Seven Sayings

$500 Holiday Challenge

2012-01-30T18:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I've signed myself up to another challenge. This one is over at Cents to Save. I feel motivated this year--and January is already over and I'm still motivated. Both on the exercise and my finances. Yay me!

So I've decided to start saving $500 towards my Christmas gifts I need for this upcoming Christmas. Can never start too early can we? I've decided to put away $25 every two weeks to get this covered. And I will--some way, some how! The $50 has to come out of my low-spend budget for February too. Yikes!

Wish me luck :)

February Challenges!!

2012-01-27T20:03:00.000-08:00

So I've decided to follow along with Carla and her TWO challenges for February. Here's the details and I've added my own thoughts/goals in bold!

Here’s how the Low (no) Spend Challenge will work:
1. Choose a financial goal for the month!
- Would you like to build up your emergency fund, save up enough money for something special you’ve had your eye on but can’t afford, want to double up your debt payments, wipe out a credit card completely?! Whatever your goal is, I want to know!

My goal is to ONLY spend the extra $310 for the month that I have for spending money. That will give me $250 to put into my savings for emergency, regular savings, and my new glasses fund! I seriously have too many bills.

2. How will you achieve your goal this month?
- You need a plan of action! Will you be cutting your budget back, cutting out eating out for the month, no “hobby” shopping, trying to earn extra money? Come up with a plan & make it work!

I’m cutting out anything extra—online shopping, buying things for our puppy, lotto tickets, etc.!! The biggest being NO ONLINE SHOPPING!!! Online is killing me lol!

3. How will you allot your spending this month?
- Obviously I suggest a “cash” budget, as you can’t spend what you don’t have! There is no putting it on credit, throwing it on a tab, digging into $$ you shouldn’t be spending, etc… But if you deal with debit cards, credit cards, etc… Go with what keeps you on track! Will you budget daily, weekly, bi-weekly? Find what works best for you & stick to it!

I’m definitely trying what Carla just done. I’m going to allot myself $10 per day—and that’s all. I really want to try this. No using my debit card or credit card 

4. Track your purchases!
- Keep track of your spending. Yes, even that pack of gum that was “only” $.79! It REALLY helps you to see where exactly your money is going!

Okay! Will do!

5. Are there any “exemptions” for the month?
- Do you have any previous engagements, birthdays, events, etc.. that simply won’t fit into the month? Then choose your exemptions & plan from there how you can still reach your goal!
I know I will need a valentine day gift for BF and for my students. But someway, somehow it will have to come from the $10 per day!

Here’s how the Decluttering challenge will work:
1. There will be 4 main challenges for the month. I pick the theme, you pick the challenge!
• Week One: Personal Space Challenge
Finally clean all my clothes drawers to see what I can get rid of. And to tidy up my clothing.
• Week Two: Family Space Challenge
Clean the massive pile of “stuff” sitting on the dog kennel (I use it as an addition to my desk) and store the kennel away as we don’t even use it anymore.
• Week Three: Productivity Challenge
Look at the rest of my year of teaching and try to organize where I’m going and how much time I have left to get everything finished.
• Week Four: The “Dreaded” Challenge
Organize my scrapbooking things. ALL OF THEMMMMM!!

2. Bonus Challenges!
- I will be giving you 4 *bonus* mini challenges throughout the month! Fast & easy to accomplish!

3. Purging!!
- Toss, sell, or donate 29 items! One item for every day of the month in February… Easy as pie!
These will be all clothing items. I’m going to pass them to my mom and let her have a look through them first before I donate them.

4. The Proof is in the pudding!
- If you have a blog, before & after photos of your decluttering projects would be awesome please!!
Will do!

Ok, now for the nitty gritty rules!
1. Please leave a comment on this post letting me know that you’ll be joining in, and please state if you’re joining one, or both challenges!
2. Take (borrow, steal, etc..) my challenge photo from above & post it on your blog along with your goals for the month & please don’t forget to link me up!
3. Commit to updating about your challenge status at least once a week! So 4 updates at the minimum please! Simply post about your progress on your blog & let me know that you’ve updated in my comments section. My blog dashboard DOES NOT show me any incoming links, so I need “direct links” please! If the month goes along and there’s been no updates after the first week or so has been posted, I’ll assume that the challenge didn’t work for you. I’d like to keep the link list page updated & current so we can encourage & follow each other! I also need to track participants for my “bounty” prize at the end of the month!

I "Moustach" you to be mine!

2012-01-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

And here is another Valetine's day card I whipped up by following a sketch! I used the sketch over at 365 Cards:Day 314 and another of my Whimsie Doodle images.

I didn't get a single thing accomplished on my "to do" list today. Boyfriend needed to go get a cord for his new Blackberry Playbook so we went to the nearest town and did a little shopping (1 hour each way!). Puppy stayed here by herself and was very well behaved, she'd finally feeling better. It did involve a trip to the vet which costs us $96 *sigh*

I guess my list will be moved to tomorrow. Tomorrow night I plan on going to another little town near us (20 mins each way) to go skating with one of my teacher friends. I'm excited :)

o"FISH"ally be mine

2012-01-14T06:38:00.001-08:00

And the madness that is Valentine's Day cards has begun again this morning. Just waiting for the boyfriend to get up- he's being lazy today heehee. So I figured I'd whip up another card while myself and puppy are trying to be a little quiet (it's very hard to do!)

I used the sketch over at Seems a Little Sketchy and another of my Whimsie Doodle images I purchased a few nights back. If everything is starting to look the same it's because I have an American Crafts Kit that I purchased a few years back that I am desperately trying to use up this year.

Since it's Saturday I figured I'd make a little "to do" list (I'd really like to get back into using my big weekly list that I made before Christmas hmmm):
1. Clean my bathroom (boyfriend uses the guest bathroom and cleans that himself yay!)
2. Finish organizing the scrapbooking/guest room
3. Sweep and mop floors
4. Wash at least two loads of laundry
5. Complete 2 more Valentine's cards

I dig you!

2012-01-13T20:37:00.000-08:00

Sorry for all the posts tonight-- I know, three is a lot! But this is my third and final card for tonight. I've had a blast following along with different sketches from all the different blogs. For this sketch I used CCEE Stampers and another of my Whimsie Doodle images!!

For those of you who don't know about Stampin' When I Can, you don't know what you're missing. Not only is Allison a fantastic crafter but she also complies a list of sketches (cards and scrapbooking each week!!). You should pop by! Good night all! :)

Had My Eyes on You!

2012-01-13T20:02:00.001-08:00

Well here's my second Valentine's day card! Yay me! I love Fridays! I wish I always set time in each day to do some crafting because I sometimes forget how much I love it.

For the sketch I turned to Get Hippity with Ippity and used another Whimsie Doodle image that I'm in love it!

I love you this much!

