~ribbons and heat~

There is a record breaking heat wave going across the Lower Mainland here in BC. It is so draining. My poor baby has some heat rash. Trying to keep him as cool as possible. once it cools down tonight I am going to scrapbook. We have been so busy preserving the produce from our garden. It has been a great lesson. A lost art, really.

For the first time I entered the local fair. Entered so scrapbooking and photography. Did pretty good. Six 1st place ribbons, five 2nd place and one 3rd place. ((insert blushing)) I also won "Best In Show" for my scrapbooking. This was the page that won:

My photography that all received 2nd place was:


It was such a fun event to participate in. Look forward to
next years fair!

Hope everyone will find a way
to beat the heat!

I need the Epic 6!!!

This is what QuicKutz has released today!! Letterpressing you CAN DO AT HOME!! This is so amazing!! I watched to countdown like it was New Years Eve!! Check out the new website.
I will be getting one of these for sure!!

Vinyl Home Decor

Used my Silhouette to cut out the outer space shapes. The stars are LE release from two years ago. Put this up in Brayden's bedroom window.

One Cool Dude

Had a lot of fun creating this layout! Oh course it was with my Silhouette. I cut out the gears in a double sided paper. So it was easy to switch up the colors. "Very Cool" are bookends. Love the tattoo images from QuicKutz. Thanks for taking a peek :-)

Hero Arts

Look at what Hero Arts is doing this week!! All week they are posting inspiration and sneak peeks at their new products!!So excited! Take a look and enter for some amazing blog candy on their page!!

I copy and pasted this part of their blog post for your reading pleasure. Make sure you go their blog for all the wonderful projects they have created!!

Now for our challenge for YOU - and we have DOUBLE THE PRIZES this week! This week’s challenge is to create something that is inspired by anything on heroarts.com (our main website, not this blog). It could be a card, scrapbook page, technique article, or more from heroarts.com. Just post your creation - along with the link to the inspiration - in our Flickr group with the tag “website”. Be sure to use at least one Hero Arts stamp. The deadline for the challenge is Sunday, July 19 at 11:59 pm PST. From the entries we will pick twice as many winners as normal… and the prizes are twice as big:

• TWO Fresh Face Winners (someone who has not yet won a contest): $100 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog each
• TWO Scrapbook Page Winners: $100 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog each
  
• TWO 1st Place: $100 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog each
• TWO 2nd Place: $50 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog each
• TWO 3rd Place: $30 of new Hero Arts stamps + a 2009 catalog each

And we can’t start this big week without a giveaway. Wait - how about TWO!? Yep. Let’s do two giveaways…

1. Leave a comment here telling us something you like about our main website, heroarts.com. Do so by Friday at 11:59 pm PST and we will pick a lucky winner.
2. Post about our big week on your blog. Then leave a comment here linking us to your blog. Do so by tonight at 11:59 pm PST and we will pick another lucky winner!

Both winners will get these great goodies…

Thanks for stopping by…see you tomorrow!

Make sue sure you enter for your chance at these amazing prizes! (my card on the side bar "playing with pink" is a Hero Arts Set: CL 309)

Grateful

It was a blast working on a patriotic layout. Actually my first. These were some of my favorite pictures from the celebration. The QuicKutz Silhouette phrase was a perfect way to sum up a the day!

((insert blushing)) QuicKutz accepted this layout for their online gallery. Feel so grateful right now. Thank you QuicKutz ;-)

Summer Sweetness!!

Here is what I was doing at 10:11pm

07.08.09@10:11:12pm
Finishing up my class sample for August...it is so fresh and fun!

I am so excited to be hosting the Canadian Leg of "Shades of Summer" with Elizabeth Kartchner! My summer just got a alot sweeter!! Check back in the next couple weeks to see my pages for the mini album :-

A New Love

A bug was planted in my ear a couple years ago.
How wonderful the Silhouette was. I was quite content with
my Revolution. No, no, no I love it. Use it all the time. However, my
loving husband, bought me the Silhouette for Christmas (2008). Boy, DO I LOVE IT! It is the most amazing thing!

Feels like I have stirred up, woken up and revived a creative side that I have not seen before! The ideas are truly un-limited. They are over flowing. So many nights I look up at the clock and say "Is it really that time?" Yikers, better get to bed.

Love the prices of the digital images! How can you beat $1.99? It is amazing. You can pick up a QuicKutz Silhouette SD at Photo Express on the website for $399.99.If you are a Club card member and or a PE Crew member will also recieve your 10% and/or 20% off.

~pumkin lovin' ~

So, it getting hotter and hotter...but here I sit scrappin' fall layouts!! Hahahaha Don't get me wrong. I love BBQ's, water gun fights and Popsicles. There is something about fall, that I just love. The smell of leaves, pumpkin pie baking and trips to the pumpkin patch. So, here is a layout that I finished up today. It is also special, it was our last trip to the patch with just Brayden. This year we will have two boys to take! OH, now I can not wait for the fall!!

Quick Post

Was just uploading pictures from today and I instantly fell in love with this one. Thought I would share with you :-)

Happy Birthday Canada!!

What an amazing country we live in. Diverse and free.
We will be celebrating in our complex today. It will be the 2nd annual Canada Day celebration. Thankfully I will be feeling ALOT better this year. Last year I was about 7 or 8 weeks pregnant. Horrible morning sickness. I think I made a cameo at the bash! The kids will have a blast. Feeling quite lucky today! To live in such a beautiful country!!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!