cards, cards & more cards

Well it's only been a few days since I last posted and as you can see I've been very busy! There was a 2-3 day break while we had houseguests, but as soon as they were out the door I was pulling out my supplies again! Alot of these cards are ones I've never made before so it's always fun, but very time consuming figuring out all the right measurements etc. It's all worth it in the end though...I currently have 2 binders filled with pictures of the cards and then all the needed paper & measurements...makes it easy for me to just throw something together if I need too. I also keeps me from getting bored, just making the same cards all the time.

Mercedes had asked if she could give her teacher some of my cards as a thank you gift and I said that would be fine, she could pick out 10 cards to give her...well she's getting 12 regular cards and 20 gift tags cause Mercedes just knew that Mrs. V would love them ALL!! I couldn't say no either especially when she then went and spent an hour making Mrs. V a necklace all by herself. Apparently according to Mercedes Mrs. V had said that she loved the cards she got for Christmas so we just had to give her more! Oh well, good thing I had a bunch in stock!

As for the dr. and his order...a few days ago his wife called and added another 10 cards to their total! So far I have 19 made, so I'm hoping to have this finished and off my desk by next week.

Speaking of next week...July 1 is my quit smoking date! I'm a little nervous, but feeling good about the preparations that I've made. I've got Brad and Mercedes outta the house for the first 2 days at least, stocked up on sunflower seeds today, taking my medication and have the patch up in the cupboard just waiting to be put to use. Besides if I quit smoking, think of all the extra scrappy supplies I'll be able to buy!!

OK enough babbling, here's the latest work...

Another card order...

The other day when at my dr.'s office he ordered 30 cards from me! Yay!! And to top it all off he gave me a great compliment too! So I have been hard at work this week working on his cards, in between trying to get the house ready for overnight guests, and trying to keep a little girl busy who just can't wait for the last day of school in 6 days! So here are some of the cards I've made so far...he wanted Condolences, Get Well and Thank you. This first picture of three cards was made to meet a challenge at ScrapCentral during our Summer crop that we had last weekend.

These are the cards that I made for my customer...









This LO is one of my favorites that I've made for awhile. Love the way the colors all came together so great and I was surprised by how fast time went by when I was making this particular page. This was also another challenge at ScrapCentral for a contest that is encouraging us to use our older supplies. Love all the different challenges and fun at ScrapCentral!!

Cards and Mercedes layout...

Crazy weather here today...it snowed all night!! Why the heck is it snowing in June? The only advantage to snow in June is that it makes me want to huddle in and just do scrappy things all day...and that's a good thing cause I have quite a few things on my to-do list.

I did get some cards made last night...I found a new sketch website the other day and I got really inspired. I'll definately be checking it out every day...check it out at Mojo Monday All the cards below were made using sketches that I saw on that blog, and there are still tons more that I want to make too...and that's a good thing since my card supply is dwindling.

The layout below was made by Mercedes...my little scrapper...she really is getting quite creative and I find it fun to see her style as she now does most of the creating all by herself.

They're done!!!

I finally finished the 30 birth announcements that my girlfriend ordered, and I am so happy to have them off my workspace! I'm really happy with how they turned out, but doing 15 of the same thing got a bit boring. Now I just have to figure out what to work on next!

Wow, less than a week even...

and here I am posting again already!! Amazing! Maybe I'm actually starting to get better at this! lol

It's been a busy week around here the last few days. Wednesday we went into Lethbridge for a few errands and with great difficulty I managed to stay away from the scrapbook store! Friday was Mercedes track and field day so we spent the morning over at the school watching all the kids and I did my best to keep my own traumatic track and field experiences out of mind...lets just say I may be creative but I am not, nor have I ever been athletic...ever!! lol

And today, although I have a terrible cold/cough, I had a very enjoyable lunch with my mom, my sis & family, my brother, my aunt & uncle and my grandma...any time spent with my grandma is awesome and I always look forward to seeing her.

In between all the running around, visits, errands etc., I managed to finish a mini album about my best friends baby and got 4 samples made of a birth announcement/thank you card that she has hired me to make. I'm quite happy with how everything turned out and I hope she'll like it all.