2012-01-13T19:15:00.001-08:00

Woah! I can't believe it's time for Valentine's day cards already!! Here is my first one for Valentine's day 2012. I used the sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday and included a Whimsie Doodle image I purchased. It's a part of a super fabby set that I'm really in love with! :)

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

2012-01-08T18:02:00.001-08:00

I have a very sick pup these past two nights. I've hardly slept :( *sigh* Poor girl!

Anyways, on to Sunday Night Chat Chat following over at My 1/2 Dozen Daily . Feel free to play along!

What are you…

Reading? Just finished reading the Grade 4 Social Studies book lol. My lesson on continents was a little too curriculum packed last day it seems. So I've taken the whole lesson and broken it down. Fun times!

Watching? My puppy. She's so sick! Like terribly sick. I guess it will be a vet trip tomorrow!

Listening to? Absolutely nothing. My boyfriend is watching Republic of Doyle but has his earphones in so that it's quiet for me to get my work done for teaching tomorrow!
Cooking/Baking? Well, I made jello today. It's the only dessert I eat since I can't have any dairy anymore. But my boyfriend cooked a chicken with all the fixings today--it was yum!

Happy you accomplished this week? We have started up our "healthy eating" lifestyle change lol. I want to lose 20 lbs and the boyfriend wants to lose 60! Yikes! We are in for a new way of eating that's forsure. But we did have one cheat night, Friday night, where we made nachos. And we both agreed that we felt like trash after eating them-- so that's a positive thing I think!

Looking forward to next week? A successful week of healthy eating!!

Thankful for today? My caring family (who have been constantly calling to check on pup!) and my awesome boyfriend who helps me out more than one person should ever help another! He even laminated my school work for me tonight! He's honestly the best!

Happy Sunday everyone :)

Classroom Boggle

2012-01-04T17:40:00.000-08:00

Over on My 1/2 Dozen Daily Carla challenged us to accomplish something today that we've been putting off. Well, I've been thinking about making a boggle game for my classroom bulletin board every since I seen it on Pinterest. The one above is from Mrs. Rojast Teaches. Mine won't look nearly as pretty but I've got my game pieces all cut, lamented (new mini laminator for Christmas yay!) and the title done in some animal print letters. I'm excited. I'm going to use it for my Word Time tomorrow--I'm sure I'm way more excited than my students will be, but that's ok :)

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

2011-12-18T18:39:00.000-08:00

**This is a card I created for a Card Idol contest--and I've actually moved on to the last round! Yay me!

What are you…

Cooking/Baking? I haven't cooked or baked anything all day! My dad took me out for breakfast this morning and when I returned home late this evening I warmed up some frozen spaghetti sauce and had it over rice (I love it on rice heehee!)

Watching/Reading? Just catching up on some blogs now. Heading to bed very soon. There is a Christmas moving playing on the tv, but I haven't been paying attention to it and can't even tell you the title lol!

Listening To? Whatever that movie is...and the furnace. Our oil bill is SO expensive--I can hear my money disappearing each time the furnace cuts in. This is my first experience with oil, and I'm not enjoying it!

Happy You Accomplished this week? I went to my cousin's wedding this weekend. It was beautiful. I seen all my family on my dad's side, so it was fantastic. I also just finished two homemade gifts-- my goal for next year is to increase it to around 10 homemade gifts.

I'm planning on getting my 2012 goals (financial and personal completed this week-- or so I hope!)

Pop on by at My 1/2 Dozen Daily (http://halfdozendaily.blog.com/) and have a little chit chat :)

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

2011-12-11T16:40:00.000-08:00

Following along with My 1/2 Dozen Daily I'm doing a little Sunday night chit chat!

Cooking/Baking…Really nothing for like 2 weeks now. My boyfriend is home from work and he does ALL the cooking--I really enjoy the break. I do, however, have to make 6 dozen cookies for a cookie exchange that I'm taking part in on Tuesday night. Yikes! My first time baking lol.

Watching/Reading…Watching Home Alone!! Love that movie--I still die laughing at it every time I see it. It's one of my all-time childhood faves.

Listening To…Home Alone lol.

Looking Forward to this week...is the cookie exchange, the christmas concert the school I teach at and a wedding I'm standing for this weekend. It is my cousin's wedding and it will be very nice to see my fam!

Happy You Accomplished this Weekend…Nearly completed all of my Christmas shopping. Just a few stocking stuffer items to get done. I also wrapped some presents, made some cards and started a calendar I'm doing for my friend for Christmas. I had a great weekend--wish it wouldn't end! But I can't complain, I look forward to seeing my students each Monday!

Hope you all have a fantastic week!

Celebrate the Holidays

2011-12-06T18:33:00.000-08:00

This a new years card I made a lil while back. I love the image, it's totally me. Inside it says "wishing ewe a happy new year"---my mom didn't get it!? lol.

POSITIVE NOTE OF THE DAY: We've decided to put up a Christmas tree. It's my first one with my boyfriend-- I thought it was super exciting. Maybe I should take a picture of it :)

The Magic of the Season

2011-11-30T14:56:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick Christmas card I whipped up. I wish I had all day long to craft--I sure do miss it being at work all the time. I love teaching, but c'mon, who wouldn't want to craft all day?!

POSITIVE NOTE OF THE DAY: It's half way through the work week! I'm applying to start my masters of education program this week. Wish me luck :)

Whimsie Doodles November Challenge

2011-11-25T18:56:00.001-08:00

I know I've already shown you all this tag, but I'm entering it into the Whimsie Doodles November Challenge which was to create something with a tag. Well, it's a tag, and I used a Whimsie Doodle imagine so yay me, I'm entering! Swing on by! They are also considering someone for the guest spot for January-- woot!

Joy

2011-11-24T17:17:00.001-08:00

Here's a quick Christmas card I whipped up other night. I like the simplicity of it for some reason. I've been hoarding that poinsettia for about 3 years now--but I've recently given up saving my things for "special" projects...the quicker I get rid of them the quicker I get new goodies!! :)

Positive Note of the Day: Parent-Teacher Interviews for term one are complete. I only had 7 out of 16 parents attend--I was a wee bit disappointed, but it's their children so I guess I don't need to feel bad. But all the hard work is over for a little bit- can't wait to just get back into the usual classroom things now that I'm finally over this terrible cold!

Win $500-- no, seriously!

2011-11-24T16:25:00.000-08:00

Give Me Back my Five Bucks is offering the chance at winning $500 cash to put towards your financial bucket list. My financial bucket list includes: 1) Paying off my CC debt 2) Paying off my student loan (probably take me another 10 years! *sigh* 3) Save for a down payment on a house 4) Start saving for an emergency fund 5) Start a savings fund.

In my budget for the next 6 months I've actually started a massive CC repayment plan. Included in the budget is a savings and emergency fund--yay! It's going to be a tight squeeze..which equals no shopping for a year or so probably...but I think it'll be worth it.

