Cat Tales

I've been taking a little rest from scrapbooking lately in hopes that my tennis elbow will improve. What I have been doing is photographing some of my scrapbook layouts and cateloging the complete list of materials used in each - oh what fun! Seriously it hasn't been too bad - I've enjoyed seeing some of my previous work - some not too bad :P

These pics are from my cat scrapbook - Cat Tales - which also includes stories I've written about my cats.

Wedding Scrapbook

A Wedding Scrapbook for my Step-Daughter and her husband is complete. Here are a few pics of some of the pages from the album. Above are the front & back pages. I love using bling!

I kept with the turquoise and yellow - the colours she used in her wedding. Hopefully I do the photos and special day justice!

Most of the products used in the album are from Stampin' Up, DCWV, Creative Memories and the Dollarama brand "Crafts" (they have great bling don't they?).

Best Wishes to Courtney & Matthew and may you have a long and happy life together. Hopefully they will enjoy looking into their scrapbook for years to come.

My First Scrapbooking Project

Yesterday I had a surprise visit from my cousin's daughter, Leanne Kimberley. She's visiting from Fort McMurray, Alberta where she works in the oil industry. She's a little girl driving a great big truck!

Being that she was named after me I wanted to do something special for her when she graduated from high school in 2006. That's when I took up scrapbooking ... When she visited yesterday she said "you used to have everything spread out on the dining room table (and we had to eat in the living room) ... but now you got a whole room full of stuff!" To that I responded "Leanne you created a monster!"

She brought by her scrapbook for me to photograph and I did a little repair work on it as well. She didn't want anything changed - she loves it exactly as it is. I must say it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be ... here are a few pics of some of the layouts from her book.

The Other Side of the Scrap Room

It should be noted that we do not have a spare bedroom at our house. I guess I could have a spare room in case someone wants to stay with us - but if no one ever did then that room would never be used. My way this room of our house gets plenty of use, LOL.

The Scrap Room does have another side - a less used side, sadly ...

My Scrap Room

So I've painted my scrap room and my mismatched furniture - now all black - to give it a more uniform look. I'm pleased with how it all turned out - found a place for everthing - its all nicely organized!

Now to mess it up!

Scrapbooking Injury, LOL

So back in May I awoke to discover I had a swollen thumb and aching right arm .... a few days later I had to visit my doctor who diagnosed tennis elbow. A friend joked that it was "a scrapbooking injury". Turns out it is! I've noticed that at times when I use my paper trimmer and punches a lot the situation flares up again ... not sure if anyone else out there in "scrapbooking world" has suffered from a similar ailment & has advice for me ... but I'd certainly welcome it. I don't wanna have to quit scrapping, LOL ... So now I'm on vacation and you'd think I'd be resting it, but "NO" ... today I went kayaking ... and now I fear I'm in big trouble. Hadn't paddled in 2 years and fear I'm going to have to pay for this!

Anyways in keeping with summer ... here are some pics of our day of kayaking and a summer layout from my neices scrapbook which is one of my own favourites.

Anything Goes

Currently I am working on a Wedding Scrapbook for my Step-Daughter and her new husband. They got married on the beach the day after my birthday (July 31). The weather eventually cleared & it couldn't have been a more beautiful afternoon to be on the shore. For the entire album I intend to stick with their wedding colours (turquoise & yellow) & throw is as many flowers & as much bling as I can get away with ... oh & a smattering of beach themed embellishments of course.