check out the other blog... for now...

yes, well i have decided to stick with typepad and use that blog. i can be more creative with it. yes, i hate paying the money but i like the feel of it more so everyone check me out and change your bookmarks to:

http://reneea.typepad.com

thanks!

another weekend almost over...

well it is sunday and the weekend is almost over. first, it was a difficult one because it is my dad's birthday so that was tough. i am just hanging with my family and going to bingo later. so i hope at least my dad will bring me good luck later.

it's been a while....

just wanted to let everyone know i am still alive and kicking and going to post on this thing again hopefully this weekend when i have more time. i have been swamped and have so much to share. so, keep checking back because i have lots to say. i want to hear from you too so keep those comments coming.

goodbye to L2S....

well as most of you have speculated over the last few months, i have decided to let go of love 2 scrap. i was going to start up under a new name and breath ome new life into it but i thought... i just don't have what it takes anymore. i have not had the time over the last 8 or so months to devote to this and it is really affecting my home life. my kids are truly resenting the fact that mom is never home and gone for full weekends. i really need to spend this time with my kids while they are still young. i am looking at going back to work in a different field (an not working for myself - where i actually get a pay cheque) but this would not be working nights or weekends.

honestly, over the past 4.5 years i have been very bogged down and tied to my computer which i really have never liked. anyone can see that i am not a chatter online and never will be. i have seen a lot of drama over he last year and also a lot of people in this industry which is so cut throat, try to out do each other. i just am so tired of it and just do not want to be a part of it. it was getting to the point of me despising scrapbooking and i didn't like that. it is something i used to enjoy but just don't anymore. so, with having said that, i just want to wish everyone well. thank you for the past 4.5 years whether you were a customer or one of the many great friends i have made or acquaintances i got to meet. it has been an experience.

i no longer have love 2 scrap but will still be selling the remainder of our supplies at crapalicous in sherwood park on october 6th, november 3rd and december 1st. all of our supplies are now heavily reduced. if you are interested in what we have please contact me at irememberwhen@shaw.ca

thanks again!

p.s. for any store owners or if you know of anyone who may be interested, i do have some racks for sale. please email me.

what are you doing?

what is everyone doing in this canadian heat? are you scrapbooking? are you on holidays? we would love to hear from you!

Another week and June is almost over!!!

Hi all - So what do you all say about a nice little fun challenge for the last week of June?

OK - let’s go for it. I have always loved chipboards - not only because they are totally cool but they are so versatile. So here is my challenge to you - create a LO or card using some yummy chipboards - you can paint, ink, draw, cover with pp or ribbons ... the possibilities are endless. So let’s get cracking and have a good time scrapping girls!! And don't forget to link to your creation in the comment section so we can all have a look at those fab designs!

Sketch Challenge - June 11th to June 18th

Here is a great sketch challenge for you all. Create a layout using the Becky Higgins sketch here. The more creative the better. You have one week. I am going away for a week but will be back to put all of the entries on the site here. Please email your entries to irememberwhen@shaw.ca Please enclose your name and mailing address with your entry. The lucky winner will receive a scrapbook related gift from me.

Good Monday Morning

We are going to start having a play on the Love 2 Scrap's blog and will be putting up some challenges to keep you scrapbooking.

Monday's Challenge is very simple - "Your Routine" so something about your routine, the things you do constantly.. like for me every morning it is always: get coffee, check email then shower...

here is my layout and i hope to see yours soon. remember to link in the comments to where you have it shown - if you do not have a blog or a gallery somewhere, click here to drop me an email and i will work something out :)

Regards

Anam

what to do, what to do....

well we are still trying to figure out what to do with the web site so we would love to hear from you.

for now, we are going to do some challenges on this here blog and would love to see some of your work. leave comments. what would you like to see on the L2S blog. we hope to start some challenges next week. keep checkingout the latest. sorry for delays here. i have been having a hard time loggin on. I keep getting booted out.

may kit available...

the may kit is available for $24.99. it is a really cool kit!