You should stop on over for your chance at the $500 Give Me Back My Five Bucks Competition, sponsored by Life Insurance Finder, the life insurance experts!

CARD: Smiles & Laughter

2011-11-22T19:22:00.000-08:00

This is a card I whipped up for my mom's friend who wanted a "missing you" card to send to her family. She didn't want anything too crazy or wild...hmmm...hope it isn't...heehee!!

Positive Note of the Day: My mom and one of her friends came to visit me. It's super welcomed especially since I am sick. She cooked me a pot of soup last night! :)

Sunday Night Chit-Chat

2011-11-20T18:21:00.000-08:00

Miss Seven all cuddled up! She's a little bit of a drama queen, but she's my baby heehee!

What are you…

Cooking/Baking…

I made Brushetta Chicken Bake for supper....it's super easy and super yummy. Even made enough to freeze two meals plus a meal to take for my lunch tomorrow. Loves having some frozen meals on hand. Resorted to two frozen, gross, store-bought meals last week. Shame on me!

Watching/Reading…

Watching AMA's right now, but it's bed time. Not sure if I'll get a chance to read or not...if so, I am reading The Help. Loveee ittt!

Listening To…

The wind whistling. Super windy tonight and this place we're renting is so old that everything rattles and roars...the poor pup has about 20 heart attacks each day!

Looking Forward to this week…

Getting through my parent-teacher meetings. They are on Thursday and so far I've put around 18 hours into preparing my reports to send home. I'm also going home to visit the parents on Saturday, just for the night, but I'm still definitely looking forward to it. It's a long drive but I'm also picking up my Christmas decorations, so that's a bonus.

Happy You Accomplished today…

I corrected a MASSIVE pile of the student's work (note to self: correct every night rather than once in 2 months!!!), proof-read, fixed and re-printed my student reports, cooked supper, and created one gift tag. I signed up for my first swap a couple weeks ago and I have to make 10 Christmas tags that include a snowman. This is my first one ever and I made this one for my dad, somewhat as a template. This isn't my final color scheme or anything, just seeing what the image looked like. What do you think? Anything you would recommend I change/do since it's for a swap?

Just playing along with Half Dozen Daily---my inspiration it seems for Sundays :) What are you doing tonight?

Weekly "To-Do" List (Nov. 21-27)

2011-11-20T18:17:00.000-08:00

Okay, so it seems like this week is going to be pretty slack in terms of housework lol. My poor house...

Monday

Do laundry
Vacuum
Clean master bathroom

Tuesday

Dust living room
Dust bedroom
Clean craft room/guest room

Wednesday

Travelling for a meeting (after work!) and will not be back until late!!

Thursday

Report card day! May not achieve anything else lol!

Friday

Relax :)
Pack

Saturday

Bring dress to get altered
Shopping
Going home to visit parents :)

Sunday

Driving back
Lesson plan

Classroom "to-do" list

Create classroom boggle game
Correct massive pile of work (DONE!)
Plan spelling/word activities for next two weeks
Put together spelling workbooks or folders(DONE!)
Plan next week's Math Cafe activity

Saturday's To Do List

2011-11-19T07:21:00.000-08:00

Boy oh boy it has been a busy week. Spent 17 hours of my week doing out report cards. They are done, passed into the principal and now they are handed back for revisions. So I need to devote another 1-2 hours revising and then printing again. Super fun.

And guess what!? I'm sick AGAIN. Another terrible cold...blah blah blah. Same thing all the time!!

Here is my to do list for today since my weekly list went completely down the drain last week:

Wash bedclothes and fold other clothes
Vacuum carpets and sweep floor
Go get more juice and cold meds
Start my snowmen tags for a swap
Finish recipe book for Christmas gift
Dust
Online Christmas shopping :)

Is that all!? Maybe I should relax so I can feel better...hmmm...

Weekly "To-Do" List

2011-11-14T17:26:00.000-08:00

Monday

Do laundry
Vacuum

Tuesday

Clean master bathroom
Dust living room
Dust bedroom

Wednesday

Sweep & scrub floors
Dust kitchen
Clean counters and top of fridge
Vacuum

Thursday

Do laundry
Clean garbage cans
Clean inside of fridge
Clean guest bathroom

Friday

Relax :)

Saturday

Bring dress to get altered
Shopping

Sunday

Organization project
School work
Clean craft room/guest room

Classroom "to-do" list

Create classroom boggle game
Correct massive pile of work
Plan spelling/word activities for next two weeks
Put together spelling workbooks or folders?
Plan next week's Math Cafe activity

Weekly "to-do" List

2011-11-08T07:52:00.000-08:00

In an effort to keep myself more organized and to not have to spend my entire weekends cleaning I've decided to divide my housework throughout the week. This is my "general" list and doesn't include things that I do every second week or monthly (clean car, etc.) and may be updated at anytime. Do you do anything to keep yourself organized?

Monday

Do laundry (Done!)
Vacuum

Tuesday

Clean master bathroom(DONE!)
Dust living room (DONE!)
Dust bedroom (DONE!)

Wednesday

Sweep & scrub floors (DONE!)
Dust kitchen (DONE!)
Clean counters and top of fridge (DONE!)
Vacuum (DONE!)
Organize clothing to sell & put up for sell online
Clip coupons and organize

Thursday

Do laundry
Clean garbage cans
Clean inside of fridge
Clean guest bathroom (DONE!)
Organize for shopping on Sunday (groceries + personal items)
Pack for long weekend :)

Friday

Away for the weekend :)

Saturday

Away for the weekend :)

Sunday

Organization project
School work
Clean craft room/guest room
Grocery Shopping

Classroom "to-do" list

Create classroom boggle game
Correct massive pile of work
Plan spelling/word activities for next two weeks
Put together spelling workbooks or folders?
Plan next week's Math Cafe activity

Simple Sunday

2011-11-06T08:08:00.000-08:00

So I got this idea for Simple Sunday from My 1/2 Dozen Daily. This is totally one of my fave reads, I always stop by there every day. From this comes my inspiration to start my own Simple Sunday. I'm not feeling the best today, so I'm thinking it's back to bed to do some reading and cuddle with my puppers for me!! Hope your Sunday is going well.

On my "to-do" list today (with the way I'm feeling this could be a 3 day list heehee) is:

Do 2 loads of laundry (DONE!--Actually I managed 5!)
Clean master bathroom
Lesson plan for tomorrow (DONE!--Hope I'm not too sick to make it there!)
Set up a classroom Boggle game (as seen on Pinterest)
Create 2 Christmas cards (DONE!--Finished 2 Christmas cards plus one custom order "Missing you" card!)

I hope it isn't too ambitious for today. I was going to go shopping but that involves a 1-hour car ride to and from, so forget that :)

This card makes me happy!

2011-10-06T18:41:00.000-07:00

Loving the orange and blue together. Not my usual colors for crafting, I'm more of a pink girl. But it's super think I think. My cousin wanted a card made for her mom, so I whipped this up last night using the sketch over at Sketch Support. Pop on over and have a look around!

