April Layouts

  Just a couple of quick layouts that I've had waiting to post for some time now, but between having company for a couple of weeks and household renos I haven't been able to sit down to my computer for quite some time.  Hopefully all is back to normal now and I can do a little more with my blog in the next few days.

  I mounted the Fish stickers onto cardstock and cut them out so I could raise them with dimensional adhesive and added distressed stickles for some texture.

Supplies:  Stickers - Hallmark Cards Inc, Patterned Paper - Prima Marketing Inc "Animal Bash-Animal Babble", My Minds Eye "Starbirst-Girly Girl", Tim Holtz Distressed Stickles "Spiced Marmalade", "Shabby Shutters"; Ribbon - Stampin Up "Only Orange", Alphabet Stickers - Stickopotomus

  The picture of Felicity sound asleep in her highchair is one of my favorites.  She played for some time with her toys and then just crashed when I tried to feed her some lunch.

  The page looks a little rumpled as it was one that was hit by water during the flood in my hobby room, so I just destressed everything to make it look intentional.  I love these cute Lollipop embelli's and have wanted to utilize them on a layout for quite some time, and this Sketch by Jana Eubank has provided the perfect opportunity to play with these circle flowers.

Supplies:  Buttons - Making Memories, Journaling Note - Prima, Patterned Paper - BG "Urban Prairie", Cardstock - Unknown, Cricut Cartridge - Ashlyn's Alphabet, Sketch by Jana Eubank, Creative Memories Cirlce cutter and Circle punches

Blogaversary WINNER!! and some Cards

  Sorry I took a little longer than I should have to announce the winner of that awsome kit, but the hubby came home for a bit and threw everything for a loop!  So without further ado......(drumroll)..........
The winner is:

kmassman said...


What a beautiful kit! Thanks for a chance to win it! Sorry to hear about your water disaster in your craft room. Loved your recent Easter post! Now I am just going to have to try that flower!!! I'd seen it before, but seeing your layout really makes me want to do it!!!

  Congradulations!!!!!  I hope you enjoy this great kit and perhaps after you've had a chance to play you could post a link in my comments to something you've created!  Please email me at arndtg@hotmail.com with your mailing info and I will be sure to send that off to you right after the Easter Weekend :O)

  Now on to some crafty goodness.

  A couple of weekends ago, my Stampin' Up gal Wendy held a card making class for a few friends and I thought I would share what we made with all of you.

  This fun flower card uses some of Stampin' Up's rubons as well as thier new edge punch.  I love the glittery patterned paper and the dazeling diamonds on the flowers.

  I love the bright cheery colours of these cute cards.  We used punch art to make the Sundays.

  I love the new bird punch by Stampin' Up.  I think my favorite thing about the new punches is how they fold flat for storage!

  This slider card was my favorite.  I love the green and purple colour combo, and using a plastic bag to create this fun mechanism was so great.  Any time we can recycle I'm all for it.  I'm more of a scrapbooker than a card maker, so I really enjoy the opportunity to create a few cards with some friends (plus it's the only time I get to escape the kids for a couple of hours).  Love my children, but every once in a while it's nice to have a little me time.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and takes the time to appreciate the time with your loved ones.

Happy Belated Blog Giveaway!!

  Now that everything's cleaned up and my scrap room is back to normal, I thought this would be a great time to celebrate the birth of something that has connected me to a world of wonderful talented people who give to me so much in inspiration and encouragement.  I started this blog March 15 of last year and have loved being able to share my life and creativity with friends, family, and so many others out there in the blogasphere.  To help celebrate I would like to give a little something back in the form of a giveaway!

  I've purchased two of these fabulous kits from Love Is In The Details.  One for myself, and one to share.  All you need to do to be entered is to leave me a comment on this post!  For a second chance to win, advertise my giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post.  Then put your blog address in your comment so I can check it out.  Closing date is Wednesday March 31, 2010. Good luck everyone, and thanks for celebrating with me :O)

xoxo

Glynis

Water, Water Everywhere.........

