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At first I wasn’t intending to do this challenge, but then after thinking it over decided to do one for my daughter. I don’t have any photos of my Mom and Dad taken together but lots of them taken at separate times, I decided to do a little photo manipulation in PSP.. it isn’t […]


Posted at: February 23rd, 2007 - 11:38 pm - Number of Comments » 3

This Ad challenge was just what I needed. Immediately the Large simple photo was what drew me into the ad. I loved the uncluttered look of the ad. I had the exact photo in mind immediately but I had to think what I wanted to do with it. I am not normally […]


Posted at: February 19th, 2007 - 8:34 pm - Number of Comments » 2

Well it wasn’t a totally wasted day, although I didn’t get a lot done. The Jays must have taken the day off today as I only had a minor headache today, not the stabbing pains of the past few days and I thank God for that. I honestly don’t think I could have […]


Posted at: February 18th, 2007 - 10:17 pm - Number of Comments » 2

Today was an important milestone for me, we celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary. We have had our ups and downs needless to say, and like any normal couple we have had our share of fights. There was one thing we settled on though, we would never go to bed angry with each other. […]


Posted at: February 17th, 2007 - 10:50 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Okay, so we had to use a quote or all four of them on a layout! Not a bad challenge, one would think…… yeah well sure if you are into mushy stuff! So,”Jackie me girl,” I seys to meself, ” time ta get a bit mushy.” I can get just as […]


Posted at: February 16th, 2007 - 12:56 am - Number of Comments » 2

For Star Challenge #2 we have been told to use up scraps and this is the list of requirements:

3 different colours of cardstock 1 point
2 different printed papers 1 point
3 or more metal embellishments, must all be different 1 point
complete on time 1 […]


Posted at: February 15th, 2007 - 7:16 pm - Number of Comments » 3

We have been challenged to blog about any crafts we do so here goes.
I didn’t have any hobbies at all but when we moved to Labrador City and I found I had the choice of layering on several pairs of woolies, a couple pairs of pants, then adding a ski suit, oh yeah, don’t forget […]


Posted at: February 10th, 2007 - 11:05 am - Number of Comments » 4

Oh yeah, that Lisa thought she was gonna make it tough when she posted this challenge:
Complete a challenge using the monochromatic technique. Based on all one colour and various shades of this one colour.
your colour is to be PURPLE
you must use 80% of purple in order for your layout to […]


Posted at: February 8th, 2007 - 8:29 pm - Number of Comments » 3

Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to go wrong?  Well today was like that for me.  First I couldn’t seem to wake up.  I certainly tried but I kept falling back to sleep everytime, and didn’t manage to crawl out of the bed until sometime after noon.  I think the […]


Posted at: February 7th, 2007 - 11:13 pm - Number of Comments » 1

Your challenge is to create a layout using the colours BLACK RED & WHITE. The layout style and theme is entirely upto you. You can do it how you like.
The layout must be new. Not seen anywhere else brand new.
early bird completion
use of all three colours
use any kind of ghost shapes […]


Posted at: February 6th, 2007 - 1:59 pm - Number of Comments » 1