Summer '08

My family went out for Jade's 16th birthday supper on Monday. I snapped this picture of Faith on the deck of Specklebellies (SP?). It looked so much like a billboard. We had this wonderful paper at JSI. I added the bottom right flourish from a rub-on from the same line and then used our Sizzix to do the title "Summer '08". I borrowed Ralna's pencil crayons to do the secondary boarder around Faith's picture. I like the photo so much I didn't want to clutter the page up.

Dream Come True

It is time to get Mike and Rhea's wedding album done . . . so get ready. I have Lucas and Jade's birthdays this week so I will attempt some pictures of them too and try to get some memories in "the books". For Rhea's album, I went through everything of mine and everything of the stores and then put everything into one place. I will just use those things for the album. Mainly oranges and greens/blacks and whites. Hi dere, Ho dere, Hey dere!

A Walk to Remember

You will be seeing quite a few wedding pages. I have decided it is definately time to get Rhea and Mike's album done. Lynn (Rhea's Mom) saw this page today and loved the father and daughter theme of it. I think Rhea was happy to see some more pages done.

To Have and to Hold

Sorry, forgot to make this larger and my children have made my computer almost useless so if anything uploads I just make it work. I really like this page. Made some strips from different patterned papers and then used some bling and rub-ons. A bit like Laura's page . . . but different.

Mark's Place

A friend has this amazing place outside of the city. He has antiques everywhere. But what I noticed in most of these pictures were that there were Coca-Cola products everywhere so I went with that theme on this page. I even used up some old stickers from Jolee's . . . YES!

Birthday Invites

Just thought I'd let you see the birthday invites I made for Lucas's birthday party on Wednesday. He'll be eleven and tomorrow . . . on Monday, Jade will be sweet sixteen.

RuneScape

Quick page about Lucas's new obsession . . . just so he has it.

FinePix S700 Digital SLR

I pulled a scrapbookers impulse shop today. Sidewalk Sale. Camera regularly priced at $299.99. I got it for considerably less. NICE!!! May not be the greatest camera in the world but with a 10x Optical Zoom and 3-year warranty. I am happy. I'll consider it an early birthday present to myself. I have a lot of reading to do. It does lots.

A Duck with Wings

This was my favorite page from my weekend at work. I grabbed my scrap bins and looked for blue and black & while papers that matched my pictures. I had some cardstock at the store which I brought from home. I used any stash letters I had and arranged my page. All this page cost me was my sticky tabs. Everything else was from my stash. See, by doing this, I feel justified in a way when I spend money on expensive things. When you average it out, it makes everything seem a bit more cost effective. Now . . . to get some more albums to put the pages into . . . another expense.

Enjoy Visit Relax

Scraps, scraps, scraps, old chipboard letters, old patterned paper cut into flowers and new ribbon. A two-page spread with lotsa pictures. On the right is a pull out tag with complete journalling -- which helps eliminate the clutter from a busy page with busy pictures.

Brother Moment

These are my brothers Dale and Ken. The background paper is new Creative Cafe but the sticker words are old, the metal diamonds are super old, the paper rectangles are scraps and the frame diecut are old. I am satisfied getting pictures done, product used up and simple pages ready for an album. ACCOMPLISHING MY CHALLENGE!

BBQ

Okay, so not much from my stash on this page. New Elsie paper and some Creative Cafe stuff. The BBQ is old chipboard and the circle brads are old. The buttons are from my stash too. As you can tell by some of my pages lately, I have gotten into journalling on tags.

But I'll Drown

As I have said already, I am attempting to use some of my stash in each page I make. I have paid my tab off at the store and want to see how long I can scrapbook without spending hundreds of dollars. I challenged myself to use at least one thing from my stash on each page. I have, however, done better than that on some pages. So, over the next while, you will see some pages done with "previously purchased" paper. I will use some new stuff too; but I want to see if I can do it. I know it will be hard when new product comes in; but one thing per page from the stash should be achievable.

5 Rules

I like the picture of me here. Lucas took it of me at my mom's birthday celebration. I love the paper and embellishments. What I really don't like is that the page is about what I am really all about right now. I am an overprotective mother of three teenaged daughters (my son is almost eleven and isn't into the stuff I worry about). It just seemed like this was what I constantly was finding myself saying this summer: No drinking (alcohol), no smoking (cigarettes or pot), no drugs (illegal), no sex, no stealing. Man, seems like a sensible request right? Just get inside the minds of today's youth . . . you'd be floored! Teenagers don't understand that what doesn't kill them, doesn't make them stronger . . . it gives them a disease or kills braincells. I just have to remind them to keep themselves safe . . . nevermind what everyone else is doing or saying. Not so easy! Okay, so I'm ranting . . . I HAVE TEENAGERS . . . HELP!!!!

