Let's Scrap Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning !

Here's the Let's Scrap Sketch for this Wednesday:

and this is what I created:

I used the Plantin Schoolbook (cartridge from Cricut) reward image to make this sunshine piece and hand cut the cloud from the patterned paper...used an EK border punch for the scalloped border...

I grabbed the sticker sheet that went with this BoBunny Barefoot & Bliss paper pack and all the little phrases above were on the alphabet sticker sheet...

This is the perfect sketch for those multi photo events...I always take loads and loads of photos of my kids doing fun things and this was no exception...Marissa had fun even if the water was freezing!

I cut these banners out of the new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge from CTMH...it was so super easy and the end result was just what I wanted...

Boy, this is an example of how much I dislike my handwriting...oh well, this ticket was also cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge...I flipped the journalling part over as it was cut out too and thought I'd just use this piece and stamp journalling lines on it seeing as it already was cut to fit!

Thanks for stopping by today...make sure you head on over to Let's Scrap for more inspirational versions of this sketch and maybe even try it out for yourself!

Why not head Back to School too!

Hello my Scrappy friends!

Are you feeling left out now that your kids are on their way back to school? Why not join them in some Back-to-School scrapbooking and cardmaking classes of your own!??

For September's Workshops I am featuring our newest paper collection 'Typeset' for just this occasion:

Workshops on the Go™ Typeset Kit Contents

Typeset Level 2 Paper PacketMy Acrylix® 

Typeset Workshop Stamp Set (C-size)

Milepost Shapes

Create-a-Shade® Pearl Paint

Workshop Guide

Featured Colors: Desert Sand, Juniper, Creme Brulee

Follow the included step-by-step instructions to create the two-page layout featured in the workshop guide. The layout pattern is a Jeanette Lynton original created exclusively for this workshop. Then use your remaining materials and online tips to create an additional layout and a bonus project, shown in the guide.

featured Workshop layout 

left page

right page

additional layout

and these are the Bonus cards:

The bonus project, five Art Philosophy cards, requires the following additional items (not included in the workshop kit):

1 – Dark Neutral Cardstock Shade Pack (X5912)

1 – Wooden Designer Buttons (Z1387)

Add this workshop kit plus the additional items for the bonus project to your shopping list and create three great projects—it's an excellent value!

Some basic tools you may already have, such as inks, stamp blocks, or how-to books are needed to complete these projects. The Cricut® Art Philosophy cartridge is also required (Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection Z1686). 

If you are attending one of my Workshops in person...these tools are available for you to use.

CLICK on over to my Workshop info tab for more information or email me to find out how these Workshops can 'work' for you!

I have a confession to make...

Ok, so yesterday I was out delivering a scrapbook order into Chilliwack for one of my customers and after talking with her...I decided to stop into Classics (the local scrapbook store there)...now if you've already read my previous post from early this morning, you'll have read that I haven't bought any more paper recently...not so true anymore!


I kept it at a reasonable total...not going to confess that, but I will tell you that I got 27 sheets of double-sided patterned paper, an alphabet sheet from Thickers in sunny yellow! a ribbon embellishment pack, some sort of fiber'y sand coloured dust stuff...? and some of those 12x12 cardstock sticker sheets that co-ordinate with the patterned papers...that's all I can remember right now because I was really quick in putting it all safely away in my stash containers...


Now I have to say that I created a layout right away with some of it later on last evening so that part is good news, because usually I like to purchase paper and let it sit and nicely 'age' for months on end...not so this time baby!

Now a couple general points of interest on this layout are firstly...that I crossed this bridge! and secondly, that I wanted to try to incorporate a collage image instead of same size photos...

I am a fan of the Scrapbooks Etc. webpage and on it you have sketches, much like the ones on Let's Scrap...but they also have loads of tips and tricks as well as loads of collage templates! So I opened up my Photoshop, dragged and dropped and trimmed and Voila! a collage to resize to 8"X10" and sent it off to Costco.ca to print...I could have gotten the same look with trimming my own photos, but then I'd had to have resized most of them to smaller image sizes and on this collage template you can easily zoom in or out on an image...I admit that Photoshop is a bit of a learning curve and I am in no ways any kind of expert...far from it...but I did manage to get this one done in an hour or so...

