A year of Challenges

I found this layout on Studio Calico's blog the other day, and I love it. I love the design, I love the background, everything. But most especially, I love the little pictures.
So your challenge today is to use little pictures. For my layout, I finally succumbed to my daughter's begging to having our photos taken at the photo booth in the Park Place mall. She's been asking for like, forever, to do that with me. I have allowed her and her friends to waste $4.00 on little pictures in the past, but I never wanted to. She talked me into it this summer, and I don't know why I hesitated for so long. It was pretty fun! And in true tradition, I got two pictures to keep, and so did she.
I was really inspired by much of the layout. I love the stars. Love the tag. So I cut out some stars out of cardstock, and traced around them with black ink, and added some buttons. I stamped a Tim Holtz quote onto the tag, and inked the edges. Added some 7 gypsies stamp sayings to it too.
My favourite part was finding little buttons from Basic Grey in my stash that matched nearly every hue found on the patterned paper. Buttons always make me smile, and I'll use any excuse to use them.So have fun with your little picture challenge. It doesn't have to be photo booth pictures, by the way. Wallet size ones will work, or crop a larger picture to something that will work. Detail shots are always a favourite of mine.
Have a good day, have fun scrapping! ~RonniH.

first day of school...

Summer's ending

I'm writing this Sunday morning, and I can't believe it's raining outside. The weather this weekend, while not blistering hot, was still warm enough to enjoy all that Cornfest had to offer. I took my youngest down on Thursday night where she could ride all the rides she wanted, and again on Friday after work, and then again, all day yesterday. I have some very cool ferris wheel pictures to show you later, and some (kinda cool) firework photos too.
I love taking photos at the fair. I stumbled across a website awhile ago, where a couple had a photo shoot done at the Calgary Stampede, and I think I'd love to try something like that too. There are so many bright colours, and sounds and smells... I love to try to capture the atmosphere. And people watching is so much fun!
There were so many people this year... I'm surprised sometimes by the crowds. And cell service is sometimes a little spotty too. It's hard to keep track of the kids, but they were really good this year about checking in.
I actually went on only one ride myself, the giant slide with my nephew, Jack. Too scary for old auntie to do it more than once, I'm afraid. My dad laughed and laughed when he told me about the faces I was making. lolMy little bean had an orientation on Friday, but her first official first day is Monday. Grade 6, and I'm still amazed at how fast time is flying. She's halfway done her schooling. And yet when I ask her what she learned at school, the answer is always, nothing. lol, so why am I sending her?
So I'm hoping to have more photos of some of the scrappy stuff I've done in the last little while to show you later. If you have kids going back to school, don't forget to take photos of their first day! We'll chat again soon!
~RonniH.

Canadian Scrapbooker Call

Canadian Scrapbooker wants to see and publish your work. If you have an unpublished, original layout that you want to share with others across Canada, please send it to us! It’s simple. Below you’ll find a quick guide on how to submit your work. Call For SPRING – Deadline October 15, 2010

We are currently looking for pages in the below themes:
■Layouts that use the colour LIME GREEN
■Layouts that have the following themes or use products that reflect
■Wild Things
■Romance in Paris
■Frogs
■An Asian flair
■Layouts that use embossing folders
■Mammaratzi – we want to see you in action!
■General Spring and Easter Layouts
■Projects or layouts that have a receipt on them for our Scrappin Snacks

We are also looking for that perfect photo for our Spring 2011 cover. If you have a photo that you have taken and you feel it would look fantastic on our magazine cover, please send it to us!

Deadline for the Spring 2011 page call: October 15, 2010

Call For Pages
Call for Spring 2011 – Deadline: October 15, 2010
Call for paper crafts (including children’s paper crafts) – ongoing
Call for unpublished Canadian layouts – ongoing
Call for unpublished original Canadian layouts – ongoing
Call for amazing photos – ongoing
Call for seasonal photos for our website – ongoing
Call for “Walking Away” photos – ongoing

How To Submit Your Work
Fill out the online submission form below, or
E-mail a scanned image or digital picture of your work to submissions@canadianscrapbooker.ca. Please limit file size to 200K and attach only one image per submission.

Please be sure to include the following information in your email:
Name
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Title of layout
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In the subject line of your e-mail, please indicate the Page Call you are submitting for. For example: “Spring 2011”.

Summer's almost over!

So it felt like summer just got here, and now it's on it's way out. Did you get to do everything you wanted to? I didn't, but I still had fun. I took my youngest daughter swimming outside as often as I could, we slept in a tent in the backyard, and slept in as often as we could.

We also canned some peaches that my mom got from the fruit truck. It's so much work, canning, but I love the end results and the time I spend with my mom. My job was to peel the peaches...such a thankless job. But mom got stuck filling the jars, which is hot and sticky work too.Do you do any canning? We're hoping to do pickles later. And salsa. And creamed corn (even though that's not really canning, that's freezing) If you do, do you take pictures of the process? Saved the recipe for future generations? Take pictures too, if it doesn't turn out as planned. This time, one of the jars broke, flipped right over in the canner!It wasn't as hot as it has been in years past, but it still was lots of work! Look at me here, all Cinderella-like! LOL

Anyways, hopefully the transition from summer to fall goes very very slowly, and the cool weather they're calling for this weekend will just be a small hiccup, and not that bad. See you again soon!
~RonniH.

