Busy time of year!

Creating all sorts of fun things for all our events in April - here are some of the projects I have been working on...I am proud to say I work on all sorts of things...but it takes time to post them:-)

 

"By the Sea" Graphic45

 

All from my fav Company - October Afternoon!

 

8x8 Mini Album using "Paradiso" from Kaisercraft - still in progress

Thrift store frames - using a little My Mind's Eye with these - also work in progress:-)

 and Easy Bake oven treats...Aubrey is obsessed with Easy Bake at the moment!

I hope you feel inspired today,

Happy December!

what a wonderful month - the food, friendship and fun...it's a little busier than others but yet there is something so special and magical about these days leading up to Christmas!   Normally I do a December Daily - see previous posts here ....but this year I think I might go more into the "Documenting December" mode - my life has been uber-busy and I don't want to get stressed about scrapbooking everyday...that being said I usually prep and make up a "Skeleton book" ahead of time too...not this year - so it will be very simple and just hold onto the basics for me:-)  I will let my brain mull on that a little and see where it takes me.
I have been creating a little bit - getting ready for the Christmas Open house and Grand Opening for the Winnipeg Store - We did get in the OA Sidewalks line and since OA is my absolute fav - playtime was seriously in order:-) So here is a little layout about my friends boy Jackson:-)  Playing in the sand at one of my fav places in the world, Betula Lake....

I just want to say I am LOVING those "Sprinklers" - super fun!!

now it's time to go over to the Ranger site and Watch Timmy's 12 tags of Christmas video...my friend T and I are going to make each and every tag this year:-)  so who knows, they might make their way into my Documenting December book...

I hope you feel inspired!

S

okay - so will I find time to scrapbook this month???

read previous post!!! We are opening a new store, moving into it and there is LOTS to do!! Oh yeah and there is the Fall Creative Gathering to prep for...oh and maybe something else in the works I cannot share with you yet...but soon:-) I am seriously a little cookoo!!  But I know you will all put up with me, and irregular blog posts and everything else, and I will need LOTS of coffee to get through, so I take my coffee with 2 cream, thank you very much:-)
Anyways.... here are some fun summer pages I did recently in a Class in Red Lake, both layouts were using sketches that I got off of this website  Inspired Blueprints  which I found out about from the lovely Tanya Dery:-)

 This layout is working off a sketch that Tanya did a class on at our last Creative Gathering - I used the fun "Sew Easy" tool to create the stitched banner on the side of the page:-)  Paper is from Hey Sunshine by My Mind's Eye.

Using the leftover diecuts from the above layout, and a little more paper from the same line, and another awesome sketch from the site above, I came up with this layout too!

I encourage you to visit the site if you are just looking for a little inspiration to get you going!

S

Hey - let's Play!

did you miss me?  I took off some time to spend with my hubby & kiddies, and then spent some time with my Sister, niece and nephews:-)  but now it's time to get back it!
So I have been planning to play with "Playground" by Echo Park for a while, what better excuse to work with this paper line than to Scrap Dain's Picnic Day at the end of the school year!

Layout #1 - 

Using 2 pieces of Bazzill Kraft a the bases - The Playgound Element Stickers, the letter stickers and paper - "Merry go Round" & Jump Rope" , Buttons are from Fancy Pants - Beach Bum - perfect colors!!

Layout #2

here I used Prismatics Orange as a base on the left side - patterned paper on both sides is Double Dutch, the striped paper used as a mat on the left is "Monkey Bars" I used the backside of "Capture the Flag, Double Dutch & Kick the Can" for matting photos. Lots of Element stickers again!  

Layout #3

the final layout (for now:-) uses backside of  "Jump Rope" as the main page, arrow paper is "Kick the Can", orange paper is backside of the "Journalling cards", and then smaller mats are the backsides of "Kick the Can & Capture the Flag".

there you have it 5 pages, a couple of pieces of paper, stickers and buttons...now no more excuses - I have all this great product in the store, come in and get it and then "Scraplift" these layouts - just think of how quickly you will get them done!!

I hope you feel inspired!

S

Pine Point Rapids...

 Here I used a Kraft background that I inked up the edges with Vintage Photo, patterned paper is all from the Imaginisce "Happy Camper" line... stickers are from the same line and a little OA thrown in for good measure:-)

 these letters are studio calico's wooden letters, I sprayed them with Mr Huey mist in Clover and then painted them with Tim Holz Crackle paint to give them this look.

I hope you feel inspired today!

S

Loving that Sunshine!!

time to capture it!  Check out these projects that I made with the Little Yellow Bicycle "Lemonade" line.

First up- this mini book!  The Paper envelopes and inserts, binder rings, grommets and String all come in this adorable kit for $9.49.

first I inked the grommets with my Old Olive distress ink pad & then put together the envelopes according to the easy instructions inside the packaging of the album **you will need a Crop-a-dile or an eyelet setter of some kind to attach the grommets and string. Next - I added a few "word" & "Image" stickers from the same line...as well as some chipboard & journal cards from the matching accents!  The chipboard and image stickers even have glitter on them (hard to see in the photo - but sooo great up close!)

I printed a bunch of 3x4 photos from a Sunday adventure at the beach and there you go...Sunshine in a mini-book:-)
Then because I was still having fun - and had to use up the great leftover embellishments, here are a couple of layouts!

the edge of the paper is the Bracket border punch from Fiskars, and then the zig zig border is a Canvas border sticker from the same lemonade line.  They are self-adhesive so they just stick on, soo easy - as well the pennant banner in a photo above is from the same package:-)

check out that distressed edge! I used the Zutter Distezz-it machine on my cardstock for this layout...and I am in LOVE!! It's noisy, but soo great the way it just messes up the paper.... I think I will be adding a new toy to my collection shortly!

I hope you collect a little sunshine for your layouts & projects today and feel inspired:-)

S