LOVE this digital freebie kit from Persnickety Prints! (who also have an awesome facebook group and have freebies almost every week!).
This is a photo I took of my boys last week...all of them getting so big in their own little ways :) Nate is now 10 months, Griffin is 3 and Landon is a few weeks away from 7!! I can't believe it.
Love these boys with everything I got. They're awesome.
I'm not liking life in fast forward and I'm not sure how to turn it off! My little Nate is quite the little boy. He has the bluest eyes, warmest smile & most adorable laugh.
Nate at 8 months, you are sitting up firmly on your own (finally that took a while!), you don't cry anymore for tummy time. You actually love being on your tummy squirming and pushing your way around the floor to get the toys you want. You still love your jumper, sometimes I think you are trying to jump yourself up to the stars you push off so hard. And then, in the middle of the action, I'll look over and you'll be fast as sleep! You still don't sleep through the night (not even close) - and your mommy is sure hoping that this comes soon!
I love you my little baby.
I feel like I keep saying this Halloween was so fun, but this one really was! Halloween was on a school day - so Landon & I baked and decorated Halloween cookies for his class. The teachers said they needed parent helpers so I went in the afternoon dressed as a hockey player - which was fun, but, 'note to self: a VERY VERY Hot costume to wear!' :) LOL!
Griffin dressed up as Murray Wiggle and he looked so cute! He had been walking for only 2 months so it was the perfect costume for him because it was pretty much just his regular clothes.
Landon's costume was SO fun to put together. He got a Cowboy costume for his birthday a year or two ago and we saw this horse you put your feet into at Winners and I thought that would be a fun costume and Landon loved it too. His costumer was a cowboy riding a horse.
click to enlarge the pages.
I am almost caught up on Halloween scrapbooking! I think its more inspiring to scrapbook it either right after it happens or during the season in which the pictures were taken because its so fun to look back on it! Griffin was 4 weeks old when Halloween came upon us. His adorable little fleece pumpkin sleeper was purchased by my mom & Auntie Monica and he was so snuggly & warm in it!
Dennis picked up Landon's Captain Hook costume from the Disney store. They have the most amazing costumes (that's where the Peter Pan costume was from that Landon wore a couple years earlier)...they certainly aren't cheap but since we have a whole raft of boys, they will certainly get good use!
Anyway it was a fun little Halloween. Griff & I went to just a couple houses for fun and then Dennis & Landon went out for a while Trick or Treating. Dennis came home after a while because he was cold and Landon continued on with a group of our neighbour kids & their parents. He came home with a HUGE haul! He was aloud to have 3 treats before bed and he had a really really hard time choosing what he wanted to eat (that's the last picture!).
MDS Software: Night & Day dsp, Perfect Pumpkin stamps, Extreme Elements stamps Fonts; CK Alis Hand & Pieces of Eight
Click to enlarge the layouts :)
Halloween 2006...funny enough Dennis forgot that Landon was Batman already and Landon picked out a Batman costume (almost identical to this one) to wear this year! I remember this Halloween it was so fun...Dennis took Landon to a skating party at the Gemini Ice Plex - they did the skate and Dennis left for work (it was a Sunday and he had a PK) - so I stayed at the arena and we did all kinds of other activities. It was so fun...Landon's such a happy go lucky kid up for whatever adventure is on tap for the day...especially if it involves seeing and playing with other kids!
Landon's 1st Halloween...feels like a MILLION years ago!!! Oh I remember how excited I was to celebrate it with him. I remember his apprehension with going to the neighbors to 'trick or treat'. I remember that he had barely started crawling (within 2 weeks) and then that night to pulled himself up to standing. I was in shock...my little baby was getting bigger on me! ...now he's 6.5 years old. TIME FLIES.
...STILL loving scrapbooking digitally..can you tell? So fun to look back on these pictures and memories that seem so long ago! Gosh he was so cute in this Peter Pan costume...just as cute as Griffin was wearing it in 2009 and just as cute as Nate will be wearing it one day!
