Happy Wednesday!

This week I decided to deep clean my home for the winter. Since its icky rainy here in the Pacific Northwest for about five months, I spend my whole summer outdoors and enjoy all that gloriuos sunshine. That said, I REALLY need to clean! Yep, its been ignored and I can tell. EEK!!

Problem is, I'm not only cleaning, I'm feeling the need to trash a bunch of "stuff" we never use anymore! Why we feel the need to keep this stuff is beyond me. Its taking me freakin' forever just to get one room done! By the end of this week, Goodwill is gonna get a pickup load of stuff. I just hope they'll take this perfectly good desk and office chair, cause I know Butch is tired of looking at them in his garage!

So, once I got my room of the day cleaned, I decided I needed some scrap therapy for moi. I pulled out my TSR kit and went to work with the Bella Blvd. Camped Out. That one looked to be the biggest challenge for me, so since I was already in the challenge mode with my purging, I decided why not give it a try. Holy Smoly am I glad I did!


I just love this photo of Makayla and Maggie, and scrapping it with these papers was so very easy to do! And I just love the look of those papers complimented with the Kraft cardstock. Whatcha think? =)

Till next posting, Godspeed

I'm a Hoppin'!

It's that time again for another Willow Traders Blog Hop. I love seeing what everyone's been up to in the week and can get some fantastic inspiration as well!

This week, I've been competing in a scrap-off at Life Preservers for the Big Scrapper House contest. After Scrapvivor here a few years ago, I swore I'd never get myself into such a thing again.... Unfortunately, it just happens to be the challenge for this particular week. Von split us into a Red Team & Blue Team. Whichever team scraps the most points, has the fewer number of scrappers eliminated. So, here's a sampling of my submissions:





Pulled out a few older kits I had laying around here and mixed in a few new that I just received. Thanks for dropping by.

Godspeed

Life Preservers Is In Da' House!!

Yep, this beautiful kit showed up in my mailbox and I'm just lovin' it! Cosmo Crickets Early Bird And October Afternoon's Cherry Hill lines with some really darling Etsy finds. Now I just need to decide which stack of cd's I need to get some pics from to start making a dent in this kit!


If you want to see more of the goodies offered for the month of September, check them out here! And while your at it, there are a few October kits still available and the November kits are already to be reserved.

Lead us not into temptation...... =)
Godspeed

Happy Saturday!

The house is quiet...no TV, no stereo, the dog and cat are sleeping, and I'm getting sucked into my own little scrappy heaven. Pulled out some ScrapRoom and Simply Obsessed kits, looked thru my stash of sketches, and gather up some recent photos. I am so ready for some scrap therapy!

After sitting for about 15 minutes trying to figure out which sketch to use, I decided to wing it. Here is what I came up with using Jenni Bowlin, Graphic 45, and some flowers I cut from old dictionary pages and pattern paper using my handy dandy original BIG red Sizzix.


Some of my best work comes from just winging it, how about you? Thanks for stopping by, and I'll have another post soon.

Godspeed

Blog Hopping!!

Until about two months ago, I never checked out too many blogs, but doing this at Willow Traders has been such a blast and I'm getting sooooo inspired with all the creativity that I've seen! So, here I am again and I hope you get inspired by my creations as much as I get by yours!

Here is my challenge for WT's LEO #5. We were to use a sketch from the May sketch submissions at Nuts About Sketches as our inspiration. I chose sketch #55:


And here's my interpretation:


Makayla loves our flowers in the garden and loves to take time to smell the roses whenever she's here! Once smelling this one she proclaimed, "too sweet!" I think another gardener has been born! =)

Be back later this weekend. Godspeed

Terrific Tuesday!

Why is it terrific you ask? Well, I managed to get two, you heard it correctly, two layouts finished of Makayla's 4th Birthday this past June! Over at Willow Trader's for the LEO #3 we were to incorporate a non-scrappy item that we recycled from the trash.

