Birthday Card

Here's a card I made for my Dad in law for his birthday. It's a tad late, we sure hope he likes it!
We love you, Doug/Dad/Opa!

Thanks for looking!

SUPPLIES~

**Many items are from the awesome September "Scrapbooker's Clubhouse" kit, as indicated by the stars.**
You can check out SBCH here: http://www.scrapbookersclubhouse.com/

CS: Bazzill (Gumbo** & Travertine**)
PP: Gigi Strong (Paper Trunk) PT 11 GIG** from the September Kit at SBCH
Squares cut with CM square cutter
Garnet 150 grit sandpaper for distressing
"One of a Kind" word rub-on: Magnolia by My Mind's Eye (Serene "Adorable" # MGR101) [Thanks to Sherry!]
Burgundy satin ribbon: scrap (Thanks Mom!)
Black button: Frenchy's button bin
Flower: Queen and Co. Black Felt border**
Rub-on flourish: BasicGrey Wholy cow~ "Black Floral Border"

A quote that says it all~

"Scrapbooking is personal. It’s about opening up and sharing your own life. It makes us human. It makes us reflect on who we are and where we want to be in life. It helps us discover the beauty (the art) in the midst of our life, and the life in the midst of our art."
~Ali Edwards

That's a quote from my scrapbooking idol: Ali E.

Ali Edwards really has it together- she says it 'just right.' This is what scrapbooking is all about: SHARING. LIVING. REFLECTING. DISCOVERING. EXPLORING.

Thank you, Ali E., for saying it so well.

Riding is Music: Hoofbeats

This layout was done as a "sneak peek" Design Team assignment for Scrapbooker's Clubhouse (SBCH). What a great, friendly place, full of talented & caring people! This creation was made with the gorgeous Paper trunk papers and a Hambly transparency from the SBCH September kit, soon to be available. You can check out SBCH here: http://www.scrapbookersclubhouse.com/

Thanks to my friend Sherry for the tip about changing the brad's colour with nailpolish! Great idea!

Journaling reads:

Riding is Music

Kate, I wonder, when I’m watching you ride, whether you hear rhythm and music to match the beat of your horse’s hooves. You and Oakley look so free, but I know you’re a team, working very hard together to make it look easy. You’re both so beautiful; I really do think that there must be music in riding.

I know without a doubt that this is what you are meant to do…I hope you always hear music in your heart, wherever the horses take you.

I love you, sweetie.

~Mom

Journaling~ August 14, 2007
(Photos by Kristie Innes, June 2007)
Arena: Rohan Wood Stable

SUPPLIES:

Journaling block- cream Bazzill

Title font: RomanScrD

Journaling font: Century Gothic
Title lettering: Li'l Davis Designs, "Li'l Trinkets & Treasures" letters, Typewriter black

Turquoise paper: reverse of Gigi-wise, Paper Trunk (#PT12-GIG)

Patterned paper: Gigi-graceful Paper Trunk (#PT10-GIG)

Screen print (music transparency)- portion of "Scrapbooker's Sonata"

Compass Tag: Imagine that! (Travel)

Sandpaper used to distress: Garnet 150 grit

Dye ink: Memories- Black

Large Brad in tag: 'Make it Special'

Nail enamel to change brad colour: Avon Color Last #353: Rose Star

Heart clip: unknown brand, TY Pam! (Antiqued with nail enamel: Rose Star)

Black velvet ric-rac: Atlantic Fabrics

Cream satin ribbon: scrap- TY Mom!

Christmas Eve 1999

This is a page I actually re-did because I HAD to. The new version is SOOOO much better! As a rule I don't re-do pages but this one needed to be re-created! Thanks to Noella for the challenge!

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock: Bazzill~ denim blue

Patterned CS, all BasicGrey as follows:

Romani~ stripe BG GYP- 529

~red BG GYP- 523

Dasher~ Snowfall Cranberry BG DSH-636

Chipboard: Little Davis Designs # 2290, swirl and snowflake

Paint: Colonial Blue- Orient acrylic ZD 200-31

Specialty Glaze- Making Memories #28918

Rub-ons: Black Swirls- Wholy cow (BasicGrey) "Back Floral Border" bel-582

Black and white swirl & "HAPPY": Daisy d's "I Am Frame" (#15153) TY Pam!