  Yesterday was the day I was to celebrate my Blogiversary!  I had great plans for what I would post, and maybe even attempt a giveaway, but.......
  I was sitting at my computer planning my next post, my little girl sound asleep in my lap when I heard an awful sound.  My husband had been polishing up my Jeep and was planning on washing off some of the salt and road dust that had accumulated these last couple of months.  My poor vehicle is rather neglected when he's not around to take care of it.  Anyway...I heard the outside tap turn on (it's quite noisy) and then I heard the sound of spraying water.  It should be noted that the plumbing for this line is located in the unfinished ceiling of my craft room.  I ran in only to see my photos, papers, albums, ect spread out on my counter, water showering down upon everything.  I yell for My husband to turn off the water and he does so quickly.  Too late....the damage is done!!
  At this point I decided it would be a good idea to go upstairs, sit down and take a deep breath (or two) and give myself a chance to calm down.  Meanwhile Kieth went down to clean things up and asses the damage.  I decided not to go down there again that night.  The next morning after reasurances that everything hadn't been destroyed I ventured down to see if there was anything left to salvage and found several sheets of warped papers, but most of the photos were intact.  My current album page was also a little warped but the photos weren't damaged thankfully as they were origionals 35mm film (no negs!).  Deep sigh...
  Needless to say, the Blogiversary had been forgotton.  Still working on clean up but will have some LOs from a fun get together this weekend to post later.

Back Online And Playing Catchup!

  It's been over 2 weeks since my last blog entry thanks to my recent internet upgrade.  I was offered a much speedier internet package, so of course I said yes thinking of all the blog hopping I could do in a much shorter amount of time.  But instead of racing around on the web, my browsing came to a complete slowdown, and uploading even the smallest files was impossible.  Sooo..... after many frustrating mornings, I called them up and explained my situation and they sent the tech out today.  Yeah!!  I'm back in business, finally enjoying the speedy browsing I was promised, but now I have a lot of catching up to do.

  Speaking of catching up, I thought I was finished with Feb and March 2002 photos and could finally move on to April, but as I was flipping through the next batch of photos I stumbled across a few more that I just couldn't leave behind.  So here is a quick layout I made to feature the Ice Rink my Dad made in his back yard with Tristan one year.  The story was the focus of this layout and so I looked to Ali Edwards' article in Creating Keepsakes May 2009 edition for inspiration.

Ice Skates: Cricut Cartridge "Winter Woodlans",  Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye "Wild Asparagus - Brothers",  Cardstock:  Unknown

Easter Layouts

  It was kind of nice to be able to work on some Easter layouts in the springtime instead of at Christmas or Halloween, even if it's Easter 2002.  The bright, cheerfull colours made the cloudy, grey day feel a little less gloomy.  Sorry about the poor picture quality.  I was having trouble with lighting and didn't want to use the flash as it tends to wash everything out.

  I found the tutorial for this Dalia flower here.  Helen Croft has many fabulous flower tutorials on her website.  I didn't know there were that many types of flowers out there.  The satin outfit Felicity is wearing in the top left corner of the layout is one that Doris picked up and my Mom trimmed with lace and embroidered a heart on the front of it.  It looks very old fashioned and could be something my great grandmother would have worn.

  I tried to make this layout a little more masculine by incorporating more blues and greens, although the pink still managed to sneak in there.  I drew in the stitching lines and outlined the flowers with a white gel pen, and the journaling and "Happy Easter" were done on the computer in Photoshop Elements.

Easter Baby:
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce "For Peep's Sake - Color Me Happy",  "For Peep's Sake - Tiptoe Through Tulips",  BoBunny "Alissa",  My Minds Eye "Magnolia - Starburst",  Cricut Cartridge: Storybook, Cardstock: Stampin Up


Happy Easter:
Patterned Paper:  BoBunny "Alissa",  Imaginisce "For Peep's Sake - Tiptoe Through Tulips,  Border Punch: Martha Stewart,  Buttons: Close To My Heart

Glimmer Mist Layout Inspired by Jana Eubank

  Jana Eubank an incredible designer for Tattered Angels created a layout that just blew me away using Glimmer Mist and a stensil.  I just had to create a layout using her page for inspiration, and here is what I came up with.

