Are You Happy Now ?

A New Kit, A Sale and Happy Mother's Day

2006-05-14T02:14:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a while since I've posted, I knew I'd be a horrible blogger :)
Here is a fun freebie available at Scrapdish for you to celebrate Mother's Day, I hope everyone enjoys theirs!!

http://www.scrapdish.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=622

Awareness

2006-04-09T21:42:00.000-07:00

A layout of Tyler using the Just Me kit for Autism Awareness available at Scrapdish.

The card reads: I have AutismI may not look unusual but I experience the world much differently than you do. Autism makes it difficult to communicate with you, and sometimes causes me to have unusual behavior. I am doing my very best. Please be patient with me.

Early Intervention: I.B.I Therapy

2006-04-09T02:26:00.000-07:00

Created using the "Just Me" Autism Awareness kit available kit available at Scrapdish. This is a basic explanation of Tyler's I.B.I therapy Journalling: When you were first diagnosed with Autism our first reaction was not the initial shock experienced by a lot of people, but acceptance and in some ways relief that we finally knew what was wrong. Our second reaction get you help.
We were given a lot of information in a very short period of time but the overwhelming concensus was Early Intervention with Intensive Behavorial Intervention (I.B.I Therapy)We chose to go with the Society for the Treatment of Autism (STA) You were only 2 and a half and I couldn’t imagine having you away from home for 30 hours a week so we chose the at home program they offered. You would be one busy little boy with a whole team working with you. You had two EIT’s Lisa, and Stephanie (who was replaced then with Trish and finally Janine) with you on alternate days. You had Genieve for Speech, Kara for Occupational Therapy,Treena for Psych, Caroline as your team supervisor and Marilyn as your Social Integration coordinator. Your therapy ran 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, 12 months of the year Everyday there was someone else coming to the house, or you going off to swimming, music therapy, sports group, kids club and of course Fridays were always big outings with the other kids from the STA. The outings wouldtake you to the zoo, Bowness Park, Heritage Park, the Stampede, Glenmore Reservoir, the Bird Sanctuary, TheScience Centre, All of these activities were based upon your personal I.P.P and reflected the goals and needsthat you had for therapy.
Each day, through everything,there was one and only one goal in mind JUST YOU!

Scrapdish Anniversary, Autism Awareness and a Freebie

2006-04-01T17:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, it's been a year since Scrapdish officially opened it's doors. To celebrate all the designers are having individual sales from 20-50% off. All of my designs are at 50 % off including my new Element and PaperPacks. April is also Autism Awareness month, the designers at Scrapdish created this enormous collaborative kit "Just Me" to raise awareness and funds for Autism. The regular price of this kit is $10.00 and right now it is on sale for $8.00 with all funds being donated to NAAR

Last year at RAKScraps we also did a challenge to promote Autism Awareness . This is a layout that I made for the challenge of Tyler, it was also published in Canata Books "Colour Palette" this spring

Here is the Autism Awareness freebie from last years challenge which coincidentally co-ordinates with the "Just Me" mega kit. The freebie is available for a short time.

March Newsletter Layouts

2006-03-16T19:41:00.000-07:00

The March RAKScraps newsletter was released yesterday. The whole CT contributes amazing tutorials, layouts and elements you can also find the freebies from our upcoming sponsors and information about the new Megakit:http://www.rakscraps.com/news.html
Our sponsors for March were Carrie Stephens (Fishscraps), Pixel-Expressions and DigiScrapz, I had so much fun working with all of them!!
Here are my layouts:

Credits: "Soft" and "Wishes" from www.fishscraps.com

Credits: Pixel Expressions "Pixel Windows" for the basic template and design. Papers and elements from Jen Wilson's Caring, Thinking, Being, and Growing Sets from her Importance of Living Series available at SBB.

Credits: Birthdayz Megakit from Digiscrapz (it's huge)

Ahhhhh.....Krista Jinxed Me!!

2006-03-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

Your Inner Pop Princess Is Brintey Spears

"I?m a slave for you. (Take that) I cannot hold it; I cannot control it.
I?m a slave (It just feels right) for you. (It just feels good)
I won?t deny it; I?m not trying to hide it. (Baby)"

You're not that innocent.

