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Tuesday

Hot Fun in the Summer Blog Hop Winners

Thanks for all the wonderfully encouraging comments! I hope you all had fun hopping along with us. Now go forth and make some summer memories to scrap (LOL).

The winner of the 'Joy in the Journey' prize is Areletha! Please contact me by Saturday, July 7, 2012 to claim your prize

She commented: Such cute photos on both of your layouts. Love them.

The SOC winner is: Nitasha! Make sure to contact the blog Hostess, Cheryl.

Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for hopping along with us.

I hope you come back soon.

Monday

Day Four: Hot Fun in the Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to day four of the Hot Fun in the Summer blog hop. I, along with some talented crafters, have teamed up to share cool craft projects that display summer fun! 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 a SOC (Scraps of Color) blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Mon, June 25 at 11pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, June 27.
One lucky blog hopper will win:

Description: It's two kits--one is a 6x6 album starter kit, including a 6x6 paper pad, stickers, and flowers from My Minds Eye. There's enough product for the album and two cards. The other is an Archivers Designer's Favorites kit, vol. 1. It comes with some Bazzill cardstock, patterned papers, Thickers alphas, and all kinds of embellies.

Joy in the journey is the first blog in the blog hop. So you are in the right place. The other blogs in the hop are listed below. There is also blog candy here! To win the following prize from 'Joy in the Journey' all you have to do is the following:

become a follower (or already be a follower) of this blog
leave a comment on any of 'Joy in the Journey's' blog hop threads by 11 P.M. EST Monday, June 25, 2012. Only one comment per post.
Comments on each day's post are entered for a chance to win. (so if you leave a comment on each project you will be entered to win the blog candy multiple times)

The winner will be chosen randomly. All winners must reside in the continental US. Here is the prize:

Earthtones

Here is the project:

Summer would not be complete without my little guy, DUGAN. I made the toilet paper roll mini for him. It is vertical and each page has a tag.

Side view

front of closed mini album

first page

I may add some ribbon to the top of the album and some more embellishments. This was fun to make because it is crafting, but mostly becuse DUGAN is so darn cute. Do I sound biased? lol

YOU ARE HERE:Tina http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/

Sheryl http://gemzisle.blogspot.com/
Lorie http://lorie-thepeddler.blogspot.com/
Suz-que http://suzqucrafter21.blogspot.com/
Cyndi http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/
Qadirah http://alilcraftydiva.blogspot.com/
Margaret http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com/
Tiare http://classygirlmusings.blogspot.com/
Jetti http://gigi-zone.blogspot.com/
Felisa http://felisa21.blogspot.com/
Cassie http://cassiescraftcafe.blogspot.com/
Kristen http://1206designs.com/
Sharette http://scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com/
Kate Blue http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Caryn http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/
Princess http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping along with us. I hope you come again soon.

Sunday

Day Three: Hot Fun in the Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to day three of the Hot Fun in the Summer blog hop. I, along with some talented crafters, have teamed up to share cool craft projects that display summer fun! 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 a SOC (Scraps of Color) blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Mon, June 25 at 11pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, June 27.

One lucky blog hopper will win:

become a follower (or already be a follower) of this blog
leave a comment on any of 'Joy in the Journey's' blog hop threads by 11 P.M. EST Monday, June 25, 2012. Only one comment per post.
Comments on each day's post are entered for a chance to win. (so if you leave a comment on each project you will be entered to win the blog candy multiple times)

The winner will be chosen randomly. All winners must reside in the continental US. Here is the prize:

Today's project is another tree pose. I guess I got hyped about printing out all these kids in the tree pictures.(LOL) This little boy can be quite challenging at times, it was so great to catch him in this pose...PRICELESS!

