Another hockey page

I don't even want to think about Saturday night's Sens-Leaf game so you'll be glad to know I won't be writing about it here. I'm happy being in denial, thank you very much.

I've had a few minutes here and there to play in my scraproom this weekend. I had planned on a full afternoon today, but you know what they say about the best-laid plans ... went shopping for a computer desk with dh instead. I did manage to create this page though:



Coach Dean

Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Not sure (from my scraps) but I think it's Basic Grey
Stickers: de*fined clear (sports) by MM
Rub-on: MM
Alpha: Rusty Pickle
Journaling Block: Luxe
Brads: unknown
Other: Craf-T chalk, Colox Box ink

This is ds' hockey coach from 2 years ago. A really nice guy. He was also our assistant coach the year before that. This year he's got three kids in hockey including one in competitive. He's coaching one team and assisting with another. I think he and his wife live at the rink now - I seem to always see one or the other there. "Commitment" describes this coach very well.

I am pretty excited about some of the scrap projects I have floating around in my head, especially a couple of gift albums I'm planning. Problem is I won't be able to talk about them much here until after Christmas (wouldn't want to spoil the surprise!!). Today I finalized some picture sorting and picked a line of pp for one of the albums. Actually managed to start pulling out elements for a page before I had to leave the house for ds' hockey game. Which they lost, unfortunately, but not without putting up a very good fight. It was an exciting game with lots of chances and lots of beautiful plays. And, oh yeah, one kid got a penalty.

My kid.

Lol! His first penalty in 5+ years of hockey, and I didn't have my camera with me. Apparently it was for "cross checking", which he swears he didn't do, but from up in the stands it looked liked roughing, so either way, I think he was due his 2 minutes in the box.

Oops. I think I'm talking hockey again - sorry! Better sign off before I start commenting on that Sens-Leafs game.

Ciao!

Give me some chipboard! Give me some paint! Give me some ribbon! Give me an N! What does it spell?

Uh - it spells "N" of course!!! See below - my latest creation - an altered letter N. Why N? Well, it happens to be my initial. Why N now? Well, (a), I got a really great deal on Making Memories big chipboard letters at the EM closing sale, and lo and behold, they actually had the ever-popular N (you know, one of those popular consonants, frequently being uncovered by the likes of Vanna White). And (b), one of the blogs I occasionally stalk is the blog of Ali Edwards. Ali had a couple of "A"s in her scraproom, and all of a sudden people started sending her A's of every shape, size and colour ... altered A's ... metal A's ... wooden A's ... etc. A's are kind of her trademark now. And I thought that was kind of cool. And I decided I wanted an "N" for my scraproom. So there! And finally, (c), I felt like playing with my scrap stuff but had misplaced my inspiration for page design.

Anyway, this was a very quick and simple altered project. I basically used acrilyc paint to paint the letter, a black ink pad to ink the edges, some ribbon from my stash (including some pretty nice black and white ribbon that I bought in the scrapbook section of my local Dollarama, of all places), an MM word rub-on, a couple of blossoms, some Bohemian gems, and an MM bling brad. Had fun doing it. Now it's up on my bulletin board. Between Ali and I, we've got a whole word ... a preposition, actually ... "AN". Lol.

Back to scrapping ...

... but, in order to wean myself of the hockey-blogging sickness slowly, I'm scrapping about hockey. Lol. I noticed that my faithful readers weren't too impressed with my hockey blogging! And we even have a Leafs fan in the mix!!

Here is my latest creation, hot off my scrap desk. It only took about 20 minutes to put together. A brief scrapping interlude before getting my butt in gear for the day (being a public servant I've got today off as a stat holiday). I have high hopes for accomplishing many things today, including some housework, laundry, shopping for lace to replace the mini-blinds in my kitchen and family room, shopping for a new clock for my kitchen, etc. etc. We'll see how much of that actually gets done. The call of the scraproom might win out.


Full Intensity

-Arrows die cut and patterned paper - Scenic Route
-"Full Intensity" sticker - Sportz (danelle johnson) by Creative Imaginations
-Green patterned paper - Polo Shirt (Firefly) by Luxe
-Die cut journaling block - Luxe
-Cardstock - Bazzill
-Flowers - Prima
-Puck and All Star buttons - not sure; got these from Marlene as a RAK ages ago (thanks Marlene!!!)

The scan is a bit crooked - there is actually a black border all around. Oh, and I would like to point out that I used FLOWERS on a hockey layout (there's hope for me yet, girls!!)

Happy Monday y'all!