Rock n' Roll

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 This is of my niece rockin' out at her Auntie Kim's house a few summers ago playing Rock Band.  She is totally channelling her inner Rock Star!  The journaling/title is from the Kiss lyrics God gave Rock n' Roll to you, which I so forgot was from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure! Apparently that movie is really stuck in my head! (I did a layout about a month ago with B & T )

Except for the two Imaginisce pink flowers, I made all the other ones.  I particularly like the hot pink foil ones.  The pictures do them no justice!  They are made from of sheet of thick, super shiny foil, I punch them out with two different size scallop punches (FYI this is GREAT to sharpen your punches), I flipped them over and scored with a ruler and bone folder tip from every valley in the scallop to the center; then with one I used the 1/16th hand held punch to punch out the holes, and the other I used the eyelet setter on the Crop a dile to dry emboss the circles.

I worked with new IRock Tool from Imaginisce on this one as well, BUT I'm thinking trying out a new tool at midnight..not so wise.  I can see the potential in this tool, but round 1, did not go down too well! LOL!

Potty time!

Hi

Still having fun catching up on back dated picture.   My boys we're belly giggling so much at this layout...they really like my skull placement! LOL!  My YIPEEEEE title was actually cut out from the back of a Prima pack and colored with Copic Markers. 

I've actually will have projects to post this week! I crafted a lot this week end! So check back soon.

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Flying High

FYI : Just waiting for one final "i" to be dotted before I make my big announcement!

Hi Everyone

Your going to be seeing a lot of layouts with my twins when they were 2!  I'm enjoying scrapping them this little again, soon it'll be their 7th b-day and as all you Momma's know, Time FLYS!!!  

Today's LO has a mix of a bunch of supplies: SU!, Tim Holtz, Rusty Pickle, Teressa Collins and American Crafts. 

The picture is not picking up the detail of the crown very well; but it looks amazing in real life and I wanted to share with you what I did.  Click on the picture to make it larger, hope that shows it better.

1. Trace crown around you card stock back ground paper and cut out. (not top of crown)

2. Cover cut out card stock with Crystal Effects, let it sit and start to harden about 10 min; lay crown on top and gently press in.  Let dry for 10 more min.

3.  Add another thick layer of CE on and leave to dry.  Attach to LO.

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Nursery Suite..blast from my past

FYI my big project plans should be announced soon! Just jumping though my final hoop today!

Hi Everyone

Well a few weeks ago I decided to organize my scrapbooks in chronological date order; most were that way already, but since I became a demo 3 years ago, some of my club and class pages just had random pictures on them not in any order; just what looked best on the layout.  While I was doing that, I discovered that I am missing a whole year of the twins; age 2!  I know I had a computer melt down at that age and lost a bunch of photo's, but I didn't think I lost everything!  It's hard to remember details like that...twin 2 year old boys were VERY busy to say the least!  So after staying up till 3am and tearing my house apart; I came to the conclusion that I missed scrapping that year!  I did find some, not many pictures of them at two that I'll be scrapping for the next little while.  And I must admit it's fun doing toddler pages again; I was a new scrapbooker when the boys were this age...so lets just stay my style was still developing! LOL! 

This LO is made with SU! Nursery Suite; I've had people say to me that they don't want this paper cause they think it's too girly, well, here is proof that it is not! With the gorgeous shape of the main page, I was able to leave the LO pretty simple, but I think it still looks stunning and very boy..even with some pink accents on it!

Spring will alway come, no matter how long the winter....I HOPE!

Hi Everyone

Well I'm posting a "naked" Layout today because as you can see it is a spring theme design, and as my back yard is covered in at least 3 1/2 feet of snow still....and YES that has melted, it used to be 4 1/2 feet...I have NO spring pictures to add to it yet!  I just temporarily added the one of my husband and boys to the left side one so you could see the robin better.  If you click on the picture it will make it larger to see all the little details; the pastel chalk painted robins, eggs, Smootch painted eggs, robins, flowers, the banners.  The layouts are simple designs because the paper is so pretty; I just wanted to accent it with a lot of little details. I love how the flower turned out; it's only 2 flowers plus a center, but look how think and full it looks! 