These pictures are from a day at the park on the waterfront of Kelowna, BC. It was the day before flew home and we had such a wonderful time playing and watching the kids. After we left the park, Nanna, Dennis & Landon went to the movies and Pappa, Nate, Myself & Griff went to Wrap Zone for lunch (my absolute fav) and then back to the house for naps!
We look forward to our trip to Kelowna every year - its our only vacation and it really is the best place to be with all our family & relax. Most pages of this trip to follow! :)
I got one more digital scrapbook page done ~ this one of my sweet Nate! He was 4 months old the other day and it is just plain scary how quickly time goes. He has got the most gentle sweet smile...and he still has a very newborn-like cry. That cry with his bottom lip that comes out makes you want to cry along with him. I definately still want one more baby after Nate...just don't quite feel like I'm done. I just love our expanding family and hopefully in a year or so we'll be blessed to have another one...because I'm just not ready to give up on babies quite yet (especially when they turn out to be such great little boys...we are so lucky!).
I have been loving using the Stampin' Up! MDS software to do some digital scrapbooking! With having 3 kids now running around, feeding, napping...its easy to spend a little time here and there on the page. I find the hardest part is working on the layouts... I definately get lots of information and ideas from my friend Heather Summers. If you need help getting started her online classes are the way to go...its the way I got going :)
I used the new Playdate paper & embellishment kids for My Digital Studio along with some of the punches, brads, stitching already in the kit.
Move night in the Park was a couple weeks ago here in town and I'm so glad I took my camera to capture these memories because it was one of my favourite thing we did this summer...and it was free and all about family! I can't believe summer is almost over!
Another birthday card I made for a party Landon went to a couple weeks ago. I think my colouring needs some work...I'm out of practice!
Stampset: Greetings Earthlings, On Your Birthday
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey, Taken with Teal, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Taken with Teal
Markers: Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, Basic Grey, Summer Sun, blender pen
Paper: Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, Old Olive DSP (from SAB)
Accessories: Earth Elements brads, Punches: Modern label, 1" circle, Designer Label
Landon had a birthday party for a classmate of his. Of course, I was racing first thing in the morning to put together a card and came up with this one. Fast card but I love how it turned out. I didn't want a card that was too 'young' looking so hope the birthday boy liked it - well lets be honest, he's 6 years old, he probably didn't even look twice at it! LOL!
Stampset: Extreme Elements (and if you have a SU Demonstrator, its on a special right now), Skateboarder.
Ink & Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Whisper White
Accessories: Retired Pewter hodgepodge
It has been a LONG time since I last had a blog entry...more than 9 months :) In which time, we have a new addition to our family! Two weeks ago today Nate Gerald was born and he is a sweetie!
He was 10 days past my due date, but weighed in as my lightest baby at 7lbs, 1oz & 21.5" long. With the advice of my best friend, Daye, I wisely chose an epidural this time around...wow what a difference, it was like the un-labour! Dennis found it to be the least stressful labour & delivery for him too (because the husband needs it to be easier right?! LOL!). We were in the hospital for 5 days as Nate was having some trouble getting adjusted to nursing and then he developed Jaundice. Our hospital staff of nurses & my delivering doctor were beyond fabulous. We are so lucky in this little town to have such a fabulous team. The nurse that helped deliver Nate is the same one that delivered Landon - so that was a great surprise! All the nurses were so helpful & friendly it made this labour/delivery/recovery so much easier.
Nate's big brothers Landon & Griffin were beyond thrilled with their new little bro and even now, 2 weeks later they are so sweet with him. Griffin holds Nate many times during the day, usually he wants to hold him when I'm trying to feed him and will repeat (until I give Nate to him), "Its MY turn....It MY turn" and its sometimes followed by "Its not fair" if I don't hand him over. Luckily though, if I stop feeding Nate and give him to Griffin he'll hold him for a couple minutes and when Nate starts crying, he'll say, 'ok you hold him... you hold him.' Landon is very sweet with Nate and has a huge smile on his face whenever he goes near him and you can hear him quietly say, 'oh Nate, you are so cute!' Both love to sit near him and gently pat his head. I knew Landon would be awesome with Nate, but it came as a pleasent surprise that Griffin is so good with Nate. So far he hasn't been jealous or at all rough with Nate so that has been great.
