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I live near our nation's capital, Ottawa Canada!  </subtitle><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/" /><link rel="next" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>210</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisScrappersCorner" /><feedburner:info uri="thisscrapperscorner" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>ThisScrappersCorner</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEYMQno-cSp7ImA9WhBbFkk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-8462092352940605975</id><published>2013-05-15T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-15T14:23:03.459-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-15T14:23:03.459-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="toilet paper" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="class" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mini album" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Echo Park" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="aunite Ems" /><title>Planes Trains and Automobiles - TP - mini album</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Yup - you read that right! This album is made from up-cycled toilet paper rolls! &amp;nbsp;These rolls are perfect to create little pockets for tags and just the right size for wallet sized photos. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Planes Trains and Automobiles - perfect for the summer vacation, or the little man in your life this mini-album is the right size for wallet photos and boasts 8 full colour pages of handmade embellishments and journaling spots for you to customize. &amp;nbsp;As well as 4 pull out tags for hidden stories or extra photos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I will be teaching this class on May 22nd at Auntie Em's Scrapbooking in Cornwall at 6:30. &amp;nbsp;Seats are limited so contact Emma today to reserve your spot!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Adorable Mini Album&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;img align="right" border="0" class="image" id="" src="http://www.emailcontact.com/bus_files/4133/nl/218121/888234_L.jpg?version=3" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 10px;" /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"&gt;Join Lorena on Wednesday May 22nd and create this adorable Mini Album.&amp;nbsp; Perfect for the special little man in your life or a new mother - or for Father's day or to record some of your adventures in.&amp;nbsp; Full of bright primary colours, airplanes, and boats.&amp;nbsp; This album boasts an incredible 8 pages and 4 double-sided tags for your wallet photos or journaling. You will never guess what this is made from - great upcycle project. You and your little ones can make these together - all summer long!! Please bring your tool kit including pop-dots. The class starts at 6:30pm and the cost is $25+HST. Please call to reserve your spot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/ZKJZxwkZ5Q0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8462092352940605975/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/planes-trains-and-automobiles-tp-mini.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/8462092352940605975?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/8462092352940605975?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/ZKJZxwkZ5Q0/planes-trains-and-automobiles-tp-mini.html" title="Planes Trains and Automobiles - TP - mini album" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xl2HEzY5-hs/UZPRQJH-T6I/AAAAAAAAGSE/YnL5slNA27A/s72-c/Echo+Park+-+TP+Mini+-+front.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/planes-trains-and-automobiles-tp-mini.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkAMQXc4cCp7ImA9WhBUFE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-4195822731519575187</id><published>2013-05-01T11:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-01T11:06:20.938-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-01T11:06:20.938-04:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TUTORIAL" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Copic" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Maggie" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="doohicky" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colouring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="coloring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Magnolia" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="clouds" /><title>Love my Maggies!</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;First of all I want to thank Janet for her kindness - you really made my day when you sold me all of your Magnolias, you have such good taste and its sad that you are giving up paper crafting, but you will enjoy the next journey in your life, I just know it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I've been eyeing up all the blogs and YouTube tutorials on how to colour clouds with Copic markers ... there are so many different options out there, it was tough for me to choose one that I liked best.&amp;nbsp; I am so impressed with the way that Annika Ryan colours, and her clouds just made the most sense to me here is her YouTube tutorial &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQqrxOyWTU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Annika Ryan - YouTube&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So, as I've been driving for the past week I have been looking at the clouds on the horizon and *noticing* the colours, and thinking about where the darker parts are, the light hits them etc.&amp;nbsp; Yeah, can you say I live an exciting life, hahaha!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Well here is the result, I coloured up a couple of Maggies - the Tilda is supposed to have a bow behind her, but I fussy cut that off, and the swing stamp only had the small piece of a branch it attached to, so I added in the tree trunk to ground it, and little bit more branch.