Just Scraps Challenge #14 - Make mine a Double Double

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.

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.

Happy Birthday to me! What a great day! We had sunshine - I can hardly believe it! A balmy ten degrees and we’re rolling up the shirt sleeves, throwing aside the jackets and rolling out the barbecue. Never mind that the rest of Canada is basking in temperatures two to three times greater! The dandelions are popping up everywhere. Gotta love those sunny little flowers. They are so so hardy - as are we! Bet my bottom dollar everyone at work tomorrow will be talking about what a beautiful day Sunday was. Yep! Like I said, a balmy plus ten. We are so so easy to please . . .

In addition to having a delicious barbecued supper and a CHOCOLATE birthday cake - a real treat as all my crowd like everything and anything but chocolate -  I got to have the family here to share it with me. Preparation time - 0; clean up time - 0. I love the whole being pampered thing. If it wasn’t for getting older, I’d have a birthday EVERY day. The boys gave me a whole bunch of scrapbooking stuff: two Cricut cartridges, stamps, paper, containers. Such fun! Will play with those goodies later this week as I work with my yellow scraps.

Yes, the challenge this week is to use a little yellow - a little splash of sunshine. Next Sunday we’ll draw one name for a bit of blog candy apropo to the occassion.

So get to work on those layouts, cards, ATCs, or 3D projects. Can’t wait to see them! You have until Sunday, June 6th to leave a link to your creation  using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date.

Sorry for the late post but it’s the May 2-4 weekend and here in my part of the world that’s a very big deal - the kick off to summer. I’ve been in holiday mode so last night forgot all about posting to my blog.

Saturday was the day of the big launch for us - a little disapppointing as one of the pumps wasn’t working right and we had to pull her up again. Max, however, was thrilled with all the excitement - he still got to eat his lunch on the boat. haha.

After we pulled the Northern Lights home again, we went to visit friends and from there we took our boy home. “This was a great day, Grammy”, he said - Is your glass half empty, Max, or half full?

Sunday it was Sam’s turn. Sam isn’t quite as active as Max just yet, but still takes up all our attention when he visits. DH had him chuckling away here. He’s sitting up like a big boy!

Today I’m spending in the loft. DH just put a fire in - it’s all of two degrees! I have some wedding favors to work on for my niece’s upcoming wedding - chocolate chip with a splash of color so ……. this week I challenge you to use just that - a scrap of brown with a splash of color. I’ll post pictures of my own work later today.

Hope you had a safe weekend and that there are lots of good things in store for you this week. I have a birthday on the horizon - next Sunday actually, so to everyone who participates this week, I’ll send a pattern from paperandpiecings.com - your choice. This is the last week our challenge will be sponsored by Paper and Piecings. Something new next week so here’s your chance to get your favorite pattern for free.

You have until Sunday, May 30th to leave a link to your creation -  card, layout, ATC, any paper project - using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date.

Congratulations to Yvonne whose name we drew this week. Email me Yvonne at justscraps.ca@gmail.com with your pattern choice and I’ll get that to your right away.l Thanks to everyone who played along!

Happy Scrapping!

Sunday already! Can’t believe it.  Just got back from another weekend retreat. Friday after work, I loaded up the car and headed to the east coast of the island with scrappin’ buddy, Kelley. We spent Friday night, all day Saturday, and again this morning with a super group of ladies doing one of my favorite things: scrapping! There were sixteen of us. What fun to share ideas and see others’ cards and layouts.  Thank you ladies!

And a great big thanks to all who played along this past week at Just Scraps. I’ve peeked at all your cards though didn’t take the time tonight to stop and visit as I usually do. I wanted to get this post finished before I hit the sack. Long day - long drive - and morning comes early.

 In spite of it being mid May, our weather is far from spring-like. Cold, wet, and miserable with overcast, gray skies. At least I don’t feel guilty about being inside scrapping rather than poking about in the garden. And more rain forecast for tomorrow. So gray it is! Use a scrap of gray in your card or layout this week and once again next Sunday we’ll do a random drow for three more patterns from Paper and Piecings.

Here are a few of the projects I finished this weekend. There are scraps of gray in each!

You have until Sunday, May 23rd to leave a link to your creation -  card, layout, ATC, any paper project - using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date.

Hope you have a great week and congratulations to Teri whose name I drew for this week’s little bit of blog candy. Email me with your pattern choices, Teri, at justscraps.ca@gmail.com and I’ll get them to your right away.

Happy Mother’s Day everyone! Hope you all had a great day with family and friends. We had a lovely supper with my Mom yesterday and with DH’s Mom and family today. Lobster two days in a row - quite the treat. Max went with us to the Lobster Pool to pick up the little critters. He quickly decided he’d have fries. Don’t think he could wrap his head around dining on something that crawls around and has its claws clamped together so it won’t nip.  DH cut the bands and one little fellow did clamp down - had to break the claw to free his finger. Too funny - at least from my perspective. Not, I’m sure, amusing to either DH or the lobster.

Max and I in church this morning. He was a good boy - stayed in his seat for most of the service - we bring lots of dinkies!  He asked the minister if she’d like to come to his house for a play date. She told him to have his Mommy call her. “What’s the church number?” he asked. I could squat him. He’s pretty slick for three years old. I had thought about bringing Sam along as well, but not quite sure I’m up to handling both of them at church just yet. I was watching the little girls and they seem so much gentler and quieter than my rough and tumble crowd. Boys, boys and more boys! Yesterday Max and I chased rabbits through the woods, played Lego, played dinkies and then I came home to listen to DH talk about boats. Can’t help occasionally wishing there was a little pink in my life!

So there you have it - perhaps you can find a way to work a little pink into your cards and layouts this week - for all the Grammys and Mommys who - even though we love our boys - sometimes yearn for a wee bit of pink!

Found my way to this image of little Newton through a blog I follow. There are several coloring sheets here to download, size and use for your cards. I think they are darling. Check it out at http://www.newtons-law.com/colouring/

 You have until Sunday, May 16th to leave a link to your project - card, layout, ATC, any paper project - using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date and we’ll have a random draw for three paper piecing patterns of your choice from www.paperandpiecings.com .

Have a great week and thanks so much for playing along!

Congrats to Monica whose name was drawn to receive three patterns of her choice from www.paperandpiecings.com . Email me at justscraps.ca@gmail.com Monica with your choices and I’ll get those off to you.

Love this week’s sketch at Mojo Monday. Perfect for this card.

Happened to walk past the Art Room at school one day last week and overheard the Art teacher reading a story about the primary colors to the children. “And what do you think the other colors are called?” she asked. “Elementary!”  This is true - I thought it was so cute. Not sure if it’s my connection with school or a fondness for the primary colors, but I always love school cards and they always seem to be a combo of black, red, white, and a little yellow. The yellow, by the way, is indeed from the scrap stash so fits in with the challenge here at Just Scraps as well.

Can you believe it? May already! I love the month of May - spring is finally here - though we did have snow yesterday - and in spite of our predictably unpredictable weather, there is an end in sight. Beautiful long summer days just around the corner. And my birthday is in May - right on the tail end of it! Don’t you just love parties?

Seems I was off to a good start with the challenges here at Just Scraps but the magazine challenge sent scrappers scurrying in another direction so I’ve decided to keep it simple. Just Scraps challenges will be just that:  From here on in, I’m  asking you to dip into your scrap stash each week and use just scraps - or at least a few scraps along with your good stuff. This week you have to use a little yellow.

Why yellow? Took Max to McDonald’s today. For the first time ever, he decided to do a little climbing - up the plastic tube he went. I swear I hardly took my eyes off him but next thing I hear is Max bawling frantically because he couldn’t get down. So what does a frantic Grammy do but climb up after him. Too funny! Max watches this show called The Wonder Pets. These little animals go out and rescue other animals - just like I rescued Max.  Grammy, I was informed, was just like Ming Ming, the little yellow duck. Hence the yellow.

One other change: We’re going from posting a challenge every second Sunday to EVERY Sunday. For the month of May, our prize sponsor is Paper and Piecings. Our random prize winner each week in May gets to choose three free paper piecing patterns - your choice - from Paper and Piecings.

Here’s my card - square scraps of yellow dp and an elephant cut from scraps of yellow cardstock. I took the picture before I’d quite finished the card. Stamped in the bottom corner is Hello Baby. The inside is stamped with another elephant and the sentiment Welcome.

Okay my scrappin’ friends, you have until Sunday, May 9th to leave a link to your project - card, layout, ATC, any paper project - using the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this post. Mr. Linky will close on that date and we’ll have a random draw for those darling paper piecing patterns.

Have a great week and thanks so much for playing along!

Congrats to Claire who won this week’s little bit of blog candy. Email me with your snail address at justscraps.ca@gmail.com, Claire, and I’ll get a parcel in the mail.

Haven’t had too many takers on this particular challenge - perhaps everyone else uses their magazines - but it’s doing wonders for me. Here’s another cased card from the same magazine: PaperCrafts November/December edition 2009, page 13, Thinking of You card designed by Mercedes Weber. I used the Martha Stewart clear Butterfly stamp, colored my image with Copics and then cut out. Hoping to use some glossy accents later today to really make it pop! Also used the Stampin’Up Inspired by Nature stamp for the grass. Ribbon was picked up in a bin at Michael’s. Punched the moon with a 1-1/4″ circle punch and inked the base of the grass with Stampin Up’s Pumpkin Pie. Have yet to add a sentiment to the front bottom of the card - not sure what I want there just yet. Thanks for looking and have a great Saturday. I’m heading off to babysit Sam. We’ll be spending the night so not sure how that will work out.  Hopefully he sleeps right through the night -  Grammy likes her sleep! You still have another week to get your challenge done - I’m thinking most of you are like me - you just like to look at your magazines!

One of the ladies who participated in our last challenge put me on to Sketch Saturday at http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com and while my own challenge is to CASE from a magazine I already own, I saw this sketch and knew right away what card I wanted to do. This cute little fellow is Bigsby, a free digital image from Karen to celebrate her 100 followers (many many more now - her images are adorable!) and available at http://www.karensdoodles.blogspot.com . I’ve colored him up with my Copics - the paper?  just scraps!