Sharon At One

We have this wonderful new paper in the store that works so well with black and white photos. I pulled some more older pictures out of my stash and had so much fun with all of this pink stuff. There are not many pictures of me as a child (since I am the fourth of four), so when I do a page, I use fun stuff. I used some new flourishes in the store, new paper and die cuts, cri-cut for the title, old flowers and some ribbon.

He Didn't Tell Me How To Live . . . & It Takes Balls to Snowboard

Anthony wore this get-up to Montana's in Sherwood Park and danced on the wooden floor with his steel-toed boots which caused quite a few stares. When we got back to their house, I asked him for a few pictures. He offered the pierced nipple shot and I took it. He is quite the kid. He has a heart of gold, is intelligent, knows how to save his money for important things and drives a hybrid. He could show a lot of people how to live their lives in a decent, smart way. I am proud to call him my nephew.

When I saw this picture, I warned Jade that I was going to do this page. She doesn't get the humor in it. She was grabbing to get her other set of mittens but it looks like she's "adjusting her balls". We had discussed that snowboarding was more difficult than skiing so the title stuck when the picture was developed. Simple page to put together . . . but one that had to be done nonetheless. Patterned paper, rub-ons and letter stickers . . . quick but memorable.

Everything Is Better In The Country

These are a few photographs that I took out at my sister's acreage while we were there over the easter break. It is so quiet and peaceful. I used some new paper, diecuts and stamped with acrylic stamps along the bottom and top corners.

Wild Child

Lovin' the overlays! Fancy Pants all the way! Right down to the rub-ons I had a blast putting together this page. The colors seemed to go so well for the pictures and then the rub-ons rubbed on so well on top of the overlay. I added some different color and sized eyelets, an old tag I had and some bright ribbon. The word "waves" is on the bottom in acrylic. So much fun working on this on a Saturday afternoon. It was nice to get back into the swing of things. I have been feeling like my scrapbooking hasn't been worthy of the paper it was put on. These last few pages have made me feel a bit better about it! I guess you need the right pictures, great paper and a bit of time to get it all together.

Rollercoaster Duo

While we were at West Edmonton Mall in March, Nathan just had to go on the Rollercoaster. Since Jade wouldn't go, Cal agreed to take the plunge. I snapped a few pictures before and after, one blurry one during and then Nathan bought the one they take for you. However, there were two people in front of them that took over the majority of the picture so I covered them with the spotty paper and added an arrow so you can actually notice it. I love the new boy lines that are in the store right now. I used a lot of rub ons from Fancy Pants as well. There is journalling under the picture where Cal looks like he's about to barf.

Sweet Baby Boy

Rhea was right, I am already starting to do some Ty pages. Of course, as we all know, it is fun to do different kinds of pages -- changing off from teens to scenery to heritage . . . etc. This is one of the new lines of Wild Asparagus or 29th Avenue. Since it is two-sided, I was able to switch around the backs and fronts and have it all work well. The scallops are from the die cut machine and I used some of my million and two buttons. I used these colors because of the greeny color in the hospital and the orangish-reddish plaid shirt Mikey was wearing.

Body Parts II

I know . . . it's what you've all been waiting for . . . the BODY PARTS II page. This one has more pictures . . . 16 in all, new chipboard letters and all of my favorite body parts. Just makes you want to take a nice car out for a fast cruise. We have these great page protectors that have fold out flaps on either side. So, it's not really a panoramic page . . . but kinda. It's fun anyhow and allowed me to use all of the pictures I wanted to.

It's Cool to be Your Friend

Just a cute layout with new penguin acrylic stamps, some stickles and glittery letters. Just kinda fun.

Quilt

My mother has been making this quilt for me for four years. She showed it to me the other day and I was so impressed by the amount of work she has put into it. So, I took some pictures and put this layout together. The stitching seemed to take forever so I can see just how much work my mom has put into it. The journalling is under the hinged pictures. The scrapbooked quilt on the bottom corner was done with scraps.

