Happy Valentine's Day!

Here in Nova Scotia it is currently looking more and more like a blizzard outside! But Scrap Central is hosting a Valentine's Day Crop today so that's a good excuse not to go out anyway right??

OK... So let me tell ya what I'm totally excited about... I can't believe I've missed it until now.... you probably all already know... all... about... Flower Soft! I saw the video, a few cards, and I had to order the stuff.... I don't even know how to describe it to you, maybe like flocking on steroids or garden fluff? I dunno, just check out the website, it looks VERY fun, you can be sure I'll show you what I do with it when it arrives... I'll be stalking my mailman until then!

I couldn't post on V-Day and not show you a few Valentines... so here are a couple I made last night, Enjoy! Happy V-Day!

"Be My Valentine" Supplies:
My Mind's Eye patterned paper
Spellbinders Die
Martha Stewart heart sticker
All Night Media Fairie stamp
Impressed Obsession valentine stamp
Distress Ink
CTMH Ink
paper doilie
misc. ribbon and heart gems





"Happy Valentine's Day" Supplies:
My Mind's Eye patterned paper
Martha Stewart Rose sticker
Martha Stewart Lace Heart Punch
Distress Ink
paper doilie
misc. ribbon

Marley & Me

So I went to see Marley & Me this week, and even though I KNEW it had a sad ending, I still cried my eyes out! If you have ever had a pet or have one now, I am warning you now... take a BOX of Kleenex! It is worth the sad ending though, it was an excellent movie, very sweet and very true to real life. I highly recommend it... now I just gotta read the book!

So with the tears came some mojo I guess cause I managed to get a few layouts done... or maybe that's because I'm participating in a challenge over at ScrapCentral called ScapMap, either way, they got done and here they are... Both are wedding layouts from the wedding I stood in this past summer. Enjoy!

"Getting Ready"

Materials: BG alpha stickers "Sultry", BG paper "Peony", "Whisper", "Swell" and "Smart", Riff Raff "RRo6101", Glimmermist "Key Lime", MM Mini Shimmer Alpha "Gold Metro", CTMH ink "Desert Sand" and "Tulip", Prima Say it in Crystals, BG rub-ons "White Urban Border", a date stamp from Staples and me new favorite thing: Sequines!

"Mr. & Mrs."

Materials: Machine stitched vine & leaves border with white Gutermann thread, CTMH and MM flowers, CTMH ink, Autumn Leaves stamps - flourishes and journal block, Prima Say it in Crystals, Kaiser Kraft pearls, Doodlebug Paper Frills, BG Sultry line, MM Mini Shimmer Alpha, Heidi Swapp letter mask and chalks

New Year, New MoJo!

Well... my unexpcted scrapping hiatus is over! My mojo is back with a fury... so much so I actually sleep-sketched an idea in the middle of the night last night! I've even got a new sewing machine to play with on my projects, and I may try sewing some actual "fabric" too... stay tuned!

After 3 months layout free, I finally rang in the New Year with a new layout. Here's to 2009 being the bestest year evah!

Materials:

Hambly "Grandma's Wallpaper"

Pink Paislee "Hollow Moon", "Office Lingo Shapes", "Cubicle", "Outside the Box"

Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink "Ice Blue"

Riff Raff "Damask"

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist "Bronze"

CTMH Ink "Desert Sand"

Cricut Cartridges "Storybook", "Plantin/Schoolbook"

Zig Writer "Platinum"

Misc. Date Stamp

Some Scrappy Stuff...

...to make up for my very un-scrappy post yesterday!

So I thought I should show you the few things I HAVE done over the summer... The first 4 are LOs done for Scraphoria for their August and September kits... Sadly September will be the last kit, so Head on over and check it out, Tracey is going out with a fantastic kit!

The rest were a few I managed to do in between chaos! Enjoy!

It's Been a Long Time...

Bad Blogger! This always seems to happen to me in the summertime... it's so darn nice out I forget about the "online" world for a while! So much catching up to do... so much to tell! Let's see, I'll try to do it in a nutshell for you... Since my last post, this is what I've been up to...

- 2 Wedding Showers
- 2 Bachelorettes
- 2 Weddings (in one of which I was MOH)
- a brand new Boston Terrier Puppy (full time job in and of itself!)
- minimal scrapping (oh the horror!)
- a family reunion
- a trip to the beach
- several "away" work trips
- shopping shopping shopping... (I may have bought a brand new Cricut!)
- 3 Birthdays
- and I know I'm forgetting stuff here... feel free to make up some stuff on your own!


So I HAVE to show you some photos right? First up... The Wedding (The one I was MOH)... The photographer did an ah-maz-ing job... the photos are gorgeous! If anyone in central-ish NS is looking for some photos done... Babineau Photography! And I actually like some of the photos of me! Nuff Said... here's some proof!

Now some photos of the boobers we call Rocky... I wan you now... he's pretty adorable!

Scraphoria Design Team Apprentice

Scraphoria has allowed me the honour of being a Design Team Apprentice for the Months of July and August! My projects for July are up on the site but here's a little taste:

Check out the site here to see the work from the talented Design Team! July's kit includes product from Cloud 9's Sunrise Smoothie collection... absolutely perfect for summer and so easy to work with! Don't forget to check back in August for my final month as Apprentice!

A Tattoo and Fireworks for Canada Day!

Not that kind of tattoo! The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo 2008 kind of tattoo! So it's only been going on since before I was born, but just yesterday I made it to my first show... I see what all the fuss has been about all these years! I LOVED it! I am definately making this and annual tradition. The bands, performers and military acts were a-ma-zing! There was this one German Drill Team that totally blew me away... I have never seen unison like that in my life!

Here's the ad for the tattoo on YouTube:

So after the Tattoo, we went to the Halifax Public Gardens which are also pretty darn cool. Of course I took way too many photos but what else is new...

After the Public Gardens, we had time to kill before the fireworks so we had dinner at the Argyle. It was crazy busy, but amazing food very worth the wait. For the fireworks we watched from the Dartmouth side... less people and then you get a view of the city too. I think this is my new favorite place to watch from...