March 1st, 2010

Olympic Gold... All of you!

Ahhhh. There is something about the start of MARCH that makes it feel like Spring... yes?
Congrats to the many athletes from around the world, for your hard work, wonderful sense of sportsmanship and fair play... and medal wins. :) Congrats Canada... on setting a new record for Gold medal wins in the world Winter Olympics.. and to the States on you record number of medals as well. Congrats to my home country of Canada for showing your spirit and hospitality to the world. I loved that we showed ourselves off to our guests. I love that we opened our arms in welcome. Great job! And I just gotta say it... Congrats Canada on a hockey gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooo



Week 9 Challenge!
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Ok. It's Monday! That means it's a new challenge day right HERE at Scrap Tiffany!! Go and check it out! Here is my take on the challenge. Can you guess what this week's challenge is? Give it a shot... and then head over and see! It's a fun one!






















Contest!
Go check out the fun contest right HERE! It's on the Scrapfest forum. Don't miss out on the fun. Just a little post! That's it. Well worth it! And OH by the way!

I'M GOING TO SCRAPFEST IN APRIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

February 27, 2010

Page Maps February Sketch - Scrapdango!

Scrapdango is celebrating an anniversary this month... it's 4th!!! Pagemaps has decided to jump on into the fun, and have a sketch up for us to help celebrate! For this contest, we are asked to create a layout based on this sketch any size, any orientation, any way you want to interpret it, using any products you would like. The sketch is 8.5x11 but I've made it into a 12x12. You can see the yummy prize that Carrie Leavitt is giving away, sitting atop of the equally yummy sketch.

Here is my take on it!
I used Bo Bunny, Pink Paislee, MME, Tattered Angels glimmer screens and glimer msit, bling, large brad, K & Co rubons, Paper Salon rubons and Sandylion rubons.

February 25th 2010

Odd thing About Me!
Ten Months from Today.. Christmas will be all over!

:)

So... I'm known to say that each 25th of the month. I don't know why.

hmmmmm

Now... onto something actually interesting????

You have heard of blog giveaways? Ok... there are blog giveaways... and then there are THESE kinds of blog giveaways. Don't miss out on this opportunity. Check out this lady's blog and put a comment in for this yummy goodness. Can you say WOWZERS??????? WHOOOOHOOOOO!

February 24th, 2010

2010 It's the ten that messes me up each time. I'm used to that not not... or is it knot knot? double ohhhh? Whatever. Slipping that one inside my oohs... is just diffult to these hands, and each and every single solitairy time that I type it.... or write it... Yep... I have to backspace or erase. sigh. I'm just saying.....

Olympics

Did anyone who watched the Women's Figure Skating last night NOT cry when Joannie Rochette skated? To remind some of you who aren't Canadian... she is the young woman who's Mom flew into Vancouver Sunday night, and died over night. Joannie decided to skate, in honour of her Mom. Wow. I was 24 (her age), when I lost my Mom... so I speak from keen experience. I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea how that girl did it. No idea. To focus through the devastation to do that? And do it that well? Wow. I'm in awe.

Who didn't feel the massive heartbreak of that Dutch speedskater... Sven Kramer... who's coach told him to go into the wrong lane... he won... and was disqualified? oh boy.

Extended Family

Our little family is small. That's what happens when you can only have one child. But we've always tried to fill our house with extended members..... of the furry kind. Here are a couple pix of Beauregard, the Problematic Puggle of Perpetual Need... along with Disney the Dismal feline... and Jaguar-his-name-says-it-all- the cat who can.

When Beauregard and I stay home from work, he goes insane when he finally sees Gary. Acts like he's been deserted in a pit for days. Jumps up onto the chair with Gary, and plants himself squished in there, holding onto his leg. It's a truly pitiful site.

Now... that doesn't say, he doesn't enjoy a good snuggle with Mommy. Here he is planting himself a fair bit in there, between me and the couch. He likes a full body snuggle. You could call him a snuggle Puggle!

