Oh Baby II

Here's the 2nd baby layout that I did with my American Crafts blush lullaby letters (as seen the post below this one). All the new baby layouts that I did run along this colour scheme using kraft cardstock and papers from Basic Grey's Porcelain, Bittersweet and Urban Prairie lines. This one is a little less clutered than my usual style but by the time I had gotten to this point it just felt done :)

When we got home from the hospital and took Larissa out of her car seat, we set her down in the livingroom and snapped this photo of her first moments at home. Her hat was kinda falling up and off so we had thought it was just hilarous at the time. This photo just brings me right back to those first few moments at home. I can vividly remember that feeling of coming home with my baby girl. It feels like home to me

Oh Baby!!

Behold my inspiration for baby layouts: American Thickers Blush Lullaby Thickers - one my most favourite things right now! A few weeks ago, I was cleaning my craft room and I found this photo of baby Larissa. I never got around to scrapping this photo before even though it was her coming home photo. I had some new American Crafts Thickers (so in love with these!!) and I had some new Prima Say it in Pearls so the time was right to get this photo scrapped. Well, I enjoyed working on this baby layout so much that I made quite a few that I'll share over the coming days. For now, here is Coming Home. That beautiful pink crochet flower was custom made by JJ Sobey at Threading Lightly. The little tag I made slips into a little pocket in behind the pattern paper and has the journaling about little Larissa's big day coming home from the hospital.

Pattern papes: Making Memoies, Chatterbox & Martha Stewart.



This double-sided tag slides into the pocket behind the pattern paper.

Man About Town - Upsy Daisy

With Father's Day in mind, I created this layout for the design team at Upsy Daisy using their Man About Town paper. The brads that match this line were the perfect masculine embellishment. I really like that they remind me of tractor wheels since Larissa is getting a tractor ride with Daddy in this photo.

My husband has worked on a potato farm for 20 years and although I didn't realize it at the time of taking this photo, this was his last potato harvest. The farmer that he worked for retired so hubby has a new job. Looking back I am really glad that I took photos of him at work. I actually have a layout coming up in the Fall '09 Canadian Scrapbooker magazine called "Daddy's Tractor"...anyway, I digress...I was using this post for Upsy Daisy talk! ;)

My Little Bit of Whimsy

Here are the layouts that I created for My Little Bit of Whimsy and their May reveal. I just love all these handmade embellishments ... they add such beautiful details to scrapbook pages.

Cute as can BEE: I used Basic Grey Urban Prairie and Porcelain collections for this layout. I was in a sewing mood so I hand stitched the edges of the homemade die cut paper :)

Look how cute this little guy is :)

A little birdie told me: Larissa was whispering secrets into Daddy's ear during a photoshoot...usually her idea of a secret involves 'pssst...can I have a treat...pwease?' LOL. The little cloud and bird are both Whimsy Buttons :) The papers used here are Basic Grey Urban Prairie (I love that collection so much that I bought it twice!)


If you love My Little Bit of Whimsy buttons and embellishments you should check out the Design Team call they are currently having and apply for your chance to work with these little delights each month :)

My Creative Scrapbook - Limited Edition Kit

Check out the awesome Limited Edition kit (for May) by My Creative Scrapbook featuring 7 gypsies, Creative Cafe (three sheets of 12x12 chipboard!!!), Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist and stencils and all kinds of goodies! This kit is already sold out so if you don't want to miss out on the fun next month, then check out the subscription options. You should check out the MCS DT gallery and have a peek at what the design team created with this kit!

My layouts have lots of gold glimmer mist on them which came in the kit but it was a little hard to catch that on camera. I really loved all these family themed chipboard pieces that came with this kit. I used a ton of them on both layouts and still have lots left over.

This is me with two of my sisters and my mother at Lakeside Beach a few summers ago :)

My Creative Scrapbook - Creative Kit

Well, it was revealed May 5...the greatly anticipated Creative Kit from My Creative Scrapbook and again, they did not disappoint!!! Here is a shot of the awesome, jam-packed kit featuring Fancy Pants Delight papers, Prima flowers, , Creative Cafe (three sheets of 12x12 chipboard!!!), American Crafts Thickers and so much more!! This kit is already sold out so if you don't want to miss out on the fun next month, then check out the subscription options. You should take a moment to check out the MCS DT gallery and have a peek at what the design team created with this kit!

Here's what I made with this kit:

Delight in life: I was looking for some fun, summery photos from last year when I came across the ones for this layout. I didn't think they were anything special at the time but when I looked twice at them I really liked them. I really like how they show Larissa's sheer joy at playing with this huge ball (which blew away shortly afterwards in the typical and ever present PEI wind). I just LOVED working with these bright and happy colours....not to mention, the awesome chipboard that was also included in this kit (all MCS's May kits actually!!) The chipboard is already white so it's all ready to go...well as soon as I put the glitter on it!


Ferry Ride: These photos are from our ferry ride last summer. On PEI, ferries used to be a way of life, at least if you wanted to leave or come to the Island. In 1997 the majority of the ferries shut down and the Confederation Bridge opened. The bridge was a huge engineering feat that has made life much easier for Islanders traveling about. We still have one ferry service at the eastern end of the Island so we try and support it and enjoy a ride at least once each summer. I wanted Larissa to have memories of the ferries since their future on PEI is often in question. I loved the little bird that came on the sheet of Fancy Pants delight rubons and thought he looked like a seagull... I think that's what got me started on the whole idea of this layout ;)

Here are a few cards that I made with some of the leftovers. Honestly, I could still make several pages with what I have left from each of the MCS kits each month...they are just that awesome!!! (you can click on the photo of the cards if you want a larger view)

My Creative Scrapook - Main Kit

Well, it was revealed May 5...the greatly anticipated Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook and again, they did not disappoint!!! Here is a shot of the awesome, jam-packed kit featuring Crate Paper Lillian papers, Creative Cafe (three sheets of 12x12 chipboard!!!), Prima & Pink Paislee flowers, Pink Paislee Holly Doodles and so much more!! This kit is already sold out so if you don't want to miss out on the fun next month, then check out the subscription options. Check out what You check out the MCS DT gallery and have a peek at what the design team created with this kit!