Colonial blue painted on edges of journaling blocks w/ #12 flat paintbrush

Thread: # unknown, Koban brand

ZigZag stitching done w/ "White" sewing machine

Journaling reads: "Excitement shimmered as Kate & Bryan opened specially chosen gifts from Tante Xandi, Tante Mary & Uncle Gil plus Grandma & Grandpa on Christmas Eve. Our family of four had been invited to Mary & Gil’s home to share the evening with family members who were visiting the Annapolis Valley over the holidays. Kate & Bryan were the recipients of such thoughtfully chosen treats! The sparkly princess outfit, wooden trains, and the magnetic science set were all high on the exciting gift list! From the expressions on their faces, you can tell the kids were tired, thankful and thrilled, all at the same time. How cute is that?? Christmas most certainly is a special time for all, but especially for children. ~Christmas Eve~ 1999"

Daniel @ six

Our sweet son Daniel, last August (2006) during our PEI trip. We had just arrived at the PEI Provincial Park we made "home" for a week. Awesome place! I'm so thrilled with the simplicity of this LO. I love LO's that place a focus on the photo(s). I don't often do 1-photo LO's either, so this was a really good exercise for me. Thanks for looking!

SUPPLIES:

Patterned cardstock: Sally papers
Denim Blue CS: Bazzill
Light cream CS: Bazzill
Dye ink: Memories (black)
Burgundy Mulberry paper: Atl. Fabrics
All Boy stamp: 7Gypsies (purchased @ SBCH)
Black lettering (title): BasicGrey,Scarlet's Letter: scr-811
"2006": All My Memories- Dee's Designs Distressed look rub-ons
"Memories": All My Memories- Dee's Designs Distressed look rub-ons
Green grosgrain ribbon: repurposed from ?
Velvet ric-rac (black): Atl. Fabrics

A Birthday Card!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO OUR DEAR FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR, REG!!!

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock: Bazzill.

Swirled patterned paper: Marianne Richmond (Many thanks to my sister Mary!) .

Small Basic Grey square cut from the "table of contents sheet" that comes with each collection- in this case: Fusion.

Patterned paper used for stamped greeting: Basic Grey scrap- unsure which collection(Fusion?)

Thread: Guterman #477.

"White" sewing machine for Zigzag stitching.

Flower: Making Memories, TY Casey!

Metal ribbon charm, Making Memories (Details variety pack #23188).

Burgundy ribbon saved from my cousin Susan's wedding invitation. (Thanks Sue!)

Scientist

I love how this layout shows Daniel's little hands. He had just turned six wen this was taken. Here is the journaling:
" Daniel is our little scientist. He loves the thrill of gathering facts and learning new things.

As we unpacked from our late summer trip in the rented RV, Daniel settled himself into a canvas chair on the front lawn beside the garden and read about caterpillars in a French book called Chenilles et papillons. As he read, he watched a caterpillar creeping among the leaves.

Daniel named his fuzzy green friend “Callisto” after one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter.

The next day, Daniel went out in the garden, but Callisto was gone. Daniel was quite upset until Daddy told him that Callisto probably had a family to take care of and had to go home. This seemed to soothe Daniel’s sadness. It made sense to him: after all, he had a Daddy, too, and his Daddy gave him lots of love and care!

Our scientist was, first and foremost, a little boy!"
Photos: September 2, 2006
Journaling: August 3, 2007

SUPPLIES:
Background CS: Basic Grey- Lily Kate Vanilla (LIK-552) This appears VERY washed out in photo of page, SORRY! I tried to get a true pic but no luck!
Basic Grey- Skate Shoppe Ollie (SKT-310, TY to Pam.)
Bazzill: Buttery colour, green & denim blue.
Monogram "S" made using Bazzill Chips size 1 3/4" chipboard circle, painted w/ bright yellow (Plaid # zd200-049), with a piece of SKT-310 (Ollie) BasicGrey podged onto left half, letter "S" from Heidi Swapp white "SHE" Chipboard Alphabet (HS 63703) painted & podged on top.
Wooden Dragonfly: Regal Greetings.
Dragonfly "flight path" drawn w/ American Crafts Slick Writer.
Yellow title lettering: BG AWS-020- Acid Washed Sophie.
Ink: Ink it up! (Khaki)

Guest Design Team Member at SBCH!!!!

I made it! I am so excited! :) I'm the Scrapbooker's Clubhouse Guest Design Team Member for August!