Ok, enough babble, onto the artwork.... I messed up and uploaded the mini album backwards but I'm too tired to fix it, so you can always start at the bottom and then work your way up, or just look at it from end to beginning.

Front & Back cover

Pages 13 &14

Page 9&10 and 11 & 12

Page 5&6 and 7&8

Page 1&2 and 3&4

Sample birth announcements/thank you cards...leave a comment and tell me which sample is your favorite!

Lots more cards and a few layouts

Even though I haven't written much lately, I have managed to keep myself busy! Of course I'm always making cards, but I've also been doing some circle journal layouts that I am finding quite fun. I think my next project is going to be a little mini album about me & my kids and family to take with me to my 20 year high school reunion! Shocking, I know!! How is it possible that it's been 20 years already? I was lucky to grow up in a small town, so I went to school with the same 15 people from kindergarten all the way up to grade 12, and I haven't seen alot of them in about...well 20 years! lol I'm excited to see everyone though and see how we all grew up. I also have a big family reunion this summer also, so it's starting to look like we will be quite busy, especially when you add in camping, swimming lessons, trip to Edmonton to see the in laws and my best friend, and hopefully a few day trips to the mountains. And of course I will be trying to keep up with being creative as often as possible since I really notice the difference when I don't make something regularly...it reminds me of a Maya Angelou quote that was something like "you can never run out of creativity...the more you use, the more you have!" A statement that I have definately found to be true for myself.

OK, enough babbling and time for some pics...a few things I've been creating in the last couple weeks...

This is a layout I made for one of my friends circle journals. Her theme is months of the year and she wanted layouts that are all ready for her to just add her pics.
Another circle journal layout. The theme for this cj is favorite books
One of the pics of my girls taken at West Edmonton Mall when they got together at Easter.
I've been having fun playing with foil, alcohol inks and the spellbinder's impressibilities to make all sorts of cards.

Wow, another post in less than a week!!! lol

We have had some very weird weather around here in the last week...everything from a couple feet of snow to today when it was about +17 and Brad was out mowing the lawn! I will be so glad when Spring is finally here to stay.

I have been more productive this week also. May 2 was National Scrapbooking Day so we are having a week long crop at ScrapCentral and I've enjoyed having specific challenges to keep the creative juices flowing. Most of what I've made this week have been cards since I have really depleted my supply in the last couple weeks. That's another thing I love about the ScrapCentral crops is that there is always such variety...cards, LO, altered, games, bingo...just fun, fun fun!!

I'm hoping that my next project will be a LO since I have a bunch of great pics from Easter that I need to get scrapped and I learned about a technique I'd never even heard of before so I think I'm going to see if I can figure out how to do it and then find a way to include it on the layout.

I'll post the cards that I've made so far towards my crop challenges and I will be sure to post my new technique as soon as I get it figured out!

It's been awhile again....

I can't figure out why I have such a hard time blogging more regularly...I really need to just make a much better effort!

April has been an interesting month around here. We went up to Edmonton for Easter to see the in-laws & family, my best friend and my older daughter. When we got back home we found out that the job Brad was working at is basically all finished, so he hasn't been working hardly at all this month. He has been handing out resumes all over the place, but so far, nothing. I'm desperately hoping that he finds something soon.

Then last Friday I had a seizure and it really messed with my head. Yesterday was the first time I even came on the computer or did any scrappin, since some of the side effects have finally started to go away. We have no idea what caused the seizure, but I am a little concerned because this means I've now had 2 seizures in the last year and we don't know why. I'm hoping that the neurologist will be able to give me some answers.

I did manage to get a couple LO's made for my cousin, and did a few cards and I'm hoping to get some Mother's Day cards made for sale, just so I'll have a little money to get a tiny bit of paper that I need.

Enough with the depressing news and let's jump to some recent creations!

Cards, cards and more cards...

My mom was out on the West Coast a couple weeks ago and took the cards that I had made and ended up selling almost all of them!! It was so awesome! So I've been working hard lately trying to build up a new supply. Here's a few of the latest...