Gallery Updates!

This afternoon I decided to work on a few photos for the gallery as well as updating my Scrapbooking 101 section! The gallery is coming along, although I feel like I need to work on the skill of photographing my layouts... I think there will be a little trial and error. Here are the first 3 I have added to the gallery:

I would like to note that the background (bricks on tattered angels canvas) for this Family layout was inspired by a fellow designer/instructor from my local scrapbook store where I also design and instruct. Although her beautiful layout is not online, you can find her blog here. One of my favourite aspects of this layout is the hidden journaling. Not only do I love the texture on the Tim Holtz Kraft Glassine Envelope but I like having somewhere to write personal thoughts for my family to read in the future. Be sure to check back for a tutorial on how to achieve this texture on the envelope!

The challenge of this Spread Your Wings and Soar layout stemmed from the fact that I have one beautiful little BOY and yet I loved the butterfly paper and wanted to use it for his picture. The colors of the paper matched nicely and I found that once the layout was complete, I was very pleased with the final outcome. I think it feels masculine even with the butterflies and flowers. I hope that Dax will agree when he is older!

I love this Meeting Time Holtz layout even though it did not turn out the way I had hoped and expected (and if you have never finished a layout and thought "this is NOT what I had in mind" then you are one lucky scrapbooker!). For this layout, the journaling was important to me - I needed to have a spot to explain who Tim Holtz was and why these photos and tags made me so excited! Although my fellow scrapbookers might not need much explanation - my husband sure did!! HaHa. Here is a close up of the journaling:

Check back soon for more layouts and tutorials! 

A fabulous blog giveaway...

Be sure to check out this amazing blog giveaway from the amazing Gabrielle at "Such a Pretty Mess". Here is a picture of the prize package - you wont believe all the awesome product in here!!

So to see more details or enter win this prize check out Gabrielle's blog post here. 

Good Luck!

When you are this big...

I have been working really hard to finish some tutorials for the scrapbook 101 section but you know what I have just started to learn? 8 months pregnant = less energy! My little brother and his girlfriend have come from out of town for a visit so we have been doing lots of visiting... This morning was filled with playtime for Dax and Uncle and Auntie outside. We even pulled out the outdoor pool - just a kiddie pool - but a pool none the less. This afternoon my sweet little brother took me to the store for paint for the new baby's room and to the grocery store! What a good little brother... And tonight we all enjoyed our little treat bags with candy while we watched Toy Story 3 - What a day! Yes it is true: 8 months pregnant means I am nearly ready for bed (I of course should have mentioned the 3 cooked meals, cleaned up kitchen and a load of laundry!) But I can hardly believe that tomorrow it will only be 4 weeks until the baby is here!

Keep watching, I promise there will be some exciting scrapbooking posts VERY soon!

Happy Saturday

Just a quick post to say HAPPY SATURDAY! Yesterday I went to a local garden called the Devonian Gardens. It is really beautiful and they have an area that is a Japanese Garden. I was quite excited as I know that my local scrapbook store has some new paper by Creative Imaginations called Sakura that will be perfect for my pictures (here is a peak at the collection):

It is a beautiful line and I cant wait to get working on this newest project. 

Have a beautiful Saturday wherever you are!

I am back!

That's it! I am committed! I am back with a vengeance! I have decided to really get into the world of blogging. Since I write blog updates for the local scrapbook store that I work at I just have come to realize that I love it! I like getting thoughts on paper (so to speak) and I love having a record of all that is going on. So, that is it - I am back! I have been working really hard to get my blog up to speed in terms of design, layout and content so rest assured that there should be changes on here almost daily!!

For now - that is all I have to say - but watch out because soon, very soon, there are going to be some really fantastic things happening here and you do not want to miss it! (Ok - you need inspiration to come back - I get that - some of those things will include tips, techniques, tutorials, and prizes!!)

I will leave you with this - it is not entirely scrapbooking related - just a photo I love. Thanks Shellie for the excellent maternity photos - your skills are amazing!

Some recent work

Over the past week I have been working on some new layouts. Here are 2 of 3 (the third is almost done... maybe tonight!):

I hope to have the other done so that I can post it today or tomorrow. For now I am off to a Glitter class - something different, I think it will be fun!

BoBunny layouts

Had some awesome BoBunny paper so I did some layouts. I also submitted them to BoBunny for their design team "auditions"... you never know! :)

I cut out all of these teeny tiny parts to the design and popped them up... It took hours but is so worth it!

This paper is my favourite! It is really hard to find great boy paper - but BoBunny really hit the mark with this one. I love how the papers are "red, white and blue" - these pictures where taken on July 4th so it seems fitting. (It was just a fluke - not planned)

I like this accent:

I love this page. I cut out and popped up all the flowers - but it is hard to tell in the photo. Also, I find that the colour is a little off too - Next time I take pictures of my layouts I will retake this to try to get the colour right.