My First Post

Happy Friday friends,

It's my very first blog post over at Chic Tags. 

I sure would appreciate it if you would pop over to the blog to see what I created using Veronica's fabulous product, and say hi.  Thanks in advance for taking the time, it means a lot!

Here's a little sneak peek...

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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If The Shoe Fits

Sharing a layout I created for Let's Capture These Sketches last week.

Meet Eden, my crazy passionate, cracks me up with the funny things she says and does girl.

Jouranling reads: Eden's feet grew about tow sizes during the summer of 2012.  We were shopping for school shoes when she comes up to me wearing these beauties.  She was so happy they fit.  She flt very grown up in them, and seriously wanted me to buy them for her.  There was no way that was happening. (We decided to make a quick pit stop at one of the local shoe stores directly after Dance Camp one day (hence the body suit, and shorts)


Once again Jocelyn delivered in the sketch department.  Sketch #159 over at Let's Capture These Sketches features a lot of blocking to work with.  To this type A personality neat orderly lines often make me happy.

Hop over here to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch, and to link up your own take if you'd like.

Thanks for popping in today friends!

♥ S.

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You & Me

Just popping in to share a layout I had up, over at Let's Capture Our Memories the other day.  

Have you seen the new Pink Paislee Portfolio Collection?  I just love it.  yellow, cream, and grey seem to be very big right now in the industry, and Pink Paislee mixes them perfectly in this new line.  I had this photo of my little buddy Nyah and I kicking around since summer.  I love this photo of the two of us.  She is one great kid!  I knew I wanted to create a great layout with this sweet photo of us.  With this collection, and the help of my Silhouette Cameo, I think I did pretty good.

 

You can see the Portfolio papers in the shop here.  I added some old Echo Park Charming brads, and some Mr. Huey's, as well as some more of Shelley's flair from that Etsy shop I told you about earlier.  I hid the journaling on the tag with the pull out ribbon under the banner flair badge.  It reads "I couldn't love this girl anymore if she were my own.  I remember praying fore her while she was still in China.  She's been here 4 yrs now, and she blesses us all."

I love the way this turned out.  The muted colours really allow the photo to pop.  Is there a collection you've fallen in love with lately?

Thanks so much for popping in today,
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Guesting at Use It Tuesday

I won a guest spot with the girls at Use It Tuesday a few weeks ago.  You can see the layout that won the spot here.  Today is the day I'm up on their blog.  I love what their mission - to encourage scrappers to use up their hoarded, or simply forgotten about supplies.

The challenge they have for you today is to use a stamp that has never been inked.  I'd be willing to bet you have one, or two, or 5 kicking around too, just like me. 

This Jillibean Soup Travel set came in a Scrapbook Nook kit two summers ago.

I loved that globe, but somehow just never got around to using it.  I had only used 3 of these 9 stamps in fact. 

This challenge combined with our recent trip to Las Vegas provided the perfect opportunity to ink it up.  I decided to emboss it so I could set it on top of a few layers.

I used the October kit from Scraptastic to complete the layout, along with a sheet of Studio Calico paper that I've also been hanging on to for months, and months also.

The painted background was done using a Pink Paislee mask

Hidden journaling exposed

more horded product: Sass letter, MME brad, and SC arrows

I am so happy with the way this layout turned out.  I always enjoy adding several bits and pieces to my layout, but often forget that stamps can get the job done too.  Please hop over to the UIT blog to see what the rest of the team pulled out of their hoarded stash for this week's challenge.  Perhaps we've inspired you to pull out some of those stamps and get 'em dirty.  If so please link us up.  You have a week and a half to link up.

A huge thank you to Siobhan and team for having me today!

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Let's Get Sketchy Reveal

Happy Monday friends,

I have a new sketch to share with you today.  Laura created this beauty for us to work with this week.

I had a lot of fun playing around with this one.  Moved a few things, and layered to my heart's content.  This is what I came up with.

Isn't that flair adorable.  I ordered if from Shelley at aflairforbuttons on Etsy. She's got adorable stuff in her shop.

The rest of the product is from older Studio Calico kits.  

Don't forget that linking up for 3 out of 4 of our monthly sketches, gets you into the drawing for the giveaway.  This month it's a fabulous prize from Paper Issues that could be making it's way into your hands.  You also have a chance to be our Guest designer in an upcoming month simply by linking up.  You can do so right here, and check out what the rest of the DT created.

Happy Monday, and thanks for popping in today.

♥ S.

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Ready, Set, Go

I mentioned that I had the privilege of attending Crop & Crete in Saskatoon a couple of weekends ago.  I realized last night that I hadn't yet shared anything from the event.  Let me edit my photos, and I'll do a post with them next week okay?!

In the meantime let me share a fun layout I created for one of the challenges over the weekend.  The challenge was to "emphasize fonts".  We were free to interpret that in whatever way we felt like.  I decided to go with a mix of fonts in bright, bold colours to go with the Amy Tangerine Ready Set go papers that I chose to use. 

Quote source

The quote is one that I discovered online while searching for something to go with the photo of my second favorite Starbucks mug (my favorite on is a Christmas one, I think I'll create a layout on that one too at some point, ha ha).  The journaling reads "I couldn't agree more.  My ceramic Starbucks mug is my best friend every morning of the week."

I didn't win the challenge, but I did win a different one.  I'll share that layout with you sometime soon. 

Have a great day friends.  I so appreciate you taking the time to pop in!

♥ S.

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I have a teenager?!?

My baby (she detests being called that, by the way) is thirteen today.

I used the City Sidewalks collection by Pink Paislee, and several Chic Tags to capture the memory.

  We took these photos last week at Starbucks, it was a little treat after the orthodontist, before heading back to school for the day.  I can't believe that what was once only a dream is now a living, breathing, spunky, diligent, and hard working, mouthy at times, fashionable, kind, and loving (when she wants to be) young woman of mine.  I am blessed, and I thank God everyday for the privilege of raising her.

Journaling reads: "How often I heard 'cherish it, it goes by quickly'.  When you were little I didn't really believe it.  I can still remember bringing you home - so tiny and perfect.  Look at you now.  Growing into a beautiful young lady.  Be still my heart."

Happy 13th Birthday to my beautiful girl!

♥ S.

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