Spring has Sprung

Even though the sky is grey, the air damp and the ground is wet, I found my sign that SPRING has definitely arrived! I went into the garden today to check things out and try to do a bit of clean up, but wasn't very successful as the ground is just too wet and soggy to be walking all over it right now. What I did find though, was my own little rays of sunshine, my natural sign that Spring is here with us, even if it doesn't quite feel like it!


I love this time of year, when everything starts to bud. It gives a sense of all that will be new and leaves me hopeful for warmer temperatures and sunshine! I love the vast array of colours that come with Spring and can't help but find lots of inspiration right in my own backyard.

With Spring's arrival, it means new beginnings, not only in nature, but in myself as well. I have set goals for myself this year, and with self determination and probably some hard work, I will do my best to reach those goals. There are so many things that I would like to change, and now is the time to really start working on it. It is a time to get back more time for all the things that I like to do, and find a certain balance with everything. I am itching to get outdoors and spend some time in the garden, where I can be closer with nature, and reflect about all the things that are important.

May we always remember.......Marc Connor

March 25, 1991---Marc Connor lost his battle with AIDS

Eighteen years ago the world lost one of its most beautiful people. Marc was an extraordinary individual with the most amazing talent. A true showman, always giving everyone the best performance - a powerful voice that could send shivers down your spine and bring tears to your eyes, and a sparkling personality.

Marc had a great passion for life and such a renewed energy, that one could not help but feed off the vibes when you were in his presence. He never gave up, always pushed to be better, and was a true inspiration to anyone that met him.

He touched so many with his voice, opened up our eyes about such things as the condition of the environment, of which he was very passionate about, and he had such a way about him to make you feel ever so special when in his presence. Everyone was important to him, even if you only had the opportunity to talk to him for just one moment. Those small moments, are to last a life time. I know they certainly do for me!

Never forgotten

More cards

I used rub-ons, flowers, brads and glossy accents




Used left over die cuts




Added Stickles to the original pattern paper to help make them pop!

Some cards

These cards were created using just left over supplies and scraps (which we all seem to accumulate quickly) There isn't anything overly fancy about these cards, but they gave me a way to create, use up supplies and get some creating done. I am happy with the way they turned out though, and I hope they will inspire you!

This one is quite simple and I just used left over stickers! Inside I put a Goofy sticker and some added flowers.



This one is all pattern paper. I cut the flowers from the paper and then used glossy accents on them>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I can then add my sentiment on the front for whatever occasion it is needed for.

Busy creating!

Although the sun has been shining and I have been itching to get into my garden, the air is still a bit too chilly for me! Instead, I have been busy creating. Working hard on staying ahead with my class projects and yet still trying to get a few things done for me. I have made some cards that I still have to scan so I can upload, and I will doing that shortly.

I am just about done with all of my MAY classes, which I am hoping will be done today, and then it will be time to get ready to work on those JUNE classes!

Lisa Meets the Stars!!!!!

Having a blast......

Well another week is over, and here I am posting! I really have to get better at finding things to post about more frequently, but when life isn't overly exciting, it makes it hard to find things to write about:)

Anyways, I have been scrapping again, and having a blast! It feels so good to get some pages done for me, that I just have to share my newest projects with everyone here.


These photos are so much fun, and I just have to shout out a great big thank you to Sheila for taking these for us!


These are photos of Colin James while he was performing at the Milton Escarpment Bluesfest in July 2007. He is absolutely on the top of my list of Canadian Boys who kick Butt!

I am making it my goal to use up old supplies that I have, and so far, so good! Keep watching my blog, as it is my intentions to create something new for ME, every week! This should mean that there will be new stuff to share, more frequently!

Now off to work on some more class projects!

Where does the time go......

Wow, I honestly can't believe that it has been almost a month again, since I last updated my blog.

Time has a real way of slipping away from me lately and I just don't seem to find much time to post here.

