Sizzix is giving away $2500 to 5 different winners on Scrapbook.com!  I mean, how cool would that be?  Pretty awesome, actually.  I love my Big Shot - got one when they first came out way back when, and I still use it faithfully :)   I don't even use a Cricuit or
a Silhouette, I use my Big Shot!  So, the Big Shot Plus they're giving away would be a real Plus to have.  So, thanks to Sizzix and Scrapbook.com for the opportunity to win such a fabulous prize!

                                                                 toni

              The Turtle Soup DT Blog Hop - 
                        April 1st - April 3rd.

                              

      Start here: Http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/ 

     at the Turtle Soup Blog   

                         

                  At the end of the hop, return to the Turtle Soup Blog  and write a comment

 about our hop for a chance to get  a ballot to win a fabulous

         scrappy prize.        

 Hi everyone….. welcome to the Turtle Soup Spring themed Blog Hop. Hope you enjoy everyone’s inspirational and creative projects. Here is the full list in case you loose 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…….. thanks

1. Sara - (using Turtle blog) http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/
2. Bev http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/
3. Deb P http://tassiedeb.blogspot.com.au/
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/

Last day of my spring break...feel like I didn't get much accomplished, but did actually
do a little more scrapping :)  So late nights (and then late mornings) isn't so bad sometimes.
Here is what I've done lately.

Haven't been on this blog in a while...downloaded Microsoft 10 and it changed a lot of stuff on
the computer; quite frustrating, but had to do it for work...needless to say, working on getting it
figured out takes me a lot of time... but I have scrapped over time, not as much as I used to
because of the various demands of two different jobs, but here are some of the fun pages I've
done:

                                                        Welcome to the 

                           Turtle Soup DT Spring Blog Hop.

                   FRIDAY APRIL 3RD START TO THURSDAY APRIL 9 END

Lots of spring inspiration, some individual blog prizes and the overall main random blog hop prize.

Visit all the blogs over the course of a week ending Thursday, April 9th 11:59 pm EST and leave a comment.   Finish at the Turtle Soup blog where you'll please follow us and leave a comment for ballot to random draw prize to be announced Friday, April 10th. 

1. Bev:   http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-magazine-dt-blog-hop-spring.html

2. Colleen:  http://scrappingranny-colleen.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-spring-blog-hop.html

3.  Phillis:    http://justfindtimetoscrap.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-blog-hop.html

4. Stacey:  http://spaceystaceyscrappygoodness.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-blog-hop-43.html

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

6. Joan:  http://thegovsplace.blogspot.com/2015/04/blog-hop-design-team-project.html

7. Tracy  : http://tracysscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-blog-hop.html

8. Ginni:   http://ginniscrappyworld.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-design-team-blog-hop-april.html

9. toni:   http://memoriesonpages.blogspot.com/2015/04/welcome-turtle-soup-dt-spring-blog-hop.html 

10. Lisa:   http://lisasscrappyhideaway.blogspot.com/2015/04/spring-has-sprung.html

11. Cheryl:  http://cherylndesignscreate.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-spring-blog-hop.html

12. Ashley:   http://marklandandmain.blogspot.com/2015/04/love-scrapping-turtle-spring-blog-hop.html

13. FINISH: Turtle Soup Magazine Blog:      

   http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/2015/04/turtle-soup-magazine-dt-blog-hop.html   

         SPRING is the theme for this blog hop, so to share with you a page I did

     inspiring some Spring colors after the long, cold, icy-snowy winter we had:

        Hope you enjoy, and hope you'll play along and visit the many creative and inspiring blogs...

                                              HAPPY SPRING!

Have been able to get some pages done lately, so posting some of my faves.

Turtle Soup's March Sketch-a-thon is coming - Love Sketch-a-thons!

Some more pages done at Turtle Soup with the February mini crop challenges, and also some
Scrapbook.com challenges:

Here are a couple of more pages I've done...
can't seem to stop scrapping since it's been so long, LOL.

