Elmo Love

I'm not sure where this sudden love of Elmo came because he doesn't really watch Elmo on tv but it seems Mason has found a new best friend. In total, he has around 5 Elmos now. The one in the pictures is a Hokey Pokey Elmo but at Christmas, Grandma gave him an Elmo that he carries with him everywhere. He's never been one to have an attachment to any item but suddenly he can't sleep without this new Elmo. I think it's adorable the way he hugs him, kisses him and talks to him. It only seemed fitting to make sure a page about this new found love made it into his scrapbook.

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc and My Mind's Eye; Letter Stickers: Jillibean Soup and American Crafts; Stickers: 7 Gypsies and Creative Cafe

Sketch Support Add-On Sketch

So how cute is this snowman?!?!?! I love him! He is January's add on sketch at Sketch Support. It seems intimidating to make your own embellishment but it was really so easy! Check out Sketch Support for the other designer's creations with this little guy!

Supplies - Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon and Jillibean Soup; Snowflake: Unknown; Glitter Candy: Pebbles Inc.; Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts

Gel-a-tins Buttons & Stitches

Sometimes you sit down at your scrap table with no plan in mind other than to just create. This was one of those times. I knew I planned on working with Gel-a-tins Button Up stamp set but that was it. I flipped through a few magazines and found a layout with circles that inspired me so I started cutting circles, and more circles, and more circles and before I knew it....I looked down and the circles were in perfect placement. All I had to do was adhere them down, add my picture and title and few stamp accents and it had created itself!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc., Stamps: Gel-a-tins, Sticker: Pebbles Inc., Chipboard: Basic Grey, Die Cut Title: Silhouette

Sharing Some Layouts

We've been so fortunate lately with such nice weather that three days of rain coming up is going to seem like forever. However rain means I can stay inside and scrapbook guilt free!

I finally got around to taking pics of a couple of layouts I did recently. The first one is of my niece Kylie's 4th Birthday back in January. We always call her Kylie Girl so my sister put that right on her cake when she made it.

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc, Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup, Chipboard: Stampin' Up! & American Crafts, Die Cut Title: Silhouette, Journal Tag: Elle's Studio, Stickers: Jillibean Soup

The second layout is one about how much my son loves playing Peek-A-Boo. Even at a year and a half, he still finds it funny!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: Sassafras Lass & Bella Blvd, Die Cuts: Jillibean Soup, Chipboard Letters: American Crafts, Chipboard Accent: Crate Paper

Summer Fun

This summer has been anything but an ordinary one for me. For one, I have a son! After almost 4 years of trying, our little guy Mason was born and we've been having a blast watching him grow and discover. My hubby is home for medical reasons this summer and for that reason it's felt like one giant summer vacation. It has been a scorcher this year though so many of our summer memories are indoor ones, although we have managed to get outside a bit more lately with things cooling down.

I created this collage of summer memories for the Pebbles Inc Blog. Stop on by and see what fellow design team member Christa did for today's post.

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper & Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Die Cut Title: Quickutz Silhouette

Tee-Tee

I think this Journaling the Holidays digital stamp set from The Cutting Cafe is adorable!! What's great is that you can even use them for layouts that aren't holiday related. That's what I did for my layout below about my little guy and his Tee-Tee (Aunt Shannon). The heart journaling stamp made a perfect accent for my page!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Jillibean Soup
Die Cut Letters: Quickutz Silhouette

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Flower: Pebbles Inc.
Digital Stamp: The Cutting Cafe
Marker: Copic
Stamps: myStampBOX & Papertrey Ink

Pebbles: Hello

If there's one thing I don't deal well with, it's internet deprivation! For most of the day today, my internet connection was down and man was I itchin' to get online. I knew my card below was being posted on the Pebbles Blog and I wanted to get it up on my blog this morning. With CHA just over too, I knew there would be much excitement and many great inspiring layouts featuring all the wonderful new products coming on fellow scrapbooker's blogs.

Thankfully I am now reconnected to the wonderful world wide web! :)

So....here's my card featured today on the Pebbles Blog!



Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.
Die Cut: Quickutz Silhouette

Kelly Goree Scraplift

I can't remember the last time I scraplifted a layout but when I saw this layout by Kelly Goree in the latest issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today Magazine, I knew I had to recreate it with my own pictures. I made a few minor changes and added some items including a cloud stamp from myStampBOX and some digital stamps from The Cutting Cafe. Thanks for the inspiration Kelly!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants Designs
Letter Stickers: Scenic Route & American Crafts
Digital Stamps: The Cutting Cafe
Stamps: myStampBOX
Ink: Stampin' Up!
Die Cuts: Quickutz Silhouette
Ribbon: Pebbles Inc.
Design: Kelly Goree

Pebbles: Poor Monkey

Hee Hee! I love how this layout turned out. I wanted it to be a really fun page and I think it ended up that way. My assignment for today's Pebbles Blog post was "Free For All" which meant I could work with whatever Pebbles goodness I wanted. Check out the Pebbles Blog for some more great projects from the designt team!

Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Letters: American Crafts
Digital Stamp: The Cutting Cafe
Die Cut Monkey: Quickutz Silhouette

First Bath

Happy Tuesday! It's pretty dreary in my neck of the woods but it's better then the crazy humidity we've had lately. I've been down and out with a neck injury the last few days. It was enough to send me to the hospital on the weekend. I waited 10 hours!!!! It's a bad strain and they've given me some pain killers and anti-inflammatory medication.

I was going through some of my layouts on my computer and realized I never shared this layout of my son's first bath. So here it is....



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Candy Dots: Pebbles Inc.
Stamps: myStampBOX

Mother's Day Layout

Watch out people....2 posts in one week!

I'm having so much fun playing around with The Cutting Cafe digital files and I'm excited to have figured out how to convert them to not only colour but I've just found out how to cut them on my Silhouette machine! Woohoo!

Here's a layout that's kind of out of the box for me colour wise. I used The Cutting Cafe's All About Mom set.






Patterned Paper: Echo Park, American Crafts, Stampin' Up!
Letter Stickers: American Crafts
Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.
Candy Dot: Pebbles Inc.
Digital Stamp Files: The Cutting Cafe

Pebbles Product Parade

I have never been so grateful for central air as I am this week. It is ridiculous hot this week. 38-40 celcius with humidity (or 100-105 F for my American friends). My poor hubby has to work outside in this. Yesterday I went out with Mason and poor little guy was soaked by the time we got home. You know it's hot when your baby is soaked with sweat!

On a scrappy note, today is Product Parade on the Pebbles Blog and the feature is their awesome stickers! I love their stickers they recently added to their collections and created this fun layout about Mason starting cereals.




Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Letter Stickers: American Crafts
Punch: Fiskars

Pebbles Inc. - Whip It Up

Wednesday already? This week is going quickly. Tomorrow is Canada Day and a holiday here in Canada so I'm looking forward to having my hubby home for a 4 day weekend.

Today is Whip It Up Wednesday on the Pebbles Inc. Blog and I created the layout above for today's post. The challenge? Create a project in less then 30 minutes! Stop on by the blog to see what some of my fellow design team members created with their 30 minutes!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Letter Stickers: American Crafts
Stamps: myStampBOX
Ink: Stampin' Up!

Pebbles Inc DT Call

Hey everybody! We are so thrilled to announce the Pebbles Inc 2010 - 2011 Design Team call for applications! We are looking for talented and committed designers who love to create with Pebbles products. To apply, please email pebblesincdt@gmail.com with the following information:

1. A little bit about yourself. When did you start scrapbooking? How would you define your style? What do you love about Pebbles products? Are you on any other design teams? Have you been published before? It doesn't need to be a book but we want to be able to get a good sense of who you are and your papercrafting history. Please note that previous design team experience is not required. Be sure to include your name and your hometown as well.
2. A link to your online gallery and/or blog so that we may see samples of your various papercrafting projects. If you have a scrapbook resume we would love to see that as well.
3. A scan or photograph of two (2) scrapbook layouts, one (1) card, and one (1) other project that showcases your style. We would prefer to see projects that utilize Pebbles products however all applications will be considered.

