Hi,

Another week gone by and the summer is getting shorter...
But in the meantime, we're enjoying it as much as we can!

I didn't do a great deal of scrapping this week, but I do have a couple of great kits to show you.

First is Stacey's Scraps' new kit, Princess and Daddy. Great for all daddy and daughter layouts, but as always versatile enough for other things. Take a look:


And I just realized it would be perfect for my Medieval Times pics...

I also did a speedscrap yesterday and I decided to use the new kit by A Work In Progress Designs by Vicki called School Rules to scrap my teacher ed. grad picture. Take a look:

And as I write, I realize I didn't show you my layout for Vicki's latest challenge on the STI forum. We're scrapping animals and I love that pic I took of a chipmunk at the campsite. I scrapped it with Colour My World, one of my favourite kits of Vicki's:


That's it for layouts. You have until Tuesday to enter the challenge if you'd like. Also, the STI girls are having a RAK: if you display their blinkie on your blog (which you can find on the blog), you might win a GC.

That's it for today, have a good week-end and happy scrapping!

Blame the sun...

I know I haven't been around much, and that's because summer has finally made it to Northern Ontario. And if all we get is a couple of weeks (cross fingers, might be less), then I'm spending it all outside to get some sun before another 6 or 7 months of winter!!!

I've also been busy with hula girl lei-outs and some challenges. Here are a couple of my latest layouts.

With Sweet Beginnings by Tricia Curtis designs:
(for a template challenge):


With Whisper Softly by Tricia Curtis designs:


Both kits are available at Scrapable!

Island Sampler!

This week has been busy, but good!
This will be a quick post to show you the lei-outs I made with Scrapable's August mega collab: Island Sampler.
The kit is fun! It's huge, the colours are gorgeous and each designer was able to put their own twist on it, so it's very varied!

Take a look at my lei-outs:


I'll be back later to show you a sneak peek of my next freebie!

layouts first...

A few layouts to show (then I'll go work on that preview).

First, here are two with Sweet Freedom by Laurinda's Digiscraps. It's a 4th of July kit, so I had a bit of a challenge ;)


And one with the gorgeous July collab at Scrapable, called Time To Get Away:


If you like this last one, hurry to Scrapable as it will be available as a QP (along with another one I made)!

It's finally nice!

The weather has finally decided to be nice and it's been summery since Sunday! So we've been spending time outside, mostly building the deck.

I've still had time to scrap though, I always make time to scrap, lol.

First, I want to say a huge thank you to everybody at Scrap that Idea for having a great blog with fun challenges and tutorials. I entered Cheryl's recipe challenge last week and Mr Random picked me as a winner!!! (It was the "jonquilles" layout that you can see a couple of posts lower.) So I got a $5 GC for Vicki's store and had great fun shopping! Thanks again Vicki!
If you're not already a fan, hurry to Scrap that Idea, you won't regret it, the girls there are as nice as they are talented!

Now let me show you my latest Scrapable lei-outs.
First, two with Graduation Inspiration wordarts by Kathy Winters designs (and using The place you'll go by It'z a neet design):



Then two with another gorgeous kit by Minicake Desgins called Heart Song:



If you like the lei-outs, go to Scrapable to find them. Tomorrow is $1 Wednesday, so it's a good time to go browse!

Lots of new layouts...

I've been scrapping!

First two lei-outs (it's what we call them in paradise, aka Scrapable.net) with Thinking of Mariette and the Add-on by Minicake Designs:




The kit is gorgeous, go get it and the add-on, here.

I also did a couple of challenges.
A title challenge at Scrapable (kits are Oh Da Da Dear by Melissa Daniel and Neverland Scraps and Squeaky Clean by Garden Girl Designs):


Then two challenges for the Scrap That Idea blog.
An inspiration challenge (kit is Beautiful Garden by AWP Vicki):



And Cheryl's recipe challenge (kit is Citrus Bright by AWP Vicki):


Do you like them?

Fun in the Sun

It's the name of the challenge I entered at Scrapable.net where you're given a quote to use in a layout.
I used pics of Cédric reading (you can see why when you read the Dc. Seuss quote on the layout).

The kit I used was Wonderful World by Minicake Designs, and the add-on. It's a new designer at Scrapable.net and the kits are gorgeous, very original and full of great colours and texture.
Here's the layout in question:

Lots of layouts...

My hubby went to the cottage to go fishing yesterday and as they were calling for SNOW, Cédric, Schatzie and I stayed behing, which gave me a lot of time to scrap!

