Sunday sum ups

Howdy!

Brenda, David and I spent most of the day at Don's place out at Blackstrap Lake. oh my. how nice. a tad windy. but really nice. He always cooks such a great meal. it was potatoes, carrots & onions done in tin foil with butter and dill. corn, beets, pickles, radishs, sourdough bread and then he bbq'd some awesome pork steaks and beef steaks. omg. i'm still full. that man is a great cook. get this - he doesn't have regular plates. oh no. this guy uses PLATTERS for dinner plates. and he expects you to fill them and eat it all. too muchy. but oh so good....

well - here's two things i made this weekend. i was the late night crop at JSI, expecting to visit with a few friends, but no one else showed to scrap. but both Dawn's were there to visit, so that was awesome!

I'll be teaching this card as a class on June 4th at Paper Trails.... easy peasy spiralli. fun fun!

oh and gotta post about the crop....

On Sept 14 & 15th, my friend Dawn is hosting a crop here in Saskatoon - this is a crop that will be held at the LSS but not affialiated with it - kwim? it's a crop being designed for the intermediate to advanced scrapper, with supper on saturday catered (turkey and all the trimmings). a couple of optional classes and make/takes. we go from noon on friday til midnight, 10 til midnight on sunday and there's going to be travelling photo shoots on sunday morning!

the Chocolate Gods will need to be appeased and so the Chocolate fountain is booked as well! i'm inviting you! and it will be an awesome weekend!

So ladies, mark those calanders, search those cost effective air fares, plan your car pools (Billets are available!) Plan your projects - this is going to be a weekend filled with laughter and giggles, bad photos ( maybe a good one or two) and who knows a page might actually get done - LOL.

here's hoping that lots will show!

have a great week - hopefully i'll post later this week....

carpe the week!

Let down

So it's the Tuesday after the long weekend. and it's seeming to be a let down, having to go to work and all that. why is it that we're (meaning me) so tired after a long weekend.... it's not like i did much!

i was at my parents. very relaxing. did a bit of visiting and all that. We were at Temple Gardens Mineral Spa in Moose Jaw on monday. very nice. but that warm water sure wears a person out... i could have used a nap before i drove back here! and get this - the gas price is stupidly cheap there. it was 114.9 and at safeway you get 3.5 cents off - so i paid 110.4 for gas.

and today - it's 125.9 here. how nuts is that?

why don't we have a safeway gas bar here? that would be nice.

didn't do much scrapping lately. i uploaded my layout for the Scrapshotz hotshotz contest

and waited and voted. and didn't make it to the next round. oh well. at least i tried. i did the "Quiet Sharon" one for the beginning challenge.

now it's time to maybe take a break?

nah - cuz Scrapbooking Fanatics is having a contest too. good thing the forums don't do them all at the same time! i now have to pick out my favourite 3 to submit... any suggestions?

plus i joined a card of the month swap. i make 12 cards for one month theme and send them in and get 12 back - one for each month. got them 1/2 done! and then there's some ATC's to make and i think that's about it...

and that's my thoughts for today. Carpe the day!

Thanks for those comments! giggles!

Anita - i have NO idea of which you speak.... :) Hey - do you remember stuff that you used to do to your siblings???

me - not so much.

And Julie - that's a hairdryer on me head! yeppers Mom had the newest of things back then - that hair dryer was the coolest - well not really - but it was neat! put that cap on your head, turn on the blow and let 'er rip! and when the elastic went on the cap, we used the hose and just blew.... long before these new fangled things!

and well - here's a few more layouts!

not sure what happened with the fuzzy-ness of this one. gotta work on my photo skills.

and this is my house mate - Brenda. her hair is MUCH shorter now - she got it chopped to just around her ears! from mid back! ack - she said she was tired of the long stuff.... well it's a change!

Carpe the weekend folks!

i'm going to be sorting and organizing my scrapping stuff - well - here's hoping anyway. i'll probably end up with lots for the out box and well - maybe some of the older stuff will show up in layouts! - Anita - I think i have more stuff now!

Thursday's thoughts

not much in the way of thinking today... i went for coffee with Amanda last night and that was great! but my grey matter can't cope with later than 1030. oh the joys of getting old.

anyway.

i did manage to do some of my list from last week. yippee!!

so - not in the order of list but this is what i got done in time for National Scrapbook Day:

Then & Now:

Profile of a Friend.

some cards and a tag:

some 70's gals:

and a few more - for another post...