I have been so busy with creating pages for others and for my classes, that I seemed to have gotten lost in my own little world. Although I am still doing both of these things, I have made a commitment with a friend, to try and scrap for me again. She challenged me to create a layout for my own album (with photos on it) and she gave me a week to do it. My week got so busy, that I didn't start the page until today (Saturday), but I managed to get it finished, along with a secondary page to go with it. I am very pleased with the way these pages turned out, so I thought that I would share them here with you. It certainly feels GREAT to get some pages done for my own album again. At first I really struggled with it, and I even joked around, saying "I think I forgot how to scrapbook with photos!" I am so grateful to PEGGY for challenging me and getting me back on the cutting edge of what this hobby is all about! Thanks bunches girl!

Now, it is my intention to actually keep up with this creating for ME! I hope to have something new to share with you on a more regular basis, so please keep visiting my blog to see what I have been up to!

Until next time!

Well the weekend is over....

Well here we are, Sunday evening and the weekend is just about over. It has been quite busy around here, but then again, that really isn't anything new. I had a great visit with a friend on Friday, and we spent the afternoon in my scrap room, which was a lot of fun. I worked on my March classes and because I was motivated and inspired, I continued with that over the rest of the weekend. In all, I have 3 ready to go and am planning out a couple of more.

Saturday was the usual, with running of errands and house cleaning. Once that was done, it was back to the scrap room to more creating. I managed to get a few cards made using up more of my scraps, worked on another class layout for March and worked on a couple of layouts for a friend.
I will have to get the cards scanned or photographed, and I will share those some time this week.

My scraps have gotten out of control, and I have decided that I needed to use them up before I was going to start creating anymore layouts for my albums. (where we all know would just create even more scraps) My goal is to have used enough scraps by the end of February that I can actually then think about working with my photos and creating pages for my own albums again. (this will be nice, as it has been way too long) Of course, once I have created anything new, I will be sharing it here with all of you.

I do hope that you all have had a great weekend, and were able to find some time to create!

Be watching and I will share my cards with you this upcoming week.

So much time has passed.....

Well, it certainly has been a long time since I have posted on my blog, and for that, I do apologize to everyone. This past year has been extremely busy and life just seemed to get in the way of all my computer time and keeping everyone up to date with what I have been up to. Life has changed in many different ways in the past year here for us. Thomas, my youngest has moved out into his own apartment and his older brother has moved back in for a while. After James finished attending Toronto Film School, he felt the need to come home in order to save more money, pay off his student loan and save towards the next step in his future. He has now applied to AFI (American Film Institute) and is awaiting to hear whether or not he has been accepted. He hopes to hear something by mid-April. If he is accepted, he will be leaving to live in Los Angeles, California by summer's end. In the meantime, he is working full time and still pursuing his short films. He is also now the Development Manager for Raindance Canada. In the past year, he has had 2 short films screened at the Cannes Film Festival in Nice, France, Big Bear Film Festival in Big Bear, California, has made 4 trips to L.A. for various reasons and meetings, and just most recently attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He had a volunteer position there and made some contacts that seem hopeful to his future.

I have not been finding much time to get on the computer like I once did, and I certainly do hope to see some changes in this area now that a new year has started. It is my intentions to get back to "basics" and set some time aside for the computer, scrapping for my own albums, and for keeping in touch with all of my friends. I do hope to also share with you my newest creations here as I get them done. I have had enough down time with scrapping, that it is definitely time to get back in the creative mode. I have still been doing my classes, but for the most part, just wasn't too inspired to work on anything for my own albums. This is about to change!

Today will be busy

Well the weekend has come and gone, and most of my plans went right on by too. I had plans to scrap the weekend away and have some new stuff to share with everyone, but for some reason (ok, many reasons), that didn't happen quite the way I wanted it to.

I was in my scraproom with the best intentions, and yes, I did manage to put together a 2 page spread that I will share with you all at the end of this post, but that was the end of the creating!
As I was working on this page (that I started late last week), I realized how much my room needs to get cleaned up and organized again. It was crazy trying to find the items that I knew I had, that I wanted to use on this layout.

Today I am going to be busy working on getting this straightened up once and for all. I got a little taste of creating, and now don't want to stop again. I have many ideas floating around in my head, so now it is a necessity to get this room fixed up so that nothing will hault my creative juices.

Hopefully it won't be too long to get things in order, but I will share new revamped photos of my room on here once I get this done. (and before I make a mess again)

For today, I will share the layout I did manage to complete. This one is in Memory of Jeff Healey, may he rest in peace.

