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February Creative Crafters Blog Hop

joscie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:33 +0000

Hello Friends! Thanks for joining us on the February edition of the Creative Crafters Blog Hop! If you’re thinking *what blog hop?* It’s our monthly parade of projects using Samantha Walker Goodies. You’ll want to start here, the beginning is just a few stops back. If you’ve come here from Jimmi’s blog then you are already on the right track!

I want to tell you, since I have become a member of Samantha’s Creative Crafters, I have received a load of different crafty goodness. Samantha creates Digital Scrapbooking Supplies, Digital Die Cuts for Silhouette, Spellbinders Dies, and fabric from Riley Blake. I am so lucky, it just can be a little tough to narrow down which goodies to work with. This month I have a digital layout to share.

our boys

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I used the marquee tool to create a rectangle and then used the polygonal lasso tool to deselect a triangular shaped cut out to create a banner. I duplicated it and used it as a clipping mask for all these beautiful papers from Samantha Walker’s Cuckoo 4 U Blue Papers. I also used the custom shape tool to add a few hearts and clipped papers to them. I also added a few hearts from Samantha Walker’s Cuckoo 4 U Blue Elements. These pictures were taken by Marina Miller of Red Heart Photography and used with permission. :)

Giveaway information:

This Month, Samantha is giving away a set of Spellbinders dies…the Blossom tags and Accents set!

To enter, just leave a comment on my blog during February 8th and February 12th. Winner will be announced on Samantha’s Facebook page on Monday February 13th.

For additional entries:

1. receive an additional entry for commenting on each of the other blogs in the blog hop.

2. go here (www.samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com) and follow Samantha Walker’s blog

3. follow her on Facebook (www.facebook.com/samanthawalkerdesigns)

4. sign up for an e-mail subscription to Samantha’s blog and you will automatically receive a link to a free SVG cutting file that you can download and use on your personal electronic cutter. Link will be e-mailed early next week.

To receive the additional entries, and get the link to the free SVG file, mention in your comment on Samantha’s blog (www.samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com) that you have done so!

WOW, that is 13 chances to win!

The next blog on your hop is Angie :)

thanks so much for stopping by, I appreciate your visit. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win that spellbinder’s die set (i have it and love it!).

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

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joscie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:15:29 +0000

Hello Friends! Today’s prompt was in a roll or rolled up and I seriously considered going to the bakery for some rolls but the weather was terrible so we stayed in most of the day. We did, however, venture out for dinner.

This is one of our favorite restaurants despite a few items that I don’t care for here. The food is excellent and the service is usually pretty good. Two things I don’t like? 1. when we walk up to the host/hostess they ALWAYS ask us, are you visiting? No. we live here. in fact we come here about once a month and have been coming here for years. Are you visiting is not a polite way to greet a guest. How are you, How is your day are more appropriate greetings. 2. When the host/hostess walks you to your table, the put the menus on the table and stack the napkins and silverware on the table. They do not set the table, they do not pass out the menus. that’s just rude, in my opinion. I have mentioned it to the manager and he said it’s a style of service. I say, you mean lack of service? so then I shouldn’t leave a tip then? but the friendliness of the servers (tonight we had anthony-excellent) and quality of the food are so good, we do overlook it.

seriously, can you not tell we are from here?

thanks for stopping by! Come back tomorrow for the Samantha Walker Creative Crafter’s blog hop!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

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joscie — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:29:06 +0000

Hello Friends! This morning we went out to the USS Missouri Memorial to attend the commissioning ceremony of a friend of our family. The prompt was the photograph someone wearing red. I have very few red items of clothing and most of the people I saw today had on white, khaki or blue uniforms. I opted for a shot of me with my red lipstick.

Here are some other pictures from our day on the USS Missouri (camera phone shots)

thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with Bossy :)

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joscie — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:37:58 +0000

Happy February, Friends! :) it’s 2.1.12, a palindrome ;) ha ha, it’s the little things that make me happy. Today’s prompt was fast shutter speed. I did not get a chance to go outside to play with a fast shutter speed so when we came out from eating dinner and I saw the sun glowing all big, orange, and beatiful… I had to snap this shot. I like it even though there are power lines and cars.

I also wanted to share, I moved Jordan back to his shorter table and let Jalen stay with his tall table. Today was the second day of working on separate tables and there has been much less chatter, more focus and work getting done much more quickly. I also had more time to do some laundry, make up beds with fresh linen, vacuum, fold laundry… and boys to help me with these things. and for the most part they were cheerful helpers. It has been really happy in our home the past two days. same kids, same mom, same work. slightly modified work environment and the difference is wonderful. I just wanted to share.

