My Scrappy Friends Mini Album

I've been wanting to make this little mini album for a long time. I bought this cute little TLC album from my friend Izzy way back when she was with TLC. Yesterday I finally finished it. I love how it turned out. Just wish it had more pages to include more of my scrappy friends! What do ya think?
Thanks for stopping by :)

More Delish Girls Paperie to share!

This is definitely one of my all time favourite lines! I just love these soft, romantic, colours! It's so much fun to play with. I've only got a little bit of this beautiful paper left but am super thrilled that there's more romantic Girls Paperie coming from CHA! I'll definitely be using up every little bit of my scraps to make some beautiful cards with what I have left. I also love love love these Kaisercraft bird cages! My second layout is based on another fabulous sketch from Creativ Scrappers. Thanks for stopping by :)

Dear Lizzy Layout to Share

Here's my layout I shared on Tiny Seed last week. I wanted to play around making my own flowers and had fun. I used the American Crafts Dear Lizzy collection for this layout. I'm off to play as I need to come up with a few ideas before I can share some exciting news with you all! Stay tuned :o) Thanks for stopping by!

The Little Things

Do you ever find yourself getting excited about the little things in life? Well, the other day when my friend Rosa posted on her blog about the uber cool Smash Journal coming out in April I found myself getting so excited about the idea of creating such a journal for myself that I had to start right away! It was just the inspiration I needed to get crafty again. I have on so many occasions saved a little snippit of something I liked or found pretty or inspirational and stuffed it somewhere never to be found again. The thought of having all my yummy eye candy in one place totally rocks my socks! I can't wait till April so when Emily went up to Chapters that day after school I asked her to pick me out a journal after I showed her the video. She picked out the perfect recycled one for me! Here's what I've managed to get started so far. So for now, until the real Smash journal hits the shelves, I'll be using this one. Check out the video to see what it's all about.

 

 

 

 

School Album using October Afternoon

Here's an album I created a while ago. I couldn't believe I had every single class photo! Some girlfriends and I are trying to arrange a reunion this summer and so it prompted me to take some photos of this album to share with my friends on FB. Some of us haven't seen each other for over 35 years! It will be such a hoot to see everyone again. We're having tons of laughs taking a trip down memory lane. Welcome to my blog Devorah, Lisa, Kristen and Leanne!

Where Have I Been???

Wow!! I just realized it's been a whole month since I've made a post! Well, to be honest, some nasty little gremlin stole my mojo and I have been really struggling trying to get inspired to actually sit down and scrap. Not that there isn't oodles of inspiration out there, there is!

One of the reasons I haven't been blogging or been on the computer much at all these days is because my super generous dad gave us a beautiful new HD TV and PVR for Christmas and I have totally re-discovered TV all over again! lol I rarely watched TV before. I much preferred spending time on the computer blog hopping but recently that has taken a back seat to TV. I LOVE my PVR! I know, I know, I've finally gotten with the program but seriously, I just love being able to watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it. I'm totally addicted to Dragons Den, Dead Like Me, Criminal Minds and a few others.

I really need to catch up on my blogging! Forgive me if I haven't been by for a visit in a while. I miss seeing what you all have been up to. Now, on top of those excuses, my back went out on me last weekend and until late tonight, I haven't been able to sit upright for days! Thank God for my iPhone though as it kept me entertained while I laid flat out on the floor for the past several days. I think I only played Bejewelled a 1000 times. I also caved and downloaded NetFlix and watched a few shows on my mini little iPhone screen lol. Totally cool I have to admit. Love that you can download unlimited shows to several devices for only $8 a month!

I'm hoping that as soon as I'm feeling better my mojo will have returned and I will find some time to scrap. I miss it! Hmmmm....maybe I'll download something from NetFlix onto my laptop and be able to scrap in my scraproom while I watch a movie! Ohhhh, the possibilities! For now, here's a layout I posted on Tiny Seed last week for my Kathy Thursday post using the gorgeous My Minds Eye Lost and Found Collection. Be sure to check out Yolanda's Shoppe as she's bringing in some really great products! Thanks for stopping by!

A New Layout and a Little Project

So I haven't been very creative lately, but I did manage to get a little project done as I was wanting a new case for my iPhone and wanted something a little different. I went on etsy for a little inspiration and ended up designing this one of my own using some of my Stampin Up supplies. I'm happy with how it turned out.

I also managed to get my weekly layout done for Tiny Seed. I used the new October Afternoon, Modern Homemaker that Yolanda has in her shop and created the layout below of my mom and I when I was a little girl. I love the cute retro designs in this line. Hopefully I'll get a little more mojo happening tomorrow so I can share a few more layouts with you soon. Thanks for stopping by!

Lemon Sugar Scrub

So this Christmas, our theme was "Homemade". I think we did pretty well with most of our gifts for family and friends. My dear friend Izzy, shared this lovely recipe she found with me and I had to give it a try. Well actually, hubby made it and I packaged it. We tweaked it a little and used the following ingredients which yielded 6 little jars:

2 cups grape seed oil
6 cups sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
  zest of 4+ lemons and limes
4 tsp vitamin E oil

It's to die for! I just love the fresh scent and the way your hands feel after using it. You could eat this stuff! It's all natural and smells divine! I found the label idea here and added my own little touch. There are several recipes on the net if you google "lemon sugar scrub", Give it a try, you're bound to love it too!

Wishing all my friends a wonderful Christmas with your family and the very best of health and happiness for the new year! Hugs, Kathy

A Few More Projects to Share

Well today is our day to wash the carpets and upholstery to get ready to host Christmas dinner this year for our families. Right now, I'm procrastinating though as you can see. I have a lot of work to do but wanted to share a few more Christmas projects with you all.

The little cookie tins are altered using baby formula tins my friend Carrie gave me and Echo Park's Merry Christmas line from Yolanda's Tiny Seed Shoppe. The bottles are altered Starbucks bottles and the Snowmen chocolate wrappers are super easy to make. I got this cute idea from Laurie Furnell's blog and found the template to download here.

Hope you're all enjoying your holidays! Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Projects

So, I've been a busy little bee over the past few weeks but have also been struggling with my aching wrists and trying to get as much done when I'm not having a flare up. I've made several little gifts to give to teachers and friends over the holidays. Each little tin below will hold some yummy chocolates. Who doesn't like chocolate right? I'm almost finished making my Christmas cards too. I'll finish them up this weekend and will share some more photos with you once they're all complete. One of my favourites this year is posted below. I just love this poinsettia die! Hope you're all enjoying this festive season! Can you believe there's only 15 days till Christmas?! Are you ready?