Scrap Notions

Soooooo long

2012-01-17T19:44:00.000-08:00

Hello friends, well that was a far long sabbatical that I intended!! I have literally been recovering my energies after one of the nastiest flu's I have ever had, plus this pregnancy has knocked me clean off my feet at night. It has been a double whammy!! I am starting to get my energy back now, and have finally headed back to my scrappy space. To get my mojo going I decided to participate in the Canadian Scrapbooker, Sketchy Challenge. This is the sketch that we have to work with.

and here is the layout I put together

I used 2 photos instead of 3 and tried to use as many elements from the blanket as I could, I used pattern papers from Echo park and Jillibean soup that are similar to what is in the blanket, the adorable little duck is actually scanned from the fabric that I used and then I printed him onto Core'dinations Cardstock

The textured buttons are from My little bit of whimsy.

I love this little blanket and I can't wait to have someone to put to bed with it!!

Bumpy Start

2012-01-04T10:18:00.000-08:00

Well Happy New Year everyone, Sorry that I am so late with my start, but New Years day my family was struck with one of the worst flu's I can remember ever having. If that was not excuse enough, when I woke of from my fever stupor, my computer simply would not turn on, uh oh..........for the cherry on top my tech guy is out of town for another two days :0 So seeing as today is the first day that I am feeling human, I am attempting to blog from my husbands old lap top, this thing is really busted up so please forgive me, I will be having technical difficulties for the next week or so while I get things up and running again.

In the mean time I wanted to share my latest with you, I will be teaching a class down in Parksville this Febuary at Scrapbookin Adventures. This class features Jillibean soups brand new hearty barley collection and some gorgeous new Core'dinations colors too!! We are going to do a double page layout and 2 single layouts and here's a little sneaky peak.

Be sure to check it out here ,there is a bit more of a peek. I would love to have you join me if you can, it is gonna be a lot of fun with a TON of product and some great tips on how to make it do more for you.

What ever the reason

2011-12-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Joyful Kwaanza, blessings on your solstice, No matter what you celebrate, I hope that you find love, peace, and joy of giving.

This layout is one featuring some of my favorite things from Core'dinations

I am going to take a short break for the holidays to spend time with my family and friends and I will return in the new year. Wishing you the best, lots of love from my family to yours.

More holiday sparkle

2011-12-22T10:27:00.000-08:00

The inspiration keeps going on the Imaginisce Blog today, the design team has made everything sparkly and bright with smootch glitter and some marvelous fibers. I used my smootch by misting over a playful circle mask to create this fun design on my paper.

Then I used my glue pen to adhere glitter to the torn edge of my cardstock, I think that it really adds something wonderful to the journalling block

If you have not been by Imaginisce and the clear snap blogs, it is a worth while trip there is lots more inspiration and some great holiday give aways.

Clear Snap and Imaginisce

2011-12-20T10:32:00.000-08:00

There is just something fun about breaking out of the box, to random splatter a page with gorgeous sparkly red ink!! I had so much fun playing with the clear snap smootch. I sprinkled the stars and glued them where they landed, used the circles from the scallop to decorate the page and just had some creative fun. I know it is not my usual style, but it felt good just to play.

This button was just one of those neato ideas that come from creative momentum. I had a scrap of fabric sitting beside me from the packaging of one of my whimsies, and I just dipped the smootch wand and laid it on the fabric to make the stripes, turned out like a rustic candy can and I love it!!

Hope you are all have a wonder Holiday Season!! Make sure to check out the other wonderful creations happening all week long on the Imaginice blog and over at Clear snap, they both have some great give aways, it would be just the thing to edd a little extra sparkle to you festivities.

These are a few of my favorite things

2011-12-19T12:18:00.000-08:00

Have you been to the Core'dinations blog, they are doing my favorite things and there is a give away every day. One of my favorite collections is spotted, I love DOTS :) So here is my layout using both the Tillie and Jillie Spot!!

Also uses some of last years wonderful Jillibean Soup's Chestnut soup collection.

Are you ready for the holidays?? I have only a little sewing left to do and I am DONE!! YEAH!! Cutting it close but getting it done. HO HO HO

Bella Buzz

2011-12-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

Have you got this?? Brand new today!! Bella Blvd's Newletter be sure to sign up, there might be someone in there that you recognize ;)

So what was I up too??

2011-12-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

So why was my weekend a doozy you ask?? First I wanted to take some family photos for my Christmas cards, so here is the one I got, Thank goodness for my tri pod and remote!! There were tons of outtakes!!!

Next we've got birthdays galore, my hubby gave me my birthday present early to help with the mountain of baking.

A shiny new Kitchen Aid {insert happy face here}

so the first batch of holiday treats for friends and neighbours was made

Delicious peppermint meringues, I found the recipe here but I added 1\4 tsp cream of tartar to my egg whites to stabilize them and get a little more stiffness to my meringue.

Next I whipped up 6 bags of royal icing for my son's class, they were making gingerbread houses!!

Then My nieces birthday cake, she loves sheep!!

This was a 4 layered vanilla, chocolate, coconut cake!

Next was Levi's Birthday, my baby boy turned 4, sadly I don't have a great picture of this cake, It was a case of the midnight baker and birthday Choas. It however had his favorite animals, a pig a chicken and a sheep!!

After the party {which was actually on my birthday} my gift to me was to abandon the mess to my loving husband and go out for some AMAZING thai food at a local restaurant called Keenaree, I get hungry just looking at these photos!!

So that was my weekend, I went through 13.2 pounds of icing sugar, had more than a few late nights and I can finally relax into the Christmas spirit.......I'm looking forward to it now that I can breath!!

TTFN:)

Hop skip and jump

2011-12-14T16:23:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the short Absence folks, last weekend was a DOOZY and I needed a 3 day nap!! :) But Guess what?? It is spring time on the Imagininsce Blog and we are hoppin with our newest collection. Here are my layouts

Bright fun and Cheerful!! Go check out the rest here!!!

and the winner is...........

2011-12-09T15:47:00.000-08:00

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1

Max: 35

Result:26

Congradulations to Lisa G. Merry Christmas, please send me your mailing info and then I can get your parcel out to you.

Oh and look what's coming!!!

Get ready!!

Christmas Cards

2011-12-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple Christmas cards that I whipped up for a little festive cheer, both cards are from the Core'dinations dark card kit, I like that it comes with envelopes, so no measureing or cutting. The pattern papers are once again from the basic grey picidily line..........pretty festive for a line that is not christmas.

For this one I cracked out an old stamp set that I got as a gift years ago {from stamp n up} and my new sissix embossing folder {like I didn't have enough}

I will anouce the winner of the I-top give away, you've only got a couple hours left to enter.

Happy Holidays

Basic Grey and Core'dinations

2011-12-08T13:36:00.000-08:00

Have you been to the Core'dinations blog lately?? It is fantastic, right now we are showing off creations with Basic Grey, they sent me the Picidily collection to play with and once I saw this bright and colorful collection I knew exactly which photo I wanted to scrap with it. This was a photo taken of my uncle and I at a very cool market place in Coombs BC, called Goats on the Roof.

I used Core'dinations Tags, the spotted collection and a neutral grey background to set it all off.

I also used my Tim Holtz embossing folder to create extra dimension on the tag!!

I love it!!

Don't Forget there is one more day to enter to win in my big give away, if you have not already, make sure to check it out HERE

TTFN :)

Freezie the snow penguin

2011-12-07T00:01:00.000-08:00

A snow penquin??? You wanna build a snow penguin?? Oh yeah, penguins live in the snow!! I love the reasoning of a 3 year old!!! So natually we built a snow penguin and here he is in all his glory!!

Today over at Imagininsce the design team is sharing all sorts of holiday treasures!! If you are looking for a little inspiration be sure to check it out.

TTFN :)

Happy

2011-12-05T00:01:00.000-08:00

This is the week of birthdays at my house, there are 4 of them in my family and 2 with my friends.........so it is gonna be a busy one. I whipped up a quick card for my friends son, with Core'dinations and Echo park I love this little boy collection it is perfect for all sorts of things.

Tonight I am up to my eyeballs making fondant for the multiple cakes I will be making this week. I promise that I will share photos of that too, but today it is a quick post before the chaos!!!!

TTFN :)

On the first day of Christmas......

2011-12-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

December is here and I am so excited, I have a festive new look to my blog, courtesy of my very talented and creative friend Day. I am ahead of schedule with my Christmas shopping and the baking has begun with the smell of peppermint merigues in the oven today.

