Chatterbox Favourite Photos Album

A ton of time has passed since ScrapFest in Kitchener and I can't believe that I haven't finished posting all of the project I created for Scrapalicious yet! This is an adorable Chatterbox mini album which comes in a variety of colours with flocked covers and embossed pages. Scrapalicious has put a variety of the Chatterbox embellies I used here into a bundle for a fantastic price - they're in felt, cork, chipboard and more.
Be sure to check them out right at the entrance to the store! For the title page of the album I trimmed one of the embossed lace papers and adhered it to a transparency for added strength. I love the way it looks. I made this album into a display album of some of our family's recent favourite photos.

Since the back of the lace papers are plain white, I misted the back of mine with Maya Mist before I adhered it to the transparency, giving it a nice shimmer. Here, Alicia hugs one of her favourite stuffed creatures, a peacock, last Christmas morning.
I used square photos in keeping with this album's shape. I left the pages opposite the photos as well as the overall design relatively simple to show off the lovely embossing on each page. Here's Vanessa at Grandma and Grandpa's on Mother's Day a few years back, wearing more necklaces than anyone can count!

Kids love waterparks, and Evan is no exception. The embellies I used as drops of water here are made of felt and are so much fun.

You should also check out Virginia's mini album here, her post about my Scrapfest projects here, as well as her Scrapfest post.
I printed this photo onto a transparency to give it a punch of vibrant colour and then backed it with alabaster Chatterbox paper. On the reverse side is the journaling about each of the photos in the album, numbered one through 10.

The rub-on phrases here are also Chatterbox.


The back cover says it all - Life is good!

If you're local, you can drop by Scrapalicious and check out this album in person.

I'll be back again soon with more scrappy goodness, including designs from my latest Scrapalicious product, which you can see here. See you soon!.

Good Things

I've had a number of requests to post photos of my scrapbook room, so here is a little look. It's funny . . . every time I photograph my scraproom, it looks so different by the time I post the photos. Here's a peek in from the doorway. Since then, I've totally re-organized the corner bookshelf!
This picture is even older, since I have put up a beautiful Scribblz Art phrase above the hanging layouts and moved the Clip It Up to a cart to the right of the white hutch that you see above. My room is not huge, but I've tried to make use of every inch of space, and tried to keep the decor eclectic and fun!
I will post more detail photos once I've taken more. Here's a shot of the top of my paper shelf right beside the door. This inter-changeable photo frame I made for Scrapalicious is one of my favourite projects ever! It greets me as I enter the room, along with my peace mug and the words "Welcome Home".


Since I've only had a scrapbook room since we moved to this house last October, I have to agree with others I've heard say that having a craft space really does help you to breathe! To me, it's truly like coming home.

Some who've seen this room in person were surprised at how small it is. It's definitely a good thing in a small package! I guess some of the previous photos I posted made it seem larger than it really is. I would love a bigger space, but since this is what I have, I've made it work, and I love it!

I'm going to do a complete photo shoot once I have everything in its place. In the interim, I still have Scrapalicious projects to post, so stay tuned!

More Project 365

Don't you just love summer?

It's my favourite season, and I'm so glad it's here. The kids seem to agree with me too. They are much more willing to head outside and spend time there when the weather is nice. Alicia is a huge nature lover, and our new lifestyle in the country gives her lots to do.
I'm doing my best to keep up with my Project 365 this year. I love capturing our family's memories in photos, both the everyday and special occasions.
Evan is being such a little monkey in this photo. It was wonderful to have our home filled with family members who love him on his birthday. The girls helped me to make one of Evan's favourite - carrot cake with buttercream icing - and he couldn't wait to blow out the candles. 10 of them! Double digits for him this year! So Evan, knowing I wanted to capture him blowing them out, teased me by saying "1....2...." and then blowing the candles out before saying "3"! This shot is seconds later!
The kids are thoroughly enjoying having a pool. Even when it's (what I consider) too cold outside for the water, they are ready to jump in. And I'm totally a sucker for a gap-tooth smile! Doesn't Vanessa rock the toothless look?

I hope you are enjoying your first day of summer!

Happy Father's Day!

I think the photo says it all!

Love at First Sight!

