New DT announcement for Turtle Soup and Birthday Bash Crop

I would like to start by saying thanks to all that are leaving.. you will be missed.. stay in touch dear friends. Pop in and keep us up to date on what's going on with you and your new adventures.

To the returning ladies.. so glad to have you staying on with us. We love what you create and share.

To the new members.. we are excited that you could join us and we look forward to getting to know you better and look forward to viewing you projects.

Be sure to join us starting July 2016 when we start the month off with a new Design Team and also celebrate with our Birthday Bash. Mark your calendars so you remember to join us.

Thanks to all that support us already and looking forward to all the new people who join us at the Turtle Soup.

Turtle Soup Magazine Issue #6 - celebrating our July Birthday Bash

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hi.. we at the Turtle Soup had an amazing month of celebrations for our Birthday Bash. We would like to share with you some of the amazing creative things we shared during the month of July.

Take time to view our magazine in full viewing.

When you love what you see maybe you'll take the time to play along with us in our forum. 

Birthday Bash #24 - Wedded Bliss

Lisa is sharing the last of the Birthday Bash Challenges today... you have until the end of the month to play along with us for all the amazing prizes. Lisa shares the Wedded Bliss challenge below. I am here today with another birthday bash challenge. Are you ready? I would like you to create a wedding card, layout or tag. EASY PEASY! Here is my card: I can't wait to see your wedding projects! Play along in the forum and here on the blog. Both have ballots to win prizes. Hope your enjoying the Birthday Bash as much as the Design Team has had creating for you. Thanks to all our members and sponsors that have made this a memorable event.

An InLinkz Link-up

Birthday Bash #23 - quick gift bag

Cheryl is here today with a fun but easy gift bag.. here is what she has to share with you...... Have you ever needed to wrap a small gift but had no wrapping paper? I have. I came up with this quick gift bag out of necessity. I always keep these brown lunch bags on hand. You can buy white, but I prefer brown. Just pick them up at the grocery store. I put my gift inside the paper bag, then fold the top down. I normally have to trim it a little bit to make it look more even. I usually use a tape runner to hold the fold down, but you can staple the top if you like. For this bag, I folded a paper doily in half (something else I always keep a supply of) and glued it over the top of my folded bag. I took a standard hole punch and punched two holes to run the ribbon through. I ran one end of a fairly long ribbon in through the left hole and out through the right hole. I tied a bow on the front and left longer tails on it. Here's my finished quick gift bag. Mine is fairly simple, but you can decorate yours as much or as little as you want. I've used die cuts, stickers, pieces of patterned paper ~ there are so many options. You have until the end of the month to create ANY kind of a gift "holder" or you can try one of these quick bags. Play along in forum for a ballot to win and add to the inlinz here for another ballot to the blog prize. Thanks for joining us.

An InLinkz Link-up

Birthday Bash #22 - cupcakes

Debbie is sharing this cute cupcake project with us.

With our Birthday Bash winding down, I would like to challenge you to make a card, layout, or altered item with a cupcake on it. Here is a birthday card that I made with a cupcake. 

 

I can't wait to see how you use your cupcake(s). Share in forum and on this blog using inlinz below so you have a chance for some great prizes.

An InLinkz Link-up

Birthday Bash #21

Stacey has a great challenge for our Birthday Bash. Here is here post.

My daughter is obsessed with Ever After High. It is a series that comes on Netflix. Well for her 9th birthday she wanted a Raven Queen (daughter of Evil Queen) theme. Of course there aren't any decorations out for that show yet. So I had to create my own!!! Yay!! 

Pull out my Cameo and scrappy supplies and got to work. Here are some of the things I created...... 
 

Use this as inspiration for your project!

Use the gallery and forum to share.. and also link below in inlinz to win ballots for our great prizes.

An InLinkz Link-up

Birthday Bash #20 Sketch

 Tracy is hosting todays Birthday Bash challenge .. here is what she had to share with us.

Today we have this fabulous sketch to work with: 



And here's my take on it: 

 

And check out this awesome prize, donated by Lisa, to go along with this challenge. 

 

You can't win unless you play along. You have till the end of the month to enter. Post your entry in the gallery and link back to this the forum.

If you also add to inlinz here you get a special ballot to random draw for the blog prize too. You don't want to miss out on all the great prizes this month... please join us.

An InLinkz Link-up

Birthday Bash #19 - Card Sketch

 

So today using this sketch create a project.. celebrating Life. 

here is my card... I used the sketch but used the vertical take on the sketch 
 

you have all month to play along. Add project to gallery and link back here to share.
Join us in the extra ballot by adding your project to the inlinkz below for the blog prize.

Birthday Bash #17 - Celebrate Love and Happiness

Hi so how is the Birthday Bash going for you. Sure hope your enjoying it because we sure are having fun sharing with you.

Here is Linda's Birthday Bash challenge for us.

Each of us has so much to be thankful for and at the top of the list is our loved ones--family and friends. My challenge is to do a layout about someone you love and who brings happiness to your life. 

We recently visited with two of my granddaughters for a few days--what a joy to spend quality time with them!!! 

 

Journaling: Even when my grandchildren are not in my arms, on my lap, or in my home, they are in my heart and there they will stay forever. 

You have until the end of the month for this challenge. Be sure and upload your layout to our gallery in the forum and link direct to challenge in forum AND/OR link back to this inlinz. Do both and you get a ballot to 2 different prizes....we hope the  key thing is to have some fun with us.

