2 Sisters on the Blog...

So, my crafty buddy Heather just introduced me to the MACH DADDY of challenge lists this morning! Have you ever been to check out Paper Playful? This blog has about a gazillion challenges listed! In fact, a gazillion and one! I counted! HAHA! But I paid them a visit this morning and found my first challenge of the weekend :)

First though, I feel the need to show you a little before and after.....check out my space when I was done setting up last night.....

VS. my space after I was done making my first card....

I love the chaos! HAHAHA!

Anyway, I found my first challenge for the weekend and it was actually a perfect fit for me, as it involved PURPLE. And we all know what a fan of purple I am! HAHA!

So, challenge number one for me can be found over at 2 Sisters on the Blog and is a BINGO challenge! I love these types, that get you mixing and matching different "ingredients" on your projects! My bingo line is pretty clear......purple.......flowers......lace........aaaaaaaaaaaah! So me!!!

If I could change anything about this card, I wish I had thought to emboss the centre strip before gluing the ribbon on! But, alas, I did not.....and that is my finished card and entry to this challenge! Also shout out to My Favorite Things for the sketchy inspiration as well! (MFTWSC50)

Cheers to being productive! (So unlike me! LOL!)

Next....

Scrap Camp 2017

Happy Friday! I am coming to you live from my annual scrapbook retreat......A.K.A. Scrapcamp! It's been awhile since I pulled out any of my scrap stuff, who is surprised?! In fact, I am pretty sure the last time was when I was sitting here last year.....LOL!

Anyway, I am here with my roomies, Loni (A.K.A. Chica) and Heather and am ready to rock! I am hell bent to be productive this year!!

I am starting with cards this year, and plan on doing a few layouts as well, for the second edition of my Aunt's scrapbook album collection.

Challenge number one is coming up so stay tuned! And drop me a comment if you are still there too :)

Last minute Sally...

Hey all! Remember me?! It's been awhile...

Who else is NOT ready for Christmas this year?! It's officially Christmas Eve now that the clock has struck midnight and I haven't finished shopping......and I haven't even STARTED wrapping........and I am STILL working on my Aunt's scrapbook album!

So typical for me, right?! 

I am not even going to embarrass myself by admitting how many pages I have done.....let's just say that I probably won't sleep until after Christmas dinner, at this rate!

Nonetheless, I wanted to show you the double page layout I finished tonight. It's been awhile since I have tried to tap into my creative juices, so I had to find a challenge or two to play along with! 

So, I got hunting around and found the "Whip It Up" challenge, over at The ScrapRoom and decided to play along! I also used a great sketch I found on Pinterest, making a couple of changes so I could convert it to a double page layout.

The Whip It Up challenge asked us to use gold embellishments....and one would THING that would be simple enough but much to my dismay, once I got to work I quickly realised I had very few gold choices. LOL!

I am happy with the outcome though. Let me know what you think!

(As always, sorry for the poor quality photos.....HAHAHA!)

These photos are so cool! I don't know if you can READ any of the stuff on my layout, but this was Christmas 1973 for my Aunt & Uncle! I am loving seeing all these old pictures and watching their story progress...

Anyway, I best go start the next page! I will not be satisfied unless I get at LEAST 7 more layouts done. 

*SIGH*

~*~ The Broad who wants to Blog........about EVERYTHING!~*~

It's Monday! Time for another #TGDLP Challenge!

Hi all! It's MONDAY again already! And that means it's time for another challenge from 

The Great Digi Lift Project!!

I hope you will come over and check it out and join us! We have a fantastic RAK up for grabs this month and every challenge you complete gets you an entry!

You also have all month to complete the challenges too :) If you decide to play along with us just link up your creations with the InLinkz tool on each post!

Happy Monday!

♥♥♥

The Great Digi-Lift Project......Week ONE!

Week one already for us, over at The Great Digi-Lift Progect and we are excited to kick things off!

I was inspired to lift the layout itself and LOVED the colors, design, clusters, mixed papers.....EVERYTHING! Come on by and check out our inspiration this week!

Here is the layout I created for this one! 

(My photos are HORRIBLE! I am sorry for that, I couldn't get my lighting right this morning!)

We will be posting new inspiration every Monday on the blog, so I hope you will come and join us! We will have RAK's as well, until we find sponsors :)

It felt good to play again and get my hands dirty! I really hope that my creative juices come back for good and I can get back to my love affair with paper....HAHA!

Thanks for stopping by!

~*~The Broad who wants to Blog.....about EVERYTHING!~*~

A new project!!

It's no secret I have been missing my mojo for awhile now. So, in an effort to find it again and make it STAY this time, I have started my own challenge blog site!

