LOAD Day 17 - Love Letter

Hi everyone;
This Sunday brings another snow storm, so it's a perfect day to do some scrapbooking, and a perfect day to make another new-to-me recipe (I'll post on that later).

Today's LOAD prompt was about appreciating the things we have, and to write a "love letter" to something inanimate.  I decided to write a 'letter' to my books that are on my bookshelf downstairs.  Since I got an e-reader a few years ago, it's not often that I take a book off that shelf.  Although the books that are on there are books I've read multiple times already (and will still read again).

Supplies:
Pattern paper: My Mind's Eye - Miss Caroline collection
Carstock: Core'dinations
Fiskars border punch
Liquid Pearls
Doilies: Wilton
Sharpie pen
Dymo labeller

Thanks for looking!  I'll be back later with this week's new-to-me recipe, which is cooking in my crockpot right now.  The house smells great!

LOAD Day 16 - Grateful

Today's LOAD prompt was to scrap about what you are grateful for.  It could be a list of items, one item, whatever.

As a nod to the storms we've been having lately (and another snowfall warning for New Brunswick this weekend) I decided to scrap about how I'm grateful to have a snowblower! :)  Note - the picture is not of MY snowblower.  I was too lazy today to go out and take a pic of it, so Google was my friend.

This layout is based on sketch # 2 from 52Sketches (http://52sketches52weeks.com/).  It's an older (now-defunct) sketch site; but when a sketch speaks to you, it speaks to you.

Supplies:
Cardstock: Core'dinations
Pattern Paper: Carta Bella
Thickers (the t in 'it' looks weird because it's an upside-down f, shortened - I was out of t's, LOL).
Signo ball pen
Liquid Pearls
Diamond Stickles
Accent Essentials cricut cartridge for the snowflakes (thanks, Kendra!).

Thanks for looking!

LOAD Day 15 - Sound

I'm on the downward slope for LOAD now, the first half is done!  Today's prompt (with Friday's theme being about "Senses") was to scrap about "sound".  The sample layout we were shown was of a picture of her kids on the couch, laughing - and she journalled about how she loves to hear her kids laughing together, and hopes that they laugh together as adults.

I didn't get quite that serious. :)  My first instinct was to scrap a few photos that I have of waves crashing on the beach, and how that sound relaxes me, and I have the best sleep EVER at the beach.  But then I remembered the Mariachi Band that my Dad hired for our family reunion in the Dominican Republic.  You can't mistake Mariachi music for anything else, LOL.  I even have some videos (not posted) of the fam dancing to some of the songs.  I kid you not.  I also have a video of the last few seconds of them singing me Happy Birthday (my birthday was a week later).  They had already sung  the traditional Mexican birthday song, Las Mananitas - but to be honest, I didn't KNOW that it was a birthday song.  I just kept wondering why everyone was looking at me??  Anyhoo, on to the layout.

Supplies:
White and black cardstock: Reflections
Orange and teal cardstock: Ranger Distress
Pattern paper - ME!  I took a close-up picture of my Mexican blanket, and printed it.  Patting myself on the back for that one.
Border punch - EK Success
Stickles
Sharpie Pen
The sombrero was cut on my Cricut, from the Wild Card cartridge.

Thanks for looking!

LOAD Day 14 - Define 'home'

Happy Valentine's Day!

Oddly enough, today's LOAD prompt was not about love, like I was expecting.  Rather, it was about 'home'.  What is 'home' to you?  A smell?  A favorite item?  Define 'home'.

When I think of 'home', I inevitably think about my hometown, Bathurst, New Brunswick.  Like my journalling says - and like most kids - I couldn't get out of that town fast enough after high school.  I didn't appreciate it, it felt too small, everybody knew everybody else's business.... typical teenage feelings.

Now that I'm an adult, and somewhat sentimental, I *do* appreciate all the little things about Bathurst.  Wow, what growing up can do! LOL

I did not take the photo of Bathurst in this layout - I can't remember who did...my Mom's cousin, maybe?  A local photographer, Christopher Love?  Kudos to whoever did, I wish I could give you the credit you deserve.  The photeo was taken a few years ago at least, because the bridge on the right-hand side has been redone and doesn't look like that anymore.

Supplies:
Pattern paper: Simple Stories
Cardstock: Reflections
Flowers: Bazzil Basics
Liquid Pearls
Thickers
Martha Stewart Border Punch
American Crafts baker's twine
Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge
Button - Basic Grey

Two weeks down, two left!

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.

LOAD Day 13 - Try something you've never done

Hi all!
Almost two weeks in, and I'm still going strong with LOAD (LayOut A Day).  Today's prompt was to try something on your layout that you've never done before.

There are lots of things I'd *like* to try, but I have curling tonight (I have to leave in about 20 minutes) and I didn't want my page to take a long time.  So I decided to try scrapping in 8.5x11, instead of the usual 12x12 that I always do.  I will admit, though, that this layout will probably be mounted on a 12x12 later and a couple extra things added. :)

I took this photo of Rudy just a couple of days ago.  He turned 4 on Saturday, so this layout was easy!

It didn't take much time to do at all - and would have been faster if my SLICE machine wasn't temperamental.  I last used it a couple weeks ago, and it decided tonight that it did NOT want to work.  So I used the Cricut instead (should have done that to begin with, LOL).

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and the halfway mark for LOAD - I wonder what the prompt will be for THAT??

Stay tuned.

LOAD Day 12

Happy Shrove Tuesday!  Did you have pancakes for supper?  I did. :)

Today's LOAD prompt was to scrap about an activity that you did for (or out of) love.

I chose to scrap about my days as a Batgirl and Statistician for the softball team that my Dad played for when I was a kid.  I'm a Daddy's Girl, and I wanted to be close with my Dad.  What can I say? ;) 

Thanks for looking!

LOAD Day 11 - Adult Lesson

Today's prompt was all about adult lessons.  What you learned as an adult, perhaps a lesson you pass down to a child, etc.  I chose to create a layout about Time.  And the lesson is to cherish it, do not take it for granted.

Thanks for looking!