Lazy Sunday Layout

I love lazy Sundays; sleeping in and enjoying my coffee with my feet up with some of my favourite

songs playing. Today was definitely one of those lazy Sundays. Mason is at his dad's house this weekend and I'm sick so my plan today was to have no plans and just be lazy. Read when I want to, nap when I want to, shower when I want to, etc.

Having lazy Sunday meant I got to get a little scrappy time in so I finished off a layout I started a couple weeks ago from Mason's birthday and his favourite visitor, his Miss Stephie.



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Patterned Paper: My Minds Eye, Die Cuts: Imaginisce and Jillibean Soup, Twine: Doodlebug Designs, Stamps: Unity Stamp Co, Ink: Stampin' Up!, Sticker: Jillibean Soup

Go To Sketches Cards

Boy oh boy...did I forget how poorly I perform when I'm lacking sleep. Mason got up at 4:45am this morning and I'm am dog tired. I feel like I've been up for days and walking around in a daze. Good thing it's not a work day!

Paper Crafts recently had a call for their next Go To Sketches magazine so I sat down and created a few cards to submit. They didn't get picked up so I thought it would be a good time to post my designs.



Cardstock: My Mind's Eye
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon
Stamps: Basic Grey & Papertrey Ink



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Die Cut: My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Hero Arts & Unity Stamp Co.
Markers: Copic



Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Bo Bunny, Crate, October Afternoon
Stamps: Papertrey Ink & Unity Stamp Co.



Patterned Paper: October Afternoon
Stamps: Gel-a-Tins & myStampBOX
Jewels: Kaiser Craft

There's Ducky!

Since Mason was born and had his 2 month stay in the NICU, he had his little Ducky with him. We'd lay it in his isolette with him and when he came home he'd snuggle with it when he slept. Even now it brings a smile to his face at bed time.

2peas is hosting a stamping challenge every month hosted by Nichol Magouirk (a super talented scrapbooker and stamper). This month's challenge is to use an embossed design on your project. I created this layout of Mason and his ducky. I embossed the diamond border and the heart accents. It was a nice reminder of how versatile my stamp collection really is.





Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon
Stickers: October Afternoon, American Crafts, Basic Grey
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Embossing Powder: Stampin' Up!
Die Cut: Chatterbox Inc.

Swinging Around

Back to work tomorrow and I've been enjoying my 2 days off so much! I received my order from 2peas today which is awesome and just in time for some more scrap time.

I created this layout for the Scrapbooks Etc. "Ordinary Day" challenge. These pictures are from last May when my Mom and Mason enjoyed some time together for the first time since Mason was released from the hospital.



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon & Scenic Route
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.
Chipboard Letters: American Crafts
Letter Stickers: Sassafras Lass
Sticker: October Afternoon
Die Cut: Elle Studio
Butterflies: Studio Calico

Giddy Up Cowboy!

Holy cow...it's 2011! Where does the time go? Oh yeah...I have a little one, that'll do it. 2010 started as a trying year with Mason in the NICU for the first 2 months and then suffering from severe post partum depression once he came home. Thankfully, things settled down in March and we've been having a blast together ever since (including dressing Mason up as a little cowboy...see layout below).

I'm really happy with how this layout turned out. When I took these pictures I had a vision of how this page would turn out and fortunately it came pretty close to my original vision. Now isn't this the cutest cowboy you have ever seen?

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper: Studio Calico

Stamps: Kaiser Craft, Unity Stamp Co., Hero Arts

Die Cut Title: Quickutz Silhouette

Stickers: October Afternoon

Ink: Stampin' Up!

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

It seems like I'm in "BIRTHDAY" mode these days. November has been full of birthdays...my sister in law, my sister, and my good friend's daughter. On top of that I've been planning my little guys' 1st birthday party next month.

Last night I got together with some friends for some much needed scrap time. What did I work on? More birthday stuff! LOL! I created this layout about my little brother's 1st birthday party in July using the fab Imaginisce B-Day Bash collection! The card below is for a dear friend's birthday coming up on December 16th (Bobbi....you didn't see this!)



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce
Corrugated Alphas: Jillibean Soup
Stamps: Papertrey Ink & myStampBOX
Digital Stamps: The Cutting Cafe
Balloon DieCuts: The Scrapping Bug
Jewels: Kaiser Craft




Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce
Jewels: Kaiser Craft
Punch: Martha Stewart
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.

Little Swimmer

It seems like Summer just ended however with the cooler weather in full swing, it seems like a lifetime ago when my little guy and I were enjoying a nice dip in our neighbour's pool on an extremely warm day.

As much fun as Summer was, my favourite season is Autumn, so I'm glad to see the leaves turning and the weather cooling down. I can't wait for the photo ops that a visit to the pumpkin patch and Halloween will bring.

I created the layout below using the digital stamp I LOVE SUMMER from the Cutting Cafe. It was the perfect addition to this fun Summer page!



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: American Crafts, Bella Blvd
Digital Stamp: The Cutting Cafe
Stamps: Technique Tuesday, Unity Stamp Co, Fontwerks
Die Cut: Jillibean Soup
Sticker: October Afternoon

Jumpy Jump

Busy, Busy, Busy! Wow, life is busy lately. I've been hired back at Loblaw as a Payroll Administrator so I've been busy with training on a new system. I've also been working on some marketing material for a friend's paralegal business and doing website work for The Scrapping Bug.

I have however, been able to squeeze in a little scrap time, which of course is what keeps me sane!



Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Die Cut: My Mind's Eye
Letter Stickers: American Crafts
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co. & myStampBOX
Digital Stamp: The Cutting Cafe
Stickers: Creative Cafe

Lil' Pirate Firefighter

Sometimes, the best photos happen by accident. My sister, brother in law and nephew stopped by for a quick visit one day and my nephew was wearing this firefighter helmet from an event he was at recently. We tried it on Mason and it was so cute I had to grab my camera. I mean c'mon, would I be a scrapbooker if I hadn't?

Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Unity Stamp Co.

Die Cut Letters: Quickutz Silhouette

Font: 2peas Hightide

Letter Stickers: Making Memories

Punch: Stampin' Up

Chipboard: Cosmo Cricket

Go Ahead: WISH

I've been a huge fan of Unity Stamps for some time now but I've been way too busy to sit down and play with my Unity Stamps. I've since gotten some more free time to play around with my favourite rubbah! so I participated in Unity Challenge HHSC22 over at Splitcoast.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up!
Patterned Paper: Echo Park
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ink: Stampin' Up!
Stamp: Unity Stamp Co.
Markers: Copic
Die Cut: Quickutz Silhouette