Great place. Cool challenges, friendly people, awesome ideas. YAY!!!! Bring it on!

Here's the link: http://www.scrapbookersclubhouse.com/forum/phpBB2/index.php

A Beautiful Garden

"One of the things that’s most fun about summer for our family is taking care of our garden and watching our beautiful perennials in their cycle of greening, growing and blooming. The Shasta daisies and the day lilies in these pictures are two colourful sights in our front garden. It’s such a treat every year for our family when they bloom and turn their faces toward the warm sun!! Garden photos~ July 2006"

July 2007 note: I am thrilled to tell you that these photos are pretty much identical to the growth of the daisies and lillies we have in our front garden this year too.

Our perennials came from our parents, Peter and I send our biggest thanks to you all.

(Photos by Ali, 2006 )

I did this LO as a challenge for a current contest at SBCH.

Background CS: Bazzill

Beige CS used for centre of Prima flower, jrnlg block & round photo mat: Sally Papers.

Striped patterned paper used as tag accent, jrnlg block stripe & behind 4x6" photos: Cool Dude Collection by Daisy Bucket designs, purchased from Scrapbooker's Clubhouse.

"Beautiful" rub-on: 'daisyd's'

Metal tag: TY Pam

Floral border rub-on: Make it Special

My Mind's Eye rub-on: Small blue flower, (Starburst Hope #MGR107)

My Mind's Eye rub-on: large blue flower on tag (Serene Adorable MGR101)

My Mind's Eye rub-on: ornate swirls under tag (Starburst Hope #MGR10)

Thanks to Sherry for the gorgeous rub-ons (they are the last 3 listed.)

"Whispers Frost" flower: Prima #512736.

'Morroccan' Keepsake Box

'Morroccan' Keepsake Box

Here are 2 views of one of my latest projects. This is an altered box. It's a plastic box from Dollarama that's been transformed~!! I absolutely LOVE it! I keep my chipboard inside it on my desk. Isn't it gorgeous?
Daisy d's Gypsy Harvest Morroccan Floral~Persimmon patterned paper was applied to box top using "Podge!" (gloss) by Orient.
A floral "Fiskars" pp from 'Family Legacy Decorative Paper' book used in combination with the Persimmon pp to cover bottom half of box.
Rich-looking satin cording (Atlantic Fabrics) used to finish edges of box & accent beaded top.
Deep brown satin ribbon (Atlantic Fabrics) used to edge the box just beneath the cording.
Underside of box was covered in soft burgundy craft foam (which cannot be seen in photo.)
Glass and wood-beaded accent piece from a gorgeous summer sandal (2005, Suzy Shier, a gift from my sister, Alex.)
Aged pewter metal tag: 'Make it Special.'
CS: Bazzill- 'Desert Marigold'
Dye ink: Memories (black)~ TY Mom and Dad
"a" monogram: Magnolia "serene" ~TY Sherry!

Thanks for looking everyone!

Smiles 'n Slides:

LO for a challenge I completed.

CS: Bazzill "Green Tea"

CS BasicGrey Romani- Migration [GYP-537]

From my stash: Orange w/ yellow dot pp, yellow/pink diamond pp, distressed stamped lettering pp, dotted distressed yellow pp: all likely Slab pp's from SSH-MB Round Robin PAK; pale green floral: Nobility [#SCA0103P03], wide grey-green ric-rac: "Imagine That!" (travel), thread: scraps of Guterman marigold colour (? colour #).

Antiqued finish brads: American Traditional Designs.

Red heart brads: A big thank you to Pam.

FONT: Shagadelic, FREE from http://www.dafont.com/

Sensory Input!

FEEL: These 2 pix were taken in our garden last May (2006). Noah loves the feel of the sun on his face and the cool sensation & texture of grass on his cheek. Can you tell? Look at that sweet happy face! Noah has Autism Spectrum Disorder and seeks out input to help him make sense of the world. The looks on his face tell us how much he enjoys the input he's discovered! Imagine experiencing the world this way! Hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

Supplies: Bazzill CS- Desert Marigold and Denim Blue, Scenic Route Striped paper, Basic Grey Fusion cardstock (Free spirit), Basic Grey Romani Letters: GYP- 542

Bloom and Shine

PP: Hippie, Bohemian, Medallion & Dali (BasicGrey Romani Collection)

CS: Denim Blue & Desert Marigold- Bazzill Acidwash Wild Ginger-BasicGrey

Large flower on Bloom page: cut from Urban Lily 'Inner me: DREAM' and sanded/distressed

Centre of flower cut from Bohemian pp & secured with "Make it Special" antique-look brad

Dusty-peach flowers (Prima? TY Noella!)

