Few pages for this cold blah day

As my last post mentioned today was a very blah day... bad day at work, at home, son is sick (again), and it's COLD!!!! It was -27C (so -16.6F)! .... anywhooo....

So here are a few pages I have worked on this weekend....

 The page above was a lift from Larissa Albernaz. Was a super easy page to do with just some of my scraps. Sorry pics are not great. Just love taking whatever scraps and working with them. I used lots of supplies that I don't play much with such as flocking (on squirrel), embossing powder (behind letters), old rub-ons (letters). I have had this frame forever and it was perfect for this picture!

The page below is tough for me. I have a hard time with bright colours like this. But love how it turned out These are very old papers (probably from 2004), the letters are old, I bought the whale stickers in 2007, and there are a few other little embellies from way back in the day too!

Page Maps Contest

I haven't entered a challenge in a while and thought it would be fun to do one again. So I headed over to Page Maps blog and there was this perfect sketch challenge!  Here's the sketch and then my page below....



I used BG Green at Heart papers, embellishements and alphas, some old rub-ons, and hybrid elements printed on transparencies. Love how it turned out. Ok... I am loving Jen Johner's style and am actually loving using my handwritting on my pages (as you will see!) I also love her little birds that she uses alot (she even got a tattoo of them). The journaling and title were inspired by a post that Ronda Palazzari had - just needed to scrap it as it is exactly how I feel - Thanks Ronda for putting it down and sharing!

Thanks for stopping by! It's COLD here and today was not a great day all around so I need to get back into my space and create some more! Bye for now,

Stacy

Mini Journal - my fundamentals for 2011

I made this mini journal based on a poster that I blogged about earlier. This was a hybrid project as I designed all the embellishments in PS and then cut them out and made this super easy mini-journal. Every pocket is embellished with one of the top top fundamentals and then there is a tag in the pocket that I can write a small little note to myself.

Thank you Corey of Chasing Light Studio for taking the pictures! I greatly appreciate it!

Bye for now,

Stacy

Crop Suey January Challenge

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a merry holiday season. January's challenge is up at Crop Suey!!


We challenge you to use the following ad to get your inspiration for your scrappy project/layout/card or whatever you choose to do!

As soon as I saw this ad I knew that I wanted to do something about the future and about hands. Parker's little fingers get so abused day-in and day-out as we check his blood sugar (using a small needle) on average of 8-10 times a day (more when he's sick - which is alot). He never complains and trust me - it hurts! I have tried it and it's worst then smashing your finger in the drawer. So I had to do a page based on that. I am loving Tara Anderson and Jen Johner right now and wanted to use them as inspiration for my page. I love the BG Pyrus papers but they were too busy for this page so I painted the background and of course used some spray paint a-la-debee. LOVE how this page turned out. Even love my handwritting on it! Sorry pics aren't great as usual! The bottom is really even but curled up and didn't secure it down!
 
 

 
Make sure to check out Crop Suey to play along as we have a great sponsor - COSMO CRICKET!!! Just love their products!
 
Happy New Years! What are your resolutions? I have lots of personal stuff going on right now so my main personal one is strength. I need to find and restore my inner strength as I have to find it within myself to move on after some very big/scary decisions that I have made in the past couple of months. I am scared silly as to what 2011 is going to bring. On a scrappy note - I am going to make the same resolution as last year - I want to make 20 no make that..... 40 projects using my stash and I am not allowed to purchase new items (unless it's adhesive). Shouldn't be too bad as I have been loving making items for hello *there* and using my stash....promise - pics to come - there are lots of goodies to share!
 
Bye for now!

Top 10 of 2010

2010 was a crazy year. Not a great year but a crazy one and I have to say that I am glad that it is over. Isn't that awful.... thankful that a year has come and gone. I am looking forward to 2011. It is the year of change. I came across this great poster that will be my inspiration and way of living this upcoming year. If you like it you can follow this link to get to get a copy of your own that you can download and print.

source: idea-obscura

Ok..... so to wrap up 2010 I thought that I would share with you my top 10 of 2010.... So here they are....

So I guess this year I did do a few more about myself - as I think that it's important for Parker to know a different side of me except just 'mom'. Lots of very talented ladies have inspired the above pages such as Tara Anderson, Emma Trout, Debee Campos, and a few were inspired by some digital layouts. I also guess that it's pretty obvious that my fav color is teal.....

Hope you all have a very happy new years! Stay tuned for Crop Suey's next challenge as the page I did will definitely be in my top 10 in 2011! Here's a sneak for you!

Happy New Years!





2 new pages

Hello, I hope you are all not too stressed with the big day approaching fast. We are taking it very low key. It's all about my son this year and that is what we are focusing on. I hate to say it but I am NOT in the mood this year for the holidays. Has been a sad time for me and just trying to focus on Parker. Not going to see any family (which I desperately need to see) until spring time as my parents live 7 hours away and with the weather.... lets just say I am grateful for skype.

I have had some time scrapping (instead of wrapping and getting ready for xmas - again not in the mood). So I do have two pages to share today.

The first I just love how it turned out. Was inspired by a page by the super talented Emma Trout. I just love all her layering and the different elements she uses. I have so many rubons that I have been trying to use up so this page I did use alot. The 'discover', key, clock, and border under the picture were all rubons I have had for a while now. Used some BG papers and elements and some other little elements that I have had FOREVER! (fern tags, ruler sticker, leaf stamps, title, photo corners) just love using stuff from my stash.

The next one I wanted to do some kind of hybrid with printing some word-art brushes on a piece of letter paper. Did the photo series and put a word on quote on that too. Got to use some scraps and some other little tidbits.

Happy holidays!

Crop Suey December Challenge - *Family*

Crop Suey's December challenge is up - and what a great challenge for this holiday season!!


We challenge you to use the following word on your scrappy project/layout/card or whatever you choose to do!  *family*

Be sure to link your lo up in the comments section to be eligible to win the prize from our fabulous sponsor! You have until midnight EST on December 20th to play along!

This is my creation. I wanted to do a page about my little brother! And I got to use some fabulous goodies from our December sponsor - Pretty Little Studio

Make sure to check out the design teams creations as they are FABULOUS!!!