tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38669814341130320842024-03-14T11:49:33.168-07:00Scraps by SarahSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14241550933153816678noreply@blogger.comBlogger310125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3866981434113032084.post-8831704652326773392013-06-24T17:06:00.002-07:002013-06-24T17:06:37.830-07:00This Blog Has Moved!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Alright Everyone, I was farting around with my blog design, and totally messed it up beyond repair, so I have decided to move!!!</div>
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Good Evening Bloggers! I hope you've had a great weekend! Ours, has been okay...a little crazy though! We had a freak storm yesterday. We had giant hail balls and a massive downpour made complete with thunder and very close lightening! I normally love thunderstorms, but that one was a bit much...it flooded my aunt's basement, and our church's basement, and a lot of other peoples I'm sure too! It also wrecked our roof! Our roof was going to need to be replaced sooner than later anyway, but now it does for sure! :( So I guess I have to put myself on a scrappy budget now, since we're going to be 8000 dollars poorer! </div>
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That's my brother in law standing outside my mom's house who lives just down the road from us! You can't even see his feet! There were manhole covers being blown off and water shooting up from them, and holes in the roads and just craziness! I guess I like a good (calm) thunderstorm lol! Now I know there is such a thing!</div>
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Anyway, I'm playing along with CSI this week and I've put their case file at the bottom of this page so you can check it out. I think I've strayed a little far from the colour scheme...it's the same sort of colours...I just got a little pastel-ish...which is weird for me! </div>
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This picture is of my adorable little nephew Jaxson. His daddy is the one standing in the flooding road in the picture above. </div>
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I used an awesome Studio Calico stencil that comes with various pieces that you can put into the circles! I used the heart, the star and the love in the circle mask and then I jazzed them up with some gelatos, a paint brush and a little water! </div>
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I had a lot of fun getting inky with this layout too! I've been really in the mood to mist and spray and use those fabulous gelatos I've been hoarding for a year now!</div>
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Supplies: Patterned Paper: Elle's Studio & Crate Paper. Frames: Crate Paper. Flair: Simple Stories. Washi: Freckled Fawn & Studio Calico. Stencil: Studio Calico. Mist: Dylusions & Mister Huey's. Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts. Faber Castell Gelatos. Ink: Distress and Hero Arts. Stamp: Dylusions. Electronic Die Cutter: Silhouette Cameo. </div>
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Well, I should be off to make my little ones come inside and get dried off before bed! They're playing on the trampoline outside with the sprinkler underneath it! </div>
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Hopefully if I get my stuff together tonight I will have another post for you tomorrow with our next Use Your Stuff challenge! I haven't even though of a project yet, so hopefully I can git r done ;)~</div>
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Good Morning! When I should be cleaning, I'm blogging instead...lol I found this fun blog called <a href="http://rondapalazzari.typepad.com/one_little_word/2013/06/word-up-72-crazy.html%20">One Little Word</a>, and they showcase (you guessed it) one word, that they want you to base your creations on. There are tons of fabulous inspiration there too! Lots of mixed media and fun and funky scrapbooking...so it's right up my alley these days :) They're also doing a design team call, and I thought this would be a great team to be a part of, so I'm applying! Wish me luck!</div>
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Anyway, their OLW this time is: Crazy. Now that word is resonating with me in many ways these days!! They have a quote up on the OWL page that cracked me up and reminded me a lot of myself: </div>
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I'm seriously considering purchasing some yellow caution tape! Even though my life is so crazy lately, I decided to actually scrapbook about my 2 youngest boys and their gumboot escapades, because it really cracked me up, and although these two are the source of a lot of my craziness, they actually make my life whole, so scrapping about them actually helps me put things into a better perspective and calms the crazy for a while :)</div>
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I took this picture a couple weeks ago when it was nice and hot out and the boys were dressed in shorts and t-shirts, but when it came time to put some footwear on, they both insisted they wear their gumboots. I couldn't help take a picture of these 2 crazy boys that I love so much!</div>
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I've been really into getting messy with inks and paints lately, and I remembered that I bought a whole bunch of faber castell gelatos a while ago, and I've really never used them! So, to start off this layout, I misted my page (which didn't take kindly to it...I think next time I will apply a layer of gesso first? might help with all the moisture...any of you mixed media gurus out there have any tips?) then I took an orange gelato and a turquoise one and coloured a few lines then smeared them with my finger to blend them in. I didn't blend the colours together though, because ya know what blue and orange makes and I didn't want brown! lol The water just helps spread the colour around and make it look more fluid. I also sprayed a little bit of Dylusions in dark blue (sprayed from far away to get the faint misted look) and some of my neon yellow Mister Huey's really close to the page to pool it up and drip it down. I wanted to add a little texture to the base of my page too, so I added a little bit of drywall tape.</div>
