blog hop and online crop

National Scrapbooking Day is going to be sooooo much fun. The team over at Let's Capture our Memories is hosting an online crop AND a blog hop. Make sure you stop by for some fun! The design teams have some great fun in store to get the mojo flowing....you're not gonna want to miss this

www.letscaptureourmemories.com

Just click the LCOM blinkie on the right!!!

start me up

Tomorrow is the big reveal at

http://gonnastartmeup.blogspot.com/

Challenge blog!

Be sure to check it out to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day!!!!

I am so excited and honoured to be a part of this DT for an all boy challenge blog! This is going to be a great place for inspiration to tackle those layouts to celebrate the men in our lives.

Make sure you stop on by to see this months challenge, and the VERY EXCITING guest designer. All I can say is WOW! To think I will be sharing a blog challenge with this amazing scrapper...... Oh I can't wait to share.

See you at Start Me UP tomorrow May 1st for NSD

Just click on the blinkie to the right for the link.

(I have yet to figure out how to put the links in my blog post....I'm still learning....lol)

stunned....really I am

so tonight I sat down to scrap, trying to reignite my mojo. It wasn't going well, so I decided to spray samples of my glimmer mist onto little pieces of paper.

Then I decided to put the final coat on my altered album.

So I dug out the gesso. Started applying it and thought to myself

"gee is it ever white,

I don't remember it being this white when I did the cover"

duh, that's because you don't use Gesso.

I covered the whole album...and then the light comes on....

yes it took a while

"Gesso doesn't dry clear"

Then I thought

"well what did I use"

tick tock tick tock

So I took the book and wiped off all the Gesso that I could

still clueless to what I was suppose to use

headed back into my scrappy room and added some more paint

then I look up

.....and

there is the modge podge

DUH!!!!!

oh and the layout I was working on....still in progress

Hope you are all having a better week than me. lol

Glad hump day is here.....come on Friday!!!!

sunday again

well today marks the end of a week in the life of. I think my fav part of this was the journalling (imagine that!!!) . Struggled a bit with pics in the end....we are just too boring. lol Today my DS took over the camera and got some cute shots. Hopefully I will get the pics printed soon, and plan to throw it all together when I got to the crop at LCOM in 2 weeks.

My goal for this year is to do a 2 page LO for each day....and I plan to do another week this summer when I am on vacation. Really working 40 hours a week is kinda boring to document. lol But I did have fun, journalling stuff and I have some great pics for some layouts.

Just give me a couple weeks to get it all finished up.

My NYC mini is almost done, so I'll be sharing that soon too!!!!

oh, and I haven't scrapbook in what feels like FOREVER! The last thing I did was for my April DT reveal....almost a week ago. UGH

Looking forward to getting to work on my altered book too!!!

I've got a lot on the go, in need of some scrappy time!!! I fear that it is only going to get worse with all this beautiful weather that we are being blessed with. Imagine the kids were wearing shorts....I have never seen weather like this in the maritimes. I LOVE IT!!!!

Must go get organized and finish up supper before Rob gets home.

5 more sleeps till T!M

Hope you all had a great weekend, enjoy the week!

lcom april dt reveal

Over at LCOM we are having the April Design Team Reveal

You have got to go over and have a look.....

DARRRROOOOOLLLLLL

Here are the LO's I did

1st....my card

Here is a girly LO of Rob's youngest

she is the tomboy. lol

This one is of my cousin and her new bundle of joy!!!!

what a prescious pic

Rob's middle girl and our dog.

I think it is Ben....I can't tell the difference between him and his mom anymore.

He is actually bigger than her now...and he is only 9 months old

This is our lake.

It's not to often it is this calm....it was like glass

This is my FAV! I love this garland in our bedroom.

it was so much fun to make and very whimsical

Looking forward to getting my kit for next month!!!!

I have started a week in the life of album. Check out Ali Edwards blog and join in. Initially I was totally excited about documenting a week in our lives....but it kinda makes me realize how sad my life is. Really I am not going to be able to get that many pics in. We are just not that interesting.

