On Sunday, my baby boy turned 18. Gulp. Shocking but true. BoyGenius on his FIRST birthday 🙂 We had lots of wonderful family time all weekend with him, and a very special guest showed up as a “Surprise!” His Uncle Howard surprised him and flew in from Nicaragua to celebrate his birthday His sister decorated […] Read more…
For this month’s Sketchy Challenge at Canadian Scrapbooker, I decided to have some fun with another new Bo Bunny collection called “Family Is…” I am POSITIVE that the paper designers at Bo Bunny had a real life peek inside MY family when they came up with these hilarious and playful stickers… Here is Sue Sykes‘ […] Read more…
Our monthly staff challenge and December kit at The Urban Scrapbook features wonderful papers from Carta Bella‘s “Merry and Bright” collection. I love the non-traditional colour palette that has pink and pale turquoise! So cute! Here is Lynette’s sketch and my layout… “Made with Love” There is a story behind these photos of BoyGenius at […] Read more…
Winter might not be my favourite season, but I do love designing winter layouts! Here is the December sketch by Sue Sykes for the Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Challenge… You can also participate in the Sketchy Challenge on Sue’s blog HERE And here is my layout, featuring Bo Bunny‘s “Snow Day” collection and photos of BabyOfThe […] Read more…
The beginning of the month means there is a new sketch by Sue Sykes over at the Canadian Scrapbooker Sketchy Gallery. This time Sue designed a double page sketch… Here is what I created using Pink Paislee‘s “Indigo Bleu” collection… This year BoyGenius was agreeable about our annual Fall photo shoot, and I managed to […] Read more…
I find that I rarely use cardstock anymore and seem to gravitate towards patterned paper all the time. But our monthly staff challenge kits at The Urban Scrapbook ALWAYS have two or three sheets of cardstock in them (thanks Jan!) which forces me to try to use those solid pieces of paper in creative ways. […] Read more…
This month’s sketch challenge at The Urban Scrapbook included the wonderful “Summer Fresh” collection by Simple Stories. These sweet papers and stickers were so much fun to use and perfectly capture the essence of summertime, with its retro primary colour palette, mixed with denim, gingham and floral patterns. When I saw this collection, I immediately […] Read more…
I am going to blame Spring Break and Easter for slowing me down this month. But I shouldn’t complain….we have had some wonderful family time with the kids. In search of a tan….in Phoenix. I feel like I have been neglecting BoyGenius in my layouts, so this month he gets two pages in his […] Read more…