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If you came here from Chelsey Davis @ http://www.scarycutecreations.blogspot.com/ then you are in the right place! If not, Mindi Brown @ http://scrapchat-n-coffeetalk.blogspot.com/ has the hop order to help you find your way.
I am so excited to be a part of this blog hop. I am, also, a blog hop virgin and hopefully this will not be my last. If you want to see all the lovely creations by the participants go to Let's Scrap galley and check them out.
Here is the sketch I am showcasing for the hop:

And here is my example:

Now here's the fun part! Blog candy! I have decided to give away an assortment of embellishments suitable for cards or scrapbook layouts.

This is how easy it is to enter my random draw.
-Be or become a member of Let's Scrap which you can do by clicking here http://letsscrap.ning.com/ it free, easy and fast! Once you get there I am sure you will love it.
-Become a follower of my blog.
-Leave me a comment telling me you are playing along.

If you would like a second chance in the draw
-Make a card or layout from the sketch I have posted and upload it the the gallery at Let's Scrap. Please tag it as such
11-17-10, LEAP50. Please note there is only a space after the comma and LEAP is all capitals.
-Leave a link to your card in the Let's Scrap gallery in the comments section here on my blog

The hop ends at 11:59pm Central Standard time February 29th, which you should be able to track using the clock on the main page of Let's Scrap.

Thanks ever so much for visiting. You have reached the final destination on Leap Around the World Blog Hop. Thanks for having joined us; if you have gotten lost along the way or have joined the hop in the middle, Mindi Brown @ http://scrapchat-n-coffeetalk.blogspot.com/ is the beginning of the hop. You don't want to miss out on any of the fun!

Fifty Cards Finished

Woo Hoo! I have finished all fifty cards for Leap Around the World Blog Hop. All fifty have been posted to Let's Scrap gallery and I have joined and left the link at all the other host blogs. You can see my card creations by clicking on the tab above. I have really enjoyed participating in the hop and I now have an amazing array of cards ready to go for any occasion.

New Weekly Sketch

It's Wednesday already and a new sketch revealed at Let's Scrap. I really like this one and can see myself using it again.


My take on the sketch, the pictures were some of the first taken with my new camera.

Woo Hoo!

My blog has reached 50 followers! Never dreamed it would happen but thanks to the ladies at Let's Scrap  and the Leap Around the World blog hop it has become a reality.

How's Your Day

Everything is going so well with the blog hop. Thanks to everyone who has become a follower of my blog so far. The cards the ladies are posting to LS gallery are awesome; giving me such good ideas. LOL
A huge shout out to Mindi, Debbie and Betty Anne; we couldn't be having such a successful hop without your tireless gals.
There was a new sketch added at LS on Wednesday and it's a corker


And drum roll, my take on the sketch. Please don't ask to many questions, I have looked better.

Delightful and Delicious

I am issuing the challenge at Let's Scrap this week, see below for the details and why not play along for an opportunity to winner a prize.
My challenge this week is all about FOOD.
We all need to eat; in fact lots of us love to eat.  We may not like to cook or we may not even be good cooks.
In some families there is a special dish, cookie, cake or meal that may have become a tradition. Families, also, gather together for special holiday meals that have become traditions.
My challenge to you is to create a single or double page layout (no cards) of that special food or meal. I have included a recipe on my sample layout; you don’t have to do that.
On your layout you must use the following:
~Some stitching (machine, hand, or even rub-on stitching)
~At least 1 handmade tag
~Journaling
You must use a Let’s Scrap sketch.
This challenge cannot be combined with the weekly main page sketch, special month long site sponsored sketch or the Scrap our Stash Challenge. The layout must be something you scrapped new for this challenge, not something you previously made.
To be eligible for the prize drawing, upload your entry for this challenge to the gallery by Thursday, February 10^th at 11:59pm (using the clock on the main page).
Be sure to tag your entry correctly: challenge128 (all one word), followed by a comma, a space, and then the sketch number you used. In my sample layout the tag would read: challenge128, 10-18-09.
In the comment section of your post explain how you met the requirements of the challenge. Sometimes the elements of a layout are hard to see in the photos.
If you also use a technique from one of the tutorials, you will get your name in the draw a second time.
I can’t wait to see what you create. Thanks for taking my challenge.
Here is my sample of the FOOD challenge.


“Delightful & Delicious”

Used: Bazzill cs (Carob, String of Pearls & Iced Cocoa), Kaiser Scrapbooks pp “Cafe Culture” line, Dazzles kitchen stickers, Prima flowers and various scraps.

I made my DS happy because I had to bake a batch of these cookies just so I could take a picture of them for my layout; I had not baked them in a long time. LOL

New Weekly Sketch

The new weekly sketch was revealed at Let's Scrap yesterday. Why don't you try the sketch and posted your layout in the gallery at Let's Scrap.
Here is the sketch 1-25-12

Here's my take on the sketch, I didn't use any pattern paper.