We were SO lucky to have my mom fly out from Alberta to be with us for almost 3 weeks. I literally do not know what I would have done without her. The boys loved spending time with her and I know she enjoyed the extra time with the boys. And with us spending the extra days in the hospital, Dennis was able to be with me most of the time knowing that the boys were well taken care of at home! My mom is the best...we are so lucky.
I'm hoping to blog more entries as both Landon & Griffin have been saying things that crack me up and I don't want to forget these awesome moments. And its easier to share the stories with my family this way...on facebook they can look at the pictures but the stories to go with it are just as fun!
Another quick card using a photo I took of Landon. At the bottom is my little photographer assistant watching me and helping move the card so I coudl photograph it at the best angle in the best light! haha!
Supplies: Family Phrases stampset, Large Oval & Scallop Oval punches, Pumpkin Pie Corderoy buttons, Cardstock: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kraft.
This is a card I made up for my Dad for his birthday or father's day - i missed both so this is his combined card from Griffin. LOVE inking up my kids little fingers with SU craft ink ...I put out a couple sheets of cardstock and just keep inking his hands to have a few of the handprints inked for cards for scrapbooking. Craft ink is the best to use for a couple reasons. 1.) its archival 2.) its comes clean off their hands without dying them some yucky colours 3.) its non-toxic. :)
Supplies: Certainly Celery Craft ink, Pacific Point classic ink (retired), Pacific Point Corderoy button brads (retired), Good Morning Sunshine designer series paper (retired) - actually a remnant from the crossing guards yearend cards below), Whisper White, summer Sun & Pacific Point cardstock.
Our vacation is going awesome! here's a 4 generation picture of my Grandma, my dad, me and my boys. :)
Before leaving for vactation I whipped this card for my mom's bday (I made 7 cards the night before I left so come back to have a look for another tomorrow!). I love using photos I've taken as a focal point of a card, especially for close friends or family...I guess I feel like its a card that they'll leave out longer because it's almost treated like a photo in a frame! This one is of Griffin swinging at the park and landon pushing him. I LOVE this photo and i knew she would too. It's an easy peasy card but kind of pretty I think ! :)
supplies: Washington Apple designer series paper, Real Red & Whisper White cardstock, Real Red 5/8" ribbon, 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" circle punch, SU Clips assortment, and a stampset that I can't remember (and its hard to see but it says 'party time'! Ink - So Saffron classic ink.
ps...we aren't having ANY fun on holidays, just ask Landon...
Landon's friend, Thomas is celebrating his 5th birthday while we are away so we took him his gift and his card this afternoon. It's a bummer we won't be here for his party! He LOVES dogs so i thought that this retired stampset "Ruff Day" would be perfect!
Card: Supplies: cardstock - Pacific point, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Markers - Pumpkin Pie, close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black inkpad, Ruff Day stampset, Chocolate Chip stitched ribbon, Pacific Point Corderoy Button Brad, Vintage mini brads.
Tag: Ruff Day Stampset, Red Riding Hood & Whisper White cardstock, Basic Black inkpad, Markers - Brilliant Blue, Ruby Red, Pumpkin pie, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Jumbo Eyelet, Pumpkin Pie 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Tag Corner Punch.
And of course, I love wrapping gifts and this one is no exception:
I love this double sided textured cardstock. I love how you have different paper/texture inside the card. This was my favourite of the 3 offered by SU! in the specialty cardstock this past year...and I didn't even LOVE it until I saw it in person! I made another card similar to this, maybe I'll show you that tomorrow. :) hope you all had a great weekend...I got a brutal sunburn on Friday @ the beach (but boy did I get some awsome pictures!) so let this serve as my public service annoucement: Sunscreen is NOT just for your kids...don't forget to put it on yourself!! ;) Enjoy your weekend - we are off to the last day of Gymnastics for both of my boys. Don't worry I'll have my camera!! :)
Supplies: cardstock - Sweet Slumber Specialty Cardstock, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, So Saffron, Flight of the Butterfly, Classic Ink Pad - So Saffron, Red Riding Hood, Basic Grey, Accessories - Rick Regal mini brads (So Saffron), Perfect Layers Tool & Craft knife.
