Fiskafriends - The Power of Community Blog Hop - March 27th to 29th

Welcome to the 1st Fiskafriends Blog Hop

FISKAFRIENDS - THE POWER OF COMMUNITY BLOG HOP

Who We Are: Over 140 numbered Fiskateers wanted to maintain the community they cherished, and so the Fiskafriends Facebook group was created.  For privacy reasons, the group FB status is secret, however any numbered Fiskateer is welcome to join the group. 

March 27th-29th, we are celebrating our First Anniversary with a Fiskafriend Blog Hop.  You do not have to be a Fiskafriend to visit and comment on our bloggers' posts. This hop is open to everyone! International visitors included! The theme of the hop is Anything Goes, so be prepared to find a variety of creative projects and ideas. 

So, on to my post for the 1st Fiskafriends Blog Hop

I am sure we have a great line up for you! You have probably came through a few blogs already. Last would have been Fiskateer #6857 Teresa's blog "Purple Bunny Paper Crafts"

If you miss any links you can always go back to Fiskafriends blog for the links. I have come to know many of these bloggers and love seeing their creations.

I have a (PHD) page for you! 

What is a PHD? Somewhere in my scrapbooking adventure I found this term...Which stands for Page(s) Half Done (PHD)...I loved it because I usually have a few of these! Usually after a crop or retreat, I end up forgetting something or just need to find the date for the event. I ended up making a D-ring Binder just for my PHDs!

My PHD page has been started a few years ago, actually in the United States! It made it's way to Canada and finally became a finished page!

I started the page in the United States with only my pictures matted and attached to the layout, but it was just needed a boost that missing something!

So, after packing up, moving and finally unpacking my PHD Binder. I got to play again! This time with a new Scrappy Friend in Canada, who just happened to have been working on a page using the Create A Critter Cartridge! I cut out the horse and title words "Howdy" from that cartridge and my page began to take shape.

 I still wanted a little more to play off my daughter's cowboy hat. The one she was wearing and the one she placed on our boy, Skipper during his afternoon nap. Using the star and cowboy hat images from A Child's Year I cut them out in coordinating paper. Adding a bit of fiber to the cowboy, gave me the great title. Wrapping a bit of fibers through the star and attaching to the top of a journaling tag, I  finally got my page done!

Hope you enjoyed my page!

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Please go to FISKAFRIENDS for the complete list of blogs!
Fiskateer #11488 Nancy's blog "My Crafts" is up next!

I will be drawing a small RAK from my own blog comments at the end of the blog hop.
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HAPPY HOPPING!

2nd Layout from February's XOXO Scrapbooking Lift!

Little Nan is what my husband called her once he saw her dressed in the knitted sweater and cap! "Little Nan" was the nickname for his Grandmother. I when to get photos done for my daughter in her Halloween costume and the photographer asked if she could get some shots with her in the sweater & cap.

Using Webster's Pages I fussy cut some of the flowers to frame the photos.

Added some embellishments and edge distress the papers.

Here is the full layout.

Here is Kimmy's layout:

Hope you can play along with us! XOXO Scrapbooking

Birthday Parties and more Birthday Parties!

This weekend we had Birthday parties to attend! Girly birthday parties! So, I made a girly card to match one of the gifts! The gift was a beading kit with cording and letter beads to make whatever jewelry the birthday girl wants!

Here is the card I created with jewelry in mind using Inkadinkado - Chain Reaction, CTMH Life is Tweet & CTMH Glamour Lowercase/Uppercase stamps.

I stamped the sentiments with Gold Pigment ink.

Used CTMH Inks in Lagoon, Cotton Candy, Pear and Petal. Also Silver pigment ink for one of the necklace/chains. 

Fiskafriends Card Lift - Card 1

So happy to see the Card Lifters resurface over on FaceBook Fiskafriends page!
Just in case you haven't been on Fiskateers site in awhile it has changed. If you are a Fiskateer head over the the Fiskafriends FB page and join!

I loved being apart of the Fiskateers Card Lifters. I challenged myself each week and built up my on-hand card stash. Which came in this past November and December!

Here is my card for this month:
Not what 1st envisioned but I am happy with it! I got to you up so scraps and supplies I had on-hand! Changed up the twine/fibers from the original card a bit!

Here is the original card: which was found on scrapbooksetc via pinterest 

Back from the weekend retreat

It was a great time and I enjoyed quite a few laughs...

I have to say the best incident was a delay in supper being served and it sparked a scene from the Snickers commercial.

Great Bunch of Ladies to scrap with!

Over all I came home with 23 pages...
SO that works out to be...
* 9 pages completely finish just need to slide them into the correct albums.
* 11 pages that just need the date added or just a touch of something.
BUT mainly just the correct date...since when I printed them they only had the month and/or year.
* 3 pages started and a bunch of photos cropped and ready to go!

I had brought a bunch of Christmas pictures to scrap and a pile of cards with ideas...BUT just needed more time!!!!!!

This was the 1st time I attended a crop/retreat with nothing ready to go...
What I mean is I usually pull all the papers to match the photos and group them together and even sometimes include those embellishments too!
Which means a bunch of extra paper bins loaded up...

Here is some of what I got done on Friday!

A Random Fun Page to get me going...

Just need to add the date...

On to a page that needed to done to finish off our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Title made from Scraps out of Jennifer's Scrap Bin...She does have a good stash.

Page 1 from pictures I forgot were on my phone from our moving road trip to Newfoundland.

Usual Pit Stop at Cabela's in Scarborough, ME

My Journaling tag from my left over scraps.

Page 2 in the store having fun after being stuck in car seats.

The 2 page spread...

Now It's School Time for a bit!

Some stitching I did and washi tape.

Fun using my Close To My Heart Cricut - Artbooking cartridge and stamps.

Journaling & Date

The Big Picture all together ready to slip into her album.

I had to back up a year and a half to finish her Kinderstart page.

Using CTMH - Classmate Alpha Stamp Set

The Date and Marshmallow Snowmen using the CTMH - Vintage Type Alpha Stamp Set

Borrowed a snowman punch and added a pearl belly.

Full View

Mya Dog and The Boy who named her....

Because when asked who's dog she is, his response is "MY A DOG"

Using the Cricut - Paper Pups Cartridge

The Boy and his "MY A dog"

Liftateers Year 4, Week #20 & #22

Week #20
My daughter out in the snow spreading her Reindeer food.
Making sure it was in a spot when there was fresh snow. She wanted to make sure she would see the reindeers prints in the morning.
By then she had forgotten once she saw what was under the tree.

BUT I told my husband you got some work to do later just in case. So, out with a broomstick he went trying to reach the spot without making tracks himself.

All the above written on the swirls.

Week #22
My Silly Girl all Smiles