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I got a whole bunch of these photo overlays from Crate Paper with my<a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/"> May Paper Bakery kit</a>. I really love these overlays because they have a bunch that are kind of dark, then these ones have little splashes of colour around them and I thought they'd be perfect for this layout. I decided to use them as a design element instead of over a photo and I really like the way they turned out :)</div>
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before I put my paper layer down I added a few strips of washi. I pulled out my 6x6 pads for this layout. I used one from Crate Paper (the pier), another Basic Grey (Hey Girl) and one from We R Memory Keepers (On the Boardwalk). I cut out the chevron pattern from one of the 6x6 blocks then just layered the rest of them. </div>
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This "orange flavored" card was from the Basic Grey clippings little paper pack. Caleb's favourite colour is orange so I thought it would go great for this layout. I put an overlay on it and stitched it together with my sewing machine. I also stitched the triangles that point to my title on their for a little added texture. </div>
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I topped everything off with some wood veneer from Studio Calico, and a cute pink and orange camera that came in my Studio Calico kit, and some fun puffy stickers from Amy Tangerine. </div>
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I used this sketch from<a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/blog/"> The Paper Bakery</a> for this layout:</div>
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There you have it! Now, that I've procrastinated long enough, I really have to go clean my house!! My husband will be home from school tomorrow for good! I'm so excited that he doesn't have to go back to Prince George anymore!</div>
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I am feeling so great tonight as I post this! There is definitely something therapeutic about getting all inky and messy and just creating art for no one else but yourself! I just LOVE IT! If you have been following my blog, then you'll know that I am (slowly) making a "This is Me" album. I decided to make a section for my favourite quotes (this is probably going to be a big section, because I have a lot of favs!) </div>
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I was inspired by the bright colours and fun patterns in the background! This page started out as a piece of kraft chipboard from my SN@P album. I covered it in Gesso, then sprayed a few different colours of tattered angels glimmer mist and a shot of blue dylusions mist here and there. Then I used a brayer and covered the page with a towel and rolled over it with my brayer. </div>
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My final layer was the title which was stamped with a Studio Calico alphabet stamp, and some wood veneers on a Basic Grey tag that I tore the top off of. I've been wanting to use this fun ruffled navy fabric that came in my <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/">Paper Bakery</a> kit since I got it and I knew this was the perfect finishing touch paired with a little washi! I finished the whole page off with a fun little grungy circles stamp from Dina Wakley stamped with some CTMH blue ink (can't remember the actual blue)</div>
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Well, the husband just left for his last week of school, so now it's time for me to go play in my craft room! I just wanted to quickly share another page I made for my "This is Me" album. I've been plugging away at it, slowly but surely :) </div>
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This page was just full of random things about me that I thought might be worth jotting down :) I'm finding it a little hard to think about things about myself that I want to share...</div>
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I used some Inka Gold on the "random facts" wood veneer to bling it up a little, then scattered some sequins here and there. I have been playing around with adhering sequins and if you aren't going to sew them directly onto your project, then I do believe that either glossy accents, or claudine hellmuth matte medium is the best way to stick em down! Just in case you've been wanting to use them, but didn't know how to stick em (that was my problem with them for a long time!)</div>
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I have a little close up of the list of random facts...sorry for the blurry image, I was being a little lazy and took the pictures with my iPhone...most of them turned out ok...but I realized the last one was a little hazy...but I want to go and play, so I'm not going to fix it! HAAHAHA!! </div>
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I'm cutting it down to the wire on getting Father's Day cards done and getting this entry in for <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/2013/06/sketch-challenge-5/">The Paper Bakery</a> sketch challenge! It's done in an hour! lol</div>
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I hadn't really planned on even using this sketch this afternoon when I sat down to make my FIL'S Father's Day card, but it popped into my head when I was thinking about the design of it, and I thought it would be perfect! It's quite altered from the original sketch, but the inspiration definitely came from it :)</div>
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The second card I have here is my husband's Father's Day card. Most of the card was made using my kit from The Paper Bakery, except the Tim Holtz circley car stamp, the gears and the Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper. When I saw this card that says: "Me</div>
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I thought it would be perfect for a card for us! Their also just so happened to be a die cut number 4 (coincidentally how many kids we're very close to having!). So I thought it would be fun to play with that! I used one of the Crate Paper photo overlays and stapled that over top of most of my cluster, but then I glued a cute little wood veneer ampersand by Studio Calico to the line and then added the number 4. So now it says "me plus you and 4 equals family" </div>
