tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14787900545150400962024-02-19T07:13:57.791-08:00A Day In The Life ... or 5!My story of parenting, learning, living, laughing (hopefully lots of this!) and scrapbooking!! Hope you enjoy it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-88867603273644469422013-04-20T22:18:00.000-07:002013-04-20T22:18:50.319-07:00Catching Up On Family EventsI won't even attempt to try and catch up with everything all in one post but I need to make a start so here goes ...<br />
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When last I wrote it was early March and we'd just celebrated Marley's birthday party and Marley and Paige had their 15 minutes of fame as escorts for the Vancouver Whitecaps. Feel free to refresh your memory <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/03/whoops-family-friday-update-on-saturday.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The day after enjoying the highs of walking out onto the pitch in front of thousands of Whitecaps fans, Marley, Paige and Greg had a soccer adventure of a very different sort. End of Season Fun Day! In good Lower Mainland fashion, it was a cold and cloudy day!!<br />
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Lining up for pre-Fun Day instructions.</div>
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Greg had coached both teams without any conflicts all season but having to split his time between both teams on the same field was a bit more tricky. He enlisted the help of his assistant coach for Marley's team and spent the day with Paige's team. </div>
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All sorts of fun things were planned including a Flash Mob dance routine. Even Greg got into it!</div>
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And then it was time to get to playing some soccer. </div>
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Or, in Christine's case - time to have some fun with her "soccer boyfriend", otherwise known as the younger brother of one of Marley's team mates. Christine manages to have a boyfriend in just about every aspect of her life. Not sure it bodes well for her teen years!!</div>
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I had to put in some volunteering time in the tattoo tent so I got Christine a hot chocolate and a hot dog to keep her happy. Actually, she was pretty happy helping put the tattoos on and playing with the sponges we used to apply them.</div>
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I did get to watch Paige play for a bit too. She's quite the aggressive soccer player now!</div>
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"Take a picture of me, Mommy!"</div>
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Once all the games, tattoos, bouncy obstacle course and hot dogs were all done, it was time to hand out participation medals. Greg handed them out to Paige's Aqua Thunders first and then had to run over to hand them out to ...</div>
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... Marley's Wizards team. Ah, the trials and tribulations of double coaching! </div>
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One of the parents on Paige's team bought bags of candy for all the players too. Sigh. More sugar highs!!</div>
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A few days later it was time for another sport wrap up night. This time it was the Basketball Awards Night. Marley started playing with the <a href="http://www.snyb.ca/index.php/delta" target="_blank">Steve Nash Youth Basketball program</a> last year and this year Greg helped out as an assistant coach. Not that he knows a ton about basketball, but coaching comes naturally to him!</div>
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Marley sitting with her BFF, waiting for things to get started.</div>
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The Grade 2/3's accepting their participation medals.</div>
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Marley and Amanda comparing medals. (That's Greg handing out the medals on the left.</div>
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And one final picture showing Greg and another coach, Taka Katsube - the father of another friend and classmate of Marley's.</div>
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Okay, I think that's enough for this post. Plus my laptop battery is about to die so I'd better call it a night. I <i>promise</i> I'll be back with more. I just won't promise when! Until then, thanks for stopping by. </div>
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Don't forget about my new website where you'll find all my latest crafty endeavours (well, okay, I might be a bit behind over there too!) come and check me out at <a href="http://alisondaydesigns.com/">http://alisondaydesigns.com/</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Actually it's been live for a couple weeks but since no one was aware of it I was able to keep working on things on the DL! </span></div>
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I'd love for you to come and visit me at <a href="http://alisondaydesigns.com/">http://alisondaydesigns.com</a>. I am planning some fun "Grand Opening" type freebies so be sure to sign up for my newsletter and add my new address to your Blog Feed so you won't miss out on anything!!</div>
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This is a very exciting step for me and has only been made possible because of my loyal followers. Hey, I'm talking to YOU!! :) Thank you so much! I hope you'll continue to pop by for visits at my new home!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-1290996560348953562013-03-27T10:26:00.000-07:002013-03-27T10:26:03.014-07:00Practical Scrappers March SketchToday on the <a href="http://www.practicalscrappers.com/" target="_blank">Practical Scrappers</a> blog we have a sketch to share. It's by our very own <a href="http://thescrappiest.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Liz Chidester</a> (VERY talented lady!!) and as you can see, we've taken it in very different directions. Here's the sketch and my interpretation of it.<br />
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These are photos of Greg and my two younger daughters as they played in the pool during Marley's recent 9th birthday party. I was too far away to get pictures of Marley and her friends playing but liked the idea of recording this story as a bit of an aside to the main party story. </div>
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The blue and yellow colour scheme is a bit of a departure for me but the pictures just seemed to call for it. I fussy cut all those doily images from a sheet of Echo Park paper. The addition of hits of black and green keep the layout interesting by helping move your eye around the page.</div>
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My title is a long one (I'm really liking creating long titles right now - they're fun) and is made up of 4 different letter stickers. Partly because I didn't necessarily have all the letters I needed in one font, partly for space considerations but mostly because it is more interesting to break up a long title like this rather than have it all in the same lettering.</div>
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Another bonus of using long titles is that is act as a jump start to your journaling. Here, my journaling basically starts where my title leaves off.</div>
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Just a random close up of some of my embellishments. Layers of border stickers and washi in the corner with a grouping of a gem, enamel dot and coloured pearl. The large doily is popped up on foam adhesive to give more dimension to the page.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by today. At time of publication the corresponding post has not gone live yet on the <a href="http://www.practicalscrappers.com/" target="_blank">Practical Scrappers</a> site but keep checking back as there are some truly lovely layouts being shared by our designers. Meanwhile you can have fun seeing how our Technique Team finds new ways to show off their stamps.</div>
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On a personal note, I am in the middle of setting up a new on line home for my design work. It's still pretty messy right now but once the dust settles I'll post a link here and on Facebook. I hope all my followers will make the move with me and to help entice you across I will be giving away a free 12 week class. Hope to see you all there .... eventually!!! Thanks for your support over the years. It's because of you that I have the courage to make this leap from free Blog to hosted web site!! You rock!!</div>
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Thought I'd share this post with my followers. Brenshevia of <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a> is looking for new sketch artists. If this sounds like you I highly recommend joining the team. We are a fun loving, chatty, supportive group of creative women!</div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.5pt;">Design Team Call</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 14.5pt;">-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Sketch Designers</strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 11pt;"><br />I am looking for at least 2 new <b><u><span style="color: #e06666;">Sketch</span></u></b> Designers to supplement our Design Team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-74512997209359473482013-03-25T06:00:00.000-07:002013-03-25T06:00:14.840-07:00Playing Along With LGS Team BActually got my layout and post ready on time this week! Shocking, I know!! The girls are on Spring Break so I've taken full advantage of the extra free time to get slightly ahead with my DT commitments. We have another week to go so I hope to make a serious dent in April's assignments too!!<br />
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But back to today's challenge at <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a>. Here is the sketch Team B was given as well as their Colour Combo Twist.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">If it looks familiar to </span><a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/03/first-march-monday-reveal-and-new-twist.html" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">this one</a><span style="text-align: start;">, it is. Slight changes but ideal for more Christmas memories. As I did with the last colour combination twist we were given, I chose <i>not</i> to take it in a holiday direction and instead scrap some photos from our recent trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Here's my layout this week.</span></div>
