need some inspiration.....

I'm looking for a fun easy advent calender ideas....I have 3 kids so making little boxes isn't practical as 75 boxes kicking around with daycare kids isn't a good idea. If you have some ideas, send me a link:) I have a few thoughts turning in my head, but I might need a plan B ;)

Thanks crafty buddies.

Looking for a Great site?.....

Then head on over HERE. kamscraftyplace has some great blog candy and has some great cards too :) Check her out. Here's a pic of all her lovely goodies :

Long Weekend over :(... RCC24

 It was Thanksgiving Weekend here for us Canadians, and as usual, we had a couple of Family dinners. One at my In Laws, and one at my mom's. My inlaws had my Mom and Step Dad there too, so that was nice.

She made the cute little Pillgrim name tags using Everyday Paper Dolls. Aren't they cute:)

This is a layout I fif on Friday at a crop I went to. Its a pic of my girls at the Habour in Miami. We went for an overnight day trip during our Disney vacation in January. The cardstock is Co'redinations. The red print paper is Paper Crate and the colored print is American Maker. Ribbon is from Michaels. The parrot is cut from a cart I can't quite rememeber right now, but at 3 in and its covered in sparkles from Martha Stewart

, glitter ritz and stickles.

I'm entering these in:

1.papercraftweekendchallenge-product- Shimmer Challenge. I have yet to use any type of spray shimmer, so I'm using glitter as my shimmer.

2.ribbon carousel challenge- It must have ribbon, twine, thread...anything that comes from a spool, and this week was add sparkle or bling.

 Happy Scrapping



Quick Blurb...

 Is blurb a word? lol Anyways, this is a huge weekend for us here in Winnipeg as its Thankgiving today AND its the home opener of the return of our NHL team....The Winnipeg Jets!!! Huge deal, our turkey dinner has been postponed so DH can go to the game. But the reason for my quick post is this...

 I am a huge believer in supporting the smaller blogs new to the blog world, much like myself. One of the blogs I follow, Candy, has just reached a 100 followers!!! Its an amazing feat to me since I've been at 17 for a while now.  She gave away some awesome blog candy....and because she went above 100, she has decided to have another giveaway. So check out Candy at candyscraftcorner. Become a follower, check out her great projects, and possibly win some candy:)

A Little Bit of Scrapy Goodness

  So Sat. was World card Making Day, and I didn't make a card!!! Shocker I know. But, I did get a chance to scrap ALL weekend!!! Well, except for friday, I think I was in bed friday night at like 9:30, but thats a whole other story lol. But Saturday, the DH had football all day, then came home to WATCH football, so I tidied my room, and got some pages done. Then on Sunday, my girlfriend Brenda came ove (3 sunday in a row) and we pounded out some more pages!!! I only got 3 done on Sunday, but I do love them. I'll get to one of them in a minute though.

  But first, I'm a little confused on some things, lol, ok maybe more then a few, but lets start with just 1. I get the digi stamp...print it out and color, pretty simple. But what I dont understand is the digital dies. Do I print out the shapes on card stock and then cut it? Or do I attach my cricut to the computer and cut it that way?  Sometimes being new to the blog world can be kinda intimidating. All the lingo, I'm learning!! I swear I am :)

  On to my layout.....This year has probably been one of the best for us here weather wise. We had a very cold very wet spring, but we had one of the hottest summers, and right now, our fall has been pretty darn fantastic. For you Canadians out there 28 C in october can't be beat. For you Americians, I believe thats mid 70's, maybe closer to 80. (not to sure on the conversions, bad I know), so spending time outside has not been hard. Seeing all the beautiful colors of the leaves, while still wearing shorts and tshirts...not hard to love fall. So, while the pictures in this layout was from a rare warm Spring day this year, the colors remind me of fall. The pictures aren't stunning in the "art" sense, but I LOVE them. It was a warm day, and we were just having a quick meal of hot dogs and noodles, but we took our plates outside and had a great little picnic. Our patio furniture weren't even out of the shed yet. But it was all so sweet and perfect.

Recipe: Cardstock (all) CTMH-top picture cocoa,base-desert sand, journaling block-chocolate, Squarel-Chocolate,

cocoa,blush, bamboo. Patterned paper-scrap piece, will have to find what it is, eyelets, making memories, glitter

brads- doodle bugs, glitter- glitter ritz, bird sticker-peel-offs. Die cut squarel-Cindy loo cuts at 3inchs. Adhesive-Tombow

Corner rounder-CTMH

 So there you have it folks...and I am entering this in a challange. To check out the challange cateredcrop

I used :

1. Colors- Fall colors- gold yellow green

2. Embellisments- Glitter

3. Tools- Rounded corners ( journaling block)

 Go check out cateredcrop, try mixing up a reciepe or 2. And let me know that you did:) I'd love to see it.