It's Official!!!

I have a new down line.  I would like to take a moment to Welcome Teri Nelson to my team.

Teri will be sporting this new Damask Backpack. 

I guess I need to pick a team name now.   Any Suggestions?  What about Scraptastic Hearts?  Or Scraptastic Divas, Scraptastic Creators, Scraptastic Buds or Scraptastic Treasures?  

Let me know what you think so I can choose one.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

My baby chicks are now 2 weeks old.

They have several pin feathers now and are growing like weeds.  

 Here they are getting ready to hop down from the door jam like Sarasvati did.

And here Medusa is in the Door jam.

 This one is the 2nd one that hatched.  I believe it is part Frizzle because the way it's pinfeathers on it's wings are curling up.  I am pretty sure that the mom is Sarasvati, my Partridge Cochin.

 Here my Great Nieces are holding 2 of the chicks.

We are trying to pick out names for them but I'm not sure if we have pullets or cockerels, or maybe both.  I am hoping for Pullets but won't know for sure for a few weeks more.

 Here my Niece, Tarina is holding the youngest of the 4 chicks and we are looking at it's pinfeathers.  No curls on this one, Yeah.  

 This is the 3rd one hatched and I'm not sure if it is a golden sexlink or if the dad was the Silkie.

 This is the first hatched and it also has curled pinfeathers.

 We have been letting them out in the grass during the day.

 Here are the 2 hens and their 4 chicks.  They are letting my great niece pet them, we all got to pick up the chicks and hold them and the hens too.  They are so mellow, except when another hen tries to get too close to the chicks.  Medusa takes quick action and lets them know who they are messing with.

They are really exploring the yard today.

 Zeus is small enough that he fits through the gate and can go between the two pins.  I bet he is tired tonight after all the trips between the two pins.

Here Zeus, Marigold and one of my Silver Laced Wyandottes is curious to see what is in the Upper part of the coop.  I screened it in so that they couldn't just jump right in with the hens and their          chicks.  

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Update on Our Idea Book Kick Off Party.

We had so much fun, here is how we decorated for the Beach party.

I made the banner using the new Artiste Cricut cartridge and the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridges.  I also used the Disney Princesss Dreams Come True Cricut cartridge to cut out the shells.

Jamie brought the sock monkey and Shannon gave him a disguise and put him on the bucked of candy.  The proceeds from the candy goes to Operation Smile.

To start the day off, we made 4 cards, here are pics of some of the participants.  You can find pictures of the cards on my Classes page.

Then we took a break for lunch and when we came back we played Bunko.  

Here are some pics of that.  

This is the head table for Bunko.

 This is the bottom table for Bunko.

 Shannon rolled a 3 of a kind and choose the giant sun glasses.

 Jamie rolled a 3 of a kind too.

 Can you tell the glasses were popular?

 The only round Shannon lost was when she was partnered with her Man Rafe.

 I cut out Mustaches for all of us and they were a hit too.

 We had a roll off for Most Wins and for most Losses.

 Rafe Lost.

After Bunko, we had the Idea Book Unveiling and Jamie did a great job.

Then the after party started and things got a little WILD.

 Jamie and Rafe strutted around wearing their fig leaves.

 Shelly tossed the Giant beach ball around.

 We even raised $5.00 for Operation Smile.  I know that doesn't seem like much, but every penny counts these days.  It costs $240.00 to fix a child's smile.  You can find out more about Operation Smile here http://www.operationsmile.org/.

As I said before, we had so much fun, I wish you had joined us.  

Happy Scrappin',

Janice

New Autumn Winter Idea Book Kick off!!!

Today is the big day.  Cupcakes are ready, Guacamole Salsa is ready, Banners are done, The water bottle pouches are done, Fry boxes are done.  Now all I have to do is go set it all up at Sommerset Assisted Living in Gladstone.  Here are some pic.

 Here's the water bottle pouch and the Fry box, they were made with the Art Philosophy and the new Artiste Cartridges.

 Here are the banners, I used the new Clementine papers, Sorbet, Twilight, Creme Brulee and the new Saddle and Champagne card stocks.they were made with the Art Philosophy and the new Artiste Cartridges.  The shells are from Disney's Dreams come True.

 We are playing Bunko today and since we are having a Beach Party, I thought it would be fun to have a beach ball that we pass around, however I must have missed the word "Giant" on the front of the package.  It took Steve about an hour to blow it up for me.  

I guess we won't be passing it around after all.

 I saw the cutest little cupcakes on Pinterest and wanted to make them for this party but the die idea didn't work out so well for me.   They had two dice on top of each cup cake that were sugar cubes.  It was crunch time and I just didn't have the patience. 

I will post pics of the party tomorrow.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice

Update on my Baby chicks.

I am having so much fun, watching the new babies.  I have a total of 4 babies and the 2 Momma's are doing a fine job of protecting them.  Here are some pics.

Here are the newest members of our family.

 I haven't named any yet.  Still waiting to determine the sex.  2 were born on my SIL birthday and he is out of town till Sept. so he didn't get to see them yet so I told him if we have a little rooster I will name him Chuck in honor of Charlie's Bday.

 You can see here that all 4 are very different.  

 For some reason the little white one likes to sit on Medusa's back.  

 Now she has 2 hanging out on her back.

 Yesterday and today both hens decided to go out side for a bit.  Yesterday the hens keept looking back and clucking at the chicks and I thought they were saying "Well, come on you can do it."  But today I was taking these pictures and the hens are down the ramp and they are clucking and the little white one steps out on the door jam and the clucking got louder then the white one went inside.

 The one on the left gets on the door jam and the 2 hens hustle back up the ramp and rushes them all back away from the edge.

 Sarasvati first then Medusa right behind her.

Play time was over.  I will try to keep you up to date on the chicks.  Especially when we introduce them to the rest of the flock.  

I have been busy working on the projects for Saturdays card class, Bunko and the crop.  We are using the new Clementine papers and creating a beach scene.  I am having so much fun. I am playing with both of my CTMH Cartridges and coming up with some fun stuff.

If you are interested in coming to the card class, Bunko or the Crop you can sign up here.

Happy Scrapin',

Janice