*edited* - apparently I need to re-read posts when posting at night...it didn't make a lot of sense and there isn't much there to make sense of!! :)
They keep our children safe crossing roads at a hectic time in the morning, lunchtime or afternoons! They are sooo important so we made sure to make a card for each of the 2 crossing guards we use and give them each a Tim Hortons card. This is the card we made them:
Can you believe how he has changed in 10 short months! It makes me want to sob...has anyone figured out how to put them on pause? He has learnt so much this year, changed, grown, made new friends, learned to read, write, do math, listen better and just has overall grown up. Unbelievable. He has had an amazing teacher and since he starts French Immersion next year this is his only year with her but she has been a fantastic introduction to school for him. A great start to his school life. And I think that when you have someone fantastic like that, they deserve a more personalized gift! :) SO I did a little research and found a few things she likes... Coffee @ Tim Hortons, taking her kiddos to the movies and reading...amongst other things but these 3 were things I could get gift cards/gift certificates for. SO I made her a "Gift card, Card" - its a 4 fold card with a pocket for each item. Landon helped me to do the writing and some colouring. And then on the back of the card I wrote a message for her.
Supplies: cardstock - Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Real Red, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Accessories: Bold Brights Real Red Mini brads, Pacific Point & Chocolate Chip Corderoy Buttons, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Spiral Tab Punch, Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper, Fun Pun stampset (coffee mug).
Every year, Landon & I (soon to have Griffin included too!) - make a gingerbread house. The first year we made one was in 2006, he was 2.5 and we made it at our local Superstore at a kids cooking class. it was so fun and looking back he was sooo little! Here is a our scrapbook page from Gingerbread 2007. I thought I had scrapbook our Gingerbread House '08 but I don't see any pictures of my page - :) I love scrapbooking Gingerbread Houses, all the candy and colourfulness (is that a word?) and our 2008 house was a GIGANTIC!!! Anyway here's a look down memory lane at Gingbread House 2006. The two girls in the page are our neighbours daughters - sorry that the pics don't quite match up in the photos of the page - I should have take the picture of the pages together! Click the photo to enlarge.
supplies: Cardstock & Patterned paper by My Mind's Eye, SU! Very Vanilla cardstock, Old Olive brads, Basic Black journaling pen, American Crafts Celery Thickers for the title.
Since my side of the family ALL lives in the west, our yearly summer holiday is always taken to see my parents and family just outside of Kelowna, BC. We love it out there. We got married out there, and we've been every summer since getting married there. Its beautiful, calming, relaxing, laid back spot right on Okanogan Lake. This particular summer in 2005, was Landon's first real summer out there. He was 1.5 years old and stuck to his "Pappa's" (my dad) side. It was the first year they started eating their fruit loops every morning.
Click to enlarge the pages. I still need to do a little more journaling on the right hand page.
Supplies: textured cardstock - Pacific Point, Kraft, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue craft ink, Basic Black journaling pen, Summer Fun Simply Scrappin Kit (I think that's the name?), Cricut Cartridge - Mickey Font (really why have any others?!)
We spent a very low key day celebrating Dennis, my husband and my kids awesome Daddy!! We got him some fun things for Dennis but we also made some awesome keepsakes - and you know what, to a Dad (or Mom) those are usually the things that make us the most happy. When I was little I used to think that there should be a 'kids day' - but really Mothers Day, Fathers Day is a celebration of our kids, because without them, we wouldn't be able to celebrate it! I love my kids...more than anything. Without them I couldn't have a day dedicated to showing them how special they are.
