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- 12 x 12 base
- "sky" trimmed paper to 7 x 12
- "snow" trimmed paper to 5 x 12 (I also trimmed the top of the paper to look like hills...it's a good thing I covered it up with the huge tag...LOL)
- Photo Mats cut at 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 and 4 1/4 x 6 1/4
- Journaling Mats cut at 3 x 3 1/4 and 2 3/4 x 3
- All Cricut cuts are from Winter Frolic
- All Patterned paper is from Me & My Big Ideas - "Oh What Fun" 12 x 12 Cardstock
- "Winter Wonderland" cut at 3 1/4"
- "Tag" cut at 6 3/4"
- Snow Angel cut at 4"
- Trees cut at 4"
- Peachy Keen Princess Face Stamps
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap
- Tsukineko Pigment Ink - Cosmic Copper
- Sakura Gelly Roll Pen - White
- Martha Stewart Glitter Glue Pen - Garnet (my poor glitter was feeling very neglected)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Creative Scrapbook Layout: "Winter Wonderland"
11 comments:
- Lawyers Scrap Too! said...
This layout is great. I've got the same pattern paper at home and have had some difficulties coming up with layout designs. I'm inspired to take another stab.
- August 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- joeygirl86 said...
OMG Lauren this is sooooo cute! I love it! Don't you just love your PK stamps!? They just make everything so much cuter! I'm so jealous you already got Winter Frolic,I'm dying for these new carts..maybe next payday! tfs :)
- August 12, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Savahanna said...
I love this layout it is sooo cute! I just got this cartridge yesterday in the mail. I cannot wait to use it. Not that we see any snow here in San Diego. But I am planning a snow trip.
- August 12, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- Scrappy Mel said...
LOL - that is so funny... the 1st thing I thought was, "Uh Oh, Lauren got Winter Frolic!" :)
What an adorable page! I totally agree - if and when we ever make it up north to see/play in the snow I will take tons of pictures - as it's not likely to happen very often. LOL
- August 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Amanda said...
Aww this is cute! I really want this cartridge. I live in Cincinnati so we see snow every season! It's not to fun to drive in so your in a good state lol
- August 12, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Carol said...
Super cute LO! TFS!
- August 12, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- JennyKozar said...
This is just too cute! Very inspiring - I live in the windy City and we get LOTS of snow so I knew this cartridge was one I needed!
- August 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Adrian said...
so beautiful!
- August 12, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Mari AKA Momo said...
You are probably my favorite favorite scrapbooker EVER!!!! Your layouts are the best but I am sure I have said that a MILLION times! I may Fedex you all my pictures! And then well maybe you can fedex me back a bunch of layouts!!! :o)
- August 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Mari AKA Momo said...
You are probably my favorite favorite scrapbooker EVER!!!! Your layouts are the best but I am sure I have said that a MILLION times! I may Fedex you all my pictures! And then well maybe you can fedex me back a bunch of layouts!!! :o)
- August 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Live Love and Scrap said...
Hi Lauren...
I was just talking with MOMO and she mentioned how much she loves your scrapbook pages...so I had to come by and check out your blog. I am in AWE!!! I know I have seen a couple of your posts, but cant for the life of me figure out why I am not following you!!! You are so incredibly talented...really amazing!!!!
I just got done STALKING your blog...I checked out EVERY post and loved everything!!! I even joked with Momo telling her I didnt want you to think I am a weirdo, but I am now obsessed with your blog!!! So glad she shared it with me and needless to say....I am now following...hooray!!!
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I understand that live blogging when one can't reliably type "Google" into one's browser may not be the best idea, but hey, what's three Sambucas between friends?
Day one of WisCon was lovely, as expected. I had a nice, if brief, chat with Liz Henry at the Gathering. I complimented her on her post on the profile of the Google VP and thanked her for posting frankly about living with a disability. She's working for BlogHer these days, and we compared notes on discovering our unexpectedly butch (read results-oriented) sides when dealing with groups composed exclusively of women.
It was nearly dinner time when we reached Madison. We ate at the Brocach, on the opposite side of the capitol from our hotel. Wow. All the food, from the steak with blue cheese butter to the fish and chips, was stunning. And our waiter was cute enough that even Ben noticed. Top-shelf drinks were half off for happy hour, so Ben ordered the 18-year Caol Ila. Yum. Even James tipped back a few drops of Jameson–literally a few drops.
The bar was open in the hotel club by then, so we headed back. Programming is light Friday nights, with opening ceremonies taking up much of the evening, so the bar becomes the main attraction for anyone with an aversion to ceremony. For once in my life, I started a trend. First round of drinks, I was the only one with a Sambuca. Second round of drinks, there were five of us. We were all from the Twin Cities, even though we rarely see each other in town. Somewhere along the way, the flaming Sambuca story had to be told. Then the story of the folded-pinky hand gesture that always accompanies Rick's name. Then Sean showed up with the flask of absinthe, and we all had to try it. I suspect it loses a little of the bitter when you don't put the wormwood in it, but what was left was tasty, even without sugar and water.
Rachel and Dave stopped by and added the story of how their middle child ended up with his genitalia glued back together. I laughed until I cried over the line, "It's a crib injury, although it wasn't my crib." Okay, I said it, but it was still funny.
Then it was off to the panel on grammar and punctuation. Really. You have to be the right kind of person to appreciate it, but it was pretty good. Of course, being WisCon, there was discussion of whether focusing on grammar priviledges the communications of particular groups, and of course, being grammar geeks, we said, well, yes and no. Grammar is important, you know.
