Happy Place Layout - using Page Maps Sketch

The sketches from Page Maps are THE BEST!! Right now there is a contest going on using this sketch, so I thought I would play along. I had so much fun doing this layout! Click on my layout to see it bigger and to read the journaling.

Supplies:

Felt - Close to my Heart

All paper - Close to my Heart

Stamps - Close to my Heart

Embroidery Floss - Close to my Heart

Title - jillibean soup

Brads - Bo Bunny

Clouds - imaginisce

Journaling Paper - Making Memories

I also thought I would show you how I made my flowers with a few stamps and tissue paper:) For my first step, I stamped a flower onto cardstock and cut it out. I am using this as my template. I then traced it out onto four layers of tissue paper and cut this out. I then stamped a background stamp onto each layer. Finally I poked a hole through the center of them all and adhered them together with a brad. Voila, the tissue paper flower is now ready for my project! Fun! Hope you try it!

CPS Sketch #40

Finally I have some artwork I can share!! I have been working away with my November kit from JuJu Bees Scrapbook Corner and it is another fantastic kit!! But I can't show you yet...

Here is a card I did using this week's sketch from Card Positioning Systems. I thought I would get into making Christmas cards now that Halloween is over but nope, more butterflies. Longing for Spring I guess and winter hasn't officially even started...YIKES!!

All product is from Close to my Heart!

An award!!

I am so honored to have gotten this award today from two fabulous ladies whose blogs I love and check out daily, Melissa and Brenda. Thanks ladies for making my day!

Here are the rules of this award:
1. You can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!

I love these types of awards with the questions and answers so I can get to know some of my blogging buddies a little bit, but really, one word answers?? Tricky...not sure I can do it...lol!

1. Where is your cell phone? purse (probably dead cause I always forget to charge it)
2. Your hair? ponytail
3. Your mother? loving
4. Your father? inspirational
5. Your fave food? pasta
6. Your dream last night? scrapbooking (seriously, I scrapbook even in my dreams...lol)
7. Your fave drink? coffee/red wine (nope...I can not pick just one...love em both)
8. Your dream/goal? see now how can I answer that in one word...I have a MILLION goals!
9. What room are you in? craft room/computer room
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking(duh) and photography
11. Your fear? death (not mine necessarily,but I worry about my family all the time)
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where you were last night? home (yes, scrapbooking)
14. Something that you aren't? rich...lol
15. Muffins? Banana
16. Wish List Item? silhouette for a Mac
17. Where did you grow up? Saskatoon
18. Last thing you did? picked up my daughter from school (see now, how do I tell ya that in one word??)
19. What are you wearing? jeans
20. Your TV? off
21. Your Pets? dogs
22. Friends? wonderful
23. Your Life? amazing
24. Your Mood? happy
25. Missing Someone? hubby (he works 2 full time jobs - hardly see him)
26. Vehicle? van
27. Something your not wearing? make-up
28. Your fave store? any scrapbook store..lol
29. Your fave color? blue
30. Last time you laughed? a minute ago
31. Last time you cried? today ( i let my daughter walk herself to school and it was bittersweet for me)
32. Your best friend? my lifelong bff - joelle ( I am even named after her - my middle name)
33. One place that I go to over and over? Beaver Creek (it is a conservation area I work at - beautiful place)
34. One person who emails regularly? my parents when they are away
35. Fave place to eat? Earls

I think I could pick 50 fabulous bloggers that I love to visit so picking 5 is HARD for me!!! The five I did pick are not only fabulous crafters, they all amaze me with their productivity. You rock ladies!!

1. Aphra

2. Sarah

3. Amy

4. Kelly

5. Kim

Wink - Creative Scrappers Sketch 75

Creative Scrappers reveal today! Here is my take on sketch #75 ... and that is my last layout for Creative Scrappers as a design team member. It has been fun and I will definitely still be using their fabulous sketches!! My layout was a quick and easy one to document my youngest trying very hard to wink. She is the cutest. I also played along with Practical Scrappers challenge to use "lace cardstock" on your layout - I am way behind for that challenge though since I couldn't post it until today for the Creative Scrappers reveal!

Most of the supplies used are Cosmo Cricket.

Things you say

I wanted to do a layout to remember the cute things my three year old says. She speaks so well now that these are the last of the funny mis-pronunciations:)

All product is from Close to my Heart, except for the title, which is AC Thickers.

Candy Monsters

I was thrilled to be a guest designer for a la Carte, a fabulous challenge blog where you pick your own challenge from the menu! This is the menu this month:

1. orange, black, green, and purple

2. paper piercing

3. glitter

4. a "monstrous" embellishment

5. 3 photos

6. a candy wrapper

So for my layout, I used orange, black, green and purple, I used my piercing tool to make holes all around my orange piece of paper and I also cut out the monsters, I have glitter on my "candy" letters, I used a "monstrous" flourish and bracket (as well, I included monsters:-), I have three photos, and there are candy wrappers in the photos! Fun, fun! Aphra's layout is fabulous so go and check it out here! Have a wonderful day!

The missing tooth - Creative Scrappers #73

It is time for a new sketch over at Creative Scrappers! Here is my take on sketch #73! I can NOT believe that my baby girl is losing teeth already! AHHHH ... she is growing up WAY too fast!

Well I am off to cook a turkey...YUM! Happy Thanksgiving for you fellow Canadians:-)