Monday - Diva Day

Hi everyone!  I wanted to remind you that you still have time to head over to Hydrangea Hippo for a chance to win some fabulous prizes!  You can also pick up the Limited Edition Diva Paper Crafting kit for a great price!

I love, love, love the little dangles that came in the kit.  The papers, laces, and other trims are fabulous!  There is so much to play with I made a number of different projects.  First.....a mini album.

I promise to be back later this week to show more of the things I made with the kit.  If you want to see more now though, hop over to the Hydrangea Hippo blog.

Hugs.

Nancy

Lazy Days

Oh life has been so lazy the last few days.  Not a lot going on....catching up with friends, a few chores, and a project or two.

I bought a new point and shoot a few months ago and was needing a new camera bag.  Of course, the Prima canvas bag was adorable and I had to have it.

Lots of yummy glimmer mist in peach delight, tea rose and pomegranate.  A few flowers, a butterfly and a bit of bling.

I had to spray more of the pomegranate on the handle to make it more colorful and match the button.

I also managed to create this layout.  It is based on a July Page Maps sketch and week 153 of Color Combos Galore.

Well, off to grab a glass of wine and maybe watch some television.

Hugs.

Nancy

Busy, Busy

But not in the way you probably think.  lol

Today, I woke with horrible allergies.  So, I decided to take it easy.  Mackenzie went to morning swim practice.  Ainsley and Brighton went to afternoon.  Other than a bit of housework and a friend over for Ainsley it was a very uneventful day.  Which, gave me lots of time to play.  What a nice change.

My good friend, Heather, challenged me at the beginning of the month to scrapbook 30 photos.  Which, with my current affinity for single photo layouts looked to be quite a challenge.  But, with all the time I had today, it was one I was up to.

The first one is from this weeks Sassy Lil Sketches blog.  Which, was a great layout for lots of photos (6!!!)

and here is my take....

The next, from The Color Room

And then....

From Color Palette 148 over at Color Combos Galore and a flip, rotate, reassemble of Got Sketch #100.

Finally, based on a sketch and color scheme over at Pagemaps....

How much would I love to win all those gorgeous laser cute chippies.  sigh.....

Well, so that makes 29...technically, not done yet.  But I do have another layout here, waiting to be uploaded to the Your Memories Here blog for my last reveal as a GDT member.  I have loved working with their products and look forward to summer CHA and the need to stock up again!  lol  Seriously, if you haven't been buy, you should definitely check them out.

Well, off to finish dinner.  Meatless Monday here so we are having cheese enchiladas with a big salad and a plum/berry crumble for dessert.  yummmmmm

Chat with ya soon.

Hugs.

Nancy

Squeeze

Now, don't get me wrong.  I love summer.  The weather is beautiful.  The children don't have school, so I get a break, and we usually squeeze in a trip or two.  The only problem is that when I say "squeeze", I really mean "squeeze".  Our days are so full with swim and ballet that it seems we don't have time to do the fun stuff.

Today we managed to squeeze in a few things tho.  After swim practice, also known as "fun Friday"...cause there isn't much practice, mostly games. We grabbed a few friends and headed down south a bit to do some berry picking.  Yummy!!!  We picked ollalieberries and boysenberry.  Both are delicious.  So delicious that we managed to come home with almost 15 pounds of these suckers.  And since they didn't weigh the children before they started grazing picking the berries we may have actually brought home even more.....

What am I going to with so many berries?  Good question.  I have frozen 7 pounds of the boysenberries (they had mealy bugs and I really wanted those suckers dead) and two trays (maybe 3 pounds) of the ollalies.  I also made a yummy blackberry cobbler for desert tonight.  Which was a very good thing since we also managed to squeeze in picking up a side of beef this afternoon.  200 lbs.  Man, my freezer is full!  hee hee And I have no idea where I am going to put the rest of the berries.  Anyone have an idea?  I keep trying to squeeze more in, but I think we are maxed.

The girls managed to keep Daniel for the afternoon, so on top of piano lessons and processing berries, they had a play date.  Which is a good thing, cause it is summer, right????  And we have to squeeze in the fun when we can.

Tomorrow promises to be fun packed with a swim meet and the team overnighter!  Poor Phil, Father's day this year will be a bit of a bummer with grumpy children and exhausted wife.  Did I mention I, as president of the team get to stay up all night?  Well, maybe not all...I may manage to get 2 or 3 hours.  And sometime in there I need to squeeze in a trip to the grocery.

On the bright side tho...I did manage to squeeze in a bit of scrappy time.

Well, with the swim meet in the morning I should try and squeeze in some time with the hubby and some sleep.

What are you squeezing this weekend?

Hugs.

Nancy

And She's Back

Look at that...I said I would be back, and I am.

And here I am bringing you some of the scrappiness I have been doing the last few days.  The weekend with the inlaws while being fabulously busy, did not leave much time for playing with paper.  And then, once they were gone, there was quite a bit of "work" to catch up on.

I did, however manage this card for Ideas for Scrapbookers.

And did a fun tutorial on Ideas for Scrapbookers on chipboard.  This was my layout.  You can check out the link for how you can turn plain chipboard into rusted metal.  I had so much fun with this technique I think I may have to try some other chipboard fun.

And I made this from the updated Color Combos Galore weekly challenge site over on ning.  Using a sketch from Sassy Lil' Sketches

Not such a bad week for scrappy goodness.

I still feel so behind.  I didn't do last weeks project over on the BPS class I won, much less start this weeks.  And I have a bit of a surprise for you all next Tuesday that I am busy with.

So, be sure and check back.

See ya then,

Hugs.

Nancy

Baby Love

My little niece is simply adorable.   Every time we get together with my sister I always am sure to bring my camera as, well.....babies are just so dang photogenic.

I must admit that occasionally I miss having a baby around.  They are pretty sweet, they smell good, the are oh so cuddly.....sigh.  But then Phil reminds me of the sleepless nights, the diapers, the lack of "me" time.  And I am glad that mine are a little older.  Besides, he tells me, "I am done with babies."

So, let me ask you...does this look like a man who is done with babies?

Just saying.  lol

Hugs.

Nancy