I'm still here...

Sorry for the long absence. Things have been sad around here...

My grand-ma passed away last Friday morning. She had been unconscious since Monday, I got to her bedside on Monday evening and stayed there on and off, between work, home and family until my parents arrived from South Carolina on Tuesday night. My grand-ma put up a fight 'til the end when she passed away while holding my dad's hand. I was by her side not too long after she passed and saw her at peace... It is hard to lose a loved one, to see your parents in pain and struggling with the loss. I have very found memories of my grand-ma, especially about food (but isn't that the way with grand-ma's? their food is always soooooo much better! She's the only one that ever got me to eat prunes!!!!) The next couple of days will be hard as we are saying our final goodbyes. I'm still not ready...

So I will be back when life has settled down a bit ...

M

Chance of Flurries!!!

Today is reveal day on Love Is In The Details. This month I designed a kit with the wonderful Collage Press papers Joyride. This collection is divine!!!! I believe that this is the first time Collage Press is available in Canada. I'm totally excited about this!!! The kits are limited so if you are interested in this collection I would suggest you hurry up!



I have so much stuff left over that I have a couple more projects on the go! Gotta love that!!!

Thanks for all the kind wishes in my last post. Danika is doing much better, Brianna is a trooper and fighting that cold. We had a fabulous weekend together, it's always sooo short, I hate it when Sunday night arrives but I did get 2 whole days with my babes and they were so much fun! Gotta be grateful for those sweet moments.

Off to rest before another wicked week!!! Thanks for the visit friends.

M xo

Last month with Scrapbook Circle

So this is, my last month with Scrapbook Circle! I have loved every minute designing for Lisa! It has been such a pleasant experience but all good things come to an end. She is having a current DT call for the new team. I strongly urge you to apply if you are looking for a fun DT. Lisa's kits are fabulous and she is wonderful to work with. Thank you Lisa for everything, it has been a wonderful experience.

So here are my last creations for Scrapbook Circle.




Thanks for the visit friends. I'm off to nurse another sick girl. Yep, Danika is sick again, she has caught the 5th disease, it hasn't been a fun week! ;)

M xo

Winner Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop

Thank you everyone for participating in the SC blog hop yesterday! I don't think my blog has ever received so much love! THANK YOU!

The winner for my bloh hop is

Sandie said...

This is so creative! I wouldn't have thought to do something like this... so I love seeing something so creative and out of the ordinary. Thanks for the inspiration!

1:50 PM

Congrats Sandie, please email me your mailing address. I'll send you a RAK!

M

LIITD Blog Hop with a Chance of Flurries!!!

Welcome to Love Is In The Details blog hop!!!! Today the CT is featuring different projects that were created with the December kit, Chance of Flurries. This kit features fabulous papers by Collage Press. I believe this is the first time this company is available in Canada!How cool is this?! If you are interested in this kit, please contact Lori asap as I'm pretty sure it won't last long.

Here is our blog hop order

LIITD
Lisa
Cindy
Chelsea
Melanie <--- you are here :)
Melissa
Amber

Today I am sharing with you a door hanger that I created for my oldest daughter. She thought it was a "very cool" thing to do! LOL!!

Kit Supplies:
Collage Press Papers, journaling tag and die cut tag. BG pearls. AC thickers.
Other Supplies:
MR jewels, Prima flowers and tulle.

Thanks for hopping along with us. Now make sure to head on over to Melissa's blog. She has a fantastic project to share with you!!!

Hop hop hop!!! :)

M

Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the very first Scrapbook Circle blog hop!!!

All the fun started at the Scrapbook Circle blog! Then kept on going to Claude and Stacy. Now you are here. ;) Make sure to keep on hoping to Diana, Lisa and the SC blog!!!

Lisa is generously giving away one December kit to a lucky winner!!!! There is one rule, to be eligible to win the kit, you must leave a comment on every blog!!! I think that's not much work for such a fabulous kit! Make sure to end your visit at the SC blog and tell us you have visited all the blogs! As well, I will be giving out a RAK (full of bling) to a random person that left a comment on my blog. ;)

Today I am sharing a fun project that I created with the chipboard pieces that are include in the December kit. I loved this Christmas, I used some glitter powder and add some jewels for the ornaments. I found an old frame that I had put away and altered with crackle paint. Voila! The tree is part of the kit, all remaining items are from my supplies. This look can easily be recreated with bling, pearls, glitter paint, the possibilities are endless!!!

Thank you for hoping along, if you haven't make sure to join in on the fun!!! On to the next blog, Diana!!!!

M

The Boardwalk

Happy Friday everyone!!! I'm so happy the week is over, I get to spend two full days with my girls!!! YAY!!!

I have a lo to share tonight, I've had this picture for a long time (obviously, it's me at 5 years old) and I was waiting for inspiration to hit. I did this lo just for fun, no expectations, just trying out new things and I had fun! Love how it turned out! I can't resist October Afternoon papers, I especially love this collection Road Map. I have very little of it, so I've been hoarding it. LOL!!!I also used my trusty circle punch and pop dots to add dimension to the Bazill.

