Social {Media} Butteflies August Blog Hop

Welcome back! We are so happy to have you back for the August edition of our Social [Media] Butterflies blog hop! This month we thought we would change it up and have a two part challenge for our members. Not only have we taken inspiration from one of our members, but we also were challenged (Hmm? not feeling challenged This color set? Design with it? YES, PLEASE! extremely inspired) by this color palette:

I love the colors of this challenge and when I first saw them I knew they would be a joy to scrap! I was also inspired by Trisha's blog post & layout here: 

http://www.trisha-grace.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

this paper from Pebbles, and her layout: 

Love the color combo and use of layers and embellies to complement her photos.

And here's my take on the color challenge:

While exercised a little creative freedom and added a few more ancillary hues to the swatch.

This color set just screams joyful and happy to me and I loved playing with the new October Afternoon Woodland Park brads and alphas, Studio Calico wood veneers and Central Park #2 digital files, and American Crafts Shoreline Thickers. (Sorry crop is a bit wonky-kinda rushed for time this week with school activities in full throttle).

So here's the order:

 Melissa P http://www.melissapriest.com/ click click

Ellie http://scrapbookmamaof4kidz.blogspot.com/ eaugustin

 Jenny http://mycreativelife29.blogspot.com/ MrsJennyG instagram, Jenny G on SC

Angel http://kindlelover.blogspot.com akochmcelroy

YOU ARE HERE >>>Suz http://livealifeextraordinary.blogspot.com/ SuzMannecke

Patricia http://harmonyhealthandfaith.blogspot.com/

Erika http://erikabardo.wordpress.com/ erikabardo

Trisha http://www.trisha-grace.blogspot.com/ trishacakes instagram, trishacakes24 on SC

Amanda http://somethingsorta.blogspot.com/     mandadej

Sabrina http://vixendeity.com/ vixendeity

Shay http://sbookinshay29.blogspot.com/ sbookinshay29

 Kristin http://rukristin.blogspot.com/ rukristin hope you enjoy our projects this month, and have a giveaway for a lucky blog hopper-- one of our own Social Butterflies is opening a SHOP! We are so excited for Kristin &  we would LOVE to show you some of the goodies you'll soon be able to purchase!

Introducing: Rukristin Papercrafts: The Shop! Offering trendy & quirky handmade memory-keeping supplies. Find her shop here: rukristin.bigcartel.com 

Before it opens, we are giving away Two Brand New Sets of Journaling Cards: 'Days of the Week' and 'Boy + Girl'. 

All you have to do is comment, follow or tweet using the hashtag #SMBiGbloghop, letting us know which of those you do-- the more of the hop you complete, the more chances you have :] Chances will end Saturday, September 1st at noon, and the winner's name will be released later that day! Good luck!