I think I will Dare myself.

Every time the Effer Dares put out a new challenge I tell myself this week you will do it!  This week you will pull out your paper and glue and take it on.  However week after week and now year after year I still have yet to try one out.  Currently they are up to number 183 so I am totally behind:)  Their prompts are totally different then other challenge sites, sort of make you look at scrapping in a whole new perspective and I sort of need that these days to give me a jump start.  Well I am going back to Dare #1 and I am working my way through them starting last night. 

Dare #1 can be found here.  Its all about heart.  As you can see from the post each of the team mates took it on in their own style.  

This is what I came up with:

This is my favorite picture of my dad. It was taken back in the sixties when he was in the Marines.  I think it was taken in Vietnam, not 100% on that fact.  For the background I created a mosaic heart which I cut out and pop dotted on top of light gray paper.  With the heart being the main event on this layout, I kept the rest simple.  Just a touch of journaling around the heart and that's it.

On to Dare #2!!!

A to Z, the Patty version

I am trying my best to blog more.  When I look back through the years I have had a blog here on blogger, I see that I used to blog a lot more just about every day life.  So that is the plan, to try and document more about my life and not just scrap book pages.  For starters I saw this A to Z thing on Amy Tangerine's blog and I figured that I would give it a shot, get that ball rolling.  If your reading this I think you should do it to and if you do, let me know:)

A. Age: 31 soon  to be 32 in December!
 

B. Bed size: Don't laugh, a Full size.  When we move wee are moving on up in the mattress dept.
 

C. Chore that you hate: Folding laundry including fitted sheets, Blahhh

D. Dogs: no dogs, but I do like to kind of count my dog back at my parents house.  Her name is Molly and she is my meatball.

E. Essential start to your day: coffee after my nap on the train on the way into work.

F. Favorite color: Hmmmmmm...........grey, is that even a color though?

G. Gold or Silver: I actually kind of like both. I used to be silver only but as long as its real gold, I like it.

H. Height: 5’5"

I. Instruments you play: I whistle?!! hehe

J. Job title: Domestic help(aka nanny)

K. Kids: none, but my bf kind of counts as one sometimes.
 

L. Live: Long Island, NY

M. Mother’s name: Louise, I call her Weezy
 

N. Nicknames: Paz and Pattycakes

O. Overnight hospital stays: never, phewwwwww!

P. Pet peeves: People who have no care in the world when I am struggling with a stroller and a door and they don't even help.  Or better yet, those that see me and open the door first and like it fly back and hit me.  I have so many pet peeves, that's a whole post on its own if I ever go there.

Q. Quote from a movie: "Well sir, it's this rug I have.  It really tied the room together"  The Dude

R. Right or left handed: Right handed.

S. Siblings: 2
 

U. Underwear: Yes.
 

V. Vegetable you hate: I suppose Okra and lima beans. Its a texture thing.
 

W. What makes you run late: The snooze button.
 

X. X-Rays you’ve had: Dentist, fracture ankle, sprained finger, back, and collarbone area after an accident.

Y. Yummy food that you make: I am pretty good at making chili and guacamole
 

Z. Zoo animal:   The penguins, monkeys, pretty much anything that really entertains me. I really love the polar bear at Central Park zoo.  He is just a lively character.

 

Some Halloween scrapping

These past two days it has been nice and cool, fall is in the air and I love it.  

I recently joined a swap where we had to create a Halloween layout and card to send to our swap partner.  It was a tid bit of a challenge, I have never made a Halloween layout before and I am not a huge card maker.  I gathered the new American Crafts Night fall papers I had as well as a few embellishments I have kept from last year and I sat there and contemplated what to do.  After moving a few pieces here and a few pieces there I settled with a design that I felt suited my style and would work for one 4 x 6 picture or a few little ones.  

 The card I made with the scraps pretty much from the layout. 

Now if I could only get started on that Fall mini book that is crying out to be made:)

Playing scrap catch up

I know I am not the only one who has photos from 1, 2, 3 or even 5 years ago that remain unscrapped.  One of my goals this Fall is to play scrap catch up and get those trips, parties, even little every day pictures onto pages.  Last night I got a bunch of little pictures together from our trip back in 2009 to Vermont for a camping trip.  This layout focuses more on the adventures at the Ben and Jerry's factory about 45 minutes from our campsite.  It was really a fun time getting to see where one of my favorite ice creams comes from.  I highly recommend visiting the factory if you are ever near Waterbury VT.  Not only is Vermont a beautiful place in general to see, it is home to a few really neat factories that offer tours, Ben and Jerry's being one of them.

 

I had fun using all of the little pictures on this layout.  I usually use 4 x 6 but I have gotten bored by that.  Now when I go to CVS I print up photo collages of 4 little pictures. I love having variety now:)

P.S Please be sure to head on over to the Creative Type, we do have a new challenge up and another chance at a great prize!!!

Who said?

We have lights, cable, Internet and the phone back after about 4 days or so:)  I think I sort of got used to the no electric part  though, outdoor stoop parties, scrap booking in the dark with a head lamp and lots of movie theater visiting.  We learned how to survive and will be well prepared for another possible power outage.

So who said turning thirty had to be boring???  I did this layout during our lights out period this past weekend.  It was for the Sassafras "Emily's challenge"  I did not even realize how many Sassafras letter sticker collections I had in my scrap booking stash, so it worked out well because that is what this challenge was all about.  You had to use three different lines of Sassafras letter stickers and this is what I came up with!

Now on to the weekend:)