I want to share my excitement with you too and I what better way to begin the season of giving then with a GIVEAWAY.

I am giving away a brand new i-top 2

with a selection of brads to get you started

I will also be giving away some festive colored foam tape

and some cottage country holiday rub ons

and sayings

All I am asking is that you hit the follow button and leave a comment. If you would like to earn an extra chance to win just share this give away on facebook or on your own blog and then leave another comment saying you did so!!

Happy Holidays my friends

TTFN :)

I will announce the winner on December 9th, this give away is open to everyone!!

Got an hour or less

2011-11-30T00:01:00.000-08:00

So over at Imaginisce we all know that you are very busy, work, kids, getting ready for the holidays. So we have started to add a monthly post called 60 minute madness, simple layouts that can be achieve in an hour or less.

Here is my layout!! I am all about simple sometimes, keeping it pretty straight forward, with the focus on the photo.

This layout used the new Christmas collection from Imaginisce and I paired it with a steely blue color from the Core'Couture line. The silver glitter over this paper reminded me of the snow

Hope your December starts out calm and bright

TTFN :)

Fall Fairwell

2011-11-24T18:53:00.000-08:00

So I know that it is not technically winter yet, but it seems like the whole world is gearing up for it, there are Christmas light ups happening, the stores are full, minds are buzzing with the who gets what? Outside my window the winds are howling and lots of places have snow. So today I am saying fairwell to fall and embracing winter. My final fall layout is inspired by Novembers Color Challenge with Core'dinations {there are still a few days to participate in this}

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend

ttfn:)

What would you do with an i-top 2?

2011-11-23T00:01:00.000-08:00

When the i-top was first released I knew I had to have one, the idea of being able to make my own buttons, brads and magnets was too good to pass up.

The new i-top is even better, with a neater fit, and a smoother sleeve it operates like a dream. For my project I made a fall necklace, I used the new 34mm button and threaded it through a choker, then decorated it with some i-roc gems, paper quilling and feathers.

Here is what it looks like on

I hope all of my southern friends have a very happy thanksgiving.

TTFN :)

Scarecrow

2011-11-21T00:01:00.000-08:00

Well my friends this week I am wrapping up my fall creations and getting ready for the next big holiday. It's been snowing here and that, more than the stores pushing Christmas down my throat, has put me in the spirit. This year I am trying very hard to do as many upcycled projects and hand made decorations as I can. I am blessed to be around so much nature it's time to use it.

Here is my most recent creation, I have been saving this scare crow from Bella Blvd for a year and I am so glad that I did because he is PERFECT!!! I also found that the new Kraft Core'dinations colors are dynamite with this collection

I dressed him up a bit with real buttons and a little bakers twine.

Bella Blvd has a really cool FREE printable mini album right now you should check it out!!

Hope you all had a great weekend

TTFN :)

More with Pink Paislee

2011-11-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

This week has been fantastic both on the core'dinations blog and our facebook page, the design team had so many wonderful projects that we have different pieces featured in each place, this was one of my pages. I love love love the chevron pattern.

here is a little close up of the embossed title, this is another example of me using my dynamo labeller, and my new tiny tag punch!

Check it out and if you love what you see don't forget to click the core'dinations "like us" button.

Pink Paislee and Core'dinations

2011-11-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

Originally I was gonna call this post pink core, but I bust out in a fit of giggles after I thought about it for a minute. So with a revised title I am here to share that this week Core'dinations has teamed up with Pink Paislee. This week I gave my girlie side free reign and played with a lovely combinations of pink.

This first card was for a baby shower.

Here's another one using teal, both of these cards are from Core'dinations Darks Card set. There are lots of really great examples and prizes on both the Core Blog and Pink Paislee Blog all week long be sure to check those out too!!

Also wanted to share some photo's from my FABULOUS weekend at the Wyldflower B&B, this is my group of fabulously fun and crafty women.

The dining was sensational

This time was even better than the last and she {Jocelyn the owner} is almost finished the new addition, I can't wait to scrap in this space next year.

Look at all that natural light and beautiful windows!!

Next November can't come quick enough!!

Go Go Glue arts

2011-11-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

This week Imaginisce has teamed up with glue arts to bring you some great Ideas for getting the extra mile out of your adhesive. I decided to take the opportunity to try my hand at 8.5x11. I have actually never done one before and I have to say this was a really fun size to work with. Perfect for 1 photo and not so much space to fill.

For my page I used the glue glider pro and to hold together almost all the elements on the page, except my heavier elements like my buttons, for these, I always use my extreme adhesive squares. I've mentioned them before, They are the best for holding flowers and florets together so they have no trouble holding the whimsy buttons.

Don't forget to check out the other creative creations on the Imaginisce Blog

TTFN :)

Great Weekend

2011-11-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

This weekend was so much fun, late nights, lots of laughter, great girl time and a whole lot of creating. It really was wonderful, and we have already booked out trip for next year. I've got lots of stuff to share with you over the next week. To start the week off I took the November Sketch from Jillibean soup with me and put together this layout.

Here is the sketch if you want to participate too!

I used a wide variety of products, the JB Core'impressions, Hearty Barley and chicken noodle, but my favorite part is this adorable little gnome from the apple cheddar soup collection. I love him!!

I've got lots more to share, just need a little daylight to take pictures.

TTFN :)

Packing to go Wyld

2011-11-09T16:35:00.000-08:00

All week I have been prepping layouts for my yearly get away to Wyldflower B&B in Qualicum. My desk looks like a bomb went off. Wanna see?? I pre plan all my layouts before I go, it takes a lot of work, but it allows me to talk and get stuff done.

This is my creative mess!! I am looking forward to stopping in at my friend Jen's store, Scrapbook Adventures, she has a whole bunch of new stuff and I can't wait.

I have been CRAVING the crab burger with fried banana peppers from the Shady pub, this is where we are going for dinner, from the outside it looks like a bit of a dive, but once inside the menu is kickin and the view is beautiful. I am telling you it is awesome!!

Anyways back to packing I hope to have lots to share when I return......

The art of Journalling

2011-11-07T00:01:00.000-08:00

Today over at the Imagininsce blog we are doing a little feature on the art of Journalling. When this challenge was put to me the first thing that came to mind was, I hate my handwriting. Yes I know it adds a personal touch and all that, but I still can't help but feel like once I write on my page it has been ruined by my disgraceful scrawl.

This has forced me to find many creative ways to get journalling on my pages. People ask me all the time how I print on my pages, so here is one of my favorite techniques

Start by writing your journalling in any word processor, I recommend one with a spell check LOL. When you are finished writing print your journalling on any old scrap of paper, or cheap printer paper.

Next hold the paper that you wish to print on, over the text that you've just printed. This will allow you to see if your journalling will fit and allow you to adjust should you need to go around an object like sticker or button. If it is not what you want re-arrange your typing and reprint on the opposite end of the paper and keep trying until you get it right.

Sometimes with thick cardstock it is hard to see through, so I use a trick where I put it up to the window {during daylight of course} to help me with my placement. Sorry about the doodle, I really was using a scrap piece to print on, but I hope you get the jist. See how you can see through the paper to line up the writing?

When it is just the way you want it, adhere the paper you want your journalling to be on, over the printing on the scrap paper and send it through your printer in the same position. You can use this technique with any scrap of paper or pre-cut design just play around.

Even with all this prep, sometimes printers have bloopers. It may grab in the wrong spot or off to one side and in this case when it happend to me, instead of changing papers, I chose to take advantage of the mistake. My text was originally supposed to be centered and since that did not work I filled the void with some doodling and the pencil embellishment. Sometimes mistakes lead to more creative pages!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day thanks for joining me!!

Imaginisce DT call

2011-11-03T22:59:00.000-07:00

Just giving you all a heads up that Imaginisce has posted the call for a new design team for 2012. If you are interested, have always loved Imaginisce and have always wanted to be a part of this amazing company then now is your chance to give it a try. All of the details are posted on the Imaginisce blog today - CLICK HERE to read about.

I hope that go ahead and give it a try, they are an amazing company to work with and so much fun!!

Also wanted to give you a sneak peak of a layout I will be sharing next week, sometimes when I find myself in a slump, I just like to sit and play like a kid. Something akin to playdoh. I play with fimo.............if I like my creation, I bake it...........if I don't I smoosh it up and try something else. This little sheep is one that made the cut!!
Isn't he cute??

