To the Boy's I love

 Making cards is something I really like to do when I want to feel accomplished in a short period of time. Batch creating still allows you to make each card unique but allows for more efficiencies in getting multiple cards done at once.

Male cards can be challenging and once of the things that always helps me is getting grudging!

Paper line used: Very old in my stash but a line I treasure- Kaiser Craft Barber Shoppe

Also used were items from my stash: Glassine bags; Tim Holtz Ink; Star Die; Metal embellishments, washi Tape and string.

There are cute little tags in each bag to pull out and personalize.

Stick it Down post: Hello Pumpkin!

 Sketch of the month:

My take includes:

Paper lines and embellishments by Simple Stories- Vintage Blessings; Carta Bella- Fall Break; Echo Park- Celebrate Autumn

Ink by Tim Holtz- Frayed Burlap and Peeled Paint

Tools: Sewing machine, Circle dies, stencil from stash

Techniques include: layering, stenciling, sewing, fussy cutting, die cutting and most of all mixing up lines and embellishments! 

Photos: Supplied by a proud Grandma! you can check her blog out HERE as she too is a brilliant scrapbooker!

Please play along and release your creative inhibitions and join in on the fun challenges over at Stick it Down

Debut with new Design Team "Stick it Down": Life is an Adventure!

 Hi everyone,

I am very excited about this new adventure with a new design team called Stick it down! This team of wonderful designers use a sketch to create single pages, double pages and cards each month. I'm part of the Single Page Team. It is a great place to gather inspiration as well as to join in on the fun!!

Septembers Sketch is:

Below is my take on the sketch.

Products used was: Simple Stories Vintage Travel line and embellishments, Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and a few other embellishments from my stash. Also stitched on the paged. Can't wait to see you take!

Fairy Magic

The star of this show is Lavinia Stamps. You can find out all about them by following the link attached to the name.

My local Scrapbooking Store carries them and I will be honest at first I was ...nahhhh...fairies are not my thing. What changed my mind was watching all the tutorials and videos available through Lavinia and seeing the magic happen. Not only how these stamps brings life to your projects but how well they combine with all the other mix media products I have already.

These were the steps in my process in creating these cards:

1. Play day of creating backgrounds using distress oxides, gellie plate and paints- please visit Tim Holtz page and watch videos on using distress inks for inspiration

2. Another play day of elevating those backgrounds by adding texture with stencils and Distress Inks

3. The next play day was choosing which backgrounds I liked and starting the stamping using Lavinia Stamps. (p.s. never throw away "unusable backgrounds" as they are fabulous for die cutting) This day I also had time to then use coloring pencils (just regular ol' Walmart brand) and do some highlighting of the stamps and images. **Before moving to the next step it is important to ensure backgrounds are completely dry**

4. Using my Heidi Swapp Minc machine and using Toner pen and spray, I added foil to some of the cards (tried to show this in the photo's as much as I could)

5. Last day- putting the cards together and adding the sentiments

Sounds like a lot???? I was in no hurry to have finished products and for me it was relaxing and fun. Whenever I finish a big project (see the last blog post!) I find I need time away from creating with purpose and just move towards play for a while. Give it a try!

Here are the final cards:

Exploding Box RCMP Style

To honor our son who became a member of the RCMP this year, I created this memorabilia for him.

We couldn't attend his well deserved ceremony due to the pandemic but we made the most of it and celebrated with him in spirit, that is for sure!

The create to this design goes to Martha Tucker. She is a wonderful crafter and shares her free tutorials over on you tube. Here is the link to her channel and to this particular project.

The paper line used is from Blue Fern called Memories and the decorated elements were from my stash and mostly from Tim Holtz.

You can also watch the unveiling of this project by viewing it here on my you tube channel.

This Happened!

Year 2020 has, thus far, been a roller coaster ride for the entire world. For us there has been some very bright moments and this is one of them. 

Our son persevered his dream career and now we get the privileged of calling him  Cst. J Jackson.

Patiently waiting for the "good photos" as we were not permitted to go to ceremonies due to the pandemic so making due with these not perfect, but perfect to me photo's.

Paper line: A very old BoBunny line called Somewhere in Time, BoBunny Double Dot Vintage

Vicki Boutin: Foundations Paper, embellishments

Tim Holtz: Inks, ephemera (note the name on the card...JACKSON..wouldn't believe it!); stamps

Other items: Stitching, twine

Vicki Boutin- Wild Flower and Honey on line class

On May 31, 2020 Vicki offered an on line class for 2 double page layouts using her paperline, Wild Flower and Honey.

You all know I am a huge fan of hers. Not because she designs wonderful products or she is famous in the crafting world, but because she is as real as it gets, she is honest about her journey and she is just a wonderful human being!

Thank you Vicki for everything you do to make this world a better place <3 Here's the link to her page: https://vickiboutin.com/

Here are the two lay-outs she designed and how I used them to record my/families lives.

Our son and his Special lady- they are a great pair and we are rather attached...Just saying Josh :)

Some fun photo's of them at work and at play.

On National Scrapbooking Day 2019 Me and my best scrap gals had the opportunity to participate in a live class with the one and only- Vicki Boutin . My Stamping Studio in Windsor, NS hosted the event and it was not a disappointment! Thought it fitting to scrap these photo's on the very layout class given by the same fabulous lady