12 days of Christmas Preparations...

Hello there!


It's been a few weeks since I last blogged.  Time just seems to run on fast forward sometimes.  I've been really busy with my Close to my Heart and Epicure Selections business in the last month.  It  was great!  Love it!

Now I need to catch up a little on my scrapbooking and I have to remind myself to keep taking pictures,  I seem to forget lately.    Now to add to my scrapbooking resume, I have started creating sketches!  Some were featured on the Let's Capture these sketches website and it was exciting seeing what the different talented scrapbookers did with my sketches.

My first one was  LCTS sketch # 157.  Here it is 

 

and here is what I made using it that sketch and some Bo bunny, My little bit of whimsy pin, and soem Prima wooden embellies :

My sketch was also sketch #158 :

 and here is what I made using that sketsh, and one again some Bo bunny:

I also made a few layout using Creative Scrappers sketches

this one was made using sketch # 234 some Studio Calico paper and my beautiful daughter's  class pictures

And here is a layout using sketch # 233 and some gorgeous Authentique paper.
 I just love the feel of that paper!

Now, if you are looking for a bit of inspiration and a little boost to get your mojo running, I've got an idea for you!  Head on over to Let's Capture our Memories forum and look for the 12 days of Chrismat Preparation posts!  I will be posting a new scrappy challenge each day starting today and running for the next 12 days.  Don't forget to post your creations for a chance to win a prize! 

Here is the day 1 challenge : First thing to do to get ready for the Holiday season and to get in the spirit of the holidays is to put a little Christmas music on.  So your first challenge is to create a card, a layout or an altered item using a song as your inspiration.  For example, you could use song lyrics as a greeting in your card or a song title as you Layout title.  It's up to you.

Good luck and have fun!

LCTS- Sketch #152 reveal

Good morning!

Today is a very special day.  It's our wedding anniversary.  As of today, I've been married to the love of my life and best friend for 11 years.  Sometimes it feels like it was only yesterday, sometimes I feel like I've known him forever.   So a great big HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!  to my very loving and supportive husband, Love you!!!

Here we are during our trip to NYC last month using some new Bo Bunny 

OK, enough with the sap :)   I'm here today to share with you this week's reveal wich I was a part of over at Let's Capture These Sketches.  It's sketch # 152, and it's absolutly gorgeous!

 And here is my take on the sketch.  I decided to try a Manhattan while in Manhattan.  Just not for me, lol.   I used CTMH's Avonlea collection : the paper pack, and the stickers.  Added a few pearls and finished it off with the canvas alphas.  LOVE those alphas from CTMH also! 

Here is a layout i did using  Creative scrapper's sketch # 225.  It sure was foggy on Marianne's first day of school! 

And this last layout I used a sketch using CTMH's Jeannette Lynton's new sketch book : Make it from the heart.  If you loved Magic, Imagine and the  other sketch books she published, you are going to love the new fomat and gorgeous new sketches included in this book.
For this fun layout, I used Simple Stories Summer fresh kit.

Well that's it for today.  Hope you all have a great long weekend and see you soon!
 

Thankful

Does anyone know where September went?  I think I missed it.  It sure went by fast.  We celebrated a milestone this month with Zoé starting school.  As we expected, she loves it.  I really enjoy the play by play I get a soon as she steps out of the bus.  Hope she continues to love school as much when she's older.  Marianne entered grade 4!  They sure are growing up fast.

I had the chance to catch up on my scrapbooking this weekend as I attended LCOM's crop.  What an amazing time spent laughing, talking and creating with a bunch of very talented, awesome ladies.  I came equipped with my Sketches provided by Creative Scrappers and Lets Capture These Sketches and a car full of supplies.

Here are some lyout I had done before the crop :

This first one is of Zoé's first day of Kindergarten.  I used CTMH's new scholastic line.  This is actually my September kit of the month layout.  I still have a few available.

 

This layout I made last a couple of weeks ago when I was having a down day.  Had myself some scrapbooking therapy session and it changed my mood.  I used CTMH's new Flirty line to make it.

This layout was made using Let's capture these sketches Sketch # 148  and pictures of our August trip to NYC

 Here is my take on sketch #146 over at Let's capture these sketches.  I used some Basic Grey paper that seemed perfect to represent the NYC skyline we saw On top of the Rock.  Love the My Little Bit of Whimsy button I added too.

