Problems with Internet

Hello all  - tried to post last evening but we are having problems with internet. Here at my son’s this morning for a quick post to let you know you are not forgotten - hoping to get it fixed later today.

I’m late! I’m late! This should have been posted last night but DH has had an affair with a kidney stone the past few days and I’ve been back and forth to the hospital and what not. He’s home again now and things are back to normal. Or as normal as it gets around here. Still not quite ready for that wedding. SIL called last night and I missed a few names on the list in preparing the wedding favors, etc. so I’m still not finished! I think I might be color blind. My niece had it all laid out wonderfully in a spread sheet, color coded and everything . Amongst those I missed were my brother and his wife - parents of the bride. haha  Fortunately it’s raining here today and coolish so I’ll head on up to the loft and get things done. The past couple days we’ve had fabulous weather - in the low 30s - amazing! Here in Newfoundland, that is uncommon, believe me. I hope it lasts - the wedding is on Saturday and is to take place outside in the garden! Max is ‘walking  in the wedding’ he tells me and Grammy can’t wait to see her two boys dressed up wedding fashion!

Sooooooo, in keeping with all the activities around here this week, the challenge at Just Scraps is to create a wedding card! I have to get a special one done for Sarah Jane myself but I’ve been fooling around with the stamp set Artistic Impressions from Stampin’Up. I’ve seen a number of beautiful cards using this set and have cased several.

I have a stack of tiny cards on hand that I use for leaving DH notes as necessary. They are super easy to make and he actually notices them. This is a new version - a little fancier - using the same stamp set. He’ll know he’s my king - haha - tongue’s in the cheek on that one ladies!

The hardware on the last one is actually silver but it photographed as gold.

That’s it for today.

And Congrats to Mary Demmons who won this week’s little bit of blog candy. Contact me at justscraps.ca@gmail.com Mary with your snail mail address and I’ll get a little package in the mail to you this week.  Too funny! I’ve been cutting out numbers and stirring them up in my butter tub for DH to draw from. Just discovered random.org and it took me only seconds to generate #17. Needless to say, the butter tub has just been retired!

Be sure to sign on with Mr. Linky below. Mr. Linky closes next Sunday, July 18th at which time I’ll use random .org - no butter tub - and get a little blog candy in the mail.

Have a great week !

My daughter in law has asked me for birthday cards - she`s just about out. When my own boy was little, he went to the odd birthday party but the grandkids seem to average one every week! These two digital images I had lying about and already colored up on my desk. I`ve used them before and really like both but have to admit the cards were pretty much slapped together lickety split and aren`t terribly impressive. I did want to post something and I`ve been spending so much time on wedding favors - cards have sort of taken  a back seat. Here they are, such as they are.

This is my first entry to Pollycraft Monday Challenge  and I so enjoyed working with this sketch. (Would also love to win - only chanced upon their blog and their digis are gorgeous!) Fat Boyardee. however,  is a digi I purchased from another recently discovered online store, Digi Shack - they too have sooooo many cute designs and at only a dollar an image, more than affordable. Love the chef and paired him with the Eiffel Tower from the new Stampin`Up set Artistic Etchings. This card also meets the challenge requirements here at Just Scraps. I doubled up the band across the bottom, used two images and two checked papers AND, believe it or not, the black & white checked paper was already on my desk, left over from a recent project. Had just enough paper to make two of these cards and have none of this paper left so will have to hit up my sister in the city. Some paper I like to keep around as `standards`- small checks and polka dots being a couple such.

The second card here is for the Mojo Monday challenge. I used papers from a K and C paper pack I recently purchased and they are gorgeous! The images are from a  Stampin Up set . I love the layout of this card and love the papers but there`s something I`m not quite satisfied with in the center there - the sentiment? ink color? Not sure so I`m going to try this one again later today.

After the wedding stuff . . .

It`s raining this morning and all of eight degrees - can you believe it! DH has just put a fire in the loft for me so pretty sure I`ll spend the day playing with paper! Have a great one!

