Saturday, December 14, 2013

UNDER THE TREE

Hello!

Yay, another page done for my December Daily 2011 album tonight.  It is 8x8.  For this page, I scrapped about the children going under the tree..  Every year they get thrilled to do this!!!  It was to help me putting on the tree skirt under the tree!  This year Janna and Braden volunteered to do it.  Of course I could not pick one, so why not let them go under together!

I love to take picture of them under the tree.  You can see Janna looking through the branches... and Braden really lowered his head to show his face!

Fun activity every year when we finish decorating the tree!  It is to put the skirt under the tree!

 
 



Challenges I played:
Two Scrapbook Friends: Christa's December Crafty Challenge - Scrap a Holiday Tradition
ScrapMuch?: Sketch-y Friday Week 2 (December 13)

Supplies I used:
unknown pp
MME Lost & Found pp
AC cardstock
MFT Dienamics Fishtail Flag stax
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (brushed corduroy)
Marvy Uchida square punches (2 sizes)
Melodies & Lace Craft tags
Studio Calico chipboard camera sticker
AdornIt Sunshine lowercase stickers
Authentique Petit Type circle stickers
Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type stickers
Recollection heart punch
ScrapMuch ?Week 2 sketch by Laura Whitaker

SCRAPPING DOES YOU GOOD!

Laureen

Thursday, December 12, 2013

MAKING COOKIES

Hello! 
 
Here is my another page for my 2011 December Daily album (8x8) that I am trying to finish.  So glad to be able to complete one more page....  There are several pages still to do.  I found this simple sketch and thought it would work perfectly for my already set up background as the background is already "busy". So this simple and "quick" sketch did it!!!
 
 



I decided to do the strips on the sketch with some FUN washi tapes.  It does come handy when I have a collection of a variety of the tapes!  I based the colours from the background pp that I have put on the page.  Amazing that I was able to match the colours with what I have in my washi tape collection to the background pp!  To festive the page, I decided to go for the Christmas tree punch.  It was a 3 piece punch.

Challenge I Played:
My Scraps & More Sketch: My Scraps and More Sketch #58  (Jan 2)
Two Scrapbook Friends: Christa's Crafty Challenge (Scrap about  a Holiday Tradition)

Supplies I used:
unknown pp
AC cardstock
Adorn Stickers
Washi Tapes: MME, Doodblebug Design Inc, Queen and Co.
unknown Christmas tree punch

SCRAPPING DOES YOU GOOD!

Laureen
 

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

OUR ANGELS

Hello!

HELLO!

From the most recent few posts, you know that I have been working on my December Daily 2011 album.  It is 8x8 album.  I have decided to put this cute picture of our girls, Charada and Janna, our angels.

I found this awesome sketch by Laura Whitaker.  Since I have already started some of the pages last year.  For this blank page, I decided to go for a singe page layout so I liked Laura's left page of the double page.  So for this challenge, I go only for the left page side of the sketch.  I hope to do the second page (right side) one day or even better to do the whole double page layout!


 
 
 
Challenge I Played:
 
ScrapMuch?: Sketchy Friday (Dec 6) Week 1
 
Supplies I used:
unknown scraps of pp
AC cardstocks
unknown angel punch
Doodlebug design twine
Recollection gems
EK success scalloped border punch
Fiskar bracket border punch
black marker
 
SCRAPPING DOES YOU GOOD!
 
Laureen

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

MY SELFIE....

Hello!
 
Yay!  Another layout for my December Daily album (2011) to show you from my scrapping time last Saturday night!  I truly love this one.  I did this for Shelby's November Sketch Challenge at the Two Scrapbook Friends.
 
 

Fun banner!

My long title!

My Polaroid frame, so thrilled to be able to use it!
 
Challenge I played for:
 
Two Scrapbook Friends: Shelby's November Sketchy Challenge
 
Supplies I used:
Unknown scrap patterned papers
AC cardstock
MFT DieNamics Party Banner
MFT DieNamics Fishtail Flags
Recollection gems
Studio Calico polaroid frame
Doodlebug twine
Recollection heart punch
Studio Calico camera chipboard
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Brushed Corduroy
 
SCRAPPING DOES YOU GOOD! 
 
Laureen

Monday, December 9, 2013

T'is the Season!

Hello!

Yay!  Finally it sure does look a real Winter here this morning.... we woke up to a thin banket of snow.  Yes a very thin blanket but I will not complain!

If you are here for the Scrapbook Generation Sketch Lovers Blog Hop, click here.

Who does not need some Christmas cards?  I see that a Santa is needed for this challenge, Here Comes Santa over at the Little Red Wagon....  I know I have some Santa stamps!!!  I went to my stamp binder and found this awesome and handsome Santa!  So here is my card! 