Here's what I made with the kit :)

Life is sweet: I just loved all this chipboard that came with the kit....so pretty and already came in white so I just added a little bit of Ranger Stickles to the edges. Just FYI: My favourite kind of Stickles is Crystal and it's the one that I use on most layouts (in a close 2nd and 3rd spot are black and cinnamon brown).

Perfect Harmony: I had a lot of questions asked about how I made this contact sheet...easy peasy with Photoshop (CS2) !. You just create a contact sheet under File/Automate and you change the size to 4x6 and use a folder of photos that you previously got ready for this. I also changed the names of the photos to numbers since the contact sheet automatically puts the file name under the photo. These photos are of little Larissa and her cousin Jaedyn during a spring/Easter photo shoot :)

10 little peeps: This is Larissa and her little friends from church. To create the fun little bird, I used a Crate Paper die cut, a kaiser craft pearl for the eye, a Creative Cafe chipboard leaf as the wing and then I attached a Zva crystal swirl to finish it off.

To create the fun little bird, I used a Crate Paper die cut, a kaiser craft pearl for the eye, a Creative Cafe chipboard leaf as the wing and then I attached a Zva crystal swirl to finish it off.
Happy Birthday: And here is a wee card that I made with some scraps. I just loved the edition of buttons to this kit and love making these little bird with all the Crate Paper die cuts.

Show us your backside - Webster's Pages

Webster's Pages is one of my favourite paper companies right now (yummy!). They recently posted a contest on their blog called Show Us Your Backside.

"Attention all FABULOUS ladies!!! Who has the Best Backside???" (How cute is that!?!) If you are interested in this contest here is the link.

The Sweet Life: I made this layout of Larissa at the apple orchard (or apple garden as she calls it) for this contest. I loved the title of this line of paper so I used that as the title since it fit well :)

Cover Layout - Canadian Scrapbooker

It's out!! The Summer issue of Canadian Scrapbooker will be hitting stores any day now and I am thrilled to let you know that I made the layout on the cover!! I also have 3 other layouts in this publication and my sister Jocelyne has a few too. I can't wait to get a copy in my hands! I am also really happy to say that between Jocelyne & I we will have 8 layouts in the fall edition of Canadian Scrapbooker :)

Supplies used:
Pattern Paper: (white with red dots and black with white flowers) Black River Designs (a wonderful Canadian Company), Martha Stewart (red with white dots)
Cardstock: Bazzill & Worldwin
Ink: Staz-on & Versafine
Berry Patch: Maple leaf sticker
Sandylion: Black swirls and chipboard
Letters: Making Memories
Button: Fancy Pants
Tools: Martha Stewart scallop rotary cutter, Marvy circle punches (of course!! I use my circle punches on almost every layout)

Just Cre8 Guest Design

Hey Scrappers!!! I am sorry that I have been remiss in my blogging duties lately. Things have been hectic during May so far. Last week was crazy with a wedding and a funeral plus I made/decorated 3 wedding cakes in the same week. Now, Rissy & I are staying with a friend down east from Sunday through Fridays to help out a her work. We are doing this for a couple of weeks so I am wee bit behind on things. This weekend I will be sure to set up a bunch of posts that will be scheduled for next week to keep things updated ;)

(I should have posted this a month ago!!! eeek!) Do you remember me posting about the Just Cre8 - Cre8tive Idol contest? Here were my entries for it. The top ten contestants from that contest were awarded a spot as a Guest Designer for Just Cre8 and May was my month. Here is what a created from the May Scrap Pack that they sent to me. It was great fun to work with Jillibean Soup and WR Memory Keepers. I must say: forgive me for the butterfly overload...there was a Jillibean Soup pattern paper that was covered in butterflies and I could not help myself from cutting them out and using them everywhere. I am now tired of butterflies (for the moment) after using so many of them. I can't help but think when Larissa is older and looking at her scrapbooks that she will say to me 'so, what was up with all the butterflies??' heehee.

Puppy Love: My first 6x12 that is verticle. What a fun size to work with. I ordered a 6x12 corduroy (American Crafts) album from Paws on Scrapbooking so at least this layout won't sit in a huge pile waiting for a book to call home. Larissa and her pooch, Min :)

Just Remember: I am going to journal a little on this pretty sheer tag along the top. I had forgotten to do that before I took the photo of this layout. (sorry about the tiny size of this one)

Happy Girl: I just love these pattern papers...I didn't want to cut them up b/c I loved them so much! The brown butterfly along the bottom is a Scribblz Art which is basically a vinyl sticker that goes on like a rub-on...they are beautiful and easy to work with. It was my first time using them and I would love to get my hands on some more in the future. Being 4: I used my large square punch for this one..what a great way to use up scraps!! I did a bit of journaling in the graph paper (Jillibean Soup) about what she is up to at age 4.

This is a little 4x4 altered canvas. This is a the perfect little size for next to a desk/work area. I used brown paint (included in the kit) to paint the edges and a portion of the canvas.