Do YOU have What it Takes?

Our first ever CROP CHEF competition begins Thursday, March 31 on the Cookin' Up Creations forum. This is a non-elimination challenge! Entrants earn points through their participation; and the person with the most points at the end of the competition will be named CROP CHEF!

A new challenge will be posted every Thursday and Monday morning from March 31 through April 18. Each challenge will include a list of ingredients and technique that must be included in your layout. The Thursday challenges will be due on Monday evening; and the Monday challenges, on Thursday evening. Forum members will have the opportunity to vote for their favorites. The top two favorites will get extra points; but EVERYONE receives participation points, and there will be other fun ways to earn extra points.

So ...do YOU have what it takes??? Get ready to COOK UP SOME GOODNESS! The first challenge will be issued Thursday, March 31!

I'm sooooo excited!

Shawn and I have been discussing getting a smart phone for me for awhile now. Honestly there really isn't any need for one, other than the fact that they are so COOL, and they can do soooo much more than my LG Shine can do...

Well, he called me tonight from work and asked me if I wanted one....and I said heck yeah I do! So as of this evening, I am the proud new owner of a HTC HD2....still reading the manual, but loving it so far!

Stirrin' up a L'il Love Blog Hop Winner....

is going to be Tracy Suzanne...

Tracy Suzanne said...
Hi Tammy. I've been looking at several of your beautiful pages. They are so pretty. I love the lime and pink together with the Beatles song! You kids are adorable. Thanks for sharing. I'm a new GFC follower as tonasun.

Hugs...Tracy :)
cottonpickincute(at)hotmail(dot)com

February 5, 2011 12:00 AM

Congratulations Tracy....

Please contact me at the Cookin' up Creations website with your address, and I'll get your RAK right out to you!

Also, let me just say thank you to all of you for all of the wonderful comments that have been left on my blog, and for becoming a follower of not only my blog, but of the Cookin' up Creations blog as well!.

Stirrin' Up a Li'l Love Blog Hop

Hello my fellow Blog Hoppers! Glad you decided to join us, and Welcome to my Blog!

My blog is your sixth (6th) stop on the “Stirrin' Up a Li'l Love at Cookin' Up Creations” Blog Hop! If you are following the links from the beginning of the hop, you should have come from Jo's Blog.

If not, and you wish to participate in the blog hop, please start at the Cookin' Up Creations blog here.

Today, I am excited to share with you a layout that I did of my two beautiful children Jackie & Garrett. Each day these two bring me much happiness and joy, and I am very proud to be their mother!



Since we're focusing on the "love" theme this month I felt like it was only appropriate that I focus on the love these two share for one another....even though they rarely see each other these days (the age difference and all), when the two of them are together, the are quite inseparable. Not to mention, I'm a huge fan of the Beatles, and so are both my children....and this particular song just happened to be playing while I was scrapping....so guess what? Yep, you guessed it....it wound up being my song title! Hope you'll be inspired by my layout to create a "love themed" layout of your own, and use a Song Title as YOUR layout title!

Your next stop on the blog hop will be Barb's Blog. Be sure to leave a comment here, and on each stop on the blog hop. Then, make sure you finish up at the Cookin' Up Creations forum and post that you have completed the hop. Your name will be entered into a drawing for a fabulous prize!

We're also hosting a weekend crop from Friday, February 4 through Sunday, February 6 on the forum – hope you will join in the fun!

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the hop!

In addition to the blog hop prize, I am also offering a RAK of my own! To be entered into my drawing, just become a follower of my blog AND the Cookin' up Creations blog.

Then leave me a comment here to let me know that you did so. I will then draw a winner on Monday February the 7th after work, and post the name here on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of the hop!

Cookin' up Creations Blog Hop

It seems only fitting that since I own the site I should include my blog in the upcoming Blog Hop coming this week....



More details to come!

Snow Much Fun

Got to get some scrapping time in today! Layout #4 of my 2011 Goal of 52 Layouts in 52 Weeks.....



Journaling reads: Outside enjoying a little "snow fun" for like the first? second? third time today?
December 26, 2010

Track #10

So I scrapped another layout this weekend. My 2011 goal is one a week and so far, I'm right on track!

Track #10



Journaling reads:
Ever since Shawn burnt us a CD with some of our current favorite songs on it, you want to hear track #10 constantly. The song is “All the Right Moves” by One Republic and you first heard it on Band Hero and “loved it” before it ever began to get radio play. Well now, it gets played “everyday”, over and over again for as many times as Mommy can stand to listen to it before changing it. Another favorite on this CD is “Fireflies” by Owl City.
April 15th, 2010