Just Scraps - Challenge #8 - A Scrap of Gray

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.