6. "Pet palace" cluster:
Lovingly Created
"We scrapbook to live life twice." - Stacy Julian
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
A real honor and a cherished remembrance...
6. "Pet palace" cluster:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
A surprise for the seniors in our lives...
The little backstory here is that my German-born Mom-in-law loves fashion and has taught sewing lessons to her "ladies" privately for many years. She loves it when I am able to find images of fashionable ladies like this one for the cards I send her. :) I find the images mainly on The Graphics Fairy and Vintage Moth sites. Go visit! So much great stuff! And all royalty-free. :)
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Swim!
August 8, 2020
Journaling by Ali/Gran'Mama (Dec 16, 2020)
Quote from Kate/Mom (Dec 15, 2020)
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Gran'Mama and Grampie's place in Kingston, NS
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Photos by Grampie using Canon EOS 80D camera
Supplies:
Patterned paper from Creative Memories (CM) 'Citrus Summer' collection & 'Vitamin Sea' collection Cardstock- Close To My Heart (CTMH) & BazzillTuesday, August 17, 2021
"Storm Day!"
Hello hello! Thanks so much for coming by today. :) Thought it would be fun to start posting some of my scrapbook pages on my blog again.
This layout represents the third time I have created a page about this "Storm day"!!
The first 2 times, I created pages for Lilia's 2 sets of great-grandparents in New Brunswick, who of course, we could not see because of the Covid-19 pandemic. I wanted them to have a peek at what we were up to here in Nova Scotia!
Since this page was to go in Lilia's scrapbook album, I went all-in with the sparkly snowflakes and even added a few Dollarama gems and tiny stars from a pkg of CTMH's silver sequins. I also added some of the sparkling stars to the crystal chain border at the top of the page, but I'm not sure you can see them in this photo. I had so much fun creating this page for Lilia that I made one for us, too. I will be sure to include it below.
Supplies are from both Close To My Heart and Creative Memories. :)
Enjoy!
Journaling reads:
In February,
there was a snowstorm, and daycare was closed. Mum (Kate) still had to work and
so Lilia came to Gran'Mama and Grampie's house for the day. Grampie had carefully
driven to work on the Base and Uncle Daniel was working on his NSCC courses
downstairs. Uncle Bryan and Gran'Mama "joined forces" to make sure it
was a fun day for Lilia. Lilia enjoyed cuddling with MacLean who was home from
school for the day. She watched the ipad with Uncle Noah and played outside in
the snow with Uncle Bryan and the dogs. Using old Christmas cards and a punch, Lilia
even did some crafts. She was so proud of her artwork!
Journaling by Gran'Mama (Ali)- Nov. 14, 2020
Journaling just below Lilia's printing:
We were all so excited-- and she was SO proud. :)
Gran'Mama just had to snap a photo of her printing!
Thanks so much for coming by my blog to visit. I am going to try to post more regularly.
Have a wonderful day-- and happy scrappin'! :)
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Happy Street!
Photo- Nov 30, 2018
Our backyard- Kingston, NS
Lilia- 2 1/2 yrs old
Supplies:
Mix-in paper collection X9019 (retired)
Stamp set: S1606 "The Long Way Home" - CTMH (retired)
Thursday, February 4, 2021
"A Delightful Place"
Here are the pages separately.
When Daniel was
10 months old, we moved from the PMQ on Base to our newly purchased home on XYZ Drive in Kingston. The bubblegum-pink bedroom that would be Daniel's was
quickly painted white. (That was our first "project" in the new
house!) The wallpaper border we put up in Daniel's new bedroom was the same one
we'd lovingly chosen and put up in his PMQ bedroom in July 2000 just before he
was born! Daniel's new bedroom was much larger than the tiny PMQ bedroom, and
here, there was space for more furniture. We were able to have Daniel's change-table
right there in the bedroom, which was extra-convenient. We were also able to
add a bookshelf, toy box and the rocking horse Grandma and Grandpa gave Bryan
when he was little.
The window was
a different shape than the one in the PMQ, but we were still able to use the
curtains I'd made-- I just sewed a little "bib" of matching fabric to
slide onto the rod, visually connecting the 2 panels. "Problem solved!"
In these photos, you can see Daniel's
matching handmade baby comforter plus the change table cover and mini-pillow
that I'd sewn. I'd had so much fun creating all of it!
The baby bedroom we'd decorated for Daniel looked beautiful and had turned out exactly the way we'd hoped it would. We were so pleased!!
Photos- July 14, 2001XYZ XYZ XYZ, Kingston, NS
Kate (7 yrs), Bryan (6 yrs) and Daniel (11 months)
Journaling by Mom- September 16, 2017
“Memories” tiny word banner: made w/ a CTMH roller-date style stamp
Baker’s twine and blue label: CTMH
“Memories” tiny word: Echo Park "Fine and Dandy" collection sticker
Tiny butterflies: Impression Obsession dies DIE046-A
Monday, February 1, 2021
Birthday cards!
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
"Proud Mama"
Thanks for coming by today!
I'm working away at finishing up my son Bryan's 2014 High School Prom photos.
