A weekend full of fun and possibilites!

I had a great day on Friday scrapbooking with Dana. I worked on my second cruise album...making good progress with it. (I will post some layouts soon). So, it shouldn't be too long before it is done and then I will start on my Disney 2006 album. I would like to have it done before we go again to Disney World in May but that is just wishful thinking, smile.

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my Technique Tuesday order and a few new Magnolia stamps too. I am very excited about my Technique Tuesday order. Oh, the possibilities! I was so inspired by the Technique Tuesday stamps and chipboard when I watched a video of all their new product, released at CHA Winter, on the Creative Xpress website. Check it out! Warning, It is about 30 mins but well worth it!

So, I have a Facebook page, like many other people. I think the best thing about having it, though, is that I have found my very bestest friend in the whole wide world after losing touch with her for a very long time. Fiona and I grew up together in Trenton but she moved away when we were only 11 or 12 years old. It is very strange, though, we tend to lose touch with each other for several years and then meet up again and we always just pick up right where we left off. Well, we have been trying to make plans and I think the possibility of it actually happening is very good!

I am still pluggin' away at stamping and card making. I am working on my colouring technique, this time working with Prismacolor coloured pencils and OMS. So, here is a card that I made today for Fiona...I can't wait to see her and hang (possibly from a crab apple tree)...just like old times!

and inside it says......

Simply Fabulous:HSM on ICE

I made this altered frame with the Speakin' Up! voice recorder from mypagestalk.com, i just love these voice recorders! I interviewed Hannah on the voice recorder about her favourite movie, High School Musical, of course, and the special time we had when we all went to see HSM on Ice at Christmas time. She had lots of fun recording her message; she is such a little actress!

This is the sample for the class i will teach at my LLS (The Scrapbook Academy,Oshawa). I think everyone is going to love these little voice recorders as much as I do! The possibilities are endless and it is so neat to be able to preserve those cute little voices to go along with our favourite pics!!! I used the Daisy Bucket Designs "Love you" co-ordinated line of paper and chip paper products. I was a little disappointed with the chip paper. I thought it was going to be like chipboard, it isn't, it is very thin. The name is rather deceiving i think but I still like the paper.

If you are interested in seeing all the great things you can do with the voice recorders check out this weeks webisode on TVWeekly. Christina Treu from mypagestalk.com demonstrates the great versatility and fun you can have with these ingenious little devices. I should mention that I just love the The scrapbook Lounge on TVWeekly.com. i look forward to getting up every Saturday morning making a hot cup of coffee and sitting down at the computer to watch the latest webisode, it is the best, especially on day like today!

Sweet! Been thinkin' about my Valentine!

Trying to use my Silhouette more and I also want to improve my colouring technique on the Magnolia stamps. The Sweetheart Digital Design portfolio is "sweet", smile! The large heart is a layered design that is very cool and reminds me of KI memories lace paper. The pp is Scenic Route and I used my chatterbox Doodling Gennie and a startdust pen to add a few more glittery hearts to this valentines card. The sentiment stamp "true love" is a Studio G acrylic stamp from Michaels and the gliter stickers are MM.

A treat...Just for you!

Cut these cute purse bags on my Silhouette. Coloured the Magnolia stamps with the Magic coloured pencil technique, used QK flower dies and a little stickles. Added a few chocolates and gave these to the girls in my scrapbooking "pose" at our fall weekend scrapbooking retreat!

The Grand Canyon AKA The Big Ditch

I worked on this two page spread last weekend and this is one of those layouts that I agonized over. At first I wasn't sure I liked it but it is starting to grow on me. I wanted to remember our trip to Arizona, May '07 but I especially wanted to scrapbook the story of our trip to the Grand Canyon. The title is actually a partial quote from my "ungrateful" child, lol. She wasn't too happy with the long car ride and stated that she didn't think it was worth the 4 hour drive just to see a "big ditch"...too funny! Well, it was worth it and now she can check off the Grand Canyon, one of the great natural wonders of the world, on her "things to see, places to go" list.

I used new Basic Grey patterned paper, the yellow sheet is Basic Grey, Lillie Kate collection. I used a new matting technique on my large grouping of photos and the quote block. I cut my journaling into strips, it looks lighter that way. I rediscovered my Making Memories foam stamps and used spotlight white MM paint for the words "Canyon" and "Ditch" and cut them out. The small word stickers are from my stash of stickers. I cut up words to get the letters that I wanted to spell "grand" and "big". So, all in all, not too bad! Now, I will add this page to my 2007 year book "people, places and things we love!" and keep scrappin'!

Crop-lift it, It is okay!

This is a two page layout. The page design is lifted from Ali's book a Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking with patterned paper, page 22. I have come to terms with the fact that I am not good at coming up with my own page design. When I do it takes me hours and I just can't spend hours agonizing over my pages. So, crop-lifting and page sketches help me speed up the process and I am trying to heed Ali's words "it is okay!".

I am quite happy with how this page turned out. I wanted to do a single page layout and since I just love this pic of my dd, it was the perfect focal point for the page. Most of the product used on this page is from an Ali Edwards kit from Cocoa Daisy...just loved all the papers and product she assembled in this kit. ( I think I might just have to order another kit from Cocooa Daisy, lol. I really loved that everything already coordinated. It made the process much faster!) It is hard to see in this image but I used glassy accents on the flower centres and the "h". Title is a quote by Maya Angelou. I found it in the "soup" on 2 peas and cut it out on my QK Silhouette, flowers, swirls, and photo corner are QK 2x2 dies.