Thinking of you ...

Over at Created With Love Challenges, the theme is "Sympathy or Miss You" and it's a perfect time to showcase this card for you

This is from the CTMH "Laughing Lola" card kit, but I always had my own spin on them

Whooooo's Your Valentine?

Hi everyone!! I just ordered this sweet kit and just have to pick it up from my friend. Is this not the CUTEST set ever!? Check out this video for all the details!! Love this!

LMCB #81 - "We're Layering It Up" this week!!

Thank you so much for joining us last week at Lasting Memories!! It's time for a new challenge and this week, we're "Layering It Up"!! What do you love to layer up on your layouts? Paper, flowers, embellishments??? I absolutely LOVE to layer up my CTMH flip flaps!! As my friends can tell you, I use them whenever and wherever I can. I love that I can add more and more photo's on a pg without cluttering up my page. The bottom photo is done with flip flaps and I was able to add 4 extra photo's this way!!

Now it's your turn to join the fun at Lasting Memories and show us how you layer up! We can't wait to see what you create this week!

FBW # 191 - "Fluttering By To Say Hi!"

Good morning!! It's Wednesday and that means a brand new challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays today!! First off, thank you all so much for joining us last week. Wow, there was SO much inspiration and I loved seeing everyone's take on our "Anything With Wings" challenge!! For this week, we're back to making sure you have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation AND we're using this inspirational photo!! Is this not GORGEOUS!!!

And here's what I created. CTMH came out with this super cute stamp and as soon as I seen it, I HAD to have it and thought it was PERFECT for FBW challenges!! I love it!!! I chose to use the colors within the photo as my inspiration. I was going to add flowers, but when all was said and done, I thought it would have been to much. It's hard to see here, but I cut out the tree top and popped it up. I also sponged the background with CTMH "Heavenly Blue" and "Garden Green" for the sky/land. The tree, butterfly and sentiment are all included in the one stamp. 

Now it's your turn to get on over to FBW and be TOTALLY inspired by what you see from both DT and entries!! Hope you join us, we'd love to see what you create!! REMEMBER!! You need to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creations. Happy Fluttering!!

Cut For Cancer

Last weekend we had our first Winter Retreat and it was a HUGE hit!! I managed to get a lot done this time around. I have done these photo's in digital, but I wanted to get them on real paper - the traditional way. This was such a proud moment for me as a Mother and for Ashleigh in what was her very OWN decision. She came to me one day and said "Mom .. I really want to cut my hair." Of course I looked at her, those long beautiful golden, curly locks and asked "Why!?" She turned to me and said "For cancer Mom. I want to give my hair to someone who needs it more than I do and besides, it grows back." For a 10 year old to say that, on her own no less, I was both awed and so very proud of her that day. So, we made the appt with a friend of ours who was more than happy to do it. Brydee straightened her hair and off it went. Ashleigh looked beautiful with her new hair style!! Such a proud moment as a parent!!

Supplies: 

• CTMH "Reflections" for the layout pattern idea
• CTMH "Roxie" paper and stickease
• CTMH Embellishments (all except "CUTE" and "UNIQUELY YOU"

Challenges Entered:

• Paper Lovin' Gals - Inspirational Photo (for me I was inspired by the colors, the shape of the photo's on the walls reminded me of 4x6 photo's, the flowers and also the butterflies - never be afraid to spread your wings to always achieve your dreams and goals)
• Child's Play - Storybook Inspiration "Guess How Much I Love You" (I just felt so much love for my daughter on this day, so very proud of her and what she did)
• Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #73 - Anything Goes
• Diva's By Design #22- Wings n Things (birds on my LO)
• Pile It On #7 - Heartfelt Thanks (someone will be very thankful for the gift of hair from my daughter)
• Craft Us Crazy #21 - Favorite Color/Favorite Embellishment (love pink and diecuts!)
• 2 Sisters #78 - I Heart You
• Truly Madly Crafty February Challenge - Ribbon and Bling

FBW #190 - Anything With Wings!

Before I get to today's FBW post, I wanted to let you know we have an AMAZING tutorial and giveaway at Lasting Memories this week!! Now onto this weeks FBW challenge!!!

Good morning friends!! Thank you SO much for joining us last week!!! You really showed the "LOVE"! This week is a fun one!!! "This week's challenge is one that only happens once or twice a year here at FBW but is always one of our most popular challenges..so without further delay, our challenge for this week (and this week only!!) is~ Anything With Wings! So all those times you wanted to use a bird or a dragonfly or even a dragon..now is the time to use them!! Next week we'll go back to our rule of a butterfly, fairy or angel!!" How cool is that huh?? Super duper fun and excited to see what you'll all be creating this week!! For my creation, I chose to show you another of my CTMH "Sweet Treats" cards - is this not super cute?? Even I swayed this week and used a bird on my card. Hope you like it!! This kit is AWESOME! Comes with everything to make 10 sweet cards - inside AND out!!! Now hop on over to FBW to be inspired my friends! Hope you'll join us!!!

LMCB #75 - All You Need Is "Love"

Good morning!! Did you get a chance to check out my Cards For Emily post yesterday? If not, pls do!! It's VERY important for a very special little girl!! Now onto today's challenge at Lasting Memories. We're challenging you to use the word LOVE on your layout. We also have a super giveaway from Michele in honor of her birthday today!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE!!!