Talk To You Later

Got to mix some of the newer Basic Grey line with some old stuff again. Miranda's scarf was herringbone and since I love herringbone, I used it on my page. The ribbon was from my stash, the TTYL were rub-ons from my stash, the green scallop was scraps from a previous page die cut in the back room, the herringbone pocket was scraps made into a pocket. I really had fun making this page. Maybe because the girls were so cute and the colors so bright and . . . you know . . . The TTYL is texting abbreviation for talk to you later which is what the girls all had in common . . . texting, msn etc.

Toyota Prius Hybrid

Anthony brought his new car to Saskatoon and everyone had to go for a ride or take a look at it. Nice Car!! "A Gazillion Miles to the Gallon" or whatever in metric. He could almost drive from Saskatoon to Edmonton and back on a tank of gas with four grown adults in the car. Nice! Simple page -- but fun.

In the Spotlight

We played a lot of pool over the weekend. Since it was relatively uneventful, I thought I could put tons of pictures on one layout ... so I did. The lighting in the basement was low, and since I didn't want to try to figure out how to adjust for it, I just snapped away. The pictures turned out very yellow and so I used a 29th Street paper in orange tones to do the layout. It came with appropriate embellishments which made it go together really easy. On the upside, I found out that Lucas is a great pool player. I did however, beat him in our rubber match. Uncle Ken and Uncle Jim were a great source teaching the younger kids how to figure out shots. It was a great place to relax, visit and goof around.

Make a Wish

I know . . . I never, never, never do pages this bright but the colors matched so . . . I wanted to get all of the information down on one page about what we did over the course of my mother's 70th birthday party weekend so I did a page with a ton of journalling. I really liked the photos and wanted to make sure we had everything in one neat package.

Life on the Edge

Many pictures on a page, old cardstock and a bit of patterned paper. Yes, I will try to get back into the swing of things with more up-to-date pages. Love the pictures though. A branch had cracked during a storm so the two boys jumped on the garage roof to take it down. I think they had more fun just being on the roof.

Cousins

I jumped out of the box . . . yes, I put my photos on a slant. Don't do that much. Nor do I use red, 4th of July paper or old, old embellishments. Did it all on one page and used nine photographs. Must admit though, not a bad looking group of kids, ranging in age from 10 to 23. Even included a journalling tag . . . NICE! My new favorite word from P.S. I Love You!

Original - Sister/Brother Having Fun

One of my favorite pictures of the weekend. My kids being my kids. After Lucas and Faith built a wall of chocolates, they posed for me. I used some BZoo paper and then added a few rub-ons that I had laying around. These are some of the times we tend to forget unless they are caught with pictures. Definately my children's personalities all right and not afraid to show it.

Good Stuff

More pictures from our family weekend. During pictures, Ken and Jim wrestled with Lucas (which is his favorite pastime). I used various papers for this page including some of the new Creative Cafe embellishments and old school ribbon. Trying so hard to use some of the product I have in my stash. But it is so fun getting new stuff off of the shelf.

Spectacles

Brenda had the greatest sunglasses this weekend. Everyone wanted to wear them. Jim and Lucas were the preferred recipients. Since the glasses had bling dots on them, I had to find the right paper and then add some bling to it. The paper was small dots for one side and the large dots were on the reverse side, so it worked really well for me. For this page, the pictures told the entire story.

Now and Then

My mom decided to get a new hairstyle for her birthday. So, she went from the mushroom style to a pixie style. It is a lot shorter everywhere and looks thicker. I got to use the new products from the Creative Cafe for this layout. It is so easy to use and works so well together. You have got to come in to see it before it is all gone. Ralna has to plan to order more and we don't even have it all out yet because some of the containers weren't delivered. Hasn't stopped us from selling it though. Laura has started some beautiful pages. Hopefully she will have them up soon.

Happy Birthday Mom

It's my Mom's 70th Birthday tomorrow and we are celebrating it this weekend with my entire family. I was asked to make the card and this is what I came up with. As you can tell, I began it before the Creative Cafe showed up at the store or it may have looked a lot different. I like it anyhow. She doesn't have a computer so I knew it was okay to post it before her birthday.

