Sunday, February 28, 2021

Canadian Music ~ Arcade Fire



Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and RĂ©gine Chassagne, along with Win's younger brother William Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member Sarah Neufeld, percussionist Tiwill Duprate and saxophonist Stuart Bogie.

The band has been described as indie rock, art rock, dance-rock, and baroque pop. They play guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, synthesizer, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy, and take most of these instruments on tour; the multi-instrumentalist band members switch duties throughout shows.

Founded in 2000 by friends and classmates Butler and Josh Deu, the band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album Funeral. Their second studio album, Neon Bible, won them the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best International Album and the 2008 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. Their third studio album, The Suburbs, was released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It received many accolades, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Year and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Album. In 2013, Arcade Fire released their fourth album, Reflektor, and scored the feature film Her, for which band members Win Butler and Owen Pallett were nominated in the Best Original Score category at the 86th Academy Awards. In 2017, the band released their fifth studio album Everything Now.

All the band's studio albums have received nominations for Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammys. Funeral is widely considered by music critics to be one of the greatest albums of the 2000s. The band's work has also been named three times as a shortlist nominee for the Polaris Music Prize: in 2007 for Neon Bible, in 2011 for The Suburbs and in 2014 for Reflektor. (Wikipedia)




Saturday, February 27, 2021

Sketch Challenge

Here is one of my favourite sketches from Scrapbooking With Two-Page Sketches:



I know it seems plain . . . but that leaves plenty of room for you to be inspired and have fun with embellishments.










Thursday, February 25, 2021

Journal Prompt 25 Feb 2021 ~ Fashion Trends

Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion?


 

101 Interesting Facts About Canada ~ Canada is the Second Largest Country in the World


With a landmass of 9.1 million square kilometres, Canada is the second-largest country in the world. Canada is located in the top half of North America, and the country is bordered by three oceans: Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic. In fact, we have the longest coastline of any country. To our south, we share nearly 9,000 kilometres of land border with the United States. That’s the longest border in the world! Most Canadians live within a few hundred kilometres of the U.S. border.

Our country has some impressive geographic features, including vast mountain ranges and more than 2 million lakes. Would you believe we have just under 1 million square kilometers of fresh water? Pack your bathing suit and prepare to explore our beautiful rivers, lakes, streams and oceans.  https://www.educanada.ca/study-plan-etudes/before-avant/about-canada-a-propos.aspx?lang=eng


Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Monday, February 22, 2021

Journal Prompt 22 Feb 2021 ~ Your strongest sense?

 Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?










Book Review: Mary Pickford by Peggy Dumond Leavey


Mary Pickford:  Canada's Silent Siren, America's Sweetheart by Peggy Dymond Leavey would be a good summer read.

Mary's story from young Canadian girl to America's sweetheart is a really interesting tale all by itself.  What the author does special is to fill in the blanks . . . including lots of background information to make it easier to understand the times Mary lived in.  I especially was fascinated by all the movie making information.  Early Hollywood was not exactly what I expected.

Well written.  Very interesting.  Two thumbs up.

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Canadian Music ~ April Wine

Now this group is from my time.  Loved them!  April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The band enjoyed international success in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing more than 20 albums since 1971. (Wikipedia)  They are still touring to this day (or will be when we beat this pandemic.


If you would like to learn  more about April Wine's history check out their website  https://www.aprilwine.ca/history/





2021 TOUR DATES

    JULY
  • Jul 03/21 TBA TBA, NB
  • SEPTEMBER
  • Sep 10/21 TBA TBA, NL
  • Sep 16/21 Regent Event Centre Winnipeg, MBSOLD OUT
  • Sep 17/21 Grey Eagle Event Centre Calgary, ABTICKETS
  • Sep 18/21 River Cree Casino Edmonton, ABTICKETS
  • OCTOBER
  • Oct 20/21 TBA TBA, PQ
  • NOVEMBER
  • Nov 03/21 Flato Markham Theatre Markham, ONSOLD OUT
  • Nov 04/21 TBA TBA, ON
  • Nov 19/21 TBA TBA, TBA
  • Nov 20/21 TBA TBA, TBA

Thursday, February 18, 2021

101 Interesting Facts About Canada ~ We consume 23 lbs of this per person annually!

On average, each Canadian consumes about 23 pounds of cheese on an annual basis.  