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Good Morning! I have a layout to share with you today that I actually made last night...I wasn't planning on doing any scrapbooking last night. I actually wanted to veg out on the computer and go to bed early....then I saw <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/paper/1797/sketch-to-scrapbook-page-adding-a-sunburst-to-your-page/">Shimelle's blog post</a> following the sketch I have below, and how to do a starburst. I've seen starburst tutorials before and I've really wanted to use them on a layout, but I just have never gotten around to it. Well last night I was apparently inspired to break out my scraps from my last layout and try out this sunburst technique once and for all!</div>
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Here's what I learned: As someone who doesn't like to follow instructions...I still should have followed them!! LOL Shimelle has a tutorial posted <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/paper/1750/simple-sunburst-a-scrapbook-tutorial-by-michelle-deleon/">here</a> and it's a really great one...I just thought I could do it without using a template...and I did, but I think it took me waaaaay more time than it would have if I would have just used a stinkin template!! LOL oh well, lesson learned!</div>
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These pictures are from "Pink Day". The school has an anti bullying awareness day every year and this year they said that the class who wore the most pink would get a pizza party. That was all Ethan needed for a little pink motivation!</div>
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This layout was sooooo out of my comfort zone!! The colours and that sunburst were something that are totally new to me!! I hardly ever use pastels and I NEVER use light pink cardstock as a base!! I'm really happy with how it turned out though!!</div>
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The journaling says: "Ethan's school has a "Pink Day" every year where they dress up in pink for anti bullying awareness. They were told that the class who wore the most pink would win a pizza party. That was enough for Ethan to be all over the pink clothes and accessories around his Aunty Jayden's room! The whole school wore so much pink that they all won the pizza party!"</div>
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And here's a close up of my sunburst. I separated it with some Lawn Fawn twine...I think it turned out pretty good :)</div>
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Well, that's all for today! I hope you have a fabulous day! It's looking like it's going to be awesome weather here!! Yay! Finally! I have to say I'm getting a little sick of the rain (my stinkin grass grows way too fast with all that water!!)</div>
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Good Morning Bloggers!! It's time for another <a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/">Use Your Stuff </a>challenge! This week we want to see those flags!! Dig em out, or make them like I did! It's funny, because I do have a bunch of pre-made flags, but they just didn't go with my layout, so I used a little die cut and taped it around a tooth pick to make my own :)</div>
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I took this picture of Ethan about a month ago when he got his new hat, and I just love it! He's such a handsome young man!</div>
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I made the "everyday I love you" with my Cameo and put some green ribbon behind the "Love You" part to make it stand out, and to give it a little pop of colour. </div>
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I used this sketch from <a href="http://pagemaps.blogspot.ca/">Page Maps</a> for this layout. It's an 8.5x11 sketch, but I never scrap that size, so I converted it to a 12x12. I never use any math or anything to convert, I just eyeball it. Math is way too much work for me!! LOL</div>
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(All of the products on this layout were from my <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/">Paper Bakery Kit</a>...except for the teeny piece of red washi from MME)</div>
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Okay Bloggers, I'm really excited to tell you about the fun we're going to have this summer over at <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd</a>!!! They are going to be hosting their first <span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">SUMMER CAMP FOR CRAFTERS!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #efefef; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Come join the design team: Lynne, Fleur, Sarah and Michelle starting July 1st 2013. Earn badges, play games, participate in challenges and have a chance to win some fabulous prizes!!</span><br />
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If you want to camp out with us (and trust me, you're going to want to), and you haven't already, you need to go over to our <a href="http://www.scrapbooknerd.com/forum/">FORUM</a> and register. It's such a fabulous place for crafty peeps to chat...and the best part is...you actually get paid to chat!?!?! Whaaaaaaat?!?! </div>
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I also wanted to share a layout with you that I made for the <a href="http://pagemaps.blogspot.ca/">Pagemaps</a> anniversary celebration using this fab sketch: The twist was to choose to do a boy or a girl theme and replace the big embellishment spot with something creative.</div>
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And I replaced the big embellishment on the right with a fun car stamp from Hero Arts...but I gave him a cute little mustache to make him look more like the car that Ethan is holding in his hand. I kinda love the way he turned out :)</div>
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The "Right Here Right Now" is a stamp from Studio Calico. I've been wanting to use that stamp for a long time now :) I filled the holes in the border punch with big enamel dots, and I must say, I used a lot of my stash up for this layout! That always makes me happy! </div>
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Don't forget to go and register for <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/?p=515">Nerd Camp</a>!! </span>It's going to be a blast!!</div>
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Hi everyone! I almost didn't make it in today to post this layout, but I'm just heading off to bed and I thought I would quickly jump on the computer and share it! I seem to have forgotten that this is a 9 year old computer, so there is no such thing as a quick ANYTHING! lol How quickly we get used to our better faster models! Although, I'm not too sure about it being better seeing as how it's in the shop! :(</div>