Saturday - NSD

Happy National Scrapbook Day to you!

it's a day full of things. this morning i'm hoping to get a start on some layouts for different challenges on different online forums. Scrapshotz has an awesome crop going... but then so do all of them. the challenges on Scrapbooking Fanatics are awesome.
which one to pick? do i pick one or do something from them all? hmmm. i'm loyal to each in their own way. i post on all of them (i belong to - or i'm a member on 6 different scrapping forums)... i don't just join one, post a few times and then find a new one and drop the older one. i like seeing what other people are working on. i like getting involved in them. some are more friendly than others. some make you feel inferior... or like you're not quite good enough. others - welcome you with open arms and comment on your posts and layouts. some of have cliques/groups and if you're not one of them... ick.
and that's my deep thoughts for today.
so:
i'm going to try and work on these challenges today and tomorrow.
1) then and now
2) best friend
3) childhood memory
4) some THING - not a person....
5) mother
6) 70's

at least i have the photos for these!
plus finish 2 CJ's - one's almost done - and the other is still percolating.

PLUS i'm off to LSS for the afternoon.
don't know how much will get done. but i've put into writing so i'm accountable!

did i say that i joined another challenge contest? that would be the Hot Shotz at ScrapShotz.... got the first layout done! so it's all good.
this is a really good way for me to do layouts - otherwise i'm just doing cards and altering things.... which isn't all bad either!

Thanks for the comments! Julie - i didn't pose that much for those photos - just take the camera in front of you and make a face and hit the button! I got the inspiration from Laura and Sharon when they did those funny face photos... So Thanks to you 2 too!

off i go!

Told ya i wasn't a good blogger....

well.

friday and saturday saw me hanging out at JSI's spring fling. MY GOODNESS. Aloha!

what a hoot! In the bad girls corner was Dawn, Amanda, Glenda and Andrea and me. we had a lot of laughs and i think i can safely say that i can stay in the bad girls corner.... :)

here's one of me in said corner....

grabbed the photo from Julie's blog - she takes awesome photos....

JSI's Spring Fling is AWESOME! you get a goody bag as you come in the door. and throughout the weekend, they also award another goody bag. AWESOME stuff. in the first bag was a bunch of stuff, mini albums, glue dots, stickers, .... ummmm can't remember! and the second bag was great! i got a cool provo craft backpack, a 12x12 wedding album, Lil Davis foam nuggets - really cool paint foam stuff (great tweasers) and another mini album. awesome!

the big raffles for this year were: 1) stamp making kit; 2) zutter cutter and bind it machine; 3) embellishment box and 4) a Mozart replica suitcase FULL of product. and of course i had to buy tickets! especially after winning at the last crop! (i won the grand prize - the Cricut)

so i put my tickets in. and of course, Deb HAS to prolong the agony and call each number ONE at a time....

Amanda won the stamp making kit - too cool! i'm excited for her! she's so creative...

Some lady from LaLoche won the bind-it and zutter cutting machine - good for her - she was crying and jumpin all around - great fun!

Andrea won the embellishment box - she sure looked happy too!

and i won the suitcase FULL of stuff. OMG! how cool is that? i don't think i made anyone really happy though... oh well - you buys your tickets, you takes your chances!

here's a peak....

i really can't believe i won that.. i feel very .. ummm...LUCKY but not quite worthy. I really appreciate JSI and all that they do to put on the spring fling and all the work that they do there!

YOU ALL are AWESOME. Thanks Deb, Ralna and the rest of the girls!

so that's today's thoughts... now to go and unpack!

and here's a layout that i did this weekend!

for the Scrapable Moments, Scrapapalooza...

based on my birthday colors from colorstrology....

journalling: according to Colorstrology, I have the ability to withstand life's hurdles and challenges as long as i don't isolate myself or become TO SERIOUS! so this is a note to myself - LIGHTEN UP! I try not to be too serious - it's so much work. it's much mroe fun and relaxing to let loose! some call me crazy lady - but i'm not really. i'm an instigator. i stand back and watch. and laugh myself silly!so Live, Laugh and carpe the day!"

and finally that's it.

i'm not a very good blogger.... better lurker than doer.
i've been working on stuff lately - like getting my computer virus checker updated. finishing cards. finishing ATC's. i'm still in the Scrapable Moments Scrapapalooza... and this week's challenge is a doozy.

i taught my first embroidery on paper class at Paper Trails on Monday. I think it went welll. the 5 people bought a bunch of books and seems to enjoy themselves and realized that embroidery on paper isn't nearly as hard as it looks. i just kept saying - it's only one stitch at a time.

i don't think i have any photos on this computer of any of my stitching. note to self - find them!