So on a crafty note we made Dennis two patio stones - LOVE these little kits from Michael's. It allows us to see in cement just how much they have grown and to see for ourselves how little those little fingers or toes used to be! I also made a card (very last minute) and used only a photo of the boys and had Landon write in it (so cute!). I was hoping to do a fancy photo fold out card but Landon has come down with Strep throat (and vomitting on Friday) and I just didn't have time.
As a reminder - besides doing cement patio stones of your kids hand prints, you can also use Craft Ink to stamp your kids hands in like we did for Dennis' birthday cards back in February. Or you can ink their little rubber boots (if you are past the point of having their little hands to ink - did you hang onto some of their shoes or boots?). You can ink them up and stamp them straight onto your scrapbook page - start with the heel of the shoe/boot and roll it up to the toe to get a great impression. :) Its fun to do and with hands have some wipes or wet cloth available to wipe them up quickly...they'll love it but the receipent will love it even more! Pics below - click to enlarge.
Last summer when we went to BC, our family of four rented a car and went on our own little adventure for a couple of days and we had SOOOOO much fun. Definitely a couple days of some really fun memories and thankfully i have the pictures to help me remember all the fun and silliness! this is one of the double page layouts that I completed when I went to Memories Manor B&B (AMAZING!) in April.
Stampin' Up! supplies: textured cardstock - Pacific Point, Garden Green, SU! rubons, Hoppy Memories SS Kit for a couple stickers (I think), basic black journaling pen, Bold Brights Real Red mini brads. other: American Crafts Thickers for the title
I made this shaker card for Landon's friend who is having her 5th birthday today. It's a shaker card (you can click here for a tutorial I did a couple years ago). Kids love shaker cards and who can blame them, they are FUN! Landon unfortunately, can not go because he started vomitting yesterday at school so we figure its best to just hang low and relax at home...but of course he really REALLY would rather go to the party!
supplies: cardstock: Bashful Blue, So saffron, real Red Pumpkin Pie, Washington Apple designer Series Paper, Real Red Classic Ink, 1" circle Punch (petals), Birthdays are the Best stampset, Circle Scissor Plus, Other: Orange mini Brads, various beads, acetate (for the window), 3M 2 sided Foam Tape, Mauvy Mega Circle Punch
This is Landon and his friend Clark - who happens to be son of my husbands Best Friend! They always play so well together and even though we only get together maybe 4-6 times a year they just start playing like they've played everyday the past week! Look how little they were and now how big they are!
supplies: Old My Mind's Eye patterned paper and title embellishments, cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Bold Brights Brads (Brilliant Blue), Basic Black journaling Pen
The lighting isn't quite right on this card, the sun was too bright - the houses look much brighter in real life! Oh well, you get the idea. I made this card for a co-worker/friend of ours that just bought her first place all on her own (so proud of her!). So this is to put with the gift we put together for her.
Stamps: Right at Home (retired), Warm Words (hmmm, not sure if this is retired!), cardstock: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, So Saffron, Accessories: Bold Brights & Regal Rose Mini Brads, 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain Ribbon, Blender Pen, Markers: Brocade Blue, Not Quite Navy, real Red, More Mustard, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss
Here is a quick card I put together for my husband to give to one of his stores (he's a sales rep and one the retail stores he services just opened a new store location). So I whipped together this card for him. Of course I used Pacific Point and Corderoy Button brads (because if you haven't heard they are my FAV!!).
Supplies: Congratulations set from SAB, Just Hockey Stampset (retired, Pacific Point Designer Paper, cardstock: Pacific Point, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Basic Black, Pacific Point Corderoy Button Brads.
The kids LOVE their friends and I get harassed DAILY by my 5 year old to play with someone, or have someone come play at our house. most of the time, I take way too many pictures because they are so cute and doing so many things so this type of photo collage gives you a sense of what they can do in the course of a couple hours and you can use so many pictures!!