YOU ARE HERE:Tina http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/
Sheryl http://gemzisle.blogspot.com/
Lorie http://lorie-thepeddler.blogspot.com/
Suz-que http://suzqucrafter21.blogspot.com/
Cyndi http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/
Qadirah http://alilcraftydiva.blogspot.com/
Margaret http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com/
Tiare http://classygirlmusings.blogspot.com/
Jetti http://gigi-zone.blogspot.com/
Felisa http://felisa21.blogspot.com/
Cassie http://cassiescraftcafe.blogspot.com/
Kristen http://1206designs.com/
Sharette http://scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com/
Kate Blue http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Caryn http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/
Princess http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by. Remember to come back for day 4 of the blog hop and another project. I hope you have been inspired to go make something pretty.

Saturday

Day Two: Hot Fun in the Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to day two of the Hot Fun in the Summer blog hop. I, along with some talented crafters, have teamed up to share cool craft projects that display summer fun! 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 a SOC (Scraps of Color) blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Mon, June 25 at 11pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, June 27.
One lucky blog hopper will win:

become a follower (or already be a follower) of this blog
leave a comment on any of 'Joy in the Journey's' blog hop threads by 11 P.M. EST Monday, June 25, 2012. Only one comment per post.
Comments on each day's post are entered for a chance to win. (so if you leave a comment on each project you will be entered to win the blog candy multiple times)

The winner will be chosen randomly. All winners must reside in the continental US. Here is the prize:

And here is the project:
Perhaps it is because school is out and they are chillin' in a tree, but whatever the reason these girls are all SMILES.

YOU ARE HERE:Tina http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/

Sheryl http://gemzisle.blogspot.com/
Lorie http://lorie-thepeddler.blogspot.com/
Suz-que http://suzqucrafter21.blogspot.com/
Cyndi http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/
Qadirah http://alilcraftydiva.blogspot.com/
Margaret http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com/
Tiare http://classygirlmusings.blogspot.com/
Jetti http://gigi-zone.blogspot.com/
Felisa http://felisa21.blogspot.com/
Cassie http://cassiescraftcafe.blogspot.com/
Kristen http://1206designs.com/
Sharette http://scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com/
Kate Blue http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Caryn http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/
Princess http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by. Remember to come back for day 3 of the blog hop and another project. I hope you have been inspired to go make something pretty.

Friday

Hot fun in the Summer Blog Hop

Well summer is officially here! Yay, but boy is it hot in DE. So to celebrate summer: I, along with some talented crafters, have teamed up to share cool craft projects that display summer fun! 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 a SOC (Scraps of Color) blog hop gift awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible for that prize, you must comment on all the blogs by Mon, June 25 at 11pm EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs on Wed, June 27.

One lucky blog hopper will win:

become a follower (or already be a follower) of this blog
leave a comment on any of 'Joy in the Journey's' blog hop threads by 11 P.M. EST Monday, June 25, 2012. Only one comment per post.
Comments on each day's post are entered for a chance to win. (so if you leave a comment on each project you will be entered to win the blog candy multiple times)

The winner will be chosen randomly. All winners must reside in the continental US. Here is the prize:

earthtones

Now for today's project. Many of you know that even though I do not have children of my own, for some reason I am the kid magnet in the neighborhood. I captured these pictures of these two little guys climbing the tree in my front yard. The kids actually knock on my door and say "Miss Teen Teen, can we climb your tree?" Although these photos were taken in early spring before everything started to bloom...being a kid and climbing trees definitely spells SUMMER FUN!

YOU ARE HERE:Tina http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/

Sheryl http://gemzisle.blogspot.com/

Lorie http://lorie-thepeddler.blogspot.com/

Suz-que http://suzqucrafter21.blogspot.com/

Cyndi http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/

Qadirah http://alilcraftydiva.blogspot.com/

Margaret http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com/

Tiare http://classygirlmusings.blogspot.com/

Jetti http://gigi-zone.blogspot.com/

Felisa http://felisa21.blogspot.com/

Cassie http://cassiescraftcafe.blogspot.com/

Kristen http://1206designs.com/

Sharette http://scrappernthemaking.blogspot.com/

Kate Blue http://kateblue.blogspot.com/

Caryn http://thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/

Princess http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by. Remember to come back for day 2 of the blog hop and another project. I hope you have been inspired to go make something pretty.

