Queen Kat Designs 
New Artist Release
~Carrie Hawks~

 Welcome to A Scrap Above, I am happy to be part of QKD
New Artist Release for Carrie Hawks, her designs are amazing!
You should be arriving here from Vicki, if you just stumbled on my blog
and would like to hop please click HERE to start over.

Here is the card I designed using her image,
"Logan Ladybug Fairy Cat"

I must say, I LOVE this! I had so much fun coloring this..
I decided to keep the card simple, I believe this design speaks for itself,
I love how this turned out, I used stickles on the wings and spots
Here is a line up of blogs in the release hop:

Queen Kat Design Blog

Maria

Jan

Vicki

Bonnie (me)

Penny

QKD Store

(Click here If you are looking for the Heartache no one Sees blog hop)


~Make Up Your Own Holiday~

Welcome to A Scrap Above & "Make Up Your Own Holiday"

Hosted by the one and only Karel You should be arriving here from 

                          the very talented Audrey, if you just stumbled here and would love 

                         to hop with us, click HERE to start over.

“Karelj is offering an over-all blog candy for those who are hopping along with us. She thought it would be fun to have some holiday-themed candy for this hop--but, of course, made-up holiday items were hard to come by! She decided to do a whole bunch of *regular* holiday themed stamps for you to enjoy. From Fiskars, there is an assorted holiday set; there's an alphabet from All Night Media, a set of 100 plus clear stamps and a storage case from Family Memories, and 5 sets of clear stamps from various dollar bins in big box stores. How to win them? Follow along the blog trail, leaving a comment on each and every blog. On Monday, Karelj will ask her  buddy Randy (random.org) to select a blog number (from the list), a day (Saturday is one, Sunday is two), and a comment number from that blog. Please make sure you have left a reliable way to contact you (email is best, in the safe format of **** at **** dot com ) so you can be notified by her personally. If you don't, she’ll have to select another winner.”
 

Well, on to my project, 

My Holiday is: "Tamale Day"

Each year (for 18 years) my husbands family makes Tamales, normally it's anytime after Thanksgiving till New Years, this is something we will continue,and I do hope to pass it on to my daughters, so this is why I decided to pick this as my Holiday.

Here is a 1 pg LO I made, the photos are from Christmas 2010, my daughter took these and her camera was not too good, hope you enjoy!

Here is the Tamale Day Card I made for the 

"Make up your own Holiday" Challenge

And, well, this is now my favorite!

My sweet mommy came over and made me some 

crochet Tamales she is soooo totally cool, love that lady!

Both the Layout and card are using 

Market Street Stamp Set Bilingual Series "BFFS"

I Hope you enjoyed this, now for the fun stuff!

BLOG CANDY....

 

I want to thank the amazing Abby & Kich for sponsoring my blog hop

Who wants some blog candy?? I have figured I am in so many hops and 

events in March 2011, why not combine everything for a good piece of candy.. 

Now I dont have any Cartridges to giveaway (I only have 10 myself) but I do have
a nice little stash of goodies I will gladly give to one lucky winner, including a little something from 

the amazing  Kich N Bleus Designs.. (I LOVE being part of this Design team)
So, to have a chance at this blog candy, please do these things:

* Leave a comment on THIS post
* Become a follower of my blog
* Subscribe to my blog for email updates (right side, under blinkie)
* Grab my blinkie and post on your wall, let me know you did this
* Try to come back when you can in March for more hops and leave comments
* Sorry, but right now, you must live in the US
* Most of all, have FUN, enjoy the hops, and do something crafty!

Dont forget to hop on over to the amazing Diane

 Welcome to the Heartache No One Sees Faith Blog Hop. If you are hopping with us you should have come from Christel's blog. if you just happened to find this post, please go to www.mypapertreehouse.com so that you can start the hop from the very beginning. Now to the hop:

Women have a very unique way of being strong, yet gentle. through this process we find ourselves many times hiding heartaches that truly affect us, but somehow we cannot bring ourselves to talk about. Sometimes it is because of "what would people say" or because we want to keep a certain image, or even because we are trying to keep our loved ones from becoming worried: we hold on to the heartache and even come to believe that "this is as good as it will ever get". Today we are out in the internet laying our hearts bare before the world. We have come to understand that God IS who He says He is and indeed He will complete the work He has begun, and so we lay our heartache before Him in hopes that He will meet us here. As you go through this hop, take the time to think about your own hidden heartache, and if any of our blogs motivate you to speak about it, leave us a comment or even send us an email. As sisters we should remain together and encourage each other to continue the walk towards His arms: the only place we will find rest and comfort.
Here's how the hop works:
Like last time we have some GRAND Prizes to share with you, plus most of the blog owners are willing to share some RAK with you. In order to qualify for the GRAND Prizes you ought to leave a comment under this thread and become a follower of this blog (if you are not one yet). We are asking that you would also become a follower of paper Tree House Studio on Facebook so that you can stay updated with our challenges and contests. In order to qualify for the RAKS i ask that you would also become a follower of those blogs and leave them a comment with your thoughts about the project they might have created or the story they were willing to share (if any). It can be very humbling to share our hearts with the world, yet the Bible says that our troubles come so that we can console another going through the same thing. My prayer is that the Lord would use this for His Glory as He heals all of our hearts.