Who's" Your Inner Pop Princess?

2006-03-15T21:27:00.000-07:00

This was a fun one I found on Robin's blog :)

You Are Scooter

Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick.You're always willing to lend a helping hand.In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going."15 seconds to showtime!"

The Muppet Personality Test

2006-03-11T11:36:00.000-07:00

As most of you know (assuming the 3 people that read this are paying attention...lol) Jeanine's son Colton and my son Tyler both have Autism.
April is considered Autism Awareness Month and Jeanine being the smart chick that she is, came up with the idea of creating a kit with the proceeds going to Autism Research and Awareness. All 10 Scrapdish designers: Jeanine Baechtold, Rachel Dickson, Krista Mettler, Robin Cabana, Jen Reed, Melissa Goerke, Clara Wallace, Correen Silke, Tania Cordova, and Amy Knepper came together to create 10 exclusive mini-kits that go together to create one giant megakit with 45 papers, over 100 elements and two alphas. Available now at Scrapdish for $10.00

If you are unsure what Autism is, would like to read more about it or find links in your area please visit this post at RAKScraps: Autism Awareness where we ran a challenge last year and our wonderful members searched for links in their country, state, province.

Happy Birthday, Nicky

2006-03-07T23:16:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, March 8th, 2000 at 1:07 pm weighing 7lbs 11 oz, Nicholas Alexander entered our world

How did 6 years go by so quickly?
To my kind, sensitive, book loving, Teenage Mutant Ninja Collecting, Play Station playing, first born son, Happy Birthday!!!!

We love you, Squeek!!!

2006-03-07T20:24:00.001-07:00

Check out this fun, vacation kit "Beachy Keen" It was created by Jeanine, Robin, Correen and myself. It's so much fun to work on a kit with these three, we all have different styles and yet they blend so well together. A lot like the three of us, they truly are fantastic friends that I absolutely cherish!! Available now at Scrapdish

Add on kit by Correen and Rachel. Also check out these awesome Quickpages designed by Correen, get your album together fast :)

Gallery Mixer Tonight!!!

2006-03-03T13:12:00.000-07:00

Hope you can join us tonight for our gallery mixer tonight at 9:30 EST at RAKScraps. This month's sponsors are amazing! We have Fishscraps, Pixel-Expressions and Digiscrapz. And check out this amazing freebie graciously donated for the mixer by our own, Mrs S (Tin) isn't it gorgeous!!

Hope to see you there!!

Birthday Sale at Scrapdish

2006-02-26T11:11:00.000-07:00

Come check it out: Rachel at Scrapdish

Tranquility

2006-02-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Here's my new kit called Tranquility uploaded today at Scrapdish. I'm not sure it's the correct name for it as I was feeling anything but Tranquil as I was putting the final touches on it at 4:45 this morning.......warning, I may be a tad, grumpy today. :)

2006-02-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

After enjoying the evening chat to wind up RAKweek, I strolled over to enjoy SBB's sale. I managed to pick up some very pretty, girly stuff from Gina Miller (you should be proud of me, Correen) I also purchased Jen Wilson's Season's of Scrap CD and all of her paper and element packs from her Living series. The word art is amazing in this series, I absolutely love it. I actually managed to complete 6 layouts this weekend, 2 for the March newsletter, 2 for fun and 2 RAKS of Calista for Jeanine. Not too bad for having a headcold, and 2 sick kids.

Due in part to Tyler's Autism and his sensory need for gross motor input the boy is non-stop action! I felt this quote " I am here to live loud" suited him perfectly, not only in sound (and yes he is loud) he is just so vibrant!

Credits: Jen Wilson's Being element and paper pack from her Living Series available at SBB

Nicholas, while still being energetic and outgoing, has a quieter, sensitive side. He is a helper and is very concerned for other people and their feelings. He often brings tears to his fathers and my eyes with the things that he says, he has a true Heart of Gold.

credits: Jen Wilson's Caring elements & paper pack from her Living Series available at SBB

Hope everyone is having a happy Monday!!