TTFN :)

Graphic 45 and Core-dinations

2011-11-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

This week Core'dinations has teamed up once again with Graphic 45. I received an 8x8 paper pad of the Curtain Call collection along with a variety of marvelous stickers and embellishments. I really love the designs in the paper collection and did not want chop them up to much. I just love the images!! I created the book by sewing cardstock flaps directly into the cardstock binding and then covered the binding stitches with that incredible door knob. Once that was done you just glue the pages between the flaps. I also left a fair bit of negative space so that photos can be added, I plan on giving this away as a retirement gift and allowing the recipient to fill it with photos from the party.

I hope you will check out the blog, there is lots of inspiration and give away too!!

November Monthy Challenge

2011-11-01T16:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome November, I am so glad you are here...........October just departed and he left a trail of cake and candy all over the place. His visit left me burnt out and with a sugar hang over. So November you are a welcome visitor, come in and stay awhile!!

Today's sketch challenge is up on the Imagininsce blog and with plenty of inspiration to accompany it. We had this lovely sketch to with courtesy of our own Cari Locken.

I hope that you will be inspired to join us this month

A little fall baking

2011-10-31T20:00:00.000-07:00

This year for my husbands birthday I was a little stumped on what to do. So I had the last minute idea of doing a fall cake { since it is our favorite season}. I made a rustic spice cake topped with cream cheese frosting also spiced with Cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. I decorated it using left over fondant that I had from Tannins birthday. I used a cookie cutter to cut out oak leaves and scatter them across the cake.

I am pretty happy with how the whole thing turned out considering that It was totally last minute.

I promise that I will have scrappy stuff to share with you soon, I just thought that I would share the fun i've been having in the kitchen.

Have a happy halloween

2011-10-30T14:43:00.000-07:00

Tommorrow looks to be a wonderful halloween, no rain....costumes ready, got fireworks and I just finished making these cookies for Tannins class. My littlest one is stalking me around the kitchen...."Mommy can I have a cookie"

Hope you all have a very safe and Happy Halloween

Make your own thickers

2011-10-25T11:11:00.000-07:00

Good Morning friends, Today is Imaginisce's colored foam tape party and on the blog there are some wonderful ideas, this tape can be hidden.....it blends easily behind elements or in my case I chose to show it off by making my own thickers.

To create these letters, I drew the letter onto the paper covering the foam and then cut for pieces the same size, {I wanted my letters to be the same height} then drew the addition letters and cut them all out with non stick scissors. Then I stuck them to the page and poured the glitter to them and brushed off the excess with a dry brush.

I am totally stoked with the results. I can't wait to do this for something Christmassy!!

TTFN :)

He had a blast...

2011-10-24T08:15:00.000-07:00

This weekend was Tannin's Birthday, he has been excited about this event for months. He has asked me nearly everyday, "How many days till my Birthday Mom?" This year he requested a rocket birthday. You've seen the invitations that I made and pretty much everything was designed around that.

I think that he was really happy with the result and yes that is cake ALL over his face.

Here is his cake, I wish I had got a picture of the inside, it was a 4 layer chocolate, butter pecan, but the kids were all over it and it took all my hands to keep them back LOL!!

These were the Thank you for coming gifts, on the back of each tag it says Thank you for coming, you're outta this world

Cute refreshment little labels that I made.

These were the kids custom goody bags, the had a variety of cool toys to keep them busy during the party, everything with a rocket theme, Fun rocket launchers, bouncy balls, Rocket coloring pages, rocket candy, glow sticks and some cool rocket stickers

The kids hads so much fun and this Mom is tired......

TTFN :)

Thankful

2011-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:00

Any day is a good day to be thankful for what we have, . My family and I are happy and healthy and grateful for all our blessings. One of whom is this beautiful little boy.

This page was for Imaginisce 60 minute challenge at the beginning of the week, my trick to faster scrapping is to use pre-made elements and keep things linear, it is a great way to use up strips of left over paper and does not require a lot of fiddling.

TTFN :)

Petaloo and May arts

2011-10-19T21:52:00.000-07:00

All week long Core'dinations has been hooking up with May Arts and Petaloo, now anyone who knows me, knows I like to switch it up when it comes to flowers, I use them as pretty much anything but a flower, I've used them as wings, clouds, dresses and today I have turned them into a Christmas tree, covered in Queen n Co pearls.

To set off my title I have used this bright and playful ribbon by May Arts, it goes well with some spotted red Core paper!!

Pop over to the Core'dinations blog and get wrapped up in ribbon and floral inspirations

TTFN :)

Get in shape

2011-10-19T07:18:00.000-07:00

No I don't mean I'm going on a diet or running on a tread mill...................although for me that might be a good idea LOL. Today on the Imaginisce Blog, the team and I have been cooking up all sorts of shapely things. Today is all about shaped cards!! I pulled together a pretty classic pumpkin shape for fall.

Here is my little trick for today, I use this quite often!!

Use your i-roc like a curling iron!

BE CAREFUL, the tip is super hot and will burn you, also make sure that your ribbon or twine is NOT plastic because it will melt.

Sometimes I will get my i-roc hot and then hold it between my knees, so that I have two hands too wrap the ribbon with, this method works the best if you only have a short piece to work with.

Check out the other wonderful cards today on the Imaginisce Blog

TTFN :)

From here to there for 20$

2011-10-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

Today's post is not about Scrapping, but this is something that I have been meaning to do for a while. This is my husbands childhood nightstand, it is beat up, gouged, and completely and naturally distressed with many childhood memories. However dispite the love, I felt it needed a little face lift.

Before

After

With the help of a beautiful paint color called Valley Forge Blue, some black paint , a little sanding and new knobs, I think this piece will live happily for many more years in my sons room.

Happy crafting, no matter what you are up too!!

Channeling my inner Kim

2011-10-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

I took these pictures the other day of my kids playing Robin Hood in the back yard and when I saw them I knew I wanted the photos to have an antique feel. When it comes to this style, nobody does it like my friend Kim Jeffress, so for this layout I used her techniques for inspiration.

When I was in Australia with her, I remember her telling me she never uses a ruler, so the first thing I did was put away my ruler. I then went through my stash and pulled out a variety of paper and embellishments that I thought went well together.

I included things that Kim usually has in her signature style, like Whimsy pins, raw chipboard,ribbon, buttons and pearls. Actually some of the things she sent me :)

Then I pulled it together and added just a POP of red to play up the photos

Lastly a splatter of smootch to give it that artistic touch.

Thanks Kim and congrats on making the basic grey team. You are Fab, and I am totally missin yah!!

Getting ready

2011-10-10T14:26:00.000-07:00

October is a wonderful and busy month for me. I've got Thanksgiving, my Dad's birthday, my sons birthday, my husbands birthday and then Halloween. So in an effort to keep on top of things I have made my sons invitations. This year he tells me he would like a rocket birthday party. So here is what I whipped up!! I designed these with my Klic n Kut {man I love this thing} and used Core' cardstock and some glitter silk to give it some Chrome, The flames were further enhanced by my copics, and lastly a couple of Queen n Co gems to top it off!!

I've got more cool idea's to come with this, so it should be fun!! I love doing parties!!

TTFN :)

Getting Spooky with Glue arts

2011-10-07T12:59:00.000-07:00

I am a big fan of glue arts extreme adhesive, I started using them a year ago when I needed something to hold me rolled flowers. So when it came to creating the Halloween sign that I put up on my seasonal bulletin board It was the first thing that I reached for.

All week long the Core-dinations blog has had some amazing projects and Inspiration with more to come, be sure to check it out and leave some love.

Here is a little close up shot of the project, these Florette's are created with my paper crimper and I thing I am going do some more for a Christmas project, so be sure to keep an eye on the Core blog for an up coming tutorial ;)

Hope you having a wonderful fall!!

This week with Whimsy

2011-10-06T08:19:00.000-07:00

This week I'm showing off these creations on the My little Bit of Whimsy Blog

I am in love with the bright colors of Geek is chic by Imagininsce and I love the little glasses, they remind me of the fabulously geeky 3D movie spectacles.

I created a cute whimsy cluster, is that apple not perfect!! Makes me smile :)

On this page I used the new Core'dinations spotted paper {sigh, I need more already lol}

I paired it with echo park, love those little rain drops!!

I used Whismy clouds

and the yellow heart button was just the right yellow

To my Canadian friends, wishing you a very happy thanksgiving this weekend, to all my other friends have a great weekend

Off and Away

2011-10-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

So Today I am at the Crop for Kids Event in Abbotsford. Looking forward to sharing photo's and stories when I get home, here is what I am teaching.

I hope I see some of you there, this is an amazing cause.