Thursday

ATC

This ATC is made with watercolor pencils, glitter pen, sakura souffle pens and a pigma micron black pen. I was playing around with drawing people.

Be sure to check back over the weekend for the Hot fun in the Summer Blog Hop. There will be some really cool projects.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Sunday

Healing Art

At the ninth hour I decided to submit a project in the blog hop challenge for Jackson Digital Expressions. I wanted to use the digital image of the mother and daughter hugging that I chalked like a rainbow. I had intended the image for a card, but I changed my mind and it wound up in my pile of digital images. Before I knew it I was painting and crying and collaging and crying and doodling and crying. I ended up with an art journal page. I can't say that I love this piece, but it was very healing. The picture is of my mother who passed away suddenly this past September. I was thinking halo, angel wings, rainbows and hugs. Here is what I came up with:

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Monday

The winners are...

Thank you all for playing along in the hop. I know that this can be a busy time of the year, but I hope you were inspired by all the wonderful cards. Here at Joy in the Journey I am especially grateful for my old and new followers.

Now for the winners of the following prizes.

The padded journal was won by blogger/comment number 15, Amy E. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

The card set was won by blogger/comment number 3, Linda. CONGRATULATIONS!

You have until Saturday, December 10, 2011 to claim your prize and send me your address.

Thanks for hopping. I hope you come again soon.

Sunday

Christmas Greetings Blog Hop day 3

Well here we are at the end of the hop. I hope you had fun and were inspired. The participants are listed below.

SURPRISE! Today there is blog candy! In addition to being eligible to win the padded journal. You can win a three card set of today's card by being a follower of this blog and leaving a comment on this post by 11:59 pm EST December 4, 2011. The winner will be chosen randomly and announced on Monday, December 5, 2011. So comments on this post only are entered to win two different giveaways.

The card for today:

All winners must live in the Continental United States

Materials:

Holiday pp

scalloped border punched pp

red bling

"tis the season" sentiment stamp

embroidery floss

star bling

The Christmas tree was created with a template designed by Kristina Werner. Thanks for the inspiration for this card!

Thanks for hopping along with us. Happy holiday crafting!

1.Angela Holt http://www.theblingtheory.blogspot.com/

2.Cally Ann http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/

3.Ellen Card Monkey Jarvis http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

4.Tina Riley http://parablesproductions.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!

5.Kristen Koenig http://huneebcreations.blogspot.com/

6.Janet Murray Nagai http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
7.Candace Zentner http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Saturday

Christmas Greeting Blog Hop day 2

Welcome back! The participating blogs in the hop are listed below. To win the following prize (a padded journal) you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on any of the three Joy in the Journey Christmas Greetings blog hop posts. You have until 11:59 pm EST on December 4, 2011. The winner will be selected randomly and announced on Monday, December 5, 2011.

All winners must live in the Continental United States.

For day two we have two cards to share with you.

A simple Christmas tree made from words typed on the computer in green ink. I used parchment paper and distressed with brown ink. I used the fiskars paper crimper to crimp brown cs to make the tree trunk. The tree topper is just a gold star sticker. It is all mounted on red cs.

Materials:

All these papers are from CTMH. I attended a workshop a few years ago and these were the scraps.

CTMH stamps (I do not recall the name)

crimped cs strip

stickles

CTMH ink

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come back tomorrow.

1.Angela Holt http://www.theblingtheory.blogspot.com/

2.Cally Ann http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/

3.Ellen Card Monkey Jarvis http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
4.Tina Riley http://parablesproductions.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!

5.Kristen Koenig http://huneebcreations.blogspot.com/

6.Janet Murray Nagai http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
7.Candace Zentner http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Friday

Christmas Greetings Blog Hop

Hey! Hey! Bloggers. Merry Christmas! I know everyone is very busy, but at least you got a minute to hop along with us. I am sure you will be inspired by all the cards the talented ladies have posted. Here is how it works: each day of the hop the participating blogs (listed below) will display a holiday card.