Mike & the Boys

We got this new amazing line of paper this week, so I used a couple of the sheets of paper and letter stickers. I am really going to try my hardest to get a lot of pages done for Rhea's wedding. It hasn't been quite a year yet and her son has safely arrived so I guess it is really time for me to get my butt in gear and get it done. The new line works really well.

Beautiful

This is Sky's Grade 8 Grad picture that I took at home. She looked so grown-up and beautiful. I used the new Basic Grey line and embellied it to the nth degree. I used Prima lace and velvet ribbon, lazer-cut flower paper and flower blings, rub-ons and pink roses. I think she felt as pretty as she looked. It was a great night for us.

Alive Pure Energy Discovery Free Bloom Original

A little bit of old with a little bit of new, some Glossy Accents and Bling finished off this page. Heidi helps with her polka dot paper because Jader's bathing suit was polka dots too. Jade had so much fun in the wave pool jumping into the waves.

Biffed It Bad

How do you scrapbook a bruise? Man, I wiped out seriously! You know how you put one foot on a pedal and then swing the other leg around and start riding. Well, I do it all the time. This time; however, I had on my sandals and one got hitched on my seat. I went ass over forehead and ended up looking like scrambled eggs on the sidewalk. Best of all I had just been in the liquor board store getting some rye. Talk about a bad experience. I couldn't wear short pants or shorts for weeks. A student hurt himself on the playground one day and I showed him my bruise. I told him I took the training wheels off my bike and wiped out. His tears stopped and he laughed at me. Gotta laugh at yourself to stop from crying sometimes.

Rider Pride

While we were reorganizing the store last week, I found this 29th Street paper that was orange and green . . . and it was football themed. Made no sense to me so . . . I had Cal take some pictures at the Rider home opener and changed the colors to help work with the paper a bit better. The Riders won the game, the Safeway people were kicked out for not being in their seats (which had been double-assigned by the ticket company) and all is normal in Saskatchewan.

Elton John

If anyone out there has any Elton John tickets for sale, I would love to get my hands on some. I had about 6 people (including myself) trying to get tickets with no luck. Lost out last concert too so I'd really like some help getting my hands on some. If you know of any, let me know. Thanks.

Magic

My mother told me she had to take me to see this cool thing down the street so Jade and I went. She showed us this tree on Ruth Street where this mushroom had grown out of it. She had been walking the dog and found it so neat to see some of nature in such a concrete world. So I took the picture and scrapbooked it. Again, simple and plain; but appropriate. It seemed magical that they could appear without anyone noticing them. They were so white and pure and fun to see.

Take Risks

Lucas has gotten so good on his RipStick. The other night I went outside and got pictures of him skating from one end of the parking lot to the other side and back. I even found out my camera can take 16 pictures one right after the other if he is moving fast. So I put a few of the lines on the page. Starts and arrows seem to be so "in" lately so I put them both on the page. I love the look of total determination on the picture the arrow points to. I am glad that he enjoys doing some things outside and physical along with the nintendo and stuff.

Teen and Good at It

I got this new cell phone and knew Jade could program it with my contacts a lot quicker than I ever could so I asked her to take my contacts out of my old phone and program them into my new phone. She did it for me while talking on her own phone. Three cell phones at once and didn't skip a beat. I never saw life like this with cell phones. But today, as mine is getting fixed and I didn't have one for a few days and have a loaner now, I can't see life without one. Weird. Love the paper and stickers. Really easy page. I even journalled.

Tinkering Around

Some Basic Grey scraps and Yellow Bicycle stickers I had laying around made up this page. I found it difficult to do because it was such bright colors. I need to add some journalling because this was Christmas morning and Lucas and Faith had so much fun making this contraption while everyone's ipod docking stations were playing and I was making bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, coffee and toast.

Hangin'

I love these pictures of Sky sittin'/layin'/sleepin' on Niko. It was after our ride and Sky had already taken his saddle off and was ridin' him bareback. These two were really good friends. I just used some scraps up to make this page. Again, it seems to be my style lately . . . simple but effective.

100% Adorable

Wonderful line of paper. I find that it is so self sufficient that I don't know what else to do with it. I added a few more flowers and rub-ons from the same line. Cute for a little person page. By the way, it was just yesterday that she was that old. Today she is almost 16. Time flies, things change . . . some for the better, some not. Eventhough she is a wonderful teenager, I do miss her as a little girl.

