Vivien needs your help!!

I need to share something important.

Many of you know my niece, Vivien, the subject of many of my layouts, has Cystic Fibrosis. 

Despite her hardest puffing, she was unable to 

even blow out her birthday candle on her own.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease that affects the lungs and digestive system and causes the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:

• clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and
• obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30s, 40s and beyond.

A life expectancy of 30-40 years is not good enough. 

At, 2 years old, Vivien loves the movie,"The Sound of Music". She can sing "Do Re Mi" with the best of them. As she drapes a blanket around her and pretends she is a bride marching down the aisle, I wonder if that is something she will live to experience. Will she get to graduate? Be a bride? Have children of her own? 

She needs more time. 

 The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis. They fund more CF research than any other organization, and nearly every CF drug available today was made possible because of Foundation support.

If you can spare a dollar or two to help Vivien and children like her have more time, more chances at their dreams and more tomorrows, please click here to learn a little about Vivi's story and how you can help. 

Thank you !

May ScrapThat! Kit reveal and Blog Hop! Draft may hop

Welcome to the ScrapThat! 

May Anniversary Kit Reveal and Blog Hop!! 

{If you are looking for my SOUS project you are also in the right spot !}
May is our three year anniversary and we want to 

thank all our subscribers and members for sharing their pages and creations with us!!

We are so excited to share the details about our newest kit

 featuring the amazingly gorgeous Prima Divine !!

If you came here from 

Amarilys Doria 

you are in the right place! 

Should you lose your way, here is the Blog Hop order:

Scrap That! 

Gabrielle Pollacco
Kelly Klapstein

Sandi Clarkson

Laura Gilhully
ScrapThat! Facebook Page 

Amarilys Doria 

Tracey Gregory 
Sarah Routledge 
Tracey Sabella 

Scrap That!!

We are so thrilled to welcome the talented Scrappy Superstar ~
Gabrielle Pollacco

as our May Guest Designer!!!

My name is Gabrielle Pollacco, I'm a mom of 2 sweet girls, happily married to my husband Steve and we have one big fluffy Labradoodle named Zoe, that sometimes makes her way into our family photos!   I've had the privilege of being a Guest Designer for Scrap That in the past year and was delighted to come back to scrap with this year's Anniversary kit! 

My blog:  http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.ca/

We are also so happy to announce our latest addition

 to the Design team as our Video Educator,

Kelly Klapstein !

Some of you may know me online as "Kelly Creates." I am a Canadian scrapbooker living in Edmonton, Alberta. I'm excited about sharing my designs and techniques with you through my video tutorials!"

You can subscribe to my YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates

Now, without further ado,
 introducing our fabulous May Anniversary Kit,
 "Spring into May"

And what a spring it is! We wanted a very special anniversary kit and this kit is packed with so many fresh and lovely goodies featuring Prima's Divine Collection. There are fabulous textures and soft bling to bring out your creativity!

Take a look:

Main Kit

Embellishment Add-On

Flower Add-On

Paper Add-On

More details on this collection can be seen here: ScrapThat! Store 

We are currently accepting new

Kit Club Members.

For more information,

complete the form on the link below:

New Subscriber 

Here is my first layout, using only the goodies in the main kit and the brand new sketch from Stuck on U Sketches:

Featuring my niece,Vivien in her first princess crown. Yes, it's on backwards but with that smile,we'll just let it pass..

Look at the beautiful sketch Amarilys has created for May:

Here is what I made with it,using the add-ons:

I made the paper roses with my Spellbinder die and the pretty Smooch that comes with the main kit. These are older pics of my daughter that I have been waiting for the right papers..I love how the sunshine highlights her face and these sunny papers and blooms were perfect!

See details about the challenge here: Sketch Challenges

Be sure to also check out the details of our monthly DT challenge

 hosted in May by Sarah here: DT Challenge
We have a Round Robin Challenge to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day this month as well hosted by me!  It looks like it will be a blast!

For my last layout, I had no design in mind but just played with it:

As soon as I saw these papers,I remembered this pic of Naomi wearing this favorite outfit. Perfect match,right? I made the flowers with Prima papers as well and the ribbon is from my stash.

Back to the Hop...

Everyone is welcome to participate.

All entries for both challenges are due by Wednesday, May 29.

 All winners of our challenges, including Layout of the Week, are eligible to receive 10% off any 2012 Kits ~ including Add-ons!

Our Blog Hop features 9 fabulous hop sites including our Design Team blogs. 

We have been scrapping away and are so excited to show you our  creations! 
The May Blog Hop Prize is our 2012 Main Kit,Prima's Nature Garden

To qualify for this month's FABULOUS Prize, 

you must complete the following:

* Visit each blog listed on the hop to see what each designer has created using this month's kit and sketch (comments are very much appreciated).