TTFN :)

I am so happy

2011-09-30T00:01:00.000-07:00

So you remember that fabric sample I showed you a few days ago, well here is what I did with it. I have plans to make a crib bumper and all that jazz too, but I am just so thrilled with how this turned out. It is a very simple quilt, you could hardly call it quilting, but none the less I am quite happy with my first attempt.

Here is a little close up of the patterns used, I am sorry that I can't source most of them for you, I kinda collected them everywhere. The back of the blanket is solid with the kind of umbrella teal.

This is going to be the color scheme of the new baby's room, with an umbrella theme!! I could not think of a more perfect theme for the west coast.

I will share more photos as the room comes together.

TTFN

More inspirations with spell binders and Core'dinations

2011-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

This little creation was featured on the Core'dination blog on Tuesday and here are the parts and pieces that I used to put these little snack bags together.

I made a number of these little guys for my son and his friends, it took no time at all to whip them together.

Pretty cute, I am thinking about making some black ones for halloween too!!

I hope these guys gave you a smile, and don't forget to leave a comment here and on spell binders and Core' Blogs, they are giving away some awesome prizes this week.

Spellbinders blog hop

2011-09-27T00:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Core'dinations and Spellbinders Blog swap!!! Are you ready for a week long blog swap filled with loads of inspiration? Well, you came to the right place. Spellbinders and Core'dinations have teamed up and created gorgeous projects just for you. But...a blog swap wouldn't be the same without give-a-ways, right?

Core’dinations will be giving away FOUR paper packs in total!!!

Here is how you can win:

1. Visit the Core’dinations blog and leave a comment every day, Monday the 26th through Friday the 30th. We will give away two packs to TWO lucky winners.

2. Like us on Facebook and comment to win a paper pack.

3. Visit the Core’dinations Designer’s blogs and leave a comment. We will be linking them up on the Core’dinations blog throughout the week and will choose one random designer’s blog to pick a winner.

Make sure you visit the Spellbinders blog for more details on how to win some of their awesome dies.

For my layout I used the diamonds nestabilities and Labels 8. I love love love this shape and used it in 2 ways, one to create a place to house my title.

and the other for this label, I cut out the shape and then used a tag punch, this gave the tab a few more curves.

The diamonds are cut out of the new Core Kraft and I love how you can create the embossed edge to sand.

My inspiration

2011-09-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

I am so excited, with this being my last baby I've got lots of plans and ideas for his or her room. The whole thing started with this fabric that I found on Spoonflower. If you are a fan of fabric, this place is INCREDIBLE, make sure that you have an hour to browse, cause you will be hooked!!

Ok so back to my sharing, this fabric is the inspiration for the nursery, I have pulled all my colors from here and I cannot wait to see the whole thing come together.

Bon Voyage

2011-09-21T00:01:00.000-07:00

Nope, I'm not going anywhere, in fact I'm probably not going anywhere for some time. But today is Day 3 of Imagininsces New Bon Voyage line, and there have been some amazing creations with this line and it is kinda a wonderful and sophisticated fresh look for Imagininsce, I love the warm greys and rich regal dark colors. My first project is a store bought journal that I have customized with a couple of my favorite things from the collection, I am in love with the canvas sticker.........no distressing required that are wonderfully aged!!

next up is this layout, this is a photo in my hotel room in Australia, the view was amazing so I used a panoramic photo, this also gave me a great place to put my title.

For the Journalling I used Vellum and printed on the front, and to age it I used AC inks and smeared the back and then attach with spray adhesive, my spray adhesive at close range leaves the splatters so I did that on purpose!!

So check out the other ways the ladies have used this collection here, from babies to travel to games. It is awesome!!!

If your wondering

2011-09-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

So if you are wondering why things have been a little slower on this blog......other than my list of normal excuses. This is why!!

We are incredibly excited to be welcoming a new member to our family, however it has left me falling asleep while snuggling with my other kids at 7:30pm. LOL, Late night scrapping {which as most of you know is when I scrap} has been virtually non existent. Thank goodness it is back to school time and I can create during the day. I am doing some cool stuff with both fabric and paper and will be sharing soon!! :)

TTFN :)

Stamped Coloring book

2011-09-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

My son loves to color and when ever I am stamping he always wants me to stamp him one to color, so I decided to create him his own mini coloring book, such a cute fast and easy way to use the snag ems!!! We were lucky enough to receive some amazing American craft inks to use, love love love how clear and crisp these inks came out with my acrylic stamps, just make sure to give your project a little extra time to dry!!!

Today on the Imaginisce blog there are lots of other great ways to use Imaginsce's snags ems and AC inks

Feeling Hot hot hot

2011-09-08T16:59:00.000-07:00

Holey smokes it is a cooker........ever since the kids went back to school it is hotter than ever. Todays layout is all about all types of embossing, the brown circle stars are pre embossed, they are part of the Jenni Bowlin Core Impressions Line, The diamonds use an embossing folder, the wagon wheels are a create your own embossing template using this technique, the circle used the Cherry Lynn design texture plate and lastly my journalling is with my Dynamo labeller.

.............So many ways to add texture!!

TTFN:)

Our new friend

2011-09-07T07:57:00.000-07:00

This is our new addition Zelda, she has been with us now for a couple weeks and has proven to be tough enough to handle our loud family she is almost solid black but has a tiny touch of grey under her chin, she has gold eyes and is totally a Halloween type cat. My boys love, most of the time a little to much.

This page is pretty much solid Core'dinations had me some fun with my Dynamo Labeler. I have just a cheap labeler {cost 10$ at staples}, where the paper feed opens, and I cut my cardstock into strips and feed it in.

After all these X's and O's, I did get a small blister but I think the result was worth it!!

TTFN:)

Today's Whimsy creations

2011-08-31T08:38:00.000-07:00

Today is my day to post on the My little bit of whimsy blog, while I was creating this month I needed to change to shade of pink on the heart and butterfly. Both the butterfly and heart were a baby pink color and so by adding straw color with my copics, it changed it to a darker shade of coral to match the Tim Holtz Core'dinations.

Here is the close up of the butterfly, I also added a little teal to the texture of the butterfly to make is stand out more!

Next up is this layout, Part of my Disney album, love that border by October afternoon see how it Mimics the light in the background of the top photo :)

I used my favorite Whimsy button, the woodgrain

and a little orange lady bug!!

With only a few more days of summer I am out and about enjoying the sun and getting all my outdoor work finished. Fall will so be here and I have some great rainy day projects ahead. Until then I hope you are all enjoying your summer too!! {except my good friends in Aus.......hope you are enjoying your cool winter LOL}

A neat idea

2011-08-28T22:57:00.000-07:00

I saw this idea little while ago on pinterest and thought it would be fun to try, turns out it was wonderfully easy using the i-bond. So I put together a quick photo tutorial for yah on the Imaginisce Blog, you can check it out here!

Should be cool for my fall table, when you put a candle in it, it glows like an old fashion Christmas light!! Great for my mantle or my table :)

Geek is Chic

2011-08-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

Well it is on every bodies mind right now...........it is almost back to school time, with only a week left in August people are out in droves, shopping for back packs, clothes and supplies. This week at Imaginisce it is no less busy with our brand new Geek is Chic release party. The Design team has come up with a TON of marvelous ideas to help you create one of a kind cards and cool accessories. Be sure to pop on to the blog and check out all the great inspiration. Here is what I have put together !!!

This is just what my son in primary needed, his bus number is on the back too!!

This is just an inexpensive frame bought at the dollar store and decorated, this is so easy with the fun die cuts!!

And lastly an adult layout, I am in love with these grey paper clips, grey is one of my favorite neutrals right now :)

Are you ready for back to school yet??? I've only got to pick up another new back pack and I am ready to go.

TTFN

Merry Cherry

2011-08-16T00:13:00.000-07:00

This week on the Core'dinations blog we are pairing up with Cherry Lynn Designs. This is the first time that I have played with these embossing plates and I fell in love with this groovy stitcher plate.

I created a custom envelope for the layout to hold extra journalling and a couple of soccer facts. I used the new Core'dinations Kraft....I am in love with this stuff, if you have not seen it. I must tell you that the colors in this collection are DIVINE, it has it all!! Texture, color, flecks of color variation. I must be seen in person to truly be appreciated. To create my title here I just turned the cardstock over and used the kraft color on the back!

There are lots more example's of these great embossing plates, popping up on the Core blog I hope you will check out what the other Core'dinations DT members put together.

