New Challenge Up at Get Your Scrap On!

OK, there's a new "recipe" challenge up at the Get Your Scrap On! blog. Head on over and check it out! Submit your cards by August 18, 2008 to be entered into a drawing for a prize!!

Supplies:Cardstock is Bazzill and Worldwin. Patterned paper is Crate Paper. Flowers are Prima. Brads are Making Memories. Ink is Palette Burnt Umber. Stamp is Hero Arts. Circle and Scalloped circle cut and embossed with Nestibilities dies.

Have a fantastic Friday!
Cheers,

New Challenge Up on the Blog!

Hi everyone and sorry for being so bad with posting lately, but with George being off for the last 2 weeks, we've been busy! I'll catch up more on that later!

I wanted to post the mini book I did for my mum for her birthday that was part of the new challenge at Get Your Scrap On! We had a mini book challenge and there's a great prize for this week's challenge too, so go check it out!!







Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned paper and rub-ons are We R Memory Keepers. Ribbon is Amuse and some misc. Lettering is Doodlebug, Pink Paislee and Making Memories. Foam lettering on the cover is American Crafts. Letter rub-ons on the cover are Creative Imaginations. Felt stars are Queen and Co.

Well, think that's about all I have time for for now, but I'll be back soon! Promise!
Cheers,

Get Your Scrap On Blog Challenge

The challenge this week at Get Your Scrap On was with a sketch and the design team was asked to create a card and a layout based on the same design, so here's the sketch and both of my projects!

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned paper and sticker are Cosmo Cricket's "Get Happy" line. Versamark stamp pad. Embossing Power is by Stampendous. Stamp is by Hero Arts.

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket's "Get Happy" line. Sticker is Cosmo Cricket. Arrow is Creative Cafe by Creative Imaginations. Happy Face Stamp is by Gelatins. Ink is Palette Black. Border Stamps are Kelly Panacci for SandyLion. Title is American Crafts Thickers chipboard. Journaling is done with an American Crafts Slick Writer.

Pretty much everything from these projects came from April's Scrapperie kit called Spring Break. The colours in this kit are prefect for boy layouts and I love the fun stuff in it!

Cheers,

A new blog challenge!

Ok everyone, the new challenge is up at Get Your Scrap On!, so go check it out and I hope you play. The challenge was to create something inspired by a vintage ad and I had the altered project this week, so go check out the ad on the blog and you can see how I was inspired by it! I'd love to see how you're inspired!!

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill and Peterson-Arne. Patterned paper is Heidi Swapp. Rub-on lettering is Making Memories. Chipboard lettering is Heidi Swapp. Misc ribbon. Large eyelets are We R Memory Keepers and small star eyelets are Making Memories. Rub- on Star Border is Kaiser Craft. "No girls allowed" sticker is 7Gypsies.

I have so much other stuff to get caught up on here on my blog that I hope to get at that soon too. So many fun pictures of the kids and updates on what's been going on! It sure has turned out to be a busy and somewhat crazy month! More on that to come...

Cheers,

A catch-up again!

Wow! It seems like I just post and by the time I get back here it's days again!

I really did have a wonderful birthday! Mum and dad came to watch the little ones and apparently, Nathan cried for about a half hour after Kyle and I left until he was ready for his nap!! Poor mum! The Mother's Day Tea was absolutely wonderful and I'll post some pics later for that and go into a little more detail. After George got home, we went out for dinner at White Spot and I had a fabulous veggie burger and fries! We came home and had Black Forest cake to top it all off!

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all the wonderful mums I know and that drop by my blog! I did the cards below for the current challenge at the Get You Scrap On challenge blog! The challenge is to do something for or related to your mum - cards, a layout, a gift, whatever! Come on over and play! The bottom card is for my mum and the top ones are for my MIL and sister!

We had a wonderful day yesterday as long as I discount the way I woke up and the day started! I woke up at 4am with what felt like a hole burning through my chest. It was my own fault too unfortunately! I'd had some Salt and Vinegar chips the previous night and then fell asleep on the sofa - not a good idea when you have a hiatus hernia! I was in so much pain and didn't have the medicine that I needed that I got up and got dressed and went to the closest 24 hours drug store to get it! After getting there and taking the medicine the second I got in the car, I started to feel better right away! I came home and went back to bed at about 6am!