&amp;nbsp; I used Magnolia papers, doohicky's, and the gems are also Magnolia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you like this card and especially the clouds, let me know, I might be able to put together a class for Auntie Em's in June!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I love my retractable awning! &amp;nbsp;This page looks thick, it's not. &amp;nbsp;All the flowers are Prima, but not a particular collection, they were pickings from the "candy bar" as were the leaves! The photo is of a butterfly that was fluttering about on the Lilac tree in front of my Parent's home on the one week a year that the lilacs actually bloom. &amp;nbsp;Not my favorite tree, as they only bloom for one week and look terrible for the other 51 weeks a year. &amp;nbsp;Anyway, this photo is kinda bittersweet, as I spent my last day at that home last week. &amp;nbsp;We had to sell my family home after my parents passing, and it closes next week. &amp;nbsp;Goodbye old house, you will be missed, but your memories will live strong in my creations!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;One of my besties is getting married in a few weeks - this weekend was both her Bridal Shower and her Bachellorette. &amp;nbsp;While I've never been to a Bridal Shower before, I knew I had to make something for her that would be extra special. &amp;nbsp;I have this die that has been begging me to create with it, it's a Stampin' Up framelits die called Dress Up. &amp;nbsp;Add in some fantastic Prima flowers, a doily and some Perfect Pearls and there you have it folks! &amp;nbsp;I added a 'diamond' pin for the&amp;nbsp;engagement&amp;nbsp;ring - I don't know that Jenn even noticed that part :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;It amazes me how many people these days do not eat home cooked meals.  Has society given up on passing down the knowledge of how to cook, how to prepare a meal, how to spice and get creative with food?  When I grew up I watched my parents cook every night.  Every meal was prepared.  I could count on one hand the number of times a year that we would eat out.  Now, I can't say that about myself, I can count on one hand the number of times I eat out in a week; including my trips to Tim Hortons or when I'm 'on the go' and out shopping and I just grab a wrap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Today I made Chicken Noodle soup.&amp;nbsp; When I say I 'made' soup, I mean I made 14.5 Litres of soup!&amp;nbsp; I do it in the stock pot.&amp;nbsp; I bottle it in mason jars for a quick home made meal, or when I am working late for my husband to serve to the kids. My husband who considers himself to be 'unable' to cook ... he can, it just takes him longer and it frustrates him, the time management and planning of it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So, here is my breakdown of my soup - I don't really have a recipe, but I keep to the same basic ingredients.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Chicken Noodle Soup&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;6 Chicken Thigh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;8 large carrots, peeled and sliced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;1 head of celery, chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;1 onion chopped&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;2 bags of fine egg noddles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;10 Litres of water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;thyme&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;poultry seasoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;parsley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;black pepper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;bay leaves (1 per litre of soup)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Epicure dry chicken stock &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I keep the drippings and stock when I roast chickens - fat and all and any left over chicken.&amp;nbsp; I put it into a Ziploc and into the freezer until I make my soup.&amp;nbsp; Cook chicken thighs in oven - remove skin, bones and fat and discard.&amp;nbsp; Tear chicken into manageable bite sized pieces.&amp;nbsp; Saute the carrots, celery and onion in olive oil.&amp;nbsp; Combine all ingredients in stock pot except egg noodles in stock pot, simmer on med-low heat for 30-40 minutes.&amp;nbsp; Boil egg noodles for 3 minutes (do not overcook), drain and add to stock pot.&amp;nbsp; Bring to a rolling boil and divide into mason jars.&amp;nbsp; Total preparation and cooking time 2 hours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Here is the amazing part - the cost of this&amp;nbsp;project:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Chicken&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$7&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Celery&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Carrots&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Onion&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$0.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Chicken drippings and leftover chicken&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Egg noodles&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Spices/electricity/water&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;$2.50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Total&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $20.00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The ingredients produced 14.5 Litres of soup which is 43.5 servings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;This gives a cost of $0.46 per serving!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I challenge you to go anywhere and get a serving of chicken noodle soup for under 50 cents!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Sharing some layouts I did of my daughter's first day of school - my son was so distraught his sister was gone - his first day separated from her in his life!