Copy Cat Card Class at Lila's

I just thought I'd share some cards that are in an upcoming class of mine at Lila's Scrapbooking.  We'll be making six cards and they're all based on the theme of how to take a card in a magazine and recreate it to make it your own!  Please call Lila's to register or send me a message!

A little bit of fame goes straight to my head.

Wow.  If you've read my blog in the past few months but it's always great to see something on someone else's blog.  Little Birdie Secrets is my very favourite blog to follow.  I have loved it from the day I found it and then loved it more when I discovered that it is three moms that live about 20 minutes from me.  A chance meeting lead to a conversation which lead to a sharing of creative ideas and....well, take a look

http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2010/06/reader-submission-derby-hat-headband.html

Back in the race

LOAD Day 23
Originally uploaded by Kyivscrapper

Well I was doing great with LOAD, until I wasn't doing so great. I managed to get the worst headache of my life but kept on scrapping. I even completed a couple of LOs with my head on my desk. Then the headache won. After 8 days of not scrapping - or doing much of anything else, I'm back in the race! Today's prompt was all about size. So I scrapped small pics! It's quite simple - but took me longer than "simple" time. Who cares? It's done!



Playmobil funpark ticket opens for journaling:

Sometimes I feel like I live in Playmobil Funpark & most of the time I love it. (Just don't step on any of it!) Kyle absolutely loves his Playmobil (and so do Mom and Dad). Kyle's imagination is simply amazing and totally endless when he's in "Playmobil-land". I think it's fantastic when the construction truck is transporting the Gladiators passed the thieving pirates and bumpy road work to a battle at the castle against ferocious knights, but all is halted for the fire fighters and their trucks to put out a fire, of course, started by a fire breathing dragon. ~Our living room winter 09-10

Day 2 and LOAD is a challenge!

I knew scrapping a layout a day would be a challenge - but so much of a challenge by day 2?  Of course you just know something is going to happen when one signs up for such a project.  So for the first time ever I have Kyle and Vika sick together!  They don't get sick like "normal" kids.  They don't really slow down, even with fevers of 102.  They just meltdown more often and with much more intensity.  I will say it was somewhat amusing today when Vika discovered that she was mad at both mommy and daddy and that created a quandary for her.  Lately she loves to tell me, "I don't like you!!!  I like Daddy!!!"  (Usually followed by me saying, "That's OK, I still love you."  Her, "I love you too mommy."  But with her mad at both of us and us both in the room, she was really quite perplexed about what should come next after, "I don't like you Mommy!  I don't like you Daddy!....*thinking*...I like...."  (Stands with arms crossed pouting).  Even after several attempts she couldn't finish this sentence.

Thank goodness for Brian.  I was able to finish my layout for day 2.  It's a great photo of Vika with her flower garden.  (Ssshhhhh, don't tell her the flowers are all dead.  She's as proud as can be!)  Here's the journaling:

I was so happy the day you brought me home some beautiful and very colourful flowers.  But as all flowers do these passed their prime and I put them outside the back door to make their way to the compost pile.  It didn't take long for you to discover them and plant your own flower garden.  You were absolutely thrilled with yourself and your garden.  It goes to show that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

LOAD Day 1

So we're off!  The goal is to do 31 layouts in 31 days!  I'm sweating already!  It took me until 9pm day 1 to get my first page posted online.  Not like I ever push the time limits.  But I did it.  Day one is a success.

Here's a LO with a pic of Miss V that I took last week.  She just happened to be in the right place at the right time for that light - and my camera also happened to be in the right place at the right time!  My photo of the LO isn't great (yeah, I'll work on those skills next month!)  It was really difficult to capture the colours of the photo and the colours of the papers accurately.  It's not too bad though, except for the glaring light blinding you - wasn't thinking of the light fixture behind me!  Overall - I think I'm off to a good start.