Making it happen

2011-08-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

Getting things done is a good feeling. July, as most of you know, was dreadful and after a month like that I needed a feeling of accomplishment or at least some semblance of control. So for the month of August I have been making things happen, spending more time with friends, going to the beach, finishing various tasks on our shop, gardening and making decisions that have been put off for far to long. All of this has made me feel much better however it has left little time for blogging and my computer. I have felt guilty for neglecting this blog over the summer months, but after some thought this is a good thing too............it means I've been living. I'm techie kinda gal, always have been, sometimes I think that it gets the better of me and I need to force myself to step away from this machine and engage in life and love. So forgive me for my absence........I'm here, I am just taking life by the horns so that I have adventures to share with you through the pages.

Since de{vices} have been on my mind, I came up with this page for Core'dinations. Check out the border, I used my dymo labeller to create a binary code border.

I tthought that was pretty clever!!

I hope that you are all busy having a wonderful summer and taking time to enjoy life to the fullest......take lots of pictures, fall is not to far away ;)

Paper Trunk and Core

2011-08-09T00:01:00.000-07:00

Paper Trunk was an awesome friend this month and sent us core gals a package of goodies to play with, I was immediately drawn to the beachy blues and charcoal and I thought the brand new core Kraft would be perfect to create a little torn sand castle. Also these are the new Core tags I was telling you about last post.

Also check out the little flag on the castle, there is a story to this piece, this was a happy little whimsy bird once.........they are made cute and strong but apparently not strong enough to withstand a three year old playing "peck peck" So this little bird lost his beak....I could not bear to throw him out so when I went looking for a flag shape in my stash....I decided to use this and just pick his eyes off and give him a little sand. Voila a flag!!

TTFN :)

Water Works

2011-08-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

Today I've been playing with some of the latest and greatest from Core'dinations. You all know how much I love tags so I am thrilled that they now making pre made ones. The tags come with eyelets already in them for gifts and what not, but they are easily removable for the "flat" look that I have here. The other FAB-U-LOUS addition to the Core family is the spotted collection, oh this makes me soooooo happy, this page uses the small spots but there is a pack of larger ones available too!!

The large wave is something that I designed with my Klic-n Kut and used a bunch of scraps to piece it together. My scrap cardstock file is extremely over loaded lately, so I am trying to create some fun stuff with it, to shrink the pile. I used a ton of collections here including whitewash, vintage and Color Core. The stickers are from Paper Trunk and I used Tim Holtz ink to add the blue gradient

Happy Summer hope you're staying cool!!

TTFN :)

Page Map Love

2011-08-03T23:07:00.000-07:00

Summer is finally here for us on the west coast and I must admit that I have been outside and soaking up the rays, after all it won't be long until the kids are back to school and I have all the time in the world {ha ha funny aren't I?} to craft. As I have said in the last couple posts, life has been a little bumpy and so I am starting of August right with a focus on my family.

Since the nights are when I do most of my scrapping, during the summer I am shorter on time so I love to reach for a sketch to get me started and some of my favorites are from page maps. This month The imaginisce team had the opportunity to create the inspirations for the newsletter and I was thrilled to participate.

This was the fantastic sketch that I got to work with

here is my layout with some of my favorite products

This adorable little frog by My little bit of Whimsy

This wood grain cardstock by Core'dinations

and I used my spellbinders nestablilties to create the date fish

Pulled all together by Imaginisce's Happy Camper line.

TTFN :)

The truth and nothing but the truth

2011-07-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

So as per yesterdays quandary, I went with the truth, and like only a child could,both my boys handled it well. They asked a million questions about how and why and where did the body go. Then we spent the rest of the day at the beach with my sister in law and their cousins as a soothing reprieve and distraction.

Today's layout is more with my little bit of whimsy. As a west coast gal I love all things wood grain. The wood grain buttons paired with Core'impressions and the marvelously playful log end paper by Imaginisce, is a match made in heaven.

Perfect for this layout all about a tree fort!

The other star of this layout is the adorable layered chipboard owl by 3tails. I love the look of laser cut, it's fabulous as is and requires no extra work.

The perch is a medley of my little bit of whimsy leaf pins, an acorn button and the wood grain button. I love the 3D appeal.

Hope that you all have a wonderful August long weekend!

TTFN :)

To lie or not to lie....

2011-07-28T09:32:00.000-07:00

Well the sad news is that I had to put the family cat down, she was such a wonderful cat with such personality and was my eldest son's best bud. So now what do I tell him? The truth is gonna break his heart and I really just want to tell him she went mouse hunting and has not returned. But I suppose kids need closure just as much as adults right?? {sigh} Not sure what to do! I think today might be a good day to sooth their souls by the sea and my own. Fill the day with good things.

Here are some good things that I posted with My Little bit of Whimsy this month.

Some great texture buttons

and using a cloud button in a unique fashion

Products used: Rocket age by October Afternoon and Core'dinations and button by My little bit of Whimsy

Winter Wednesday

2011-07-27T00:04:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for winter??? HA, we finally got some summer here and I am scrapping Christmas with Imaginisce's newest collection Santa's little helper. I love this adorable line with snowmen, penguins, trees, birdies and more. This first layout is a wonderful mix with Some Jillibean Soup Core'Impressions and Kraft this works great for showing off the snag'em stamps.

This next one features my favorite little gingerbread fellow and a little elf!! Love em!

There is lots more inspiration on the Imaginisce Blog this week it is our BIG release party, and I know for a fact the gals have whipped up all sorts of Holiday inspiration.

TTFN:)

Crafty Monday

2011-07-25T15:08:00.000-07:00

Ok friends as promised today I've got some fun to share with you!! The Core'dinations gals and I were challenge to do a project with as many embossing folders as we could fit. I have never counted how many embossing folders that I have, like most of us I just bought ones that I love along the way. I was shocked to discover that I own almost 70, Oh my!! So I set to work creating this fun filled layout that uses, count em, 30 embossing folders!!

The best thing about this was that is was a FABULOUS use of scraps, the whole thing was created with bits and pieces from my scrap pile, the only whole piece of paper was the back ground.

This was also a great use of all those OA Stickers that I have, as you all know I have a weakness for OA. My collection was getting a little out of hand so I am making an effort to reach for them and not horde them.

What are you challenging yourself with right now? Give this challenge a try it was so much fun!!

TTFN :)

It is gonna turn around

2011-07-23T15:18:00.000-07:00

I can feel it, this is gonna be the week that things start climbing up. I try not to dwell on the bad, but I am overwhelmed at the number of negatives this month. It started three weeks ago with the death of my husbands 29 year old cousin, it was a shock to the whole family. It was sudden and as of yet is unexplained. This news was followed shortly by the news that my godfather had passed, his death was not unexpected, as he had terminal cancer, but tragic and heartbreaking none the less. Only a few days later we get a phone call saying my Opa has had a heart attack and is in the hospital, he needed to have a stint put in and now he is thankfully recovering and taking it easy at home.

"OK breath Lydia take it one day at a time......"

The next morning my Mom calls and informs me that my dad is in the hospital, she is coming a little un-glued and is only able to tell me that he may need surgery. Apparently they thought it was appendix but turns out it is not, they think that it is something called diverticulitis.......still unsolved but improving.

Ok so at this point I am getting scared..........Every time the phone rings I am afraid of what is going to come at me next.......A weekend of camping should be a much needed get away right?.......It was a great distraction I spent most of the trip trying to keep things dry, as it rained the whole time. Discovered we had a leak somewhere in our not so old trailer and there is a little floor rot. Great, just great!!! I arrived home with the intense need to shower and do laundry and crash, only to discover the my {insert BAD word here} of a brother has been at my house and has ridden my 5 year olds quad around the yard UUUuuum he is 200lbs and this little quad has a 70lbs weight limit. He does not have permission to be here, let alone start up equipment he knows nothing about. Now I am airing my dirty laundry a bit here, but I am FURIOUS, my husband is about to lose it and I have enough crap on my plate that the last thing I need to do is to fix a quad and deal with feelings of personal invasion.

Oh wait there is more......we unpack and when our cat comes to welcome us home, she is nothing but a bag of bones and is walking like a zombie. What now?? We take her straight to the vet and she is dehydrated, feverish and has some sort of infection. This continues for 2 more days at the vets office on IV antibiotics and fluids, and $700 later, she is still not well but the fever is gone and I can take her home and try to get some food in her. I've simply crossed my fingers and hope she recovers, there is nothing more that we can afford to do for her.

Well that brings us to today....... it is the start of a new day right?? After all you can't have rainbows without the rain!

