Happy Wednesday!

After having a few very (bad-) fallish days, yesterday and today have been wonderful. So I am not going to spend a lot of time online but enjoy what is most likely going to be one of the last nice days of the summer.




Supplies: lots of stuff from my scrap box. I am bound and determined to make a dent in my old supplies before buying new ones.

Have a good one.

Can you guess?

I took this picture back in June when 6 North-German scrappers got together for brunch in Hamburg. I thought it was funny how different we all are, just as different as our shoes, but we have this one strong bond: scrapbooking. That's how we met, that's what keeps us keep in touch. Who else will listen for hours about the various aspects of paper patterns, rub ons, and glitter application?

Anyway, can you guess who the scrappers are that are hiding behind the shoes? It's pretty tricky, I admit.

Supplies used: PP all Danyeela pattern paper, Hambly overlay, Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, misc.lace and paint.

Hint: (clockwise from top) 1.fcnheeni 2. read 3. hscluu 4. Lzi 5. atn 6. mikym

Now I am off to the mall...

have a good one.

Starting school....

luckily Trouble #1 and #2 are already done with first grade, but our neighbor girl started first grade this past Wednesday. Since I drew a total blank as to what gift to get her, I decided on making a scrapbook for first day of school pictures. I realize, it is probably a gift more for her parents, but hey... what are you going to get the kid that pretty much has everything?








Supplies: all kinds of stuff from my scrap bin. The album is an 8x8 in Fancy Pants chipboard album

Now I am off into the city for Onam celebration. Yumm!

Have a good one.

Finally Friday!

It was about time. Just the first week of school and I am exhausted. I guess I have to change my sleeping habits. This staying up way late is not working when you have to get up before 6am.

Anyway, another LO for the 10 week challenge at Paperbraut. This time we were to use swirls. You know... I love using swirls. I never have problems using swirls. But this time, I had the hardest time placing them.

Oh well, this is what I came up with.


I went way deep into my "old stuff" drawer.
Supplies: PP American Crafts, Basic Grey, American Crafts Thickers, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, Tim Holtz stamp, ice-cream cone chipboard by Lasercuts für Kreative, Making Memories glitter.

Oh, and in case you are wondering, the title "Kiss me" is actually the name of the ice-cream cone at our local ice cream store and it's Trouble #1 and #2's favorite. And I added the bling to the Thickers to resemble the sprinkles on the ice cream cone.

Now I have to take T#2 to a birthday party.

Have a good one.

Challenge #5

well, I finally got to scrap just for fun again. And so I did the 5th challenge over at Paperbraut. The challenge was to use distress ink, a black pen, a distress tool, and some stamping.

This is what I came up with. I love this picture of Trouble #2.




Supplies:
SU Kraft CS, PP Creative Creations and (?), Stamps My Stamp Box, Ranger Distress Ink, SU ink, misc. chipboard letters.

Other than that...nothing going on. The kids are busy with school, I am trying to be super mom/housewife, but sadly, I am failing. My house looks like a tornado hit. Oh well....

So that's pretty much it.
Have a good one.

Good neighbors...

I just love these Upsy Daisy Papers. I didn't think I would, since they are not as bright as I usually like, but really, it totally worked.

Really, it's another picture that needed a story. My neighbors got married a few weeks ago and me and the other neighbors did a lot of decorating and such. After the "Polterabend" party, we were so exhausted and, quite frankly, hungry, that we decided we needed to have an impromptu BBQ. We ran to the store just before closing, picked up everything that could possibly be bbq-ed, raided our fridges for anything else one might need, and had a wonderful relaxing evening hanging out with dneighbors.





Supplies: PP Upsy Daisy, misc. lace and buttons, Lazar Works stamp, Stampin' Up embossing powder, Ranger distress ink, Dymo.

In other, non-scrappy stuff, T#1 and #2 rode their bikes to school today. Yeah! Getting up early is hard, but it was so much more relaxed this morning. T#1 is so excited about her new bike and looks like such a big girl. And T#2... oye! she is so little, but then again... not so little anymore. She was very excited about getting to move up to a "big-girl-bike" (T#1's old bike).

That's it for today.

Have a good one.

Funeral for a fish....

I was looking through some pictures from last summer and came across these... they needed an explanation, because otherwise the girls would look at them and wonder: WTH were we doing?

So, here you go. Funeral for a fish. One of Nana's goldfish died and he had to have a proper burial in the new flower bed. Even Trucker (the dog) was being appropriately solemn.... okay, for a second or two.... which, if you know Trucker, that's a lot it seems.



Supplies: PP Upsy Daisy, American Crafts Thickers, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Making Memories journaling spot.

Have a good one.