Turnt Up for 10! Celebrating 10 Years of SOC!

THIS BLOG HOP IS NOW OVER! THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!!

Welcome welcome to the SoC 10th anniversary blog hop! My name is Kerry McKenzie and I would like to thank you for joining us on the hop and to welcome you to my blog!

I have been a member of the SoC community for just almost 2 years - I joined in March of 2013!  Since then I've been able to participate in swaps, go to a retreat and explore a whole new side of crafting (art journaling) in which I never thought I'd have much interest! I loved getting to meet some of the SoC ladies at the 2014 retreat and am so glad I made the trip down from TORONTO, CANADA to attend!!  It was a journey and a half getting there, and getting home, but I did it and am a better person for it.

SoC introduced me to a sisterhood that I would not be able to find in my neck of the woods, and as such is the case, I feel much more in tune with my whole self, and not just my crafty self. It has brought me in touch with people that I can relate to, and that understand things that not everyone might get!

Okay, well, I feel like this is getting a bit too sappy because this is supposed to be a post about CELEBRATION!! We're supposed to be getting turnt up!! :D

First step to getting turnt up - Getting excited about blog candy!!  Okay, so I know there's no photo of what the blog candy looks like, but let's just say that there may be some 6x6 paper pads, flowers, and bling included!!

Second step to getting turnt up - Knowing where you'll be hopping to next once you've gotten your groove on here!  The list of people participating in the blog hop is right here!  If you don't see a SoC celebration post at one of the stops, just make a quick note of it and check back later!

SOC Blog: http://scrapsofcolorespire.blogspot.com/
Kate blue: http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Candy: http://stampcandy.net/
Princess: http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Tiare: http://www.tiaresmith.com/
Kerry: http://www.kerryscoolcreations.com
Debra: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/
Cheryl: http://www.onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/
Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com/
Kimberly B: http://mypolkadottedbliss.blogspot.com/

Now, the third step to getting turnt up - Check me out with mah sistahs! :D

I actually used a sketch from the Let's Get Sketchy Challenge that's going on right now! I posted a pic of the sketch at the bottom of this post.

As inspiration to how this layout was going to come together, I chose to use the challenge theme over at Challenge YOUrself. The theme was Affirmation!  There was a wonderful link provided to a series of titles or words of affirmation that was provided on the challenge blog, and the one I went with was: PERSONALITY!

With all the wonderful ladies that spent time with me at the SoC retreat this year, I met so many different personalities! Everyone liked to get crafty, everyone had a different history, everyone had a different way in which life affected the way they crafted and what projects they worked on during the weekend!

This was a great picture of all of us, that was taken the weekend of the retreat, and for those who were unable to attend this year, maybe this will convince you that you should totally aim to get turnt up next year at the next crop!! :D  We'll be waiting for you!!

The whole layout - I used the tag stamp that came in the Sept Studio Calico kit to create
my journalling spots!!  I've seen this done before, but couldn't quite remember where.
I loved the way it turned out!

A closer view of the photo I used, taken from our pink pajama day!

And here I am! And yes, my PJ's were pink... Sort of... They had other colours
in them as well, so they aren't super pink in this photo. ;)

And here is the sketch I used to build the layout above!!

Ok, so you've seen my turnt up layout about our yearly celebration of our crafty sistahs, each with our own individual personalities!!!

Time to head on over to Debra's blog: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/ in order to continue the turnt up vibe!!

Just to recap, in case you may need to review the lineup again, here it is!
SOC Blog: http://scrapsofcolorespire.blogspot.com/
Kate blue: http://kateblue.blogspot.com/
Candy: http://stampcandy.net/
Princess: http://www.papercraftingparadise.blogspot.com/
Tiare: http://www.tiaresmith.com/
Kerry: http://www.kerryscoolcreations.com
Debra: http://www.cdebbiscrap.blogspot.com/
Cheryl: http://www.onecraftyncpeach.blogspot.com/
Da Shawnna: http://creativedaze.dashawnna.com/
Kimberly B: http://mypolkadottedbliss.blogspot.com/

We appreciate you so much for joining us at SoC to celebrate a decade of awesomeness with more to come!!!

Thanks a million for dropping by!!

Krafty Kerry signing off!!

Check out some recent projects!

Well, there's no time like the present to share some of my recent projects!!

This is an altered spool - The spool was made with two round coasters and a toilet paper roll as the base, and embellished like nobody's business. :) It was created for a love themed spool swap and I hope my partner enjoys it! I've really loved making altered spools recently!

This is an altered letter J that I also made for a swap - My partner let me know that her colours of choice were black, white and red... Which I incorporated with this project!

This is a set of tone-on-tone ATC cards that I created for a swap... Pretty much all my projects are made for swaps, and I find that swaps really push me to try something new. I tend to sign up for swaps I've either never done before, or that I know I need to do to replenish stock - Like altered flower swaps for example.

These are itty bitty mini albums I'm in the process of making at this moment. I hope to come back with a proper post on these since I'm REALLY enjoying making these. Using so many new techniques and fun ways of embellishing! :D

The fact that you took the time to stop by warms me to bits!
Feel free to ask any questions you may have about any of these projects!

Krafty Kerry signing off!

Who's a Guest Designer for March, April AND May 2014? This gal!

Okay, so you know how you sometimes know you should try something, but you don't because that something can result in rejection? Well, I didn't let that fear of rejection get in the way of me applying to be on the Scraps of Color Creative Team for 2014. :)

While I don't have a permanent spot on the team, I *DO* have a guest team spot for March, April AND May of this year!

I'm super duper stoked for this and I hope I make you all proud as a creative member for Scraps of Color! I plan to bring my A-game and hope I can inspire others even if it's just in the smallest way!

As I post to the Scraps of Color blog and my own, I will link to each post in this blog post over there AND over here all over the place. LOL

Links to the creations on the Scraps of Color blog:

March 2014: LINK TBD
April 2014: LINK TBD
May 2014: LINK TBD

Links to the creations on my blog:

March 2014: LINK TBD
April 2014: LINK TBD
May 2014: LINK TBD

You will not miss my projects provided you're anywhere on the blog from this day forward. :D

Of course, not being a permanent member of the team, we should really congratulate those who ARE permanent members of the team since we'll be getting a boatload of inspiration from them throughout the year!!!

Emonieiesha Varnado
Deirdre Smith
Shalana Glass
Kelli Fortier
Kimberly Bolden

In addition to the selected creative team members for 2014, there is also another guest team member who also needs a high five!

Szetorri Porter

What an amazing team I get to be a part of, even if only for a few months! I'm so freakin' lucky!! :D

Stick around for a pretty awesome set of projects if I do say so myself!


Krafty Kerry signing off!