It's about time!

Well, I'm just today starting to feel myself again! THANK GOODNESS! I had to work all day Monday to get the paper out, and MAN was that exhausting! So yesterday I slept a good portion of the day, but today I woke up and I felt like ME. I even went so far as to do my hair, makeup and wear human clothes. Went and did a few errands and felt like a person again :) Here's my 365 from today, needed to document the fact that I was dressed and outside today! lol

Not much going on this week. I'm back into my days off.. which feels weird since I only worked one full day... man I'm going to be BROKE soon! lol Which is why I've talked with some of the owners of local scrapbook stores and am going to visit and bring resumes and portfolios tomorrow. I'm looking for just a BIT of extra work in my off weeks, and would LOVE the opportunity to teach some classes :) So wish me luck!

I've been working pretty hard at getting things ready for the EZine that I'm a part of. In fact, the girls from the design team have decided to close down the monthly kit portion of our team and focus strictly on the zine. We already have quite a few advertisers, submissions and product donations, so I'm REALLY excited! There is actually an open call on right now for the Zine, and I would LOVE to see some of you submit your work. You can get all the details at the official Scrap n' Art website. We really want this to be HUGE, so head on over and submit.

I have been quite scrappy lately, but they have mostly been projects I can't post here. For different DT calls and for some contests, but as soon as I make something fun that I CAN share, it will be here. I'll leave you with some 365 from the past days.A sneak peek of my entry over at Coordinates Collections for their Scrapping with the Stars contest. If you're a member there, head over and vote!Reading my new book in my pj's in the sun!Mmmmmm, sour cream on my pasta! Heaven ;)Little Jack trying to lick peanut butter off his nose. Is it mean that when I give him peanut butter as a snack I smear it on his face, because it amuses me to watch him lick it off? lol

Happy Wednesday everyone!
<3 Gillian

A Quickie For Ya ;)

Hey all! Hope you're all gearing up for a fabulous weekend full of fun and Superbowl parties! I probably won't be doing much partying for the Super Bowl this year, since I'm still getting over whatever bug i have. But I'm sure I'll watch and possibly partake in some snacks ;) I'm cheering for the Patriots, they're not my team (GO BROWNS!) but I'd like to see them have an undefeated season!

Not much going down around here, I'm still sick... I'm still cranky... and Brandon is just about fed up with me! lol But in happier news, I'm the featured Guest Designer over at Coordinates Collections! I'm not sure why, but I got all giddy and goose bumpy when I saw my pic on the front page for the Guest Designer position! So go check it out! You can read my cheesy bio and see my goodies that I made with the kit!

Speaking of Design Teams, the crew over at The Little Scrap Shop has whipped up a new kit for February! And it's a good one, I must say! Can't wait to get mine to play with! It's a good price too, totally affordable for what you're getting! There are even some great little clear stamps in there. LOVE LOVE LOVE kits that include things I can use over and over again :) While you're over there checking it out, come on and join the forum! It's a bunch of great people so far :) We also have an EZine starting up soon, and our first call is on now, so you'll want to check that out (and Jen, I am SO making you submit!)

I will leave you with some 365 photos from the past few days. I really need to get out and take some great OUTDOOR photos. Stupid being sick :(

Happy Friday!
<3 Gillian

From Bad to Worse...

So, my cold has now turned into a stomach bug! And let me tell you, I am NOT happy about it! Throwing up has got to be the most awful thing, or at least one of them. I hurt EVERYWHERE, my ribcage is in such pain from forcing stuff up that it hurts to breathe and talk... and my throat is raw from so much acid going over it... that well, let's just say I'm very CRANKY!! lol

So I will not go on and on, because I don't want you to all think I'm a whiny person (although when I'm sick, I'm a VERY VERY whiny person! lol.) Just thought I would pop in and update you on the fact that I'm still alive...although at times it feels like just barely.

On a happier note, today at SIStv I made THE CATWALK!!! For those of you who don't know, The Catwalk is where the Fashionistas (the amazing SIStv design team) each choose their favourite layout from the past week and post it. It's super SUPER exciting for me, and I think it's about the only thing that made me smile today through the aches and pain. YAY! The fabulous Jody Ferlaak was the Fashionista that chose me, which made it even better since I think she is an awesome, awesome scrapper! She is also a very inspiring person and has a FABULOUS blog, so I definitely recommend you check it out :)

I will leave you with the last 2 days worth of 365's ... they suck... it's hard to take great photos when you're stuck in bed :P lol
Happy Tuesday!
<3 Gillian

P.S. The forums are up over at the Little Scrap Shop! The other DT members and I are having a blast, so you should come join us ;) HERE

Photo Update!

