Little bit of this, little bit of that....SCRAP! SCRAP!! SCRAP!!!

Headed over to my favourite scrappy place, The Scrapbox on Friday and Saturday to do some cropping with my scrappy peeps....I probably did a whole lot more socializing than scrapping but managed to complete three new layouts, one being Natasha's "St. Paddy's Day" challenge!  Probably my favourite of the weekend.  My good scrapping buddy Sharon a.k.a "Sha-Nasty" as I like to call her, challenged me to another one...stay tuned...I am going to have to be very creative with this one - only white cardstock allowed, no patterned papers or other cardstock, any kinds of embellies and pictures.  ACK!!!  Only white cardstock...not part of my vocabulary!!!  I love to layer papers....gave myself a week to get this done.

Linda, Dawn, Natasha, Sha-Nasty, Cathy were there and of course Rachel, a.k.a. FF,came on Saturday too!  YEAH!  Poor Cathy, she is dead to me now as she scared the living daylights out of me on Saturday morning.....*sigh* I used to LOVE her.......

Natasha's challenge - use green, the word "Lucky" and a shamrock (can you see mine - I hand-stitched it!)

Just one of Jason's many talents, lipstick application!!!  lol

Jason's hangin' in the pool in Cancun

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Hello Cutie Challenge Blog - March photo challenge

Hello Cutie Challenge Blog ('member Rachel is on the DT over there?) posted their 2nd challenge today.  It is a photo inspiration challenge... take the photo and be inspired! Whether it's by the colors, the elements, or the way things are arranged.....make something!



Photo Challenge picture



I used the photo provided as a sketch for my layout!!  I really LOVE it!!!

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Just a couple of layouts...

Been hanging out a lot at the Scrapbox lately....I was there all by my lonesome last night and it was quite enjoyable.  I completed one dble layout with products from the "Dear Diary" kit from Noel Mignon.  Her kits are AMAZING!!!

And one more using Imaginisce papers.  I copied their idea of paper candles and hand rolled them myself and finished them off with some simple string.  Way more cost effective to use my scraps that pay for the pre-finished ones, they weren't cheap!!  lol

Andrew and Allan's b-days are one day apart...lots of celebrating!

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Hello Cutie Challenge Blog - March colour challenge

Whew!!  That's a mouthful for sure!!  lol

Two posts in one day??!!  I completed the colour challenge for Hello Cutie this afternoon after bribing my kids with three new colours of Jell-o playdough (so easy to make and smells just like sorbet).  This colour palette was a total stretch for me but I loved it!  My good friend Rachel is a part of the design team at this new challenge blog.  Any excuse for pink makes me happy with 3 men in my life!!! lol

These were the colours in the challenge!  CRAZY!!!

And this is my layout!

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Scrapbooking and Cards Today - Summer Calls

Scrapbooking and Cards Today put out their Summer Calls this week and there was a great sketch challenge using one of Becky Fleck's sketches to get a chance to have your layout published in their summer issue.  I was at the Scrapbox last night with  a few VERY CRAZY women (OMG, you seriously wouldn't believe the topics discussed last night!!!) and completed my take on the sketch.

Becky Fleck sketch

And here is what I did, I rotated the border strip part of the sketch to accomodate my portrait photograph instead of the sketches landscape one.  I used tons of Glossy Accents on each flower in the border strip, on the "Remember" die-cut words, scrolls and edging as well as edging on the bracket border.  The little dots are Viva dimensional Glitter-Liner.


my interpretation.....


 It took a second glance but make sure you do because My Mind's Eye "Stella and Rose" Hattie is simply devine!!!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT and bought a whole lot of it!!!!!  lol

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One Scrappy Tuesday....

Have I mentioned to you how much I *heart*  that The Scrapbox is now opened on Tuesday??!!  I really am soooooo happy about this!  It is my husband's day off so I can escape my normal "mom" routine and do a little scrapping and some chatting at the Scrapbox.  Yesterday Rachel FINALLY made it out on a Tuesday and we had a great afternoon.

I did another layout with "Twig" from LYB....I just love this product line.  Works so perfectly with some backyard photos from last summer.

Jason playing in Gramps' rock pond

The other layout was a long overdue of Andrew's first swim!  He loved it of course.  Apparently I make fish babies because both of my kids really took to water, fast, like from their first bath.  Any time they cried and I couldn't figure it out, in the bath they went.

Andrew's frst swim and he borrowed Gramps' hat!

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Layouts to share...

It was a fairly hectic week as usual!!  I managed to get two layouts done but hopefully might be able to do more today. Not too sure, have some groceries to do and meals to make for my folks who are returning home from a month in the sunny south and it's looks like they are going to get a pretty snowy welcome home!!!  lol  SERVES THEM RIGHT FOR LEAVING ME HERE!!! lol

The first is a layout using LYB's "Twig".  LOVE, love, love this line.  LYB's paper just feels so good, you know?  The texture is awesome and such a huge range of embellies.




Cousins playing in my parent's rock pond.

The second is a layout based on this month's blog challenge on the MME blog.  First prize wins THREE complete lines of their choice!!!  How cool would that be??


My Mind's Eye - Blog Challenge # 21





My mom opening her gift in Cancun. She turned 70!!!!

PS  You can't really see it in the picture but I "Glossy Accent"ed the heck out of this thing....every stitch line, the flower centres, the leaves and stems, the little tag at the bottom....it looks SO COOL in person.

Better go and get those kids fed and dressed....Dad's at work so it looks like we have a lot of shovelling to do!!!

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