APOS! Blog hop

Welcome to the APOS! blog hop!

If you arrived here from the Facebook page then you are on the right track. If you’ve arrived here by accident,then go here APOS! Facebook page discussion to start at the beginning. Not a facebook user no problem.. below is the listing to help you get back on track!
I think you’re really going to enjoy seeing what each of the APOS! inspiration Team have come up with using their chosen products.
To participate in the blog hop (and maybe win some candy) is so easy! Visit each inspiration team member’s blog and leave a comment. You will get one entry into a draw for some pretty amazing blog candy just for visiting and leaving a comment at each Inspiration Team Member’s blog. Adding yourself as a follower to any of the team members or 'liking' APOS! on facebook, another entry for each is yours!

Do you want to know what you’re hopping for? This is what you are playing for... a small something from each of the design teams choice of papers/products. So that will be an item from the following lines:

Tim Holtz, MME, Fancy Pants, BoBunny, Imaginisce and Cosmo Cricket!!
So with all that being said now on to what I have done.
We were all given this sketch to work with and the paper line I chose was Lime Twist (Fly a Kite) by My Minds Eye. The sketch can be found at Scrapbook.com and is in IcePanthress's gallery. The colours in the Lime Twist paper just screamed summer to me and to add an extra pop I decided to matte the patterned paper in black. (we had a challenge a few weeks back by Tammy to matte all our paper in black). I paper pieced the tent that is on the bottom and the title is done using the Dear Lizzy line of Thickers

Now hop on over to Michelle's blog and check out her awesome layout. As promised here is the listing for the inspiration team in case you get lost


Jen
Michelle
Kelsey
Diana
Megan
Tams

Christmas in July

We thought it would be fun over at APOS! to have a Christmas in July card challenge. Each week an Inspiration team member will post a new challenge to create a Christmas card. For each card posted the girls will recieve a ballot to win a little prize from me. Today was the first post and I picked the challenge of creating a card with non christmas colours. Hop on over to the forum and join in on the fun we would love to see you!

A great weekend!

This past weekend I hosted the online crop over at APOS! My theme was Harry Potter and I put out 8 scrapbooking challenges, played bingo and we did a photo scavenger hunt. I had so much fun chatting and scrapping with all of the ladies over there. So much creativity!!!

This first one was a challenge to have 7 of one embellishment on the page since there are 7 books in the series.

This challenge was to use black cardstock as your base. It was based off the fact that they wear black robes as part of their school uniform.

This one I scraplifted off the 2peas gallery. The challenge was to have a larger embellishment on the page so mine is the sun.

Come join us!

The online crop has started over at APOS! The theme this month is Harry Potter. I had so much fun coming up with challenges for this. I will post some pictures tomorrow of the make and take that I am doing. I had super fun with it!

It's that time again!

That's right it time for another APOS! online crop!! This month I will be hosting it. It starts this Friday the 17th at 5 pm EST. There will be a grand prize, games, a make and take and lots of other scrappy fun! So come on over this weekend and join in on the fun! We would love to have you!!

Scrapbuilder layout

Each month at APOS! we play a fun game of Scrapbuilder. It is just like the game telephone however we start with our original layout and the 1st person is to scraplift it and then their layout goes to the second in line and so on. I always enjoy playing and it is a great way to ensure I create at least a couple layouts in a month. So if you want to try something different head on over to the APOS! forum and join in on the fun!! June has already started but you can always join in the July one. (usually posted at the end of the month)

This month I absolutely loved my layout! I was able to use paper scraps (which is awesome) and my IRock (which I LOVE!). The picture was taken last fall when my daughter was learning how to ride her bike on 2 wheels.

Crop layouts

As you know APOS! had their online crop a week ago. It was so much fun! There was a bingo game (I won that!!), a photo scavenger hunt, a mini make and take and lots of challenges. I wasn't able to complete them all but have tucked them away for a day that I need some inspiration. Diana was our host this month and she decided on a Spring theme. Here are a few things that I was able to complete.

We were to create a card using the colours of the rainbow. I scraplifted this one from a Papercrafts magazine.

This was our make and take. It was a blind scrap to create this card. Inside there is a spot for a gift card.

And I was able to get one layout done. I believe I scraplifted this one from a Scrapbooks Etc magazine.