Wednesday, July 12, 2006

New Toys: White Pen

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Now a white pen may not sound like much, but it is almost like the grail.
It can be hard for a scrapper to find a good white pen, one that writes well on paper and photos too. And in a small town like ours I was glad to find anything like it. I picked this one uplast night. It's a Pentel Hybrid Gel Roller. I have a strong feeling that it will be one of those items that I wonder how I went without one for so long. I've already started working on a layout and I will post it once it's done. So far so good...

Monday, July 10, 2006

A bit of fun...

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One of the girls on SJ posted this little Quiz...

What Scrapbooking item are you?

Apparently I am Stickers...
You like brightening things up in life and decorating your living space with your own personal style. You are versatile and able to get things done with a stick-to-it attitude. People love your colorful personality and personal flair! You like exploring new things and are willing to try anything once. But Stickers beware - sometimes you like to stick to someone that you like a little too much and take them into your confidence a little too easily. Your personality tends to make you a steadfast friend, but make sure the friends you choose are worth your efforts!

Friday, July 7, 2006

Week 2: Me Blog - I've got the MUSIC in Me

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This is my layout... it came out OK... the worst thing is I couldn't scan it because the shadows the CD cast over the layout. The cardstock is actually pure white. It was a real challenge to scrap the music I love because there is so much! I thought it was important to put a CD in with it so there is one song from each artist on the CD.


JOURNALING:Music - Language of the soul - My favourite music? ...if it moves me...speaks to me...gets my foot tapping or makes me dance around the lounge.... it's OK by me...

ON THE CD COVER: Janenne the Soundtrack - featuring the music of - Shakira, Gnarls Barkley, Mary J. Blige, KT Tunstall, Bon Jovi, Fat Boy Slim, James Blunt, All American Rejects, Panic at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Collective Soul, Counting Crows, Nirvana, Metallica, Guns n Roses, Bonnie Tyler, Soundgarden, REM, The Who, Elemeno P, Shihad, Pink , Fall Out Boy, Keane, Elton John, Queen, Ozzy Osbourne, Van Halen, Anastasia, Gypsy Kings, Silverchair, Crowded House, The Eagles, Aerosmith, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd, Gwen Stefani, The White Stripes, Bare Naked Ladies

INSIDE THE CD CASE:It is July 2006 and this CD contains some of the music that I consider great at this moment. I have no one set genre… if it moves me, speaks to me, gets my foot tapping or makes me dance around the lounge it’s OK by me.
Music has always been a huge part of my life… I still remember listening to nursery rhymes on vinyl records, my first tape with Kylie Monigue on it at the age of eight with my red walkman – which my brother dropped and broke, my first CD – the soundtrack from Jesus Christ Superstar. I remember being too young to go out for New Years so I’d lay in bed with my walkman going and write down the countdown of the years top 100 songs as they played on the radio. I remember bursting into tears every time I heard a Babyface song when I broke up with my boyfriend. I remember getting screaming mad at the kids who teased me at school listening to Alanis Morisette. I remember calling the radio station as a giggling 13 year old and requesting songs. I remember how much I felt like a rock star when I worked for that same radio station years later – driving around in the sign written truck and having my voice on air. I remember submitting Green Day songs as my poetry assignment in college. I remember the songs that have moved me to tears and others that have moved me to dance… it speaks to me… it is a part of me… a part of my soul.

PRODUCTS: White cardstock, black cardstock, unknown striped PP, Trade Aid wooden stamps, Heidi Swapp Flower stamp, Prima Flowers, Zig Black Pen, paint,Heidi Swap raw chipboard letters, Ice Letters and heart, foam letters, CD and case.

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

Scrapjazz

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Some of you will know I am part of an online community called Scrapjazz. It means a lot to mean. These women are my friends, my support system and there for a laugh anytime.
It is such an important part of my life and I have even met some of the girls in real life. I really wanted to highlight this in a layout.

I used my new Trade Aid stamps... in love with them and need to get more!

Monday, July 3, 2006

New Toys: Trade Aid Wooden Stamps

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When I visited my Scrapjazz friend Vicky in the weekend I commented on a stamp I saw on one of her layouts... turns out it was a wooden stamp from Trade Aid. She had about 6 of them. Of course I had to stop at out Trade Aid store on the way home last night and get some... they are not only really cute and work well with acrylic but you are helping a good cause by buying them. They are made in India. I can't wait to have a play!

Sunday, July 2, 2006

Week 1: Me Blog - Who's Your Mama

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When I was blog surfing last weekend I came across a site that I put in our links section. It's called "the ME Blog" and it is a site that together with "The ME Book" is designed to motivate scrappers to scrapbook themselves. I thought it was a great chance to knuckle down and commit to a challenge... They post a different challenge each week. This was week one and the theme "Who's your Mama?"... This is what I came up with... I didn't end up winning anyhing but theres always next week and I like how it turned out...

JOURNALING: My birth monther - Linda - gave birth to me at the age of 17. She had little choice but to give me up. My mother had been told she could not have a child of her own... so I found with her a new family. I am a part of them both
ACROSS THE PHOTOS: ...one woman prayed for a child - she taught me how to live...
...one woman gave me heredity - my smile - gave me life...

Saturday, July 1, 2006

New Toys: MM Foam Stamps

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Oh I am in love.
So glad I decided to shoot back and grab these at the craft show today. I have a plan for a layout so keep posted!