Don't you think this stamp of Santa is beautiful!  Look at how his beard is all swirled up!  Beautiful artwork!

Challenge I Played:

Little Red Wagon:  Here Comes Santa Challenge #214

Scrapping does you GOOD!  It did to me!

Laureen

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Spiritful!

Hello!

If you are here for the Scrapbook Generation Sketch Lovers Blog Hop, click here.

Ahhh, it is REALLY nice to be scrapping again!!!!!  I have decided to attack my Daily December 2011 mini album and it is my goal to finish this project before Christmas day!  I started this project last year.  I have arranged the pages in the album.  There are many pages that needed pictures.  On Friday night, I went through my photo file and chose the pictures to be printed.  Yesterday I had the pictures printed at the Walmart.  Last night I was thrilled to be able to start working on my album pages again!  I completed four pages!  YAY!!!!!

For this post, I will share one page.  I was looking for a sketch to play with.  I have decided to go for this card sketch....  The page is 6x6 so sometimes it is easy to use a card sketch.  My page is really simple.  As for the page, I already did the colour background patterned paper last year.  So I surfed through looking for matching colour challenge.  What a luck... I found this colour challenge and it worked perfectly with my already set up background page.  So I worked from there....

This was the day that we decorated the tree together as a family.  We always take pictures of before, during and after pictures of the tree.  The girls got all excited and they decided to pose for the camera like this!  Love their spirits!

 
 
 
 
I am liking this page very much but I do feel something is missing..... I will leave the page alone for a few days.... and see if I could come up with something else to add on so it will be fullfilling!~
 
Challenges I Played:
Hand Stamped Sentiments: HSS Colour Challenge #174
Two Scrapbook Friends: Christa's December Crafty Challenge: Scrap about a Holiday Tradition

Scrapping does you GOOD! It did to me!
Laureen

 

Monday, December 2, 2013

Scrapbook Generation Blog Hop for December! - GOOD TIMES!


Welcome to the SG Blog Hop for December, if this is your first stop, you might like to start at the Scrapbook Generation blog and then hop through each link.

Here at home, we do not have any snow or any Christmas decorations up... so I have not been influenced by the Winter season or Christmas!  We will celebrate our daughter's birthday in few days first, then I will start focus on working on my Christmas spirits!  So I will show one of my Summer layouts!  Here is my double page layout about our ATV tour holiday last August. I just love this sketch from the Scrapbook Generation.  I got the sketch from Sketch Fusion Meets Simple Stories (p. 33) No layouts are completed without embellishments!  Here is my double page layout...

 





You can find the SG sketches in their books and as downloads in the SG store, and there is a free one every month in case you wanted to try it out.

Next on the hop is Janelle, leave a comment on each blog and one lucky commenter will receive a free sketch bundle of their choice from the store. The winner will be draw on December 9th, so you have one week to leave a comment.

In case you get lost at any point, here is the list all the blogs
Scrapbook Generation blog - http://scrapbookgeneration.blogspot.com/
Ruth - http://scrapmachine.com/
Michelle - http://ownerofchanel.blogspot.com/
Steffanie - http://steffanies.blogspot.com/
Stephanie - http://craftyholidaygirl.blogspot.com
Devra - http://mycreativeview.blogspot.com
Tasha- http://tashascreativejuice.blogspot.com/
Pamela - http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com/blog
Brenda - http://roseblossomlegacies.com
Sharlene - http://inspirationstationbysbe.blogspot.ca/
Louise- http://madeatnumber27.blogspot.com.au/
Brenda R ~ http://granddivasscrappyplace.blogspot.com/
Cassie - http://allsmilesandsunshine.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://loriannie670.blogspot.com/
Elizabeth - http://ejoym.blogspot.com
Mandi - http://mjskraze.blogspot.com/
Cicily - http://www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com/
Laureen - http://mybusyscrapbookinghands.blogspot.ca/  THIS IS ME :)
Janelle - http://stillscrappinlettersize.blogspot.com
Melissa - http://www.scrappyjedi.com/
Corrina - http://anotherthingoffthelist.blogspot.ca/
Lindsey - http://www.scrapping-by-the-sea.com
Nicole - http://www.lovemesomepaper.blogspot.com/
Tina Gale ~ http://tiggersscrapplace.blogspot.com

Supplies used:
3 Bugs in a Rug: The Great Outdoor, Real Fun, Brazzil Basic Papers, AC Cardstock, American Crafts Thickers Boardwalk Promenade, Studio Calico wood veneer trees, unknown buttons, Dymo Letratag, Trodat Printydater stamp,

CHEERS and enjoy hopping around!

Laureen