Layout #32

I love how this layout turned out! I don't know, I think it's the colours, or maybe it's my beautiful baby girl! This will be the third page of her first year calendar. I used a pattern from Reflections called Bottom Border - Title, and I subbed in some journaling for the third photo.Supplies (all Close to My Heart): White Daisy cardstock, Classmate...

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Colour Me Monday

Jeannette Lynton, the founder of Close to My Heart, puts out a colour combo every Monday at her blog (see the link over in my sidebar) and she comes up with the most amazing projects to go along with each one. This week's combo was super tough for me. It was Autumn Terracotta, Garden Green, New England Ivy, and Crystal Blue. I almost gave up on it...

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Card for SPCC #49

I went to Smithers last weekend, and they actually have a scrapbooking store, so I bought some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. It was funny, we were just coming to the end of our trip, everyone else had bought themselves a treat except for poor li'l Mama, and so I dragged the whole troop into this store so I could "browse". Well, let me tell ya, it...

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The Pipe Dream (layout #31)

I've been doing a lot of scraplifting lately, but this layout is entirely my own! I've wanted to do a layout with these old passport photos for ages, but we are total nomads, so everything gets shuffled around and misplaced. I finally found all three pairs and kept them on my table until now. Thank goodness they're safe now! The story is just too...

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Layout #30

Just a quick post today - I feel like I have soooooo much to do around the house! This layout was inspired by one I saw in the July 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes, and I love how simple it was to put together. Two beautiful photos, a few patterned paper strips, staples and brads, a mixed media title (totally stolen from a magazine, only I can't...

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Layout #29

Here's a layout I finished the other day using Close to My Heart's Backcountry paper pack and stickers. I thought they worked perfectly with the theme of the page. The sketch is another one from 4x6 photo sketch blog. I'm really loving all the sketches there! This was our first family camping trip, and the kids were just so cute! Here's how Ailis...

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Layout #28

This is a TOTAL case from a Creating Keepsakes layout. (Not sure which issue, sorry!) Anyway, it was a lot of fun because I used my sewing machine again, this time to make a grid for my stamped images, and also because I got to use almost all of the images from my Dream Big stamp set. Aren't they cute? (Brenna's not too bad, either!)Supplies (all...

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Shhhh, this card's a secret!

It's my 11th anniversary on Saturday, and so I decided to try a different style of card. I saw this type on Vicki Wizniuk's blog, and decided to give it a try, and I love it! First, I random stamped some White Daisy cardstock, and it looks really cool, so I'll have to think of a way to use up the remnants. I used Black textured cardstock from Close...

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Kicking Horse (layout #27)

This was a trip I went on BK (Before Kids), so it must have been 2001 or something. I went white water rafting with a group of people I didn't really know. I've had the pictures forever, but I didn't really know what to do with them. There were so many, I wanted to include a whole bunch, but not do more than one layout. Then along came the Close...

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2 Design Dollies Challenges in One

I couldn't quite manage the Trifecta with this challenge, but I did incorporate 2 challenges in one layout. I loved the sketch this week, so I used that, and I also did the elements challenge, which was a first for me, and quite tricky. The project needed to have three different patterned papers, a tag, something lime green, a red ribbon, and an uncoloured...

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First Ever Stitching on a Project!

I got a sewing machine for Christmas from my parents, and I've hardly had time to even look at it, but after I started making this card, I decided it needed some stitching on it. I started playing around with scraps, and then I went for it. Can you see it around the edge? The ribbon was a bit tricky, and it ended up a bit crooked, but still, I'm pretty...

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Design Dollies Colour Challenge

For the past three school years, I've taken photos of Nolan on the first day of school. It's pretty cool to see how much he's grown and changed, and even though the school year is almost over, I can still remember the excitement of that first day!So this week's colour challenge at Design Dollies is to use Kraft with bright colours. I only had a few...

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