Sketch Challenge for NSD

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This was FUN to make.  It started out as all LO’s do for me.  No clue what picture I want to use or what story I want to tell.  Just paper.  I went with this sketch and started it off wanting to play around with the Classic Calico Vol. 2 collection… and it blossomed from there.

And this my friends, completes the Studio Calico NSD Challenges for me :)   Next up, the cover and first few pages of my on-the-go mini for our honeymoon and starting some prep work on THIS baby.  I was so excited to receive it on Tuesday.  For some reason, I thought it opened right up, but I was mistaken.  It’s the file folders that open up (duh.).  I must say, I was so excited when I heard that Heidi Swapp was back in the product game, and she really delivered.  I love that this allows me to document one big event – and you know, I kind of have one coming up ;)

Thanks for looking!

National Scrapbooking Day!

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Well wouldn’t you know… been scrapping for 6 years and this is the first time I have participated in National Scrapbooking Day :)   Everywhere I turned this weekend, there were giveaways, challenges, blog hops and inspo.  I could resist the challenges over at Studio Calico and got down to work (well, and the prize for completing all of the challenges – a $100 gift card!).  I got two layouts done, and one notebook cover.  Not bad for a Sunday! 

This one came together rather easily in my mind, but was time consuming to create.  There were 5 challenges, and since combining is allowed, combine I did!  In short, I was to use triangles as inspiration, incorporate confetti, get graphic by using a shape, put to work some alpha stamps and finally, use 5 or more photos on a layout.  I totally combined ALL 5 challenges onto one, because I knew I’d have to do another one for the sketch challenges, and also knew that I wouldn’t get more than 2 done.

So here’s my Studio Calico NSD Challenge Layout:

And here’s the cover I threw together for my notebook at work with the leftover bits of my City of Lights kit. 

I have another LO to share in the next few days from the Sketch Challenge!

How much work, if any, did you get done?

TFL!

Another “lift the person above you” challenge…

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…was just what I needed to get back to work.  I haven’t scrapbooked in about a month, with the exception of the “Happy Little Moments” book that I am still plugging away at!  I lifted this wonderful layout by Ginny – check it out!

And here is my version

and what have I been doing in the meantime, you ask?  Well, my wedding is coming up in less than three months, so we’re in the home stretch of planning.  Last week and this week really focuses on getting those invitations out.  Yesterday, J and I went golfing and then had dinner at the clubhouse, where we also made a list of all the things that have to be done for our social and wedding day.  We are SO excited!

Speaking of excitement, we booked our honeymoon :)   We will be hopping in the car the day after the wedding for a good ol’ fashioned roadtrip, and heading to Chicago, Illinois.  The next morning, we fly out of O’Hare to sunny and beautiful Hawaii on the Island of Oahu!  We will spend 6 nights at the Sheraton Waikiki, before flying back to Chicago and taking a few days to see the city, check out a Cubs game or two and some SHOPPING!!!  Then we’ll drive home (and probably stop in Minneapolis on the way home, let’s face it).  WOOT!

Thanks for listening and looking!

 

 

A Layout and a City Champ

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First, let me start off by talking about the weather here in Winnipeg.  It is INSANE.  I can’t remember ever wearing flip flops and shorts as early as March.  Looks like we are in store for a nice, long summer :)

Okay, the layout.  I played along in another “lift the scrapper above you” challenge.  Here is Sarah’s LO that I chose to lift:

And here is my take:

I am really in love with Echo Park’s This & That release.  So easy to work with!  No paper pushing and humming and hawwing with this one.  Well, maybe a little, but that’s just me.

And finally, a city champ.  So proud of this girl:

She plays hockey sometimes 5 nights a week, is passionate about it.  Sunday night after an intense game, they won their third straight in a best of 5 series.  They all deserve this very much and I know it’s a moment she’ll remember forever.

Thanks for looking folks!

Happy Little Moments – Page 1

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Soooo loving this project!  I thought I’d start it off with a shot of me and my camera.  How’s that for a happy little moment?  ;)

In all seriousness, I bought the camera not because I wanted to take up photography, but because I wanted better pictures for scrapbooking.  The results have been amazing, and it’s been worth every penny.  One of the best purchases I ever made!  Plus, it allows me document all those memories I’m so fond of.

I’d like about 20 more of those Amy Tan yo yo flowers please.

TFL!  :)

Happy Little Moments class

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I am delighted to be partaking in a wonderful online class over at Studio Calico called “Happy Little Moments”, taught by the wonderful and talented Maggie Holmes.  I love LOVE that we’re using old Readers Digest books as the base of our albums.  The official instructions were to paint the cover, and try I did.  Three coats of three different colors went on that cover, but I wasn’t feeling it – so I decided to go with my first instinct.  Paper!  And boy was I ever happy to pull out my new Dear Lizzy products and put them to good use :)   Here’s how my cover ended up.

The idea is to record those little moments in life that give us so much joy.  Maybe not Christmas, or birthday parties, but things likereading a bedtime story with your child, or the note your husband left you before work.  The little stuff!  A few of us were brainstorming on the message board about other things we could make this book for, too – like travel journals, engagement/wedding photo mini albums and art journals.

I’ll be back tomorrow with my next page :)  

Thanks for looking!

Photo Swap Challenge

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I recently participated in a really fun Photo Swap Challenge.  The idea is that you swap pictures with another scrapper, and each design one layout using that person’s picture.  Once done, we’re to physically send the layout to our partner.

Pam sent me some beautiful pictures of her daughter.  Seriously, stunning pictures.  It made it really easy for me to come up with a simple design that would really showcase the photographs.  Couldn’t believe how quickly it all came together, with minimal humming and hawwing (which is the norm for me). 

I asked Pam if she had a preference in terms of what type of picture I sent her.  She requested some winter pictures!  Being that she lives in sunny Florida, and I imagine doesn’t have the opportunity to work with those very often, I was happy to oblige.  Here is the BEAUTIFUL layout she came up with for me.  I absolutely love it.  And, she didn’t know this while she was scrapping it, but that is my favorite line of Crate Paper.  Ever.

So there you have it folks – another challenge, another awesome way this hobby brings people together :)

Thanks for looking!

The Liebster Award

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I was very honored to be nominated for this award first, by my friend Sherri, and second, by my friend Leigh.

Liebster’ is German for ‘dearest’.  The award is a ‘share-the-love’ arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers (that would be me, folks ;) .

Here’s the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient:

- Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
- Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
- Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above).
- Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers.

In alphabetical order, here are my five nominees:

Brooke

Kim

Laura

Nicole

Polly

And, because I don’t like to have a post without a photo – here’s one of my three favorite girls on Christmas Day :)

Have a great day!