I’ve had this Stampin’ Up set, Loads of Love, for ages but believe this is the first time I used it and I am so so pleased with the result. I will admit that the layout and color combo I saw elsewhere and copied into my notebook of “things I really like and might do some day”. I needed a card for a male friend who is recuperating from recent surgery and this one certainly fits the bill. Used my Stampin’ Up piercing tool and mat to add a little detail. I know the chrome on the tire IS the tire - no rubbah here - and is perhaps a little too much but I so love this touch. Super cool! “Grammy, that’s a cool truck,” Max would say. I asked him one day what made a car ‘cool’. Lots of stickers, a spoiler and hubcaps, I was told. With hubcaps this big, this truck has GOT to be cool! Inside I used the stamp set Lovely as a Tree and the sentiment Get Well Wishes from Teeny Tiny Wishes. The cardstock is Kraft, Night of Navy and Old Olive. The ribbon is also Old Olive. I colored the truck with my Copics: B91 Pale Grayish Blue and B95 Light Grayish Cobalt. It doesn’t fit into my Double Double challenge, I’m afraid. While I have used two hubcaps, nothing I used was laying about or unfinished. Still, I do so like the card. It’s a manly man’s card. lol  I hope it brings a smile.

And inside . . .

Hope you’re feeling better and back in the driver’s seat in no time!

Even though school’s out for summer, I am still drawn to the fun colors school cards allow me to play with. I love this card. Used the two digital images Trinity and Harvard from Mo Manning (aren’t they adorable?) and assorted school-themed paper. Lots of pop dots make the two little characters - colored with Copics - really stand out. The red/yellow star was a sheet of paper I swapped at our last retreat. Perfect!

This card also fits the Double Double challenge here at Just Scraps. I used two stars and two school themed DP and two students. This little beauty is on its way to a colleague who is delighted to be moving into a new teaching position. Congratulations!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

ABC Challenge Blog - X is for Xtra Dimension

Mojo Monday - Sketch 145

Also put together these little note cards - took only minutes to do. Super cute and super easy. The inside ‘note’ area is a white square with the edges punched with the Stampin’Up spiral border. I recently purchased the Stampin’Up stamp set Apple Blossom and want to see just how versatile the stamp set is. These little cards also fit my own  Double Double challenge with the two eyelets - a stretch I know.

Hurrah! Hurrah! Holidays at last. Two months of R and R. Gotta love it. Started digging out a little yesterday - and I have a lot of digging out to do, trust me.

ONE: My house needs some major attention. The dust bunnies have taken over and

TWO: my craft room is in disarray with serious need of organization. So, my challenge this week is TWOfold.

ONE: Get rid of some of that unfinished business on your desk - I have tons of stuff started and not finished and suspect many of you are in the same boat.  And

TWO: Whatever your creation, try DOUBLING something up.

Got my inspiration here. Made a trip in over the road yesterday to do a little shopping and brought back these outfits for the two boys - DOUBLE everything these days when I shop. lol

Tonight I did a little organizing in the loft and also finished these cards - parts of which have been lying about as ‘unfinished business’. This first one repeats the word Memories. There are also two clocks on the card front. The image is Mo Manning’s Late. I saw the most fabulous creation using this particular image on his blog - gorgeous - mine comes nowhere near that and I’m not sure what I’ll do with such a large clunky card - but I do like the whole Alice think I see going on in cards these days. I read Alice in Wonderland as a child - have to say I didn’t particularly like it. My Mom had this whole set of children’s classics and I read them all. Tales of Arabian Nights was probably my favorite.

This next one has two flowers. Have used this image before. I think it’s darling.

This one has the two mice. The cute little crochet flower is the corner is one of several my Mom crocheted for me. At seventy-nine, her fanciwork is second to no one’s. The card is no big deal - not my best coloring for sure but it was lying around and fit the bill.

Can’t honestly say I’m particularly pleased with any of these cards - though I do like the froggie - but perhaps I’ll have better luck today.