I've had this denim that I cut from an old pair of ratty jeans that I knew one day I'd find a scrappy use for. =) So, I used a scallop die cut piece of paper by Teressa Collins as a template to trace the denim, sewed it on, cut flower with another 6 to 7 inch piece and VIOLA!!


Didn't want to stop there, so used more of the denim pieces for the border edge and another flower on this side. This is for my Week 5 of the Big Scrapper House over at Life Preservers.


Never thought I'd use fabric on a layout, but completely am blown away that I did and not just one, but two!! I may have to drag it out more often. =)

Godspeed

Truly Unique!

That totally describes my subject matter in this layout! Makayla is such a sweet little girl, but the tomboy in her shows up quite often, especially when at the playground. This particular day it had just rained and I promised her a visit to the playground once it stopped. She discovered the slide was wet and asked me to dry it. Well, since I didn't come equipped with towels of any sort, I told if she wanted it dry, she needed to do it. Well, she did .... with her butt!! Where there's a will, there's a way. =) Decided to scrap those photos for Willow Traders September LEO #2:


And speaking of challenges, this week at The Big Scrapper House at Life Preservers, we were to chose between doors 1,2, or 3. Well, I chose three and there was a possibility that I could have been one of two eliminated from the game. It seems 11 other ladies chose the same door and it was two of their numbers that were drawn. WHEW!!

So, since I was safe, my challenge was to do a layout consisting of solid cardstock, doodling, buttons, and flowers. I jumped right on it and used up a bunch of little cardstock scraps I've been saving:


Now that I've seen my mojo again, I'll be back this Labor Day weekend with some more goodies to share. =)

Godspeed

Scrappy Goodness!!

This month's kit at The ScrapRoom is just what the doctor ordered to get my mojo back into the swing of things! Love the fall like colors of some, with a touch of whimsy in others to make for some gorgeous layouts.


This Double Shot kit is definitely a must have, especially for those Chicago pictures from this summer. October Afternoon has fast become one of my favorite paper manufacturers and this Road Map line is no exception! And honestly, I don't think My Mind's Eye has ever made a line that I didn't like!


Unfortunately, with the long Labor Day weekend, my kit is being held up this month. I guess I just need to practice the saying "Patience is a virtue!" But, I bet that person wasn't waiting for a yummy scrappy surprise in their mailbox either!

Godspeed

YAY!!!

Remember that Greatest Crop On Earth I was participating in?? I tied for first place and won a $10 gift certificate for scrapping supplies from Simply Obsessed!! YAY!! And I was notified by email this afternoon that this delicious kit starring Bo Bunny Gypsy is on its way to my doorstep:


Gonna be getting some fantastic mail this weekend. =)

Godspeed

I'm scrapped out!

As of midnight tonight, the crop is over! It was fun, but it was grueling trying to keep up and get everything in on time. Now the waiting begins to see who the top three were......

Here are some of the layouts and such I did in the past two nights. I actually accomplished alot more than I ever imagined I would, especially with working the past three days.





Notice the circus colors?! =) I'll be back to post what the results are.

Godspeed

Clean Up! Clean Up!

Everybody do your share! Sorry, that little jingle gets caught up in my head whenever I start straightening up! Makayla sings when we pick up her toys, so ..... you get the picture. =)

Speaking of pictures, I thought it would be a fun idea to snap one of the mess I've created since Wednesday. Here is what my scrap space looked like, that is before I started doing the laundry and needed that spot to fold the clothes! I can get rather messy, but believe it or not, I do know what was in that pile and it was just a matter of shuffling thur it. =)


OINK!!

So I'm off to work a short shift, but I'll be back later with some more fun stuff.

Godspeed

On a roll!

With the ongoing crop over at Simply Obsessed, I've managed to use up some of this never ending stack of photos I've accumulated. I know I'll never catch up, but its fun trying! I'm also trying to use up some of my hoarded stash before the new lines start showing up at my doorstep. I know, I know, good luck with that one, right!?! =)

Here are more cards that I've managed to get done in the past few days:


And a layout:



Thanks for the visit and I'll be back with more scrappy projects throughout the weekend! For now, I need to tend to the laundry and vacum up some dog hair! EGADS!! It's gets rather hairy around here with two dogs!!