(click photo to enlarge) supplies: textured cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, retired Spring Break designer series paper, white signo gel pen, Mauvy Extra Giga (green) square punch, scotch 3M scrapbooking tape (for taping the photos from behind for the collage - that way it make one big solid photo you can move and manouver easier. Mickey Font for Cricut for the title
Just made this 4th birthday card for Landon's friend Emma's party this afternoon. Used some new cardstock & Ribbon. :) maybe I'll like the new colours afterall!! ;)
Supplies: Textured Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Summer Sun (1" circles for the petals), Whisper white Textured for the circle (used Circle Scissor Plus), Polka dot & Striped paper from an old SS Kit, that matches perfectly (even tho the colours are supposed to be Rose Red & Taken with Teal). Brads - All non-SU except Earth Elements Old Olive. The "4" is a SU! sticky cut number that has been covered with teal beads (matches the SU! Bermuda Bay), new bermuda bay polka dot ribbon.
awww, look at how little Landon was!! He was only about 8 months here! Hard to see in the photos but Landon has blue eyes (Griffin has BIG brown eyes!). We were at out friends house and he was being all silly there was a bunch of photos but I had to narrow them down. The one of him holding his soother backwards in his mouth is my favourite and then the one to left he's teething so hard the drool is just dripping off of his chin. I love scrapbooking for remember these memories. (and his hair isn't red, pics were taken at night and the way the flash went with the shadows made it look that way!).
Supplies: cardstock: Kraft, Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue, Chocolate Chip, Accessories: chocolate Chip Corderoy brads & buttons (do you love them yet?), Basic Brown Journaling pen (retiring), Perfect Layers & Craft knife, Cricut Cartridge: Mickey font - i know I pick my favourites and stick with it!!
Ahhh, my sweet little Griffin. LOVES pasta...loves it. he'll eat his and his brother's if we let him. Tomatoe sauce doesn't always agree with his little bum, but everyone once in a while we let him have it and he digs in Literally!!! His little saucy face. I could eat him up, he's so adorable.
I didn't use much on the page and the only embellishment is the Pacific Point Corderoy button brads... I love them...and they are discontinuing with the 2008-09 In Color's. So I bought 5 packages...yup, I love 'em.
Supplies: Cardstock - Kraft (I know, shocking), Pacific Point, Whisper White, Tangerine tango, Round Tab punch, Pacific Point Corderoy Button Brads, Cricut Cartridge for title and arrow, Perfect layers Rulers & Craft knife (for layering on the photo - discontinued), basic black journaling pen
this was a really fast page...note there are no layers to this page. Just Kraft cardstock a few stickers and one of my most loved tools. The Mauvy Giga Square punch! Another Park day but last summer. Can you tell that parks are one of my favourite places to get pictures? I love the way all kids are just SO happy at the park. No forced smiles there! They go from huge smiles to looking for something to just having so much fun!! I can't believe how much my boys have grown over the last year! Time goes TOO fast.
This park is about 10 mins from our house. I love it because it has huge shade trees, room to explore, new play equipment and bathrooms! We met some friends there, so we took turns taking photos of each other wiht our kiddos. It was perfect because the Mamma's are rarely in the photos!
supplies: Kraft Cardstock, SU! Hoppy memories SS Kit (stickers), Craft Ink: Old Olive & Creamy Caramel inked on edges of cardstock, Mauvy Giga square punch
A few days ago I posted here, a scrapbook page for Griffin's album. The page below has many of the same pictures but this is for Landon's album so has more of the pictures of him and his buddy from school playing together. They had so much fun and I wanted to make sure I got it scrapped from both of their perspectives.
We all had a blast at the park chatting and playing. I had a great visit with Landon's friends' mom who I have become friends with. I love beautiful days like this...taking a big blanket to the park, a bunch of snack, my camera in hand and let them loose!
I love doing pages that are fairly simple in nature. This one looks better in person as the red in person doesn't compete as much with the pictures. The Circular Star brads by the Title "good times" have been smooshed in a Real Red inkpad and then I wiped the top so the ink is only in the grooves. :) kinda fun to customize embellishment to match the project.