Here are 3 layouts I did with Cherie Shields Designs' Deep Blue (finally a kit that complements the colours of my wedding) available at Scrapable:




Then I did two for a challenge at Digichicks (rules: monochromatic layout, 4 or more pics, a 2-word title written with an alpha). I used Vicki's Candy Dream (which is only $1 at Scrap That Idea and totally worth it!):



Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the start of a new colourful freebie!

Busy week-end

I've been meaning to say hi and show you a couple of things, but we had a party yesterday night out of town. So we had to prepare everything to have Cédric babysat overnight (for the first time), get ready ourselves, ...And today is Mothers' Day, so we came back this morning and there are things planned for the day (including brunch, maybe going to the circus, and hopefully a nice relaxing yoga class to recharge my batteries!).
I also have my Hula girl CT work to worry about, the guest CT spot for Melissa Daniels, I'm trying to get my next freebie started and I see challenges I want to do everywhere... This scrapper is a little overwhelmed...

For today, I mostly wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to everyone.

And I want to show you a couple of layouts I did recently.

First, I made two with a kit called Party Time, which was perfect to scrap my 30th birthday party. It's by Cherie Shields Designs and Amy Sumrall and it's full of fun party items (hats, caked, a balloon alpha). You can get it here at Scrapable.
Here are my lei-outs:



I'm quite proud of this second one, on which I managed to fit my entire family (all there for the party celebrating my 30th and my Dad's 60th). With the extra pics of gift opening and champagne, etc., there are 50 pictures and I think it came to about 130 layers!

I also did a layout for a challenge at the Scrap Pad, using Vicki and Sara's Summer Day Scrap N'Art freebie:


And I used a quickpage for the first time ever! It's Cheryl's beautiful layout, using Vicki's beautiful Puppy Love kit. It's the first picture I have with my dog, Schatzie. She was 4 weeks old and we went to pick our puppy out of the litter, and when I held her I knew she was ours!

fun layout

Just another fun CT layout to show.
This one was done with "Squeaky Clean" and the "puzzle alpha" both by Garden Girl designs, and both found here at Scrapable.
I love the fun colours!

Lucky layouts

I got two more layouts done today with a really cute kit. It's called Lucky Irish by Garden Girl Designs and it's perfect for St Patrick's Day, but it's a bit different than the average. It has nice muted colours which I just loved playing with.
Just two fun layouts!



You can find the kit here for just 1$ (definitely worth it!).

A little announcement today, just to let everybody know about the great deals you can get at Scrapable!
There are sales often, and they have an awesome weekly deal:


Go visit the store if you haven't already, there are close to 30 designers to chose from and it's a great place to be (gallery, games, chit chat) everybody is friendly and fun!

Lei-outs

Today I have two new lei-outs to show you!
They were both done with a really fun, Winnie the Pooh themed kit called Oh Da Da Dear by Melissa Daniel Designs and Neverland Scraps.
It was especially perfect for the second picture where Cédric is wearing a Winnie and Tigger outfit!


You can find the kit here in the Scrapable store.

Versatility...

I find the kit I used for my Blueberry Oats layout is really versatile. I did another layout with it, and it looks totally different!
The kit is Tuesday's Child (in case you forgot, lol) and you can get it at Scrapable.

I scrapped one of the dozens of pictures I have of Cédric sleeping...(sleeping babies look so peaceful):

Off to work on next week's freebie...

My first Lei-out

As of yesterday, I'm officially a Hula Girl at Scrapable.net!
And here's my first Lei-out.
The kit is a gorgeous collab by Stacey Crossley and Teri's Thing-O-My_Jigs called Tuesday's Child.

The colours were perfect for the picture of the first time Cédric tried to eat breakfast by himself...

You can buy the kit (on sale right now) here.

Random news

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted here...
I am trying to design a little, which is taking some time.
I didn't make Vicki's CT. Oh well... I still love all she does (and all the girls at the Scrap that Idea store for that matter).
But I do have exciting news... I'm a Hula Girl (CT member) for the website Scrapable! Check it out, it's a really nice site, with lots of talented designers to choose from, a gallery, a forum, ... and all that with a very relaxing Hawaiian theme (hence the Hula girl title).
Check out the new blinkies I get: (a general one for the store and one for being a Hula girl)


Aren't they awesome?
Wish me luck as I try to figure it all out and be ready for my debut on April 1st.