TFL

Rockin' Rolla

Hi Everyone

Ok I know my spelling sucks, but I promise this was on purpose! Do you remember the movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Well Wyld Stallyns is their band name! Don't know why, but these pictures just screamed B and T to me! LOL!  And lucky for me, my sister watched the movie the night before and I told her I was doing a LO and needed to google a B and T quote, she said she had the PERFECT title for these pics! And it IS perfect! The pics we're taken on my iphone after the boys got their hair cut in January and the girl sprayed their hair red..I bought the spray as it made them SO happy!  Tristan kinda looks like  a weird zombie in the picture, I think he was moving and it does not really look like him! It's an ODD picture of him but it was just to perfect with him air guitaring and Ethan playing drums that I had to use it.

Hope you like it and Thank for stopping by

Do Over!

Hi Everyone

Here is my Do Over page from earlier this week; you can view the original HERE.  All the squares are glittered paper and are popped up off the page.  If you click on the picture it will enlarge them so you can see all the details I added; sweet journaling, tags, their names written around the hearts, ink highlighting and a better title.  I still made sure the focus was all on the photos, but I just jazzed it up a bit.  Those pictures are just so amazing of my boys that they deserved a better layout to go with them.

Have a fab week end and thanks for stopping by,

It's hip to be square

Hi Everyone

Here is the double layout I made the other night with the Scrapalicious girls..shout out to Kari for the square chip board! Sweet idea, THANKS!  In real life, this layout looks awesome..something is lost in the picture of it..not sure if it's the color or the dimension? There is lots of depth on this page with the chipboard arrow, glitter brads, popped up squares and tag.  It looks so flat in the picture, which does it NO justice.

The journalling reads: 

You two are DORKS! You are ORIGINALS, you march to the beat of your own drum, and you OWN "it's hip to be square"! This makes you two so COOL to me!

Like all of you Momma's out there..I really love my kids..dork and all! ;)

FYI: I've finished re-vamping my double layout from earlier this week, I'll post it tomorrow. I LOVE how it turned out! See you tomorrow

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Sweet Double Layout

Hi Everyone

So here is another one of my layouts from Saturday Fundraiser Crop.  I took these gorgeous pics of my boys in the fall and they turned out so great that I blew them up to 6x8"; I wanted them to be the 100% focus on the page.  I know as scrapbookers we get so caught up in the artistry and the originality of our pages; but we have to remember it is ALWAYS about the photo!  I still need to journal on them..and I must admit I'm not crazy happy with that generic title, BUT my brown thicker collection was limited in letters so the first 3 title I picked out, I didn't have enough letters! ARG! I was going to add another title over top and some lyrics, but when I told that to a friend, she said leave it...it will take the focus off the boys, so I'm going to take her advise as that is the reason why I enlarged the photos!

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An awesome title can make the page

Hi Everyone

I had a great week end; my friends Kari and Annette came over to crop at my Fundraiser crop and we had a blast.  I actually got 4 layouts done..which is a ton for me when people are around! LOL! Anyhoo, this was my first one, and I need to thank the girls for it! I wanted something fun to go with this page cause the pictures are of me and Pia (my awesome friend Alana's daughter) goofing around with the photobooth on my Mac; and that cute toast and toaster paper boarder just screamed FUN...so I asked the girls for help and Annette suggested something to do with sandwiches, and BOOM this popped in my head!  "We go together like PB & J".  How fun is that! You can't notice it in the picture but I actually covered the little toasts with glassy glaze to make it pop up to match the hearts on the paper that are glossy and puffy..it's looks so cute!

Have an AWESOME Monday

Published! Canadian Scrapbooker

Hi Eveyone

Well I mentioned last week that I was published again in Canadian Scrapbooker Spring Edition (out now); so I thought I'd show it to you!  Last time I was published was in their Spring Edition last year...so spring is good for me! :)  This one is pretty darn cool cause it's so big and all by itself! Lets face it...it's the SHOES not my Layout that they fell in love with! LOL!

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Have a GREAT week-end

My Hockey Boys and the Reason WHY I Scrapbook

Hi Everyone

I went scrapbooking to my friends yesterday, and had a great time. Of course my mouth was faster then my hands so I only got one layout done! That is typical ME! So easily distracted! But I must say, I'm very happy with how it turned out; I based it off one of the sketches on Sketches 2 Scrapbook Aps on my iPhone.  I love to stamp on Glossy Card Stock: the White Skull tag was made with the corner rounder and Glossy Card Stock stamped with Basic Black; it is just SO vibrant!

Some Momma Pride:

This year was the twins FIRST hockey season.  Their first practice was their FIRST time on skates! LOL! Talk about throwing them in the deep end!  But I could NOT be ANY prouder of my boys! They fell at least 100 times, but they SMILED the whole time and got up 101! Not once did they give up, get frustrated.  At the end of that first practice while we were taking their kit off, Tristan said to me " Mom, we kinda sucked at first, but now we are AWESOME!" LOL! I totally had a tear in my eye! You can teach someone to skate..play hockey.. but you CAN NOT teach HEART! 

