Another MDS share

Hi there!! Today I have a MDS page to share. I can hardly take credit for this page as it was totally inspired by Connie Collins' page.  She won the MDS Stampin' Up! contest, I'll post the link to it here .  Hers is absolutely beautiful, and the photo of her niece is just so sweet!! 

This is my version, almost exactly the same layout, with a few flowers from the Petal Pizzaz stamp set added instead of the daisies, and a picture of our two Standard Schnauzers, who truly are "Best Buds".

I was so inspired by Connie's layout and design, as well as the bright colours. I tend to do alot of my MDS on black textured background and it was really exciting to change it up a bit and do something totally different.  I'm thinking I'll have to do more of this type of layout, this was so much fun!!
Thanks for the inspiration Connie :)

And thank you, Blogger Friends, for dropping by, I hope you're having a great weekend!!
Deb :)

We passed our Obedience Test!! whoo hoo!

This is Tucker, our 4 year old maleThis is Sophie, our 1 1/2 year old female.

Hi there!  Just a quick hello to let you know I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth!! I've been busy spring cleaning and doing this and that, the days somehow seem to fly by. I had a workshop this past week with a couple of wonderful friends, I'll be sure to post the cards we did, they were fun and I think the ladies really liked them!!

Also, I wanted to mention that Sophie and I actually passed Obedience Class!!! Whoo Hoo for us!!!!! I really & truly didn't know if we were going to get that passing grade. The doggies have to do a one minute sit stay and a three minute down stay. There are 6 dogs, all lined up on the line, and they do this exercise together.  If one breaks and gets up, several other tend to follow. That's where I was so worried about Sophie because she's quite a skittery little gal and if someone makes a quick move, she's up and jumps before she knows it!! But she did both of the exercises perfectly, I was so impressed. We also did well on our other testing and get this ~ our mark was 198 out of 200!!~  I was pretty surprised!! We work hard at our training but she's hit and miss some days.  Or maybe I'm hit and miss some days!!  Its definitely a "sport" that both handler and dog need to participate fully in!!

Thankfully, I can now groom her!! As I mentioned, she's so skittery she hates to be groomed and will hide away an entire afternoon after grooming, like we've been mean or something. I mean, its just a shaver for goodness sake, and some scissoring around the eyes & beard, but she's so scared of it all. So, I didn't dare groom her for fear of her being a little goofy for our test!! Her and Tucker, our male dog, love to romp in the grass and its showing on their coats right now.  So, grooming is on the "to do list" for sure.

Our weather is finally cooperating and I dare think we may have spring!!  May long weekend doesn't look promising for warmer weather but as long as their no "S" word, I'm sure we'll all be happy. Especially the campers!!

Take care and I'll be posting those card pics soon. I have some flower pics taken but they are on DH's camera so I'll have to wait to retrieve them from there.

Have a great day and enjoy your afternoon!!

Deb

More Digi Scrap Fun!!

Hi there! Wow, I've been having fun with my new Digital Scrapbooking Studio!!! I've been working on quite a few different things but wanted to share a very quick & easy 12 x 12 page with you.

I love to scrapbook our pets, they are so photogenic!! This page is of our old gal Kellie Cat. We've had Kellie for 16 years now; she was a pregnant stray who wandered onto my friend's farm one day, giving birth to 11 kittens a few weeks later. She's only ever weighed about 7 pounds so that was a HUGE litter for her small body!! (very fertile genes, one of her kittens had a litter of 12!) My friend asked if we would take her after all the kittens had been adopted ~ of course we said yes!!

So, she's 17+ years old now and still going strong. She sleeps more than she used to but her fur is still glossy and she enjoys teasing the dogs every once in awhile, pretending she wants their rawhide bone! She'll lay there and push it around, scenting & pawing it; the dogs just watch her with amazement. They are smart and recognize she's elderly, treating her with respect. But you can see them thinking, "hmm, she's not really gonna chew it is she???? what will we do then???"

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Debbie

My Digital Studio!!

Hi Everyone!!! Well, I finally succumbed to purchasing My Digital Studio! Actually, I got it for Christmas. It was one of those gifts that my DH asked me to order for myself (from him). The funny thing is that he put it away to wrap and then promptly forgot about it!! So, needless to say, I got a few extra things this year, lucky me!! That also saved me from having to open it in front of the kids and pretending to be surprised! :-)

I really really LOVE this program!!! I'm still very new at it but find it super easy to use and a great way to instantly scrap when a special event or a particular picture motivates me to want to create a page.

This page is of our dog Sophie; she was only about 3 months old last Christmas. This page didn't take too long to create as I used a ready made template and is one of the first things I've tried my hand at.

Thanks so much for dropping by and have a wonderful day.
Debbie