friend layout

12 x12 page that I did this weekend of one of my favourite photos of my friend and I. I still need to do the journaling which I am planning to hand write in the top left hand side by the swirl. Have my favourite Staedler pens picked, just need to sit down and do it.

Bazzill and SU cardstock, Basic grey patterned paper, Sandylion rubons, Technique Tuesday chipboard, SU ink, stamps- alphabet unknown at the moment, will have to look them up at home.

Happy long weekend

Happy belated Canada Day, and Happy 4th of July. As an American living in Canada I get to celebrate both holidays. Whoo hoo. My long weekend off was a nice one full of crafting and dvd's. I will be posting my latest creations shortly. I hope that you all have a great week with your loved ones where ever you are.

Quick trip to Whistler

Went with some girls from work to Whistler for a quick 2 day trip last week on my days off. It was a good time. We rented a condo and it had its own hot tub on the deck. Went for a nice leisurely walk, did some shopping, and some fine dining. During said fine dining I deleted all my nice pictures from our lovely walk. :( I was so bummed. Oh well, now I know how that part of my camera functions. The pics from the rest of the trip aren't as nice as the ones I deleted. *Sigh*

Wedding cards

Altered cap using scrapbooking supplies.

This is my altered baseball cap using scrapbooking supplies, and a sticker from Ballard (Seattle area) Washington "Cupcake Royale" store. (which is located in a coffeeshop which I can't remember the name of, sorry) I had gone down there a few weekends ago to see my good friend and had "the best weekend ever." It even included an exciting film at the Seattle International Film Festival!!!! Whoo-hoo!! Where I saw this film, Vanaja. The director was there to introduce the film and to take questions after the film was over. It was a great experience.

This is me in my altered hat for the Mad Hatter's Tea that I attended at Andrea and Cindy's church last week. We had made the 160 cards for the tea. Andrea and Cindy made the approximately 240 cupcakes!! The speaker and evening was really good. I am really glad that I went, despite my not wanting to wear a hat. After I altered my Yankees hat into a cupcake hat I was okay with wearing a hat. I use my Heidi Swapp ghost flowers in pink, and ribbon from my stash. Plus I mounted the sticker on some black cardstock. Used a MOD by Autumn leaves pillow cushion as a tag on the back. Am I allowed to say too cute?

One of the four card designs that Cindy, Andrea and I made for the tea party. Cindy had stamped it all out and we had lots of scraps leftover that we were trying to figure out what to do with for card #4. I had seen Beate's sketch earlier in the week and this is what we came up with. The cupcakes in real life are glittery. The cupcakes are from Lockhart stamps. The Best Wishes stamp is from Cindy's

blog tag

Saw this on Beate's blog this am, and then on Sherrie's blog. Thought that Sherrie was tagging me, but now I am not so sure as there is another Jill on her blog list. Oh well. But then Cindy really did tag me. Thanks Cindy! Too fun. I am only allowed to give one word answers... this should be interesting

Yourself: hungry
Your Partner: n/a
Your Hair: highlighted
Your Mother: concerned
Your Father: fan
Your Favorite Item: Ipod
Your Dream Last Night: none
Your Favorite Drink: Dr. Pepper
Your Dream Car: Hummer
Dream Home: Cabin
The Room You Are In: Living room
Where You Want to be in Ten Years: content
Who You Hung Out With Last Night: Corina
You’re Not: savvy
One of Your Wish List Items: computer
The Last Thing You Did: slept
You Are Wearing: pink
Your Favorite Weather: sunny
Last Thing You Ate: salad
Your Life: good
Your Mood: relaxed
Your Best Friend: sister
What Are You Thinking About Right Now: lunch
Your Car: Toyota
What Are You Doing At The Moment: chillin'
Relationship Status: Single
What Is On Your TV: mystery movie
What Is The Weather Like: beautiful
When Is The Last Time You Laughed: last night

OK now to tag five others:
1) RK
Am going to email this to
2) my sister
3) Christina
4) Sandy
5) Ang

But feel free to pass it on or do the same & email it to your own group of friends.

New Job = Best wishes

New job/congrats card for my friend:

Foofala (Autumn Leaves)- patterned paper
Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Mellow Moss cardstock- Stampin Up
Ink- Versamark and SU Chocolate Chip and Mellow Moss.
Flowers- Prima crazy daisy.
Stamps- Autumn Leaves swirl alphabet "L" used as a vase.
SU- Best wishes stamp, Quote stamp- Rubber soul. Flower- Savvy stamps.
Brads- Making Memories
Other: corner rounder, circle cutter by EK Success.