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I have decided to keep Kraft as a common element on all my layouts for this trip. It's a great way to keep some continuity through an entire album or story within an album. You can vary the embellishments and other papers all you want, but ensuring that all of your layouts about a certain trip/event/story have some bit of Kraft on it (or whatever uniting element you choose) keeps the album cohesive. That way, even if you add a forgotten story many months or years after the original ones were completed, it will still flow nicely because it shares a common element with all the earlier layouts.</div>
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This particular layout is about Greg and my trip into Puerto Vallarta (sans children - thanks Grandma and Grandpa!) for a date at Pipi's. The sketch was great as it gave me a lot of room to journal (once I flipped it) and I was able to tell the back story to our pilgrimage to Pipi's. </div>
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I also dug deep into my stash and found these glitter chipboard letters for my title. They are popped up with foam adhesive and layered over strips of washi tape. When I laid them down initially (without the washi tape) they seemed to float a bit. Adding the tape behind grounded them and gave me another opportunity to introduce the colours from the inspiration picture. The flowers were also found in my stash during a recent sort/reorganization and I'd pulled them out knowing they would be perfect for this colour scheme too. </div>
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And finally my journaling. I know that as long as we continue to visit Puerto Vallarta (as often as we can afford to take the family - so every 5 years or so!! LOL!) we will seek out Pipi's. I hope it stays in business long enough for us to take the girls there one day!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure you head over to the <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a> blog to see the beautiful layouts Team B has created for your inspiration. This is the last sketch for March which means that if you are interested in the prize this month you've got until Sunday to get your submissions linked up. You are playing for a $10 Gift Certificate to <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Bakery</a> so get those layouts in! Good luck to you all!!</div>
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I liked the distressed background and figured it was a perfect chance to play with my new Heidi Swapp products. Um, yeah, I said new. I may have fallen off the wagon a tiny bit. I got a bug in my head about her Color Shine products and so when I was in Michael's looking for yellow gems (didn't find any I liked) and saw an entire display of Heidi Swapp ... well ... I just wasn't strong enough to pass them by!</div>
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Have you ever tried Heidi's Color Shine products? They are white with black patterns printed on them and if you twist them in the light you can see areas of gloss as well as matte that create a pattern. When you applied the spray to it, the matte parts soak up the colour and you can use a cloth (I used a baby wipe) to remove the spray from the glossy parts. When you're done you have the original pattern plus a new pattern of colour and gloss. Pretty cool, eh?</div>
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I had chosen the photos long before I got the paper and just knew the Tropical Teal mist would be perfect. As my daughter Paige pointed out, the arched pattern in the paper mimics the arches in the picture. Huh. Totally unintentional but I guess somewhere in my brain I knew that too!</div>
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I am a tiny bit addicted to these little rose buds Michael's sells too. (Yes, this may have been a part of my falling off the wagon thing too!) If you find yourself with little flowers but you need to create more presence on your page, try layering them over larger flat flowers. Either punched flowers or the type you can buy intended for layers. These brown ones are of that latter type - old Making Memories ones from my stash.</div>
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Using up my letter stickers still (managed to win THAT temptation battle yesterday) - these glossy ones are fun and the perfect hot pink!</div>
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A journaling tag tucked into the pictures keeps the design cohesive.</div>
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The bottom of the larger photo needed a larger cluster so I mixed in one larger rose from my stash and some pearls. Using the same washi tape and word stickers keeps the two embellishment clusters cohesive.</div>
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I also purchased a package of Color Shine arrows and used 3 on this layout. Two I sprayed in the same blue as the background paper, the third I sprayed in pink. They have a very subtle grid pattern on them that becomes visible once you spray them. Not sure if you can totally see that in this picture though.</div>
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I was trying to show off the shine quality of the spray. Can you see it on this arrow? Again, not sure!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-56387858011014799902013-03-16T05:00:00.000-07:002013-03-16T05:00:03.438-07:00A New Challenge at S.W.A.T - Colour Combo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
There is a new challenge up at <a href="http://swatscrapwarriorsadvancedtraining.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">S.W.A.T</a> today and it's put me in a Spring-like mood! Intrigued? I won't keep you in suspense. It's a colour combo ... check it out.</div>
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The yummy looking cupcakes aside, doesn't that just scream "Spring" to you? </div>
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Unfortunately, it's not quite spring around here. Almost. But not quite. My crocuses are blooming and I have seen some cherry blossoms in the village but the rains continue and with it some stiff winds and cool temperatures. I know, I know, there are blizzards raging across the continent but it was 19 degrees in Osoyoos the other day! Maybe Aunt Moira would like a room mate for a bit? Just kidding!!</div>
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I used the colour combo plus a recent layout idea by <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/1901393-glitter-girl-adventure-061-work-your-weakness/" target="_blank">Shimelle's alter ego Glitter Girl</a> to create this.</div>
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Glitter Girl used papers from 6x6 paper pads to make her patterned paper quadrants but I used my scraps. I found several in the colours from the inspiration picture that were large enough for my purposes and got to work. </div>
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The top was feeling a little barren to me and I wasn't too sure how to fill it but then I got the idea of a banner and made one with lots of different shapes, papers and layers. It was a fair bit of work and took many times of moving things around but in the end I <i>really</i> like it! You may see more fun banners like this from me!!</div>
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Fun was the order of the day so I had fun with the title too. Wrapping it around the photo block and using two different letter stickers. </div>
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Usually I plan where my journaling is going to go before I get too far into the process but this time I got sort of carried away and forgot. Whoops! I am not totally in love with how it looks but the more important thing is that it got on the page! This is one of those types of pages that I'll make a new one of each year - the annual measuring of the birthday girl - so I don't anticipate what I say will change too much over the years. "Oh, how you've grown!" can only be said so many ways before you start repeating yourself!!</div>
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Thought I'd leave you with another look at my banner. Love the little washi tape pennants!</div>
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Okay, now it's your turn. What will you come up with in response to this colour challenge? Can't wait to see your projects posted on the <a href="http://swatscrapwarriorsadvancedtraining.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">S.W.A.T.</a> site! Have a great weekend everyone!</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-29945106809041384012013-03-14T16:39:00.001-07:002013-03-14T16:39:10.499-07:00Playing Along With LGS ... Finally!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Do you ever find yourself so swamped with all the items on your "to do" list that things slip? This week has been a week of letting things slip for me! Starting with not getting a layout ready for <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a>'s Monday reveal. It <b>IS</b> Team B's turn this week so playing along is really a bonus for me but it's something I told myself I would do as a way to have regular posts on my blog. But ... I dropped the ball this week. I also completely forgot to take my girls to their hair cut appointment on Monday. Not sure where my head was that day!! </div>
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Without further ado, here is the sketch that we are working with this week.</div>
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And my interpretation.</div>
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I have a tiny confession to make. I looked at the sketch, saw that I needed two landscape photos (I went with 4x6 to keep things simple) and then totally forgot to look at the sketch again while building my layout. What?!?! I am not advocating this as a way of following along with a sketch challenge by any means! I count it as a lucky coincidence that my layout resembles the sketch at all - albeit mirrored. This is just how my week has gone!</div>
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My title is made up of 3 different components. A word tag, small letter tiles and more traditional letter stickers. Remember that you can have fun with <i>any</i> component on your pages. Don't get locked into one way of thinking. Like, "My titles must be made up of Thickers!" When you're using up your stash like I am you quickly realize that you've got to get creative with your resources or pretty soon you'll run the risk of thinking you can't make another layout because none of your Thicker sets have enough letters in them to <b><i>spell </i></b>"Thickers"! Mixing and matching styles, manufacturers and products keeps things feeling fresh and new - no matter how long the product has been sitting on your shelf!</div>