We haven't made it to the hot tub yet, but it's been a long day, so bed is calling. There's always tomorrow, at least when the pool isn't reserved for the kids. More later…probably.


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My Pictorial Family Reunion
For many years we were lead to believe that there were no early photos of us. Us meaning my sisters and brothers. When I was 6 years old we had a house fire that burned up everything in our home. We lived in the rural countryside, so there was no fire engines to come to put the fire out.
There was only one photo of me as a toddler. I was almost two standing on our local bank steps. All dressed up in my my short set and patent leather shoes along with my brother.
Well, a cousin visited his aunt (my stepaunt) and saw a photo in her photo album. He took a picture of it with his phone. He texted it to my brother. My sister texted it to me. I was getting ready to turn off my phone and saw the photo and was so excited. I could not believe it.
Not only did the photo include 5 of us (my youngest brother was not born yet) but it also included my mom and my stepfather. We all werer a family for many years. When I looked at my Mom, it was just like looking at my youngest sister. When I looked at my oldest brother, I saw his son. When I looked at me, I saw my niece. When I looked at my middle brother I saw his sons' faces. When I looked at my youngest sister I saw her daughter and granddaughter.
I am soooooo excited about this photo. That's why I'm calling it a "Pictorial Family Reunion" It was just like a reunion. We all got on the phone and called each other. Just pure awesome! My brother is a photographer and he cleaned the photo up some.
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On Sunday morning, a Cleveland man live-streamed a video titled "Easter day slaughter", in which he murdered a 74-year-old man. The video, and various copies, were quickly viewed and shared by users before being removed several hours later.
Facebook vice president of global operations, Justin Osofsky, said in a blog post that the original video and subsequent others were removed within 23 minutes of being reported, two hours and 13 minutes after upload.
He also addressed concerns regarding the ongoing monitoring of content and an improved review process.
"In addition to improving our reporting flows, we are constantly exploring ways that new technologies can help us make sure Facebook is a safe environment. Artificial intelligence, for example, plays an important part in this work, helping us prevent the videos from being re-shared in their entirety," Mr Osofsky said.
While Facebook's content policy prohibits depictions of violence or content promoting violence from the site, the low level of entry for live video and content sharing make monitoring it a difficult task.
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Last year, the reporting process came under fire for censorship and ineffectiveness following the removal of an iconic Vietnam War photo from the site.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, acknowledged that the system was not completely effective, stating: "We have a lot more to do here".
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New software implemented in the past six months was used to identify and remove an active spam ring on the site. The software found the accounts were participating in "illegitimate activity", including inauthentic likes and befriending people to distribute spam.
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The fake accounts, which mostly originated in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, were created individually and disguised by proxies to make them harder to be found.
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"As we remove the rest of the inauthentic likes, we expect that 99 per cent of impacted pages with more than 10,000 likes will see a drop of less than 3 per cent. None of these likes were the result of paid ads from the affected pages," Mr Sharik said.
Earlier in the week, Facebook had suspended 30,000 accounts in France to combat the spread of fake news and misinformation during the election period.
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Manudeep Bhuller is a Tenure-Track Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo.
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"There's a lad putting stuff through my letterbox to start a fire."
That was one of dozens of desperate pleas for help Scarborough's fire crews received last year – but each time, there was never a fire.
Instead it was the work of malicious hoax callers, who a Scarborough News investigation can reveal are increasingly putting lives at risk in the town.
Figures and transcripts obtained through the Freedom of Information act show that so far this year, a potentially deadly hoax call is being made on average nearly every week.
Fire chiefs say the nuisance calls divert valuable resources away from real accidents, while it's not just fire crews that are needlessly being wasted.
In one incident in the early hours of May 5, the police and an ambulance were requested after a man claimed someone was trying to start a fire at his Scarborough home.
Transcripts of the call show the caller desperately pleaded for help, claiming that the culprits were coming towards him menacingly.
In other transcripts disclosed by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue, one child called up simply to chant "there's a fire in London" repeatedly down the phone.
Another child made a fire engine make a wasted trip after claiming there was a bin fire.
And in another call, a young girl laughed down the phone claiming her cat was stuck up a tree.
However, no engine was called out after the operator questioned the legitimacy of the call – and warned the girl that he phone could be cut off if she made any more hoax calls.
And our figures show that the hoax call problem is only getting worse.
There were 24 hoax calls identified by the service in Scarborough last year, but figures show that in the first quarter of 2015, there were 11 calls made.
Those figures means the number of hoax calls are on track to sky rocket this year.
"We would like to remind people that whilst fire engines are responding to hoax calls they are not available to deal with any real incidents that may occur," said Scarborough station manager Andy Blades.
"Our control room staff challenge calls that they believe to be a hoax and we work with partner agencies to address all aspects of anti-social behaviour, which includes hoax calls."
Figures for across North Yorkshire show that almost three hoax calls were made each week in the region last year, with 149 made between April 2014 and March 2015.
But the numbers show that so far this year, one in three of the region's hoaxes have been dialled in from somewhere in the borough – compared to one in six last year.
Leading police and psychologists have claimed that hoaxers are often "fantasists" or "attention seekers".
Scarborough's current deputy mayor John Ritchie, a retired fireman, previously said that whatever their motives their actions can potentially prove deadly.
"There was one time when we received a call that we responded to, which turned out to be a hoax.
"At the same time another call came in, and because of the hoax, we couldn't get to it in time, and that person died," he said.
"If a fire crew is answering a hoax call and there's another incident then people's lives are being put at risk."
A police spokesperson added: "Anyone found making malicious hoax calls will be dealt with robustly."