I'm doing 12x12 SB layouts and I'm getting really close to being finished! Kind of exciting to be able to see the END of my project!
This layout is being entered in the Love to Craft Challenge Blog's August 2017 "Anything Goes" Challenge. All crafts are welcome at LTCCB and this particular challenge goes until 6 PM on the LAST day of August. There's still oodles of time to enter.
Here is my layout:
"Proud Mama" layout created by 'Yours truly' |
Supplies used on this LO-
Eiffel Tower patterned paper: SU!
Kraft cardstock elements from the "Sangria" paper collection Complements pack: CTMH
Stickers from the "Sangria" paper collection Complements pack: CTMH
"Ready Set Go" zipstrip from "Urban" paper collection: CTMH
Peacock cardstock: CTMH
Bamboo cardstock: CTMH
"Handle with care" tag: unknown source (from my stash)
Title lettering- "Dear Lizzy" Thickers (from 2011!): 'Splendid' font
Computer font: Script MT bold
Journaling-
It was special to have this Mom and son picture taken at Centennial Park before the 2014 WKDHS Prom. It made a beautiful keepsake.
Thanks for looking- hope you liked the page. Be sure to pop in to LTCCB and enter to win this month. You can also start bashing your stash along with the gang at the Bash your Stash group! Hope to see you there.
So happy you popped in today!
~
Sunday, July 23, 2017
"Dancing in the Park"
These photos of Bryan and Kelsey all ready for prom were so beautiful. They are a treasure and I am so happy we have them! These two pages "go" together so I will put them in the same post.
"Dancing in the Park" created by 'Yours Truly' |
"Dancing in the Park"
For this LO, I used a sheet of CTMH patterned paper with a subtle peacock feather design on it. I'd been hoarding it since September 2010, awaiting a "special" purpose. It's from the 2010 'Magnifique' collection! Well, in these Prom LOs, I'd say that this paper found its purpose!
Journaling was done on a scrap piece of CTMH Crystal Blue CS, using the Script MT Bold font.
The "lovely" lettered banner pieces were from a set of CTMH embellishments for the 'Balloon Ride' collection. That paper collection was released in 2014. :)
The turquoise sequins came from the more recent CTMH 'Florence' (2016) collection.
Brads "bashed" included traditional round brads from CTMH and Bazill, plus musical notes (from HOTP) and silver star brads (unknown source).
The large musical note was created by my scrappy/crafty friend Pam Sandy ages ago. She and her spouse had a small powdercoat business at the time and made a variety these for sale. I had been hoarding this, too, just waiting for the perfect layout to use it on! I added some black Waxy Flax for the top of this embellie as there was a hole there
The acetate music transparency was created by Hambly. (I miss them!) I just cut what I needed, as I needed it, from a larger sheet. I only have a small piece of this left now! I secured it to the LO with tiny CTMH brads.
The old Victrola was a "Thank you" sticker I had purchased as part of a set at Dollarama. I cannot tell you how long ago THAT was! LOL I cut the "THANK YOU" part off, and used the sticker without it. I just tucked the sticker into the cluster. It seemed perfect there!
Flowers used came from my stash (I think they were all from Prima!)
I also added a few tiny black tendrils peeking out from under the flowers. These are rub-ons from Bazzill- would you believe the date on the package says 2006?? LOL!
Natural light ~ Gorgeous colour! created by 'Yours Truly' |
For this LO, I bashed a very special piece of paper from the 'Magnifique' collection, which was released by CTMH in 2010. I felt that Kelsey's beautiful Prom gown 'deserved' to be set off by this stunning peacock paper!
I used Stickles in Mermaid,Turquoise and Diamond to accentuate the peacock's plumage. The Diamond Stickles are a fave of mine as they reflect any colour that they have been applied over!
I also used up another Bazzill chipboard key and used Copics to colour it. I tied it off with some black Waxy Flax.
Then, I layered a small metal key over the chipboard one and added some flowers, brads and gemstones/sequins to the cluster.
I finished the page with a wood veneer arrow that pointed to Kelsey and Bryan's picture and said "Love it".
There you have it! A two-pager featuring the beautiful peacock paper and a beautiful couple on Prom night.
Thanks for peeking at my layouts today. I'm so glad you came by!!
~ Ali
Saturday, July 22, 2017
"Photo Memories"
Feels really good to be getting these done! I figure I just have a few more pictures to scrap and this goal will have been reached, and then I'm on to the next.
Here is the layout that I created:
"Photo Memories" created by 'Yours Truly' |
Journaling reads:
When the graduates arrived at the Annapolis Mess for Prom 2014, they had their photo taken in a special area that had been set up and decorated just for this. The photographer even edited the photos and layered the words "West Kings Prom 2014" over one of the columns in a very classy way so these memories could be saved and easily identified. Having those words on the column made the photo even more "valuable" in terms of it's use for memory-keeping.
This LO features lots of satisfying "stash-bashing"! If you have scrappy stash you'd like to bash (...and we all DO!), check out the friendliest site on FB: the "Bash Your Stash" group, HERE. We all cheer one another on!! So much is being accomplished over there. Everyone is happy and supportive of each others' efforts.