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Anyhoooo, It's time for another challenge over at <a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/">Use Your Stuff</a>, and it's actually my first challenge as part of their DT! So, I challenge you all to dig into that summer stash and make something hot and summery! Pretty easy eh?! So, what are you waiting for?! </div>
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I made this layout of my oldest son at his first visit to the ocean. He loved it so much! He reminds me a lot of myself...I soooo love the ocean :) Wish we lived closer to it sometimes :)</div>
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I kinda cheated and didn't really dig too deep into my stash for this one, considering most of the paper is from Crate Paper's new The Pier" collection...I'm totally swooning over this whole line! But I did use up a rub on that has to be about a hundred years old, and the little Basic Grey rosette is pretty old too...also a couple of the papers were from my scrap bin (a little MME and some BG too). I added some button snaps to my tags at the bottom which I've been hoarding for a while too...so not to worry, my stuff definitely is getting used! lol</div>
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I used a fab sketch from<a href="http://pagemaps.blogspot.ca/"> Page Maps</a> for this one:</div>
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Becky Fleck is celebrating 7 years with page maps and they're having some fun challenges that I just had to play along with! This one is a challenge with Kelly Goree, and she wants us to use this sketch and try using some "paper mixology" and use a bunch of different patterned papers. Since I hardly ever use cardstock, this wasn't much of a challenge for me, but I love that sketch!</div>
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Good Morning! Holy long time no post Batman!! My NEW computer has been in the shop now for over a week! Imagine my annoyance! I am actually posting this on my 9 year old computer that my husband brought upstairs for me :(</div>
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I made this layout last night and I can't believe I finished it on time! I've been playing along with the anniversary sketches at <a href="http://pagemaps.blogspot.com/">Page Maps</a>, but this one must have gotten missed because it was due today! EEEK!! I remember seeing this sketch a while back, and really liking it, but life happens and you forget about these things....</div>
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Anyhoo...here's the sketch :)</div>
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I took these pictures the morning of "facial hair day" at Ethan's school. Every year they have a "spirit week" where each day they have to dress up in some crazy way. The kids have a lot of fun, and I get to take a lot of pictures! lol</div>
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Well, I'm off to take the kids to the park! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment! I really appreciate you taking the time to leave me some love!! </div>
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I will hopefully be on here later today with another post for the new <a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.ca/">Use Your Stuff </a> challenge! It's up on the blog, so be sure to check it out! It's my first challenge there!!</div>
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Hey there crafty peeps! How's the weather where you are? It's gross and rainy here...a great day for scrapping! Although I didn't get any done today...but it would have been a good day for it, if I had the time...lol </div>
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Anyway, I wanted to show you a layout I made for the <a href="http://pagemaps.blogspot.ca/2013/05/7th-anniversary-grand-prize.html">Page Maps </a> 7th Anniversary giveaway sketch :) </div>
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These are some pretty old pictures from when we went to see Thomas the Train in Squamish. Caleb was just 6 months old and he's 4 now! Ethan had so much fun here. In these pictures we were on "Thomas" going for a train ride just waiting for the train to get started, so we were goofing around a bit :)</div>
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I used a stamp from Ali Edwards for the little sentiment above the date, and I embossed those wood veneers with some ZING! I used my Amy Tangerine stitching templates again...I really can't get enough of these, and I've got the alphabet now too! Yay! Can't wait to use those ones!</div>
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I made this teeny little Project Life card holder. I don't do project life, but I love those 3x4 cards and this stores them perfectly! I used my Silhouette to cut the folder out (which is not the tool I don't use). In keeping with the Use Your Stuff theme, I only used my scraps to make this folder (except for the kraft cardstock) and I dug out a bunch of older embellishments to use on this one too!</div>
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The tool I hardly ever use is the We R Memory Keepers brad setter. It's a fabulous tool, but those of you who check out my projects all the time will know that I don't use a lot of brads at all...of course I had to have it when it came out though! lol</div>
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Hi Bloggers! I wanted to share a layout I made the other day for the challenge over at <a href="http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.ca/2013/05/challenge-28-all-things-have-become-new.html">Scrapping Everyday Miracles</a>. They want us to make a layout about something New in our lives. I thought it would be a great opportunity to scrap about Caleb's new sport! It's the first time he's been in an organized sport and he is having so much fun! I think he's been so used to being toted along to Ethan's soccer, and lacrosse and hockey, that he's pretty excited that it's his turn to be the one to play! Ethan however, doesn't seem to do too well at just watching! lol</div>
