It’s time! Registration opens today for the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival, taking place in both Edmonton and Calgary in September 2014! I am very excited to say I am returning to teach classes in both Edmonton and Calgary. My layout class is based on my sketch article in the magazine “Double the Fun”. We will […] Read more…
The July sketch from Sue Sykes is a fun one! I really like the 3 smaller photos with the strips behind them. Here is my take on this fun sketch! Last summer, I decided to join Instagram and took an online class about phone photography from Big Picture Classes. We had daily photo prompts and wow…did […] Read more…
I have a new Double the Fun sketch and sample layout on the Canadian Scrapbooker magazine website. Give it a try and remember to submit your layout for publishing in the Winter 2014 issue. Here is the sketch: And here is my layout: I used the Simple Stories “Homespun” collection. The background papers are Bazzill […] Read more…
I was wondering how I would feel about Father’s Day after just having lost my dad a few months ago. Designing this layout was much easier than I had expected, and I realize that the photos I have of my dad when he was younger bring back so many good memories. I remember sitting on […] 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…
Squeaking in on the last day of March, here is my layout for Canadian Scrapbooker’s March Sketchy Challenge. Here is Sue Sykes’ fantastic sketch (I rotated it for my design): I used the wonderful “Homespun” collection by Simple Stories. Isn’t this the sweetest bunch of papers? I used the stickers too. I thought they all […] 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…
Once again I’m squeaking in my January Sketchy challenge layout. Hmmm. Maybe I should make a resolution about getting that done on time! Here is Sue Sykes‘ awesome sketch, which I rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise: Winter layouts are almost becoming a thing of the past for me. That’s because my teenagers don’t really go outside […] Read more…