Godspeed

Scrappin' my heart out!

When yer hot, yer HOT!! My creativity has been hotter than ever and I made very good use of it.

I've been participating in Simply Obsessed's Greatest Crop On Earth! for their 2nd Birthday Celebration. With the wide variety of challenges, I've managed two layouts, two cards, a tag for a future layout, two games, and lots of chatting. =) Here is what I've accomplished to date:






After a short 4 hour shift tomorrow, I'll be back to take on the days' challenges! Godspeed

Simply Obsessed Blog Hop!

We are starting the Birthday Celebration over at Simply Obsessed with a Blog Hop! SO is turning two this year and to kick off a week long celebration, we are bloggin'!

In keeping with that birthday spirit, I created a generic birthday card. I found the sketch over at Pagemaps Cardmaps in the December 2008 archives. Create a card using this sketch, link it here and share your work. Here's mine!


And your next stop is at Elizabeth 's. Enjoy!

Relay For Life - August 15th

Its starting to get a bit crazy around here! While finishing up a blog hop with Willow Traders I'm overlapping with the start of a new one over at Simply Obsessed. Forget the fact that we just finished up our Relay For Life 24 hour walk at 10am this morning.....I'm a bit drowsey, and thats an understatment. =)

I'd like to share a few pics from the event.






For those who have participated, you know the many different emotions that you feel within this 24 hour period. I find it rewarding to be able to keep spreading the word on early detection and seeing the people's faces when they finally "get it". Happy that God gave us the ability to love a total stranger therefore helping to raise money for this wonderful organization. Tearful as we walk the track during the luminaria ceremony to reflect on those names, knowing that someone has died because we couldn't find a cure soon enough. And sometimes downright silly because we have to keep ourselves awake somehow!

Yes, we laugh, we cry, we're happy and sad. We love them, we miss them. They will be in our hearts forever! Godspeed

I'm at it again!

Another weekend, another WT Blog Hop! This is becoming habit forming! But, I could think of many things much worse than this to be hooked on. =)

In between all the preparations for Relay For Life, I found time to slow down and make a layout featuring my newest grandaughter. She will be here in early to mid November and we are so excited! Here is a sneak peek of our precious one:


I created this for Life Preserver's Big Scrapper House challenge that started this week. We were to make a layout with a large monogram letter.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back to post sometime sunday after a much needed rest from our 24 hour event. =)

Godspeed

Construction Season Challenge Aug 13-14

For this round I worked hours on our Relay For Life banner that we will carry in the opening ceremonies and hang at our site. It took three tries, lots of @#%&ing, and more patience than I ever thought I had, but it's finally finished and my teammates are gonna love it! The larger photos are relatives we've lost to cancer and the smaller are of survivors.

I've learned a few things while assembling this project:

1 - Don't assume the people you've requested info from, will actually come thru without being prodded over and over and over.
2 - Trial mock ups ARE NECESSARY!!!
3 - Don't care what the packaging says, iron on transfers are NOT easy!!

But most importantly,

No matter how many years I do this, I still get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes when I look at these photos and think how lucky I am to have/had these people in my life. Love you all!!


Now that this is finished, I'm on to altering some more journals to sell at our site. Wish me luck!! Godspeed

Construction Season Challenge Aug 11-12

More time to create! Its cloudy kinda day today, so when all else fails, I scrap! Its been really nice to get in here and make use of my creative talents on a daily basis. I know it won't always happen this way, but while it does, I plan to take every advantage of it. =)

While visiting Chicago last month, I met up with a good friend of mine and former TSR member. Nikki and her two little boys are just so adorable! We didn't have much time to visit, but I can cherish the time we did thru this photo. We both adore the Jenni Bowlin line, so I found it only fitting to use those papers in this layout:


And what do you do with all those scraps? Make a card, you silly!! Created this for TSR's CAD challenge our wonderful DIVA Angie is hostessing this month:


Thanks for stopping by! Godspeed

Construction Season Challenge Aug 9-10

I am just lovin' this challenge! It's getting me into the scrappin' groove on a regular basis. =) This afternoon, I needed to catch up on my Card-A-Day Challenge over at The ScrapRoom and here are my latest two creations.


