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Champions!

Another field hockey season comes to an end, but this one ended spectacularly!!!  Provincial Champs - first time in the history of the school - so proud of both my girls!

 

tough choice!

Over the weekend I submitted a layout to Ella Publishing based on a sketch they had posted. It's the first thing I've submitted in a very long time! If you don't know Ella Publishing Co. you should check them out, it's the brain child of two past Simple Scrapbooks staffers/contirbuters, and it fills the gaping hole left by Simple, which I really miss!

Well, my layout is a finalist! And now they have requested voting (I hate that!).

So if you want to mozy on over and vote! for my layout, that would be great! The layouts are all amazing, it's stiff competition amongst my own kind LOL (clean and simple scrapbookers!).

The prize is that you get an assignment in one of their upcoming e-books which would be cool!

Thanks and have a great Wednesday!

happy friday!

Good morning everyone! Scrap Shotz is hosting an online crop this weekend, the theme is "Must See TV" and the design team has come up with some really fun challenges - check it out if you have time!

Since I am the world's worst blogger (thanks for the push Jodi!!), thought I'd share a page! 

Have a great weekend!

Cardstock, patterned paper and brads by American Crafts; Letter stickers by Making Memories.
 

happy world cardmaking day!!

Good morning! Everyone making cards today?? So much inspiration, so little time!

Scrap Shotz is celebrating in a big way, with wonderful challenges and of course, prizes! 

I was asked to create a card for the Scrapbook and Cards Today Blog! I love that Catherine and Kerry are showing a card for each month of the year, so clever, those ladies :)

I don't really consider myself to be much of a cardmaker, but I do really like how this one came together. I think since I'm such a "photo-centered" scrapbooker that cards, without photos!, can be challenging, so for me the key is all in the product and the colours!

Here's my card, hop on over to the blog and check out the other amazing cards they're sharing!

 

Cardstock and polka dot paper - American Crafts; Chipboard letters - Heidi Swapp; Patterned Paper - KI Memories.
  

have you heard the news??

American Crafts has bought Pebbles! I'd say it's a win-win for everyone :)  Nice to hear some very positive news about this industry for a change!

Thought I'd share a layout, this one appears in the latest issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today. Pics I took of my sister and her family (and my awesome nephew - Adam - hi Adam!!), and the layout appears in my "Just Shoot Me!" article.

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

 

*update: I'm having a good week over at 2 Peas!  Layout of the day:

 

Thanks again for letting me know, ladies!

  
  

#1 layout!

Look at my little layout, #1 by votes on 2 Peas.  See ladies, photography and scrapbooking are a powerful thing! Thanks for the emails and messages :) 

amazing giveaway!

Have you seen this??? You need to check it out! And to those of you who commented on my article, thank you soooooooo much!! It's wonderful to get such positive feedback! I'd love to hear what you'd like to see in a photography article, so don't be shy about letting me know! 

stay beautiful

More inspiration from the talented Taylor Swift!

 

 

 

 

Cardstock by American Crafts; Patterned Paper and embellishment by Basic Grey; Punch by Fiskars

scrapbook and cards today fall 2009!

 

Look at that cute cover by the insanely talented Lisa Dickenson!!  So happy to see the new issue, you can find my article (an intro to aperture this month) beginning on page 33!

I love the design of this magazine, it's so clean, it's so cohesive, you can really see the work that's being showcased, and speaking of showcasing, check out the readers gallery starting on page 51 - wow what a lot of talent in one issue!

I will share the rest of my layouts in the current issue in another post, but for now I want to share this one. Remember this post? This is the layout that came of it. Pictures can be such a powerful thing. Take lots!

  

a page!

Posted this on 2 Peas yesterday and got a couple of emails telling me it was in the top ten by votes - so thanks!  You knew those fun pics would make it to a page sooner than later right??

Hope you're having a wonderful week!

 

Cardstock and Thickers by American Crafts; Softies by KI Memories and October Afternoon; Patterned Paper by Bo-Bunny; Font - Century Gothic