This fact comes from https://www.listchallenges.com/101-interesting-facts-about-canada but I have not been able to find proof of this. Of course, my online search was not exhaustive but I did search a quite a bit . . . so if anyone can find me proof of this Interesting Fact please send it to my.





Journal Prompt 18 Feb 2021 ~ Relatively Famous?

 Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?



Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Watkins Top Spices

 here is how the spice products ranked over the most recent couple of years in Canada. A couple of interesting facts first:

  • The Pure Ground Black Pepper and Pure Ground Cinnamon (in tins) sold more in total than all the other 29 spices combined!
  • Organic Potato Salad Seasoning sold more than twice as much as the second highest selling organic spice (Salt Free Seasoning).
  • Not counting the first two (Black Pepper and Cinnamon in tins), the next nine (sales combined) outsold the total of all the remaining 20.
  1. Pure Ground Black Pepper 4 sizes)
  2. Pure Ground Cinnamon
  3. Organic Potato Salad Seasoning
  4. Organic All Purpose Seasoning Salt-Free
  5. Organic Steak Seasoning
  6. Organic Garlic Powder
  7. Organic Garlic Peppercorn Grinder
  8. Organic Seafood & Poultry Seasoning
  9. Organic Everything Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend
  10. Organic Italian Seasoning
  11. Organic Onion Powder
  12. Fine Himalayan Pink Salt
  13. Organic Dill Weed
  14. Organic Lemon Pepper Blend
  15. Organic Adobo Seasoning
  16. Organic Chili Powder
  17. Organic Chai Powder
  18. Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder
  19. Organic Seasoning With Salt
  20. Organic Black Peppercorn Grinder
  21. Organic Harissa Seasoning
  22. Organic Ground Cinnamon
  23. Organic Parsley Flakes
  24. Organic Garlic Salt Grinder
  25. Organic Garlic Salt
  26. Organic IPA Seasoning
  27. Organic Curry Powder
  28. Organic Cilantro Leaves
  29. Organic Crushed Red Pepper
  30. Organic Whole Black Peppercorns
  31. Organic Ground Black Pepper
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Journal Prompt 17 Feb 2021 ~ Keeping Fit

 What do you do to keep fit?



Food Food Food ~ You did WHAT to your mac & cheese?

I actually found recipes for mac & cheese with hot dogs.  This isn't so unusual to me.  I always threw some frozen peas or mixed veg in when the macaroni was cooking and then threw in the chopped up hot dogs a few minutes before the macaroni was done.  I guess I should check out some of the "fancy" recipes online . . . LOL. 


So there are also a pile of recipes online for mac & cheese ON hot dogs.  Seriously?  You need a recipe?  It's on the back of the box.


And then I found mac & cheese grilled cheese.  That's a lot of carbs!  And yes their are recipes online for many many many variations.  LOL.



Here are some fun facts about mac & cheese . . . https://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.com/2020/10/101-interesting-facts-about-canada_21.html

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Close To My Heart: Slimline Cards

Shared from https://blog.closetomyheart.com/2021/02/24/slimline-cards-with-a-new-thin-cuts-die-and-shaker-windows/

Slimline Cards with a New Thin Cuts Die and Shaker Windows!

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We are getting crafty with slimline cards today!

Slimline cards are a fun change from the standard, 4¼” x 5½”, size cards. They’re long and narrow, typically measuring 3½” x 8½”, providing a much larger surface area on which to create a design.

