POKEY PEAS CHALLENGE FOR MARCH 2018

Good afternoon everyone. Stopping by to post another card I made. Also I want to Thank Maribeth for the cards you have sent me. So kind of you to think of me. grammadee your card you made is very pretty. Sounds like you have a good time with your friends the other night.

Birthday Wishes by Cindy Blair, on Flickr

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Wishing you all the good luck in the world.

He's so right!

Not that I need to remind you, but take lots of pictures 

Oh, LisaDV , I hope your ds is feeling better and that you got some SLEEP!!!

Don't stress yourself out about scrapping. 80 LO's is a lot for a month! If you get them done, wonderful. If not, I hope at least you have some time to play and have some fun doing it!

My hairdresser finally got back to me and I am getting this shaggy mane cut off tomorrow morning.  Creatively, I managed to get my Easter egg cookies done today. They are drying on a rack and will be packed up tomorrow. Also finished 3 cards for Calvinball. Used kitchen foil again, but this time I coloured it with alcohol inks.

Hi everybody. I have been taking it easy this Calvinball, so production is slow. I am in awe of your 80 page goal LisaDV . Good luck with DD's appointments msliz . scrapincin you have been doing such a great job with those cards. You, too, grammadee . I joined Weight Watchers online 10 days ago, so I have been focusing on figuring out a new way of eating. Tonight we are going out for my MIL's birthday, but I figured out my restaurant order and cake points ahead of time. Here is my 2 page spread for my Book of Me class.

I Am by Jacqueline Bruce, on Flickr

nylene, I knew you would find your way with your Sunday School kids. It's funny you are using journals as I just decided to use an art journal with dd for Bible Catechism work. I've been looking for ways to make subjects that she is struggling in more accessible to her - Bible, Science and Math. The Catechism coursebook is really dry and not very well done. Our other Bible studies were fine.

grammadee, Did you get your desk cleaned up from 28-4-28? I love your ski pages and your Thinking of you cards (that little bird is so cute). I will be leaving love on all your creations some time soon (hopefully today since I already have tabs with them open on the computer). It's perfectly normal to be excited by the photo opportunities of your August trip and to be excited to create the pages around them! I think you received the best invitation you could have for the weekend. I, too, would drop everything to go. It's so sweet of you to make cookies for your family. Since Easter falls on April Fools, my DH & I are trying to find silly things to go in the plastic eggs to hide. We usually do money (coins), as I think we have enough sweets normally and dd can't do a lot of those anyway. So DH bought some washers, which will sound like coins in the eggs. I think I'll fill a few with shaving cream. Maybe I'll make some homemade silly putty. Any other ideas are appreciated???

woodysbetty, I like your morning wake up page. It's a great subject to do. I think the stock photo was a perfect way to document your niece's visit. Sometimes you have to live in the moment and can't be bothered with pictures. Your page is beautiful. Love the colors and design.

scrapincin, cute heel well card. cracked me up. I love your birthday wishes card with the white and black and the butterfly. So elegant. How have you been?

kellyr21, I'm glad your cold is gone and that you are creating again. Your pop-up card is gorgeous! The chickens are starting to lay more eggs with the longer days. It's cold again here so they're not out as much, but you can really taste the difference of the outside days in the yolk. I've told DH to take some eggs to the neighbors. I've also started making my own mayonnaise. DD can't have the conventional store bought that ds likes. Although he said this batch, was pretty close to good. He's been grabbing it instead of the store bought, so I think he likes it more than he lets on. I've almost talked DH into 2 little piglets in the spring. We have a back garden that needs to be worked up for planting. It's a lot of work without a tractor. Those pigs would have it worked up in no time and we wouldn't winter them. Plus we'd have a freezer full of pork and sell the other off.

@elaynef, I like your Valentine's Day present for your dh. It will make a great addition to your Valentine scrapbook house. How did your dd appointment go with the naturopath? I hope you are now well rested and all your chores are done.

msliz, how did the neurologist appointment go for your dd? Weren't you going to the Mayo this year? I felt like you in February with everything taking my attention. Actually, I still feel a bit that way, but I'm trying to force myself to take time to scrapbook too.

justjac, love your I Am page with the purple. I like that you call yourself a "crafty evangelist".

I know 80 pages is a lofty goal. However, I use CB for mainly those digital event styled pages that I really am not crazy about scrapbooking anyway, but I really want in my albums. Digital pages don't take me as long as I can always undo something so I just do and worry less. Last year I got a year of Christmas, a outing day, and a vacation complete as well as a few other pages and ended the month with over 90 pages. I have several years of Christmas to do and birthdays. I'm actually doing last year's birthdays traditionally and have them printed to take to my crop this weekend.