Acrylic Baby Book

So I quickly finished an acrylic baby book for Rhea, Mike and Ty. What I like about it is that I could put pictures etc, under and on top of the plastic. You can't really tell how it looks from these pictures; but I enjoyed making it and I hope they like it. Mike's mom picked it up tonight so they could use it as a brag book of sorts until they get more photos

New Happy Family

I met Ty today. When I arrived at the hospital, all three Wheelers were asleep. Just as I was about to drop off the gifts and leave I spotted Ty in the corner. When I tried to sneak a peek, Rhea woke up. We had a nice visit. They are all a bit tired and ready to venture out on their new life. Ty slept most of the time I was there. He only peeked out at us for a minute and made a few squealy noises. He is quite the cutie with blonde hair. He looks like Rhea's dad. I'm just glad everyone is doing so well. I am sure you will see more of them up on the blog soon.

Ty Has Arrived

After about 25 hours of labor, Ty William Wheeler has safely arrived. Rhea sounded tired but happy and chipper this morning at 7am when she called. He is 7 lbs and 2 ozs (not sure of the length yet). Both Mom and baby are doing well. I will go up this afternoon to visit and take some pictures ( am currently deleting stuff from my camera to make room for baby). Been shopping for gifts already. I will keep you updated.

Rhea's Having Her Baby

Seriously, Mike phoned me from the hospital today around 6:30pm and told me that Rhea's water broke about 4am. She had just started having contractions finally in the afternoon so they were off and running. By the time I talked to her, she was handing the phone to Mike during contractions so she could breathe it off. So, I'm hoping to visit her and her new bundle tomorrow. If I do, I'll try to get some pictures up here asap.

Busier Than Ever

Is anyone else wondering when life will slow down a bit? Even when the flowers finally get brave enough to pop their heads out and check to see if Spring finally remembered to arrive, will we be able to stop to smell them? Have we done this to ourselves? I feel that I am always trying to keep up to the pack -- never-mind knowing what the pack is even doing. Then, when I have two minutes to rub together when I am not cleaning, helping with homework, working, cooking, grocery shopping, driving someone somewhere, working, washing, laundry; I feel guilty for doing something like scrapbooking, reading or updating my blog. I read just before I go to bed (for two reasons: 1. So my son will read and 2. To help me unwind from a frazzling day). I keep hearing of people going to scrapbooking retreats and holidays: when and where do you find the time and money to be able to do this? Let me in on your secrets.

Trophy Deer

This is my brother Ken. This past fall he shot a record mule deer. Of course I didn't hear about it until about a month ago. He sent me a few pictures and tried to explain the scoring of deer which is difficult at best. Apparently the world record score is 217. Ken's scored 193 -- enough to earn him a place in one or two record books. I thought this was worthy of recording in our family scrapbook . Being that it is a page about hunting, I thought it best to not be too busy. We had just gotten the new lines of Basic Grey so I used one that would help camouflage his orange hunting outfit. The journalling pull-out was so that I could keep it to a one-page layout and I thought the antlers would be a great way to pull it out. I used the leafless tree diecut at the store for the antlers and cut them out of grungeboard. The guys that come into the store appreciate it.

Best Friends - Family

This is my brother-in-law Jim. He was explaining cars and car parts to Lucas after hours of play wrestling. Lucas kept asking when we could go back so he could play with Jim and Jim asked if he could keep Lucas for awhile. They got along great. This was one of the only moments that I could get a picture of them because they were always moving so fast, everything was just a blur. So when we got home from Edmonton and all of the new lines of paper were in, I quickly threw together this page. I must tell you, throwing together pages is all we have had a chance to do at JSI. There is so much new product to put out, we spend all of our shifts making room and pricing and putting out product. There is something for everyone. Heidi Grace and FancyPants lines for girls and Cosmo Cricket and FancyPants for boys. Everyone seems to be finding something they have been looking for.