through last week on my long post regarding my health. You are all amazing! I feel extremely blessed to have such amazing friends! And while nobody has yet to submit any questions to ask me, I figured I would still continue to post these posts anyways. I will find something to talk about or something to share. Afterall, we all enjoy a good read sometimes, right? 

So while thinking about what I wanted to share today, I thought about the next big day that is slowly approaching...Valentine's day!  The one day of the year that we all seem to show our love to those we hold near and dear to our hearts, just how special they are. Are you the kind of gal who gets the typical roses and chocolates? Or are you more of the type that gets swept off her feet for a romantic spa getaway for the weekend with flower petals, candlelight & hot, steamy adult play? Or are you the girl who gives out the cute cards, candies and gifts to your special valentines? Well, no matter which girl you are... I am sure you love to document your special memories and gifts. If you are a scrapbooker, You probably scrap about it or smash about it. Or if you are a real true romantic, you probably save your trinkets like a movie ticket, dried roses, hotel room key, etc.  And no matter which way you preserve your memories, there is a creative side to it all. So I decided to help you get your creative juices flowing by listing a few Titles and quotes to help with your creative Valentine projects! I hope you enjoy and can find something that will help spark your creativity!

Valentine Titles
  • Can you see it? Love is in the air
  • Happy Love Day!
  • How sweet it is to be loved by YOU
  • Cupid is as Cupid does! He gave me you!
  • I'm sweet on you
  • There are no tulips as sweet as your two lips
  • Love is a work of heart
  • You are always my Valentine
  • You + me = Forever
  • My love, my heart, My everything
  • When God gave me you, He completed my life
  • Valentine, Oh Valentine
  • Will you be mine?
Valentine Quotes
  • Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. ~Unknown Author
  • Grow old with me. The best is yet to be. ~Robert Browning
  • Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love; time is eternity. ~Henry Van Dyke
  • Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before~Mignon McLaughlin
  • True love stories never have endings ~Richard Bach
  • Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart and the joy in a heart. ~Unknown author    
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Well my friends, that is all I have for you today. I sure hope you start sending in some questions and suggestions so we can make this a bit more interesting each week. Lord knows I do not want to bore you with my rambling LOL  :) 


  
 Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~


Monday, January 19, 2015

Winners FFC #70 Announced~


Hi there friends...
We have the Top 3's and winner from Fun~day Friday
challenge #70! Are you one of them lucky ones???

Our TOP 3 winners from  FFC #70 "It's A New Year, Bling it on":


                #23-----> Lena Loken 
 #46-----> AJ
                  #47----->  Lucy Patrick

 And now our winner of the 4 pack of digis from:




------> #19 Lillian's Leisure



All Winners & Top 3's Please email me at:
Joann6274 at gmail dot com!
You will have 2 weeks to claim your prizes!

  
Well my friends that is all I have for today. I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by and until next time.... Enjoy life's blessings~
  


Friday, January 16, 2015

FFC #71 "Anything Goes"~




Hello sweet friends!
Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:
"Anything Goes"
Create a card, layout or project 
of your choice!


Our Sponsor this week is 
Bugaboo Stamps
  The winner will win 7 digital stamps of their choice!!!!

 So make sure to play along this week~

  Starts: Friday, January 16th  12:00AM
Ends: Friday, January 23rd  6:00PM
(Eastern time)


Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:

  Joyce





 
What do you need to do to enter?
Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,
using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. THREE entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements
Will not be eligible for top 3 or random wins (optional from sponsors prizes)
Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.
You have until January 23rd by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.
All winners will be announced during the week of January 26th.
Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!
Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~
Thanks for stopping by!