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From that same Teresa Collins set as the "family" word tag was a 12x12 sheet of month journaling cards. I cut out the February one to use on this layout. The clocks are also from a Teresa Collins collection pack (for whatever reason I have a TON of Teresa Collins packs - must have bought them on sale or something!) I liked the symbolism of time passing for a child's birthday layout.</div>
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The row of little clocks looked a bit bare so I dug out some mini brads to fill the centres. Now it looks finished and I love the pops of red and hints of shimmer with the gold.</div>
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In fact, I loved the gold so much I knew I needed to add it somewhere else - the centre of the large clock embellishment seemed like the perfect spot! Kind of wishing I had some of that <a href="http://www.heidiswapp.com/items/color-shine-gold-lame/" target="_blank">Heidi Swapp gold lame colour shine spray</a> too ...</div>
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Well, that's all for today. Thanks for stopping by. Are you playing along with <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a> this week? There's a $10 GC from <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/" target="_blank">The Paper Bakery</a> up for grabs this month. All you need to do is enter 3 out of the 4 challenges by the end of March. Good luck - hope to see you on the blog.</div>
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Do you make double page layouts? I admit to having made a ton in the past but lately I've focused on single pagers. Well today at <a href="http://www.practicalscrappers.com/" target="_blank">Practical Scrappers</a> we are sharing some of our recent double page layouts with you. Hopefully they'll inspire you to create more double page beauties! You can definitely tell a more in depth memory over those two pages (and, of course, include more pictures!)<br />
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I went back to our Disney trip for my inspiration and came up with this.<br />
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One of the last pre-made pages I have from all the ones I started with was the base for this layout. I did add a couple more blocks of patterned paper - the one behind the title and the one the journaling is on. Actually opposite corners of the same piece of Teresa Collins paper. The journaling is worth a read. It tells the story of how we were literally steps away from meeting the Top Three princesses (Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty) but got Belle, Ariel and Tiana (who?!) instead. Sigh. An hour in line for the second stringers!! Hmmm, I think I'm still a little bitter about missing out on <i>my </i> favourite Disney Princesses. The girls? Happy as clams!</div>
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Here is a close up of that journaling. </div>
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I felt I could embellish with flowers since the subject matter is fairly girly. I had one giant black one left from my Disney stash but it was too big and I really needed more than one. Digging through my flowers tin (see <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/01/altered-candy-tins-for-practical.html" target="_blank">this post</a>) I discovered a hole or two in my available colours. Yellow and black! I had one large yellow flower but that was it. What to do? Mists to the rescue! I took some old Stampin' Up paper daisies and sprayed a couple of the large ones black and three of the small ones yellow. </div>
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You can see one of the large black flowers in the journaling close up above and the last detail shot below. In this close up of the title you can see the small yellow one as well as the other colours I used. </div>
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Another thing that's quite fun to do - and will help with the ol' memory many years from now - is to use letter stickers to put the names of princesses we saw on their pictures. It adds detail without adding bulk or taking away from the pictures. In fact, that small bit of information enhances the layout as it adds to the memory/story being told.</div>
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Here's that close up of the black misted flower I was talking about as well as the one large yellow flower I managed to find in my stash. Oh, and the Mickey Mouse ears gem that I've been adding to all my Disney pages. It's little details like those that tie an album together. If you're wondering what spray I used to mist this black, it's <a href="http://rangerink.com/?product=dylusions-ink-sprays" target="_blank">Dyan Reavely's Dylusions</a> in Black Marble.</div>
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Well thanks for coming by today. I value your visit. If you liked what you saw today please leave a comment, I certainly do appreciate them and would love your feedback. Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday. Have fun scrapping!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-62783816488188761852013-03-12T21:40:00.001-07:002013-03-12T21:40:17.968-07:00Past Time to Pick a Winner, Don't You Think?Um ... oops? My apologies for forgetting to pick a Birthday Bash Blog Hop winner!! First off, a big thank you to all my commenters (is that even a word?) I really appreciate you taking the time to leave your thoughts on my little crafty efforts.<br />
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As per random.org, the winner is comment #16 ...<br />
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<cite class="user" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06131210677332429284" rel="nofollow" style="color: #991300;">Buffy Esser</a></cite><span class="icon user" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span class="datetime secondary-text" style="margin-left: 6px;"><a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.com/2013/02/lets-get-sketchy-birthday-blog-hop-bash.html?showComment=1362160718955#c7324463354452869171" rel="nofollow" style="color: #73e187; text-decoration: none;">March 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM</a></span></div>
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Oh My Goodness this is the cutest thing! I really love the colors you used for the feathers!</div>
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<b>CONGRATULATIONS BUFFY!</b></div>
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Please email your mailing address to alisonday at eastlink dot ca and I'll get those goodies out to you.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-7089822179887042332013-03-09T21:46:00.001-08:002013-03-09T21:46:16.426-08:00Whoops - Family Friday Update on SaturdayWell I'm not doing to well with my Family <b>FRIDAY</b> Updates, am I? Oh well, since it's a day late you all get a bonus story!<div>
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Last Friday we were all gearing up for Marley's 9th birthday party. It went off without a hitch! Greg went in the pool with Paige and Christine while Marley and her friends played games with the play leader. I was on the other side of the glass from the water action so only got a few pictures of Greg and the younger girls but not Marley's group.</div>
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While they played in the water I got the party room set up.</div>
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Cupcake cake. When I saw these owl cupcake holders and owl toothpick decorations at Pier1 I snapped them up. Marley <i>loved </i>them! Score one for Mommy's staff discount!</div>
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When we were in Mexico the girls had each bought a pinata from the pinata craft person we visited on our Investour. Unfortunately we were unaware that Canada considers them dangerous goods so they were confiscated when we tried to carry them on board the plane home. Marley had been really looking forward to having a pinata and I briefly toyed with the idea of making one but it became too hard. So this 3-D owl I purchased at Michael's (when I was shopping for party favours and craft items) took it's place. Now it adorns her room I think. </div>
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Once they were changed they descended upon me and made a paper plate owl while we were waiting for the pizza to show up.</div>
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Olivia and Marley Owls. New breeds!</div>
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I hadn't really planned any games/activities beyond the owl craft so the girls made up their own fun.</div>
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And presents were opened. Marley had asked that this be a toonie party - guests were asked to bring a toonie for Marley and one for O.W.L so of course they brought other things too! One of the favourites was this stuffed owl. Marley has quite the menagerie now! This one brings the total to 6!</div>
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After all that excitement we enjoyed a relaxing Sunday. We'd had a ton of rain leading up to the weekend so the grass fields had been closed which led to the cancellation of Paige's game. Marley's had been rescheduled to the turf field at Holly but the team they were supposed to play against couldn't make the early time slot (8:00am) so it was cancelled too. What a rare Sunday! No games, no work shifts for me, oh and the irony of it all? It was gorgeous and sunny <b>ALL DAY!!</b> Go figure!</div>
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Their soccer club was given the opportunity to act as player escorts at tonight's Vancouver Whitecaps game. I had to work so Greg had the honour of going with them to BC Place. Kickoff was at 4:30 but they had to be there at 1:30 to practice and what not. Here are some photos from the day.</div>
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Since Greg had to leave the girls at BC Place, he and Christine got to have a little Daddy/Daughter bonding time. This one is outside the Stadium.</div>
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They were given these uniforms to wear for the game. Had to give them back though. Ah well.</div>
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Christine got to have a little face painting - she's always excited to get her face painted!</div>
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That's Marley holding Whitecaps Captain Kenny Miller's hand. Know it's a bit far away. Really need a zoom lens!!</div>
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Welcome back! It's Monday again and time for another new sketch over at <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/">Let's Get Sketchy</a>. Since this is the first Monday in March everything resets. We had a TON of participants last month. I love checking out how everyone interprets the sketches! It was great to see some new faces playing along. Keep up the great work! </div>
