Cards From Me to You

Good Morning! My final installment of Pebbles From Me to You. I always struggle with cards honestly but actually really like these! The bright colours and twine make me happy to give these to anyone! My first one is to brighten someone's day...

And a cute Thank You card:

 

I hope they inspire... I am loving the grey and yellow.

Til next time, keep doing what you love!

Get un-Stuck!? with Puppy Love and a New Sketch!

Good morning! I am so excited to create my very first layout of our new puppy, Remy. He isn't home yet as he's only 5 weeks, but we go and visit and give him lots of Puppy love.  He is helping us heal the loss of or wonderful Bobo and we are so grateful to have had TWO wonderful Boston Terriers to love and to love us.

I adore this photo of Adriane and Remy and it is such a gentle and sweet photo I wanted to use a largely monochromatic palette to let the photo pop. I added some inked red hearts though to symbolize the LOVE I see when I look at this photo.

 I also used the doily to add texture to the chipboard heart in the lower right. The flow-y script font I chose for my title was perfect (if I do say so myself!)

Finally, can you see the negative inked hearts? I really liked trying this on this design and will include it in future ones..maybe with a font? Hmmm...

I hope you've been inspired! Here's the sketch I used as designed by the talented Laura Whitaker at Stuck?!

This months awesome prize is generously donated by ScrapMats! Link up at the Stuck?! blog to win!

Thank you for visiting, until next time, keep doing what you love!

Wonderful

My latest design for Two Scrapbook Friends created using Pebbles From You and Me features a favourite photo of Rich and I. I love its colours and how our love shows even though our faces do not.

It is a fairly simple design and the sideways chevrons are layered with a great calendar paper. The Wooden hearts are from Studio Calico.

 This line has a great sticker sheet with so may superb sentiments. I can see these on future cards!

I chose a cursive font for my title cut it from a pattered paper with the Cameo. I used the word "wonderful" several times and felt that the repetition really worked to emphasize the whole idea!
I hope you are inspired to create something wonderful with From You And Me. Check out the whole line here at Two Scrapbook Friends.

Until next time, keep doing what you love to do!

Boys Rule Guest DT spot and "You and Me"

Good day! I am thrilled to be back with my second Boys Rule Just Design creation. It features a favourite photo of Max and Rich during a family photo shoot this fall (thank you Angela Smith of Waterloo.)

 I began with some texture medium applied through a template with a plastic knife.  The knife adds some interesting grooves in the medium. I layered a transparency frame under the left side of the focal photo. I also added some diagonal stitching 'rays' for interest.

The striped paper is amazing and I cut a 12 inch strip and folded, then stitched it along the base of my design. A great sticker draws your eye to my photo and acts as a title that is short and sweet!

I am enjoying creating with all these masculine papers and accents and hope I have inspired you do some creating of your own today!

So Many of My Smiles Begin with You

For those of you who know me, you will recall I scrapbook Adriane and her BFF's all the time. Recently at a wedding I took this selfie with my BFF Carey. It's not often the two of us take a photo (or one that has good hair).  The Pebbles line From Me To You was perfect for these photos.

I added some different sized circles and folded them in the centre with my bone folder. I then glued them down gently along the seam. Once they were dried I stitched along the seam.

 My title was chosen from the Sticker sheet and mounted on a punched scalloped circle.

 I added a cluster of Silhouette cut banner pieces and an older flowered brad. The "smile" is a rub on.

 I added some washi tape along the bottom of the photo.

I hope you'll pop over to Two Scrapbook Friends and see the whole line for yourself! Until next time, keep doing what you love!

Out on the Town

Happiest of Days! My favourite gals at Two Scrapbook Friends asked me to work with PEBBLES From Me to You. I loved this line with it's sunny palette and great patterns.

It inspired me to print these great fun pictures of Adriane and one of her BFF's Lauren. These two girls love the Mall. Eating, trying on fun outfits and generally acting grown up!

I used the best picture of Adriane inside a STUDIO CALICO frame and added mint coloured lace to the bottom.

I layered the patterns in strips and added stitches. I really played up the sherbet colours and the deep slate grey.

I chose this awesome font (whose name has escaped me as I type this!) and placed inside a frame on the lower right. To anchor it and add some stitching in a melon shade here too.

Until next time, keep doing what you love.

I'm Digging my Guest Design Gig with Boys Rule!

 I’m thrilled be guest designer for Boys Rules Scrapbook Kits. Here's the first layout I made with the Janurary and February Kit. It features some gorgeous papers and stickers from ADORNIT and cute enamel arrows from MY MIND'S EYE.

 I added some of the fabulous letter stickers for my title and some constructions ones on squares all popped up with pop dots.

 I journalled around the corner to create some movement on the design and to mimic the idea that construction is an active job!

 I stitched in navy blue to create an frame for the focal point of the design.

I hope I've inspired you today! Stay tuned for some more inspiration created with this kit coming your way! Check out Boys Rule Blog for more inspiration!


Until next time, keep doing what you love!