The Beard

My husband has never been able to grow a full beard.  Ever.  This year, much to his surprise he was actually able to start a pretty decent one, there were still some bald spots but it was filling in nicely enough for him to want to give it a real effort.

Me, I am not a beard girl.  I don't love the scratchy-ness of it.  And the fact that it's not even a real beard, makes it somewhat pathetic, in my opinion.  Needless to say he couldn't go more than 4 weeks, it just kind of stopped growing, much to my delight.

This scruffy looking face is now my clean shaven hubs once again.  It's a win-win situation really.

I love the look of these We R Memory Keepers cork embellishments on the Hall Pass wood grain paper by Webster's Pages.

Hop over here to the Paper Issues store and have a look at all the coordinating elements, of the Websters Pages Hall Pass, and Beautiful Chic collections.  The We R Memory keepers goodies can be found right here, many of the pieces work so nicely with one another.  

There are a TON of new goodies in the Paper Issues store, including Simple Stories I Am and Say Cheese II, Heidi Swapp Memory planners goodies, and Lawn Fawn dies.  

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Paper Camilla *Buddies* & A Giveaway

I have my last layout January Kit from Paper Camellia to share with you today.

This little guy managed to make it onto 2 of the 4 layouts I created with this kit.  Not sure if that means I'm loving hem more these days or I'm simply running this on photos to scrap.  He's so darn cute though, that scrapping his photos are pretty easy.

The January kit with all it's sticker sheets, especially the gold puffy words was such a pleasure to work with.  In order to not distract from the perfect colour combination of the papers and embellishments, I decided to print my photos in black & white.

That wood veneer frame was so cute, but I found the little sentiment just didn't work with where I wanted to place the frame on my layout; easy fix: flip it over.  Notice that gold polka dot paper?  It's a piece of the Webster's Pages Beautiful Chic vellum that was included in the Main Kit.  I loved that it was split up into 8 different designs on one 12x12 sheet of vellum.  It would be perfect for cards.

I added a mini supply tag from my stash, to record the journaling, and used a little strip of double sided tape to embellish it.

Interested in seeing what the January kit included?  Check out what you missed here.  And if you don't want to miss out on one more gorgeous kit (and we know they're gonna be awesome given all the goodness we've been seeing revealed at CHA2015).  Hop over here to get yourself signed up for a monthly subscription.

Today, as a little extra bonus, in celebration of my first official month as a Paper Camilla girl, I have a giveaway happening on Instagram and here on my blog for some of the embellishments included in the January kit up for grabs to one lucky person.

All you have to do is leave a comment here to be entered.  Be sure to leave me your contact info so I can be in touch if you win.
I will post the winner right on my blog on February 2nd, so be sure to pop back to see if you're the lucky one.  The winner will have 48 hours to respond to me, otherwise a new winner will be drawn.
Due to steep international shipping this giveaway is open to North America residents only please.  Thank you for understanding, and good luck to all who enter!

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Paper Camilla - Little Moment

Have you ever had a photograph that you were excited to scrap, but somehow it ends up getting buried in the stack and forgotten about?  That is exactly what happened with this one of my youngest deep in creative thought with her rainbow loom.

I snuck up on her creating in her room last December right after she received the kit as a Christmas gift.  It was only recently as I was cleaning up my photos on my laptop that I rediscovered this sweet photo. I'm so glad I did as all the colours in it were a perfect match for the January kits.

Stickers work so well as dimensional embellishments simply by adding a little 3D adhesive behind them. The sprinkle donut stickers originally had me scratching my head wondering how I would ever use them on a layout.  Tucking them behind a photo makes them looks almost like an entirely new sticker, easy to use on any themed layout, not just those featuring sweet treats.

That cute little Amy Tangerine veneer frame is was hard not just tuck away and hoard for a couple of months, I'll be honest.  And how adorable is that Dear Lizzy leatherette bow? I really like that it comes pre-backed with 3D adhesive.

Using mostly the January Add On kit, and adding in little touches of the January Main kit allowed me to really go to town on the embellishments, the only thing I added from my stash is the gold sequins.

If you'd like a little more inspo using the January kits you can hop over to the DT Kit gallery here to see what everyone has been creating with it.

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Paper Camellia January Sketch

My very first project for Paper Camellia was to work with the January sketch.  Kristine Davidson provided us with a fun one to kick off the year. I grabbed a couple of cell phone 'daughter selfies', and set to work.

How gorgeous is this Beautiful Chic wood grain paper, combined with the luscious gold of the Dear Lizzy embellishments?  And that gold title, it's foam!  I was curious how these gold words would look being foam and not chipboard.  I am a fan, so easy to work with, easy to peel away from the backing, and easy to re-position (especially for non commital scrappers like myself, hats off to all of you who use glue on your pages!)