And then there were the cats!!! Cats are beautiful creatures! I've always thought so. They are so self absorbed, and yet we give them that absorbtion, and feed it even. And somehow that seems to be ok with us. If a human was like that, we'd be complaining for sure... but coming from a cat? It seems fair and even right! Why is that? Here are my Disney and Jaguar. (Jag is the orange) Disney is a fair bloke. Right, good, kind, and skittish as all get out. Jaguar is a full on no holds barred kind a guy. He is full of bravado and oomph. He drives Disney crazy. That's fitting, since Beauregard drives Jag crazy.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Good Morning! I've gotten caught up (once again) in these Olympics. What a good time. I am SO going to miss watching them, when they are over. As soon as the games are 1/4 over, I am lamenting their loss. I think that just about describes me to a tee. LOL



It's Time for Challenge #8!

HEY!! Check out ScrapTiffany's for Challenge #8! Here is my take on it. There are some wonderful examples... so you must go and check them out... and then participate!!! I promise you... this is one that you will love. And you may not be able to guess the challenge by mine... so be sure and have a look!

















Not even close.

I'm not even close to having finished scrapbooking my son's young childhood. Forget the most recent photos... I don't know how to scrap many of them. I think I've just taken too many pictures. Anybody else feel the same? What do you do with the pictures that you don't scrap? When I was taking pictures with my non digital SLR (Nikon FM2)... I had rolls of 24! Now... having gone digital... come on. I can take upwards of 100 or more photos. Obviously I am not going to scrap all of those!!! So instead... You have to choose those pictures that represent what you are trying to showcase. Is it a birthday? What about pictures of those who attended. Perhaps a group shot? Blowing out the candles? A picture of the birthday boy/girl showing the emotions of the day? Pic of Mom and Dad with junior? Whew... you can see where it gets hard to know where to cut things off. When I want to include many pictures... I'll either make a mini book, or a double pager... or I'll print a number of pictures in smaller sizes. They don't all have to be 5x 7's!!!

Don't bother saving my place!

Another thing you may want to consider? Don't feel as if you have to go in order! You can! If that's how you like to do things. But scrapbooking is as individual as the people who play it! It's an artform. Art is subjective. It's all about finding your thing, and running with it. You can learn the basics.. some ideas... some techniques... but then you have to jump into the ring and create. You want to do it your way. I don't scrap in order. What I do recommend is that you organize your photos. Especially in this digi age. With thousands of pictures, you need to take good notes if you aren't scrapping them right away. Otherwise you'll forget what you are doing! You'll forget what the pictures are saying. The inside story! You may even forget the outside story. I didn't scrap when my son was a baby... so I didn't write down the stories. Now.. when I go and scrap them, I find it hard to remember everything. Sometimes I get the year wrong. sheesh. It can happen. You don't think it will! You assume you'll remember these moments forever. Doesn't always work that way!

Come play!!!

Webster's Pages....
One of my very favorite paper companies has gotten together with Tattered Angels for some yummy fun! You can check it out HERE and maybe win some new goodies! Good luck!

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Thank you!

Sorry it took me a few days to say it, but Thank you so very much to each one of you that visited my blog during the fun Scrap Tiffany Blog Hop! It was a great success, and a very fun time... thanks to all of you! I loved reading your comments and checking out several of your blogs. I'll be visiting all of them throughout the coming few days. Scrapbooking women are the best on the planet. I don't know what it is... but there is something about the woman who scraps. She's warmer, friendlier, and just nicer to have around. Now for the fun part! We have a giveaway to do! If you visited my blog and posted a comment over the weekend, then you are included in the drawing! I asked one son to pick a number for me... and we have winner!
Rhonda who said Great projects! I really like your cards!
February 13, 2010 10:04 AM
Please email me Rhonda, with your address. Then I can get a little something in the mail to you!!!
I wish I had a little something for all of you. I appreciate that you played with us this weekend, and spent some of your valuable time on our blogs. I've been going around to all of your blogs. At least those of you who have them! I still have a few to visit... so bear with me. :) C ya again soon, I hope!