OK, I should get going on one of the many things that needs to get accomplished today.

msliz, I'm sorry to hear dd said no to the mayo. I thought another PSOT mom on here said that they know their stuff when in comes to PSOT. I hope that the neurologist can help with the headaches and that the relief will help with other areas. Hugs. I hope you get some time next week. I'm quick to push off what I can for scrapbooking, probably too quick. It just seems lately that their is more and more that I can't push off. If the crop works out for me, they do them 2x a month, so I should be able to get a date that works every once in a while.

nylene, have fun creating.

grammadee, beautiful page. I just left you some love. I hope your roads are clear for your travels. The nice thing about being retired is it's no problem for you to leave on Friday and just stay an extra day on the tail end of the trip.


I think I left love on the layouts shared and linked here over in flickr. Now I need to just go spend some time over at the gallery and catch everything else.

I guess I should be getting off the computer. DD has her well-child check today. Since she has a cold, she's not looking forward to traveling. I'm still trying to pack for the crop and having a hard time deciding what to take. This is why I like to scrap at home.

Ha ha, scrapincin! Happy St Mildred's Day! Too many days to celebrate right about now. Yesterday was National Pi Day (3.14), today is the Ides of March (not sure if that is a celebration or a warning) and then of course there is St Patrick's Day on Saturday. Did you take a photo of your festive meal?

I hope you had time to work on your page, nylene. Can't wait to see it.

How did the dr visit go, LisaDV? I hope the botox works for the migraines, msliz. What have you heard from your dd, @elaynef? I hope she is doing better.

How did the TOPS weigh in go yesterday, justjac, now that you are back on points again? I seem to have found any pounds I have ever lost so really need to get a handle on eating and exercise again.

I am at home. The sun is shining, mocking me, but I decided to wait until tomorrow to drive. The snow is supposed to stop falling at that end by noon according to the latest forecasts, so by the time I am on that part of the road it should be cleared. (Takes me at least 5 1/2 hours to drive there).

Yesterday I had printed a few new photos my dd sent my last week, so since I have an extra day here I slapped together a couple of quick pages. Not a lot of Calvinball points, but I liked the photos too much to distract from them with a lot of extra sb elements. I love--and attempted to mimic--the colours in the ice that was piled up along the shore of the lake. (This is actually the shore of a bay of one of the Great Lakes).

Spring Breakup by Gramma Dee, on FlickrSpring breakup 2 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

I am dressed in a green top and ready to go out for Irish stew at the local church this evening after dh gets home from feeding cows. Have my stuff all organized to pack up in the morning and head out on my drive.

Have fun at your crop, LisaDV! You will have lots of pages to add to your Calvinball count. Sneaky move to save your points from this week to surprise us all with next week, hmmm...? Very Calvinlike!

I am showered and waiting for my hair to dry before heading out on my road trip this morning. Actually decided to spend a little quiet time here with my coffee before getting dressed, finishing my packing, and THEN heading out on the road. Should be out of here shortly after 9 AM. If I drive straight through I can be there in 5 1\2 hours if the roads are good. But I usually take a break in Edmonton where I check out a LSS and grab some lunch before going the rest of the way. Unless they need me to be there at a specific time, I won't rush b/c everyone is at work or at school anyway today.

Have a wonderful weekend, Pokeys!

Probably? I'd be more concerned about any inks, paints, or liquid glues.

Good evening one and all. Sounds like everyone is busy this weekend. I know some of you are off visiting and others just busy. My corn beef and cabbage were delicious and I have been eating Reubens since for lunch. I love those things. grammadee /sorry I did not think to take a picture of it. Too funny. I have been busy making cards and still have a few to go but I am going to scrap page tomorrow. Hopefully I will I am still coughing and coughing. Saw the doctor yesterday and he says its not my copd but he feels my allergies are completely out of whack. He put me on prednisone for 5 days and I am supposed to see my allergist who is one of the guys I worked for. Good to know its not my copd.


well not much more to talk about but hope all is well with everyone. I know a couple of you are at crops having a real good time!

Good Morning everyone. I hope you are doing well and enjoying this beautiful Sunday morning. The sun is shining so brightly this morning here. I hope it stays all day. Not staying long but here the last 3 cards I have made.

It's Your Day by Cindy Blair, on Flickr

Textured Front Birthday Card by Cindy Blair, on Flickr

Thinking of You by Cindy Blair, on Flickr

Thanks for looking and I will be back later. I do think this medicine is beginning to work. Not coughing quite as much.