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Hope you're looking forward to 4 brand new sketch challenges (one with a new twist!) and a new sponsor too. At time of publication I don't have details on who our sponsor is for March but check back with the Let's Get Sketchy blog for more details. And don't forget about our <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2013/03/birthday-bash-hop.html">Birthday Bash Blog Hop</a>! It's still going on - you've got until March 8th at midnight CST (that's 10 PM PST) to submit a challenge entry based on one of our Birthday Inspired Projects and be entered to win the grand prize. Just not able to get to your scrap space this week to create something birthday inspired? Don't despair! There will be plenty of other opportunities to win RAK's this month as we are celebrating ALL MONTH with prizes. Make sure you you're a follower of the blog and check back often for those extra chances to win!</div>
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As you can see from our colour inspiration picture we thought maybe you'd have some Christmas photos needing scrapping but ... I took it in a very different direction!</div>
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As we had just come back from Mexico and the colours were showing up in my pictures a lot, I decided to use them to create a tropical feel. I'd also been sent a couple sets of rub-ons that contained the colours I needed so I decided to use them.</div>
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The blue isn't in the inspiration picture but as Greg was wearing a blue shirt I thought that adding a few touches here and there would help tie everything together.</div>
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Here are those rub-ons I was talking about. I am not the biggest rub-on user out there (they kind of scare me to be honest!!) but I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out. I was also able to journal right over them which was great!</div>
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The doily was also part of the same prize pack I won. I liked how it was square! Using it on an angle gives the layout some movement and energy.</div>
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The little red flower was from the same rub-on pack and the brad and the dahlia are from my Stampin' Up stash. </div>
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Another look at those big flower rub-ons and my white Mister Huey splatters. Marley had suggested mists for another layout (<a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/02/swat-drill-2.html">this one</a>) and I liked it so much I duplicated it here. This may have to become my unifying thing for all my Mexico layouts. That and the kraft card stock. Thanks Marley!</div>
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Now it's your turn. How will you interpret the sketch and colour challenge? Can't wait to see! Be sure to upload your layout on the <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/">Let's Get Sketchy</a> site by the end of March. Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great week!</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-40567566007620059192013-03-02T05:00:00.000-08:002013-03-02T05:00:01.380-08:00S.W.A.T Drill #3 - 4 Photo Challenge<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">It's time for another challenge from your local Scrap Warrior! Oh heck, it's too late in the day to think up witty little lines for a blog post! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">With St. Patty's Day right around the corner we wanted to challenge you with some four focus fun.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Just as a four leaf clover brings good fortune, so does this challenge. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Simply create a layout using four photos and you could be the lucky winner of a $20 gift card to <a href="http://www.3scrappyboys.com/shop/" target="_blank">3 Scrappy Boys</a>!</span></span><br />
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Tucked behind the flowers and the red journaling card is one of our Photopass Cards. I like finding new ways to tuck bits of memorabilia into this album.</div>
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My letter stickers were not sticking so much, despite additional glue, so I got creative and stitched them down. I don't have a working sewing machine but I do own a Sew Easy (We R Memory Keepers) that got the job done just as well!</div>
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Okay, that's it for today. Your challenge is to create a layout with 4 photos on it. Can't wait to see what you come up with!</div>
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Oh, and if you're looking for my Let's Get Sketchy Birthday Bash Blog Hop post go <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/02/lets-get-sketchy-birthday-blog-hop-bash.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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If you're looking for the Let's Get Sketchy Blog Hop please <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/02/lets-get-sketchy-birthday-blog-hop-bash.html" target="_blank">go here</a>.<br />
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This week (and the upcoming weekend) has been taken up with Marley's 9th birthday. Nine?! Really?! When did THAT happen?! Greg took her to the Canucks game on Tuesday (her actual birthday) so we had to reschedule the traditional Birthday Dinner to Sunday night. Our tradition is that the birthday girl (or boy in Greg's case - LOL!) gets to choose the restaurant where we all have dinner. Marley chose White Spot so here we are.<br />
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Marley and Christine goofing around opposite me.</div>
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"Take a picture of me, Mommy!" How could I say no?</div>
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Christine's turn to get into Marley's picture.</div>
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Oh! Now I see where they get their goofiness from!</div>
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I'm surrounded by goofs!!</div>
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Grilled cheese and sweet potato fries in a boat. What could be better?</div>
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Sparklers and a sundae for the birthday girl!</div>
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In case you thought there wasn't going to be a craft component to this post, here is the card I made for Marley. The background paper is something I made for my new Staffer position at Scrapbook News and Review ... can't share <i>that </i>project with you though. If it makes the magazine this month I'll let you know!</div>
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Anyway, since I had a small piece of this hand stamped paper left over, and not a lot of time to get a card made ... simple does it!</div>
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On Tuesday morning I think Marley was a little underwhelmed at her birthday breakfast. I'd had a rough day on Monday fighting some nausea of unknown origin so just wasn't able to get anything organized - or even get out of bed early enough to greet the birthday girl in the manner she was probably expecting. She took it in stride. Such a great girl!!</div>
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Once Greg came home from work we measured her height - something we usually do first thing in the morning! </div>
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She's now 135 cm (4' 5") or there abouts. Which means that <i>technically</i> she still needs a booster seat until she's 145cm (4'9"). Bummer.</div>
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I found a pretty intense book on owls that Grandma and Grandpa agreed to give her (since we'd already purchased her presents but I knew how much she'd love this book! Thanks G&G!!)</div>
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The girls gave Marley "Owls in the Family" by Farley Mowatt (sensing a theme?) and this pretty journal I found at Pier1. Marley loves to write and I am always on the lookout for pretty sketch books or journals for her. And all the girls for that matter. I've got quite the stash actually!</div>
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Surprise, surprise! An owl print for her bedroom! </div>
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A rare Mommy and Marley date to look forward to in April!!</div>
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Christine is excited for Marley's birthday and by extension her own (which is imminent!) but Paige is feeling a bit of jealousy this year. I haven't seen this sort of reaction from her before so I'm a little at a loss of what to do. I get it. It's hard to see Marley get so much attention and she know she still has to sit through Christine getting all the attention in a few weeks before it's her turn in April. Lots of extra hugs seem to be doing the trick! Oh, and getting to meet many of the Canucks tonight with Greg helped a ton too!</div>