I am painting, crafting, cleaning, crying anything and everything to purge myself of my negativity, fear, frustration and anger. I know with my entire being that there are so many out there that have it worse than I do. I am humbled by that and am hopeful that things will be on the up and up soon enough. I promise that I will have some wonderful crafty goodness for you first thing Monday Morning until then..................I am just taking the weekend to make life better.

Crafty goods

2011-07-21T00:09:00.000-07:00

Ok so I can share a couple more things that I have been working on for the last bit. A friend of the family is due to have her first baby in early September and she did not have a lot in the way of decor. So I went to my local fabric store and selected some flannel and made her this collection of receiving blankets.

These adorable little hedge hogs then inspired me to paint this little fellow. This painting is about 18 in x 30 in and I think that he is just cute as a button. Do you think he is ok for boy or girl?

Then classes have just gone up for sale for the crop for kids event that I will be teaching at and here is a sneak peak of what else I have in store.

I am so excited to be teaching at this event with my side kick Cari Locken, this is gonna be a great fundraiser. Hope that I see some of you there!!

TTFN :)

and so it continues....

2011-07-19T10:42:00.000-07:00

Wow this so called summer continues to fly by at an alarming rate, we went on our annual family cousins camping trip and to give you an idea of what "summer" looks like right now this picture should explain it better than words.....

Tarps, tarps and more...........you guessed it tarps!! An entire family camp covered!!

It sprinkled and poured almost the entire trip, but that did not dampen our spirits after all we are Canadians. :) The kids swam, the men made fires and fished and the women folk helped keep everyone fed and warm with food and hot chocolate.

This trip had 10 children and one of the best ways to keep them busy is with a stick, some rope and a tree!! F-U-N

Anyways just keeping you all in the loop, life continues to be busy. I've been crafting like crazy and I will have lots to share with you soon. I hope you will take a minute to stop by the Core'dinations Blog, the sneaks there are so exciting. I am in love with the Kraft Core not to mention the spots, oh how I love dots!!

TTFN:)

I've been busy!!

2011-07-11T10:25:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have neglected this little blog for the last week. Things have been so busy and crazy. I swear there must be something in the air because it has been like a series of unfortunate events. I won't dwell on the sad and the bad because that is not my nature but the good things are that I photographed a wedding on Saturday. This beautiful bride and groom were so much fun and I glad the sun shone for their amazing day.

In other BIG news, hold on to your socks, this is all NEW from Core'dinations. I cannot wait to get a hold of this stuff.

Lastly I have been Invited to teach the BC Crop for Kids this sold out event raises thousands of dollars for the Children's Hospital and I am honored and thrilled to be a part of it. Here is a sneak peak of what I will be teaching.

So that is what I have been up too, today our concrete floor is going in so off I go to get a little dirty!!

TTFN :)

Core'dinations color challenge

2011-07-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

It is summer time and the weather is high, gonna reach right up and touch the sky..... I wish, still dreaming of summer here on the west coast. These photos are from beachy days last year and they were just the right fit for the Core'dinations color challenge.

This month the design team was inspired by this photo

Here is the color scheme that we are using

I hope you will join me in creating with this wonderful palette and check out what else the Core'dinations Design team has come up with!!

TTFN :)

New Monthly Challenge

2011-07-04T12:01:00.000-07:00

Wow July, where did June go? Well you know what that means, it is time for a new monthly challenge with Imaginisce. This Month we have the pleasure of working with one of Aphra's sketches, for my layout I had a horizontal photo so I just flipped the sketch on the side.

The other part of this challenge is make it Monocramatic.

For these little paw prints I used a little cheat, I did not have any tiny orange gems so I just used clear and colored them with my orange copic marker!!

I really hope you will join us for this months challenge and don't forget to link it up and share on the Imaginisce Blog.

TTFN:)

July-uary

2011-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

I hope all my Canadian friends had a wonderful Canada Day, however it is hard to believe it is the 1st of July and there are still wood stoves burning in my area. It is cold!! For the first time ever there is skiing on our local mountain {Mount Washington}. We chose to celebrate with a great day at home, my husband took the day off to build a tree fort for the boys and they were thrilled.

Tannin wanted a sign, I was surprised when he didn't write something like , beware, or do not enter. He simply wrote Treetop fort and explained to me that the guy on the sign was black beard!!

I think they like it!!

Happy Canada Day and Happy 4th of July

TTFN:)

Core'addict

2011-06-30T10:04:00.000-07:00

Today on the Core' blog is my official reintroduction. I was so thrilled and relieved to see my name on the DT list again. I really don't know what I'd do with out Core'dinations Cardstock. Over the last 2 years this paper has become an essential part of my style. I love experimenting with it, there are just so many ways to customize it and make it work with any style. There is just no way I could go back to anything else.

For our introductions each design team member was asked to create an all about me layout and this is mine.

Here are some close ups of the things that make this Cardstock so special. the circle pattern is created by cutting a repeated design with my cricut using a dull blade and a shallow setting and then sanding.

The starfish is created with an embossing folder that sandwiches the paper and photo together.

The sand squiggles are the hammered embossing folder technique, one of my new favorites for joining embossing folder patterns.

I am looking forward to another incredible year with this team, with fresh faces and new ideas. Take a minute to pop by the Core'dinations Blog to say hello and welcome new and old team members you are sure to be inspired.

TTFN :)

Products used: Lot's of Core'dinations :) and Basic Grey

Big Dreams

2011-06-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

This week has been a flurry of events, the end of school, all the paper work for the house, we have been working on our shop painting and prepping for concrete. In all of this I took a little time and curled up with my collection of Jillibean Soup, it has been far to long since I pulled it out and it was a welcome site. I love before and after shots and I know that in a few years there is gonna be a dramatic differrence here, but for right now it is all just BIG Dreams.

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I paired it with Core'dinations and one of the cute My Little bit of Whimsy birds perched on the S.

TTFN :)

Happy Harvest Party

2011-06-27T00:01:00.000-07:00

Today is the start of another AMAZING new release party by Imaginisce. I am so excited about this one, since fall is my favorite time of year :) I loved that this new line co-ordinates with last years Apple cider too!! We've got a ton of inspiration in store for the next few days so be sure to check out Imagininsce's blog too. Here are my creations for today's little party! First up is this little growth chart. Have you got one of those walls with lines on it in your house?? I did and I thought it was about time to make a chart instead of drawing on my walls!

Here are a couple of close ups, I put a little journalling spot on each section so that I can write there age and measurement.

Up next are some pictures from the patch!

This little beaver was just to cute to resist, and naturally I felt the need to do something with a canadian twist!!

TTFN :)

The Big BooK!!

2011-06-24T09:24:00.000-07:00

Oh I do hope that our postal system in Canada gets back on track soon!! I am waiting for my copy of the The big book, I submitted to this over a year ago and have a layout in it.

I have a hard time creating serious pages, we are a goofy, smiling bunch and it is not often that I sit down and journal about things that are deeper or have photos that I think would match that mood. I had my camera out taking mud puddle pictures when my son fell down and I clicked this shot. I took the opportunity to write about some of the ups and down he may face in his life and delve a little deeper. I need to remember to do this more often, for myself as well. Here is the page.

Love a little whimsy

2011-06-20T00:01:00.000-07:00

So today on the whimsy blog, I've posted with a new sketch challenge.

Here is the layout that I created for it and I would love to see what you can create. You've got a chance at winning a Whimsy sampler so head over to the MLBOW Blog to check out all the details.

For my layout I used the Imaginisce enchanted line along with some great stickers by My little shoebox. This beautiful orange is called tangerine by Core'dinations which I partnered up with a little white wash color called screen door. Of course the amazing buttons are by My Little bit of whimsy. I am so proud and excited to be serving another term on this design team, and did you know it was just featured in this months Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine??? How cool is that????

TTFN :)

Happy Fathers Day

2011-06-19T00:51:00.000-07:00

Today will be a relatively easy day seeing as I had a bit of a mix up and celebrated fathers day last weekend. I was sure that last Sunday was fathers day. Our family had a wonderful day celebrating Dad and it was not until the end of the day when found out it was not actually fathers day. I got some great photos during the day, so I scrapped the story with this one.

Products used Core'dinations cardsock and Pattern paper and stickers by October Afternoon. Hope that you all have a wonderful and happy Fathers Day!

TTFN:)

Sigh of relief

2011-06-16T12:51:00.000-07:00

So I have been virtually missing for the past few days because my computer just stopping working!! I came home from picking my son up and my computer would no longer turn on and the smell of burnt electronics was in the air. Thankfully after a quick visit to the tech and a new power source I am all fixed and ready to go again, phew!!

