Lily

Awe Lily, you are one of the weirdest cats I have ever known. We have so many names for you, the kids call you LiL, and sometimes "rat-tail" cuz your tail is so small.  You are so small, really,  And sometimes we call you "Spill" because your belly spills out when you sit down!  Thats love Lily!  I enjoyed making this single page layout.  The vibrant blues of this photo called for a striking page so I used a grain pattern from Kaiser Kraft and their denim as well. CTMH cardstock to break it up a bit.  Then load it up with flowers and embellies.  I love this page, the best part if the pipe cleaner flowers.  I learned the day that I made this page when I was at Unique Retreat, a number of teachers were also there and they told be they are called cochineal sticks....I laughed and laughed, seriously??/!!!!  

Sketchabilities....Love

This is my take on Sketch # 77 at Sketchabilities  This was a great sketch it really gave me a challenge!!  I used What'sUp paper from Basic Grey which picked up the purple in Sienna's dress so well.  I enjoy spending time with my daughter and I can't think of a better way to bond then in a filed full of strawberries!

Wonder

I am really happy how this turned out, I love the rick colours form the Prima paper!!!  I used Simple Stories and Prima paper, flowers and chipboard, BoBunny brads, Close to my heart embellishments and twine.  This was a very special photo, I just love Carter and Sienna so much any moment to capture that in a photo is a great moment.  Sadly I do not get out form behind the lens as often as I should but I made a goal in the coming years that I must get more of these photos!!!

Grand Slam

Here is my interpretation of the colour palette for Challenge #13 at Color-Me-Scrappy  I thought these colours worked so well with Carter and Sienna's T-Ball photos.  

I used a variety of product leftovers I had kicking around, have you ever created a page with all the leftovers? It is very "freeing" to release yourself from little pieces of left-over bits!!!!

Products used, Close to My Heart paper, kraft strips, brads, canvas stickers and cardstock, Maya Road pocket, Simple Stories stickers, I am Roses and Prima flowers, Jillybean Soup Monograms and Tombo adhesive

FUN LOVE with my kids....picking berries

This has got to be one of my most random pages EVER!  This is my take on Challenge #10 at Color-Me-Scrappy  I have to say that these are not colours I would have used together at all, so "challenge" this was indeed!  It's weird because although it is random, I really like it!  I guess it's because I love all the "stuff" on it despite, the fact that it doesn't really "go" together, it's kind of like the "awkward geek" we all knew in high-school ( or maybe you were the awkward geek...I am not judging at all, I was friends with lots of geeks!), underneath their outward odd-ness they are really great people to know, in fact some of my better friends to this day!!!  That is what this page is to me awkward but GREAT!  Great, because this day was a very special day last year about a week after we moved away and it was a day that we spent being a new family of three. Sounds kind of sad, sure it was, but it was a lot of good too!

This Layout contains Core'dinations cardstock, Prima, Basic Grey and Close to my Heart paper, cardboard from a box ;)  Prima stickers, birdhouse, flowers and leaves, Kasier Craft crochet flower, random pearls, Fabricland zipper trim, and crochet trim, Close to My Heart pins liquid glass, Smooch orange ink, unknown chipboard and Maya Road envelope

My Men

My post for Scrap'n With Flair this month I used a few left over bits and pieces from my July Plumeria Kit I added some extra goodies I picked up from the store as well!  I made this page about my sweet men, John and Carter, love those guys and who says they have to be in a “manly” layout right?!  I really enjoyed last months kit it had a ton of embellies and loads of paper I have made 6 layouts, a few cards and decorated the graphic 45 box with it.  Of course I did add some other goodies too, but all from my Scrap’n With Flair stash, I don’t know anyone else who loves flowers as much as I do!!! I also used some decorative tiles from Prima and my Tim Holtz distress inks!

Anyway hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of summer I know we will be…

Happy Scrappin’

Darling! Combo Design with Sketches In Thyme and Color-Me-Scrappy!

This month Color-Me-Scrappy decided to do a combo challenge with another site Sketches in Thyme so see below for my take on the sketch and colour combo and be sure to check out both sites for the two design teams work as well!  Play along for a chance to win some product to check out the site s for more details!!!!

The Sketch

 

The colours

My take on the sketch: This page includes product from American Crafts and Core'dinations cardstock, Prima paper, Prima stickers and chipboard titles and shapes, Harmonie laser chipboard, trim and twine unknown Lindys Stamp Gang spray and CTMH brads 

A close up of the tags

I used this tag that said "welcome to paradise" but inserted my own words! YAY CANADA!!!

I just love these laser cut chip boards from Harmonie!

Stair Flowers

I just love this photo!  I caught them at the perfect moment all looking at their flowers, one on each step.  I did not plan this at all which makes it so memorable, I love it!

I used paper from the Plumeria Line of Basic Grey, I also used the co-ordinating buttons, tags, border and stickers.  I cut out some shapes with a Memory Box Die and embellished with I am Roses and Prima flowers.

I joined the Basic Grey page of the month club that my mother is running, I love the products they include and have never to this day copied the layout they give you...I just join the club for the fun new stuff!!! :)

It turned out that the Scrap'n With Flair kit for July was the same line from Basic Grey so I have really enjoyed these products and have pretty much used every piece of paper I had YAY! 

Mountain of Prima

Be sure to check out Ingvlid's blog, www.ingvildbolme.com , she is celebrating her new blog design with a fantastic GIVEAWAY  of products YAYAYAYAY!  Now tell me who doesn't love free products.  Enjoy and happy scrappin!