  

Speaking of Miss V, she's doing OK.  She was diagnosed with asthma (officially - as they have to have two flare ups over the age of 2) a week ago.  We've struggled to get things under control and we're getting there...slowly.  Much slower than I would like.  This week she was diagnosed with a sinus infection (so she takes after her momma in more than just looks).  And only a few hours after getting home from the doctor's she had a fever of 102.  She's doing better today and there were even some laughs and giggles.  Now if we can only get some sleep...

Six months. Really?

I guess that is how long it's been since I've posted! Wow, time does fly, whether you're having fun or not!

So I've decided to add a new dimension to my blog. I'm going to start sharing some of my crafty creations along with family goings ons. (My friend April T - I can still hear you calling me "crrrraaaaffty".) I guess my real goal is to get something posted more than once every six months.

Yeah, we'll see how well that goes. Tomorrow I start my first ever attempt at a Layout A Day (LOAD) challenge for the month of May. Yes, that is the goal, to create and post online, one scrapbook layout a day for every day in May. I wonder how many days it will take until my children think they are motherless. We'll see how it goes. I'm well stocked with adhesives, paper, embellishments. I've even loaded the freezer with frozen meals. Hmm, I guess I should have put "clean up scrap area" on the list. Someone might have to send in a search a rescue team to find me in a few weeks. Actually, that's almost necessary now.


So here's my first crafty sharing:

This is a headband (with hat) that I made for Miss V. I bought a plain headband at a craft store and wrapped it with black grosgrain ribbon. I then decorated a doll hat with ribbon, bling and feathers and actually sewed it to the ribbon on the headband. Total cost was about $3. I thought that with cocktail hats and feather headpieces making the comeback my Miss V couldn't be without.

Please note - Miss V has informed many a people that her showgirl "costume" is not a costume, but just normal clothes. As for the tickets she's holding, those were not a planned prop. I actually didnt' realize what she was holding until I had uploaded the pics.

Hallowe'en

Pheww! We made it. We survived Hallowe'en. Now we just have to survive the sugar rush for the next few weeks! It was certainly different than our last Hallowe'en, spent in Italy, but it really was nice to be back to our old traditions - minus the rain.

I suppose you could say our Halloween started Tuesday with a visit to the pumpkin patch and then carving pumpkins Thursday evening - but I don't have the pics ready to go up for that so stayed tune. But please note that we, as parents were crazy enough to give Kyle full run of the pumpkin carving tools (supervised!) and he carved his very own pumpkin!!!!

Hallowe'en actually started Friday morning with Kyle heading off to Dads and Donuts at his school. It was also Storybook Character day so he was all dressed up as Peter Pan as he headed off with Papa. Dad, dressed as Cpt. Hook met up with them and I guess they were quite popular for the cameras. (I'd love a picture if anyone has one to share!) Kyle returned home as he actually attends school in the afternoon. The morning continued with one of my favourite traditions. The moms' group I belong to arranges for the children to go Trick or Treating at a retirement home. The residents and staff are always so excited to see the kids and it really is a fun experience for everyone. It is also very fun for ALL the adults to dote over all the adorable costumes worn by the kids. For this Kyle went as Cpt. Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Vika went as Little Bo Peep (which I'm proud to say I made - and the emphasis is on "I", as my mom only did one hem and that has to be a record!)

Kyle then headed off to school , still as Cpt. Jack and had a great time with his class Halloween party.

Saturday Trick or Treating began at Ami and Papa's with all of us in costume. (Mental note - skip the wig when I already have a headache!) Then we headed off to the mall for indoor trick or treating in hopes of avoiding some of the rain. I guess most of the area had the same idea! It was very well run, but too crowded for us! So we came home. We lit up our Jack O Lanterns and took the kids trick or treating on our street - in the rain. The advantage of only two families on the street having kids - our kids get LOTS of candy - but I'm starting to think that's a disadvantage from a parent's perspective! The kids had a great time! The only let down was a lack of other trick or treaters for Kyle and Brian to scare! They love to hide in the bushes and around corners and scare the older trick or treaters. I think we only had about 12 kids -more candy for us! :0 And that includes the 3 teenagers!

The kids, and myself really had a great time! Halloween is my favourite time of year and I'm so happy when my family enjoys it too!