Hope you have a good night

thanks for stopping by

LCOM DT reveal

My 2nd reveal for the Let's Capture Our Memories

Design Team is coming up this week. Here are a few sneak peaks.

Stop on over and check out what the team has for sneaks.

The big reveal is due on the 20th!!!!

see...glimmer mist curling the paper can be a good thing!

bling makes me happy!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Today I got to sleep in until 10:30! Wow that is a record for me.

the downside...the day is FLYING by.

But I did get to do some scrappy work, I've started the altered album being hosted by Melissa Mann over at LCOM, and my art journal which is being hosted by Dorrie over at LCOM....and I even started another LO for the DT. But now I'm off to clean the bathroom while the paint dries. Isn't that fun....I love paint!

Thanks for stopping by

13 more sleeps till T!M

oh what a night

well I got the boot at Scrap-vivor over at LCOM!

enough said about that

Last night I fell asleep after 11, but poor Rob didn't fall asleep until 1am. He always does this when he has to work the next day. 5 am comes so early as it is....but when you fall asleep after 1....UGH

At 3 am my DS got up to use the washroom...and decided that he would start screaming and freaking where there was something in the toilet (some dirt from the vaccum) geeze he could have just flushed it and gone back to bed....

But no, instead he comes barrelling down the stairs freaking out and waking Rob up. (I can hear the frustration in his groans as he rolled over and covered his head with a pillow)

I finally convince him to use ours. Then he proceeds to be very loud, as Rob is trying to fall back sleep cause he has to get up for work in 2 hours. So I get him back upstairs and settled, Rob is falling asleep.....

THEN, DS goes up to his room and turns on Thomas....really loud.

so I go upstairs and tell him to turn it down

back downstairs I go to bed, get back into bed

THEN

he decides to start singing really loud.

so back up stairs I go.

It was not pretty

It was now 3:15

Finally I get him quieted down and go back to bed. Luckily Rob fell back asleep quick.

(a little side note, yesterday DS found a Thomas VHS tape that he wanted to watch. I told him that I would have to take it to work on MONDAY and get it switched over to DVD)

WELL

at 6am he began pestering me about going to work today so that we could put his Thomas movie on DVD. Then he took his old fashion alarm clock....and started shaking it so the little hammer would hit the two bells.....RIGHT IN MY EAR!

So how is your day going?

Did you get a good night sleep?

My eyes are burning....I have a headache

the dogs are barking...and I have to go get groceries.

Calgon take me AWAY

check this out

Start Me Up, is a new blog devoted to the men in our lives.

They have revealed their new DT for this Challenge Blog....

http://gonnastartmeup.blogspot.com/

See any familiart faces????

Yup...that's me in a lovely self portrait!!!

Join us for some great challenges....

and amazing Guest Designers....WOW

finally wednesday

so all day Monday I kept thinking it was Tuesday

Then Tuesday morning, I woke up and my first thought was....

aaahhhh it's Wednesday.

So Wednesday is FINALLY here.

Here is a layout I did on the weekend at the

"scrapbooking gone wild" crop

Chantal did a wonderful job, and a shout out to her two FAB helpers Brenda and her hubby who fed us well. It was a great time!

I am having fun working with the cardboard, and Gesso just makes me happy!!!!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a happy hump day!!!

check this out

A little toot for me

http://scrapbookinggonewild.blogspot.com/

Last month at SGW the Guest Designer Beth Sears did a sketch.

This was my take, and I won!

Winning stuff makes me so so so happy!

woo hoo

see.....told you it was going to be a fun week

month of may RAK

In my DT kit from Let's Capture our Memories last month, I got these wonderful flourish stamps. So I thought I would share them with you guys!

Just leave a comment on this post and you get your name entered.

AND

If you are a follower....you get a second ballot

AND

(now here is where it gets tricky)

If you tell a friend and they come over....I'll give them an extra ballot....

And

You'll get one too. Just get them to post who they heard about me from

Hope you enjoy!

I'm going to do the draw on May 6th....

why May 6th? Well it's a really great day!

gee I wonder why????

last one I promise

here is another c-mas layout that I did on Saturday!

this on is for the album of just the girls.

I have way too many albums on the go....it makes for a lot of scrappin the same pics multiple times so that everyone will have album when they get older. Right no on the go I have

My DS album (all about him)

Each girl has an individual album (that's 3)

I have an all about me ablum

Our family album

And our travel album.....

so that is 7 right now.

oh yeah, plus my Nans recipe album

Now I am up to 8

Can't forget the NUC mini.....but that is almost done.

How many do you have on the go?

Thanks for stopping by, I promise no more c-mas pages for a while.

Have a great day

christmas in April?????

I know I know.....

Spring is upon us and here I am posting a Christmas Layout. Well I'm going to post another one tomorrow....so be ready! LOL

We had such a hard time getting a c-mas pic of all the kids together.

One would get a goofy face (my DS as always)

One wouldn't smile on purpose (Rob's youngest DD)

One smiled perfect (rob's middle DD)

One wanted a serious expression (Rob's oldest DD)

And we can't forget the bunny ears....they popped up in A LOT of pics.

so needless to say....we didn't send out cards this year! Maybe next year

But we did get a couple that we're cute enough to scrapbook! And they tell the story pretty good too. Journalling reads

" Your 3 beautiful girls

My 1 handsome Man

Equals Family"

Even though we didn't get the perfect shot, it is who we are.

And each of their personalities are all over their faces in these pics.

huge week

this is going to be a huge week for me.

I have lots of layouts of to share....and lots to talk about.

My goal is to share something with you all each day!

(maybe it will be a layout....maybe a RAK....maybe some news....who knows what I have up my sleeve....but it is going to be fun!)

So here is my first layout to share.

I did this one a while ago....

but have been saving it for a special occassion....and today is the day.

Have I mentioned that this is going to be such an exciting week?????

The mojo was flying at the crop on the weekend,

Chantal at Scrapbooking Gone Wild sure knows how to put on a spread!

The food was devine, the inspiration was flowing.....

What a great group of ladies to hang with for the day, made some great friends....can't wait to see you all again. (And I went to this crop knowing absolutely no one!....that is huge for me. Chantal was the only person I knew... Once I got there I knew 2 other ladies....but I was a little nervous going solo)

Sadly I'm going to miss the next one, but Rob and I have something planned....and since he is being such a trooper to take me to see T!M....I figure I owe him one.

Hard to believe the weekend is almost over. Time to go get the DS ready for bed and finish up my layouts from the weekend with a little sewing.

I've also got to get to work on my DT kit for Let's Capture Our Memories!

Thanks for stopping by, and get ready for some fun this week.

scrap-vivor week 2

Week 2 we had to either use critters.....or bling

I chose bling. And did a little self portrait (I am really bad at being in front of the camera.....)

This mamarazzi paper is just amazing.

I love this line so much that I have already used it all up....I'll share some more layouts later this week with this line. Since I have none left....I splurged and bought some more!!!!

Also treated myself to the T!m Holtz sizzix....I for the film strip and the tickets.

They are so dreamy!!!! Luckily my sister has a sizzix machine...which I "borrowed".

Ok, I'm hoping she doesn't come looking for it....cause these dies are just so

WONDERFUL

Today I got lots of scrappin in

The NYC album is almost done, plus I did 3 more layouts and started a 4th.

Can't share them right now cause they need a little stitching to finish them up.

But hopefully I will tackle that tomorrow and share them.

Off to watch the race with Rob!

Have a good night, and enjoy the weekend!

our lake

the other morning we took a drive in town to get a coffee and as we drove by the lake I caught a glimpse at how calm the lake was....so I dig out the trusty camera and this is what I got

Being the bonehead that I am....I had my white balance set for indoors...when am I going to learn? But a little help from iphoto....and this is the finished product.

I love the reflection, it is hard to get that as there always seems to be a bit of a wind on the lake here. Hope I can get a pic like this when the leaves have come in.

Even the fog lurking adds to it. I can just imagine how pretty it would have been if I would have had the WB right and maybe my new polarized lense ....duh!!!