Thanks for stopping by!
Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

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joscie — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:29 +0000

Hello Friends and Hello end of January. Today’s prompt was tiles, like scrabble tiles. I played a bit with my scrabble tiles:

and two other faves from today. Jalen and Jordan doing a magnet/compass experiment

and some yummy macarons we picked up after dinner today: coconut, vanilla, guava, mango, key lime.

the boys, on how to identify macarons:

Jalen- The coconut ones have little things on them.

Jordan- I hope it’s not bacteria!

those are so my boys. ha ha.

I hope you’re having a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy! :)

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joscie — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:59:10 +0000

Hello Friends :) Today’s prompt was bench but since we did not get through our school work very quickly today, I opted to go off prompt. The boys reading together.

thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

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joscie — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:44:49 +0000

Hello Friends! Today’s prompt was the written word. We spent our Saturday big fat day of fun at Bishop Museum. One of the displays was about Japanese immigrants to Hawaii. Here’s the my #p366 shot, the written word. A payroll book from 1909

we also saw a shave ice machine and tray, a miniature plantation store, type for a japanese newspaper, a mochi pounding bowl, a pocket watch, a notary seal and whip, and a kendo mask. Outside the Science Center where Jordan sat on a nene goose, inside with Jalen in front of the silver discs. the planetarium, oh yeah and the death star, hee hee. science on a sphere. click any of these photos for a larger view.

thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

Project Life: week 3

joscie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:01:58 +0000

Hello Friends, thanks for stopping by! I finally had the time to finish up the last journaling card for last week and got my Project Life week 3 photographed. I am still really enjoying this project!

Project Life Week 3

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Project Life Week 3 Left

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I included a gas pump receipt stapled to a journaling card. I added my journaling by hand, added the orange stickers. I had to include this shot of Jordan doing his math. He always touches his fingers to his chin or nose when he counts. I think it is so cute. I also did this week’s dates on a white flag instead of a kraft flag. I am resisting going back to change it to match the previous weeks.Hambly Washi Tape. Label from a treat we bought at Shirokiya: custard filled fish shaped waffles. super yum. also thickers numbers and smash date stamp in gray.
Date stamp right on the picture. Studio Calico Scrap Pads, machine stitching. Jordan says: I bet Miso Soup would be really good at the North Pole. He also called our breakfast Muff-funs.

Project Life Week 3 Right

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studio calico scrap pads, machine stitch, white vinyl thickers, white pen:

Project Life Clementine Cardstock cut down to 4×6. Blue Glitter Thickers, Studio Calico Scrap Pads, date stamp, white pen, Amy Tan Camera, PL remember sticker.

Also, in case you are wondering, bfdof is our family phrase: Big Fat Day Of Fun. It is used like this: Are you ready for a big fat day of fun? or Oh, there is no whining on our big fat day of fun! OH! No arguing on a big fat day of fun! A big fat day of fun is any day where we are out all day on our adventures. this does not include shopping trips or that kind of thing. only stuff that could be considered fun by the majority of the family members. like the aquarium, zoo, museum, movies that kind of thing. This week I really embraced the freedom of Project Life. I chose not to include some of my #p366 pics and chose more that had a story to go with. it makes me happy.

Thanks for Stopping By!
Love Love and Blog You Later,

Joscie, rhymes with Bossy :)

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joscie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:53:06 +0000

Hello Friends! I did not go with today’s prompt because I knew we were heading out on a little adventure today to the State Capitol. Troy had to pick up a letter from the Governor so we planned a little trip to walk around and enjoy the building. We parked in front of ‘Iolani Palace and fed the meter. I caught a picture of this skateboarder going down the sidewalk.

my picture of the day. I loved the lines, the reflections, everything.

we also took a little trip down to ala moana shopping center to pick up a wristband holder for Jordan’s iPod Nano. I saw this and had to stop:

thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow I’ll post my week 3 Project Life Pages :)

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)

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joscie — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:20:57 +0000

Hello Friends! Today’s prompt has to deal with focus. My main focus these days is on homeschooling these two.

No, I don’t have the patience of a saint. and YES it would be easier to send them to school. and YES it is a lot of work. but in the grand scale of my life, I count these two as pretty important.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Love and Blog you Later,

Joscie, rhymes with bossy :)