Auntie Sandy

More old pictures. Lots of patterned paper, prima flowers, ribbon and acrylic stamps. I love that this line of patterned paper enables you to use both sides and have them co-ordinate so well. Again, it is amazing to see just how much we have all changed. Sany has longer brown hair, I have short hair and the girls have grown up so much. I was so happy that my girls could meet my cousin. Sandy and I have always gotten along. I would love to be able to sit and chat with her again soon. She has since married and had a son. Life goes by so quickly.

Kisses

Heidi gave me some kisses one day when she was at the store. She is soooooo cute. She is too little to jump on your lap when you kneel on the floor. She has the cutest face ever. So, I used some of my favorite Basic Grey paper because it is probably the only picture I'll ever get with her. I have an appreciation for Pomeranians because my mother had one that was an angel.

Walk In the Park

I have been wanting to scrapbook these pictures for years. I loved the totem pole picture. Sky and Lucas walking hand in hand back home was so cute too. I used Wild Asparagus for most of this layout with some scraps of Basic Grey and old rub-ons. I used some rickrack and Heidi Swapp felt butterflies to decorate.

Important Things In Life

Basic Grey rocks again. It was so wonderful to see that this little frog topped Sky's cell phone in priority when it hopped across our path. Her cell phone rang and rang and rang as she grinned and held on tight all the way home. This line works so well for Walking With Dinosaurs pictures . . . right Penny?

1999 - 2000

I found some old photographs and have begun trying to get some of them on paper. After a few hours, I figured out what year of school this was. The girls were in Grades 1, 3 and 4 at St. Luke School. I decided to scrapbook them together because of the picture of the three of them in the van on the way to school. The pictures in school were very green because of the lights so I scrapbooked in green to take the tones away. Man they grow up quick: they are finishing their Grade 8, 10 and 11 years right now.

Freedom

I love this pattern, always have, always will. Since I got these great shots of Sky and they were such a light color, I had to stick with a lighter background. The flourishes are a Hambly overlay and the bird is a Heidi Swapp. More ribbon and an old rub-on that looked perfect for it. Just one of those pages I like to look at.

One Upon A Time

When I found these pictures, I just had to do the page . . . I do say that a lot don't I? I used some BZoo paper and added the Me and My Big Ideas girl that Deb and Ralna put on the front window of the store. I was happy to see that many of the members we had at the old location, are still members (and great friends) still today. Wonderful memory.

Thankful

I Glimmer Misted the entire background page with the punched scallops. I added some Wild Asparagus scalloped patterned paper and scallops. I added a ribbon onto the entire page and around the colors and scallops. Prima flowers embellished. I also bought a new acrylic stamp which is where I did the journalling on and stamped where leaves could/should be. This was a very important picture. One of the last before my Grandmother died. It was taken at my sister's wedding. It is a very special memory for all of us.

It's a Guy Thing

Enjoyed making this page. Used Basic Grey papers and chipboard. Old rub-on letters helped with the title. Baby rickrack added here and there. I used tons of colors of Glimmer Mist on the chipboard until I was happy with the color. It's a little boy page. I think Lucas and Ty will enjoy it.

Rock On

Lucas on Guitar Hero. He has been working on various songs and has gotten really great. Time for one for his birthday. Thought it was important to get these pictures so he could remember his beginning. Who knows where this kind of video thing will be in the future. We'll probably be laughing about this humble beginnings. I used a lot of left over stuff here. I thought it was kinda lame but I keep on looking at it at the store and kinda like it.

Baby Jade Arrives

Guess I'll have to get the title on this layout. Really, I didn't notice that it was missing until I looked at it on my computer. The journalling block says "Girl" and I was going to leave it like that. Now that I look at it on my computer . . . it needs a title. The rest of the line is from Basic Grey. Jade is almost 16 years old. I guess this one was a long time coming.

A Love of Puzzles

I think I scrapbooked these pictures a long time ago; but, when I look at them now, I see so much in the look on Lucas's face. I wanted to do another page . . . but now I am not really happy with it. We'll see if I save it or redo it again.

Ponytails

I did the unthinkable again. I pulled out old pictures and scrapbooked some of them. I found the original two pictures first . . . did the page and then found the little one (where Lucas is wearing a dress, has ponytails and painted toenails). I used old paper, old letters, old chipboard and then combined some new stuff with it. I Glimmer Misted the photo anchors and used some newer ribbon. The arrow is from the Basic Grey stickers that I used on my "Girl" page. Boy, do some of these old pictures bring back some forgotten memories. I guess that is why we scrapbook . . . so that we don't forget all of this stuff.