Fast Friends

I've been cleaning up some of my scraps and came across this patterned paper which was all left overs from the Basic Grey POTM. The layout was inspired from a website I recently came across called "Sketch Support by Scrapbook Generation Publication".

A number of months ago we decided that Cassie needed a playmate as the boys are just too old and don't want to play anymore... So we decided to get another Golden!

These pictures were all taken the evening we brought Mia home - March 1st, 2011! As you can see Cassie & Mia became "Fast Friends" (hence the name of the layout!). Cassie even let Mia play with one of her toys - something the boys sure wouldn't get away with doing!! We sure are glad that they get along so well!

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

Golden Gate Bridge

One thing you will notice about the way I scrapbook, is that I don't do it in any sort of order... I don't do it by date or even by event... I pick out my paper & see what pictures go with it! This means it takes me longer to complete an album but that's ok with me... Besides, this way I can go back, sometimes years after an even and re-live that day again... such as this one...

Just over 2 years ago, for my 40th birthday, we went on our 3rd cruise. It was a repositioning cruise up the west coast, starting in LA & ending in Vancouver... although we got off in Victoria as there really isn't any point in going over to Vancouver, just to turn around & take a ferry back here!!

One of the ports we stopped at was San Francisco, California! This was one day we made sure to set our alarm as we didn't want to miss seeing the Golden Gate Bridge! This meant getting up around 6:30am but it was worth it! By 7am we were passing under the bridge! What a great start to our very busy day!

FYI - the colour of the bridge is called International Orange & was choosen "because it complements the natural surroundings and enhances the bridge's visibility in fog". Sure Glad there wasn't any fog the day we arrived!

Well till next time... Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Time with You

Some of you may recognize this layout as the Basic Grey POTM kit from January 2011 & you'd be correct! I finally got around to working on it last weekend & I like the way it turned out. It's the first time that I have printed of pictures as Sepia, instead of coloured or black & white. I think it worked well with this layout!

The pics are of my daughter Alyssa and I. We were able to spend a couple of hours together, celebrating both Mother's Day as well as my 42nd birthday!

We started off the afternoon by going for Sushi. This might not seem like a big thing to most people but for us it reminds us of the first time Alyssa had sushi... let's just say that she never wanted to have it again! And now we seem to have it almost every time we get together!

We had both commented earlier in the week that we didn't have a recent picture of the two of us, so I made sure to bring my camera & ti-pod along. So after a lovely lunch we headed down to the park & took these pics.

As always our time together seems so short but now we have current pics that we can look at and remember this special day together! Luv You Alyssa!

Till next time… Happy Scrapping!! :-)

Happy Mother's Day!

I created this blog back in 2008 but just never did anything with it... Between school & moving twice, I guess life just got in the way of me ever really doing anything on here!! Well hopefully that will change! I won't be posting every day... maybe not even every week, but I hope to get some of my creations posted on here.

Up until recently all I've ever done is scrapbook pages, but now I've started making cards. Maybe it's because I find it easier to complete a card, than complete a double page layout! As it is, I have so many pages that are just waiting for pictures to eventually get added... but it never seems to happen. :-(

Well last month I made 2 cards but forgot to take pictures of them before mailing them out! Oh well, here is the one I made yesterday afternoon for my Mom.

I don't have many stamps... like I said, I have just started making cards, so instead of stamping a sentiment on the front of the card, as well as inside, I just use my printer. As you can see with a coloured printer I was able to get pretty close to the colour of the cardstock used!

It's nothing fancy but it lets Mom know how much I love her!

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