S.W.A.T. Drill #26 - Love

 
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Good morning everyone! I'm here today to share my take on S.W.A.T.'s drill #26. The theme? LOVE, of course!

I took this picture of Kira and me before I had a front facing camera on my phone. Basically, I was shooting blind. This was the best shot of both of us. Kira always complains that her face is cut in half, but I just love this picture. We look so happy!!

I'm so glad my friend Erin and I bought this Crate Paper paper pack to split. It's absolutely gorgeous! And that chipboard polaroid frame from Creative Embellishments is great, I love the size of it.

Supplies:
Papers: Crate Paper (Love Notes)
Chipboard frame: Creative Embellishments
Flair: Paper Bakery
Washi: Bella Blvd and unknown
Circle die-cuts: Elle's Studio and Chic tags
Circle embellishments: Making Memories (I know, right?!?!)
Chipboard heart: American Crafts
Letters: American Crafts and October Afternoon

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

8 Days (Stuck?! Sketches)

Good afternoon everyone! Here's a layout I made for the Stuck?! Sketches sketch for January. These are old papers from Crate and I absolutely love the colours. I love using my old stash. Doesn't mean I don't buy new stuff, mind you :)

Supplies:
Papers, rub-ons and stickers: Crate Paper
Cardstock: Bo-Bunny
Wooden hearts: Studio Calico


Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

School Woes

Here's another layout I made at the NSD crop.  These pictures are from January 2010, back when Sean was in kindergarten!  I'm always amazed at how much better pictures look once they are on a layout.  By themselves, these pics are quite boring.  This layout makes them look much better than they actually do :)

Materials:
Crate Paper Patterned Paper (School Spirit)
American Crafts Felt Thickers
KaiserCraft Rub-ons
Scrap Within Reach Stickers
Doodlebug Button
Unknown Button
American Crafts border punch
Staedtler pen

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Nineteen Inches of Cuteness

I made this layout back in April for Practical Scrappers.  I thought I had posted it here, but I can't find it anywhere on the blog.  So I thought I'd share it with you finally :)

Patterned paper: Crate Paper (School Spirit)

Letter stickers: American Crafts

Punch: Martha Stewart

Pen: Staedtler

Ink: Nick Bantock

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Santa a the Uncles' : : Crate Paper

Here is the second Santa layout I made for Practical Scrappers. Totally crooked... I have no idea what I was thinking when I was gluing this down, lol!

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Santa, the Boy and the Scared Little Girl : : Crate Paper

This is last year's photo with Santa. About time I did something with it, don't you think?!  I made this for Santa projects for Practical Scrappers.  I'll post another one tomorrow.

I got this huge sheet of vellum at Erin's and JJ challenged us to do something with it.  I decided to use it to tame the background paper a bit.  However, I am extremely disappointed in the Tombow vellum tape runner.  I usually LOVE Tombow.  In fact, the white liquid glue by them is always with me.  But as you can see below, the tape really shows through...  Oh well, gotta live with it!

Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Gas Comes From Dinosaurs : : My Mind's Eye

Some parents are really hard on the TV and the computer. They will hardly let their kids watch or play on computers. While I support every parent's decision on how to raise their own child, I really believe that both these tools get a bad rap. Granted, I would not let my kids be in front of screens all day. They need to play with toys, play with others and go outside. But nowadays, TVs and computers are really great tools to teach new things to our kids. A lot of shows and games are educational while still being fun for the kids.

Which is why I was so proud when Sean said this to me. It may not be exactly right, but you can tell he really learned something that might have not come up if he hadn't seen it on TV or on the computer. Fossilized fuels do not come up often in our conversations at home, lol!

Supplies:
Papers: MME (So Sophie)
Letters: American Crafts (Thickers-Regards); American Crafts (Remarks-Benny Chestnut); Kaiser Craft (Minis- White&Chocolate brown) 
Journaling spot: MME (Abbey Road)
Punches: EK Success
Stamps: Little Yellow Bicycle (Love Letters)
Pen: Staedtler
Ink: Staz On (Timba Brown and White)
Other: Pop-dots


Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

Desmond : : Crate Paper

Oh yeah, another Crate Paper layout and my second cardstock-backed layout in a row! I strayed from that for a while using patterned paper as my base. However, I always come back to this because I love the clean look so much! I used a Maya Road sheer bear, it's so cute!

I love how happy Kira looks in these pics!


I used Glimmer Mist on my flowers, I think the colour is Riptide.



Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

My Guys :: Crate Paper

Hello everyone! How are you today? Let me tell you how I am today.

I'm upset at Mother Nature!

