So Excited!!! We're getting a new puppy!

We just weren't ready after our Miniature Schnauzer Cara died at the age of (almost) 15....until NOW.  

Katrina aka Katie has been bugging for almost a year now about getting a rescue dog.  She got Zeus as a rescue and he turned out to be her perfect dog but no matter how many pictures she sent or applications that we filled out, we just weren't feeling IT.  You know what the IT is when it happens and this last link that she sent us was IT!

Here's our new BABY that we can pick up in one week.  His name is Mack and we are so excited to have him join us soon.  Any Miniature Schnauzer owner will tell you that there just is no replacement once you've had one and that's the truth.

Nathan has been ready longer than we have and he just couldn't resist so he too picked out a new BABY as well and her name is Lexi.  He's so excited that Lexi  has all new duds waiting at her home.

Here are the two together in Nathan's hands.  Aren't they just the absolute cutest?

Only 9 more sleeps until they're home!!!

NO - They're not REAL....., they're Paper!

So much planned for today, but instead I was checking out a rescue dog in Red Deer.  We're finally ready for a new dog but as previous Schnauzer owners, we're not too flexible on the breed,  We want another Schnauzer but this isn't an easy task.  

As promised though, here are the instructions with all supplies linked for my Scrapbook Layout that I just posted on the Design Team Blog.  The Layout originated from my deciding how I would use this Hibiscus that I made.  I was so surprised at how much fun these flowers would be to make.  They just look very finicky but they really aren't.  A flower like this can be pretty on it's own but I needed it to work on my layout, so I just smooshed it flat and tucked the leaves in underneath.  My vines are from the Spellbinder's Foliage set and I just lined and veined them with my new tools and they look great this way.  I will probably use these more now.

Here is a closer look at the flattened flower.

The actual Layout is filled with numerous Doilies.  I started with my large doily that I cut with my We R Lucky 8 Punch.  As usual, I started with a white canvas and I sprayed it brown, crumpled it and distressed the edges with my Prima Distresser.  I love this rasp for distressing and it is a big go-to tool in my craft room.

I just cut a large circle with my Cricut and distressed those edges.  I first laid down my large doily, followed it up with multiple smaller doilies, DL233,  DL234,  DL237,  from Cheery Lynn.  I just cut each of these in half and tucked those under my large circle in no particular order.

The letters are my favorite part of this layout.  They started out as letters exactly like the ones in the picture below.  Up close these look nicely aged and yet the process was ridiculously easy.  I used my Color Catcher to spray them all with the Olive Vine Glimmer Mist, Black,  Orchid Glimmer Mist and last but most important  is the final layer of White Linen Dylusion Ink Spray. I sprayed all of these in the order listed above without letting this dry between coats and the result is great as it turned out with just the right amount of blotchiness.

I planned how I would lay everything out on my page and that is my page in a nutshell!  I'm still going to add a bit of journalling which will probably be a tag that can tuck in at the top of my page.

Hope you enjoyed this,

This and That....

Glad to be back...

I've been away judging and helping my wonderful mother move.  I was in Quebec City for 5 days and then off to Montreal for 10 more days.  It felt like I was in a foreign country because I had no real Internet access for a couple of weeks but when my Mom asked how long it took to get through customs on the way in.........it really felt like a foreign country.  And she's not even a separatist!.  We had a good laugh over that slip.

Judging Synchronized swimming has always been rewarding in itself and we are lucky in Canada to be able to see a high level of Synchro.  But, .....to actually get to see and judge an Olympic silver medalist was a career highlight.  Ona Carbonella competed at the Canadian open in Quebec City and she was a delight to watch. 

I took my camera with me during one of my breaks and I was able to take a few shots during her Free Solo.

Her vertical height is Outstanding!

 Check out the muscle definition going into her rocket split....

.....and that is armpit height!

And again, the height here is nothing short of amazing!

As usual, the best part of the meet was seeing the many friends from across the country that I have made through Synchro.

Until next time,