 Here is my take on Sketch # 150 over at Let's Capture These Sketches.   I just love Authentique paper.  I used the Delightfull paper collection on this one with some Webster's Pages trim and Prima flowers.

 The last two layout are scraplifted from the CTMH Autumn/Winter Idea book.  I changed them a bit. The first one is from page 50 using the flirty collection.

 The second one is from the Avonlea collection as seen on the cover of the idea book

That's it for now.  Hope you have a wonderful day!  See you soon :)

NYC

 Well, vacation is over and now it's time to get back in the routine of things.  Still a couple more weeks of summer before the kids head off to school and I plan to make the most of it.  We just arrived from the most amazing trip.  We enjoyed a 5 day road trip to New York.  I was amazed at how much we crammed in to our 3 days of sightseeing.  We did a whole lot of driving, a whole lot of walking and a whole lot of eating.  What's up with those american serving sizes!  My husband an I shared meals most of the week and we always had leftovers!  It was so good.  The best was the Brownie cheesecake the enjoyed at Tops diner.  We shared on piece for desert one night and had leftovers for breakfast the next day.  Yes they were that big and so delicious

Now that the pictures are all uploaded, all that's left is to process them and scrapbook them.  Can't wait to have time to scrapbook again after a 2 week break.  Here are some of the layouts I did before vacation.  Check out some of the new CTMH paper packs!  They are so pretty!

This first layout made with Bo Bunny's little miss with some Prima flowers and a CTMh ribbon bow

This layout was made for LCOM sketch blog using sketch # 144  The paper and accessories are all from the new CTMH fall catalogue.  Love the burlap ribbon!

I love that my daughter has amzing friends.  Love theses pictures and could not wait to scrap them
Here is the burlap ribbon again!  I used it to make a banner.  The paper 3d fabric flowers and canvas stickers are from the new CTMH Clementine collection

Have an amazing reste of summer!

Homesick

We just spent the weekend in Caraquet.  The kids spent the week there at their grand-parent's house.  they crammed more activities in a week than we did the whole summer so far.  We arrived home a day early as the girls were really missing their home.  We only got a glimpse of the Acadian festival.  I'm kind of sad that we will not be seeing more of it this year, but it will still be there next year.  Since we were home early, I go to do a little scrapbooking.  I received new goodies and printed new pictures so the creative juices were flowing.  Here are some of the layouts I did.

This first one is made using the new CTMH Flirty collection and Creative Scrapper's sketch  # 218

Another Creative scrapper's loayout this time it's sketch # 215 and some pretty Crate paper. 

 This one was challenge no 7 over at LCOM's 12 days of summer.  I used Fancy Pants and Simple Stories paper with CTMH and Prima embelishments. 

 This last one was done for the 12 days of summer challenge over at Let's Capture our Memories  I used some Doodlebug design paper with some MLBOW

LCOM reveal

We are now in the middle of summer vacations and I'm really enjoying it.  We went camping at Fundy national park last weekend and we had such a wonderful time.  Looking forward to going camping again next weekend.  I'm also looking forward to our road trip my husband and I will be doing to celebrate our 15 years together.  We will be joined by our good friends Pascal and Katia.

On the scrapbooking side : It was reveal time yesterday on the LCOM sketch blog.  I loved working with this sketch!

 

 

Here is what I came up with : 

It's Marianne stuffed dog nammed Scrappy.  She made the costume with construction paper, kleenex and yarn.  The kid's got imagination!

Summer

Ah Summer!  I usually loath the heat.  I used to be unable to sleep at night and that lead to me being cranky.  Having to spend my days cooped up in the basement to escape the heat.  Those days are over.  We now have a heat pump!  what a difference it makes.  I'm actually enjoying the summer and the heat.  I can even bake!  My oven used to get a break during the summer since it used to heat up the house.  I love summer!  :)

And another reason I love summer : CTMH convention!  I could not attend this year but tagged along tanks to twitter, facebook and CTMh blogs.  I also go to preview the new catalogue!  Amazing products to come.  Can't wait to share it all with you.

To other news, I am now a proud member of the Let's Capture our Memories Sketch design team!  I get to work with amazing artists and make layout using a different sketch every other week.  Check it out! 

Here is my layout using Bo Bunny's Hello sunshine paper :

I also made this layout using Crate paper

And this one too using one of my new favorite manufacturer - Authentique paper.  Just love the texture of it.  Works great with CTMH wood embelishments and My little bit of whimsy button