In Memory of Jeff Healey

Sunday, March 2, 2008 was a very sad day for Canada and the world. Jeff Healey passed away after losing his battle with cancer. An amazing talent who touched anyone that ever met him or had the fortunate experience to see him perform live. He was undeniably one of the very best in his field and had a style that was uniquely his own.

God Bless and Rest in Peace!

FINALLY...I AM BACK

Well it certainly has been a long time since I was able to actually sit and update my blog, but here I am! The past 6 months have been extremely busy and at times, very difficult for our family. I have not been able to get on the computer very much to keep up with anything and scrapping took a major back seat during all of this time.

I am really hoping that as time goes on, I will find more time to devote to keeping up with my blog, scrap more and visit some of my favourite places on the net. I so miss seeing everyone and keeping up with what is going on in everyone's lives. So much has been going on and I am still catching up on the message boards, but bare with me, I shall get better at all of this.

Today I actually scrapped a layout!!! Peggy pretty much ordered me to get back to scrapping, and even supplied me with the beautiful photo of her daughter, Maggie. This little girl sends out so much inspiration to me, and here is what I came up with: THANKS FOR LOOKING!

Treasure Quest

Hey gals, the first challenge has been posted at www.treasurestoscrap.com!!! Come on out and join in the fun and have your chance at winning some awesome prizes!!!!

Happy Halloween

I hope that everyone had a Happy Halloween with their families! Last night was a lot of fun and although I don't have young children of trick or treating age anymore, I still like to dress up when I am handing out the candies! We had less than 50 kids come to the door, but I had fun watching the kids go door to door.



Here are some fun photos of me as a black cat in a pumpkin. A very simple costume, but it was a lot of fun to see the kids faces as they came up to the porch to get their treats! They were delighted that I was in a costume too!










We saw some scary costumes, but for the most part, the kids all dressed up as cute little princesses, spiderman, bears and pirates. I just love seeing the different costumes and the looks on all of the kids faces when they look around and see the decorations and the other kids in costumes.





All in all, it was a really fun evening!

Get ready for some fun!!!!!

I sure do hope to see everyone come out for a month full of fun. There will be some awesome challenges and lots of great inspiration to keep you going, so come on out, get some scrapping done, have fun, be inspired and perhaps YOU will be one of our lucky winners!!!!

Long time......

since my last post, and I am so happy to be able to be here with everyone again.
The past several months have been quite hectic within our family and my online time certainly was the last thing on my list of things to do.
Sadly my FIL passed away on September 3 after a very long battle with cancer, and it really took it's toll on the family. The months before his death, our time was filled with running him to appointments, taking care of him and helping my MIL tend to things around the house. I was so exhausted and my mind was on overload. I didn't get much creating done and I didn't find too much time for keeping my blog updated, so I am sorry.
Now that life is starting to get back to normal, I will be updating here more often. I do hope that you all still will stop by and take a look. I know that I have to get back to keeping up to date with all of you as well.

A HEADS UP.........November and December are looking to be a lot of fun at www.treasurestoscrap.com.
Come on over and take a look around, let us know that you have stopped by, and get ready for some fun over the next couple of months!!!! Watch for an update here in the next week.

TTS GRAND OPENING!!!

Come and by and check it out!!!! There are so many great and talented girls over here, that I just know you will find something tha tyou like!

Spring Cleaning Crop

Have you been in a scrapping slump? Need some inspiration? Well then you simply MUST stop by http://treasurestoscrap.com this weekend for a full fun time! We are having a SPRING CLEANING online crop in the chatroom that will start on Friday and run through until Sunday night! There will be all kinds of great challenges, some make and takes and prizes to be won!
Now, who can resist some fun like that?

If you are already a participant in the April Game, then you will have a great chance to add to your points total with some great bonuses too!

Hope you will stop by and join in the fun this weekend! You will not be disappointed!!! There is always so much fun and great inspiration that happens there, so come on over!!!!

Have you seen???

This new sketch blog? OH MY.............it is awesome! You are going to have to check it out and see for yourself! There is a whole lot of inspiration there and I know that we all could use some help from time to time with our creating!

http://littlebookofsketches.blogspot.com/

They also are having a contest there, so if you like getting free product, check it out and tell them Sass sent ya!!!