Layout #67 - ABC challenge, PPC and a sketch

I was going to make a short post on Monday to express my extreme happiness! I was reading through some of the blogs I follow, and I found out I was a winner at not one, but two of my favourite blogs! I couldn't believe my luck, and on such a dreary rainy day, too! Purple Pumpkin is sending me something, and I won an ABC package from my favourite...

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Layout #66

I made this layout for the Design Dollies Trifecta last week, but I missed the posting deadline! I was really grumpy last night, too, because it just seemed like I was busy all day doing stuff for everyone else - laundry, baking, cooking, comforting, etc. etc. - and all I really wanted to do was finish this bleepin' page. That's the life of a mother,...

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New Site - Get Picky!

Just wanted to spread the word about a new challenge site called Get Picky! It is going to have sketches and inspiration challenges each month, and it sounds like a lot of fun. Can't wait to see the first challenge! They are also having a giveaway for new followers, so go check it o...

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Layout #65

Here's a page I finished a while back using Creative Scrappers Sketch #120. This is Nolan at his Christmas concert last year, which I missed due to work, but Jason managed to snap these photos for me. Not great quality, but better than the ones from the year before! I used some Basic Grey paper I bought ages ago, some old tags, and some bits from...

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Lauout #64 - Smitten!

This was a fun layout for me to do! I challenged myself to make it as quickly as possible, and I finished it in an evening. Kind of hard to say exactly how long it took because I kept getting interrupted! I used a sketch from Creative Scrappers (#119) and a prompt out of my Scrapbook Play book: #15 - scrapbook about an obsession. Just a note here,...

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Layout #63 - Trifecta!

Just wanted to blog this really quickly before I miss the deadline, but I finally completed another trifecta at Design Dollies, woohoo! So, trifecta means colours, this week Red, Orange, Green and Blue, then elements, which is a birthday theme this week, and finally a sketch, which I followed very closely this time, only I swapped out the three photos...

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Quilted Birthday Card

This is my first foray into the world of quilting, and I must say, I'm glad I wasn't using fabric! Yikes, what a mess that would be! I needed to make a birthday card for my brother-in-law, so I looked through mags until I found this quilting idea in the summer issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today. You have to sew 1"x6" strips of patterned paper together,...

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Layout #62

I entered a contest at Creative Scrappers, and my name was pulled from over 100 entrants to win a kit from Scrap-tures! The kit arrived on Monday and I was just drooling as I pulled out each piece of paper from the box (for real, ask my husband!) Of course I had to play right away and this is what I came up with. I used a sketch from My Little Sketch...

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Cute Baby Card

I know I said I was going to stay away from the cards for a while, but my best friend had a baby boy almost a month ago, and I still haven't even sent her a card! Bad, yeah, I know! I blame her for having him a couple of weeks early, hee hee! So this is what I came up with. Kinda plain, but I think it's still cute. I love this Ms. On the Go stamp...

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Layout #61

Here's a fairly simple layout I did for this week's Sketchy Thursday challenge. I doctored up a grungeboard "5" with Perfect Pearls, fussy cut some butterflies from a some girls' clothing tags, and did a bunch of machine stitching. I almost went with a purple background, but I'm glad I used more of the brown and green. I think it makes the purple...

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Layout #60

Don't you just loooooooove this paper? (Here is where you can picture me doing the Homer Simpson mouth-watering drool sound!) I had a hard time cutting into it, but I love the back as much as the front, so I used my new technique. I trimmed out a photo mat-sized piece, flipped it, and stitched it together with a couple of scrap cardstock strips in...

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Layout #59

I've wanted to do a page like this for a long time! I found a box of school memorabilia at my parents' house, and in it was an autobiography I made in Grade 6. It is sooooo cute! Really, it's like an ancient scrapbook, or something from a time capsule. Anyway, on the very last page I had to write my future plans, and I was shocked when I read it!...

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Layout #58

Well, not totally lovin' this page, but at least the story is down and preserved! Ailis is so cute, she's always singing, and it's usually songs she makes up as she goes along. She made this song up one day when she was getting impatient for me to clean the kitchen so we could bake cookies. I put the journaling with some photos of her baking with...

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Argh! I give up!!!!

I love the colours for Design Dollies colour challenge for this week: black, white, green and pink. I have tons of pink and green scraps from Ailis's baby album, so I thought I could whip up a beautiful card. Boy, was I wrong! These cards turned out nothing like I had envisioned, and I am soooooo frustrated that I think I'm going to skip card making...

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