* Each designer's blog hop post will feature a word to make up a secret sentence,
collect these words along the way.

* You must become a FOLLOWER of each blog along the way 
and LIKE us on our Facebook Page!

* Post the ScrapThat! Blinkie on your blog.

* For your last stop on our Blog Hop return to the ScrapThat! Chat Blog.

Leave a comment letting us know you have

completed the hop.

(Please do NOT include the secret sentence in your comments.)

*Email the secret sentence to Tracey Sabella:tracey@scrapthat.ca

The Blog Hop ends Sunday, April 28 at Midnight EST.

The prize MUST be claimed within 3 days of the forum announcement which will also be made on the ScrapThat! Blog.

~ If left unclaimed a NEW winner will be chosen ~
**Winner will pay actual shipping costs for sending the kit from Canada.**
Shipping costs will be invoiced via PayPal unless you are a kit member,
 then your prize will be shipped with your monthly kit.

Prizes won during the month will be mailed out the first week of the following month.

Due to Customs clearance, International mailings sometimes take 30-75 days to receive.

My secret word is:

Nature

Next hop over to
Sarah Routledge 

For your final stop, return to the ScrapThat! Blog 

to let us know you have completed the hop.

Remember ~ only send the secret sentence to tracey@scrapthat.ca

Happy Hopping!

May ScrapThat! Kit sneaks are here and a new DT member !!

Take a look at this!

May is our Anniversary and we have an incredible kit full of________________ and beautiful__________and best of all is the ___________!

Come back on Friday for the full reveal and blog hop !

Now introducing.... our newest Design Team member and new Video Educator, Kelly Klapstein. 

Here is a little about Kelly:

"Some of you may know me online as "Kelly Creates." I am a Canadian scrapbooker living in Edmonton, Alberta. My 3 teenagers keep me busy with their sports, and my husband and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage in 2014! My passions are teaching and writing, and I'm a former high school English teacher. Now I enjoy designing and teaching scrapbooking classes across Canada! My dream came true when I was invited to design and write for Canadian Scrapbooker magazine in 2011. I'm excited about sharing my designs and techniques with you through my video tutorials!"

We hope that you will subscribe to Kelly's YouTube Channel. Here is the link.http://www.youtube.com/user/kellycreates

Also, please check out her blog: http://kellycreates.blogspot.com/

Welcome aboard, Kelly!

SOUS DT Call!!

Big News!! 

Get all the details here:SOUS DT call

Scrapping Everyday Miracles April Sketch Challenge!

                                      This month at SEM we are trying something new!

                                 We have TWO sketches...one layout sketch and one card sketch. 

                                                       Check them out here. Pretty cool,right?

                           You can take your pick of the two and create either a layout or a card.

                                                       Both sketches are from PageMaps.

The TWIST?...use Washi Tape!

Here's mine:

I was inspired by this quote I found on Pintrest:

The pics are my youngest,Naomi, and oldest,Hayden, on Easter day. Hayden hates taking pics and being serious for more than 20 seconds. He and Naomi have a special bond which somehow has grown stronger since he left for college. They text each other and chat and then are goofy when together. I didn't want to just scrap the perfect pic, but the silly way they really are. 

I used the yummy Kaisercraft 75 cent papers and really love the colors! I used my washi tape on the edges of my photo mats and on my "banner". I fell in love with the little viewmaster paper from EchoPark! The title chippy is from Blue Fern, and I just added clear crackle. The heart locket and lightbulbchippies are from ScrapFX (aren't they cool?) and they were treated to my old standby,Rub n' Buff. I have a tute on the small green newsprint flowers here and here.

Check out the details here:http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.com/

SOUS Sketch Reveal !

Welcome to another SOUS Friday sketch reveal! This 2 pager, yup, 2 pager comes to us through the lovely talent of our very own Nanne. Check it out here: Nanne's Awesome 2 pager

Here is my take on it:

I'll confess, I haven't made a 2 page layout in years, since my pages became more and more dimensional. This was really fun to make, though and still has lots of dimension. I need to give thanks to ScrapFX for their generous RAK-All my chippies are from them and treated with a combination of silver embossing powder and perfect pearls in gold.

The story behind the layout is that since my family lives scattered through the state we meet for "Christmas" on a different weekend. Well, with all the snow we didnt end up getting together until March. My husband and I were so looking forward to giving my niece,Vivien with the Barbie Jeep Powerwheel we snagged on Black Friday. We made her come out to the driveway and surprised her with her new car. You can tell by the smile on her face that she loved it!

So,using this sketch and your creative talents, 

we are dying to see what YOU create! Link up to the SOUS

blog to take a chance at being voted one of our Top 3!

Bookpage Bloom Tutorial

Today I am going to share with you how I made my little blue blooms like the ones in my "Blue" layout.