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So that's where we're at these days. Tomorrow is Marley's party, Sunday is soccer which I may actually get to see as I'm not working anywhere and then we're back to Monday. Which leads me a bit of sad news. I will be working my last shift at The Upstart Crow on Monday. The store is going to be shutting down over Spring Break while they expand their workshop space. It's pretty exciting really. It will completely change the focus of the store - from mostly retail with a side of classes and workshops to mainly classes and workshops with a side of retail. But reducing the retail shop means that so many sales Crows will not be needed. I am bummed, I'll not lie. But I'm pragmatic enough to understand how these things work. I still hold onto the hope that there will be space for me to hold workshops but only time will tell. I would ask a favour from my local readers. If you would like to see me teach a workshop, can you reach out to Megan at The Crow? Go onto their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theupstartcrow" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> or their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theupstartcrow" target="_blank">website</a> and make class suggestions. What classes would you like to see in the new space? Cards? Layouts? Scrapbooking for beginners? Introduction of multimedia techniques onto your pages? How to scrapbook faster? I've got a ton of ideas! If you'd prefer me to teach out of my home, I'm happy to entertain that option too. A monthly crop would be so much fun!! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s Get Sketchy is turning ONE and to celebrate we are having a Birthday Bash Blog hop. As you make your way along our hop to visit each of our DT blogs you will find lots of birthday inspired projects. If you have arrived here from </span><a href="http://scrappyhappymom.blogspot.ca/2013/02/lets-get-sketchy-birthday-blog-hop.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank"><b><i>Lynn's</i><em> blog</em></b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> welcome to the LGS blog hop!! If you have stumbled across this by chance and want to play along then you can head back to the </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2013/03/birthday-bash-hop.html" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">site to start at the beginning and to start collecting your Birthday challenge words. These words should be in </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">bold</strong><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">on each DT member’s pages.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was inspired by several variations I saw on Pinterest - you can see my board </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/daydesigns/birthday-party-idea/" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for all my inspiration pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">In typical ME fashion, I bit off a bit more than I could chew for this one. Marley's party is 48 hours away and I have exactly ONE of these bags finished. YIKES!!!! I apologize that I do not have more things to share with you today but ... well, life happened!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #333333;">I need to get this post scheduled as I have to work tonight but if you check back later over the weekend, I promise to update this post with pictures of all the bags and the other owl themed things I've got up my sleeves for this party. Until then, I'd love for </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">YOU </span>(hint, hint, hint!!) to tell me what your best birthday memory is. How old were you? What did you do that made the day so special? Did your parents ever throw you a big themed party? If so, what was the theme? I will pick a winner from my comments to win a little pack of goodies. I think I remember a stamp set and ribbon & brad set that could make some sweet celebratory cards! I'll get a picture uploaded tomorrow for you!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Also, Let's Get Sketchy is having a <em style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Birthday Bash Challenge. </em><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">C</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">reate any birthday inspired project from examples you see on any of the DT pages on this hop and upload it to the <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">LGS blog</a>. If the project you pick is a layout then do a lift of that page, If it’s a different project - like my goody bags - then do that project. You can pick from ANY DT member’s blog project for the hop. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #333333;">Don't forget to collect your clue words as </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">YOU</span></b><span style="color: #333333;"> (hint, hint, hint!) hop along. Once you have gathered all the words they will form a quote related to our Birthday. Tell us that quote by <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/p/contact-us.html" target="_blank">emailing</a> us and get your name in the pot for an extra drawing. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The winner of the hop will be randomly selected and will win a nice bag of scrap goodies from Lets Get Sketchy. As always there are rules for playing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. You MUST be a follower of each LGS team members blog and leave a comment on each blog and;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please make sure you visit the entire team today as some members are hosting additional blog challenges during the hop and offering their own extra goodies for you so the more you play the more chances you win!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: inherit;">All blog hop entries are due by midnight, March 8th, 2013. CST. </span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em> <em>Now hop on over to</em> </em><strong>(<a href="http://www.melindagarner.blogspot.ca/2013/02/lets-get-sketchy-birthday-bash-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Melinda's</a></strong>) <em>blog to see what she has in store for you!</em></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the lineup in case you get lost!</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alison --- YOU ARE HERE ---</span></div>
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I can hardly believe it is the second to last day of <a href="http://www.layoutaday.com/" target="_blank">LOAD213</a> today! My prompt for today was to "learn something new". My techniques and my story are both about learning something new!</div>
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When Marley was 4 we signed her up for Blast Ball - a pre T-ball type sport that Ladner was running for 4 year olds. One of the parents at her preschool was heading up the program and a lot of her preschool friends were signing up so we thought " what the heck". Neither Greg nor I particularly like baseball (except for that period in first and second year university I alluded to <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/02/load213-day-12-someone-elses-interests.html" target="_blank">here</a> :)) but we felt it was important for our outgoing, active little girl to try a variety of things to see if any of them "stuck". Thankfully, Blast Ball did not stick! She had fun and sort of asked about it the following year but that was also her first year of soccer so she never really bugged us about it to the point of us caving!</div>
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So that was the "try something new" in the story. As far as the layout goes, I was going through a phase of trying out new multimedia techniques and threw several at this layout to see what would happen. I have several sheets of super bright card stock in my stash (no doubt purchased on sale or something!) and one technique I discovered in LOAD1012 was covering them in white paint to mute the intensity. For this one I used gesso as I wanted to be able to easily add other mediums on top without getting any sort of reaction from the base coat. </div>
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When the gesso was still wet I laid a piece of bubble wrap onto it. This happened to be super sized bubble wrap so the result was a back ground of dots that almost look like soft balls. How serendipitous!</div>
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Next I wanted to see if I could create a look of grass along the bottom of my page. I took several shades of green <a href="http://www.fabercastell.com/design-memory-craft/products/categories/gelatos" target="_blank">Gelatos </a>and coloured the bottom edge of the card stock. Then I flipped it over and sprayed it liberally with water until the Gelatos dripped down the page. I stopped the drips when I had reached the effect I wanted and dried them with my heat gun. I love the way it looks!</div>
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This first one shows you the different layers - paper, journaling tags, stickers on pop dots ... it all adds up to interest and texture.</div>
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Here you can see that I added a couple of cute pennants from Pebbles. They seemed to fit the theme!</div>
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Well, there you have it. My last layout for LOAD213 (unless by some miracle I find time tomorrow to scrap something other than a DT assignment!!) It has been such a blast creating these layouts for Lain, then seeing them on the videos and hearing my words coming out of Lain's mouth. I did not think she was going to read them verbatim and if I am ever asked to contribute to a future LOAD will definitely chose my words more carefully!! I'd proof read better too!! LOL!</div>
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Thank you Lain for giving me this opportunity to showcase my work. It means more to me than words can say! Thank you to all who have stopped by to view my work and were kind enough to leave comments. I appreciate every one of you!!</div>
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And now off to figure out Marley's goody bags!! Her birthday party is on Saturday and am trying to make owls out of paper bags. Yikes!</div>
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It's Monday once again and I have another layout to show you featuring a fabulous sketch from <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a>. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It's by our very own </span><a href="http://jenessafranco.blogspot.ca/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Jenessa Franco</a><span style="text-align: left;"> and I think it is so cute. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It's a format I have started using quite a bit - 3 photos in row either portrait as they are in this sketch or, as I ended up doing, landscape stacked on top of each other. I have to give a big shout out to</span><a href="http://www.shimelle.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"> Shimelle Lain</a><span style="text-align: left;"> who does this a lot too and is the QUEEN at showing us how easy it is to embellish in a style consistent with the rest of our layouts as well as leaving all the room you need for journaling.</span></div>
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These pictures were taken at the birthday of Christine's "boyfriend", Levi. His mother had bid on and won a birthday party visit by the Delta Fire Department at a school fundraiser. The kids <i>loved </i>it!! I think you can tell by Christine's massive grin in the bottom picture that using the big fire hose was a huge hit! </div>
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I was drawn out of our house by seeing the fire truck across the street. (This is where I insert a joke about firemen, right?) </div>
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Flipping the sketch to suit my photos gave me a natural place to journal and enough room that I didn't have to worry about it not fitting in.</div>
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I substituted the circles in the sketch for buttons and sewed them down with black thread to pull together the hits of black on the layout.</div>
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One final cluster up by the title finished things off.</div>
