Smile Laugh Enjoy - LCOM Card Sketch #59

My son has a birthday party tomorrow for a little girl that we know from his playgroup. It is a tea-party themed party where we all dress up so I thought I would make a fun little card to go along with it.

I used Let's Capture our Memories Sketch #59 from the very talented Becky Fleck:


Here is my take:

I stayed pretty true to the sketch, except that I added the embellishments since I wanted to dress it up a little more to stay with the tea-party theme.

Supplies used:
paper: DCWV (glitter basics stack 6x6), mambi cards
ink: distress pad (spiced marmalade)
stickers: soft spoken, jolee's, recollections

Thank you for stopping by, there is still a little time to get your entries in so hope you play along: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/02/lcom-sketch-59-reveal.html

big boy - February Page Draft Challenge (layout 29)

I am a new fan of Page Drafts, if you haven't already done so please go check them out because their sketches are FABULOUS!!!!!!!

This month's challenge was to pick 1/5 page drafts and create a layout using the theme of love, well anyone who knows me knows that my son kyle is the absolute love of my life and 95% of all my scrapbook inspiration come from him.

I chose this page draft:


And here is my take:

Journalling reads:
Usually when we go on field trips, my son stays right by my side and is VERY shy. On this day, we joined playgroup and went to Triple T greenhouses (just north of bonnyville) to go on a tour of the greenhouse. We smelled flowers, watched the fish, and taste-tested strawberris and cucumbers. As per his usual, Kyle stayed right next to me holding my hand (or me carrying him). It wasn't til near the end of the tour while we were waiting for the rest of the group to finish watching the fish that Kyle decided to run up and down one of the aisles. He was so proud of himself I could not stop taking pictures of him. I absolutely love our time together and wished he could stay this age forever. June 14 2013 

Supplies used:
paper: DCWV (cardstock brights 12x12 stck, heartfelt stack, cardstock solid 8.5x11 stack, kaisercraft (lush 6x6 stack)
alphas: thickers (tannenbaum)
flowers: recollections, jolee's (red mix pleated icing flowers)
wood pieces: dear lizzy (veneer set icons phrases)
flourish: Flourish with a Bling (jack green)

Thank you for stopping by, hope you all have a great day :)

Some more February Layouts (layout 23-28)

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I fit in a cart! - LCOM Sketch #58 (layout 21)

Let's capture our memories sketch #58 comes from Laura Whitacker:


Here is my take:

Supplies used:
paper: gcd studios
banner: heidi swapp
embelishments: heidi swapp (ephemera), dear lizzy (wood veneers)
inks: tattered angels (jazz blue, turquoise blue, creme de chocolate), lindy's stamp gang (lime)
washi tape: unknown

Thank you for stopping by and hope you play along: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/02/sketch-this-out-lcom-sketch-58-reveal.html

You are my favorite - LCOM Sketch #59 (layout 20)

Let's Capture our Memories Sketch 59 is from the fabulous Becky Fleck (pagemaps):


Here is my take:

I am so happy with the way this turned out, I love the BoBunny Smoochable collection and this is by far one of my favorite pictures of me and my son.

Supplies:
paper: BoBunny Smoochable, American Craft (brights)
title: my mind's eye (lost & found blush)
wood: teresa collins (wood pieces)
flowers: heidi swapp (ephemera), SEI (juliette)
inks: tattered angels (creme do rouge), distress pads (spun sugar)
other: BoBunny noteworthy (smoochable)

thank you for stopping by and hope you play along this month: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/02/lcom-sketch-59-reveal.html

6 months pure joy - Canadian Scrapbooker February Sketchy Challenge (layout 19)

Hello, I have another layout for you today (I know I was lucky today to get some scrappping in, my back is doing so much better), this one for Canadian Scrapbooker February Sketchy Challenge with another fabulous sketch from the very talented Sue Sykes:

This sketch was so much fun to play with, but figured since it is February, I would change up the circles and do hearts instead and this is what I came up with:

I cut out the hearts with creative memories shape cutter and inked them with distress stain (dusty concord). I wrapped the one heart with american craft twine. The background I misted DCWV (tan cardstock) with tattered angels (jazz blue & dragonfly), Lindy's stamp gang moon shadow mist (moonlit mulberry) and perfect pearl mist (grape). I glued love hearts (yes the actual candies) to flowers (keeping with the valentine's feel). 

I really love how this layout turned out as it really came together like the way I saw it in my mind (don't you just love when your vision comes to life??).

Other supplies: 

Alphas: american thickers (bubblegum), my little shoebox (mini alphabet sticker - lilac)

butterfly: prima (wood embellishment), stained with distress stain (dusty concord)

flowers: recollection

button: unknown

brads: recollections, bo bunny

thank you for stopping and and for your wonderful comments, hope you can play along this month at Canadian Scrapbooker: http://canadianscrapbooker.ca/sketchy/showphoto.php?photo=850&title=feb-2014-sketch&cat=532

I'm an Aunt! - A2Z Scraplet February Challenge (layout 18)

I don't know about you but I am really starting to like mood board challenges, or maybe they are just so inspirational lately that I am just drawn towards them.

This month's A2Z Scraplets challenge is a mood board:


I was immediately drawn to the top left picture of the white background with red hearts. I have had this idea in my head from a layout I saw on pinterest a while ago and knew that I wanted to make that layout for this challenge. Here is my take:

I used the film strip A2Z scraplet and misted it with Tattered Angels (red punch). I wrote my niece's date of birth, time of birth, and birth weight in the film strips and the rub-ons are 7gypsies. The gigantic exclamation point is done on purpose since when I first got the phone call that Sadie was born I screamed so loud that my parents thought that my brother and sister-in-law could hear me at the hospital (they live 1200kms away). Even though I wasn't there for the birth, I did get to skype with her when they got home from the hospital a couple of days later and met her in person a couple of weeks later when I came home for Christmas.

Other supplies used:

alphas: american thickers, basic grey

paper: american craft (white cardstock), DCWV (red cardstock)

flowers: recollections, unkown

heart brads: recollections

leaves (both misted with tattered angels in red punch): prima (white leaves & wood pieces)

flourishes: unknown

chipboard exclamation point: bazzill basics

Thank you for stopping by and your wonderful comments, hope you can play along this month at A2Z scraplets: http://a2zscraplets.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/february-mood-board-challenge.html