Custom Order 2

2011-09-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

This is the second custom card order for my friend. It is the second birthday card for her mom. I also whipped up this quick coordinating gift tag to pop in with her cards too (also made one for the other card-- see previous post). I'm really hoping she likes them.

I have used the sketch over at Skipping Stones Design. Fabby sketch and blog so feel free to pop on over!!

Custom Card Order 1

2011-09-30T19:42:00.001-07:00

This is a card and a quick gift tag that I put together for my friend tonight as a custom order. She requested two cards for her mother's upcoming 75th birthday. So this is the one that I created from her and the other one I created is from her kids (coming in the next post).

I used a sketch from Papertake Weekly. Fantastic spot to go check out. This is my first time over there and got the idea for the sketch from the fabby blog Stampin When I Can where Allison complies a great list of sketches each week. It's definitely worth going to check out both sites.

Love is in the air

2011-02-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

This is the super adorable (or I think so!) coupon book I made for my boyfriend. I live is SEVERE isolation where I teach and can't get out to get him a gift, so he asked for a "love" coupon book. I thought it was a silly idea but when I seen printable coupon pages I thought maybe it wasn't such a bad idea.

**I just hope he doesn't see this post-- if you're looking-- oops heehee!!

I used my Cricut and the cartridge Indie Art. Such an awesome cartridge. I used it for the lips and for the SMACK. This is for challenge two on the Die Cuttin Divas challenge blog. Awesome blog!! I still haven't did the first one yet, but it's on the list of "to-do". Hope you have an enjoyable day :)

love you so....

2011-02-10T06:20:00.000-08:00

This is a valentine's day card I created for my mom and her hubby. They're awesome people and deserve this so much!!

I used the sketch over at Friday Sketchers. You should pop by every Friday and see the new fabby sketch.

Love you!

2011-02-10T06:10:00.000-08:00

This is a card I made for my Dad for Valentine's Day. I used a sketch over at Crafts 4 Eternity. Fabby sketch, you should pop over and see it.

So pleased that all my Valentine's Day cards are officially made-- as they should be since it's just a few days away heehee!

thanks

2011-02-04T11:15:00.000-08:00

This is a simple little thank you notecard that I threw together last night. I like the 'springy' cheer behind it. I hope spring is near :)

I used a sketch at Heart 2 Heart, but I can't enter it because I have no CTMH products. But the sketch is fabby!

laugh PLAY discover

2011-02-04T10:55:00.000-08:00

Woooo, my first layout in FOREVA!!!! I was so pleased that I finally sat down and completed one. It seems as though I've only been making cards this past while. This is a LO of myself and two of my friends this summer past while on a lil boating adventure.

I stamped the red paper with brown inked flowers. I first stamped green paper but hated the look of it, so I changed it up and done it with some red. The green paper is below. I really didn't like the look...not for this LO anyways, I'll probably use it for a card :)

I used a sketch from Designed to Inspire your Creativity! They have a sketch challenge going on right now and it's lasting for two weeks, you may want to pop by for some inspiration!

I'm this many...

2011-01-31T11:28:00.000-08:00

So this is a card I made for my godson for his 4th bithday. It didn't quite turn out as "kiddy" as I had hoped, but I still like it. Would be super nice for a teen prehaps.

I used the sketch over at The Sweetest Thing. The sketch is very fabby!

I'm hoping to really get into the groove of things with my crafting again. This is two posts in one day, so I hope I can keep it up, at least a little heehee!!

Hope you're all doing well out there in blogland :)

Bonus Challenge!! New Challenge Blog!!

2011-01-31T08:23:00.000-08:00

So I came across this new challenge blog--and I think it's gonna really get me into the mood of crafting again. It is a challenge blog to use any die cutting machine. I have a Cricut and I RARELY EVER use it...it's so sad really. I was so happy to make this card for my friend's daughter this past weekend.

The cartridge that I used was the STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION one. I used the snowman and the snowflakes. I love how this card turned out. A big thank you to Die Cuttin Divas for the inspiration and I cannot wait to get started with all your challenges!!

Drool

2010-05-13T17:25:00.000-07:00

Look at all these super fabby American Craft goodies that are up for grabs. BlueMoonScrapbooking is offering this yummy assortment of products. So pop on over before May 29th to get in for the drawing!!

Blog Candies

2010-05-13T16:13:00.000-07:00

I haven't entered any blog candies in a longg time. So here are a few I came across tonight. I'm sure the ladies would love the extra attention to their blog, so pop by and leave them a comment about their fabby crafting!!

A Technophobes Blog has a lovely hanglar and stanglar blog candy up for grabs. Get in on the offering before May 21st!

Helen's Craft Haven has a fabby blog candy which consists of some yummy papers and flowers. Get in on the goods before May 16th.

Coyotes

2010-05-12T10:37:00.000-07:00

This is a LO I created from a sketch over at Splendid Stamping. It is a LO from a few summers back at a bar in Calgary, Alberta. It was great times!!

Another Mother's Day Card

2010-05-10T10:35:00.000-07:00

Another Mother's Day card-- this one is for my other Grandmother. I'm so lucky to still have two living g-ma's...love them to death!! xo

Sweet Pigs

2010-05-08T10:49:00.000-07:00

This is an LO I created from the sketch over at Twisted Sketches. The twist for the week was to "keep it clean" and that's exactly what I did. This is a picture from YEARSSS ago of me falling asleep with pig slippers on my hands that I got for Christmas that morning!!

Who Else!?!

2010-05-08T10:43:00.000-07:00

This is an LO using a sketch from Platinum Scraps. It is a layout of me and my friend Shannon from high school!!

Happy Mother's Day Momma!!

2010-05-08T10:26:00.000-07:00

This is the mother's day card for my Momma!! The best lady in the entire world!! I used the sketch over at Karma Scrap for this card!

Mother's Day Card for Nana!

2010-05-08T10:15:00.001-07:00

This is a card I made for my grandmother for Mother's Day. I used the sketch from Annabelle Stamps Blog. Hope you enjoy :)

Purse Giftcard Holder!

2010-02-11T16:30:00.000-08:00

I created this giftcard holder for my lil cousin back in November. I didn't come up with it obvisously, so I take no credit for the design. Hope you enjoy it, my cousin loved it!

Card Crazy!!

2009-12-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't updated since Halloween, but I have been crafting all the time! Just not uploading because I still DO NOT have internet at home...boooo!! But here are some cards I tried other night, I'm still not quite a confident card maker, but here is somewhat of an attempt. Hope you are all getting in the holiday spirit!

Halloween!

2009-11-05T17:21:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't updated in FOREVER, however, I have been doing some crafting here and there. I just haven't been updating because we have no internet at home and I've been uber busy. Anyone who thinks the life of a teacher is easy needs to think again!!! Heehee!!! :) Hope you are all doing well, I've been creepin' on blogs here and there, so it's not that I've disappeared!

