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Friday, March 27, 2020

More Than Words Challenge: Food and Square Photo

Hi everyone!

There's 5 more days left to get in on the March More Than Words Challenge - Use Food & a Square Photo on your project.

Instagram pics come to mind for this one! Do you have a yummy FOOD photo to share? Or maybe you have a family snap of a barbeque, a picnice, or a romantic dinner? We want to know about the special food you've eaten, or an event focussed around food. We need to see in your project how our word inspired you. If it isn't obvious in your work, then please explain it in your post. Add a SQUARE PHOTO to your project. We don't mind if it's an Instagram photo or if you've cropped a standard photo, so long as it's square! If you don't want to add a photo, we want to see a square element on your project.


For this challenge, I chose to share the celebration of my mom's 80th birthday in a scrapbooking layout.  HER mom (my grandmother) was famous for her Mayonnaise Chococolate Cake (FOOD) which was baked for EVERY family birthday celebration.  So I followed tradition and baked the cake for my mom this year.

The SQUARE PHOTO is of my mom and is tucked into the envelope behind my grandma.


For this layout, I used a lovely heritage paper collection from Close to my Heart 


I stamped the background with the Botanic stamp available through Wild Whisper, and the jewelled embellishments are by Prima - "Christmas in the Country".


All the other embellishments are from the Yesterday and Today collection.


I thought I would include the recipe for anyone who would like to try it.  It doesn't require any eggs if you should be having difficulty finding any during this difficult period of quarantine that is going on around the world.  The mayonnaise replaces both the eggs and the oil traditionally used in cake recipes.  It's very delicious, fluffy and moist!


Do give the challenge a try!  You will find all the details here.  Did I mention we have an amazing number of awesome prizes up for grabs!!!

Happy creating!



Thursday, March 19, 2020

Wild Whisper - Upcycling is Fun

Hi everyone,

I've got a new project up on Wild Whisper's blog.

I upcycled a box to store my colouring pages from my monthly classes at Kit and Clowder.  Here's a sneak peak of the front.  There's more pics and details here.


A glimpse of the inside as well.


If you're looking for something to do during this time of  social distancing... I highly recommend Alyce's classes and her facebook group.  She is one of the most up-lifting and talented people I have met online!

Stay healthy and happy by creating!

Linda

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Unity GIU Blog Hop


Hi everyone!

Growing in Unity is having a blog hop today!  Visit each blog that I've posted at the bottom of this post, and leave a comment for a chance to win one of TWO Unity filled prize packs!

Life events have prevented me from getting a new project done for the hop, but here are a few favorities that I've previously made with Unity stamps... click on the photos to be taken to the "how to" blog post!




Click on the following links to contine on the Blog Hop:

Linda - That's me!

Enjoy the Hop friends!

Linda


Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Wild Whisper - Cards of Encouragement

Hi everyone,

I'm up on the Wild Whisper blog today with 4 cards of encouragement using the Strength of the Season collection.

All the details and more pics can be found there! 
https://www.wildwhisperdesigns.com/blogs/news/cards-of-encouragement


Hope you'll stop by!