Okay, I'm getting a cold, and I'm not feeling chatty today! Boooo! But I wanted to post my latest 365 photos as well as the one or 2 projects I've done lately that aren't assignments and can be posted on here! So, I will leave you with photos and hopes that you enjoy the last bit of your weekend :) It was sunny out, so I put on the shades and my puffy jacket and headed out to play with the puppies!Forgot to take my photo, I remembered at like 11:30pm, couldn't find my camera, so I snapped a quick photo of Hope! Oops! lol Quick close up of one of the decorations in my hallway. Went to my monthly Stampin Up party. The group this time is all my best scrappy friends, it was awesome!! Camera ran out of batteries and I couldn't find my charger :( SO i snapped this cellphone pic of Brandon and I before we went for dinner. Love this little view of Jack sleeping behind the laptop! He's just too cute :)

Wow, that was a lot of photos! Sorry about that :P And now for two more quick ones. These are layouts I did while scrapping at my friend Barbs place (which, by the way, is the BEST place to scrap!). I'm liking the one of Nate (though credit for that AMAZING photo goes to my uber talented sis, Jen, not me), because the photo and papers are such fun. The stuff for that layout all came from the January kit over at Coordinates Collections. The other layout from Halloween is not totally my current style.. it's a bit plain. But the papers (which are great and are from Stampin Up!) were busy and I wanted to just focus on the photos. So that's that!


Happy Sunday!
<3 Gillian

P.S. I made it through to the second round of Scrappin With The Stars over at Coordinates Collections, so now it's down to 20 people and they'll narrow it to ten in the first round! I'm done my layouts and will be posting them over at the forums there soon, so you should go join and check them out! :)

P.P.S. Have you check out The Little Scrap Shop yet? You should ;)

HAPPY DANCE!!

You may be wondering why I am doing a happy dance... so I will tell you! I MADE THE DESIGN TEAM AT The Little Scrap Shop!! I am so unbelievably stoked about it! The competition in the second round was fierce and I wasn't sure I'd make it. BUT I'M IN!! And I'm so glad :) The ladies over there are amazing! I've met so many great people during the process and think I'll really be making some great friends. The owner, Angel, is super motivated and fabulous. She has big plans for the site and it will be growing all year long. Also, if you like kits, their current one is awesome and the upcoming ones are looking pretty hot too! The cool thing with being on the DT is we get to help make the kits, so look out for a fabulous kit made by moi! ;)

In other happy news, I will also be doing graphic design for the sites new EZine! We have BIG plans for this little project, so I'm hoping it will get HUGE!!! Wow, doing graphic design that has to do with scrapbooking? It's like my dream come true! And I get 'paid' in scrapbook supplies.... what could be better? *continues on with her happy dance*

Okay, I want to post some projects that I did for the Round 2 Design Team contest and then I'll leave you to your Friday!
This one was done using only cardstock, paint, and office supplies!

This one took inspiration from Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life painting. Isn't my little man adorable?? hehe
This was for a Basic Grey product challenge. All the papers used are from Basic Grey's Mellow line. This album is about my Family "Right Now". I'm quite pleased with it! You can check out the whole thing over at Flickr in this set.

And that's it! I will post tomorrow with some other projects and my 365 photos. Just didn't want to bore you to death with this post! lol Happy Friday everyone!!

<3 Gillian

WOOHOO!!!

I did it! I actually finished my Christmas Journal, and within a month of Christmas no less! :) I'm fairly certain that if I hadn't had to go home to Ontario for 2 weeks over Christmas that I would have got this puppy done on time. Until the day I left I was completely on track with doing my one page a day. But, while I was away I made sure to do my journaling on the important days, and sketch out ideas for others. I would have finished earlier, but I was just waiting on getting back a couple photos from my sister's camera. Got those last night, and slapped my last couple pages together. So now, I present to you, my COMPLETED Christmas Journal!

I did my pages in all different sizes and mediums, and I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. I feel like I could just flip through this thing for hours :) I'll share with you a couple of my favourite pages:




So there you have it! Christmas in an album :) I don't think i'll really scrap too many other Christmas photos now that I have this, maybe just a couple of Nate (cause he's too hard to resist!) And I'll DEFINITELY be doing this project again next year, and I highly recommend you all signing up along with me at Shimelle's site. You only have to sign up once and you can join in every year :)

I will leave you with something completely unrelated to Christmas... my 365 photo from yesterday:

Yes, that's right... it's a skeleton... from Hallowe'en! lol It sort of blends in with the window and I never notice it, so it's just stayed up since October! Oops! I felt I should document that before I took it down, which I swear I'm going to do today! lol

Happy Tuesday!
<3 Gillian

I'm a bad, bad, blogger!

Wow, look at the time? It's already Sunday and I haven't blogged in awhile! I've just been not inspired lately... at least not to blog! I have been inspired to clean up my scrap area (although it's still a work in progress) and to finish a couple layouts. I've also kept on top of my 365 challenge! Go me :) I'm even up to date with sticking them in my little journal.

Here is a layout I did for 2 challenges. I combined the theme from over at OLW and the sketch from Lotus Paperie. If you haven't checked out Lotus Paperie, I highly recommend it. The kits are awesome, and one of my fave bloggers, Jessi, designs over there :)
The word at OLW was 'still' ... so I used a recent pic of my sis and I (and little Nate too!) and scrapped about how we're still best friends. I like how it turned out :)

Okay, I am going to leave you with some 365 goodness and then continue to play some WoW until I am inspired to work on another scrap project. Hope you all had a good weekend!







See ya on Tuesday when my week off begins :D
<3 Gillian