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The twist this month is to use something that's at least a year old (the older the better) and something that's new to you in 2013. For my old stash supplies I used Crate Paper's Toy Box collection which came out in 2011. The green grid paper is also quite old, although I'm not sure who made it or how old it is :) The journaling tag is from Basic Grey's Life of the Party line, which I believe is from 2011 too. The teeny "got skills" rub on is a crate paper one too, and it's really old...I got it when I first got really into scrapbooking!</div>
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I used a few new things too...the fringe layer was cut using my new fringe scissors...I've been looking for those things EVERYWHERE! The "SOCCER" stamped title was stamped using my new Tim Holtz alphabet stamp. I've been eyeing it up for some time, but was resisting it, because I don't tend to use alphabet stamps very often. I just really liked this one! So I bought it, resolving to actually use it...and I did! Yay me!! The teeny confetti circles were made using a new border punch too.</div>
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As I was taking these pictures, I realized that the little bottle cap thingy was kind of covering up the "s" in "got skills" so it kinda looks like "got kills?" lol </div>
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Good Morning!! I hope all the mothers out there had a fabulous Mother's Day and were totally spoiled!! Mine was awesome, but a little sad, because my husband had to leave in the afternoon to go to school in Prince George for 6 weeks. He will be home on the weekends, but it's always hard when he has to go! Thankfully, this is the last time and when he comes back he will be a real live Heavy Duty Mechanic!! </div>
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Well, onto some scrappy things...Did you know that the<a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/"> Scrapbook Nerds </a>have a challenge blog as well as a fabulous forum and store?! Well, they do! It's called<a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.ca/"> Use Your Stuff</a> and every week we will be challenging you to get out that hoarded product of yours and use it up (so you can have an excuse to go buy more! lol).</div>
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This week's challenge is <u style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">FLOWERS</u>, which actually can be kind of a challenge for me! If you've been following my blog, you'll know that I don't tend to use a lot of flowers, but I just got this fabulous <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/xencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=1054">embroidery kit by Amy Tangerine</a>, and it has a super cute flower on it and I couldn't wait to use it! I know this hardly classifies as hoarded supplies, but the important thing is just to USE YOUR STUFF!! No matter how old or new it may be!! </div>
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I actually made this yesterday morning while my husband and boys were making me breakfast!! How sweet is that? This one was for my grandma :)</div>
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This was my view from my scrap table...I love having my scrap space in my kitchen now!</div>
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And here is Ethan cutting up the strawberries for the chocolate brownie waffles we had :)</div>
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And here's a photo of all three boys showing off the gifts they got me! I am so totally blessed!!<br /></div>
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Good Morning Bloggers! It is the wee hours of the night right now, and I just finished this layout. While I was making it, I thought why not take a few pictures of the process and give you all a mini tutorial?! Sounds like fun! So, I grabbed my trusty iPhone and snapped some shots of myself making my washi tape chevrons!</div>
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I wanted to make the chevrons on this layout out of washi tape, but I didn't have any really thin stuff that I wanted to use...sooooo I decided to cut it in half using my craft knife! It's actually pretty easy...I just lined it up diagonally (so I could cut a longer piece at a time) on my cutting mat, and I cut it down the middle. This Close to My Heart mat makes it really easy because it has the diagonal line on it, so I lined it up in the middle of that line, and just followed the line with my knife! There ya go! Now you have two pieces of thinner washi tape to make chevrons with!</div>
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The next part is pretty easy thanks to how user friendly washi tape is. I simply lined up the tape and ripped it off at the peaks creating the chevron! I love how washi's adhesive isn't permanent because it's so forgiving in making these...if it didn't go down where I liked it, I simply lifted it off and re-positioned it! It makes for a super easy (albeit a little time consuming) embellishment on your page!</div>
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And here's the finished layout!</div>
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I've come to the conclusion lately that my boys are total goofs that just LOVE putting random things on their heads!! I bought these super cute sock monkey Easter baskets for them this year, but they preferred them as hats! lol Oh well, it makes for some fun layouts anyway!! </div>
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This layout was inspired by the special NSD sketch over at <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/2013/05/happy-national-scrapbook-day/">The Paper Bakery</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Supplies Used: Cardstock: American Crafts and Tim Holtz Distress Coordinations. Patterned Paper : Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye. Chipboard Stickers: Basic Grey. Ink: Ranger Distress Ink. Stickers: Simple Stories and Twine + Ink. Twine: the Twinery. Alphabet: Thickers. Washi Tape: My Mind's Eye. Mist: Heidi Swapp. Pen: Sharpie.</span></div>
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It's a bittersweet day for me today, because my youngest baby turns 3!! I can't believe he's already 3!! He'll always be my baby though :) </div>
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Remember a few days ago when I had that stencil giveaway?! Well, I did the random org thingy and the number generator came up with the number 3! Which is Michelle!!! Congratulations Michelle!! Contact me with your address so I can get you your prize!! (I would put the picture of the random generator thingy up, but I'm a little impaired and can't figure it out! lol)</div>
