A Beautiful Mother's Day Quote

When you are a mother, you are never really


 alone in your thoughts. 

A mother always has to think twice, 

once for herself and once for her child. 

—Sophia Loren

WIN - Creative EdVentures Crop Challenge-Monochrome

Hi everyone! Now that National Scrapbook Day is over we are all trying to catch our breath because that had to be one of the most jam-packed, fun, and inspiring days in a very long time! I loved appearing on Creative Edventures 2nd Annual NSD Cropathon and would like to take this time to also thank Scrapbook & Cards Today for the wonderful prize pack of magazines and fantastic CardMaps2!

So let's keep this easy. All you have to do is create ANYTHING from only one colour. Remember you can add black or white to your colour to tint it. Add or use very little water to adjust the intensity.

Using GREEN as an example, observe  all the shades of green.

You can create a scrapbook page, greeting card, mixed media, jewellery, etc., as long as you only use one colour.

Do you remember taking red paint as a child and mixing it with white to get those wonderfully creamy shades of pink? I do! 


So create whatever your heart dreams of, put it in a blog post on your site, and then use the linky tool below to be entered. You can win something wonderful courtesy The Creative EdVentures Annual National Scrapbook Day Cropathon (and Cynthia Gagen).

AND HAVE FUN!

~Roberta

Shopping for craft supplies Ontario-style

Part 1:

Travelling to Niagara Falls is fun, but shopping for craft supplies is funner(sic).
What's even more fun is crossing the border and going to stores like Hobby Lobby and Joann. I spent around $100 ALL on items I cannot buy at my local stores. I purchased a few things that I can buy here, but the cost was much cheaper.
Before I left on our trip I printed out my 40% off coupons (of course).
I am thrilled with my purchases and cannot wait to start crafting with them. I DID buy more paper and I could hear my girlfriend Cynthia's voice in my ear, yelling, "But you don't NEED any more paper! Do you know how much paper you have???!!!".
I ignored her voice.
One great example of why it's great to shop at HOME came when I was pricing out my beloved Beacon 3-in-1 glue and realized that Karen Ellis of The Art House Studio has the best price at $5 Canadian! Way to go Karen!
7 Gypsies, Bo Bunny, Graphic45 == all super cheap and talk about the VARIETY!