Where has October gone?!

One minute it was Labor Day and the next its the day before Halloween!! WOW!! Time has just flown right on past me. It didn't help that I've been sick with a stomach aliment for the past week either. So, let me get ya caught up on what's been transpiring around here.

Butch and I have signed our lease with a different company, Focus North America, and although we had a rough start, things are going pretty smoothly right now. He's on his way to Canada to pick up a load that delivers Monday about 30 mins. from home. YAY! He'll be home just in time for me to not be feeling like crud anymore, and to catch some Sunday football! Hot wings here we come!

Now for the scrappy stuff..... Last weekend at Life Preserver's we had an online crop that was so packed full of challenges and make & takes that what I haven't been able to get accomplished, will be on my "to do in the future" list for sure. That DT is absolutely AWESOME and have the neatest ideas! Let me share a few. My first one was a Recipe Challenge using a wooden embellie, paper title, chipboard, jewelry piece, and fabric label. Three outta five aren't bad!


This next one we were to spray ink with a leaf mask and use as background paper:


Here we were to interview a family member and since Makayla was the only one around, she was my subject. I'm curious as to how much this will all change in a few years.


Onto a color challenge, using the colors of fall. Makayla insisted on helping with this one, so I put on the adhesive and she placed them on the layout. She also insisted it needed a piece of candy corn by the tree!


Here is the Early Bird sketch challenge. I just love this one and know it'll be used again very soon. =)


And my final one to show you is from the Breast Cancer/Domestic Violence challenge. Since we do Relay For Life in our household, I did mine on our 2009 Mr. Relay Lap. This is such a great fundraiser and over $1,500 was collected in 15 mins. FUN for everyone involved!


Thanks for taking the time to check out my creations and hopefully I won't be MIA for so long before my next post!

Godspeed

October TSR

October The ScrapRoom is celebrating 5 years! Happy Birthday TSR!! They are having a great sale this month on previous month's kits and I couldn't resist and snagged a few for myself. =) There are plenty of activities going on throughout the month of October, so check them out! In the meantime, feast your eyes on what showed up at my doorstep late last week:


And I can never get enough of Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird, definitely an all-time favorite. So many uses, so little time...... We also don't have any school aged children around here just yet, but that's what makes the kit from JillyBean Soup so nice, its double sided!


So, why you just sitting there? Go order!! =)

Godspeed

The Pumpkin Patch!

Saturday was Pumpkin Patch Day! Yes, around here it should be a national holiday cause we try to make it an all day event. =) This year we ventured out to the Pomeroy House. We visited the animals on the farm, climbed around the hay loft in the big barn, found our way thru the hay maze, and did the ultimate hay ride to the pumpkin patch.






And using this sketch by Julie Bonner, I created a layout with My Mind's Eye Boo To You papers! Love the way my pumpkin came out!



Off to scrap some more! Godspeed

It's Scrappy Saturday!

Yesterday I received my My Mine's Eye Boo To You kit from Life Preservers and it is just darling! I couldn't wait to break it open and since I needed cards for a swap (that I'm late getting out...sorry!), so I grabbed one of the sheets of paper and in about an hour and help from some stamps and ribbon, here we are.


And to entice you to get your own, here are all the pieces that came with my kit:





And that little Mummy that is packaging for the ribbon, he'll have a home on one of my future layouts!! All about the recycling!!

Other happenings today, yes there is more to life than scrapping (gasp!), include a trip to the pumpkin patch with Nicole, Michelle, and Makayla. Love this time of year with all the bright colors that surround us!

But, with the goodness of the season brings the ick. The weatherman is saying that fall is definitely here and tomorrow the rains head our way. Not what I was looking forward to since our summer has been fantastic this year and I just don't want it to end. Guess its not the rains I mind so much, as the days get shorter and shorter and it seems dark for soooo long now. My mood and outlook changes so drasticaly and its hard for me to just do the simple things. Need to rev up on my Vitamin D to get me thru another fall/winter in the PNW. UGH!! I think we need to move to Hawaii sooner than later! =)

Have a good one...... Godspeed

Its Arrived!!

When I first saw this line from Cosmo Cricket, I knew I had to have it. Earth Love is such a sweet and whimsical set of papers and with those earth tones and a pinch of peach in them, it can be used for a variety of layouts, cards, and altered items. So now I will show you those adorable papers and if you must, you can notify Simply Obsessed for your own set! I know what you're thinking, so sweet of me!! =)


These papers are so much brighter in real life, and the sheet, Relive, was perfect for our recent trip to the zoo while visiting the atrium with the parrots.


Thanks for dropping by. Godspeed

And now I wait.....

Now that my layouts are done for the Big Scrapper House challenge, I can sit back and relax. Yeah, right!! I'm as nervous as all get out and my fingernails are showing it! It has been announced that the house guests that were eliminated throughout the contest will somehow be the ones who 'vote' for either Kelly or myself, without knowing which one they voted for. Yep, you guessed it, CRAZY! Leave it to the owners, Frank & Von, of Life Preservers to add just one more twist to this rather crazy contest!

So, while I sit here waiting impatiently, here are the final two entries.....

For the #4 I had the hardest time trying to decide. I was thinking "4 legged friends" and featuring my pets, but animals can be so difficult when it comes to photographing. Then I got one of those DOH! moments and this is what I came up with......



The 4 seasons! I have such a beautiful garden all throughout the year and decided it needed showcasing all together on its own layout! Unfortunately, when I inked my number 4, it looked rather dull and I almost didn't use it. Since I don't have any opaque embossing powder my next thought was Diamond Glaze which worked like a charm. I need to pull that stuff out more often!

Onto the #5. I wanted my last layout to be a tribute of sorts to the actual contest itself. I thought of using my favorite 5 from the entire contest, 5 of ugliest, but then another one of those DOH! moments, which I seem to have alot of lately! I used 5 scrappy must haves and just love the whimsy and it made the perfect tribute to a fun and exciting contest!


I can't say it enough, but I've had so much fun and created some really neat cards and layouts during this 8 week contest. And yes, I have made a promise to myself, that I won't be this crazy again for, well, at least another 6 months!!

Godspeed