One of our favorite Thin Cuts currently available from our January–February Catalog is the Diagonal Stripe Slimline die that cuts a beautiful diagonal stripe pattern, sized especially for the front of a slimline card. Paired with a few simple techniques, it’s easy to create a wide variety of looks with this eye-catching pattern.

We hope that once you’re done visiting with us today, you will leave here feeling inspired and ready to create some of these beauties of your own!

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This first card has a gorgeous, somewhat fantastical galaxy, look to its background.

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The card base was sponged with Distress Oxide™ inks and a Mini Ink Blending Tool, creating an exaggerated version of the colors that are most often associated with the northern lights (pink, green, yellow, blue, and violet). The small, star-like spots are the oxidizing effect of the ink when we splattered it with water. When we finally layered the die-cut made using the Diagonal Stripe Slimline Thin Cuts, our out-of-this-world look was complete! The White Daisy lines from the die-cut look like a meteor shower!

These next two cards take two additional approaches to using the Diagonal Stripe Slimline die.

The top card, even though it is more adorable than most store-bought cards, came together in a matter of minutes! We first covered the front of the card base with a solid piece of patterned paper, then layered the diagonal stripe die-cut, also cut from patterned paper, on top. From there, it was a simple matter of weaving in stickers (from our Sweet Safari collection) through the diagonal paper strips. Complete the card with a stamped sentiment on a solid color cardstock and embellish with more cardstock, gems, or stickers.

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The background of this third, Congrats, card is a little more involved than the first two we’ve shown you so far, but it is still not difficult to achieve!

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We decided to back 10 of the open spaces of the die-cut with patterned pieces of paper, leaving the remaining spaces free for stamping later. You know those scraps you just can’t seem to throw away? Well, pull them out because this is a great way to use them! All you need are strips of paper that are large enough to cover the gaps. We used 5″ long strips of patterned papers, between ¼” to a smidgen over a ½” wide, and attached them to the die-cut using adhesive only along the top and bottom border. Then, we just trimmed any excess that was hanging over and attached the prepared die-cut, front side up, to a blank card base.

This last card we are sharing with you today is a show-stopping, slimline shaker window card!

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Follow along with our Creative Arts Manager, Karen Pedersen, in the video below to see how this endearing card comes together.

Several of the pieces, including the two top frames, were cut using our Cricut® Art Philosophy collection and Design Space’s Basic Shapes. If you do not have access to our Art Philosophy collection, contact your Close To My Heart Maker or find one near you, here, by clicking on “Find a Maker.”

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Click here for the free Cricut Design Space™ file

If you’d like to duplicate our example card exactly, you will need the following materials:

1 – slimline card base
1 – 8½” x 3½” Party Time pattern paper
1 – 8½” x 2″ Flamingo cardstock
1 – 7¾” x 2¾” Distress Watercolor Cardstock (on Design Space file)
1 – 8¼” x 3¼” scalloped Ballerina cardstock rectangle with cutout squares (on Design Space file)
1 – 8″ x 3″ scalloped Flamingo cardstock rectangle (on Design Space file)
1 – 2″ White Daisy cardstock circle (on Design Space file)
Additional White Daisy cardstock for penguins
Winter Penguins Stamp + Thin Cuts
My Acrylix® Little Miss Message Stamp Set
My Acrylix® Doodled Borders Stamp Set
Flamingo Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Nectarine Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide™ Ink Pad
Sweet Safari Puffy Stickers
Pink Acrylic Hearts
Iridescent Flower Confetti
Silver Embellishing Thread
Aqua Blue TriBlend™ Marker
Orange TriBlend™ Marker
Ice Grey TriBlend™ Marker
Dull Green TriBlend™ Marker
Black Journaling Pen (.01)
Square Shaker Window Foam + Acetate
Mini Ink Blending Tool
3-D Foam Tape
Thin 3-D Foam Tape
Die-cutting & Embossing Machine

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