I got my Postcards from Paris stamp by Technique Tuesday today at JSI - LOVE those stamps. in my next life, i'll buy them all and USE them all. i just like looking at them - very nice. and JSI so nicely enables me every time i walk in there. Thanks Ralna! your staff is very good at what they do!

so my list of scrapping stuff to do:
Altered letter for contest at Paper trails - check it out in their store! (They don't have anything on line yet)
JSI's convention next weekend! Aloha!
ATC swap for Scrapping Nook
CJ (Circle Journal) for Scrapbooking Fanatics - recipe is the topic - got that recipe down, just gotta figure out the layout.
CJ for ScrapShotz - haven't even opened the box to see what the topic is!
Scrapable Moments - scrapalooza challenge
Scrapping Nook - 4x4 coaster swap
Custom album for Janice.

and not necessarily in that order of deadline.

i keep joining these things and then.... all at once! but that's ok. gives me something to do in the evenings.

so on that note - off to work on something.

Carpe the day folks!

more layouts!

This Layout was for the challenge "Off to the Office"

This one was in reponse to "round and round"

It's a blurr
That's the title and so is the photo!lot's of round things in there!journalling's about how when Anita and i spend time together it goes by in a blurr.the photo part opens and there's part 2!

which i'm having trouble uploading.

and then there was the challenge "What's New Baby" - all i could think of was Tom Jones's song. "what's new pussycat?" and it went from there....

Saturday's so-so's

so it's Saturday and here i sit at my computer. boring. oh well. that's the way it goes.

not too much going on right now....

i'm working on scrapapoolooza - i've got quite a few layouts done, which is good for me!

This Global Warming layout was in response to the challenge of "signs of our times"

journalling reads: maybe there's global warming somewhere on earth - i've not seen it here in Sask. more snow than ever! it's more like the ice age is starting! maybe it's a sign - there's worse to come! I hope not! i'm really not that fond of snow - i should be - i live in Saskatchewan! there was a lot of snow this year - maybe not quite as much as there used to be. or is it because i've gotten taller? maybe the times are changing....

tuesday's thinkings

So - the long weekend is over. and it was nice. and it was an extra long weekend for me. i took thursday off too and went to my parents.
spent the weekend painting the back entrance and stairwell to the basement and a wall in the basement.
my shoes are now covered with hampshire grey speckles and mint green speckles.
and we made jamjam cookies and cinnamon buns and pie and crumble and ate way too much. my mother is an awesome cook and baker.
but it was really nice to relax like that. haven't been home since Christmas - it seems like every time i'd planned to go, the weather would be against me. and i'm not driving in crappy weather anymore.
Sharon and Dad weren't feeling all the great but did manage to feel better by Monday. so we didn't do the family thing with mom's brothers this time. oh well. next time.
got to see the pix from their Cancun trip. looks neat. someday i'll get there. this year it may be just between Swift, Lethbridge and Edmonton. just like the past few years. maybe a side trip to Waterton while i'm in lethbridge.

now - i'm off to work on some coasters for a coaster swap. 3 done and 9 more to do. when i get them done, i'll post some pix.

Tuesday's ramblins

More random thoughts.

Thanks for the comments! I wasn't even sure that anyone would read it!

The cat - Anchovy - is setting beside me, butting her head against my leg. wanting something. this is nothing new. she seems to think that it's after supper - so where's her's? can she tell time? cuz we didn't even have supper at home tonight.

So i'm in Scrapapalooza at Scrapable Moments. great forum - one of the many i frequent daily. anyway - this is a contest - where we post 20 posts/week and do a layout based on the challenge. this week's challenge is "What's New Baby?" and all i can think about is the Tom Jones song "What's new pussycat? whoa whoa..." and ya get the picture. so i'm going to work on that ....
when i get it done, i'll try & figure out how to put it up here. along with the other one's i've done.

cuz i've got a few layouts.
one of the scrappers at the late night crop asked if i ever did layouts, cuz i was always working on other things. yes i do. not very often. but i do. i really prefer altering stuff and cards and ATC's and that sorta stuff...

so i may come calling to your blog to figure out how to post a picture!

you may notice that i write in lower case and abbreviate alot. that's the way i am. the shift key didn't work on one of my computers, and so i've gotten familar with not using shift to capitalize and whatnot. so there. that's me - it's also the fact that i can type way faster if i don't use the shift key. and i'm lazy. that's that for today!

Hello

i'm not much of a writer - i'm more of a lurker, reading, seeing, just enjoying everyone else's blogs.
and that's ok for now.
so Ralna - here's a bit of a post....

i have tons of time for other things and will try and make time for this too.

i'm slowly getting on the bandwagon for blogging.

A bit about me.
I'm a scrapper, reader, stitcher, aunt, sister, single, and i work for all the scrapping supplies i can get.
i can be found most friday nights at JSI (Just Scrap It), altering and playing with paper.