WOOHOO!

I made it to the final round in the Scrapping With The Stars contest over at Coordinates Collections! That means I will win a prize, which is SWEET! Free stuff makes me giddy with excitement :D I don't think by any means that i'll win this round, there is for sure one other contestant who is WAY better than me, LOVE her work, and would totally think she deserves to win. But i'm thrilled to be this far :)

Here are my two layouts that got me into this round. THey were inspired by Tim Holtz and Jen Dubbs (0ne of the CC DT members).

Now I have to design layouts inspired by Kimberley Madrid (another DT member over there) and Cathy Zielske. I had never even heard of Cathy before :S So i need to research! Already finished my Kimberly layout tonight at scrapbooking though :)

So, if you live in my area, and are interested in taking one of my classes at the scrap store where I work, here's the details! I'm super excited about it, even though i'm not 100% pleased with my sample layouts.

Also, the store (Scrapbook Central) is having it's grand opening on Saturday, and i'll be doing card demos and working all day. So stop by for at least 10% off!!

I'll be back in a day or so with my 365 pics, just need to get them on the computer :P lol

Happy Thursday!
<3 Gillian

I made it...

to Round 3 of the Scrapping With the Stars contest over at Coordinates Collections! I'm pretty excited about that! It's down to just 6 people left, and only 3 will be going on to the final round. If I get chosen to move on, I'll win a prize, so i'm pretty stoked about it! BUT the stars who I have to be 'inspired' by are Jen Dubbs (who is a CC Design Team member) and Tim Holtz. I am SOOOOOO not a Tim Holtz kind of scrapper. EEEK!!! What to do, what to do! Please cross your fingers that the scrap gods send some mojo my way on Saturday while I work on these layouts! lol

So, I worked my first day in the scrapbook store yesterday! It was a blast! Well, as much of a blast as working can be, anyways! I loved helping people find products and giving advice and tips. SO much fun :)

Okay, it is WAY past my bedtime, but i wanted to just blog quick and share these next couple 365 photos with you! Plus my two layouts from the last round of Scrapping with the Stars.

This was my Elsie Flannigan inspired layout for Round 2 of Scrapping With the Stars!

This was inspired by one of the DT members at CC. I LOVE how this turned out!
Photo credit goes to my fabulous sister :)

Wanted to document my favourite towel. It's cheap and crappy and from Walmart.. but it soaks up the water AMAZINGLY well. Love it :)

Who wouldn't love working in a store with so much pretty stuff??

Finally got my ATC's from my first swap back! They look so pretty in
the box I decorated for them :)

Happy Friday!!!
<3 Gillian

I did it again!

Went a whole week without blogging! That's what happens when my sister and my little man (aka Nate, my nephew) are home! I go to work, I spend time with my sis and Nate, I go home, I spend a little time playing WoW with Brandon, and then it's bed! Not much blogging, blog reading, or scrapping going on lately! I'm sure that I will fit in more computer/scrapping time once I stop spending so much time with Nate and Jen. But it's hard, because Nate is ridiculously adorable and I love my sister a lot. Just today at lunch we spent half the time laughing hysterically about things I can't even remember now! lol

So, what have I been doing all this time with my sis and Nate? Not much! Just chilling, chatting, taking almost all my 365 photos of Nate. Yesterday was GORGEOUS outside though, so we all trekked off to the beach. I LOVE living in Comox on days like that. It was warm, sunny, no wind and the beach was amazing with all the mountain views. Jack and Turner ran around like mad, Nate snuggled on Jen's back in the carrier and we all enjoyed a nice walk. It was a perfect day :) Unfortunately the running around like mad for Turner also involved swimming, which inevitably causes him to shake the water off, and onto anyone nearby. This resulted in splashes all over the camera.... so none of the pics turned out :( Booo!! Just a good excuse to head out and do it again soon :)

Well, I will leave you with the last of my 365 photos and the link to Scrap n' Art so you can all go submit and subscribe ;)

My good friend Jas FINALLY met Nate for the first time!
Monday's mean production day at work. Last minute proofing of the paper before we send it to print.
Nate's new favourite thing is to shove any cup he can into his mouth and suck on it. We're not sure whether he should be doing it... but the pictures are too funny to resist! lol
Love this pic of "Uncle Brandon" trying to be cheerful with a cranky Nate! lol
Look at how adorable he is!! This is the sweet little old man sweater Brandon and I got him for Christmas! About 2 seconds after taking this picture he spit up ALL over himself! lol
Why must black cats be so hard to photograph?
My favourite 365 photo yet. Jen and Nate before we head to the field for a walk.
Snapped this one using the Photo Booth on Jen's Mac. Does that count? I say it does :) I'm such a nerd and LOVE taking the stupid distorted pictures. lol
In the process of putting my 2007 photo album together. Something about filled up photo albums just makes me so happy :D

And on that note, I'm going to go finish the notes in my 2007 album.
Happy Monday!
<3 Gillian

Scrap n' Art!

See? I told you i'd be back today ;) Just a quick update to let you know about the current calls going on over at the EZine that I'm working on. I would LOVE to see you all submit! There are calls for mini's, grad layouts, mom/dad layouts, and more! Please, please, please head over to the Scrap n' Art site and check out the calls. While you are there make sure you subscribe using the sign up tool! We're giving away a HUGE prize to one random subscriber. And it's free to subscribe. What more can you ask for? :)

Been spending LOTS of time with my sister and my little man. Nate is CRANKY and not sleeping well. Which means my sister is stressed, and i'm worried about her. I hate to see her unhappy :( and when Nate just cries all day and won't sleep, she is very unhappy. I spent the afternoon with him so she could get out of the house. I will hopefully spend more time with him this week too!

Okay, now on to some more 365 from the past week:

Little Nate came home! Loved cuddles with Auntie Gill :)

Bouncing baby! All smiles in the Jolly Jumper :)

Pasta at White Spot. Notice that Brandon gave me his pickle? I have him well trained!

Walk in the woods with the family!

I will post the last couple days tomorrow when I get them on the computer :)

Happy Tuesday!
<3 Gillian

I'll be back...

on Tuesday. True story!

Today....

...I was panicky. It was not good. Reminded me of myself 4 years ago. Which is bad. VERY bad. On the bright side I got to talk to my Mom to make me feel better, which was a very very very nice change from the past. So that made me smile.

Then we took Jack to agility. More smiles. He wore his orange sweater :)

Daily photos:This one didn't turn out... boo!Mmmmm...sausage.All day crop... lots of Cricuty goodness.Love. Love. Love. Clip It Up.Brandon attacked my face. I look like a noob.Drugs were not enough to stop the anxiety today.

Tomorrow my sister comes home, and Nate. It will be better than today, I'm sure of it!

Sorry for the depressing post!
<3 Gillian

Bad, bad, bad Gillian!

Well, apparently I suck at blogging! lol You'd think on my week off I could update you all.. but NO! I was too busy cleaning and scrapping and sleeping and GETTING A NEW JOB! That's right ladies (and gentlemen) I am now employed (very) part time at Scrapbook Central :D I'm pretty excited about getting to work in the store and getting to prepare and teach some classes. YAY!!

I also spent the whole day yesterday at a crop with some friends. It was a blast and I got 6 layouts done. GO ME! I even used stamps and my Cricut, which were my goals! Then today I've been working on a couple layouts for the Winterlicious CHA challenges over at SIStv. So, since I am not in a chatty mood (been a wee depressed lately... not sure why. maybe my sis and Nate coming home on Wednesday will brighten me up!) I will leave you with my layouts from the past two days. It's dinner time for me!


Happy Sunday!
<3 Gillian