I am so excited to kick it off and have 2 great ladies on my DT for the first term! There are going to be challenges posted every Monday and the idea is to re-create ("LIFT") digital layouts, with paper and dimension. 

Let me introduce you to The Great Digi-Lift Project! I hope you will come and join us! Can't wait to see your creations :)

So many changes...

We have moved. AGAIN. Is ANYONE surprised?! It seems like everytime I finally come to blog, it's to tell you we have moved. *SIGH*

And I wish that I could tell you that we are staying put for awhile.....but we are not. We are looking for a house to rent that has a basement suite, for my son and his g/f.

(There is a very good reason for this change, but it is one that I am not ready to reveal just yet :)

We downsized this time. BIG time. We moved from a 5 bedroom house into a very small 2 bedroom fourplex. We are in the basement and the place is in a very small town. (Smaller than you are imagining.....it is one of those gas station, mom & pop grocery store, liquor store and a bar kinda towns...but the rent is cheap!)

Mister D is off working in Ft. Mac, starting his second year mobile crane apprenticeship. He is so happy and excited. I am thrilled for him and can't wait to hear all about his "lifts" when he gets home after this hitch!

I am keeping busy with my home business and love it. Our annual convention is coming up soon and we are off to St. Louis this year! I went last year as well, with one of the gals from my team, (who is also my BFF!) and we DROVE to Chicago. From Edmonton, Alberta. It was quite the road trip! This year, we will fly though!

I am also slowly getting back to crafting and getting my hands dirty again. I miss my mojo and wish that it would come back full force! It's getting there though....I even joined a couple of swaps recently and am starting up my own challenge blog!

Speaking of which, I am looking for DT's for my first term! If you are interested, come and check it out! I am hoping to launch it July 4th!

https://thedigilift.wordpress.com/

We have a new fur baby! Her name is Zoe and she is a sweetheart! I mean shithead. LOL! She is trouble.....but luckily she has more sweet moments than naughty ones! That completes our fur baby collection, for now! We have 4......Naula, Molly, Blake and Zoe.

That's about all I have to report for now! I will be back. 

Hopefully on a more regular basis ;)

Peace out, readers!

~*~The Broad who wants to Blog......about EVERYTHING!~*~

Am I the LAST person....

So......speaking of Netflix & Chill......am I the last person on the planet to discover this show? I started watching it recently, I think I am on Season 2 now?! And I LOVE it! I can't believe that I waited so long to turn it on.....

I am usually kind of a "chick flick" watchin' kinda gal, but there is something about the characters in this one that has me drawn in! If you haven't watched an episode yet, do yourself a favor and turn it on.

I give this one TWO thumbs up :)

PS......my favorite storyline right now...............the inmate who is pregnant by a guard. It's kinda romantic. LOL!

Either that, or Piper's return to the jail, pretending to be all tough 'n stuff! 

DRAMA. DRAMA. DRAMA.

Mojo.......where art thou?!

A couple of weeks ago, I started a project. I found a mini album tutorial on YouTube that I wanted to try and selected a kit that I have been hoarding for weeks months and got to work!

On the cover. And the base pages. And that's about it! Said projected was never completed, in fact, the only part of the inside that I finished was the inside cover.

So typical of me lately! I don't know where my mojo has gone...........I have been lacking in it now for a couple of years. I wonder if this means it is time to clear it all out? Maybe my crafty days are over...

Anyway, here is my album so far. Today is Wednesday and I am determined to spend the remainder of this week Netflixin' and Chillin' in my craft room.............so bring on the challenges I say! 

What is that saying that involves a bodily function and a pot?! I think it's that time...

I WILL finish this album.....I WILL finish this album......I WILL........

Over and Out Readers! Stay tuned for more updates over the next few days.

I promise hope.

~*~ The Broad who wants to Blog......About Everything....~*~

I SCRAPPED!!!!!!

You know me. Total challenge junkie! Or, at least I used to be. Lately......I don't show my paper much love though to be honest! My husband has even taken to teasing me about it.

Tonight, while just starting date night, Heather sent me a message asking me what I was up to this evening. I told her not to much and she asked me if I felt like crafting. I told her sure! Then instantly felt like I ditched Mister D. (Not that we had a crazy date night planned at all, we had out butts planted on the couch for a Netflix & Chill evening.)

Me: Honey, do you mind if I craft for awhile with Heather later, after she gets the kids down?

MisterD: No, go ahead.

Me: Awwww, I feel like I am ditching you!

MisterD: Are you kidding me?! Just go use THAT room for $^#&*$(%'s sakes!

