SAVE THE DATE blog hop!

Hi!!!  Welcome to 2013!!! What better way to start the year,  than with a cute calender to pencil in upcoming project due dates!
Sure feels like for EVER since I last pulled an all nighter creating!! I enjoyed crafting again, even if I had to stay up till after 7am to complete it! Yeap, I procrastinated my self into a corner!  It was due or fail and there is no failing in this house!..sooo I finally completed my project a lil' bit after 3am. But then there was the video...the editing, the pictures, the blog, and can't forget facebook...oh my! lol Now with all that done, I can't wait to go see what the cubs created!   We have been shredding paper, gnawing on ribbon and playing with flowers trying to get our 2013 Calendars complete! Would love it if you would pounce over to everyone's blog and check out the different style Calendars  the baby cubs created!
After you check out MY  calendar, would sure appreciate if you would pounce on over to Krystals blog, she had A "WHOOT' of a time creating her calendar...(wink).

So do you have a calendar yet??? a pretty one? one you created??? I sure hope we inspired you to create one you can show off on your desk at work or give away as a gift!
OK now,  let me show you what I created...
It stands tall at 8" and has all sorts of flowers, bling and purdy Martha Stewart paper punch designs! Love it! I'm taking this in to work with me Monday to put on my desk!! It turned out pretty sturdy.  Who wants a tutorial??? give me a shout out...watch the video, it has more pictures and I show you how it works! Its only 2 pages with Calendars on either side, here...watch my vid here...SAVE THE DATE VIDEO.



Lots of I AM ROSES flowers... check her site here



These butterflies and flower are our very own Alphas's
designs...she crochet them! I love them!!! thanks KIMI!!
Visit her blog here...Unique Scrappiness





Do you like? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!
Thanks so much for stopping by...now ROARRRRRRRRRRRR and pounce on over to the next blog...Krystals!!

and dont forget to ROAR WITH PRIDE!

oh oh oh...Also,  I wanted to tell you that each cub has created their very own FAN PAGE on Facebook!  If you follow the little cubby on the left side bar of my blog it will take you to a page where you can find all our pages...go leave us sum luv! or better yet click HERE.

here is the line up ...follow the paw prints ...

Elsa      

Krystal http://krystalsnight.blogspot.com

Suzie      http://scrappingsuzieqtt.blogspot.com

Linda    http://simpleandsassycreations.blogspot.com

Margaret  http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com

Bon   http://tootiebeeblebugcreations.blogspot.com 

Rj     http://thriftycrafterdude.blogspot.com

Michelle http://www.creativeoperation.blogspot.com/

Sherence http://proudmommy702.blogspot.com/

Yvette      http://daileyscrapper.blogspot.com

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT hop!

Hello!!! Can you all believe Christmas is here! OMG!!! 2012 flew right past me!  I LOVE, LOVE this time of the year though. Especially here in Florida.  Today the weather was awesome...at 70 degrees, you can't go wrong! We have all the pretty colors of fall, and we've had some cold night, but nothing uncomfortable "yet", so I'm enjoying it since i HATE, hate cold weather!

But ...now to this hop.  12 opportunities for you to be ornament inspired! The Pride of Just a Few Friends, has been soo busy, pouncing to create that ONE special Ornament.  You should see our dens, covered in glitter, ribbon and paper! In my case, my den is covered in sequence!! I chose to create THE one ornament, I'm gonna wanna keep for ever, mainly cause it took FOREVER to make! lol OMG...i didn't anticipate the time this would take, but now that it's done, I love it! All the 600 pins and sequences I used, makes this ornament heavy. Almost feels like it's made from a solid ball, when indeed it's made from a light Styrofoam ball.    

Watch the video HERE to see more on the supplies I used and pictures of the process...

I liked working on this so much I made 2 ornaments, totally different from each other, but equally fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by my den!! Visit the next lioness den to see what she created, visit Krystal's Blog!

Here's the line up! I can't believe the PRIDE has been active for almost one year!!! In one year we are 12 strong!!!  Im so excited!!!  WE have become such good friends! Want to thank you for stopping by and following us.  WE sure appreciate it!!! 

