Cards etc

Anniversary card
 

My granddaughter is 18 this month.

Easter Card for Emma
 



Easter card for Austin, our pianist
 

April is for birthdays and anniversaries.
and new techniques like the faux leather look on the light up my life card.
and I love the cute bee stamp on the yellow and black card.

Scrapbooking, Now and Then

The Great Outdoors ...at the Cottage July 2015
 

Jo-Ann Figure Skating
 

Canada Day 2015
 

I finished a few pages at a recent crop I attended with some friends and my daughter, Jo-Ann.

First Day of School 2015 and 1980
 

Jo-Ann & David 2015 and 1979
 



Austin SK Grad 2012
 

June Pages

My daughter and I spent a lovely day at Loonies for Lindor Crop on Saturday.
A charity crop for Animal Rescue Dogs and the Farley Foundation and a very worthy cause.

Here are a couple of my pages I finished during our day as well as a few pocket pages.



Cinderella

Fathers Day 2014

More to come from my pocket pages...

Scrap-Lift

More Birthday challenges from Sketch~N~Scrap .

http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.ca

Jennifer's challenge is a scraplift from her layout.

so here is my version of her page...

 

check out Jennifer's page here...

http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.ca/2014/05/sketch-n-scrap-birthday-bash-scraplift.html

I have also included this layout in the NSD Two Scrapbook Friends challenge to use 4 Patterned Papers on a page.

http://www.twoscrapbookfriends.blogspot.ca/2014/05/nsd-challenges.html

That's all for today...

Happy Birthday Sketch-n-Scrap

Happy  2nd Birthday Sketch-n-Scrap

Sketch-n-Scrap are celebrating their 2nd Birthday. with sketch # 56

http://sketchnscrap.blogspot.ca/

 

And here is my version of the sketch....

 

SANDBOX LOVE

 

I tried to make the background look like a sandbox,well I think so.

Daddy made the sandbox for their birthdays and they played in it all summer and Loved it.

My daughter (their Mom) loved playing in the sand as a kid too ! Great birthday gift Dad.!

 

I also entered this layout in the Two Scrapbook Friends NSD embellishment challenge from Shelby.

using wood veneer heart embellishments.

First Day

Sketches help me create

but most times, I change the sketch in some way.

This time I moved the banner from the right to across the top.

This is my version of Shelby's
sketch below.

Life is Better with Dessert

Life is better with Dessert is the obvious title on my layout of my mother, granddaughter and daughter with desserts after Easter brunch in 2012..

Easter 2012
 

For Jayne's food challenge at Two Scrapbook friends based on Two Broke Girls sketch No. 20

and then for Sugar & Spice sketch-a-thon Sketch no. 9 and the animal challenge at Two Scrapbook Friends blog


She fills our lives with SUNSHINE and our Hearts with Love
August 2012
 

Sugar & Spice Sketch 2 and Around the World Map

.
Here is my map layout challenge for Around the world on-line crop challenge
at Two Scrapbook Friends
using Sketch 2 from Two Broke Girls.

My grandchildren are the best little people and Our World revolves around them.

Our World Revolves around You
Sketch 2 Sugar & Spice Sketch-a-thon





That's all for now......
 

Encore Dance Fundraising CROP Sept 21, 2013

I'm back.....Let me just say that it has not been a nice Summer for my family or I and leave it at that!

My daughter, sister and I attended the best run crop on the weekend. Lots of wonderful sponsors and prizes,( that's you, Ann aka the runner) great food and raffles, door prizes and entertainment (that's you, Christa). This is the 3rd year we have attended this fundraising Dance crop and look forward to it all year long.

I completed two projects from the sketches supplied (for extra prize tickets , of course)

A card sketch by Joanne Burton













and  a layout sketch by Laura Whitaker
























and for the On-Line Crop "Around the World" from Two Scrapbook friends

I used a sketch from Two Broke Girls, Sugar and Spice Sept challenges.

and then a

 sketch by Shelby, Two Scrapbook Friends designer and very talented lady.

That's all for now,  I have some partially completed layouts to finish.

References for Sketches and challenges:

http://ilovesketches.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-new-sketch.html

http://shopscrapmuch.blogspot.ca/2013/09/sketch-y-friday.html

 http://www.twoscrapbookfriends.blogspot.ca/2013/09/two-scrapbook-friends-around-world_20.html

http://2brokegirlsscrap.blogspot.ca/2013/09/spice-sugar-sketch-thon.html


 

Cupcake Special Spotlight

I was selected for the Cupcake Special Spotlight for  the month of May at Two Broke Girls forum.

http://2brokegirlsscraps.forumotion.com/

I am honoured to be chosen to produce a layout from a supplied sketch. 

 

Here is the sketch:

and here's my layout:

 

Emma in between shows last Saturday. She is 7 1/2 and in her 6th Dance Recital.

 Her Great Grandmother said she was Born for the Stage. She is such a delightful little ham and a wonderful dancer.

Born to Dance June 8, 2013

Emma In Let's go Fly a Kite from Mary Poppins

Loved this sketch so did a second page......Summertime Treats

 

More Social Network challenges

 

My Instagram challenge entry
a instagram enchanced photo with a poloroid frame. A stamped Camera coloured by copics and Zoom lens paper pieced and popped up.

For the Camera Craze at Moxie fab world

http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/02/the-camera-craze-challenge.html



Insta ...LOVE

My iWHAT entry for smartphones...

iLOVE my iphoNe



and last my You've got mail entry

using an envelope....or two

Reasons why I love you

Thar's all for the On-line Social Media challenges at Two Scrapbook Friends.
http://twoscrapbookfriends.0forum.biz/f82-challenges

Back to the old grind...That's all for today...Have a great day.




