Happy Birthday - Sugar Skull Style!

I have a quick share with you today...a Birthday card that I made for my "Daughter-In-Law".

I created this card from a free cut file from Daily Art Hub. As soon as I saw this file, I thought of Ashley....this suits her style perfectly!

Happy Birthday Ashley!!!

I was inspired by the following challenges:

The word challenge #75 at Cut It Up,

The Anything Goes challenge #27 at Silhouette Challenges

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'All Dressed Up'

Happy Sunday everyone....it is a beautiful summer day today!

Today I would like to share a layout I created with a photo taken the day of my niece's wedding. We took a photo just before we left our home to travel to the wedding.

My friend was awesome and she stayed at our home with the boys while we went off to the wedding, but we included them in the photo. There are Four Generations in this photo, my Mom, my husband and myself, two of our children and one spouse and grandsons.

Here are some closeups.....

I stamped my background with this lovely Family sentiment stamp from My Stamp Box with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. Then I added splatters of watercolour paints in yellow, pink and blue.

This shot shows off my machine stitching layered up with some Jillibean Soup die cuts and wood veneer and Freckled Fawn Acrylic Shapes and label sticker (from an Oh Deer Me kit that I won).

I layered up some Jillibean Soup die cut and wood veneer flowers, leaves, tags and arrows topped off with a Freckled Fawn flair button. I used a Recollections embossed paper for my background and all the other papers are Jillibean Soup.

I used the sketch from Challenge Yourself for inspiration.

I was also inspired by the July Color Spot at Let's Capture our Memories

and the challenge at Lasting Memories to use the Theme - Together and 3 or more patterned papers.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your Sunday...hopefully together with Family or Friends.

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I CAUGHT IT!

Today I would like to share a baseball layout with you.

About a month ago, Aiden starting catching the ball in warm up and he hasn't looked back!

Here are some closeups...

Product List - Teresa Collins - Quoted paper and stickers, Thickers - Fern, Paper Accents chipboard pieces, October Afternoon Tin Pin, Pebbles Chipboard button, MME button Jolee's Boutique baseball, Tim Holtz Arrow & Little Yellow Bicycle Wood stick pin.

I used the sketch from Sketches In Thyme for inspiration.... 

It is the Booster Day for 3 Pitch tomorrow, so I will be back with more baseball layouts!!!

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Poolside Fun - Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges Guest Design Reveal

Today I am thrilled to be a Guest Designer once again for Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges.

Here is my layout....

I took these photos on the first day that the Grandsons went in our pool. They just couldn't wait....we tried to tell them that the water was too cold, but they had to see for themselves. They didn't understand what 62 degrees was....so in they went! When Aiden got out he just said WOW!!!! Needless to say they didn't last long.

Here are some closeups....

Product List - Crate Paper - Poolside paper and Gold Foil on Acetate, Thickers - Sun Kissed, Heidi Swapp Epoxy Word, True Hemp - Hemptique, Tags - Cosmo Cricker & K & Company Smash, Tim Holtz Tiny Attachers and washi from my stash.

Here is the photo that we had for inspiration - Summer/Winter....

I was inspired by the little dog in the water...just like our little doggies who couldn't wait to jump in the pool!!!

I used the sketch from The Memory Nest.

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Celebrate - ScrapMuch?! Sketch-y Friday DT Reveal

Happy Friday everyone....it is time for the ScrapMuch?! Sketch-y Friday Design Team Reveal....and since it is the first Friday of the month it is time for a double layout!!!

Here is my layout....

My husband shared his birthday with all the Mothers out there this year as his birthday fell on Mother's Day, so he got a special cake for desert....along with the 4 pies that my Mom had baked.

Here is each page closer up....

And some closeups....

Here I used my favourite stamp with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and added some water colour splatters to the background.

Product list - Pebbles - Happy Day papers, Echo Park - Lori Whitlock - All About A Boy, Carta Bella stickers, Heidi Swapp - Epoxy words, MME Chipboard banner & button, October Afternoon Tin Pin, Studio Calico Arrows & Recollections Key & Camera.

Here is Laura's fun sketch....

Be sure to check out the rest of Team A's creations and link up yours by the 29th of July!!!

I was also inspired by the Happy Birthday challenge at The Paper Girls Challenge blog.

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Just Plain Fun -Stuck?! Sketches July 1st Reveal

Happy Canada Day everyone! This fabulous country of our turns 148 years old today! Hope everyone gets to celebrate with family & friends!

And with July 1st brings a new reveal for the Stuck?! Sketches Design Team. Here is my layout....

Back in April we were at a mall that had a photo booth. Papa took the boys in for their first photo booth experience. I think we can tell by the photos that they all had fun!!!

Here are some closeups....

I stamped my favourite circle stamp on the background and texture paste with different rubs of ink and artist pastels.

I added my journaling on a library card type tag.

Product List - Lucky 7 Factory Paper - Made in Canada

Recollections Cardstock

Basic Grey tag

Thickers-Amy Tangerine

MME chipboard & wood dots

Evalicious Flair

Tim Holtz Texture Paste & Distress Ink

& Studio Calico wood veneer

Here is Laura's wonderful sketch....

I turned the sketch 90 degrees.

Be sure to stop by the Stuck?! Blog to see what the rest of the design team created and then link up your creations by the 29th of July for a chance at a fabulous prize from one of the generous sponsors.

I am also entering this in the Anything Goes challenge at Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges

AND

Lasting Memories for their Together theme.

Happy Birthday Canada!!!!

Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Well it is the last Friday of the month and time for Scrapping Our Stash Monthly Blog Hop. The idea behind this blog hop is to dig into that stash from papers that you have been hoarding saving for over one year.

You should have arrived here from Majken's Blog but if not, you can start from the beginning. See the entire list below....have fun!

I have something different to share with you today....some Project Life pages.

And here are some closeups...

And here is the facing page.....These photos were taking a couple of years ago on a trip to a local zoo on Canada Day!!!

And some closeups.....

And a third page....

More closeups....

We are headed back to the zoo for Canada Day fun this year too!!!

Now continue on with the fun and head over to Suzanna's Blog to see her fabulous creation!

And in case you get lost along the way, here is the complete list!!

Cathy Harper http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/

Majken Pullin http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Suzanna Lee http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Lyne Schnable-Blodgett http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stella Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/

Wendy Bergeron Coffman http://stampingrules.com

Lee-Anne Thornton http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com

                                                Happy Hopping! Stay Crafty!!!

Everyday Moments - ScrapMuch? Sketch-y Friday DT Reveal

Happy Friday! It is time for another ScrapMuch? Sketch-y Friday Design Team Reveal.

Every year I try to take a similar shot of Papa and the boys. Today's layout is from the one I took last August. The tree that we used previously for the shot had to be cut down, so we moved to the backyard to the mighty Walnut tree.

This layout just went together in a flash.....I think the papers just suited the photo so well that it just came together so easily!

Here are some closeups....

I fussy cut the polaroid frame from one of the papers and layered up some of the fun stickers.

This Queen & Co. Headliner title was just perfect.

On the background I added some watercolour splatters and used my new Glaze pens that I received for Mother's Day (thanks Girlie) to dash in the circle. I added a couple more flower stickers to the circle.

Here is Laura's wonderful sketch....I used a 5x7 photo rather than two smaller ones.

Product list - AC Cardstock, Echo Park - Happy Go Lucky paper and stickers, and October afternoon Tin Pin.

Perfect timing for this post....just in time for Father's Day! Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there....young and old!!!

I was also inspired by the challenge at Frosted Designs - Summertime Blues.

Have a fabulous weekend! Stay Crafty!