Sweet 16

2009-07-13T18:55:00.001-07:00

This is a card I made for my cousin to give to one of her friends. I have a CRICUT!!! Woot woot!! I used the Hello Kitty catridge for this card. She loved it and I must say, I thought it was really cute too! I have a load of new scrap goodies (a whole room full) and I can't wait to start doing some more crafty things...but summer seems to get in the way..ooohhh welllll. Hope you're all having a fantastic summer! :)

Foster Puppy

2009-06-15T16:17:00.000-07:00

Isn't he the sweetest. Such a sad story however. This puppy was found in the dumpster outside the school I teach at. Someone threw him in there, to die I assume. One of the teachers found him and brought him to me. I had him for nearly a week. Then one dinner time there was a knock at my door. Someone came to "claim" the puppy, after a week (there is only 1000 people in this community--so EVERYONE knew I had the puppy). They called me some terrible names and were about to get possibly violent, so I had to hand the puppy over to him. I miss him so much.

Cannot wait to get back to my hometown when my teaching is over in 11 days!! I need my scrapping goodies!!

Mama

2009-05-16T07:22:00.000-07:00

This is my LO for Beary Box this week. It's a fun one, make sure you pop over and give it a go for a great lil prize!! :D

Forever A Part of Me!

2009-05-04T17:04:00.000-07:00

This is my LO for Beary Box this week. Pop on over and see the sketch and FABBY prize that's up for grabs!!

ed. gals

2009-05-01T20:29:00.000-07:00

This is my LO for Beary Box DT this week. You really should pop over and see what the other ladies created, it's always breathtaking. And of course if you join in there is a fabby prize up for grabs! This week is:

YMBD Gives Back Crop!

2009-05-01T20:19:00.000-07:00

Taken from the Your Memories By Design forum:

Welcome everyone to our "YMBD Gives Back" National Scrapbooking Day Online Crop! We are so glad you joined us and are thrilled that you are going to help us "Give Back"! Official crop kickoff is 7pm EST tonight (Friday May 1st) and runs all weekend long! Deadline for all crop submissions is Midnight EST on Tuesday, May 5th.

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So how is YMBD "Giving Back" you ask? Well.... The last time we "gave back" we colaborated as a group to make "Cards for Heros", which is a US based organization supporting US Military Troups. During that time, there were several requests wanting to support a Canadian cause next, and I promised we would!

So here's the story... This May marks the 6th year of the anniversary that we lost my Dad to cancer. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on April 1st, 2003 and passed away only 5 weeks later (3 days shy of his 57th birthday). The sad part is, I really don't think I know anyone who's life has not been touched by cancer in some way or another. And we all need to work together to help find a cure. And YMBD is going to do that by donating proceeds from this weekend's crop to the Canadian Cancer Society. It really doesn't matter in the long run, which cancer society gets our funds, because any breakthroughs anywhere will benefit everyone around the world! And I know together we can all make a difference!

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SO COME ON OVER AND SCRAP THE WEEKEND AWAY---ALL WHILE GIVING MONEY TO A GREAT CAUSE!!!!

Challenge # 8: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:51:00.000-07:00

The challenge for # 8 (found at Susan's blog) is to use some 50s slang. I used the word "blast" which means to have fun. I actually use this word a lot...lol. This is another lil 6x6 page I made for my cousins pregnancy album. 6x6 is wayyy harder than I imagined...ha ha!! soooooooo smalllll....

Challenge # 6: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:45:00.000-07:00

This time the challenge is to use all white on a LO. This is another of the 6x6 I did for my cousins pregnancy album. I loved this challenge...so fun!! It can be found over on Carla's blog!!

Challenge # 4: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:39:00.001-07:00

Another lil 6x6 page for my cousins pregnancy album. Challenge # 4 is to use a top song from the 50s on your LO. I chose the son "little bitty pretty one" heehee...the little bitty you can't really see, but it's in the circle above (camera is crazy!). And the second part to the challenge was to use 5 circular elements-- which I've totally outdid...lol. This time the fabby challenge can be found at Jennifer's blog!!

Challenge 3: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:34:00.000-07:00

And my entry for challenge # 3. This time we were challenged to use the song "Lollipop" as inspiration. This is TWO 6x6 pages of my cousin's pregnancy album I just completed. I chose the part "....sweetet than candy..." from the song. Heehee....you can find this challenge over on Candace's blog

Challenge # 2: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:30:00.000-07:00

The challenge this time (found at Christina's blog) was to use blue, red, yellow and white. Although the paper looks green, I assure you it is BLUE. This is another 6x6 page for my cousins pregnany album!! Thanks for the great challenge Christina! :)

Challenge # 1: SOS Sock Hop

2009-04-29T15:22:00.001-07:00

This is my entry for Challenge # 1 at the Sisterhood of Scrap crop that is nearing the end. I've finished over half of the challenges so I figure I may as well upload them...lol. Each page I done was for a 6x6 album for my younger cousin who just had her first baby!!

For this challenge you had to use a picture (found on Deanne's blog) as inspiration. I used the poka dots as my inspiration, I didn't have any pink poka dot so I opted for this as it's all I have right now!!

Thanks for the great fun sister!!

Past LO's

2009-04-24T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some LO's I've completed in the past couple of weeks. I've been too miserable to post anything or do anything really. I've had a cold, an ear infection and I'm pretty sure I have a sinus infection right now, it's been a painful, draining 3 weeks!! Most of these were done for my DT position at Beary Box, with the exception of the "Love Birds" one which was done for Your Memories By Design.

I've also added a badge over on the side. If you click on it, it will take you to Stampin' when I Can where Allison has complied a HUGE list of challenges!!!

Hope you're all doing well!!

Deanne's Blog Crop!!

2009-03-28T18:56:00.000-07:00

Deanne is celebrating!!!!!

Of course there's scrapping involved- what else!?!

She has 7 daily challenges posted and you get until March 31st to finish them!

There's fun!

There's prizes!

What more do you want!?!

Pop on over to her blog and check out the details!!!

A-Scrap Addict's Blog Crop!

YMBD Scraplift

2009-03-22T16:34:00.000-07:00

I played along with the Your Memories By Design Blog Scraplift Challenge yesterday. There was a gorgeous LO to scraplift, mine doesn't so justice to Heather's LO, but it's mine nonetheless. You should join in with the excitment around YMBD and even check out their products (I'm ADDICTED!!)

Smile!

2009-03-18T16:51:00.001-07:00

This is a LO of my brother's graduation picture from 2 years ago! It's based on the sketch over at Beary Box this week. Make sure you pop on over to see the other creations.

Up for grabs this week at Beary Box if you play along is Melissa Frances Heart & Home Collectibles: Garnish Applique!

I'm So Lucky...