I actually avoided scallops on purpose this time. And was pleased with my results. Although I really was wanting to use scallops again in some way. :)

New hair-do

Went to see my french hairdresser Rene last Thursday. Was very afraid that I was going to get "a bob" as he is prone to give me. It isn't that I don't like the "bob" I have just had it for one haircut too many over the last several years. He really does try to give me what I want, and I do really love the cuts he gives, including "the bob." But my hair is getting "longer" for me and I was kind of liking it. Yet the bangs and front part were really driving me crazy. He suggested that we keep the length and shape up the top. No highlights needed this visit. I was quite pleased at the end of my visit. My hair looked fresh and fun.

However on the drive home I suddenly became quite concerned that I had agreed to a mullet willingly. I had to do grocery shopping and I couldn't help but smile because I had a mullet.

I have since been reassured that it is not a mullet. But I would have walked around for the next 5 weeks with a mullet willingly, because I had said yes to my hair dresser.

I have decided that he really is the best though. Cause I was feeling stressed about some work stuff, and just like a good hairdresser should he talked me out of my stress. Oh Rene, you really are the best.

new sites

Found these two new sites. They look so cool.

http://www.jcarolinecreative.com

http://www.etsy.com/index.php

Both crafty but in really unique ways. I am surprised that I have never heard of/or seen the second one before. By the way, the first site led me to the second site.

necklace

I have had this tree charm for a while, I had to have it!! But hadn't done anything with it yet. Decided that I needed to use my beads for a birthday gift and made this necklace. I used copper where I could and black beads in between, although it is difficult to tell in these photos.

scalloped cards

Can't seem to get enough of these 6x12 scalloped sheets of Bazzill. I keep making all my recent cards with them.

The tags are from Michaels, and are the new Martha Stewart line of crafting items.

Soot Spots

This morning I was sitting in my living room having just gotten up. Sitting on the couch, trying to figure out what I was going to do for the few hours that are mine before going to my night shift tonight. I have a fireplace in here with a glass bi-fold doors that I keep closed. I could hear them rattling so I looked at them and suddenly something started to come through them. So I screamed! I thought it was a rodent of some sort, hence the scream. It instead took flight at the sound of my screams, which made me scream more. I finally realized it was a small soot covered duck in my living room, flapping for dear life, with no where to go. I finally calmed down and the duck settle down under a stool hiding, and no doubt recovering from it's own fright. I opened the sliding glass doors to the gorgeous day outside, but the duck was staying put, lest it's ears get accosted again by my screams. So I called upstairs to the landlord. (Since it was staying put and I don't want a duck roommate.) She said she would send him around with a broom. It seemed like forever, but he and his son arrived within minutes with a sheet and broom. I could hear the duck from under my desk, so that's where they located the duck. Scared it from it's hiding spot and out it flew through the open sliding door. Now, looking around I have about 5 soot covered spots on the walls from where the poor duck hit the walls trying to get away from me. I hope the duck can find a quiet spot to wash and recover today. I hope that no more creatures come visit me through the chimney. I hope that I can get that soot off my white walls!!

Flood Watch

The past few weeks in the papers and at work there has been talk about flooding in the Fraser Valley. There is talk about diverting traffic, emergency care, and people if the rivers would flood. I hadn't paid much attention to it until I saw the signs for a closed road on my street. I happen to be right by a river. It was a nuisance last year with the fishing, but otherwise I forget that I am by a river. The past two days though the road by my house has been closed to all traffic except local traffic. There were large digging machines on it both days. I finally asked the landlord tonight, he says they are raising the road by 2 feet in hopes of diverting the river. He said that we are 5 feet higher than other parts of the valley, and that we shouldn't have much to worry about. However, that I should have a back up place to go to in case.... Not only am I concerned, now I am thinking of what I need to do to get ready. What is critical and what can I leave behind? My beloved stamps are of up most concern, as well as my stash of paper!! I may be seeking refugee homes for them to go to. Let me know what you think. Any suggestions? And where can I get flood insurance???