Supplies: cardstock: Kraft, Real Red, Baha Breeze, patterned paper, non-su, Accessories: Real Red Craft Ink, Star Designer Brads, Basic Black journaling Pen, Cricut cartridge (wait...you want to guess??) - Mickey FONT! seriously why do I have any other cartridges??
I LOVE this set. So fun and so quick and easy to use for all things boyish or you can convert it to Valentine's Day like I did Here for Landon's Class this year. I did two version of this card with a little bit of a change in the layout - but the part I prefer on the first one is the little stitching lines I drew in with my Chocolate Chip marker. I won't be getting rid of this set for a couple reasons: 1.) its solid images which I love for FAST stamp and be done cards 2.) its a perfect stampset for my boys to use! To do the grass or spikey edge on the bottom I just used my scissors.
Supplies: Stampset: Prehistoric Pals, and the words set that goes with All in the family (I can't remember the name right now!), Cardstock: Kraft, Kiwiw Kiss, Whisper white, Pacfic Point, Chocolate Chip, Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Chocolate Chip, Accessories: orange Brads are Non-SU in a Tangerine colour, Earth Element Old Olive mini brads, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker.
The 3rd card is a version I did 2 months ago when I went to memories manor. this one uses the retiring stampset "Wild About you".
Hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend!!! On a sidenote, a old co-worker of mine is going through a really rough time with his little baby (who likely needs a heart transplant @ 4 weeks old) and he has reminded me to take more time and spend it with your kids. Give them lots and lots of loving ...all the other stuff can wait. Call in sick to work, pull your kids out of school and spend the day with them. xoxo Barb
This page took A LOT of time because I used a sketch (which should make it easier, right?) - but I love the end result and it was worth all the playing with it to make it just right. You can click on the links to enlarge.
This was a fun day at the park, just last month with my sons and Landon's friend. I did a separate layout for Landon to showcase his time with his friend at the park, but this layout for Griffin was really about him and Landon.
Supplies: Best Ever SS Kit (Stars, Patterned paper), Cardstock: Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Large Star Punch, White gel Pen, title: you guessed Mickey Font by Cricut, Green Mauvy Giga Mega (or whatever its called) Square punch.
Also - I highly recommend Becky Fleck's new book on sketches. I bought it at Michael's and its awesome, even has punch out cards that are perfect for taking to a crop! Full colour example on one side and the sketch on the other! www.pagemaps.com
My cutie, 4.5 years ago (time sure flies) - we went to a local pancake house (very rustic!) - and he had pancakes and syrup for the first time. I'm not good about giving my kids much in the way of sugar or sweets unless its fruit especially when they are only a year old!! however, with his Nanna & Pappa with us it was difficult to protest the sugar intake!!
Boy did Landon appreciate it...he liked the pancakes and LOVED the maple syrup, so much that he LICKED the plate at the end! For some crazy reason I didn't bring my camera, luckily my dad captured these cute pictures on his camera phone! It's the moment not perfect resolution, bright clear colours that make the picture. I love that I have this memory!
Supplies: cardstock: Real Red, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Hoppy Memories SS Kit (patterned paper and zigzag sticker), Paper Piercer, Matpack, 1 3/4, 1 3/8, 1 1/4" punches and Circle Scissor Plus and Basic Brown Journaling pen. Mickey Font cricut cartridge
This was a wonderful late morning at a London park we love... Landon was great at his swimming lessons that day so I agreed to take him this wonderful place! It has uber fun equipment and swings, a wonderful treed/grass area and some table for the moms with Starbucks to sit at (wonder if I know any mom's like that?). So we played until the kids were hot and sweaty from the sticky humid day and they CRASHED during the 25 min drive home. They played themselves right out (Mom's call this SUCCESS!).
This is one of 11 pages I scrapped this past Saturday at a wonderful Crop (that cost a whopping $5 and $75 in babysitting - a LONG day for my babysitter...13 hours, whoops!). But worth it for some fun creative time.