Now for the GRAND Prizes:
Paper Tree House Studio:
Scrapbook News and Review Magazine: One Year Subscription
Bella Blvd.: $45 retail value worth of their yummy product
Echo Park: Love Line
Scrapbooks & Stuff: Cricut Your Story
Punky Sprouts:
The Paper Blossom Shop: $25 gift certificate to their shop.
 

Here is a card I made last week for a DT challenge, I am posting it for this blog hop also

 

I want to thank the amazing Abby & Kich for sponsoring my blog hop

Who wants some blog candy?? I have figured I am in so many hops and 

events in March 2011, why not combine everything for a good piece of candy.. 

Now I dont have any Cartridges to giveaway (I only have 10 myself) but I do have
a nice little stash of goodies I will gladly give to one lucky winner, including a little something from 

the amazing  Kich N Bleus Designs.. (I LOVE being part of this Design team)
So, to have a chance at this blog candy, please do these things:

* Leave a comment on THIS post
* Become a follower of my blog
* Subscribe to my blog for email updates (right side, under blinkie)
* Grab my blinkie and post on your wall, let me know you did this
* Try to come back when you can in March for more hops and leave comments
* Sorry, but right now, you must live in the US
* Most of all, have FUN, enjoy the hops, and do something crafty!

Now don't forget to hop on over to Dolores

                              

"Elegant Abby"

DT Post for Queen Kat Designs

Abby designed by Myka Jelina, love her work!

Posted on http://darkinksorority.blogspot.com/

Head on over tot he QKD store to purchase some of these amazing stamps.

Queen Kat Designs web sites:

Blog

Store

Facebook

Kich N Bleus Design Team

Digi Stamp Release

Stop by the Kich N Bleus Store to purchase this set and more

Stop by the Kich N Bleus Website to see what the other Design Team projects

I must say, I LOVE this set, I wanted to make a project with each digi, 

but I picked one that seemed to fit me..and made 2 projects.=)

Project 1

Recipe:

5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card, ATG, white cardstock, Kich n Bleus Digi

Riding cardstock sticker Karen Foster, Horse cardstock sticker from stash

crystal stickles, bling, color pencils, patterned paper, from my TX stash (yes, I have a TX stash)

 Project 2

Recipe:

Kich N Bleus digi, colored pencils, white cardstock

wood sign from Hobby Lobby, leather lasso,

Blue Jean paper, cut out Texas State shape

Girl Scout Bluebonnet S.W.A.P. (from last campout)

Zip, 2 way glue..crystal stickles, TEXAS Stickopotamus 50 states sticker

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to check out all the past Kich N Bleus Designs Digis, you can still purchase them here http://kichnbleusdesignsstore.blogspot.com/

~Tamale Day~

I had so much fun making this card for the March challenge

"Make up your own Holiday"over at 

"One by One the Flamingo's are stealing my Sanity"

stop by Karel's blog and vote for my card if you like it at http://kareljcreations.com

my "made up" Holiday is "Tamale Day" each year my Husbands family

makes Tamales, this year will be 19 years, so I am a pro!LOL

And I simply LOVE this stamp, it's the

Market Street Stamps "Bilingual Series BFF

Dont forget to check out their stamps, they are my favorite!

I am also entering  this card in Scrapbookahoic by Abby Challenge #1

~ If your looking for the St. Patty's Day Blog Hop

Click HERE ~

~The Bunny Hop~

March 19-20

Welcome to "The Bunny Hop" Hosted by Michelle over at Queen of my Craftroom
We have some really 18 talented blogs for you to
hop with today, and you sure don't want to miss the amazing projects
and who know's, maybe even some blog candy, so be sure to visit all 18 blogs.
I'm # 8 in the blog hop, so you should be coming here from
Deborah if you just stumbled on my blog and would like to hop,
start over with Michelle 

Today I made a "Spring Bunny" card, I hope you enjoy
(dont forget to check out my blog candy info after this posting)

This was kind of a challenge for me,I simply do not have
anything Easter but I did enjoy making this card..

Recipe:
All paper is from my stash, pink ribbon, "Happy Spring" digi stamp
colored pencils, crystal stickles, vintage photo distress stickles, book flower,
paints on flower:slick purple, folk art "Rose Shimmer & "Metallic Blue Sapphire".

Don't forget to hop along the BUNNY trail to Dianne

Blog Candy

 

I want to thank the amazing Abby & Kich for sponsoring my blog hop

Who wants some blog candy?? I have figured I am in so many hops and 

events in March 2011, why not combine everything for a good piece of candy.. 

Now I dont have any Cartridges to giveaway (I only have 10 myself) but I do have
a nice little stash of goodies I will gladly give to one lucky winner, including a little something from 

the amazing  Kich N Bleus Designs.. (I LOVE being part of this Design team)
So, to have a chance at this blog candy, please do these things:

* Leave a comment on THIS post
* Become a follower of my blog
* Subscribe to my blog for email updates (right side, under blinkie)
* Grab my blinkie and post on your wall, let me know you did this
* Try to come back when you can in March for more hops and leave comments
* Sorry, but right now, you must live in the US
* Most of all, have FUN, enjoy the hops, and do something crafty!

Don't forget to hop along the BUNNY trail to Dianne