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Well, thanks for stopping by today. Since it is Team B's week (I'm on Team A) I will be linking my layout up on the blog shortly. I hope you will too! This is our final sketch for the month of February which means that if you've been thinking about trying for the prize from <a href="http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/" target="_blank">Moments of Tranquility</a> you're rapidly running out of time! Get 3 of the 4 sketches completed by the end of the week to be eligible for the prize pack. We've had some truly amazing layouts submitted this month - it's been fantastic to see familiar faces each week as well as new ones. Keep them coming everyone!</div>
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One final thing before I sign off. This weekend we at Let's Get Sketchy are celebrating our 1st birthday!! In true LGS style, we are throwing a weekend long blog hop (yikes! better get my projects finalized!!) and I'd LOVE to see you all there. </div>
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As you can see, I started this last week and then ... hmmm ... what DID happen last Friday? Oh yes. It was a "district wide closure day" or, as I like to call them "we're trying to save money and closing the school for one day every few months seems to work even though it ends up costing family's more in day care and schedule disruptions"! I would have been less bitter about this particular day off school if the district had got its act together and coordinated it with the new Family Day the Monday before. A 4 day weekend would have been more tolerable than 2 3-day weekends with a 3 day week in the middle!<br />
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But I digress. Last Friday was also the day I finally picked up my laptop. Since it was like a brand new computer I spent the rest of the day transferring what data I had back onto it and trying to get it back to where I had it before. This blog post got put on the back burner and then forgotten about. Sorry!<br />
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Greg came home Wednesday night with the roses so our table looked very festive first thing in the morning.</div>
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Inside the girls Valentines buckets this year were some jelly beans, a Barbie Kinder Surprise egg, a heart shaped York peppermint patty, a cupcake lip gloss from Pier1 and a Valentine's bracelet also from Pier1 (gotta love the staff discount!) Their cards were shared in <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.com/2013/02/practical-scrappers-valentines-inspired.html" target="_blank">this post</a> but I didn't show you what I made for Greg. Here it is.</div>
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I don't make a ton of cards now that I am no longer selling Stampin' Up products so I've kind of forgotten how fun it can be. And satisfying to get a project done in 30 minutes! Anyway, Thanks for letting me share these with you.</div>
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My post title hinted at more Mexico pictures so get ready, get comfy, get a cup of tea ...</div>
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In my <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/2013/02/family-friday-update-mexico-recap-part-i.html" target="_blank">Mexico Part I</a> post I got through the first half of our vacation, here are some highlights from Days 5 - 8.</div>
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Greg took Marley and LC boogie boarding while Paige and I stayed at the kids pool. If I remember correctly, they had been gone a long time so I finally convinced Paige to go down to the beach with me to see what was happening and this is what we found! LC was doing pretty well! I have a couple of short videos that I'll upload to my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/daybydaywith5/videos?view=0" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> for you to see.</div>
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Marley really has the surfer girl look down pat!</div>
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Once they returned the boards we went for a walk along the beach. Greg had a very specific destination in mind but when we were still only half way to it the girls started complaining of being tired so I took them back. Greg kept going - for another hour! The girls had fun trying to find treasures. At one point they found a coconut and Paige gave it a good try to carry it all the way back but it got too heavy in the end and was left behind. </div>
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That night was another beautiful sunset which I finally remembered to grab a picture of! This is the pathway in front of our room. The hut you see is where you can rent the boogie boards and other beach equipment and in front of that there were two petanque pits and two shuffle board mats.</div>
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After dinner Marley challenged Greg to a game of Ping Pong and while in the Games Room getting the paddles and ball, an impromptu game of fooze ball was played.</div>
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Um, yes. Paige IS a teensy bit sun burnt!! She had pretty much refused to get out of the pool that day except when I dragged her down to the beach. Insistence that she reapply sunscreen was generally met with groans, pouts and sometimes even tears. Sigh. I do believe she learned her lesson though! Us too!! Hats, hats, hats!!</div>
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LC and Griffin found a new way to play pool.</div>
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Day 6 was Greg and my "day out". Grandma and Grandpa came out to the resort to look after the girls while we headed into Puerto Vallarta for some time alone.</div>
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We took the bus into town - it was only 140 pesos (or something like that - I can't remember exactly!)</div>
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Here's Greg standing on the Malecon (wide pedestrian path along the beach) looking towards Nuevo Vallarta.</div>
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And me on the Malecon, looking up the Malecon. It was a really pretty area with lots of sculptures and the requisite tourist stores and chain restaurants!</div>
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After a long HOT walk down the Malecon, over the bridge to this little island in the middle of the city and back again, we made for our lunch destination - Pipi's. Greg's family found this restaurant on their first visit to Puerto Vallarta in the late 90's and have gone there every trip since. When we were there in 2007 Greg and I had a lunch out here after which I managed to get Greg to agree to buy me a $100 serving bowl. Something he doesn't let me forget!! It had a lot to do with the fact that we had two of these margaritas last time!! We learned our lesson and only had one on this trip!!</div>
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They are the size of a small lake afterall!!</div>
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Another thing we love about Pipi's is the freshly made guacamole. It's made table side and to order! Gotta love that!!</div>
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The final thing that we love at Pipi's are the Shrimp fajitas.</div>
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Not a cheap lunch but definitely a feast to remember!!</div>
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We were all pretty sunburned by this point but the girls had great fun putting aloe on Greg and myself. </div>
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This is our little patio and here the girls are modelling the new dresses I picked up for them in Puerto Vallarta. Not a $100 dollar plate!!</div>
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We took the girls out for a "fancy" dinner - a reservation needed, sit down affair at one of the restaurants on the resort instead of the usual buffet affair. Since the girls were all dressed up and Greg had to wear pants, I decided to get dressed up too. Makes for a nice family shot!!</div>
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Day 7 - our last full day at the resort.</div>
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We decided to take full advantage of the amenities available at the resort so while I kept our reserved chairs company at the kids pool (i.e. sat in the sun and read my book all morning) Greg hung out with the girls at the Kids Club. Because LC isn't 4 yet we weren't able to leave her without parental supervision so we hadn't used the Kids Club much. Next time! On this morning it was Pirate Day so first they painted swords ...</div>
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then they got dressed up for their treasure hunt. Paige looks pretty fierce here doesn't she?</div>
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Cutest pirate ever!</div>
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Our three Buccaneers!!</div>
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The treasure hunt led them all through the Club building (even weaving through tables in the main restaurant while people were trying to finish breakfast!)</div>
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Once outside they had to find the flags and follow the clues.</div>
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Marley led the charge carrying the Jolly Roger!</div>
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Reading a clue.</div>
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At the main pool they put on a bit of a show for everyone including shuttling the kids across the pool on that dingy.</div>
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LC's turn.</div>
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Paige making it safely to the other side.</div>
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Hello Nielsen's!! They were getting ready to go that day so didn't participate in the fun but did stop by to see what all the noise was about.</div>
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Down on the beach the buried treasure was finally discovered.</div>
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Chocolate coins!!</div>
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Paige joined in the kids water aerobics. Greg was more than happy to take pictures of this. I wonder why?!</div>
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Marley and I were hanging out in the main pool.</div>
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That night the girls "had" to go to the evening show as there was going to be a special kids show before the main performance. In true fashion, our girls were up on stage before things got going dancing and showing off!</div>
