No Foolin' Around, All Kinds of Things Goin' On

First off - no, there was no sketch challenge yesterday, but hang in there, it's coming. :) Second thing, there are big bells to be rung and horns to toot over our very own Gloria Stengel who has been asked to be part of Graphic 45's design team!! They have a wonderful line of papers (hope to use some this year in kits) and it'll be exciting to see what Gloria produces, as her work is always inspirational. CONGRATS, Gloria!! Next, and almost as exciting, is I scrapbooked some more last weekend. I know. What is going on? I haven't scrapbooked or produced this much in two years!! I met up with Jennifer H. another talented AS designer, who lives nearby, and we cropped away. Okay, so we talked most of the night and cropped a little. Which is evident in the fact that we got more accomplished the last time we met up because we were at separate tables, LOL. But I did manage to complete one 2-pager and get the photos down on a second 2-pager, it just needs to be embellished. Below you can see the completed layout (using paper from December's Smaller kit.) I won't tell you how long it took to complete it though, or point out the fact that the 4 y.o. in the photos below is now 9!

Next, is simply because he's too cute not to show. My 1 y.o. being a big helper with snow removal. My daughter grabbed the camera when Matthew saw Daddy shoveling the snow off the lawn (our front yard faces due south, and if you don't shovel it off, it stays there until May.) He went and grabbed a shovel more his size, though not so much, and proceeded to help out.

Finally, there are winner from the past two weeks that need acknowledgements. Fantastic layouts produced, which are certainly motivating me. So, congrats to:

• From the week of 3-15 to 3-19 wendipooh13 Wendi, send me you shipping information to lori@apronstringsdesigns.com
• From the week of 3-22 to 3-26 molly Molly your goodies will ship with your next kit shipment.

Congrats ladies! Keep rolling the out with this week's and you could win!

5 on Friday, Winners and Snow

I woke up this morning expecting the heavy snow the weather liars had been yammering about all week, but what do I see? Snow, to be sure. Coming down at a rate to produce the 6-12" they were calling for? Hardly. It's not even the wet, heavy, spring-weight snow they warned about. Good luck making a snowball kids. Do I sound bummed? I kinda am, in the sick, demented, I-want-storm-way. I do have to go out in it later, so I guess it's for the best, but still. . . . I'm still finding glitter and silly string as I clean - thanks leprechauns, you little weasles. Even the chocolate they left behind doesn't help when the annoyance of finding yet another stream of silly string stuck to something strikes. You can see the damage wrought this past St. Patrick's Day. It's hard to get the full affect by looking at the pictures but it's not the kind of thing a close up shows off well, either.

So there are winners from last week - and hopefully plenty of busy-bees working on the challenges this week. All are due Saturday evening to be eligible for Treats. So here's to my troopers last week; good job ladies! Random.org has selected Deanna as the winner for the week. Deanna, you'll be getting something in the mail by the end of the month. Friday - end of the week, end of Spring Break, end of sunny and 70. I guess the snow will keep us from our season opener soccer game for our 9 y.o. Can't say I'm all that upset. Love, seriously love watching all my kids play, but the schedules are about to get insane with two soccer players and a volleyball player - their practice schedules and game schedules are about to collide, and, really, when are collisions ever pretty? So, I'm hoping tonight to escape into some cropping at home - I tried to get into one of the three crops the Archiver's near me is hosting this weekend, but they're full up. So me cropping at home is sort of a coin toss, I want to, but what will I see as more important to do. We'll see. So in case you're looking to enjoy some peaceful cropping time this weekend, here's your 5 on Friday ingredients:

• 1 sheet neutral cardstock - white, black, kraft
• 1 sheet bright, springy shades of patterned paper
• 1 set of stitches - pen & ink, rub-ons or the real thing
• 1 frame
• 1 set of buttons - at least 6

Other than title and journaling, the above are all that can be used on a layout. If you can make it into a two pager, given the ingredients, I'll toss your name it twice.

Hopefully, those of you in the upper northeast are drying out, those under a blanket of snow and cold are warm and those enjoying warm weather . . . well, ya'll are on your own. :D

Happy Friday!