My BFF!!!

Wow...what a busy month it has proven to be!  I have hardly had time to breath let alone post on here!  It has been so enjoyable having the kids home for the summer holidays but it definitely ties up much of our time!  Trying to cram in lots of fun stuff before school starts in September.  And this year my oldest starts highschool! 

Part of the summer fun is going to be a trip we are taking out to Nova Scotia.  We're so excited not only for the vacation but for what is waiting for us there.  My BFF!!!  We have been besties since highschool and her husband has been stationed out there as of January this year.  He's a navy man!

So.....since I have been missing her sooooo much and in preperation for our trip I thought I would make a scrapbook page of her.  Because we have been friends for as long as we have I wanted to go back in time a bit and do some older techniques...primarily stitching!!!

Kristina.....you are my best friend and even moving across the country couldn't change that!  I love you to bits and miss you more and can not wait to see you in a few weeks!!!

Thanks for dropping in!

Happy Crafting!

Birthday Card

Hello everyone and I hope you enjoyed your Saturday!  We went out of town for my hubby's Grandma's birthday......she turns 96 tomorrow! 

This is a quick card that I made for her birthday.  I had already made one very similiar for my best scrappin' buddy so this one was quick to make as I didn't have to think too much!

This card was made by inking up the back ground using the new Peacock Feathers distress ink found in the spring pack.  I LOVE this colour!  I stamped the image using the same colour as well as the sentiment on the bottom of the card.  I did a similar panel on the inside of the card.  The butterfly was made using a stamp and versamark.  Then embossed using white powder.  I also used stardust pens to add some glitter to the flowers and leaves and then a glaze pen to bring out the flower as well as the spaces in the butterfly wings. 

Thanks for checking in and may your days be filled with creativity!  Happy Crafting!

Halloween Layout

Good evening everyone and happy Friday!

I thought I would post a layout that I finished up this week that I thought was super cool.  I'm not much for halloween scrapbooking as my boys are getting out of that age now but I couldn't resist making this one.....

This page was made entirely on my gypsy which is something I had never done before.  I started by using a 12 x 24 mat and started adding elements to it as I would like to see them sized on my pages.  After I had everything all planned out I then created a new layer for each colour that I was going to be using.  From there I just copy and pasted each element onto the appropriate colour tab and voila....the layout was ready to cut.  This really helped out as I was able to just load the mat a few times instead of stopping and starting as I design in my head like I normally would.  I even got the rectangles for the photo mats included on the layout so that I could see exactly what my page would consist of.

I used a few cartridges for this layout.  Much of the halloween elements and house is found on the Happy Hauntings cartridge.  I used Paper Doll dress up for the skeleton and mummy and I used another cartridge (pooh and friends I think) for the clouds.  The moon is just a circle cut from George and Basic Shapes.  I love how this turned out!  I'm sorry the pic is a tad blurry but you get the idea =)

Thanks for stopping in!

Happy Crafting!

Owl Always Love You

Hi everyone!

I thought I'd post a layout that I made a few weeks ago and stick with the "owl" theme that I seem to be in right now.  This is a super easy and fast layout but I still really loved how it turned out.  It probably helps that it features one of my favouite people on earth...my nephew!

I'm not sure where I got this paper but man oh man do I ever love it!  I thought it was perfect for my wee man.  I think the owl and title were from the Straight from the nest cartridge and the background for the title was a cut from the paper lace cartridge. 

Thanks for stopping in again and happy crafting!

From Owl of Us

Hey fellow bloggers....!

Today I was going through some of the photos of cards I've made and realized that I never posted this adorable owl card.  A fellow co-worker that worked with our company for many years decided it was time to move on and find something else in her life to do.  Known as "the card maker" at work they asked me to whip up something for her that we could all sign and this is what I came up.  I intentionally left the inside fairly "stark" as we had to have a lot of room for signatures and well wishes!

My favourite colour combination I think is pink and brown (really like purple and green too so it might be close).....I did use the Straight from the Nest cricut cartridge for the owl and sentiment on the front of the card.  I also added some embossing on the brown panels.  It was a script cuttle bug folder.  I also cuttle bugged the "OWL" top layer.  I also used my cover-a-card stamp on the white panel on the front of the card using my versamark ink and some UTEE powder to add some texture. 

So there you have my group card.  Hope you enjoyed and until next time.....

Happy Crafting!

Toy Story Album Finale

Sunday night, the end of the weekend......and the end to my Toy Story Album series.  I've had so much fun sharing this album with all of you and get such a kick out of the comments.

So tonight's final page is very much different than the others.  It's the last page in the album and I thought it would be a great spot for Connor's Dad to write to him a letter to go along with all of the photos in the album.  What a keepsake for Connor when he gets older!

This layout features three of the main characters in Toy story as a border on the bottom and the theme song, "You've got a friend in me" as a title.  I used a lined pattern paper as the background to allow a non-scrapper to write a note to his little man.  Two photo mats for 2x3 photos to finish off the page!

Thank you too everyone who's come to check out this album.  Welcome to the my new followers who joined up during this series.  You can all look forward to a new series coming soon!

I hope you all enjoyed Father's Day and find some time this week for a little creativity!

Happy Crafting!

Ten days of Toy Story!

Well, here we are at day 10 of the toy story album series and sadly it is the last of the two page layouts!  I can't believe this has flown by so fast!  But it's the first time I've done a series like this and I'm not going to lie....I've had such a blast!  I hope you have too!

So, today I have a layout featuring Woody in all of his western glory.

I played with this layout likely more than any other one in the album.  I just couldn't get it to look the way I wanted to but I am happy with the final result.  This features 3 4x6 photos and one 2x3 photo or journaling spot.  The border was created using a Martha Stewart punch and the die cuts are all part of the Toy Story cricut cartridge.  This Woody character was as large as I could make him using my gypsy and turning him sideways so that I could still cut him on a 12 x 6 mat as I only had the baby bug while making this album.  As you can imagine, the larger the character the easier it is to assemble.

So that's it for double page layouts and only one more single page layout tomorrow.....hope you come back to check out the last page of the album!

Happy Crafting!