Monday's DT Sketch Reveal is on Turtle Soup's Blog.
Such an amazing sketch, great takes on it, and they're all different.
Gotta love sketches :)

http://turtlesoupmagazine.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-monday-sketch-and-dt-reveal.html

I've also done a page for a challenge at Scrapbooks.com for their Scraplift the person above you challenge:

After taking some time off from the internet and scrapping as a result, I'm now back into it
in full swing...can't seem to want to stop, LOL - that's the way it usually is with me anyway.

Here is a couple of pages I've done for Turtle Soup using Bev's amazing sketches:

First I'd like to says thanks and best of luck to the design team that is leaving. You will be missed. Your talent, creativity and friendship was amazing and such a big part of our team. Take care and we'll watch for you on Facebook to see what you're up too. AND NOW CONGRATS TO THE 2015 DESIGN TEAM We are excited to have many returning DT and some amazing NEW designers. We are already planning the 2015 schedules to share with you. Be sure to visit us often. Daily challenges, monthly mini crops, amazing gallery of creative projects.. and daily chatter to get to know you all better. We encourage even the beginner through advanced scrapper to join us. There is always someone around to help you along the way. Sketches, layouts, cards, tags, altered items and lots of techniques shared to keep everyone happy. CONGRATS TO THE 2015 DESIGN TEAM.

wow, another page done today!  3 in one day!!  Haven't done that in a while.

Love this photo of Larry and Steven in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard
in Ohio back in 2005.  Steven was such a joy...sigh.

Turtle Soup has its June mini crop going on, and I'm lovin' the
challenges this month.  Hope to get them all done :)

Here is two of them:

This is a challenge to celebrate the fathers in our lives.

This challenge is to use what summer colors are to you.

 

 

Come join us!

Five of us on The ScrappingTurtleSoup DT were lucky enough to play with some new MME stickers.  Here is my LO using the "Now and Then -  Izzy "Good Times" stickers:

 

 

 

"be sure to visit the Turtle Blog to view the rest of the DT's reveal using the same Products"  

 

      Spring is almost here...well, we thought so 'til today when we had some

snow flakes!!!!  LOL...  But it will be here shortly (I hope anyway).

It's definitely been a long winter, worse for a lot of other people than us,

but still...

      I did this page for the March mini crop at Turtle Soup.  In celebration

of Spring, and particularly March,  I challenged scrappers to use the color

  Green

       because to me Spring means green.

    Scraplifted a page tonight for a challenge on Turtle Soup...this page was so fun,
just had to lift it...plus I had some photos that were perfect with the lift as it was
about "movies."   We took the kids to a drive-in movie here in Tennessee so they
could experience something we did very often when we were growing up.  They
enjoyed it...the first move was terrible though (don't even remember what it was),
but Adam Sandler in "The Longest Yard" was good...the biggest problem was
getting home at 3:00 in the morning...ugh.  Here is my page:

Another try to see if I've fixed this blog...it's been a little off for a while and every once
in a while I try to spend some time to fix it. 

omgosh, I think I've got it! 


Did the above page for one of My Scraps and More Love is in the Air challenge, and also one of
Turtle Soup's mini crop challenges.  Adding it to Colorful Creations "love" challenge for this
month.

Well, I haven't been on here in ages...
it's a New Year, hopefully it will be a much better one.

I'm back on the DT for another six months at Turtle Soup...very excited about that.
I still try and participate at Chatty Scrappers on 2Ps, and also on My Scraps and More.
This past year I wasn't able to get a lot done, so I'm hoping I can get back in the swing
of things.

Since I've been off from school I've gotten some scrappin' done...a few DT projects
that are coming up, and a couple of pages for Chatty Scrappers.  I'm working on some
thank you cards for some really sweet people at school this Christmas. 

Here are a couple of the more recent pages I did for Chatty Scrappers; I'm still
working on some really old photos.  These are from Christmas 2004.  Why is it
the only time I want to scrap Christmas photos is around Christmas???

Well, hopefully I'll be back with more very soon :)