Elsa         http://justafewdesigns.blogspot.com
Krystal     http://krystalsnight.blogspot.com
Kimi         http://uniquescrappiness.blogspot.com
Suzie        http://scrappingsuzieqtt.blogspot.com
Margaret   http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com
Bon         http://tootiebeeblebugcreations.blogspot.com
RJ           http://thriftycrafterdude.blogspot.com
Michelle    http://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/
Sherence  http://proudmommy702.blogspot.com/
Yvette       http://daileyscrapper.blogspot.com 

Thanks for stopping!! Make sure to leave a comment! and  don't forget to

ROARRRRRRRRR WITH PRIDE!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Hi all!! Wanted to take a few minutes to wish you all a very a 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I hope you enjoy every minute of it, surrounded by family AND

May your stuffing be tasty

may your turkey be plump,

may your potatoes and gravy

have never a lump.

May your yums be delicioius

and your pies take the prize,

and may your THANKSGIVING DINNER

STAY OFF YOUR THIGHS!!! 

LOL

SINCERE wish from my house to yours!

Justa Few Friends THANKSGIVING decor Hop!

ROARRR everyone! How are you all??  I am excited the holidays are here!  Thanksgiving is always fun for us cause we get to eat all day, nap...eat again...watch some tv...sleep some more then eat again! lol  ahhh special memories!   So  Kimi, the other Alpha, hosted this hop...she challenged us in the den, (we are now 11!!!) to create a Fall Themed / Thanksgiving home decor item.  It "almost'' stumped me! but after sitting in my den, wondering What  was gonna create or alter, out of the corner of my eye, I saw it.  A sad little basket that was almost thrown away 2 weeks ago!! I've had it for years and now it's going to sit, front and center. on the buffet table!! take a look at what I made...its really simple...really easy...and was really fun.

I've had this old basket for ever! and now  it's time to breath some life into it...

 

This is what it looks like on the inside...

A little paint...

 

Speed up the drying process...

 

Get, lace, trim , beads and your hot glue gun...

I ended up removing the stand of pink beads and adding a different trim...

 

I thought this trim went better with the basket...
This trim came in a RAK from my sweet friend Ceci in Calif!!  Thanks girl!!!

Add flowers, here, there and everywhere and presto... a cute spoon, knife and fork caddy for your

Thanksgiving Feast!!!

 

The beautiful cross stitched basket was a gift from my sweet friend in Scotland!
(crossstitchbutton)

 I have a video you can watch for more pictures...click HERE. Also, please go to Kat's blog to see what she created!

oh oh oh...before I forget...Last months blog hop was also so much fun for all of us in the den.  The cubs were challenged to create a slider card.  For most it was the first time to create that type of card.  And they made me very proud...they made awesome Halloween Slider cards! We had to chose 1 as the winner of that challenge.  Needless to say it was not an easy thing to do!!!! lord!! But after several days of going back and forth, the 3 alphas all agreed on one lucky Cub! sooooo LOUD ROARS please....

the winner of our Challenge is...

our lovely cub  

SHERENCE!!!!  (proudmommy702)

We are so lucky to have her as a member of our group!!! 

Congratulations!!!!!

I hated having to pick only one cause they all did such a wonderful job!!!!!

Thank you all for visiting our hops, commenting and being our friend!!

oh oh oh...one more thing...This is Jules first hop with the PRIDE!!!  She is our new baby cub!! We are all so happy to have onboard! Make sure you all show her sum luv!

Ok...go on to Kats blog...

Thank you all for stopping by!!!

and remember to always ROAR WITH PRIDE!

I AM ROSES SKETCH CHALLENGE FOR NOV

HI HI!! I hope everyone is doing well...I want to thank everyone for all the comments you leave me! I promise I read and appreciate them all! Just don't have time to answer  :(

But now to the Challenge at hand...look! An I am Roses design team challenge.  You stand the chance of winning some awesome flowers if you decided to join in the fun.  Go visit the Challenge Blog for more details. I did a layout using pics of my 2 girls.  Krystal and Brandi when they were lil'babies and then again when they were both in their teens.  Ahhh how time goes by...TOO FAST!!! WOW!  But now the memories are great for scrapping with...so how about you guys pull out your photos and join in...here is my project...hope it inspires you to create!!
To view which flowers I used and more pics watch my video...click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and as always...

and GOOD LUCK!!!!