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Paige is really developing this goofy side!</div>
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The girls had been making friends all week and knowing that this was our last night they had exchanged addresses with one particular set of girls. Here is was all about the goodbye hugs! </div>
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And then the festivities got going. Captain Hook (minus his hook!) had lost his hat so the children ran through the theatre trying to find it and then chasing the pirate who had it. The fun ended with a game like "pass the parcel" except it was "pass the hat" to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance. Our girls didn't win. :(</div>
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Once the children's program finished the entertainment troupe put on a pretty spectacular dance show. </div>
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Marley and LC got their picture taken with the dancers at the end but Paige ...</div>
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Paige had fallen asleep! Aw!!</div>
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Marley woke up with the nasty cold that had been plaguing the Nielsen's so she spent the morning chilling on the couch (and hiding from the camera) while I packed and Paige and LC went to the Kids Club. </div>
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I tagged Greg off so he could pack and got pictures of the Iron Chef portion of the activities. Here's LC concentrating on painting her chef's hat - I'm assuming she had fun on the playground before this as her nose is one big dirt smudge!!</div>
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Paige takes her art very seriously!!</div>
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Getting ready to cook!</div>
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LC too - after they all washed their hands first though!</div>
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Lining up to make their Iron Chef creations.</div>
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Admiring her handiwork!</div>
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Paige sitting pretty on the front desk counter!</div>
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This was too cute not to photograph. We took the bus into Puerto Vallarta for one last visit with Grandma and Grandpa Day and at one point LC was laying on Paige's lap trying to take a nap. Paige can be very maternal to her sometimes!</div>
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Once there we quickly met up with Greg's folks and strolled down the Malecon. Some locals create elaborate sand castles on the beach beneath the Malecon (jars are put out for tips) and this one seemed appropriate to take a picture of. Plus I was in a giving mood - a getting rid of my last pesos mood!</div>
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Another frequent sight in Puerto Vallarta was these guys. They are everywhere!</div>
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We <i>wanted</i> to get a shot of all three girls - one in each arch - but ... Paige was hungry and tired and in a non-cooperative mood!</div>
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This is the whole sculpture. Wouldn't it have been cool with a girl in each arch? Well, 3 out of the 4 arches anyway. Maybe next time!</div>
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Grandma put her Spanish and bargaining skills to work in buying each grand daughter a silver bracelet.</div>
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Got all 3 to cooperate for this one!!</div>
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Wow! Two family shots in one trip! That's pretty amazing!</div>
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Well, thanks for hanging in there. We've been back for 2 and a half weeks now and it's starting to feel like a nice dream. Life rapidly returned to normal. School routines. Activity routines. Job juggling. Sigh. I need a holiday! LOL!!</div>
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I shared my <a href="http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.com/2013/02/big-big-news.html" target="_blank">big news</a> the other day that I am now a Staffer at an online magazine called <a href="http://scrapbooknewsandreview.com/" target="_blank">Scrapbook News and Review</a>. Just to clarify one point - this is not a job that pays me money. I'd love it if it were but I am happy with the recognition, exposure and experience it will give me plus the opportunity to play with new products on occasion. It's still a HUGE deal and I appreciate all the lovely comments from my friends congratulating me. </div>
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Well, this is stacking up to be a busier weekend than normal. Tomorrow means LC's swim lesson, Marley's jazz and a shift for me at Pier1 but it also brings a birthday party for Paige and the PAC Parent Dance. Seeing as I have to be at work for 8:30 on Sunday morning I don't anticipate having as much fun as I did at the Parent dance 2 years ago! Probably a good thing!! Sunday is the usual double soccer game and a shift for me at Pier1 plus we will be taking Marley out for her birthday dinner a couple nights early as Greg is planning on taking her to the Canucks game on Tuesday (her birthday). See what I mean? Busy, busy, busy!!</div>
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For today's prompt, <a href="http://www.layoutaday.com/" target="_blank">Lain</a> asked me to make a page with a hidden element. I don't do this ALL the time but often enough that I was ready with several options at hand. And then we celebrated Christmas (I was doing these layouts for Lain in December) and each of us was given a special gift from Greg's Mom. They all came in pretty unique gift card envelopes which I immediately hoarded away for future use! Don't we all do this? No? It's just me then? Okay, I can live with that!!</div>
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Here's my layout. Can you spot where the hidden journaling is?</div>
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The gift card envelope had this great silver ribbon around it but I didn't have anything quite like it in my stash so I improvised. I laid down a piece of double sided tape in approximately the same width as the ribbon then, after exposing the sticky side, sprinkled it with silver glitter. To make sure it was stuck good and strong and I wasn't going to get glitter falling off into my page protector, I laid a piece of scrap paper over top and burnished the glitter with my bone folder. I swear to you, I can rub my finger over it and nothing comes off!</div>
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Who said what, you ask? You are looking at one of the brand new Staffers at <a href="http://scrapbooknewsandreview.com/" target="_blank">Scrapbook News and Review</a>, an online magazine dedicated to all things paper crafting.<br />
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Can I get a little "Woot! Woot!"?<br />
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Right now I really don't know what all this will entail beyond submitting several projects each month for publication in either the magazine, blog or for the various classes offered through their classroom called The Art Studio. I will also be responsible for coming up with a tutorial once in a while. I'm still wading through all the intro stuff but once I know more you can be assured I'll share it here.<br />
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Eek!<br />
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Oh, and the best part? I will occasionally be sent new products to review and create with!!<br />
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I'm a tiny bit giddy about this! My OLW in 2012 of FOCUS is paying off in spades!<br />
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Okay, off to make sure the spaghetti sauce doesn't burn.<br />
See you later!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-79028977817345154072013-02-18T00:00:00.000-08:002013-02-18T00:00:03.650-08:00Let's Get Sketchy Monday Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Is it really Monday again?! Must be because there is another sketch up at <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Let's Get Sketchy</a>. It's Team A's turn to share our layouts. Please be sure to stop by the blog to see all the beautiful examples from my team.</div>
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Before I get to my layout I wanted to let you know about our sponsor this month. We are pleased that <a href="http://www.moments-of-tranquility.com/" target="_blank">Moments of Tranquility</a> is donating a prize pack full of paper and Dusty Attic chipboard and flowers - read all about it <a href="http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.ca/2013/02/about-our-sponsorfebruary.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Remember that in order to be eligible to win you need to complete 3 of the 4 sketches this month. Don't panic though as you have all month to get them in!</div>
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I have created a layout using school pictures for each LGS sketch this month - feels so good to cross that task off my to do list! Today is Marley's turn again. I took my colour cues from her dress and then went digging in my scrap drawer. The square sheet behind the photo is actually a Christmas paper from Stampin' Up but since the pattern is subtle, it completely works for a non Christmas project.</div>
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These are super old Martha Stewart tag stickers which I dressed up with some 1" circles of the papers I'd used already. It makes a fun alternative to more traditional triangular or pennant banners.</div>
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My title was a little lop sided but I couldn't move the letters once I'd stuck them down so to fix things I added that little 'photograph' banner sticker to the right side and now everything looks intentional. Easy peasy!</div>
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There was some residual ink on it from another project on my stencil but I liked how it added shading to some of the hexagons. To further emphasize the pattern I used my trusty <a href="http://www.fabercastell.com/design-memory-craft/products/categories/gelatos" target="_blank">Gelatos</a> in silver and a deep red. Gelatos are super easy to use. Here I just added a few swipes of colour where I wanted it and then used my finger to rub it in and spread it around.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by today. Remember to check out the layouts by my other talented team mates and then go and make your own layout using this sketch. Hope to see you in the links!!</div>