Supplies: Cardstock-Pacific Point & Chocolate, Cherished Moments (I think) rubons, Pacific Point Corderoy Button Brads, White Signo Gel Pen.
i saw this title in a Creating Keepsakes magazine (I think) and loved the title it describes Griffin completely...always following the other kids or birds... I took this picture after a fun day at the park in London.
supplies: Basic Grey, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White & Pacific Point cardstock, Basic Grey Cord Buttons, Cricut cartridge and American Crafts Thickers for "FAR", Basic Black journaling pen
This is a photo I took of Griffin at Sloan's Christmas Tree farm last December when we were getting our Christmas tree. When we arrived there there was NO snow anywhere. and I remember thinking it sure doesn't feel very Christmas-y. 15 minutes later, POOF...blizzard. I snapped this picture of Griffin and it is one of my favourites.
supplies: Kraft Cardstock, Heidi Swapp Ghost snowflakes, white snowflake brad, whisper white craft ink, basic black journaling pen, American crafts white felt Thickers.
Landon was overwhelmingly excited to start JK - couldn't wait to go learn new things and mostly meet & play with new friends. When I told him I wasn't ready for him to go and that he should stay home, he said, "don't worry Mommy, the day will go quickly and I can spend all day with you tomorrow!" :) Guess he's "ready".
cardstock: Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Primary Colours SS kit Accessories: Sticky Letters, Celery Micro Beads, SU rubons, Basic Black Journaling Pen, Earth Elements Mini Brads
One of my favourite photos that I have of my mom with my brother & I. We were at my grandparents place in Williams Lake, BC. My brother looks so much like his twins boys its unbelievable!! Once i find out more about the event/holiday i'll do some journaling.
SU! Cardstock colours: Blue Bayou, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey, Kraft, Kiwi Kiss Accessories: Clips, 1 1/4" Circle, 1" circle punch, Kiwi Kiss Courderoy Buttons, Basic Grey Tafetta Ribbon, SU! rubons on Tag, corner rounder Stamps: Retired, Phrase Starters Cricut cartridge: Mickey font Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft
This is my sweet Griffin after a 4.5 hour nap (yeah that day ROCKED!)...he had some crazy bedhead! Look at that hair!
cardstock: SU - Red Riding Hood, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise mini brads: SU - Bold Brights chipboard letters: Basic Grey
Yesterday was the London regionals and I had a fantastic time. It was great to see all the wonderful presenters from the home office in Utah and all kinds of local demonstrators including my friends Roxy & Heather! :) They did an awesome job.
The card to the left is my swap card for the London regionals I made 37 of them the night before! The stampset is a new that is coming out in the new Occassions mini catalogue in April. I love those colours.
I'll update more about Regionals when I have a little more time. Both of my little kiddos are sick with Bronchitis. :(
I'm hoping to try to upload a video I took on how to use the Circle Scissors Plus - and a bunch of projects they showed us how to make. What a fun day...it was my 3rd regionals, and it is always worth every penny!
This is a page I started a few weeks ago and just got around to finishing it up today. Once I photographed it I realized that it needed a little more of the Kiwi Kiss (green) so I think I'll add just a sliver of the gree above the brown pannel where the title is located. :) It's dark here now so I'll repost with a before and after tomorrow. What do you think?
...so of course I scrapbooked! Back in November, my friend Heather Summers had Matt Ballard to her home to take pictures of our kiddos. These are the photos he took. I hadn't had a chance to scrapbook them yet and so last night when I couldn't sleep I pulled out a scrapbooking kit I bought before Christmas the Scrapbook Studio in London. This is what I came up with (the left side is much like the sample they provide):
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! :) Barb
Another spaceship card. I had all the colours and punches still on my desk so I figured I'd make a couple when I had a few minutes this afternoon.
One thing that is great about punch cards is that litterally you can use all your scraps up! I had these colours still out from Christmas and Birthday package I sent out in January and made this up!
Punches: Word Window, Small Star, Small & Large Oval, 3/4 circle, 1/2" circle, Boho Blossoms, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/*" square punch
Cardstock colours: Going Gray, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point
