It's challenge time

While checking out some of my favourite blogs, I have been feeling less than adequate. So many people are getting published, or picked to be on a design team, or have TONS of followers. No, I don't think those are really important things to measure myself to, but hey.. I want in too!!

So, Paper Poppy Kit Co. is having a sketch challenge, and I thought to myself, "Self, you should do the sketch and enter the challenge. You have what it takes!" (positive self talk is always important!)

So here it is! I think that was the fastest page I have done in a long time. I think I will try to start using sketches more often. They just seem to take some of the guess work out of it and also help you try different things. This sketch is actually totally my style so it wasn't too hard to follow. I used some of the paper I bought while on holidays in Calgary too, so that is a bonus!

Hope you like it, maybe I will win!

It's finally done!

OK. So those of you who know me, know that one thing I hate about myself is that I don't have any 'follow-through' when it comes to projects. I have a great imagination and ability to dream up ideas and see what I can make with things I find (my friends' words), but (my words) I either never get to said ideas, or never finish them. Well, I can truly - for now- say that is not true. I have had a project on the go or at least in my head for seriously almost 20 years. I am not kidding. When I was still living at home after college, my Mom bought me these beautiful coat hooks.

I HAD to have them, but they never got to see their potential... until now. I find it really funny that as unorganized as I am, I never lost them and never got rid of them. I attempted to use them years ago, but the piece of wood I used got left outside (dis-organized!!) and I never finished it. I found a cupboard door at the local rebuild center and knew what I would do with it. I have had it for probably 3 or more months and just during the break from school got it done. Hey, don't rush me. It takes my a while to get warmed up! I love how it turned out and I am thinking about adding some vinyl lettering to the recessed panel.

But, for now, I am happy that it is done, and actually hanging on the wall.

Hope you like it! Maybe in this last week of summer vacation I will get something else done.

Adrienne

How can it be?? Say it isn't so!

How can summer be over already? It feels like just yesterday I was so amped up with all the possibilities that summer might bring. All the projects I would get done, all the trips we would take, all the exercise I was going to get. Well, the trips did happen, but the rest fell by the wayside. I did manage to (almost) finish one project I have had in the works. I guess I just need to come to grips that summer vacation is not the time for me to have big wonderful plans. Just go with the flow and see what happens. The trips we took were so fun and relaxing. We started out in Calgary for 4 days where we went to the Zoo and the Calaway Park and did a lot of shopping. After Calgary, we headed to Edmonton for a day to hit the Waterpark and more shopping! Man I love that place!

Then home for about a week and then Adam and I headed off for BC to visit family and friends for 2 weeks. We had a great time.. Again, lots of fun and shopping. I will need to post in a day or so to show all the great stuff I got. Between the 2 parcels I received from shopping online, and all the scrapbooking stores I hit in Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, and Williams Lake; I have gotten a ton of new stuff. Can't wait to get started in my room and play with all my new goodies.

I am totally bummed out that school for me starts in 7 days(BOO!!). One the other hand, I am totally excited that volleyball with be starting up again soon.

I will try to keep the posts up, I have more interesting stuff to show you all. Hopefully (fingers crossed) I will manage to get some of my projects done before the snow flies. Hey, this is Northern Alberta. Once September hits, it's fair game!!

Take care, Happy Fall

Adrienne

School's Out!!!

It's official. I am on Vacation! Yesterday was the last day of school and now I am free. Free to do what ever I want. And what I want is to do all the projects I have been busy collecting stuff for. All the junkin' I have been doing. All the VV trips I have been taking. I need to get this stuff done and painted and put on display. So many ideas rush around my head of what I can and need to do. I need to buy paint and start painting. I need to stay busy this summer. I desperately want to kick-ass on my weight loss this summer. I've been having a rough time since I hit the 40 pound mark. I lose a few and then gain a few. This has been going on for probably a month now. I have 2 weeks to get to 50 and I don't think it will happen. I am so close, but things just aren't going the way I had hoped. I am going to start walking and try a bit of running in the mornings to start my day off. Then, I will be fitting in some tennis and hopefully swimming and more walking and hiking. Gotta get there. Once I have hit this 50, then I have at least another 50 to go. I am hoping to have 20 pounds gone by the time I go back to school. I will do it, I can do it!!!

