winter festival

Yesterday i went to the Chambly "Fete des Neiges" (winter festival) with some friends and the boys. We slid down the hill once, Brady with my friend Julie and me with Charlie. Brady was scraed, it went too fast. Charlie looked like he had a blast. Other than sliding there really wasn't much else to do. So we all went to Julie's house. Her boyfriend made a small rink in the backyard for their 3 yr old daughter. Brady has a pair of blades that you tie onto the boots. He had so much fun, he was out there at least 1 hour with the dads playing hockey (ok well, hitting the puck) he had a blast. We're definetly gonna have to do this again. Here are a few pics ( i didn't have my camera for the sliding part, but got some good shots of Brady skating) oh yeah, let me just explain about the pink mittens... his brown mittens were soaked through, so we had to borrow a pair from Lia, hence the pink mits.

here's a layout i finished tonight (i started it yesterday) it's made with the Just Cre8 Feb kit, this is my second layout with the kit, unfortunately i can't show you the first since i submitted it for the DT position, i'll show it to you after the 14th.
i also used some of the paint techniques i learned in my BigPicture Scrapbooking online class: "Got Paint?" with Emily Falconbridge (she's a wiz with paints!) TFL!!!

Just Cre8

Just Cre8 is looking to add 1-2 designers to their design team. Submissions deadline is Feb 12th. I sent mine in this morning. I'm really crossing my fingers on this one.

My friends, cross your fingers for me too, please...


I'm honored to have been chosen by Nathalie for the Feb scraplift a member challenge on Scrapbook Centrale, check it out here.

Here's a pic of Charlie i took this morning, he's just too cute. It's really hard to get a picture of Brady these days, he's just never still!


On another note; the Superbowl is tonight. Are you rooting for the Patriots!? I know we are!

go Pats go!!!

i'm on a roll!

Wow 2 layouts within 4 days! i'm on a roll! LOL! i know to some it really doesn't seem like alot but for me it is. i scrap in spurts, i was very surprise when i did a count of the layouts i did in 2007 to find that i had done more than one a week!

here's a layout i did for a GDT submission on Paws on Scrapbooking. It's based on a sketch by Becky Fleck. TFL!

scrap-evolution

i was tagged by Daniele, to show you my scrapbooking evolution. i don't have any pics of the very first pages i did in 2003 (it was an album i made for DH about his daughter)
here goes:
late 2004
early 2005
mid 2005
end 2005
early 2006
early 2007
mid-2007
end 2007
early 2008

now i'm tagging:

Claude
Erin
Caro
Nika (MelB)

quick layout

here's a quick layout i did last night while i was supposed to be cleaning my scrap stuff. it's on a transparency, no paper, using paints only. TFL!

Charlie is ONE!!!

yup! my baby turned 1 yesterday~ it's kind of melancholic, he's not a baby anymore. And we won't be having any more kids so it's just not right that he's growing up so fast. He's got 5 teeth! He's starting to cruise (walking while holding onto things), doing simple things when asked (like putting a toy in a bag) and he's giving kisses now! that's my favorite!

Here are a few pictures of him enjoying his cake on Saturday. And of course i made his cake, Brady decided what kind of cake it was gonna be. I asked him a few weeks ago what kind of cake we should make for Charlie and he said: "hmmmm...a sheep" Me: "what color?" and here i was really hoping he wasn't gonna say white, because i had blue/lavender in mind. He said: "Blue" Yeah! i'm glad he was on the same wavelength as mom! So here are pics of the cake and Charlie enjoying it. Tomorrow he's getting his vaccins....loads of fun there too! sarcasm...

My "Ah Paris!" page has been put up on the Memento gallery.

i decided to take part in this wonderful challenge that Scrappin-Barb is organizing on the SC forum. Every month of 2008 we will have a different questionnaire and we have to do a layout about ourselves using these questions. Here's my first layout.

