Determined Camper

This layout was so much fun to make! The photos themselves are awesome -- totally hilarious! :) It's pouring rain, but one determined guy sets out to build a campfire anyways! You gotta love those moments -- especially when you manage to catch them on film. :)

This is actually an original sketch -- kind of an amazing accomplishment -- especially when it comes to working with circles on layouts. It's complicated...because I love the circles look, but I still find it hard to come up with a layout I like when I try using them. This one just happened...and I LOVE IT! :) I think it's also the colours...it all works together so well. TFL.

No Embellies

I"m all into scrappin' again! :) I love it when my layouts finally come together -- without too much stress and time spent on them! :) Not to mention my pile of photos on the "to scrap" pile is finally getting thinner! That's  always a good thing, eh???

Here is my first layout of our blueberry picking / camping trip we had last month. I lifted a layout from the gallery at Fiskateers (they had a online crop all about lifting layouts and cards from the gallery). LOL -- the layout turned out soooo different than what I had originally set out to create, but I absolutely LOVE it!

The checkered paper is from the Creative Memories line, but the rest is just stuff from my stash. I know the page is a little on the simple side, but I love that style. Somehow some layouts don't need any embellishments to make it look good! :) I did lift the title to give it a 3-D effect (which you can't really see from the angel I took the picture from), but it's still there. :) Simplicity works -- why mess with it! :)

Better Late Than Never

Fiskateers had an online crop last week. There were over 20 challenges...but it was such a busy time for me, I didn't get all the ones done that I wanted to. One of the challenges was to close your eyes, pick a paper from your stash, and then create two cards with it. Sounds...interesting. LOL I did make the two cards, but unfortunately I was too late to participate in the crop -- time ran out! Bummer, eh? But on the bright side...now I have two fabulous cards to give away! So, no worries! :) And I get to show them off to all you great people as well. LOL

I've been scrapping a lot with the Fiskars Sunburst border punch. I saw a lot of people were creating cards using multiple borders...stacked up. It gives such a great effect -- and I just love it! These two cards showcase two different effects you can get -- I'm not sure which one I like better, as they  both look great! :)

I also borrowed the small butterfly punch from a friend...and although they are tiny...any butterfly helps make a card look great! LOL I just loooooove butterflies -- any size! :)

wee Memories -- butterflies , party time tuesday -- anything goes ,
our creative corner -- it's embossable , penny's paper crafty -- anything goes

TFL :)

Punch it out!

I've loved working with a friend's sunburst border punch. My cards are being created so fast -- and I'm having them pile up already -- but I'm lovin' it!!! :)

Here is one of my latest cards. :) I definitely need to get some border punches of my own (like 3 or 4!!!). LOL

I dry embossed the plain white background of the card to give it a little something extra. I love the effects it gives. I've tried adding some new embossing images -- this time it's a daisy -- working with the theme. Trying new things...just to keep myself from being bored! LOL

Crafty Card makers -- Birthday
Paper Sundays -- Metal

Kaboodle Doodles -- Add Some Metal

TFL :)

camp out

Well, I'm back with another layout. Someone said to me last week -- "I don't like scrap booking! Card-making is so much simpler." It may be "simpler" to some people, but for me...sometimes making a card is just as challenging as coming up with a layout!  For me, it varies. Ask me which I like better, and I'll probably say scrapbooking one week and then card making the next! LOL

So, anyways...here's another layout I created on the weekend.

The online crop at Fiskateers.com had me all inspired -- not to mention working with my camping photos again.  This layout especially was a blast to create! It came together sooooo fast -- I think it was the papers! LOL I've been saving this patterned paper for awhile...just couldn't bring myself to use it. But I pulled it out and decided it was time...and I love it! :) TFL

Fun in the Sun

I been wanting to scrap some pictures from a trip a small group of us went on in the summer of 2006, but I thought I'd lost them all when our computer crashed about a year ago...and with it went many of my photos. Then a few days ago, I was sorting through some photos on my friend's computer, when I came across the trip pictures!!! Apparently I had given them to her as well...and totally forgot about it!!! But man was I impressed!!! :) I printed about 50+ of them right away...and now I'm having a blast scrapping some layouts!!! :)

Here's the first one I made.

We had a two day online crop at Fiskateers.com and one of the challenges was to lift a layout from the gallery. This layout was my lift. I had such a blast -- but then my excitement over finding the photos at all just makes it all the more fun!!! LOL :) TFL.

A New Look

A few scrapper friends and I went to see a lady who's been a distributor for Creative Memories scrapping products. Honestly, I wasn't too impressed with the line -- my #1 reason being that the papers are a strange size -- 10 x 12 instead of the common 12 x 12 (which is the size I scrap). So if I really liked a certain paper, I had to take at least two sheets, just so I could create a 12 x 12 paper!!! But I ended up bying quite a lot of papers, simply because right now I haven't been able to get to the city...and I have so many photos waiting to be scrapped!!!!

While we were there, we asked to look at a scrapbook she had made -- just for ideas. I love looking at other people's books -- it's amazing how many different styles are out there! And while I may not love the style, there are always little things you can learn or take from the different styles. :) So anyways, this lady did a lot with border designs. It was the first time I had ever seen these -- and I liked it! She had a few paper sets (apparently the border designs are pre-cut)...and I bought one.

This is the first layout I've put together using the papers. This is a pretty simple one -- and yes, she did have more than plain papers, but for this layout I wanted it pretty basic. I absolutely love the border design on the outsides -- it makes the page leap out! I may have seen these pages so often...but everytime I page though my album...I stop and take a second look!!! LOL I guess that says something...

The letters are also from the Creative Memories line. They're great to work with -- not too sticky...and if you place it wrong, you can take it off and set it right...without tearing up your layout! That's the best thing I've seen from this line -- if I ever have another chance, I'd buy more letters...they rock!!! :)

I still want to add some journaling -- in the center of the second page. :) TFL

** I found a challenge to enter into -- Create a layout with NO PATTERNED PAPERS. Perfect for this layout!  >>Noel Mignon's Challenge Blog<<