Kitty Is Recovering Nicely!

Last week we sent our youngest fuzzy friend to the vet to have her front claws removed. I have already been through it twice before with our other 2 cats and I have to say that it is not something that I look forward to. The procedure is quite invasive and it takes them a couple of weeks to recover.

Here is Kitty resting in one of her favourite spots.

Although it is painful for her, she is doing really well. Her spirits are good and she tries to play, but quickly realizes that resting is a better option.

I am very glad that she will no longer be able to claw my hands, arms, leg........! Those cute little paws are deadly weapons.......buy not anymore!

Surfer Girl!

I usually don't have much time to play along with any of the bonus sketches that Allison posts on the Sketch Support blog but when I saw the sketch that had 19 photos on it, I just had to give it a try.

You can check out the sketch here! It is 2-page sketch #14. Here is what I created......

I used some of the chipboard elements from the Beach Babe collection from Fancy Pants!

I added in the rub-ons from the collection too......

The clouds were left over from a product challenge class. I was putting them on a white background so I inked the edges to make the stand out.

I just loved this palm tree. Even though we were not in a tropical place, it really tied the theme together.

I used my wave border punch to create the accents for my title.

I made sure I added journaling so my page was 100% compelete.

If you give this sketch a try, let me know! I would love to see what you do.

We All Scream For Ice Cream!

I love summer and all the photo opportunities that it brings. My camera is never very far from me and I have it snapping whenever I can.

Being part of the Sketch Support team has given me the opportunity to scrapbook again. I have a deadline each week and it forces me to make the time to create for myself. This week it is 2-page sketch week (my favourite) and I dug through my photos from 2 summers ago to create this page.

Here is the sketch that I used. You can visit the Sketch Support site and download your own copy.

I chose the Nikki Sivils Summer collection. I love this line and all the sweet cut-outs that come with it. Putting this page together was a breeze.

Along the bottom of the sketch it shows to use different paper strips. I found that this pattern paper did all the work for me. I cut out extra pieces and popped them up to add some more interest.

I loved the cut-outs that came with this collection and overlapped them to make some embellishment clusters on my layout.

They tied in with my photos perfectly!

I added a couple of buttons and some stitching to complete my layout. You can check out all these great products on the Two Scrapbook Friends online store. If you create something fun with the sketch, let me know! I would love to see it.

They Jump To Their Own Beat!

Being part of the team at Sketch Support has been such a wonderful experience. Each week I am challenged as I put together my project for the sketch. Every month there is a card sketch, and so far I have followed along and created a card. I am not much of a card maker.....I much prefer making layouts.

This is the layout that I created for this weeks CARD sketch. That is right, I made a layout from a card sketch.

Here is the sketch that we received.

The card sketch inspired me to create this border along the bottom of my layout.

I used some journal sprouts and die-cuts to create the message area shown in the sketch.

I used Thickers and mini alpha stickers to create my title!

I incorporated some word stickers into my journaling.

My favourite part of my layout is the sun that I made using a Gluber from Cosmo Cricket.

Thank Goodness For Insurance

It has not been the greatest week around the Wolff household. They say 'when it rains, it pours', and they are right.

We started to notice a water stain on our kitchen ceiling and figured that we had a leek in our upstairs bathroom. My hubby decided to call the insurance company to be on the safe side and it turns out that the leek was from our roof! After they cut a huge hole in my kitchen ceiling........they repaired the roof and then we found out that the damage was much more extensive.

In order to fix everything they will be repairing the kitchen ceiling and re-painting it all, removing all the insulation in our attic and replacing it all, removing the bathroom vanity, toilet and floor, replacing the sub-floor in the bathroom, putting new linoleum down, replacing all the drywall on the wall and re-painting the bathroom.

As if that wasn't enough fun, we went downstairs last night and noticed this......

We made a quick call to Reliance this morning and someone will be out this afternoon to replace the hot water heater. All I have to say is...........thank goodness for insurance.