You will also have a chance to win a prize. Here at Joy in the Journey (JITJ) we are giving away this padded journal. All you have to do is be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on one of the JITJ posts throughout the 3 days of the hop. You have until 11:59 pm EST on December 4, 2011. The winner will be selected randomly and will be announced on Monday, December 5, 2011.

All winners must live in the Continental United States.

Today's card was inspired by none other than my pal Angie (her blog is the first stop on this hop).

Materials:

this is an A2 card made from cs

Tim Holtz embossing folder

Tim Holtz seasonal distress ink

ribbon from stash

Ornament: glue a string of pearls onto a cut out circle

This card is sort of heavy. I suggest hand delivery instead of mail. It was fun to make. Thanks for the inspiration Angie! I hope you readers are inspired also.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you check back tomorrow!

1.Angela Holt http://www.theblingtheory.blogspot.com/
2.Cally Ann http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/
3.Ellen Card Monkey Jarvis http://www.cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
4.Tina Riley http://parablesproductions.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!
5.Kristen Koenig http://huneebcreations.blogspot.com/
6.Janet Murray Nagai http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
7.Candace Zentner http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Christmas Greetings Blog Hop

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. Now on to shopping right?

Coming Soon! Remember to stop by and check out the wonderful projects on each blog. More details to be announced.

Monday

The Winner of the Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop Blog Candy

Congratulations MrsPink1! Please e-mail your name and address to me. I will send you the prize below. You have until Saturday, October 29, 2011 to claim your prize. Thanks for playing along in the blog hop. It was truly fun and inspiring.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Friday

Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop

In honor of Scraps of Color's 7th Anniversary, myself along with some talented papercrafters, have teamed up to honor and celebrate sistahood and the wonderful women in our lives who make us laugh, cry, shout, scream, play, live. We honor through our creativity and sharing our stories during this blog hop. Each sistah blogger will inspire you with her creativity and will also be offering up some blog candy! What is blog candy you ask? It's a giveaway! So sit back and get ready to be inspired with the Celebrate Sistahood Blog Hop.

If you started on this blog feel free to look around and enter to win the blog candy. But remember to go back to the first blog on the hop Check out all the creations, follow the rules for entry and then move on to the next blog hop participant for your chance to win again and again. Be sure to visit each blog between Friday, October 21 and Sunday, October 23 for more inspiration and chances to win. This hop closes on October 23, 2011 11:59 p.m. EST. Winners will be posted on each blog on or before October 28, 2011. So be sure to check back!

To win the following prize from 'Joy in the Journey' all you have to do is become a follower of this blog and leave a comment on this thread by the end of the hop. The winner will be chosen randomly. All winners must reside in the continental US.

Now for the project:
I decided to make a layout of me scrapping with my friend Erica. I have been doing arts and crafts since forever and Erica sat on the sidelines contending that she never thought she could do 'artsy stuff'. Yeah right! LOL. Well, I was deep into flower arranging and making wedding favors many years ago when none other than Erica invited me to a $5.00 crop (ahhhh those were the days-lol). That crop was amazing! I never looked back, I was hooked on the 'new way' to scrapbook. Today I rarely do wedding favors and other crafts. I was like:"... wow, what is a sizzix!" "You mean there is a machine that does that...I am still using stencils and scissors." (LOL) I love Erica just because, but now I have a special place for her in my heart for introducing me to a modern way to scrapbook. We scrapbook and go to craft conventions together whenever we can. She is a spectacular crafter and I get to experience all her scrappy goodness! In addition to being spiritual sistahs, we are also scrap buddies. Love this friendship!

Materials:

Card Stock

Ribbon from stash

white glitter letters

inksentials embossing ink

white embossing powder

journaling stamp

TH walnut stain ink
colorbok pink ink

dress form cut from a swap

pearl bling

stickles

The picture of the three ladies was a thank you card I received after one of my drama presentations. I thought the picture just screamed Celebrate Sistahood!