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I made a birthday card for him at the crop this weekend. It was made from the scraps of this layout:</div>
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We were challenged over at <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd's</a> Online Crop to make a layout based on this sketch:</div>
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And here is the aftermath of my crafty weekend!! </div>
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Hello Hello Bloggers! I hope you're having a fabulous National Scrapbook Day!! I know I am!! I'm cropping away with the ladies at Creative Accents in Williams Lake, and virtual cropping with my new peeps at<a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/"> Scrapbook Nerd!</a>! </div>
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I wanted to pop in and show you a layout I made for the <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/2013/04/more-sketch-challenge-fun/">Paper Bakery</a> sketch. I'm just getting it in under the wire too! It's due today!!</div>
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You can see the sketch at the bottom of this post!!</div>
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Just a super quick post today because I want to get back to scrappin!! </div>
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I hid the journaling on a tag tucked into a glassine bag behind my photos...love hidden journaling!</div>
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And here's the sketch from the fabulous <a href="http://www.paperbakerykits.com/2013/04/more-sketch-challenge-fun/">Paper Bakery</a>!!!</div>
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Well I'm off to get some more layouts finished!! I hope you can join us at<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd</a></span> this weekend! We're having a blast!! And there's some mega prizes to be won!!!</div>
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Good Morning Bloggers! Happy National Scrapbooking Day, and May The 4th Be With You!!! I really hope you've been playing along with the Nerds over at <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd</a>, we were so excited to party we started it yesterday!! </div>
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I have a challenge for everyone who wants to play along with us at our online crop. It's a good one! </div>
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Here it is: It's a photo inspiration challenge! Easy right?! You have to use at least 3 of these 5 colours on your layout, card, or off the page project and take your inspiration from this picture! </div>
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I really loved the bohemian feel to these pictures and I was inspired by the different textures and fabrics in the photo! I also wanted to show you all that even though this is a very girly picture, you're totally not limited to scrapping pictures of girls just because of that! </div>
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I used a quote from Dr. Suess as the title of my layout and I typed it out on my computer a few times, and sewed it on my page.</div>
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Hi Everyone! I have some exciting news for you!! I don't know if you remember me telling you about a fab new Canadian Online store called <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd</a>??? Do you remember me telling you that I applied for a position on their DT?! WEEEELLLLLLLLL....I bet you can guess where this is going?!?!</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-large;">I GOT IT!! I'M A NERD!!! </span></div>
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I'm so excited to be working with this wonderful group of ladies!! To celebrate, I'm going to give away a little RAK!! </div>
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I loved this template so much I bought it twice!! LOL So I thought I'd pass it on to a lucky reader!! <br />
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What do you have to do to win?? It's pretty easy!! </div>
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1. Head on over to <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/">Scrapbook Nerd</a>, join the forum and let them know that I (my forum name is "sassyscrapper") sent you! Leave a comment here saying you did that!</div>
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3. Head over to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScrapbookNerd?fref=ts"> Scrapbook Nerd Facebook Page</a> and give them a like! Tell them I sent ya, then come back here and leave another comment!! </div>
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Now, for some FUN!!! The fabulous ladies over at Scrapbook Nerd are hosting a National Scrapbooking Day Celebration in true Nerd style: <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">"May the 4th Be With You!"</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>If you live in or near their part of Ontario, then you can join them in person for a whole ton of fun, but if you're like me and you don't live ANYWHERE near them, then you can join us online at our <a href="http://scrapbooknerd.com/forum/index.php"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">Forum</span></a>!! We will be hosting many fun challenges, and they are giving away a ton of prizes, including a pretty awesome grand prize!! I really hope you join us!! The fun starts Friday night at 8pm EST and will end on 11pm Monday PST so you'll have lots of time to get your projects done to qualify for our awesome prizes!!</div>
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Hi Bloggers! Just wanted to pop in quickly and share a layout I made for <a href="http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.ca/">Scrapping Everyday Miracles</a>. They have a fabulous page maps sketch up for their challenge and a twist to use Washi! </div>
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These pictures are of my husband and I last year when we did the Tour de Cariboo. We did a relay with a couple other people. I didn't know how far I could go, so I wanted to start at the beginning and go until I couldn't anymore. I rode 65kms!! I was pretty proud of that accomplishment! I really wanted to do the entire race this year, but since the race is in the beginning of September and I will have just had a baby about a month earlier, I'm thinking that's not such a great idea!! I'll be cheering on Chris from the sidelines with all our boys!</div>