IAR HALLOWEEN ALTERED BOX

HI!!! Can hardly believe Halloween is almost here...where did time go? gosh! This is the first year I don't do a mini album! but I did recycle this cookie box, its gonna be a great box for Kat.  Im gonna fill it with assorted chocolates!! I used G45 paper, the "Happy Hauntings" cricut cartridge for the bat frame, Martha Stewart paper round the page spider punch and I am ROSES! This was a quick, fun, stress free project.  I hope you like it, and if you like the roses I used visit...www.iamroses.com.  Here, take a look, what do you think??

This is the box I used...These cookies were super yummy!!

There are the flowers I used...

Thanks so much for stopping by...and as always...

Just a Few Friends Halloween HOP!

HI and WELCOME to our Halloween Hop! 

We have all been up to our paws with witches, skeletons and creepy things that go bump in the night! We have been creating our monthly project just to show all of you our Halloween projects!!!  This month is going to be so much fun cause I have challenged the cubs to create a “slider card”!!!   And my dare devil cubs took me up on the challenge!!!  I yet to see what they created but am sooo excited to go to each of their dens to read and see how their cards turned out!  The 3 alphas will be voting to see who wins BEST IN SHOW!  I know its going to be so hard cause they are all so talented!! I will be sending the lucky winner a goodie bag! Not all cubs participated  so how about you prowl over to their dens, and see which cubs did participate in creating a “slider card”  THEN come back to my blog and let me know which card you liked the best!   Maybe you will convince me to pick the card that was YOUR favorite!

We are also sooo happy to have Yvette (DaileyScrapper) join our group! This is this cubs first hop with us!! yay!!!

 But All in all...challenges aside... I hope we are able to inspire you to create and have fun! And remember, it's JUST paper, tear it, glue it, shred it, glittered it, just don't stress over it!  HAVE FUN FUN FUN!!

Oh soon I will be announcing the winner of the last hop we had! I get to use random.org again! 

So leave comments,never know when I'll decided to pick someone as a goodie bag winner!!

Here is my slider card, hope you like...you can check the video HERE, lots more pictures in the video....

Thanks so much for stopping by...

& remember to 

ROAR WITH PRIDE!

xoxoxo

Thanks for stopping by...pounce on over to Kimi's blog and see what she created.  

Here is the link to the rest of the  cubs dens...

Suzie    http://scrappingsuzieqtt.blogspot.com

Linda    http://simpleandsassycreations.blogspot.com

Margaret  http://auntmargaretdesigns.blogspot.com

Bon   http://tootiebeeblebugcreations.blogspot.com 

Rj       http://thriftycrafterdude.blogspot.com

Michelle http://www.creativeoperation.blogspot.com/

Sherence http://proudmommy702.blogspot.com/

Violet http://allthatscrap4him.blogspot.com  

Yvette http://daileyscrapper.blogspot.com

IAR "A HAUNTING WE WILL GO" HOP

 Welcome to the I Am Roses "A Haunting We Will Go" blog hop, if you arrived here by chance, well darn, go back to the beginning and see what the talented Arlene created!! But, if you've been hopping with us...well! check out what I created!  I went with the creepy side of Halloween  instead of cutsie...a coffin with  skeleton and all!  I have a video over on my YouTube channel, check it out, I show you how to make the flowers I used for my project.  Really really easy to make...just 2 daisy petals!! So click HERE to go to my video...Here are a couple pictures of my project. It was soooooooooo much fun to create!!

Visit the I Am Roses website for all your flower needs and Wants! lol

www.iamroses.com

Next up is "JO" go see what awesome project she created and is ready to show you!!! yay!

Here's how you get a chance to win

• Hop along to each of the design team member's blogs and be sure to comment on their individual "A Haunting We Will Go" blog post.
• There is 1 hidden blog candy prize up for grabs in one of our DT member's blogs
• Be sure to subscribe/follow the new I Am Roses Challenge blog
• Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning the prize package.
• Comments will be closed on Oct. 31st 11:59am PST
• We will be randomly selecting 1 winner from the comments of one of the DT's blogs and will announce the winner on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.

As you hop along be sure to subscribe/follow to the individual design team member's blogs so you don't miss out on the winner announcement!!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and as always...