You see, there's a french saying that goes: "En avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil." Basically, it means that in the month of April, you should not start dressing like it's spring because you might get quite a surprise. Well, today is that day. Snow. Yes, I said snow! On April 27th. *sigh* Okay, to be fair, it's wet snow, so it doesn't stay on the ground, but still... It's a bummer! Glad I hadn't put the kids' winter stuff away!

On a happier note, I get to share a layout with you. Of all the stuff that came out at CHA winter, the "Brooke" collection from Crate Paper was what I was looking forward to the most. When my lss finally got it in, I bought every single sheet, some more than once! I *love* it!

Check out the colours! Swoon!



I used a big chipboard circle and two chipboard butterflies from Technique Tuesday. I used Erin's new stamp (I don't know who makes it, she'll have to tell me!) on the medium butterfly. It's my favourite thing on this layout! Love those swirls! The biggest butterfly was covered in paper and the circle was inked with Color Box ink in Ochre. The ink shows up more orange than it really is. IRL, it's almost the same exact mustard yellow as the paper.


And let's not forget these awesome corrugated letters by Jillibean Soup! Want to be let in on a little secret? The "y" is the word "guys" is actually a "v" and part of an "x" because I didn't have another "y". A few strategically placed butterflies and no one is the wiser (well, except that I just told you, but it's our secret, right?)


Here's the simple journaling.


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On another note, check out the bag I just won! There was a contest on the Beautiful Blooms blog. Whoever suggested the best name for her brand new bag would win it. I said "Embrace" and she picked it! So I won this bag! Love it, can't wait to get it in my hands!


Life is not a race. Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.♥

At Least We Tried **Crate Paper**

Hello everyone! Here's a layout I made on Friday at Scrapbook Centrale's Friday night crop. These amazing Crate Paper papers work so well with these pics! And of course, the Basic Grey felt watermelon slice. I didn't know how to use it on my page and Erin suggested I put it on a punched circle. I took that idea and ran with it, making a title spot. To say I really, really like it would be an understatement!! I love how it turned out!


I punched out a few circles and pop-dotted them over the same patterned paper. I love the dimension it gives.
Supplies:

Cardstock: Prism

Patterned paper: Crate Paper

Letter stickers: Jillibean and Carolee's

Watermelon Embellishment: BasicGrey

Punch: Fiskars and Marvy Uchida

Pen: Sakura

Ink: Nick Bantock

Other: pop-dots

Thanks for stopping by♥

Scrapbook Circle Blog Hop!

Hello everyone! Today is blog hop day at Scrapbook Circle. If you've stumbled here by chance, I suggest you go check out Scrapbook Circle's blog. By joining in the blog hop, you could win your very own December kit, Reindeer Games! (Keep on reading to see how you can win!) Not to mention that you will be seeing tons of gorgeous work by my fellow DT members using this kit!


Now, if you've hopped on here from the Scrapbook Circle blog, you are on the right track! I now get to share with you the four projects I made with this kit. I am not lying to you when I say it has been my favourite of my entire DT term! I found the colours so inspiring, and I loved the mix of Crate Papers and Pink Paislee.

First off, here's a non-holiday layout, Bookworms. I love challenging myself to make a non-themed layout with (mostly) themed papers.



Next is a fun card using Basic Grey paper, Crate Papers chipboard shape and American Crafts glitter chipboard shapes. Of course, my trusty Martha Stewart edge punch was used to give dimension to the tree. I also added some Stickles to the Crate chipboard to make it blend in better with the American Crafts ones.



Here's a layout that I intend to frame and pull out every year at Christmas time! It's my second time using this picture, can you blame me? I wonder if my kids will be so cooperative this year when I pull out the hats and the camera!



Finally, here is my favourite project for this month. I used an 8x8 canvas and covered it with Crate Papers using Terrifically Tacky Tape to make sure it stayed put. Add a few Crate chipboard embellishments and those awesome Pink Paislee glitter letters and voila!


So admit it: You want a kit of your own, don't you?! What do you have to do? Here goes:

1. To be eligible to win the December Scrapbook Circle kit, you need to leave a comment on each of the Scrapbook Circle team member's blogs.

2. Once you have visited all of the blog hop blogs (5 + the SC blog), leave a comment on the Scrapbook Circle blog letting us know that you visited each of the blogs in the blog hop.

3. Each design team member will be giving away a RAK. Winner will be randomly chosen from the comments left on their blog.

4. The blog hop prize (a Scrapbook Circle December kit) winner will be chosen randomly from the comments left on the Scrapbook Circle blog at the end of the day today. The blog hop ends at 10:00 p.m. Mountain Time.)

Easy, isn't it? Here's what my RAK will be. Twelve packs of KaiserCraft's bling, which are available here if you don't win them here! ;)



Your next hop should be at Stacy's blog, go and enjoy it!

Thanks for stopping by♥