On store shelves right now is the new creating keepsakes Tips & techniques with the focus on flowers. This layout makes an appearance on one of the pages. I think this was one of the best activities as a kid and I still love it as an adult, the super humongous slip n slide!!

For this I used Jillibeans Soups summer squash collection and the colors in Core'dinations Color Me Happy pack are a great match!!

TTFN :)

Warm Welcome

2011-06-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

I had a few make n take samples left from my trip to Australia so I thought that I would spread the Core love at my local Scrapbook store. Yesterday was the River Scrapbook Rooms Anniversary and they celebrated with make n takes, punch, cookies and big sales. Here is what participants got to make with me. Wine sadly not included :)

I was originally making a mini door hanger, but it turned out to be an even better quick and easy house warming gift. I used the brand new Fancy pants Core impressions, my favorite color from the chocolate box collection {dewberry} and to add a little sparkle I punch out some glitter bugs with the new glitter silk line. TTFN :)

Go Canucks Go!!!!

2011-06-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

I am cheering for the local boys, Go Canucks GO!! I put together a layout while I watched the game last night, it helped to keep me calm. I tend to get overly excited and admit to yelling very loudly at the TV. My husband who is not a real sport watching type, loves to laugh at me!! So in the spirit of Hockey night in Canada here is a new layout with my son who also loves the game.

I used My Minds Eye Core' Impressions for this, the red X's just seemed sporty to me. and the grey blue colors were a great contrast to the ice.

TTFN :)

Imaginisce tags galour Blog Hop

2011-06-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

As most of you already know I struggle with making cards, don't ask me why I a just go blank........... and it takes me forever to make one. When the Imaginisce gals said we were going to make gift tags, I thought!! What a great Idea, that makes a wonderful substitute for a card and for some reason they're easier for me. With fathers day fast approaching I made 3 manly tags, {one for each of the father figures}.

I had some more fun with my spell binders dies, I used both the positive {red one} and the negative pieces {wood grain}!!

Today's inspirations are part of a big ol blog hop so be sure to hop along to the next fantastic tag in the line up.

- Aphra <----- Next stop
and make your last stop Imaginisce for a chance to win the collection used here!! Happy Camper

TTFN :)

You ol' bear

2011-06-07T00:01:00.000-07:00

So our Happy Camper Release Party over at Imagininsce was a HUGE success. The design team loved these papers so much that today we have even more projects to show you, this was just the overflow of what did not fit into the party!! Oh yes we love Imaginisce. Here is a card that I created, this was a birthday card for our Papa, and the sentiment inside reads Happy Birthday you ol' bear.

For this card I loved my spellbinders dies, what makes them really rock is the embossed layer around the edge {this is done with the rubber mats}. On this little card I sanded it on the log ends paper , and inked it around the bear. Plus the Core'impressions wood grain, ummmmm Perfect!!! {my thought anyways}

Natually there is more good stuff on the Imaginisce Blog, so if you've got a moment Check it out!

Winner and a challenge

2011-06-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

Journaling is such an important part of a scrapbookers journey to preserve memories and tell stories.

SO this month at Core'dinations we are issuing a challenge….we want to see your Journaling. Here is what you need to do for a chance to win some CORE’DINATIONS CARDSTOCK!

1) JOURNAL, {click here to see the unique way Melissa from the Core' DT did her journalling}.
2.) Use Core’dinations Cardstock (it must be a visible component of the layout)
3.) Link your project to the CORE'DINATIONS blog post or post it on our Facebook page. Make sure you “like” us, too!
4.) Show off a cool Core technique and we will throw in an additional chance to win
The rest is up to you!

Deadline for this is June 15th by midnight PST.

With Father Day close at hand, I wanted to do a layout on my husband, in our house he is the hardest person for me to photograph, he gets very uncomfortable in front of the camera, so I am allows trying to shoot when he is not aware. This layout is one of those, he is not looking but it tells the story of his love all the same.

I used the New Echo Park dots and stripes, I love love love all the masculine colors and the basic patterns were perfect for what I wanted to do, I mixed them with some Core'impressions, that diamond pattern is from the Graphic 45 collection and dappled MLBOWhimsy buttons and I-rock bling.

And Oh yeah a WINNER, that is the part you've been waiting for right.

The winner is..................

Lucy who said

" came over from Imaginisce. I am a new follower and glad they sent me over. Can you come over and organize my scrap room? LOL I wish mine looked like yours :) "

Congrat Lucy please email me your address and I will get your parcel in the mail

Blog warming Give away

2011-06-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome, if you have come by from the Imaginisce blog I am glad you're here, If you are one of my already existing friends, today I have shared my scrap space on the Imaginisce blog and to celebrate I am doing a little blog warming give away.

What am I giving away you ask? Since Spring is in the air how about the Garden Party Collection!!!

How to enter, please be a follower on my blog and leave a comment letting me know that you have done so.

How about another give away too!!

If you have let your friends know via face book or twitter about my give away, I will throw in the winners box a brand new i-rock, some bling, flowers and some of our fabulous stencils.

I will draw and annouce the winner here on the blog first thing Monday Morning

I hope that you will follow along,

TTFN :)

Imaginisce June Challenge

2011-06-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

What a great way to start June, Sunny! I have been dreaming of sunshine for months and Junes challenge fits right along with that bright and sunshiny feeling. The usual Imaginisce rules apply.

Create a project using at least 75% Imaginisce product (layout, card, altered item etc) using the supplied picture as your inspiration and somewhere on your project you need to incorprate a line from the famous Cliff Richard song, Summer Holiday.

We're all going on a summer holiday

no more working for a week or two.

Fun and laughter on our summer holiday,

no more worries for me or you,

for a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly
we're going where the sea is blue.

we've all seen it on the movies,

now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday

doin' things they always wanted to

So we're going on a summer holiday,

to make our dreams come true

for me and you.

Here is my creation, I just love all the summer colors, bring on the sun!! For my layout I used quite a number of collections. The dots are the brand new Happy Camper Line, the stripes are from berrylicious and the banners are from Animal Crackers. I also used the new Basic Grey Whimsy Core'Impression cardstock, I am so in love with this stuff this pattern was one of my faves!!

TTFN:) Hope you play along

Roo Food

2011-05-28T18:11:00.000-07:00

One of the highlights of my trip to Australia was feeding a kangaroo, this is what Australia is known for all around the world. Its wonderful marsupials. Crate Paper had a little sketch challenge happening and it was perfect for these photos.

It worked great with my Fancy Pants Core'Impressions and My whimsy buttons.

Have a great weekend

TTFN:)

Feeling Challenged

2011-05-26T09:22:00.000-07:00

This month I decided to find some challenges to kick start my mojo so I hopped around to some of my favorite manufacturers blogs, the first one was October Afternoon, where they have a color challenge happening and it inspired me to scrap this photo and pull out all my blues.

My Whimsy bird, bug and buttons were a great match, I just went around pulling out everything out that was blue!! So much fun!!

I love the color combo of orange and blue, so I used that as my accent color.

When it was all finished I had used OA's Schoolhouse, Seaside, 5 & Dime, Road Trip and Report Card Collections.

What Challenges are you working on??

TTFN :)

Happy Camper Day 3

2011-05-25T09:57:00.000-07:00

It is happy Camper Day 3 over at Imaginisce and I love this collection. Here are my creations. I have a ton of camping and outdoor photos so playing with this collection was really awesome. There is certainly gonna be more on the way with other topics because the B sides of these papers totally rock too!

Don't forget to stop by the Imaginisce Blog for more inspiration and leave a comment for a chance to win!! TTFN:)

Technique Tuesday Time

2011-05-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

Good Morning, I hope everyone has had a wonderful May long weekend, mine was very full with family, a trip to an art show, yard work, a baseball tournament and a birthday. Phew......... Talk about a packed weekend but now that it is over I am back to my scrap space.

See the embossed water swirls..........this is today's Core' technique and there is a picture tutorial on how this is done over on the Core'dinations blog. I love using this trick when the edges of my embossing folders don't match up, or when I want the embossed image to fade off.

Product used are LOTS of Core'dinations, Pattern Paper by Cosmo Cricket, Chipboard by Maya Rd, button by My Little bit of Whimsy, gems by Queen n Co.

TTFN :)

I'm one Happy Camper

2011-05-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

Today is the start of Imaginisce's brand new Happy Camper release party

I love this Collection

It has been a huge hit with the design team and this week we have a TON of projects to share. Here is a little sneak of what is to come here, but be sure to head over to the Imaginisce Blog to check out all the awesome projects...........and you know there are going to be prizes too!!

