Card Set for Seester...

My sister just sent me the pictures of this card set that I gave her last year for her birthday which also reminds me that I have yet to finish her card for this year (her birthday was May 30th) - oops :(  - unfortunately it has not yet made the trip out of my head...  Anyways, the idea here was to do up a set of cards that were similar (to make a set) but still have individual style...  I still like them and hope you do too...  happy scrapping!!

Father's Day card for a Special Dad

Happy Father's Day Eric!!  You make me very proud seeing the dad that you are!!! 

5 years deserves a special card...

My son Eric and his wife Michelle have been married for five years today and I wanted to make up a special card for them.  Typically I tend to stay in the same colour families when I make my cards and for this one I went all white using embossing to bring out some depth.  I think I have managed to express the feeling I wanted to convey!! The best part about their anniversary is that I get to have my grandson for a sleepover... happy scrapping...

Wedding Favour Box

My friend is getting married in July and I offered to make up these wedding favour boxes for her.  Initially I had offered to do up bride and groom boxes which were way more complicated and 300 boxes later I am really glad she went with this one!!  I used the Tie the Knot cartridge which surprisingly has some really nice boxes on it.  I had looked for paper to go with her wedding colour of cobalt blue and delphiniums which are in her bouquet and really couldn't find what I wanted at a price point that was affordable.  I did find a stamp that resembled the delphinium (sort of) and decided to stamp and ink the white cardstock instead.  I also scored each of the boxes.  As they are getting married in Newfoundland, I do not have to put the boxes together!  happy scrapping...

missing my boys...

My two younger boys are in the Armed Forces and both live out of town.  I don't get to see them very often although we do talk/text/skype all the time so I decided it was time to send off a card letting them know I was thinking of them.  Haven't done this for quite awhile so they will be (pleasantly) surprised.  I scraplifted the idea from Laurie at her blog Hiding in My Craft Room who was sending a card to her husband. I used the Boys will be Boys cart to cut the alien and Lyrical Letters for the sentiment which I welded together and am hoping I got the spelling right (can you imagine... lol ).  Everything is all scraps from my stash except the card bases which I had purchased in bulk.  Don't ya just love the googly eyes!   happy scrapping!!

simple birthday card

Awhile back I did up a simple friendship card using this same pattern... I finally found a fish stamp that would fit on the card although I did have to make my circles a little larger...  I love the pun and my friend is quite the fisherman so I think she will love it too... happy scrapping!

Scrap Your Axx Off - Round 4

Honestly, I have been doing other stuff besides this challenge at PaperSecrets!!  I thought this was due Thursday evening and I actually put it together in two hours including choosing the pictures... that is very good for me... however, I had forgotten that extra time was given for the challenge as it was posted late.  I used paper from Websters Pages and then used the following for the challenge - ribbon, border punch, chipboard, stamping and flowers.  These pictures were taken back in 1989 (I think) with Eric (on right) and Todd (on left) and their cousin Sean in the middle.  I should do a then and now page to show how much they have all changed!  ... happy scrapping!

Scrap Your Axx Off - Round 3

Just in the nick of time, I submitted this layout for round 3 of the Scrap Your Axx Off Challenge at PaperSecrets.  I had put it off and then got a cold and only submitted it with an hour or so to spare - just goes to show - never put off what you can do today!  I love doing these old pictures of my kids...  for this one I used papers that my friend Colleen picked up for me at Costco awhile back.  To fulfill the challenge criteria, I also used both a stamped and punched border, bling on the required chipboard circle and photo corners on the pictures...  happy scrapping!