National Scrapbook Day Challenge

It is National Scrapbook Day today! I think it is wonderful that scrapbooker's and paper crafter's all over the world will be celebrating this day together.

On the Two Scrapbook Friends forum Joanne, myself and our design team have posted some challenges for the weekend. I was able to squeak a little bit of scrapbooking in and I did Deanna's challenge. She wanted us to use 5 different embellishments on our layout.

I used a transparency, buttons, twine, rub-ons, and bling! All the papers were scraps from my stash. The only really new item I used is the transparency. It is from the new Rusted Sun collection from Fancy Pants!

Join us in some of the fun on the forum and participate in some of our challenges! Thanks for visiting :)

Little Red Wagon #26

Another fabulous Wednesday and another fabulous challenge at Little Red Wagon. Regan has challenged us to do a sympathy card. This is not something I do very often, so it was a bit of a challenge for me. Here is what I came up with.......

I have had this little bear coloured for a while and I was waiting for just the right time to use him. Isn't he sweet? It has been so long that I don't know the colours of Copic's I used. I added Glossy Accents to his nose and the pads on his feet. I actually cut out the image and popped it up using foam adhesive.

I completed this card (and my next 4 challenges) at the Two Scrapbook Friends spring retreat. Usually we don't have much time to scrapbook, so I wasn't very prepared. I thank all my scrapbook friends for everything they contributed to my projects. A special thanks to Darcy for lending me the sentiment rub-on and to Regan for lending me the use of her 'nesties'. My card wouldn't be the same without them.

I also entered my card in the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time - flowers (in my pattern paper)

Spoon Full of Sugar - 3D (popped up my image)

Cards Blog - favourite card ever (so sweet, isn't it?)

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - distress (vintage photo distress ink)

Wee Memories - flowers (in my pattern paper)

Sentimental Sundays - bloomin' gorgeous - flowers and a sentiment (flowers in my pattern paper and rub-on sentiment)

April Product Challenge

It has been a while since I have had any time to scrapbook. I really wanted to get the April product challenge done for Two Scrapbook Friends. I loved the colours and those owls were way too cute.

I dug through my photos and found one that would work well with the colours in the paper. It is a photo of my youngest son Matt, from 2006. Then I decided to work with Joanne's sketch from I Love Sketches. Here is the sketch.........

and here is my version........ (the scan is a little shadowy, but you get the idea)

I used a little bit of everything from the product challenge kit and I added the following:

• some brown double-dot cardstock from Bo Bunny. I used a Fiskars border punch to make the scalloped edge.
• pins from Maya Road
• tickets from Tim Holtz
• orange button from Jenni Bowlin
• Tiny Type alpha stickers from Cosmo Cricket
• Loopy Lou alpha stickers from Doodlebug

Thanks for looking! :)

Little Red Wagon #24

I am running a little late, but better late than never!! This week Avril wanted us to use ruffles on our project. I had recently seen this technique with stitched ribbon. It would be perfect for ruffles.

Basically you just pull one of the threads that run along the edge of the ribbon to gather it. It is super easy to do and it makes a perfect gather along one of the edges.

If you pull the thread tight enough, the ribbon will naturally want to curl. I turned my gathered ribbon into a flower.....a ruffled flower.

I mounted it onto a scalloped circle and added an amazing Jenni Bowlin button to the center. I embossed the edges of my card, added a strip of pattern paper, the leftover ribbon and a rub-on for the sentiment. I couldn't resist inking the edges of my card with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Be sure to stop over to the Little Red Wagon blog and check out what the DT has done, along with all the wonderful creations our followers will come up with. Have a great week and I hope you have time to play along!

Welcome to Galaxy Cinema's......how can I help you?

Jay started is job at the Galaxy this week. He has been doing his orientation the last two nights. When I picked him up on Monday evening he said that is the most fun he has had in a long time. He filled me in on as many things as he could remember, but as the hours pass he keeps saying to me 'oh mom, and do you know what else......'

Tonight he came home with his shirt, hat and name tag. I had to sign some forms (along with him) and then he tried on his shirt. He is not really a 'hat' guy, but he does have to wear one. I have to say that this uniform is much better than what Amanda had to wear for her first job.

Right after this, he started strutting around the kitchen saying.....'welcome to Galaxy Cinema's......how can I help you!' What a clown. I am so proud of him. I can't wait for the first time me and my movie club heads out to see a flick.......I will get to see him in action.