Welcome to the SOC Blog Hop for Breast Cancer!



October is Breast Cancer awareness month!  
So in honor of this event -- I, along with some talented crafters, have teamed up to honor and celebrate the men and women in our lives that inspire us with their strength in the battle against Breast Cancer.  
If you wondered here from Qadirah's blog, you're in the right place!
If you just dropped in, why don't you join us for the whole blog?


Of course, a blog hop isn't complete without blog candy!
There will be giveaways on various blogs throughout the hop!  PLUS, there will be an SOC blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!!   To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on ALL blogs by Monday, Oct. 10 @ 11pm EST.  From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn.  The winner will be posted on all participating blogs on Friday, October 14.  


For my contribution, I've created two layouts.


Layout #1
This layout is for a hometown girl who is also a co-worker that just battled Breast Cancer and won!  She was very candid and open with everyone about her experience.  I feel so honored to know someone who has such strength and grace.  She felt well enough to participate in the Race for the Cure and I'll add these photos to the layout and present the framed gift to her. Also, I know this blog hop is specific to breast cancer but so many family members have battled with cancer in general, and some are are still on the battlefield.  I dedicate this to them as well.  


The Layout was created using paper from Michael's, a jeweled BC ribbon and a borrowed embossing folder with dainty little hearts (I forget the name of the folder!) and the Cricut Breast Cancer cartridge.  I choose the pink camflouage paper to represent the fight that is needed to battle this terrible disease.  The pink represents everything girly.  
Remember to "fight like a girl" and never give up hope! 


Layout #1

This "Hope" Layout features papers from Me & My Big Ideas Mambi collection. It was purchased at my local Michael's.  
The title says "Finding joy in the journey."  
The layered butterfly is from my stash.  I choose it because of the careless freedom that a butterfly has as it dances on the flowers.  The butterfly's journey seems to be filled with Joy.
The layered heart is also from the Mambi collection as well as the lady's dress.  The paper is pre-printed with a journaling block.
The "It's a girl" embellishment is also from Michael's.
Thanks for looking!


Layout #2

I appreciate you stopping by to support the SOC Breast Cancer hop!
The Scraps of Color (SOC) group is very much like a family unit.   We've developed close friendships along the way while sharing our crafty creations.  
My way of saying "thanks for visiting" is posted below. 
One lucky visitor who lives a comment and is a follower will be eligible to win my blog candy.  Remember, if you comment on ALL the blogs within the hop, you'll be entered to win the grand prize!

Blog candy includes a stack of DCWV 8x8 paper, Glue Glider  pro tape runner and two refills, EK Success Paper Shaper BC punch and some chipboard letters.  

Here's our line-up.  Please every visit site.  

RJ

 Letillia

 Rochelle

 Cyndi

 An'Jenic

 Tina

Tiare

 Samara

Barb W.

 Sharon

Jessica

Suzy-que

 Qadirah

Nedine   - you are here!

 Cheryl  - visit here next!

Thanks for your support!

Altered Picture Frame Swap

Over at SOC, we had an altered picture frame swap and it was SO much fun!  

My partner was opened minded to anything. She likes the color green so I thought about flowers and a vintage theme.  This was my very first altered frame and I had so much fun that I taught my sister how to make one too so I hope you enjoy looking at our frames!


My sister lives in Kentucky but she was home for a visit.  We had such a great time together!  Her favorite color is blue.  I wanted to share my love of crafting with my sister and thought it would be fun for her to create a frame.  She's experienced some health problems recently so each piece had a purposeful meaning.
I think she did a great job!!

The frame from my swap partner arrived today!  It's beautiful!  It will go perfectly in my guest bedroom / craft room!  Thanks so much, Sharon!!

Baby Shower Album

In lightening speed, I created this baby shower album.  It was a very quick turnabout but it was to help a friend out.  I had travel plans and got sick along the way, but all in all, I got it done in the nick of time.  Thanks to the help of my SOC sisters with words of encouragement!  While the album has details, it's not my usual amount of details but I'm still pretty pleased with the outcome.  The new Parents were very excited to receive it so it makes it all worthwhile.


Also, for the shower I created a gift journal and a gift bucket (instead of a gift bag.)  The gift bucket contains an outfit for the new arrival and inside, there is another smaller matching jar with a gift card.  The gift bucket and outfit are both monkey themed.

Altered Journal Cover to include show invite and colors of Mother's sorority

The Album was a 12x12 Recollections brand from Michael's.  We wanted to keep the plastic cover on it so I made an insert to personalize the album.

The first page of the album was borrowed from a sketch in the 2nd edition of the Cricut magazine on page 33.  The original LO was a "DAD" layout and I made it a baby LO!  ;-) 

Daddy is a Kappa.  The colors were chosen to represent his fraternity as well as one of his hobbies.

Mom is always accessorized and is an AKA.  I wanted to make her page extra special.

To add a little extra bling, I added Stickles to the journaling spots and Glimmer Mist to the photo mats.  The Pink Petaloo Flowers were also stained with Glimmer Mist to great the great color combo for this page.  i-Rock gems were also included for a little extra bling.

This page was added to capture the colors of the shower invite.  i-Rock gems were added througout this layout for some visual interest.  Also a metal embellishment was added to page 2.  

Best Wishes page - guests at the shower were ask to complete 3x5 index cards regarding their best wishes for the family.  The edges of the journaling blocks were inked for a little extra pop.

The Sentiment was chalked with blue and green loose powder chalks.  

Second page of the well wishes cards.  The bottom layer was also chalked and heart shaped brads were added.

This page features a ribbon border offset with a Fiskars punch.
I used my Gypsy to make a custom title for the page and used store purchased embellishments to tie it all together.

The train from the New Arrival cartridge was added to include the family surname across a 2-page LO.  The wheels were embellished with brads.  

The tree was flocked using Zig 2 way glue and green flock.  

Cricut markers were used to outline the scalloped shape.
The safety pins were shadowed using Kraft paper.
The So Sweet sentiment was pop-dotted to add some dimension.

New Arrival Monkey on the gift bucket.
I used an Easter gift bucket from Jo Ann's with a green top to create a gift bucket for the new addition.
Within the gift bucket was an outfit and a matching canister with another gift inside.

Various ribbon cut at 5" adorns the handle.

Twine holds together the banner featuring the baby's name.
The grass is cut from Plantin School book.  The paper used to make the grass has a slight pattern.

K& Company flowers.

Thanks for looking!

Tag from Scraps of Color - Friday Night Challenge

There is a challenge every Friday over at Scraps of Color.  I really didn't play in this week's challenges, just cheered from the sidelines.  Then, I decided I wanted to play.  The Challenge was to create a tag, use red ribbon, a part of a paper bag, 2 flowers and 2 bling as well as a stamped birthday sentiment.  First of all, I'm really not into stamping and from the stamps I did have, none of them were a birthday stamp.  ::shaking head::: so I improvised, like any good scrapbooker would!  :)  My stamp says "Bee Happy".