Small antiqued brads: American Traditional Designs

Title: BasicGrey- Romani Letters- GYP- 542

Sandpaper- Garnet resin, 150 grit.

Dye ink: Memories (black)- TY Mom & Dad

Zig zag stitching done w/ "White" sewing machine

Thread: Guterman # CA-0766

Jewels: Multicrafts Canada

Font: JSL Ancient (source: http://www.dafont.com/, free)

Plum ric-rac: Atlantic Fabrics

All photos taken by Ali, June 2006

A summery card

Thanks for checking this out! Enjoy!

Supplies:

DCWV: hot pink cardstock

Bazzill: Tea green cardstock

Paperbilities: turquoise cardstock

CTG: Rub-on fish... item # 07208

Circles: cut from BasicGrey cardstock scrap

"Thinking of You" stamp: Stamp-a-Greeting

Wave/water scallops cut by hand after using Border Buddy template

Dye Ink: Stampcraft-- violet

From Drinking Glass to Paintbrush Caddy!

I made this fun little creation for a challenge I was involved in online @ Scrapbooker's Clubhouse. I used Fiskars vellum paper and Podge (Orient brand) to cover the glass in several coats, then applied ric-rac (Imagine that! brand) and lettering (BasicGrey Fusion line) to say "Pretty." fun and useful!

A Mini-Album gift for Mark & Shawna

Mark and Shawna are very, very special to us. Both have worked with Noah and are very sympatico with our family. This little album was a memento for them.

SUPPLIES:

Bazzill Coin Folder: white

Black satin ribbon: scrap, tied in a fun "easy to undo" slip knot instead of a bow

Round ribbon charm: stars- Making Memories # 23188

Paper: 3 Bugs in Rug "Seeing Stars" line ordered from SBCH (thanks Nicole!)

Galaxy (cover)-- also, reverse light blue used for journaling

All Star (p.1)

Twinkle (p.2)

Superstar (p.3)

Galaxy (p.4)

Superstar (back cover)

Tag on back of folder: from 'Seeing Stars' die cut tags set, tag was slit w/ exacto and used to secure ribbon on the back of the album so it wouldn't be lost.

CM black marker

Green pp: Sandylion ('Camping paper- green leaf') #RMSCB 20 used for titles/ journaling

ink: Ink it up! (Khaki green # 1027-14)

Mini-Album gift for Kelly...

The above is a mini-album gift for one of Noah's therapists.

It's made with the "Flirty Purse template" I got from SBCH. (It's by Deja Views.) Fun, easy and looks great!

SUPPLIES:

TY to Peter for the final twists of wire (19 g, Multicrafts Canada) on the handle

Thanks Mom, for the ribbon from your stash!~

Ric-rac from Imagine that!~ (Travel set)

BasicGrey string clasps- TY Pam.

Patterned paper: BasicGrey 'Romani' line (medallions & washed turquoise)

BasicGrey LilkyKate collection: Vanilla (for journaling)

CS: Bazzill

"Learn" copper oval is an AMM Expressions word charm (TY Pam!)

Fonts: Chisel Thin and Stamp Act-Jumbled

"Wonder" sticker: Phrase Cafe, EK Success

"K" monogram sticker: Sharon Ann Collection by Deja Views (Red garden)

Dye ink: Memories (black) TY Mom and Dad

A creative recycling idea!!

This is sooooooo funny. I needed a small ironing board in my scraproom, so I made one from the old fabric highchair pad (no more highchairs here) and a piece of mahogany that Pete had finished in Shop class many moons ago in high school. I covered the wood with a piece of the high chair pad I'd made, Dh stapled it well, and-- Presto!!! A great ironing board! Too funny and SO USEFUL and small- easy to store. Iron was on special at Zellers. I love the shape and size of it too. ENJOY! Happy Canada Day!

Shopping Party Fun!

This is a page I did for a challenge. I had to use cardstock, 2 patterned papers, a button, stitching and a free item of my choice (the ribbon). Thanks for looking!

