Big News!!!

I am back for a second term on the Scrapping Turtle Design Team!!!! Woo hoo!!!! I am so excited!! I had a blast during my first term and worked with some phenomenal ladies. Now I'm blessed enough to have been asked back for a second term to work with a new group of super talented ladies. Congratulations to my fellow Design Team members -- Shelley, Vicki, Tanya and Lizzie!!! I'm thrilled to be on the team with you :)

This month we are working with Fancy Pants papers. I love Fancy Pants and the newest releases are fabulous. I was given the About A Girl line -- love it!!! The papers are sooooo pretty!!! Here is my sneak peek for May -- Beauty Blooms From Within. The photo was taken in our hotel room in Toronto when we went to see King Tut in April. Sara loves staying in a hotel because it is such a treat.

Our first challenge of the new term was a card challenge. Lizzie challenged us to use a pinwheel on a card. Here is what I came up with. The pinwheel actually turns so that it goes with the sentiment. I made it at the National Scrapbook Day crop at the Scrapping Turtle on Saturday.

Stay tuned for the Product of the Month project :)

Economic Stimulus Challenge Week 1

My dear friend Kim at the Scrapping Turtle has started an Economic Stimulus challenge. The idea is to encourage us to use up some of the wonderful goodies we have been hoarding. She gives us a list of items to use, and for each item we use on that list we will get a ballot for something wonderful. This week she gave us a list of five things, then challenged us to make a card with the scraps.

Our challenge list this week included:

1. Fancy Pants paper

2. Dream Street paper

3. two different kinds of ribbon

4. alphabet stickers (Thickers count)

5. chalk

In searching through my stash I discovered that I had several sheets of the Fancy Pants The Daily Grind Break Time. I used one for my background and handcut flowers from the other one. The hand cut flowers are pop dotted onto the background paper. I also used the reverse side of that paper to mat the small photo, which is also pop dotted. I then found a Dream Street Birdie Bits Square Die Cuts paper so I used one of the squares to mat the bigger photo. I threaded one of my ribbons through the holes along the side of it. All of the paper edges were chalked. I pleated the butterfly ribbon before adding it to my layout. I added some yummy Thickers for my title.

Journaling reads: Sara wanted a butterfly to land on her finger more than anything else. So we were all extremely excited when one did. Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden, Strong National Museum of Play September 10, 2009

I created the card from the scraps that were left over. There was enough of the Fancy Pants paper left to create the background for my card, as well as to cut out some of the pretty flowers for the front of the card. I used another square from the Dream Street paper and cut off the scalloped piece. I then cut the remaining part of the square down to a smaller size to fit the card front. The scalloped piece is pop dotted as well as chalked. I used a piece of the American Crafts ribbon as well as some Thickers to finish off the card.

Thanks for a great week 1 challenge Kim!!!! Looking forward to what you have in store for us next week :)

More Summerfest

I am, sadly, a week behind on challenges for Summerfest at The Scrapping Nook. Last week was such a busy week for me that I didn't manage to finish the challenges, with the exception of the photo challenge.The photo challenge for week five was "treasure" and had to be a photo of something we treasure. People weren't allowed. I chose my angel collection and took a photo of two of them. The big one is especially important to me, as it was a gift from my Mom. Love you Mom!!!!

So far this week (week six) I have two challenges finished.

The first one I've completed is the "Blast From The Past" ad challenge. We were given an old Campbells' soup print ad to take inspiration. My good friend Marissa had some fabulous suggestions and ideas for this one. Without her help I never would have come up with the fantastic layout I did. It used the Summer Soiree line from Fancy Pants. I did a lot of hand cutting on this one - two of the clouds, sun, waves. Three of the clouds are cut with my Quickutz Cloud die (otherwise known as Dee's Cloud). All of the clouds were flocked and I made the sun glitter using Stickles. I pop dotted four clouds, the sun, the middle wave and the title. The photo was taken at Waterloo Park.

The other challenge I have completed so far is the Colour challenge. We were given the colour combination of orange, chocolate brown, light blue and raspberry. With those colours I created my 'Hi' card. I used a Fiskars border punch on the light blue and embossed the chocolate brown in my Cuttlebug. The butterflies were created using my Quickutz Butterfly die. With the Signo white pen doodling I think the card turned out quite nice.

I'm off to work on the other challenges for this week, then hopefully on last week's challenges.

Christmas Magic

I love how this kit from Two Scrapbook Friends turned out. The Fancy Pants line is so awesome!!! I think my favourite part would be the chipboard trees. I had to make one paper substitution, but I don't think it changes the overall look of the layout. The one I was supposed to use was more blue, but since it was missing I used one that was more green. I like how it looks, so I guess that is what really matters. The photos are all taken on Christmas Eve 2008. I love the ones of Sara and Samuel in front of the fireplace. I think they'd make an awesome Christmas card. Hmmmmm ...

Christmas Star

I completed another two page layout yesterday. This one was a kit from Ninabrook Designs. The it was created using the Happy Holidays collection from Fancy Pants. The kit had me create a pocket at the top of both pages for tucking in the twelve cards that come with the collection. I added photos and journaling to those cards, and did a few extra things to embellish them than what the kit called for (like doodling and Stickles). I also changed the size and arrangement of the photos on the second page. All photos were taken on Christmas Day 2008. I love the way the sepia looks with the colours of the papers.

Here are the cards pulled out at the top so that you can see them better. 

These are the cards from the first page. 

These are the cards from the second page.

Two Scrapbook Friends Layouts

These layouts are from kits designed by  Two Scrapbook Friends. 

This layout was the perfect one for scrapbooking these pictures of Sara at Kim Glo Farm. The pictures are from September 2007 - Sam wasn't even born yet. I love the corn stalks created on the Cricut.

Our neighbours across the street go all out for Halloween. Not only do they have an amazingly decorated front yard, they have awesome costumes. Sara wouldn't get close enough to have pictures taken this year --- she was scared of the monsters!!!! Sam however wasn't given much of a choice. He wasn't sure what to think of them at first, but quickly made up his mind -- they were scary!!!!! This layout kit was perfect for scrapping the photos of Sam with our spooky neighbours!!!! Love those Fancy Pants Glitter Cuts!!!!!