&amp;nbsp; I used the Little Yellow Bicycle's Head Of The Class collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Using up some stash I have from last year, the Annalee collection from Prima - I put my mixed media skills, rudimentary as they may be, to the task with this layout.  I wanted to keep the colours soft and allow the photo to take over.  I did alot of paint techniques and masking with modeling paste. The title I used an alpha&amp;nbsp;stamp&amp;nbsp;set I picked up on clearance - I love the old English type.&amp;nbsp; The "out" part of the title is chipboard alphas from Basic Grey and I painted half of them with shimmer paint then loaded them with glue and chunky glitter.&amp;nbsp; I think this technique would look good as frost or snow on a layout too.&amp;nbsp; I altered the Prima clock with crackle accents.&amp;nbsp; Painted my vine to match the papers, splatters of gelatos all over - in fact too much I had to gesso and start over in one spot that I got a little crazy.&amp;nbsp; Rolls of paper round up this layout that took me close to 3 days to complete due to drying time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Believe it or not this tiny little album is made from something we ALL have in our homes, it's my form of up-cycling (which just happens to be my One Little Word in 2013)&amp;nbsp; they are toilet paper rolls!&amp;nbsp; I used the My Mind's Eye Collectible-Unforgettable collection in a 6x6 pad.&amp;nbsp; The 6x6 pad was perfect for this mini - I had lots of leftovers too.&amp;nbsp; Each page turns into a pocket for a tag to pull out from.&amp;nbsp; I used Prima chalk ink edgers to colour co-ordinate with the papers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I will be teaching a class at Auntie Ems most likely in May with a similar album.&amp;nbsp; You will NOT be disappointed.&amp;nbsp; Keep an eye on my blog and the Auntie Em's blog for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I used some gesso to create white space then stamped over the gesso with the script stamp from this collection. Some Tim Holtz tickets in the corner, and a combination of Prima alphas and Thickers for the title.&amp;nbsp; Sepia photos are particularly perfect for this line.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I used a Prima mask on this layout with modeling paste and Pan Pastals to give texture to the feather in the corner.&amp;nbsp; I used another mask and tinted gesso with gelatoes&amp;nbsp;and then painted with gelatoes for the bricks.&amp;nbsp; You see that folk - more BOY layouts, LOL and flowers on every single one of them too *grinz*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I still have heaps of it to get to, I think 8 sheets is a lot.&amp;nbsp; This line is great for boy photos, and if any of you watch my blog, you will know I tend to scrapbook my daughter way more than I do my son.&amp;nbsp; So, here is perfect opportunity for me to scrapbook The Boy!!&amp;nbsp; I love the rust browns and the greys and blues in this collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So here you go ... so far ... more to come, so stay tuned!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I've been in full party planning mode for my daughter's birthday Tea Party.  I wanted to give the girls a corner to dress up in, transform themselves back to a time of a Victorian era and sip tea with their pinky finger raised up.  I made 5 fascinators and two tea party hats.  If you are not sure what a fascinator is, think royal, mini hat, side of the head, feathers, flowers ... you know what I'm talking about now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I think I used about 14 packages of Prima flowers!&amp;nbsp; I used hot glue for this project, and now I remember why I *don't* typically use hot glue ... it HURTS when you get it on your fingers - ouchie!&amp;nbsp; But it's great for sticking things onto metal and setting quickly.&amp;nbsp; I loved the process of this project - building layer ontop of layer.&amp;nbsp; Hope the kids like them too.&amp;nbsp; Aniah liked them so much she asked me to make one for her wedding next year!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;This month its all about GREEN - I assume for St. Patrick's day coming up.&amp;nbsp; I'm a fan of green, it's my favorite colour (right after pink of course) but I tend not to scrapbook much green, especially green flowers.&amp;nbsp; Its a great colour to do either a boy or a girl page, but you know me, I picked my girl again!&amp;nbsp; I kept this page full of natural elements, canvas, hemp twine, feathers and that adorable little bird nest that Prima makes.&amp;nbsp; I even got to use my Jamie flower!&amp;nbsp; I was so excited about that, I have been hoarding it for a while, for the right project - this was it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Well there you have it folks - two challenges.&amp;nbsp; There is still time for you to enter these contests, you have until the end of March 2013 to send your layouts into Prima.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Leave me a comment and let me know what you are thinking!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/e_inu38ZX-A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/1175686502764749740/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/challenge-me.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/1175686502764749740?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/1175686502764749740?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/e_inu38ZX-A/challenge-me.html" title="Challenge me!" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l0KKd2Pdxyk/UT07_YxORnI/AAAAAAAAF80/cUBTFic1Dxw/s72-c/prima+BAP+-+March+2013.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/03/challenge-me.