I've used a couple of the BoBunny Et Cetera sheet I just bought for the background and some more of the patterned Simple Stories Destination paper and card stock stickers for the ticket border, compass, flourish and tabs.

These tags and camera die-cuts were from the Making Memories Passport collection that I have hanging around...

Super cute certificate that they give you once you've gotten all your stamps at the different check points throughout the park...including the Bridge, Cliffwalk, Tree-top Adventure and Historic spots...

I am loving Close To My Hearts new cork alphabets...think I'll need to add another package to my shopping cart for my next order...I had this die-cut sheet in my Making Memories Passport stash as well and I inked it up considerably...along with all the other paper on this layout!

I wanted to add some journalling but as per usual, I don't always like to see it front and centre...so I dug into my journalling tag bin...yes I need an entire bin to store them all...and found this one :)

I mentioned in my previous post that I have been buying the co-ordinating 12x12 card stock embellishment sheets to some of the paper collections I've gotten recently...it sure does make short work on putting the finishing touches on some of these layouts...

It's hard to see in this photo of the photos in my layout, but at the Capilano Suspension Bridge park, they have an area where they teach us a thing or two! Here I've photographed the tags that are wrapped around these insanely huge and OLD trees...the top one is not really readable but it says: Douglas Fir...205FT tall...20FT circumference...1300 YEARS OLD! and the lower photo says: W.Hemlock...165FT tall...9FT circumference...300 YEARS OLD!

Let's Scrap Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning everyone!

 Yes...it's that time again for another fabulous Let's Scrap sketch...

 courtesy of the ever talented Cheri O'Neill...

Now with all the excitement of this past week (see previous post) I was working on pictures of my recent 'bucket list' trip to Capilano Suspension Bridge and I didn't get my photos in time to finish off my double page version of this sketch...but I did do a single page, the left hand side to be exact! 

Which is fantastic in and of itself! Here's what I did with a single side:

I haven't been purchasing much paper lately because after joining the Scrap your Stash support group (lol) at Let's Scrap...I am reminded that yes, we have loads of stash that most of us will take years to use up! BUT when I saw this 100 Days Of Summer paper collection by 'simple stories' (a new paper company) I felt that urge you get 'some', so I did! 

Now, I've covered it all up, but I used CTMH's new Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy to cut out that tulip coloured flower behind all those photos...it's similar to the small one in the lower right hand corner...which was a pleasant coincidence...you would be able to see if I hadn't ended up covering it with these photos! LOL

Along with the 6 sheets of paper I also purchased the 12x12 sheet of Expressions Cardstock Stickers and the 12x12 sheet of Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers...which was where I got the tiny type alphabet letters for my journalling and the sun and tree embellishment...

the 'just dance' title was from some leftover chipboard alphas I had from K&Company in my stash...the arrow was from the Maya Road shapes collection, also in my stash and the baker's twine...my favorite :) from the jar on my ledge in my workshop

added a couple touches of the gold staples I had in my stapler for more texture...I hope to add my Capilano Suspension Bridge layout soon, just so I can prove to those of you that know of my great fear of heights...and falling! that I actually did cross the bridge and walk the new Cliffwalk!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abbotsford's Peewee AAA Provincial Champions!!!

Hello! I have to have a proud Momma moment right now and tell all of you what I've been up to for the past week...

My son's AAA Peewee Baseball team has been participating in the BC Provincial Championships since Thursday evening. They played Thursday evening, two games Friday and another game Saturday afternoon with the Semi-Final game Sunday morning and the Final game Sunday afternoon! Phew! loads of Baseball, great weather, lots of fun at the park with the boys and family and friends and in the end, our fabulous boys won the Provincial title!!! Woot woot!!!