quote of the day

"Pressure is a privilege."
Billie Jean King

movie list

found this on this blog
Thought I would post it for you all to peruse. I think it has a good mix of movies, but not really my movie style apparently.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
(x) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
(x) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
( ) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
( ) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( )The Grudge 2
(x)The Mask
( )Son Of The Mask
(x) Bad Boys
(x ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
(x) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
( ) E.T.
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
(x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3
(x) X-Men
(x) X-2
(x) X3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(x) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
(x) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
(x) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
( x) The Matrix
( x) The Matrix: Reloaded
(x) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Total: 102 out of 239
Is that all? I didn't even make 50%? Crazy! I must be slacking in my movie watching or else this list isn't worthy. :)

PUPPY LOVE

One of my co-workers has Pug puppies for sale. She has been telling me about them this week, and tonight she surprised me and brought this little girl in. She is 8 weeks old. She is pure black. I am totally in love with her. No, I am not getting her. I would love to take her home, but my home won't allow puppies. So I would have to move or convince someone to let me and my pug to live with them. I don't think that is going to happen, so instead I will just have to remember the feel of this active pup in my arms. Heaven on earth.

Shoe birthday card

This is the card I made for my friend at work, who loves her high heel shoes. I was inspired by the new Papercrafts magazine. They have a boot card on page 49 of the April/May issue. I was thinking how could I do a high heel card for her after seeing it? So I went home and started while watching LOST last night. (Which was difficult because most of LOST was in Korean with English subtitles last night) Anyhow, I began with SU black cardstock. And this is how it ended up. The inner card has Bazzill cardstock and rubons from 7 gypsies "nice shoes" and Deja views "happy day".


The flower is Prima from the blog candy I won in February from Sarah. And the big brad is from Paper Studio.
The stamp is from Making Memories "it's a girl" and I hand wrote the "thing" with a white Sharpie.
The most difficult thing for me was the hand cutting of this card. For those of you with "scissor dyslexia" you will know what I mean. lol

another card using Heidi Swapp's new stamps

Still had that patterned paper hanging out on my stamping table and couldn't resist it anymore, so did this card last night.

Heidi Swapp stamp- "Enjoy"

Cuttlebugged birthday- from Cindy :)

unknown alphabet stamps from a garage sale.

Ink- SU Old Olive, Pumpkin, Pie, Not Quite Navy.

Cardstock- SU Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Apricot Appeal.

Bazzill- red to match Chatterbox collection.

Patterned Paper- Chatterbox.

Flowers -Prima.

Large brad- Paper studio.

Scalloped edge done with corner rounder.

sympathy card

New Heidi Swapp acrylic stamp - "remember"

SU small script set - "always"

Chatterbox - patterned paper

SU Classic ink - Pumpkin Pie and Not Quite Navy

Sticker- "Play french borders" - Tres jolie by My mind's eye

Bazzill Bling flower and center - by Imaginisce

12x6 scalloped paper-Bazzill

favourite photos

The American in me couldn't resist this. :)

Memorial wood carving next to the World Trade Centre site.

The original Statue of Liberty torch taken down during the remodeling period due to water damage and now on display in the national park building where Lady Liberty stands.

This is the globe that once was atop the World Trade Centre. It now sits in a park with an eternal flame in remembrance of 9/11.

My dad: tee-hee.

A new take on the old flag. Good if you're a Yankees fan. Just different than the average flag we see all the time.

9/11 Memorial at Yankee Stadium.

Yankee Stadium seats.

Oh I love the pinstripes!! The Yankees uniform is one of my favourites right now. I need this phone, but without the logo.

West Point Academy Cadets unveiling the flag on opening day at Yankee Stadium during the National Anthem. Stunning.

The sign on the bathroom at The Baseball Hall of Fame. tee-hee!

Stand up and cheer for the ladies of baseball.

Cupcake anyone?

Oh the piano forte!! Love you!!

Downtown Philadelphia.

Me in NYC- Times Square. Yeah that bus is blocking the view. Oh well. It is better than no picture.

Oh George, you do look so nice in real life.

The "holy grail" of baseball cards, Honus Wagner. I saw it twice on this trip!! I was so excited to see it once, but twice is just too much!!

My little black dress

These are my pictures of me in my little black dress. I wore this outfit on the night we went to see Les Miserables. I also wore it on Easter Sunday. And then, since I am obsessed with this outfit I wore it to a work related retirement party. That night my friend took these pictures of me. So here they are. It was a fun night and I really do love this outfit. What can I wear it to next?