Last weekend we went to Tumbler Ridge to celebrate Father's Day and see my parents. We had such a great time hiking to various waterfalls and sights. The first waterfall we hit was Kinuseo Falls. AMAZING!! There were 3 different viewpoints we went to. The first was a simple little stroll to where the water actually goes over the edge. The second was DOWN the edge of the mountain. I mean down. Way down. Straight down. No, I am not exaggerating. We climbed down the mountain to the base of the waterfall. SO worth it. I was lost for words while we were at the bottom. I just sat there watching the water fall and feeling the mist on my face. Then, we CLIMBED back up the mountain. The next viewpoint was up the mountain from the first one. Once there you can see the whole thing. The water falling over the edge and then crashing to the river below. Breathtaking! We had such a great time and I had a serious case of Jelly-legs after all that hiking. More to come in my next post.

Hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as I plan on enjoying mine!

Adrienne

Check out my gallery!

Still trying to figure out how to attach my gallery from Scrap In Style to my blog, so this is the best thing I have come up with so far. Hope you enjoy checking out some more of my stuff!

Thanks for looking,
Adrienne

New(ish) layouts & a chance to be on a design team!!

As I was perusing some of my favourite blogs today, I came across a very exciting thing. Crate Paper has a call-out for new members for their Design Team!! Wow! Just think! I have always wanted to get on the DT of a manufacturer that I love!

I have loved Crate Paper for probably 4 0r 5 years now! I am a bit of a paper hoarder and I hoard Crate Paper! In going back through my layouts, I have found a few pages that I have been able to use it. Some papers I love so much, it pains me to actually use them. I don't really like to use the same papers on more than one layout so, I have a hard time parting with them sometimes. Even though I'm not parting with them, they are staying with me in MY albums. {Now would be the time for any of you to tell me of a good therapist you know. I know I have a problem. I'm OK with it!}

So, this post has 2 purposes:

1. To share some of my recent & Not-so-recent layouts.

2. To essentially submit my creative resume to Crate Paper for their approval.

I love the layout of Chris & I at Maligne Canyon. It is one of my all-time favourite pages and I was excited to finally use one of those blingy and pearly flourishes. I love how it turned out! I used some of the Brook collection on that one. The LO of the 'Squirrel' uses Little Sprout papers. The LO of Adam in the creek uses paper from 2 lines...Orbit and Prudence. One really old LO I found that I used Crate Paper on was the page of Adam at the park with shades on. I used a little piece of Roper from the Cowboy line.

So, wish me luck on my Design Team application and I hope you enjoyed my layouts today!!

Have a great day. By the way, only 4 more days of school and I am on VACATION!!!

Adrienne

Where did the time go?

Yes, I know. I have been a very bad blogger. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. No real excuses, not good ones anyways. I have been reading my fav's, but just not finding the time to post anything of my own. I don't know why, but I think most of the reason I haven't is that I don't have any exciting pics to share....until now! I started my 'Jasper' album and finished my first5 pages! I am very excited about this one. I am trying to do something a little different. I am really inspired by Stephanie Wheeler over at The Livingroom Floor. I love her graphic nature and bold, straight lines. I also LOVE that she splatters and mists practically everything! So, here are a few of my Jasper pages, hope you like 'em.

I just finished cleaning out my closet. I haven't been able to close it since I don't know. I continued getting all my TOO big clothes out of there and now I am up to 4 garbage bags full of clothes that are too big. On this whole too big clothes front, I am up to 42 pounds lost now. I am only 8 pounds away from my summer goal of losing 50 pounds by the middle of July and I still have 5 weeks to go! Yay for me!

Speaking of summer, I am kind of in shock (and completely relieved) that we are in our last week of school for the year. Where did it go? It went so fast. Seems like just yesterday it was December. Can't wait to have my days to myself to do whatever I want! Lots of hiking, tennis, and swimming. Gotta look good to go back to school in September!!

I have some more things to post about now so I should be filling you in soon, with pics too!

Have a great week!

Adrienne