I was awoken at 8am again by the boys and a plate full of homemade waffles and turkey sausages! The boys, including George, had all made pictures/cards for me the day before when I was at work and they're wonderful! I love my boys!! The rest of the day was pretty relaxing and I didn't even manage to get up enough energy to scrap like I'd planned! We went out after a nice dinner at home that George made and went for a little drive and got some Krispy Kreme doughnuts. The best part was that they were making the originals when we got there and Kyle showed me how they made them and explained the whole thing to me - so cute! He loves seeing how things are made!

I watched the Survivor finale and have to say that I was a little surprised at the winner! I loved the fact that it was all women at the end though and I think any of the last bunch deserved to be sitting there as the winner! I loved the speech that Ozzy did at the last tribal too!! Tonight is the Bachelor finale as well!!

OK, so I woke up this morning at the crack of dawn again with another "issue" and that is my throat is so sore that I feel like I can't/don't want to swallow. Guess I'll be making a trip to the doctor today because I won't be able to sleep tonight like this!

Oh and before I forget, since I'm already a day late, the winner of my little birthday RAK is

Sheila D said...
Happy Birthday!!!Happy Birthday!!!Hope you have a terrific day. From the sound of it, you will. On my birthday I would love to order in and cuddle up and watch a movie. Spells R&R in my book. NO, it has never happened.

Please e-mail me your address, so I can send something off to you!

Cheers,

Colour Challenge and a new Scrap Diva!

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned paper is We R Memory Keepers. Rub-ons for the title and the date are Creative Cafe (Creative Imaginations). Stickers for the date are Doodlebug. Foam lettering for the title is American Crafts Thickers. Brads are Making Memories. Photo Anchors are (very old) Scenic Route.

What a fun layout this was to do and it was for the challenge blog Get Your Scrap On! I've very happy to say that I'm now on their design team as a Scrap Diva and you'll be seeing my work once a week on the blog! This was the first challenge for the new team and it was a colour challemge that you can check out on the blog! Come check it out and play along. There's a prize to be drawn for this challenge that'll be announced later in the week.

I did use a sketch as inspiration for this challenge too and it was one of Becky Fleck's Page Maps for May. These are amazing sketches that always seem to come together so easily for me!

Hope everyone had a wonderful National Scrapbooking Day! We had a wonderful day around here than involved me sleeping in to start with! George went out for a hair cut and I hug out with the boys and made lunch. Nathan had a nap and after that, we all headed out for me to get my driver's license renewed! We made a quick stop at Michael's for George to get some craft paint and then he stopped (as a surprise) and got me to pick out a new pair of shoes as an early birthday present! Sweet guy!

Came home and watched some of the NASCAR race and Ryan was 6th, so not too bad. I also finished off my layout and it's about time to call it a night since I work again tomorrow!

Enjoy your Sunday everyone and come check out the challenge!

Cheers,

Get Your Scrap On!

Supplies: Cardstock is Bazzill. Patterned paper is Japanese Origami paper. Title is American Crafts rub-ons. Misc brads. Bamboo Stamped image is by Delta Creative. Japanese stamp sticker is ProvoCraft. Ink us Palette Burnt Umber.

This layout was done for the new challenge at Get Your Scrap On! which is a fun new challenge site - go check it out and let them know I sent you! The challenge was to scrap some pictures from a trip. I picked these ones of my mum's visit to come and see me when I was living in Japan because she just recently found the card on the layout and gave it to me.

It was really hard seeing her go after her being there for about a month. When she left, I gave her the card. I made a pocket for it on my layout and scanned the inside and that's what's on the front of the pocket with the card in it! The bottom funny picture of me was on the back of the card and was taken from the main floor of my apartment in Japan looking up towards me in my "loft", which is Japan means barely enough room to sleep and sit up!

Well, I'm off to work here in just a bit, so I'd better run! It should be fun because it's the first crop in the new store and it's a full house tonight I think!

Cheers,