Sketchy Thursdays - 12.16 - Untitled

Good afternoon everyone!! Here is another great sketch from Sketchy Thursdays.

At first I wasn't sure how I was going to make this sketch work but I thought about using coloured blocks instead of small photos and I think it worked out okay. Not too many pictures of my garden to scrap. Almost done! I can't wait to show my mom. She and her husband had planned to visit my garden all summer but it was really hot here and they didn't make it..so I'm looking forward to showing her a sneak peak @ what is to come next year. Here's my take. Sorry for the bad picture, my house is lacking in natural light. I really miss that about my apartment, it had a huge bay window and was filled with light all the time. This picture gives the idea though. :)

How is everyone's shopping going?? I'm almost done. Just my grandma left. All she wants is a vinal/flannel table cloth and do you think I can find one? Sure but not in patterns that are really my grandma...she's not a blue palm tree kind of girl. I even braved Walmart today and no luck. I'm thinking Giant Tiger tommorrow...then I can start wrapping. That's one of my favourite parts. :)
Hope everyone is having a great afternoon,
Cheers and thanks for stopping by!

Creative Scrappers - 134- Circle Series

More snow more scrapping. Oh how I would love to stay home tonight and not go to work. Anyway this is LO is brought to you by Creative Scrappers and their 134th sketch.

This LO is for my Faithbook. It's about a set of books I fell in love with last summer, the Circle Series by Ted Dekker. Basically they are about a man who one day falls asleep in our reality and wakes up many, many years in the future. When he falls asleep in the future he wakes back up in the present. Both realities telling him that the other is not real. He soon discovers that what he learns in one can be applied to the other. The books have strong biblical symbolism, Black basically being the fall. They are also a circle, I read them Black, Red, White and Green. Green was just in the process of being written when I started but they can also be read Green, Black, Red and White. I was very excited when I read these books last summer. They changed me.

Let's Capture these Sketches - 65- Tomatoes

Another great one from Let's Capture these Sketches.

Winter Wonderland?

Yeah, I don't think so. We have been dumped on in the last 24 hours and there is more to come. I could hardly open my kitchen door. I'm not even going to attempt to open the front door, I can imagine the drifts in front of it.

Out my kitchen door.

The drifts on the deck.

The drifts in my garden.

I was glad to hear that CPR was cancelled this afternoon. I"m not going anywhere. Not even if work calls to ask me to work tonight. Not even then. That is the only thing  I hate about living in town in the winter. I love that I am close to work and don't have far to go if it's bad but I hate that if it is bad and I'm not scheduled and others can't get to work b/c they don't live in town, that I get called to work b/c I do live in town. But you know what unless I am already working I'm not going to risk life and limb to get there b/c someone else can't, I'm not going to get thanked for it. The only thing about this thinking is that I still feel guilty b/c I know they are probably working short. I also don't want anyone to have bad feelings about me. I truly want everyone to like me. I'm learning that it's okay if everyone doesn't b/c frankly I don't like everyone either. I can get along with pretty much everyone but that doesn't mean I have to like them. I'm also learning not to apologise for putting myself first....no one else is going to do it so I must.
Okay enough of this rant. I really do hope that it gets better out soon. Dad, Katie and I are suppose to be heading to KW to see Jumanji's 3D ultrasound on Thursday. Please let it be better soon.

Creative Scrappers -133 - Lilies

Last week I played with this sketch from Creative Scrappers.
It really was perfect for my lilies page.

You should see the snow we are getting. I was suppose to go to CPR this afternoon but it's been cancelled. It might be a good day to scrap some more, after I shovel a bit first.

Sketchy Thursdays 12.09 Echinacea

I also played along with Sketchy Thursdays this week. Surprisingly this cold I've got has not interfered with my creations.

That's all for now, GH is coming on and I think it might be time for more meds.

Pencil Lines - 216- Bold

So I used this sketch from Pencil Lines for more garden pics. I'm finding with my book about my garden that sketches are really the way to go, they really help keep each page fresh.

I actually never intended to make this LO last night. I planned an evening in front of the TV after being out Christmas shopping and then choir. It's funny how inspiration just appears.

I should probably explain the fairy. She was made from a kit by KLUTZ that I got for Christmas one year when I was in college. Apparently my mom knew I needed a creative outlet when I was in nursing school. Anyway the kit has been pack in my "craft" box for years until I bought my house and had a shelf to put my craft stuff on. When I saw this sketch, I thought a little fairy might be a great embellishment. I think she adds some whimsy to the page, which is what I feel like sometimes when I'm in my garden.










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