Here's the journaling
journaling:
1. My current occupation is: customer service coordinator at Fruits & Passion
2. My dream job would be: photographer
3. If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be: how about the Caribbean, I heard today on the radio that there might be talk of Turks and Caicos being considered the 11th province of Canada…I’ll move there!
4. If I could have lunch with someone famous, it would be: Drew Barrymore, she seems like such a fun and easy going person.
5. The best birthday gift I could receive would be: time for me (no explanation needed)
6. If I had a million dollars, the first thing I'd buy would be: well I’d pay off my debts first then I’d buy a trip around the world and a new camera bag so I could bring it with me.
7. When I was a teenager, I thought that by my age I'd be: well I thought I’d have a career, I don’t consider what I do a career, it’s just a job.
8. The goals I'm currently working on are: getting published as a Scrapbooker and I’d love to make a DT in the year 2008
9. When I'm 80, I hope to I am doing this: well I hope that I’m healthy and able to travel and visit my kids and grandkids, and by that time I hope to be a photographer
10. The person I'd like to be more like is: no one in particular, but I would love to be a more patient person and not always getting angry so easily about the little things.

canvas

i just need to post the 3 canvas i've altered. Enjoy.

So with the holiday season almost over i thought i should come and post an update on how we're all doing. My mom was down from NB for X-mas she arrived on Sat the 22 and left on the 26th. It was really great having her here, i don't remember the last time she was here for x-mas. The kids were a little spoiled by Santa this year, they got lots of toys that make noise! lucky me...

As for tonight (New Years Eve) it's like any other day in this household, we'll probably just watch a movie and go to bed. On this note i leave you to some pictures.







Oh yeah! i almost forgot, Thank you Erin and Claude for coming over and cropping with me yesterday it was a lot of fun and we definately have to do it again soon! i created 2 layouts that i'm really happy with.

check this out!

Scrapzine is talking about me!

Baby, it's cold outside!

OUF! i just spent 45min outside shoveling the 2 sets of stairs and walks. Can i just tell you i'm really glad that we pay for snow removal on our 2 parkings! i think there was 12 inches of snow (some places more) and it's still snowing! so i can't imagine shoveling the whole thing by hand. My hats off to those that do it with a shovel!!!


UPDATE: ok, it's 5 hrs later and i just came back from shoveling one of the walks (the one we use, obviously) and i swear there must've been another 8 inches (someplaces where it was windy...12 in!) and of course, it's still snowing.

I don't mind it that much, actually it reminds me of the winters we used to have when i was a kid and the snow banks we 6 feet high and you lost your boots in the snow. We haven't had this must snow in i don't know how long. And to think, last year we didn't even have snow at Christmas! We'll be very fortunate this year!

Good news is coming my way….keep checking my blog…..on Dec 18th (hopefully I’ll remember to come update!)

update

ok, so i know it's been a while since i last updated my blog. Here's what'S been going on.
Mat leave is over, back to work! i found a job at Fruits & Passion as customer service coordinator for independant markets. I also visited my sister in Saskatoon a few weeks ago. i'll post pics later (as soon as i figure out how to download them from my phone) the week i came back from SK, Brady was sick so i missed a day of work and fell down the stairs with Charlie in my arms; sprained my foot and bumped my head. I'm telling you it was a good week...sarcasm!

It's been a little tough getting back into the whole routine, there's just not enough time during the day to do all that i'd like to do. Unfortunetly no new layouts have been created. i did make a chipboard book, but it's not finished yet, i need to put the pics, but so far i think it looks great!

Sorry to everybody on the forums if i've been out of touch lately, i'll get back into the swing of things soon, most likely after the holidays.

Tonight i'm shopping!!!

i finally got back on the horse and started creating again after getting eliminated from the idol contest. i hadn't quit or anything but i was bummed out quite a bit. i've made a few altered books but i made my first complete layout this week since the contest. so here's what i've been up to. oh yeah, a few projects don't have picks yet. i know what their gonna be, i just to take them.

the completed layout.


this is my x-mas card for this year.


our Santa's wish list holder.


this is the inside pockets (our initials are on each pocket)


this is the back of the list holder


a 6x12 layout, i will put in a family picture when i have a good one.


and finally, a chipboard album using the new Love Elsie papers. The front and back cover are covered with the adhesive material in her collection.

short update

i got a job!!! i will be working Customer Service at the head office of Fruits et Passion in Candiac, it's great...only 20 min from the daycare. I start on Nov 19th and i have plenty to do before starting, i did however get a few scrapbooking projects done i just haven't taken the pics yet. soon i promise.

as requested by my mom, here are a few pics of the boys. (i've been lacking in that department too!)