TTFN :)

The last day of Teresa Collins

2011-05-20T00:01:00.000-07:00

This week has been a week of frills and fancy over on the Core'dinations Blog as we team up with Teresa Collins. As most of you know I am as about as frilly as a frog, that is to say not at all. So I gravitated toward the graphic boy blues and layered them to create this birthday card. There are lots more examples on the Core'dinations blog and over on the Teresa Collins Blog, be sure to check it out and leave a comment for a chance to win.

It might as well be Christmas

2011-05-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

So even though I am the lucky one in my neighborhood that got to go and enjoy warm weather somewhere else..........I have returned home to the ridiculously wet, windy and cold!! I have had ENOUGH already. Please please sunshine come out and play. I do not wish to see more grey.

So if it is gonna be freezing cold and I still have to light the fire, I might as well scrap Christmas. This is my sister in law and I all dressed up for our annual Christmas eve party, this years theme was Whoville and it was a total blast getting all gussied up.

For this page I used the Jillibean soup Core'Impressions and some of the Christmas Cottage line from Imaginisce. To the holly berries I added a little extra sparkle by adding i-rocs the new red ones are perfect!!

Anyways I hope the sun comes out soon, my skin is so white it is turning transparent!!

TTFN:)

Australia at a glance {picture heavy}

2011-05-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

G'day everyone, so I am sorry that I have not posted until now, as many of you know blogger has been having issues, things seem to be fixed now. So I am back from my trip to Australia, the Print Blocks event was fabulous. I met lots of amazing people laughed until my sides hurt and over all had a blast. This first shot is of me and my friend and new Core'dinations DT member Kim Jeffress, It was so AWESOME to be with her when the DT was announced. Her extreme excitement was incredible to behold and I am so glad that I got to be a part of it. Plus having her in the booth and classroom was FABULOUS she was so much help!! THANK YOU KIM!!

This is a shot of one of the classes that I taught these ladies were so much fun!!

It was a full house

Ok believe it or not this is a pancake house!!! It was so cool we ate there twice!

Notice the seats are old pews. This is Jenny from Clearsnap and Adam from Prima fantastic people to hang out with.

I tried to fit as much of Australia as I could, into the two days after the show.

So the first stop was the Australia Zoo, Koala's are adorable!

Kangeroo's are friendly

Crocodiles are scary!

We headed up to a more mountainess setting these are the rolling hills of the glass mountains. Where we had lunch in the town of Montville.

In this wonderful restaurant called the poets cafe, the tropical views of the out back were amazing.

I could not visit Australia without at least one trip to the beach, this beautiful beach boasted warm water and soft sand as far as the eye could sea, I could have stayed there for a week, maybe next time!!

So that is my trip in a nut shell, I am glad to be home now and this weekend I am headed back to my scrap table, I've got some great Aussie photo's to scrap!!

TTFN :)

Feathers and Flowers

2011-05-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

So today on the Imaginisce Blog we are playing with there new release of roly rosy flowers. Lately I've been looking at flowers in a whole new way I've turned them into clouds, I used them as the sun and today I am mixing them with feathers to create this one of a kind headband. With all the wonderful head pieces that were shown off at the royal wedding. I joined in the fun creating this piece for me with Denim and flowers.

before I rolled the flowers I frayed the edge a little to give is a little more depth.

TTFN :)

Imaginisce May Challenge

2011-05-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

So to get May started we've got another fun challenge, I love the challenges where we try to do things for the boys

So the challenge is to:

1. Create a masculine themed layout/card/project using Imaginisce product.
2. You MUST also use one of the Snag 'em Stamps on your project.

Naturally the project must be at least 75% Imagininsce projects and of course we have a fabulous prize at the the end of the month to give away. So join in the fun and give it try.

Here is what I came up with. I used the apple cider collection I love all the browns and used some of the brand new tear drop i-rocks and I loved using my snag ems as a border on the bottom.

Also used on this layout are some of my favorite Whimsy's All the clouds the beautiful brown bird and the neato button.

I can't believe that it's May already, we are almost half way through 2011. Right now I am probably up in the air and on my way to Australia, It looks like the weather is going to be beautiful so I've got my fingers crosses because I would really like to see some of the outback. I am incredibly exited about teaching along side some incredible designers like Teresa Collins, Sherry Mendoza from Prima, Jenny Steiner from Clear Snap and Sarah Moore from Maya Rd just to name a few. This trip is bound to be a ton of fun and I can't wait to share when I get back. TTFN :)

Make it sparkle

2011-04-26T23:27:00.000-07:00

So if you have not visited the Imaginisce blog this week, take a minute to pop over there and check out all the newest i-rock creations. This is a brand new release and Imagininsce has come up with some fabulous new shapes and I am in love with the new colors as well.

Check out this marvelous scallop pattern!!

So I know a lot of you may be saying "ok Lyd enough with the animal crackers collection" but I really do love this line and the colors are just perfect for my disney photos. But don't worry there is some new and wondeful stuff on its way and I can't wait to share it with you.........but ..... I have too!!

So TTFN :)

Make your own corrugated letters

2011-04-26T00:01:00.000-07:00

Did you know that almost every Tuesday is Tutorial Tuesday on the Core'dinations Blog? The design team features some of their best ideas on how to get the most out of your cardstock. This week I chose to create my own corrugated letters using my Xyron and my fiskars crimper.

Here is a close up of the letters, I love that two tone dimension. I have done this on a few other layouts in the past too here

If you are curious on how this was done, I have put together a photo tutorial with some instructions for you posted on the Core'dinations blog.

TTFN :)

All about Easter

2011-04-21T15:40:00.000-07:00

This week on the Core'dinations Blog it is all about Easter, they have some marvelous cards, seating cards and layouts. When I think about Easter the first thing that comes to mind are the Daffodils, I love this humble little flower it's bright yellow face heralds in the spring and it is always a cheerful sight after a long grey winter. So this is the layout that I did for one of my favorite flowers.

The flower was a combination of hand cut petals that were scored and sanded and the center of the flower is a round scallop punch that I pinched around my finger. This would be a marvelous flower to use on top of a napkin ring or an Easter box it is pretty 3D.

Happy Easter Everyone

All geared up

2011-04-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

Just went back into my blogger and found this post that I never actually posted, too funny!! I did this layout way back in November of 2009 and it has been in draft mode ever since....made my day :)

I really wanted to bring in some boy bling, I love sparkly stuff and it is sometimes a challenge with boys to bring on the bling, but in this layout I used black sparkles, the buttons are black sparkles, black diamond stickles and these fabulous letters. Because is was black on black, I hoped to bring attention to the title using the little letters, they are Jenni Bowlin with a little Diamond glaze over top.

Products used Core-dinations Cardstock, October Afternoon Pattern Paper, Letter stickers by Reminisce & Jenni Bowlin and Mambi. Buttons by American crafts, stickles and the rockin checker plate texture was done with a cuttle bug folder. TFL:)

The count down is on

2011-04-15T18:47:00.000-07:00

So we are officially half way through April and for me the excitement is building. Wanna know why? I am going down under, YaHooooooooo!! On May 1st I will be boarding a plane and heading to the other side of the world to teach this class for Core'dinations at Creative blocks, in Brisbane. I am practically coming out of my skin excited. This will be my first time to Australia and I can't wait!! Another huge plus is getting to meet my incredible scrappy friend Kim, I love this big ol scrappy world ! I never really thought I would get an opportunity to meet her and I am totally jazzed!!

I flip flop back and forth between nerves and excitement. It is gonna be a whirlwind adventure!! Can't wait!

The best for last

2011-04-14T00:01:00.000-07:00

Today is the last day of Imaginisce's little cutie release party and for this I went back a few years. This photo is of my eldest son when he was only a few weeks old. I get misty eyed looking at these photos, he was such a beautiful baby and I miss the moments that I got to watch him sleep in my arms. It was nice to relive them a little again though photos. I guess that is part of what scrapbooking is for eh?

Thanks for joining me for this week for a little cutie fun don't forget to check into tomorrow at the Imaginisce blog and see if you're a winner.

Lil cutie day 3

2011-04-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it we are still cranking out the creativity? For today I created a really quick card using some great pieces from this collection. The word loved is so playful and with the addition of a couple of posies, some chipboard and sparkle you've got a quick and easy card for a little girl.

The Imaginisce blog is still loaded with ideas, and we still have one more day to go!!

until tommorrow