The more I play with these, the more I love them!





















Just thought I'd share that. :-}

A Scrapalicious Peek

Have you seen Basic Grey's Capella collection? It's breath-takingly beautiful, and double sided too. I'm really looking forward to creating with Capella in my next Scrapalicious DT kit.It also includes some October Afternoon and a touch of Webster's Pages yumminess.

And hey - can you believe how gorgeous these Bloomers are?

The white letter stickers in this image are a bit hard to make out; they're Heidi Swapp Invisibles - ink them, paint them, they're so versatile and so much fun!

I've got a number of scrap-related things to catch up on that I've been meaning to post for a while, and I've been hoping now that school is almost out, I'll be back to a more timely posting schedule.

Thanks for checking in, and stay tuned! :-}

So Much To Do!

It seems that there is always so much to do in our household. A few weekends ago, the girls' dance recital took up the majority of a weekend. It was the first time I had to do hair and make up for one of their dance functions, and the girls were a bit apprehensive at first, but all in all I would say it went quite well.

The girls each took part in tap, jazz and ballet performances as well as the finale. They danced each number once on Saturday for the dress rehearsal. Then on Sunday they performed each dance twice, as there were two shows that day. By the end of the weekend they were exhausted and it was very quiet as they slept all the way home!

Above, Alicia is ready to go on stage for a ballet performance. At left is Vanessa at home just before we left for the first recital on Sunday morning. Listening to Evan's MP3 player has become an obsession of the girls lately!

Since this will be our first summer with a pool, all of the kids are quite excited about it. Here's Evan, up to his usual antics on the deck beside the pool. It;s still a bit cool to be in the water, but that doesn't seem to bother the kids! I have a feeling we are going to be spending a lot of time here this summer.


On the scrapbooking front, coming soon: a few more Scrapfest projects, my latest DT supplies for Scrapalicious and a peek into the Donna Downey class I took this past weekend. Thanks for checking in!

Edmonton 2010

So much happened recently that I don't even know where to start! The biggest event for us in May was a trip that Evan and I took to Edmonton to visit with family and friends for my Mom's 85th birthday. Evan felt very special traveling on his own with me and in addition to visiting, we saw a lot of the city.

Mom had a great time being the centre of attention, and after 85 years, doesn't she deserve it? She looks fantastic for 85, but then again, we think she looks as great as most at 65. Mom is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, but still, she socialized and felt special the whole time. Happy Birthday, Mom!

We didn't manage to get everyone into a photo at her lunch celebration, but at least we managed a partial group shot. All of the guests (excluding Evan) were present for her 80th birthday 5 years ago. Interestingly enough, it was the album I created for Mom's 80th that started me scrapbooking five years ago now.

Evan loved spending time with his cousins. Aeden is even more adorable than she was last year, if that's possible! (See a layout I made of her at age 1 year here). She latched onto Evan whenever he was around, and Evan thoroughly enjoyed being the older cousin to her, Jaren and Nathan. (See the boys here).

Outside of visiting family, Evan's biggest wish for our trip was to see West Edmonton Mall. We spent almost two days there, mostly in Galaxyland playing arcade games. Here we are playing 18 holes of mini golf with my friend Cathryn. Somehow, despite that I managed to get two hole-in-ones, Evan still won. :-}

We visited the house I grew up in, my childhood schools and church, and other places that I lived and worked. Here I am in front of my first apartment. It's a heritage building and is still standing despite that the surrounding buildings have been torn down and modern high-rise condos have been built.

We were lucky enough to visit Connie Nichol's home, where Evan had a blast with Ben and Marty. The boys got along like peas in a pod, so they had water fights and played while Connie and I had a lovely afternoon chat. Of course, no trip to Edmonton is complete without a stop at Treasured Memories!


In closing, here's a silly picture that, if I didn't take it myself, I wouldn't believe it. The owner of this car put an orange dot sticker in front of the zero on this plate, so that it says "Over .08"! Police must be suspicious of this driver just based on that plate! After taking this pic, I got as far away from the car as I could!

I still have projects and layouts for Scrapalicious to post, so once I'm caught up again from our trip, I'll get moving on that. Thanks for checking in!