My Journaling on my Page

"You can't teach heart, you either have it or your don't.  You two have it in TRUMPS! Reach for the Starts my boys!"

I just wanted to point out, THIS is exactly WHY I scrapbook; I don't want to forget all these feelings,  and I want my boys to be able to read and see their childhood and to remember what is forgotten over time.

Fun with Cork and Fun Flowers Die

HI Everyone

Well here is my last layout that I made scrapping the other day with my Sis and Shannon.  This is my sister gorgeous son Brayden; and this is my last of my Lake layouts I had to do.  The WHOLE family went camping together last year, and I took my camera and got great shots off all the cousins and did a Digital Scrapbook for my family for Christmas this year and I also did traditional layouts for me.  Bray was my last one I had to do.  And I LOVE how it turned out, nice and simple, but oh so cute! Again, I used the cork sheet on this LO, I cut them with the Big shot and the awesome new Fun Flowers L Die from the Mini...which I LOVE!  I almost did not buy it, I AM so glad I did, it's my "go to" embellishment maker! I've made paper flowers, fabric flowers and now cork flowers with it.  This die ROCKS! I also used the new Fabric Brads and Sticky back Rhinestone Jewels to decorated my flowers and my XL Trim Die Scallop. The background square DSP is from Play Date.

Today's LO was made with Twisted Sketches #87 sketch and the twist was comfort.  I think my raccoons on my DSP cover the comfort twist, they are just chilled and relaxin' floating in the water.

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Play Date Fun and Easy Layout

Hi Everyone

Today's LO is 100% SU!  For my supplies I used the Play Date Collection, DSP 117168, Die Cut Accent Kit 117172.  Then I sewed..yes sewed not glued, LOL, a flower from Early Espresso 1 1/4" Striped Ribbon 119961 and added a Jumbo Brad 112533.  The kits make it SO quick and simple to whip a LO up, this one took about 10 min to make!  This Accent Kit come with TONS of die cut heavy weight stickers ( like a thin chipboard!) ; including the alphabet with all the months!  This is a GREAT kit for school age kids! You could make an album just with the DSP, Kit plus some card stock and a few extra embellishments!  Let me know if you need a hand putting an order together for this!  What a great way to get an album done quickly, and cost efficiently as well!

Here is what you would need to make your FAB Album! What a GREAT gift for you to give to you CHILD to scrapbook themselves! Or of course keep it for yourself!!

Play Date DSP 117168                 $12.50

Play Date Quick Accents 117172 $10.95

Early Espresso Ribbon 119961     $13.50

Jumbo Brads112533                      $8.50

1 Packages of C/S 8.5 x 11"          $8.50

1 12x12 Designer Printed Album $24.95

Total pre/tax and Shipping =         $66.40 PLUS you would get a choice of a FREE of Sale a Bration product!!!!  

I used a sketch from the winter app download of Sketches 2 Scrapbook, you can download a free version with a sample of 12 LO's or purchase it for only $3.99 and includes 66 MORE Layouts!

My love Bots

Hi Everyone

Well this is my first post with my new Mac! I'm still getting used to it...it's very different from my PC. 

 So today's LO is actually from the same sketch I did for my Club Planner this month from Sketchy Thursday.  This sketch is for March's Guest  DT call, and I'd love to be on their DT even if just for a month.   I had a lot of fun with this LO; I used some non SU! mixed with SU! and loved the way it turned out. My title is My LOVE Bots so I thought Valentines Day was the perfect day to post this! 

 I FINALLY used out Cork Sheets! I kept forgetting about them, so I brought them with me to sister's where I scrapped on Friday, and USED them! I love them as the pennant...so EASY to cut! The new Glitter Paper works so perfect to punch out hearts, I LOVE that stuff.  My 2 squares of DSP are from the SU! Playdate set.  You should be able to click on the LO to make it larger to see all the little details on this page...I even journaled!  The rules on Sketchy Thursday DT call for this LO was to us the color combo Red/Turquoise, use Hearts, and to List what you love about the person on the Layout. So my heart covers my RED and my HEART! 

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by, I'd love it if you left your mark here and left me a comment! They make my day!  I've got 2 other LO's I made on Friday, I ACTUALLY scrapped with people around! LOL! 3 LO's is a record for me at a crop!