{sweet serenity}


12 cosmo cricket "dutch girl" papers (2 each of 6 designs/double sided)
one bazzill scalloped 12x12 cardstock
one basic grey sheet of alpha rub-ons
one cats life press unmounted stamp
one sheet of fancy pants chipboard
one 7 gypsies tag
one heidi swapp floral
one heidi swapp chipboard bookplate
one piece of ribbon
one bazzill biggie brad
one clip
a couple co-ordinating brads

if you are interested in a kit, email me at irememberwhen@shaw.ca

the price is $24.99 + shipping.

we take visa, mc, am ex, pay pal, cash, cheque

national scrapbook day with L2S....

are you a scrapbooker in the edmonton area? come to the coolest scrapbook event.

time: 10 a.m.-12:00 a.m. {midnight!}
where: 1 brower drive sherwood park {the park church}
details: FREE EVENT ~ no need to register ~ bring friends and try to get in early to get a spot

this is a come and go event, pretty casual. bring a snack to share with everyone (chips, fruit, veggies to warm dishes... anything goes). workshops, demos, sales galore and more. sizzix machine for everyone to use, books to borrow, stollery drop-off for donations. love 2 scrap and creative memories are vendors at this event. don't worry about shopping elsewhere, L2S and creative memories have their stores on site. lots of goodies to be had! come and have fun!

L2S site down temporarily....

doing some maitenance so our site will be down temporarily. we will let you know when it is back up.

as this was a last minute thing, we will be holding a week of sales due to the national scrapbook day sale being postponed. we will let you know all the details when the site is back up.

new look ~ new name?

L2S is going to be undergoing a transformation in the next couple weeks. be on the lookout for the new look and possibly a new name.

elsie flannigan chat....sorry!

so sorry about the problems with the elsie chat for anyone who showed up. elsie forgot the date and was not present. she contacted us to re-schedule but as this was not the first time, we decided to decline.

i do apologize as i know there are many elsie fans but we just feel this would not be fair to you if it happens for a third time.

our apologies....

new cool products coming in....

we have some great new products on order....

• basic grey precision file set
• crate paper brunch, baby bee, crush, samantha and zoom collection kits as well as rub-ons
• cloud 9 rain dots in all shapes, sizes and colours
• my mind's eye tres jolie embellishments
• bazzill itty bitty blossoms, corduroy brads
  
• imaginisce en fuego kit, brads, petals
  
• scenic route office line, metropolis, laurel and background paper packs
• heidi swapp clock faces, clear acrylic stamps, days of the week journaling spots, brads xl, bling frames, bling crowns
• 7 gypsies papers, stamps
  
• fancy pants papers and embellishments
• basic grey new lines (more in to replace stock that is backordered)
• and more.....

keep checking back at love 2 scrap!

Love 2 Scrap closed March 22nd-April 1st....

keep chatting though on the Forum and posting on the Gallery. This really only applies to the Shopping part of the site. All orders placed will be filled in the order they were received on April 2nd so please make note of this before placing your order.

ELSIE FLANNIGAN IS HERE TONIGHT!

Just a reminder that Elsie Flannigan is chatting at Love 2 Scrap tonight at 8 p.m. MST. Make sure you write down this chat and come over and ask Miss Elsie all the questions you have for her or just come by and have fun! We have a contest for the person with the most comments. That doesn't mean say a couple words in each comment but if we feel you made a valient effort, we will put your name in a hat for a great prize pack draw.

So don't forget to come to L2S for 8 p.m. MST! If you haven't registered yet, make sure you do now!

bisous is on its way!

have you seen the new papers from bisous? amazing is all i can say. all you do is add your photos. seriously! pretty fabulous! time savers and very funky! these papers are also double sided with another cool layout on the other side. do both sides and pop them in your page protector! voila! have a look at some of these funky papers...

this is side a and side b




















this is the next cool one side a and b

















side a and b


















side a and b

pre-orders are in....

all our pre-orders we mentioned earlier are in so get your carts checked out and take advantage of these great savings!

L2S Gallery is back!

i know it was a long process but the Gallery is back and we hope to have it fully functional right away. i would like it today but not holding my breath. you can see it but most if you won't be able to login as the gallery runs off the forum and the links are not attached right now. when we were hacked on the forum that is why we had to takwe the gallery down because the gallry runs off the forum. so please do not re-register yourself on the gallery. all that will do is register a new identity on the forum. we hope to have it completely back up with all links and the L2S look VERY SOON!

we thank you for all your patience. we can't wait to see the Gallery flooded with all your creations since we have been down for the last month!

reminder.... online chat tonight with KAREN RUSSELL

the cool and super talented karen russell will be doing her chat tonight at love 2 scrap at 9 p.m. mst. make sure to go to the forum and register or make sure you can login ahead of time and chat with her. she is pretty cool!

online cyber crop in april...

we want to know how many of you are interested in an online cyber crop at L2S in april? please give us some feedback.

cool new stuff coming...

we have some great stuff on order that should be here very soon. we will be adding it to the pre-orders this week!