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I hid my journaling in the top right hand tag that I tucked under the photo mat.</div>
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I used my Cameo for the "65kms", the compass, and the chevron arrows. I wanted quite a big lettering for the 65 and I wanted it to stand up a bit, so I cut the same thing over 4 times and glued them together to get a "chipboard" effect.</div>
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I'm playing along with the ladies over at <a href="http://useyourstuff.blogspot.ca/">Use Your Stuff</a> too...I really tried to dig into my stash and use some of my older supplies. The main paper is new to me, and the tag and flair and letter stickers and the washi, the wood veneer...Yikes! I'm just realizing how crappy I did at actually using my stash!! lol The banner was cut from an old paper from "the house of three", I did use a couple old stamps and the paper that I used to cut the compass was an older one too...oh, and the Tim Holtz ribbon I've had for a couple years too...okay, so I didn't do great, but I did okay! lol The important thing is that we use up some of our stuff instead of hoarding it all right?! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Supplies: Patterned Paper and letter stickers: Authentique. Scrap Patterned paper: Studio Calico, Echo Park and House of Three, and Dear Lizzy. Washi Tape: Freckled Fawn. Flair: The Paper Bakery. Stamps: Hero Arts, Inkadinkado and K&co. Ink: Ranger Distress and Archival. Wood Veneer: Studio Calico. Die Cutting Machine: Silhouette Cmaeo. Ribbon: Tim Holtz. Sewing Machine: Janome. Thread: Gutermann. Tags: Cosmo Cricket.</span></div>
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Good Afternoon my crafty peeps! How has your day been so far? Mine has consisted of dishes, laundry, a little crafty clean up, and I actually coloured my hair too! yaaaay!! It's been sooooo long that I think my coloured hair had just turned into "tips" lol That's what happens when you're a hairdresser...it's like the mechanic with the crappy car...we always do our own hair last :)</div>
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Anyhoo...I wanted to show you a layout I made last night. I started it quite late last night, because I actually wasn't planning on getting any time in my crafty space. As I was watching Grey's Anatomy last night however, I stumbled upon a fabulous<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Ink Wash</span> tutorial by<span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Kim Watson</span>, and I was inspired to create this! You can check out the tutorial <a href="http://missfancypants.typepad.com/little_miss_fancy_pants/2013/04/tutorial-with-kim.html">HERE</a>.</div>
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I have to apologize for the lack of quality in the photos of my layout though...it's overcast here, so that's strike one for getting a nice shot, but I always find it harder to photograph pictures that have bendy paper! This paper is really bendy from the Ink Wash technique...If anyone has any amazing tips on A: straightening out your paper after you get it wet, or B: taking better pictures when there is no natural light, please! let me know!</div>
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I used my<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Heidi Swapp Color Shine</span> mists and a bottle of<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"> Lemon Zest Dylusions </span>mist for this technique and at first I wasn't crazy about it. It came out too shiny for my liking...so I grabbed my trusty wet paper towel and some <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Claudine Hellmuth white paint </span>and drabbed it down a bit with the paint. I love how it took away a lot of the shine, but still left the brightness of the colors!</div>
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This picture is at least 5 years old now, and I have to admit that unless they're not printed yet, or in a photo album, I'm kind of hard on pictures and this one is no exception...sadly it has a bend right in his face, but I still really wanted to scrap this picture because it's just so cute! I can't believe my oldest is 7 1/2 already! Time flies like crazy!</div>
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That little turquoise chevron arrow was made with an embossing pen, some <span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">ZING!</span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"> </span>embossing powder and a <span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: large;">Studio Calico</span> stencil. I hate to admit that I've had my embossing pen for probably 4 years and this is the first time I've used it, but I must say for stencils, I'm LOVING IT!</div>
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My title was made with Heidi Swapp's <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">Color Magic</span> Alphabet and some of those yummy<span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;"> Hero Arts Neon </span>inks! I think those are my new fav inks at the moment! For the word "Car" I used Thickers DIY alphabet. It's meant for sticking glitter and microbeads and flocking and such to it. I actually just recently downsized my scrap room considerably and got rid of all of my glitter and flocking, and I knew that they didn't work for heat embossing because the foam would melt, but I thought it couldn't hurt to just use the embossing powder and not heat set it right?! It totally worked out and I'm loving the flocked look it gives my letters!! </div>
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Well that's all for now! I have to go pick up the one who is in this picture from GRADE 2 now!! lol It always shocks me to look back at pictures and see how tiny they used to be!! Makes me a little sad!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Supplies Used: Patterned Paper: Amy Tangerine. Studio Calico: PL 4x6 Card, alphabet, stamp, wood veneer, mister huey's and stencil. Cosmo Cricket: tags. American Crafts: Stamp, Alphabet, and embossing powder. Ink: Hero Arts, and Versa Mark. Heidi Swapp: Colour Shine Mist, and Alphabet. Dylusions Mist. Claudine Hellmuth: paint. Jillibean Soup: Twine. Flair: The paper Bakery. Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye. Janome: sewing machine. Gutermann: Thread. Other: Drywall Tape.</span></div>