Birthday Bash #16

Hi Elisa here with my challenge for the 16th July 2015 - a kids birthday or themed birthday layouts (or a themed card) 

Hope your enjoying the birthday bash!! 

  

You have until the end of the month to play along. Be sure and upload your layout or card to the gallery and inlinz link back here too.

Birthday Bash #15 - Masculine Card

Tracy has a great Birthday Bash Challenge today to share with us.

For today's challenge we're going to be making a masculine birthday card with a bit of a twist. You will need to include at least 2 of the following items on your card. 
1. Stamping 
2. Twine or Ribbon 
3. A banner 
4. Dry embossing 
5. Wet embossing 

 

My card has all 5 items included on it. You have until the end of the month to play along. Be sure and upload your card to the gallery and link back to this thread.

Birthday Bash #14 - Cake

This  is  what Ginni had to share with us for the Birthday Bash:


My challenge to you today is to do a page about birthday cake or with cake in your patterned paper and/or embellies. 

ANY cake or cupcake or pie pictures will do if you don''t have birthday cake. 

Here's my example. It's a 2 pager about Noah’s 4th birthday cake back in 2008... 

 

You can make a LO, card, ATC or altered project for this challenge. Can't wait to see what you create!!! 

Birthday Bash #13 Sketch with DT Reveal

Welcome to the Birthday Bash Monday Sketch above. Here is some inspiration by the design team. Toni Phillis Linda Elisa Karen Joan and here is my page to share with you. You have all month to play along. Add your project to the gallery and link back here to share with us. Can't wait to see yours too.

Birthday Bash #12 Card Sketch and a random Rak

Karen shares todays Birthday Bash Challenge.

Hi Ladies, 
This Sunday morning I have a card and sketch to share with you, but first I am excited to say if you do this challenge you will be entered for a random RAK prize package sponsored by Robin's Nest 

 

Hope you are as excited about this as I am. 
Now I will share with you the lovely sketch that Bev has created and you must use 

 

And here is my example as a birthday card I made for a dear friend that will include some 5 X 7 pictures so the card is 5 X 7. 

 

Have fun with it and make it any kind of card you wish but can't wait to see your spin on it. 
You have all month to play along, but don't forget to post share it here in the inlinz for the extra ballot for a random blog prize along with the special Rak attached. 

Birthday Bash #11 with a Baby Card

Colleen Celebrates with a Baby Card. 

My challenge is to make a baby card or layout. Please do at least 2 layers and use a sticker. 

Here is what I created. 

 

You have until the end of the month to complete this challenge.  
Link to the inlinz below for an added ballot to the random blog prize draw.

Birthday Bash #10 with a Tag

Cheryl celebrates the Birthday Bash with a cool Tag. I love making tags to hang on my gifts. My daughter's birthday is next month, so she'll get this tag. I buy my tags at the office supply store because I like for them to be heavy. I covered the tag with this pink patterned paper and punched a hole all the way through. One thing I always do it make a hanger with matching twine. The round birthday digital stamp is from The Cutting Cafe. I punched it out and attached it with pop dots. The final touch was to glue on a white bow. My challenge to you is to make a tag. It doesn't have to be a birthday tag, but since this is our "Birthday Bash", I used a birthday tag for my example. You have all month to play along.. enjoy and have fun. Also attach to inlinz below.. we love to comment and also get a ballot to random Blog prize.

Birthday Bash #9 using Stash

This is what Lisa had to share with us for the Birthday Bash. Hey there! Are you ready for another challenge? My challenge is an easy one. I am always trying to use my stash, so for today's challenge use an old birthday line from your stash and create a birthday card, layout or tag with it. Here is my card using October Afternoon Cakewalk. I can't wait to see your creations using that stash! Use the inlinz to add your project here so we can visit and leave comments.. also get a ballot for the random blog prize.

Graduation Celebrations

Phillis shared this fabulous graduation celebration with us. Below is here challenge she shares with us.

We celebrated my son's graduation from high school a couple weeks ago. I was so proud of my son. Getting some good photos was a challenge to me, but friends had some that I did not. 

I dug out my stash of school related papers and embellishments. I used scraps that I had left from when he graduated from 6th grade. I layered many of these papers on top of each other. Here is the LO that I came up with: 

 

My challenge to you is to use up old scraps by layering at least 3 on top of each other. You can make a LO, card, or atc. You can use the graduation theme or use another celebration 

You have all month to play along,  link back here to share.  Thanks

Celebrating with some Bling

Ashley created this great challenge for us... Here is what she had to say.

"To me, no celebration is complete without a little bit of gold or silver bling.
My challenge is to incorporate some gold or silver onto your project. For my layout, I used gold."

Be sure to play along and link up below to share with us. Thanks

Birthday Bash Monday DT Sketch Reveal

Toni is hosting this great sketch for the Birthday Bash and the DT's great inspiration 
using it: 

 

and here are the DT reveals using the sketch. 

 
Tracy 

 
Lisa 

 
Ginni 

 
Colleen 

 
Chris 

 
Bev 

and here is her page using the sketch.... 
 
Toni 

You have all month to play along. Add your project to the gallery and link back here to share with us.

Add your page to the inlinz for an additional ballot to win a special blog prize.. see below inlinz. thanks