Baby Tristan (Sketchy Thursdays 6.2)

Back in March, a good friend and scrap buddy of mine gave birth to an adorable little boy who she named Tristan... and she gave me the sweetest pictures of Tristan along with 'carte blanche' to scrapbook them at my own leisure, and at the same time, help her fill up his baby album. Last night, i did just that!

Using Sketchy Thursday's Sketch 6.2, a mix of Creative Imaginations and BoBunny papers, some KaiserCraft wooden flourishes and chipboard alphas, i made a single layout which, i'm very proud to say, will be the first page of the album.

I love the monochromatic tone of the layout - it goes so well with the picture. Isn't he a cutie in that little knitted hat?
The scalloped circles were done with Spellbinders and my Cuttlebug.

The quilted design on the background paper is part of the paper itself, by Creative Imaginations. 

Once again, all the stitching is hand-made. I have recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers' Sew Easy tool with different stitch piercers, but i haven't gotten the hang of it just yet. I have a very hard time doing anything in a straight line so i still prefer to revert to my good ol' ruler. I will have to browse tutorials to pick up pointers on how to best use the Sew Easy.

I can't wait for Nat to see the layout - she was with me last night when i started it, but she hasn't seen the finished result yet!

Anytime you are in need of inspiration, go check out the amazing sketches at Sketchy Thursdays! They are sure to satisfy all tastes, and plus, they have awesome prizes to win!

Scrap It Girl: Blog Candy~ Tim, Cosmo & Maya!

Check out this amazing giveaway @ Scrap It Girl... full of Tim Holtz, Cosmo Cricket and Maya Road goodies!!!  All you have to do for a chance to win is to become a follower of  Kimberly's blog, post her blog candy on your own blog and then leave her a comment. Click HERE for more info!

Bo Bunny Card Challenge Tuesday

This is my 2nd post today so scroll down to see another project i shared earlier.

I love every chance i get to play with BoBunny products, and this afternoon that's what i did! Once again, i delved into my scraps (and i have LOTS!!!) of the Gabrielle collection. I was asked to make a card for a co-worker who's retiring soon, and i chose to make her an easel card based on Sketch #2 of the current BoBunny Card Challenge.

Just in case you're wondering, "Bonne Retraite" is french for "Happy Retirement" :)

Other products used are BoBunny jewels, Prima flowers (to which i added a little colour by dabbing them with powder chalk) and ZVA Creative bling.  

I hope she likes it! :)   

Fruity Summer Holiday Card

Aren't you excited that Summer is almost here!? Here in Eastern Canada, it's still hard to believe since we haven't seen much warm weather yet, but the lawns are green and the tulips are out, so that can only mean that hot days and bare toes are on their way!

For this project, i decide to incorporate two different challenges from two of my favorite blogs. 

First, at the Imaginisce blog, we were given some fun Cliff Richard lyrics ("...Everybody has a summer holiday, doin' things they always wanted to. So we're going on a summer holiday, to make our dreams come true for me and you...") to include somehow on a card, layout or off-the-page project, along with this delicious picture as inspiration:

And at The Paper Variety blog, this week's challenge is Tutti Fruiti Fun! 

I don't know about you, but when i think 'fruit', i think 'Summer', so these two challenges just seemed to go hand in hand!  Inspired by rainbow daydreams of sweet holidays in the sun toasted with all-you-can-drink icy lemonade, here is my card. :)

The collection used is Imaginisce Berrylicious (including the brown polka-dot paper which is not part of the card). Doesn't it make you crave Summer fruits?!  The inside of the card has more citrus fun!

The stitching was done by hand, and the big orange slice was made with paper, double-sided tape and orange glitter.

Thanks for looking! Now i'm off to make myself some  lemonade! :)

A Very Special Wedding

I made this layout quite a few weeks ago, but couldn't share it with you just then. It was done for PageMaps' 5th Anniversary Celebration Contest (which, unfortunately, i didn't win).  The layout was inspired by this PageMaps sketch:

 

This layout is very special as it's the first official layout i've done about my parents.  Their wedding pictures were small and of very bad quality, but with Picnik i was able to make them scrapbook-able :)  

My father passed away 7 years ago today (another senseless victim of cancer, at the age of 65), and my first attempt at scrapbooking was right after that, making an album of him for my Mom. I intend to redo that album someday with my current style, making it a new and improved homage to his life.

Mom and Dad's Wedding Day

Can you believe my Mom was only 19 years old? A lot of people say i look like her, but i do have my father's green eyes :)   The collection i decided to use for this very special layout is BoBunny Gabrielle. It just seemed perfect in every way.

Flowers are all from Prima and the teal-colored chipboard pieces are DA.
The glitter you see is my attempt at giving the background paper a little spark.  It doesn't necessarily show on the picture of the full layout. I stamped butterflies with glue ink and covered them with GlitterRitz.  Here are a few close-ups...

The lock and title are wooden flourishes from KaiserCraft and the key is from Magenta.

Hope you enjoyed looking at it as much as i enjoyed creating it. I can't wait to share it with my Mom.  :)