2009-03-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

This was one of the challenges over at Your Memories By Design forum this weekend-- there was a fabby crop going on. The challenge was to do a LO without a picture. I made this lil page to go in my journal that I'm doing with my students. This tells some of the reasons that I feel like I'm a lucky person!

Members Take Over: Crop

2009-03-13T16:12:00.000-07:00

Up for a crop this weekend!?!

Then you should run on over to Your Memories By Design forum and join in on the fun!

It's "Members Take Over" month, so the challenges are all being issued by members of the forum.

You also earn YMBD bucks that can be used towards products from the shop and there are fabby prizes as well!!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A Couple LOs To Share!

2009-03-10T18:13:00.001-07:00

This is my Beary Box (# 17) DT layout for this week. Those cute puzzle pieces, the journalling sheet, along with the chipboard hearts (they were "naked" but I stickled them to death...lol) are all from Your Memories By Design. They have the best products for super cheap price (and the shipping is only $2!!)

If you wanna follow along with the sketch over at Beary Box this week, please pop on over. For the fabby prize this week there is a Sarah Kay clear stamp up for grabs! I totally wish I could play along!!

This was my LO for Beary Box last week! I forgot to post it-- my bad!! I LOVE THIS PICTURE! It's a stuffed dog that my cousin won at a fair and he gave it to me, but I had to leave it with another friend in Alberta was it was TOO BIG to bring home...lol. So I tried to make this look like a dog house...HA HA!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

2009-03-07T15:16:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm a little late, but here are the results. The winner (which is announced at the bottom) has until Monday night to e-mail me their addey, if I get no message I will re-draw on Tuesday! Thanks to everyone who participated-- I had 18 people! That's awesome! I'll definitely be doing more draws every now and again.

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And that brings us to: FANCYSCRAP!!!!!! C'mon down to get your prize! email me: vanessa_colbourne[at]hotmail[dot]com

Holiday Love

2009-02-28T17:35:00.001-08:00

I love this card!!!! I saw the idea over on Christmas Cards All Year Round (which I'm also entering this card for their challenge this month!). I just traced and cut a whole bunch of hearts, then I put fun flock over all of the edges so it looked like it snowed on the Christmas tree...heehee! LOVEEEEEEEEEE ITTTTTTTTT!! I used the fabulous sketch from A-Scrap Addict's Sketches for this card. Deanne has a competition going on, you should pop over and see what it is.

P.S. Don't forget about my blog candy!!!

Be Jolly

2009-02-28T17:31:00.001-08:00

And here goes some more Valentine's colors on my Christmas cards...lol. I like this card, it's simple, but quite cute. Maybe this year I will actually give out my cards, UNLIKE LAST YEAR!! And these little ones that I've made will fit into a regular envelope, so that's a bonus. This is another entry for Christmas Cards All Year Round and I also used another sketch from Deanne's fabby blog- A Scrap Addict's Sketches.

A Jolly Holiday

2009-02-28T17:26:00.001-08:00

This card was pretty easy to make. I think everything on this card came from a Christmas pack I bought at Michael's last year. I used the sketch over at A-Scrap Addict's Sketches. I just cut strips of paper in pink and reds and whites and then put them together and ta-da...this is what we have. This is another entry for Christmas Cards All Year Round since it uses Valentines colors...lol.

Noel

2009-02-28T17:21:00.001-08:00

And yes! Another Christmas card...lol. Another entry for Christmas Cards All Year Round. This is a super sparkly card. The Noel letters were just blank chipboard. I wanted it to be sparkly so out came the Stickles!! Love those things. It took A LOT but I love the way they sparkle. I once again used a sketch by Deanne over at A Scrap Addict's Sketch blog.

Joy

2009-02-28T17:04:00.000-08:00

This is the first of my Christmas cards for this year! Yes! Christmas cards...lol. This is my entry for the Christmas Cards All Year Round blog which was to use Valentine's day colors and hearts! Well this one has red and a heart. I'm not a huge fan of it...it's missing somethin' I think! I used the sketch over at A-Scrap Addict's Sketches blog. See the sketch below. Deanne is having a blog contest, go over and check it out to see what it is :)

CARS Birthday Card

2009-02-28T11:42:00.000-08:00

This is a birthday card I made for my Godson's 2nd birthday. He (well, his grandmother) sent me an invitation to his party so I used a part of the image from it to do this card.

The sketch used for this is from the Sisterhood of Scrap's Sketch Saturday for today! Go on over and check it out.

Reminders!!

2009-02-26T18:30:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to remind you about my blog candy!! I want more people to join in!! You have until Wednesday to join in. See this post about what you have to do!

Looking for some inspiration to get a LO or a card done this week? Why not join in with us at Beary Box, follow along our sketch and get in the drawing for a yummy prize. Make sure you get it in by Sunday so we can choose our winner for Monday! C'mon, we always want more people to join in!

Yummy prize uh!?!

fun

2009-02-23T12:32:00.000-08:00

This is my LO for beary box this week! I really loved the sketch. And I really love my little circle flowers...they don't look near as cute on here as in real life.

If you want to play along with us at Beary Box this week there is a goodie bag consisting of 7Gypsies and Melissa Frances's product up for grabs!

Don't forget about my blog candy!! You have until next Wednesday to enter!! Please spread the word :)

My Blog Candy Giveaway!

2009-02-22T11:41:00.000-08:00

I figured it's time for my first blog candy!! :) Just wanted to thank those of you who pop by to see my creations and also to thank those of whom I have won candy from before and basically just to say THANKS to everyone.

Included in this candy:

-package of Heidi Swapp XL photo corners
-Scribble Scrabble die cuts
-Pebbles Inc. princess stickers
-For Peeps Sake Collection: Chick Stamp
-All Kinds of Happy: Calendar Stamp
-ribbon
-brads
-buttons
-prima flowers
-various 6x6 papers
-journaling tags
-1 set of ticket alphabet

And all you have to do to be in the drawing is post on your blog somewhere about my giveaway and then come back here and leave me a comment. That's all-- easy as pie :)

You will have until March 3rd to enter. So please, spread the word. Everyone is welcome to enter!

Couple LO's

2009-02-20T18:41:00.000-08:00

This is my Beary Box LO for this week. It's actually super super cute in real life, I was quite pleased with it. Make sure you drop over and see the other creations and play along this week to win Biggest Board Every Element Chip Board from Fancy Pants design!

This was my last Scrap Addict DT layout! It was such an honor to be on the DT! I'm so happy to have had the chance. Thanks so much Deanne.

Final Installment of V-Day Cards!

2009-02-15T11:59:00.000-08:00

This is my momma's Valentine's Day card that I sent her. It's pretty basic but cute-- just like my mom...LOL!!

The sketch for this card came from Beary Box Card Sketch # 12 from last week. It was a great one, you should go and check out the DT creations.

