One of the feature articles I love writing for Creative Scrapbooker magazine is Double the Fun. For each issue, I design a double layout sketch and readers create layouts based on that sketch and submit them. Here is the sketch and my layout for the Summer 2016 issue that hits newstands June 1. I used […] Read more…
Isn’t it nice to have some flowers and butterflies on our layouts instead of snowflakes and icicles? That said, my new Double the Fun sketch is up on the Submissions page of the Canadian Scrapbooker website for the Winter 2015 page call! LOL Here is my layout using BoBunny’s gorgeous collection “Garden Journal.” For all […] Read more…
With the Spring 2015 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker out on newsstands, we are now preparing for the Summer and Fall issues. So I have a new double page sketch and layout on the “Submissions” page of the website for the Fall page call. Yes, Fall. ha ha. I know we are just trying to get […] Read more…
This year I’m experiencing winter in a new way…because of our pup Finn. When we got him last March, I often thought about and even dreaded the idea of going outdoors for walks with him in the winter months. Well, here we are, and I am outside walking everyday, usually twice a day. Sometimes I […] Read more…
In the Winter 2014 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine, I have a few Christmas layouts. Here are a couple that I designed using Bo Bunny’s Candy Cane Lane collection. I just love the fun, bright unique colour palette…lots of pink and retro greens and adorable graphics! For embellishments, I added gold glitter to Scrapbook Adhesives […] Read more…
Well, you knew it was coming, didn’t you? A puppy layout! Finnigan joined our family at the beginning of March, and we are so in love with him. This design is based on Sue Sykes’ May Sketch for Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine: I used Bo Bunny’s “Happy Tails” collection: It is soooo cute! And once in […] Read more…
Now that the Summer issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine is in the works, my new sketch is ready for the Fall issue. I know I know…. we are still waiting for winter to disappear! The focus of this sketch is “negative space”. Here is my sample layout based on this sketch: Do you recognize this […] Read more…
Happy Valentine’s Day! What? Another Valentine project this week? Seems I’m on a roll. I wanted to share this simple shaker box card I designed using the Brother ScanNCut machine and BoBunny “Head Over Heels” collection. Have you made a shaker box card before? I have a ‘quick & dirty’ technique. ha ha. You know […] Read more…