Canada Day and Girls Night Out

Last year we went to a community fireworks event, and I actually figured out how to take half-decent fireworks pictures with my camera, so here they are.

I attended a bridal shower for one of our Fabulous Ladies today (that's what we call ourselves), and I realized I hadn't scrapped the bridal pics from the wedding of another of our Fab Ladies from last year, so here's a start.

Product Giveaway

Prima Marketing Flowers is doing a great Botanical giveaway on Monday! Check it out! All you have to do is share the link and comment on what you would make with the supplies. I'd love to win this!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prima-Marketing-Flowers/149525251733751

Gallery Gem

I'm so excited! I only joined Scrapbook Challenges a couple weeks ago, and this week one of my layouts was chosen as a Gallery Gem! This means that whenever you go to the Gallery of this site this week, my layout will be right at the top! WOOHOO!!

A Unique Family Tradition

This LO is a bit different than what I usually post. There's no real design or beauty to it, I just wanted to tell a story. This is a unique tradition we do in the Ysseldyk family every year when the immediate relatives get together: We challenge the kids to eat a raw fish. I was surprised this year, because my two kids and my stepdaughter's b/f were the only people interested in participating. I have a very competitive spirit, and I think I've passed that on to them. LOL My son, Conner, has developed a love of sushi so this wasn't too big a deal for him, but his chewing abilities were no match for my daughter. The newcomer, Nathan, didn't have a chance. He couldn't even finish! I'm so proud of my kids!

Christmas Memories

I know Christmas is long gone, but I'm a few years behind so you'll be getting a little bit of everything in this blog. I wanted to give this LO a bit of a vintage feel, so I downloaded some beautiful vintage Christmas cards onto brown cardstock, which immediately aged them, and the brass stars were a perfect accent.

Apple of My Eye

I just completed this LO last night. It is for two separate challenges. An inspiration challenge at http://scrapbookchallenges.ning.com/ required you to use turquoise, yellow and brown in a layout, and a sketch challenge at Punky Scraps requested that you follow this sketch. Here's the sketch: 

And here's my take on the sketch, using the colors from the inspiration challenge. I blurred out the faces of the other students for the purposes of posting online. This is my daughter winning the Silver Award of Merit last year.

A Little Piece of Heaven

YAY! It's Friday! That means a whole weekend of scrapbooking! Last night I completed Sketch 241 from www.scrapbookchallenges.ning.com. Here's the sketch:

And here's my take on the sketch.This is my darling niece enjoying a Timbit.