I’m back from a warm and relaxing Spring Break vacation and am excited to get back into my studio! Today I thought I would share my “March” Place in Time Graphic 45 vintage layout and a video featuring a technique for making watercolour flowers using Distress Markers. My mother turns 85 in November, and I […] Read more…
It’s no secret that I love designing with Graphic 45. The vintage themes are so inspiring! When I saw the “Place in Time” collection, I wanted to use every single piece of paper, so I decided to create a 12 x 12 album for my mother, using photos from her scrapbooks. My mother’s precious […] Read more…
I can’t help it….I love the beginning of a year and totally buy into the idea of starting fresh, having resolutions [breaking them] and creating new opportunities. One idea I had for a class to start off the New Year is to design an album using Graphic 45‘s “Place in Time” collection. Here is the […] Read more…
I have waited awhile to post this Halloween Mini album on my blog after teaching it at the Canadian Scrapbooker Carnival in September and then another version of it at The Urban Scrapbook last weekend. A big thank you and shout out to Graphic 45 for sponsoring my class at the Carnival! Everyone really enjoyed […] Read more…
Here’s a shocking announcement: I designed 2 Halloween mini albums! The first album I made was for the Canadian Scrapbooker Carnival in September, using the Happy Haunting Graphic 45 collection. I will post this album on my blog at the end of the month after I teach a similar mini album class at The Urban […] Read more…
When I was planning my layout class for The Urban Scrapbook in August, I searched out some fall collections and fell in love with Bo Bunny’s Apple Cider! The fall palette is beautiful and has a unique twist of lime green. Here is my layout… Our annual fall photo, October 2008 [when they would still […] Read more…
The lovely “Palm Beach” collection from Webster’s Pages was in our staff challenge August kit at The Urban Scrapbook. This pretty pastel colour palette could be used for a number of themes…summer, beach, ocean, travel, tropical….and so on. I chose to scrapbook a photo of BabyOfTheFamily and her first kiss….with a dolphin 🙂 The background […] Read more…
The beginning of summer and the ending of another school year has put me into a reflective frame of mind. Both DramaQueen and her sister BabyOfTheFamily are moving on to new schools next Fall, high school and junior high. BoyGenius will be in his final year of high school, and our nephew has just graduated! […] Read more…