Layouts!

This last weekend, we finally went away for a couple of days. First time in a while. We went down to Stoney Creek to be surprise guests at Steve's father's birthday dinner. The look on his face was priceless! He was so happy to see us. And we had a wonderful time. With the nicer weather, we will have to make a point of going down there more often.

I have a couple of layouts I can now share.

This one was for the Wescrap May newsletter. I was one of three who had to use a sketch. I played with the colour a lot on this one. The splat-like, swirly paper from Glitz used to have hot pink on it. I coloured the pink red with a Bic marker. I also turned the pink on the other paper red with my Bic too. BTW: those are the best stars I have ever doodled!
I did this layout as part of my application for the guest spot on So Sketchy. I've had these pictures since March when Monkey first got his Leap Frog toy. I love the Prima Mommy & Me line. The yellow around the layout is from that line. I cut out the center though. The center of that paper, although lined, was not as white as I wanted it to be. I cut off the yellow and placed it on some Scenic Route lined paper. The letter paper is also Scenic Route.

My family is sure getting a kick out of my "Secret Confessions." They're super fun to do. My mother laughed so hard when I showed her this one. I have had this Glitz paper forever. I bought almost the whole line when it was new on the shelves. I loved it and thought it would be perfect for Monkey. I used some of it in a mini album and haven't touched the rest. This layout was also part of my application for So Sketchy. And yes, I did take that picture of the Smarties box. I placed it on one of our plates (yes, our plates are gray; and our mugs are lime green...I picked them!), put the plate on the stove top, turned on the stove light and turned off my flash. Perfect lighting!

And now I am awaiting my first kit to come from WeScrap. The last kit was a little messed up with it's reveal (techie problems, I believe), so my awaited kit, techically the May kit, is in the store already. It's full of yummy, yummy Jenni Bowlin! Check it out here. June's kit should be revealed at the right time, I think.

Not this week; Next week...

No Fave Five Friday here today. I'm just not feeling up to it this week. Check back next week.

This past week (since last Friday) has been a little crazy. Looking back at the week, I think I'm old and silly to have been worn out so much. But I have been. And it's not stopping. We have a full weekend planned and I have some work to do next week.

But as much as I complain; I truly enjoy being busy. And next week I am cleaning out and organizing all the closets. It's a big task to take on. But they need it. All our closets are just stuffed with junk. With a little cleaning out, organizing and storing wisely I am positive I can reclaim those darn closets. We must remember we own the closets; they don't own us.

And now I am going to take my lovely vanilla flavoured coffee over to my desk where I am going to play with my lovely prize from Tara. I ~heart~ the new Chatterbox goodies! So darn pretty. A line I didn't think I could use, but now love it to pieces.

Until next time...

Guest Spot!

I'm going to be the June Guest Designer at So Sketchy!
I am so excited and honoured!!! Thank you, Ally!!!!!

Whoo Hoo!

I won a year sub to Scrapbooking & Cards Today!

http://www.creativecraftsandstickers.com/blog/2009/05/04/nsd-winner/

New Look?

I need to change my banner...The snow is long and gone. I'm just a little lazy.
I would like to give my blog a cool new look too. I'm so tech challenged...Let's hope I can come up with something.

Post NSD

Although I got no scrappy time in yesterday, NSD was a blast! I enjoyed poking in on the boards and seeing all the fun going around. Lots and lots of wonderful creations from the challenges over at WeScrap and crazy fun threads going on at Bad Girls.

Now that I have my challenges for NSD posted (as of yesterday) I can share my samples here.

My first challenge was a magazine challenge. I bought this magazine back in the fall because I loved the colours and the style of the cover and was really inspired by it. I finally pulled it back out and used it.
And here's my layout.

I love that little frame! I bought it for a dollar at Micheal's. It was bright blue. It took many coats of white to cover it. The couple in the picture is Steve's step sister and her boyfriend. Such a beautiful couple!

I've been playing with fabric more and more lately. I decided to post a fabric challenge as well. For this layout, I hand stitched my fabric first and then glued it down to my page.

And the next project I have to share is my second entry for the tote bag challenge at Bad Girls. I loved this kit so much! I also loved the stickers in the kit. I knew what I wanted to do with them right away. Using the Sassafras stickers, Sassafras paper (all but the butterfly paper, that's Amercian Crafts..too cute not to use!) and Sassafras paper whimsies I created a mini book of "vintage" Steve and I. It's not complete yet. I want to fill it in with facts from our parents.

Until next time...

Fave Friday - NSD

In honour of NSD (National Scrapbooking Day), my faves are all scrap product related this week.

1. Die cut paper. I have a serious love of die cut papers. I don't like cutting them up much. I like using the odd shaped papers as my background. They're just too fun!
2. Vintage Yummy by Sassafras Lass. Everyone who knows me, knows I ~heart~ Sassafras. They're by far my fave company. I, however, wasn't sold on Vintage Yummy. Yes, it looked beautiful. Yes, there's a market out there for it. But I wasn't sure it was for me. Until I got some in my hands. It's too perfect not to use! I've already used up most of what I got. I love it!

3. The new Sprout line from Crate Paper. Okay...I am loving all of Crate Paper's lines lately. This one is adorable! I think it's a baby line, but I can see spring or fall layouts out of it.

4. Prima pebbles. A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!!!! I got my hands on these froggie ones. Oh, they're going to be hard not to hoard! Too cute. Way too cute!

5. Daisy Bucket Design's My Little Monster line. Look at these sweet, little monsters! I want to do a mix media canvas staring these guys for Monkey's room so badly!

Until next time....