Hippity Hoppity Blog Hop

Welcome to the 

Hippity Hoppity Blog Hop

"Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity, Easter's on its way!"
Thanks for joining us for a fun hop full of Easter Bunny 
inspired projects!!
Wishing you all a blessed Easter with your family and friends!!

You should have arrived from Rebecca!
If you just happened upon this spectacular hop, Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop. 

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday to finish hopping and leaving your comments for all of these amazing crafters.

We have an awesome sponsor for this month!

One lucky winner will get a $20 gift certificate to shop Paper Crafting World!

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE

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Follow their blog HERE for freebies and inspiration!

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 4/12/17

at Connie Can Crop.
Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

And so... I decided to try "coloring" again! This was supposed to be "quick." Apparently, that is not a word my mind or fingers seem to understand.

I started off with a pigment stamped piece. maybe that was my problem...

Colored in some dark (bold) orange from my seldom used Spectrum Noir(s)...

Tried to add some softer orange... because I thought I had this "blending" thing figured out...

And I "blended" it. Nope. Not working for me...

So I added more bold orange to the mix...

It's the best thing I got... You don't really want to know how many times I REALLY tried this...

These are the gorgeous colors I used in case you don't want to make the same mistake want to replicate my masterpiece.

(Looks like someone was sneaking into my secret pal's goodies!)

I attached it all to this little basket... 

Just so you know... (because I know and thought you might want to as well..) I accidentally must've deleted the pic with the tag attached to the basket... 

 Now... Hop on over to Marji!

Here's our amazing line up in case you get lost:

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Shannon H- http://shannonhdesigns.blogspot.com/

Christi- https://tranquility1905.blogspot.com/

Kim- http://katydidcards.com

Amanda- http://salnclts76.blogspot.com/

Angela- mermaidsnmonograms.blogspot.com

Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com

Sue- http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

Sandy- http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com/

Rebecca- http://rebeccaanndesigns.com/

Lisa- http://lisaslittlerascals.blogspot.com/

Marji- http://fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Holli- http://sunflowerholli.blogspot.com

Miranda- http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Sarah- http://sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com/

It's a Great Week... so far...

Although the ending of my week wasn't so good last week, this week is much better. Gone are the stressful days of running around, getting kids to two different schools, picking them up at two different times, taking them to two different practices. School is out! We have just been sitting and "gel-ing." Yes, we are getting some stuff done, but it is much more casual, and I am lovin' it!

Easter was also a great thing. With the "issue" from last week, I was driven by Juan to my mom's. My sister was there with her fiance, and my brother with his family. We didn't have the Easter Bunny... but we sure had a chipmunk (my sister!). She is recuperating from a jaw surgery (Friday also) and was a tad swollen. Yikes! We had a great time with the kids hunting for eggs (which contained $$$). Then we did dinner, talked a lot, and went home (I drove my sister's car, so I had transportation... Juan went to work from my mom's house).

Monday was different but easy. I slept in! Yeah! And it felt really good.

I'm still a little stressed from calling my insurance, the police, the "other" insurance, etc. and not getting a response back, but without running everyone around, it was much less stress on me, and I worked through it. (I made the same calls today without a response, too!) I'm still a little sore (stress and tension does that to a body), but overall, I'll survive and be okay.

We went to practice (the high-schoolers are swimming with the club swim team during spring break), and Stacy swam (Rey was at my mom's, taking care of my sister). I had deck duty and watched Marissa at the same time... boy was that a challenge! We were done fairly early and went home. No pressure, no going to bed at a certain time, no homework worries... it is GREAT!

Today was more of the same, (especially the "sleeping in" part!) except Rey and my sister came home. Jolene (my sis) is going to stay for awhile until she is okay on her own. The swelling has gone down a lot and she is able to eat "solids" through a syringe (YUCK!). But... swim practice was cancelled unexpectedly due to maintenance failing to unlock the pool gate. Hey! That bites!

Dinner tonight was super easy. Egg salad! Yum! Gotta love that egg salad on whole wheat with lettuce... Easy and not wasteful, and the best way to use up those Easter eggs.

Oh yeah... and I forgot. One of the must-have features I've decided I absolutely need for any vehicle (should we seriously have to get a new one) is automatic headlights! I was driving my sister's car and couldn't figure out why it was so dark! Whoops! I guess that's a little something I got way too used to! Just one of my random thoughts besides... gotta get scrappin'! Toodles for now! - lisa