Me: *sheepish blushing* I use that room.....(in a voice barely above a whisper...

MisterD: Yeah right! *ROLLS HIS EYES*

So, I sent a message on Facebook to an old crafting friend who I always find inspirational, got the links to some of the sites she likes to take part in, found a challenge on one of them and was DONE. I LOVE the concept of this challenge and I just HAD to play! Heather decided to adapt hers to a card and I did a layout. FINALLY.

Head on over to The Scraproom Blog and check out their Freaky Fast Friday challenge.......I have never seen a challenge like it! I will be playing with them from now on. When I scrap. More often. For sure. *AHEM*

So, here you have it! My layout! It has been WAY too long, I know. And hopefully I will start posting more often. I kinda fell in love with my cameo tonight, so that might keep me going for awhile ;)

This is another page for an album I started making for my mom about 4 years ago and have STILL yet to fill up. *hangs her headin shame...*

That's me, with the pig tails, one of my little brothers and my little sister. Let me know what you think!

And here is a close up so you can see a bit of detail.....I cut the siblings title out with my Cam and as you can see I got glue EVERYWHERE! I will be going to find a solution for that tomorrow, cause I am really disappointed that happened. And I am in love with my Cam. So I know I will be playing more.

Alright! That's it that's all, for now! Let me know what you think..........if there is anyone out there still! And I am off to go and see Heather's card on her blog! I can't remember the last time I visited her blog, (or ANY blog, for that matter!) honestly! *SHAME SHAME*!

Peace out, readers!

~*~ The Broad who wants to blog..........about everything*~*~

(and is failing miserably!)

Remember Me?!

It's been over a year. Wow. I am really bad at this BLOGGING thing! Like......REALLY bad! And to be honest, I have been really bad at crafting too! I have been pretty consumed as of late, but much less enjoyable things..........and some enjoyable things too :)

Let's see.

Last summer I landed myself a pretty sweet job. Loved it. Worked my ass off. 60+ hours a week. For a year. July, I went on holidays finally. Went with the Mister up to the NWT (first time ever, what an experience that was!!) and then drove to Chicago, with a friend of mine, and fellow LASH LADY, for our yearly Younique Convention. WHAT A HOOT!!!

Fast forward, roughly 6,000 KMS (just from the CHICAGO TRIP!!) and I "retired" from my corp job and have jumped in full time with Younique. And re-opened my online Consignment Shop. And am getting back into my studio to get my hands dirty.

Long LONG story short, I have decided that my big fat paycheques were not worth busting my ass over and that I am going to achieve them in due time, with my own business. And deal with some health issues. But most importantly, try and get happy again and put back some of the things in my life that I LOVE and have missed.

Which brings me to my blog. Wonder how long I will keep at it this time?! HA!

~*~The Broad who wants to blog...........about EVERYTHING~*~

July Clique Kit Share!

Happy Wednesday!!
I am back today to share a creation from the Clique Kits July kit.......A Midsummer Night's Dream!

This is the second kit that I have received now and I have to say....this one was just as good as the first! Remember how giddy and excited I was THEN?! Well, I am just as twitterpated with this kit too! It was loaded up with all kinds of fun papers and alphas and wooden thing-a-ma-jigs and embellies.....I have only had the chance to make one layout with it so far, and I have SO MUCH leftover stuff to play with! I plan on bringing the remainder of this one to the retreat with me next month and finishing it up for sure!

Now on to the Pep Rally...

If you haven't started from the beginning, head on back to Clique Kits and make your way through the entire member's share.........TRUST me there are some CRAZY talented ladies and you just HAVE to see what they have all done!! If you have arrived here from Rosann's blog, then you are already well on your way through the list!!

I had a hard time deciding on photos for this kit, as the Mister and I don't really travel (YET!!) and it was geared towards road trips, travelling, etc.....but alas, I decided to use a couple fun photos from Canada Day!! We spent the day out on the lake at Wabaman with Loni & Rob and the boys, and did we ever have a blast! We got the boat in the water at about 9:30AM and we came back out of the water at about 8:00PM! We road in the boat, did some tubing, swam, lazed about, had a few adult bevvies.....it was an awesome day! At one point, Loni and I were sitting in the tube gabbing away, coolers in hand and the boat was dragging us along at about 45KM/Hour or so.........and we didn't miss a beat!!

#henparty #wecangabfordays

The best part of the day for me though, was watchin Mister D chill.........he even went in the tube!! A few times!! With the boys, with me and even solo!! So here he is in his tall dark drink of water glory, for you all to see....

