Whippin' Up some cards!

This year I was asked to make some Christmas cards. I thought it would be fun since it had been a really long time since I had made any cards. Because I was excited, ideas came to my right away and I started the job. I whipped up 30 cards in a matter of days, which for me is huge since cards usually take me the longest AND I make the biggest mess in making them, but I managed to keep the mess to a minimum. I was also working on these while working on my wood crafts (thank goodness I fixed my room up so I had a scrappy station AND a “paint” station, or I’d never have gotten anything done!)

Anyway, here’s a look at some of the cards I made for this set. J

Happy Scrappin’

~Jenn

Our New Michael's!!!

FINALLY!!!! After years of hoping and wishing there is finally a Michael’s Store in New Minas!!!! Unfortunately I no longer live close by like I once did so I still rarely get to go there, but hey, at least it’s close. LOL

I was lucky enough to be in the area on opening day (nope not a coincidence, it was planned that way, but don’t tell everyone else that!!). It’s a great store, smaller than the Michael’s Stores I’ve been to in the city, but organized and set up a LOT better than they are. I didn’t have a lot of money with me (that was probably a good thing for the budget), but I did have enough to pick up something I have always wanted but have been unwilling to pay the shipping costs to get it from the states and that item was the ATG Adhesive! YAY!!!

My ATG was not only CHEAPER than any I have looked at o

nline (even with better US pricing), but it was way cuter too because it was the Breast Cancer Awareness edition so it’s pretty in PINK!

I can’t wait to go back again and walk around when it’s not so busy…. Opening day was kind of crowded but I was glad to be a part of it. I was a VERY happy Girl that day! A new Store AND a new toy for The Cherry Pit!!! J Now to figure out how and when I can move back to that area!!! LOL

Until Next Time, Happy Scrappin’!

~Jenn

Tick Tock Goes The Clock!

I always seem to lose track of 'time' when I'm crafting, I guess it's true what they say..."Time flies when you're having fun!" :) I've been wanting to alter a clock for a long time but just never found anything I liked that was at a reasonable price. I found this plain white clock at Dollarama (my favorite store! I get all my alterables there!), and I bought it!

As soon as I got it home I took it out of the packaging and took the whole thing apart and got to work right away. I chose papers in colors that I've been using in my other decor projects for the Cherry Pit, it was a bit of a challenge to use only papers and not layering too much because I had to keep everything as flat as possible so the clock hands would still be able to move around. Speaking of the clock hands, I thought I was NEVER going to get them back in place! I had to take every part apart to be able to put my paper in place.... I lost and found a few pieces along the way, and I am proud to say this clock is ticking right along and keeping time well. :)

Thanks for stopping by today, I haven't been doing a lot this year in the crafty part of my world, so I was pretty excited to have started AND completed this little project.

Happy Scrappin'

~Jenn

Lighthouse Layouts

This summer I got to do something I've always wanted to do, and that was to visit some of the Local Lighthouses. Now there are close to 200 of them in Nova Scotia alone, so I certainly didn't get to see them all, BUT I did make an impressive dent for having a small gas budget, and only having so many days to take some mini road trips.

With that said here are a few layouts of some of the lighthouses I did see, I still have more to create so I'll be posting them whenever I get around to them (knowing me it'll probably be next year before I do LOL).

There are more photos, and descriptions on my other Blog 'Nova Scotia Lights' if you would like to learn more. Thanks for stopping By.

Happy Scrappin'
~Jenn

Maps anyone!?!?

I love to scrap, and on occassion I will create page maps for myself before I even have pictures to put on them! Hey, it gives me a great excuse to get out there and take some new photos to be put in the books.

For those who don't know what a pagemap is, it is either a sketch, or a completed page (with no pics) that are ready for you to complete or inspire you to create.

The following pages are a few I have made for myself and some for others. *Photos are clickable if you'd like to see them on a larger scale.* Enjoy!!

(this one I forgot to take a photo of before I added pictures, but it started out blank)

Happy Scrappin'!

~Jenn

Our Trip to the Zoo.

This past spring for Mother's Day, I took my boys to the Zoo for a day of good family fun. Yea, I pprobably could have asked for a day to myself as a gift to get some scrapping done, or something, but really I wanted nothing more than to spend the day with my children.

I decided to hold off on posting about our day back then and waited until I had scrapped the event so I could share with you our adventure AND show my creative side.

So, here it goes, I will let the layouts tell the story. :)

As you can see we went to Oaklawn Farm Zoo. It was a great time of year to go cause there were a lot of new little babies just born and they were so cute!!! The big animals were cool too though :)

Show a Little Team Spirit

This year I took on the task of helping to Coach my boys' t-ball team. I was pretty excited, and because me being me, I wanted something with me that showed my Team Spirit. So I decided to get a clipboard to alter and here's what I came up with.

I even managed to find a baseball eraser top to put on my pencil....lol

The photo on the clipboard is of two of my boys and my niece who were all on the team together. It's been a fun season so far, and I'm sure it's only gonna get better from here.

Happy Scrappin'

~Jenn