Birthday Bash Challenge 2

The 2nd challenge for the Turtle Soup Birthday Bash required numbers. The picture is of my 6 year old grandson Sam who had lost everything due to a fire at his house. he was so happy to discover that his growth chart had been salvaged.                                                                                                              

Turtle Soup Birthday bash challenge

This is a layout I did for the Turtle Soup Birthday bash. 

I hope you will go to this blog and join in on the fun... and lots of prizes too.

Paper House Productions Travel Challenge

I used the Paper House Beach collection as well as their Beach Stickers. Paper House has an awesome array of themed papers. You can find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaperHouseInc?fref=tsor on their blog: http://www.PaperHouseProductions.com

I can't believe its been so long since I have updated my poor blog. It's really time to freshen it up and post some yumminess!  Stay tuned for some updates coming soon

The living is easy!

I love altering stuff! I took some plain notebooks and added some oooomph to them.

These two notebooks were done for my nieces, they were a hit with them.

The flower is my first attempt at making my own version of the wrapped flower. i think it turned out pretty good!

Pretty in Pink!

Graphic 45! Love it! The cute metal embellishments were purchased from " The House of Scraps "!

Spring, A FreshStart

I caught Phoebe checking out my laptop.. Maybe she was looking for the power button!

I used an older kit to do this layout. It commemorates my friend and I at our yearly dog walks to raise funds for the Humane Society. Sadly though, her little poodle Bailey passed away recently. I will miss him dearly.

A layout of Scooter when she was younger, she's such a little cutie.

This layout was done using papers from Sassafrass called Cherry Delicious. Perfect choice for this layout of my neice, her husband and their two girls.

I love the brightness of these papers. So cheery! My sister and I were visiting my Dad, who is in a home with Alzeimers. He loves to go out for walks.

This is Scooter out on the balcony catching some fresh Spring air. She sure is a going concern!

Open House/Craft Sale

This year I put up my tree earlier than usual! It's definetly a cat magnet! I have to keep moving things further up, leaving the bottom branches a bit bare! Phoebe has her eye on a shimmery disco ball!


Scooter is a bit more brazen than her mother. It wouldnt surprise me to see her actually in the tree!



I made some altered binder clips and displayed some Christmas tags in them. They can be used for displaying photo's, memo's and business cards, etc.




These cute whisks would be perfect for a hostess gift or a cookie swap! We WHISK you a Merry Christmas!

A few years back I went to visit my sister in Steveston, BC! It snowed and it snowed! We ventured out on foot and everything was so pretty! Big fluffy flakes of snow were falling!

My 6th annual Open House is upon me right now. I enjoy coming up with new and unique ideas for the gift-giving season.

Thank you for stopping by and browsing my blog!

Crafts from the Attic: Snips and Snaps

Crafts from the Attic: Snips and Snaps: "This layout was created based on a challenge again at Scrapadilly! I guess no-one told Scooter that it's impolite to stick your tongue out..."

Snips and Snaps

This layout was created based on a challenge again at Scrapadilly!

I guess no-one told Scooter that it's impolite to stick your tongue out...lol!

A layout for a challenge at Birds Of A Feather Kit Co.. The challenge was " all about you" and scrapbooking and crops are all about me! birdsofafeatherkitco.com

Some folkart snowmen I painted for my upcoming Openhouse and Craft sale.

This little guy was a project to create as a challenge at Birds Of A Feather Kit Co.

Sometimes bad pictures don't seem too bad once they are scrapped! When i got my first digital camera I took all my dark and outside pics in the "night mode", not knowing a tripod was in order! I scrapped this for a challenge at Scrapadilly. http://scrapadilly.net/

Pretty in Pink

In 2005 I went to a co-worker and friend's wedding! Colleen's favorite color is pink and I think this layout does her wedding justice. I helped her set up by folding the napkins into a heart-shape for each setting. Her cake was a tower of wedge-shaped boxes filled with the yummiest of cake!

Fiskateers Card Challenge

I'm taking part in a weekly card challenge at Fiskars. Each week we are given a card to lift and we are currently at week 6. This is my take on the past weeks challenge. Just think, with a weekly committment to lift a card, before you know it I'll have 52 cards!

Happy Fall Y'all!!

Layout to commemorate my dad's 83rd birthday! He is a Navy Veteran and the Navy is celebrating 100 years.My dad is proud to have served in the Navy and I'm proud of him, too!


I fell in love with these "felties" my sister made! So perfect for Halloween coming up!






My two cats are so lovable. Here is Scooter and her mom Phoebe playing with cat toys my sister made with felt and catnip! They were an instant hit with my two fur-babies!

Summer has past us by, but the memories will remain! When I went to the Olympics I did a lot of sight-seeing with my sister. We took a water-taxi to granville island and on the way we passed a number of floating homes! I preserved the memory with the above layout!

Thank you all for dropping by!

Winner of my Rak ---------!

I asked my wonderful sister to pick up a number and.........the winner of the Nikki Sivill Rak is Drea! Congratulations Drea, your wonderful rak will be going postal this week!

I wish i had one for everyone, but I will be posting another Rak very soon! One of the items is a One-of-a-kind from a local craftsperson!

This was a white embellishment box by " Making Memories ". I painted it with blue folk art paint, then used "BG Two Scoops papers and embellishments" I used stickles sporadically on the lid design and chalked around the edges with a dark blue ink.

The box and paper collection was made available by a wonderful daily deal site! Crop Chocolate offers many deals a day and i will give advanced warning......this Chocolate is truly addicting!

http://cropchocolate.com

Don't forget to leave a comment here or at the post below to win a Rak!

Nikki Seville Rak

I think Nikki Seville is one of the "funnest" lines to come along in awhile. The packaging has the cutest quips; on the back of the chipboard it says ...... " Named after my friend Chip, who was always bored", on the brads it says ....."Brads. No relations to Steves." The buttons ..... "Burlap! excuse me" ... and on the 6 X 6 paddie it says "Small but mighty"

As promised I am offering this as a rak! All you need to do is post a comment, I will do the draw on Sunday August 22.

Good luck to all who enter!

It's been too long .......

This is the longest I've neglected my poor blog! When it rains it really does pour ......first my camera broke down, then my computor broke down, then i have some health issues i'm dealing with!

Just to update: I raised $100.00 selling my " Cards for Haiti "! I was so pleased with the response my cards generated!

I bought myself an awesome Toshiba Laptop, now i just have to figure out the ins and outs of it!

I also bought a new Sony digital camera so hopefully soon I can figure how to combine the two and start displaying my creations!

When that happens I will celebrate by offering an awesome RAK so stay tuned!

Heart for Haiti

The earthquake in Haiti is so devastating! The destruction left in it's wake massive destruction ...... so heart-wrenching!

I made some Valentine cards for sale and will be donating 100 % of the sales towards the haiti relief fund!

Basic Grey:

Stamped images:

For kids and a retro!

For boys:

basic grey:

Basic grey: