My December Guest DT Challenge!

I was so excited to post this over at SavvynSassy.com!

HERE is the link!! Have fun!!

Here's a hint. It uses this list!!

SNS Design Team Contest - Challenge ONE

Was Fun!!

We had to use a quote, “I shut my eyes in order to see.” Paul Gauguin,

a sketch by Sassy


and 4 different ribbons.

I choose an old photo from Mexico, the journaling reads: “I shut my eyes in order to see.” fun in Acapulco, Mexico, 1995

Design Team Contest - @ SavvyNSassy.com

Design Team Contest

Nov 26th - Dec 20
Challenges will be posted Monday and Thursday mornings.
Monday challenges are due Thursday’s at 12:00 Noon MST.
Thursday challenges are due Mondays’ at 12:00 Noon MST.

Rules
**All items must be newly created for the contest
**Everything must be loaded and completed by the appropriate time
**Read carefully and follow all instructions!!

***ANY challenges that have not followed ALL Rules will be disqualified.

Judging
There will be 6 judges, 5 categories to judge each challenge on, each of the judges will score the challenge out of a total of 25, this will be broken down into 5 different categories at a max of 5 points for each category. These categories may change depending on the challenge.

At the end of each challenge Total scores will be posted. For a Max total out of 150 for each challenge. Sorry but we will not give detailed scores to the members only the totals for each challenge.

#1 Nov 26th - Due Nov 29th 12:noon MST

#2 Nov 29th - - Due Dec 3rd 12:noon MST

#3 Dec 3rd - Due Dec 6th 12:noon MST

#4 Dec 6th - Due Dec 10th 12:noon MST

#5 Dec 10th - - Due Dec 13th 12:noon MST

#6 Dec 13th - Due Dec 17th 12:noon MST

#7 Dec 17 - Due Dec 20th 12:noon MST

So head on over to SavvyNSassy and PLAY!!

How to Make a Scallop Border!

I was checking out the SavvyNSassy Blog and I came across a great Tutorial by Corry. If you want to know how to do it yourself - CLICK HERE!

Thanks Corry for a great tutorial!

Ribbon Tree - from A Colourful Christmas Crop

I know I've got more done the week after the crop - but I could not resist this cute Ribbon Tree. Instructions are HERE It did not take nearly as long as I thought it would. If I could control the glue gun better - I would have been even faster - I had to keep stopping to peel off the glue on my fingers!! HaHa.





All stash Ribbon!! I love it!!

A Goody Giveaway!!!

And its such a cute Party Bird too!! Its by Allen Designs, GO HERE to their blog to find out all the details on how you can win!!

Good Luck!!

Jacob's Ladder - from A Colourful Christmas Crop

So I completed the Jacob's Ladder today. Instructions are HERE It was pretty simple - yet time consuming when you cut out the blocks by hand. Thank you for wonderful neighbors with Miter saws!! Also don't do what I did - paint and then put it on newspaper - thats very bad - and the reason I have two paint colors!! HaHa

Altered Cookie Sheet

From the SavvyNSassy's A Colourful Christmas Crop. Instructions are HERE



Completed Advent Calender



Close up of Topper. GSD File created by BGlad (Thanks BGlad - its a beautiful file - and cuts like a dream too!!)





Calender minus the magnets



Just the magnets

What a Crop it was!!

The SavvyNSassy Crop was a blast!! I had fun all week meeting new people, commenting in the Gallery and making a few things. I'm currently waiting for the stickles in my advent calender to dry, as well as the paint for my Jacob's Ladder blocks, so I did not finish in time. But who cares!! I'm on vacation!! Woohoo!! I somehow managed to create a mess from my room to the kitchen and back... so I'm off to clean up!! See you soon!! xoxoxo

I've been framed!

Over at SavvynSassy!! Check it out HERE While you're there - don't forget to check out:



Thanks Vikki for framing me!! xoxo

Guess Who the Guest Designer is over at Circle of Scrapping Friends?

Can you guess????

Circle of Scrapping Friends choose me to be their first Guest Designer for their blog!! I'm so geeked!!! The Dare this week is "...in honour of Remembrance Day this past Sunday (November 11th), we want you to create a layout or project that remembers someone or remembers something about someone...this person could have passed away....or moved away and you don't see anymore...a childhood friend, the choice is yours."


I choose my Papa. (Grandfather) I miss him terribly some days. Here's the LO:



I used:

Zany Zinnia Memory Lane Kit (Sept 07)
Studio K Rub Ons
Savvy n Sassy Ribbon (ZZ Memory Lane kit sept 07)
Provo Craft Epoxy Words
Brown Ink
Brown Thread in Stitching.
Misc. Beads
Tag from a swap


Looking forward to seeing everyone's work!!!

Busy, Busy Day. And an update on Lucy.

It was a day that never ended!! (well until I passed out on the couch and DH woke me up to go to bed!)

Worked came home to the greyhound, not wanting to greet me, nor had she ate her milk bones today. I knew she was sore in the morning, but when I got home and saw this, I thought for sure I was experiencing yet another episode of "Greyhound and the Blood Blisters" Read Here for those gory details. I got her up (with my help) told myself NOT to panic. And slowly, and surely we made it outside. It took a really long time, and I felt evil when I heard her whimpering, but we did make it outside to go potty. I then re-traced our slow steps to get inside, tried to get her to drink and eat (No way! She said.) and then covered her up with her favorite blankie on her dog bed. I went upstairs and and "released" the crazy hound, Max. After taking him outside, she was still whimpering, so I called our vet. Had to fill them in on the happenings in our Household (they were on vacation last time) and they had me bring Lucy in. Long story short, Dr. Hamilton explained all the blood tests to me, (Dr. Kimball was kind enough to fax them the info, I :love: vets that share!!) and Lucy got a cortisone shot for her leg. So Dr Hamilton agrees that the bruising I described (plus the pictures) were consistent with falling down the stairs (I think) or Max pounding the crap outta her (very possible). I'm still going to give her the Vitamin K pills for another week so her body does not stress out, but I will be starting her on aspirin on damp days, when I think she'll be bad. I'm already starting to notice the signs, but with the recent fall, I think thats why she hurts so bad. (its only been 10 or so days). So there you go, more $$ spent on the greyhound. I'm starting to joke that my work should just make out my check to the vets office!

I made it home in time to make some dinner and then head out the door to my LSS for another Christmas Card Class with Sherle. Again, I had a blast making 15 cards in less than an hour, and I'll post pictures later.

Another Class from A Colourful Christmas Crop

over at Savvy N Sassy



Just click the banner to get to the site!! I'm meeting so many nice people!!

Here's a class I think I'm going to do for my "God-daughter" thats looks so cool. Its Hosted By Sassy of SavvyNSassy. So come on over and CHECK IT OUT!!!

While your there check out challenge #3. All you got to do is leave some :love: in the awesome SNS Gallery and you could win a Gift Certificate - compliments of me - to the SavvynSassy.com Store!! Ribbons Rule! So go get your butts over HERE and sign up!!

Crop Happenings over at SavvynSassy.com

Just click the banner to get to the site!! I'm having so much fun!!!

Here's a class thats so much fun! Monica's Advent Cookie Sheet Class So Neat and would make a good gift for those "Hard to gift" People on your list too!!

Don't forget about my really easy challenge #3. All you got to do is leave some :love: in the awesome SNS Gallery and you could win a Gift Certificate - compliments of me - to the SavvynSassy.com Store!! Ribbons Rule! So go get your butts over HERE and sign up!!

Remembrance Day / Veterans Day

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
— John McCrae



"A woman places a poppy at a makeshift memorial to Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier following Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa, Nov. 11, 2006. (Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press)" CBS News.com

SavvynSassy.com A Colourful Christmas Crop is on!!!

Just click the banner to get to the site!! I'm having so much fun!!!

So many classes, challenges & Make n takes!! - here is a neat one - Miranda's Canvas Minibook It would make a cool Christmas Gift too!!

Don't forget about my easy - peasy challenge #3. All you got to do is leave some :love: in the awesome SNS Gallery and you could win a Gift Certificate - compliments of moi - to the SavvynSassy.com Store!! Ribbons Rule! So go get your butts over HERE and sign up!!

I've been asked to be a Godmother!

I'm delighted and honored to be asked to be Riley's Godmother. I said Yes Of course!

Here's a LO I did when she was born:







Here is the GSD File For the word "future". Its a bit flimsy when it cut, but it does cut. It was one of my first tries at connecting words - before I fully had a grasp on what I was doing. Enjoy!!

IT"S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Click the blinkie above - it'll take you right to the good stuff on the site!! SavvyNSassy.com's A Colorful Christmas Crop You'll want to check out the Crop Rules and get busy with all the challenges, classes, make 'n takes, games and plain old fun!!! I'm SOOOOOOO excited!!!

While your there - Check out MY CHALLENGE here!! I'm so excited to be able to do this, (and its such an easy one too!!!)

See you soon!!!

Monica's 10th Video is out!

Here ya go! I've also updated my sidebar as well!

Jesse wrote Lucy Back!

Lucy and Mommie,
We are glad to hear everything is going to be okay. Mommie has no need to feel bad. Max can wait for Daddy. When someone is hurt that is the most important thing. I know we both have the BEST Mommies, just ask all the people who think they are nuts because they love us sooooo much.Your bruises look a lot like mine from my operation if you look at the pics. I hope they did not hurt too much. I hope Mommie can find out what you ate so it will never happen again.
Daddy took me for a ride in the van last nite. I even got to bark at four other pups who were walking on the trail. I can not wait to be able to get outside again. Mommie keeps saying soon, soon, but how long is soon?
I want to run! I want to jump! I want my BENCH!
Get lots of rest and have a great weekend.
Lol Jessie and Mommie.

Lucy loves to scare me.

She really scared the crap outta me yesterday after work. I worried about her all day, as I thought she was having some arthritis issues. When I came home and coaxed her out of bed, I realized she had blood blisters on her belly. So off to the vets we went. I did not even let Max out first - I was so scared. (Plus I knew Mike was on his way home - but looking back, I'm not even sure that really made a difference. Maybe I'm a bad furmom? Guilty conscience I guess.)

Lucy went through a bunch of tests, and the best guess is that she fell down the stairs yesterday, as long as the tests come back good today. Its insane. So last night Lucy wrote a letter to her friend Jessie. (I know, I'm really losing it...lol) Jessie is pictured here in this LO.



Dear Jessie,

I scared the crap outta Mom today! The vet thinks I went upstairs to see Max and fell down the stairs, but I'll never tell exactly what I did!! Mom came home and saw the blood bruises on my belly and took me to the vet. It was fun there, lots of nice people. They took some blood and ran a bunch of tests, and as long as Mom doesn't get a call at work tommorrow, then they think I either fell, or Max beat me up. So far no blood issues, liver or kidney damage. Oh and I'm pretty sure I did not eat any rat poison too. But I gave Mom a couple more gray hairs, and ran her charge card up. Thats what girls do best right Jessie? Run the charge cards up? hehe I saw Mom tear up the garage tonight, not sure why she found my old baby gate......I'll tell you when I know more!

I better go before Mom catches me up and walking around. Got orders to sleep!! (like thats so hard to do....)

Love Lucy Sue.

xoxoxoxox

Here's some gross pictures of the evil mystery bruises: