Friday, July 27, 2007

Events that Shape your life...

Here is a blog challenge from the Sisterhood of Scrap!

Blog about a favorite event of your adulthood.

Ok - so let's assume that getting married and having the kids were the best things that happened to me in my adulthood. That's the obvious, although very true answer. Trying to dig into something a little more obscure - hmmmm... I asked Dave about his memories to see his response.

His answer was this, "When something happens that you didn't plan - for example, Thanksgiving in October 2006. Those times are the best"

That was a great day - here is the story... (Thanks Dave)

While the turkey was in the oven on low we decided to go over to the Kim-Glo pumpkin patch nearby. We didn't realize we would have to pay for parking in a mowed down cornfield so we were scrambling for dough in the change compartments for us and Megan and Uni who were in the car in front of us. I think it was $8 a car - CRAZY for corn parking right?! Anyway we found enough and went in to the farm. They had a haunted barn (which is was REALLY scary) It was pitch black and I mean you could not see in front of you - you had to reach out your hands and feel along the creepy old barn walls with who knows what on them. There were dressed up scary people like Pinhead from that movie - whatever that was called - and they would walk past you in the dark and touch you and then you would have to scream just because. I was clutching the back of Dave but when one of the scary people walked by Dave kicked me by accident in the shin and stepped on my flip flopped foot! I was bruised and deliciously scared. Gabby bailed before we even got through the front door - it would have been too scary for her anyway. Dad went through a few times! He's crazy.

There was a million things to do there. The kids went on pony rides (it was Rui's 1st time on a pony) and their names were Rainbow and Polkaroo (the guys said he won the horse in a poker game). Rui insisted that the horse was Bullseye from Toy Story 2. We took so many great pictures that day.
They had a maze plowed through the corn and in the middle was a tall play structure/lookout where you could see over the corn. So cool.

There was an inflatable pumpkin and climber and big stacks of hay bales to climb high in the sky! There were tons of animals to pet and feed including a BIG COW named Norm. Then the best part of the day... The haunted hayride. It started off kind of blah. The driver of the tractor was a guy with a black painted face and super scary nose. He was not smiling. You walked up this huge ramp into the back of the trailer and sat on hay all around the outside. So it started driving along and all throughout the fields there were scarecrows with scary masks, there was a UFO and big green alien and even a cemetary with bones and an old Hearse parked in the fields. Then we entered the witches forest. We didn't know what to expect but we were pleasantly surprised. Some witches had a cabin in the forest, and a fire going with scary music in the background. The witches came out of their house and chatted with all the people on the ride and Rui (who was 3 at the time) was yelling back to the witches that he couldn't stay with them "We have to MOVE ON!" he was saying. OMG we all were laughing so much and my sister Laura captured the whole witch exchange on video with her digital camera! So amazing. We still watch it now every now and again and enjoy it.


If I can figure out how to post the video I will - it's short but awesome!
This had to be the best $8 we ever spent because everything else inside, including the hayride was free.

When we returned home from Kim-glo - all 11 of us - Kim, Dave, Gabriella, Rui, Laura, Cam, Tierney, Megan, Unison, Mom and Dad - the turkey was perfectly cooked and all we had to do was finish the sidedishes, set the table and eat, eat, eat.

So do something unexpected and unplanned. Take an adventure one day. Just look up something local and go without too much preparation. You won't be sorry!

Blog about a favorite event of your childhood.
I will have to think about this one and blog another day!

Wednesday, July 25, 2007




Some random layouts I just finished!

More Sisterhood Challenges!


Here are some more of the Layouts done during the sisterhood blog crop last week. What a blast. I tried to get them all done but couldn't manage!

The Kandace Krop


Kandace, Clarke, Tyler and Ryan came over on Sunday for a big crop. Kandace was not feeling inspired but was a great cheerleader and I finished a LO, some recipes for a swap on the Turtle and a mini album about Tyler's 1st Kung Fu tournament from last year. Tyler (my amazing godson) was the youngest in the competition, had the "lowest" sash (what's the PC term for that?!) and won the entire thing. Now that's just raw talent and skill. Ty ROCKS!


What a lot of fun. We will have to do it again when all the girls (Kandace, Kathi, Mommy, Laura and Megan and me) can crop together. We are a force to be reckoned with!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

SISTERHOOD OF SCRAP - MY CHALLENGE!

So it's my turn to post a challenge. This was very exciting for me because I have never done anything like this before. Here it is:

Incorporate the following things into a LO...
S - Staples
I - Inking
S - Something about Summer
T - Torn Patterned Paper
E - Eyelets
R - Rubons and/or Ribbon

There will be a prize drawing from everyone who does this challenge. Post a link here and you could WIN! Did you see the wicked prizes posted on the sisterhood blog?? They're awesome.

Here is my example of a LO with the above elements:


Here is the journalling - it includes each of the top 3 things our family members want to do at Sauble Beach in just a few days...

"With only 13 sleeps left until the annual Sauble Beach summer vacation, what are the Silvas hoping to do when they get there?

Rui - Rui can't wait to
*drive his RC Hummer and trick cars on the beach
*makes sandcastles
*roast marshmallows

Gabriella - Gabby can't wait for
*bungee jumping
*games at the arcade
*ice cream at Scoopers

Kim can't wait to
*laugh uncontrollably
*jump in big waves
*campfire games

Dave can't wait to
*swim
*read and
*play on the beach with the kids"

It was my 1st time using BLING and it's *SICK* - my new favourite and I can't stop putting it on LOs. Did you see it on my Lennox dog LO below? Crazy! Who puts bling on a boy dog? I do! LOVE IT.

Have fun everyone and a great Tuesday!!! Why not right??
Kim xo

Sisterhood Challenge - Weaving!

Never woulda tried it.
Definitely.
Probably wouldn't even have thought of it.
Tried it.
Liked it.
Mine is subtle but the background of the top 2-3rds is woven with 6 different pps.
Thanks for the cool challenge!

Journalling reads:

Gram and Papa celebrating their 40th and 50th anniversaries.
Douglas and Margaret married June 12, 1948

I loved my Papa who passed away in 2004. I think of him constantly.
Papa was to Family what Delicious is to Chocolate. Doesn't get better than him and I miss him terribly.



I hope to be married for so long. Well today I do... Ask me another day!?? Tee hee
Kim xo

Last Night Scrap Frenzy!

What a night?
3 LOS in one night - after work and dinner with the kiddies!
WOW! I was trying to get caught up on all the sisterhood challenges... Geez. You ladies are fast-paced. Got em all done though (I think)

Here is my entry for Dea's strolling challenge. Mine is the theme rather than the other elements of the art pieces. This is a picture of my sister and bil's dog Lennox. He is a Great Dane that they rescued several years ago. He is an old man now but we love him. He has to be the most gentle and amazing dog. What luck to find such a good friend who just needed friends. He stops traffic. When you walk this dog anywhere - you meet people and that is a given. You can't help it. He's an attraction. The boys in the family LOVE to walk him for that reason. Especially at Sauble Beach.


Journalling on the left -
"Are You SERIOUSLY going to try & say that YOU HAVE NEVER tried to take a pic of your DOG with SUNGLASSES on? (well-it's FUNNY. You should try it) Sauble Beach 2005

Journalling on the right - Lennox is a CHICK MAGNET. Honestly you can't walk anywhere with this guy without people stopping to ask...
* Is that a Great Dane?
-YEP.
*Where do ya keep his saddle?
-Good one.
*Is he friendly?
-Nope. He's a vicious monster - if slobber was deadly.

Hope you approve. It's not ladies with skirts and umbrellas but I like how it turned out. And we were strolling... Kim xo

Monday, July 16, 2007

Tina's Follow the Leader Sisterhood of Scrap Challenge

FUN! Tina has an incredible talent. I had a hard time picking one of her LOs to "lift" as per the challenge instructions. But I managed to choose and here is my own interpretation of her My Treasure LO.

The journalling reads: "Rui has wanted this Sportacus costume for months and finally he got it. I wonder if he will ever take it off again! Did U know... apples are candy to Sportacus?" July 16-2007



Rui was so pumped to get this costume. You know when a kid asks for something repeatedly for months that they really want it. Usually they just ask each time the TV commercial is on - but he asked over and over for this costume. He loves to watch Lazytown. It's a cool show with a great message about eating healthy and exercising.

Check out Tina's blog and her amazing work at:
http://tinamcd-mysanity.blogspot.com/

My Favourite Tradition, also for Christmas IN July!



This one is 6x6. What I am going to do is get a 6x6 for everyone in my family and then maybe have the whole thing framed with each of our fave traditions stuck together. Isn't that what Christmas is about anyway? Family and everyone's fave things in one place and just feeling blessed to be together?

Some of my new stuff!



For a Christmas IN July contest - do you like my sno-globe? It was totally Gabby's idea! She even took me to a Holly Hobby website so I would be sure to know what she meant when she was describing it to me. Too funny. (And a little too much like her mother I think)!

It's been too long!

Seems like a long time since I updated on here.. I have been busy back to work and busy trying to fix in crop time in between all the other activities.
I was able to do a few things this weekend but nothing at all last week in the evenings. I probably get a couple of fun little things done tonight after the kiddos go to bed!!

Found a new passion. BLING! OMG why didn't anyone tell me I would psychotically love those little gems of wonderfulness. Just sticking them on a LO makes my heart sing!

Stay tuned for some new LOs to be posted. I am currently desperately trying to play along with the activities on the sisterhood of scrap blog - but with difficulty just in finding the time. Also I am having challenges posting on their blog - I get errors each time so I send my comments separately to one of the actual sisters, Dea, Carla or Susan so they know I am following their hard work and fun!

Their Strolling with the Sisters challenges are fun so far. The first was FEET in a LO and since I had just done this for a challenge on the Turtle, I msged Dea to make sure it was ok - so the Crocs Rock LO it is for Challenge #1 from Sister SUSAN...



Check out Susan's blog at http://scrapndoodle.blogspot.com/. It is cool!

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Sisterhood Sketch Saturday challenge for this week...

I think next week I am going to go thru scrap withdrawal when I go back to work. I did tons of creating this week and it's awesome. And through all of the scrapping I still took the kids about 100 places and exhausted them... I guess it is my way to unwind - when others are watching the tube -- I sit at the dining room table, scrap and zone out there instead..

Here is a LO based on a sketch posted on the Sisterhood of Scrap blog this week by Valerie Salmon... Check out this sketch and others by her (SOOO cool!) at http://gotsketch.blogspot.com/



I thought it was really pretty and I had a cool pic of Mom and Dad so there you have it!

Last page from the Crop - Dominican Republic 1998




Here are some pics of when Dave and I got engaged in the Dominican and my first plane trip ever! I will do the opposite page with more of the story later!

Another one from the crop! Putt Par Priceless!


Rui's 1st "18"
He finally finished a round instead of just tearing around the course like an animal!

My First Crop Night at the Turtle!

It was a fun time heading off to the Scrapping Turtle in St Jacobs Friday nite... I never thought I would stay all the way until midnight but I think they must pump oxygen in like at the casinos because i coulda stayed there all night!

Here are the LOs I finished there... I still need to add the date to Megan's layout. Pretty sure it is 1987 but looking at her!
I loved these pictures and everywhere that I lived - in dorms, apartments, these are the pictures I had of her in my room!

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Cam is 33!!!

Happy B-day to one wicked cool brother in law Cameron...
Thanks for always drinking beer with Dave and for teaching me a little about laid back-ness. I think someday it might just eventually wear off a bit on me... I hope it does!

The kids thank you for ALWAYS swinging them around, whenever they ask you, and for (accidentally - wink wink) giving them both their first taste of beer!!!

Coolest new thing to get...


I picked up this cool (ok it was already decorated) square box at Michaels today for about $3.50 - $4.00 for my B-I-L Cameron's birthday gift... I got him some new shorts and tees but for the first time, he couldn't shake that long rectangular box he normally gets and figure out what was inside. He has an uncanny ability to figure out exactly what was purchased... Well we stumped him this time. The shake factor was definitely impaired here - and I envision - for you scrappers out there many fun hours modifying these boxes to match special occasions as you see fit.

The name you see on top is actually the card I made for him and not part of the box.
They had tons of patterns for different occasions/seasons/themes. I also got a box with cartoon farm animals just because it was cute...