Paperplay challenge from week of Oct. 1st

09 Week 37 - Dei's Challenge: Pale and Interesting

"Pale and Interesting".
I would like to see you use predominantly white with just one colour as an accent! Have fun!

So I set about doing my layout.

But it was not my week for "me" time. I have these sweet pages of my son all set in my head but one thing (rain) or another (someone being sick, kids and now me) has kept me from finishing them. I will though and wheni do I'll post them! Now it's off to bed so I can get well. Oh and my batery died but it was pouring down rain, again, and I wasn't going to go back in and out to get a better picture tonight.

World Card Making Day

October 3rd is World card making day and though I'm not getting this posted until the 4th, the card was made last night very late but still finished in time! I didn't even get u to all my supplies until after 10 pm! But in just over an hour I was finished but too tired to mess with taking a picture and doing all this computer jazz.



The green card stock is from my stash. It's a big stash so I never know what brand or color name as I pick up solid colors when ever I see some that calls to me and it's on sale. : )
The pattern paper is BG's Figgy Pudding. It's all scraps left over from the family album I made for my MIL last Christmas. I love that I didn't have to cut into any new sheets. I'm hoarding what's left of the pack. LOL
Flowers are all from my Prima - Wildflowers Pillar Pack Collection - Botanical Flower Mix - Assorted.
Snaps are from my stash, most bought off of eBay.
Edgeds were inked using Stampabilitie's pigment ink in Teddy Bear.
Letter charms are Lil' Charms. I got bought enough to be able to spell out my kids names. LOL ooops. ; )

Happy World Card Day everyone!!

Paperplay challenge from week of September 24th

09 - Week 36 - "Spot This"


This week's challenge is called "Spot This":
"Pretty self-explanatory really. I am a sucker for buying spotty paper (and stripy - but we won't go there!), then I don't use it up because I don't want to cut into it. So this week, I'd like everyone to make spotty things (using paper or indeed anything else spotty you wish).





So here's my card. I have to admit i made it towards the end of July but never got around to taking a pitcure of it. Sad partis it should have been mailed out in mid June! (blush)

Everything I used is from my stash and though I could look up what the stamps are I don't have it in me. Just to be short and sweet about it all, I lost the baby so life has been a little out of sorts the past 2 weeks.

Hope everyone had a great week!

Oh no! Not again...

So, I've been a little under the weather for the past month or so. It all started with a virus and no matter what Dr I called no one wanted to see me. I got meds for nausea but was told it was a 7-10 day thing and to tough it out. Well, by day 7 or so I knew something wasn't right. No way a virus would get worse not better by that time. My Hubby was getting very worried too as I couldn't really even stay out of bed to do more than fix the kids something to eat and throw them in bed for their afternoon naps. So off we go to the Wellness Center on a Saturday morning hoping to get stronger meds. It seems they won't see you unless you are well! They sent us across the street to the ER. Now thankfully it was early morning enough that there was no one in the waiting room so I was seen right off, unlike at the Wellness Center where we had already been for an hour or more. They hooked me up to an IV and get fluids in me right off along with nausea meds and some pain meds too, sure helped the tummy feel better pretty fast. The bad part was that the kids where with us and I think it was scaring my little boy some. The meds made me shake and made my mouth totally dry. I couldn't talk because my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth! It was taking a while and the kids where hungry so off Hubby went with them to get something for everyone to eat. While they were gone the test from the blood work came back. Not only did I have the flu, I was pregnant to boot. I just looked at the Dr like he had two heads. I think he could tell it was too much news for me to deal with all at once so he left until my family got back. In the mean time he called the OB on duty and they decided I needed to spent the night and get more fluids and meds and most of all some rest. Funny how they say rest while they pump in 8 bags of fluid. I was up peeing all night long!
Anyways, I'm so not up for scrapping of any kind and have even had some thoughts of packing it all up again so the kids have totally run of the playhouse. (sigh) It's just more work than I can think of right now.
So that's why I haven't done anything in a month. All day sickness sure sucks! Hope to get a big second wind my the third trimester like I did last time. Guess we will see as time goes on.

Paperplay challenge from week of July 23th

Week 27 - Boys, boys, boys
"Boys, boys, boys, make something for a boy - baby, child, teen or man"

I have a friend who's Due date is tomorrow, July 25th, so I thought it was fitting to make something for her to have for her son. I did an 8x8 page that she can frame, put in a baby book, or add to a bigger scrapbook page.



The best part is this is all still using scrap leftover from the babybook I made for my other friend. I love getting to use paper pieces all up. It's also how I'm cleaning my work table off. LOL It's been a huge mess for 3 months now!
The "Baby Mine" that I hand wrote is a little smudged. I'll have to go over it again. It's hard not to smudge ink on vellum and more so when you are carrying your project, your laptop (and mine is as big as they come), and an 18 month old how finds the sidewalk too hot for her little bare feet. The "C and "A" are printed on the paper but didn't show up enough for my liking so I traced around them. It helps when a 3 year old doesn't keep knocking the table. (sigh) After doing them the "L" and "Y" looked like they needed to be outlined so they would look more like a set. I love how they turned out.

Paper's are again Deja View's Sharon Ann's Little Ones Boy 12x12 pad
Blues, green, and reds card stock is from my huge stash. I have no way of knowing what brand or color name.
Silver Vellum, "Goo goo gaa gaa", and "Baby Boy" papers are from Hobby Lobby.
"L" and "Y" where die cut on my Sizzix with the Serif Uppercase Alphabet set.

Paperplay challenge from week of July 16th

Week 26

Favourite chocolate/candy. Let your favourite nibble inspire your creation.

Well, I choose Lemon Bars because I had pretty much polished off a 9x13 pan of them by myself over that week. (blush)

I was using my glaze pen for the leaves and stems and it pretty much exploded on the inside of the pen but no ink to use. :(

So I had to come up with some other idea.

Hope you enjoy.

Paperplay challenge from week of July 9th

Week 25 Theme of Fashion

I'm squeezing in just under the wire on this one.