Happy Valentines Day

More Scrapbooking with Fabric

Please Do not forget to Sign up for my Scrapping with Cancer Fundraiser Crop! Please Click HERE for details, to register or to just DONATE to the cause.

Hi Everyone

Yesterday I had a retail therapy day with my sister and then went scrapbooking with my friends, so no posts! SORRY!  But today I have a layout for you that I did last night, which is a miracle as I really don't scrap well in groups!  My mouth moves faster than my hands, LOL! I just chat away all night while the others crank out 4-5 layout to my one!  I really like how it turned out, just needs to have some REAL stitches on it.  SO my friend Kari offered to show me how to use a sewing machine! That's right, I'm going to go buy a machine soon and get some lessons from her!

I really like the Lollipop flower I HAND STITCHED on it..NOT glue gunned! LOL! And YES I totally poked my own finger! I even stitched the button on with Linen Thread...are you proud of me??  This is soo easy to do..clearly if I managed it!  The directions are actually in my March's Club Planner.  Stay Tuned for it to be posted I hope this week.  I'm working on a surprise with it at the moment!!  Make sure you scroll down to yesturday's post for the tutorial on the Straw Flower with Fabric brad (left flower on the LO).

Anyhoo the LO was made with 12x12 Wild Wasabi C/S,Choc Chip, So Saffron & Tempting Turquoise 8.5'11" C/S,  Sweet Stitches DSP 121781, Sweet Stitches Fabric 121818, Sweet Stitches Buttons 123302, Melon Mambo Pompom Trim 123322, Fabric Designer Brads, 121880, Linen Thread 104199, Designer Buttons Subtles 119754 and Neutrals 119743. Letters Non SU! 

Sneak Peek for my Scrapping with Cancer Crop

Scrapping With Cancer Fundraising Crop

Saturday March 5, 10am-4pm

$60

Hi Everyone
I'm very proud to announce this Crop; I held a fundraiser crop for the amazing charity Scrapping with Cancer 2.5 years ago, and I can't wait to do it again! This year the crop will be held at my house in my Studio. The price of the Crop is $60 and includes a Kit Valued at $35 which will include:

-Botanical Gazzetted DSP

-Smooch Pearlized paint

-Full back of Pearl: sticky back half pearls

-3Ft of Marina Mist Satin Ribbon

-Plus supplies and instruction to complete a Double page Layout; including photo mats, pearls and other embellishments. The picture is a Sneak Peek of the layout.

The price also includes a $20 donation to purchase supplies for Scrapping with Cancer; also included is your snacks, drinks and a lunch. I will have room for 16 ladies to crop comfortable. If you are signing up with a large group, please let me know if you would like to make this a week end crop for an extra fee.

Registration and payment is required by Feb 16. If you can NOT attend but would still like the kit and to donate you still can, it will be only $50 as you will not be there, I took the $10 off that I've allotted for food. Pick up only.  If you require me to mail you the kit (Canadian's only) please pay the full price as mailing the kit will be $10.
SU! DEMO PLANNER: You may purchase my Planner for this AMAZING DOUBLE PAGE layout for a min donation of $10, all money will go to the Charity! Planner will be emailed Feb 23. Please put in comment section on Paypal that you want the CROP double layout.  See other Fundraiser Layouts HERE.

I will be accepting donations for the month of Feb right up to the crop date to purchase supplies for Scrapping With Cancer; a donation as little as $5.50 will purchase 2 Glue Sticks, so every little counts!

Fundraiser Prices

Full Crop Attend $63.00 Non Attend: Kit/donation only $53.00

My Rockin' Valentine

Hi Everyone
I'm starting this post today by saying I LOVE this LO! This is SO me and it totally matches my new blog!
Well my run with Twisted Sketches Design Team has come to an end; I've been with them for a year, and I LOVED every sketch! One is even about to be published in the Spring Edition of Canadian Scrapbooker!  Lucky for me, Anam, the creator of TS has included me in her next venture Sketches 2 Scrapbook, an Apple Ap of scrapbook sketches. I've blogged about this before and I'm blogging again because now there is a 2nd release of this AWESOME AP! This is my LO for the 2nd release. Click HERE to download the Ap for only $3.99!  There is also a FREE app that you can try and the Original is only sale for a few days for only $2.99.

Supplies
Paper: Love Impressions DSP 121780 ( LOVE this paper), Real Red and Pretty in Pink C/S, Skulls paper non SU!
Ink: Basic Black
Embellishments: Glimmer Paper Red 121790, Heart to Heart XL Punch 119881, Rub Ons, bottle cap and chip board Non SU!