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Hey Hey! Just popped in to show you a fun layout I made for a colour challenge over at <a href="http://rochellespears.blogspot.ca/2013/04/scrappy-friends-monthly-challenge-march.html">Rochelle Spears'</a> blog. It's a colour challenge where we had to use at least 3 of the 5 colours: </div>
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Now, they're not exactly the colours, but I think they're close enough ;) She's also gotten together with some of her friends that are doing challenges and if you link up to two of them, you get entered in a bonus draw, so I thought why not?! <a href="http://www.devosmommy.blogspot.ca/2013/04/new-scrappy-friends-challenge-prizes.html">Kristi B</a>'s challenge is to use something that flies on your layout. I just so happen to have these cute little butterfly stickers on this one :)</div>
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I loved these selfies that we took in the backyard last fall. They're kinda goofy, and I just love my kids faces in them! Adorable!</div>
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There was a huge mixture of products used on this layout. A bunch of stuff from my Studio Calico kit was used, but I also dug deep in my stash and got out some basic grey stickers from last year's BG layout of the month club, and the hexagons and sentiment are a new fav CTMY stamp of mine that I got a few months ago at a crop. I'm really loving the super wide washi tape...it's very fun :)</div>
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I just got my Clip it Up in the mail and I'm working on getting everything all "clipped" so I will leave you now so I can go back to organizing!! EEEK! I kinda love organizing my scrap space! How about you? Are you into organizing or are you creatively cluttered?! I tend to be a bit of both, but since my scrap space has moved upstairs into my kitchen, I don't have the luxury of being a mess anymore! It's kind of awesome though, because I used to have to clean a space to work, but now it's almost always clean when I get started! </div>
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BTW: You still have time to come and play with us over at <a href="http://seriouslycreativechallenges.blogspot.com/">Seriously Creative Challenges</a>! Head on over there for details!!</div>
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Turns out, they're also having a DT call!! So I made this layout to participate in the sketch challenge over at Creative Scrappers, but I also made it to apply for the Design Team :)</div>
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The pictures are of our wicked awesome (and insanely HUGE) dog Luca. We got him when Kieran (our 3rd son) was 6 months old, and I must admit, I was a little scared to have a puppy and a baby, but he was such an easy dog to train! He's so smart and we just love him to death!! I found my title online when I was looking for quotes about dogs. I thought it was quite perfect for him :)</div>
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I'm loving this view finder from Basic Grey! How cool is that? I love that you can put any kind of paper behind it and it totally changes the look of it...or you could just leave it and use it as a subtle accent for your page!</div>
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I put the journaling on a tag that I tucked behind the photo. It reads: "When we got Luca he was 12 weeks old. We knew he was going to be a decent size dog, but we had no idea just how big he would end up! He is a big moose, but he is the most gentle, loving dog there is! When we decided we wanted a dog, God found the perfect one!"</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Supplies Used: Cardstock: Bazzil Basics. Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Tim and Beck, and Glitz. Basic Grey: Metal tabs (recoloured gold with Adirondack Alcohol Inks Metalics), Stickers, Viewfinder. Washi: Glitz, Alphabet stickers: Prima, Lush, Jenni Bowlin Studios. Canvas Stickers: Cosmo Cricket. Button: Bo Bunny. Speech Bubble: Pebbles Inc. Wood Veneers, Flair and Mister Huey's: Studio Calico. Ink: Distress Ink (Vintage Photo). Sewing Machine: Janome. thread and tag (unknown). Die cutting machine: Vagabond, dies: Lifestyle Crafts.</span></div>
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I'm also going to enter this into the challenge over at <a href="http://scrappingeverydaymiracles.blogspot.ca/">Scrapping Everyday Miracles</a>: Pet Inspired Projects.</div>
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So, last night I drank a coffee at around 7pm...most of the time I can do that without it affecting me. Since I've gotten a little older though, it seems to keep me awake off and on...the problem is I never know if it's going to keep me awake until it's midnight and I'm wide awake! Anyway, last night was one of those nights! I was up until 2 am....on a good note, I got this layout done, and I have to say I'm really liking how it turned out!</div>
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I used this fab sketch from <a href="http://artfuldelight.blogspot.ca/2013/04/april-kit-sketches-and-some-inspiration.html">Artful Delight</a>:</div>
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The paper I used is from my stash for sure! It's an older Crate paper design. I have loved it ever since it came out, and I think I even used it on a layout when it first came out, but had to buy more! I'm glad I did!! The red and grey dotted paper is from my scraps, and I layered it with some Tim Holtz tissue tape. I ran out of pop dots a while ago and haven't gotten around to getting more, so I cut up some cardboard and taped it on the back of some of my elements to pop em up! Not sure why I ever buy pop dots now! lol The flair is from the Paper Bakery, and the little journaling blocks are from October Afternoon (I think). I made the banner with some twinery twine and the chipboard stickers from Bo Bunny's Mamarazzi 2. The alphabet stickers are Jillibean and Prima.</div>
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I'm going to enter this into the challenge over at <a href="http://useittuesday.blogspot.ca/">Use it Tuesday</a>: Sticky Situation: (I used alphabet stickers...the prima ones I bought quite a while ago and hadn't even opened them yet! The Jillibean ones have been in my stash for a couple years now!) </div>
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