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This is not your average love letter! LOL!</div>
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Lain challenged us today to write a love letter to one of our possessions as a way of feeling greater connection to them. I can definitely say I feel a greater connection to my laptop now! Since creating this layout - inspired by a total hard drive failure which left my laptop languishing in the tech room at Future Shop until just the other day - I have gained an appreciation for it which I hope never to lose.</div>
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This is an 8.5x11 layout turned landscape. It may be a challenge to fit into my albums but sometimes when you're working on something and conventional sizing or orientation isn't working, you just need to shake it up. Then it can literally turn things around for you! </div>
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As I said to Lain, I kept the colours light and fun in an effort to keep the mood light and fun. Believe me when I say this was not a fun time in my life. Being told my data was gone and knowing that my last back up was 8 months prior made me feel quite sick inside. THEN being told I could recover said data for a mere $1600 was more than a little gut wrenching! $1600?! Seriously?! </div>
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After some serious thought and a fair bit of "head in the sand" ignoring the problem in a vain attempt to make it go away, the tech guys and I came up with the solution that I'd buy a new hard drive for my laptop, they'd install it under warranty and then I could start fresh. $160 vs $1600. SOLD!! So now, if I ever find someone or something that can recover my data for <i>significantly</i> less than $1600, I have my old hard drive in my hot little hands. It's not being sent back to some manufacturer in a far away land where I'll never see it (or my data) again!!</div>
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Lesson well and truly learned!!</div>
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And now some detail shots for you.</div>
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I love this clock washi tape. The colours worked for my layout and the time motif reinforces the idea that I lost those 8 months as well as works as a reminder to set up a regular back up schedule from now on!</div>
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My title ended up having to be a little bit crazy because I didn't have all the uppercase letters I needed, but in the end I think it also helps with the lighthearted feel I was going for.</div>
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I don't do this a lot, but when I was looking at this layout once it was 'finished' I felt like this corner needed a little something extra. Instead of adding more embellishments, I roughed up the edges of the paper and then added a little rip. This is one of those design techniques that I generally don't go for because I like a cleaner look but it really works here.</div>
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Thanks for coming by today. I appreciate you taking the time to check out my work! I hope you have a fantastic Sunday. If you have the time today - <b>BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER!!</b> Preferably to an external source! Consider yourself told!! :)</div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478790054515040096.post-86189904803083283492013-02-16T05:00:00.000-08:002013-02-16T05:00:04.959-08:00S.W.A.T Drill #2 Time for our second Drill over at <a href="http://swatscrapwarriorsadvancedtraining.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">SWAT</a> and this time we have a sketch for you to try. What do you think you can do with this beauty?<br />
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I turned it on it's side to make it work with the photos I'd chosen and came up with this.</div>
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The back ground patterned paper is from Teresa Collins' Spring Fling line (which I received as part of a blog hop prize from <a href="http://parttimepretties.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Sheila</a> ages ago.) I have been using a lot of the papers when scrapping our recent trip to Puerto Vallarta as the colours are so perfectly tropical!</div>
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About the subject matter: I know my toes are not exactly the most photogenic part of my body but I really wanted to capture how relaxing this trip was for all of us. This view seemed to sum it up. Kids pool, palm trees, blue skies and lounge chairs. 'Nuff said, right?!</div>
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Here are some detail shots.</div>
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Every now and then a layout needs a long title. Thankfully I've got approximately a million alphabet stickers to help me with that! I also had fun finding word stickers in colours and phrases that would work (I've maybe got only a half million of those! Hee, hee!!)</div>
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The flower and scalloped circle die cuts are also from the Spring Fling line - the brad is an old Basic Grey one from my stash.</div>
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I really felt like the page needed even more texture so I grabbed my Stampin' Up Linen Thread and started wrapping.</div>
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I showed the layout to Marley at a point that I was happy with and she said it needed misting. I can't remember what colour she suggested but I knew it wasn't right for this layout. Some Mister Huey Opaque White though? Yes, please!! I think I may have a scrapper in the making!!</div>
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You may be wondering what happened to the circular element from the sketch. Well, I had originally placed a sun shaped die cut on the page (an old Little Yellow Bicycle one) and while I loved that it supported my story, the colour was too glaringly off from the rest of the layout. So what's a girl to do? Trace around it with brown ink!! Problem solved!</div>
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The last picture I have for you today is a picture of what you can win if you play along with this weeks drill. Check out these goodies! Worth playing for? I think so!!</div>
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You've got until February 25th to link up your entry to be eligible to win this prize. And don't forget about Drill #1. We are still taking entries for the <a href="http://swatscrapwarriorsadvancedtraining.blogspot.ca/2013/02/drill-1-all-about-you.html" target="_blank">All About You challenge</a> and there's a pretty sweet prize for that one too. So, get moving Scrapper! </div>
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My girls have been looking forward to this day for awhile now - hope my little love offerings on the kitchen table will be met with joy, love and appreciation! Or at the very least, no sneers and tears!</div>
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My cards to them were inspired by <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>. Have you been sucked into the Pinterest world? I have. Somewhat. If you'd like to follow me I can be found <a href="http://pinterest.com/daydesigns/" target="_blank">here</a>. Not sure what the heck I'm talking about? Pinterest is a web site that allows you to set up virtual pin boards for different interests. (For instance, I've recently created a Valentine's Day Ideas board.) As you're trolling the internet looking for inspiration, instead of printing off images to stick to your actual bulletin board above your desk, you can 'pin' the image to your Pinterest board and visit them whenever you want. Others can follow your boards and be inspired by you and vice versa. </div>
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So now that you know the premise, let me tell you why I felt the need for the mini lesson! Today over at <a href="http://www.practicalscrappers.com/" target="_blank">Practical Scrappers</a>, we are featuring many different Valentine's projects all inspired by images found on Pinterest. Make sure you check them out! </div>
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This was the image I chose as my inspiration. It originally came from a site called <a href="http://www.fernsmithsclassroomideas.com/2012/03/repurposing-easy-heart-decorations-for.html" target="_blank">Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas</a>. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I love the recycling of paint swatches, the punched out hearts, the ombre colours (a really hot trend still) and the fact that they are book marks!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">But I wanted to make cards to I used the ombre idea, the pinks and reds and the punched hearts as my ultimate inspiration and made these.</span></div>
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I went into my card stock scrap bag and pulled out all my Stampin' Up pinks and reds. After playing around with the various colours I came up with this gradation. But I felt each layer needed a little something so I used one of my border punches to create added texture. </div>
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The stamps you see on the hearts are an old SU stamp set <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(it was in my "to be sold" pile but I may have to rethink that now!)</i></span> I popped up one heart on pop dots and added a heart shaped gem for a bit of sparkle. Every little girl likes a bit of bling, right?</div>
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I am SO pleased with these! I know my girls are a bit young to appreciate them like I do but ... it makes me happy to make beautiful things. In the end, that's all that matters!</div>
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Hope you are having a fantastic Valentine's Day! Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I've managed to inspire you a little.</div>
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Today over at <a href="http://www.practicalscrappers.com/" target="_blank">Practical Scrappers</a> we had fun with this gorgeous sketch from our very own Liz Chidester!</div>
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This is what I did with it. </div>
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Seeing as tomorrow is Valentine's Day I went with a love note to my family but using the most recent pictures of them and tropical colours instead of traditional pinks and reds!</div>
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Here are some detail shots.</div>
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