Layout of the Day on the Prima Blog!!!

I just got the nicest surprise this morning. "They've only just begun" was selected as layout of the day on the Prima Blog. I used their Eire Collection of paper and a variety of Got Flowers. I just love their products. Check it out!

No Adhesive!?!

I created this layout for a couple of challenges: a colour challenge (black and white plus one colour) and a no adhesive challenge. That's right, the whole layout is held together with thread only. Who knew you could machine stitch chipboard? I'm really pleased with the end result and to top it off, this layout made layout of the day at Create My Keepsake on October 21st. This is a first for me.

I also had a freestyle card chosen as layout of the day on the Imagine, Create, Scrap! message board.

Thanks so much for the recognition!

Cards...my new favourite thing

I was inspired to make some cards this week with the Urban Lily paper I received from Kimber at Imagine, Create, Scrap! I won this crazy countdown game held during the last crop, but that is a whole other story. I especially like the Birthday card with the text written in a circle. That is one of the new tricks I learned this week.

Photo Shoot, Birthday Party & Thanksgiving...what a weekend!

I had the best weekend. My scrap friend, Michelle, her son, her dog, myself and my daughter went out to visit another scrap friend, Tina, and her kids. We all went on a fall photo shoot. What a great time. The weather was perfect and the trees were unbelievably beautiful. I just couldn't wait to scrap this photo when I saw it. I used the Eire collection of paper and flowers from Prima. I just love how it turned out.

On top of all that, it was my husband's birthday on Friday. I invited a bunch of people over to surprise him. (This was after being away all day on the photo shoot.) Luckily the nice weather kept him golfing so I could quickly prepare. He didn't suspect a thing until my sister and her husband showed up. We had a wonderful evening.

On Sunday, we hosted Thanksgiving dinner. This was a first for us and it turned out great. The weather could not have been better and we ate way too much food. It was an all around great weekend.

My First Card Publication

I just got the best news today! I am going to have my first card published in the February issue of Cards magazine. "Time to Celebrate" was made with the September kit from Scrapbooker's Clubhouse. I also got an e-mail from Ginger Rohfls from Imagination Project. She sent me some praise on the layout posted above. I entered it in their Gin X contest. I'm not sure if I'll win a prize or not but it sure was nice of her to reply to me personally and say, "That is REALLY cool! LOVE how you did the fabrix!"

I love fall!

Here is a picture I took today at the local vegetable stand. I just couldn't resist the beautiful display. The owner told me I was about the fifteenth person that day who asked to take photos at his place. I am really pleased with how they turned out. My next photo shoot will be when there are more leaves on the ground. Stay tuned.