Dabbling With Digi...!

2nd post today, pls scroll down to see what I've started with Andrew's Graduation album

I can't stay away from Picnik! LOL! They have layouts set up in there where you add your photo and then you go into another setting and add embellishments etc and then if you want to, you can print them out and then add ribbon..whatever you like! Ok, so it's a little like digi scrappin' right??

This is a photo from our trip to Florida in October 2007. Keith's parents watched the kids while we went on a dinner cruise. Was a lot of fun and yes, we were quite burnt! Ok, me more than him! LOL!

Graduation Layouts #1 - Grad Photo's

Hello! Remember a bit ago, I made up a graduation album? Well, I was going to sell it and then decided to keep it for Andrew's grad. So, I've been working away at it and you'll see pages from it over the next few days. Here's a couple pages where I used his grad photo's. I also included the proofs as well. I kept it pretty simple as I wanted it to focus mainly on him, plus it's supposed to be masculine right? Thought he might not appreciate ribbons, bows and embellies in there! (sorry, the pg's seem to be a little crooked in the photo's)

Mermaid Face and Cloning My Girl!

Uh oh, I have found a new crafty hobby!! I can't stop playing with Picnik! LOL! Here's another pic I did last night. This is from almost 3 yrs ago when we were last in Florida. What do ya think? How fun is this? I even cloned her face into the corners!! Love it!

Birthday's Galore, Loving PICNIK and My Girl's Getting Better!

Hello!! Well, a big Happy Birthday shout out to my cousin, Becky and our 'adopted' (Andrew's best friend) son Thomas!! Happy Birthday guys!

So, I was dabbling around in Picnik again (I can't tell you how much I LOVE this program!!) and decided to make a little something for Becky and Thomas and this is what I came up with! What do ya think??

I think they look awesome! And I was even able to save and email them!! On another note, Miss Ashleigh is coming around. She's been sick since Monday and got her into our Dr today and she has a throat infection and her little throat is pretty swollen. BUT, she's had ONE dose of amoxacillan and wow! The difference already! If only we were that resilient huh??

Have a great day!

Blog Candy Alert!!

I've been looking for some idea's online and came across Kelli's blog!! She has some AMAZING blog candy to give away! Be sure to run over and chk it out!!

Project Tuesday - Paper Flowers

Morning! This week we're being challenge to make paper flowers at Project Tuesday. I didn't get a chance to play along this week as my daughter came down suddenly with the flu yesterday evening. She's running quite a fever and her little body is aaching like crazy. Once she's ok, I'll be playing along though as I need to learn how to make these! Hop on over to Project Tuesday to see what the DT has created and be sure to play along!

Ride For Literacy Photo's

Good morning!! So, for those who read my post on Saturday, Keith and I headed out for the first time with my brother, Aunt and Uncle and did the Ride For Literacy around Lake Simcoe. What I thought was a couple hour ride was actually about 5! But what an awesome day. We had a great time and look forward to doing it again next year. Here's some pics from our journey.

Getting Ready For The Ride - A LOT of Bikes!

Heading Up Queensville Sdrd

First Stop - Northern Motor Sports - Lots of Food!

Heading Out To The Hwy

Goose Crossing

Second Stop - Scenic View of The Lake

Osprey Nest

After The Ride - We Got A LOT Of Sun!

Lasting Memories Challenge # 2 - Buttons and Bows!

Good morning! First off...

Happy 7th Birthday to my nephew, Hayden!!

Today over at Lasting Memories Layout Challenges, we're challenging you to use buttons and bows on your layout! You have 2 weeks too enter and can't wait to see your layouts. For my layout this week, I decided to get started on some pics from 2007. My sister and her family rented a cottage for a week and our guys went for a couple days and then Keith and I went up for a day. So this is my niece and nephew. I chose "Splendor" paper from CTMH and I used my mini bow dabra to make my bow and added some cute flower buttons I had in my stash. I don't really use alot of ribbon on my layouts. I'm pretty simple with them, so this is out of my box. The pattern is from my CTMH Reflections book. Be sure to hop over to Lasting Memories to see what the DT created and don't forget to play along!!

Before and After With Picnik!

I was playing around again with Picnik and isn't this cool?? I took one of my garden photo's and did some editing and then I did a before/after pic. I think I'm going to have to sign up for the year! I'm loving this program!! Well, hubby and I are off on the bike today to do the "Ride For Literacy" around our lake. This is our first time and we're looking fwd to it. Should be a fun time. My brother is joining us as well as our Uncle. I believe it's about a 2 hour ride and then we come back for lunch/games etc and then home. Something tells me I'll have a sore behind though!!


Have a fantastic wknd!

Wishing You...

Hello! This is my second post for today so feel free to scroll down for my Lasting Memories post as time is ticking!! This is a card I put together for my parent's upcoming 30th anniversary. I just need to find the right style of "Wishing You..." for the front and then I'll add "A Happy Anniversary" on the inside. I used a new paper pack from CTMH called "Cherry Oh" and I added liquid glass to the cherries. The chipboard shapes are from a new line I found at Pointer's called "Pepper and Friends" and this line is TOO CUTE!! I don't know if you can really see it, but there is glitter on the chipboard as well. They're adorable!

Hope everyone is having a great day and a great start to the wknd!! I'm entering this in the following challenges:

1. Glitterbabes Challenge #3 - Sketch
2. FBW #113 - Layers
3. Sir Stampalot July Challenge - Lazy Hazy Days Of Summer
4. Creative Card Crew - To Die For