And this was one I just whipped up really fast for my boyfriend--terrible, his took the least thought and effort. I always wanna do something good for him so I leave his til the last and then it always sucks. Ohhhhh welllll!! This is also our first Valentine's Day apart in 5 years. Sad! :(

How was your Valentine's Day!?!

More V-Day Cards!!

2009-02-14T11:44:00.000-08:00

Yes! These are actually a little different from each other...lol. These are two more cards I sent to my friends.

The sketch came from Sisterhood of Scrap's Sketch Saturday for today! You should pop on over and see what's on the go. It's definitely one of my fave blogs to visit! And was actually the first blog I ever read for scrapbooking.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Double Shot At Love :p

2009-02-13T11:54:00.000-08:00

Well these "lovely" cards are for my godson and my boyfriend's nephew. Since they're both boys I figured I'd throw in some purple and red rather then all pink...lol. Although they're only 2 so I'm sure they won't care what color it is--or even if they get a card...lol.

The sketch for this card is #38 from Creative Scrappers and the sketch is by Allison Cope.

So are you in the love spirit yet!?!

I Love You

2009-02-12T11:51:00.000-08:00

This is my valentine's day card for my dad and brother. Pretty simple and basic as my cards always are, but I'm sure my dad will love it.

I used the sketch #37 from Creative Scrappers for this card. The sketch is by Deanne and it's a fabby and simple one.

Hugs and Kisses!

Love!

2009-02-11T11:47:00.000-08:00

So this begins my showing of Valentine's Day cards. They're all a little lame, but as this is my first year making them I will excuse myself...lol...

This card is based on the sketch over at A Scrap Addicts Sketches for Feb. 2nd. You really should go see the creations made by the DT!

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Happy Boy!

2009-02-10T07:27:00.000-08:00

Another nephew LO!! He's too sweet not to scrap!!

This LO I am using for two challenge. I used the sketch for this week from Creative Scrappers (hopefully I remember to upload this because I usually forget!) and I also used the quote from Sisterhood of Scrap's challenge for last week. The quote was: "Happiness is a journey, not a destination; happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it's too late. The time for happiness is today not tomorrow. --Paul H. Dunn"

Peek-A-Boo!

2009-02-09T07:24:00.001-08:00

Isn't he just the sweetest!?!

This is my LO for Beary Box this week, pop on over and see what the other DT members have come up with!!

And of course there's a prize to be won this week if you're interested! Just complete a LO of the sketch and you have a chance to win a Card Kit from My Mind's Eye!

Altered Journal

2009-02-04T15:53:00.000-08:00

Here is a notebook I altered for school. My students and I (I only have 4 students!!) are starting a 1000 journal entries project. We read about this guy who started a 1000 journals project a while back and sent 1000 journals out into the world and everytime one person wrote in one they had to mail it to someone else to write in. Once the journal was full it was to be mailed back to the guy who sent them out. The journals are amazing-- if you haven't heard of this project before you really should check it out-- www.1000journals.com

So for our project at school we are aiming for 1000 entries, I figured I would pitch in so that it would on average be 200 entries by the end of the school year. And the catch is that for every one entry we (myself and my four students) make we are to give the journal to someone else to write the next entry, then it comes back to us again.

These journals were just scribblers from the supply room at the school, they were quite ugly. Getting the kids motivated is hard sometimes, some just drew on their journals or TAPED paper on the cover, etc. But when they saw my journal they actually took it serious and saw that it was meant to be fun and creative.

If you leave me a comment I am going to use them for one of my journal entries for my journal! I'll just print it off and glue it in the journal for the kids to see!!

Cheerio!

Sweet Baby!

2009-02-03T08:14:00.000-08:00

This is my LO for the Scrap Addict reveal for Feb. 1st. It was a little delayed as life just gets in the way sometimes. Go on over and check out the other fabby designs!

Ready!

2009-02-02T13:28:00.000-08:00

This is my LO for Beary Box this week! It's some "bloopers" from my moms wedding photos this summer...lol.

If you're interested in a great prize this week you should come play along with us at Beary Box. Just complete the sketch, send us a link and you're entered :) Oh, and if LO's aren't your thing, a card sketch will be posted on Thursday! Here's a pic of the fabby prize this week: a goodies bag consisting of 7gypsies, American Crafts and Creative Imagination products!

A Giveaway!!

2009-01-27T13:00:00.000-08:00

Pop on over to Paper Trunk and see the fabby giveaway! Don't wait lonnngggggg...or you may miss itttttttt.....

heehee...it's a good one :D

Luvas!

2009-01-26T11:52:00.000-08:00

This is my LO for Beary Box for this week. These are my cheap (around 10 cents a piece) flowers that I made yesterday and posted. I think they're really sweet. Definitely going to be making more of them.

Heart Flower

2009-01-25T11:43:00.000-08:00

This is a little flower that I made with hearts. I saw a similar idea somewhere a while back, and I figured I'd try one out myself.

Basically I just traced 16 hearts (yes, 16!! No punches for this lady) then glued 8 around a circle and then glued the other 8 where the gaps were between the first bunch of hearts. Then I pulled some ribbon through a button and glued the button in the centre of the flower, and taaa-daaa there we have it!! These probably cost around 10 cents each to make, pretty much a bargain. And since I'm living in the north with no stores anywhere near, these will come in handy when I start my valentines.

If you try these, or have another similar nifty idea, please do share with me! :)

p.s. Sorry for the bad photo...forgot to take a picture before I stuck it on my DT lo for tomorrow.

Sooo Sorry!

2009-01-15T18:44:00.001-08:00

Super sorry for the blog candies that I just entered and said that I had put your blog candy in my blog candy alerts section...I just deleted it by accident :( Ugh, so mad right now. Sorry once again! Had a great list going for people to pop in and see what blog candies were happening!

Scrap Addict Reveal

2009-01-15T18:16:00.001-08:00

Squish LO much!?! Ugh!! I've been so rushed lately, and now that I've slowed down I don't have my scrappy supplies- they're being sent to me here in my new spot and hasn't arrived yet!

This is my scrap addict reveal for today, Jan. 15th. This is the best sketch EVER!!!!! I can definitely see myself using it again. You should see the other creations over on the blog.

Oh!! And Deanne is looking for a new Design Team. Our term is almost up- I'm so sad. It's been a blast and the sketches are definitely some of the best I've ever seen. Head on over and read the details!!

Cheers!

Beary Box #9 LO!

2009-01-15T18:11:00.000-08:00

Fabby sketch again this week by Joey. Pop over and see the other creations. Also, why not give the sketch a go yourself!?! Up for grabs this week is:

Daisy D's Chloe Marie Collection. (FIVE pieces of patterned paper, ONE Alpha sheet and ONE Element cardstock sticker!)

It's worth going over and seeing the creations. If you're not into LO's this prize is also able to be won by submitting a card for the card sketch. Have fun and hope to see you there!!

www.bearybox.blogspot.com

I'm Backkkk...

