Blog Candy Winner!

And the winner of my Halloween blog candy is. . .

Congrats to Cher!!! Cher, please email me your snail mail address at scrapsoflifekits at gmail dot com and I will get your goodies in the mail!!

Thanks for playing everyone!

How many days til Halloween, Mom?? ( and some blog candy for you! )

The answer - 53.


Yes, it is that time of year. The time of endless discussions about Halloween costumes ( apparently witches are "lame", Luke Skywalker is "too old school", and puppies are "for kindergarteners"!)


I admit it , they come by it honestly! I love Halloween and have been happily ( and sometimes tearfully!) sewing costumes for 13 years. It gets a little harder each year - not sure I can keep up with all the flash of purchased costumes!!! I will keep you posted on what is on the agenda for this year!!


In the meantime, I have been having some fun with last year's photos and one of the new Halloween lines, Blackbird, from My Mind's Eye:




And then, of course, is the inevitable annual carving of the pumpkins:



Keep checking back for more Halloween inspiration, along with some layouts using the yummy One Fall Day collection from Bella Blvd!! And I would love to hear you favourite costume ideas - leave me a comment by Sunday September 12th at 11:59pm PST for a chance to win some Halloween goodies from me!!

10,000 Hits!!!!

WooHoo!!! I made 10,000 hits today and I am pretty darn excited!!! Thanks to all my followers and visitors!!! If you like my blog - share it with a friend!!! And don't forget to enter my 10 000 Hit challenge, for a chance to win some fun blog candy!!!!!!

Now here are some photos of what I have been up to on this lovely holiday weekend Saturday!!! Sometimes I forget how lucky we are to live on Vancouver Island - today was the perfect day for counting my blessings! Mark, Ben, Emily, Josh and I headed out to Macaulay Point for a picnic and some exploration!

Hope you are out enjoying this fabulous long weekend!!

10,000 Hit Challenge! (and Blog Candy!!!)

So close to 10,000! To celebrate this milestone, I have a challenge for you!

Create a "Top 10" layout of some kind - ten things I love about you or your top ten tunes or you top ten scrappy supplies. . . . the possibilities are endless. It can be single or double, and can be any size 8x8 and over! Cardmakers - I haven't forgotten you! You need to make a card using the number 10 somewhere on it!

You can enter as many times as you like, in one or both categories - each entry should be sent to scrapsoflifekits@gmail.com with 10,000 HITS in the subject line! Please keep your files to 300K or less! Deadline for entries is Monday May 24th!!!!! You have the whole long weekend!!!

I have two great scrappy prizes for the winner in each category!!! This is a great chance to win some fun blog candy, and I will post the winner here next week! So get those entries in!!

Happy Day everyone!!!

125 to GO!!!!

Yippee - I realized today that I just need 125 more hits to reach the 10,000 mark!!! I am super excited - I still find it amusing ( and so does my family), that people actually are interested in my little blog!! (Other than me, of course, and the obligatory visits from friends and relatives!!)

I am busy putting together a fun prize for my 10,000 Hits Challenge - more details about this coming up soon!!!

For today, I just wanted to share a few layouts that I did for Scrapbook Parade , using their May Kit! I just love the opportunity to design these kits - it means I always get really fun and cool scrappy stuff to play with!!!

Happy Day everyone! And don't forget to check back for all the details on my 10,000 HIT Challenge!!!

Check out Northern Scrapper!

Hey everyone!

A big Happy Blogoversary to Glynis, aka Northern Scrapper! Check out her blog HERE, and enter for a chance to win a great kit from Love is in the Details!

Here's to another happy year of blogging!!!! Have you started blogging yet?? If you haven't, now is the perfect time - I love reading other people's blogs and learning new stuff and peeking into their creative lives! I'd love you to leave a link to your blog in my comments - then we can all check you out!!! Thanks for sharing in mine, too!

Happy Day everyone!!!

Crisscross Card Tutorial & Blog Candy for You!!

Today's tutorial is a quick card that is fun and easy, and also makes a great gift card holder! Click below to download the instructions with photos, so you can make your own card! These are so fast, fun and easy - you will want to make a bunch!!!!

Enjoy the tutorial and I would love to see what you come up with! Make your own crisscross card and link your creation back here and I will pick a random winner on Friday October 30th!

Can't wait to see your cards!!!