Let's get together

After making the last two cards, the scraps were still laying out all over the table in my scrapbook room. I really liked the colour scheme, so what do I do... I thought that I might as well make yet another card of course!!!

You might have noticed that I added a bit of "bling" to the bottom portion of this card!

Even though this card looks so much different than the original cards found here, the paper that I used was the same. It's from "29th Street Market" which is a discontinued collection from "My Mind's Eye".

It just goes to show you how changing the paper around can make a huge difference to the way something looks! :-)

Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Think Happy Thoughts

As mentioned in a previous post, Scrapbook & Cards has started making these awesome kits called "Crop & Create Delivered - Creativity at your Door"!

When I receive the kit, there is always a newsletter that contains very detailed instruction on making both cards and layouts. The inspiration for the recent pop up cards that I have been making is this one...

But you know me, I couldn't stop at making just one, so I made this one as well...

The paper used for these card was the "Lost & Found 3 - Ruby" collection from "My Mind's Eye" as well as "Crate Paper's" "On Trend" collection.

Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

... the magic continues.

The month of August is a busy month for our family... but this year it held a number of milestone celebrations... first my Son turned 20, then my Parents celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary and lastly my Brother and Sister-in-Law celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary! So much to be thankful for!! :-)

It always seems a lot easier to make two cards at once, so when I was making an anniversary card for Mom & Dad, I decided to make one for my Brother and Sister-in-Law at the same time!

As you can see, they are basically mirror images of each other! And as you may have guessed, they are both pop up cards, similar to the ones seen in my last post! 

These aren't the best pictures, but as they have already been handed out & mailed, these are the only ones I had! (Hopefully the card that was mailed has already been received...! If not, opps - sorry it's last, but it should be there soon!!)

The inspiration for the layout or design of these cards came from Pinterest!

The paper that I used was from "29th Street Market" which is a discontinued collection from "My Mind's Eye".

Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

A future "Golden" Page...

As I haven't really created much over the past couple of months, I seem to now be on a roll... except that I'm creating layouts that I don't have pictures for... YET!  :-)

I don't know about you but I have a whole pizza box full of layouts just like this... layouts just waiting for pictures to be added. Some pages are from classes that I have taken, others are pages I've done, and am just waiting for the right pictures to add. Because of the colouring of this layout, I'm thinking that I will be adding pics of my two Goldens -> Cassie & Wilson. (FYI - On a side note, Cassie turned 3 years old yesterday!!)

As for the paper, I have again used two different companies when creating this layout... "This & That" by Echo Park and "Follow Your Heart" by My Minds Eye.

Notice the triangle strip down the left side of the page... this is actually the part of the sticker page that is to be discarded... it's the bit of sticker that is located between 2 border stickers!! :-)

You'll also notice that I have use 2 different sets of 3 groupings... the triangle affect. First there is the 3 sets of buttons, each containing 3 buttons and secondly there are the 3 arrows creating another triangle!

As for a title, there are 2 places for me to put my title... either across the top of the right hand page or down the side of the left hand page.


Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)


FYI - This layout was inspired by a sketch found in the May 2012 edition of "Kit Ideas & Inspirations" that The Memory Workshop sends out with their monthly kits.

Happy Mother's Day! (2012)

Happy belated Mother's Day to all you Mom's that are reading this! I hope you had a great day!

I've been realizing that a nice card doesn't always have to be that complicated to make... some of the nicest cards are the simple ones... which also means that the don't take long to make! :-) This is one of those cards. It's very simple, yet I really like how it turned out!


This paper is from My Mind's Eye, the "Stella and Rose" collection and I've used my Pumpkin Spice ink pad by VersaMagic Dew Drop to ink both of the papers. You will notice however that the sentiment is a bit darker than the edges of the paper... the reason for this is because I first inked my stamp with a black ink before inking it with my Pumpkin Spice ink! I found that this just helps the words to pop out a bit more & not blend into the paper.


Thanks again for stopping by!!


Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Back Again with "Introducing Wilson"

Do you find it hard to be "creative" when you are going through trials... when you are facing some sort of hardship? As much as I have wanted to spend time in my scrapbooking room creating a page or two, I just haven't been able to do it. Instead I sit on the computer and waste time surfing the net or playing mindless games on Facebook! OK there I admit it!! 


Well I finally told myself that enough is enough, life is passing me by & so many things have changed during that time that I need to get my camera back out & start taking pictures again! I can't turn back the clock & capture those moments but I can make sure I don't miss the next ones that come my way!


So on that note, let me show you a layout I made May 5th - National Scrapbooking Day... I had signed up for "Creative Crop" over at the bigpictureclasses.com website in celebration of the day! Every hour for 12 hours they would post a challenge. This was what finally got me to sit here and actually complete a page!!


Their first challenge was to "feature a photo with a fanciful frame".

Don't you just love the Pom-Pom ribbon! I've had it for awhile but I thought why not use it for my "fanciful frame"! Besides, it provides dimension to the page as well as colour! Both the pom-pom & ric-rac ribbons are from My Minds Eye "Fine and Dandy" line.


One thing that I found difficult when using this ribbon was that it kept releasing at the corners. To help secure it, I placed a small gold brad at each of the corners. Next time I think I would try using a glue gun!


I also made the circle embellishment located in the bottom right hand corner! The hardest part I found in making this was getting the glue to dry without loosing it's shape. Next time I will definitely use the glue gun!

The paper that I have used on this layout is from American Crafts "City Park Discovery Park" Collection from last year.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Scraplifted... Snow King

WoW... I thought that I had posted this layout a month ago... one problem, I hadn't added the pic of the layout, so now that it's been added.... Enjoy!! :-)

I had a stack of scrapbook magazines that I hadn't looked at yet... 4 actually. So Remembrance Day weekend, I finally took the time to look through 2 of them! Even found a couple of ideas I hope to try out real soon!

Anyways, you have probably noticed, I usually do 2 page layouts, but most of the layouts... ok about half of the layouts in the magazines are single pages. So I though why not give it a try . I came across a real simple 1 page layout on page 91 of the December 2011 Scrapbooks etc. Magazine that someone had already scraplifted. Here's my version of the layout...

The paper I used is Frost Signature Christmas collection from My Mind's Eye.

I accidentally cut one of the pics a tad bit smaller than I should have, so I just matted that one which makes it stand out just a bit more than the others.

I'm working on another layout, so till next time...

Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Oh 1 last thing... I'm still into inking everything as you can see from this layout, even the cardstock base has been inked!