2009-01-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Finally! Back to the blogging world! It's been a busy few weeks. I finished University, moved all of my things home (5 years worth of STUFF) to my dads house, then I packed up again and moved to a different part of the province. Yikes! I've taken my teaching position and I must say that it's going well. Minus my cancelled flights and being stuck in Halifax for 3 nights with NO luggage...butttttt...I'm over that and finished my first week as an actual "teacher."

But now that the hustle and bustle are finally over I figured I would get back into the Scrapping World! Yayyyy!! My scrapping things (EVERYTHING!!) is in the mail to ship here and I'm still waiting for it to arrive.

However...here are some LO's from the past few weeks for my design teams. Hope you enjoy and leave me some loveeeeee :)

A Scrap Addict- Dec. 15 Reveal

A Scrap Addict- Jan. 1st Reveal

Beary Box- Challenge LO # 7

Beary Box- LO # 8

I'm sure that you'll all see me around your blogs. Cheers!

It's Official!!

2008-12-11T19:49:00.000-08:00

After 5 years of University I now have my Bachelor of Eduction- primary/elementary. I am trained to teach grades K-6.

Andddddd...I also was offered a teaching position which I am taking!! Yay me!! It's in Postville, Labrador...I'm super excited. Super nervous! Super scared! But totally up for the challenge.

Why is it such a challenge? Well, you know how I just said I'm trained for grades K-6!?! My position is for mainly grade 8 and grade 10 with high school religion!!!!! Ohhhh dearrrr...lol.

So please wish me luck...as I think I'm going to need it!!!

Cheerio!!

A Mother's Love Is Eternal!

2008-12-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

This is my LO for Beary Box this week!! You really need to pop on over and have a look at the wicked beautiful creations-- and also give the LO a go!! There's a fabby prize up for grabs again and I think you're going to loveeeeeeeeee it!! So c'mon over :)

Beary Box Reveals!

2008-12-05T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here are my Beary Box reveals from the past two weeks. You really need to pop over to the blog and look at the other wonderful creations that all the fabby ladies create- it's amazing. Also, why not check out the prize for this week and create a LO or a card...and as many as you want!! The prizes are super fantastic each week, it's really worth your time!! Hope everyone is getting ready and having fun with the holidays!

Scrap Addict Dec. 1st Reveal

2008-12-05T19:23:00.000-08:00

Woah!! I bet everyone is pretty busy these days! And even though it is Dec. 5th now, here is my Dec. 1st LO for Scrap Addict. Another wonderful sketch by Deanne as usual. Can't wait for things to slow down so I can get down'n'dirty with scrapbooking.

Sisterhood of Scrap Crop!

2008-11-29T17:09:00.000-08:00

Well here are my entries for the Sisterhood of Scrap crop this past week. Unfortunately I only had 5 challenges completed, leaving 3 unfinished. So sad. This was report card week and I'm stressed to the max...lol...then yesterday my best friend AND my brother came to visit for the weekend. And it's 10 p.m. and all my friends are out in the kitchen having a good time without me (and probably saying that I'm a crafting nut behind my back...lol) So here is my very best :)

Challenge # 7: Card Requirments

Challenge # 6: Card Sketch

Challenge # 4: Arrows

The arrows are there..they are pointing like -->Motherly Love<-- ...seriously...they are. They are done with silver stickles and if you wanna see it closer maybe I can e-mail it...lol.

Challenge # 3: Embelishment Cluster

Challenge # 2: "Believe"

Challenge # 1: Sketch

Christmas Planner

2008-11-25T12:45:00.000-08:00

So here is the Christmas organizer that has been floating around everywhere. I'm not sure which site I used for the tutorial, but I've seen them everywhere. It's super simple to make, and quite useful too!! And all the lists are free for download from Christmas Planner. You really should make one because they are super cute. Mine is a bit bulky because I used foam decorations, which I wouldn't reccommend using. But I'm still pleased.

CHristmas Cards All Year 'Round

2008-11-23T12:32:00.000-08:00

So the challenge over at CCAYR is to create a card with:
2 buttons
2 ribbons
2 snowflakes

So here are three of mine. I think they're a bit lame but I'm trying to work with Dollar Store materials here people...lol...I'm poor so this is about the best quality materials that they offer. Haha!!

Traditional Christmas Cards

2008-11-21T12:29:00.000-08:00

Here are a few Traditional color Christmas cards. They are a little plain looking, so I think they will be more "manly" cards...lol. The middle one with the snowglobe is for my brother, I think I need to bling it up a little with some sparkles or something around the globe.

Non-Traditional Christmas Cards

2008-11-19T12:25:00.000-08:00

Well here are a few Christmas cards that I've made. I ensure you that they do look a little cuter in real life...lol. The first two were done for LAST MONTHS challenges over at Christmas Cards All Year 'Round. I never did enter them, but I done them and took a lot of inspiration from the blog. The first one is a gift-card holder and the tutorial can be found at the CCAYR blog once again.

Seven Sayings

$500 Holiday Challenge

February Challenges!!

I "Moustach" you to be mine!

o"FISH"ally be mine

I dig you!

Had My Eyes on You!

I love you this much!

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

Classroom Boggle

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

Sunday Night Chit Chat!

Celebrate the Holidays

The Magic of the Season

Whimsie Doodles November Challenge

Joy

Win $500-- no, seriously!

CARD: Smiles & Laughter

Sunday Night Chit-Chat

Weekly "To-Do" List (Nov. 21-27)

Saturday's To Do List

Weekly "To-Do" List

Weekly "to-do" List

Simple Sunday

This card makes me happy!

Custom Order 2

Custom Card Order 1

Love is in the air

love you so....

Love you!

thanks

laugh PLAY discover

I'm this many...

Bonus Challenge!! New Challenge Blog!!

**Drool**

Blog Candies

Coyotes

Another Mother's Day Card

Sweet Pigs

Who Else!?!

Happy Mother's Day Momma!!

Mother's Day Card for Nana!

Purse Giftcard Holder!

Card Crazy!!

Halloween!

Sweet 16

Foster Puppy

Mama

Forever A Part of Me!

ed. gals

YMBD Gives Back Crop!

Challenge # 8: SOS Sock Hop

Challenge # 6: SOS Sock Hop

Challenge # 4: SOS Sock Hop

Challenge 3: SOS Sock Hop

Challenge # 2: SOS Sock Hop

Challenge # 1: SOS Sock Hop

Past LO's

Deanne's Blog Crop!!

YMBD Scraplift

Smile!

I'm So Lucky...

Members Take Over: Crop

A Couple LOs To Share!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

Holiday Love

Be Jolly

A Jolly Holiday

Noel

Joy

CARS Birthday Card

** Reminders!! **

*fun*

My Blog Candy Giveaway!

Couple LO's

Final Installment of V-Day Cards!

More V-Day Cards!!

Double Shot At Love :p

I Love You

Love!

Drool

Reminders!!

fun