Gallery Week - Golden Girl

The second one of my layouts went up on the Sketch Support blog this morning ...  I've copied my section of the post here ... I am on cloud 9!  Lynette picked me ... I love her stuff!

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"Golden Girl" by Michele Edwardsbased on Two-page Sketch #14
Picked by creative team member Lynette Jacobs

I love how this layout tells a story. To me it is all about the photos...and she used beautiful photos. I love the stitching on the sun and the buttons she used for the sunrays. The tree is just the perfect touch.

Gallery Week - Monster Parade

The first of my layouts went up on the Sketch Support blog this morning ...  I've copied my section of the post here ... I'm going to enjoy this week!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Gallery Week

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Today we've got the picks from creative team member Amy Roller and Jill Sarginson. Both of these were obvious stand outs in the gallery and are such wonderful interpretations of the sketches they used as inspiration.

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"Monster Parade" by Michele Edwardsbased on Two-page Sketch #10
Picked by creative team member Jill Sarginson

Browsing the Flickr gallery to pick out a favourite layout proved to be a challenging feat - there were so many amazing creations that caught my eye. In the end, this layout was my favourite. I picked it because:

1. The stitching - the lines that create movement for the ghost are just absolutely fantastic!

2. The ghost - it looks so simple to make and yet it completely makes the page! It's the perfect embellishment!!

3. The theme was Halloween and a 2 pager! Halloween is my favourite thing to scrap so I found it extremely inspirational!

and lastly this layout has Halloween colours but doesn't appear to be using an actual Halloween line. I love when I can see people take ordinary papers and have them fit into a theme - in this case, to perfection!

Getting Cooler ... that's good right?

Last night we had a fire in the yard!  The first one in 7 weeks.  We sat out watching the stars, clouds ... taking softly while the fire danced ... like a living thing.  Some friends came by and joined us ... and we told stories ... memories ... and sipped some wine long into the night.  The pups were great.  Alfie doesn't have a lot of experience with our fire rituals, but other than chasing a bunny for a few seconds, he stayed in the yard ... chasing, playing and racing around with Syd and Tuck.  We all enjoyed it.

But ... that means the end to summer ... cool nights.  I feel like this summer was a complete wash.  It was just too hot to do anything ... and I hate winter.  I'm not liking where this is heading! 

Today was a lovely day, a bit breezy ... but I can't complain.  This past weekend, millions of people south of the border dealt with ... no, are still dealing with hurricane Irene.

So ... I worked on 2 layouts, finished one ... no picture yet.  Plus I know which of my layouts will be featured on the sketch support blog this coming week ... sweet miss Myst, golden girl, and monster parade. 

Even more good news!

I've been uploading layouts onto the Sketch Support Gallery ... I've got more to load, but I don't want to flood the gallery with my stuff.  Anyway, I got an e-mail from Allison.  Next week, all week she's going to spotlight the gallery and she wanted permission to use 2 of my layouts:  sweet miss Myst and golden girl.  Are you kidding me!  I couldn't agree fast enough ... and then she asked for another.  I gave my consent to use any and all of my layouts ... I'm sure she must think that I'm the funniest creature.  So next week, at least 3 of my layouts will be featured.  I think that it might be better than making her team ... less stressful anyway!

A night of Wild Weather!

We were warned!  Weather watches were issued hours ahead of the storm ... tornado watches too.  Steve went out into the yard hauling everything up to the house ... just in case ... and we made a quick check of our emergency supplies.  The watches were updated to warnings ... and then, just as the sun set, it was upon us.

Continuous flashes of lightning lit up the sky ... dark clouds churned.  Giant forks and thick bolts raced across the sky or slammed down to the ground.  Waves of rain pelted the windows.  Even though I knew better, I huddled close to the glass and took pictures, hoping to capture some of the lightning ... and I did!



Flash!  What a sky!



Wow

 

Yikes!

 I love these pictures!  Once again the Waterloo area was spared from the full force of the storms ... areas west, north and south of us got hit pretty bad ... with a tornado touching down south of cambridge.  It stayed on the ground for more than 15 kilometers, but luckily no one was injured.  What a night!

More layouts.

I've been inspired to finish 2 more layouts.

beat the HEAT

Obviously this layout is based on a sketch by Allison Davis ... and obviously it's about the dog beach in Killarney.

fall drive

We love our fall trips, and we always look forward to the drive north, when the fall colours are at their peak.  The beautiful displays during the fall of 2010 were some of the best we've every seen!

I've been selected!!!!!

I got an e-mail ... one of my layouts was selected by Canadian Scrapbooker magazine to be published in the Winter issue.



biscuit in the basket

 I had to remove it from all 3 gallerys that I post to, but I can't see any harm putting it here, only a handful of people really check out my blog.  So I packaged it up, signed the required forms and sent it away for photography.  I'm gonna be published in Canadian Scrapbooker ... Whooooo Hooooooo!