  I used my cricut and a whole punch to create my stensil instead of a purchased one.  I just loved the effect of outlining the finished shape as Jana did and so I scraplifted that as well.  Check out her blog From My Feathered Nest to see all her fabulous work as well as the origional layout.

  I used the Cricut to create most of my embellishment, and layered rubons with the diecut images and some chipboard images as well.  This is a much busier style of layout than my usual but I love the overall effect.  The only thing I wasn't crazy about was that the paper I used as the background was not overly thick and warped a bit from the moisture of the glimmer spray.  I tried drying under a stack of magazines, but this didn't seem to help.  Since I'm using the Creative Memory style book I had to adhere the page to another one so this helped a bit.

Rub-ons: Stampin Up,  Patterned Paper: Close To My Heart "Daydream",  Chipboard Accents: Basic Grey "Sugared",  Cardstock: Stampin Up & Unkown,  Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels "Coffee Shop",  Cricut Cartridge: Storybook

To ALL My Valentine's

Isa Video

Isa is a going concern these days as she's discovered her ability to slide her way across the hardwood floors. The slippery surface once presented an obsticle as she couldn't keep her knees under her, but now she has discovered that she can walk with her hands and just slide her bottom making all my hard floor surfaces perfect for this technique.

I can't believe how quickly she's grown. At 8 months it's already hard to imagine the 6lb tiny bundle they presented to me at her birth. She's probably closer to 18lbs now and is turning into a little person. Yesterday she waved goodbye to her brother as he left for school, and she loves to repeat my name "Mom" whenever she wants something. I just wish I could slow time down and savor every single moment, but as hard as I try moments come and go, and my baby will grow just as my other two have.

No More Pancake Guilt!

  Every year I attend some terrific local fundraisers where all sorts of talented people auction off / raffle off some fabulous creations.  When it comes to the raffles I never seem to win anything I put my tickets in for.  This year I bought twice as many tickets and tried for Hat & Mitts, Hotel Suites, Tea Basket just to name a few.  But again, no luck. (I don't mind really, the money is for a good cause).

  But every year my companions at my table feel sorry for me and send me home with one of the table centers as a consolation prize.  Each year it's a different recipe but the idea is the same - just add eggs, milk and oil.  You know the kind I mean, those cute little jars that someone has lovingly filled with a mixture of ingredients to create a cullinary delight in just a few steps.  I don't know what it is, but I never seem to find the right time to add those ingredients necessary to complete my part of the mixture.  It used to be my Mom was around to mix them up for the kids while I was at work after she noticed it had been sitting there for quite some time.  But with them moving to the other side of the country my guess is she won't bail me out this time.

  When I opened my cupboard this weekend, the jar was still there waiting for me (the fundraiser was in December).  It was taunting me saying, "Mix me up, it can't hurt as I'm a combination of all things yummy!"

  Chocolate Cherry Pancakes, how could you go wrong?!  The guilt got the best of me this time, so I pulled it out of the cupboard, took off that cute little mixing spoon and poored the ingredients into a bowl.  I added the neccesary egg, milk, and oil, and stirred it all together. Once in the pan, I could smell all that pancake goodness and was eager to try this new concoction.

And for once I didn't even burn them!

  The Pancakes were a hit.  I mean how could you go wrong with cherries and chocolate? (I'm not condoning chocolate for breakfast)  I even had some and I'm not a pancake person!

  So the next time I'm handed one of these cute little jars, I will not hesitate to open it up and try what could be a tasty treat.  Although I'm hoping I will win one of those fundraising draws one year.  But at least there will be no more Pancake Guilt!