Dr Seuss ...Born to Stand Out.

Christa's challenge at Two Scrapbook Friends Crafty Challenge for Jan 21.


I found another Dr Seuss quote that called for this photo.

"Why Fit in when you born to Stand Out?"

The challenge was : Be inspired by this quote and think outside the box.












Thanks for looking!

A Recipe for Success!

Welcome to Jayne's challenge for the Two Scrapbook Friends 'Let's Connect Online Crop' and in this category it's all about 'Facebook' baby! In Jayne's words... I know how much you ladies love Christa's Recipe Contests which she runs periodically in the Forum, so I thought I'd do a similar thing here. Below you'll see I've taken a few of the most common elements associated with Facebook, alongside which is an explanation of the technique/embellishment you are required to include in your creation. I would like you to choose 3 (or more!) 'ingredients' for your recipe and include these on your card, layout or whatever other ingenious creation you would like to dazzle us with! Here are your options: Facebook: Include a photo/digi/stamp that is a close up or headshot. The 'Spotlight' technique would also qualify for the cardmakers amongst us. Wall: Use something to create a wall (stencil/embossing folder/die cut blocks or shapes). Post: Use journalling somewhere (strips, computer/handwritten, or a sentiment). Like: Use a favourite tool/embellishment. Tag: Use a tag. Friends: Include photographs of friends or some reference to the word friends in your title/sentiment. Poke: Include an arrow or pointed finger (like one of those cool vintage hand images with the pointed finger that seems to be popping up everywhere!). Albums: Use 3 or more photographs/images/stamps. Music: Use a song title or lyrics in your title/sentiment/journalling. Or you could even go literal here and use musical notes on your creation. Games: Include some reference to a game such as in your photo's/image, title, journalling, embellishments. So for my version of this challenge  I used 5 ingredients:   Facebook; Headshot/close up Photo Wall: Embossing folder of blocks/bricks for my wall Like: A favourite tool...I used my fav punch by Fiskars wavy bracket and Ranger distress ink (Anitque Photo) that I use on nearly every page. Friends: Use the word friends in the  title. Poke: Studio Calico HAPPINESS speech bubble.    Jayne said we only had to use 3 ingredients but most of my cooking recipes have 5 ingredients or less  so it was easy to add a few more when I started the embellishments. Check out this and other challenges at Two Scrapbok Friends forum.  Have fun.

A Number and A sketch

Here are some of my favourite people...My 2 youngest grandchildren. My grandson looks so cute eating one of his first ice cream cones and my granddaughter smile is so infectious, you have to smile around her.

 

 

 

Love this Memory of  YOU 2!

This layout is for

Two Scrapbook Friends Aug 23 Sketch Challenge . Sketch by DT Jayne
and
The Scrapping Bug Sept Challenge by Dee Woodland. DT ...Use a BIG number.

That's all for today...have a great day.

(This is the second post for Sept 9)

Product Challenge

Our local Scrapping store has a Product challenge every few months. They make up a small kit of items ...August kit included a piece of aqua cardstock, a chipboard butterfly, yellow lace, 3 flowers and a 6 x 12 piece of patterned paper. The colour mixture was not easy to combine so I added the background paper, the MME circle and inked the edges of all the papers.

Here's my page :

Brooke and Emma with their Great Grandmother

and...drumroll....I won the prize....from Maya Road...a package of chipboard butterflies.

thanks,

and have a great day!

Water, Water, Everywhere

Water, water everywhere...in the pool, the waterpark, the beach or as my page is... at a cottage on a beautiful lake.

This is my daughter with her children on  Lake Temiskaming

http://www.twoscrapbookfriends.blogspot.ca/2012/08/olympic-challenge-10-water-water.html

                                                                              sketch by Joanne Burton

Product Challenge....Popped Up

For the August Product Challenge we were supplied with Aqua cardstock, Flowered/Peach PP, a row of small pink pearls, a piece of yellow lace, a triangle of striped paper, 2 butterflies and 3 ivory flowers. I added the simple stories from the fabulous collection background paper and the My Mind's Eye title circle, distress ink and punched a border.

The butterflies and flowers are all on pop dots, the pearls are scattered over the butterflies.

Gigi with the girls, Brooke and Emma

I won the product challenge....the Prize...Maya Road Chipboard butterflies.

That's all for now, have a great day.!

2012 Tallahassee Lassie Dance

Please note: this is the second post for today....

Tallahassee Lassie, Mini Company Jazz number for 2012 competitive year.



Tallahassee Lassie

This was a wonderful fast paced jazz number and this kit of Teresa Collins paper I found at The Scrapping Bug matched the costumes perfectly.  Love it.!

Dance Pages Update....

First Dance Recital 2008
at 2 1/2 years old

For some reason I have 2009 pages done but not 2008 so here it is finally. I have another page for a double layout coming with some off focus photos so still working on that one.

So here is 2011 Dance Recital ...The Toy Story Remix

Ballet...The Ballad of Bullseye

Hip Hop and Tap 2011 Double Page

and some close ups...

Tap...Crocodile Rock with Andy from Toy Story

HipHop...Buzzin' with Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story

This was the pre-mini company first competitive number... Speedy Gonzales.


Jazz...Speddy Gonzales

They enjoyed it so much and it was a cute, fast number that got rave reviews.

That's it for now...going to organize the pages in Emma's Dance album...Have a good day!