For my LO today, I chose a pattern from my CTMH "Reflections" book and then I added more photo's using flip flaps. I love how it turned out. It's hard to see, but in the circle, it says "love this" - as you can see, my daughter loved doing this photo shoot with me. More layouts to come over the next couple days!!!

Hop on over to Lasting Memories and see how the DT is showing their love this week!!! Come on out and play, we'd love for you to join us!! Happy Scrappin'!!

Christmas Cards for Grandma

Each year I take a handful of Christmas cards to my grandma to give out to the special ladies in the nursing home. I'm heading up to see her tmw, so just finished these. The lighting isn't the best, so they don't show as well as they look and the stickles are still a little wet, but wanted to show you what I came up with. I added Martha Stewart snow glitter to the snowmen and then fun flock on the bottom for now .. everything else is CTMH. The sentiment is what will be inside. Have a great night!!

LMCB # 47 - Distressing!

Morning!! Today's a new challenge at Lasting Memories! It's all about distressing this week! I just realized, these 2 photo's are different colors, but it's the SAME paper! I'm in a rush and pre-posting, so you get the idea, right? Gotta love lighting! So, this week we're distressing our LO's and for mine, I chose to do a LO using pics from my birthday last yr. I still have to journal, but we had a great time!!! The paper is a kit from CTMH "You & Me" which I thought very fitting for this LO. I used distress inks on everything, the paper has a distressed look to it and I distressed the edges of the 12x12 CS. Be sure to hop over and see what everyone else did and come out and play along!! Have a GREAT day!

My First CTMH "Studio J" Layouts!

For the month of June, Close To My Heart is offering ONE free Studio J layout! I hadn't had a chance to try it, so when I had a minute tonight, I had to scrapbook these photo's. We had SO many compliments on Ashleigh's hair as well as what she did, was amazing. Now we have to wait for Canada Post to get back to work so we can mail off her hair!!

Challenges Entered:

• Spoon Full Of Sugar #157 - Ribbons and Bows
• Diva's By Design- Anything But A Card
• Alphabet Challenge - H for Half a Dozen (I used 6 photo's!)

Forever In Our Hearts

Here's a 2 pg layout I did in honor of Papa. As some of you know, he passed away March 19th and we had a memorial service on March 26th. I wanted to do something special and something where I could keep all the cards, program etc in a safe place. Plus, the urn was absolutely beautiful as well and we were given a photo of it, so I thought it would be nice to have a special place for that as well. So this is what I came up with! I cut the "In Memory Of.." in half and cut to size that worked for me and then decided I would hinge his photo to the poem. On the other page, I used a 12x6" memory flip flap to enclose sympathy cards and his program etc in and then attached that to my page protector. When you turn it, you find some hidden journaling. I'm really happy with the way this turned out!

I don't know if you can see the journaling, but the Papa ALWAYS had a fedora on. At the luncheon, grandma put all his hats out and I believe most of the grandchildren and some of the GREAT grandchildren all got to choose one. I just love this pic. He would have loved to see this!! The business card was his little side business after he retired. He was actually given that nickname from the guys at the garage where he took the scrap. Suited him!

Supplies: (all CTMH)

• 12x6" flip flaps
• "Miracle" paper pack/stickease
• Chipboard letters
• Ink - sweet leaf and heavenly blue

"Sophia" WOTG - Cards

These are the cards I put together using "Sophia" WOTG from CTMH. I love these. I made 6, but I've left 3 blank so I can put different sentiments on them. They are so pretty and the colors are gorgeous. Remind me of spring! To view the LO's from this kit, click here! After 6 cards and 2 LO's, I STILL have lots of paper and embellishments left over to do even more!!

"Sophia" CTMH Workshop On The Go

My friend Kelli and I run a monthly scrapbooking club. This time around we're trying something different and we've started a "Workshop On The Go" club. CTMH has put together some great kits. This one is "Sophia" and I think this is my fav so far. I added in some stickease, chipboard letters and journalling jots that are separate from the kit. Each kit comes with a stamp, Lv2 paper pack and embellishments as well as a workshop guide. I made 2 layouts and 6 cards and still have enough to do some more layouts and cards. It's well worth the money for sure and now you can implement that guide with other paper packs as well. I still have to add my journalling for this one.

Sophia is our April WOTG

LMCB #29 - Color Challenge!!

Hi there! It's time for another Lasting Memories challenge and this week we're challenging you with a color challenge! It's all about Green and White!! For my layouts, I chose papers from CTMH "Sophia" and a sketch pattern from one of my CTMH pattern books. Speaking of CTMH, you should REALLY hop on over to Lasting Memories to see WHY I used all CTMH product on my layout!! While you're there, chk out my very talented DT for even more inspiration and be sure to join us!!!

Project Tuesday - 6 Pack "Cherry Oh!"

Good morning!! It's Tuesday and time for another project and I LOVED this one!! It's called a Six Pack and it's the neatest idea. It's a little hard to see, but there's actually 6 'packs' in this little box! For mine, I used CTMH "Cherry Oh" paper and the cherry is from my Hello Kitty cartridge, the ladybugs are from the dollar store! I thought this would be really cute for Ashleigh's teacher. She's very artsy so we're going to fill it with art supplies and give it to her for Xmas. So now it's your turn!! Hop on over to Project Tuesday and be inspired by the DT and play along!