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkcMQnk4eCp7ImA9WhBSEkU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-7947698650815862245</id><published>2013-02-18T23:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-19T08:21:23.730-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-19T08:21:23.730-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shower" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oceans" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="environmental" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="random" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="self relaization" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Quirks and Quarks" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="polymer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bob McDonald" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="totally not scrapbook related" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="plastic" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CBC Radio" /><title>Living in a Plastic world - an essay</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Totally &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; Scrapbook related - however still close to my heart - the environment.&amp;nbsp; Many of you may not know what I have a college diploma in - Environmental Waste Management.&amp;nbsp; Yes, you read this correctly, and yes, I am a banker, and no, they are not really related in any way shape or form.&amp;nbsp; Yeah, that's my life and education!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living in a Plastic World....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;You have probably heard this all before, I know I certainly have "we are living in a Plastic world"&amp;nbsp; And this statement can mean a few things, for you consumers and spenders out there; it can mean the lack&amp;nbsp;of carrying cash, putting it on credit or paying with your debit card.&amp;nbsp; Not to mention our new currency is made of a polymer that is intended to make our new bills last longer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;That aside I'm referring to Micro-Polymers.&amp;nbsp; I won't get into the science of it, mostly because I don't know much about it, other than these things: micro-polymers&amp;nbsp;were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; around in nature and they are now.&amp;nbsp; In the last 50 years they have become present in everything,&amp;nbsp;they don't break down, they are toxins, and they pass from one organism to another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I was listening to Bob McDonald on CBC's Quirks &amp;amp; Quarks, a fascinating man, who has the ability to engage his listeners with his straight forward, yet well planned and executed line of questioning.&amp;nbsp; His guest was talking about Micro Polymers or plastic and it's presence in our oceans (here is the link to the episode, you can down load pod casts for free - give it a listen, its quite informative &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2013/02/16/february-16-2013/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Oceans Of Plastic - Quirks &amp;amp; Quarks - CBC Radio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;).&amp;nbsp; I have come to realize just how &lt;u&gt;important&lt;/u&gt; plastic is to me. I could not survive an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hour&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, let alone a &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; without it.&amp;nbsp; Don't believe me???&amp;nbsp; Here is how my realization comes to be:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;As I was listening to the radio program and&amp;nbsp;I was in the shower.&amp;nbsp; I kicked my kids plastic Tubby Toys out of the way,&amp;nbsp;pulled on the plastic knob to get the water flowing out of my plastic rain showerhead.&amp;nbsp; I couldn't hear the radio anymore for the sound of the rushing water, so I turned it up, more volume blasting out of the plastic shower radio.&amp;nbsp; I reached for the shampoo, the same shampoo that my hairdresser has warned me NOT to use because it contains polymers (plastics) in it, which are not good for my hair, but whatever.&amp;nbsp; I dispensed this plasticized shampoo from its plastic bottle.&amp;nbsp; Grabbed the soap from it's plastic soap dish and scrubbed with the 'upcycled' plastic onion bag wrapped around my soap.&amp;nbsp; This was something my parents always used too - it acts as an exfoliator and helps the soap from slipping out of your hands. Thirdly it keeps the little slivers of soap together extending the life of your soap as you are not tossing the little bits, they reside I the onion bag and congeal themselves into the new bar of soap.&amp;nbsp; My kids will probably do the same thing when they grow up...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Anyway ... back to the shower.&amp;nbsp; I realized one of the&amp;nbsp;plastic caps for the Jacuzzi&amp;nbsp; jets is loose again, and that my nylon shower curtain could use a wash.&amp;nbsp; I step out of the shower into my Crocks and flip on the plastic light switch for the exhaust fan to whirl out the humidity, its plastic blades spinning so fast you can't even see them behind the plastic guard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Plastic... it's everywhere, unavoidable, and this was just a 5 minute shower folks!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/y5BZjb8D_jY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7947698650815862245/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/02/living-in-plastic-world-essay.html#comment-form" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/7947698650815862245?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/7947698650815862245?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/y5BZjb8D_jY/living-in-plastic-world-essay.html" title="Living in a Plastic world - an essay" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uTIWVHxGK7o/USL5JpmNmZI/AAAAAAAAF7Q/R8EPrgL69EQ/s72-c/soap+hldr.