In case you lose your way, the participating blogs are listed below.

Tiare: http://www.iclassygirl.com/

Treva: http://www.scrappint.blogspot.com/

Patricia: http://www.triciatreasure.blogspot.com/

Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com/

LaShawnda: http://lashawndawrice.wordpress.com/

Margaret: http://margaret-ilovecrafting.blogspot.com/

You are here: http://www.parablesproductions.blogspot.com/

Cyndi: http://nashvillesscrappinsisters.blogspot.com/

Teniera: http://www.giftsgalorebyteniera.wordpress.com/

Karen: http://www.in-the-spirit.blogspot.com/

Kate: http://www.kateblue.blogspot.com/

Yvonne: http://www.grantinfavors.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by. HAPPY HOPPING!

Thursday

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya Tomorrow...

...the SOC Celebrate Sistahood blog hop is only a day away! (singing-lol). Make sure to come back tomorrow and see all the scrappy goodness. And remember to show love to your fellow sisters. We need one another.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Wednesday

It is coming!!!!

There will be lots of inspiration, motivation, and great ideas. Plus many chances to win blog candy!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Thursday

Keep Going

Thanks to all who participated in the Scraps of Color Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop. The hop may be over, but it is not to late to do something. Scrappers and bloggers already have so many creative ideas, but here are a few. You can:

still visit all the blogs that participated in the hop
make a project in honor of BCA
get your mammogram and remind a friend to do the same
send a note, card or RAK to someone who is battling this disease
cook dinner for the family of someone who is supporting a loved one through this process
make a donation online to the 3-day walk http://www.the3day.org/

The possibilities are endless...let the creativity flow freely.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Wednesday

The Scraps of Color Blog Hop Winner is....

Congratulations to Caryn! Thanks for checking out all the blogs in the hop and leaving a comment. Please click her name to check out her blog.

This was a very fun event full of inspirational projects. I hope it's done again next year.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Tuesday

The Winner is...

The winner of the Joy in the Journey prize is...............RENEE the domestikdiva1. Congratulations! A $60.00 donation will be made in your name to an already identified participant in the Susan G Komen 3 day walk. You will receive a tax deductible receipt to document you prize/donation. Thanks for participating in the hop. The winner of the SOC BCA prize will be announced by October 14, 2011.

I hope you had fun hopping!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come again soon.

Thursday

SOC BLOG HOP for Breast Cancer Awareness

Welcome to the Scraps of Color Blog hop for BCA! You should have arrived here from An'Jenic's blog. If you just happened across this blog you can join in the hop and start at the beginning. All the blogs are listed below.

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 people in our lives that inspire us with their strength in the battle against Breast Cancer. Of course, a blog hop isn't complete without blog candy and we have something nice awaiting one visitor!! To be eligible, you must comment on all the blogs by Monday, October 10 at 11:00 p.m. EST. From all who are eligible, one lucky reader will be randomly drawn. The winner will be posted on all the participating blogs by Friday, October 14.

But wait there is more...Here at Joy in the Journey we have some blog candy too. This time the prize will be a little different. We will make a $ 60.00 donation in the winner's name to a participant (already identified) in the Susan G. Komen 3 day walk. That's a dollar for each mile of the walk. The winner will be selected by Random.org. And a tax deductible receipt will be given. All you have to do to be entered is:

Be a follower of this blog
Leave a comment on this post by 11:00 p.m. EST on Monday, October 9, 2011.

Now for the projects. I hope that you find some inspiration here.

cards

note card

All the scalloped skirts were made from scraps (the inside of a nestability cut) and so were the next two projects. Whooo hooo! I love it when scraps can be used.

post-it note holder

'HOPE' Tag

Accordion fold mini album

The next stop is Tiare's blog at http://www.iclassygirl.com/

Remember to visit all the blogs in the hop and leave a comment in order to be eligible to win the Scraps of Color blog candy