Little Red Wagon #258 - Thanks and Thanksgiving

Hello there.

I'll be honest with you when I say I'd given up all hope of managing a post for Little Red Wagon this week!

My computer took it's final breath (well actually it's 3rd time around final breath!) last Thursday and I've been valiantly attempting a little CPR ever since.

To no avail.

This, hot on the heels of my dryer biting the dust last week and having to purchase one of those, and then there's the dishwasher, and new brake pads.....but we won't go there!

Needless to say, any hope of purchasing a new computer in the near future were dashed, and my blogging days were transformed to a dreamlike state.

However, yesterday I caught a small glimmer of hope in the form of a flashing cursor and behold.......we have life!

This thing is like a phoenix I tell ya - rising out of the ashes for one more blog post!

Well hopefully it will be for more than one blog post, but I won't hold my breath just yet.

I will however tell you that I ran up to my crafty closet last night and whipped together a card for this weeks..........

Tracy is hosting our challenge and quite appropriately she would like us to share a little 'Thankfullness' for .....oh......say.......computers and dryers that work.........general stuff like that!

Thanksgiving will be celebrated this weekend here in Canada, and myself being far too English to celebrate such a holiday, took the 'Thank you' route for my creation........

I apologize for the wishy-washy photograph!  I took and retook but the colour scheme still produces the same effect.

Shame cause it's so pretty in real life......honest!

Continuing with my re-born love for the use of embossing powder on scrapbook pages, I thought I'd progress on to cards.

I added a button and a pretty little pebble then all done.

You know there's always a bunch of inspiration posted from the Girlfriends over on the Little Red Wagon blog so why not hop on over and take a look.  You can link up your own 'Thankful' creation whilst you're there.

I will be back tomorrow for a Scrapmuch? Sketchy Friday challenge, technology permitting, so till then have a good one,

Jayne.x.

Little Red Wagon #206 - Thanksgiving

Well hello there. 

I promise I haven't forgotten my little blog but I've had Internet issues all this last week!

Uurgggh.......router to be precise!  It has finally bitten the dust so to speak, so up til now, my attempts at getting online have involved sitting on the floor of my upstairs landing with my laptop hooked directly to the modem.

Not good when my butt decides to go numb and I get a cramp!

Oh the dedication to my craft!

Anyhow, finally at 9.05pm on a Monday night we have Internet.......yay!

Sooooo only 5 days late (!!), over at Little Red Wagon this week......

.........Joanne had no choice but to pick the obvious of course, so she'd like to see some Thanksgiving projects.

I'm still making the most of killing two birds with one stone, so yet again, for the second week in a row I'm showcasing another layout I completed recently using my perfectly apt Fall/Thanksgiving DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends.

Reflections 'Fall' from Echo Park is perfect for all those projects we create at this time of year, so this page reflects just one of the things I'm truly thankful for.........my youngest daughter.

I love these sweet photo's, and a sticker from the co-ordinating sticker sheet provided the perfect title.

Lots of stitching of course and wood......can't seem to finish anything these days without digging out either of these!

And I used plenty more stickers together with various cuts of paper.  I like that this line uses fairly traditional colours but the designs have a funky modern feel.

Well that's about it yet again.

Head on over to the Little Red Wagon blog to check out creations from the other Girlfriends.

You still have a couple more days to enter, so hopefully you'll be able to link up your own project too.

No more sitting on the floor to blog for me, so I'll be seeing you again tomorrow.....still have lots of projects to post - just not enough time to post them!

Have a great day,
Jayne.x.