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/02/living-in-plastic-world-essay.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UEQ3s8eCp7ImA9WhNaFkg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-8305995827860879298</id><published>2013-01-31T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-31T13:00:02.570-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-01-31T13:00:02.570-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sarah" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Auntie Em's Scrapbooking" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dt" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="En Francais" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bap" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="challenge" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="build a page" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prima" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lorena" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Auntie Ems" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="prima marketing" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="auntie em's" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Design Team" /><title>What's a little challenge amongst friends?</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;At Auntie Em's Scrapbooking&amp;nbsp;we are all about the challenge.&amp;nbsp; So when Emma asked me to put together as many projects as I could out of 8 sheets of patterned paper I was all for the challenge.&amp;nbsp; What's even more challenging is the fact that she gave Sara (fellow Design Team member) 8 sheets of patterned paper too!&amp;nbsp;*rubbing hands together* I love it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I received the Prima line En Francais - filled with cool grey/blue, rusty brown and taupe ... very boy, but very French as well, and well ... I don't have anything French about me, unless you count the mean French toast that I make periodically on a Sunday for my family LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I also have entered this into the Prima Marketing - Build-A-Page contest, each month they supply a sketch and you build a layout using Prima product based on, or inspired by the sketch.&amp;nbsp; Email it off to Prima and wait to see if you are featured on their blog or better yet, win a prize package!&amp;nbsp; I did this last month as well, and was featured on their blog!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So ... here we go!&amp;nbsp; The sketch was this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://prima.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451cc5c69e2017ee6f9cb22970d-popup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Prima's BAP January 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;And here is my entry!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;So, tell me what do you think?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/i3MZJIWQLVI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/8305995827860879298/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/whats-little-challenge-amongst-friends.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/8305995827860879298?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/8305995827860879298?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/i3MZJIWQLVI/whats-little-challenge-amongst-friends.html" title="What's a little challenge amongst friends?" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h1htSs1wdwI/UQoPVKjLaXI/AAAAAAAAF40/z2gZTma6Ju0/s72-c/Prima+BAP+Jan+2013.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/whats-little-challenge-amongst-friends.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0UESHs8eSp7ImA9WhNbE0g.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-6650367614351737134</id><published>2013-01-16T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-16T13:00:09.571-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-01-16T13:00:09.571-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Markers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Copic" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Auntie Em's Scrapbooking" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="class" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="copic markers" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blend" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="techniques class" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="basics" /><title>Copic Markers - learn the basics!</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Are you curious about Copic markers and what makes them different than all the other markers that you already have in your stash?&amp;nbsp; Believe me, they are very different.&amp;nbsp; They are very blendable, and goof-proof.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I would love to show you how to use these markers and show you that you too can be an expert at Copic colouring in under two hours!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My Copic basics class is packed with techniques and includes 6 markers to get you started.&amp;nbsp; I provide you with a reference sheet with all the techniques and tips you learned in the class so that you can practice on your own at home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Details:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where&lt;/strong&gt; - Auntie Em's Scrapbooking - 109 Eleventh Street,&amp;nbsp;Cornwall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When &lt;/strong&gt;- January 23rd, Wednesday 10:30a.m. or a second class on Saturday January 26th 10:30a.m.