Also sent off a stack of cards for a swap I’m participating in. I love receiving all the cards in return. I haven’t entered in many but if you know of a good one, drop me a line. I think these are really pretty. I like the pocket on the front and the 3D flower. Doesn’t fit into the challenge but thought I’d post anyway.

This challenge will run for TWO weeks - ends Sunday, July 10th at which time I am going to choose my favorite entry for the blog candy. I usually make a random draw, but this time I’m changing it up a little, to make it just a little more interesting.

Be sure to link up to Mr. Linky below and have a great day. This is officially Day One of my holidays and while the temp is only about 15 degrees, I’m sure I’ll find something to do outside.

(Not sure why these little red x’s appeared - ignore while I try to get rid of them)

And Congrats to Design NeAl who won this week’s little bit of blog candy. Contact me at justscraps.ca@gmail.com with your snail mail address and I’ll get a little package in the mail to you this week.

Thanks for hanging in there with me ladies! Last week of work before summer holidays so getting doubly hectic around here. Bear with me! I know I’m late and have decided the best excuse is no excuse. Hats off to all of you who maintain such wonderful blogs yet still hold down a job, have busy family lives, and create such amazing  cards and layouts. Wow! In keeping with the times - at least for me - this week’s challenge at Just Scraps is to create anything school related. More details later this evening and I’ll post some pictures and a Mr. Linky then. Didn’t want you thinking I’d forgotten you! Will do the random draw this evening as well. Have a great day - heigh ho, heigh ho, it’s off to work I go .  .  .

And here’s one for the bus driver:

. . . with a gift card from Tim Horton’s inside

And congrats to Irit whose name was randomly drawn for this week’s little bit of blog candy. Email me at justscraps.ca@gmail.com with your snail address, Irit, and I’ll get a parcel in the mail.

Visit Irit’s blog here: http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/2010/06/believe-in-wonders-canvas.html

Her work is AMAZING!

Remember to link your layout, card, ATC or 3D project using Mr. Linky. We’ll draw once again for a little blog candy on Sunday, June 27th. Have a great week!

I received the most beautiful card in the mail today from my scrapping buddy Claire. What a delightful surprise and what a great way to start my week.
Visit Claire’s site here: http://clairescraftycreations.blogspot.com . Check out her May 25th post to see my beautiful card. I don’t often get mail from across the pond - in fact I never get mail from across the pond - and I opened it immediately I checked the mail. Left the post office to pick up my grandson who, as soon as he spied it in the front seat, said “Oh Grammy, what a beautiful card.” Of course he wanted to hold it - of course I let him - and of course he immediately picked off one red jewel. “it looks better Grammy” was the response when I expressed my dismay.Ha! Anyway, I rescued the tiny jewel and glued it back on good as new. The card now sits on a special shelf in the craft room. Thank you so much Claire! You made my day!

I have to apologize big time - I’m not ignoring my blog - I am just swamped right now with so many other things that I’m finding very little time to scrap or blog! On the up side, summer holidays start in just two weeks and I will have eight weeks to play! The little I have been doing has everything to do with buttlerflies, flowers and birds - favors for the upcoming wedding. So that’s my challenge - create something - anything - with butterflies, flowers, and birds - as long as it’s not a name tag! When you do hundreds, it gets a little ho-hum. But what a great way to use up scraps!

Looks like I am not the only one flat out busy - not a whole lot of scrappers participating this week - and so to those of you who have, a great big thank you! I do so enjoy your visits and am feeling pretty guilty about not being a good hostess - promise things will be back to normal soon.

Congratulations Susan! Your name was randomly drawn for this week’s blog candy. Email me your snail address at justscraps.ca@gmail.com and I’ll get a little package in the mail to you this week.

Get to work on those layouts, cards, ATCs, or 3D projects. Can’t wait to see them! You have until Sunday, June 20th to leave a link to your creation using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date and we will draw for a bit of blog candy.