So I know this isn't scrap related... but wanted to share a celebration that is going on!

Downtown Merle Norman is Celebrating 25 years, and in their celebrating they have made up at Savings Book. Just a few of the savings in this book are free manicures, express pedicures, free parafin treatments, nail paints, nail fixes, 25% off facials, 20% off nail services, plus much, much more! Amazing Savings Books are only $49.99, gst included. Stop by & pick up your book today here @ Embellished.

Everyone make sure you check the post just below!!!
Very Important Dates!

Dates to keep in your Calendar

October 2, 2010
Embellished Memories 2nd Scrapbook Garage Sale!
Contact the store for all details and to book your spot! A great way to find a new home for stuff you just arent using, and get a gift certificate to the most amazing store in town :) Rent a table ($10), get a colour, mark your stuff with prices, be there to watch your stuff and the girls working will take care of putting your sales through. At the end, all sales are tallied up and you get a gift certificate to the store for the amount sold. Awesome Awesome Awesome! There are snacks and beverages for the garage sale sellers throughout the day.

October 22-24, 2010
Fall Croptacular...
3 Days of Non Stop Scrappin', Laughin' & Fun!
Stop by the store to book your spot. Goodie bags, games, challenges (ahem, the most amazing ones if I may say so myself lol), snacks, comfy chairs, limited spots left already! This is one of most popular crops throughout the year - DO NOT MISS OUT in the fun! Get your Christmas cards or gifts done early, work on projects, catch up on layouts or cards, get out of the house and have some fun!

Join us for part of all of the time. Contact the store for all details and rates.

~~Melanie

SEP KIT

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know there is going to be a slight delay in the September Kit as we are waiting for delivery of BRAND SPANKIN' NEW CHA summer stuff that was released in July.

Just for you! Just for our kit!

It has just arrived at the wholesaler and will ship out in a little bit. Please be patient.

We are working to bring you the newest and best products for the kits!

~~Melanie

I really am a summer kinda girl. I love the hot weather. It doesn't feel to me like this has been a very warm summer at all, even though I heard on the radio the other day it was to be the hottest, driest summer on record. They must have been talking out east? I haven't really had the fans on, or even run the air conditioning in the car more than once or twice. Maybe I'm just that cold blooded that the heat makes me feel normal. lol
Anyways, I wanted to show you quickly a few quick pictures I took of a photo shoot of my youngest daughter and my parents last week. The rye field was amazing, and the lighting was perfect. I can't wait to find some time this weekend to scrap these pictures, and the other 150 I took that day.

See you again soon!~RonniH.

heyyyy everyone!!!

Have you been by the store to see the wedding stuff we have in now for rental???? wow is it ever beautiful!!! make sure if u know of anyone who is getting married to bring them by, there is so much to see.

so....who DID NOT get a July kit??? anyone??? i have a secret......there will be six more kits available, on a first come first serve basis, or you can reserve one if you go to the store and pay for .....

I'm so happy to see how fast the July kit went...you guys rock!!!

so we kinda need to know what you guys would like to see for the 4 kits of the year..wow 4 months??? crap that came fast!!! throw us some idea's up here and we will see what we can to to get them done

have a great weekend ...don't for get the store is air conditioned and we have lots of room if u wanna come hang out on Saturday!!!

~tam~

Scraplifting yourself

Ever try scrap lifting a design of your own? I did just the other day, have a look...


Remember this layout (above) that I showed you the other day? Well I liked it so much, I tried using the same basic design again, but a little different. The second time, I gave it a quarter turn, and added a few more photos.

I also changed the placement of the buttons, and this time, sewed through my title. I didn't have any journalling, allowing the title to speak for itself. Last time, on the Awesome layout, my artisan shape was cut out of patterned paper, this time, I cut it out of cardstock.


These are all very subtle difference, and there are a few more that I did, that I haven't mentioned, but they all make for a unique layout. I hope you give this a try soon!
Hope you all have a good weekend, and we'll chat again soon!
~RonniH.

happy summer!!!!

Hi everyone , I hope that the summer has been keeping u all well. Can u believe the kids go back to school in just 3 weeks:):):)

Here is a little something ive been working on. The pics were from last summer when my nieces came to visit. I was waiting for the perfect paper and cosmo cricket's "DeLovely" is just that.
I built this whole mini album, I had a binder assembly(thanks kari) and the pages, with some chipboard i made the pages that i had fit the binder and cut some 12x12 acrylic to make the covers. You can see this mini album in the store, its called "Summer Hats"

Enjoy!!!
~tam~

It's August already!

So I hope your summer is going well, and you're finding lots of scrappy time. Me? Not as much as I would like, but that is always true. I've been taking as many pictures as I can, and if you're a friend of mine on Facebook, I'm sure you've seen the ones I've recently taken of my nephews. I've been thinking it's time to go out shooting again, just I should do some house work first.So here's a little of what I have been working on.
I love those Tim Holtz number and butterfly stamps. And I can't seem to do any layouts without flicking ink or mists all over the place. Yummy buttons, too.My title I think is kind of fun. No one said it has to all be the same colour, and it adds to the meaning of it. A play on words is always fun!Hope you're a little inspired, and I hope too that you can double click the photos to see them larger.
~RonniH.