All applications must be received by July 23, 2010 to be considered. Those individuals chosen to join the team will be notified via email and the new team will be announced here on the blog in early August. New design team members will serve for one (1) year beginning in September 2010 and will be required to submit two (2) assignments monthly. Compensation for published work using Pebbles product per our Pebbles Pays program is provided.

Further questions may be directed to pebblesincdt@gmail.com. Good luck everyone and we look forward to seeing your applications!

Pebbles: Father's Day Week

Happy Monday everyone! It is a happy Monday for me. I spent the morning at the spa thanks to my hubby's awesome Mother's Day gift. I had a heavenly deluxe spa manicure & pedicure. My toes are now "Who the Shrek Are You" green! I decided to have fun and go with a wild colour!



On a scrappy note, this week is Father's Day Theme week on the Pebbles Blog. Fellow DT member, Liz Qualman and I are kicking the week off with some tribute layouts to some spectacular dads! Here's my layout featuring my hubby and son:



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Chipboard Tag: Pebbles Inc.
Sticker: Pebbles Inc.
Journal Card: Unknown
Letters: Quickutz Silhouette

a.k.a. Monkey

I created this layout for the myStampBOX Blog to show that you can create a unique and custom stamped title just by adding a bit of colour to your alphabet stamps!

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: Bella Blvd, Reminisce, Scenic Route
Stamps: myStampBOX

Ink & Pencils: Stampin' Up!

Die Cut: Jillibean Soup & October Afternoon

Stickers: Pebbles Inc. and October Afternoon

Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.

Pebbles Inc: Our Family

This past weekend was a long weekend here in Canada and it was a hot one! Only May and the air conditioning was turned on during the day! I really tried not to but man it was so hot it made me sick! On Saturday Aaron, Mason, Tila (the puppy) and I went to a local park for a walk. We even made a pit stop at Dairy Queen for an ice cream! Yum!

Yesterday was Mix & Match Monday on the Pebbles Blog. I created this layout using papers from both the Twitterpated and May Bouquet lines of papers! Lovin' the new collections!!



Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.
Candy Dots: Pebbles Inc.
Ink: Stampin' Up!
Stamps: Hero Arts

Pebbles Treehouse Release

I hope all the Moms out there had a fantastic Mother's Day. Thanks to these 2 guys I had a perfect first Mother's Day! My hubby totally took care of me. He let me sleep in, paid for me to go to bingo with my mom and then cooked brunch for my family. The rest of the day he took care of Mason and cleaned up around the house so that I could enjoy my day! I even got a little snooze on the couch with my little guy! Love you boys!!!



This week on the Pebbles Blog, we're officially releasing the Treehouse collection with layouts, cards, and projects sure to inspire you! Today, Mireille Divjak and are featured on the Pebbles Blog with our Treehouse creations! Here are mine.



Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Letter Stickers: Pebbles Inc. & American Crafts
Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.
Die Cut: Spellbinders
Punch: Fiskars
Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.



Cardstock: American Crafts
Patterned Paper: Pebbles Inc.
Chipboard: Pebbles Inc.
Stickers: Pebbles Inc.
Rub-Ons: Pebbles Inc.
Stamps: myStampBOX

myStampBOX Layouts

Well the weather just keeps getting worse. Huge thunderstorms here last night and now the weather is calling for wet snow later today. SNOW! In MAY!!!

Yesterday was my day on the myStampBOX Blog. I wanted to show how much stamps can add to your layouts. I'm always adding stamps to my pages and the myStampBOX stamps are my go to stamps!! Here are the layouts I created for my blog post:



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: American Crafts
Corrugated Alphas: Jillibean Soup
Stickers: Creative Imaginations
Punch: Fiskars
Stamps: myStampBOX



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon
Egg Sticker: We R Memory Keepers
Stamps: myStampBOX



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Sassafras Lass
Die Cut: Fancy Pants
Corrugated Alphas: Jillibean Soup
Chipboard Arrow: Pebbles Inc.
Letter Stickers: Fancy Pants
Stamps: myStampBOX