Thursday, October 21, 2010

Fall Family Photo Shoot!

 With the changing of leaves and cooler weather comes that faithful time of year...the dreaded Photo Shoot! This year we visited the beautiful Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, where textures are abundant, even if Fall colour was harder to find...here's a few pictures to hopefully jump start your
Fall Family Photo Shoot!


My three fabulous kids...


Just the two of Us...where it all started ;)


Take some time this weekend to enjoy the beauty of the season!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

All about Olivia and Hooligans

 Let's start with the Hooligans paper, shall we...


This is the featured layout from the Hooligans Workshop kit (G1012)...still need to pick up my 5X7 picture for the left page...it's waiting for me at Costco...the right page is three 4X6 pictures that I have cropped to 3.5X4, designed exclusive to the WOTG kit & CTMH...the stamped little critters are from the Troublemaker stamp set which is included and exclusive to the Workshop kit. Still have a title to add as well!


 This is actually one of my favorites so far...I stamped the title using the Chocolate Alphabet (E1010)stamp set, continuously, on one sheet of 12X12 cardstock, then carefully cut it out, keeping it connected...took some time, but in the end I LOVE how it turned out! I also used the Beware (D1381) stamp set and the Spellbound (C1374) stamp set to add the date, bats and journalling box, the My Stickease sticker sheet (X7129C), Black Hemp (Z282) and Lagoon mini-medley (Z1340)...design is from the 'Magic' Scrapbook program (9034)
Photos used were three 4X6 and two 3X4 


It has been great Scrapbooking all of these old pictures of the kids from all the Halloween's past...instead of stamping the title along the side, I decided to use my favorite alphabet stickers, Lots of Dots (Z1261). These are adhesive backed alphabets printed with a polka-dot resist design...so you ink them whatever colour works for your layout and the polka-dots show through...fabulous addition to your scrapbooking/card making stash...in addition to that, I have included the Pear & Sunset mni-medley (Z1339 & Z1338), My Stickease stickers (X7129C) and the adorable Hooligans Level 2 Asst. felt creatures (Z1332)...designed from the newest Scrapbooking Program book 'Magic' (9034). You can use either a 4X6 or 5X7 for the left hand side, (I used a 4X6) and I cropped down three 4X6 photos for the right hand side.


Another very versatile, well used and loved design from Jeannette Lynton. Embellishments are from the My Stickease stickers (7129C), Sunset mini-medley (Z1338) and the Hooligans Level 2 paper pack (X7129B). I wanted to add some texture, so I did a row of double stitching around the images to 'frame' it out and have a contrast between the papers and cardstock. The pictures used in this design are 3X3 and 6X6...I was planning on adding my journalling to the green circle and following the lines around and around...

If you would like some more information about the Hooligans paper collection or any of the products I've used here, please visit my website or post a comment here!


Moving on to the Olivia paper collection...


This is the featured layout in the Olivia Workshop kit (G1013), as you can see I have yet to take any new Fall photos of the family, but have plans to add them once they have been taken! I absolutely LOVE this 'Timeless' stamp set and Shimmer brads (Z1349), very simple layout, but beautiful too


I have created the featured layouts on the reverse of the Olivia My Stickease stickers (X7128C), designs can be found in the newest Scrapbook program book, 'Magic' (9034)...only addition to this is some ribbon from the Cocoa designer ribbon rounds (Z1316) and some left over bits from the Chocolate mini-medley package in the Workshop kit.


Great basic design again from the 'Magic' book (9034), Olivia My Stickease Stickers (X7128c) and the Opaques Mocha Adhesives (Z1333)...also snuck in some more Cocoa ribbon


This is one of the featured card designs in the Olivia Workshop kit, stamp set and brads are included in this kit.

Please contact me through my website or post a comment here if you wish to order any of these products or have a question for me ;)

Thanks for checkin' in and have a great day!

BC's Crop 4 Kids Weekend Fundraiser

Ok, so the weekend has come and gone, we had a fantastic time, won a couple raffle prizes, one of which was a seasons pass to Hell's Gate! It is on my bucket list...not sure that I am ready to tackle that one yet...fear of great heights and falling, being the primary reason to date!

I mentioned that I would post a few pictures...so here they are:

 A crazy close-up...really need to talk to Marissa about that !
 It's ok for me to take one of her though because she is MUCH younger than I am!
My messy scrap space...
 Mary and Sandra giving away loads of 50/50 money...
Some handsome pictures about to be scrapped...
A couple 'must-have' items close at hand...

I can't wait to find out the total amount raised...projections are above last years total...yippee, Way to go everyone...especially Mary and Sandra for their fantastic organization of this event once again!

One of the proudest moments I experienced this weekend was my daughters focus and acheivements in her scrapbooking...she finished a total of eleven layouts, all beautifully done...well surpassing anything I can say for my own layout totals...my excuse is the socializing I tend to do...that and large crowds tend to distract my simple senses...:)

Friday, October 1, 2010

BC's Crop 4 Kids

Well, Marissa and I are busy trying to pack up for this years Crop for Kids event at Abbotsford's Ramada...staying overnight on Saturday night...and lending a hand with the set up in another hour or so...

This is one of those events that benefits so many...all class proceeds goes directly to BC's Childrens Hospital and the classes are always great! Mini albums, layouts, cards and 3D projects. Last years' event raised over $20,000. There are many satelite events around the lower mainland leading up to this weekend, increasing the contributions even more!

Of course for the Croppers attending the event, door prizes, 50/50 and silent auction items are up for grabs and everyone loves to win a little something right?

Can't wait to set up my space and get busy! Hopefully I will be able to update everyone with some pictures soon.

Thanks for stoppin' by ;)

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