Back Cover

I secured the ribbon with a chip-paper tag from the Daisy D.'s "Cool Dude" collection (ribbon, paper and tag from SBCH June Kit). This way it can't get lost or scrunched and will always be handy to use in closing the mini-album.

Dedicated Team

Photo of Noah in preschool with his EA, Miss Heather (Noah/ H. are seated together on floor to the left) and Teacher Lori.
B/W photo of team: 2 Therapists: Mark & Kelly, SLP: Colleen, Team Leader/OT: Natasha.

Patterned papers: SCBH June Kit
Arrow and quote about people: Imagine That.

(All photos by Ali, June 2007, except round picture of Lori: Peter took it in Dec 2006. )

Journaling says: "Thank you for helping me aim high..." "And onward I go" (next to the chasing-bubbles photos.)

Inside front cover

Click twice on picture for an enlarged view of details!!
Inside: Noah's age & date are below photo. Beside pic, it says "Beautiful soul." This photo by Pete, May 2007.
Facing page: Trail quote from Imagine That.
Muddy hands/funny-face photo by Ali, June 2007.
All papers and ribbon: SBCH June kit.
Font: Chisel Thin.

Gift for Teacher Lori

This is a Coin Folder mini album with chipboard cover and back for Noah's Teacher Lori.

Coin folder by Bazzill, from June kit: SBCH.

There are several pages. Patterned paper is Daisy D's textured "Cool Dude" line; all papers and organdy ribbon are from SBCH Kit, wide cream rickrack is from Imagine That "travel" kit.

Photo by Tammy Pyette of Enchanted Portraits.

Hope you like it! Scroll up to see the rest!

Oma's 90th Birthday!

I made a card for Oma Agnes' 90th birthday. She is Peter's Grandma (Oma) and our children's only living Great-Grandmother (Ur-Oma). She lives in Germany and is still in her own home, and has been known to chase the wild boars out of her garden! She joked with Peter yesterday on the phone about being old. What a character.

The font used for the German greeting (= Happy Birthday Oma) is called "Cotillion."

Enjoy! Thanks a million for looking!

Inside the card...

A birthday card for Patricia

Peter's sister's birthday is coming up and I had so much fun with the Father's Day cards that I decided to do a birthday card for her! I love how this turned out.

More cards:

This card is for my dad in law (Doug). It has an old fashioned pocket watch image on it because he enjoys geneaology and I used the watch could represent the passage of time.

The verse I chose for the inside of the two Father's Day cards says: "You're the kind of Dad most people wish they had." Perfect! Hope you like them!

My first-ever card...!!

I have been using up scraps of cardstock and patterned paper and have made 4 cards: my first attempts. The first 2 were Father's Day cards, and the next 2 were birthday cards. Had fun- really enjoyed this!

Of course we enclosed photos of the kids inside all 4 cards!

The card above is for my Dad. It has music notes along the top because he likes to play the piano and music is a HUGE part of his life. :)

All About Easy...

Journaling reads:
I don’t believe in making things complicated. With a big family, the simpler the better for me! This way I have more time to spend with everyone.

This was our lunch on Christmas Day, 2005. We had vegetables and dip, mandarin oranges, plus crackers, cheese, lean ham and turkey slices. I took photos because it all looked so beautiful! The veggies were all sliced the evening before so this was easy to put together.

Yummy, easy and healthy—and we needed THAT after sharing a box of chocolates (or two) throughout the morning while opening Christmas gifts. ** Big Wink**

YUP: I’m all about easy!
December 2005


Supplies:
Ink: Memories (black)
Green CS: Pretty Paper Pretty Cheap
Dotted Cardstock: Basic Grey Dasher collection- Cranberry snowfall
Taupe CS: Fiskars
Twill tape: recycled from a beautiful "Happy Holidays" card from Sherry (TY!)
Arrow: Imagine That! (Travel)
Round metal brads: Make it Special
Fonts: title~Webster (in olive green) ; journaling~Myriad Condensed
"E A S Y" letters ( in olive green) font: CK Gift

Post-it Note Holder

A cute idea I found on one of my favourite scrapbooking sites. This little project used scraps of cardstock, thread, and floss, plus some metal buttons from the Frenchy's button-bin to create... Now, this is the first one, I'll do better at it as I practice this... the flap is closed with adhesive velcro and there is a square Post-it notepad inside!! Enjoy! :) Thanks for looking!