This kid is forever grabbing my phone and capturing her silly moments with it.  I secretly enjoy finding these little treasures on my phone, they always make for fun scrappy pages. I chose to keep the journaling hidden, thinking that having 3 photos on the page would leave me little room once I added all the embellies that I wanted.  The tag peeking out add to the design and that fun little cluster and also holds the story behind the photo.

Here is this month's sketch.

Did you know that playing along with the sketch, and linking up to the Paper Camellia gallery here, or even the sketch blog post here could earn you a $10 gift certificate to the Paper Camellia shop?  We would love to see what you create.  And don't forget you can also share your work with us anytime on social media.  You'll find our Facebook Page here, and our Instagram account here.

Thinking about getting your hands on a Paper Camellia kit next month?  Hop over to this page and sign up now, these kits don't last long, January is already all sold out.

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Inspired by Webster's

I had a couple of layouts up on the Paper Issues blog last week using the Ocean Melody collection by Webster's Pages.

This collection is so soft and whimsical, it was super easy to pretty pages quickly.  This is Belle with my mother-in-law just before her Grade Nine grade ceremony at the school last June.  I mixed in a little Chic Tags Get Happy Collection, and buttons from an older Webster's Pages collection, and voila, page complete.

This one is of my niece and her finance on the afternoon that they got engaged.  Super easy, to create a sweet page when you have a couple as sweet as they are.

Love this collection as much as me?  

Have you seen the new Storyteller Collection?

What about the Beautiful Chic Collection?  

This gorgeous sheet is vellum.

You can see all the new Webster's collections in the Paper Issues shop here.  Use code:SHERRI and you'll save yourself 20% off your entire purchase.

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Grade Nine Grad

I'm still in disbelief that Grade 9 has come and gone for my first baby girl.

She looked stunning, as did her bffs.  So much grace and sparkle in one room, it was tight capturing the shots we wanted but we made the best of it.

I used the Family Traditions Collection by Adrienne Looman to record the moment.

Isn't that bokeh paper great?  I added a little hand stitching with white thread for contrast.

The little baggies will be difficult to use up, as I kinda just want to keep them around.

I spent a bunch of time scrapping last weekend, and therefore have several layouts upcoming, it is just a matter of time before I can share them here.  And you can bet I'll have a few more layouts of Belle in her grad dress to come too.

Hope summer is treating you well in your corner of the world.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Western Romance

I had a lot of fun working with this line by Webster's Pages the other day.  I had these photos of Théa from this summer, and when I saw this paper I knew they would be a perfect match.  It had been so long since I scrapped however, that this page took me a ridiculously long time to finish, and it's not even 'all that'.  Does that happen to you too?  It's funny, but when I'm away from it for a week or so I take forever to find my groove again.

I only picked up a few sheets of this paper, but after finishing this layout I still had enough left to complete another layout, so I completed this one of my mother in law.

I submitted this one for Challenge number 9 over at My Scrapbook Nook, to use at least 10 words as a title.

For Christmas, my sister-in-law and her family thought it would be funny to prank my mother-in-law.  They gave her a mouse in a jar, wrapped in a pretty Christmas bag.  This woman hates mice with a passion, but you'd never know it by looking at this photo.  Rather than screaming her head off, she simply laughed about it.  She couldn't stop laughing actually, which of course we know is really a sign of nervousness.  She was such a good sport about it though.  I bet she was quite the prankster as a  young person.  This is probably my favorite photo of her, candid, genuine, and a glimpse into her fun and carefree side.

The official DT list for Creative Scrappers will be revealed today.  I haven't heard from Kristine, so I doubt I'll be seeing my name on that list. I feel completely at peace about it though.  That's a nice change from the nerves, and anxiety I usually feel.  I really hope, that even if I don't, one of my friends makes the team.  I know so many talented scrappers, that it always makes me happy to see them do well.

I'm off to a crop tonight.  Should be interesting, as I haven't got any photos ready to go, nor do I know what I'll be scrapping.  My Nook February kit finally arrived, though, so I'm really hoping to dig into that.  I'm really looking forward to spending time with my sweet scrappy bud, and her girlfriends.  If you're looking for a scrappy project or two this weekend there's always Challenge #13 over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles, or the New Year Crop at My Scrapbook Nook.

Have a great weekend friends, and thanks for stopping by.

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Just couldn't stay away

I've been involved in a really great project with a dear friend of mine from church.  It's all about what I'm all about: the power of story.  Anyone who knows me well knows that I am always interested in what is going on in the lives of the people around me, especially those I meet for the first time.  I love how the more you learn about a person, the smaller the world feels.  It's been going very well so far.  Of course it's all pretty new still, so this would still be the 'honeymoon phase'.