2006-02-19T20:49:00.000-07:00

To help keep RAKScraps a fun and free place for us all the admin team have created a large add-on kit to complement this month's MegaKit. It's in the day old donuts section of Scrapdish and is 25% off until the end of February

2006-02-19T20:47:00.000-07:00

RAKScraps February MegaKit has been released and it has a whooping 18 mini-kits in it!! Here's the preview:

2006-02-19T20:35:00.000-07:00

The January RAKScraps newsletter was released on Friday. It's packed with tutorials and amazing layouts from our sponsor team, you can check it out herehttp://www.rakscraps.com/news.html
Our sponsors this month were Silkescraps, Scrapdish and Brenda Kempf. These are the layouts I did.....great way to get creative :)

Nicky: Correen Silke's WinterBoy Paper & Alpha and circular number set available at www.scrapbookbytes.com

SantaBaby: Papers and Elements from Tis The Season by Jeanine Baechtold available at www.scrapdish.com

Little Boy: Leapin' Lizards Kit by Brenda Kempf available at www.scrapbookbytes.com

2006-02-03T00:14:00.000-07:00

One of my newer layouts, this was created using my Serenity kit available at www.scrapdish.com
Tyler was only 6 days old in the first photo and even now at almost 4 he still falls asleep with his hand on his head. I just found it so sweet :)

Hmmm, not much to say.....surprised?

2006-02-02T23:51:00.000-07:00

Wow, blogging is strange. For a person that usually can't keep her mouth shut (much to Joseph's chagrin) I really don't have anything to say....pressure, come on, think.
Okay kid stories, they are entertaining........
My oldest son, Nicholas who will be 6 in March, told his father and I that he was sexy, tonight. Ummmm, well what exactly do you say when your son, hip stuck out and hands on hips pronounces that he is sexy? Where did he hear this word.....acckkkkk I swear this time it wasn't me. I can take the blame for a lot of the repetions that have come out of his mouth but not this one. That kid gets me at least once a day (he's going to be a sarcastic, smart ass just like his dad.....okay like his mum, but don't tell Joseph I admitted to that) He is cute though so I guess we'll keep him.
Well I'm off to bed, I work early tommorrow...oh joy! Have a great night!!

RAKScraps Gallery Mixer

2006-02-02T23:48:00.000-07:00

Make sure you get your entries in for RAKScraps Treasure Hunt and join us for the Gallery Mixer Chat which begins at 7:30 (9:30 EST), Friday, February 3rd. They are a blast, tommorrow night Correen will be hosting and I will be her trusty sidekick.

Starting with a Tag

2006-02-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged by Robin

WHAT WERE YOU DOING 10 YEARS AGO? Joseph and I were living in the southwest. We had opened up a gallery and I was bartending at a pub as well

WHAT WERE YOU DOING 1 YEAR AGO?
Pretty much the same as I am doing now. Working at Rona, working at RAKScraps, Designing for Scrapdish and Northern-Elements....

5 FAVORITE SNACKS:
1. Chocolate
2. Candy Canes
3. Banana Bread Pizza (too good for words)
4.Oatmeal Cookies
5. Plain Chips

5 SONGS TO WHICH YOU KNOW ALL THE LYRICS:
1. My Hump by the Black Eyed Peas (that song gets in your head)
2. Here Without You by 3 Doors Down
3.I'll Never Leave by Lumidee
4. Wherever You Will Go by the Calling
5. I pretty much make up the rest of the words by myself :)

5 BAD HABITS:
1. Nagging
2. Letting the Kids Win..
3. Biting My Nails
4. Opening things with my teeth
5. Snapping my gum

5 THINGS YOU LIKE DOING:
1. Playing with my kids
2.Hanging out with Karol & Mike
3. Digiscrapping
4.Reading
5.Family Dinners with my mum and grandparents

5THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER BUY, WEAR OR GET AGAIN:
1. Spandex (really it looked good at the time)
2.A perm
3.White Paint for the walls (especially with kids)
4. A Sony Digital Camera
5.Platinum Blonde Hairdye

5 FAVORITE TOYS:
1. My Computer
2. Photoshop
3.Digital Camera
4. Photoshop Filters
5. Wacom Tablet (fingers crossed it's on my birthday wishlist)

5 TAGS:
Ummm....well Jeanine and Correen of course :)