Scrapdango July Reveal, June Reveal, Project 12, and Kittens......

I have been REALLY bad about updating my blog lately!! This post is going to be big, and very picture heavy, as I am just going to throw everything I have missed all into one.

First of all, the most recent, my Scrapdango July Reveal:

This kit was awesome, and I loved the Simple Stories paper a lot more than I expected.

Here are my layouts:

Project 12 - June 2011

This is for my inspiration challenge over at Scrapdango - you can check it out here

My favourite new puppy!

And my cards:

Next is my Scrapdango June Reveal:

This Jillibean Soup kit was awesome!!  I never realized how well Jillibean papers went with my scrapbooking style.

The Layouts:

Project 12 - May 2011

For my fabulously frugal challenge over at Scrapdango (closed) - For paper I used only one piece of cardstock and one piece of patterned paper for this layout.

The Cards:

And now for the reason I have been so bad about blogging:

Kittens!!!! (8 of them, plus their mom)

We have been fostering Calliope and her 7 kittens + 1 orphan for the SPCA. The last one goes to her home today, and the mom is back at the SPCA "drying out". It has been an awesome experience and Steve has been off work due to breaking his knee - so he has been taking really good care of them. And of course, we couldn't bring them all back. We are keeping two of the kittens Seamus - the big black one, and Rosie - the one with the orange face and pink nose. My mom is also keeping two, and my aunt and uncle have one, so we can visit them still :D

Here are some pics:

TFL!

LOAD

Hey Guys,
I have been so busy with fostering kittens for the SPCA I haven't had much time to blog.
But hopefully us girls at Scrapdango can get your scrappy mojo going for July, because we are having LOAD!!  (layout a day)

The poster says it all. Hope to see you there :)

Scrapdango's Totally Excellent Crop!

Come join us over at Scrapdango for like lots of fun! It's going to be totally awesome!

Project 12 - April

Here is my Project 12 Layout for April

 

TFL!

Scrapdango May Reveal

This month I worked with Scrapdango's Sugar Kit. All of the Scrapdango reveals can be found here.
This kit was a lot of fun to work with, it was perfect for scrapbooking our new foster cat and kittens.
Without further ado...

 

This paper was perfect for a cat that likes to hide behind books on our bookshelf

 Our morning in Fort Langley last month.

 I loved the Bo Bunny packaging, so I used it on this card.

Dango Girls' Blog Hop

Welcome to the Dango Girls' Blog Hop. I'm so glad you hopped on over to my pad. We've got a lot of fun coming your way for the weekend and through the week. If you just happened to hop on over here and didn't know about this blog hop, then hop on over to the Scrapdango Blog (HERE) where you should start this hopping good time. Okay, enough with all the hopping. Let's get down to scrappiness.

We have a brand new DT over at Scrapdango, and this blog hop is a way to introduce us. You will learn a little about each of us, and we will each post a challenge. You have until next Friday the 20th at midnight EST to post comments on each blog and to complete the DT challenges. There will also be other ways to earn draws, and one lucky person is going to win a fantastic prize of one of Scrapdango's fabulous kits chock full of scrappy goodness. Here is the breakdown of how you can earn draws.

--1 draw by posting comments on each DT member's blog (must comment on all blogs to get the draw)
--1 draw for each challenge that you complete. Please provide a link to your challenge in a comment.
--1 draw for becoming or already being a Scrapdango Blog follower
--1 draw for becoming or already being a fan of Scrapdango on Facebook (FB Page HERE)
--2 draws for correctly answering quiz questions on the DT members. The quiz can be found on the Scrapdango forum HERE

Some fun facts about me:
My name is Vanessa Rose Lee Blythe - 2 middle names, which my brother was jealous of as a kid. His middle name is James, but he would always tell people it was James Bond. My first name was after Van Ness Avenue in SanFrancisco. Aside from scrapbooking, animals are my passion. My boyfriend and I walk dogs at the SPCA every week, and we are now fostering a cat and her kittens (7 of them!!!). It is going to be crazy when they get bigger (they are only just over a week old now) - but they will provide lots of material for scrapbooking. I also love to bake, but I don't very often because I tend to eat it all afterwards, which isn't great for my waistline. I wish that I liked cooking more, because I end up eating out way too much. The funny thing is, I really like watching cooking shows.

And that brings me to my challenge:

One of my favourite shows is Chopped, on the Food Network. For those who have never seen it, there are three rounds: Appetizer, Entree, Dessert, and for each round the contestants are given 3-5 "mystery ingredients". They can use the ingredients as much or as little as they want, but all of them must be included in some way, they are also allowed to add any other ingredients from the pantry and fridge.

So for this "Chopped" challenge
Your mystery ingredients are:

-Kraft Paper
-Buttons
-Stitching (machine, hand stitching, or doodled)
-A Grid
-photo(s) smaller than 4x6

You may interpret these "ingredients" in any way you like, and you have the use of anything from your "pantry/fridge" (scrapbook stash)

Can't wait to see what you cook up!

Here is my example:

So there you have it. Mine is the last blog on the hop....hope you had fun. I would recommend hopping over to the Scrapdango forums (HERE) - join in the fun, and share what you have come up with for our challenges...and don't forget to take the quiz!

Like I said at the beginning, if you have just ended up here, or got lost along the hop, here are the links to the other blogs:

Scrapdango Blog <--------- START HERE
Heather's pad
Laura's pad
Celeste's pad
Megan's pad
Ellen's pad
Vanessa's pad <---------YOU ARE HERE

Scrapdango Blog Hop

 

See you then!!