I'm able to use up alot of scraps from older kits this way, while adding to that basket for our silent auction at the RFL next weekend. YAY!

Godspeed.

Less than a week.....

....and we will have our Relay For Life event here in my local community. Please read here ---> Its' All Relative <--- for an opportunity to help our team raise its goal and be entered to win a scrappy RAK. Thank you and Godspeed.

Construction Season Challenge Aug 7-8

I'm just lovin' working with this paper from Basic Grey! Usually I don't use a kit for more than one layout at a time before moving on, but this one is speaking to me and the photos in such a good way. =)

In this particular photo, we had just arrived for Makayla's birthday party and as I was helping get things from the car, she ran up to her Papa and they did they're usual kiss and a hug. I turned around and this is what I saw. I quickly reached for my camera to capture this special moment that they both will treasure always.

Construction Season Challenge Aug 5-6

Didn't have quite as much time this round, but did manage to get in another layout with a card from scraps. Here's my finish items with Makayla modeling them:


Isn't she just the cutest!?! And now a close-up of the layout:


She wanted to help with the yard work a few weeks ago and insisted that she could do it herself. =) Love these BG Lemonade papers and those chipboard accents and woolies are just perfect for this layout!

Construction Season Challenge Aug 3-4

For this round, I decided on two hours per day, and a goal of two layouts and two cards. Here are the fruits of my labor:


Kinda double dipping as they call it in the scrapping world, using them here and at TSR for the LOAD challenge and the cards for our DIVA, Angie, CAD(card a day). As long as my mojo hangs on, I'll be here. =)

Back at TSR!

Things are improving for us so I was able to re-sub at TSR. And it wasn't anytime to soon. The kits this month are sa-weet!! I've been looking for three of the four featured this month, so I'm in scrappy heaven! Got my notification from the bank this afternoon, so these should be in my hot little hands by Saturday, Monday at the latest. =)

Construction Season Challenge Aug 1-2

Why I get myself in these crazy challenges I'll never know! But, here I am again over at Willow Traders in the midst of another. This part of the challenge we had to commit to a certain task in a certain amount of time. So I set my trusty timer to 60 minutes and created these five cards in the allotted time. I may have fudged just a few minutes or so, but the sun was too much to pass up on completely!


These cards will be included in a basket that I'm putting together for a silent auction we are having at our annual Relay For Life event in just under two weeks. I better get back at it. =)

Thanks for visiting!

It's A Blog Hop!

Decided to jump into my first ever Blog Hop! Willow Traders is hosting one this weekend and since I am ever so curious, thought, why not! Here I go!


I haven't scrapped one bit for about three weeks now for one reason or another, but this past week changed all that, thank goodness! This first one is using the Special Edition Basic Grey Lemonade from Scrap This Kit . These papers look just gorgeous in real life and were a perfect fit for my backyard flowers. Particularly fond of the bee on the echinachea flower.


With the week being extremely hot for our area, Butch and Makayla decided to take a dip in the cool pool as we call it. Yes, we turn the temperature in our hot tub down to 90 degrees and its feels sooooo good on a hot summer's day. And those two with super soakers are a danger to be reckoned with - watch out!


And since I was in a purging mode last night, I took my scraps and made several flowers with buttons and cut border edges with the longer pieces for future use. Yes, I've become a VERY frugal scrapper!



This was fun and I hope you enjoyed your visit with me here at Our Crazy Little World. Thanks for dropping by!