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to bring&lt;/strong&gt; - pen/pencil for note taking and paper if you wish, but not necessary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost&lt;/strong&gt; - $65 + HST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The colours included in the class are as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R29&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #990000; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R39&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YG93&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: #38761d; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YG95&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Contact Auntie Em's Scrapbooking 613-938-4888, to reserve your spot for the &amp;nbsp;class.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/dLTU-qSO0CM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/6650367614351737134/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/copic-markers-learn-basics.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/6650367614351737134?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/6650367614351737134?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/dLTU-qSO0CM/copic-markers-learn-basics.html" title="Copic Markers - learn the basics!" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H-SZEVS6IBs/TxIkKftdeoI/AAAAAAAABTg/6icQWKTSk1M/s72-c/copic.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/copic-markers-learn-basics.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DU8EQ3c7fCp7ImA9WhNUEUk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-7564905164863777355</id><published>2013-01-02T12:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-02T12:30:02.904-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-01-02T12:30:02.904-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="snowflakes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="title" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="challenge" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Auntie Em's Scrapbooking" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Winter Fun" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="auntie em's" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carta Bella" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reverse negative" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Design Team" /><title>Stretch a sketch</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Stretching a one page sketch into a double is something I've been doing more frequently recently.&amp;nbsp; I have such a difficult time using multiple photos on a single page.&amp;nbsp; I think I like my photos too much and don't want to crop them so small that you don't see everything.&amp;nbsp; Emma provided the Design Team the Winter Fun collection from Carta Bella for this month's challenge.&amp;nbsp; The challenge portion of is to use the reverse negative from a die-cut title.&amp;nbsp; Typically we use the paper we cut *out* by a die cut machine - so, piecing together different papers underneath the negative can be a great way to add dimension and colour into your layout.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWxAjytFLPo/UMZIxKinOeI/AAAAAAAAFvk/nuuN8VsDwtA/s1600/Below+Zero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="328" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWxAjytFLPo/UMZIxKinOeI/AAAAAAAAFvk/nuuN8VsDwtA/s640/Below+Zero.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;If you would like to see this layout in person please come to visit Auntie Em's Scrapbooking.&amp;nbsp; We would love for you to play along with the challenge simply bring your layout using products you have purchased at Auntie Em's based on this sketch to the store!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I would love to see your interpretation!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/4l0CGlTvJQs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/7564905164863777355/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/stretch-sketch.html#comment-form" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/7564905164863777355?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/7564905164863777355?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/4l0CGlTvJQs/stretch-sketch.html" title="Stretch a sketch" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWxAjytFLPo/UMZIxKinOeI/AAAAAAAAFvk/nuuN8VsDwtA/s72-c/Below+Zero.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/stretch-sketch.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkcDRns9eCp7ImA9WhNUEU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-3905762866572519400</id><published>2013-01-02T00:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-02T00:21:17.560-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-01-02T00:21:17.560-05:00</app:edited><title>One Little Word 2013</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;I didn't see much buzz on the Net this year about One Little Word ... but I shall make it known that my One Little Word this year shall be .... FORWARD.&amp;nbsp; As in, moving forward, not looking back, change in the forward direction, and not staying stagnant.&amp;nbsp; Please let me know what your One Little Word is for 2013.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;*~*~* FORWARD *~*~*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~4/k3XGbh2sRIo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/feeds/3905762866572519400/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-little-word-2013.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/3905762866572519400?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7411194264761913017/posts/default/3905762866572519400?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThisScrappersCorner/~3/k3XGbh2sRIo/one-little-word-2013.html" title="One Little Word 2013" /><author><name>Lorena</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10221507257963318156</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BfGhNZCEqxg/UMwQR5yxtzI/AAAAAAAAFxQ/rCIyEGQYMMg/s220/Head%2BShot%2BII.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4BNYQ6lwRg/UJs0Axmoh_I/AAAAAAAACP8/3l4XfKuk4GM/s72-c/Daisy+signture.