Here is a sneak peek of these little green ones on an upcoming layout:

These are really easy and cute! Scrap for help is also running a challenge for April to create something with book pages-see the details here:http://scrapforhelp.blogspot.com/  These would be perfect! Have fun!

SEM Blog Hop Winner !

I want to say thank you to all of my hoppers and the lovely comments you left.

 I know it was a busy weekend and it means a lot to me!

The Winners post at Scrapping Everyday Miracles just posted so check out all the winners!

The winner of my RAK,chosen by Random.org is:

Roberta!!

Roberta said:

Wow, I love all of the details and elements on your layout!

 I love how you created so many textures with the various papers!
I love spring because the colors outside here in the NC Mountains change from gray to green! 

I am a new follower!

Congrats,Roberta!

 Email me at TrayP33@hotmail.com with your address so I can get your prize right out to you! 

BTW, you should head straight to the SEM site!

SEM April Challenge-"All God's Creatures"

Nicole is hosting the main challenge at Scrapping Everyday Miracles for April. Here is a little about what she has to say:

Hi it is Nicole... As I write this challenge post I am sitting on the couch surrounded by two cats and a dog.  They continually bless my life with friendship, laughter, and love. It is so true the animals are such a beautiful and amazing part of God's creation

For this month's main challenge we would like you to create a project inspired by your pets.  Even if you aren't animal person or don't have any pets you can still be inspired by this challenge.  You can create a project inspired by any animal in God's creation. Your projects can even be about an animal related experience like a day at the zoo or a farm. What is important is that we see that God is blessing us with everyday miracles using both the animals within our families and those outside our homes.  

SCRAP TWIST: USE AN ANIMAL RELATED QUOTE SAYING OR EVEN BIBLE VERSE ON YOUR PROJECT.   You can use it for your title, journaling or just addition to your project! Just to help you get started here is a link to a bunch of animal quotes http://www.petsinpastel.com/quotes.htm

Here is my layout:

Several years ago,my sweet puppy accidently ate some gum, You may not know that gum contains Xylitol, which can be fatal in dogs. As little as 3 grams can kill a 65 lb dog. Click on link to read more. My puppy,Honey, only weighs 4 lbs. We rushed her to the Vet, where she was admitted for 3 days on IV fluids and medication and monitoring. We were told she would likely die or if she lived, have permanent liver damage. I prayed for a miracle. God came through, as always! She survived with no lasting damage to her liver! How wonderful is our God to take the time to answer puppy prayers!

My layout was created using papers from my Gorgeous April kit from ScrapThat, featuring Donna Salazar's Natural Beauty line! The butterfly chippie is from ScrapFX, where I won a generous RAK. Their chippies are heavy weight and beautiful!I chose to leave it naked except for some crackle.I made the little pinwheel and with my new Prima Poppy mask, made the molding paste design. My quote for the twist is written across the bottom of the page:

All thing bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord God made them all.

Our Sponsor this month is

Hello there! I'm Leena and I live in the tiny island of Singapore. I've been scrapbooking for 6 years now and the recent one year, I've turned from a traditional scrapbooker to Project Lifer. It's been an amazing year just dedicating my time and days documenting week after week worth of stories about me, my family and friends, my full time job, the places I've traveled to for work and holidays, celebrations and many more interesting journey of my life. I've also set up a very small online shop just a year ago, just to share handmade items that was originally created for my own use. Then I realized, I had a lot of request from scrapbookers all over the world asking for my handmade items to be made available for sale. That's how it got started. The response has been overwhelming and I'm so thankful to all my buyers for their support. My shop sells mainly core handmade items such as flair buttons or also known as badges which can be used for any kind of craft projects. They're a very popular scrapbook product among scrapbookers! Once again thank you to Scrapping Everyday Miracles for this opportunity to sponsor my shop products for their challenge this April! 

Blog - findingnana.com

Shop - findingnana.bigcartel.com

Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Findingnana/419824088062873

Twitter - https://twitter.com/findingnana

Instagram - username is "findingnana"

Leena has sponsored it us with a wonderful prize that you could win by linking up a project to our April Challenges!  Wanna see it? That is $40 worth of flair buttons!  WOW!

Guess what everyone Leena has prepared a discount code for all of you!!!! You can save  20% off total purchase of any products in my shop, valid from now until April 30th. The code is SEM20. They just need to enter this during check out. This discount does not apply on shipping fee. I ship from Singapore to all over the world. 

**NOTE: You may submit the project you create for Scrapping Everyday Miracles to other challenge blogs but your project must be mainly created for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge in order to win the sponsor prize and/or be one of Top 3**

 All entries must be linked to the SEM site here by April 30th, 11:59pm PST.
*Important: Make sure your link is to the blog post with your project & not just your blog in general...and be sure to remember the SCRAP TWIST!