I tried to get a couple of closeups of the layout too for you to see, but my lighting is really bad and I, in true me fashion, left my post to the last minute! So I will have to try and make up for it next month :) Because I am signed up for that kit too, and judging from the sneak peaks we have seen already, this one is going to be just as good as the others! I can't wait for my happy mail to arrive :-D

So, head on over now to visit Sarah and see what she has done with the kit! And don't forget to leave me a comment, cause I sure do love them :)

Peace out readers!! My son and I are off to BC tomorrow to visit the fam-damily and celebrate THREE birthdays this weekend, so I shall return next week with some new photos of all my patooties back home and maybe some good news on the JOB FRONT too!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

~*~The broad who wants to blog...........about EVERYTHING!!~*~

Tammy...

Lights. Camera. DATE NIGHT!!!

Woohoo!!

The Mister and I had a date night the other night and treated ourselves to burgers at FatBurger....it was the first time we have been there! And I have to say, the food was very mediocre. Neither one of us was very impressed, (except for with the decor! It was a fun and friendly 50's diner kinda vibe...) but the food was expensive, and not very tasty. I am pretty sure the gravy on my poutine resembled that which would come from a can. Yes, CANNED gravy. WHAT?!?!

After dinner we headed to the theater where we saw "Tammy" which was pretty funny. And raunchy. And sailor-mouth+trucker-mouth cussin. We enjoyed our popcorn, our reclining seats & many good laughs. The theater was close to empty to since we opted for the LATE LATE show and it was a Wednesday night.

If you haven't seen a preveiw for this one yet, here it is for your virgin ears to enjoy ;)



We give it two thumbs up. (OK, since there is two of us we will say EACH, so you don't think we are giving it a 2/4.)

Now if only the popcorn had been HOT.....

I have to say I am loving hubby's hometime now :) It's awesome to have him home and to myself for 7 glorious days! The 24 days away SUCKS. But those 7 are ALMOST worth it ;)

Peace Out readers! If there are any out there.

Hey, leave me a comment, would ya?!

Ciao!

~*~The Broad Who Wants to Blog...About EVERYTHING!!~*~

What a week!

It's been one hell-uva-week round here this week! I had three.........yes, I said THREE job interviews this week. One that I am on pins and needles waiting to see if I get it........it will be amazing, if I do! I heard from them today and found out that they are proceeding with reference checks, so that must mean that I am in the running! I almost squealed out loud when I heard her voicemail!

Hubs ended up coming home last Sunday, and since I wasn't expecting him until Aug 1 or 2 it was quite the surprise! Sounds like he will be heading back into camp this Sunday though, for about 24 days. Hate saying goodbye for so long! This oilfield wife thing is hard to get used to! But I love knowing that he is in camp, with a comfy bed, a shower, hot meals, etc. and not on some scary highway somewhere battling the elements :)

We added a new addition to our family this week as well. I have been searching for an orange and white kitty for a coon's age, but was determined to find a girl! And they are rare, in that color......but alas, I have found HER!! And she is sweet and wonderful :) And already SO spoiled! Here she is, for your viewing pleasure...

Meet Naula!!

The one where she has her legs in the air?! No joke.....she was sleeping curled up behind one of the throw pillows on the couch and I lifted the pillow up and saw her snoozing away like that......I'm pretty sure at that exact moment my heart bursted out of my chest and I giggled like a little school girl! And the tongue picture.......with the milk mustache........my god.
She needs a licence to be THAT cute!! ♥

It's Friday. I love Fridays. Not that I am a Mon-Fri girl right now, but still........
pizza.......CHECK!.........
adult bevvie........CHECK!........
scraproom.........CHECK!

I plan to play along with some challenges tonight, and get some mojo back. I learned about a DT posting this afternoon that I am secretly hoping to apply for, but I need to get creating first! My poor neglected scrap room..........all "WORK" projects are packed up for the evening and tonight I plan on playing just for fun! Which I haven't done in a looooooooong time!

So come on back and check me out in awhile, and I hope to have some creations to share! Off to get my hands inky now.......what are you up to this fine Friday evening? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Ciao, but only for now........

~*~ The broad who wants to blog...........and is failing miserably at it ;) ~*~

I'm in the CLIQUE!!!! :-D

I am sooooo excited to be a part of the Clique!! Their monthly kits are INCREDIBLE! I just played with my first one and I am seriously swooning! I can't wait to see the kit next month....this one was just LOADED with goodies, some I haven't even had the chance to play with yet! Sequins, for one........and though they are time consuming......I absolutely LOVE the look!! And wooden veneers...........WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?!?!

