Kreative Blogger Award

What a surprise I got when I came home today. Debby left this lovely award for me. Thanks so much Debby! You're very sweet!!!

Once the award is accepted, the nominee has to do the following:

• Thank the sender for nominating you.

• Make sure you link to the person who nominated you.

• Copy the logo onto your blog

• List seven interesting things about yourself.

• Nominate Seven Kreative Bloggers

• Post links to their Blogs

• Leave a comment for each letting them know of their nomination.

Okay so 7 interesting things about lil 'ole me. Let's see...

1 - My daughter was born on my wedding anniversary.

2 - I had a cat named Saucer when I grew up and her mother's name was Teacup.

3 - I learned to swim and ski when I was 2.

4 - I love a good coffee in the morning and a hot cup of tea at night.

5 - I lived in Montreal until I was 6.

6 - I have been doing Project 365 this year and have taken a photograph for every single day to date and have been posting them on my 365 blog. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it, but I'm pleased I've stuck with it and can't wait to put my album together next year!

7 - Before scrapbooking I think I tried every craft out there but each one only lasted a season. I've been scrapbooking for the past 12 years.

Here are 7 of my favourite creative bloggers. Be sure to check them out!

Izzy, Jo, Diane, Hayley, Carrie, Gabi, Rae, Kathleen

Bright and Cheery Christmas Card

I love using unconventional colours at Christmas time. For this one I used my Copics and Stampin Up! DSP and Bashful Blue CS with the cutest little Elzybells stamp. Thanks for looking.

Christmas Tag

I have been going stir crazy being in bed and having so little energy that today I just had to try to at least do a little crafting so I came up with my prototype for my girlfriend's Christmas tags. She runs her own business and wants to give out a little bag of cookies to all her customers and asked if I could design a little tag to attach to her packages. She will then just have to add her contact information on the back of the tag. These were super easy to make and I find the colouring quite relaxing. I'm using my copics and all Stampin Up products. One down, only 74 more to go...

Update...

I've adopted Hammy's Sister Hazel who will live on my sidebar. Carrie's girls liked Hammy so much that they didn't want mom to leave lol Have no fear girls, when Hammy moves to the basement of my blog, his sister Hazel will stay right on top for you girls to come visit whenever you like. Just make sure you don't feed her too much and if you do, be sure to give her a good work out on her wheel! Hazel is pretty excited to meet you all!

Oh! And one more thing, don't let Hazel out of her cage as Sooty, my black cat, just might get her!

Meet Hammy the Hamster

Meet Hammy. Hammy is my new hamster. Hammy loves to run on his wheel. Click the yellow dot to make Hammy run. Click anywhere else in Hammy's cage to feed him his food. I love Hammy!

For My Blogging Buddies...

So what does one do when they are home with the flu? Sleep and sleep some more, and then some more. And when they can sit up for more than 10 minutes without getting an awful headache? Blog. And.....guess what I discovered while updating my blog today?! You bloggin gals who have been frustrated with how Blogger uploads your photos will LOVE this! If you go into "Settings", you will see down at the bottom, hiding from all of us, is a nifty little feature called "Select Post Editor" under "Global Settings". Blogger is set to default to "Old Editor". Change this to "Updated Editor" You will notice a HUGE difference! Posting just got WAY easier! You can upload and organize your photos and see everything WYSIWYG style before posting. No more posting and then going back to edit! And, I love the new tool bar! Full justification....finally!  I LOVE it! Check it out and let me know what you think. Hope you enjoyed this little tip. 

A Day of Remembrance

Please take a moment today to remember our fallen heroes. I will.

Blog Award

I received this wonderful award from my friend Carrie. Thanks so much girlfriend! It couldn't have come at a better time as I am in bed with the flu and feeling yucky. You brightened my day :)

This award is bestowed onto blogs that are exceedingly charming. These bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes cut, even more friendships are propagated.

Please give more attention to these writers.

Deliver this award to six bloggers, who must choose six more and include this cleverly written text in the body of their award.

I follow these blogs and perhaps it's time to let these super talented ladies know how much I love visiting their blogs and oogle over all their amazing creations. So to all you scrappy ladies, I bestow this award on you. Thank you for inspiring me.

1. Nicole
2. Vanessa
3. Kataroo
4. Stacey Cohen
5. Zoe
6. Kathleen

Happy Hallowe'en!

Have fun tonight all you ghosts and goblins! Be safe!

What a Weekend!

Today I'm home recovering from my fabulous weekend at Crop for Kids out in Abbotsford. What a blast! Mary and Sandra did another truly outstanding job organizing this event! So many of the Scrapaholics were able to attend this year and it was super exciting because we were a special part of this year's fundraiser. Our group alone donated $1000 to the BC Children's Hospital through our 50/50 draws and Diane's contribution of a gorgeous purple Making Memories tote filled with scrappin goodness that our Scrapaholics bought tickets for. My friend Hayley and I were a part of the Silent Auction and put together a fun package of great Stampin Up goodies for one lucky bidder. We also donated a Stampin Up door prize worth $75.

My roomies Izzy and Jo were great and we had lots of giggles. We scrapped till 1 am both Friday and Saturday and I took a total of 4 classes and bought 2 class kits to do at home. The classes that I took were amazing! I will be posting photos of the finished products soon. I loved meeting Tia Bennett for the first time, an amazing eclectic artist with a fresh and sunny spirit. A special thank you to Chriss Hird, who designed the most beautiful chipboard album that I will "cherish" forever! Jessie, with Cherish the Thought Scrapbooking out in Port Moody taught the class as Chris was unable to attend as her family had come down with the flu. Jessie did a great job and is very sweet and lots of fun.

Jo and Izzy put on a totally original and fun class called the Secret Garden and we made 5 gorgeous cards. I learned tons of new techniques and can't wait to apply them to my pages! Wait till you see these flowers, Prima...look out! You guys ROCK! In total I got 10 hours sleep over the weekend but slept till 11 am today so I'm all caught up and am going to unpack and start playing again! lol

I took another really fun Card Keeper class with Renee Arendt that was lots of fun too.

Thanks to all my Scrapaholic buddies for making this such a fun weekend. We had a great table! I'm especially thrilled for Carrie, Izzy and Jo who won some fabulous prizes but I'll let them tell you all about that. Enjoy the slide show (just click on the + sign to make it move faster. Thanks for stoppin by! And, remember....Laugh, it's good for the soul!