Saturday 31 January 2015

Gracie's photos of Emma

More of Gracie's photos. She will be hosting a showing of her photos soon. I'll keep you all posted on the time and place. 

;)



Okay, I cropped this one way down, but I love ho she's holding her baby here. 



Look at the love! 
Melt my heart.

Thursday 29 January 2015

Heidi Swapp love

Three more layouts made with my favourite Heidi Swapp paper pack,  Hello Today. 

I wish I had kept track of how many pages I made with this line. I bet I made at least 15....


The colours just work for my girls. Hot pink, navy blue, white and beige seems to work with all of the photos I take of the girls and their friends!


Look at these sweet faces all captured with one line!


I still have lots of paper left, so I'm sure you'll see more from Hello Today.
Can't wait to get my hands on some new lines from CHA. There are a few that could be my next favourite. 

Tuesday 27 January 2015

Sooo big...

Emma is suddenly so big. She's growing up a little too fast for my liking. She's nearly too long for her crib already. 



Recently, she started saying 'Wove you' back to me when I tuck her in. Makes my heart nearly burst. 
For real. 
I say it to her all day long just to hear it. 

Monday 26 January 2015

Sunday Morning Dance Party

Brad went away last weekend for a much-deserved Boy's weekend, so the girls and I made sure to have a pretty awesome Girl's Weekend here at home.

We are the Three Musketeers after all and why not celebrate that? 

We went to a jamberry nail party Friday night, made waffles and then hit the dog park for a slippery walk Saturday morning, went for burgers and milkshakes at Soda Jerks Saturday night, and wrapped it up with a tea and dance party Sunday morning. Oh and lots of crafts. Lots of them!

What fun!


Singing and dancing and jumping and twirling. That's what we do when we dance. It must look wild, but it's a lot of giggly fun!


These girls have got moves!!


Flashdance anyone? Haha!


Thanks Gracie for the awesome photos! 
A little cropping and I made them all black and white because our house is a riot of colours in these pictures, but this girl can snap a photo!

Loved our Girl's Weekend, ladies.

Sunday 25 January 2015

Scraplifting

I made this layout below after seeing a page on Pinterest. Check it out Here.


I like how it turned out. I used flowers, too, which I never do. I never feel like they fit for some reason, but I like them on this page. A few more splashes of Inka Gold, and some feathers and you can tell it's one of my layouts!



Friday 23 January 2015

Love This Girl Layout

Bright, snowy and fun! I love this girl and this dog. 

These pictures were taken last winter. I just got to the layout last month.... that's how I roll.


Gracie told me a story the other day, and had me write it down. It took up 2 1/2 12x12 papers (yes, I wrote it on scrapbooking paper) and it would've been longer, but I told her she had to wrap it up so I could make supper.

 It was about a girl named Gracie and her dog, Bailey.... suspiciously similar to these two...

I love her imagination and how good Bailey is with the girls. They've got a pretty deep bond. 

Thursday 22 January 2015

Calling Santa

I made this layout of Gracie and her friend sitting with Santa. The idea was to connect the vintage typewriter and phones with the girl's getting their message to Santa. 


I like the muted colour scheme with the pops of gold.



Tuesday 20 January 2015

Big Titles

I got these great sticker sayings from me and my big ideas. They're aptly called Big Stickers.

I love them! They're huge, so they take up a lots of space on the page, but overtop of a busy pattern, they look great without overwhelming the pictures.


Or here, paired up with a small photo and a few embellishment spots, it's a focal point, but the page itself doesn't look cluttered.


Love them!

Sunday 18 January 2015

K Days Parade Layout

Here's another 2 page layout. Bright and cheerful and full of princesses, how fitting for this house.
There's a little bit of scrapbooking goodness from every company on this one..
American Crafts, Basic Gray, Webster's Pages, Glitz, My Mind's Eye, and even Making Memories! 

Haha! I like to mix and match!

I used a simple grid layout to house all of my pictures from the parade. What a fun day and a fun, colourful layout.






Friday 16 January 2015

Bright and Colourful Layouts

Here I am, back to my comfort zone, I think. Tried and true, bright and colourful. I'm not sure how many layouts I got out of this Heidi Swapp paper pack and I love these translucent acetate stars, with patterns printed on them. I think I have one left of a pack of 50 or so.....


This pink scanned a little funny, they actually go together....


These pictures make me smile!

Thursday 15 January 2015

Kaisercraft Layouts

Here are two layouts using Kaisercraft that showcase Gracie's 3 year old photos. 


This first one is a diecut 12x12 paper. The black you see is just blank space. I love the woodgrain papers on the market right now. They make such a great background and Kaisercrafts has three lines called Base Coat which feature woodgrain, brick, cement, and other texture-rich images that are great for scrapbooking and cardmaking. 


I added some vellum from Webster's Pages behind the photo on this one. 

Both use lots of ephemera pieces from Kaisercraft and feature the company's signature florals. 

How sweet is this little three-year-old? Can't believe these were taken over two years ago...

Tuesday 13 January 2015

Inka Gold

Have you ever used Inka Gold?

I was just introduced to it not too long ago and I love it! It's a texture paste and you can apply it on anything!
Wood, Cardboard, Paper, Metal, Ceramic, Canvas, PolymerClay, Plaster, anything!




Both of these layouts use Inka Gold. The first is copper brown and the second is turquoise. I used them here to edge the cardstock on the layouts.  



The title, 'details' is made up of 3 different alphabet sets. I covered them each with Inka Gold in Copper Brown.


This layout was a demo at Treasured Memories. They used turquoise Inka Gold and lots of it, so you can see it even more clearly here. 




With a few drops of water, you can make the paste wet like a watercolour and add some fun water droplets on your page. 




I've been playing with it a lot lately, and I love it. I'll show you more ways to use it on the blog soon.





Saturday 10 January 2015

Day 28

We spent the morning visiting in Crossfield and then headed home. We got the car unpacked, the gifts sorted ad the laundry started while Emma napped and then we had a pizza supper and Emma opened her presents from us before bed. 








What a whirlwind trip and what a month! This is where our December Daily ends this year. I stopped recording after the 28th and we just enjoyed some quiet downtime. 

Friday 9 January 2015

Sackett Christmas

Day 27 we drove from Lethbridge to Crossfield and celebrated with the Sacketts.

Gracie and Owen kept trying to put on shows. A few performances were nice, some were about dinosaurs, the more shows, the worse they got... Gracie has been waiting to use her teacher cues from Kindergarten, and this was the perfect opportunity. 
"1, 2, 3, eyes on me..."


Grandma Sackett holding Vincent, her newest Great Grandson, not even two months old.


The kid's table.


Emma loved her baby and her wings. She cuddled Baby and Beary so sweetly.


And was so tired, she layed down in William's bed and asked Papa to leave so she could nap ;)


What a great day!

Thursday 8 January 2015

Boxing Day

Let the annual Hot Wheels race begin!


And it lasted for hours.... all to see who had the fastest car. Heats of cars raced to elimination on a 4 lane track, until only one car was left. Since we each paid a $1/car entrance fee, and some people raced up to 5 cars, the ultimate winner went home with $140 dollars, second place took home $40.


These guys mean business!


And the cousins enjoyed more time together.



Plus, great elf hats from Auntie Sheila.


We celebrated Emma's birthday with a fancy Crazy Cakes cake from GG.



Emma is so good at blowing out candles, I never got a photo of it, even though we relit this candle 3 times....




See? The lighter is still in the photo!


She got a few more presents and celebrated with all kinds of extended family.