It's been a long time

Holy cow, I have some serious catching up to do !!!!! This poor blog has been neglected :(
I'm going to start sharing more , I promise.

These are a few cards I've created with the new Echo Park -Christmas Delivery collection !!

Jingle all the way

Love that little truck :)

Here's a close up.

Joy

The wreath was made with a Spellbinders die.

In other news...... I'm going to be creating cards for my friend Kristine at Creative Scrappers !!!

(starting in November )

Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a great day !

Congratulations

Happy Wednesday!
Just a quick share today of a card I created for the Spellbinders blog using the Label Forty Two die sets. The instructions are posted on the blog.
I love how all of these different sets go together....the design possibilities are almost endless!

Congratulations

Spellbinders dies used:

Classic Squares Large

Labels Forty Two

Labels Forty Two Decorative Elements

Labels Forty Two Decorative Accents

Thanks for visiting !

xo

Keep calm and fly on Dad

Hello,hello,hello !
It's finally Friday and time to share and other Father's day themed card .

Keep calm and fly on Dad

Paper supplies are from Echo Park (Jack and Jill collection) and dies from Spellbinders.

The red cardstock was embossed with the new Need a Rope? embossing folder from Spellbinders.

and the clouds from this set.

Thanks for popping in today.

Hope you all have a great weekend :)

With love Dad

Hello again friends!
Sharing a Father's Dad card created with Echo Park's -Jack and Jill collection (totally love this one ) and dies from Spellbinders.

With Love Dad 

the small enamel stars are from Jillibean Soup, love 'em !

Here are the dies used for this one:)

Sentiments 3

Pierced Rectangles

Thanks for visiting,I love reading your comments !

Happy crafting!

Love my guys

Happy Friday everyone !!!

Today I'm sharing the new color challenge from Life.Paper.Scrapbook. I am totally loving these color challenges,because they give me the chance to mix and match supplies from different companies...love rummaging through  my craft supplies....I usually find stuff I forgot I had  :) Bonus !!

Love my guys

Supplies from this layout are from Authentique, Basic Grey, Elle's Studio, American Crafts, Echo Park, Pebbles and My Mind's Eye.

Here's the color palette for this month's challenge.

and a few close ups for you :)

I used a sketch I found on Pinterest for this layout...love the triangles !!

Hope you will play along this month.....go check out everyone's take on this challenge and get the details HERE :)

Thanks for visiting ,I always love reading your comments.

Have a terrific weekend everybody...I'm going camping with my little minions :).Hope it doesn't rain !!

XO

Life .Paper. Scrapbook color challenge and Scrapbooks and Cards Today-Summer 2013

Good morning blog friends...it's the last day of school for my boys and the first day of Summer ! Bring it on !!

This is my take on the new color challenge at Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

A totally awesome & happy moment

I could not be more proud of my niece Amelie...she just graduation from the same nursing school I graduated from in 1986 !!! Love you, Amelie :)

Here's a look at the color palette for this challenge ....

and a few close ups..... Supplies are from Echo Park :)

the prize for this challenge are goodies from Amy Tangerine :)

and in other news ...Scrapbooks and Cards Today is celebrating the release of their FABULOUS new Summer issue !!! Hope you'll take time to join in the festivities....I think there's prizes involved ;););) Be sure to check 'em out HERE.

I have this card on page 58 !!!!

Thank you SCT for adding my work into your beautiful magazine !!!

As some of you may know,I am a finalist for the Spellbinders team, my last project has been sent out and now I 'm anxiously waiting to see if I made the cut :) We all find out on the 25th .....fingers crossed :)

Hope you all have a terrific weekend !

XOX

New Look

Hello,hello :)
Here I go again...an other PageMaps sketch challenge ! This one is for the Paper Mixology with Kelly Goree (she's such a sweetie...we did cartwheels together at the hotel during the last 2 Crop and Create events in Moncton !!).

New Look

I mixed supplies from Basic Grey and Echo Park for this layout of Gabriel with his new glasses.

            Here's the sketch, I converted it into a 12x12 layout.

A few close ups :)

In other news...I got a happy email this morning and I'm excited to share that I'm one of the finalists for the Spellbinders design team !!! Bring on the final round !!!
Here's a list of the finalists :)

Angela Barkhouse

Beck Beattie

Christina Gualazzi

Christine Emberson

Darsie Bruno

Deb Seyer

Elizabeta Kushner

Janice Whiting

John Creighton Petersen

Lisa Fish

Marielle LeBlanc <----- ME

Mary Marsh

Rae Barthel

Susie Bentz

Sylvia Blum

Teresa Horner

Theresa Momber

Thespa McLaughlin

Yvonne van de Grijp

Hugs

Happy family

Hello everyone, today is release day of the new color challenge at Life.Paper.Scrapbook.

Happy Family

This is a photo of my sister and her pretty (look a like) daughter .

Supplies are from Echo Park -Sweet Girl collection.

Aren't these colors yummy :)

Love these "Wise Words" stickers from Jillibean Soup !!

I added lots of tiny white buttons.

This months challenge is sponsored by The Scrapbook Store, who have generously provided us with a $20.00 gift voucher to spend in store.

I do hope you'll come over and play along with us !!

Have a great Friday !!! XO

The story of a boy

Hello blog friends :)

They say that the best thing for your immune system is laughter, well, this little guy keeps me healthy year round  (well, maybe not so much this week, I've been home sick with a spring cold and allergies :(  )

He always has funny stories to tell and makes me giggle like a school girl , I am a lucky mom !!!

The story of a boy

Supplies form this layout are from Echo Park - All about a boy collection . I used a sketch from PageMaps for this layout and a "recipe " challenge from Boys Rule blog.

 The corrugated arrows are from Jillibean Soup.

The felt embellishment is from Basic Grey, chipboard hearts from Studio Calico ans mini word stickers from MME.

and the pins are from Fancy Pants (really old stash !!! )

As always, thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

Take care , XO