New WeScrap blog!

WeScrap has a new blog, featuring their monthly kits!  

It will feature a new kit each month, along with layouts created from the kits by the design team.  It will also include design team challenges and inspiration.

Here's the yummy February kit:

It wasn't my month to design, but I loved the colours so much that I couldn't resist asking Sarah to send it to me with my March kit!!  Now to make time to sit down and scrap!

Go ahead, check the WeScrap blog out - you know you want to... ;P  And while you're at it, pop into the forum and introduce yourself - we'd love to have you around!

Seven Sunday Blessings

This week, I am thankful:

1. for snow.  Yep, you heard me right.  If it wasn't for the icky, cold, have-to-shovel stuff, I wouldn't get an extra day at home with my kids.  Love snow days!

2. for caring friends.  Thanks for all the kind words and well wishes that you've all sent - via email, Facebook, Skype, IM, BBM, snailmail, etc.  You all RAWK!

3. for yet another round of meds.  Not thankful that I need them, but thankful that I live in a country where medication is easily available to help treat infections and diseases.

4. for Ree Drummond and her awesome recipes.  Like the Creamy Chicken Spaghetti Casserole that I made on Saturday.  In a word:  YUM!

5. for opportunities.  I've been contacted by a library in the GTA to teach a teen group - how fun is that!?

6. for self-checkout lines at the grocery store.  'Nuff said.

7. for Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frappacinos.  Despite the calories.  Eep!

What are YOU thankful for this week? 

Webisode #14

A new webisode is up on the Canadian Scrapbooker website and this month, Jackie has teamed up with the amazingly talented (and wonderfully crazy) Cathie Allan!

Just watching this video made me miss those two!  Plus, it made me want to pick up one of Cathie's Position-It tools and start playing!

Wanna win one of your own?  Head over to Jackie's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win!

Leave Your Legacy: I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

Welcome to a new Leave Your Legacy challenge!

We all have friends.  (Or at least I hope we do!)  Friends that console us when our heart is breaking.   Friends that act as our "wing lady" and prevent us from doing anything silly (or in my case, encourage us! LOL!)   Friends that hold back our hair when we've had too much to drink.  And while maybe the last one is not something that you want to scrapbook for your children and future generations to see, we can't deny that our friends we've had throughout our life have all helped to shape who we are today. 

So, inspired by that, the challenge this week is as such: 

Create a layout about friends you've met along this journey we call Life.  Journal about the important lesson(s) that each one taught you.  

My example is: 
Coming Soon!

I'm sorry for the lack of layouts this month - this dental infection has really knocked it out of me and I just haven't had the energy or the inclination to scrap. I am hoping to work on this one this weekend though, as I'm feeling better and will share layouts for both this week's challenge and the previous one soon!

If you'd like to participate and be entered into a draw for a prize, please share your layout below, using LinkyTools, by 11:59 EST on March 7, 2011:

We Want YOU!!

Canadian Scrapbooker is looking for submissions for our Fall 2011 issue - do you have something that you'd like to share?

Here's what we're looking for:

Call for FALL 2011 issue:

We are currently looking for pages in the below themes:

• Layouts that use the colour BROWN
• Layouts that have the following themes or use products that reflect them: 1) Wrappers – candy wrappers, chocolate wrappers, etc. 2) Vegetables 
• Layouts that are inspired by playing cards, or that use cards, or have a playing card theme
• Gifts for teachers
• General Fall and Back to School 
• Projects or layouts that have a recipe on them for our Scrappin Snacks 
• Projects that use bleach on them 
• Layouts that use a form of canvas on them 

We are also looking for that perfect photo for our Fall 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 Fall 2011 page call: April 15, 2011

For more information on submitting your work, please click here or email me at sue *AT* canadianscrapbooker *DOT* ca.

Can't wait to see your work!!

Happy Mail Day!

Thank you to my sweet new friend, Bettina, of myStamp Box, who sent me these gorgeous stamp sets:

She also sent me the Mini Pennants, but I can't seem to get the image uploaded - you can view them here.


Aren't they awesome!?  I can't wait to dig in!!  Thank you so much, Bettina - can't wait to re-connect in Kitchener!!

It's Here!

Time to make a tea, and settle in for some good reading and awe-inspiring layouts!  You can see more details on Leica's and Christie's gorgeous birdhouse albums from Susan's article here.  


And I just realized how both of my photos in my article are of barns! Guess you can tell I live in farm country... :)