Back to work for me tomorrow! Luckily it is only a short week

Thanks for stopping by

BTW, I got notification that my "true loves kiss" layout will be the one published in the Memory Makers Book due out in May 2011.....must get things read to send it off!!!!

inspiration journal

1st of all

Happy Birthday Pam!!!!

and 2nd....

I have started an Inspiration Journal

Here is the one I made this weekend....and it only took me an hour....

Imagine my 5 year old left me along for a whole hour while I did this.

WOW!!!

Must get busy filling these pages

Have a great day.....

and get inspired

edited layout

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

I already posted this LO, but when I stumbled upon the carrot embellies from Stephanies shop "my little bit of whimsy" I just had to add it!

How cute are these little guys.....

I just love these whimsy buttons!!!!

Hope you all have a great Easter

Enjoy the day, and eat lots of chocolate!!!!

me, dorrie and t!m

so I heard that T!m Holtz was coming to Canada....

the problem

I didn't know exactly where....but that it was about 10 hours away

I called my 2 fellow T!m fans....Chantal (who can't go cause she is in Florida :(....hello Priorities!!!! lol) and Dorrie who says she is in. So I con Rob into coming with me if I can find where he is going to be...I think he was hoping I wouldn't find it.

however after many google attempts (google doesn't like me)

finally Rob finds it for me! What a sweetie

So I call the store, they say that you have to sign up for 4 and it is a lottery draw to get it.

Next call....Dorrie to see what she thinks....she calls back the store to get more details

Then she calls me back....and tells me that we sign up together and if one of our names gets picked...we're in!!!!

So I hang up the phone, talk it over with Rob (who is now devastated that he said he would go)

Call Dorrie back and she calls the store back...

this all took place in literally 20 minutes...it's was insane...plus I was trying to cook supper. LOL

then she calls the store, signs us up

then.....we wait

tick tock tick tock

Rob and I go for an ice cream

tick tock tick tock

come home and the scrappy store was on my phone

I call them back.....

and we are in!!!

I call Dorrie back and the two of carry on like two maniacs for an hour on the phone

All I have to say is POOR T!m....his life will never be the same!!!!

So this week I found out I was being published for the first time

AND

I'm going to be best friend with T!m Holtz

Now I must go clean my floors while Rob is grocery shopping

Have a great day!!!!

Good Friday

hope you are all having a wonderful Good Friday.

My DS took off on his bike to his grandparents down the road, and Rob and I spent the day doing some spring cleaning. Never knew my house could be so dusty and dirty.

Still a lot to do, but all the windows open and some clutter gone is feelin good!!!

Floors first thing tomorrow and then work on some more decluttering!!!

Have a Happy Easter and enjoy the long weekend with your families

thanks for stopping by

someone pinch me please

I received a very important email today

it was from Memory Makers....

and they want to publish me!

I LITERALLY jumped up and down when I opened my computer this morning and the email popped up. I had convinced myself that it wasn't gonna happen....but it did!!!!

Can you imagine????

the book is coming out in May 2011!!!!

Next week I will be getting an email of the LO's they have chosen...I think I sent 5 in.

I'll share the ones that didn't make it once I find out which one(s) did.

can't wait to see what will be published

my biker dude

Ah....April 1st

I love Spring, it is so so nice to see Spring after the cold of winter.

Did you fall for any April Fools jokes?

Scribble Scrabble is so delish!!!

do you ever notice I go through fazes of techniques.....

well wetting my PP or cardstock and crinkling it up and then adding it to the page with some stitching....that is my new obsession....well for this week at least.

Wonder what it will be next week?

It's hard for me to use PP as my background....for some reason using CS as my starting point is my safety zone. LOL.....oh well....I am trying to step outside of the box.

And I need some more thickers....they are getting low....had to make my E's out of a 3 and a &.

I can justify any need into a want!

thanks for stopping by

happy scrappin

scrap-vivor

tonight is the deadline for the 1st round over at LCOM for the scrap-vivor competition.

Our team is the Paperpushers....

I'm a little fond of our colors....hot pink and lime green....YUM

reminds me of watermelon....ahhhhh summer

Since the LO is due tonight....

and I had a change of plans as to the LO I was going to submit....

I think I better get to work.