Project 365 - Day 12, 13, 14 and 15

Some more pictures to share for Project 365...

Day 12 - I love Lund's Organic carrots...and I took a picture of them! They are the sweetest carrots I have ever tasted in my entire life!

Day 13 - Pau Pau had to go home. Madison was starting to get sick. I kept her home from school and we all drove Pau Pau to the airport...lots of tears that day. We came home to have a Hospital Day...movies, juice and pajamas all day long.

Day 14 - I won't post the picture online but I took a measurement of my ulcer. It was getting better and today was a day that I was feeling there would be an end in sight.

Day 15 - Another Hospital Day - Madison and Danielle were both flu-ey...

Thanks for dropping by!

-vw

A New Take on Scrapbooking

If you recall in an earlier post, my word for the year is Refresh. One of the ways I am refreshing my scrapbooking is entering various contests. It is an easy way to challenge myself to scrap outside of my comfort zone.

I entered the Paper Trunk Designer of the Month contest - no luck there but then if you don't try, how will you know???

I entered the My Sketch World Designer call and guess what? Yes, I was chosen! I am really enjoying the sketches here and the forum is great fun too!

Now I am doing the Ribbon Rave at Savvy n Sassy! For the next 6 weeks, there are challenges to complete. All you have to do is complete them - no eliminations, no being thrown off the island! It's great fun and tomorrow is the start of Week 2!

Here is my entry:

Supplies: Close To My Heart (green, black cs; black ink); Scenic Route pp; Tim Holtz grungeboard; Prima flowers: Heidi Swapp (F-A-M-I-L-Y chipboard alphas); Making Memories (leather photo corners); Autumn Leaves (journaling spot); American Crafts pen; Queen & Co orange brads; Chatterbox glazed brad with owl; ribbon (Love Elsie - printed; May Arts - orange)

And for good measure, I think I'll enter yet another contest - what? I am not sure! But it keeps me hopping! LOL

Project 365 - Days 9, 10 and 11

These pictures make me smile! Why? I planned the perfect surprise birthday party for Madison, that's why! She did not even suspect any party whatsoever!

The night before, we had shared cake as a family. I bought Madison (and Danielle too!) a heart locket. We put the locket in a jewellery box purchased at the Skimeisters Silent Auction - all in all, it was a great gift for a young lady.

This is a picture of the actual surprise sleepover - we were just about to start decorating our pillowcases, play some Wii and watch a movie!

And a picture of the morning after! LOL Yes, they all did indeed manage to sleep!

Really REALLY great kids and a fabulous birthday party!

Thanks for dropping by!

-vw

Yes, Spring Will Come

At Scrap Shotz, it was my turn to do a card challenge for the first of the month challenge. My challenge is to use something that reminds you of spring. It can be the fun bright colours; a butterfly or two or some flowers.

Here is my take...

Supplies: Close To My Heart (white cardstock base); Bazzill (dark pink cardstock); EK Success (light pink glittery pattern paper); K&Company (Amy Butler pattern papers); Nestabilities (Large and medium butterfly dies); Cuttlebug (medium butterfly die); Glitz designs (clear bling large): Prima (small bling); Kaiser pearls (Pink); various sentiment rubs (Melissa Frances, Daisy Bucket and a few unknown!); VersaMagic (Jumbo Java chalk ink)

And a close-up of each card...

And I cannot do pink without blue now can I? So here are some blue-ish cards! LOL

And a close-up...

Thanks for dropping by! I had so much fun with these cards!

-vw

Marrakesh Madness - Part II

Welcome back to the second day of my Reveal at Scrap Shotz! Here are some more of my projects to share...

A layout of my youngest daughter pining away for her older sister and just the luxury of being included! LOL

I have to say that I just adore those leaves from the Basic Grey sticker sheet! Yummers!

And a layout that absolutely captured the spirit and personality of Madison...

The circle photos are propped up on pop-dots - I have such a newfound love of those things!

What do you think of the glazed brads? I totally dig them!

And my last layout is about Danielle at her music class - gosh, just looking at these pictures reminded me of how much she loved the marrachas!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

-vw

Marrakesh Madness - Part I

On March 1, it was Reveal Day at Scrap Shotz. And boy oh boy, working with the Basic Grey Marrakesh kit was a dream! The papers and colours are rich and oh so versatile. Here are the projects I made with my kit - I hope you like them! All supplies are from the Scrap Shotz March kit.

Lately, I have renewed my interest in doing 2-pagers! There is so much real estate to use and it's rather freeing! Here is a layout of Madison and Dominic - Maddy and Daddy. Right from the get-go, Madison and Dominic were close...it warms my heart to see it every day. These pictures are a collection from 2000 to 2008. Hope you like it!

I quite liked the patterns of the Marrakesh paper, in particular, I loved the flower pattern of the orange paper. For some added dimension, I cut out the flower of orange paper and rolled the edges of the points to create the flower pets. Then I added one of the glazed brads for the flower centre and adhered the unit to my layout. Here is a close-up of the flower...

And lately, I have this undeniable urge to use up my old printed photos, especially from my film days. Basically I am on a roll to use my stash because at Scrap Shotz we are doing a 100 Project Challenge - in general, you cannot shop for more scrappy supplies until you have completed 100 projects! At first, I was thinking ... what in the world am I doing? But I am at 98 right now and it wasn't that hard! I thought I would not be able to shop until the end of the year but since Jan 1, I have completed 98 projects...did I mention I completed 98 projects?

Anyways I digressed...here is another layout using the Marrakesh kit and photos from the film days (I think) or at the very least the early digital days...

And a close up of the journaling...

I have loved using my sewing machine to add just a little something special to my layouts and I recently have been stitching my journaling strips to the layout. I like the look...it really gives a homey feel to the layout.

The chipboard flower elements in the Basic Grey kit are AMAZING! And I decorated mine with the Jenni Bowlin flower gems. Here is a close-up...

This month with my kit scraps, I made an ABC book for Danielle. She can already recognize the big and small letters but she likes to "trace" her fingers over the letters, basically on anything she sees with letters. For this project, I used up scraps from previous Scrap Shotz kits and from the various odds and sods of letter stickers and rubs and die cuts. It is amazing what I have in my "extras" bin and I am pleased to say I made quite a dent into it!

So this is the front of each letter page. In the circle is the capital letter and then the lower case letter. And for continuity, I used up all my old chipboard. A quick splash of paint and everything looks the same. Ahhh...I have been so loving my paint lately...

And on the back of each letter page are samples of objects that start with the letter on the front. For example, the letter A page has an apple and an alligator on the back of it.

This is Part I of the reveal - please drop by for the remainder of my projects tomorrow!

-vw

I'm Back

Just a quick note to say...I am still here!

For the past 2 weeks, I have been horribly sick with the flu...for the 5th time. Yes, you have read it right, the 5th time. I will never ever ever go a year without the flu shot again! This has been absolutely the worst year for me with regards to the flu. And right now, my hubbie is sick with the flu. I have honestly never seen him this sick - he has pretty much slept away the last 2 days. My two neices who are visiting are also sick...and gosh, they are so darn cute. It hurts my heart to have them sniffling.

And little Danielle has now come down with the flu too. Her fever has been hovering between 38.4 and 39.8 C - she is my spunky shadow and for her to be crying at the drop of a hat or lying lethargic, it is so unusal. Again, it makes me so sad.

So a quick post but I will be back tomorrow with the March Reveal at Scrap Shotz. I have so much to share...lots of pictures and projects...the next few days will be busy and fun!

Good night everyone!

-vw