Turtle Soup August Mini Crop

I might have been absent from this blog lately, but I promise you I have been creating!  Not a lot of scrapbooking going on, but I have been making cards in between work and family life.

In August the team at Turtle Soup hosted a "Back-to-School" themed Mini Crop and I made the following projects.....

Thanks for stopping by!

Turtle Soup | Spring Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the Turtle Soup Spring themed Blog Hop. We hope you enjoy everyone’s inspirational and creative projects. Here is the full list in case you lose your way. See you back here again to leave a finishing comment to get your ballot to win a random prize. Enjoy and off you go hopping!

1. Sara - (using Turtle blog) http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/

2. Bev http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/

3. Deb P http://tassiedeb.blogspot.com.au/

YOU ARE HERE 4. LouiseB http://madeatnumber27.blogspot.com.au/

5. Lisa Moen http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/

6. LouiseT http://timelesscraftmumma.blogspot.com.au/

7. Chris  http://ole682000.blogspot.com

8. Toni http://memoriesonpages.blogspot.com/

9. Phillis http://justfindtimetoscrap.blogspot.com/

10. Colleen http://scrappingranny-colleen.blogspot.com/

11. Elisa http://2crazycrafters.blogspot.com.au/

12. Karen http://calmcreations.blogspot.com/

13. Joan http://thegovsplace.blogspot.com/

14. TURTLE SOUP BLOG http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/

Although we're well into Autumn here in Australia, there is still plenty of sunshine around and the days are warm. I was inspired to create some cards using flowers and pretty soft spring colours.

I have made a set of three cards using the Flower Patch stamp set from Stampin' Up as well as Stampin' Up inks for my stamping and watercoloured stripes.

Thanks for hopping along- your next stop on the Blog Hop is the lovely Lisa Moen at  http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/.

Turtle Soup | January Mini Crop Projects

I realised that I haven't shared any layouts or cards for a while and since we recently had a Mini Crop at Turtle Soup I have a lot to share!

Our Design Team members set a number of challenges for the crop and here is what I came up with......

Thanks for stopping by!

Turtle Soup | Sunday Card Sketch

I'm back with another project for Turtle Soup and this time it's a card sketch.

Here's my take on the sketch- it's a shaker card :-)

I switched my embellishment cluster with the sentiment positions on the sketch.

I used patterned paper from Simple Stories, star dies from Paper Smooches and a sentiment from WPlus9.

Be sure to head over to Turtle Soup to play along.

Turtle Soup | Monday Sketch Reveal

Hi everyone- I'm back after a blogging break during which time we have finished the school year, moved house and hosted family for Christmas.  I am also excited to announce that I have joined the Turtle Soup team and will be hanging out over at their forums this year.

My first assignment was to create a layout using this sketch.....

I pulled out some goodies from the Fancy Pants Designs "Be Different" Collection and created this layout.....

I hope you will check out Turtle Soup and join in the fun!