Thanks for the visit! I hope you will have a fabulous weekend. We are putting up our Christmas decorations and going to the Parade of Lights tomorrow night.

M

Precious Friend

I was so thrilled to receive an email from Jackie from Canadian Scrapbooker asking me if I wanted to participate to the cover challenge for the winter issue! Of course I said yes!!! It's such an honor to be approached and invited to participate to a contest like this! My lo was chosen to be part of the Top 4! Even cooler!!! I didn't get the cover but I still think that my lo rocks and that's what matters, isn't?!

You can see the winter cover here.

Thanks for the love friends. It's always so apprecited!!!
M xo

My kind of Holiday Baking

I'm not one to bake or cook very much for the Holidays. We don't host Christmas at our home, we go to my parents or Dan's parents, but one thing I do like to do with Danika is to bake chocolate chip cookies. I've been using a Betty Crocker recipe for a long time, ever since my brother gave me a cook book when we lived with my parents. Maybe he was trying to hint that I should learn how to cook, it didn't work! LOL!!!

I used left over scraps from the November kit at Love Is In The Details - PepperMint Dreams. There are only a couple left in stock so if you've been thinking about it I would hurry up at grab the last one left before they are gone. The red stars are from the Prima star branch that was in another kit. I love those stars, I really can't get enough of stars. It's disapointed that not many scrapbooking companies produce star embelishements. I've been rellying on my trusty Cuttlebug to create stars for my los!

I hope that you had a beautiful Saturday! And to all my American friends I wish you a fabulous Thanksgiving!!!

M xo

Tweet Noel - The Birdhouse

I'm currently on a altering kit!!! I wonder who's fault that is!? LOL!!!!

When I saw this birdhouse at Micheals I knew I had to alter it. I used LIITDs November kit - PepperMint Dreams - which features Jillibean Soup products that I couldn't resist.

This is what came out of this project....

I used crackle paint to create a snowy effect on the edges of the birdhouse.


It was a long project but I did enjoy the creative process. Now I wonder what I will alter next!

Thanks for the visit!
M

Fake Wheelie

It's Sunday afternoon, what are you up to? We've had a busy weekend of errands, family time, shopping, cleaning. No commitment this weekend other than family time, I love it! This is my ideal weekend. I am true home body! To be away from home even for a little while totally throws me off. I enjoy being home, sometimes a bit too much. LOL!

Here's a recent lo I created. I started it in Montreal last weekend. It's for a challenge on LIITD, being messy! I used splatter rubs on the lo to make it a bit messy. Sometimes messy on a lo can be a really good thing.

Also last night I posted a sneak peek of the LIITD December kit - Chance of Flurries. Do you the papers papers in this kit? This company is soooo hard to come by in Canada, I'm beyond excited that I was able to get them in for this kit!!!

That's all for today! Thanks for the visit friends and always leaving such sweet comments.

M xo

Dragging my feet!

It's Friday night - thank goodness - and I'm dragging my feet!!! I have no energy left in me, I had such a busy week at work! I barely had time to scrap this week, how traggic in that?! ;)

On the home front not much new to report, the girls are well and have been immunized against H1N1. Danika only has 2 classes of swimming left, yeah!!! A 5:30pm class on a Wednesday night was not the best idea. Not sure who had that bright idea to sign her up so close to the time I get home from work. (Ok it's me, I thought I could drive my super jet and make it home on time, not!!) So lesson learned, as long as I have to work full time, courses for the girls are on weekends, not week nights.

I did sit at my scrap table tonight to finish an altered project. Now all I need to do tomorrow is run to Micheal's to get some fake snow and I'm ready to take pictures of my project.

In the meantime here's a Halloween lo (pictures from last year). It was published in the Fall issue of Scrapbook Extra. The title says, Adorably Terrifying.

Thanks for the visit friends!!!

M

Scrapbook Circle's November Projects

I had such a blast working with the fab November kit from Scrapbook Circle. I can't believe that this is my second to last kit with SC. It has been a great ride but all great things do have to come to an end.

Here are my projects...



Tomorrow I'm off to a girls weekend in Montreal!!! I'm so excited. I'm taking the train and I'm going to relax! I can't wait to see Bella again and too meet Juliana for the very first time. I still have lots of packing to do so I better hurry up. I feel so very sad about leaving my girls behind but it will be good for them to spend quality time with Dan and to have a rested mommy come back home.

Thanks for the visit friends!

M

PepperMint Dreams Reveal!!!

This is the November kit I designed for Love Is In The Details. I love designing kits, I've been having such a blast doing this with Lori! I'm lucky that Lori puts so much trust in my tastes! Thanks boss for the love and support, it means the world to me!

PepperMint Dreams

These are the projects I created with the kit




Thanks for the visit friends and the good wishes to my previous post. We are slowly getting better but I think we might have another couple of rough days ahead.

M

Happy Halloween!!!

From our house to yours! Hope you a spooktacular Halloween!!! This was all for show as they were too sick to go out! :(

We have been terribly sick lately, that's why I haven't updated my blog in while (but I won't bore you with the details), things are sloooooowly starting to look better, hopefully for good! I'll be back tomorrow with my reveal for LIITD.

Boo to you Friends!

M