• american crafts thickers stickers
• cosmo cricket paper packs
• narratives transparencies
• urban lily papers
• urban lily rub-ons
• basic grey rub-ons
• 7 gypsies gaffer tape

to just name a few things....

Elsie Flannigan is coming...

to Love 2 Scrap in March! Elsie is going to be here chatting Wednesday, March 21st. Please check back for the time. We are super excited to be chtting with miss elsie and learn more about her line love elsie! Elsie is super sweet and talented. You won't want to miss this chat!

Karen Russell is chatting at Love 2 Scrap!

come chat with the super sensational Karen Russell from Creative Imaginations Narratives line. She is amazing and has some amazing products. Chat takes place at Love 2 Scrap on the Forum, March 7th at 9 p.m. MST. Make sure you register on the Forum (which is free) and get ready ahead of time so you chat with Karen!

Check out our amazing DT....

We have our two new ladies but we also have 4 other great Design Team Members.

Our Creative Design Team Leader, Corry Heinricks, Creative Desingers, Maria Gallardo-Williams, Tammy Brownlee and Special Events Co-ordinator, Janna Henke.


Corry Heinricks is our talented Creative Design Team Leader. Corry is a busy lady. She is a teacher's aide, a farmer and an amazing scrapbooker.
















Maria Gallardo-Williams is not only a fantastic scrapbooker but also a university professor. She is a very busy lady.


















Tammy Brownlee is also a busy lady! She manages a children's clothing store in the world's largest shopping mall, has 4 kids and is one of our super talented Creative Designers.


















Janna Henke is our Special Events Co-ordinator. She plans our workshops and comes up with ideas for retreats and classes. She is another busy lady. When she is not busy with her own business, Letters by Janna, she is helping us out here.

Please welcome L2S's New Design Team Members...

Anna Sigga and Lynn Thune.

We are so excited to have these talented ladies join us! You will love their work!


Anna is from Iceland and has a great clean style of scrapbooking! Can't wait to see more of her work.








Lynn is from Alberta, Canada and she has a great shabby style of scrapbooking that we love to see.



Congratulations to both ladies. Thank you to everyone who applied. All the entries were amazing!

welcome to the new...

blog for Love 2 Scrap.

we are going to keep this blog updated for all the happenings going on at love 2 scrap.

as most of you know we are still working out the kinks for the new forum and the gallery is still under construction. we hope to have it back up and online again very soon.

due to the fact the gallery is down right now, all current contests will be extended.

for all of you that have not read already, karen russell is going to be chatting online at love 2 scrap with us on march 7th (wednesday) at 9 p.m. mst. make sure you register and come online for free and chat with the super talented lady behind the creative imaginations narratives line.

also, we have some amazing new products ordered and on their way to us right now. we have the following coming...

• cloud 9 rain dots (in all colors)
• narratives scalloped papers and die cut papers
• narratives journaler's notebooks
• narratives lunch bags
• basic grey papers, stickers and embellishments
• cosmo cricket dutch girl line
• maya road chipboard books, calendar books and more

and many other new items coming in. if there is something you want special ordered, just email renee at renee@love2scrap.ca

love 2 scrap will have the lowest canadian price online and if not, we will match it.

new blog to check out...

well i have made the move to typepad. we'll see how that goes. so check out my new blog and let me know what you think and that you came by. remember if you have the time to check it out, please remember to comment so i know you came by.

please change all your bookmarks and links to my site. if you have me linked let me know, so i can return the favour!

cheers!

renee's new blog

new blog?

new blog is in the works so stay tuned for the new one very soon!

goals for 2007...

well i seem to do this only every few years and i think this is one of those years to get myself to do it and actually follow it. my goals for this year nd i really want to stick to it this year....

• start going back to the gym 3-5 times a week (haven't done this since my old gym flooded)
• join an aquaerobics class or some aerobic activity that isn't hard on my foot
• try to lose anywhere from 60-100 lbs. i just want to feel good again!
  
• spend more time with my kids
• concentrate more on my long time career goals
• spend more time at home and less time out
• start making more time for myself (even at home)
• watching more of what i eat and making a concious effort to eat (i can go all day until 8 p.m. without eating~my body is in starvation mode most of the time and storing fat because i don't eat)
• go for more walks with my pooch
• appreciate my life a little more than i do

that is about it! i so want to concentrate on it this year and make it happen!