Yesterday afternoon I just had to do something creative.  Not to neglect the work I was doing.  I just needed to get my hands on some paper, ribbon, and glue, to make something pretty.  This is what came together

Using My Scrapbook Nook's October Kit featuring My Mind's Eeye

I think I'll makes some cards next.  It's been so long that I'm not sure where to even begin.  I've pinned a few great creations that the DT have made with the October kit, I may have to lift one or two of them to get me going. Speaking of pinning, have any of you gotten into Pinterest?  I resisted for a long time, but have succumb to the call of the world of colourful images, creative ideas, and pin board sharing going on over there. 

things I want to try like this

and this...

and things that speak to me like this

What kinds of images have you been pinning lately?

Thanks for stopping by today.

♥ S.

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Unpluging for a few

Just wanted to pop in and say that the girls (my girls that is) and I are getting away for a few days.  Off to the lake, just us.  The weather has been really nice here, and is suppose to continue well into next week, so by the beach is where we want to be.  It will be nice to unplug for a bit, and recharge.  A friend loaned me this book, and I'm excited to dig into it.   I started this one a couple of weeks ago.  It's a little slow moving though, so if it doesn't pick up soon, I'm moving on.  I've also jumped back to the book of Exodus in the Bible, and continue to be blown away by the sheer number of specifications, and directions the Israelites were required to follow in order to gain forgiveness from their sins.  It leaves me deeply thankful every time I read for the incredible gift of salvation Jesus offers us by taking our sin upon himself once and for all.  There's no way I would have been able to keep all those details straight. 

On the scrappy front.  I was super thrilled to see this post on My Scrapbook Nook forum the other day.  It's so neat to see others' interpretation of my work.  I played around a little more with my July kit and created this quick and easy card for Danni's recipe challenge.

There are some other great creations to see, you should jump over and have a look.  I just love the talented bunch at the Nook, we have a lot of cyber fun together.

The ever so talented Pam, also had an Ad Challenge this moth.  Here's what I put together for it...

I really like this layout, and loved the challenge, it totally took me outside of my comfort zone in design style.
All the new CHA stuff has been revealed by now, and I'm totally looking forward to this, this, this, this and this just to name a few.  What's caught your eye this release?

Time to get moving here.  Hope you're having a fantastic summer thus far.

Thanks again for stopping by, I sure appreciate it.

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Radmon thoughts on Friday

The sun is shining, the house is quiet, and I'm feeling like I should be doing a hundred things.  The time change this past Sunday sure sent my body into a tailspin.  I've been sluggish and yawning all week long.  I don't remember it ever affecting me like this before.  Have you been feeling it too?

I started this morning by cracking open a new devotional I received as a gift last weekend.  It's called 10-Minute Time Outs for Busy Women by Grace Fox.  Really great little devotional.  It helps you start your day with scripture, a thought for the day, and a little quiet time with Jesus.  Beginning my day in that way never disappoints.  No matter what the day holds I feel better grounded knowing that I've given back to Him some of what He's given to me.  I try to not take my days on this earth for granted, and a 10 minute time out, in my opinion is a great way to say thanks back, and allow Jesus time and stillness to speak to me should he  so choose.

In scrappy news, yesterday afternoon I received my huge prize pack from My Mind's Eye by courier.  It was jam packed with every little piece of the recently released Stella & Rose: Hazel and Mebel collection.  I'm really hoping I get some time this weekend to scrap.

Tonight is promising to be a quiet night at home.  The girls want to have friends over, so we'll do that for supper, then hopefully a movie and popcorn.  I've decided I'm going to rent Life As We Know It (with Katherine Heigl, and Josh Duhamel), for D and I.  I've heard it's pretty good.   I think I'll also pick up disc 2 of Modern Family - Season One.  I think that show is hysterical.  If you've never seen an episode, you really should look one up online.

I really need to get my butt in gear with a packing list for our upcoming ski trip to Steamboat Colorado next Friday.  This will be our second year going, the kids, and hubby love it.  Me?  I'd take a sunny vacation over mountains any day.  That said, however, simply being together, and seeing everyone have so much fun makes it easy to say yes to a 22 hour bus ride, more snow, no sleeping in, continued lunch making, and the daily workout of skiing.  On the plus side the view out there is spectacular, the people are super friendly, and time to just chill, play games, sit around in the hot tub, and laugh in the evenings is so valued.  Off to start my list.  I'll leave you with a few cards I made a couple of weeks ago.  I gave them out as Thank Yous to the women who helped me lead worship last weekend and the Woman's Retreat.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful weekend

♥S.

made with Sassafraslass papers, Jillibean sprout, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Cosmo Cricket & Bazzill papers, and misc ribbon.

Webster's Pages papers, Jenni Bowlin journal sticker, Martha Stewart punch, misc twin, and bling, Simply Sweet stamp.

Fancy Pants papers, Creative Memories alphas, Maya Road mist, Basic Grey button, misc: flowers, ribbon, and twine.

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