These young men have been working hard since Spring ball started in April and I am so proud of how they all played and their exceptional sportsmanship...I know as a parent, that in the end it's moments like these that show us how great our kids are turning out in their journey to adulthood :)

For those of you following the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania...then you have an idea of the excitement around these games. Now that our team has won the Provincials, they will go on to represent British Columbia in what's referred to as the Westerns...so now we are scrabbling to sort out accommodations and travel to Nanaimo, BC (luckily our province is hosting this year and our travel involves a ferry!) for this coming weekend! Thursday actually is our first game...

Here's some pictures of the boys and my son from the Provincial Championship games:

Matthew's favourite position on this team is catcher...

Yup, that's outta here! I was super proud of his first ever HOME RUN...over the fence baby!

It's fun to capture these boys at the ready...watching the play on third...leading off...ready to steal to home!

I love that my hubby has always been involved in Matthew's sports...this year he helped as Assistant Coach for his Spring and Summer ball season.

Off to the Western Championship now...Go ~Team BC~ Go!!!

Thanks for sharing in my pride and joy moment!

Let's Scrap Card Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning!

It's Wednesday and time for another sketch from Let's Scrap but seeing as this is the third Wednesday of August, today we've got a card sketch for you to try out!

Of course I was playing with CTMH's new Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy, and it made short work of creating this card...for those of you that know me well...cards can take me just about as long as a two page layout! So anything that will help me get creating...this Let's Scrap card sketch by Debby D is just perfect for the cupcake image and the co-ordinating stamp set and sentiment that comes in one of the three stamp sets with this Cricut cartridge! This cute square shape is one of MANY card templates that the Art Philosophy cartridge cuts out too!

Here's another card using this sketch:

August's Sharing From The Heart BlogHop!

Welcome to August's Sharing From The Heart BlogHop!  

The best part about this BlogHop is that some of us are featuring August's stamp of the month 'Wicked', some of us will be featuring new product and some of us will be featuring School themed projects!  A select few have also mentioned that they'd be featuring all three! 

This month's featured stamp of the month is called 'Wicked' which is a fantastic *new* stamp from Close To My Heart that is very wicked indeed!

Hopefully you'll find some inspiration as you Hop along!

If you've arrived from Lela's Blog then you are on the right track!

 Here are the images included in this month's 'Wicked' stamp set : 

Now here's some super awesome Artwork from CTMH:

This is what I've created with August's Stamp of the Month set 'Wicked':

I've used ALL cardstock for this card; Sunset, Colonial White and Black. My images were stamped in black and the broom stick was stamped in Desert Sand and Cocoa!

This card was super fun to create! I have stamped the witch on Desert Sand cardstock, matted it in Sunset and inked those edges with Cocoa...the spider web was embossed on our black cardstock, which kinda split the paper a bit...this worked perfectly with the web/creepy look I was going for anyways, so I inked the white core of our cardstock that was exposed with the Desert Sand ink pad! 


*Now, you'll notice that with both of these cards the sentiment is on a specialty shaped pieces of cardstock which I cut from the NEW Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge! I know that I'll be heading to this frequently as I LOVE using it after half a week!

These two cards were cut using the NEW Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge too...In the above card, the stamped cupcake and stars are from one of the stamp sets included when you purchase our new Cricut cartridge. 

I've used Fanfare patterned paper and added some bling on the cupcakes to resemble sprinkles with our NEW Glitz Glitter Gel in red! 

This card below is cut from the NEW Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge as well because I was having so much fun...I've used the 'A Little Thanks' stamp set, which isn't new, but is very versatile, so I love to use it! I had some scraps of our now retired Sweetheart paper so I added it to this Black & White Daisy cardstock.

I hope you've enjoyed your visit here, if you'd like to become a follower or leave me a comment, I'd love it!

Now it's time to head on over to Kristin's Blog for some more great ideas and inspiration using CTMH products!

If you've gotten lost along the way...here's a list of all the participants this month and remember that this is one big happy loop, so you can just click to the next person and you'll end up right back where you started!