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://scrapingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-little-word-2013.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0MAQ3o5eCp7ImA9WhNVE0Q.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411194264761913017.post-2181193034357480497</id><published>2012-12-24T20:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-12-24T20:37:22.420-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-12-24T20:37:22.420-05:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="licking the beater" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cookies" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="no measuring" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Strawberries" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cranberries" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Baking" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chocolate" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nothing to do with Scrapbooking" /><title>I'm not a baker - no really I'm not!</title><content type="html">&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;OK, I bake once - possibly twice a year - my excuse is that I don't like to measure things.&amp;nbsp; I like to just toss in and hope for the best.&amp;nbsp; You can't do that in baking - well not successfully anyway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Today I made Cranberry White Chocolate sugar cookies, Strawberry Thumb Print shortbread, Toffee Bark, Amaretto Rice pudding (I had the raisins soaking in amaretto for 6 MONTHS), and two batches of of Irish Cream!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Yeah, I was Suzie home maker - and the kitchen isn't even a write off either, well at least if you don't look at the floors :o/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My daughter sure was a help too, licking all of the beaters and spatulas she could get her hands on!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;The method is simple, fold the paper bag in half, glue down the flap and decorate the front, center and back of the card, leaving the opening so that you can tuck gift cards or photos inside to give to your loved one - genius!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;You can check out Frank's video tutorial here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27546829"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27546829&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Here are four cards I did using the same technique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I hope you enjoyed my little paper bag cards, leave a comment and let me know what you think!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Santa? Is that you playing bagpipes for the Port Hope&amp;nbsp; Pipe &amp;amp; Drums band???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For my layout I used a photo of the kids huddled under a blanket.&amp;nbsp; I used the Winter Fun collection from Carta Bella.&amp;nbsp; I got so much out of this collection, it was so easy to work with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I used some Molding paste through the negative of a die cut from my Cricut on a previous layout, I then added some glitter to the molding paste before it dried - turned out pretty good, I was a little worried that the paper wouldn't hold up to the molding paste, but it did, but I wouldn't use it for more than about 2 or 3 uses.&amp;nbsp; And the perfect thing is, no clean up - it's waste anyway, just toss it out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Journaling read "All bundled together to keep warm, waiting for Santa to arrive, Cobourg Santa Claus Parade, November 18 2012"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For this layout I kept the paper simple by using some simple circles and again with the peek-a-boo flowers and zipper pull, I love this look!&amp;nbsp; A Prima vine from - oh gosh I have no idea how long ago I bought that at Auntie Em's - years I would say.&amp;nbsp; And a bunch more Prima trinkets and flowers, Thickers for the title, and just look at the results!&amp;nbsp; You can purchase this Carta Bella collection at Auntie Em's.&amp;nbsp; Keep an eye on this and Auntie Em's blog for more projects using this line coming up January 1st.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I love pink, that's no secret.&amp;nbsp; I love vintage, again no secret.&amp;nbsp; What I didn't know is that I could put both together with black!&amp;nbsp; Thanks for opening my eyes to this Marion!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I took this very candid shot of my husband stealing a kiss from our daughter while she was playing at a local playground, I don't think either of them knew I was ready with the camera in hand.&amp;nbsp; The photo turned out very dark because of where they were (under the play structure) but I love it none-the-less!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For this layout I used some Gesso to tone down the background page, and some of the other papers.&amp;nbsp; I tore the paper and added some flowers peeking out of the tear, followed by one of Prima's amazing zipper pulls - love these!&amp;nbsp; In the corner is some molding past through a stencil and some bling and more flowers.&amp;nbsp; This was a quick and easy.&amp;nbsp; I have tones more Prima goodies to play with, so I may be able to squeeze another few layouts out of this collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Patterned paper - Pink Paislee (Mistletoe &amp;amp; Co. - Postcards); Teresa Collins - (Noel - Tags &amp;amp; Borders), Graphic 45 (Fashionista - Vintage Cherries), Carta Bella (Winter Fun&amp;nbsp;- Snow Crystals), Bo Bunny - (Wholigins - Whoo-ligans), Stampin Up (Newprint designer series)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Stamps - Christy Tomlinson (tattered chicken wire), Stampendous (Merry Snowman)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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