Here is what I was able to "bash" today, just on this LO!
For the banners,I used CTMH scraps from the 'For Always' and 'Florence' collections, plus a scrap of CTMH's Black CS. I just LOVE banners as they are a great way to use up scraps!
I had larger left-over pieces of Black and Slate CTMH CS and used them to mat some of the photos. Some left-over pieces of Crystal Blue were used for the journaling.
A full sheet of CTMH paper from the 'Ariana' collection was used as the background.
and I even used part of the zip-strip from that same sheet. I saved the last little bit-- no doubt it will come in handy!
The embellishment cluster you see on the lower left of the page incorporates items from K&Co., Bazzill, and CTMH.
Here is a close-up shot of the cluster:
Embellishment cluster |
The flowers were from my stash- some came from Prima. I fussy-cut the teal coloured globe from a sheet of SU! patterned paper. The brads on the flowers were from Bazzill and CTMH.
The tiny roll of film was stamped using CTMH's C1440, a set called "Take a picture". After I stamped it in Pacifica ink on Crystal Blue CS, I cut it out.
The Bazzill chipboard key was coloured with a Copic marker- B26 'Cobalt Blue', and tied with black CTMH Waxy Flax.
The chipboard bird embellie was from the CTMH Skylark collection.
The sparkly turquoise stars are from a current CTMH embellishment kit.
Here's how "old" some of my pretties were when I "bashed" through them:
'Waxy Flax' was from Autumn 2012 (CTMH)
'For Always' was from Spring 2013 (CTMH)
'Ariana' was from WInter 2014 (CTMH)
'Skylark' was from Winter 2014 (CTMH)
'Florence' was from Summer 2016 (CTMH)
Hope you've enjoyed seeing all this stash-bashing and creating!! I'm really happy to be well on the way to getting all these prom photos scrapped!
Have a great day- see you again soon!
~
Friday, July 21, 2017
"Be Amazing"
This LO was created using some papers and a zip-strip from the CTMH "For Always" collection. I pressed some never-used CTMH stamps into service as well. Those stamps were from a set called "This Moment" which was the CTMH Stamp of the Month set from January 2015.
The CS is "Crystal Blue" from CTMH. I was excited when I saw how this matched the turquoise-y blue in Kelsey's dress (see other Prom photo LOs for a view of her dress)! It also matched the turquoise tie that came WITH the gown. She had given it to Bry in time for Prom! I'm also lovin' the round wooden heart embellie which was part of a black glitter Fundamental Assortment. The epoxy bubbles were from some very old CTMH stash!
So happy to be using things up.
I have shared this LO with the Bash your Stash FB group. It's a great place to gain some incentive to use up those wonderful items that may be sitting neglected in your collection of scrappy supplies!
I am entering this LO in the July Love to Scrap Challenge Blog's "Anything goes" Challenge. the rules of this challenge blog state that no matter what the challenge, your entries MUST include stamping. I was so excited to be able to use those new stamps, and having a challenge that incorporates stamps was just the ticket! Why not join in?
Enough chattering! I am so happy with the way this turned out.
"Debonair" Prom 2014 LO by Yours Truly for Challenge #99 at LTSCB |
"Debonair"
Thanks for looking! Have a great day!
~
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
"Click"
I got his Graduation ceremony and our little family after-party all scrapbooked and have started on the Prom layouts. Bry went with a friend and we got some lovely photos with Dad's "spiffy camera"!!
I created a page about Bryan's Prom for a challenge that I heard about from my friend Lori, who had posted about it on her blog. Thanks Lori!
This month, it's a challenge where "Anything goes" and it's Challenge #99 on the "Love to Scrap Challenge Blog", or LTSCB.
All entries in the challenge must include some stamping.
This was right up my alley as I have lots of beautiful My Acrylix stamps from CTMH that I am trying to incorporate more in my scrappin'. So here is my Prom page-- including stamping, for the "Anything Goes" Challenge #99 at LTSCB!
"Click" layout created by Yours Truly for LTSCB Challenge #99 |
I used CTMH's Thistle ink for the circle stamp, and Peacock ink for the title and photo frame corners. It turned out really well and I am so happy!
I used up some stash too!
The folks over at the Bash your Stash FB group are really encouraging and celebrate right along with you when you manage to "bash" a few items from your scrap stash! Come join the fun at the Bash your Stash FB group.
The flowers and brads have been in my stash for ages and have now found a home on a LO, as have some of the Dollarama $2 turquoise-coloured adhesive gemstones. The pennants used in my banner also came from my "CTMH-scrappy stash", but they aren't as old as everything else I used here.
The patterned papers are from older CTMH collections- the blue background sheet and the two blue patterned cards on the right of the photo are from the Florence collection.
The black snakeskin textured paper is from Laughing Lola, another CTMH collection from ages ago.
The beautiful dark teal banner was made from paper that came from the more recent Swan Lake CTMH paper collection.
Journaling:
Bryan and Kelsey had another photo taken in one of the "photo opp" areas that had been set up for Prom-goers at the Annapolis Mess. The lighting in this area really accentuated the deep, rich colour of Kelsey's dress!