Wendy K                      http://paperheartist.com 

Tamytha Jenkins           http://MyScrapbookingBlog.com 

Tammy Smith               http://c2mh.blogspot.com 

Susann Taylor               http://1026designs.blogspot.com 

Romaine                        http://bumblesnbees.blogspot.com

Patti Rowe                     http://pattierowe.blogspot.com 

Nicole Schuette              http://scrappernic.blogspot.com 

Michelle Powell             http://scrappinprincess-michelle.blogspot.com 

Lori Stroup                     http://loriannie670.blogspot.com

Lori Miller                      http://clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com 

Lela                                http://lilola4life.blogspot.com 

Kristine Ponte                 http://kponte.blogspot.com 

Kristin Kottwitz              http://kristinkottwitz.blogspot.com 

Jody Gustafson               http://cre8memories.blogspot.com 

Heather Hunt                  http://creativecoconut08.blogspot.com 

Elizabeth                        http://ejoym.blogspot.com 

Doreen Guilfoyle           http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com 

Diane Tuggle                 http://stampininthevilliage.blogspot.com 

Diana Soling                 http://mystampingspot.blogspot.com 

Deanne Jacobs              http://deannestamps.blogspot.com 

Ann Bacon                    http://annsnovemberrose.blogspot.com 

Amy McVey                 http://clearlystamping.blogspot.com

Let's Scrap Sketch for Wednesday!

Good Morning! 

It's another Let's Scrap Sketch Wednesday today and here's what the ever talented Cheri O'Neill has created for us to play with for this week!

This was a fun one to work on...after seeing the gears I thought, wait a minute...I have actual metal gears from Tim Holtz and what better photos then the ones I took of my kids in our friend's old cars...

I cut the black die cut from the new Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge from CTMH...when I saw this paper I thought it would be perfect because it reminds me of asphalt and also rubber tires...the sketch said 'a very large and fun title' so I thought it would fun to use the white chipboard Enmarc 'discover' word and inked it with some metallic silver ink...tried to make it look like the chrome in the cars...

While diggin' through my stash for embellishments I came across these Stock tickets...perfect!

I tucked some journalling in behind the photo on the left...inked the street sign in the same silver metallic ink...hard to see the shine...when I purchased this Imaginisce Scooter's Vacation paper pack, I, of course HAD to also get the epoxy stickers with it because they were so cute and I put some everywhere! 

Thanks so much for visiting today, make sure you click on over to Let's Scrap for more inspirational layouts from more of the Design Team and make sure you have fun with this sketch too!

August Challenge at Let's Scrap

Hello! I wanted to share my layout that I used in the August sketch challenge over at Let's Scrap.

I used photos from a school field trip my daughter went on many years ago...four years ago actually!

The class went to Fort Langley to visit the Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada...a little about this place: Fort Langley is the exact location where, a century and a half ago, a huge fur trade organization called the Hudson's Bay Company established a small post to trade with the First Nations of the West Coast. The enterprise grew, evolved, and influenced history, leading to the creation of the colony of British Columbia!

This sketch challenge is going on for the entire month of August, click on over to the Let's Scrap site to find out what prize is up for grabs...here's the sketch:

I used some patterned script paper from Paper Reverie, that was in my stash, to cut all of these different flowers out using my *new 'Art Philosophy' Cricut cartridge from Close To My Heart...let me just say that I'm lovin' it!

This title block is on CTMH's new journalling spots, you get 12 folded envelope/pouches with a co-ordinating tag inside...on this one I attached the layout title to the envelope and stamped onto the tag so I can add my journalling...the word 'History' was inked in Cocoa onto our *new cork alphabet stickers! lovin' them too!

Here's my take on this Becky Fleck sketch:

I didn't take a close up of the alphabet border stamping but I've used CTMH's new stamp set 'Vintage Type'...might be lovin' this one too!

I decided to use the back of the tag to add yet another photo of this event.

Thanks for stopping by!