Haha pay attention

This is the REAL page! Haha I guess I should promise to pay attention. After I had posted this page on a blog for a challenge... I realized it was supposed to be all done in Aqua, black and white... it was to late to get the page back, so I quickly ran to photo shop and tried to change the colors as best I could... anyway, this is the page in all it's glorious original colors!! I will read before posting next time!

Stampede

Well, the Calgary Stampede has come and gone, the Cowboy hats are all safely nestled away. Now it's time to scrapbook the fun! The ads this year that ran for the Stampede were ingenious, there was a silent cowboy that went around town making you say "I Promise to" something Cowboy-ish :-) I made a new word! Anyway, I took the ad campaign and had some fun with my pages. But alas when you are doing a whole book, you run out of ideas sometimes... so I went to my trusty challenge blogs for some inspiration. A couple of the sketches I turned on their sides, and one I reversed.... but that's the whole point of a sketch isn't it? See it and interpret it your own way... so here you go, a few pages from my Stampede 2010 scrapbook :-)


http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/ellas-pink-scrapbook-challenge-18.html


http://sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/2010/07/729-challenge-sponsor-announcement.html



http://www.twistedsketches.com/2010/07/twisted-cards-060.html

Texture in Wonderland

I don't know why I do this to myself, I pick the busiest paper, that is too cool to cover up, and then I try and squeeze some photos onto it!?? Anyway, my daughter had a tea party for her 16th birthday, and then Graphic 45 came out with Halloween in wonderland.... so... I just HAD to use it for her party. I printed on transparencies, used some Prima bling, a key from, I think Tim Holtz? and sepia'd like crazy to get washed out antiquey looking photos, busy yes ( seems to be my usual lately ) but fun :-) like the party!
There are PLENTY of textures here, hard to see but the cards are all different levels too, this was my challenge for http://www.twistedsketches.com/2010/07/twisted-sketch-058.html

Exciting day today!!

Well hello all :-) Today started out a great day when I received the new Graphic 45 line called Hallowe'en in Wonderland Collection, and then it got even better when I won my first challenge at The Pink Elephant! Very exciting, I will wear my badge with pride! :-)

This was my winning page,

Pocket Card

Over at The Pink Elephant, the challenge is a pocket card... with YAY a Sassy Design Stamp! I love these stamps, and any chance to use one is fun all around :-) Here is my little Piratey card, and the link. Enjoy. http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/pink-elephant-tpe75.html

Heritage Beach with Graphic 45

This is my Heritage page for

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/07/ellas-pink-scrapbook-challenge-15.html

and http://www.twistedsketches.com/2010/07/twisted-sketch-057.html Now, I know it's a busy page, and I Love and Hate Graphic 45 for the same reason... they're pages are so beautiful I don't want to cover them up..... so it makes it very hard NOT to have a busy page! But here goes anyway.... this is one of my favorite pictures of my Aunty Ritchie... she is just a little teen here, and all her older brothers friends surrounded her on the dock.... she's very popular! and oh so CUTE!!

Twinkle Twinkle

Wow it has been awhile since I posted last on this blog! I made a farewell card today, and while I was uploading pictures, I checked out the latest challenges. Here is my card that fits this challenge. http://aliceinwonderlandchallenge.blogspot.com/ for the twinkle part, I have some bling and the flowers, although hard to see, are sprayed with Glimmer Mist. The edge is a diecut from the wonderful Tim Holtz Sizzix line, and one of my all time favorite stamps is colored with copic markers.

Gruesome Twosome concert

It only seems fair that since everybody was enquiring about the concert I would put in a link to the blog about it :-) Needless to say... the concert was Fabulous!!
http://deanandselena.blogspot.com/2010/04/gruesome-fantasica.html

Living dead girl

Macabre Monday's challenge this time is a card that goes with a song, well, this coming Thursday we have tickets to go see Rob Zombie, so this is .... "Living Dead Girl"

Here is one of my Torrente stamps, colored with Copics, and adorned with Prima flowers.