I'm a Guest Designer!!

Yep. I received an email from Kim Jones over at the Scrapping Bug. She was hoping I would join her Design team members in creating some art using the August Monthly Bug Kit. In other words, she would give me a bunch of free product ("Heat Wave" by American Crafts) and I could use it as I wished, making 2 or 3 layouts and a card. Of course, I agreed!

It wasn't until a few days later that I realized that I wouldn't be home for very many of the days leading up to when my layouts were due. Between camping and a trip to NYC, and very little time during the day because of my 3 crazy kids, I knew I'd be working late into the evenings. But I didn't mind...

I survived and everything is done on time. I made 3 layouts and a card.

"All Smiles" (Pics of my older son and daughter cuddling - a rare sight!)





"The Beach" (A cold day at the beach, but it didn't stop my kids from going in!)





"Life's a Splash" (Pictures from our recent trip to Great Wolf Lodge)







"Butterfly Kisses Card"




I hope Kim likes everything I have done with this kit. I felt challenged and creative, and I love how everything turned out!

Has it Been That Long??

Hi! I am back. It feels like I haven't written a blog post in ages. Well, I have really good reasons. We took the kids camping for several days, then my hubby and I escaped to New York City for a few more days. We hadn't been away, just the 2 of us, for over 6 years - before Bryn was born!! So needless to say, I am exhausted and a bit behind in blogging ( and in laundry!) but I promise a few more scrappy thigs in the next few days.

"The Scrappiest" - #71 & #73

Sketch # 71:



And my take (8x8 layout)- I rotated the sketch so that I could use 2 photos taken on our retreat to a cottage up north for the weekend. The pictures are the views from the cottage to the lake and vice versa:



(All products are from Echo Park Paper)

Sketch #73



Once again I rotated the sketch for my 2 pictures of my older kids cuddling on the couch.





(All products by American Crafts)

Imaginisce's July Sketch Challenge

My parents have been married for 37 years. Wow. That's a long time. But I bet the time flew for them. They've had some wonderful adventures together - 3 kids, homes, vacations, pets - the list goes on and on. But the most wonderful thing is that they still love each as much as they did way back when they married in March of 1973. In fact, I am sure they adore each other even more today. What wonderful role models for marriage - happiness and sorrow, sickness and health, through the good times and the bad- still holding on strong!!

What a Love Story!!










All products by Imaginisce.

Get Sketchy #47

Here's the sketch:



And here is my interpretation: (Yep I'm getting my Xmas cards done early this year!)



Paper and stickers - October Afternoon
Snowflake - Imaginisce

Card Patterns #73

A quickie post......

SKETCH



CARD

Sketchy Thursdays and "Dad & Our Little Boy"

Here is the weekly sketch form "Sketchy Thursdays." We needed to use this sketch as a starting point. As well, the colour yellow had to come into play. Finally, we were challenged to make a homemade embellishment.



Here is my complete layout:



My homemade embellishments are circles made from spiraling a long string of crocheted chain stitches into a circle shape.



All products by Creative Imaginations except for the letter stickers by Making Memories and Jillibean Soup.