I made it!

I used a template from Jessica Sprague, filled it with my own pictures and text, uploaded it to Snapfish et voila - I'm published (heh, well not really, but I'm going to say that anyway ;) ). Super pleased with it - there are a few issues I'll tweak before I do another, but the print quality is excellent, the hard cover is beautiful and it really looks professional.

Babies in the closet

The drawer that my beloved SU stamps normally occupy needed to be cleared, so my babies have been temporarily relocated to a pair of boxes in my closet. Fear not babies, I'll rescue you soon and we'll have many more fun times with ink and cardstock. ;)

(C saw me packing these up and said something that rhymes with 'goalie fit'. I have lots of stamps :) )

Happiness

My first artsy love has always been photography, I've owned a camera since I was 4. Mostly though I've displayed my photos only in albums and scrapbooks, but today I assembled this Ikea frame and filled it with 3 5x7 prints of pictures I've taken that make me happy (L-R the cottage, Dow's Lake and Hog's Back). I really need to put up more of my pictures, they make me happy.

Simple

Also done at the crop

Croppin'

A WONDERFUL extra-long weekend crop with 3 of my bestest galpals. I didn't get a whole lot done, but the welcome goodie bag had a bunch of Storytellers kits, and I love 'easy', so I tried it out (plus you got an entry into a draw for using the kit, and I'm a sucker for prizes :) )

Easter card

I just love bunnies. I think I'll send this one to my parents.

More layouts

All of my scrapbooking has been super simple lately, almost nothing for embellishments, just patterned paper, cardstock and pictures, but I'm enjoying the clean, spare look. For now. I may well be back into lumpy by next week.

Crop

I went to a 12 hour crop yesterday, lots of fun! Didn't get a huge amount done, but did finish a couple of layouts...

Bling frame

A Michaels cheapy wood frame, painted with copper craft paint and 'blinged' with adhesive gemstones (Heidi Swapp and dollar bin)

New paper

I admit it, I have a soft spot for scrapbooking paper... to the point where it's unlikely I'll ever be able to use everything I have. Unfortunately that doesn't stop me from buying more...

Many stamps were harmed...

Many stamps (ok, just 3) were harmed in the production of this photo :) Sharp Kai scissors and a sheet of EZ mount turned a set of three sort of useless SU stamps into 34 very useful message stamps for card making :)

Just a layout

I haven't posted in forever, life getting the better of me :( Here's a layout I did of the three kids tobogganing. Bazzill CS and Bo Bunny papers.

Christmas cards

4 cards I threw together for a challenge (I sent out digi-hybrid cards this year but it's always nice to have a few regular cards on hand).

Stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms, Hero Arts, Michaels Dollar bin and I forget the ornament stamp, Santa image from the internet, Bazzill CS, and assorted bits of paper and ribbon that were lying on my desk.

Another Bella card

I love these little Bellas.

MIL cards

I'm making some cards for my MIL for Christmas, and they have to be fairly flat (no lumps, not much layering). Here are a few of the first.

Hanna Stamps

Finally got a chance to play with Hanna on this very simple card.

Christmas Joy folds

Started a couple of Christmas cards, still having too much numbness in my hands to really do a lot but I did have fun with these. They're joy fold cards, one horizontal, one vertical. Papers are bazzill and DCWV Christmas glitter stack, stamps are SU and - I forget the other.

Scrappin'

A couple of pages, very simple, it's all I can really manage right now.

Glitter

My entry for a glitter challenge on ACP.

Score!

Check out my major score at the local Dollarama... sets of 5 coordinated spools of ribbon, nearly the same as American Crafts ribbons (1 meter of each pattern) for $1, packets of 36 bling brads, exactly like MM (in 6 different colours) for $1. My Dollarama rocks! It's hit and miss, but when they've just had a fresh shipment you can find some wicked little scrappin' treasures!