The papers we got are from Heidi Swapp's "Favorite Things" line and they are so bright, colorful and SCREAM SUMMER!!! The embellishments were jam packed too, sequins, veneers, stickers and alphas, die cuts, ribbon, twine, FLAIR, buttons........and I am sure there was more I am forgetting about right now! HAHA!

I decided to play along with the Blog Share this month, as I have been in a creative slump lately........I haven't made anything except ORDERS for months now, so it was awesome to pull out a fun photo of one of my favorite #scrapsubjects and I and PLAY!!

Make sure you take a run through all the talented ladies blogs and check out their projects too.....it's fun to see how we all used the kit goodies! If you have arrived here from Tyra's blog then you are already on your way through the tour, but if not head on back to Clique Kits and start at the beginning......you will be glad you did, trust me!! I will post the list here for you in case you get lost, but next you should be on your way to see Cassandra!

Here is the layout that I made for this, featuring my niece Halle & I. She told me the last time I was there to visit....."Aunty, let's take some selfies!!!" SHE JUST TURNED 7!! So I was kinda floored to hear her use that word.......LOL! But, we had some giggles taking selfies and I got to capture that memory with one of my favorite shorties :) ♥♥♥

THE LIST:

Click Kits
Gia
Jody
Erica
Lacey
Stephanie
Madge
Charity
Rosann
Shayne
Alisha
Danielle
Tyra
Tess ---->>>YOU ARE HERE!
Cassandra
Mariah

See you next month for the Kit Hop!! (But please come back to see me before then......I hope to start getting more crafty now, I promise :-D

Ciao for now!

♥ The broad who wants to blog.........about EVERYTHING!!

Vintage...

I have been really busy working on wedding invitations and mini albums and haven't had a chance to make many cards lately, but I have a lady looking for a couple of Vintage/Shabby Chic cards for Mother's Day, and have welcomed the change! Here are a couple that I have made for her to view, one was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest and the other based on Sketch Number 1 posted over at Freshly Made Sketches

The Other Woman...

Tonight was date night again, with my friend Mel.......the first one in a LOOOONG time! And we hit up the theater to take in "The Other Woman" with Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton....affectionately called "THE BOOBS" :)

This movie was hilarious. I could not stop laughing and had to contain myself so I wasn't actually snorting in the theater. I loved it...and the company was just as good as I remember!

The evening got off to a funny st art, when we couldn't believe how deserted the theater was! I was there first, and was LITERALLY the only person standing in the lobby......so imagine my relief when Mel texted me and said she was there...PHEW!

We couldn't help but snap some pictures of the empty lobby, each other standing in an empty movie theater and chuckling over the ticket dude telling us that a total of 14 people had been in the theater all day, making us numbers 15 & 16. Mel got at a funny shot of my zombie eyes and all in all, it was a great giggly girl's night!

To quote Mel...."There were parts where I was thinking, "this movie isn't really that funny", and then parts when I had to put my whole fist in my mouth to stop from snorting..."

This one was a great one, so go and see it in the theater while you can! And let me know what you think of it! Even the previews were great! There are some good movies coming our way peeps!

This broad gives this one, THREE thumbs up :)



~*~The broad who wants to blog........about EVERYTHING!~*~

Happy Number 7 Mister D....

Today the Mister and I celebrate 7 years of wedded bliss. Mostly ;)

Love ya Mister D.......

most days :)

Guess I better make ya somethin' :-D

Happy (Belated) Easter!

The Mister and I and the Junior headed off to BC Wednesday to see my famdamily for the long weekend....long drive for a short visit! Mister & I had to return yesterday but the Junior is there until Friday. When he will drive home. From BC. Through the mountains. On the highway. ALONE. *Sigh* This mama is having a hard time dealing with this fact....

Had to pull out the trusty iphone to snap some secret photos of his very first highway trek though, and other than hogging the "hammer lane" he did really good! He even took the lead by the time we were at the last highway bend before town :)

Trying to be all poetic showing him in my side view mirror...

And of course he was MUCH too cool to actually smile for his mama, so he had to pretend he wasn't looking at the camera...it's OK buddy, I see you too :)

Mister Cool Guy...

Handling those windy roads like a PRO!

Sick of being the caboose I guess...

WE MADE IT!!

I survived his first road trip. But it was easy seeing him behind me the whole way......Friday will be a different story :)

Happy Easter Ya'll!
Hope ya had a blast with yours too :)

~*~The Broad who wants to blog......about EVERYTHING!!~*~

My little helper...

I love my crafty cats. Honestly! I do! And I love that they love to come and "help" me in my craft room! Take a look at what I am talking about.....she is OH-SO-HELPFUL! Allllllllll day long.....

:)